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What is the command to define the behavior of \goto?
by Yue Wang 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Hi: I don't want bold font for \goto, Where can I change it? BTW, some users here suggest that maybe we can define a hypperref-like linkcolor, citecolor, urlcolor in \setupinteraction, I think it will be a good idea. Yue Wang

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bug reporting
by Peter Münster 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Hello, What's the best to do with unanswered bug-reports / feature-requests on the mailing list: - reposting on the list - posting to the tracker on http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contexttest/ - other? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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color test not working
by Alan Stone 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Hi, \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[rgb] \setupcolor[xwi] \setupcolor[ema] \starttext \midaligned{\tfb \bf RGB colors} \blank[3*big] \showcolor[rgb] \page \midaligned{\tfb \bf XWI colors} \blank[3*big] \showcolor[xwi] \page \midaligned{\tfb \bf EMA colors} \blank[3*big] \showcolor[ema] \stoptext All give a black&white output, except the rgb (somecolor): and (somecolor)*: ones Qué pasa ? Best, Alan * using ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.18 14:00 MKIV fmt: 2008.8.22 int: english/english (on Windows XP)

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font style, font case question
by Alan STONE 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Hi, Re: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Basic_Text_Formatting Although font style and font cases are mentioned separately in the table, from the few test I've done it doesn't seem font styles and font cases can be combined, for ex.: \bf \sc sometext. Is that so for all of them ? If not, is there a normal font case, aka \tf for the font style/size ? -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX *ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.21 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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startstandardmakeup and page numbering
by Bart C. Wise 22 Nov '08

22 Nov '08

I use a standardmakeup to define a "part" page. However, when I do so, the page counter does not get incremented. Therefore, after every part, the page numbers are inaccurate. Is there a way to keep the page counter incrementing on a standardmakeup? Thanks, Bart

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subsección demasiado larga
by mpg-yahoo 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hola a todos. Tengo un problema y no se como solucionarlo: ¿Porqué la subsección "el grado del mal......" se sale del la línea de texto e invade el margen. He intentado redefibir subsection pero no lo consigo. Adjunto entorno.tex, el archivo problema. Un saludo. Manuel Pacheco

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XeTeX, Adobe Garmond & dash, quotes, etc.
by Bart C. Wise 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

The code below is used to load the Adobe Garmond fonts. The problem is that quotes (``) produces two single quotes. Similar with dashes: an en dash produces to dashes, an em dash likewise produces three dashes. What am I doing wrong (again)! \starttypescript[serif][agaramond][ec] \definefontsynonym[AGaramondRegular][name:AGaramond-Regular] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym[AGaramondItalic] [name:AGaramond-Italic][encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym[AGaramondBold] [name:AGaramond-Bold] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym[AGaramondBoldIt] [name:AGaramond-BoldItalic] [encoding=ec] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][agaramond][name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [AGaramondRegular] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [AGaramondItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [AGaramondBold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [AGaramondBoldIt] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[agaramond][ec] \definetypeface[agaramond][rm][serif][agaramond][default][encoding=ec] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[agaramond][ec] \setupbodyfont[agaramond, 12pt] \starttext ``Here's a lousy looking quote.'' Here are a couple of dashes: -- Here are three: --- \stoptext Thanks, Bart

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writing additional compilation info to the log (or other) file
by Alan STONE 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hi, How do you write the TeXExec | processing document ... TeXExec | loading ctx file ... TeXExec | using flags texengine=... interface=... result=... TeXExec | using modes ... TeXExec | outputfile ... TeXExec | tex processing method: ... TeXExec | TeX run ... TeXExec | writing option file ... TeXExec | using randomseed ... TeXExec | tex engine: ... TeXExec | tex format: ... part (or some of them, for ex. modes) of the console window compilation output to the log (or other) file ? -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX *ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.21 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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Re: [NTG-context] syntax highlighting problem with vim module
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

>> Finally some success. I get product-name-vimsyntax.tmp when I run context. >> It complains about not finding product-name-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp. >> >> I kill the compilation and run the command for vim manually which generates >> product-name-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp. Then I run context again and I >> get pretty printing. I am somewhat happy but I do not know why this is >> happening. >Do you have write18 enabled? see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/write18 >Aditya Yes. write18 is enabled. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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modifying URL wrapping rules
by Lars Huttar 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hello, I would like to modify the rules for wrapping URLs (aka "hyphenating" URLs, but generally without inserting hyphens) to conform more closely to the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. I've read on this list that the code for doing this is defined in the \hypthenatedurl There are several files with the same name, in contextminimal\texmf-context\tex\context\base\: lang-url.mkii lang-url.mkiv lang-url.lua lang-url.tex >From what I can tell, the .tex file loads one of the other three: \loadmarkfile{lang-url} I'm not sure which one it loads -- the lua, mkii, or mkiv. All three seem to have the rules for url hyphenation encoded in them. Is it a matter of which engine I'm using, e.g. luatex? Our project has a requirement of using Xetex, so I have to stick with that. Does that mean lang-url doesn't work at all? We also have users using ConTeXt Minimal as well as ConTeXt from the TeXLive 2008 distribution. I want to do things in a way that will work in both. I would be happy to put in some extra effort to make the result generally available to others who want to follow the Chicago style for wrapping long URLs. Thanks for any hints... Lars

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Re: [NTG-context] New bibligraphy style
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

> > I am using the bib module and I want to redefine the display style for the > > references. I have therefore created a new file "bibl-ris.tex" which I > > have put in the same folder as bibl-apa.tex and the other existing ones. > > In my environment file I have \setuppublications[alternative=ris]. > > Unfortunately, I get the error > > > > file bibl-ris not found, unknown style ignored > > > > Where should I put my bibl-ris file, or is there something else I need to > > do before it can find my file? > > You need to execute "mktexlsr" (mkii) or "luatools --generate" (mkiv). > The file is in the right place, but the system cannot find it because > the file search database is not updated yet. > > > Best wishes, > Taco That's great! Thanks. Richard

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[OT] ubuntume
by luigi scarso 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Ubuntu Muslim Edition 8.10 released http://ubuntume.com/beta/ Maybe can be useful to test context -- luigi

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letter module: no linebreak in signature
by Michael Green 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Using Wolfgang Schuster's wonderful letter module, I enter my signature with my name and title like so: \setupletter[signature={Michael Green \\ Assistant Professor of Philosophy}] This used to produce a line break between "Green" and "Assistant" so the output would look like this: Michael Green Assistant Professor of Philosophy But it no longer does. Now it comes out like this: Michael Green Assistant Professor of Philosophy Is there a preferred way to accomplish the effect I want? Thanks! Michael ---------- Example -------------------------------- ConTeXt ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.17 int: english/ english \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \usemodule[letter][style=semiblock] \setupletter[% closing={Sincerely yours,}, signature={Michael Green \\ Assistant Professor of Philosophy}, date=\currentdate ] \setupletter[% opening={To the Addressee,}, ] \starttext \startletter Here is the content of the letter. \stopletter \stoptext

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\placecontent doesn't place content after \chapter{}
by Bart C. Wise 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

The code below displays the "Contents" chapter header; however, the table of contents is not shown. If I remove the \chapter{Contents}, then the table of contents is displayed. What's wrong? \starttext \chapter{Contents} \placecontent \chapter{One}\input tufte \chapter{Two}\input tufte \chapter{Three}\input tufte \stoptext Thanks, Bart

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bug: \bot and \top in markiv
by Chen Shen 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Hi, A small problem: the definition of \bot and \top in math mode should be interchanged. Thanks. regards, shenchen

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Re: [NTG-context] syntax highlighting problem with vim module
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Hi, Finally some success. I get product-name-vimsyntax.tmp when I run context. It complains about not finding product-name-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp. I kill the compilation and run the command for vim manually which generates product-name-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp. Then I run context again and I get pretty printing. I am somewhat happy but I do not know why this is happening. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Re: [NTG-context] stretching smallcaps with a style command
by Bob Reynolds 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Just to let anyone know who's interested, I more or less solved this problem with the (more or less undocumented) command \definealternativestyle [StretchedSmallCaps] [\StretchedSmallCaps] [\StretchedSmallCaps]. It allows me to set \setupsynonyms [abbreviation] [textstyle=StretchedSmallCaps, criterium=all], which essentially works. Is this generally applicable enough to put on the wiki somewhere? I now have another abbreviations question. What is the easiest way to allow digits (and, ideally, the forward slash) in abbreviation names (i.e. be able to type \PS/2 and not get the error "\PS is undefined")? This occurs quite commonly, particularly with numbers. I can define the abbreviation fine, and I can use the \infull version of it fine, but I can't use the command version at all. Another example: \ATX12V. I've been working around it by defining both synonyms and a logo like \PSTwo which typesets like I want \PS/2 to typeset, but what is a more elegent way of doing this that doesn't involve definining two different commands? I don't know how to change catcodes, despite numerous failed attempts to do just that with commands like \unprotect \catcode`2=\@@letter \protect. Thanks, Bob ----- Original Message ---- From: Bob Reynolds <trillia9(a)yahoo.com> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 10:24:26 AM Subject: stretching smallcaps with a style command Hello Everyone: I'm an intermediate-skilled user trying to typeset notes for my CompTIA A+ certification course with ConTeXt, but I'm having trouble with styling abbreviations. I would like to letterspace (I think that is a correct typographical term, I'm a little new at typesetting, sorry) and smallcap my dozens of abbreviations, and I can get it to work manually but not with \setupsynonyms. Googling the wiki, mailing lists, etc. didn't help and I'm not enough of a TeX programmer to understand the definitions in the source code in this case. I run TeXLive 2008 on Gentoo Linux with ConTeXt version: CtxTools | context version: 2008.05.21 15:21 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex) CtxTools | context version: 2008.05.21 15:21 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex) http://live.contextgarden.net/ doesn't seem to be working for anything at the moment, so I don't know if it works there or not. Below is a small sample input I made to illustrate my attempts; I tried to make it as transparent as possible. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thank You Very Much, Bob \setupcolor [hex] \definecolor [LightBlue] [h=8080FF] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupbodyfont [10pt] \setupcapitals [sc=yes] \def\stretchedspaceamount {.1em} \define [1] \StretchedSmallCaps {\smallcaps {\stretchedlowercase {#1}}} \define \Term {\color [LightBlue]} % \setupsynonyms [abbreviation] [textstyle=\StretchedSmallCaps] % I would like this to work, but it doesn't % \setupsynonyms [abbreviation] [textstyle=\italic] % other commands like this work \abbreviation {CPU} {central processing unit} \starttext \Term {\StretchedSmallCaps {CPU}} = \Term {\infull {CPU}} % this produces the output that I want \Term {\smallcaps {\lowercase {CPU}}} = \Term {\infull {CPU}} % this is what it looks like without stretching \Term {\CPU} = \Term {\infull {CPU}} % this is what I want to type to produce the stretched, smallcaps output \stoptext

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XeTeX and lmtypewriter10-regular
by Bart C. Wise 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

I'm running TeXLive 2008. When I compile for XeTeX (texexec --xtx) I get the following output that appears to be generating the lmtypewriter10-regular font. The bad part is that this is very slow. The part that's even worse, it does this probably 20...30...40 times? A compilation takes 145 seconds, and about 130+ seconds of time seem to be dealing with lmtypewriter10-regular. This doesn't happen on small test files, so I know I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas? Thanks, Bart kpathsea: Running mktextfm lmtypewriter10-regular mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input lmtypewriter10-regular This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (Web2C 7.5.7) kpathsea: Running mktexmf lmtypewriter10-regular ! I can't find file `lmtypewriter10-regular'. <*> ...; nonstopmode; input lmtypewriter10-regular Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...; nonstopmode; input lmtypewriter10-regular Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: lmtypewriter10-regular.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input lmtypewriter10-regular' failed to make lmtypewriter10-regular.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

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space between publication items in bibliography
by Yi Zhang 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Hi all, I'm using the bib module. How can I adjust the space between publication items? Is it just an itemization? Thankx, -- Yi

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New bibligraphy style
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

Hello, I am using the bib module and I want to redefine the display style for the references. I have therefore created a new file "bibl-ris.tex" which I have put in the same folder as bibl-apa.tex and the other existing ones. In my environment file I have \setuppublications[alternative=ris]. Unfortunately, I get the error file bibl-ris not found, unknown style ignored Where should I put my bibl-ris file, or is there something else I need to do before it can find my file? Thanks. Richard

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Re: [NTG-context] syntax highlighting problem with vim module
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi, I updated context and grepped mtxrun for noquotes and the output is same as yours. I have a query. Line 270 of t-vim says \runvimsyntax{#2} Line275: \input #2-vimsyntax.tmp\relax where #2 is product_name-vimsyntax.tmp. This means that if the product name is xyz then \runvimsyntax{#2} which is basically a run of vim over #2 and it generates the #2-vimsyntax.tmp. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Re: [NTG-context] syntax highlighting problem with vim module
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi, I am running MarkIV and "luatools t-vim.tex" shows me the path of t-vim.tex. The version does say version=2008.07.15. I tried to execute the same command which t-vim.tex executes for vim but it says that command line is not correct. I switched on the logging and then I read the log and it says tabstop=8 is a new file. I doubt that something may be wrong with the command line for vim. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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Re: [NTG-context] letter module: no linebreak in signature
by Michael Green 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > You can write the setting for the paper size in a new file with > the namer user.nls and put it somewhere in your TeX directory > where ConTeXt could find it. It's similiar to cont-usr.tex because > my module loads for every letter you write. Ah, I see. That's an interesting feature. Thanks! Michael

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Re: [NTG-context] bold small caps with latin modern
by Peter Münster 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> On Tue, Nov 18 2008, Yue Wang wrote: >> >>> you should apply a font feature to bold font. >> > This is nonsense, the smallcaps for latin modern are > a separate font like they had been in computer modern, > trying to access them with font feature is useless. > > Besides this smallcaps are only available for the upright > and the italic style but not for the bold. What a pity... With MKII and texlive, I could do this: \definebodyfont[15pt,14pt,13pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt,8pt,7pt,6pt,5pt] [sc] [bf=cmbcsc10 sa 1, tf=cmcsc10 sa 1] \pdfpkresolution=1200 \starttext \sc Normal and \bf bold Small Caps. \stoptext But there seems to be no possibility to use bitmap fonts in the minimals. Once, I've heard about workarounds, for example getting bold by double printing with some displacement. Would this be possible? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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how to make pagebreak for \setupstyping
by Zhaopeng Xing 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi, I am using the following setup to typeset very long codes. The problem is, it can only appear on one page. Can anybody help me to split the resulted codes onto several pages? Thanks. \setuptyping [before={\startframedtext[width=\makeupwidth, background=screen, backgroundscreen=.96, style=\tfxx, frame=off]}, after={\stopframedtext}] \starttyping very long codes \stoptyping -- Zhaopeng XING Tinbergen Institute

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Re: [NTG-context] letter module: no linebreak in signature
by Michael Green 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

On Nov 18, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > Am 18.11.2008 um 17:47 schrieb Michael Green: > >> Using Wolfgang Schuster's wonderful letter module, I enter my >> signature with my name and title like so: >> >> \setupletter[signature={Michael Green \\ Assistant Professor of >> Philosophy}] >> >> This used to produce a line break between "Green" and "Assistant" so >> the output would look like this: >> >> Michael Green >> Assistant Professor of Philosophy >> >> But it no longer does. Now it comes out like this: >> >> Michael Green Assistant Professor of Philosophy >> >> Is there a preferred way to accomplish the effect I want? > > I uploaded a new version, if you have no time update for > the moment use \crlf as replacement. > Wow, that was incredibly fast. Thank you very much! The new version works as I expected. >> >> ---------- Example -------------------------------- >> >> ConTeXt ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.17 int: english/ >> english >> >> \setuppapersize[letter][letter] > > Do you need lettersize for all your letters? > Yes, I have to use US lettersize paper (8.5 inches x 11 inches) for the physical paper on which my letters are printed. For long letters, I use a narrower textarea, but I don't think that's what you're asking me. Thanks again. Michael

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context mkii bug: infinity loops
by Yue Wang 19 Nov '08

19 Nov '08

Hi, the following file make mkii run into infinity loops. after commenting the hz feature or the emdash definition, it will run normally. Yue Wang

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XeTex & Mara Font
by Bart C. Wise 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

I am currently trying to get the mara font loaded into XeTeX. Here's some information about the font (via fontforge): file: marafont.ttf Fontname: MaraFontNFPlain: Family Name: MaraFontNF Plain: (yes, the colons are in the name) I've tried a couple of ways, using both the fontname and the family name, both with and without the ending semi-colons; however, it fails at compile time. Here's some sample code: \definetypeface[Mara][rm][Xserif][MaraFontNF Plain] \starttext \startfont[Mara] This is a test. \stoptext Here's the relevant output from the log file, which looks very similar to the output of a font that works: ! Font \**\thedefinedfont**:=Mara at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. <to be read again> \relax \dododefinefont ...ontspec {#2}\rawfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \redodefinefont #1#2#3->\dododefinefont {#1}{#2} \doifsetupselse {#3} {\setup... \dodefinedfont ...ring \thedefinedfont \endcsname \the \everydefinedfont l.7 \startfont[Mara] ? ! Emergency stop. <to be read again> \relax \dododefinefont ...ontspec {#2}\rawfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \redodefinefont #1#2#3->\dododefinefont {#1}{#2} \doifsetupselse {#3} {\setup... \dodefinedfont ...ring \thedefinedfont \endcsname \the \everydefinedfont l.7 \startfont[Mara] End of file on the terminal! How do I get the font loaded? Thanks, Bart

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Re: [NTG-context] syntax highlighting problem with vim module
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hi, I tried on both windows as well as on linux but I fail with the new module as well. The error being the same. I can't find file `xyz-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp'. One thing I noticed that there is t-vim.tpm file. Where to put it? I have installed texlive 2008 in C\texlive on Windows and /usr/local/texlive/ on Linux. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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\doifelse inside MP(code|graphic)
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hi, \doifelse does not work inside any MP environment. Something really strange happens if you try to use it. \loggingall tells me what exactly is happening, but I do not know enough low-level TeX to understand why this is happening. Conside this test file %---------------------- \def\test{string} \starttext \doifelse{\test}{string}{test is a string}{or not} \loggingall \startMPcode draw \doifelse{\test}{string}{fullcircle}{fullsquare} scaled 5cm ; \stopMPcode \stoptext %------------------------ It does not compile correctly. Intesting pieces from the log file (actually the MKII log, since that is more interesting) \dostartMPcode #1\stopMPcode ->\startuseMPgraphic {@@}#1\stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic {@@}\endgroup #1<-draw \doifelse {\test }{string}{fullcircle}{fullsquare} scaled 5cm ; ... \doifelse #1#2->\edef \!!stringa {#1}\edef \!!stringb {#2}\ifx \!!stringa \!!stringb \expandafter \firstoftwoarguments \else \expandafter \secondoftwoargument s \fi #1<-\test #2<-string \!!stringa ->currentcolor \test ->string \!!stringb ->black {no mode: \ifx: (level 5) entered on line 11} {false} {\else: \ifx (level 5) entered on line 11} {\expandafter} {\fi: \ifx (level 5) entered on line 11} ..... \ascii -> draw \edef currentcolor{string}\edef black{string}fullsquare scaled 5cm ; {changing \MPascii=undefined} {into \MPascii=macro:-> draw \edef currentcolor{string\ETC.} {\the} Notice the first line of \ascii, and compare that with the definition of \doifelse. The command \!!stringa inside the definition of \doifelse gets expanded too soon. Is there any way to get this work, other than doing the comparison outside the MP code. Aditya

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can't find file `core-swd'
by Lars Huttar 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hello, I've just been trying to install context on Ubuntu 8.10. Today I went to http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ and followed the instructions: > On unix (linux, mac, freebsd, sun, ...) run: > > mkdir context && cd context > rsync -ptv rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/first-setup.sh . > ./first-setup.sh The first-setup script initially failed because I did not have ruby installed. So I installed ruby and then ran it again. It cranked away for awhile, then ended up with the error: ! I can't find file `core-swd'. <to be read again> \relax l.228 \loadmkiifile{core-swd} The preceding output was: systeem : markering subsubsubsubonderwerpnummer gedefinieerd [subsubsubsubonderwerpnummer] ) However, when I do a search, I see that there is a file core-swd.mkii. Its path is context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base (I kid you not -- tex and context each show up three times in the path!) Can anybody suggest how to fix the problem? Thanks, Lars

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syntax highlighting problem with vim module
by Shiv Shankar Dayal 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hi, If I have a product name xyz and I have following things set up. \usemodule[vim] \setuptyping[option=color] \definevimtyping [C] [syntax=c] .................... then I have following .................. \startC #include <iostream> using namespace std; \stopC ..................... I get the error : I can't find file xyz-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp" temmfstart bin:vim starts vim. vim is in the path. I am using Windows Vista with Texlive 2008. I would also like to know the syntax for C++. -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

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bold small caps with latin modern
by Peter Münster 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hello Is it possible to get bold small caps with latin modern and MKIV, and if yes, how? I would like to get working this example file: \starttext \sc Normal and \bf bold Small Caps. \stoptext Thanks in advance for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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context mkii/mkiv bug: columnset lines dont work
by Yue Wang 18 Nov '08

18 Nov '08

Hi, Hans: I think there is a bug in context. the last example in your columns.pdf doesn't work anymore. would you please have a look? Yue Wang

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Fonts with XeTeX
by Bart C. Wise 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

I am having difficulties writing a typescript for the Caslon font that's on my system. The following works: \definetypeface[Caslon-Bold][rm][Xserif][CaslonOldFaceBT-Heavy] \definetypeface[Caslon-Italic][rm][Xserif][CaslonOldFaceBT-Italic] \definetypeface[Caslon-Regular][rm][Xserif][CaslonOldFaceBT-Roman] \starttext Testing \switchtobodyfont[Caslon-Regular] Testing \switchtobodyfont[Caslon-Bold] Testing \switchtobodyfont[Caslon-Italic] Testing \stoptext However, I tried to write a simple typescript for the same font. I came up with the following: \starttypescript[serif][caslon][uc] \definetypeface[CaslonRegular][CaslonOldFaceBT-Roman][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[CaslonItalic][CaslonOldFaceBT-Italic][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[CaslonBold][CaslonOldFaceBT-Heavy][encoding=uc] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][caslon][name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [CaslonRegular] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [CaslonItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [CaslonBold] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[caslon][uc] \definetypeface[caslon][rm][serif][caslon][default][encoding=uc] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[caslon][uc] \setupbodyfont[caslon, 12pt] \starttext Testing {\bf Testing} {\it Testing} \stoptext It fails to compile on the \setupbodyfont line. I know I'm doing something wrong, but every variation I've tried ends up with a compile error, or the caslon font is never loaded and it reverts back to the default font.

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French punctuation again...
by Jeff Smith 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi all! The \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] stuff I saw discussed recently on this list does not work. Is it because I still use MKII+Xetex? I get the usual error when there is an unknown command: ! Undefined control sequence. l.6 \setcharacterspacing [frenchpunctuation] ? I use the minimals and updated just a couple of minutes ago to be sure: ConTeXt ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKII fmt: 2008.11.15 int: english/english Now, the real problem is that the following old hacks don't work anymore: \def\activateSomeCharacters{% \defineactivecharacter ! {\,\string!}% \defineactivecharacter ? {\,\string?}% \defineactivecharacter : {\,\string:}% \defineactivecharacter ; {\,\string;}} \activateSomeCharacters \appendtoks\activateSomeCharacters\to\everystarttext They were sufficient for me. The error I get is when I define my body font: ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \kern \textormathspace ...fmmode \mskip #1#2\else \kern #1\hspaceamount \empty {#3... \@@fontfile ->name\textormathspace +\thinmuskip 1 :Nimbus Sans L \dogetglobalfontparameter ...me \??ff \@@fontfile #1\endcsname {#2}\expandaf... \getglobalfontparameters ...arameter \@@fontdata , ]=, \dodefinefontsynonym ... \getglobalfontparameters \fi \ifcsname \??ff \@@fon... ... l.128 \setupbodyfont [bodytext,12pt,rm] ? I can't make sense of any of this, especially because I call for the serif font while the Nimbus is my sans-serif. Everything works perfectly if I just remove the character hacks above. Can anyone help? Did I provide enough information? Thanks! Jeff

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How to randomize points in a given area?
by Yue Wang 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi, Hans, In your "metapost graphics" pdf document, I can find a card which randomizes points in a path of Christmas tree, how to do that? thanks. Yue Wang

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stretching smallcaps with a style command
by Bob Reynolds 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hello Everyone: I'm an intermediate-skilled user trying to typeset notes for my CompTIA A+ certification course with ConTeXt, but I'm having trouble with styling abbreviations. I would like to letterspace (I think that is a correct typographical term, I'm a little new at typesetting, sorry) and smallcap my dozens of abbreviations, and I can get it to work manually but not with \setupsynonyms. Googling the wiki, mailing lists, etc. didn't help and I'm not enough of a TeX programmer to understand the definitions in the source code in this case. I run TeXLive 2008 on Gentoo Linux with ConTeXt version: CtxTools | context version: 2008.05.21 15:21 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex) CtxTools | context version: 2008.05.21 15:21 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex) http://live.contextgarden.net/ doesn't seem to be working for anything at the moment, so I don't know if it works there or not. Below is a small sample input I made to illustrate my attempts; I tried to make it as transparent as possible. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thank You Very Much, Bob \setupcolor [hex] \definecolor [LightBlue] [h=8080FF] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupbodyfont [10pt] \setupcapitals [sc=yes] \def\stretchedspaceamount {.1em} \define [1] \StretchedSmallCaps {\smallcaps {\stretchedlowercase {#1}}} \define \Term {\color [LightBlue]} % \setupsynonyms [abbreviation] [textstyle=\StretchedSmallCaps] % I would like this to work, but it doesn't % \setupsynonyms [abbreviation] [textstyle=\italic] % other commands like this work \abbreviation {CPU} {central processing unit} \starttext \Term {\StretchedSmallCaps {CPU}} = \Term {\infull {CPU}} % this produces the output that I want \Term {\smallcaps {\lowercase {CPU}}} = \Term {\infull {CPU}} % this is what it looks like without stretching \Term {\CPU} = \Term {\infull {CPU}} % this is what I want to type to produce the stretched, smallcaps output \stoptext

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Testing the build
by Mohamed Bana 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi, Do the developers run the trunk against a set of test cases? For instance, testing the new release against files that compile successfully under the current stable release? I ask as I often see people complain that the new beta isn't working and so forth.

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Feature request: 4SIDE
by Marcin Borkowski 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi all, it seems that we have a feature request flood;) so I'm putting my $3*10^{-2}. I'd need 4SIDE (analogous to 2SIDE). How to obtain it? Could it be added to page-imp.tex? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) O ludzką twarz - walka trwa! Już płoną ognie - chwyćmy za ostrze! Naszym ogniem Moc Najwyższego, ostrzem wierność obranej drodze... Walka trwa! (Izaiash)

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Simple questions on fonts and how to center vertically
by Mildred Ki'Lya 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Hi, I would like to create a document where the first page contains a title and a subtitle. The title would be in bold face, and the subtitle in italics. The font size would be something bigger than 12 points and those would be centered vertically on the page (with a bit of space between them). After some readings, I came up with the following solution: % ------------------------------------------------------------------ \font\titlefont=cmbx12 scaled\magstep3 % Header \setupheadertexts[\vbox{ \ifodd\pagenumber \hfil{\sc{a Title}}\hfil\hfil\pagenumber\hfil \else \hfil\pagenumber\hfil\hfil{\sc{author}}\hfil \fi \break \vbox{\hfil\hrulefill\hfil} }] % Start front page \eject\nobreak\vfill % Title {\titlefont \centerline{a Title} \vskip 1em } \vfil % Leave some space between % Subtitle {\titlefont\it \centerline{a Subtitle} \vskip 1em } % Stop Front Page \nobreak\vfill\eject \end % ------------------------------------------------------------------ The problems are: * It is not centered vertically * The subtitle is not as big as I would have expected * There is not enough space between the title and the subtitle Can you come up with a better solution? Ideally, I would like to have the font size changed in a way so the control sequences like \it, \bf ... continue to work as expected. Something I could use like: {Some normal text \magnify{3} three times magnified text \it the same size in italics \bf Three times magnified, bold and italics \dots} It seems I also have troubles getting the TeX box model right. Previously, I tried to create a ruler below the ruler and it took me time to figure out how to display it. Naive implementation seamed not to work. Especially, i don't understand why the \hfil\hrulefill\hfil should be inserted in a \vbox. Is there some documentation somewhere explaining that? Thanks. Mildred -- Mildred Ki'Lya ╭───────── ｍｉｌｄｒｅｄ５９３＠ｏｎｌｉｎｅ．ｆｒ ────────── │ Jabber, GoogleTalk: <mildred(a)jabber.fr> │ Site: <http://ki.lya.online.fr> GPG ID: 9A7D 2E2B │ Fingerprint: 197C A7E6 645B 4299 6D37 684B 6F9D A8D6 9A7D 2E2B

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Problems with: \completepublications in index
by mattia schirosa 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Hi, i try to put my bibliography in index and in end of the book. So: -it works only with \completepublications, but i have no reference in index - if i call a chapter{Bibliography} and then i call the bibliography with \placepublications, it doesn't work, context don't make me see the biblio in pdf. - if i comment %\startappendices %\stopappendices it works but i have not correct numbering in index! There is a bug? \stopbodymatter \startappendices %\chapter{Bibliografia} NO WORKING with \startappendices \completepublications %\placepublications NO WORKING with \stopappendices \stopappendices Thanks Mattia Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo

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I: Re: Problems with: \completepublications in index
by mattia schirosa 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Sorry, i didn't receve any replay, just to know if i make any mistake in the question form (attachment are allowed?!?) or if my question is not a goodone to send in this mailing list. Thanks. Best regards --- Ven 14/11/08, mattia schirosa <mattiaschirosa(a)yahoo.it> ha scritto: Da: mattia schirosa <mattiaschirosa(a)yahoo.it> Oggetto: Re: [NTG-context] Problems with: \completepublications in index A: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Data: Venerdì 14 novembre 2008, 18:52 I just want the bibliography in index with A, and not with a number. Here the example that should be work but it doesn't: i can't see the bibliography list in bibliography chapter. why? and if i comment %\startappendices %\stopappendices it works but i have not correct numbering in index! \enableregime [utf] \mainlanguage [it] \usemodule[bib] \setupheadtext[it][pubs={Bibliografia}] \setupbibtex [database=PaesaggioSonoro, sort=author] \starttext \title {Indice} \placecontent \startbodymatter \chapter{first} \cite[LoValle_AudioMultimedia] \chapter{second} \cite[SaggiEcoMusica] \chapter{3} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \chapter{Biblio} \placepublications \stopappendices \stoptext Thanks for your work. Best regards Mattia --- Ven 14/11/08, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> ha scritto: Da: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> Oggetto: Re: [NTG-context] Problems with: \completepublications in index A: mattiaschirosa(a)yahoo.it, "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Data: Venerdì 14 novembre 2008, 11:58 Am 14.11.2008 um 11:50 schrieb mattia schirosa: > Hi, > i try to put my bibliography in index and in end of the book. > So: > -it works only with \completepublications, but i have no reference in index What do you want in index? > - if i call a chapter{Bibliography} and then i call the bibliography with \placepublications, it doesn't work, context don't make me see the biblio in pdf. > - if i comment %\startappendices %\stopappendices it works but i have not correct numbering in index! > There is a bug? > > \stopbodymatter > \startappendices > > %\chapter{Bibliografia} NO WORKING with \startappendices > \completepublications > > %\placepublications NO WORKING with \stopappendices > > \stopappendices Send a complete example. Wolfgang Scopri la community di Io fotografo e video Il nuovo corso di Gazzetta dello sport per diventare veri fotografi! Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo

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layout parameter testing
by Alan STONE 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Hi, With \definelayout[myLayout][...], how do you test whether one of its parameters has a certain value, is greater than 0, etc... ? -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX * ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.56.06 19:11 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.10 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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Simple questions on fonts and how to center vertically
by Mildred Ki'Lya 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Hi, I would like to create a document where the first page contains a title and a subtitle. The title would be in bold face, and the subtitle in italics. The font size would be something bigger than 12 points and those would be centered vertically on the page (with a bit of space between them). After some readings, I came up with the following solution: % ------------------------------------------------------------------ \font\titlefont=cmbx12 scaled\magstep3 % Header \setupheadertexts[\vbox{ \ifodd\pagenumber \hfil{\sc{a Title}}\hfil\hfil\pagenumber\hfil \else \hfil\pagenumber\hfil\hfil{\sc{author}}\hfil \fi \break \vbox{\hfil\hrulefill\hfil} }] % Start front page \eject\nobreak\vfill % Title {\titlefont \centerline{a Title} \vskip 1em } \vfil % Leave some space between % Subtitle {\titlefont\it \centerline{a Subtitle} \vskip 1em } % Stop Front Page \nobreak\vfill\eject \end % ------------------------------------------------------------------ The problems are: * It is not centered vertically * The subtitle is not as big as I would have expected * There is not enough space between the title and the subtitle Can you come up with a better solution? Ideally, I would like to have the font size changed in a way so the control sequences like \it, \bf ... continue to work as expected. Something I could use like: {Some normal text \magnify{3} three times magnified text \it the same size in italics \bf Three times magnified, bold and italics \dots} It seems I also have troubles getting the TeX box model right. Previously, I tried to create a ruler below the ruler and it took me time to figure out how to display it. Naive implementation seamed not to work. Especially, i don't understand why the \hfil\hrulefill\hfil should be inserted in a \vbox. Is there some documentation somewhere explaining that? Thanks. Mildred -- Mildred Ki'Lya ╭───────── ｍｉｌｄｒｅｄ５９３＠ｏｎｌｉｎｅ．ｆｒ ────────── │ Jabber, GoogleTalk: <mildred(a)jabber.fr> │ Site: <http://ki.lya.online.fr> GPG ID: 9A7D 2E2B │ Fingerprint: 197C A7E6 645B 4299 6D37 684B 6F9D A8D6 9A7D 2E2B

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catcode change in macros
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Hi, I make in a module the comment sign a simple letter to pass number formats to a lua function and want to know if should use another (better) way to change the catodes. \def\????ax{@@@@ax} \bgroup \catcode`\%=11 \catcode`\:=14 \gdef\setupaxis {\catcode`\%=11 \catcode`\:=14 \dodoubleargument\dosetupaxis} \gdef\dosetupaxis[#1][#2]: {\catcode`\%=11 \catcode`\:=14 \def\docommand##1{\getparameters[\????ax##1][#2]}: \catcode`\%=14 \catcode`\:=12 \processcommalist[#1]\docommand} \egroup \setupaxis [\c!x,\c!y] [\c!format=%d] Regards, Wolfgang

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equal columnset height on last page?
by Yue Wang 15 Nov '08

15 Nov '08

Hi, power ConTeXt users: Is there any way to get automatic equal columnset heights on last page? (on the last page, all column are of the same height). I browsed column.pdf and only find ways to manually set number of lines in each columnset. Yue Wang

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How to box \useMPgraphic?
by Oliver Buerschaper 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hello all, I'd like to insert a little MetaPost square into the running text and properly align it vertically. So I tried: --- \startuseMPgraphic{square} draw unitsquare scaled StrutHeight; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext I want a square \raisebox{-\strutdepth}{\useMPgraphic{square}} in my running text. \stoptext --- Unfortunately, to no avail. TeX seems to be asking for some boxed content, so I tried to wrap the figure inclusion into a box: \hbox{\useMPgraphic{square}}. It doesn't solve the problem either. What do I need to change? Oliver

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Feature request: linespacing in (foot)notes
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, I try to change the linedistance in my footnotes but this is a pain with the current interface, I slightly modified the \setnotebodyfont macro and hope this could also be done in core-not. \def\setnotebodyfont {\let\setnotebodyfont\relax \restoreglobalbodyfont \switchtobodyfont[\noteparameter\c!bodyfont]% \setuptolerance[\noteparameter\c!tolerance]% \setupalign[\noteparameter\c!align]% \noteparameter\c!commands} % <- new I used this setup in my document: \startsetups footnote:interlinespace \setupinterlinespace[line=11pt] \stopsetups \setupnote [footnote] [bodyfont=9pt, commands=\directsetup{footnote:interlinespace}] Regards, Wolfgang

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How to produce two side-by-side boxes
by Yi Zhang 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, How can I produce two side-by-side boxes, one flushed to the left and the other to the right? Thanks, -- Yi

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debugging
by Alan STONE 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, What's the way to get a list of all definition assigned values in a compile job ? Ex: \def\myFirstParameter{one} \def\mySecondParameter{two} ... -> in log file (or other file), something like: myFirstParameter=one myFirstParameter=two ... I tried \tracingmacros=1 but that's not what I'm looking for. -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX * ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.56.06 19:11 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.10 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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define command
by Alan STONE 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, For example \define\somemacro[3]{...} gets invoked with \somemacro{#1}{#2}{#3} How do you get rid of those repeating pesky curly brackets and invoke a user defined macro with \somemacro{#1,#2,#3} instead ? :O) -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX * ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.56.06 19:11 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.10 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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no en dash with otf fonts
by Yi Zhang 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, I'm using some otf fonts but '--' does not produce the en dash. How can I get over this problem? Thanks, -- Yi

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ansi codes
by Alan Stone 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

How do you typeset font characters by their ansi code number, ex. Alt+33 (21h) ? -- Best, Alan Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Desktop) * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english (ConTeXt minimals installation) * texexec --lua foo

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Kerning
by Bart C. Wise 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

I am trying to change the spacing of a chapter title head. I found the "\kern" command; however, I could not get that to work over a string of text. Then I found the following code: \def\dolist{\afterassignment\dodolist\let\next= } \def\dodolist{\ifx\next\endlist \let\next\relax \else \\\let\next\dolist \fi \next} \def\endlist{\endlist} \def\track#1\by#2{\def\\{\next\kern#2}% \leavevmode \hbox{\expandafter\dolist#1\endlist}} Then I tried: def\MyChapterCommand#1#2{ \framed[align=center,frame=off,width=\textwidth]{ \vbox{ \track{This is a Test} \by{.2em} \track #2 \by{.2em} } } \setuphead[chapter][ command=\MyChapterCommand } The output from the \track{This is a Test} \by{.2em} works. However, the second track command (\track #2 \by{0.2em}) fails. I spent many hours last night trying to change the kerning. What I want is something like: \kern{TEXT}{KERNING AMOUNT}. What's available, or how do I fix the track command above. By the way,I'm running mkii. Thanks, Bart

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\definefont problem with latest beta (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi. First of all: mkii format generation still fails here because of [context.mkii] \loadmkiifile{core-swd} I added the mkii suffix here to make it run. ---- Back to the subject. When using mkiv there is a problem in finding the map files of my fonts. Instead of the expanded value of \defaultencoding (here texnansi, set in cont-sys.tex) the prefix 'default' is used here. [..] fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-arial luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-arial.map): cannot open font map file fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-sansserif luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-sansserif.map): cannot open font map file fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-trebuchet luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-trebuchet.map): cannot open font map file fonts : using map file: default-microsoft-tahoma luaTeX warning (file default-microsoft-tahoma.map): cannot open font map file ---- Mkii works fine with these fonts (TTF). I made a small test file, but I'm not sure if the font is choosen wisely (T1). Anyhow, it shows the way how I use the upper named fonts in my macros. Regards, Peter \usetypescriptfile[type-cow] \usetypescript[all][cow][default] \usetypescript[cow][default] \definefont [TestFont] [Cows at 40pt] \starttext {\TestFont Just a test.} \stoptext

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Breaking footnotes across pages
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi, I have in a document a very long footnote and want it to break over two pages, what do I have to do to change the default behaviour? Regards, Wolfgang

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Place externalfigure in middle position
by mattia schirosa 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

I looking in documentation for a long time, but i didn't find a command to set a image in middle area without using the \placefigure command. Anyone can help me? \starttext \startstandardmakeup \sc \startalignment[middle] Politecnico di Torino \crlf Tesi di laurea specialistica \vfill \setupheads[alternative=middle] \title{Un modello per la generazione dinamica \crlf di paesaggi sonori} \blank[line] Ingegneria del cinema e dei mezzi di comunicazione \blank[line] \vfill % \useexternalfigure[some logo][logopolito][width=5cm] % \placeexternalfigure{'}{\externalfigure[some logo]} % whit this i can put the figure in the middle, but i don't want text {\externalfigure[D:/Documenti/ProgettoTesi/MaterialeTeorico/Immagini/logopolito][width=5cm]} \vfill Autore: Mattia Schirosa \blank[line] I Relatore: Masoero Marco Carlo \crlf II Relatore: Andrea Valle \crlf Torino, 28$/$12$/$2008 \stopalignment \page \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext Best regards Mattia Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo

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Feature request: indent parameter for delimitedtexts
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi Hans, is it possible to add a indent key to delimitedtexts, I use in one own my documents the following setup \setupdelimitedtext [blockquote] [spacebefore=line, before={\setupindenting[next]}] but it makes more sense to have a built-in option to control the indenting of longer quotes. Regards, Wolfgang

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ConTeXt in texlive
by Fengnan Gao 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Hi all, I have some problem when using ConTeXt in tl08, when I type luatools --generate my cmd windows says like this >C:\Users\fnsteed>context --make > >MtxRun | error unable to locate texmfcnf.luaShould I create the cache path C:\Us >ers\fnsteed\? [yes|no] [no] y > >fatal error: there is no valid cache path defined or like this >C:\Users\fnsteed>luatools --generate > >LuaTools | error unable to locate texmfcnf.lua >LuaTools | loading d:/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnfShould I create the cach >e path C:\Users\fnsteed\? [yes|no] [no] > >fatal error: there is no valid cache path defined I don't exactly know what that means but clearly I cannot use ConTeXt. Can someone help me? Thanks. Cheers; Fengnan <fnsteed(a)hotmail.com>

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tabulate and combination
by Wolfgang Schuster 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, is there a better way to place two tables (with the tabulate environment) side by side, I wrap them now in a vbox but this destroyes the spacing before and after them. I know floatcombination but I don't want to use it at the moment. \starttext \startcombination[2*1] {\vbox\bgroup \starttabulate[|cm|l|] \NC \NC Materialkosten je ME \NC\NR \NC + \NC Fertigungskosten je ME \NC\NR \HR \NC = \NC Herstellkosten je ME \NC\NR \NC + \NC Verwaltungskosten je ME \NC\NR \NC + \NC Vertriebskosten je Me \NC\NR \HR \NC = \NC Selbstkosten je ME \NC\NR \stoptabulate \egroup} {Progressive Kalkulation} {\vbox\bgroup \starttabulate[|cm|l|] \NC \NC Bruttoerlös je ME \NC\NR \NC - \NC Erlösminderung je Me \NC\NR \HR \NC = \NC Nettoerlös je ME \NC\NR \NC - \NC variable Kosten je Me \NC\NR \NC \NC \NC\NR \HR \NC = \NC Deckungsbeitrag je ME \NC\NR \stoptabulate \egroup} {Retrograde Kalkulation} \stopcombination \stoptext Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] setupwhitespace
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

> > What else changes when I switch over to columns? Do I need a whole new > > environment within columns? > > \setupwhitespace should be enough but you could define a new environment > and hide the setup in the environment file. > > \definestartstop > [mycolumns] > [before=\startcolumns, > after=\stopcolumns, > commands=\directsetup{mycolumn:setup}] > > \startsetups mycolumn:setup > > \setupwhitespace[...] > > \stopsetups > > \starttext > > \startmycolumns > > text text text ... > > \stopmycolumns > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > Thanks again - that's just what I was looking for! Richard

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setuphead[section][style=cap] does not work
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hello, I want section headings to be in capitals, but when I use: \setuphead[section][style=cap] I get an error as follows: ! Argument of \getvalue has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \uppercased ...d \xdef \@@expanded {\uppercase {#1 }}}\@@expanded \dodosmallcapped ...alize \cap@@uppercase {#1{#2}} \egroup \doplaceheadnumbertext ...o #1}\c!style \getvalue {\??ko #1\c!command }{\dos... \dodododoconstructhead ...{\finalsectionnumber }}} \writesection {#1}{#3}{#4}... l.58 \section{Introduction} Most other options seem to work, e.g. \setuphead[section][style=bold] But \setuphead[section][style=\cap] has same problem as above. I would try it in the "ConTeXt online" but that doesn't seem to be working. Thanks, Richard P.S. How do I get a full stop after the section number?

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Re: [NTG-context] setupwhitespace
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

> > Hello All, > > > > I have a document in two columns and I need about 3mm vertical spacing > > between paragraphs. > > > > I've tried > > \setupwhitespace[small] > > and > > \setupwhitespace[3mm] > > but neither looks any different from \setupwhitespace[medium]or [big]. > > > > \setupwhitespace[none] gives no space. > > > > There is a previous mailing in the archives which suggests that columns > > don't use \setupwhitespace, > > and there's a suggestion to use > > \defineblank[default][3mm] > > but that doesn't seem to do anything either. > > This is a feature of the columns environment. > > > Any suggestions? > > \startcolumns > > \setupwhitespace[...] > > bla bla bla ... > > \stopcolumns > > Wolfgang Thanks Wolfgang, that works a treat! What else changes when I switch over to columns? Do I need a whole new environment within columns?

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Re: [NTG-context] Need more interword spacing
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi all, I found nice solution by myself: \interwordspace 2\interwordspace that sets double space. Wolfgang's \setuptolerance[horizontal,space] also works fine. But 2*space doesn't work, what can I do if I want even more space? Best, Vyatcheslav

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setupwhitespace
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hello All, I have a document in two columns and I need about 3mm vertical spacing between paragraphs. I've tried \setupwhitespace[small] and \setupwhitespace[3mm] but neither looks any different from \setupwhitespace[medium]or [big]. \setupwhitespace[none] gives no space. There is a previous mailing in the archives which suggests that columns don't use \setupwhitespace, and there's a suggestion to use \defineblank[default][3mm] but that doesn't seem to do anything either. Any suggestions? Regards, Richard

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flowcharts and text labels
by Wolfgang Schuster 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, is there is something in the flowchart package to position text on the line in the same way as I did in my example without \clap like e.g. \label[cb]{...}. \usemodule[chart] \starttext \startFLOWchart[test] \setupFLOWcharts [nx=3, ny=1, height=4\bodyfontsize, width=8\bodyfontsize] \startFLOWcell \name{one} \location{1,1} \text{One} \connect[bb]{two} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \shape{none} \location{2,1} \label[b]{\clap{Text centered and above the line}} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name{two} \location{3,1} \text{Two} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \FLOWchart[test] \stoptext Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] How to ged rid of temporary files, forever?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Thanks, luigi. context --purgeall works perfectly. =) Best, Vyatcheslav

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problem scaling big png images
by Mojca Miklavec 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hello, I have problems with scaling of big png images. Scaling works ok with XeTeX, but fails with both pdfTeX and LuaTeX, so it might be a problem in the engine, not necessary in ConTeXt. The image comes out with several cm white border when it should occupy the whole page. Here are the testing files (temporary location): http://www.mars2008.si/context/ \defineoverlay [MyGraphic] [{\externalfigure[graphic][heigh=\paperheight]}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=MyGraphic] \starttext whatever \stoptext + a big png graphic. When I decrease resolution, the white border around graphic shrinks. Mojca pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.9-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.7) This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.30.2-2008102016, build unknown MtxRun | current version: 2008.11.10 21:40 (same problem on TL)

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\definecharacter
by Thomas A. Schmitz 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi all, is the command \definecharacter deprecated in mkiv? Some of my environments stopped working. Minimal example: %\definecharacter mytest \char"00F8 \define\mytest{\getglyph{name:lmroman10book}{\char"00F8}} \starttext Hello w\mytest rld! \stoptext I expected lines 1 and 2 to work, but line 1 gives an error ("Undefined control sequence"). So: is this command no longer available in mkiv? All best Thomas

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How to ged rid of temporary files, forever?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, I have a folder where I store my tex sources and generated pdfs. The problem is that now it is overflooded with temporary files (top, tuo,log,...). I remember Hans wrote somewhere that LuaTeX will hold temporary files in memory... But they are still there, on the disk. Yes, I know the --purge-all option, but it is too long to write "context filename --purge-all ", isn't it? It would be very nice if we could set an option somewhere (for example, in the registry) to NOT generate temporary files, and even log files (I never use them). Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yastkovsky

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\setupcapitals[sc=yes] and \setupfootnotes[n=2] problems with luatex
by Paul Schalck 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, The following minimal examples work fine with pdftex, but give unexpected results with newer betas and luatex (tested under ConTeXt - 2008.11.10 21:40 -- luaTeX-0.30.2): % engine=luatex \setupcapitals [sc=yes] \abbreviation [OTAN] {otan} {Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord} \starttext \OTAN \stoptext % engine=luatex \setupfootnotes [n=2] \starttext Test.\footnote{Here's a footnote.} Test.\footnote{And another one.} \stoptext The second issue has been reported recently. Maybe some Dutch wizard is working on it... And, btw, thanks for your amazing type system! _______________________________________________________________________ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 30 Tage kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220

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Need more interword spacing
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, Can someone suggest me global setting for interword spacing? I write chords above lyrics (with a pen), and often there is no enougn space between words. Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] about "error unable to identify cnf file" (Wolfgang Schuster
by 그래프 수학과 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, Otared, Wolfgang, Thank you for the help. In the ConTeXt Minimals, LuaTeX is working well. I'll use minimals for LuaTeX. By the way, do I need "luatools --generate" again after adding my personal files in the folder ...../contextminimals/tex/texmf-context/ user/context/? Thank you again. Best regards, Dal

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core-swd
by Hans Hagen 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

in context.mkii the core-swd line should say ... \loadmarkfile{core-swd} mojca, can you fix this in the minimals? i cannot make a beta right now -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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mkiv and \recycleMPslotstrue
by Otared Kavian 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

Hi all, With the minimals (ConTeXt ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.12 int: english/english) and mkiv, I get from time to time: (cont-sys.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.123 \recycleMPslotstrue but, despite this, a correct PDF is produced, when I hit return in order to ignore the error. For instance this happens with the example given by Hans: \starttext \showstruts \start \tf \setstrut tf:\strut \tfa \setstrut tfa:\strut \tfb \setstrut tfb:\strut \tfc \setstrut tfc:\strut \tfd \setstrut tfd:\strut \stop \start \small \tf \setstrut tf:\strut \tfa \setstrut tfa:\strut \tfb \setstrut tfb:\strut \tfc \setstrut tfc:\strut \tfd \setstrut tfd:\strut \stop \stoptext I guess this is a dormant (conflicting?) thing from mkii… Best regards: OK

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Maybe there is a bug in cross references with latest beta
by Yanrui Li 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

Hi, The \in[ref] command is regarded as a mathematical symbol by the latest beta. There is a simple example as follows: %%%% \starttext \chapter[test]{TEST} \in{Chapter}[test] \stoptext %%%% The output of it is attached in the mail. -- Best wishes, Li Yanrui

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small problem with minimals
by Thomas A. Schmitz 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi all, esp. Mojca, I have encountered a small problem with the minimals: some metafun stuff that Aditya and I use in our presentation module stopped working recently (sorry, I can't tell when exactly). The error message is !luaTeX error (file lm-rmtt.enc): cannot find encoding file for reading ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MtxRun | fatal error, code: 70 which is a bit bizarre (I thought luatex didn't use any enc files?). Anyway, the same file compiles fine with the same version of ConTeXt and luatex under texlive 2008 because there, the enc file is present: luatools lm-rmtt.enc /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-rmtt.enc Should this file be added to the minimals or is there a different problem somewhere down the line? If absolutely necessary, I can make a minimal example, but it would take a lot of work... All best Thomas

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tabulate in itemize
by Wolfgang Schuster 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, do own of you know how I can have a line in the tabulate that will start at the same position as the first column, \HR is no solution for me because it adds extra space before the line and I try to avoid to define my own costomized \HR command. \starttext \startitemize \item text text text \starttabulate[|cm|l|] \NC \NC Anfangsbestand \NC\NR \NC + \NC Zugänge \NC\NR \NC - \NC Abgänge \NC\NR \HL \NC \NC Endbestand \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stopitemize \stoptext Wolfgang

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Scite automatic compling
by mattia schirosa 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, i start use context to write my master thesis, i chose Scite tex editor how was advised in context wiki. I can't found a command or a tool to compile the tex file by Scite, is there any possibility or i have to pass by prompt control everytimes? When i try different layout solution is a bit annoying. Thaks a lot. Mattia Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo

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about "error unable to identify cnf file"
by Dalyoung Jeong 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, Recently, I tried to set for LuaTeX following the "Running_Mark_IV" in wiki. 1. I updated ConTeXt using "ctxtools --update". I didn't use "rsync -av ..." as in wiki for updating because I got "cannot find command texexec" error after updating ConTeXt. 2. Updated LuaTeX using "rsync -av ......../universal-darwin/" These updating processes are fine. But I got the following error when I issued "luatools --generate". LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.002 seconds I installed TL2008. The first question is that do I need to do some pre-process for the installation of LuaTeX like following? export TeXMFCNF ... export TEXMF ... ... So I run "source .luatex" where luatex is a file to setup TEXMF stuffs when I use TL2007. After that "luatools --generate" is working well. But I got another error when I try "context --make". The error message is "cannot find file context.tex". What did I do wrong in these steps? Thank you. Best regards, Dal

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ConTeXt Live not working
by Pablo Rodríguez 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Trying to typeset the default ConTeXt Live \starttext Hello world! \stoptext I get the following message: TeXExec | processing document 'texweb.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file texweb.top TeXExec | using randomseed 884 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/opt/context/current/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.776454 It seems that it doesn't work. It happens also with XeTeX and LuaTeX. Pablo

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pdftex and xetex not working at live.contextgarden.net
by Pablo Rodríguez 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi there, LuaTeX seems to have been removed from live.contextgarden.net, but it seems that neither the pdftex nor xetex engine is able to compile the most basic \starttext Hello world! \stoptext Just in case it helps and none has noticed it. Pablo

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typefile
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, Something is wrong with \typefile in latest context in MKIV. \starttext \typefile{somefile} \stoptext (the file 'somefile' should exist) gives ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \filepath \pathplusfile #1#2->#1 \f!pathseparator #2 \mktypefileverbatim ...rs.typefile("\readfilename ")} \dosometyping ...rt }{\typingparameter \c!stop }}} \stopverbatimcolor \stoppa... \dotypefile ...else \dodotypefile [\v!file ][]{#3} \fi \fi l.3 \typefile{somefile} Also, in MKII, when the file does not exist, you get a warning message in the pdf output. In MKIV, there is no warning. Missing files are silently ignored. Aditya

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Pb with verb-pas
by Eric DÉTREZ 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hello A funny problem When I use pascal verbatim I've got a curious feature (?) Here is a minimal problem \starttext \startPAS i/ 2; nom/ 2; ; \stopPAS \stoptext When I typeset it the i desappear. I only occurs when the / is followed by a space and when the variable before / is made from letters (not followed by a space) It seems it comes from the gestion of comments but I don't understand where it comes from. I could type spaces before / but I need this to type oCaml source code and I changed comments (there are (* ..... *)) but I also need to refer arrays as t.(i). Eric DÉTREZ Lycée Faidherbe Lille Maths PC* : http://sites.google.com/site/pc1faidherbe/ Info MP-MP* : http://sites.google.com/site/infofaidherbe/

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Happy Single's Day
by Yue Wang 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, all: Tomorrow is 11/11 single day. (I dont know whether the holiday exists in other places, but on 11:11 am, 11/11, (all the numbers are single[1]), all the singles will celebrate this moment and dreamed to find their Mr. or Miss. Right.) So.... consider this is a ConTeXt mailing list, I made a new card using ConTeXt to all the ConTeXt users who are singles. It can be downloaded from http://att.newsmth.net/att.php?p.460.279144.453.pdf Wish you a happy Single's Day! Yue Wang

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TABLEs and backgroundcolor
by Andreas Harder 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hello everyone, this TABLE used to work not long time ago: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % \showframe \bTABLE[framecolor=gray] % split=yes \setupTABLE[column][first] [background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setupTABLE[column][last] [background=color,backgroundcolor=green] \setupTABLE[first] [first] [corner=08] % \setupTABLE[first] [last] [corner=07] % \setupTABLE[last] [first] [corner=05] % \setupTABLE[last] [last] [corner=06] % %---------------------------------------------------------------------% \bTR \bTD oben links \eTD\bTD oben rechts \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD Mitte links \eTD\bTD Mitte rechts \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD Mitte links \eTD\bTD Mitte rechts \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD unten links \eTD\bTD unten rechts \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \blank \bTABLE[background=color,backgroundcolor=blue] \bTR \bTD[corner=08] left \eTD\bTD[corner=05] right \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD[corner=07] left \eTD\bTD[corner=06] right \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Now the first and the last row appear black. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance Andreas

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ConteXt and Eurotex conference 2009
by Taco Hoekwater 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

L.S., The Dutch TeX Language User Group NTG and the ConTeXt task force are pleased to invite you to the combined EuroTeX 2009 conference and third international ConTeXt meeting: August 24--28, 2009 Netherlands Defence College (NDC), The Hague The Netherlands See the website for more information and future updates http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009 Call for Papers =============== As usual, proposals for presentations and workshops are welcomed on just about any topic of interest to \TeX\ users, but the conference focus will be on Educational uses of TeX such as manuals, courseware and college presentations, so we especially welcome proposals on subjects in those fields. http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/programme.html Registration ============ The conference is made possible by the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) that graciously invited us to their facilities, including the on-site hotel, thereby allowing a very competitive conference fee. http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/register.html Participants who complete registration before February 1, 2009 will benefit from a special early bird discount. Hope to see you there! The organisation committee. PS Please feel free to forward this message to suitable tex-related lists, I do not know all of those -- Taco

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bug in latest beta?
by Chen Shen 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi all, the following code used to work, but broke in the latest beta. \at works well, but \in appears as a math "member of set" symbol ( ∈ ). ======================== \starttext \placefigure[here][abc]{xyz}{123} abc \at[abc]. abc \in[abc]. \stoptext ======================== I am using $ context --version MtxRun | main context file: /opt/home/hash/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex MtxRun | current version: 2008.56.06 19:11 $ luatex -v This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.30.2-2008102016, build unknown any suggestions? Thanks a lot. best regards, shenchen

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ConTeXt MKIV bug: Chinese left aligned does not work as should
by Yue Wang 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, Hans: It seems that left aligned (flushright) does not work for chinese. I attach the minimal test files in the mail. To test the file, please download the zhfonts.tex from http://code.google.com/p/ctxnotes/downloads/list, and the adobe Chinese fonts. (I also mailed you these files long ago for other problems) Yue Wang

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Centering last line of paragraph
by dw＠trichotomic.net 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi all, For some long-winded subtitles, I need a paragraph shape which has flush sides except the last line, which is centered. I haven't come across any solutions for this... any clues? Best, David

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ConTeXt MKIV Bug: transparent does not work as should in mplib's textext
by Yue Wang 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Hi Hans: It seems that \definecolor[ foobar][some transparent color] does not work in MKIV. I attach the test file and result pdf in the attachment. Can you take a look? thanks! Yue Wang

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Change line spacing of the publication list
by Roy Zuo 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Hi, I find that when the lines pacing of the text is set by \setupinterlinespace, the line spacing of publication list is not affected at all. I am just wondering if it is possible to change the line spacing of the publication list produced by bibtex to make the article have a uniform look. Thanks in advance. Roy

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on imposition and local or external files
by Pablo Rodríguez 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

Hi there, I would like to use imposition to rearrange an existing PDF as a booklet, but I don' have ConTeXt installed on the machine I would like to do it. Using http://live.contextgarden.net/ might do the job, but I have problems to load the local file. Is there any way to load a local file (or even an URL) with ConTeXt? How should I rewrite the following command to load a local file or an URL in ConteXt live? \insertpages[original_file.pdf][width=0pt] Thanks for your help, Pablo

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apostrophe in a verbatim enviroment
by Alan Bowen 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Is it possible to get an apostrophe to typeset as a vertical mark ( ' ) rather than a curved mark ( ’ ) when using \starttyping and MKII? I am trying to get the old “typewriter” look for a brief stretch of text. Alan

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How to set a empty string in texmf.cnf
by Weiwei Guo 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hi everyone, I need to set all SELFAUTOPARENT in texmf.cnf to empty string, but I don't know how. Here are what I have tried: SELFAUTOPARENT = SELFAUTOPARENT = "" SELFAUTOPARENT = '' SELFAUTOPARENT = $ SELFAUTOPARENT = ${} SELFAUTOPARENT = {} Although deleting all the SELFAUTOPARENT in texmf.cnf works, I just want my texmf.cnf more elegant :) Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Wei-Wei

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How does mtxrun selecting tma files?
by Weiwei Guo 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hi everyone, If you get two same email from me, sorry for that. I used a wrong email address in the previous email. That email address is not the subscribed email address of the list. I'm new to the list and also new to ConTeXt. I'm configuring my ConTeXt distributed with TeX Live 2008 and I cannot get my mtxrun working. I'm using Gentoo which put texmf.cnf in /etc/texmf/web2c. I set TEXMFCNF = /etc/texmf/web2c TEXMFCACHE = /var/cache/texmf and run # luatool --generate LuaTools | loading /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration for /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma LuaTools | saving configuration in /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma LuaTools | compiling configuration to /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tmc LuaTools | locating list of /root/.texlive2008/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /root/.texlive2008/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /root/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf-site LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf-dist LuaTools | locating list of /etc/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | 2257 files found on 205 directories with 111 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | 4289 files found on 65 directories with 2 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf-site LuaTools | 322 files found on 51 directories with 30 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf-dist LuaTools | 13640 files found on 1587 directories with 161 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /etc/texmf LuaTools | 36 files found on 12 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | 51 files found on 17 directories with 0 uppercase remappings ..... It seems fine and I get seven tma files (along with tmc files) in /var/cache/texmf: 0638a6bb4aac17125bf8bd1aa29dc0c8.tma 5044cbe2799fe389b078f26ff6b9ee8e.tma aa488cd1b5c872b403f3532fd1b4df18.tma 3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma 5a308100aaf95a99c661562a470a4cf8.tma 49ce9fb6981e7315a79363280fdfe510.tma 76f9d14d3870a3ca17c588db81902d3d.tma But when I run $ context hello.tex MtxRun | loading configuration for /etc/texmf/web2c from /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee MtxRun | error no format found with name cont-en MtxRun | total runtime: 0.086 It seems mtxrun only searching in 3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma. I find that cont-en.tex is listed in 5a308100aaf95a99c661562a470a4cf8.tma. How can I make mtxrun searching in all tma files instead of only 3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma? Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Wei-Wei

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latest beta
by Thomas A. Schmitz 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi all, Hi Hans, has anything changed in xml processing in the latest beta? My beautiful (!) collection of xml entities has stopped working. In my environment files, I have stuff such as \defineXMLentity[textellipsis]{\textellipsis} but only get the typeset "textellipsis" in my pdfs when I process them with mkiv. Bug or do I have to change anything in my files? All best Thomas

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Multicolumn itemizations - again...
by Marcin Borkowski 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi, I have \setupitemize[2][a,paragraph,intro,columns,two][stopper=)] in the environment. In one place, however, I want to have a one-column itemization. What do I do? I thought that \startitemize[columns,one] would override the environment setting - but it didn't work. I tried to do something like this: \defineitemgroup[onecolumnitemize] \setuponecolumnitemize[2][a,paragraph,intro][stopper=)] but it didn't work - still the settings from \setupitemize[2][...] were in use. What's going on? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Why are vim users so terribly egocentric? - Because they begin every sentence with `I'.

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ConTeXt MkIV and texlive2008
by Marcin Borkowski 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi, assume I've done everything as told on the wiki, so that MkIV works in texlive2008. Assume that I used the tl package manager to upgrade ConTeXt. Do I have something more to do in order to use it (e.g., run luatools --generate or context --make or both once again)? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) O ludzką twarz - walka trwa! Już płoną ognie - chwyćmy za ostrze! Naszym ogniem Moc Najwyższego, ostrzem wierność obranej drodze... Walka trwa! (Izaiash)

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