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hanging indentation
by Pablo Rodríguez 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

Hi there, after some hours trying to figure out how to have hanging indentation for the different requirements of three documents, I'd would like to know how to set hanging indentation for standard paragraphs without having to use \star..\stop routines. I guess that \setupindenting would be the way, but I don't know how to do it. Thanks for your help, Pablo

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French spacing and pdfTeX-1.40
by Peter Münster 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hello, (it's a repost, in case my previous email got lost...) my attempt to get correct French spacing before punctuation does no more work with the latest ConTeXt-beta. Is there now a new method with pdfTeX-1.40 to get automatically the good spacing (as announced some months ago)? Today I try it like this (without success): %%% module t-french.tex %%% \def\activateSomeCharacters{% \defineactivecharacter « {\leftguillemot\,}% % does not work \defineactivecharacter » {\,\rightguillemot}% % with utf-encoding % % \defineactivecharacter ; {\,\lettersemicolon}% % does not work % \defineactivecharacter ? {\,\letterquestionmark}% % does not work with \defineactivecharacter : {\,\lettercolon}% % project/product \defineactivecharacter ! {\,\letterexclamationmark}}% structure \startlanguagespecifics[fr] \activateSomeCharacters \setupitemize[symbol=2] \lccode`\'=`\' \stoplanguagespecifics \mainlanguage[fr] \appendtoks\activateSomeCharacters\to\everystarttext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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beta: bug with transparent colors in fields
by Peter Rolf 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hi Hans, the support of transparent colors in fields seems to be broken (beta 03.11.06). The attached example works with a non transparent backgroundcolor, but breaks with a transparent one. Same behaviour on ConTeXt Live. \definecolor [notebackgroundcolor] % [s=.85] [s=1,a=1,t=.9] There is another problem with field activation (not in this example). When the doc opens, the fields (region in/out) are kind of inactive. Normally a tooltip note is shown/hidden, if the area is entered/left. Only after "activating" the fields by pressing "R" and "H" in Acrobat, they become alive. After that they work as expected. I am still working on a minimal example for this case. Greetings, Peter \setupoutput[pdf] \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \startJSpreamble {Notes} used now var lastNote = "" ; function Show_Note ( Name ) { if (Name != lastNote) { Hide_Note () ; var v = this.getField(Name) ; if (v) { console.println("Show Note: " + Name) ; v.display = display.visible ; v.readonly = false ; % v.richText = true ; % v.multiline = true ; % v.lineWidth = 3 ; % v.rect = [0, 0, 200, 150] ; this.dirty = false ; lastNote = Name } } else {Hide_Note () ;} } function Hide_Note ( ) { if (lastNote != "") { var v = this.getField(lastNote) ; if (v) { console.println("Hide Note: " + lastNote) ; v.display = display.hidden ; v.readonly = true ; this.dirty = false } } lastNote = "" } function Set_Tooltip ( Name ) { if (Name != "") { var v= this.getField(Name) ; if (v) { v.userName="This may help..." ; } } } \stopJSpreamble \newcounter\AnotherNote \def\SomeNote#1#2% {\hbox {\doglobal\increment\AnotherNote \definesymbol[note:\AnotherNote:on][\WhatANote{#2}]% % \setupfield[notes][offset=overlay,frame=off,option={readonly,hidden}] % this confuses acrobat, probably some interference bug, I spent too much time on that \setupfield[notes][offset=overlay,frame=off,option={readonly,hidden},% % regionin=JS(Hide_Note), regionout=JS(Hide_Note), username={Test!}, % clickin=JS(Hide_Note), % clickout=JS(Hide_Note), ] \definefield[note:\AnotherNote][check][notes][note:\AnotherNote:on,note:\AnotherNote:on][note:\AnotherNote:on]% \doifreferencefoundelse{note:\AnotherNote} {\setlayer[notes][page=\currentrealreference]{\fitfield[note:\AnotherNote]}} {\setlayer[notes]{\fitfield[note:\AnotherNote]}}% \pagereference[note:\AnotherNote]\goto{#1}[JS(Show_Note{note:\AnotherNote})]}} \setupinteraction [state=start, openpageaction=JS(Hide_Note), closepageaction=JS(Hide_Note)] \definereference[CloseNote][JS(Hide_Note)] \setupfootertexts[{\goto{Close Note}[CloseNote]}][] \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor [notebackgroundcolor] % [s=.85] [s=1,a=1,t=.9] \defineframedtext [WhatANote] [bodyfont=9pt, background=color, backgroundcolor=notebackgroundcolor, width=.4\textwidth, height=fit, align=normal] \definelayer [notes] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, preset=rightbottom, offset=1cm] \setupbackgrounds [page] [background={notes,foreground}] \starttext \startbuffer \input ward \SomeNote{[[ward]]} {\input ward \relax} \input ward \blank \input knuth \SomeNote{[[knuth]]} {\input knuth \relax} \input knuth \blank \input tufte \SomeNote{[[tufte]]} {\input tufte \relax} \input tufte \blank \input bryson \SomeNote{[[bryson]]}{\input bryson\relax} \input bryson \blank \stopbuffer \dorecurse{10}{\getbuffer} \stoptext

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\definetype breaks down ---
by Aditya Mahajan 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hi Hans, I just noticed a bug with the type mechanism. It breaks down the kerning for ---. Minimal example: \definetype[typeTEX][option=tex] \starttext \typeTEX|\example|. this---breaks---down. \stoptext Any workarounds? Aditya

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beta
by Hans Hagen 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hi, I've uploaded a beta. 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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Avoiding page breaks in self-defined Note environment
by Martin Becker 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Dear all, I'm having a problem with unwanted page breaks using ConTeXt. Imagine a note environment that is separated from normal text by horizontal rules: -------------------------- Note - Notice that this text is embedded in... -------------------------- The problem however is that ConTeXt sometimes breaks the page after the first rule or just before the second, which, as you can image, is pretty ugly. I have defined a command to avoid this: \def\MyHR{nobreak\hairline\nobreak } The tex file looks like this: \MyHR{} {\bf{Note --}} Notice that this text is embedded in... \MyHR{} However, this does not work. The background is that I am using a parser to translate MediaWiki markup to PDF using ConTeXt. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Martin Becker

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combining multiple accents
by Mojca Miklavec 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hello, I always thought that "any accent can be placed on any character" in TeX. However, probably due to some boxes, this fails to work sometimes. So how can I create "a with cedilla and ring above" for example: \r{\c a}? (Yes, I know that I can switch the order: \c{\r a} works as expected, but I need to create more complicated cases in general and I don't want to depend on whether the accent will be placed properly or not.) Is there any simple cure for that? Thanks a lot, Mojca

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typesetting proofs
by Dalyoung Jeong 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Dear all, Searching the lists, I found one and I got the output what I want as following image. But, as you noticed, there is a lot spaces between "Theorem" and the start of the text. Also there is the same space between "Proof" and the start of the text. Is it normal? or Is there any method to reduce the spaces? Thank you for reading. Dalyoung %Here is the definition following Mr. Taco's method \defineenumeration[Theorem] [location=serried, headstyle=bold, text=Theorem, number=yes, after=] \definestartstop[theorem] [before=\startTheorem, after=\stopTheorem] \defineenumeration[Proof] [location=serried, headstyle=slanted, text=Proof, number=no, after=] \definestartstop[proof] [before=\startProof, after=\hfil \stopProof] ...... \startTheorem $P(n, r) = C(n,r).... \stopTheorem \startProof An ordered arrangement... \stopProof ......... %output

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Shapes spanning multiple grid cells in flowchart
by Martijn Martijn 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hello, I've just started to use Context because of its great flowcharting module. However, I'd like to use shapes that span multiple grid cells. This is what I would like to accomplish: |-------| |-------| |-------| | |<-->| box 2 |<-->| box 3 | | | |-------| |-------| | box 1 | | | |-------| |-------| | |<-->| box 4 |<-->| box 5 | | | |-------| |-------| | | | | | | |-------| I could not find a way to do this in the manual. Every shape in the manual has the same size. Thanks for the help! Martijn

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Chemical structure formula flows out
by Zhichu Chen 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Hello I've been studying PPCHTEX these days, it's very powerful, and I cannot control it well. I just wrote a chemical struture like: ================================ \startchemical [size=small,scale=small,width=fit,height=fit,frame=on] \chemical[SIX,SB13456,DB2,Z] [C,C,C,C,C,C] \chemical[PB:Z1,ONE,Z0,SB18,Z8,MOV1,ONE,DB1,SB7,Z07,MOV1,ONE,SB13,Z03,MOV1,ONE,SB1,DB7,Z017,PE] [C,H,C,H,C,H,C,CH_3,O] \chemical[PB:Z2,ONE,Z0,SB1,Z1,PE] [C,CH_3] \chemical[PB:Z3,ONE,Z0,SB3,Z3,PE] [C,H] \chemical[PB:Z4,ONE,Z0,SB45,Z45,PE] [C,H,H] \chemical[PB:Z5,ONE,Z0,SB56,Z56,PE] [C,CH_3,H] \chemical[PB:Z6,SIX,Z3,SB23,Z24,PE] [C,CH_3,CH_3] \stopchemical ================================ only the carbon-ring is in the frame, I think maybe PB:..,PE pair does not change the size of the picture. I know I can use like ================================ \startchemical [size=small,scale=small,width=9000,height=5000,left=3000] ================================ to specify the size, but I need to try several times to get a correct version. Is there any parameter that do this staff automatically? Thanks -- Sincerely yours, Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Meeting NTG saturday 18 november 2006
by Willi Egger 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Dear list user, The Dutch TeX users group organizes a meeting on saturday 18 november. Location: Highschool Helicon, Zeist, The Netherlands. Theme: "The next generation TeX - a glance on the future" At the this moment active development takes place for the successor of pdfTeX. During next year this engine will be dirstributed. Next to this, steps are undertaken to improve the integration of the graphical possibilities of Metapost.in TeX. A bunch of new fonts are in the pipeline which can replace existing (free) font-collections: extended, improved, OTF versions. There are different initiatives for enhancing TeX and related programs e.g. giving them a more modern, up-to-date interface. Further one can see, that TeX is moving form the front-end into the background, so that users do not even know that the final work is performed with TeX. The mentioned aspects will be discussed and presented during the upcoming NTG-meeting. The NTG would like to invite you to join us. Global programme: 09 :30 arrival 10:00 opening, presentations/discussion 11:15 coffee break 11:45 presentations/discussion 12:45-13.30 lunch 13:30 presentations/discussion 15:00 Thea break 15:30 presentations/discussion 16:30 closing 17:30 Diner in one of the restaurants in Zeist Issues to be presented: luatex: development of the next generation pdfTeX opentype: the first three delivered replacement fonts from the polish "foundry" metapost: on its way to full integration into TeX epspdfgui: Good-bye to obscure commandline programs processing in the background ...: how Tex moves behind the scene pgf: replacement of macros containing graphics TeXlive: the in's en out's of preparing a distribution Description of the location and how to get there: http://www.hhelicon.nl/index2.html If you would like to join in, please send an e-mail to the NTG secretary: ntg-secretaris(a)ntg.nl Kind regards Willi Egger Secretary NTG

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underbar in MP text
by Peter Rolf 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Hi all, if \underbar is used inside a MP text, it always uses a fixed rule thickness, regardless of the settings in ConTeXt. How can I change this? TIA, Peter \setupoutput[pdftex] \setMPtext{testtext} {} \startusableMPgraphic{mptext} draw textext.rt(\MPstring{testtext}) ; \stopusableMPgraphic \starttext \setupunderbar[rulethickness=2pt] \underbar{Thick line} \setMPtext{testtext}{\underbar{Thick line}} \useMPgraphic{mptext} \setupunderbar[rulethickness=.15pt] \underbar{Thin line} \setMPtext{testtext}{\underbar{Thin line}} \useMPgraphic{mptext} \stoptext

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texfont create map file
by Johan Sandblom 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

I am now using the Debian context package with Debian texlive. It works very well but some fonts need tweaking. For instance, Zapf Chancery is in ~$ find /usr/share/texmf-texlive -name '*uzcmi8a*' /usr/share/texmf-texlive/fonts/afm/urw/zapfchan/uzcmi8a.afm /usr/share/texmf-texlive/fonts/type1/urw/zapfchan/uzcmi8a.pfb /usr/share/texmf-texlive/fonts/type1/urw/zapfchan/uzcmi8a.pfm but there are no .tfm or .vf and no map file, so my typescripts do not work. I assume I might use texfont to fix this but with what invocation? Regards, Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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XeTeX, ConTeXt and PDF
by Pablo Rodríguez 13 Nov '06

13 Nov '06

Hi there, I'm using xdvipdfmx 0.3 and ConTeXt ver: 2006.11.06 09:10 MK II fmt: 2006.11.11 int: english/english. Papersize doesn't seem to work in \setuppapersize[A4,landscape]. Even if I use \pdfpageheight=21cm and \pdfpagewidth=29.7cm, I get a 29.7×29.7cm square as papersize. I think that the issues with XeTeX and papersize have been already solved. When producing bookmarks with XeConTeXt, for some strange reason destinations change the page view to /Fit. Is there any way to avoid this? Bookmarks are generated fine in UTF-8, but surprisingly (at least for me) the file info is wrong generated. Here you have an example: \enableregime[utf] \definetypeface[myfont][rm][Xserif][Junicode] \setupbodyfont[myfont,12pt] \setupinteraction[state=start,title={χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά}] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection] \starttext \chapter{χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά} \stoptext By the way, could not "texmfstart texexec --xtx" invoke xdvipdfmx with the -E option enabled by default? Many fonts include the embedding restriction not forbid embedding, but to avoid font modification. Thanks for your help, Pablo

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new to ConTeXt
by Pablo Rodríguez 12 Nov '06

12 Nov '06

Hi there, after more than five years using LaTeX (Lambda and XeLaTeX, this one for the last months), I have decided to give ConTeXt a try. LaTeX is fine for me: I have typeset my own dissertation in Philosophy (with ancient Greek and Unicode) and a couple of books. But the modular design makes things tricky at the end, and I would like to give ConTeXt (with XeTeX and LuaTeX when it comes) a try. At the same time, I would like to switch from TeX to XML. TeX is fine, but XML is better for other than typographical purposes. Coming from the humanities, I guess the right choice is TEI (P5 is expected to be released before middle of the following year). I had some experience with XML and Docbook some years ago, but that was before I switched to Linux and Docbook aims to technical documentation (and I'm not a technical guy). I guess I can mix ConTeXt and XML with the eXaMpLe framework (I have just read about it at wiki.contextgarden.net) In order to understand TEI and ConTeXt, I would like to be able to create the files that will be able to compile an TEI XML document with ConTeXt without having to convert it to ConTeXt. I would like to avoid XSL and XSL-FO. I guess it should be something similar DocbookInConTeXt, but I don't know whether it uses the eXaMplE framework (I don't even know whether . Could anyone comment on this topic? I mean, whether the described task could be achieved with ConTeXt, which issues may arise, whether this is the best approach to the issue, whether I miss something, and so on. Thanks for your help, Pablo

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Columns and backgrounds problem
by Matthias Weber 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Hello, I am trying to use backgrounds in columns. Typically, the background runs into the other column as the following example. Is this a limitation, or am I doing something wrong? Any help is appreciated. Matthias \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setupbodyfont[12pt] \definecolor[myframecolor][r=.0,g=.5,b=.6] \definecolor[myheadcolor][r=.0,g=.5,b=.0] \definecolor[myemcolor][r=.6,g=.1,b=.5] \definecolor[textcolor][r=.2,g=.02,b=.3] \definecolor[thmcolor] [r=.94,g=.94,b=.9] \definetextbackground [thmbackground] [backgroundcolor=thmcolor, %corner=round, before=\blank, after=\blank, leftoffset=5pt, rightoffset=5pt, topoffset=5pt, bottomoffset=5pt, frame=on, framecolor=darkblue, location=paragraph, color=darkblue] \defineenumeration [theorem] [before={\starttextbackground[thmbackground]}, after={\stoptextbackground}, text=Theorem, way=bysection, location=hanging, letter=rm] \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \input tufte \starttheorem $1+1=2$ \stoptheorem \input tufte \starttheorem $1+1=2$ \stoptheorem \input tufte \stopcolumns \stoptext

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postoned text and headers
by Paul Jones 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Hello everyone, I have a tex document where I postpone (\startpostponing) certain pages until later in the document. On those pages I would like the headers/footers turned off. I have tried \noheaderandfooterlines, and setting the header to high, but neither seem to work. Have I done something wrong or is there another way to do this? Here is an example of what I tried to describe. %output=pdf \setuppagenumbering[conversion=numbers, location=] \setupheadertexts[pagenumber][][][pagenumber] \starttext \startpostponing[+2] \page \noheaderandfooterlines %this will generally be a fullbleed picture or set of pictures on a page by themselves \framed[frame=on, width=\textwidth, height=\textheight] {\dorecurse{1}{\input zapf}} \page \stoppostponing \dorecurse{20}{\input davis } \stoptext Thanks in advance for any help, paul

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Specifying BibTeX engine
by Philipp Reichmuth 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Hi, texexec has been doing the necessary BibTeX calls for some time now, but is there a way to configure which BibTeX engine is being called? I am using BibTeX 8 (because of Unicode in my bibliography) and have been renaming the executable so far, but it seems there should be a better way. (Incidentally, I've been using a Python script to convert BibTeX files between Unicode and {\=a}-style accent notation and am currently thinking of putting in ConTeXt {\adiaeresis}-style accents as well; would this be of interest to anyone?) Philipp

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Debian/texlive/context: Segfault in mpost
by Johan Sandblom 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

On Debian testing/unstable with texlive-metapost/testing uptodate 2005.dfsg.2-2 texlive-base/testing uptodate 2005.dfsg.2-3 texlive-common/testing uptodate 2005.dfsg.2-3 texlive-base-bin/testing uptodate 2005.dfsg.2-2 and the new context package from www.tug.org/texlive/Debian version 2006.08.08 the following text file processes without error but has no graphic \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{test} draw (0,0)..(1,0)..(1,1)..(1,0)..cycle scaled 5cm withcolor black ; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{test} \stoptext Further investigation revealed that johans@smoke:~$ mpost -progname=metafun -mem=metafun mptest-mpgraph.mp This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (mptest-mpgraph.mpSegmentation fault Mpost segfaulted, which I have never seen and have no idea how to pursue. More details: johans@smoke:~$ mpost --version MetaPost 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) kpathsea version 3.5.5 Copyright 2005 AT&T Bell Laboratories. Kpathsea is copyright 2005 Karl Berry and Olaf Weber. There is NO warranty. Redistribution of this software is covered by the terms of both the MetaPost copyright and the Lesser GNU General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING and the MetaPost source. Primary author of MetaPost: John Hobby. Kpathsea written by Karl Berry, Olaf Weber, and others. johans@smoke:~$ locate metafun.mem /etc/texmf/web2c/metafun.mem /var/lib/texmf/web2c/metafun.mem -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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Font installation
by Antoine Junod 08 Nov '06

08 Nov '06

Hello list, I'm trying to install new fonts in my texmf tree but at each try I stop at the same point, when compiling my test file: (./type-doulos.tex) ! Font \*doulos12ptrmtfrm*:=DoulosSil at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. I've got this problem not only with doulos but with gfs fonts too, and others. Font installation in the texmf tree with texfont works well. I can compile without any problem the texnansi-sil-doulos.tex file (idem with other files). What am I doing wrong? Here is my minimal type-doulos.tex: % type-doulos.tex \starttypescript [map] [texnansi] \loadmapfile[texnansi-sil-doulos] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [doulos] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym[DoulosSIL][texnansi-DoulosSILR][encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [doulos] [name] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [DoulosSil] \stoptypescript And here is my minimal test file: \usetypescriptfile[type-doulos] \definetypeface[doulos][rm][serif][doulos][default][encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[doulos,rm,10pt] \starttext This is the end, gggggnnnnnn \stoptext Thanks a lot for your reply. -AJ

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French spacing with pdfTeX-1.40 and ConTeXt-beta
by Peter Münster 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hello, my attempt to get correct French spacing before punctuation does no more work with the latest ConTeXt-beta. Is there now a new method with pdfTeX-1.40 to get automatically the good spacing? Today I try it like this (without success): %%% module t-french.tex %%% \def\activateSomeCharacters{% \defineactivecharacter « {\leftguillemot\,}% does not work \defineactivecharacter » {\,\rightguillemot}% with utf-encoding % % \defineactivecharacter ; {\,\lettersemicolon}% does not work % \defineactivecharacter ? {\,\letterquestionmark}% does not work with \defineactivecharacter : {\,\lettercolon}% project/product \defineactivecharacter ! {\,\letterexclamationmark}}% structure \startlanguagespecifics[fr] \activateSomeCharacters \setupitemize[symbol=2] \lccode`\'=`\' \stoplanguagespecifics \mainlanguage[fr] \appendtoks\activateSomeCharacters\to\everystarttext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Some questions about lua && context
by Aleksandar Lazic 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Hi, today I have looked into luatex and read the FAQ http://www.luatex.org/faq.html Just for my curiosity, have you looked into neko?! http://www.nekovm.org/ I don't know when you have decide to go to lua and if then neko was out. Thanks to satisfied my curiosity ;- ) Regards Aleks

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Some questions about luatex
by luigi scarso 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

hi some questions about luatex (www.luatex.org) 1) will be possible some code like \luatry{% ...tex code} \luaexcept{ ..tex code} 2) will be possible to embedding some other language ie Python (of course, reading the C source) ? Thanks in advance luigi

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character redefinition environment
by Enzo Cordes 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi list, I want to assign Metapost graphics to single letters (in a newly defined evironment, that take care of these assignments). The purpose is being able to rapidly build huge tables containing lots of these symbols. Everything works fine if I assign these graphics to non-letters, e.g. "|", but somehow it doesn't work with normal letters. Here is what I tried (with a simple Foo instead of Metapost graphics): \definesymbol[foosymbol][{\tt Foo}] \def\startmychars{% \bgroup\catcode`\|=\active\def|{\symbol[foosymbol]}} \def\stopmychars{\egroup} This works with | as reassigned character without any problems. But, we want to have normal characters in the table, no punctuation marks, etc. Does anyone know what to do to reassign a special definition for a letter e.g. like uppercase B or else? I got this error: (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) ! Undefined control sequence. \startmychars ...up \catcode `\B=\active \defB {\symbol[foosymbol]} l.24 \startmychars which seems to indicate that B is not recognized as active character in the "\defB"? Any hints very welcome, Enzo.

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Re: [NTG-context] overlay page background missing
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

On 11/2/06, Paul Jones wrote: > You gave me hope, but it was dashed upon further experimentation. If everything else fails, here's another idea about what you can do in such cases (or better: what I do when I have no better idea how to tell to TeX where exactly to place things): % "draw \sometxt{forever} withcolor red" is broken at the moment, % but used to/should(?) work otherwise \startuniqueMPgraphic{forever} draw \sometxt{\color[red]{forever}} scaled 15 rotated 30 shifted (-1cm,8cm); setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled (OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[overlay forever][{\uniqueMPgraphic{forever}}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=overlay forever] Hope that helps, Mojca

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using pgf/tikz and bib modules together
by M.J. Kallen 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Apropos the bib module, ConTeXt users wishing to use both the pgf/tikz module (v1.10) and the bib module together, will (currently) have to use the CVS version of pgf because both modules clash with the use of the .aux file. The following was posted by the pgf developer Till Tantau on the pgf maillist: "it turns out that, indeed, the .aux writing of the bib module clashes with pgf's usage of the file of the same name. I renamed this stuff to .pgf and it works fine, now. You will need to get the current CVS of pgf since the change is not quite trivial. Alternatively, a quick-and-easy-fix is to find the file pgf/generic/ pgf/utilities/pgfutil-context.def and to delete the three lines having to do with .aux files at the beginning. Then picture remembering will not work (which it does in the CVS), but that may not be a top priority." I'm assuming the new bib module still uses the .aux file for the same purposes as before. Maarten-Jan

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Compiling the magazines
by J. R. Capablanca 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hello everyone! I'm trying to get started with ConText. I've setup a stand alone install with perl and ruby on windows (last version). I was quite impressed with the "This way" magazine layout... and was trying to compile the example code that comes in the 000 edition. But the result is nothing like the original: all side texts are on wrong places, body text goes through the paper margins: a mess! Maybe some margins or papersize settings that are implicit and I don't have in my environment ? I'd be glad if somebody could give me some tips on this! The code is pasted below. Thanks in advance, JR - - - - - - - \usemodule[mag-01] \setvariables [magazine] [title={Introduction}, author=Hans Hagen, affiliation=PRAGMA ADE, date=Januari 2003, number=0] \startbuffer[abstract] This is the zero issue of a semi periodical. The associated style can be used by \CONTEXT\ users to typeset and publish their own issues. \stopbuffer \starttext \setups [titlepage] \setups [title] \setupheadertexts[welcome] This is the zero issue of a range of \CONTEXT\ related publications, in most cases short introductions to new functionality. The style may be used by users for providing similar documents, but preferably not for other purposes, since it may confuse readers in their expectations. We've chosen a layout which is more functional than beautiful. This layout provides several text areas: headers and footers, margins and edges as well as a main text area. The surrounding (gray) makes the main page (which is slightly smaller than A4) stand out and is suitable for viewing in spread mode. The documents produced at \PRAGMA\ are called {\bf This Way}, user documents gets the title {\bf My Way}. The \PRAGMA\ issues are numbered. We strongly advise you not to use the \type {mag-} prefix for your issues, since this may lead to clashes with files distributed by \PRAGMA. \setups [listing] \setups [lastpage] \stoptext

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Unwanted space before a \HL in tables
by Gerhard Kugler 06 Nov '06

06 Nov '06

Hi, now I have a new conTeXt, but tables remain tricky. A slight variation of the wiki example with horizontal lines gives unwanted vertical space: \starttext \placetable[here][tab:sample]{sample table}{\start \starttablehead \HL \VL command \VL meaning \VL\SR \HL \stoptablehead \starttabletail \HL \stoptabletail \starttables[|l|l|] \VL \tex{NC} \VL next column \VL\FR \VL \tex{HL} \VL horizontal line \VL\MR \VL \tex{VL} \VL vertical line \VL\MR \VL \tex{NR} \VL next row \VL\AR \HL \VL \tex{SR} \VL single row \VL\MR \VL \tex{FR} \VL first row \VL\MR \VL \tex{MR} \VL middle row \VL\MR \VL \tex{LR} \VL last row \VL\LR \stoptables \stop} \stoptext -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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question about linenotes
by Thomas A. Schmitz 05 Nov '06

05 Nov '06

I'm playing with (and happy about) linenotes; I'm just running into one small (?) problem. Here's a testfile: \starttext % \setuplinenumbering[location=intext,step=2] \startlinenumbering Long and boring text that has \linenote{note one} no other sense than demonstrating a problem with the linenote command in ConTeXt. \stoplinenumbering \stoptext Run it, then comment out the \setuplinenumbering command. Is there a way of having linenotes displayed correctly even when the numbers are not displayed because of the step= setting? Thanks Thomas

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bib and bibltx problems
by Matthias Wächter 05 Nov '06

05 Nov '06

Hi Taco, I ran into the following problems: 1. see attached files. Three bib entries with different authors, but the resulting references are the same for two of them (!). Appearantly, without sorting the bib entries, the extra label numbering does not work correctly. Changing \setupbibtex to "sort=short" fixes the issue (appending "a" and "b") as well does changing "ITERATE {presort.none}" to "ITERATE {presort.clabel}" in cont-no.bst. But is this a once-and-for-all fix? 2. see attached files. In \setuppublications, numbering is given as "short", but the resulting list of references is only as good as "yes" - I only get the numbers, not the short references in the list. Hmmm, what's the cause for this? Any ideas? Or is it My Fault(TM)? 3. In general: If I'd use bib handwriting \{start,stop}publication without bibltx, would I have to care about the uniqueness of the "short" document names (the "s=" option to \startpublication)? Really? Considering hundreds of possible bibliography entries, this would double the effort: Not only the key (the "k=" option) but also the short name must be unique for correct references. 4. Sometimes, the build process ("texexec --pdf test") breaks after changing some text in the bibliography. Appearantly, sometimes the .bbl file is not updated. removing the .bbl file fixes the build. No recipy available, sorry. Thanks, - Matthias \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=mybibs,sort=no] \setuppublications[refcommand=short,numbering=short] \starttext For all times, \cite[TRUE] is right and \cite[FALSE] is wrong. \completepublications \stoptext @techreport{TRUE, Title = "True Values", Author = "True Author", Year = "2005", } @techreport{GNUS, Title = "Gnus in the Wild", Author = "Another Doctor", Year = "2005", } @techreport{FALSE, Title = "False values", Author = "False Author", Year = "2005", }

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bookmarks using linebreaks in chapter titles
by Sanjoy Mahajan 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

I was trying out line breaks for long titles (at least, long when set in 36 or 48pt text), as well as have pdf bookmarks, so I defined a \1 shorthand local to the chapter heading: ====================================================================== \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[chapter] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \setuphead[chapter][before={\bgroup\def\1{\hfil\break}}, after={\egroup}] \starttext \chapter{Long\1 title} hello \stoptext ====================================================================== If I inline the \1, as in \chapter{Long\hfil\break title}, then it's mostly fine except that the bookmark has "hfil penalty ..." Is there's another way to avoid that problem? Perhaps a magic option that says what the bookmark should be, the way one can tell \index what to typeset in the index when it is different from the inline text. One solution is to forbid hyphens during the \chapter (with before= and after= definitions) and also shrink the \hsize enough so that tex line breaks where I want, but that method requires unintuitive, fontsize-dependent dimension guessing for each chapter. Putting in line breaks by hand is not too bad. Plus one might want to break the lines according to meaning, which does not always produce the same results as where breaks would go according to line length. But meanwhile trying the hack method above, I get this error (./q.tuo) (./q.tuo) ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> Long\1 title \sanitizePDFdocencoding ...docencoding \edef #2{#1 } \doPDFinsertbookmark ...oding #3\to \bookmarktext \stripstring \bookmarktext.. \doplacebookmarks ...okmarkelement \flushbookmark \egroup \else \expanded {\.. <to be read again> \setupinteractionscreen l.3 \setupinteractionscreen [option=bookmark] It's from this line in q.tuo \listentry{chapter}{1}{1}{Long\1 title}{2--0-1-0-0-0-0-0--1}{1} and the \1 is not defined during \listentry, only during the \chapter. I didn't have a problem when the same code was part of a product (each component being chapter in a book, with the \setuphead in an environment file) -- only had it when I compiled one component, which is how I got to the test case above. [All with ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.24 13:47 MK II fmt: 2006.10.24] -Sanjoy

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Splitting a float that isn't a table
by Duncan Hothersall 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

I define a floating block called Exhibit \definefloat[Exhibit][table] which just contains paragraphs of text. I'd like to be able to split it using the \splitfloat mechanism but that only seems to work if the content of the float is a table, not paragraphs. ---- \definefloat[Exhibit][table] \starttext \input tufte\par \splitfloat[lines=auto]{\placeExhibit{Knuth}} {\dorecurse{4}{\input knuth \par}} \input tufte\page[yes] \stoptext ---- This outputs "there is nothing to split" in the resultant PDF. Is there any way to achieve the equivalent of ---- \definefloat[Exhibit][table] \starttext \input tufte\par \splitfloat[lines=auto]{\placeExhibit{Knuth}} {\bTABLE[frame=off]\dorecurse{4}{\bTR\bTD\input knuth \eTD\eTR} \eTABLE} \input tufte\page[yes] \stoptext ---- without having to make every paragraph a table cell? Thanks in advance. Duncan

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overlay page background missing
by Paul Jones 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hello all, I am trying to put together a wedding book. I would like a nice watermark behind the text on each page. Left page containing the word 'together', and right page containing the word 'forever'. I can get this done with an overlay, but it is always centered in the page. So after reading some threads about layers in overlays I thought this might work. Putting a layer into an overlay does give me the ability to positiong the words, but I can no longer get them to show up on all of the pages. Am I doing this in a resonable way? Why did the setupbackgrounds stop working when I put the layer into the overlay? Much thanks, Paul %output=pdf \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={WatermarkOverlay}] \startsetups WatermarkSetup \doifoddpageelse {\framed[frame=off,foregroundcolor=gray] {\scale[sx=12,sy=12] {\rotate[rotation=20.0]{forever}}}} {\framed[frame=off,foregroundcolor=gray] {\scale[sx=12,sy=12] {\rotate[rotation=20.0]{together}}}} \stopsetups \definelayer[WatermarkLayer] \setlayer[WatermarkLayer][hoffset=-4cm,voffset=12cm]{\setups{WatermarkSetup}} \defineoverlay[WatermarkOverlay][{\placelayer[WatermarkLayer]}] \starttext \framed[height=\textheight, width=\textwidth, background={WatermarkOverlay}, frame=on]{overlay frame} \chapter{first} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \chapter{second} \dorecurse{10}{\input davis } \chapter{third} \dorecurse{10}{\input zapf } \stoptext

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feedback on the wiki Linux_User_Installation article
by Antoine Junod 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hello list, I'm trying to make a fresh minimal install following the wiki article 'Linux User Installation'. All goes fine till the 'texexec --make --alone' command. It says me 'the file 'texexec.rb' is not found'. I can copy it in the texmf-linux/bin directory but it trigs other errors. I can correct that error by recursively copying all the files of the texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby/ directory into the texmf-linux/bin/ one. Should I update the wiki with that information or is it a problem tied to my system, or maybe a problem of the minimal context distribution/binaries files? Thanks for your replies. -AJ

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new beta / mp
by Hans Hagen 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi, I uploaded a new beta release. This one has support for some fresh metapost features (mpprocsets). This means that mp inclusion is slightly faster in mkii (some 5-10%) and that the (not yet public) mkiv converter is now faster than the mkii one (some 10%) due to the cleaner mp output code. Around 20/11 we need to go current because of the tex live code freeze which means that serious bugs need to be fixed before that time. 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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formula, bookmarks and misc
by Sebastian Rooks 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Dear ConTeXters, 1/ I would like to use a named formula with a reference containing several subformulae each with a reference. The closer I can get to is to add an empty namedformula followed by subformulae (see test file below). How can I get rid of the empty line with a number in the pdf ? 2/ I'm using bookmarks but abbreviations in heads do not work properly. I've used a workaround some 3 years ago but I cannot remember which. Any suggestion ? (see test file below) 3/ What should I do to get the bookmarks numbered with their chapter/section/ etc. number ? (see test file below) 4/ How can I redefine the \vec command in my formulae without having a warning "system : command \vec is already defined" 5/ I do like a lot the minimum distribution so easy to install. It would be even better if bibtex can be added. It's only 82.8 KiB Thanks for ConTeXt (special thanks to Hans and Taco of course), it's really a pleasure to work with it. Regards, Seb test.tex %%%%% %>< %>< %>< %%%%% \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection] \abbreviation [UK] {UK} {United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland} \starttext \placelist[formula] \chapter{Math formulae} \placenamedformula [eq:well_known] {Well known equalities} \startformula \stopformula \placesubformula[eq:first]{a} \startformula 1+0=1 \stopformula \placesubformula[eq:second]{b} \startformula 1+1=2 \stopformula \chapter{Weather in the \UK} \dorecurse {2} {\input dawkins \par} \stoptext

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another font in the gyre collection
by Hans Hagen 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi, The third font (bonum) is posted: http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/ (btw, this project is substantially sponsored by user groups, but we can use more sponsors, esp since math is also on the agenda) 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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incorrect spacing in mathcases
by M.J. Kallen 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi, the following example shows space missing after the inequality sign: \startformula i = \startmathcases \NC i, \NC \text{if} i = j, \NR \NC j, \NC \text{if} i \neq j. \NR \stopmathcases \stopformula An extra '\ ' after \neq solves this, but I think this shouldn't be necessary since $i \neq j$ does not require this fix. Maarten-Jan

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Forcing XeTeX output
by Philipp Reichmuth 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi, is there a first-line comment directive or a \setupoutput[] parameter to force usage of XeTeX just like the --xtx commandline switch? Consider the following document: ---------------------- % ??? = xetex??? \starttext This is a piece of text \stoptext ---------------------- I just experimentally tried "engine=xetex", "tex=xetex" and "output=xetex" on the first line. The first two actually launch XeTeX, but they bail out with the comment "you should use pdfetex instad" and a \wait command, and the last one runs pdfetex instead and produces a DVI file. Philipp

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XeTeX and built-in glyph generation
by Philipp Reichmuth 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Hi, I have a question regarding ConTeXt, XeTeX and the use of Unicode fonts with diacritic characters which I use quite a lot. (Note also that I'm a novice user.) Consider the following extreme example (using Gentium <http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=gentium>): ------------------- \definetypeface[lucida][rm][Xserif][Lucida Bright] \definetypeface[gentium][rm][Xserif][Gentium] \setupbodyfont[gentium] \starttext Ṯḥíş ıš ā pìėçẹ ȯf ṭēxt. \stoptext ------------------- If you typeset this with 'texexec --xtx', you get very different results with Gentium vis-a-vis Lucida because of the different glyph repertoires of both fonts. This is a bit unsatisfactory because ConTeXt has all the logic already in place to construct most of these these from base characters plus accents where needed. Of course I can go through my Unicode text manually and change all the missing characters to something like \={e}, but that is not a good solution either; having to sift through your entire document because your publisher demands a different font makes you feel more than a bit stupid :) Is there a way to tell ConTeXt what Unicode characters are available in a font and which ones it has to build using TeX's accent functions? I guess in the above example it would be difficult because no regime gets loaded at all. What would be ideal in my case would be a configurable UTF-8 regime where I could specify the following on a per-typeface basis: - character[ range]s which get passed directly to the underlying engine (useful mainly with XeTeX and possibly with Aleph/Omega) - character[ range]s which get constructed from accents - character[ range]s which get used from a different typescript; for example if I have passages or quotations in a script which isn't available in my typescript, it would be nice to say that "all IPA/Greek/Old Church Slavonic" should come from a substitution typescript where these scripts are available and look good. Is such a thing possible? Philipp

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yesterday's beta
by Thomas A. Schmitz 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Just to let you know that yesterday's beta has the same flaw that I reported a few days ago: something is wring with texutil.rb; the index it generates is incorrect. I get lots of warnings about "duplicate references" and these error messages at the end of the run: TeXUtil | parsing file translation.tui TeXUtil | fatal error in plugin (processing): undefined method `rjust' for 0:Fixnum /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:619:in `build' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:845:in `processor' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:844:in `each_index' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:844:in `processor' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:835:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:835:in `processor' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:127:in `processors' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:125:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:125:in `processors' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:1017:in `processed' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1577:in `runtexutil' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1570:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1570:in `runtexutil' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1854:in `processfile' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1086:in `processtex' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1085:in `timedrun' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1085:in `processtex' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1082:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1082:in `processtex' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 61:in `process' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 51:in `main' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 759:in `send' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 759 Also, texexec processes the file many many times; this didn't use to be the case. Best Thomas

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ConTeXt installation problem using i-installer(v 2.85)
by Dalyoung Jeong 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

Dear all, Yesterday, I updated ConTeXt using i-installer(V 2.84). It worked fine with XeTeX too. I am able to make presentation using ConTeXt + XeTeX which was not possible before. Today I tried to update ConTeXt in Mac located in school. At this time, I used the upgraded i-installer(V 2.85). But it didn't ask me the permission(no Authenticate window). So it couldn't have a write permission in the directory /usr/local/teTeX/. I got the warning/ error message, "/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local is not writablle. I cannot change a nonwritable TeX. Bailing out...". Hence I couldn't install ConTeXt. What do I have to do to complete the installation? Thank you. Dalyoung

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A new manual
by John R. Culleton 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

What is needed now for greater acceptance of Context is not new features but a new manual, perhaps a multi volume set with a common index. The 2001 manual is great, but many of the features discussed daily here are not in it. One must chase around the wiki and the individual manuals like "details", and that is not satisfactory from the point of view of the new user. Most of us have memorized the locations of key information but newcomers have not. If a consolidated manual set were offered for sale there would be a lot of customers. Or an abridged version, something like the 1999 Excursion manual but expanded and updated, would be a possibility. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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pdfTeX-1.40 does not find format
by Peter Münster 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Hello, I try to use the beta versions of ConTeXt and pdfTeX now and I find the following issue (on latest TeX-live): with "TEXFORMATS = .;$TEXMF/web2c/{$engine,}" in texmf.cnf and pdfTeX-1.40.XXX, texexec --make writes the formats to texmf-config/web2c/pdfetex but pdftex looks only into texmf-config/web2c A symbolic link from texmf-config/web2c/cont-en.fmt to pdfetex/cont-en.fmt solves the problem. Is this issue already known and is there perhaps a better solution? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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temporary solution - Re: ConTeXt installation problem...
by Dalyoung 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Dear all, After changing the mode of texmf.local as writable, I was able to update the ConTeXt. However, it is not the normal installation. Still ImageMagick and \externalfigure are not working properly. I don't know why it is not working in this notebook(G4) only. Thank you. Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] Page number alignment in \placecontent
by Ángel Luis García Fernández 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Hi again, you were right, Maarten-Jan. The problem was the following: \setupindenting[medium] I like the first line of each paragraph to be indented, so I put the above command in my "general config" file. The undesired effect is that it also indented the index lines, shifting them to the right. That's the reason why the page numbers appeared in the right margin (is this a bug? I mean, should ConTeXt break the index line instead of put the number in the margin?). Now I have moved the \setupindenting command to the body section of my document, and the \setuplist options you wrote in the previous e-mail work ok (I forgot the "criterium=all" in the \setupcombinedlist command). Thanks for your help, Ángel Luis > From: "M.J. Kallen" <mj_kallen(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 28, Issue 76 > Angel-Luis, > > I'm not sure why you do not get a table of contents, maybe try to add > criterium=all to the \setupcombinedlist command and see if that works? > Also, you have used \placecontent, which you can use instead of > \completecontent. > > I've tried your settings using the live ConTeXt on the wiki and it works > without the page numbers in the margin. Looking at your sample file, the > lines with the sections are somehow shifted to the right. It is not > possible to see why this is happening. Are you shure you have not added > something somewhere to change the appearance of the list? > > Maarten-Jan > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: ?ngel Luis Garc?a Fern?ndez <algarcia(a)ujaen.es> > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:16:24 AM > > > I tried that, but then nothing appears (empty index) > > Angel-Luis > > > Hi Angel-Luis, > > > > looks like you want a LaTeX-like table of contents. I achieved what I > > think you want to achieve as well, using the following commands: > > > > % setup table of contents > > \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c,level=section] > > > > % margins, widths and distances are setup such that section lines line up > > with chapter text (change to your liking!) > > \setuplist[chapter][margin=0mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm,style=bold,aligntit > >le =yes,before=\blank] > > \setuplist[section][margin=8mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm] > > > > % place the following in the relevant location > > \completecontent > > > > Hope this ends up looking like you want it to! > > > > Maarten-Jan > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: ?ngel Luis Garc?a Fern?ndez <algarcia(a)ujaen.es> > > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:16:21 PM > > Subject: [NTG-context] Page number alignment in \placecontent > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > sorry for bothering you with this, but I have a problem: I like this > > style for my Index: > > > > \setuplist[chapter][style=bold] > > > > \placecontent[level=section, > > alternative=c, > > criterium=all, > > aligntitle=yes] > > > > But then the section page numbers are placed in the right margin of the > > page instead of in the text area as the chapter page numbers are. (if you > > want a sample: http://wwwdi.ujaen.es/~algarcia/page.pdf . It's just 16 > > KB) > > > > How can I manage to keep all the index structure while moving the section > > page numbers to the left? > > > > ?ngel-Luis > > _______________________________________________ > > ntg-context mailing list > > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ntg-context mailing list > > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Error in m-narrowtt
by Aditya Mahajan 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

Hi Hans, \usemodule[narrowtt] \starttext \ntype{test} \stoptext gives the following warning: check : missing or ungrouped '=' after 'typing' in line 35 (@@tpntypi ng) check : missing or ungrouped '=' after 'type' in line 36 (@@tyntype) The last two lines (well, it has only three lines) of m-narrowtt.tex should be \definetyping[n\v!typing][style=\narrowtt] \definetype [n\v!type] [style=\narrowtt] Aditya

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xmldir : hyperlinks not working
by olivier Turlier 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Hi every Context lover/user, I came to using xmltools for building an long (boring) list of folders&files, with the idea of sharing a cdrom with "automount" niceties (shellexec.exe & autorun.inf telling to open the generated pdf). The problem is that xmltool apparently ("skip" certain portions ?) don't "recognise" or "retranscribe" a full path, i.e if a real path is root(K:\MESDOC\COURS\05-TEB~1\000_ZI~1)\01-at1-repres_graphic_gene\01-s8910-metre_infra\cours-ppes-metre-go-0506.pdf firefox answer that (//media/cdrom0)/cours-ppes-metre-go-0506.pdf. is unreachable ------------.tex file for creating xmldir.xml : \useregime[il1] \enableregime[il1] \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \executesystemcommand % {texmfstart xmltools --dir --recurse --root=K:/Mesdoc/cours/05-teb-0506/000_zip-tout --pattern={*.pdf,*.xls} --output=xmldir.xml} {texmfstart xmltools --dir --recurse --pattern=*.* --output=xmldir.xml} ---------- command for making pdf from xmldir.xml : texmfstart newtexexec.rb --autopdf --pdf --mode=colorscheme-red --xml --use=dir-01 --pdf xmldir.xml (I've tried also : texmfstart newtexexec.rb --autopdf --pdf --mode=colorscheme-red --root=K:/Mesdoc/cours/05-teb-0506/000_zip-tout --xml --use=dir-01 --pdf xmldir.xml : without success) ---------- TIA for any answer -- Olivier TURLIER CRP La Rouguière 101 Bd des Libérateurs 13367 MARSEILLE CEDEX 11 tel : (33) 04 91 18 56 00

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mptopdf problems
by Thomas A. Schmitz 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Hi all, I'm struggling with a new installation here on my MacBook. One problem I have is that mptopdf bails out when I have textext code in my mpgraphics. There were a couple of similar problems in the mailing list a while back, but no real solution. When I compare the mpgraph.log output from this new install with the output from a good installation, these are the diffs I get: -(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) **test-mpgraph.mp (test-mpgraph.mp -{randomseed:=33} -write0 = `test-mpgraph.mpo'. +{randomseed:=3203} -write0 = `test-mpgraph.mpt'. +! Extra tokens will be flushed. +<to be read again> + @@@ +<argument> ...font [MyAGaramondPrempnum,11pt] "@@@ + string.contextversion +graphictextdirective->...graphictextstring&(TEXT0) + &CRLF; +<to be read again> + ; +l.19 string contextversion; + +? x - [1] -metafun 2006-10-30 22:30 - ) -1 output file written: test-mpgraph.1 From what I've understood, metapost seems to be calling the wrong text (tex instead of texexec), but where can this be fixed? The configuration on both installations is identical (write 18 enabled, identical cont-sys.tex). Thanks Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] Problems with latest beta
by Thomas A. Schmitz 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Sorry, this was supposed to go to the list, not to Aditya privately: On Oct 30, 2006, at 10:03 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > This is a wild guess. On line 619 on texutil.rb add > > (@realpage ||'').to_s.rjust(6,' ').gsub(/0/,' '), > ^^^^^^ > add this > > > Aditya > > Thanks for the reply, Aditya. Your fix appears to work; now, I get a proper index again. > Did you try texexec.rb? The message looks to be coming from ruby. I am, in fact, using the ruby script; I just find the --version output of the perl variant much clearer; that's why I use it just for verification of the formats etc. Thanks again! Thomas

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texmfstart not recognizing $page
by Aditya Mahajan 31 Oct '06

31 Oct '06

Hi Hans, In the latest beta texmfstart --page=1 --file=metafun-p.pdf does not work. This is the verbose output texmfstart version 2.0.0 locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in current path '.' locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in caller path 'f:/Research/Feedback/AC' kpse : direct (forced) using 'kpsewhich' to locate 'metafun-p' in suffix space 'pdf' (2) checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-mswin\BIN for metafun-p checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Ruby\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Python24\ for metafun-p checking E:\Perl\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Program Files\R\R-2.3.1\bin for metafun-p checking E:\bin for metafun-p checking for metafun-p checking E:\Vim\vim70 for metafun-p aggressively locating 'metafun-p' in document trees locating 'metafun-p' in document tree 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/doc*' registering 'metafun-p' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf' registering 'THREAD' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals' starting metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: pdfopen --page --file e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: acroread e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf Even the simple texmfstart metafun-p.pdf fails with texmfstart version 2.0.0 locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in current path '.' locating 'metafun-p.pdf' in caller path 'f:/Research/Feedback/AC' kpse : direct (forced) using 'kpsewhich' to locate 'metafun-p' in suffix space 'pdf' (2) checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-mswin\BIN for metafun-p checking E:\isoimage\usr\local\context\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Ruby\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Python24\ for metafun-p checking E:\Perl\bin for metafun-p checking E:\Program Files\R\R-2.3.1\bin for metafun-p checking E:\bin for metafun-p checking for metafun-p checking E:\Vim\vim70 for metafun-p aggressively locating 'metafun-p' in document trees locating 'metafun-p' in document tree 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/doc*' registering 'metafun-p' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf' registering 'THREAD' as 'e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals' starting metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: pdfopen --page --file e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf using 'system' call: acroread e:/isoimage/usr/local/context/docroot/documents/general/manuals/metafun-p.pdf The first system call fails since ruby uses "/" rather than "\" as the directory separator and windows does not like that. The second system call fails since $page is '' (I don't know why). A pdfopen --page --file filename always fails. The third system call fails since acroread is not present. I fail to understand why $page is expanding to '' rather than 2 (or 0 in the second case). Aditya

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Problems with latest beta
by Thomas A. Schmitz 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

I have a number of grave problems with the latest beta texmfstart texexec.pl --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil | --references convert tui file into tuo file tex : pdfTeX, 3.141592-1.40.0- beta-20061017 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.10.27 15:16 cont-en : ver: 2006.10.27 15:16 MK II fmt: 2006.10.30/english cont-nl : ver: 2006.10.27 15:16 MK II fmt: 2006.10.30/dutch 1. At the end of the run, I get these errors: TeXUtil | parsing file translation.tui TeXUtil | fatal error in plugin (processing): undefined method `rjust' for 0:Fixnum /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:619:in `build' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:845:in `processor' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:844:in `each_index' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:844:in `processor' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:835:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:835:in `processor' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:127:in `processors' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:125:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:125:in `processors' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ texutil.rb:1017:in `processed' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1577:in `runtexutil' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1570:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1570:in `runtexutil' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1854:in `processfile' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1086:in `processtex' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1085:in `timedrun' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1085:in `processtex' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1082:in `each' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/ tex.rb:1082:in `processtex' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 61:in `process' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 51:in `main' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 759:in `send' /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb: 759 2. Accordingly, the index is in no particular order and unusable. May I also hint again at the index questions I posted last week? Best Thomas

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useexternalfigure
by Hans van der Meer 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

I see in the code that \useexternalfigure has got a parameter #4 not mentioned in the manual. Being unable to find its meaning in the comments, will someone tell me what it is used for? Hans van der Meer

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character width
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Hi, for fine-adjusting I need to have a variable horizontal space sometimes the width of "999" sometimes of "1", for example. Is there a command that reads the width of a character so it can be used in some kind of horizontal space? Steffen

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Subforms
by luigi scarso 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

I'm still playing with Designer, and actually I can't figure how to make chained lists of objects. Here 1 0 obj is Catalog with /Fields [8 0 R]; following all references R , we will end with 22 0 obj (a leaf) which is a /Type /Annot. My problem now is how to make all 'internal nodes' like 8 0 obj , 25 0 obj and so on. I suspect double-pass strategy..... luigi ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 0 obj <</Names 2 0 R /MarkInfo <</Marked true >> /Pages 3 0 R /StructTreeRoot null /Metadata 4 0 R /AcroForm <</DA (/Helv 0 Tf 0 g ) /DR <</Font <</Helv 5 0 R /ArialMT 6 0 R /CourierStd 7 0 R >> >> /Fields [8 0 R] /XFA [(preamble) 9 0 R (config) 10 0 R (template) 11 0 R (datasets) 12 0 R (localeSet) 13 0 R (postamble) 14 0 R] >> /Type /Catalog >> endobj 8 0 obj <</Kids [25 0 R] /T <feff006d006f00640075006c006f0031005b0030005d> >> endobj 25 0 obj <</Parent 8 0 R /Kids [23 0 R 26 0 R] /T <feff0053006f00740074006f006d006f00640075006c0069005b0030005d> >> endobj 23 0 obj <</Parent 25 0 R /Kids [22 0 R] /T <feff0053006f00740074006f004d006f00640075006c006f0031005b0030005d> >> endobj 22 0 obj <</Q 0 /MK <<>> /P 15 0 R /FT /Tx /TU (Campo di testo) /StructParent 0 /Parent 23 0 R /F 4 /TM (modulo1[0].Sottomoduli[0].SottoModulo1[0].Campoditesto1[0]) /DA (/ArialMT 10.00 Tf 0 g) /Subtype /Widget /DV (TESTO) /Type /Annot /T <feff00430061006d0070006f006400690074006500730074006f0031005b0030005d> /Rect [145.205 765.213 235.913 785.055] >> endobj

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 28, Issue 76
by M.J. Kallen 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Angel-Luis, I'm not sure why you do not get a table of contents, maybe try to add criterium=all to the \setupcombinedlist command and see if that works? Also, you have used \placecontent, which you can use instead of \completecontent. I've tried your settings using the live ConTeXt on the wiki and it works without the page numbers in the margin. Looking at your sample file, the lines with the sections are somehow shifted to the right. It is not possible to see why this is happening. Are you shure you have not added something somewhere to change the appearance of the list? Maarten-Jan ----- Original Message ---- From: Ángel Luis García Fernández <algarcia(a)ujaen.es> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:16:24 AM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 28, Issue 76 I tried that, but then nothing appears (empty index) Angel-Luis > Hi Angel-Luis, > > looks like you want a LaTeX-like table of contents. I achieved what I think > you want to achieve as well, using the following commands: > > % setup table of contents > \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c,level=section] > > % margins, widths and distances are setup such that section lines line up > with chapter text (change to your liking!) > \setuplist[chapter][margin=0mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm,style=bold,aligntitle >=yes,before=\blank] \setuplist[section][margin=8mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm] > > % place the following in the relevant location > \completecontent > > Hope this ends up looking like you want it to! > > Maarten-Jan > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: ?ngel Luis Garc?a Fern?ndez <algarcia(a)ujaen.es> > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:16:21 PM > Subject: [NTG-context] Page number alignment in \placecontent > > > Hi all, > > sorry for bothering you with this, but I have a problem: I like this style > for my Index: > > \setuplist[chapter][style=bold] > > \placecontent[level=section, > alternative=c, > criterium=all, > aligntitle=yes] > > But then the section page numbers are placed in the right margin of the > page instead of in the text area as the chapter page numbers are. (if you > want a sample: http://wwwdi.ujaen.es/~algarcia/page.pdf . It's just 16 KB) > > How can I manage to keep all the index structure while moving the section > page numbers to the left? > > ?ngel-Luis > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > End of ntg-context Digest, Vol 28, Issue 76 > ******************************************* _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 28, Issue 76
by Ángel Luis García Fernández 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

I tried that, but then nothing appears (empty index) Angel-Luis > Hi Angel-Luis, > > looks like you want a LaTeX-like table of contents. I achieved what I think > you want to achieve as well, using the following commands: > > % setup table of contents > \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c,level=section] > > % margins, widths and distances are setup such that section lines line up > with chapter text (change to your liking!) > \setuplist[chapter][margin=0mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm,style=bold,aligntitle >=yes,before=\blank] \setuplist[section][margin=8mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm] > > % place the following in the relevant location > \completecontent > > Hope this ends up looking like you want it to! > > Maarten-Jan > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: ?ngel Luis Garc?a Fern?ndez <algarcia(a)ujaen.es> > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:16:21 PM > Subject: [NTG-context] Page number alignment in \placecontent > > > Hi all, > > sorry for bothering you with this, but I have a problem: I like this style > for my Index: > > \setuplist[chapter][style=bold] > > \placecontent[level=section, > alternative=c, > criterium=all, > aligntitle=yes] > > But then the section page numbers are placed in the right margin of the > page instead of in the text area as the chapter page numbers are. (if you > want a sample: http://wwwdi.ujaen.es/~algarcia/page.pdf . It's just 16 KB) > > How can I manage to keep all the index structure while moving the section > page numbers to the left? > > ?ngel-Luis > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > > End of ntg-context Digest, Vol 28, Issue 76 > *******************************************

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Re: [NTG-context] TABLE in item
by Duncan Hothersall 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

> \let\beforeTABLEsplitbox\relax > \let\afterTABLEsplitbox \relax > \let\beforeTABLEbox \relax > \let\afterTABLEbox \relax > > you can play with these macros since they are the formal hooks Hans, I played with \let\beforeTABLEsplitbox\dontleavehmode \def\afterTABLEsplitbox{\relax\dontleavehmode} \let\beforeTABLEbox\dontleavehmode \let\afterTABLEbox\relax which gives the right indents but stops the tables splitting. I think I will just have to live with non-splitting tables for now, unless you can suggest a better redefinition? Thanks very much for the help anyway. Duncan

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typo in startformulas in latest beta
by Aditya Mahajan 29 Oct '06

29 Oct '06

Hi Hans, There is a missing carriage return in the definition of \startformulas in the latest beta. In \def\startformulas#1\stopformulas \long\def\startformula##1\stopformula {\advance\scratchcounter\plusone}% \scratchcounter\zerocount #1% preroll should be \long\def\startformula##1\stopformula {\advance\scratchcounter\plusone}% <--- Missing \cr here \scratchcounter\zerocount #1% preroll This causes a number to missed in \starttext \placeformula \startformulas \startformula \startalign \NC a_1 x + b_1 y \NC = c_1 \NR[+] \NC a_2 x + b_2 y \NC = c_2 \NR \stopalign \stopformula \startformula \startalign \NC d_1 u + e_1 v \NC = f_1 \NR \NC d_2 u + e_2 v \NC = f_2 \NR[+] %<-- does not show up % %in present beta \stopalign \stopformula \stopformulas \stoptext Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] TABLE in item
by Duncan Hothersall 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

I said: > \starttext > \startitemize[n,broad] > \item Hello world! > \bTABLE\bTR\bTD Little\eTD \bTD table\eTD\eTR\eTABLE > First item continues. > \item Second item. > \stopitemize > \stoptext What I *meant* (sorry!) was \starttext \startitemize[n,broad] \item Hello world! \bTABLE[split=yes]\bTR\bTD Little\eTD \bTD table\eTD\eTR\eTABLE First item continues. \item Second item. \stopitemize \stoptext I know that in the first example I can put \dontleavehmode before the table and things work okay. In the second example (with split=yes) this doesn't work. Is there a way of making things line up when split=yes? (I'm typesetting an accounting book...). Thanks again, Duncan

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TABLE in item
by Duncan Hothersall 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Very simple question which has suddenly stumped me: \starttext \startitemize[n,broad] \item Hello world! \bTABLE\bTR\bTD Little\eTD \bTD table\eTD\eTR\eTABLE First item continues. \item Second item. \stopitemize \stoptext How to get the TABLE inside the first item to align with the item content, rather than flush left? Thanks, Duncan

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Re: [NTG-context] Page number alignment in \placecontent
by M.J. Kallen 28 Oct '06

28 Oct '06

Hi Angel-Luis, looks like you want a LaTeX-like table of contents. I achieved what I think you want to achieve as well, using the following commands: % setup table of contents \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c,level=section] % margins, widths and distances are setup such that section lines line up with chapter text (change to your liking!) \setuplist[chapter][margin=0mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm,style=bold,aligntitle=yes,before=\blank] \setuplist[section][margin=8mm,width=6mm,distance=2mm] % place the following in the relevant location \completecontent Hope this ends up looking like you want it to! Maarten-Jan ----- Original Message ---- From: Ángel Luis García Fernández <algarcia(a)ujaen.es> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 10:16:21 PM Subject: [NTG-context] Page number alignment in \placecontent Hi all, sorry for bothering you with this, but I have a problem: I like this style for my Index: \setuplist[chapter][style=bold] \placecontent[level=section, alternative=c, criterium=all, aligntitle=yes] But then the section page numbers are placed in the right margin of the page instead of in the text area as the chapter page numbers are. (if you want a sample: http://wwwdi.ujaen.es/~algarcia/page.pdf . It's just 16 KB) How can I manage to keep all the index structure while moving the section page numbers to the left? Ángel-Luis _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Page number alignment in \placecontent
by Ángel Luis García Fernández 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Hi all, sorry for bothering you with this, but I have a problem: I like this style for my Index: \setuplist[chapter][style=bold] \placecontent[level=section, alternative=c, criterium=all, aligntitle=yes] But then the section page numbers are placed in the right margin of the page instead of in the text area as the chapter page numbers are. (if you want a sample: http://wwwdi.ujaen.es/~algarcia/page.pdf . It's just 16 KB) How can I manage to keep all the index structure while moving the section page numbers to the left? Ángel-Luis

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dashed or dotted lines in tables
by Ricard Roca 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Hi to all, is there any way to make dashed or dotted lines in a table (instead of continuous) with ConTeXt? Thanks, Ricard Roca

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PNG pictures in original size
by Maurício 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Hi, When using bitmap figures (.png etc.) using \externalfigure, is it possible to set that I want the picture to have it's original size in pixels; or, better, that I don't want it to be scaled? I'm using some pictures that look terrible when converted to a different size, even if the new size is close to the original one. Thanks, Maurício

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Re: [NTG-context] How to get a PhD with ConTeXt (+ hard work ;) )
by M.J. Kallen 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Maybe Renaud can tell us a little more about the details of the typesetting? What font did you use and what program did you use to make the plots (I particularly like the fact that the font in the plots is the same as in the text!), it reminds me a little of R plots, but I may be wrong... And the flowcharts are made with the chart module if I'm not mistaken? All in all the thesis looks very nice! Maarten-Jan ----- Original Message ---- From: luigi scarso <luigi.scarso(a)gmail.com> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:25:40 AM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] How to get a PhD with ConTeXt (+ hard work ;) ) On 10/26/06, Renaud AUBIN <aubin(a)nibua-r.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Maybe some of yours (from the ConTeXt POV) can be interested by my PhD > dissertation and my presentation (both in french)... > > http://www.nibua-r.org/ConTeXt/PhD/ > > The slides are made to work under linux with sh script to run mplayer or > custom simulations... These scripts will obviously not work without the > movies or my simulator binaries... Well, I like it. Is there any examples on wiki of these things (maybe I have lost some discussions about it)? _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Fw: [Pgf-users] Version 1.10 is out
by M.J. Kallen 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

The following message was just posted to the PGF mailing list: ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Till Tantau <tantau(a)tcs.uni-luebeck.de> To: pgf-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 9:54:55 AM Subject: [Pgf-users] Version 1.10 is out Dear users of pgf/TikZ, version 1.10 is out. This version is the new official stable version. Compared to 1.09, the ConTeXt support has been fixed and works reasonably well now. I recommend upgrading to this version to all users. Best regards, Till -- Prof. Dr. Till Tantau <tantau(a)tcs.uni-luebeck.de> http://www.tcs.uni-luebeck.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ pgf-users mailing list pgf-users(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pgf-users

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Roman numerals in headers
by Jeff Smith 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

Hi again, I've been searching through various docs in order to find how I can have roman numbering with headers (namely, chapter titles), but I've been unsuccessful. I'm sure it's possible! How does one do it? Thank you in advance, Jeff

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url compared to hyperref
by Marko Schütz 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

When using hyperref and displaying the resulting PDF in xpdf, I see links that are active. I tried achieving the same with useURL, url and goto, but the resulting links aren't active in xpdf. I have to use acroread to have active links. Is there a compelling reason for this behavior? Thanks, Marko

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Directories of pictures
by Maurício 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Hi, When I use \externalfigure inside of \placefigure, Context can only find filenames in the current directory, i.e., the directory where I'm executing texexec. How can I instruct Context to look for files on the same directory of my .tex file? Thanks, Maurício

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typesetting a url from variabless
by Aditya Mahajan 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Hi, What is the best way of typesetting a url from a variable. For example, if I have \setvariables[test][website=http://www.xyz.com/~abc/first_index.html] how can I print the url. I tried \starttext \goto{\getvariable{test}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{test}{website})] \stoptext but this does not seem to work. Any suggestions? Aditya

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index bug ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Hi, hopefully just my system is corrupted. Please have a look at the following strange register entry under "g Gesetzesvorbehalt": Arbeitsanweisungen durch Bun- desminister 2, 1, 2 Below you may try the original minimal example (it's not small, but otherwise the problem doesn't show up). If you comment/uncomment the \chapter line the entry becomes correct 1,2 Same for the second text paragraph ("from here" "to there"). Does someone experience the same? Steffen (ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.13 20:06) \starttext \chapter{Auswahl und Vorgehensweise}% <- un/comment ! Der Gesetzesvorbehalt\index{Gesetzesvorbehalt} verlangt für eine grundrechtsbeeinträchtigende staatliche Maßnahme eine Rechtsgrundlage. Die Problematik der Altschulden“regelung“ besteht darin, daß sich ihr Regelungsgehalt (Fortbestand der Altverbindlichkeiten) nicht einer einzigen Norm entnehmen läßt, sondern hierfür eine Reihe von Einzelvorschriften der beiden Staatsverträge und des D|-|Markbilanzgesetzes herangezogen werden müssen. Zudem mußten die Regelungen über die Entschuldungsmöglichkeiten den Anforderungen des Gesetzesvorbehalts genügen. %%% -> from here Hinsichtlich \index{Gesetzesvorbehalt} des Fortbestand der Altschulden fehlt zwar eine ausdrückliche Regelung; aus den genannten Einzelvorschriften kann aber auf deren Fortbestehen geschlossen werden \footnote{BVerfGE 95, 267 (306).}. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht läßt somit einen mittelbar zum Ausdruck gebrachten Willen als Eingriffsgrundlage ausreichen\footnote{BVerfGE 95, 267 (306).}. Schon in früheren Judikaten ist es davon ausgegangen, daß sich die Regelungsabsicht des Gesetzgebers nicht ohne weiteres aus dem Wortlaut ergeben muß, sondern daß es genügt, wenn der gesetzgeberische Wille mit Hilfe der allgemeinen Auslegungsmethoden erschlossen werden kann\footnote{Vgl. BVerfGE 82, 209 (224) m.\,w. \,N.}. Bei Anwendung dieser Grundsätze zeigt sich zunächst, daß der Gesetzgeber die Altschuldenfrage weder positiv noch negativ, sondern im Grunde gar nicht beantwortet hat. Die staatsvertraglichen und einfachgesetzlichen Einzelvorschriften, die der BGH für seine Gesamtschau heranzieht, nehmen lediglich Bezug auf bestehende „Verbindlichkeiten“. Deren Existenz gilt es aber gerade zu belegen \footnote{Ausführlich zu den von einem Teil der zivilrechtlichen Literatur geäußerten Zweifeln \it{W.~Harms}, DZWir 1993, 123 (124).}. Gleichwohl ist mit dem Bundesverfassungsgericht vom Fortbestand der Altschulden auszugehen, wofür vor allem die Existenz der verschiedenen Entschuldungsmöglichkeiten streitet. Gestützt wird das Ergebnis durch den vom Senat ins Spiel gebrachten allgemeinen kollisionsrechtlichen Grundsatz, daß die nicht unmittelbar verfassungsrechtlich begründeten Rechtsbeziehungen – gleich ob systemgeprägt oder systemneutral – bei einem Verfassungswechsel regelmäßig bestehen bleiben, sofern nicht ihre Aufhebung ausdrücklich angeordnet wurde\footnote{BVerfGE 95, 267 (306\,f.) mit weiteren Nachweisen aus der Rechtsprechung des BGH zum intertemporalen Privatrecht; zum Verfassungskollisionsrecht \it{D.~Blumenwitz}, HStR IX, §\,211 Rn.\,75. }. Eine solche Anordnung liegt im vorliegenden Fall aber unstreitig nicht vor. %%% <- to there In anderer Hinsicht problematisch waren die Entschuldungsregelungen. Art.\,25 III EinigungsV und §\,16 III DMBilG schrieben nur die Entschuldungsmöglichkeit fest. Das Verfahren jedoch, vor allem die Voraussetzungen und der Umfang der Entschuldung, wurde nur in zwei nicht veröffentlichten Arbeitsanweisungen\index{Gesetzesvorbehalt&– Arbeitsanweisungen durch Bundesminister} des Bundesministers der Finanzen\index{Arbeitsanweisungen des Bundesministers der Finanzen} geregelt. Fraglich war somit, ob dies den vom Bundesverfassungsgericht aufgestellten Anforderungen des Gesetzesvorbehalts genügte, wonach alle wesentlichen Fragen vom Parlament selbst entschieden werden müssen\footnote[332]{BVerfGE 33, 125 (158); 34, 165 (193); 40, 237 (249); 49, 89 (126\,f.); 57, 295 (321); 83, 130 (142); 98, 218 (251), st. Rspr. – Zum Ganzen \it{H.~Schulze|-|Fielitz}, in: H.~Dreier (Hrsg.), Grundgesetz|-|Kommentar, Bd.\,2, 2.\,Aufl.\,2006, Art.\,20 (Rechtsstaat), Rn.\,113.}. „Wesentlich“ im Sinne dieser Rechtsprechung \index{Wesentlichkeitslehre}sind auch die streitbefangenen Entschuldungsregelungen, da von ihnen die Intensität der Grundrechtsbeeinträchtigung abhängt\footnote{BVerfGE 95, 267 (308); daß vor allem solche Regelungen „wesentlich“ sind, die Grundrechtsrelevanz haben, ist st. Rspr.: BVerfGE 34, 165 (192\,f.); 40, 237 (249); 47, 46 (79\,f.); 83, 130 (142); 98, 218 (251\,f.); aus der einhelligen Literatur \it{K.~Hesse}, Grundzüge des Verfassungsrechts der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 20.\,Aufl.\,1995, Rn.\,509; \it{Schulze|-|Fielitz} (Fn.\,84), Art.\,20 (Rechtsstaat), Rn.\,113; \it{P.~Badura}, Staatsrecht, 3.\,Aufl.\,2003, Rn.~F 13; \it{K.-P.~Sommermann}, in: H.~v.~Mangoldt|\,/\,|F.~Klein|\,/\,|C.~Starck (Hrsg.), Kommentar zum Grundgesetz, Bd.\,2, 5.\,Aufl.\,2005, Art.\,20 Rn.\,268\,f.; knapp \it{H.~D.~Jarass}, in: ders.|\,/\,|B.~Pieroth, Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Kommentar, 8.\,Aufl. 2006, Art.\,20 Rn.\,46\,ff. Problematisch bleibt freilich die Konkretisierung des „Wesentlichen“, dazu \it{F.~Ossenbühl}, HStR III, §\,62 Rn.\,42\,ff.}. Ihre Ausgestaltung durch interne Verwaltungsvorschriften statt durch förmliches Gesetz entspricht daher nicht dem Vorbehalt des Gesetzes und ist im Grunde verfassungswidrig. Allerdings führt dies nach Ansicht des Senats „unter den besonderen Bedingungen der Wiedervereinigung“ nicht zur Verfassungswidrigkeit der Entschuldungsregelungen\footnote{BVerfGE 95, 267 (308).}. Die gewählte Form ist verfassungsrechtlich „ausnahmsweise“ hinnehmbar, da zum maßgebenden Zeitpunkt nicht erkennbar war, welcher Entschuldungsbedarf bestand und welche finanziellen Mittel dafür aufgebracht werden konnten\footnote{BVerfGE 95, 267 (308). A.\,A. hingegen \it{A.~v.~Brünneck}, NJ 1996, 181 (186); die genannten Vorschriften wirkten praktisch nur als „rein formale Ermächtigungsklauseln für die Bundesregierung“, da ihnen keinerlei inhaltliche Konkretisierungen zu entnehmen seien (ebd., S.\,185).}. Die Quintessenz dieser Argumentation ist, daß hier die Sondersituation \index{Gesetzesvorbehalt&– Sondersituation} der Wiedervereinigung ein Abweichen von den sonst geltenden Anforderungen des Gesetzesvorbehalts rechtfertigt. Eine „echte“ Abweichung zeigt sich hinsichtlich der Anforderungen an den Gesetzesvorbehalt\index{Gesetzesvorbehalt}. Diese werden von der Altschuldenregelung im Hinblick auf das Verfahren nicht eingehalten. Gleichwohl erklärt der Senat dies wegen der Sondersituation\index {Sondersituation} für unbeachtlich\footnote{BVerfGE 95, 267 (308).}. Die Schwierigkeit bestand hier darin, daß der Gesetzesvorbehalt ein starrer Maßstab ist, der kaum Möglichkeiten der flexiblen Handhabung bietet, wie das etwa bei der gesetzgerischen Gestaltungsfreiheit der Fall ist. Damit blieb nur die Wahl zwischen Verfassungswidrigkeit der Altschuldenregelung oder offener Abweichung von den hergebrachten verfassungsrechtlichen Anforderungen. Ob mit der Entscheidung für die zweite Variante ein „Berufungsfall“\footnote{Begriff bei \it {J.~Isensee}, HStR IX, §\,202 Rn.\,21, der ausschließt, daß die Rechtsprechung zu wiedervereinigungsbedingten Rechtsproblemem zu solchen „Berufungsfällen“ führt, da die Singularität der Wiedervereinigung allzu deutlich sei.} geschaffen wurde, soll hier noch offenbleiben\footnote{Eingehend zu möglichen Gefährdungslagen siehe Kapitel 4.\,C.\,V.}. \page \placeregister[index] \stoptext

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figure captions in the margin
by Alex Lubberts 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Hi, Does somebody know whether it is possible and how it is possible to place the caption of a figure in the margin? Thanks, Alex Lubberts

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Re: [NTG-context] resource libraries
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

> > Is it possible somehow to extract all the images covered in an > image > > database without lose of quality? > > > eh ... normally there should beno loss at all, pdftex just copies > the resources Sorry, I see my question was'nt clear enough. Is there a way to restore all the images included in a figure library as jpg's, png's or what else? I could then delete the original images. Wolfgang

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Two misfeatures in placefigure
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hi, I found two misfeatures in placefigure. 1) with \placefigure[top] the figure can float to the top of the page, even if the page starts a title or a chapter. 2) The paragraph after the figure is indented, even if it comes right after a \section. For example, \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupfloats[indentnext=no] \starttext \chapter{This is a test} \section{Introduction} \placefigure[top][test] {Sample Figure}{} \input knuth \stoptext Notice that the figure is on the top of the page and the first paragraph of knuth is indented. I could not find any options to turn these features off. I think that (2) is hard to detect, and \noindent before the paragraph is a workaround, but I could not find any work-around for (1) other than moving the \placefigure invocation to somewhere later. Aditya

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In-line syntax highlighting for type
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hi, How can I define a command that is the inline version of \startTEX ... \stopTEX. (I need to show inline commands in color). There had been a discussion on this in the past, and Taco had suggested a solution http://archive.contextgarden.net/thread/20050907.093522.baf795f5.en.html which is also posted on the wiki. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#In-line_text However, due to the recent changes in verbatim code, that solution no longer works. Can anyone suggest how to fix it? Thanks, Aditya

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Two problems with current ruby scripts
by Norbert Preining 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Dear all! THe packages of ConTeXt I am currently preparing are tested by a user and he send back the following questions/comments. Could you please comment on this. For the background: I install all the stubs from scripts/context/stubs/unix into /usr/bin, add a texmfstart stub that calls ruby with the right path to texmfstart.rb. ----- Forwarded message from Mike Bird <mgb(a)yosemite.net> ----- > From: Mike Bird <mgb(a)yosemite.net> > Subject: New texexec very confused > To: debian-tex-maint(a)lists.debian.org > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:52:30 -0700 > > The new ruby texexec is very confused. The problem of output > defaulting to pdf instead of dvi has already been noted. Here > are some additional problems: > > Command: texexec --output=dvips foo > Should produce: foo.dvi > Actually produces: foo.pdf > > Command: texexec --dvi foo > Should produce: foo.dvi > Actually produces: foo.dvi AND OVERWRITES foo.ps > > --Mike Bird ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- Forwarded message from Mike Bird <mgb(a)yosemite.net> ----- > From: Mike Bird <mgb(a)yosemite.net> > Subject: Is texmfstart secure? > To: debian-tex-maint(a)lists.debian.org > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:08:53 -0700 > > Package: context 2006.08.08-0.4 > > If anyone who knows Ruby has time, can you tell if texmfstart is > secure? I was really surprised to see client-server code. Even > localhost services can lead to privilege escalation if not careful. > For example, /usr/share/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb > contains the following. I'm not a Ruby programmer but the comment > leads me to think there is a potential problem here: > > # danger lurking > buffer = ' ' * 260 > length = filemethod.call(filename,buffer,buffer.size) > if length>0 then > return buffer.slice(0..length-1) > > It looks like PRAGMA is trying to reinvent kpsewhich, integrate internet > explorer, launch editors, and do a whole bunch of other stuff I haven't > figured out. texexec should be a simple wrapper around tex or pdftex > but it works via texmfstart.rb which is 2541 lines of Ruby - and that's > a lot of Ruby. It may all be wonderful (I am not a Ruby programmer) but > it makes me nervous. > > Is an older/simpler texexec still available? > > --Mike Bird ----- End forwarded message ----- Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Università di Siena Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLEY SUPERIOR (n.) The look directed at you in a theatre bar in the interval by people who've already got their drinks. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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global layout change from header=none in \setuphead
by Sanjoy Mahajan 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Another of those 'not sure if I'm confused' examples: \setuphead[title][header=none] \starttext \title{Hello} \dorecurse{15}{\input tufte} \stoptext With header=empty, it worked as I expected: The first page had no page number in the header and the other pages had a page number. Then I tried the example above, with its header=none, so that the first page would allocate no space for the header (as well as have no page number). But then no pages, not only the first, allocated the header space. Is there a subtle difference between header=none and header=empty making the first one a global setting but the second one local to the page with the title (the local behavior is what I had wanted)? It's probably a related confusion or bug, but an alternative solution (from <http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2005/009180.html>) using \definelayout[1] also produced a global layout change: \definelayout[1][height=7in] \starttext \title{Hello} \dorecurse{15}{\input tufte} \stoptext This is all with ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.24 13:47 (same results on the live context). Any hints appreciated! -Sanjoy

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(fwd) Debian context 2006.08.08-0.5
by Norbert Preining 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hi all! I am forwarding this to the context list for those who do not follow the debian-tex-maint. ----- Forwarded message from Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> ----- > From: Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> > Subject: context -0.5 > To: debian-tex-maint(a)lists.debian.org > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:35:48 +0200 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 > > Hi all! > > New package context 2006.08.08-0.5 > > Changes: > - only create cont-en, mptopdf, and metafun formats on pdftex by default > > - make ctxfmtutil shut up in the default case > > - install perl scripts > > - config file is now > /etc/texmf/context/config/formats.cnf > Please remove the old config file if it is still present. > (Suggested by Hans) > > - install formats into TEXMFSYSVAR=/var/lib/texmf for root calling > and TEXMFVAR=~/.texmf-var for user calling > > PLEASE REMOVE THE OLD FORMATS UNDER /usr/share/texmf/web2 by > HAND. Sorry for this, I was stupid! > > - add a check for the presence of the driving engine and issue a > warning. > > - Some small stuff (man page, extend example in confif file) > ----- End forwarded message ----- If you are a seasoned ConTeXt user on Debian, please give it a try and tell me about your experiences. Best is to send feed-back to debian-tex-maint(a)lists.debian.org Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Università di Siena Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRAIL (n. mineral) Crail is a common kind of rock or gravel found widely across the British Isles. Each individual stone (due to an as yet undiscovered gravitational property) is charged with 'negative buoyancy'. This means that no matter how much crail you remove from the garden, more of it will rise to the surface. Crail is much employed by the Royal Navy for making the paperweights and ashtrays used inside submarines. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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ConTeXt installtion and Debian
by Norbert Preining 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hi Taco, hi all! (I am sending personal copies since I don't know whether I can mail to the ntg list). First of all thanks for the explanations! You wrote: > To actually update ConTeXt, assuming you already have a relatively > modern context installed, you say > > # ctxtools --update > > and that fetches the zip file(s) from the pragma site (or a mirror), > unpacks them, and updates the various perl and ruby scripts that come > with ConTeXt. > > You have to be root for this when you want to update the global install, > otherwise you have a few extra caveats, see below. > > After a succesful update, you have to run > > # texexec --make --all [--xetex | --aleph | --pdftex] <formats> > > Where <formats> are the desired formats to run. The accepted list > at the moment is: the eight ConTeXt formats, in both long > ("cont-en" etc.) and short from ("en","nl","de","it","fr","cz", > "ro","uk"), and "mptopdf", and the metapost mems "mpost" and "metafun". I checked the current zip file and the current ctxtools.rb script, it does nothing else than: - download the current zip - unpack - install the stubs from scripts/context/stubs/* - update the formats. So this is what we have to do in the Debian package, too. This is not hard, in fact most parts are already done. The only thing we have to do is create a way for the user to choose which formats should be generated. I will think about this. But for the search pathes, we will adjust the Debian texmf.cnf file, to get different engines loading differen cont-en.fmt files. Thanks. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Università di Siena Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HASTINGS (pl.n.) Things said on the spur of the moment to explain to someone who comes into a room unexpectedly precisely what it is you are doing. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Re: [NTG-context] how to define a new math symbol
by M.J. Kallen 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Great, it works! Running "texexec --pdf test-prodint" worked immediately, but "xdvi test-prodint.dvi" gave me an error relating to mktexpk not being able to create a bitmap font. Solved this problem by running "updmap --enable Map prodint.map". I don't think I could have done this myself, as I do not understand some of the steps in your solution. Thank you very much! Maarten-Jan ----- Original Message ---- From: Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:40:10 AM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] how to define a new math symbol M.J. Kallen wrote: > Taco, > > > I'm not sure I understand your question. I'm using TexLive on a linux > system. I do not use any other fonts other than CM. That last bit of information is crucial, because there is a difference between font handling between CM/Lm and commercial fonts. I've been skyping with Hans and he came up with the code below. You can use the font files from the LaTeX zip, you just have to make sure that pdftex can find the (map) file, of course. Cheers, taco % test-prodint.tex \definefontsynonym [MathGamma] [prodint] \definefamilysynonym [default] [xop] [mc] \startmathcollection [default] \definemathsymbol [prodi] [op] [xop] [80] %80 prodinttext \definemathsymbol [Prodi] [op] [xop] [82] %82 prodintdisplay \definemathsymbol [PRODI] [op] [xop] [84] %84 prodintbig \stopmathcollection \loadmapfile[prodint] \starttypescript [math] [modern,computer-modern,latin-modern,ams] [size] \definebodyfont [17.3pt,14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt,8pt,7pt,6pt,5pt,4pt] [mm] [mc=prodint] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [modern] [mm] [math] [modern] [computer-modern][encoding=default] \setupbodyfont[reset,modern,10pt] \enablemathcollection[prodint] \starttext $\prodi$ \stoptext _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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doubleminus verbatim
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hallo! \type{--mode} results in '-mode' (one minus eaten). Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] how to define a new math symbol
by M.J. Kallen 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Taco, I'm not sure I understand your question. I'm using TexLive on a linux system. I do not use any other fonts other than CM. The file prodint.afm has the following contents: StartFontMetrics 4.0 Comment This is prodint.afm created from prodint.pfb by t1lib V. 1.0.0. Comment File creation date: Thu Mar 8 00:02:51 2001 Comment t1lib is copyright (c) Rainer Menzner, 1996, 1997, 1998. Comment t1lib is distributed under the GNU General Public Library License (LGPL) FontName prodint FullName prodint FamilyName prodint Weight Plain ItalicAngle 0 IsFixedPitch false FontBBox 0 -53 2581 2298 UnderlinePosition 0 UnderlineThickness 0 Version 000.001 Notice 2001, JC Loredo-Osti. Based in R. Gill's `pi.ps'. Right to use, copy, distribute and modify this file is granted. EncodingScheme FontSpecific StdHW 47 StdVW 47 StartCharMetrics 7 C 80 ; WX 785 ; N prodinttext ; B 0 0 713 999 ; C 82 ; WX 1255 ; N prodintdisplay ; B 0 0 1141 1599 ; C 84 ; WX 1804 ; N prodintbig ; B 0 0 1640 2298 ; C 120 ; WX 1205 ; N oldpitext ; B 13 -33 1237 966 ; C 122 ; WX 1928 ; N oldpidisplay ; B 23 -53 1982 1547 ; C 160 ; WX 1637 ; N ancientpitext ; B 50 -27 1611 974 ; C 162 ; WX 2619 ; N ancientpidisplay ; B 81 -40 2581 1561 ; EndCharMetrics EndFontMetrics End of file prodint.afm So based on some of the symb-xxx.tex files, I tried \loadmapfile[prodint.map] \definefontsynonym [Prodint] [prodint] \def\ProdintSymbol#1{\getglyph{Prodint}{\char#1}} \startsymbolset \definesymbol[prodi] [\ProdintSymbol{80}] \definesymbol[Prodi] [\ProdintSymbol{82}] \definesymbol[PRODI] [\ProdintSymbol{84}] \stopsymbolset but texexec stops when mktexfm cannot find the file 'prodint' or it says the TFM file is missing. Another problem with this approach is the fact that this does not define a MATH symbol, which is really what I would want. Based on the LaTeX style file prodint.sty, I'm guessing I'll at least need a command like: \definemathsymbol [prodi] [op] [prodint] ["xx] but I can't figure out the usage of this command. I also suspect that I can not used the prodint.tfm file, supplied with the LaTeX package, but need to run Texfont to create one for ConTeXt. Can you confirm this? I greatly appreciate any help! Maarten-Jan ----- Original Message ---- From: Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:31:10 PM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] how to define a new math symbol MJK wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to use of the product integral (a curly \prod-like > symbol which is to \prod what \int is to \sum) in Context. There is a > LaTeX package (not official) available from Richard Gill's website > (http://www.math.uu.nl/people/gill/, all the way at the bottom), > which supplies a .sty file with the following contents: What font setup do you use in ConTeXt? Taco _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Hardcoded options in the Ruby scripts
by Richard Gabriel 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

Hello Hans, I'm still wondering why there are certain formats hardcoded in your scripts and how the "make all formats" feature does (not work). See scripts/ruby/base/tex.rb: Lines 131-137: Here are a few languages predefined which texexec "knows". If I want to add a format for another language, I have to add a new line here. Line 339: Here are the "default" TeX formats defined. No problem to consider something as default ;-), but the point is that "texexec --make --all" actually does "make all DEFAULT formats", NOT "make all AVAILABLE formats". :-( Anyway, the main problem I see is altering of a script which comes with the ConTeXt distribution - the changes made into this scripts must be done again and again after each update. My suggestion is: 1. To put the format definition into a separate file (like user.rb or so) which won't be owerwritten in any case. [Note: cont-usr.tex is a good analogy to this] 2. "Make all" should make ALL the defined ConTeXt formats, not the default ones. Thanks, Richard

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how to define a new math symbol
by MJK 24 Oct '06

24 Oct '06

Hi, I would like to use of the product integral (a curly \prod-like symbol which is to \prod what \int is to \sum) in Context. There is a LaTeX package (not official) available from Richard Gill's website (http://www.math.uu.nl/people/gill/, all the way at the bottom), which supplies a .sty file with the following contents: \ProvidesPackage{prodint} \DeclareFontFamily{U}{ProdInt}{} \DeclareFontShape{U}{ProdInt}{m}{n}{<-> prodint}{} \DeclareSymbolFont{Prodint}{U}{ProdInt}{m}{n} \DeclareMathSymbol{\prodi}{\mathop}{Prodint}{80} %80 prodinttext \DeclareMathSymbol{\Prodi}{\mathop}{Prodint}{82} %82 prodintdisplay \DeclareMathSymbol{\PRODI}{\mathop}{Prodint}{84} %84 prodintbig \endinput It also supplies a bunch of fontfiles, i.e. prodint.{afm,pfa,pfb,tfm}, and a map file prodint.map. As you can see, the package supplies three commands: \prodi, \Prodi and \PRODI, corresponding to three sizes. My question(s): how can I define similar commands (I'm guessing \definemathsymbol would be required) to use this symbol in Context? Is it possible to use the fontfiles supplied in the LaTeX package or should Texfont be used to enable the symbol in Context? Thanks, Maarten-Jan

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resource libraries
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Hallo! Is it possible somehow to extract all the images covered in an image database without lose of quality? Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini

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Updating on Windows
by Jeff Smith 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Hello all! Quick question here because the Wiki is silent on this. When I want to (manually) update my ConTeXt windows (stand-alone) installation, do I only need the following two files: cont-tmf.zip cont-win.zip Or is there more? I know ScITE is supposed to have an "Update ConTeXT" option but I don't use this editor anymore. I found a nifty one called PSPad with a better interface (in my opinion -- and it also supports Unicode, so yay!) and it supports TeX very well. I had a lot of fun using its integrated Lorem ipsum generator when testing stuff. :-) Jeff

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Problems with MetaFun and registers
by Fredrik Sjunnesson 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

I have problems with the register macro in MetaFun. When I try ====================================================================== \setupcolors [state=start] \starttext \definelayer [test] \startuseMPgraphic{oeps} path p ; p := fullcircle scaled 6cm ; fill p withcolor .8white ; draw p withpen pencircle scaled 1mm withcolor .625red ; register ("somepos-1",0cm,0cm,center currentpicture) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \setMPlayer [test] [somepos-1] [location=c] {Does it work all right?} \getMPlayer [test]{\useMPgraphic{oeps}} \stoptext ====================================================================== (which is essentially copied from the manual) in ConTeXt live I get the following error message ====================================================================== ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). <to be read again> - \pospxywhd ...fnum \positionanchormode =\plusone - \MPx \pageanchor \fi \rela... l.7 ...hd{somepos-1}{0}{5687206}{5687206}{0}{0}{0} ? ! Emergency stop. <to be read again> - \pospxywhd ...fnum \positionanchormode =\plusone - \MPx \pageanchor \fi \rela... l.7 ...hd{somepos-1}{0}{5687206}{5687206}{0}{0}{0} No pages of output. ====================================================================== Am I doing something wrong or is the register functionality broken in ConTeXt 2006.10.13? /Fredrik -------------------------------- Teknisk projektledare Ph.D. Complex Systems AcobiaFLUX AB fredrik.sjunnesson(a)acobiaflux.se Tel: +46 (0) 31 722 48 11 Fax: +46 (0) 31 722 48 01 Mob: +46 (0) 733 27 92 41 www.acobiaflux.se

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German hyphenation broken ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

Hi, could someone please have a look at the minimal example below: On my system it seems that the old germ hyphenation doesn't work anymore. Line 7 and line 9 are for sure hyphenated according to the new rules "Einbu-ßen" and "Sy-stem" Do others experience the same or is only my installation broken? Steffen (pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2, ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.13 20:06) \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \mainlanguage[deo] \enableregime[mac] \newdimen\Vertikal \Vertikal=12pt \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \definepapersize[Test][width=15.7cm,height=23.2cm] \setuppapersize[Test][A4] \setuplayout [width=113mm,height=48\Vertikal, backspace=20mm,topspace=15mm, header=\Vertikal,headerdistance=0.5\Vertikal, footer=3\Vertikal,footerdistance=0pt, location=middle,marking=on,grid=no] \starttext \quad \index{Rentenversicherung&– Zukunft der \~}Im Hinblick auf den Umbau von Sozialversicherungssystemen hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht allerdings einem künftigen Reformgesetzgeber insoweit das Feld bereitet, als es angemerkt hat, daß das westdeutsche (nunmehr gesamtdeutsche) gesetzliche Rentenversicherungssystem von der Möglichkeit einer Umgestaltung nicht so ausgenommen ist\footnote{Test}. Diese Tatsache ist nicht neu; die bisher vorhandene Finanzkraft der Sozialversicherung hat die Frage nur nicht aktuell werden lassen. Selbst wenn also ein tiefgreifender Umbau verbunden mit Einbußen in der Rechtssubstanz von Ansprüchen stattfinden würde, könnte man sich nur schwer auf eine Präzendenzwirkung des Urteils zur rentenrechtlichen Systementscheidung je berufen\footnote{Test}; die Akzeptanz einer entsprechenden Reform mag dadurch vielleicht steigen, da die politischen Akteure argumentieren können, so etwas ähnliches habe es schon einmal gegeben. \stoptext

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paragraph with a shape
by Victoria Brown 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

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Fundamental change in index mechanism ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Oct '06

22 Oct '06

Hi, because of a second edition I had to typeset a project from august 2006 a second time (with very, very little text changes). Then, I experienced that the register had changed (a simple \index [keyword] and \placeregister[index]). And with a closer look I saw that in the first edition the index entries also get listed in the index register when appearing also in the TOC content! Now, it was impossible for me to reproduce this: The first listed entries now came from the beginning of the actual text. Is this a know bug? (Is there already a fix for it?) Steffen (using version 2006.10.13)

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Re: [NTG-context] [MAPS-redactie] [NTG-bestuur] Maps en volgende ledenvergadering
by Hans Hagen 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Wybo Dekker wrote: > >> Het probleem is dat niemand, binnen of buiten de vereniging, het >> interessant vindt zijn prestaties in de Maps gepubliceerd te krijgen. >> Als er geen kopij is houdt het voor de redactie ook op. Ik vind niet dat >> het de taak van de redactie is om voor kopij te zorgen - >> > > Daar ben ik het duidelijk niet mee eens. Als dat wel zo was, hadden > we tien mapsen geleden al kunnen stoppen. De Maps is er voor de lezers, > niet voor de auteurs. Tegelijkertijd moet ik toegeven dat ik zelf het > ook niet (meer) zie zitten om actief achter artikelen aan te jagen, dus > echt veel recht van spreken heb ik eigenlijk niet. > voor de meeste bladen geldt dat de redactie een rol speelt bij het vergaren van artikelen als we als vereniging geen tijdschrift hebben, dan zijn we (nog) minder zichtbaar; de maps, cd's, bijeenkomsten ... ok, als we de maps laten doodbloeden dan is het een kwestie van tijd voor de ntg doorbloedt; ik weet dat het lastig is om de kernactiviteiten draaiend te houden maar we hebben geen keus, omdat ze de enige bindende factor zijn in de tex wereld en gerelateerde ontwikkelingen; ik denk bv dat zonder vereningingen, bijeenkomsten etc ontwikkelaars elkaar niet zouden ontmoeten, en noodzakelijke projecten niet zouden plaatsvinden; taco en ik waren pas op een lua bijeenkomst; vergelijkbaar met een tug conferentie or eurotex; ook kwa sfeer; een ding is me daar wel duidelijk geworden (wandelgangen, opmerkingen tijdens presentaties) ... veel en diverse ontwikkelingen, enthousiaste mensen, echter er is geen standaard distributie, geen coordinatie (min of meer afgedwongen door leden van clubs), compatibiliteit (standaard packaging) lijkt een probleem (net als bij tex zou er onderscheid moeten zijn tussen de wat meer academische ontwikkeling en distributies) ... meer dan bij bv programmeertalen, zijn tex gebruikers afhankelijk van anderen voor het ontwikkelen, in stand houden, stabiliseren van de toolkit; dat is de basis voor texverenigingen; en een blad, maps, heeft daarin een functie, oa aangeven dat de trein nog loopt, vertrouwen scheppen, etc; vooral voor hen die niet naar bijeenkomsten komen zou niels niet gaan meedraaien in de redactie? Hans

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index question
by Thomas A. Schmitz 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

I couldn't find anything on the wiki or in the documentation: I have defined a special index which will typeset numbers in bold: \setupregister[index][imp][pagestyle=bold] which I invoke like \index[imp::]{modernity} How can I get a register range to use this special style? I tried something like \startregister[imp][signi][signifie]{\em signifié} but get errors "missing csname." What am i overlooking? Thanks Thomas

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textrules
by Thomas A. Schmitz 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Hi all, I want two paragraphs separated by a rule which has the same distance to the preceding and the following line (yes, I know that this is fuzzy, it's just the optical impression that counts). I can't get my head around the \setuptextrules command, which should allow to do this. I tried this: \def\smallblank{\blank[line]} \def\bigblank{\blank[2*line]} \setuptextrules[inbetween=\bigblank, before=\bigblank ] but I realize that the before, after, and inbetween keywords either don't do what I want or plain do nothing. Could somebody explain what their expected behavior is (and if I should use a different approach than textrule?). Thanks Thomas

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bugs found while trying to support utf-8 Korean Hangul under ConTeXt
by Dohyun Kim 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Hi, http://210.94.201.157/~nomos/KTUG/context-korean-test.tar.gz (3.4Mb) Recently I have tried to support typesetting UTF-8 Korean document under ConTeXt. In the course of that trying, I found some possible bugs of recent ConTeXt beta. You can see most of the bugs (or missing features) I found in the file named `testme.tex', which is contained in the tarball linked above. For those who do not want to download that large tarball, I here replicate those bugs or missing features: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % should be added to unic-cjk.tex % Hangul Syllables \dostepwiserecurse{172}{215}{1}{\expanded{\defineunicodecommand {\recurselevel}} {\lookaheaduchar}} % CJK Compatibility Ideographs \dostepwiserecurse{249}{250}{1}{\expanded{\defineunicodecommand {\recurselevel}} {\lookaheaduchar}} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % modify \enableunicodefont in font-uni.tex \def\enableunicodefont#1% {\definefontsynonym[\s!Unicode][\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!file}]% \def\unicodescale {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!scale}}% \def\unicodeheight {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!height}}% \def\unicodedepth {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!depth}}% \def\unicodedigits {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!conversion}}% \def\handleunicodeglyph {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!command}}% \doifnot\currentregime{utf}{\enableregime[unicode]}% % the following \relax's are realy needed \doifvalue{\??uc#1\c!interlinespace}\v!yes \setupinterlinespace\relax \doifvalue{\??uc#1\c!strut}\v!yes {\setunicodestrut\unicodeheight\unicodedepth}% <- `%' inserted by nomos {\resetunicodestrut}% \getvalue{\??uc#1\c!commands}\relax} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % modify \sanitizePDFuniencoding in spec-tst.tex \long\def\sanitizePDFuniencoding#1\to#2% {\enablePDFunicrlf \simplifycommands % <- this line inserted by nomos \let\unicodechar\relax % prevent further expansion \retainlccodes\lccode32=255 % slooow \lowercasestring\PDFunicodetrigger#1\to#2% \edef#2{\expandafter\doPDFuni#2\empty\empty}} % slooow %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % modify mps file insertion code in spec-dpx.tex \definefileinsertion{dpx}{mps} % tpd -> dpx modified by nomos {\hbox {\convertMPtoPDF\@@DriverImageFile{1}{1}% \global\let\PDFimagereference\empty}} Certainly, the last is not problem confined to Hangul typesetting. As you know, however, CJK peoples do use heavily dvipdfmx to obtain PDF. Anyway, I hope these four files be modified in the near future. In addition, when I compiled LaTeX2ConTeXt.tex by Berend de Boer ( http://www.berenddeboer.net/tex/LaTeX2ConTeXt.tex ), I found there being inserted unintended large vertical whitespace in page 27 of resulting PDF. Though it seems to be a bug related to \setupbackground, I could not find the cause of problem as the code related to that command is too complicated for me. -- Dohyun Kim http://people.ktug.or.kr/~nomos/

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frame "thickness"
by andrea valle 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Hi to all, sorry this should be obvious but I cannot find it in the docs. How do I set in \setupframed the frame "thickness" (i.e. the thickness of the surrounding border)? Thanks a lot -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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list ?
by Renaud AUBIN 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Hi all, Considering the fact that I have no answer for the thread "[NTG-context] Presentation style: customizing the right interaction menu (list-related thread)", I decided to reformulate my problem... After some experiments, I have the following code: \definehead [Topic] [chapter] \definehead [Subject] [section] \setuplist[Topic][alternative=f,criterium=all,align=left] \setuplist[Subject][alternative=f,criterium=chapter,align=left] \starttext \Topic{Topic 1} \Subject{Subject 1} \Subject{Subject 2} \Subject{Subject 3} \placelist[Topic,Subject] \Topic{Topic 2} \Subject{Subject 1} \Subject{Subject 2} \Subject{Subject 3} \stoptext Considering the fact that I use criterium=chapter in \setuplist[Subject], I thought that \placelist[Topic,Subject] leads to: Topic 1 Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3 Topic 2 but unfortunately, that's not the case and I don't understand why... I've also tried some setup with combinedlist but nothing works... Could someone explain why criterium as no effect... Moreover, I don't understand what coupling= on|off does... Renaud

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Fitz, MuPDF, Apparition
by luigi scarso 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

While downloading latest ghostscript, I found some news at www.ghostscript.com. At ccxvii.net/apparition there are MuPDF and Fitz where MuPDF is a pdf parser for Fitz, a new graphics library. Apparition is a pdf viewer that seems very good (I try it and it is clean and quick.) Does anybody know something about them ? luigi

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url compared to hyperref
by Marko Schütz 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

When using hyperref and displaying the resulting PDF in xpdf, I see links that are active. I tried achieving the same with useURL, url and goto, but the resulting links aren't active in xpdf. I have to use acroread to have active links. Is there a compelling reason for this behavior? Thanks, Marko

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Context and CD labels
by Maurício 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Hi, Has anyone ever tried to use Context to create music CD labels? Any tips on what should I do, pages I can read or results I can expect? Thanks, Maurício

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