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Any idea about copy or clone fieldstack?
by Zhichu Chen 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

Hello everyone, I want to display dynamic system time on each page of my presentation. Displaying system time can be manipulated by JavaScript but, a field can be shown only once. So I used clone field and it works very well for me. But when I want to change the font (xxx presents the variable that gets the field): ------------------------------------------------ xxx.textFont = font.LucidaBright ; ------------------------------------------------ it can be compiled successfully, but when I open it with acrobat reader, there are many errors from javascript console. So I think that JS don't know the font, and I don't know how to embed the font into pdf file and make JS knows it. Then I turned to use field stacks. I use MetaPost to draw some needles and use JS to set_Field the fieldstack to the correct frame. But when I want to display the second clock, it seems that I should write another JS code to control the other fieldstack. So is there some command that clones the fieldstack just like \copyfield? Or how to assign the font of the field as I like? Thank you. -- 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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Lists
by Ángel Luis García Fernández 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Hi all, I'm new to the list, although I'm working with ConTeXt since last spring. I have been trying to find everything I need on my own, but there is a problem I cannot solve at this moment. The thing is I'm writing my PhD thesis, and I would like to have not only a "List of figures", but also a "List of algorithms" and a "List of formulas". Is there a simple way to create a "\placeXXX" command similar to the \placefigure and a "\placelistofXXXX" similar to the "\placelistoffigures"? I suppose they can be programmed, but I'd rather not to start learning how to program in ConTeXt right now. Thanks in advance Angel-Luis Garcia

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Re: [NTG-context] Giving a float its own number
by Duncan Hothersall 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

I said: > Where did I go wrong? I'm sure there is an easy way to do this. And yes there is! The easy way is to use the new beta, which works. Sorry for the noise. Duncan

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Giving a float its own number
by Duncan Hothersall 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

I have a book with parts and chapters; figures in the chapters are numbered 1.1, 2.1 etc. but sometimes a part has a figure in it as well, before the chapters start. The desired numbering for such figures is to follow the Part numbers, and be in capitalised roman numerals (in other words, Figure II would be the figure in the intro of Part 2). So I define a new clone of figure called Partfigure, and give it the necessary setups to make the numbering come out in cap roman; and I thought the easiest way of managing the number itself would be just to increment it each time \part is called. (Not every part has a figure.) But I can't seem to get the number to come out when I place the figure. Minimal example below (I have culled the actual \parts and just put in two increments, but the effect is the same). ---- \definefloat[Partfigure][figure]\definenumber[TrackingPartfigurenumber] \setuplabeltext[en][Partfigure=Figure ] \setupnumber[Partfigure][number=TrackingPartfigurenumber,conversion=Romannumerals,way=bytext] \setupcaption[Partfigure][style=\bf,numberstyle=\bf,headstyle=\it,align=middle,location=bottom] \starttext \incrementnumber[TrackingPartfigurenumber] \incrementnumber[TrackingPartfigurenumber] TrackingPartfigurenumber now equals \rawnumber[TrackingPartfigurenumber], which will display as \convertednumber[TrackingPartfigurenumber]. But it doesn't get used: \placefloat[Partfigure][here][-:PMRWFII]{A cow}{\externalfigure[koe]} Why not? \stoptext ---- I tried also \increment[Partfigure] but this produces exactly the same output. I also tried using ownnumber=true in the Partfigure setup and then feeding it the value {2} in the \placefloat call but that wouldn't compile. Where did I go wrong? I'm sure there is an easy way to do this. This one is a bit desperate, again, a very fussy author is waiting on it, so... Thanks all. Duncan

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draw & fill
by Peter Rolf 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Hi all, [maybe this is a bit off topic and you think that the Metapost mailing list is the right place for such stuff. But I have quit this list quite some time ago, as there was more spam than regular posts. Try to forgive me... :D ] After buying the 'Metafont' manual, I'm now playing around with some mp macro programming. The problem in the attached example is, that the 'draw' variants of the [hv]line macro always work with a *fixed* pen size of 1pt (and I can't figure out why). I'm clueless.. Greetings, Peter \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startMPinclusions % default unit u:= .5 ; % u:=1 works, u:=2 doesn't pen upen ; upen = makepen(unitsquare scaled u shifted -(.5u,.5u)) ; % width, height, shift-x, shift-y, color def fill_square(expr w,h,a,b,c)= fill unitsquare xyscaled(w*u,h*u) shifted (a*u,b*u) withcolor c enddef ; def fill_hline(expr w,a,b,c)= fill_square(w,u,a,b,c) enddef ; def fill_vline(expr h,a,b,c)= fill_square(u,h,a,b,c) enddef ; % the drawing macros always use a pen of 1pt ; % even with an extra defined pen def draw_hline(expr w,a,b,c)= draw (.5u,.5u)--(w*u-.5u,.5u) withpen upen shifted (a*u,b*u) withcolor c enddef ; def draw_vline(expr h,a,b,c)= draw (.5u,.5u)--(.5u,h*u-.5u) withpen pensquare scaled u shifted (a*u,b*u) withcolor c enddef ; def draw_frame(expr w,h,a,b,c)= draw (.5u,.5u)--(w*u-.5u,.5u)--(w*u-.5u,h*u-.5u)--(.5u,h*u-.5u)--cycle withpen pensquare scaled u shifted (a*u,b*u) withcolor c enddef ; \stopMPinclusions \startMPpage fill_hline(20,5,5,red) ; fill_vline(20,5,5,red) ; draw_vline(20,5,25,blue) ; draw_hline(20,25,5,blue) ; draw_frame(50,50,0,0,black) ; \stopMPpage \stoptext

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multipage tables
by Gerhard Kugler 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Hi, I must set two-page tables. The top row contains headings for the columns 2 to 4. The left column contains the hours of the day (01:00, 02:00 ... 24:00). The overall width is textwidth. Which sort of tables is siutable for this purpose? So far my endeavours deliver many errors. Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut Bensheim (Germany) http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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Bug in ctxtools --purge
by Aditya Mahajan 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

Hi Hans, ctxtools --purge file.tex does not behave the same as ctxtools --purge file (no extension). This causes texexec --purge filename to misbehave. With ctxtools --purge test-04.tex I get f:\tmp\context\test>ctxtools --purge test-04.tex CtxTools | purging temporary files : test-04.tex CtxTools | checking files that match 'test-04.tex-*.*' CtxTools | checking files that match 'test-04.tex.*' CtxTools | removed files : 0 CtxTools | kept files : 0 CtxTools | persistent files : 0 CtxTools | reclaimed bytes : 0 which does not delete the temp files. However with ctxtools --purge test-04 the temp files are deleted. f:\tmp\context\test>ctxtools --purge test-04 CtxTools | purging temporary files : test-04 CtxTools | checking files that match 'test-04-*.*' CtxTools | checking files that match 'test-04.*' CtxTools | removed : test-04-mpgraph.mp CtxTools | removed : test-04.tui CtxTools | removed : test-04.log CtxTools | removed : test-04.tmp CtxTools | not removed : test-04.tuo CtxTools | removed files : 4 CtxTools | kept files : 1 CtxTools | persistent files : 0 CtxTools | reclaimed bytes : 23960 Shouldn't both the commands be equivalent. As a consequence of this, texexec --purge does not delete temp files. I get CtxTools | purging temporary files : test-04.tex CtxTools | checking files that match 'test-04.tex-*.*' CtxTools | checking files that match 'test-04.tex.*' CtxTools | removed : mpgraph.mp CtxTools | removed files : 1 CtxTools | kept files : 0 CtxTools | persistent files : 0 CtxTools | reclaimed bytes : 6 Only mpgraph.mp is removed. Aditya

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U3D and presentation
by Renaud AUBIN 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Hi all, I have tried to embed an U3D model within a presentation of mine and pre-original interactions inhibit the U3D interaction... The problem is described by http://www.nibua-r.org/ConTeXt/devel/context3d.tgz How to inhibit locally the interaction setted by pre-original ? I have tried to enclose my u3d model in a \framed and the result is that the 3D annotation is now activated but I can't interact with it since a click leads to get the next page... TIA Renaud

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Presentation style: customizing the right interaction menu (list-related thread)
by Renaud AUBIN 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Hi all, I'm trying to make a custom presentation style using pre-original. Considering the following piece of code extracted from s-pre-01.tex \startinteractionmenu[right] \placelist [Topic] [alternative=f, % command, % none, maxwidth=\hsize, width=\hsize, offset=0pt, criterium=all, align=left, style=\setsmallbodyfont\bfx] \stopinteractionmenu I would like to know if it is possible to obtain the following behavior: 1. The sample code: ______________________________ \starttext \TitlePage{Title Page\\pre-original} \Topics{Some Nice Quotes} \Topic{A Few} \Subject{Knuth} \input knuth \Subject{Tufte} \input tufte \Topic{Some More} \Subject{Zapf} \input zapf \Subject{Bryson} \input bryson \stoptext ______________________________ 2. The resulting right interaction menus: (page 1) -> ok, placelist[Topic]... (page 2) -> Topics page, idem (page 3) -> \Topic{A few}, idem (page 4) -> \Subject{Knuth}, here I would have the following right menu (probably with smaller interline skips between the current Topic and his Subject(s) and with a smaller font): A few Knuth (highlighted) Tufte Some more (page 5) -> \Subject{Tufte} A few Knuth Tufte (highlighted) Some more (page 6) -> \Topic{Some more} A few Some more (highlighted) (page 7).... etc... Now, I'm sure you all understand what I need ;) Possible ? (I defend my PhD soon and it'll be nice to have this nice feature) Renaud

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bug in beta: extra \else
by Vit Zyka 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

Hi all, there is some deep bug that was discovered translating Beginners manual. Let take single chapter e.g. ma-cb-cz-alignments.tex With today beta I got .log attached (error ! Extra \else) This will appear in both modes screen and normal. Interesting is that no error appears in context 2006-05-28. In context 2006-09-10 this error appears only in normal mode. Screen mode is OK. Vit P.S. Today's beta shows even more problems: - inside typebuffer: only '\dochar {225}' instead of \'a in latin2 - some metapost graphics is wrong But I suggest to solve them step by step. This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2C 7.5.5) (format=cont-en 2006.10.10) 10 OCT 2006 23:50 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/web2c/natural.tcx) **ma-cb-cz-alignments.tex \emergencyend (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.10 22:15 MK II fmt: 2006.10.10 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:3 nl->ec:ec->2->2:3 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:3 fr->ec:ec->4->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 de->e c:ec->6->2:3 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:3 it->ec:ec->8->2:3 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:3 pt->ec:ec->10->2:3 hr->ec:ec->11->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:3 pl->ec:e c->13->2:3 pl->qx:qx->14->2:3 cz->il2:il2->15->2:3 cz->ec:ec->16->2:3 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:3 sk->ec:ec->18->2:3 sl->ec:ec->19->2:3 ru->t2a:t2a->21->2:3 en->ec:e c->22->2:3 uk->ec:ec->23->2:3 us->ec:ec->24->2:3 agr->agr:agr->25->2:3 da->ec:e c->26->2:3 sv->ec:ec->27->2:3 af->ec:ec->28->2:3 no->ec:ec->29->2:3 deo->ec:ec- >30->2:3 es->ec:ec->31->2:3 ca->ec:ec->32->2:3 la->ec:ec->33->2:3 ro->ec:ec->34 ->2:3 tr->ec:ec->35->2:3 fi->ec:ec->37->2:3 hu->ec:ec->38->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout3 = `ma-cb-cz-alignments.tui'. system : ma-cb-cz-alignments.top loaded (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.top specials : loading definition file tpd (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are enabled (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo) systems : begin file ma-cb-cz-alignments at line 3 systems : begin file ma-cb at line 4 systems : end file ma-cb at line 4 systems : begin file ma-cb-env-cz at line 7 (./ma-cb-env-cz.tex (../generic/ma-cb.tex systems : begin file ../generic/ma-cb-abbreviations at line 11 (./../generic/ma-cb-abbreviations.tex check : logo CONTEXT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PDFTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PICTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TABLE replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAPOST replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAFUN replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! ) systems : end file ../generic/ma-cb-abbreviations at line 11 systems : begin file ../generic/ma-cb-graphics at line 12 (./../generic/ma-cb-graphics.tex) systems : end file ../generic/ma-cb-graphics at line 12 systems : begin file ../generic/ma-cb-style at line 13 (./../generic/ma-cb-style.tex system : module res-trace loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/x-res-08.tex) system : module units loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/m-units.tex check : unit Angstrom replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! ) system : module chemic loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/m-chemic.tex (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pictex/pictex.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/ppchtex.tex ppchtex : using PiCTeX and MetaPost )) system : module chart loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/m-chart.tex XML : loading flowchart support ) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/type-buy.tex) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) color : mpcmyk color space is supported color : mpspot color space is supported color : system rgb is global activated color : currentcolor (def) is not defined \openout9 = `ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.mp'. \openout6 = `ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.mpb'. [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.1 (./ma-cb-cz-alignments.tuo))) systems : end file ../generic/ma-cb-style at line 13 systems : begin file ../generic/ma-cb-setups at line 14 (./../generic/ma-cb-setups.tex system : module setup loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-local/tex/context/third/t-setup.tex system : module set-02 loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/x-set-02.tex (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/mult-con.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Constants ) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/mult-com.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Commands )) debugger : message:: duplicate tag file in library setup of interface en glish debugger : message:: duplicate tag reference in library setup of interfa ce english ) (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/interface/cont-en.xml) (./../generic/cont-en-extra.xml check : eachtexcommand stp:x:defineinteractionmenu:1 replaces a macro , use CAPITALS! check : texcommand stp:y:defineinteractionmenu:1 replaces a macro, us e CAPITALS! )) systems : end file ../generic/ma-cb-setups at line 14 ) regime : regime iso-8859-2 is loaded (c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/tex/context/base/regi-iso-8859-2.tex)) systems : end file ma-cb-env-cz at line 7 color : currentcolor (def) is not defined [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.4000) chapter : 1 Zarovnání color : currentcolor (def) is not defined [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3999) <ma-cb-cz-alignments-ma-cb-cz-alignments.tmp> \openout5 = `ma-cb-cz-alignments-ma-cb-cz-alignments.tmp'. Overfull \hbox (11.48785pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 51--51 [][]\*palatino10pttttftt*: \leftaligned[] [][] []{Hasselt[] []byl[] []vybudov\ dochar[] []{225}n[] []na[] []p\dochar[] []{237}se\dochar[] \hbox(9.45493+3.6769)x426.79134 .\glue(\leftskip) 15.0 .\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0 .\hbox(9.45493+3.6769)x0.0 ..\rule(9.45493+3.6769)x0.0 ..\glue 0.0 plus 1.0fil minus 1.0fil .\*palatino10pttttftt*: \ .\*palatino10pttttftt*: l .etc. Overfull \hbox (50.99391pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 51--51 [][]\*palatino10pttttftt*: \midaligned[] [][] [][] []{Hasselt[] []byl[] []vybu dov\dochar[] []{225}n[] []na[] []soutoku[] []dvou[] []\dochar[] []{176}ek.} \hbox(9.45493+3.6769)x426.79134 .\glue(\leftskip) 15.0 .\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0 .\hbox(9.45493+3.6769)x0.0 ..\rule(9.45493+3.6769)x0.0 ..\glue 0.0 plus 1.0fil minus 1.0fil .\*palatino10pttttftt*: \ .\*palatino10pttttftt*: m .etc. Overfull \hbox (45.35019pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 51--51 [][]\*palatino10pttttftt*: \rightaligned[] []{Ko\dochar[] []{176}en[] []jm\doc har[] []{233}na[] []Hasselt[] []je[] []odvozen[] []od[] []d\dochar[] \hbox(9.45493+3.6769)x426.79134 .\glue(\leftskip) 15.0 .\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0 .\hbox(9.45493+3.6769)x0.0 ..\rule(9.45493+3.6769)x0.0 ..\glue 0.0 plus 1.0fil minus 1.0fil .\*palatino10pttttftt*: \ .\*palatino10pttttftt*: r .etc. (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-ma-cb-cz-alignments.tmp) color : currentcolor (def) is not defined [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3998) Underfull \hbox (badness 2435) in paragraph at lines 66--73 []\*palatino10ptrmscrm*: Zarovnání m·ºete up-°es-nit zadáním sm¥ru ([]\*palatin o10pttttftt*: direction\*palatino10ptrmscrm*: ) a tol-er-ance pruºných vý-pl¬k· \hbox(9.45493+3.6769)x426.79134, glue set 2.90163 .\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0 .\*palatino10ptrmscrm*: Z .\*palatino10ptrmscrm*: a .\*palatino10ptrmscrm*: r .\kern-0.17993 .etc. </rl:library> fonts : resetting map file list {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: ec-base {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map} fonts : using map file: 8r-base {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/8r-base.map} fonts : using map file: t5-base {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: ec-urw-palatino {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-urw-palatino.map} fonts : using map file: original-youngryu-px {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-youngryu-px.map} [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3997) [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3996) [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3995) [MP to PDF] (./ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3994) [1.1] ! Extra \else. \actualshipout ...\postponedcontent \box 0}}\else \message {[\ifarrangingpag... \myshipout ... \fi {\thisisrealpage \realfolio #1} \gotonextrealpage \aftersh... \dofinaloutput ...agebody #1#2\setpagecounters }}} \fi \the \everyaftershipou... \finaloutput ...EAEAEA \dofinaloutput \fi \fi #1#2 \resetselectiepagina \incr... \sidefloatoutput ...e \else \finalsidefloatoutput \global \sidefloatvsize \n... <argument> ...\fi \else \the \defaultstreamoutput \fi ... l.78 \stopcomponent ? [page 1 not flushed] [MP ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3993] [MP ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3992] [MP ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3991] [MP ma-cb-cz-alignments-mpgraph.3990] ! Extra \else. \dopagebreak ...xecutepagebreakhandlers {#1}\else \flushnotes \executepagebr... <inserted text> ...rrentpositions \page [\v!last ] \page \ifarrangingpages \... \finalend ...vel >\zerocount \else \the \everybye \the \everygoodbye \global... l.78 \stopcomponent ? ! 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Extra \fi. \finalend ...mptytoks \expandafter \normalend \fi l.78 \stopcomponent ? ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 7930 strings out of 219677 138873 string characters out of 1291908 3220527 words of memory out of 4653321 47195 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+100000 134976 words of font info for 135 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000 416 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 55i,29n,76p,380b,2620s stack positions out of 10000i,500n,6000p,200000b,50000s {c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}<c:/TeXLive2005/tex mf-update/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmtto10.pfb><c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-update/fonts/ type1/public/lm/lmtt10.pfb>{c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/base/8r.e nc}<c:/TeXLive2005/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/palatino/uplb8a.pfb><c:/TeXLive20 05/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/urw/palatino/uplr8a.pfb> Output written on ma-cb-cz-alignments.pdf (1 page, 86458 bytes). 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Unable to expand \in[refX]
by Fredrik Sjunnesson 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

I want keep track of which other sections any given section refers to by creating lists like \fromrefA => refX,refY,refZ \fromrefB => refY,refZ ... My plan is to achieve this by writing commands like \ignore{1.2} \appendtovaluelist{fromrefA}{refX} \ignore{1.4} \appendtovaluelist{fromrefA}{refY} \ignore{1.3} \appendtovaluelist{fromrefA}{refZ} \ignore{1.4} \appendtovaluelist{fromrefB}{refY} \ignore{1.3} \appendtovaluelist{fromrefB}{refZ} ... to a file that is subsequently processed on the following run. Here references refX, refY and refX refer to sections 1.2, 1.4 and 1.3, respectively. The section numbers will be ignored by ConTeXt but by including this information the lists can be ordered by section number by simply sorting the file between the calls to texexec. However, this simple way to get sorted lists turns out to be too tricky for me. I am simply unable to write the section numbers to the file. To be more specific I am not able to expand \in[refX] in such a way that the resulting section number is written to the file. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Fredrik

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goto & framed
by Renaud AUBIN 17 Oct '06

17 Oct '06

Hi folks ! Consider the working example: \usemodule[pre-original] \starttext \startbuffer[stack1] draw (0,0)--(10cm,10cm); \stopbuffer \startbuffer[stack2] draw (0,10cm)--(10cm,0); \stopbuffer \startbuffer[stack3] draw (0,5cm)--(10cm,5cm); \stopbuffer \definesymbol[step 1][{\processMPbuffer[stack1]}] \definesymbol[step 2][{\processMPbuffer[stack1,stack2]}] \definesymbol[step 3][{\processMPbuffer[stack1,stack2,stack3]}] \definefieldstack [stack] [step 1,step 2,step 3] [frame=off] \defineoverlay[cowbg][{\externalfigure[cow][width=10cm]}] \framed[background=cowbg,frame=off,offset=none,backgroundoffset=0pt]{{\fieldstack[stack]}} \goto{next}[JS(Walk_Field{stack})] \stoptext I naively (as always ? ;) ) tried to make the "framed" interactive with \goto{\framed[background=cowbg,frame=off,offset=none,backgroundoffset=0pt]{{\fieldstack[stack]}}}[JS(Walk_Field{stack})] but failed in my attempt... Is there a way to solve this problem ? Renaud

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\showgrid question
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de So 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hi! Is there an option for the \showgrid command for showing only the line numbers (no lines) ? Marcus Vinicius

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minimal app to control layers
by andrea valle 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Dear all, Following the thread on layers: (1. thanks to all) 2. I use ConTeXt for many things, but quantitatively mostly for slides. Powerpoint is rude in its graphic abiltities but it has two features ConTeXt has not. First, you can draw on the screen. Second, you can import and stack images as you prefer. I'm not interested in the first feature, as I use a specific sw for drawing, and then import the result. But I am (sometimes) interested in the second one (let's call it "compositing"). In ConTeXt one can evidently use layers to exactly place and stack everything as needed (images, text). But, especially while preparing slides (a book worth the efforts indeed), it can be tedious to wrote all the code stuff. So, I created a minimal app in python using tkinter which allows to manipulate visually areas ("boxes" in the app terms) which can the be filled with images. The app has a second window which continuously updates with conTeXt code generated by the gui. The idea is that the user prepares a visual layer, then switches to code window, copy the generated code and paste it in the .tex file. Finally code is definitively modified it in the source, as usual. It's very simple, I've tested and it seems to work. But it can be buggy. I don't know if it can of any interest to anyone in the communities. In any case, comments related to whatsoever aspect are welcome. Actually, I've not documented it but it should be obvious. GUI should be completely portable. Sources are here: http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/boxer.zip To run: >> python boxerController.py Best -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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Fielstack and Layers for Presentation
by Renaud AUBIN 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Hi all, I would use fieldstack with \getbuffer and overlays... Why the following code doesn't work ? Is there another way to do that ? TIA Renaud %%%%%%% stack.tex \setupcolors[state=start] \usemodule[pre-original] \defineoverlay[FunnyFrame][\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}] \defineframedtext[FunnyText][frame=off,background=FunnyFrame] \def\StartFrame{\startFunnyText} \def\StopFrame {\stopFunnyText } \def\FrameTitle#1% {\setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{\hbox spread 1em{\hss\strut#1\hss}}} \setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{} % initialize the text variable \startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame} picture p ; numeric o ; path a, b ; pair c ; p := textext.rt(\MPstring{FunnyFrame}) ; a := unitsquare xyscaled(OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight) ; o := BodyFontSize ; p := p shifted (2o,OverlayHeight-ypart center p) ; drawoptions (withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .625red) ; b := a randomized (o/2) ; fill b withcolor .85white ; draw b ; c := center p ; c := b intersectionpoint (c shifted (0,-o)--c shifted(0,o)) ; p := p shifted (c-center p) ; b := (boundingbox p) randomized (o/8) ; fill b withcolor .85white ; draw b ; draw p withcolor black; setbounds currentpicture to a ; \stopuseMPgraphic \definelayer[bglayer][position=yes] \setupbackgrounds[text][background=bglayer] \setuplayer[bglayer][position=no,corner=bottom,height=\paperheight] \starttext \startbuffer[first] \setlayer[bglayer][x=.55\textwidth,y=.9\textheight,location=b]{ \FrameTitle{Knuth} \StartFrame[width=.75\textwidth] \input knuth \StopFrame } \stopbuffer \startbuffer[second] \setlayer[bglayer][x=.625\textwidth,y=.8\textheight,location=b]{ \FrameTitle{Zapf} \StartFrame[width=.75\textwidth] \input zapf \StopFrame } \stopbuffer \startbuffer[third] \setlayer[bglayer][x=.70\textwidth,y=.7\textheight,location=b]{ \FrameTitle{Tufte} \StartFrame[width=.75\textwidth] \input tufte \StopFrame } \stopbuffer \definesymbol[empty][] \definesymbol[one][{\getbuffer[first]}] \definesymbol[two][{\getbuffer[first,second]}] \definesymbol[three][{\getbuffer[first,second,third]}] \Topic{Stacks \& Layers} {\setupbodyfont[12pt] \definefieldstack[sequence] [one,two,three] [frame=off, offset=none, clickin=JS(Walk_Field{sequence})] {\fieldstack[sequence]} \goto{next}[JS(Walk_Field{sequence})] } \stoptext

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pgf now supports context
by Aditya Mahajan 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Hi, The new version of pgf (1.09) comes with Context support! If you are using the stable version of context, you can download the 1.09 release from the pgf sourceforge website. Read this thread, if you want to use this version http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1590486&forum_id=477363 This version does not work with the latest beta. However, Till Tantau has modified pgf so that it also works with the latest beta. Right now, this is only available through CVS http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=142562 For those who do not know about pgf, it is a graphical system similar to metapost. It runs from inside tex (I think using specials). It is not as powerful as metapost, but has better support for some tasks than metapost. See the user manual ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/doc/generic/pgf/version-for… for details. Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt + asymptote
by John Bowman 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Hi all, As requested some time ago on this list, Asymptote 1.14 (a modern MetaPost replacement) now supports alternate TeX engines via the -tex option: -tex engine TeX engine ("latex|pdflatex|tex|pdftex|none") ["latex"] Other engines (presumably including ConTeXt) can easily be added in settings.cc. General affine transforms and clipping of labels is now implemented via PostScript or PDF specials (as appropriate). So if ConTeXt can handle TeX specials, adding support for it should be straightforward. We also input the tex graphics and picture packages; presumably something like them is accessible to ConTeXt too. If someone comes up with a diff for ConTeXt, please post it (as a patch under the link News) at asymptote.sourceforge.net Regards, -- John Bowman University of Alberta

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back to the roots: command vs switch
by andrea valle 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

I'm taking a long tour in the wiki (congrats for the work). It has reminded me that I don't know what's the difference between command and switch. Can anyone bring me to the light? 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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absolute positioning of figures
by andrea valle 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Hi to all, In case of presentations sometimes one has to combine many figures in the page, maybe overlapping for some parts. Something very easy in powerpoint. What's the best technique? Taking a look at the wiki and ot "It's in the details" manual it seems that layers, which can be placed according to absolute positions, are the ConTeXt solution to the problem. Is it so? I was in fact considering to create a simple python GUI app to allow a visual control on position of figures on a page, outputting ConTeXt code to be copied and pasted. Thanks -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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aux files organization
by andrea valle 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Hi to all, compiling a conTeXt file means generating 6 auxiliary files. This means that that if I have 4 related .tex files in a folder I will have 24 aux files. Is there a way to specify a folder where to place them in order not to clutter my project folder? (The ideal would be that the aux would be put in a subfolder of the folder containing the tex file). Best -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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setup-en.pdf
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Hallo! I searched some of the first (p. 8-9) commands used in 'the details' in setup-en.pdf. But I didn't found \showgridboxes \setlayer \definelayer \layoutcolumnoffset ... Shouldn't be ALL the commands listet in setup-en.pdf? How is this document created? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] setup-en.pdf
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

> Well, all user commands at least. Please also take a look at > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command_Syntax/Missing > and if you have some time, please edit this. I will do that. But I would like to know, how setup-xx.pdf is updated. The commands in 'the details' are rather old. As the other Wolfgang explained, the source of all this is a xml-file 'cont-xx.xml'. Is this file updated by hand? Who does this? Hans alone? I guess, the commands shown in texshow are depending on the same file. Btw. for me (MSIE 5.5) the texshow page is not working. I see the left frame and the right only for home, help and special. For all commands (server or dns not found). With wget I got all the stuff, but the language is sort of random. Sometimes I got en, sometimes other. May be I got the last selected language. Wolfgang

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Lists of cross-references
by Fredrik Sjunnesson 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Hello, I'm working on functions for displaying lists of cross-references between documents and I'm therefore a bit curious to here if others have similar needs. If there are, maybe I should try to make a real module and not just at private hack. Maybe modules for this already exist. A substantial part of my work as software engineer I spend writing and maintaining documents, e.g. 'User requirement specification', 'Functional specification', 'Design specification', 'Test specification', 'Test plan', 'Test results', 'Project plan'. Between these documents are often large number of cross-references, e.g. functions in the FS refer to requirements in the URS, tests in the TS refer to functions in the FS and requirements URS and so on and so on. To get a better overview of all this I would like to end each section with a list of relevant cross-references, e.g. at the end of function A it says that it refers to requirements B and C and is in turn referred to by test E, F and G etc. Any input is welcome, Fredrik -------------------------------- Teknisk projektledare PhD 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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Make page number appear on top of image
by Aditya Mahajan 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Hi, I want to combine some papers into a single pdf file "with page numbers". I am including the papers using \copypages[filename] However, the pagenumber is not printed when the paper is a scanned copy. I guess this is because the page number is printed and then the scanned image is printed on top of it, thereby hiding the page number. How can I force the page number to appear on top? Thanks, Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] Problems mapping Xml into ConTeXt
by Michael Wigston 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Hans Hagen wrote: > Michael Wigston wrote: > > 1. This def of does nothing ... > > \defineXMLgrouped [u] \underbar > > > \defineXMLargument[u]{\underbar} > > underbar is not a font switch but a macro that takes an argument Hans, Thanks, that works fine with \underbar, as well as \underbars, \overstrike, \overstrikes, \low, \high and \lohi. You mentioned that \underbar (and presumably the others I mentioned above) are macros taking arguments e.g. \acommand{...}. However presumably something like \midaligned{...} is also a macro requiring an argument, but this works as a \defineXMLgrouped and as a \defineXMLargument - why does it work with both? The manual "XML in ConTeXt" very briefly sketched over these XML commands and I can see great potential to use them directly on XML to generate ConTeXt for PDF rather than the XSLT/XSL-FO route which seems to be gaining momentum in much of the industry. I don't suppose there is another more detailed document which elaborates on the XML commands, and how you may determine which of these is most appropriate for what kind of ConTeXt command mapping? Also at the moment a non-mapped element seems to automatically type out its contents as straight text - is there a way to override this behaviour and specify this as an error? (This is rather like the Ruby duck-typing approach - if an XML element is mapped, process it, else it is an error). Michael NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed.

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Re: [NTG-context] Append to a commalist
by Fredrik Sjunnesson 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Great! Thank you very much Hans. It would have taken me a lifetime to get there :) /Fredrik -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] För Hans Hagen Skickat: den 12 oktober 2006 15:49 Till: mailing list for ConTeXt users Ämne: Re: [NTG-context] Append to a commalist Fredrik Sjunnesson wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a smart way to create a commalist? > > I want to get the equivalent of > > \setparameter[namespace][listname={item1,item2,item3}] > > but be able to append one item at the time, like > > \append{namepace}{listname}{item1} > \append{namepace}{listname}{item2} > \append{namepace}{listname}{item3} > > I have tired this: > > \def\append#1#2#3{ > \fullexpandoneargafter\doifemptyelse{\getvariable{#1}{#2}} > {\edef\tmp{#3}} > {\edef\tmp{\getvariable{#1}{#2},#3}} > \setvariables[#1][#2={\tmp}]} > > but it only works for one list. Apparently \tmp is not expanded so when > an item is appended to one list all other lists are affected. I have > tried \expanded but got the message stack full. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > \def\appendtovaluelist#1#2% {\ifcsname#1\endcsname \expandafter\ifx\csname#1\endcsname\empty \expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{#2}% \else \expandafter\def\csname#1\expandafter \expandafter\expandafter\endcsname \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter{\csname#1\endcsname,#2}% \fi \else \expandafter\def\csname#1\endcsname{#2}% \fi} % saves an argument: \def\appendtovaluelist#1% {\ifcsname#1\endcsname \expandafter\ifx\csname#1\endcsname\empty \expandafter\noappendtovaluelist \csname#1\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\endcsname \else \expandafter\doappendtovaluelist \csname#1\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\endcsname \fi \else \expandafter\noappendtovaluelist\csname#1\expandafter\endcsname \fi} \def\doappendtovaluelist#1#2{\expandafter\def\expandafter#1\expandafter{#1,#2}} \def\noappendtovaluelist#1#2{\def#1{#2}} \appendtovaluelist{mylist}{aap} \appendtovaluelist{mylist}{noot} \appendtovaluelist{mylist}{mies} \showvalue{mylist} ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Append to a commalist
by Fredrik Sjunnesson 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Hello, Is there a smart way to create a commalist? I want to get the equivalent of \setparameter[namespace][listname={item1,item2,item3}] but be able to append one item at the time, like \append{namepace}{listname}{item1} \append{namepace}{listname}{item2} \append{namepace}{listname}{item3} I have tired this: \def\append#1#2#3{ \fullexpandoneargafter\doifemptyelse{\getvariable{#1}{#2}} {\edef\tmp{#3}} {\edef\tmp{\getvariable{#1}{#2},#3}} \setvariables[#1][#2={\tmp}]} but it only works for one list. Apparently \tmp is not expanded so when an item is appended to one list all other lists are affected. I have tried \expanded but got the message stack full. Any help would be greatly appreciated. /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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color question
by Alan Bowen 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

If this is OT, my apologies to all. I am currently using ConTEXt to produce PDFs with a colored background which I specify using R G B settings. Unfortunately, this background does not look the same when others open the files on their computers. Is there anything I can do at my end to correct this? Alan

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Bibtex and "et al"
by Pepe Barbe 12 Oct '06

12 Oct '06

Hi, I am using the bib module using the AMS format. I've noticed that all the publications that get appended "et al" to the authors, do not include any space between the authors name and "et al". Example: John Doeetal, Publication Title Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks, Pepe

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beta (processaction & "|")
by Peter Rolf 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi, the vertical line symbol "|" (pipe) breaks \processaction (no problem with the latest stable version). The minimal example at the end of this message results in: [..] systems : begin file processaction at line 3 ! Undefined control sequence. \dotextmodediscretionary ...up \let \nextnextnext \egroup \def \next ##1#1{\... \p!compareprocessaction ...]->\edef \!!stringb {#1 }\ifx \!!stringb \s!defaul... \next1 #1,->\p!doprocessaction {#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> =>, unknown=> \processnextcommalist ...dodoprocesscommaitem #4#5 ,]\relax \global \advance ... l.9 unknown=>] ? Greetings, Peter ----- \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \def\FOO{} \processaction[\FOO][ |=>, unknown=>] \stoptext

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U3D support in progress
by Renaud AUBIN 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi all, The 3dartwork module can be found here: http://www.nibua-r.org/ConTeXt/devel/3dartwork.tgz Someone could maybe process test-3dartwork on a windows machine and report if there is trouble... Warning: The use of the "piping" syntax is only possible with the last pdfTeX (thanks to Taco). I use pdfTeX 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060928-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) to process test-3dartwork. What I need now is: 1. How to call \input "| ls" (for example) from t-3dartwork instead of test-3dartwork ? 2. To ConTeXt gurus: Could you check if my use of ConTeXt is "clean"... (I will rewrite my rough view.rb... ;) ) 3. To ConTeXt's community: feature requests ? I've seen that octaga has released a x3d plugin for acrobat (included with the last octaga player for windows). I'll work on it as soon as the linux version will be released ! ;) Cheers, Renaud

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Natural table + interlinespacing
by Mari Voipio 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

I'd love natural tables except for one aspect that drives me crazy: How do I diminish the interlinespacing in my table? That is, I want the lines in the multiline cells to be closer together. The overall interlinespacing is default, i.e. I haven't used \setupinterlinespace in the setup of my document. Mari (with a "#¤#"¤ table that doesn't want to fit on its page)

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context rendering disabled on contextgarden
by Patrick Gundlach 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi there, just to prevent confusion: the context rendering (live.contextgarden.net, examples in the wiki) are currently broken. The sysops are working to get it working again. I'll report back if things are working correctly. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Can ConTeXt make dynamic barcoded forms?
by Zhichu Chen 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi everyone, I've seen some marvelous samples on Adobe' official site about dynamic barcoded forms using XML: http://www.adobe.com/products/server/barcodedpaperforms/pdfs/sample_barcode… can someone tell me that is it possible to build such pdfs using ConTeXt? Yours, Chen

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Float references in a register
by Duncan Hothersall 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Is it possible to have float references (i.e. Table 1.1) alongside page numbers in a register? I've never come across it before, but I've just been asked to produce an index which has entries like: coverage measurement tools 176-177, Table 6.5 I have looked through core-reg without much illumination. I wonder if I can use \writetoregister but experiments thus far haven't been successful. Is this sort of thing supported/supportable? Thanks, Duncan

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\combinepages[]: Change order
by Tobias Burnus 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hello, Using \combinepages[some-pdf][nx=3,ny=5], I get: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 However, I'd like to get: 1 5 9 2 6 10 3 7 11 4 8 12 How can one achieve this? (I want to create again a poster out of talk.pdf.) Tobias

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Problems mapping Xml into ConTeXt
by Michael Wigston 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi everyone, I am attempting to map some XML into ConTeXt as described in the manual "XML in ConTeXt". Essentially we have a bunch of tagged text (the XML "loosely" based on some of the XHTML tags) from which we want to produce PDF letters for dispatch (via email, post etc). I am having particular problems implementing the following commands: - \underbar, \underbars, \overstrike, \overstrikes, \low, \high and \lohi I was expecting that they would all easily be defined using the \defineXMLgrouped [name] {command} element mapping. There is probably something very simple that I have not setup correctly since I am sure that this has been attempted before and would appreciate pointers as to where I am going wrong. The following attempts at mapping element to \underbar illustrates my problem which also seems largely applicable to the <strike>, and mapping: - 1. This def of does nothing ... \defineXMLgrouped [u] \underbar 2. This def of also does nothing ... \defineXMLgrouped [u] {\groupedcommand{\underbar}{}} 3. This def of underlines the 1st character only ... \defineXMLenvironment [u] {\bgroup\underbar} {\egroup} 4. In the mailing list, there is a suggestion that \underbar does not allow line-breaking, so I also tried the following. This def of "works" partially, in that it does underline, however it causes havoc with alignment - everything seems to shift over to the right about 4cm ... \defineXMLenvironment [u] \startul \stopul \definetextbackground[ul] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] \definestartstop[ul] [before={\starttextbackground[ul] }, after={\stoptextbackground\ }] Below is a sample .tex file that I have been playing with: - \usemodule [contml] \autoXMLnamespace [context] % Attempts at defining a mapping for : - % This def of does nothing ... %\defineXMLgrouped [u] \underbar % This def of does nothing ... %\defineXMLgrouped [u] {\groupedcommand{\underbar}{}} % This def of underlines the 1st character only ... %\defineXMLenvironment [u] {\bgroup\underbar} {\egroup} % % This def of "works" partially, in that it does underline, however it % causes havoc with alignment - everything seems to shift over to the right % about 4cm ... \defineXMLenvironment [u] \startul \stopul \definetextbackground[ul] [location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] \definestartstop[ul] [before={\starttextbackground[ul] }, % after={\stoptextbackground\fixedspaces}] after={\stoptextbackground\ }] % Other mappings \defineXMLgrouped [right] \rightaligned \defineXMLgrouped [centre] \midaligned \defineXMLgrouped [em] \em \defineXMLsingular [br] [nr=1] {\blank[\XMLop{nr}*medium]} \showstruts \showframe \starttext start of 'normal' \CONTEXT\ text \underbar{This} is {\em left} aligned \blank[medium] \rightaligned{\underbar{This} is {\em right} aligned} \blank[medium] \midaligned{\underbar{This} is {\em centre} aligned} end of 'normal' \CONTEXT\ text - starting xml ... \startXMLdata This is left aligned <centre>This is centre aligned</centre> <centre>This is centre aligned</centre> <right>This is right aligned</right> \stopXMLdata \blank[medium] finished xml - back in 'normal' \CONTEXT\ text \stoptext NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. They may contain legally privileged or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender as soon as possible by return e-mail and then please delete both messages. This notice should not be removed.

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Re: [NTG-context] figurenumbering
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hallo! With ConTeXt ver. 2006.09.26, figure numbering is working as expected. > > >> You need the option > > >> \setupfloats[numbering=nocheck] is not longer needed, but > you can see a bad sideeffects by figurenumber=nocheck in my > example this sideeffect is visible both, with nocheck and without this option (numbering=yes resp.). > <example> > \setupfloats[numbering=nocheck] > \starttext > \placefigure{}{\framed{Blub}} > \placefigure[page][]{}{\framed{Bautz}} > \placefigure{}{\framed{Bla}} > This were \rawnumber[figure] figures by now! > \setnumber[figure]{8} > We want to count on with \rawnumber[figure]. > \placefigure{}{\framed{Plong}} > figurenumber is incremented to \rawnumber[figure]. > \stoptext > </example> > > The number of the figures are set as they appear in the text and > this did not work well when one figure is set later as another one > typed later in your code. Wolfgang

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beta (04.10.06)
by Peter Rolf 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hi Hans, there is a file missing in the new beta. [..] ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.03 21:08 MK II fmt: 2006.10.4 int: english/en \@@mslingualstitle : \@@mslinguals9 de \@@mssystemstitle : \@@mssystems2 cont-new (r:/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex ! I can't find file `cont-new.mkii'. <to be read again> \relax l.1921 \loadmarkfile{cont-new} [..] Greetings, Peter

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file name in s-mod-??.tex
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hans, In s-mod-??, the file name is simply typeset as \tt\Modulefile. This prevents an _ (underscore) in filenames. Can this be changed to \filename{\Modulefile} for a more robust solution? Aditya

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pagella and termes
by Hans Hagen 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

For those who want to play with http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre i attached the updated type-gyr.tex file \starttext \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] \usetypescript[times][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[times] \input tufte \stoptext -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Combinations
by Pepe Barbe 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Hello everyone, I have 14 graphs that I want to arrange in a single page. I've found the best wat to do that is with a 3 by 5 combination. Yet, it would look better if I had a 3 by 4 combination and a 2 by 1 centered underneath the preveious. Is there some simple way to do that? Also, a while ago I asked about the font size of the captions in the combinations, which wasn't being respected in Math mode. I've tried in the latest beta and the problem persists. Any ideas? Example: \setupcaptions[ headstyle=\ss\bf,style=\tfx ] \setupcombinations[ style=\tfx\em ] \starttext \placefigure [center] {Combination Caption} \startcombination [2*1] {\framed[height=.45\textwidth,width=.45\textwidth]{My Graphic 1}}{Text: Test. Math: $Test$} {\framed[height=.45\textwidth,width=.45\textwidth]{My Graphic 2}}{Text: Test. Math: $Test$} \stopcombination \stoptext Thanks, Pepe

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new (working) LilyPond module
by Henning Hraban Ramm 09 Oct '06

09 Oct '06

Hi ho! I just uploaded a new version of the LilyPond module into the garden: http://modules.contextgarden.net/t-lilypond Docs: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/LilyPond It should work with GNU LilyPond from version 2.8 (tested with latest 2.9) and got some new features: - change the fonts (e.g. for lyrics and chords) - switch clef and bar numbers on/off - use LilyPond settings with boolean values (##t, ##f) A very big THANK YOU to Christopher Creutzig who not only wrote the old edition, but also wrote all the new TeX code that I don't understand ;-) (Christopher, the uploaded version has less bugs than the one I sent to you earlier - forgot to test the settings...) BEWARE! LilyPond typesetting works only with the old Perl texexec; texmfstart texexec fails in 3 points: - the LilyPond snippet (buffer) counter stays at 1 - texexec doesn't reckognize that it should do another TeX run to place the "pictures" - the module documentation lacks the title page I guess this is a bug or two... Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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external table alignment
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Dear consortium, I need to get the argument of \start-stoptable aligned flush left. Even with \setuptables[split=yes,align=left] (a la \setupframed) there is still a small offset of the leftmost column. Please advise =========================== \starttext Some text \starttable[|l|l|] \NC 2001 \NC Fall \NC\SR \stoptable Some text \stoptext =========================== Thank you Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Re: [NTG-context] inhibition of new page after a header
by Duncan Hothersall 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

> How can it be that context sets a new page immediately after a > (subsubsection-)header? > > Is it necessary to inhibit it after every header explicitely? Default settings of headers inhibit a break immediately afterwards but it is very easy to stop this working by either changing the set-up of the header, or putting something immediately after it which overrides the \nobreak. Can you post an example? Duncan

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bug?: interaction between columns and background
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Hello, When I place a graphic in the bacground and switch columns on, the background gets shifted for some reason. I hope that the problem will be evident from this example (since it behaves in a pretty random way - sometimes it's OK and sometimes it's pretty much shifted to the left). (Using ConTeXt version 2006.08.30 9:28) \startuseMPgraphic{TitleGraphic} draw unitsquare xyscaled (\overlaywidth-5mm,\overlayheight-5mm); \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay [TitleGraphic] [\useMPgraphic{TitleGraphic}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={TitleGraphic,page}] \starttext \startcolumns[n=3] \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte $$a^2+b^2=c^2$$} \stopcolumns \stoptext Thank you, Mojca

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inhibition of new page after a header
by Gerhard Kugler 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Hello, I'm new in the listserve and in applying Context. In the past I used LateX, but not for ambitious projects. Now I'm translating a book. My first question: How can it be that context sets a new page immediately after a (subsubsection-)header? Is it necessary to inhibit it after every header explicitely? Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut Bensheim (Germany) http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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\showlayout doesn't (2006.10.04 beta)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

This test file doesn't produce the frames around the margins (2006.10.04 beta): \starttext \showlayout \input tufte \stoptext I can't test it on the live context (the missing cont-new.mkii) to make sure it's not something silly on my part. But I reverted to the 2006.09.28 beta and it had the same problem, then to the 2006.08.08 release, which was fine. -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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font switches, tables, and grouping
by Idris Samawi Hamid 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Dear consortium, font switches do not obey grouping when \start-stoptable is invoked: =============================== Some text \start\it \starttable[|l|l|] \NC 2001 \NC Fall \NC\SR \stoptable \stop Some text =============================== The second `Some text' comes out italicized. What is happening here and how do I fix it? Also, how do I control the blank space between \stoptable and the beginning of the next par? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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\sometxt bodyfontsize in staticMPfigure (2006.09.27 beta)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

[I'm testing the 2006.09.27 beta on Linux] Thanks for the new \sometxt in staticMPfigures. I'm just testing its operation, and find that the text is not set in the document's bodyfont size. For example, \setupbodyfont[20pt] \starttext \startstaticMPfigure{fig} label(\sometxt{in sometxt},origin); \stopstaticMPfigure outside sometxt \usestaticMPfigure[fig] \stoptext produces a small "in sometxt" and a large "outside sometxt". With this file both are large, as I expected \sometxt to work: \setupbodyfont[20pt] \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label(\sometxt{in sometxt},origin); \stopreusableMPgraphic{ outside sometxt \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext I haven't figured out the full story. But in the intermediate .mp files generated by texexec, the staticMPfigure case has "BodyFontSize:=12.0pt;" whereas in the reusableMPgraphic case, the file has "BodyFontSize:=20.0pt;". -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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\sometxt in staticMPfigure
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Another small metafun test file. It displays no text in the middle of the ellipse. Using \textext instead of \sometxt works. \starttext \startstaticMPfigure{fig} draw \sometxt{hello}; draw fullcircle scaled 1cm xscaled 2; \stopstaticMPfigure \usestaticMPfigure[fig] xyz \stoptext

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static figures not working with the 2006.10.04 beta
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

This file now produces a blank page except for the page number, perhaps due to me messing up one of the upgrades (was trying an automatic install to a TEXMFLOCAL directory but eventually gave up and went back to ~/texmf/): \starttext \startstaticMPfigure{fig} draw fullcircle scaled 1in; \stopstaticMPfigure \usestaticMPfigure[fig] \stoptext [ConTeXt ver: 2006.10.04 09:35 MK II] -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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Re: [NTG-context] figurenumbering
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

> This was your example (not exactly the same) you posted as your > first example file and works now as expected. Ahh! I should implement my own testsuit. Wolfgang

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How to use the wiki?
by nico 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hello, Sorry for that stupid question, but what it the process to add something to the wiki? I can edit existing page, but in which topic or page one can add something? Is an account required? Is there a list of the pages added by the users? The wiki itself doesn't seem to have many information about this. Thanks, BG

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MPenvironment \def gives "Parameters must be numbered consecutively"
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

This test file (beta 2006.09.28): ============ 1.tex ============================ \starttext \startMPenvironment \def\2#1#2{\vbox{\halign{\hfil##\hfil\cr #1\cr #2\cr}}} \stopMPenvironment \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label(btex sun etex, origin); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext ======================================== fails with the error: ! Parameters must be numbered consecutively. <to be read again> ## l.44 \global \loadfontfileoncetrue \def \2## 1##2{\vbox {\halign {\hfil ####\... 1-mpgraph.mp gets this figure definition: beginfig(1); verbatimtex \global \loadfontfileoncetrue \def \2##1##2{\vbox {\halign {\hfil ####\hfil \cr ##1\cr ##2\cr }}} etex; label(btex sun etex , origin); ; endfig; So the parameters in the definition are being doubled up by one of the transformations that inserts the verbatimtex..etex block. By the way, should the verbatimtex..etex block go outside the beginfig..endfig, as it would in a standalone MP file? If only for efficiency rather than MP reparsing it with each beginfig. -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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wiki: debian installation
by plink 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hi, apropos a good manual: is the debian installation description still supposed to be correct and/or supported? I did an installation with last weeks unstable release and found the wiki infos not really helpful, if not outright misleading. with greets from the penguin side of things, Jak. PS.: Yes, I also prefer printed docs. And no, I do not know who has got enough time and insight to write them ... -------------------------------------------------------------------- 150MB of disk space, Webmail over SSL with address book, calendar, and organizer. Access thru Imap, Imap-SSL, Pop3, Pop3-SSL and Smtp. 5 different domains, antispam (spamassassin, bayes, razor, dcc) and mime filter, Up to 200mb per outgoing message. All free, is your current email having this functionalities ? Check http://www.nemail.it for registration and more info. This message is added automatically, for any information or support contact: support(a)nectarine.info; if it is spam dont hesitate to report it. --------------------------------------------------------------------

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programming: doifdefined & friends
by Henning Hraban Ramm 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

While I can't cope with counters, I'm trying other stuff that I don't understand: How must I use \doifdefined & friends? Consider this snippet: ----- \starttext \def\myvar{JAJAJA} \input tufte \doifdefined{\myvar}{\par bla \myvar blub\par} \input tufte \stoptext ----- I'd guess it would print "bla JAJAJAblub" between the two Tufte texts and don't if I comment \def\myvar. But I guess wrongly: It does nothing in this case, and complains about undefined \myvar in the latter. But if I really want to check if something is defined before I try to use it, how must I write it? (Expansion magic?) Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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[HELP] colored text marked by a caption and across multipages
by Wei_Hu＠mtk.com.tw 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Hi all, << 1 >> First, I want to put source codes into my document. I achieve this by using 'verbatim' \starttyping blah blah \stoptyping << 2 >> Then I decide to add colors for these source codes, so I use: \starttyping[option=color,option=commands] blah blah <</color[red]....>> blah blah \stoptyping << 3 >> Finally, I want to refer to this block of source codes in the rest document, so I use: \placefloat[here][listing:sample]{Hello world} \starttyping[option=color,option=commands] blah blah <</color[red]....>> blah blah \stoptyping and refer to it by \in{}[] and \at{}[]. << 1 >> & << 2 >> & << 3 >> work great, however, if the source codes are long enough, and doesn't fit into one page, then the bottom of it will not display. After searching this mailing list, I found some methods: \bTABLE, \starttextbackground ..etc... But none of them can achieve this facility. I can accomplish this facility though LaTeX as described in page 2 ~ page 3 in the attached file. (It uses listings package in LaTeX) All I want is a colored source codes marked by a caption, and I can refe to that source code using \in{}[] or \at{}[] primitives. Are there any ways in ConTeXt can achieve this? Thanks. ************* Email Confidentiality Notice ******************** The information contained in this e-mail message (including any attachments) may be confidential, proprietary, privileged, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable laws. It is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). Any use, dissemination, distribution, printing, retaining or copying of this e-mail (including its attachments) by unintended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, or believe that you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately (by replying to this e-mail), delete any and all copies of this e-mail (including any attachments) from your system, and do not disclose the content of this e-mail to any other person. Thank you!

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setupformulas: make indentnext=auto the default?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

The default for setupformulas is indentnext=no, at least from a couple experiments and this line in core-mat.tex (in version 2006.08.08): \c!indentnext=\v!no, What's the view on changing it to indentnext=auto, which seems intuitive at least if one is used to TeX or LaTeX? From the archives, it seems like 'auto' was the default a few years ago, but maybe there was reason to change it to 'no'. -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.

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table: code doesn't work any more with recent beta
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Hello Hans, The following code compiles fine with MikTeX (version 2006.08.22), but fails with a recent beta: \def\room#1{\starttable[ s0 |r|l|]#1\stoptable} \def\student#1#2{\NC#1\NC#2\NC\MR} \starttext \room{ \student{A}{B} \student{C}{D} } \stoptext I get the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. \dotextmodediscretionary ...up \let \nextnextnext \egroup \def \next ##1#1{\... <argument> s0 | r|l| \doifsomething #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1 }\ifx \!!stringa \empty \expandafter ... \thirdstagestartTABLE ...etall \doifsomething {#1} {\def \TABLEformat {#1}\g... \dorestartTABLE ...restartTABLE {#1}\restartTABLE \TABLEnoalign {\globalpush... \room #1->\starttable [ s0 |r|l|] #1\stoptable l.9 } ? ! Emergency stop. Mojca

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beta
by Hans Hagen 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Hi, I uploaded a beta release. If no further problems with the upgraded figure inclusion and adapted metapost conversion are reported, we will go current (otherwise a changelog will be impossible, even if most changes are not reportable anyway) 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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bug: MetaFun doesn't speak French
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Hello Hans, here's a little MetaFun snippet which fails to work because of special treatment of French characters: \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \startMPcode fill fullcircle scaled 5cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext >> (0,0,5cm.directdiscretionary,0,0,5cm.directdiscretionary) ! Transform components aren't all known. <to be read again> { l.148 ...llcircle scaled 5cm\directdiscretionary { ;} ? I assume that it worked OK some time ago (I was trying to compile a document from 2002). Mojca

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LilyPond module for LilyPond 2.9.x
by Henning Hraban Ramm 04 Oct '06

04 Oct '06

Yeah, I finally got it working with recent versions of LilyPond! (The most important change was from "linewidth" to "line-width", and I overlooked that far too long...) The module still has lots of issues (e.g. paths for external command like lilypond are hardcoded), but it does what I want it to do. ;-) Could someone please exchange the module in the garden? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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framed-vtop
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Dear knights, How do I get \framed to behave like \vtop? For example \startext \framed{\framed[width=1in]{1992} \vtop{Instructor, Physics, Upward Bound Math/Science Regional Center \crlf University at Buffalo, State University of New York}} \framed{\framed[width=1in]{1992} \framed{Instructor, Physics, Upward Bound Math/Science Regional Center \crlf University at Buffalo, State University of New York}} \stoptext I can't seem to find the right options for \framed so that the year is flush with the top line of its argument. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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textbackground inside framed
by Peter Rolf 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, I need a textbackground inside a \framed macro, which uses it's own background (overlay). Sadly the textbackground appears behind the framed background and my attempts to change this order haven't succeeded. \setuptextbackground[foo] [level=+1] brings the textbackground to the top, but overwrites the text. Also I haven't found a way to change the background level for \framed (e.g. set it to -2), which would easily solve the problem. Is there a way to make it appear above the framed background, but still below the text? Greetings, Peter \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[foo] [backgroundcolor=lightgray, frame=off, level=-1, % -3,-2,-1,+1,+2 ] \startuniqueMPgraphic{bar} fill OverlayBox withcolor red ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[bar][\uniqueMPgraphic{bar}] \starttext An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground. \framed {An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground.} \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] % level=-2 {An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground.} \framed[background=bar] % level=-2 {An example of a \starttextbackground[foo]textbackground\stoptextbackground.} \stoptext

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How to set a picture as the background of sildes ?
by fdu.xiaojf＠gmail.com 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, I am going to write a slides with a picture as background. I have googled but got no hints. Can someone recommend how to achieve this? Thanks in advance! Best regards. xiaojf

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Register layout
by Duncan Hothersall 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Quick question - how do I alter the width of the hanging indent of a register entry which is too long to fit on one line? I want to differentiate sub-entries, which each have an indent of 1em more than the previous level, from the indentation of longer entries, which by default is also set to 1em. In other words, for two entries: "a short entry" "a sub-entry" "quite a long-winded single entry" I would like the layout (please view with fixed width font): a short entry a sub-entry quite a long-winded single entry I tried putting \hangafter=1\hangindent=3em into the deeptextcommand of \setupregister but no change. Are there any hooks for this sort of thing? Thanks, Duncan

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How to make copyable Chinese documents ?
by fdu.xiaojf＠gmail.com 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, My friends can use LaTeX+CJK or LaTeX+CCT to generate Chinese documents the Chinese characters in which can be selected and copied. The procedure is using LaTeX to convert .tex file to .dvi, then using gs to convert .dvi to .pdf. I can use ConTeXt to generate .pdf file directly from .tex. and the Chinese characters can be selected, but when I try to paste it to another text editor, it looks like this "üèÃËÂæúïÅ«§ÍÔ". I am using chinese module in ConTeXt version before 2005.12.19. Will the new version of ConTeXt fix this. Regards, Xiao Jianfeng //sorry for a second post, but my first post became a reply of another thread.

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Positioning tag adding space before a chapter
by Paul Jones 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

I am using \StartPos and \StopPos to determine where text is positioned in the output document. This works very well except that when it is placed before the first chapter in the bodymatter it adds a blank page. All of the other chapters are fine. Is there some way for me to make this not happen? I don't understand everything inthe StartPos def. But if I remove the \StartPos from before the first chapter the blank page is not there, but I need that positioning information. I will be greatful for any help. Paul % output=pdftex \let\CurrentPos\empty \def\StartPos#1{\pushmacro\CurrentPos\edef\CurrentPos{flpos:#1}\dontleavehmode\bpos\CurrentPos\ignorespaces} \def\StopPos{\removeunwantedspaces\epos\CurrentPos\popmacro\CurrentPos} \starttext \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter %\chapter{testing}\StartPos{p:31:1}Here is the text to drop a photo into.\StopPos \StartPos{s:31}\chapter{Another Section}\StartPos{p:31:1}Here is the text.\StopPos\StopPos \StartPos{s:32}\chapter{Another Section}\StartPos{p:32:1}Here is the text.\StopPos\StopPos \stopbodymatter \stoptext

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part conversion
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Dear gang, For a dossier I need to prepare a single part with page numbers I-1, I-2, I-3 etc. The following gives 1-1, 1-2, etc. ================================== \starttext \part{} \dorecurse{12}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext ================================== I could also cheat and just define my own conversion for a few pages. Can someone remind me how to do that (assuming that's the only way)? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Problem with ConTeXt installation
by Jeremy Johnson 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

I'm having problems starting ConTeXt with texexec on my Gentoo system. I've installed ConTeXt using the MikTeX Package Manager: "for p in `mpm --list|grep context | tr -s [:space:] | cut -d ' ' -f 4`; do mpm --install=$p; done" followed by a "texhash" and an "updmap" for good measure, and I've upgraded to the latest tetex-3.0_p1-r3 in Gentoo's portage. I've also followed the guide: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_Installation#Updating_Gentoo_Linux and modified /etc/texmf/fmtutil.d/00fmtutil.cnf by adding a '*' where indicated in the above referenced wiki. followed by texmf-update. BUT: $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context' pdfetex: unrecognized option `--undump=cont-en' kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. tex : unknown context : ver: 2006.07.14 12:08 cont-en : unknown pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context' pdfetex: unrecognized option `--undump=cont-nl' kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. cont-nl : unknown total run time : 5 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead And if I try to process some contex file: $ cat >test.tex <<EOF > \starttext > Hello World > \stopttext > EOF $ texexec test.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing texformat path : .: {!!/home/jeremy/.texmf-config,!!/home/jeremy/.texmf-var,/home/jeremy/texmf,!!/var/lib/texmf,!!/var/lib/texmf,!!/var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf}/web2c/{$engine,} fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context' pdfetex: unrecognized option `--undump=cont-en' This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! return code : 256 run time : 1 seconds total run time : 2 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead

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eqnalign
by Adam Duck 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Hello list, Is it possible to break eqalign across pages? If not, is there any other possibility to have math formulas aligned and broken across pages? cu, Adam.

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where's context?
by andrea valle 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Can't find it...:( http://ctan.org/glossary.html#context -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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bfrange block CMap error in pdf file
by Sanjoy Mahajan 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

This file produces just a boldface 'a' via metafun: ============= bf.tex ============== \setuppagenumbering[location=] \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label (\sometxt{\bf a}, (0,0)); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext ============= bf.tex ============== 'xpdf bf.pdf' produces tons of this error: Error: Illegal entry in bfrange block in ToUnicode CMap The log file had complaints from pdfetex about not finding fonts: Warning: pdfetex (file /home/sanjoy/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex9': font file missing which I eventually fixed by getting it to use the pdftex map files instead of the dvipdfm map files. Though I don't understand fully why I could fix it (but that's for another msg). Even with the map files being found, the bfrange block error remained. The test file worked fine on the context live, so I diffed its pdf file with the one generated here, after uncompressing both (using pdftk: "pdftk bf.pdf output bb.pdf uncompress"). One difference is the following line in the broken pdf file: /CIDInit /ProcSet findresource begin12 dict beginbegincmap/CIDSystemInfo<< /Registry (TeX)/Ordering (T1)/Supplement 0>> def/CMapName /TeX-T1-0 def/CMapType 2 def1 begincodespacerange<00> <FF>endcodespacerange10 beginbfrange<0E> <0F> <2039><10> <12> <201C><15> <16> <2013><21> <26> <0021><28> <5F> <0028><61> <7E> <0061><C0> <D6> <00C0><D8> <DE> <00D8><E0> <F6> <00E0><F8> <FE> <00F8>endbfrange95 beginbfchar<00> <0060><01> <00B4><02> <02C6><03> <02DC><04> <00A8><05> <02DD><06> <02DA><07> <02C7><08> <02D8><09> <00AF><0A> <02D9><0B> <00B8><0C> <02DB><0D> <201A><13> <00AB><14> <00BB><17> <200C><19> <0131><1B> <00660066><1C> <00660069><1D> <0066006C><1E> <006600660069><1F> <00660066006C><20> <2423><27> <2019><60> <2018><7F> <002D><80> <0102><81> <0104><82> <0106><83> <010C><84> <010E><85> <011A><86> <0118><87> <011E><88> <0139><89> <013D><8A> <0141><8B> <0143><8C> <0147><8D> <014A><8E> <0150><8F> <0154><90> <0158><91> <015A><92> <0160><93> <015E><94> <0164><95> <021A><96> <0170><97> <016E><98> <0178><99> <0179><9A> <017D><9B> <017B><9C> <0132><9D> <0130><9E> <0111><9F> <00A7><A0> <0103><A1> <0105><A2> <0107><A3> <010D><A4> <010F><A5> <011B><A6> <0119><A7> <011F><A8> <013A><A9> <013E><AA> <0142><AB> <0144><AC> <0148><AD> <014B><AE> <0151><AF> <0155><B0> <0159><B1> <015B><B2> <0161><B3> <015F><B4> <0165><B5> <021B><B6> <0171><B7> <016F><B8> <00FF><B9> <017A><BA> <017E><BB> <017C><BC> <0133><BD> <00A1><BE> <00BF><BF> <00A3><D7> <0152><DF> <00530053><F7> <0153><FF> <00DF>endbfcharendcmapCMapName currentdict /CMap defineresource pop endend If I remove the '\bf' from the test .tex file, ============= bf-rm.tex ============== \setuppagenumbering[location=] \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label (\sometxt{\a}, (0,0)); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext ============= bf-rm.tex ============== the resulting pdf file views without any errors, and this is the corresponding line in its uncompressed pdf file: /CIDInit /ProcSet findresource begin 12 dict begin begincmap /CIDSystemInfo << /Registry (TeX) /Ordering (T1) /Supplement 0 >> def /CMapName /TeX-T1-0 def /CMapType 2 def 1 begincodespacerange <00> <FF> endcodespacerange 10 beginbfrange <0E> <0F> <2039> <10> <12> <201C> <15> <16> <2013> <21> <26> <0021> <28> <5F> <0028> <61> <7E> <0061> <C0> <D6> <00C0> <D8> <DE> <00D8> <E0> <F6> <00E0> <F8> <FE> <00F8> endbfrange 95 beginbfchar <00> <0060> <01> <00B4> <02> <02C6> <03> <02DC> <04> <00A8> <05> <02DD> <06> <02DA> <07> <02C7> <08> <02D8> <09> <00AF> <0A> <02D9> <0B> <00B8> <0C> <02DB> <0D> <201A> <13> <00AB> <14> <00BB> <17> <200C> <19> <0131> <1B> <00660066> <1C> <00660069> <1D> <0066006C> <1E> <006600660069> <1F> <00660066006C> <20> <2423> <27> <2019> <60> <2018> <7F> <002D> <80> <0102> <81> <0104> <82> <0106> <83> <010C> <84> <010E> <85> <011A> <86> <0118> <87> <011E> <88> <0139> <89> <013D> <8A> <0141> <8B> <0143> <8C> <0147> <8D> <014A> <8E> <0150> <8F> <0154> <90> <0158> <91> <015A> <92> <0160> <93> <015E> <94> <0164> <95> <021A> <96> <0170> <97> <016E> <98> <0178> <99> <0179> <9A> <017D> <9B> <017B> <9C> <0132> <9D> <0130> <9E> <0111> <9F> <00A7> <A0> <0103> <A1> <0105> <A2> <0107> <A3> <010D> <A4> <010F> <A5> <011B> <A6> <0119> <A7> <011F> <A8> <013A> <A9> <013E> <AA> <0142> <AB> <0144> <AC> <0148> <AD> <014B> <AE> <0151> <AF> <0155> <B0> <0159> <B1> <015B> <B2> <0161> <B3> <015F> <B4> <0165> <B5> <021B> <B6> <0171> <B7> <016F> <B8> <00FF> <B9> <017A> <BA> <017E> <BB> <017C> <BC> <0133> <BD> <00A1> <BE> <00BF> <BF> <00A3> <D7> <0152> <DF> <00530053> <F7> <0153> <FF> <00DF> endbfchar endcmap CMapName currentdict /CMap defineresource pop end end One difference between the working and broken pdf file is the spacing in that line. The working pdf file has def /CMapType 2 def 1 begincodespacerange <00> ... beginbfrange <0E> The broken one has def/CMapType 2 def1 begincodespacerange<00> ... beginbfrange<0E> which may explain why xpdf is unhappy about the range entries. I'm not sure whether it's due to a further problem with my map files or texmf.cnf paths, or is a bug in pdftex. Any thoughts? Distribution: Ubuntu 6.06 with tetex 3.0 plus lmodern from Debian pkg pdfeTeX: Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) ConTeXt: ver: 2006.09.28 22:43 MK II fmt: 2006.9.30 int: english/english (the live context uses pdfeTeX-1.21a, and didn't produce a corresponding CMap section, so it had no problem in xpdf). -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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Re: [NTG-context] figurenumbering
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

> > What ConTeXt Version is it where > > \checkfloatracer is defined? > > > > Gru?, Wolfgang > > Hi other Wolfgang > > \checkfloatracer is defined in page-flt.tex as > > \def\checkfloatracer#1% > {\newnodelocation{#1}} I asked this, because in ConTeXt 2006.09.26, which I use, there isn't a command with this name. > All the \...nodelocation macros are defined in the core-pos modul. > > Have you seen the whitespace between the figures where I put the > flotcounter. No! On page 3 there should be a difference between figure 1/2 and figure 2/3, if I understand it right. But there is nothing. page-flt.tex is changed at 2006.09.24 There is also a file core-pos.tex and core-pos.mkii from 2006.09.24 both. > Wolfgang (the younger one?) passports are not allways up-to-date! :-) Wolfgang

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## in \def in \sometxt fails with static MP figure
by Sanjoy Mahajan 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

Now that \sometxt works with static figures (thanks!), I'm converting from using btex..etex to using \sometxt, to avoid MPenvironments (instead put it in the general .tex environment). But I ran into an error with macro arguments and static figures. Let me know if it's not worth fixing in view of the Mk IV cleanup, and I'll switch to reusable figures (and eventually Linux will support dual core CPUs + suspend to ram, and then I won't notice the processing time much). Here is a small example file: ================= y.tex ======================== \def\2#1#2{\vbox{\halign{##\hfil\cr#1\cr#2\cr}}} \starttext \startstaticMPfigure{fig} label(\sometxt{\2{h}{x}}, origin); \stopstaticMPfigure \usestaticMPfigure[fig] \stoptext ================= y.tex ======================== It produces this texexec.tex (2006.09.28 22:43 beta): ================ texexec.tex ===================== \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] \global \loadfontfileoncetrue \starttext \startMPpage beginfig(1); label(\sometxt{\vbox {\halign {##\hfil \cr h\cr x\cr }}}, origin); endfig; \stopMPpage \stoptext ================ texexec.tex ===================== The ## in the expanded argument to \sometxt causes a problem: =================== texexec.log ============== ! Only one # is allowed per tab. l.1 \vbox {\halign {## \hfil \cr h\cr x\cr }} \doTeXtext ... \startcurrentcolor \scantokens {#3} \stopcurrentcolor }\global... \dodofiltersometxt ...er \TeXtext \txtcounter {#1} \expandafter \filtersometx... <argument> ...halign {##\hfil \cr h\cr x\cr }}}, o rigin); endfig; \flushTeXtexts ...llectedmptexts \filtersometxt #1 \sometxt {}\empty \relax \... \writecheckedMPgraphic ...phic \flushTeXtexts {#1} \writeMPgraphic {#1} ... l.9 endfig; \stopMPpage ? =================== texexec.log ============== Alas using \def\2#1#2{\vbox{\halign{#\hfil\cr#1\cr#2\cr}}} leads to a different error (illegal parameter number). But using a reusable graphic works: ==================== yy.tex ===================== \def\2#1#2{\vbox{\halign{##\hfil\cr#1\cr#2\cr}}} \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label(\sometxt{\2{h}{x}}, origin); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext ==================== yy.tex ===================== -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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btex..etex fails in reusableMPgraphic (2006.09.28 beta)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

Unless I'm doing something very silly, the following should and I am almost certain did work, but it fails with the 2006.09.28 beta: ================ btex.tex =================== \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label(btex in b/e tex etex, origin); \stopreusableMPgraphic outside btex..etex\quad \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext ============================================ The output says systems : begin file btex-mpgraph-temp at line 42 ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ <to be read again> _ l.48 _ special_div_ := 10000; ? Here's a snippet from btex-mpgraph-temp.tex: \starttext \startMPXpage " mpgraph:=1; randomseed:=33; _special_div_ := 10000; The underscores in the variable name are upsetting to tex. I haven't tracked down the chain of influence that put them there. Meanwhile the same btex..etex test on a static MP figure works fine: ==================== btex-static.tex ================ \starttext \startstaticMPfigure{fig} label(btex in b/e tex etex, origin); \stopstaticMPfigure outside btex..etex\quad \usestaticMPfigure[fig] \stoptext ==================================================== -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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run a ruby script and use the standard output ???
by Renaud AUBIN 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

Hi all, Is it possible to run a ruby script from a context document during its processing (I already know how to do that using \write18 but there is maybe a better way...) then get the output of the script to display or use it into the document. It's a little bit hard to describe so I have a simple example: \starttext \def\vartest{3.124325234543523452435} \write18{ruby ./myscript.rb \vartest XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX} \stoptext with myscript.rb: temp = ARGV[0] puts "\nXXXXXXXXXXXXX " + (Math::sqrt(temp.to_f)).to_s + " XXXXXXXXXXXXX\n" I would store the result of puts into a variable usable within ConTeXt... Renaud

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3D Artwork with ConTeXt
by Renaud AUBIN 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Hi all, I'm now playing with u3d and since I'm at rookie level in ConTeXt dev, I have (a lot?) of questions for you. First, download http://www.nibua-r.org/ConTeXt/devel/3dartwork.tgz and "texexec test-3dartwork". Since I use \externalfigure and u3d mean nothing to ConTeXt, I obtain TeXUtil | running texmfstart rlxtools --identify ./context.u3d identify: no decode delegate for this image format `./context.u3d'. RlxTools | unable to identify ./context.u3d Ok, this is normal... I used \placefigure and \externalfigure for convenience for the moment since I found natural to use them... How to bypass RlxTools ? Now, see t-3dartwork. There is a lot of work. The main idea is to split \doPDFinsertiiidartwork into several macros ;) . I need help on: 1. What's the best way to define the following macro \defineiiidartworkprojection[name][type=perspective|orthographic , nf=automatic|explicit , near=number, far=number, fov=number.....] You're welcome to give your opinion on naming convention ;) 2. Same question for \defineiiidartworkview[name][bgr=number, bgg=number, bgb=number (or 3 floats for bgcol), projection=name, camera= 3 floats (but how?), target= idem, up=idem] I'll use ruby and a magic | (see [NTG-context] run a ruby script and use the standard output ???) to calculate C2W and CO... 3. ... I need to define a macro to setup the 3D annot before to use it by \externalfigure or with another brand new macro... That's it for the moment... Renaud

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Re: [NTG-context] figurenumbering
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

> \def\floatcounter[#1]% > {\bgroup > \checkfloatracer{\v!float#1}% > \nextnodelocation{\v!float#1}% > \analyzenodelocation{\v!float#1}% > \tagnodelocation{\v!float#1}% > \egroup} Hallo Wolfgang! What ConTeXt Version is it where \checkfloatracer is defined? Gruß, Wolfgang

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transparent metafun colors turn nearly black
by Sanjoy Mahajan 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Just for (meta)fun, I tried a few experiments with transparent colors. The example below gives a black circle instead of a red one. Is it that transparent colors aren't part of metafun -- which I can easily live with since color printing is too expensive still, alas -- or have I omitted an essential command? ==================== cut here ==================== \runMPgraphicstrue \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{a} % _inline_specials_ := true; % had hopes for this line, but no luck % next line taken as an example from mp-spec.mp fill fullcircle scaled 10cm withcolor transparent(8,.3,red); \stopreusableMPgraphic \placefigure[force,none]{}{\reuseMPgraphic{a}} \stoptext ==================== cut here ==================== The metapost output (testfile-mpgraph.1) always contains the following color setting, no matter what arguments I pass to transparent() : 0.123 0.003 0.001 setrgbcolor Which is close to black. (This is all with ConTeXt 2006.08.08. The live ConTeXt gives a square saying "undefined".) -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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Re: [NTG-context] A new Manual
by Fidel Viegas 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

On 9/28/06, John R. Culleton <john(a)wexfordpress.com> wrote: > 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. > If a consolidated manual set were offered for sale there would be a > lot of customers. >I'd buy it in an instant. With 38 hits on "LaTeX" in Computers & >Internet on Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/> I'd say that ConTeXt is lagging behind in the >published-book-about department. > nikolai I also agree with this. The other day I was just searching for Context books on Amazon and all over the web. I have bought 5 LaTeX books a few years ago and I was expecting to find some Context books. Also, some of the Context manuals are still unfinished. Specially the ones about style and layout. I liked those manuals very much, but too bad they are incomplete. I was looking for some book about that. Fidel.

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MPenvironment ignored for btex..etex (or should I use sometxt)?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

I'm not sure what's going on here, but this file fails (2006.09.28 beta): [well I have a better idea now after writing out the whole email, see the end...] =================== 3.tex ================= \starttext \startMPenvironment \def\2{hello} \stopMPenvironment \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label(btex \2 etex, origin); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext ========================================= The error is (from 3.log): ============== error snippet =============== systems : begin file 3 at line 1 color : currentcolor (def) is not defined \openout7 = `3-mpgraph.mp'. ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> label(btex \2 etex, origin); \writecheckedMPgraphic ...icfalse \edef \ascii {#1 }\convertcommand \ascii \t... \startMPgraphic ...hic \writecheckedMPgraphic {#1} \stopwritingMPgraphic \handlereusableMPgraphic ...phic #3\stopMPgraphic \doifobjectssupportedelse ... \douseMPgraphic ...s [#1][#2]\getvalue {\@@MPG #1} {}\elabelgroup <to be read again> l.10 \reuseMPgraphic{fig} ? R etc. ============== error snippet =============== But 3-mpgraph.mp (produced after giving 'R' to enter nonstopmode) looks fine: =============== 3-mpgraph.mp ================ <lots of stuff> beginfig(1); verbatimtex \global \loadfontfileoncetrue \def \2{hello} etex; label(btex \2 etex , origin); ; endfig; let end=mprunend; end. =============== 3-mpgraph.mp ================ It processes by hand fine: $ mpost -mem=metafun 3-mpgraph ... 1 output file written: 3-mpgraph.1 (or by using the system(texmfstart ...) command in 3.log) Oh, wait, if metapost is fine with the file but ConTeXt isn't, then the error above must be from ConTeXt parsing the metapost code and seeing the \2, then complaining. So am I supposed to use the global option to \startMPenvironment? If it's needed in this case, I think it would be needed in every case (ConTeXt would see all the metapost uses of the definition). Or is btex deprecated and I should use \sometxt (except in loops)? Or am I just confused?! -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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Texts after typing environment
by Zhichu Chen 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Hello everybody, If I type: ------------------------------------------- \starttyping some verbatim texts \stoptyping -------------------------------------------- does ConTeXt treat it as a complete paragraph? In LaTeX, when I type: -------------------------------------- \begin{verbatim} some texts here \end{verbatim} some other texts \begin{verbatim} some texts here \end{verbatim} other materials --------------------------------------- The output will be --------------------------------------- some texts here some other texts some texts here other meterials -----> This line is indented !! ---------------------------------------- What should I do in ConTeXt? I really want to control this. but whether I leave a blank line after \stoptyping or not, nothing changed. Have I expressed my problem clearly? yours, chen

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problem making docs from sources
by Peter Rolf 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

texmfstart texexec --module page-bck context : ver: 2006.09.26 22:12 I tried to make docs from page-bck.tex and page-lyr.tex, but run into this error [..] [MP to PDF] (./texexec-mpgraph.1 ! Undefined control sequence. <inserted text> \collectPDFresources \global \let \currentPDFresources \coll... \stopMPresources ->\the \MPstopresources \handleMPsequence ...nt {mps end}\stopMPresources \egroup \setbox \scratchbo... l.9065 showpage ? Greetings, Peter

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Layer Question
by Tobias Burnus 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Hello, I would like to add a text to a poster, which I load as PDF. The following works nice, except that the layer of the PDF is above the layer "block" thus the text gets overdrawn. How can I change that order? Tobias \setuppapersize[A0,landscape][A0,landscape] \setupbodyfont[26pt] \setuplayout[backspace=0cm,width=fit,height=fit,margin=0cm,topspace=0cm,header=0cm,footer=0pt] \definelayer[block][width=85mm,height=54mm] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=block] \starttext \startstandardmakeup \combinepages[poster.pdf][nx=1,ny=1] \setlayer[block][x=10cm,y=10cm]{\copyright 2006} \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext

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latest beta and \doifnotallmodes
by Alan Bowen 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

\doifnotallmodes{mode1,mode2,mode3}{ defaultmode instructions } gets the following error message: system : mark BibTitle defined [subject] ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \scct:0 \catcodetable ...\fi \the \csname @@cct:\number #1 \endcsname \popcatcodetable ...atcoderestorelevel \endcsname \tracepopcatcodetable \adv... \docheckforallmodes ...\cleanuplabel {#3}\protect \checkedmodetrue \rawproce... .344 ...des{frontbackmatter,memorialnote,article} whereas \startmode[defaultmode] instructions \stopmode and \enablemode[defaultmode] runs without incident. Am I misusing \doifnotallmodes? This used to work. Alan

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beta
by Hans Hagen 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

latest upload (in 10 minutes) - static graphics with mpenvironments - fix for modes and protection 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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Re: [NTG-context] figurenumbering
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

> You need the option > > \setupfloats[numbering=nocheck] > > in your document settings. > Hallo Wolfgang! This works. How do you find your peaces of wisdom? But I have not understand the whole figurenumber thing. It is obviously (my example shows this), that there must be a hidden number. What is its name? How can this number be influenzed? What is 'checked' or 'not checked' in the above option? And why does this produce the effect I wanted? Gruß, Wolfgang

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Imorting multiple page pdf.
by John R. Culleton 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Some of my friends over on the Scribus list are struggling with pamphlet layout and so on. It occured to me that if a multiple page pdf created by Scribus were inserted into a Context file then the Context prepress manipulation could be used to set it up. Here is an edited fragment of an actual Context file I use every other month: ------------------------------------------ \setupoutput[pdftex] %% \setuplayout[textwidth=4.25in, location=middle, footer=10pt, header=0pt, backspace=.75in, textheight=8in], \startmode[hal] \definepapersize[halff][width=5.5in,height=8.5in] \definepapersize[ful][width=8.5in,height=11in] \setuppapersize[halff][ful] \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] \stopmode %% %% -------------------------------------------------- Now is there a way to bring in properly sized pdf pages after this point and have them rearranged by Context? Could the whole file be brought in with one command? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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counter for MPtoPDF calls [feature request]
by Peter Rolf 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Hi Hans, I tested the beta from yesterday and I liked the incremented number behind the MPtoPDF calls (in older versions this was always [1]). I'm currently optimizing some of my graphics for trailtypesetting and the incremented counter was really informative. [..] [MP to PDF] (./testbed-mpgraph.1)This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2c 7.5.3) (testbed-mpgraph.mp (r:\mp-test.mp) [37] ^^^^ [..] In the current beta this number is completely missing. What was this number for and is it possible to attach the current number of MPtoPDF calls? Greetings, Peter

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texexec command line switches missing in ruby version
by Ralf Schmitt 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Hi all, the ruby version of texexec is missing some command line switches I have been using. I'm missing --result (however, I could live without that) and especially --mode and --passon. Are there any workarounds? Also, texexec doesn't complain when given a command line switch, which it doesn't understand. Regards, - Ralf

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Re: [NTG-context] split natural table over columns
by Peter Rolf 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Johan Sandblom wrote: > What is missing from the example that started the thread? > Nothing, but I think it would be a waste of time. Instead of a one column table (of this size) I would use \startitemize[n,columns,three] or simply change the orientation of the table and use column spanning (columns.pdf). In my eyes a one column table is the wrong approach to present such content. Peter > Johan > > 2006/9/26, Peter Rolf <indiego(a)gmx.net>: >> Hi Johan, >> >> Johan Sandblom wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> >> But I don't understand why you want to split a table over columns. You >> >> can reach this effect by using offsets (or empty columns if you use >> >> backgrounds or frames), beside from the (in my eyes) strange look. And >> >> how will you guarantee that a complete table line is horizontally >> >> aligned inside of columns (and pages)? Sounds like overkill to me ;) >> > >> > I don't understand how you mean with offsets or empty columns, do you >> > have an example? I wanted the functionality for a very narrow table in >> > a booklet where paper economy is a great concern. It does not matter >> > if it is horizontally aligned, a hole at the end (though ugly) might >> > still save an entire page for other useful information. Of course it >> > is overkill, but since every strange request on this list usually >> > leads to a pointer to functionality implemented several years back, I >> > figured it couldn't hurt to ask ... >> > >> Sorry, I have missed that your test table has only one column (really >> narrow). So offset and empty column are pretty useless. :) >> I thought there were 9 table columns, that should be split over the >> three page columns. >> >> So all depends on the exact size of your table. Can you make a minimal >> example? >> >> Greetings, Peter >> >> > Johan >> > >> >> Peter >> >> >> >>> For instance below I would like three cells in each column >> >>> >> >>> \starttext >> >>> \startcolumns{3} >> >>> \placetable{}{ >> >>> \bTABLE[split=repeat] >> >>> \dorecurse{9}{\bTR\bTD ha \eTD\eTR} >> >>> \eTABLE} >> >>> \stopcolumns >> >>> \stoptext >> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> ntg-context mailing list >> >> ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >> >> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >> >> >> > >> > >> >> > >

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does metafun require texexec --final?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

I was trying experiments with the file below, changing r from 1cm to 10cm or vice versa, then rerunning texexec and looking at the pdf. But the pdf changes only the second time that I run texexec (and each time, texexec runs metafun for the embedded graphic). However, the pdf changes right away if I give --final to texexec. So, is --final a requirement when using metafun, or am I hacking around a problem I've caused by leaving something out? Oh, having heeded Aditya's earlier advice on the list: \write18 is enabled. =============== cut here ========== \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{a} r := 1cm; fill fullcircle scaled r; \stopreusableMPgraphic \placefigure[force,none]{}{\reuseMPgraphic{a}} the figure above should be a small circle \stoptext =============== cut here ========== -Sanjoy

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Re: [NTG-context] Very strange bug related to textbackground
by Duncan Hothersall 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

>> Just downloaded and tried beta 'ver 2006.09.25 23:38 MK II' - same >> result I'm afraid. >> > then i need a better test file + explanation > > (or maybe i have some local patch) > > Hans You are not seeing the effect? I have put some files up on the web, generated with the latest beta. The (bad) output and source with the \definetextbackground line in: http://www.capdm.com/public/context/test-bad.pdf http://www.capdm.com/public/context/test-bad.tex The (good) output and source with the \definetextbackground line commented out: http://www.capdm.com/public/context/test-good.pdf http://www.capdm.com/public/context/test-good.tex I don't know if that will help? Thanks, Duncan

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mp to pdf inline conversion adds whitespace (2006.09.26 beta)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

I'm using the 2006.09.26 beta, and noticed an extra gap before some external metapost figures. Here is a small test: ============================ test.mp ================= beginfig(1) draw fullcircle scaled (0.75in) xscaled 1.5; endfig; end ====================================================== With this test file, there is a whitespace of about 1cm between the first hairline and the ellipse: =================== test.tex (has 1cm gap) =========== \starttext \hrule \placefigure[force,none]{}{\externalfigure[test.1]} \hrule \stoptext ====================================================== If I convert test.1 to test-1.pdf and include that, all is fine: =================== test.tex (works) ================= \starttext \hrule \placefigure[force,none]{}{\externalfigure[test-1.pdf]} \hrule \stoptext ====================================================== If test.mp draws a square or rectangle instead of an ellipse, then there's no difference (both versions of test.tex work). -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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chinese characters in an itemize environment
by Lutz Haseloff 27 Sep '06

27 Sep '06

Hi all, If I use: \startitemize[m,packed] \item 三个小矮人 (some chinese characters) \item Die drei Männlein im Walde \stopitemize I get more space between the number and the text in the chinese line as in the latin line. The difference is .3-.4em depending on the fonts. How can I avoid this? Greetings Lutz

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split natural table over columns
by Johan Sandblom 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

Is it possible to make a natural table split over columns or columnsets? For instance below I would like three cells in each column \starttext \startcolumns{3} \placetable{}{ \bTABLE[split=repeat] \dorecurse{9}{\bTR\bTD ha \eTD\eTR} \eTABLE} \stopcolumns \stoptext -- 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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calculations
by Henning Hraban Ramm 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

Sorry, I skimmed the TeXbook for an hour but couldn't find how to do simple calculations in TeX... This is a snippet from t-lilypond.tex: \def\LPscale{0.6315789} % downscale the image \ifvmode \getfiguredimensions[\bufferprefix lilypond-\the\lily! figures.pdf][]% % \def\FigWidth{\LPscale\figurewidth} \leavevmode \ifdim\FigWidth>\localhsize \!!dimena=\localhsize \advance\!!dimena by-\FigWidth \noindent\hskip\!!dimena \fi \fi \externalfigure[\lily!img][scale=1000\LPscale]% \egroup% I need to downscale every score to 63%, and the shown width check should use the corrected width. How can I do that? (FigWidth should be LPscale * figurewidth) Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Re: [NTG-context] Very strange bug related to textbackground
by Duncan Hothersall 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

> Duncan Hothersall wrote: >> I have been fighting with this one for ages, and have now narrowed down >> the culprit, but I do not understand why it happens. >> >> Latest (non-beta) ConTeXt, also tested in the live garden (same result): >> > and the beta? Just downloaded and tried beta 'ver 2006.09.25 23:38 MK II' - same result I'm afraid. Duncan

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