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Metapost labeling question. Please help
by Curiouslearn 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hi, I want the labels as (0.5,0.55,0.6,0.65,0.7,...,1) or (0.50,0.55,0.60,0.65,0.70,...,1). Either of these two is fine. I tried the following code for this. \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{labeltest} numeric rmin,rmax; rmin := 0.5; rmax := 1; ux := 25cm; uy :=10cm; % draw axes draw (rmin,0)*ux -- (rmax+0.1,0)*ux; draw (rmin,0)*ux -- (rmin*ux,(1.1)*uy); for x = 0.5 step 0.05 until 1.1: label.bot(textext(decimal(x)),(x*ux,x*uy)); endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{labeltest} \stoptext I get (0.5,0.55, 0.6,0.65001,0.70001,0.75002,...,1.00003) instead. I don't understand why I get more than 2 digits after 0.6. Is there a way to restrict the number of digits after the decimal point. Thanks very much.

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right/left only background offset?
by Khaled Hosny 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Is there a way to typeset a paragraph with background extending only in the margin? I used the following setup, but I don't want the background to extend in the top/bottom (or at least minimize it), any ideas? \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackground [background=color, backgroundcolor=green, frame=on, backgroundoffset=.5cm]%, %leftoffset=0cm,rightoffset=0cm] \starttext \startbackground \input tufte \stopbackground \input tufte \stoptext Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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Typesetting C code
by zikmua1＠fel.cvut.cz 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Can someone help me with typesetting C code. I tried typeset JAVA code with followed command \startJV import java.text.DateFormat; public class MainClass(){ } \stopJV and output was OK. I use predefine typing environment (verbatim) If I use predefine environment for C code, \startC #include <stio.h> int main(){ return 0; } \stopC the compiler report error. Please, can you help me with typesetting C code. Thanks very much.

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Strange extra page with xetex ...
by Markus Hubig 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hi @all, when i'm using XeTeX (texexec --xtx bla.tex) to create my document I'm getting an extra first page aug PDF output containing the chars "sss e" ... I'm using ConTeXt Minimals (TeXExec | version 6.2.1 - 1997-2009 - PRAGMA ADE/POD). Is this a known Problem? Is there a fix for it? I'm not having this Problem when using LuaTeX or pdfTeX ... Markus -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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updating ConTeXt (MacTeX)
by Robert Blackstone 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > ..... > > ConTeXt should work now (i.e. at this moment in this shell window) > ..... > > Are there any remaining problems? > > I'll change the Wiki now. > > > Greetlings from Lake Constance! > Hraban Hello Hraban, No remaining problems, at least not with installing Minimals. Your instructions are beautifully clear. Everything works now. Thank you very much. Robert Blackstone

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Affiliation change
by Taco Hoekwater 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hello everybody, This message is to inform you all that as of today, I am no longer an employee of Elvenkind BV, the company where I have worked for during the past years. Working for Elvenkind has been a pleasure, but it has always been hard for Elvenkind to find enough commercial projects to employ me in. Even the recent (much appreciated!) funded TeX-development projects simply do not generate enough revenue for Elvenkind to make it viable to keep me as an employee in the current economic climate. This is not the best time to be out of a job, but nevertheless I have decided to try to make the most of it an attempt to make an old dream happen: being my own boss. Since quite some time already I have had a private company called Bittext that I use for various bits and pieces that simply did not fit in with Elvenkind's company strategy (its original intent was to place my font development work in that company, but it has also been used as the company behind organizing the ConTeXt Epen meeting in 2007, for example). For the development of luatex and metapost, I do not expect that much to change compared to the current situation: Hans and I will continue to write funding proposals and we hope that enough of those will be granted so that I can keep that development work going much like it is. (about a 50% commitment working on these two programs in an average working week). However, for ConTeXT and other TeX-related things, the situation is a bit more problematic. Pragma ADE does not have money to fund any projects, even if I managed to find something to excite Hans that he couldn't do faster himself ;). To find the missing source of income, I intend to start giving commercial ConTeXt courses and I plan to start selling manuals via lulu. Perhaps there is a bit of consultancy that can be found as well, and I will try to regain some of my old mathematical typesetting clients. But I fear that even all of that together will generate enough income for me to continue developing modules and offering help for free. Therefore, the planned bib module replacement will be released as commercial software, and support for other ConTeXT stuff (like the current bib module) will become a paid service. Probably via a subscription website, that will (for example) also host my release notes. I am brooding on other ConTeXt module ideas that people may be willing to pay for, and I will finish the font projects that are still on my disk for sale via my website. This April (until around BachoTeX) I will still be busy preparing the luatex and metapost binaries for the TeXlive 2009 deadline, but after that I will likely drop offline for a while, creating the Bittext website ( http://www.bittext.com ) and figuring out things like how to be on the receiving end of Lulu and PayPal. Well, that is about all I wanted to say right now. I am quite apprehensive about how this news will fall in the ConTeXT community, but I see no other way. And I must admit that at the same time I am quite excited about being "in control of my own destiny", as they say! Best wishes to all of you, Taco

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\doifmodeselse?
by Gerben Wierda 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Using --mode or --modes with texexec sets up modes which can be used in the files to parse different parts. For that I use \doifmodeelse{}{}{} But combining various modes in one \doiffmodeelse would be handy. e.g. (pseudocode) if mode is workinprogress or test or the other way around if mode is all or editor So I would like something like \doifmodeselse{all,editor) or even better booleans \doiffmodeselse{not test or editor} so I do not need to build a large setup of nested \ifmodeelse This is not in ConTeXt currently. Would it be easy to program such a multiple modes selector? G

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Re: [NTG-context] updating ConTeXt (MacTeX)
by Robert Blackstone 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > > Am 2009-03-30 um 22:11 schrieb Robert Blackstone: > > > Thank you, Hraban, for suggesting an easy way out: Use ConTeXt- > > Minimals, but also there I manage to run into problems, mainly with > > files and scripts that I can see in the finder but that are not > > found in Terminal, not even from their parent directory. > > I don't understand what you mean. Can you give an example? > > Normally it's vice versa: With 'ls -Al' you can see much more in the > Terminal as you can see in Finder, not only dotted (hidden) files, but > also whole trees like /usr. > > There are a few file and folder names though that are faked in > international OSX versions' Finder (like 'Applications' appears as > 'Programme' in a German OSX). > > > Greetlings from Lake Constance! > Hraban > What I meant is the following. (Incidentally, I configured the finder so that it shows the ‘hidden’ files and directories, like /usr, too.) Now about installing and configuring minimals I went through all steps described on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals/Mac_Installationup till step 5 of ‘configuring’, which is: Step 5. In Terminal, type context --make and press Enter/Return. This yields: MtxRun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' Then I cd-ed stepwuse up to /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua, after each cd trying to perform step 5, and then finally I got: MtxRun | running command: luatools --make --compile cont-en LuaTools | no tex file with name: cont-en.tex LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.008 seconds MtxRun | running command: luatools --make --compile cont-nl LuaTools | no tex file with name: cont-nl.tex LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.009 seconds MtxRun | running command: luatools --make --compile mptopdf LuaTools | no tex file with name: mptopdf.tex LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.013 seconds MtxRun | running command: luatools --make --compile plain LuaTools | no tex file with name: plain.tex LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.008 seconds MtxRun | total runtime: 0.168 But for example cont-en.tex does exist on my Mac and it sits in /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex These files are not found. So I am a bit at a loss at what to try next. Incidentally, step 1 of Configuring ConTeXt instructs me to create a file with a given line and save the file as .bash_profile, which, however, already exists. So I have added the line to the existing file. If this is correct, this possibility should perhaps be mentioned in the instructions. Thank you for your time and patience. Robert Blackstone

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FontSite's CombiNumerals Pro
by Alan Stone 02 Apr '09

02 Apr '09

Re: http://www.fontsite.com/dev/fonts-c-e/combinumerals-pro-v5-win/ Character charts: http://www.fontsite.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/cnp5.pdf Char a Dec 97 Hex 61 Glyph round circled 10 I'm trying to output some glyph but all I get is the corresponding character (see attachment) ... \starttypescript [sans] [combinumeralspro] \definefontsynonym [CombiNumeralsProRegular] [name:combinumeralsproregular] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [combinumeralspro] \setups [font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [CombiNumeralsProRegular] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [combinumeralspro] \definetypeface [combinumeralspro] [ss] [sans] [combinumeralspro] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[combinumeralspro] \starttext 1a) \getglyph{name:combinumeralspro}{\char"61} 1b) \getglyph{name:CombiNumeralsProRegular}{\char"61} 1c) \getglyph{Sans}{\char"61} \stoptext What's missing ? -- Alan

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MetaPost graphics with TRT direction
by Khaled Hosny 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

MPost graphics inside TRT direction are placed incorrectly overlapping the text on the right, similar to what we had with \pdfximage (see the attached PDF). This seems to be unrelated to images issue since MPost graphics are inserted as \pdfliteral. I'm not sure if this an engine or macro issue, but I'm guessing the later. Changing the \startMPLIBtoPDF so that the \hbox where the graphics is placed is fixed to TLT direction fixes this, but I'm not sure if it is safe to do so. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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beta
by Hans Hagen 01 Apr '09

01 Apr '09

Hi, i uploaded a beta ... this one matches the latest check-in of luatex this is also the last non-xp version as i'm going to merge the cont-xp code into th emain version now Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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How do you get this in the ToC ?
by Alan Stone 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Dear ConTeXt Gang, In the example below, how do you get "Text Page One" in the table of contents ? \starttext \startstandardmakeup Title Page \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup Text Page One \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup Text Page Two \stopstandardmakeup \startfrontmatter \placecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter One} \input knuth \stopbodymatter \stoptext Thanks, Alan

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Tikz and MKIV
by curiouslearn 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hi, I do not have the very latest beta of Context. I am using This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.35.0 (post_contextgarden.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.18 21:58 With this version, I found something that does not work in Tikz when compiled using MKIV, but works when compiled using MKII. Is this a bug in MKIV that will be fixed soon, or is this due to some fundamental incompatibility between MKIV and Tikz that will remain until Tikz package is modified by the Tikz development team. \usemodule[tikz] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[xwi] \starttext \starttikzpicture \node (S) [rectangle,draw,text width=2in,fill=linen] at (0,0) {The "fill=linen" option works with MKII. But does not work with MKIV. If I replace "fill=linen" with a Tikz option,such as "fill=blue!20", everything works fine with MKIV}; \stoptikzpicture \stoptext (the quotes are used just to draw attention. Not entered in the actual code)

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Spacing after \cite
by Aditya Mahajan 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hi Taco, Normally, while using \cite one does not need to worry about adding an explicit space after the command. So, you can write "\cite[something] says ...." rather than "\cite[something]\ says ...". But something has changed in core ConTeXt which has changed this behaviour. Consider the test file: \usemodule [bib] \setuppublications [alternative=num] \starttext Test~\cite[something] is wrong \stoptext I have two versions of ConTeXt. With ConTeXt 2009.01.18 (which has t-bib version=2008.10.27), I get (notice the space after [] and is) %----------- Test [] is wrong %------------- With ConTeXt 2009.03.09 (which has t-bib version=2008.12.01) I get (notice that there is no space after [] and is) %----------- Test []is wrong %------------- The behaviour is the same whether I use pdftex or luatex. There is no major difference between the two versions of t-bib. The changelog says %D \item Catalan translation of 'References' (10/11/2008) %D \item 'chapter' -> 'chapitre' in bibl-apa-fr (27/11/2008) %D \item Run bibtex via os.execute in mkiv modee (01/12/2008) So I am guessing that the difference is because of something else, but I cannot see any differences. Any suggestions? Aditya

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\big strikes
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hello Hans, The following minimal example stopped working recently (in "current" ConTeXt it still compiles fine). \startformula \bigm|_a \stopformula systems: begin file paren at line 1 ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> $ \@@dobig ...o #1\bodyfontsize {}\right .\n@space $ }} \@mt@defaultbigm #1->\puremathcomm {rel}{\big {#1} } l.3 \bigm| _a. ? Mojca

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more stretch
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Thank everybody for indispensible help, esp. Wolfgang. I owe yuo a beer :) My project should be completed today, so it is probably one of the last questions. I have set up \setupalign[stretch], after which my document looks far more justified (no ragged right text edge). However, in some difficult situations I still get the problem, as shown on attached shot. Moreover, TeX compains about a lot of overfull hboxes. How to instruct TeX to relax and allow more spacing between words (or more stretching?) Best, Vyatcheslav

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updating ConTeXt (MacTeX)
by Robert Blackstone 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Thank you, Mojca and Aditya, for your comments and advice. It will take me, being no virtuoso with Terminal, a while to figure out what exactly I have to do. It is in my script that I will again run into problems and then I will beg you to help me out again. Thank you, Hraban, for suggesting an easy way out: Use ConTeXt-Minimals, but also there I manage to run into problems, mainly with files and scripts that I can see in the finder but that are not found in Terminal, not even from their parent directory. Robert Blackstone

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request for testing linux binaries
by Mojca Miklavec 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hello, I would like to ask someone on any (ancient or not) linux distribution to test if the pdftex binary for linux works OK, just to let me know if I may continue using that machine to compile binaries for minimals. (I did not update luatex, metapost or xetex, so only pdftex binary should be affected.) OS X 10.4 issues will hopefully be resolved soon. (I need a few iterations to figure out which compiler switches are needed to make the binaries work on Tiger. I'll worry about Snow Leopard when first user starts complaining.) Mojca

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recurse bug?
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Dear gang, The following, using the latest beta, moves the last recurse to the next page: \setuplayout [lines=12] \starttext \pardir TRT \dorecurse{12}{This is a recursive line. \crlf} \stoptext so we get only 11 lines on page 1. Is this a bug? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Colors
by Lutz Haseloff 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Hi all, with the latest ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.29 13:28 MKIV and LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.37.0-2009032922 I can't get colored text: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext {\red red} {\green this is typeset in green} {\middlemagenta this is typeset in dark middlemagenta} \stoptext Greetings Lutz

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Re: [NTG-context] Making sure figures are placed within articles
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 31 Mar '09

31 Mar '09

Thank you, Mike. Your advice is a bomb! I've only added \blank: before={\placefloats\blank} Regards, Vyatcheslav > I had that problem as well. You can use the command \placefloats to > force any floats that exist to be placed immediately. So to force the > floats to be placed within the section or subsection that they are > defined, I use the command: > > \setuphead[section] > [before={\placefloats}] > \setuphead[subsection] > [before={\placefloats}] > > Mike > >

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Alternating left and right margins
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hello How to setup the layout where each even page has right and left margins swapped (for booklet-like printing) E.g. if I have 1 cm right margin and 2cm left, second, forth and so on pages should have 2 cm right margin and 1cm left. My current layout is \setuppapersize [A5][A5] \setuplayout[topspace=1.5cm, header=0cm, footer=0.7cm, bottomspace=0.7cm, height=fit, leftmargin=1.5cm, rightmargin=1.5cm, backspace=1.5cm, width=fit] \showframe Best, Vyatcheslav

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Cannot turn big letters to small
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hello, I have heads typed in capital letters, but I want first letters of each word to be capitalized and the rest small. For example, I have \faculty{ФАКУЛЬТЕТ АЕРОКОСМІЧНИХ СИСТЕМ УПРАВЛІННЯ} but actually I need the result that would be produced by \faculty{Факультет Аерокосмічних Систем Управління } I have played a lot with \Word, \Words, \Cap, etc, but they don't work. Current \word command turns all letters to small, but this is not acceptable. \definehead[faculty][chapter] \setuphead [faculty][ incrementnumber=list, page=yes, number=no, align=right, style={\switchtobodyfont[impact]\bfb\word}] Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Cannot turn big letters to small
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

> > > I have heads typed in capital letters, but I want first letters of each > > word to be capitalized and the rest small. > > > > For example, I have > > > > \faculty{BIG HEAD} > > > > but actually I need the result that would be produced by > > > > \faculty{Big Head} > > > > > > I have played a lot with \Word, \Words, \Cap, etc, but they don't work. > > Current \word command turns all letters to small, but this is not > > acceptable. > > > > \definehead[faculty][chapter] > > \setuphead [faculty][ > > incrementnumber=list, page=yes, number=no, align=right, > > style={\switchtobodyfont[impact]\bfb\word}] > > > mkii or mkiv? > Sure, mkiv. This is the only engine I use :) Vyatcheslav

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Making sure figures are placed within articles
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hello, I usually place figures in the end of the subsection, using the code: \placefigure [middle]{none}{\externalfigure[filyashkin-1.png][width=0.87\textwidth]} Quite often the figure does not fit the page, and is moved to the next one. Ocassionally, another subsection may start at the beginning of next page, so that my figure is placed inside wrong article. Can I setup \placefigure to move non-fitting figures not only forth, but also back within the subsection? In another words, to can I set up the criterium: place the figure no matter where, but inside the current subsection? Otherwise, it needs many manual corrections and re-compilations to get all figures within corresponding articles. I'd doing my first serious work with ConTeXt, so help me please. Best, Vyatcheslav

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updating ConTeXt (MacTeX)
by Robert Blackstone 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

In order to be able to use MkIV and Luatex I started, as a MacTeX-user, by updating ConTeXt (*MacTeX*<http://wiki.contextgarden.net/index.php?title=MacTeX&action=edit&redlink=1>: You need to update<http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV#Updating_ConTeXt>ConTeXt first.), following instructions on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV#Updating_ConTeXt The command as given (copied and pasted in terminal) does not work: everything fails: Operation not permitted. Redoing it as Sudo does the job. But then: “luatools --generate” gives: -bash: /usr/texbin/luatools: Permission denied, “sudo luatools --generate” gives “luatools: command not found”. So I cd-ed to /usr/texbin, gave the command “sudo chmod 755 luatools” and then “luatools --generate” and got: LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.002 seconds But worst of all is that after all this I could not use MkII any more: Older files that before updating had been nicely typeset couldn’t be processed anymore: permission denied. I tried “sudo chmod 755” on texexec and on texmfstart but that did not help. So in the end I reinstalled MacTeX 2008 and I was back at where I started. The least one can say is that the updating instructions on contextgarden do not work in all circumstances. In all fairness, everybody is warned: “Note that this is a quick-and-dirty way to upgrade TL. Use at your own risk. One should be able to update in a more elegant way.” But now what? Lots of MacTeX-users must have successfully updated ConTeXt. Can anybody disclose a more elegant way that worked for them? Especially one that does not render the existing ConTeXt useless by meddling with permissions. Just for the sake of completeness, I use an Intel iMac under OSX 10.5.6. Thanks in advance, Robert Blackstone

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latext beta + xetex
by Thomas A. Schmitz 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hi all, there's a bug somewhere in the latest beta when using it with XeTeX (which I normally don't use, but I have a stubborn pdf file which luatex refuses to embed...). Simple testfile \starttext Hello world \stoptext produces a spurious "sss" in the output. All best Thomas

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\assignvalue
by Wolfgang Schuster 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Hi Hans, the \assignvalue did not work with keyword since a while. \starttext 10 = \assignvalue {10}\AssignedValue{1}{5}{9}\AssignedValue 5 = \assignvalue{medium}\AssignedValue{1}{5}{9}\AssignedValue \stoptext Wolfgang

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substitutions
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Dear gang, Sometimes I use the following for simple substitutions: \defineactivecharacter ' {\otfchar{quoteright}} But is there a more general mechanism to do things \definesubstitution{<string1>}{<string2>} eg \definesubstitution{--}{–} Of course ConTeXt already provides this particular substitution but I'm interested in such a mechanism for more general purposes. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\startalign + \boldsymbol weird behavior
by Boštjan Vesnicer 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Hi, I've noticed a weird behavior using \boldsymbol within \startalign \stopalign. Please see the attached minimal example. MKII version 2009.03.13 17:35 Bostjan

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updating context
by Ilda Khaki 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

today, by looking at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV and following instructions, after updating context and luatex binary in opensuse 11.1, if I run luatools --generate in the terminal as both a root user or a normal user, it will not work and I get bash: /usr/local/bin/luatools: Permission denied Does exist a solution for this?

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\startlines in mark IV
by Maurício 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Hi, I setup this test: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \startlines \input test.tex \stoplines \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% File 'test.tex' contains just a 'Hello world!' line. This test goes okay when I use 'texexec' from default Ubuntu package. When I use 'context' from minimals, I get a message that ends with: ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \input test.tex If I remove lines '\startlines' and \stoplines' from the test, I get no errors. What did I do wrong? Did '\startlines' changed in Mark IV? Thanks, Maurício

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languagespecifics broken
by Peter Münster 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Hello, With the latest version, the following test-file produces "ERROR: Missing { inserted.": \startlanguagespecifics[en] \stoplanguagespecifics \starttext bla \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Linebreak in Metapost/Metafun Label
by CuriousLearn 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

Hi, Is it possible to break labels in two lines if needed? For example, suppose I have label.rt(textext("Do you see this label text. Quite long. Need to break it across lines"),(3,5)); Can I have it appear in the figure as Do you see this label text. Quite long. Need to break it across lines. Thank you in advance for your help.

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 28 Mar '09

28 Mar '09

new beta with some of todays patches -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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problem with pre-stepwise
by Peter Münster 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hello, With the recent version (2009.03.27 08:00 and LuaTeX-0.36.0), I get the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. \presetJScode #1#2->\setverbosecscharacters With this example file: \usemodule[pre-stepwise] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext bla \stoptext TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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bold math
by Bostjan Vesnicer 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hi, what is the current (preferred) way of using math bold symbols. Bostjan

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the \definedfont in last beta
by Khaled Hosny 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

The following doesn't work using the latest minimals: \starttext test{\definedfont[Serif sa 5]test} \stoptext I'm getting normal text size. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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colored labels in mp
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hi, the following does not seem to use color. Am I missing something? Never used this feature before... I use mkiv with luatex 0.36. \startMPcode draw thelabel(btex RED etex, (0,0)) withcolor blue; \stopMPcode \stoptext Thanks, Eythan

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no more spaces with big palatino
by Peter Münster 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hello, With the last version, there are no more spaces in the output of the following example file: \setupbodyfont[18pt] % this comes from a module \usetypescript[palatino] \switchtobodyfont[palatino] % this is a project specific configuration \starttext bla bla bla \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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xhtml form to pdf form?
by Andy 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hello, I want to know if ConTeXt can convert xhtml form to pdf form? I learned some examples in Garden wiki about typesetting html files using ConTeXt. But they just translate the form tag to empty. Is there any ConTeXt way to handle forms just like the \form commands in latex package hyperref? Thanks. Andy.

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both bold and capital
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Hello, I need bold and capital heads.The following gives me caps only, not bold: \setuphead [headname][ incrementnumber=list, number=no, align=right, style=cap,bold] What's wrong? How to mix cap, bold (and, probably, small) into head setup? Vyatcheslav

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medium constant is missed
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

I'm using latest beta, mkiv. \setupinterlinespace[medium] fails, but \setupinterlinespace[1.25] works. Bug? ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> m \currentrelativeinterlinespace ->m edium \spacing ...kipfactor {\withoutpt \the \dimexpr #1 \dimexpr \topskipfactor \p... \p!compareprocessactionD ...ommalistelement {#3}#2 \fi \fi \next2 #1,->\p!dodoprocessaction {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.10 \setupinterlinespace[medium] Best, Vyatcheslav

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font switch in 'style' stopped working
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Mar '09

27 Mar '09

Thank you, Hans. luatools --generate eliminated the error. But, font switch in 'style' stopped working. For example, \definehead[faculty][chapter] \setuphead [faculty][ incrementnumber=list, page=yes, number=no, align=middle, style=\bfb] produces bold but normal size font. \tfa also gives normal font. Help! Vyatcheslav

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Severe bug - tabl-tsp.tex missed
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

There is severe bug in the latest beta, when making mkiv format file: ! I can't find file `tabl-tsp.tex'. <to be read again> \relax l.243 \loadcorefile{tabl-tsp.tex} (Press Enter to retry, or Control-Z to exit) Vyatcheslav

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Tables query (MKII, latest beta)
by Bowen Alan C. 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

I have a simple, multi-page table that is currently defined by \setuptables[bodyfont=9pt] \starttables[|l|p(15pc)|] The problem is that the text in the cells on the right that have more than one line is set almost solid and is often too close to the next row. So how can I adjust/control the vertical spacing both between and within rows? \setuptables[bodyfont=9pt,\setupinterlinespace[line=2.4ex]] gets: ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \def \doifnextoptionalelse #1#2->\def \nextoptionalcommandyes {#1}\def \nextoptio... <argument> \setupinterlinespace [line \dosetvalue #1#2->\@EA \def \csname #1#2 \endcsname \p!doassign ...r \else \@EAEAEA #1\fi \fi {#2}{#3} {#4} \xprocesscommaitem ...@relax@ #1==\empty \@relax@ \@EAEAEA \xprocesscommaite... ... l.397 ...font=9pt,\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex] ] I apologize if this is a FAQ: my review of the wiki and of core- tab.tex has been most instructive, but not on this issue. Alan

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Font size in MKII vs. MKIV
by curiouslearn 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hello, If I compile the following code with MKII, the font size I get for the chapter title is smaller than that I get with MKIV? \starttext \chapter{This is bigger in MKIV than in MKII} The regular text is the same size. \stoptext Was this a deliberate change made from MKII to MKIV?

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typescript repository
by Wolfgang Schuster 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi all, what do think about a page with typescript files for good quality free fonts, we have a few typescripts on the wiki but you have to copy them first in your document or in a file before you can use them. Wolfgang

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math symbols missing?
by Jesse Alama 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

I just tried recompiling an old document with the latest minimals (mkiv) and found that some of my old math commands don't seem to work: \ulcorner \urcorner \cap Probably there are others, too. (Also, \showmathcharacters seems to be undefined.) Any idea what might be going on? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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Updating minimals
by Willi Egger 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi, While running the first-setup.sh script I get the following error: receiving file list ... done sent 37 bytes received 132 bytes 112.67 bytes/sec total size is 5749572 speedup is 34021.14 dyld: Symbol not found: _close$UNIX2003 Referenced from: /Applications/lua36/bin/texlua Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib ./first-setup.sh: line 69: 394 Trace/BPT trap mtxrun -- verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --update --make --force -- engine=all --context=beta --texroot=$PWD/tex $@ I am working on a Mac OSX 10.4 and Intel hardware Kind regards Willi

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The very last macro
by luigi scarso 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

sorry for the noise : is there in mkiv a very last macro ? I mean something like \IamCallAtTheReallyEnd{..} which does absolutly nothing to the pdf , and after which mkiv ends without calls any other macro. TIA -- luigi

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\cap is not defined
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi, Today I found that $A \cap $B results in: ! Undefined control sequence. \normalcap ->\dohandlemathtoken {cap} l.3 $$A\cap B$$ Thanks, Eythan

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m-educat
by Carlos Breton Besnier 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi there. There is any documentation for m-educat? Thanks.

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Problem creating a typescript for Adobe Avenir
by Markus Hubig 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi all! I'm new into context an I'm trying to write a user-manual for my company. For some strange reasons I have to use a font names Adobe Avenir. I managed to install the TTF-Files with texfont but now I'm lost in the creation of a typescript. Maybe there is someone who can give me a little help! My map file looks like this (texnansi-adobe-avenir.map): texnansi-AVENI17 Avenir-Heavy 4 < AVENI17.ttf texnansi.enc texnansi-AVENI18 Avenir-HeavyOblique 4 < AVENI18.ttf texnansi.enc texnansi-AVENI23 Avenir-Oblique 4 < AVENI23.ttf texnansi.enc texnansi-AVENI24 Avenir-Roman 4 < AVENI24.ttf texnansi.enc And my typescript looks like this (type-adobe-avenir.tex): \starttypescript [map] [avenir] [textansi] \loadmapfile [texnansi-adobe-avenir.map] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [avenir] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Avenir-Heavy] [texnansi-AVENI17] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Avenir-HeavyOblique] [texnansi-AVENI18] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Avenir-Oblique] [texnansi-AVENI23] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [Avenir-Roman] [texnansi-AVENI24] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [avenir] [name] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [Avenir-Roman] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [Avenir-Oblique] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [Avenir-Heavy] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [Avenir-HeavyOblique] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [Avenir] \definetypeface [Avenir] [rm] [sans] [avenir] [default] \stoptypescript When I try to use my typescript in my environment file like this: \usetypescriptfile[type-adobe-avenir] \usetypescript[Avenir] \setupbodyfont[Avenir,10pt] ... simply nothing happens ... I get the same font as before. Arrgh! In the logging messages of texexec I see a message that my typescript-file is loaded! Hopefully someone can give my a hand, Markus -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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Stable broken, beta works
by Henning Hraban Ramm 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Thank you, Patrick, for bringing the garden (back) to live! Thank you, Mojca et.al., who fixed the latest LuaTeX issues! But I'm still not happy... With --context=current I get lots of warnings: Warning: support for multiple lua states has been dropped. Please stop using a number after \directlua and \latelua. Warning: The 'fontforge' table has been renamed to 'fontloader'. Please update your source file(s) accordingly. And, worse, OTF handling seems broken: load otf | saving: in cache ! LuaTeX error ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua: 244: attempt to call method 'find' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:244: in function 'key' ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:289: in function 'do_serialize' ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:371: in function 'do_serialize' ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:371: in function 'do_serialize' ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:331: in function 'do_serialize' ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:371: in function 'do_serialize' ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:427: in function 'serialize' ...texmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-table.lua:478: in function 'tofile' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-tmp.lua:169: in function 'savedata' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-tmp.lua:274: in function 'write' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:906: in function 'load' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1845: in function 'otf_to_tfm' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:2066: in function 'read_from_open_type' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:333: in function <...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:315> (tail call): ? ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:250: in function 'read' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:645: in function 'read' ...exmf/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:752: in function 'command_2' <\directlua >:1: in main chunk. \lowleveldefinefont ...s ", "\@@fontfallbacks " )} \edef \somefontspec {at \s... \xxdododefinefont ...efont {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.53 \setupbodyfont[univers, ss, 7pt] With --context=beta it runs through without errors or warnings! Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Columnset fails after update
by Diego Depaoli 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

context thisfile, xp or non-xp, fails. \definecolumnset[example][n=4] \definecolumnsetarea [one][both] [x=1,y=15,nx=4,ny=5, background=contrast,state=repeat] \definecolumnsetarea [two][both] [x=4,y=10,nx=1,ny=6,location=depth, background=contrast,state=repeat] \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \dorecurse{30}{\input tufte} \stopcolumnset \stoptext \*modern12ptrmtfrm* a-rate the sheep from ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \relax \dostepwiserecurse ...erocount \ifnum #2<#1\relax \else d\fi \else \ifnum #3... \docalculatecolumnsetspan ...tance \recurselevel } \!!widthb \!!widtha \advan... \dodoplacecolumntextareas ...lculatecolumnsetspan \!!heighta \columntextarea... \docommand ...placecolumntextareas {#1}{\v!right } \else \doglobal \removefro... \next1 #1,->\docommand {#1} \doprocesscommaitem ... l.13 \stopcolumnset This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.36.0-2009032423, build unknown MtxRun | current version: 2009.03.24 17:07 Cheers -- Diego Depaoli

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Re: [NTG-context] Forward of moderated message
by Taco Hoekwater 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi Michael, ntg-context-bounces wrote: > > Subject: Fwd: Bibliography question with example > From: Michael Bynum <mdbynum(a)gmail.com> > Date:Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:29:22 -0400 > > I think I've figure out how to format the individual items of the > bibliography entries by editing the bibl-xxx.tex files (by the way, if > I try to create a new file, say "bibl-aiaa.tex" in the same directory > as the other bibl files, context always claims it cannot locate the > file and I can't figure out why), You have to run mktexlsr (or a similar menu command, if you are using miktex) after putting files in that spot. > but I can't find a way to edit the > alignment or numbering format for each entry. I attached (tried to) a > png file showing the format I need to produce and a sample file of > what I have so far. The first line of each entry should be indented > and the numbering should be a superscript as shown in the png file. > Can anyone tell me how I can do this? Thanks. Your attached files were a bit too large for the mailing list, so I blocked your message. Something like this will do the trick. \define[1]\myNumber{\hbox to 20pt{\hfill \high{#1}}} \setuppublications[numbercommand=\myNumber] Best wishes, Taco

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synonym sorting used to work, but now doesn't
by Michael Bynum 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

I started using the newest version of texlive and now, the behavior for my synonym lists has changed. With the command \synonym[.1.]{.2.}{.3.}, I thought that the sorting used to be based on [.1.] but now it seems that the sorting is based on {.2.}. This is undesireable, because I cannot seperate my alphabetic synonyms from my greek synonyms. Here is a sample of what is happening. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \definesynonyms[nomenclature][nomenclatures][\infull] \setupsynonyms[nomenclature][criterium=all,width=0.85in] \placelistofnomenclatures \nomenclature[a]{ztest}{This should be first} \nomenclature[b]{ytest}{This should be second} \nomenclature[c]{xtest}{This should be third} \stoptext Mike

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Symbol interferes with floating picture
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hello, I defined a command producing itemization symbol: \def\dash{\symbol[dash]\hskip0.25em} When I insert floating picture, lines starting with dash symbols 'ignore' the floating mode and are placed over the picture. I use latest beta, mkiv. \placefigure [left]{none}{\externalfigure[yanov-2][width=0.5\textwidth]} Функції: \dash автоматична обробка і настроювання "картинки"; \dash електронний візир для вимірювання координат метеооб’єктів і орієнтирів; \dash виявлення турбулентних зон; \dash компенсація ослаблення радіохвиль; \dash відображення і аналіз вертикального профілю метеооб’єктів; \dash виявлення зустрічних літаків; \dash навігаційний огляд земної поверхні; \dash вертикальне сканування. Best, Vyatcheslav

2 2

n\choose k
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hi, In math display mode n choose k does not enlarge parentheses. This for mkiv beta of about March 18. Eythan

2 1

texlua fails on OSX-PPC
by Henning Hraban Ramm 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hi ho, my formats were outdated, so I tried to update my "minimals" installation - got only an error. So I deleted the whole texmf tree and installed from scratch: neither --context=beta nor --context=current works (I deleted the --context=beta switch from first-setup.sh); looks like an error in the texlua binary for OSX-PPC: /usr/local/ConTeXt user$ ./first-setup.sh receiving file list ... done bin/ bin/mtx-update.lua bin/mtxrun bin/texlua sent 109 bytes received 7636548 bytes 311700.29 bytes/sec total size is 7635348 speedup is 1.00 dyld: Symbol not found: _close$UNIX2003 Referenced from: /usr/local/ConTeXt/bin/texlua Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib ./first-setup.sh: line 67: 835 Trace/BPT trap mtxrun --verbose --script ./bin/mtx-update.lua --update --make --force --engine=all --tree=$PWD/tex $@ What can I do? Did I overlook some upgrade instructions? Greetlilngs, Hraban

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Update error
by Fengnan 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hi all, I believe I encountered the same problem I reported a few days ago. This time during my update process, it pops up a error box which says "unable to locate kpathsea357-dev.dll, so the program cannot be started" (here the program is texlua.exe while it was pdftex.exe last time). Fengnan Gao

1 0

remove blank after head
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hello, How to get rid of break after section head? I need to glue it with author's information (italic). \definehead[exhibitname][subsection] \setuphead [exhibitname][ incrementnumber=list, number=no, align=middle, style=\bf] \def\exhibit#1#2% { {\exhibitname{#1}} %\blank {\rightaligned{\it#2}} \blank[line]}

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize symbol
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

I need a symbol that produces a dash like found in itemizations. Standard '--' gives slightly different, light dash. From the Acrobat, I know that the font is txsy. In the page you specified, there is a trick how to produce diamond (\diamond). But there is no \dash symbol defined. > You want to read chapter 10.6 of the ConTeXt manual; your question is > answered on the second page of that chapter. > > Thomas >

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mkiv xp
by Hans Hagen 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hi, i uploaded a new beta with some fixes for the reported with the xp verion Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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CoTeXtgarden is down
by Henning Hraban Ramm 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Ahoi, since some hours the garden server doesn't respond on http or rsync. Could you please look after it? Greetlings, Hraban

3 3

Itemize symbol
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hello, How can I get a symbol used in itemize, mode 2 (bold dash)? Best, Vaytcheslav

2 1

Placing figures 'outside'
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Is there a way to place figures 'outside'? I mean on the left on right pages and on the right on left pages? (I use \placefigure) Cheers, Vyatcheslav

2 1

PDF ExtensionLevel
by Michail Vidiassov 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Dear All, Is there any way in ConTeXt to set PDF ExtensionLevel, as per http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/adobe_supplement_iso32000.pdf and like %PDF 1.7 <</Type /Catalog /Extensions <</ADBE <</BaseVersion /1.7 /ExtensionLevel 3 >> >> >> Sincerely, Michail

2 1

initial view of PDF
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hello, How to set initial view of PDF document to 'fit page'? Cheers, Vyatcheslav

2 1

math problems in last beta (cont-en and cont-xp)
by Lutz Haseloff 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hi Hans, hi Taco, hi all, testing math with the latest ConTeXt beta i found some problems. My test file is: \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \def\currentfontname {\ctxlua{tex.print(font.getfont(font.current()).fullname)}} \starttext \startbuffer[mathbuffer] \currentfontname $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$ $E = mc^2 \bigotimes \sum$ $α^2 + β^2 = γ^2$ \blank[big] \stopbuffer \getbuffer[mathbuffer] \usetypescript[lucida][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[lucida] \getbuffer[mathbuffer] \usetypescript[cambria] \switchtotypeface[cambria] \getbuffer[mathbuffer] \usetypescript[palatino] \switchtotypeface[palatino] \getbuffer[mathbuffer] \stoptext Latin Modern and Palatino/px work very fine. Lucida lacks greek and some operators. I found no embedded LucidaNewMath fonts in the resulting pdf. Cambria has a very ugly spacing. btw. in the wiki is described a ConTeXt command \showmathcharacters. This seems not to work anymore. The related file math-run.tex is not input at the time of format generation. Greetings Lutz P.S. will the key [texnansi] (or [ec]) remain necessary to switch to LucidaBright?

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Dividing dimensions
by Aditya Mahajan 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hi, Can I divide dimensions to get a number in pdftex? I have four dimensions \!!dimena, \!!dimenb, \!!dimenc and \!!dimend, and I want if (dimena/dimenb) > (dimenc/dimend) do something else do otherthing Any hints on how to do this in ConTeXt. Thanks, Aditya

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Value of Metapost variable as a label
by Curiouslearn 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hello, First of all, Mojca thanks very much for the update about TikZ. (I could not find an option to reply in Context Garden mailing list). My new question is the following. I have the following code to generate the labels for the tick marks: for i = 0 step 5 until 45: draw (i,0)*u -- (i,-0.2)*u; label.bot(decimal(i) ,(i,-0.2)*u); endfor; As you can see I use "decimal(i)" to get the labels (0,5,10,... and so on). But the font of these numbers is not the same as when I use the "btex label_text etex" command, which I have set to palatino. How can I typeset the value of Metapost variables (such as "i" in this case), using tex commands. For example, if I had to typeset (n_{1},n{2},...,n_{100}), how could I do that. On page 63 of John Hobby's metapost manual, he talks about how this could be achieved using TEX.mp. I tried typing \input TEX before \starttext, however, I get the error "I can't find file `TEX;' If I put it within the \startuseMPgraphic and \stopuseMPgraphic, it still does not work. Do I have to download this from somewhere or does Context have another solution? Thanks very much.

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error in the latest distribution in the garden
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hi, Just synced context with the latest distribution in the garden. Ahhh! context --make gives an error: loading : Unicode Support (utf) ) (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/char-ini.tex loading : Character Support (initialization) ) (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/char-enc.tex loading : Character Support (encodings) ) (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/node-ini.tex loading : Node Support (initialization) ) (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/node-fin.tex loading : Node Support (finalization) ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \c!global \doifnotinset #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1 }\ifx \!!stringa \empty \expandafter \... \dodefineattribute ...te }\doifnotinset \c!global {#2}{\appendetoks \csname ... <to be read again> \par l.35 ? I have an urgent job to do. Help, please! Vyatcheslav

3 2

hangaround in right side of column?
by Jelle Huisman 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hi all, I try to get text flowing nicely around a figure but since I'm working in a columns environment \placefloat related stuff doesn't work. Using \starthangaround I get precisely what I want but I need to place figures to the right instead of to the left. I modified the definition for \starthangaround (from cont-new.tex) but I'm afraid I don't understand enough of it to get it working, anyone who can help? \starttext \def\startmyhangaround {\noindent\bgroup \dowithnextbox {\ifdim\nextboxht>\strutht\setbox\nextbox\tbox{\flushnextbox}\fi \setbox\nextbox\hbox{\flushnextbox\hskip\@@hadistance}% \getboxheight\scratchdimen\of\box\nextbox \getnoflines\scratchdimen \nextboxdp\strutdp \nextboxht\strutht \hangindent\nextboxwd \hangafter-\noflines \rlap{\flushnextbox}\ignorespaces} \hbox} \startcolumns[n=2,balance=yes] \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte \par} \startmyhangaround{\externalfigure[cow]} % figure placement is right but, \input tufte % this text needs to start left... \stophangaround \stopcolumns \stoptext Thanks, Jelle

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Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hello Alan, If you need a typescript for Windows Arial, you can try font-win.tex, included in the latest beta. Vyatcheslav

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font switching questions
by Alan Stone 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Ahoi, Following a previous discussion, I've been advised to "try to avoid \switchtobodyfont and use \definedfont or \definefont instead". (1) What's the difference between \definefont and \definedfont ? (2) In the underneath example... (2a) how to implement \define(d)font for font switching ? (2b) how to define \myFontHook ? Thanks, Alan \usemodule[t-lettrine] \usetypescriptfile[tps_arial] \usetypescript[arial] \definetypeface[myFont][arial] \usetypescriptfile[tps_timesnewroman] \usetypescript[timesnewroman] \definetypeface[myOtherFont][timesnewroman] \def\myFontSize{12pt} \def\myOtherFontSize{20pt} \setupbodyfont[myFont,\myFontSize] \setuphead[chapter][style={\switchtobodyfont[myOtherFont,\myOtherFontSize]}] \starttext \chapter{Chapter One} %\lettrine[FontHook={\myFontHook}]{T}{hus}, I came to the conclusion that the designer of a new \lettrine{T}{hus}, I came to the conclusion that the designer of a new system must not only be the implementer and first large-- scale user; the designer should also write the first user manual. \stoptext

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new luatex beta
by Hans Hagen 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hi, The code has been checked in for the next luatex beta. The current MKIV beta is already prepared for that (primitive initializations and changed directlua support). Also, there are a few bug fixes (esp the vf positioning) that might result in better output. There are some pending issues with math but they might as well relate to issues with the lm fonts. Anyway, we tested the beta a few days and it should work ok. One new feature in MKIV is names lua runs. In the current version we no longer have multiple lua instances (we decided that it made no sense as no data can be shared). However, in MKIV we do have a few mildly isolated instances that are defined as follows: \definenamedlua[user] [private user instance] \definenamedlua[third] [third party module instance] \definenamedlua[module] [module instance] \definenamedlua[isolated][isolated instance] the names kind of reflect what their intended usage is. By default one has no access to global data unless prefixed by global, so for instance one can access the global character data as in (untested): \startusercode tex.sprint(global.characters.data[123].description) \startusercode (there is also \usercode{...}) This prevents that users mess up with the data unintended. However, there is still read and write access so be careful. I see no advantage in a more strict model than this. Since each call to lua is reentrant, errors in your scripts will normally not result in a crash of \MKIV. The error message mentiones the second argument to the previous definitions. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Short question about big papersize
by Diego Depaoli 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hi all, before start spend my time, can Context handle 6 (or 8) columns on a 70X100 cm papersize? Cheers -- Diego Depaoli

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Setting framed
by Diego Depaoli 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hi all, in my text each section ends with an one-line box so I used \framed (thinking that's the right way). How to put each box at the same distance from last previous line even it comes after a list, a table, a regular text...? There is an the option to set the \framed's font globally? Thanks in advance -- Diego Depaoli

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Re: [NTG-context] Run MetaPost under Windows
by Constantine 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

>>On 22-03-2009 16:53, Constantine wrote: >>* I am a niewbie to Metapost and wanted to ask for your advise on how to *>>* install MetaPost under Windows XP, if that's possible. Basically, I want to *>>* be able to write an *.mp file and be able to compile it and view the *>>* output. Is there any program that does that? * >Yes: Metapost does exactly that. :-) >I am not aware of a standalone Metapost distribution, but you might >install MiKTeX: >http://www.miktex.org <http://www.miktex.org/> >Then you would have Metapost, together with TeX and a lot of other >goodies. >Best regards, >Jose Carlos Santos Thanks for the reply. I work with MikTeX and TeXnicCenter. You mean that instead of a standalone program I can incorporate the MetaPost figure(s) directly into LaTeX and view the results from there? It is possible to create pdf, png, jpeg files from the same MetaPost code? I need these graphics for other applications (like Openoffice, etc.,). Thanks again, constantine

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latest beta (MKII/Greek module)
by Bowen Alan C. 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

I am finding that the latest beta fails when asked to set ancient Greek using Thomas’ module and the MKII engine. The error message reads: ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \@@laagrpatterns \dodosetnormallanguage ...fcsname \??la \??la #1#2 \endcsname \edef \thenorma... \dosetnormallanguage ...ding :\currentmapping :}#1 {\dodosetnormallanguage {:... \setnormallanguage ...efalse \synchronizepatterns \ifdone \else \def \synchr... \docomplexlanguage ...age \currentdefaultlanguage \the \everylanguage \enabl... \complexlanguage ...edlanguage \docomplexlanguage \fi \else \showmessage \m!... ... l.78 ...et out the whole truth (\grk{>alhje'i[an]} ) for us and demonstrated ... ? The file worked with earlier versions. Alan

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experimental interface
by Wolfgang Schuster 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hi, the xp interface did currently work build because the 'norm-xx' are not loaded. The following examples fail for me: 1. Itemize with 'fit' option \starttext \startitemize[fit] \item item \stopitemize \stoptext 2. Cross references did not work \starttext \startitemize[n] \item[one] first item \item[two] second item \stopitemize see \in{item}[one] and \in{item}[two] \stoptext 3. \index did not work \starttext one\index{one} \placeindex \stoptext 4. can't suppress to include numbered header in toc \starttext \placecontent \section{one} \setuphead[section][number=no,incrementnumber=no] \section{two} \stoptext Wolfgang

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backgroundcolor / mkiv
by Wolfgang Schuster 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hi, colored backgrounds appear in black with the last beta \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \starttext text \stoptext btw, what's the status of the new structure code Wolfgang

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Is \index command broken?
by Curious Learn 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hi, I tried using the \index command in my document: \starttext \type{\textext()} \index[textext]{\textext} To typeset metapost variable values (not the verbatim text) using \TEX\ markup, use this command. \page \completeindex \stoptext However, no index is created. The log file gives the following information about the version: This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.35.0 (LearnMetaPost.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.18 21:58 MKIV fmt: 2009.3.19 int: english/english Thanks

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Number and name of a section
by Henning Hraban Ramm 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

I try to get number and name of the current chapter into my page header. Unfortunately, ConTeXt (MkIV) disagrees with itself about what's "current" - if several chapters start on the same page, I get the name of the first and the number of the last one. I know I can influence the name with the second parameter of \getmarking, but how do I get the *number* of the first chapter on this page? (You can argue it doesn't make sense to start several chapters on one page, but it's the same with sections.) \setupheadertexts[\setups{kapitel}] \startsetups[kapitel] \framed[frame=off, bottomframe=on, width=\textwidth, strut=yes]{% \rlap{\headnumber[chapter]. \getmarking[chapter]} \hfill \strut \hfill \llap{\pagenumber} } \stopsetups Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile
by Want to Learn 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

Thanks Wolfgang. I suppose you mean that I need the beta version and not the stable version. Anyhow, I downloaded the beta version and tried to install tikz with the command Mojca mentioned in his post. Everything seemed to go on fine. But when I tried to compile the following simple file I get an error. The following is the information from the terminal window. It says something like ! Undefined control sequence And on help, it says that "The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed." As you can see below, it loaded the tikz module. I wonder what the problem is. ****************************************************** MtxRun | loading configuration for /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-local/web2c from /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3fc847143b06f084e10e73c8fbdf4ae2/trees/3beab8509a03fa29e95f93134a943a7f MtxRun | loading configuration for /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf /web2c from /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3fc847143b06f084e10e73c8fbdf4ae2/trees/d9ef00871d7b11751a275cffd8a85753 MtxRun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3fc847143b06f084e10e73c8fbdf4ae2/formats/cont-en" --lua="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3fc847143b06f084e10e73c8fbdf4ae2/formats/cont-en.lua" "./trylua.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.35.0 (trylua.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.17 11:26 MKIV fmt: 2009.3.17 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded 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Undefined control sequence. \pgfutil@g@addto@macro #1#2->\begingroup \toks@ \expandafter {#1#2}\xdef #1{... <argument> ...gf@y by -.5\dp \pgfnodeparttextbox } \par \anchor {center}{\ce... \pgfdeclareshape ... \endcsname =\pgfutil@empty #2 } l.549 } ? h The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ? **********************************************************

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Strange interaction between textcolor and backgrounds in mkii
by Aditya Mahajan 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi Hans, Something has changed recently with the mkii color model, due to which page backgrounds do not change. (I am guessing that this is a grouping issue, but then colors are like a black box to me). Consider the following example \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor [simpleslidestextcolor][s=0] \setupcolors[textcolor=simpleslidestextcolor] \startuseMPgraphic{simpleslides:MP:horizontal} StartPage ; fill Page withcolor 0.5white ; StopPage ; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay [simpleslides:background:title] [\useMPgraphic{simpleslides:MP:horizontal}] \starttext test \page \setupbackgrounds[page][background={simpleslides:background:title}] test again \stoptext In MKII, the background of the second page does not change. This used to work until a few months ago (around Dec, 2008) but stopped working after that. (It does not work in the Jan 18 version that I have). In MKIV, this works fine. Aditya

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beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one of my graphics directly ends with ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \abortinputifdefined oops, is syst-gen.tex no longer part of the mkiv core? i installed the beta two times (cleaned up texmf-context) and also tried the luatex binary from yesterday. no success so far. also no fun with mkii. looks like shading specials are broken. - Peter

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Print engine name/version
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi Hans, can you add command which will print the name (e.g. LuaTeX, pdfTeX ...) and version (e.g. 0.36.0) of the current used TeX engine. Wolfgang

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, this weeks beta ... -- a couple of bug fixes, some are still pending -- the context script can recognize files for mkii (first line directive) and listens to --pdftex and --xetex; it still calls texexec but this method can replace the texmfstart call (mtxrun is faster); it also permits integration in an editor (so that one command is used for all engines) -- there is an --update option to the context command (which will install the latest version from the website); don't confuse this with a garden minimnal update (i will gradually move all ruby goodies to lua) -- i'm currently working on the new structure macro so if there are problems, let me know; Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, In the process of a major cleanup and code split I uploaded a beta. Some important changes are: - initialization code is ready for upcoming luatex - language files have been cleaned up - core-<table stuff> is renamed to tabl-<table stuff> - several changes in file names and splits of files - for those using helpers, in mkiv now syst-aux is the place to look - some non used files removed - some speedup of helper macros (only in mkiv) On Taco and my machine test docs come out right but there might be problems left (no tricky new things so solvable fast). Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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\input file with parameter ?
by luigi scarso 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi today , while writing some code I have made a mistake like this \input combine[file=depliant-block.pdf] instead of \input combine (I have combine.tex in my path of course) After a while I have thought : "Is it possibile to implement this (as a macro) in mkiv ?" I think yes, but I'm not sure (Of course, on can write things like \Input[style=combine, file=fo] and so on) -- luigi

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LM Cyrillic - reply from Boguslav Yatskovsky
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

This is the reply to my letter sent to Boguslav Yatskovsky. He allowed me to share it with ConTeXt users and developers. I believe it will be of some interest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I'm your namesake, from Ukraine :) :-)) > I'm a member of NTG, and active user > of ConTeXt. Recently I started the discussion in the mailing list about > Cyrillic support with default font. When one write simple script in > MKIV, like > \starttext > Hello world!(in different languages) > \stoptext > the result produced is OK, except for my language, becuase LM fonts > shipped with context lacks Cyrillic. Shame on us! About a year ago we contacted Olga Lapko and Sasha Berdnikov in this matter and -- alas -- actually nothing happened since then. Partially because of us being concentrated on providing OTF math for the Latin Modern fonts (and, later, for the TeX Gyre ones). Perhaps your email is a good occasion to improve somewhat impaired contacts? The problem in contact with us is that, as you can see, we are not especially prompt in aswering... ;-) This time, however, we've had a good reason: the problem of Cyryllic concerns also the TeX Gyre collection. We are in the midst of the action of legalization other than GPL licence (if you are interested in details, do not hesitate to ask) for the TeX Gyre fonts; we got the agreement from Han The Thanh to use his Vietnamese characters under the new licence, but -- so far -- we have not received the agreement form Valek Filippov for his Cyrillic extension. Actually, he has not answered yet to our emails (we mailed to him twice) -- we hoped to have his answer before writing to you, hence the delay... If he does not answer, or if he answers negatively, we'll have to drop out Valek's Cyrillic, and, needless to say, to think about a new one. So the problem actually concerns not only LMs, but -- probably -- also TGs. > I was advised by context gurus to request Cyrillic support in LM fonts, Well, if we were genuine gurus, we would provide Cyryllic for LMs already ;-) > becuase is seems that this font will remain default option for long time. Perhaps yes. Can you see how the problem of Cyrillic in LMs can be resolved? Both improvement of the glyphs from the CM-Super fonts (as far as I remember, Cyrillic glyphs were generated using Olga's sources) and generating an outline version of Olga's LH fonts (either by tracing bitmap fonts anew or manipulating -- less or more manually -- on the output produced by MetaPost run on Olga sources) seems higly time-consuming. I should think that the former method is simpler a little bit. The problem is, however, that Vladimir Volovich, similarly to Valek, released CM Super fonts on the GPL licence and it is not obvious whether he is willing to agree that somebody takes a part from his deed and works on it under another licence. Anyway, it is a lot of work! Can you see anybody that would have enough time to spend on such a task? Thank you for raising the important question -- cheers -- Jacko

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\twodigitrounding
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi, can the number rounding commands (interger/onedigit/...rounding) commands be done with Lua in MkIV, the TeX version fails on big numbers. Wolfgang

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Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?
by Wei-Wei Guo 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi everyone, After fighting with ConTeXt one month, I find it's too difficult. I have two years experience of LaTeX. I never thought ConTeXt could be so difficult. Using ConTeXt is like climbing a steep mountain, every step need extensive searching, reading, and asking. Sorry for the useless complain. I'm stuck by so many problems. I might be lack of the basic knowledge of ConTeXt. Could someone tell me where I can find manuals or papers that describe the logic of ConTeXt design and basics of ConTeXt programming. Thanks in advance. Best wishes, Wei-Wei

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\plusseven
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hi Hans, from syst-ini.tex: \chardef \plusseven = 6 \chardef \pluseight = 6 \chardef \plusnine = 6 Wolfgang

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Step wise presentation.
by Curious Learn 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Currently what is the best solution for presentation with steps in Context that works with the stable version of MKIV. The one that you can get with ./first-setup.sh --context=current If I need to install any addon module for your recommendation (i.e., if it does not come with minimals), kindly let me know. Thanks for your feedback.

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beta: warning messages
by Peter Rolf 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hi Hans, looks my knowledge of TeX is holey like a Leerdammer. Can you tell me why you fire a warning for already defined, non-global allocated registers? Some of them make sense here but even a grouped (and local allocated) register gives such a warning. warning : \count \OLDpdfcompresslevel is already defined (\relax it first) \def\disablePDFcompression% {\bgroup % \let\OLDpdfcompresslevel\relax \newcount\OLDpdfcompresslevel \OLDpdfcompresslevel\pdfcompresslevel \pdfcompresslevel\zerocount\relax} \def\allowPDFcompression% {\pdfcompresslevel\OLDpdfcompresslevel\egroup} - Peter

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Module taspresent
by Curious Learn 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

As mentioned on the wiki, I tried to install taspresent module by running ./first-setup.sh --extras="t-taspresent" in the terminal. A lot of things happened and then I ran luatools --generate and then context --make. Then I tried to compile the file \usemodule[taspresent][style=blackblue] \starttext This is a presentation \stoptext This gives me just a plain page with the line "This is a presentation". The log window says that "module taspresent not found". Before I did all the above, I also installed taspresent manually in the ~/Library/texmf/tex/context/taspresent folder. I downloaded the .zip file from ctan and unzipped it inside the taspresent folder mentioned above. Still no success. How do I use taspresent? Thanks very much.

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