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Need help : Fatal mem file error; I'm stymied
by lihb 22 Apr '03

22 Apr '03

Hi, I just start using conTeXt for a week, I found this problem when i try to compile a *.tex file. my file look like this: \usemodule[pre-03] \starttext hello \stoptext compile with texexec --pdf filename.tex and I saw this : ..... This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.1) (Fatal mem file error; I'm stymied) ..... This error message exist as long as there is \usemodule[pre-xx] with xx is one of 01-06...etc I use tetex-1.0.7-57 with RedHat8.0, Thanks lihb(a)phys.sinica.edu.tw 2003/04/21

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Fonts and Textelements
by alkauffm＠rz.uni-potsdam.de 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

Hi all, I want to typeset some texts with palatino fonts. Of course, all elements of the text on the page including pagenumbers, equationnumbers, footnotes and so on should be typesetted with Palatino. With the following testfile I get only the maintext and the equations with the right fonts. The other elements are typesetted with cmr-fonts. What Do I wrong? With many thanks for any hint Albrecht \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupfontsynonym [Serif] [handling=punctuation] \setupfontsynonym [Sans] [handling=punctuation] \setupfontsynonym [Mono] [handling=punctuation] \usetypescript [berry] [ec] \definetypeface [postscript] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=.9] \definetypeface [postscript] [tt] [mono] [courier][default][rscale=.9] \definetypeface [postscript] [mm] [math] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \switchtotypeface [postscript] [11pt] \setupalign [hanging] \starttext \input tufte {\sc Tufte}\footnote{abcdefgh {\sc Tufte}} \placeformula $$E=mc^2$$ \placeformula $$\Delta E=\Delta mc^2$$ \ss \input tufte \tt \input tufte \stoptext

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Re[2]: [NTG-context] Backgrounds
by Hans Hagen 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

At 07:52 PM 3/24/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Actually I did have a look at it (assuming you're talking about >textbackgrounds), but I found their behaviour to be rather >different from that of backgrounds even when location=paragraph. >For example, setting frame=on doesn't give me a frame, and it >doesn't seem to support rounded corners for neither the background >nor the frame. Also, setting a largish offset "covers" the text >that precedes the background, and this isn't nice at all. I think >that textbackgrounds and backgrounds serve different purpouses. > >And what about the other requests? (Behaviour at splits, different >corner styles) \starttext \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[gb][state=start] \startuseMPgraphic{mpos:par:columnset} for i := 1 upto nofmultipars : fill multipars[i] enlarged 5pt cornered 5pt withcolor green ; draw multipars[i] enlarged 5pt cornered 5pt withcolor red ; endfor ; \stopuseMPgraphic \input tufte \blank \starttextbackground[gb] \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} \stoptextbackground \blank \input tufte \stoptext they split, can have corners, lay behind the text, ... only some spacing issues need to be solved (working on that on and off) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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old style numerals
by Idris S Hamid 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

Dear fraternity, With Alan Hoenig's help, I have created virtual fonts for cmr5--cmr12 that make oldstyle numerals the default (cmros*.vf). I am having trouble fitting them into my cmr setup. Here is my file (there was some bug in the default ConTeXt setup that messed up font switching so I made my own that works;->): =================type-cmr.tex============ %%% Names and synonyms \starttypescript [roman] [knuth] [name] \usetypescript [serif,sans,mono,math] [computer-modern] [name,size] \stoptypescript %%% Sizes \starttypescript [roman] [knuth] [size] \usetypescript [serif,sans,mono,math] [computer-modern] [size] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [MyCMR] \definebodyfontenvironment [mycmr] [default] [interlinespace=2.8ex] \definetypeface [mycmr] [rm,ss,tt,mm] [roman] [knuth] [knuth] \stoptypescript ====================================== I need to adjust the serif settings to get cmros instead of cmr. That is, I need to replace all the [serif] options with something else. The typescript following this email should play a role but so far my attempts to get this working fail. I'll be happy to send the oldstyle cmr vf's and tfm's to anyone that wants them. Thnx 4 your help Idris ===================================== \starttypescript [serif] [computer-modern-oldstyle] [size] \definebodyfont [12pt] [rm] [tf=cmros12, bf=cmbx12, it=cmti12, sl=cmsl12, bi=cmbxti10 at 12pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 12pt, sc=cmcsc10 at 12pt] \definebodyfont [11pt] [rm] [tf=cmros10 at 11pt, bf=cmbx10 at 11pt, sl=cmsl10 at 11pt, it=cmti10 at 11pt, bi=cmbxti10 at 11pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 11pt, sc=cmcsc10 at 11pt] \definebodyfont [10pt] [rm] [tf=cmros10, bf=cmbx10, it=cmti10, sl=cmsl10, bi=cmbxti10, bs=cmbxsl10, sc=cmcsc10] \definebodyfont [9pt] [rm] [tf=cmros9, bf=cmbx9, it=cmti9, sl=cmsl9, bi=cmbxti10 at 9pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 9pt, sc=cmcsc10 at 9pt] \definebodyfont [8pt] [rm] [tf=cmros8, bf=cmbx8, it=cmti8, sl=cmsl8, bi=cmbxti10 at 8pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 8pt, sc=cmcsc10 at 8pt] \definebodyfont [7pt] [rm] [tf=cmros7, bf=cmbx7, it=cmti10 at 7pt, sl=cmsl10 at 7pt, bi=cmbxti10 at 7pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 7pt, sc=cmcsc10 at 7pt] \definebodyfont [6pt] [rm] [tf=cmros6, bf=cmbx6, it=cmti10 at 6pt, sl=cmsl10 at 6pt, bi=cmbxti10 at 6pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 6pt, sc=cmcsc10 at 6pt] \definebodyfont [5pt] [rm] [tf=cmros5, bf=cmbx5, it=cmti10 at 5pt, sl=cmsl10 at 5pt, bi=cmbxti10 at 5pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 5pt, sc=cmcsc10 at 5pt] \definebodyfont [4pt] [rm] [tf=cmros10 at 4pt, bf=cmbx10 at 4pt, it=cmti10 at 4pt, sl=cmsl10 at 4pt, bi=cmbxti10 at 4pt, bs=cmbxsl10 at 4pt, sc=cmr10 at 4pt] \definebodyfont [14.4pt,17.3pt,20.7pt] [rm] [tf=cmros12 sa 1, bf=cmbx12 sa 1, it=cmti12 sa 1, sl=cmsl12 sa 1, bi=cmbxti10 sa 1, bs=cmbxsl10 sa 1, sc=cmcsc10 sa 1] \stoptypescript

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Context archives.
by John Culleton 21 Apr '03

21 Apr '03

While searching in my Context folder for something else I found this searchable archive: http://ml-archives.mini.pw.edu.pl/ntg-context.html Problem is, the background to the html pages is dark gray, rendering the archive almost unreadable. I can access it in Lynx but then navigation gets tricky. Is there another searchable archive that is easier for old folks to read? John Culleton ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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A surprising interaction
by Nigel King 19 Apr '03

19 Apr '03

Dear ConTeXtnicians, I have found a problem constructing my front and back cover for a user manual. In the program below I use the setupexternalfigures line below setting the maximum horizontal and vertical size in in order to simplify the inclusion of figures. It has the undesired side effect of reducing the size of the front and back cover. In the program below the first page of the document is smaller than the subsequent page. \showframe \setupexternalfigures [maxwidth=\textwidth,maxheight=0.8\textheight] \starttext \startMPpage StartPage; fill Page withcolor 0.5white; StopPage; \stopMPpage \input tufte \stoptext Clearly I can set this line after the first page. Presumably I need to set the line to \pagewidth and \pageheight before the back cover. A further surprise is that the body page background does not seem to be effected. \startuseMPgraphic{bg} StartPage; fill Page withcolor 0.5white; StopPage; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[page][\useMPgraphic{bg}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=page] regards -- Nigel

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\frac, \eqalign and \usemodule[newmat]
by Emil Hedevang Lohse 19 Apr '03

19 Apr '03

I have encountered a problem when using \fac, \eqalign and \usemodule[newmat] at the same time. I like the newmat module since it gives me the \QED command, but when using \frac inside \eqalign I get an error I cannot understand. \usemodule[newmat] % This works fine. \starttext \startformula \frac12=\frac24 \stopformula % Uncomment to get error. %\startformula %\eqalign{\frac12={}&\frac24\cr} %\stopformula % This works fine. \startformula \eqalign{{1\over2}={}&{2\over4}\cr} \stopformula \stoptext The log file is attached. -- Emil Hedevang Lohse <http://home.imf.au.dk/emil/> Alle spørgsmål er lige dumme. Og spørgsmålet "Kan ænder flyve?" er ikke dumt.

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Re: [NTG-context] TeX Live 7
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 19 Apr '03

19 Apr '03

> run > > kpsewhich texmf.cnf > > locate the context section > > decrease some mem values (main mem for instance) > > regenerate formats with texexec --make (optionally --alone) > > see if there's a change in the malloc message > > Hans ok! If I decrease main_memory from 1500000 to 1000000 then pdfetex needs only 56000008 Bytes (60000008 bevor) this is a factor 8! Why 8? If main_memory is given in words (longwords) I would expect a factor 2 (4), but not 8! ok, let it be quadwords! Then I decreased further mem_bot from 4000000 to 3000000 pdfetex now needs 48000008 Bytes this is a factor 8 too! The remaining 48000008 Bytes divided by 8 means 6000000 words? I have to set everything to zero then!? It looks as if there is no memory at all! In what units are all the memory entrys given? ??? Wolfgang

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Definition of new fonts
by Christoph Bachmann 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Hi, I try to use a font, which is not packaged with TeX or ConText. I already used the texfont script to install it (successfully). But I can't make the system USE the font. Below is the snippet. The commands do (in the end) have no influence at all. The text is typeset in Computer Modern. If I activate the (now commented) "\starttypescript [xxx]" command, I get an "unknown variant - xxx" error in the log. Does anybody have an idea? Unfortunately, the mfonts.pdf didn't help me much. Thanks a lot and happy easter holidays, Chris. \starttypescript [map] [ec] \loadmapfile [ec-adobe-lucidaserif] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][adobelucida][name] \definefontsynonym[Serif][Lucida] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold][Lucida-Bold] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic][Lucida-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [Lucida-Italic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[sans][adobelucida][name] \definefontsynonym[Sans][LucidaSans] \definefontsynonym[SansBold][LucidaSans-Bold] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalic][LucidaSans-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym[SansItalic][Lucida-Italic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[mono][adobelucida][name] \definefontsynonym[Mono][LucidaSansTypewriter] \definefontsynonym[MonoBold][LucidaSansTypewriter-Bd] \definefontsynonym[MonoBoldItalic][LucidaSansTypewriter-BdObl] \definefontsynonym[MonoItalic][LucidaSansTypewriter-Obl] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[alb] \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono][adobelucida][name] \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono][default][size] \usetypescript [map] [ec] \stoptypescript %\starttypescript [xxx] \definetypeface [xxx] [rm] [serif] [alb] [default] \definetypeface [xxx] [ss] [sans] [alb] [default] [rscale=.9] \definetypeface [xxx] [tt] [mono] [alb][default][rscale=.9] \definetypeface [xxx] [mm] [math] [alb] [default] [encoding=ec] %\stoptypescript \setupencoding[default=ec] % or EC, if you prefer \usetypescript[xxx] \setupbodyfont[xxx] \setupalign [hanging] \starttext \input tufte {\sc Tufte}\footnote{abcdefgh {\sc Tufte}} \placeformula $$E=mc^2$$ \placeformula $$\Delta E=\Delta mc^2$$ \ss \input tufte \tt \input tufte \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] TeX Live 7
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

> > >This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C > >7.3.7x) > > > >fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 60000008 bytes). > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >Should I really increase memory to run an one-word job? > > > >There must be an other error. > > > > > > this is an OS problem, if you run some old windows (95/98), make sure > >that > > > there is enough non fragemented disk space left on your c drive (or the > > > disk where the virtual mem file resides); it may help to increase your > > > virtual mem; tex needs some 16-32 M per job (kind of fixed) > > > > > > Hans > > > >I run tetex on linux (debian). > >I have compared the memory settings in the context section of both TeX Live > >6 and 7, they are identical. > >Do you have any ideas? > > the message is not a tex one (say: too less font mem, or hash exceeded) but > an operating system one; this may happen when you rmem settings in the > texmf.cnf file don't match the values stored in the format file; did you > regenerate the format? > > i also wonder where the 60 meg of mem request comes from > > Hans I made the following little experiments with 'simple.tex': ------------------simple.tex---------------- \starttext Test. \stoptext ------------------------------------------------- I hope, that the following command ist �quivalent to 'texexec simple' > pdfetex --efmt cont-en simple This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) entering extended mode (./simple.tex Error: pdfetex (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file (The former xmalloc-error is not reported, but 'pdftex.cfg' could not opened!?) > pdfetex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) **\relax entering extended mode {/usr/TeX/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} *\end No pages of output. Transcript written on texput.log. (Here, 'pdftex.cfg' is found and opened!! ) I created an further pdftedx.cfg in my user-tree and I get: > pdfetex --efmt cont-en simple This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) entering extended mode (./simple.tex Error: pdfetex (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file > pdfetex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) **\relax entering extended mode {/home/wwl/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} *\end No pages of output. Transcript written on texput.log. Is this ok or wrong? Is this the same error as bevor or a second error? Obviously this is format dependend. The format is newly made with: texexec --make en The new format is written to /usr/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/cont-en.efmt Timestamp looks ok! Wolfgang

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