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Typing some blocks in single column, some in two columns.
by David Arnold 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

All, We have a bunch of questions and answers in blocks. \beginquestion \startquestion \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer \startquestion \stopquestion \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer \startquestion \stopquestion \endshortanswer The difficulty is some long answers are to complex to typeset in two column mode, but then some will fit in two column mode quite nicely. We'd like to use two column mode when we can. When we are typsetting the longanswer, we have a good idea whether its bound for one or two column mode. We might have 8 longanswers that will fit in two column mode, followed by 10 that have to be typeset in single column mode, followed by the rest in two column mode. So, is it possible to "tag" a longanswer block for single or two column typsetting? If so, as the blocks are read back in, is there someway to read the tag and make a decision to switch to one or two column mode? Thanks.

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minor console file queries
by Alan Bowen 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

I processed a file using texmfstart texexec. In the console file, I see the lines (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/type-alanmodern.tex) (/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/third/greek/type-agr.tex)) check : missing or ungrouped '=' after 'location' in line 106 (@@td) and > User file 'cont-sys.tex' not found, 'cont-sys.rme' has been used instead. < • Where do I check for the missing or ungrouped `='? The problem does not appear to be in my source file or in my environment file. • Is ConTeXt looking for a 'cont-sys.tex' in my own ~/Library/texmf tree? Neither issue seems to have any impact on the output. So I am just asking out of curiosity. Cheers, Alan

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positiongraphics
by Hans van der Meer 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

First everything is OK and then suddenly I start getting errors in (metafun) position graphics: ! Missing `)' has been inserted. <to be read again> ; l.118 ...926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt,72.9016pt); The mpgraph.mp file says at this point: PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));; What is happening? Hans van der Meer

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Need a couple of refresher examples.
by David Arnold 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

All, Could someone give a couple of snippets of code, (1) that would over a Metapost ellipse around a chapter head and number, and another that would overlay a pair of Metapost lines underneath chapter head and number. Looking for examples to study to get my skills back. Thanks.

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slightly OT: presentation tool
by Thomas A. Schmitz 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

As the subject line says, this is slightly OT, but it may be of interest to some. If you produce your presentations in ConTeXt and want to show the resulting pdf, you have to use a pdf-viewer. I just hate Adobe Reader with its bloat and its intrusiveness; other solutions (such as evince and xpdf on linux) had smaller problems as well. I have recently found a relatively small python solution that i like a lot; I hasten to add that I'm in no way affiliated with the developers; I just have installed it and use it a lot. It's called keyjnote; it's free (as in beer), and it offers a lot of nice eye-candy during presentations of pdf-files such as nice transitions, a sorted view that shows all slides in one window and lets you choose one, and the possibility to highlight parts of the screen with your mouse pointer. There are some disadvantages: it has a lot of pythonish dependencies (on OS X, I could install them via darwinports, but it's a lot more difficult on most linux distros), it needs opengl support, and a reasonably fast machine. But it costs nothing to just have a look at it: http://keyjnote.sourceforge.net/ And I find that it makes presentations done in ConTeXt look even better! Well, if you come to Epen, you'll see yourself ;-) Best Thomas

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texexec --nokeep ?
by Peter Münster 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hello, texexec generates now files with extension .mp.keep. And texutil --purgeall does not delete them. Is there an option for texexec not to generate those files or an option for texutil (or ctxtools) to delete them? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Install minimal context distribution
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Dear Context-ers, I would like to install the minimal context distribution, but have no idea of which zip files to download and how to configure the system. I have seen that there are many zip files in the "Pragma" website : justtex.zip, cont-bas.zip, cont-tmf.zip, linuxtex.zip. Any advice on setting up a minimal system to use Context will be appreciated. Thanks, saji -- Saji N. Hameed, Assistant Researcher, Tel:808 9569534 International Pacific Research Center, email:saji@hawaii.edu 2525 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/~saji

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hyphenation of urls in french docs
by Taco Hoekwater 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hi (mostly for Hans), Is there a clean way to get around this problem: \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \starttext \hyphenatedurl{http://somewhere.to/go} \stoptext It gives: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \discretionarytoken because of the active : , but I am not sure what is the best fix.

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Common counter for enumerations, way=bysection
by David Arnold 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

All, 2 questions: (1) why don't my chapter numbers turn off, and (2), why doesn't the counter start over in the new section? \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \def\N{{\Bbb N}} \def\W{{\Bbb W}} \def\Z{{\Bbb Z}} \def\Q{{\Bbb Q}} \def\R{{\Bbb R}} \defineenumeration [definition] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Definition, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Example, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \defineenumeration [theorem] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Theorem, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \defineenumeration [property] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Property, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \definenumber[CommonCtr] \setupnumber[example][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[theorem][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[property][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[definition][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[formula] [number=CommonCtr] \setuphead [subsection] [number=no] \starttext \chapter[sec:first]{First} \section[section:numbers]{Number Systems} \input tufte \startdefinition Now is the time \stopdefinition \startdefinition Now is the time \stopdefinition \placeformula[eq:1] \startformula f(x)=x^3 \stopformula \starttheorem[thm:one] A fine time. \stoptheorem \placeformula[eq:1] \startformula f(x)=x^3 \stopformula \startexample[exmpl:one] fine example \stopexample \startproperty A list. \stopproperty \section[section:two]{Section Two} \input tufte \startdefinition Now is the time \stopdefinition \stoptext

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Footnotes and spacing.
by Elliot Clifton 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hi, I'm having trouble with footnotes. How can I add space between each note? I've tried using \setupfootnotes[after=\blank], but it doesn't work? I'm not sure how one can control the spacing between blocks of text anyway, as I'm still a ConTeXt newbie. :-) Elliot

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texgyre - first release
by Hans Hagen 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hi, At http://www.gust.org.pl/e-foundry/tex-gyre/ you can fetch the first release of the texgyre collection. This font project aims at merging the existing free fonts (now spread over original, quasi and vn collections). The first stage is a mere merge and as with latin modern, the authors will converge to a stable consistent set of fonts. So ... go ahead and become a tester. Integration in context is rather easy. (1) fetch the two zips (base and hh) from the website mentioned (2) put the atteched file in your context/base path (3) run mktexlsr After that, the following should work: \starttext \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \showfont[Serif] \stoptext so, the magic is in the small typescript file: \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] this will overload existing definitions. The nice thing is that this project will make many font problems (mostly related to missing files) go away because the names fit context, and the amount of files is reduced enormously (only 4 type 1 files, no virtual fonts, etc) All popular encodings are supported The pagella (based on palladio) also has cyrilic, but we need to figure out a way to integrate this (should be easy) Vietnamese users: please check if things work ok, these fonts contain work done by Han The Thanh and the fonts will eventually replace his variants Polish and neighbouring users: these fonts will replace the quasi variants. Keep in mind that this is the first version. The shapes will be improved over time. Even more: all fonts eventually will have math companions as well as (in open type) features. This project is substantially funded by the tex user groups (cstug, dante, gust, ntg, tugindia, tug). We hope to involve more user groups in the next stage (math, extensions, etc) so feel free to contact us. On behalf of ythe user groups the project is coordinated by Jerzy while the dev team is lead by Jacko. The next few years more fonts will be released. At the next bachotek [eurotex organized by pl/cs] there will be the first formal releases + presentations about them, so better be there ... 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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Disappearing chapter numbers
by David Arnold 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

All, We are wondering why we don't get a chapter number in our header in what follows. However, if we change \setupheadnumber[chapter][-1] \setupheadnumber[chapter][0], we do get a chapter number in the running head. \setupheadnumber[chapter][0] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \def\headerskip{\hskip 1em} \def\headermarkleft{% \bold{\pagenumber} {\sc\headerskip Chapter \headnumber[chapter]\headerskip\getmarking [chapter][current]}} \def\headermarkright{% {\sc\headnumber[section]\headerskip\getmarking[section][current] \headerskip} \bold{\pagenumber}} \setupheadertexts [\headermarkleft] [] [] [\headermarkright] \setuppagenumbering [state=start, alternative=doublesided, location=, way=bytext] \chapter[chap:0]{Preliminaries} \input knuth \section{Intro to Whales} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \section{Intro to Penguins} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End:

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symb-eur and dvi
by Peter Münster 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hello, I'm quite sure, that this had worked some months ago, even in dvi/ps mode: \usesymbols[eur] \starttext \texteuro \stoptext But now, I get nothing at the place of the euro-symbol. What could have been changed in the meantime? TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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How ConTeXt manages section's label at the bottom of a page ?
by Renaud AUBIN 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi all, Considering this piece of code: \section{A title of section} Here we have some texts.... resulting to the following theoretical situation before correction: at the bottom of the page 1: A title of section at the top of the page 2: Here we have some texts.... Is ConTeXt smart enough to apply this kind of correction during processing: page 1: whatever before \section call page 2: A title of section Here we have some texts.... Apparently, Taco told me on #context that this is the case... But in fact, I have this kind on problem with a \subsubsection call. If it is implemented, can we fine-tune the behaviour of the correction. For example, Considering a section label followed by only two lines of text, can we push this label+text to the newt page ? Cheers, Renaud

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Losing our hang
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, why do we lose our hang in the second question? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=100, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \placeformula[-] \startformula f(x)=x^2 \stopformula An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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sample={99}
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, Was I surprised to find that my numbering went to multiples of 2 when I added the option sample={99}. Is this a bug? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=2, sample={99}, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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Chapter/section text inmargin
by Jason Knight 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

I'm attempting to do some formatting similar to Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style and am getting a bit stymied, where section titles are in the margin right next to the text. Here's what I've got so far in ConTeXt (and it gets me close): \setupheads[sectionnumber=no] \setuphead[chapter][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\tfa,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] \setuphead[section][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\tfa,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] \setuphead[subsection][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\scx,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] This places the chapter/section/subsection titles in the margin alright, but it is still above the text it refers to. How do I get it alongside? Thanks for your help! Jason Knight -- Jason Knight Systems-Analyst-at-large "They fix 'em, I break 'em. Thus, analysis."

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Nailed references with our strategy
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, thought we had a good strategy for defining our own counter, but we don't have references now. Any ideas? \newcounter\NonFigCounter \define\UpdateNonFigCtr{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCounter} \setuplabeltext[example=Example \NonFigCounter.] \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headcolor=green, headstyle=bold, text=\labeltext{example}, stopper=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, after=\blank\UpdateNonFigCtr, way=bysection, number=no] \starttext \startexample[exmpl:one] blah, blah, blah \stopexample In \in{Example}[exmpl:one], we see that, ... \stoptext

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!?!? -what's up?
by andrea valle 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi. I can't find a more clever subject. Sorry. I typeset two days a LaTex file for academic research using TeXShop. Now, two days later without using again ConTeXT, it seems I'm not able to use it anymore. No output at all. No pdf. So, I updated via Gerben's i-installer to ConTeXt stable and I have this, which is what I obtained before updating plus the last warning line. I tried with many files and that's the same. This is the minimal one \starttext test \stoptext It gives the following TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : testpdftex output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./testpdftex.tex return code : 11 run time : 4 seconds total run time : 6 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead I guess it's a question of TeXShop preferences, but I really don't know. Many, many thanks in advance 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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Linux upgrade
by John R. Culleton 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

I have been working with two versions of TeX, neither one of which is new enough to accomodate all the latest Context bells and whistles. I tried downloading context.zip and installing it on my standard /usr/share/texmf tree. No joy. I get messages telling me to use the texmfstart command instead. This is as I recall a Windows thingie. So next I tried linux binaries only. Still no joy. Let me start all over. Assuming a working TeX installation (either tetex or texlive 2005) what incantation must I perform to upgrade to the latest stable Context and what specific zip file should I use? It appears that Context is set up primarily for Windows but I use Slackware Linux 10.2. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf

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conversion and formulas
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi, I have a presentation in which only a few numbered formulas so I wanted to number them as (*) (**) etc. The only way I could get that to work was \setupnumber[formula][conversion=set 1] The natural \setupformulas[conversion=set 1] does not work Why isn't conversion inherited from \setupformulas? Can this be added to core-mat.tex? \definenumber % \definelabel [\v!formula] [\c!text=\v!formula, \c!way=\@@fmway, \c!blockway=\@@fmblockway, \c!location=\v!intext, \c!conversion=\@@fmconversion] %%% New Aditya

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Left justify numbers on left margin edge
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, Why is it I cannot get my numbers to abut up against the left margin edge? They are always a few points indented. \setuplabeltext[question=] \defineenumeration [question] [text=\labeltext{question}] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=broad, hang=1, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \starttext \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stoptext

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What to do with math-ext.tex
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, I have a file in my document directory called math-ext.tex. Isn't this part of the core now? Can I get rid of it? It starts out like this: %D \module %D [ file=math-ext, %D version=2006.01.14, %D title=\CONTEXT\ Math Macros, %D subtitle=Extra Macros, %D author={Hans Hagen \& Taco Hoekwater}, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright=\PRAGMA] %C %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for %C details. %M \ifx\startalign\undefined \input math-ext.tex \fi % some simple math constructs (based on user requests) % % preliminary \unprotect % adapted stuff % we need to make this plain code a bit more 'readable' \def\openup {\afterassignment\dopenup\scratchdimen=} \def\dopenup {\advance\lineskip \scratchdimen \advance\baselineskip \scratchdimen \advance\lineskiplimit\scratchdimen} \def\jot{.25\bodyfontsize} % plain tex: 3 pt (todo: better name) \newif\ifdt@p \def\displ@y % \presetdisplayspacing or so {\global\dt@ptrue \openup\jot \mathsurround\zeropoint \everycr{\noalign{% \ifdt@p \global\dt@pfalse \ifdim\prevdepth>-\thousandpoint \vskip-\lineskiplimit \vskip\normallineskiplimit \fi \else

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symbolset
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

How do I see all symbols in a symbolset. With \starttext \showsymbolset[uni] \showsymbolset[nav] \stoptext I get a blank page. Aditya

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definetypeface vs math symbols
by Ralf Schmitt 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi all, what is the correct way to use another font in context? We use definetypeface and setupbodyfont (without really knowing what's going on...just copied from some example we found). When I uncomment the font statements in the following example, the Sigma symbol becomes a little circle and the the bar is rendered through z not above it? TIA, - Ralf \starttext %\definetypeface [charter] [rm] [serif] [charter] [default] [encoding=ec] %\definetypeface [charter] [tt] [mono] [charter] [default] [encoding=ec] %\setupbodyfont [charter, 9pt] $ \Sigma $ $ |z|=|\bar{z}| $ \stoptext

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Common counter
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, How do you get two enumerations to use a common counter? This didn't work. \setupoutput[pdf] \newcounter\NonFigCtr \define\nctr{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCtr \color[red]{[\NonFigCtr]}} \defineenumeration [remark] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Remark, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \defineenumeration [definition] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Definition, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \starttext \startremark Foo \stopremark \startdefinition Foo \stopdefinition \stoptext

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Stopper not working
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hans et all, I don't get my period after item numbers with this file: \setupoutput[pdf] \setuplabeltext[question=] \defineenumeration [question] [location=inleft, text=\labeltext{question}, headcolor=green] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, headcolor=green, stopper=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \starttext \startquestion Foo \stopquestion \startquestion Bar \stopquestion \startquestion Baz \stopquestion \stoptext

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alignment
by Hans van der Meer 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Question: Why does this gives an error \midaligned{% \starttabulate[|r|c|l|] \NC abc \NC : \NC PQR \NC\NR \NC def \NC : \NC XYZ \NC\NR \stoptabulate } ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \vskip \whitespace ...\parskip >\zeropoint \relax \vskip \parskip \fi \dofinalstarttabulate ...efloat \else \whitespace \getvalue {\??tt \currentt... <to be read again> \NC l.22 \NC abc \NC : \NC PQR \NC\NR Without the \midaligned the tabulate works out ok. Hans van der Meer

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Size of Heading
by Helin Gai 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi! I have a question concerning the size of headings. When I say \setuphead[section][numberstyle={\switchtobodyfont [12pt]}], I found that the resulting head number is actually bigger than 12pt. How do I fix that? Thanks a lot!! Colin

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clipping problem
by Peter Rolf 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi, I have some png-graphics, where several (equal sized) icons are arranged in array form. When I cut out an icon, I get the icon gfx plus a very small part from the surronding icon(s). The attached file shows, that the same problem occurs when using a vector based graphic. Normally I use imagemagic to seperate such files into single gfx, so this is not a serious problem for me. But if this is a bug, it should be fixed (or if I have missed something, let me know). Greetings, Peter % interface=en output=pdftex % Time-stamp: <Montag, 03 Juli 2006 21:04:46; cliptest.tex> % \setupcolors[state=start] \startreusableMPgraphic{cliptest} path p ; u:= 64bp ; p:= unitsquare xyscaled(u,u) ; fill p withcolor green ; fill p xshifted u withcolor blue ; fill p xshifted 2u withcolor green ; fill p yshifted u withcolor blue ; fill p shifted (u,u) withcolor red ; fill p shifted (2u,u) withcolor blue ; fill p shifted (0,2u) withcolor green ; fill p shifted (u,2u) withcolor blue ; fill p shifted (2u,2u) withcolor green ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \starttext \reuseMPgraphic{cliptest} \blank \setupclipping[nx=3,ny=3] \clip[x=1,y=1]{\reuseMPgraphic{cliptest}} \blank \clip[x=2,y=2]{\reuseMPgraphic{cliptest}} \blank \clip[x=2,y=3]{\reuseMPgraphic{cliptest}} \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: "" %%% End:

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Strange behaviour of widetilde
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Why does \enableregime[utf] \starttext $\widetilde ñ$ %This is greek rho (does not paste properly on email %client \stoptext give this error \AMSwidetilde ...ox \scratchbox \hbox {$\m@th #1$} \ifdim \wd \scratchbox >2e... l.3 $\widetilde - ü$ ? while \widetilde {ñ} and \widetilde\rho work fine. Aditya

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Numbering
by David Arnold 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

All, Let's say I have some enumerations that are numbered, for definitions, examples, theorems, etc. Let's say I want everything in a section numbered consecutively, except figures. So, numbering would proceed like this: Definition 1.1 Where the first number is the section number. Now, by "consecutive," I mean: Definition 1.1 f(x)=3x+2 (1.2) Example 1.3 Definition 1.4 Definition 1.5 f(x)=x^2 (1.6) Figure 1 Example 1.7 Example 1.8 Definition 1.9 Figure 2 etc. Hope this give the right idea. Question: What would be the "Context Way" to go about this?

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Placing table of contents in a frame
by Frank 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

I'm trying to move a newsletter from a DTP program to ConTeXt. In this layout we have a blue column on the left side of the page with a table of contents. I played around with the framed command and layers, but did not find a way to put the TOC in a frame at a specific location. What would be a ConTeXt way of doing this? Regards, Frank

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Tough one to debug in figure library
by David Arnold 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

All, In my figure library, I had: <figure> <file>section5figs-mpgraph.6</file> <label>sec5scaling5 </label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> In my source, I had: \startbuffer[table] \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[column][each][align={middle,lohi}] \setupTABLE[row][first][topframe=on,bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][2][leftframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][last][leftframe=on,rightframe=on] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD $x$ \eTD \bTD $y=f((1/2)x)$ \eTD \bTD $(x,f((1/2)x))$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $-4$ \eTD \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $(-4,0)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $-2$ \eTD \bTD $2$ \eTD \bTD $(-2,2)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $(0,0)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $2$ \eTD \bTD $-2$ \eTD \bTD $(2,-2)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $4$ \eTD \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $(4,0)$ \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \startbuffer[figure] \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[sec5scaling5]}{(a)} {\getbuffer[table]}{(b)} \stopcombination \stopbuffer \placefigure [][fig:scaling5] {The points in the table are points on the graph of $y=f((1/2)x)$.} {\getbuffer[figure]} I got messages that the figure sec5scaling5 could not be found. Whew! Long time trying to figure out what was wrong. Checked the usual dumb things I do, but finally, I changed: <figure> <file>section5figs-mpgraph.6</file> <label>sec5scaling5 </label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> to: <figure> <file>section5figs-mpgraph.6</file> <label>sec5scaling5</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> See how I closed up the space? Figure now found!

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Difficulties using the r module
by Matthew Routley 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Johan, > It appears R is not found. Is it on the path? Does it have the same > name on the Mac? Yes, R is in the bath and is found in /usr/bin/R which is a link to /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R. Thanks for your help with this. Take care, Matt -- Matthew Routley http://matt.routleynet.org

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enumerations and fomrula with same counter
by David Arnold 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

All, Let me adjust my previous post with this request. How can I get my enumerations and my formulae to use the same counter? All, How do you get two enumerations to use a common counter? This didn't work. \setupoutput[pdf] \newcounter\NonFigCtr \define\nctr{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCtr \color[red]{[\NonFigCtr]}} \defineenumeration [remark] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Remark, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \defineenumeration [definition] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Definition, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \starttext \startremark Foo \stopremark \placeformula[eqa;one] \startformula f(x)=x^2 \stopformula \startdefinition Foo \stopdefinition \stoptext The goal is to have these come out: Remark 1. f(x)=x^2 (2) Definition 3. A second goal is to include the section number. Remark 5-1. f(x)=x^2 (5-2) Definition 5-3.

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Re: [NTG-context] Placing table of contents in a frame
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

Frank ... forgot to mention that you may need to typeset on a grid when using the following way. \setuplayout [grid=yes] saji .... > Frank, > > I am also trying to do a similar project. My way not be a good one, but > here is how I am trying to do it. > > Basically, I use columnsets (see manual columns.pdf from PRAGMA) to > typeset my newsletter. I am using a 3 column layout and want a column > containing the "Table of Contents" on the right side (3rd column). > > > \definecolumnset[example][n=3] > \setupcolumnsetlines[example][1][3][-50] % From Page 1, Column 3, > % remove 50 lines > % I will put the TOC on > % Column 3 > > \starttext > > \startcolumnset[example] > \placefigure[fxtb:3*1]{none}{\framed[frame=off, > height=5cm, > width=\textwidth, > background=color, > backgroundcolor=yellow]{\blue\txx\placecontent}} > \input Newsletter_Final > > \stopcolumnset > > \stoptext > > Saji > ..

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Re: [NTG-context] Placing table of contents in a frame
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

Frank, I am also trying to do a similar project. My way not be a good one, but here is how I am trying to do it. Basically, I use columnsets (see manual columns.pdf from PRAGMA) to typeset my newsletter. I am using a 3 column layout and want a column containing the "Table of Contents" on the right side (3rd column). \definecolumnset[example][n=3] \setupcolumnsetlines[example][1][3][-50] % From Page 1, Column 3, % remove 50 lines % I will put the TOC on % Column 3 \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \placefigure[fxtb:3*1]{none}{\framed[frame=off, height=5cm, width=\textwidth, background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow]{\blue\txx\placecontent}} \input Newsletter_Final \stopcolumnset \stoptext Saji .. > I'm trying to move a newsletter from a DTP program to ConTeXt. In this > layout we have a blue column on the left side of the page with a table > of contents. I played around with the framed command and layers, but > did not find a way to put the TOC in a frame at a specific location. > What would be a ConTeXt way of doing this? > Regards, > Frank

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Stopcolumns New Page?
by David Arnold 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

All, Why is it when I stop two column mode I get a page break with the following? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=1, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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MyriadPro?
by Michal Kvasnicka 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Good evening. I tried to use MyriadPro font (associated with Linux version of AdobeReader 7.x). First I've converted it to .afm/.pfb through FontForge (with default setting since I don't know how to use it). Then I've generated metrics and the rest TeX stuff with texfont---I've used lm-ec encoding. (I know that this way I loose all those wonderful features of Profi fonts---I don't care, I simply like basic look of the font.) All worked well in ConTeXt---until I found that Czech letters (those with acutes and carons and rings) are present only in the Regular font, not in the Bold and Italic. Can you explain me 1) how is it possible, and 2) how to use this font to typeset Czech documents (i.e. to get a full ec-encoded fonts from it)? Can I expect the same kind of problems with MinionPro as well? Many thanks for your answers. I wish you nice summer. Michal Kvasnicka

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Skipping two
by David Arnold 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

All, Why does this increment by two? \setupoutput[pdf] \newcounter\NonFigCounter \define\NonFigCtrUpdate{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCounter} \define\NonFigCtr{\NonFigCtrUpdate{\tfa\NonFigCounter}} \setuplabeltext[remark=Remark \NonFigCtr:] \defineenumeration [remark] [location=serried, width=broad, text=\labeltext{remark}, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=no] \starttext \startremark Foo \stopremark \startremark Foo \stopremark \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Tex Errors But Good PDF Output
by Browder, Tom 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl > [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] On Behalf Of Hans Hagen > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 3:29 PM > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Tex Errors But Good PDF Output ... > can you make a small test file that fails? normally abbrev etc should > behave normally in bookmarks, as long as you define them beforehand > > Hans I've assmbled the smallest set of files I have found so far that show the problem. See the attached zip archive. There are four files: brl-doc.tex % the master file which '\input's the other files: brltool_preamble.tex % my definitions (converted from tex style to context style) brltool_version.tex % auto-generated with version data brl-intro.tex % the first chapter Thanks for any help. -Tom

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Metapost label alignment etc.
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Dear knights, I spent a few hours today with MetaPost and MetaFun, my first serious stab at Meta in many years, so I'm a virtual newbie (used PSTricks back in the LaTeX days). I am trying to basically duplicate the attached pdf graphic and need help with the following: 1. This code is pretty naive; how can I make it more efficient? Eg, can I make a global "scaled 1cm" declaration instead of repeating it so many times? 2. ConTeXt's alignment mechanism apparently does not work in MetaPost (alignment is commented); is there a workaround? ragged left needed for some labels. 3. What is the most efficient way to get labels to follow the diagonals as in the attached pdf? Any tips/trick will be appreciated! Best Idris ==================================== % output=pdf interface=en \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \noheaderandfooterlines \startuseMPgraphic{square} picture p ; p := dashpattern(on 1mm off 1mm) ; label bot(btex %\hbox to 1.5cm {%\startalignment[left] \vbox{\hsize=1.2cm \ssxx\setupinterlinespace (0,0,0,0) \crlf Light \crlf Condensed Small \crlf Sans~Serif} %\stopalignment } etex, (-1.2cm,0)) ; draw (origin -- (0,5) -- (5,5) -- (5,0) -- cycle) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; %draw ((2,1) -- (2,6) -- (7,6) -- (7,1) -- cycle) %scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((2,6) -- (7,6)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((7,6) -- (7,1)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((2,6) -- (2,5)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((2,5) -- (2,1)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt; draw ((2,1) -- (5,1)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt; draw ((5,1) -- (7,1)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((0,5) -- (2,6)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((5,5) -- (7,6)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((5,0) -- (7,1)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw (origin -- (2,1 )) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{2squares} draw (origin -- (0,5) -- (5,5) -- (5,0) -- cycle) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((2,1) -- (2,6) -- (7,6) -- (7,1) -- cycle) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((0,5) -- (2,6)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((5,5) -- (7,6)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((5,0) -- (7,1)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw (origin -- (2,1 )) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((10,0) -- (10,-5) -- (15,-5) -- (15,0) -- cycle) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((12,1) -- (12,-4) -- (17,-4) -- (17,1) -- cycle) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((10,0) -- (12,1)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((10,-5) -- (12,-4)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((15,-5) -- (17,-4)) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; draw ((15,0) -- (17,1 )) scaled 1cm withcolor .625red ; % map square to square picture p ; p := dashpattern(on 1mm off 1mm) ; draw ((0,5) -- (10,0)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; draw ((2,6) -- (12,1)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; draw ((0,0) -- (10,-5)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; draw ((2,1) -- (12,-4)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; draw ((5,5) -- (15,0)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; draw ((7,6) -- (17,1)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; draw ((5,0) -- (15,-5)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; draw ((7,1) -- (17,-4)) scaled 1cm dashed p withpen pencircle scaled 0.4pt withcolor .625red ; \stopuseMPgraphic \midaligned{\useMPgraphic{square}} \hbox{}\blank[5*big] \useMPgraphic{2squares} \stoptext ==================================== -- 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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Checksum mismatch for lucida
by Renaud AUBIN 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Hi all, I have lucida fonts installed and the resulting pdf is ok but I obtained with texexec the following warning: DVItoMP warning: Checksum mismatch for texnansi-lbr (...or another lucida font) I assume it is a problem with .map files on my installation but... Maybe one of you has already dealt with this problem ? (I use debian testing + tetex + context in ~/texmf) Renaud

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 25, Issue 12
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Aditya, Thanks for the reply. The Wiki has information on installing (or updating) context from a distribution such as teteX. Anyway a minimal install turned out to be quite a simple process. Here is how I did it: #!*&================================ #!/bin/bash cd /usr/local unzip justtex.zip unzip linuxtex.zip cd tex . setuptex mktexlsr texexec --make --alone cp -a /usr/local/tex/texmf-linux/web2c/* \ /usr/local/tex/texmf-local/web2c/ mktexlsr #!*&================================ saji ... > On Tue, 4 Jul 2006, Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed wrote: > > > Dear Context-ers, > > > > I would like to install the minimal context distribution, but have no > > idea of which zip files to download and how to configure the system. I > > have seen that there are many zip files in the "Pragma" website : > > justtex.zip, cont-bas.zip, cont-tmf.zip, linuxtex.zip. > > > > Any advice on setting up a minimal system to use Context will be > > appreciated. > > > > Does "Installing Context" on context wiki > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page help? > > Hans, should there be a link to the wiki on pragma's website? > > Aditya >

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Extend the fraction bar
by David Arnold 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

All, How can I extend the main fraction bar in the following expression, making it a tad longer? \placeformula \startformula \dfrac{\dfrac{9+3x-2x^2}{x^2-16}}{\dfrac{4x^3-9x}{2x^2+5x-12}}. \stopformula

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framed and align=no
by Hans van der Meer 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

I seem to have a problem with alignment in \framed; these are small examples with there outcome: \leftaligned{\framed[width=4cm,align=no]{xyz} "no" comes out to the left} \leftaligned{\framed[width=4cm,align=no]{\hfil xyz} "no" comes out in the middle} \leftaligned{\framed[width=4cm,align=middle]{\hfil xyz} "middle" comes out to the right} \leftaligned{\framed[width=4cm,align=right]{\hfil xyz} "right" comes out in the middle} \leftaligned{\framed[width=4cm,align=right]{xyz} "right" comes out to the left} I get the impression that although "align=no", there still is a \hfil put in at the right. Searched through the sources, especially core-rule.tex but could not find the right place; it is fairly complicated code, isn't it? Using \hfill to force the alignment is not an option, because I need that for overriding the alignment when using these alignments in macros. I would like very much to have "align=no" putting no glue, neither to the right nor to the left, thus making it different from "align=right". If I am right: 1. can someone point me to the point in the source where I can change things for the moment? 2. will this be changed then in the next release? Hans van der Meer

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Linux User Installation Guide
by Nikolai Weibull 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_User_Installation Edit it to your hearts content, but please don't modify the sequence of commands, as they are correct. This is the setup that I use and I really like its simplicity. I don't have to deal with (the now dead) teTeX or worry about what directories will overrule some other. It's simple and sweet. (I set up HOMETEXMF as well, but that's a different story.) nikolai

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wiki update
by Patrick Gundlach 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

Hi there, I'll update the wiki software in a few hours and editing will be disabled for that time. No need to worry! Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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small caps italic and font switching inside math
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Hello, I have to tiny questions: 1. How do I get small caps [bold] italic (except with the \definedfont[ec-lmxxx])? 2. I defined \molecule to be \def\molecule#1{$\rm#1$}, an usage example would be: \molecule{HSO_4^{-}} But how should I modify this it so that it would also work properly with examples such as: {\bfa A story about \molecule{SF_6}} {\scx A story about \molecule{SF_6}} {\bsb A story about \molecule{SF_6}} As a workaround I now keep hardcoding \molecule{\bsb SF_6}. Thanks, Mojca

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Malicious little bugger
by David Arnold 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

All, Came across this again. \placeformula[-] \startformula [9,\infty)=\{x:\,x\ge 9\} \stopformula Got it to compile with: \placeformula[-] \startformula\relax [9,\infty)=\{x:\,x\ge 9\} \stopformula Yuk!

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[OT] Is Indesign CS 2 better than ConTeXt ?
by luigi scarso 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

OK, it is a big OFF TOPIC. Some notes * the Elements of Typographic Style was made with Indesign (true or false?) and the only words about TeX is an url (true or false ?) * indesign eat xml * there is an indesign server; maybe actually too much complex, but in the future? * I don't know if IDCS2 has some programming capabilities like ConTeXt Ofcourse : *IDCS2 come from Adobe, so it has the feature of latest pdf spec.; *IDCS2 is WYSIWYG * (...possibly many others...) But there is one important point: Can IDCS2 be view as candidate for automatic typesetting (xml->IDCS2->pdf) ? luigi

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Index sorting again
by Richard Gabriel 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Hello Hans, I'd like to remind the 2 persisting problems with the index sorting. 1. Numbers are sorted under A 2. Symbols are sorted under the first letter which follows. See the attached test file. Both these issues are independent on language and on the expansion type. Proposed solution: 1. Sort numbers into separate divisions 2. Sort symbols to a special division called "Symbols" Could you please look into it? May I help you any further (except the attached test file)? Many thanx, Richard

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\bTABLE[distance= or columndistance= ??]
by Peter Münster 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hello, this is a repost, because I've the feeling, that this question got perhaps unread: What is the difference between distance and columndistance? I thought the one was just a synonym for the other, but now I see, that you treat them differently in your patch. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] [tex-live] man page for mptopdf
by Hans Hagen 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hi Werner > can you provide a man page (which I favour) or any other documentation > for mptopdf in TeXLive? > hm, i occasionally use manpages (but more often print manuals) of progs; i must admit that i don't even know how to make man pages the problem is that once i start writing man pages (that i don;t use myself) others will ask for windows or mac help files ... i'd rather spend time on the manuals themselves > In general, I would like to see man pages for *all* binaries included > into TeXLive... > > i happily leave that to users; technically it should be possible to process a manual source (to say mptopdf) so that it produces a man page but not all manuals have the same structure (which means that i'd have to write additional styles); maybe pdftotext somemanual.pdf somemanual.man is enough. As said, i happily leave creating man pages to users so I cc to the context list. 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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Problems with columnsets and \startbackground \stopbackground
by Olaf Mersmann 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hi list, I have some wierd interactions between a columnset and \start- / \stopbackground. ---- cut here ---- \setuppapersize [A4, landscape] [A4, landscape] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupbackground [background=screen, frame=on, frameoffset=2pt, backgroundoffset=2pt] \setuphead [section] [style={\ss\bf}, before={\startbackground}, after={\stopbackground}] \definecolumnset [foo] [n=2] \starttext \startcolumnset[foo] \subject{ABC} \input tufte \input knuth One more line and {\em BOOM} - it's broken.\crlf Here we go. 3 2 1 -- page break! \subject{DEF} \input knuth \stopcolumnset \stoptext ---- cut here ---- The second \subject{} causes a page break instead of wrapping into the second column. Is this a bug, or am I missing something when using \start- / \stopbackground? Would this go away if I where to use a MP graphic for the background? Thanks for any help. -- Olaf

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Updating jitters
by Idris Samawi Hamid 01 Jul '06

01 Jul '06

Dear consortium, I am using an ConTeXt from Jan-28-06 (ancient) and wish to upgrade. Now things have changed (perl=>ruby, no more texexec.ini etc.), I still use both the pdftex and aleph engines, and I want to do this as cleanly as possible. I am using mswincontext.zip with the xemtex latex tree dumped on top. Whatever advice you can give me on upgrading will be most greatly appreciated! 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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framed parameter
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Just curious, because the last of the three examples solves the problem. Why is it that this is allowed in the parameter list of \framed: \framed[frame=on,\iftrue width=3cm\fi]{abc} But this gives an error: \framed[frame=on,\iftrue background=color,backgroundcolor=green\fi]{abc} ! Incomplete \if; all text was ignored after line 42. <inserted text> \fi <*> test.tex emergencyend ? Allthough this works and solves the problem I had: \framed[frame=on,background=\iftrue color\else none \fi,backgroundcolor=green]{abc} Is this somewhat inconsistent behaviour intrinsic to some parameters? I thought all parameters are picked up by a macro and then stashed away. Hans van der Meer

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t-bib-2006.06.23 problem
by Johannes Graumann 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Hello, The current t-bib beta (t-bib-2006.06.23) available at http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-bib-2006.06.23.zip has a problem: % Use Taco's bib module for the citations \usemodule[t-bib] % Cite the bibliography lists according to the entry order in the *.bib file \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] % Bibliography information is here: \setupbibtex[database={../Bibliography/bibliography.bib}] Results in bibliography lists where the entries are (uncalled-for) numbered and the numbers collide with the author names (see http://shortlink.co.uk/9n6) Joh

3 5

Greek hyphenation patterns
by Peter Heslin 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

A few weeks ago, I looked at Context, because I wanted utf-8 hyphenation patterns for ancient Greek, but then I saw that the patterns shipped with Context have serious bugs. I had hoped to patch ctxtools, but the required changes went beyond my knowledge of Ruby. I recently posted a Perl script to the xetex mailing list that should perform the conversion to utf-8 correctly. I would be happy to modify the script to make the output more useful to Context users, but I don't use Context myself. Feedback is welcome. The essential problem with the patterns shipped with Context is that it is the result of a simple conversion, but the hyphenation rules in Greek are based on the definition of vowels and consonants, which changes in utf-8. The original 8-bit patterns of Dimitrios Filippou depend on the fact that in the Babel encoding accents come before the vowel (except for iota subscript), whereas in Unicode they are either combined with the vowel or come after it, depending on whether you use precomposed characters or not. -- Peter Heslin (http://www.dur.ac.uk/p.j.heslin)

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m-database and UTF
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Hello Hans & Taco, Some problems appeared (that weren't present in the first version) with UTF character handling in the database module. cp1250 works OK. See the attached file. Mojca

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synonyms in combination with table(s)
by Bernd Militzer 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

Hi all, using synonyms in combination with table(s) I get an error: systems : begin file FehlerTableSynonyms at line 40 ! Misplaced \omit. \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule <argument> Rudolph, Joha\= {n}e Christiane Friedericke \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \processsynonym ...nonymstyle \c!synonymcolor {#3} \else \explicithmode \doat... \getsynonymmeaning ...meaningtrue \getvalue {#2#3} \egroup l.56 \NC 67\NC \doGetPID{67} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{67}\NC\AR ? ^D ! Emergency stop. \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule <argument> Rudolph, Joha\= {n}e Christiane Friedericke \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \processsynonym ...nonymstyle \c!synonymcolor {#3} \else \explicithmode \doat... \getsynonymmeaning ...meaningtrue \getvalue {#2#3} \egroup l.56 \NC 67\NC \doGetPID{67} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{67}\NC\AR % testfile: % \enableregime[windows] \mainlanguage[de] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \setuppapersize[a4][a4] % % \definesynonyms[PID][PIDs][\doGetPID] % \def\getPID#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1)} \def\getPIDGeb#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1) -- Geburt} \def\getPIDHei#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1) -- Heirat} \def\getPIDTod#1{\doGetPID{#1}~(#1) -- Tod} % \def\getGEB#1{\doGetPID{Geb#1}} \def\getTAU#1{\doGetPID{Tau#1}} \def\getHEI#1{\doGetPID{Hei#1}} \def\getTOD#1{\doGetPID{Tod#1}} \def\getALT#1{\doGetPID{Alt#1}} % \PID{8}{Militzer, Hermann Paul} \PID{Geb8}{14. Juni 1884} \PID{Tau8}{17. Juni 1884} \PID{Hei8}{16. August 1910} \PID{Tod8}{5. Oktober 1962} \PID{Alt8}{78 Jahre, 3 Monate, 21 Tage} % \PID{67}{Rudolph, Joha\={n}e Christiane Friedericke} \PID{Geb67}{21. Juli 1804} \PID{Tau67}{22. Juli 1804} \PID{Hei67}{} \PID{Tod67}{1. Februar 1880} \PID{Alt67}{75 Jahre, 6 Monate, 20 Tage} % % % \starttext % Die \getPID{67} ist am \getGEB{67} geboren und am \getTOD{67} gestorben; sie wurde \getALT{67} alt. \blank[big] \doGetPID{8} heiratete am \getHEI{8} in Gera.\crlf \getPID{8} starb im Alter von \getALT{8} am \getTOD{8} um 23.20\,Uhr in M¸nchenbernsdorf. % \blank[2*big] % \starttable[|r|lp(0.4\textwidth)|lp(0.4\textwidth)|] \NC PID \NC Person\NC Bemerkung\NC\AR \HL \NC 8\NC \doGetPID{8} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{8}\NC\AR \HL \NC\use{3}{~}\NC\AR % Leerzeile \NC 67\NC \doGetPID{67} \NC Geburt: \getGEB{67}\NC\AR \HL \stoptable % \stoptext % Thanks for help Bernd

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ConTeXt + asymptote
by John Bowman 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

In regard to adding support for ConTeXt or plain TeX to Asymptote, it should be no problem to do this, but perhaps someone on this list can help provide some preliminary information, particularly regarding item 1 below on how best to rotate text at an arbitrary angle. Also, since I am not sure what the precise planned use of a plain tex/ConTeXt engine here is, it isn't clear to me whether the miniltx solution below would be an acceptable solution. Perhaps someone can also explain why so many context users are interested in this feature? Why exactly can't they let Asymptote do its typesetting with latex behind the scenes and then import the resulting ps or pdf files in context? Is the issue just that latex might not be installed? If so, the miniltx style file (which appears to be part of plain tex) seems like a viable and simple solution. In regard to the remark I saw posted about "monster eps" files, use the -aZ option and you will see that Asymptote output files are as compact as those of MetaPost. If you want tex labels, you have to process MetaPost output through dvips, etc. Asymptote simply does this automatically, perhaps giving some users the illusion that Asymptote files are bigger. In other words, you should compare the final postscript files that MetaPost produces, not the intermediate ones (I recall that there is a MetaPost command for running MetaPost output through dvips too). Another issue I would be happy to discuss sometime is the need for implicit equation solving. We could add it, given an appropriate syntax, but the majority of uses I have seen for it are covered by the extension function in math.asy. I find the latter more explicit and less confusing to new users. But we could be persuaded to add something similar if someone can justify the need. Asymptote already includes an explicit linear solver that uses LU decomposition. Anyway here are the two features we would need from a plain tex/ConTeXt engine: 1. We will need to replace pstricks (which is used only for rotating text) with PostScript or PDF \special commands. There is a rotate.tex package in dvips but it would have to be modified to typeset at arbitrary angles... 2. We could use epsf to include PostScript figures or else the miniltx package. I see from some posts that some ConTeXt users are thinking of using \epsfbox instead of \includegraphics. Any preferences here? Alternatively, here is the miniltx solution, which would be trivial to provide support for in an upcoming release of Asymptote: Here's an example: asy -k venn Edit venn_.tex to look like this (then tex+dvips): \input miniltx \input graphicx \input pstricks \newbox\ASYbox \newdimen\ASYdimen \def\ASYbase#1#2{\setbox\ASYbox=\hbox{#1}\ASYdimen=\ht\ASYbox% \setbox\ASYbox=\hbox{#2}\lower\ASYdimen\box\ASYbox} \def\ASYalign(#1,#2)(#3,#4)#5#6{% \setbox\ASYbox=\hbox{#6}% \rput[lB]{#5}(#1,#2){\ASYdimen=\ht\ASYbox% \advance\ASYdimen by\dp\ASYbox\kern#3\wd\ASYbox\raise#4\ASYdimen\box\ASYbox}} \def\ASYscale(#1,#2)(#3,#4)(#5,#6)#7#8{% \ASYalign(#1,#2)(#3,#4){#7}{\scalebox{#5}[#6]{#8}}}% \psset{unit=1pt} \includegraphics[bb=228.608356 320.125000 382.391644 470.875000]{venn_0.eps}% \ASYalign(-104.955775,75.657656)(-0.500000,-0.500000){0.000000}{$A$} \ASYalign(-49.404200,75.657656)(-0.500000,-0.500000){0.000000}{$B$} \ASYalign(-77.179988,134.822731)(-0.500000,0.000000){0.000000}{$A\cap B$} \ASYalign(-77.179988,16.492581)(-0.500000,-1.000000){0.000000}{$A\cup B$} \bye -- John Bowman Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences University of Alberta

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unequal framed's
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

This is a problem I am anxious to solve. Run this program: \starttext \newbox\testbox \hbox{% % centered \setbox\testbox=\vbox{\vskip5mm\framed [frame=on,align=disable,width=1cm,height=2cm,offset=0pt,location=depth,t op=\vss,bottom=\vss]{lp}\vskip5mm} \the\ht\testbox \box\testbox % bottom \setbox\testbox=\vbox{\vskip5mm\framed [frame=on,align=disable,width=1cm,height=2cm,offset=0pt,location=depth,t op=\vss,bottom=\empty]{lp}\vskip5mm} % note leaveout bottom=, not good \the\ht\testbox \box\testbox % top \setbox\testbox=\vbox{\vskip5mm\framed [frame=on,align=disable,width=1cm,height=2cm,offset=0pt,location=depth,t op=\empty,bottom=\vss]{lp}\vskip5mm} % note leaveout top=, not good \the\ht\testbox \box\testbox } \stoptext Now the middle box comes out higher than the other two, like this: ------------ ------------ | | ------------ | | | | |lp | | | | | | | | | | | | | |lp | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |lp | | | ------------ ------------ ------------ The \ht's will tell the difference, the \dp's are 0 here. Using \vtop gives analogous results, then the depth of middle box is greater. Probing with [depth=0pt] makes no difference. Setting [strut=yes/no] makes some difference but is not the cause of the difference. Setting [align=no/line] makes no difference. Omitting [align=..] or using [align=normal] makes all boxes the same height but puts every contents in the middle, which is not what I want: one at the top, one in the middle and one at the bottom. How can I get the required result with all three the same height? Hans van der Meer

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\bTABLE[distance=...]
by Peter Münster 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hello, when using \bTABLE[distance=...], the table gets wider than the textwidth. Example: \starttext \input tufte \bTABLE \bTR\bTD bla bla bla bla\eTD\bTD \input tufte \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \bTABLE[distance=3em] \bTR\bTD bla bla bla bla\eTD\bTD \input tufte \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \input tufte \stoptext A workaround seems to be textwidth=\dimexpr\textwidth-3em\relax Could this be done automatically? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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iwona cum suis
by Hans Hagen 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hi, this is how i update such fonts: - mkdir new - fetch iwona.zip. antt.zip kurier.zip - unzip them in new then run: textools --update new e:\tex\texmf and see what gets reported; if you feel comfortable, run textools --update new e:\tex\texmf --merge --force --delete and then mktexlsr 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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[Fwd: CTAN update: antt, iwona, kurier fonts]
by Taco Hoekwater 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CTAN update: antt, iwona, kurier fonts Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:10:49 +0200 (CEST) From: CTAN Announcements <ctan-ann(a)dante.de> Organization: University of Hamburg -- Germany To: ctan-ann(a)dante.de Newsgroups: comp.text.tex References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0606290429280.24321-100000(a)fam82.internetdsl.tpnet.pl> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Staszek Wawrykiewicz submitted updates for the font packages antt (v2.06) iwona (v0.97) kurier (v0.97) All are located in CTAN'S fonts directory tree. See below for more information. Thanks for the upload. ------ Package: antt Version: 2.06 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/antt/ In the current version (2.06) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ------ Package: iwona Version: 0.97 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/iwona/ Iwona is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was created as an alternative version of the Kurier typeface, which was designed in 1975 for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. Kurier was designed for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The Iwona fonts are an alternative version of the Kurier fonts. The difference lies in the absence of ink traps which typify the Kurier font. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/iwona folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. In the current version (0.97) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ------ Package: kurier Version: 0.97 Author: Janusz Marian Nowacki License: GFNL (GUST-FONT-NOSOURCE-LICENSE based on LPPL) Location on CTAN: fonts/kurier/ Kurier is a two-element sans-serif typeface. It was designed for a diploma in typeface design at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Roman Tomaszewski. The result was presented with other Polish typefaces at the ATypI conference in Warsaw in 1975. Kurier was intended for linotype typesetting of newspapers and similar periodicals. The design goals included resistance to technological processes destructive to the letter shapes. As a result, amongst others, the typeface distinguishes itself through intra- and extra-letter white spaces as well as ink traps at cross-sections of some elements constituting the characters. This distribution contains a significantly extended set of characters covering the following modern alphabets: latin (including Vietnamese), cyrillic and greek as well as a number of additional symbols (including mathematical symbols). The fonts are prepared in Type 1 and OpenType formats. For use with TeX the following encoding files have been prepared: T1 (ec), T2 (abc), and OT2 -- cirilic, T5 (Vietnamese), OT4, QX, texansi and nonstandard (IL2 for the Czech fonts), as well as supporting macros and files defining fonts for LaTeX. The doc/fonts/kurier folder contains examples for plain TeX as well as for LaTeX and an example of typesetting mathematics. In the current version (0.97) some new glyphs were added: Breveinverted, Hbar.small, Ubreveinvertedlow, Ubreveinvertedlow.small, breveinverted, breveinvertedlow, dotlessi.small, dotlessj.small, ubreveinvertedlow. Also encoding files were corrected. ---------------------------------- For the CTAN Team Rainer Schöpf

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texmfstart with figure library
by David Arnold 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

All, I have a file figlibSection3.xml which starts like this: <?xml version='1.0'?> <?context-directive job module fig-make ?> <?context-directive job mode letter ?> <figurelibrary language="en"> <description> <organization>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</ organization> <project>Intermediate Algebra Text</project> <product>Chapter 1</product> <comment>Figures for Section 3</comment> </description> <figure> <file>section3figs-mpgraph.1</file> <label>xeqy2a</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> ... When I used to run texexec figlibSection3.xml, I would get my figures, then the gui screens with figure embedded. Now, with texmfstart texexec figlibSection3.xml, I get my figures, the gui screens, then duplicates of all the figures after that. Thus, two copies of every figure is embedded in the figure library. Is this new behavior correct?

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textbackground trouble
by Aditya Mahajan 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hi Hans and Taco, Something goes wrong when a textbackground occurs right at the page boundary. Please have a look at the attached file (a snippet from an updated copy of Myway on using new math features). Aditya

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collector's items
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hi Hans, Taco et al. I don't want to sound persistent ... but is there a chance that collector's item (see bellow) no. 76 and even more important no. 75 will ever be answered? Yours Steffen 76. footnotes in columns bug (wrong page, extra whitespace) Status: Accepted • Topic: ConTeXt(macros) • Importance: High • Assigned: hans • # Followups: 3 • Uploads: 0 • Refs: 0 Submitted by Anonymous User on 2006-01-17 • Last modified: 2006-01-20 (157.0 days ago) 75. columnsets (main text in 2 columns and footnote text in 3 columns) Status: Pending • Topic: ConTeXt(macros) • Importance: High • Assigned: • # Followups: 1 • Uploads: 0 • Refs: 0 Submitted by Anonymous User on 2006-01-17 • Last modified: 2006-01-17 (159.9 days ago)

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formula legend
by Jörg Hagmann 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hi all, I am using formulas and legends as described in the manual and encountered the 2 following (minor) problems (see example at the end of the message): 1. Legends: when using the units module (e.g. \Joule), the alignement is not the same as when using normal characters (in the example: the number 8314 is more to the left than the J of \Joule etc.. Replacing \Joule by J aligns it with the number below. This also occurs when running the example live on context-garden. Adding \null in front of 8314 doesn't help (why not?). 2. The RT of the equation is not slanted as are the other variables -- on my two setups (on contextgarden it is). Is this a version problem? (If it is, I don't want to upgrade because I'm sure I'll mess things up -- as I said, it's no big deal). Example: \enableregime [il1] \mainlanguage [de] \usemodule[greek] \usemodule[units] \starttext \placeformula[formula:en_2] \startformula \Delta G = \Delta G\Degrees ' + RT\ln\frac{[C] \Times [D]}{[A] \Times [B]} \stopformula \startlegend \leg G\Degrees ' \\ Standard Gibbs' freie Energie \\ \Joule \Per \Mol \\ \leg R \\ Gaskonstante \\ 8314 \Joule \Times \ILinear\Kelvin \Times \ILinear\Mol \\ \leg [A], [B], [C], [D] \\ Konzentrationen von A etc. \\ \Mol \\ \stoplegend \stoptext Thanks and cheers, Jörg

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\setuppagenumber?
by Alan Bowen 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

I have updated to ConTeXt ver: 2006.06.09 13:05 and now I am having a problem getting the page numbers to increase. From a source file that has \setuppagenumber[number=142] in the preamble, I now get output in which every page is numbered 142 though before only the first was page 142. (The file compiles correctly otherwise.) Has something changed with \setuppagenumber? Alan

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I think that I need professional help... :-)
by Thomas Moore 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

I have been looking at what I have left to accomplish before my classes begin in the fall, and I am realizing that I am running out of time that I can afford to spend learning more about ConTeXt. However, I would really like to give ConTeXt a fair shake, because I believe that it might be what I need for the future. I would also like to take Hans's good advice about setting up some basic page layouts and then working on the structure of my book in the process of converting it. But before I commit to the conversion, however, I need to know for certain that ConTeXt can handle the page layouts that I need. I need to duplicate (at least roughly) the three major page layouts that appear in my published text "Six Ideas That Shaped Physics": a two- page spread that opens each chapter, the chapter body style, and a two-column layout for homework problems at the end of the chapter. In the thread entitled "Newbie questions" on this list, I have been attempting to address the second of these three layouts. That layout is almost done, except for finding a workaround for a possible bug, and the others should be somewhat easier, though still will involve some work. I think that I can spring loose up to a few hundred dollars from my departmental budget to pay a consultant to help me finish setting up these page layouts so that I can focus on the writing issues. Would anyone on the list be interested in being hired to work on these layouts? If so, please contact me off-list, and I will describe the layouts I need in more detail and ask for a bid. Thanks for any interest, Thomas Moore

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Newbie questions
by Thomas Moore 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

I am new to ConTexT and TeX (thinking about migrating from InDesign). I am using TexShop and the teTeX distribution on Mac OS X 10.4. I have two questions that I cannot seem to answer after studying the manuals and the archives. 1. I have successfully set up a doublesided layout that has a text column and an outer margin for margin notes and some small figures. I would like to set up a header that has the chapter number and name (e.g. "3. Third Chapter Name") on the inner edge of the text column, and the page number aligned with the *outer* edge of the margin and a 1-pt rule below the entire header (from below the chapter number to below the page number). How would one do this elegantly (or even inelegantly)? 2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same folder as my document files. But how do I install it permanently so that I can invoke it in all my documents? I was unable to find instructions in the ConTexT garden for this, and what I could find on the archives was not helpful (something about "running mktexlsr" and/or "texhash" that I have don't know how to do in OS X, and would be afraid to do without instructions anyway for fear of screwing up my TeX distribution). Thanks for any help, and sorry if the questions are stupid. Tom Moore

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extentable arrows
by Aditya Mahajan 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hi, Does ConTeXt have anything equivalent to xleftarrow, xrightarrow of amsmath. Basically, I need a command that can do A \xleftarrow[subscript]{superscript} B should give superscript A <----------- B subscript and similar for xrightarrow, xleftrightarrow, xLeftarrow, xRightarrow and xLeftRightarrow. The closest that I could come to it was (only for superscripts) \def\xrightarrow#1{\buildrel{#1}\over\longrightarrow} But this is not extendable. \xrightarrow{big superscipt} Any suggestions? Aditya

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Still font issues with I-Installer Mac OSX
by Frank 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hello, I know that the font problems are a FAQ, but after reading the mail archives and manuals I am still having problems. I did a clean install of the I-Installer base installation (2005 default) yesterday and still get pixel fonts instead of outline fonts. Also I have problems using the adobe type1 fonts which worked before. I would like some pointers to resolve the problems as a lot of my older documents are typeset with ConTeXt using the old way of including adobekb file. Below are two examples of the problems encountererd When I create a very simple test file: \starttext \input knuth \stoptext # texexec --pdf test I get the pixel result attached. The output from texexec shows the inclusion of the font: </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless/public/lm/ec-lmr12.72pk> Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 10344 bytes). Transcript written on test.log. The font maps are now set correctly per instructions of Hans Hagen automatically by the installer. See attached texmf.cnf file On a second test I tried to use the postscript fonts: \usetypescript[pos] %\usetypescript[modern] \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] \starttext \input knuth \blank Some ligatures: ffi, ffl. \stoptext Resulting in the output below. zoe:~/context frank$ texexec --pdf type1 TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : type1 output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./type1.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.06.09 13:05 fmt: 2006.6.26 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 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(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type- akb.tex)kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-uhvr8a /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation c- for ec-uhvr8a. /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/map/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-uhvr8a ! I can't find file `ec-uhvr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ec-uhvr8a.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uhvr8a' failed to make ec-uhvr8a.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptsstf*=ec-uhvr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun d. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.5 \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] ?

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active unicode characters
by Peter Münster 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

Hello, I believe, that I've already read something about this in this list, but I can't find it anymore: how to activate a unicode character? With iso-latin I could do "\defineactivecharacter X {special meaning}" but with utf-encoding, this does not work. And I would like to switch to utf... In the attachment I send a special example to show what I want. Thanks in advance for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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many "unknown reference" with the beta
by Gerben Wierda 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

With ConTeXt beta I get a lot of messages like > references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:1] > references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:2] > references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:2] and sometimes referring to a reallabel > references : unknown reference [][discrete:wave] What do these imply? I do not get them when using ConTeXt stable. G

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Oh no! Never update in the middle of a project. I am in trouble.
by David Arnold 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

All, I updated to Gerben's latest context and now files that formally compiled will not. Here's one error: The code: Let's look at another example. \startexample[exam:relT] Consider the relation $T$ defined by \placeformula[eq:rel2] \startformula T=\big\{(1,2), (3,2), (4,5)\big\}. \stopformula What is the domain and range of this relation? The result: ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. \doattributes ...name #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4} \dostopattributes \special@@descriptionhandler ...t #2\endstrut }}}} \doifsomething {\descripti... \@@dostartdescription ...gnorespaces #3\endstrut } }\assignwidth \!! widtha {\... \@@descriptionserriedbroad ...\def \\{\crlf }}{#2} \noindent \ignorespaces \i... \dodogotopar ...description {example}[exam:relT]{} \BeforePar \emptytoks <to be read again> C l.100 C onsider the relation $T$ defined by ? Example is defined by: \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, text={\color[heavygreen]\bgroup\bold{Example}}, stopper={.\egroup}, style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, after=\blank] I need help!

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sectionnumber conversion
by Idris Samawi Hamid 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Dear fellow gangsters, Consider the following test file; partnumber=on. I would like partnumber to be converted to capital roman numerals while the page numeral remains as an Arabic numeral. Viz., instead of 1--1, 1--2 etc. in the TOC and pagenumbers I would like I--1, I--2 etc. in the TOC and pagenumbers. Is there a command like \setupsectionnumbering[conversion=Romannumerals]? Then I would say, \setuppartnumbering[conversion=Romannumerals] The test file is below. Best Idris =======================part-test.tex================== % output=pdf interface=en \def\PartTitle#1{\noheaderandfooterlines \vbox{\blank[force,7\bodyfontsize] \switchtobodyfont[14.4pt] \midaligned{\cgd #1} }} \setuphead[part][number=no, ownnumber=yes, style=\itd, textcommand=\PartTitle, placehead=yes] \setupsection [section2] [appendixconversion=Character, % Watch the capital previousnumber=no] %\setuppagenumbering[way=bytext,partnumber=no] %\setupcombinedlist[content][partnumber=no] \starttext \startbodymatter \placecontent \part{I}{Body} \chapter{The Body Stuff} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \setupheadnumber[part][+] \part{II}{Appendices} \chapter{Appendix} \stopappendices \stoptext ====================================================== -- 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] Mac OS X and texmfstart... [was: texmfstart newbie]
by Otared Kavian 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

On 28 juin 2006, at 19:25, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >Thanks for all the Mac-specifics. Can you plese put this on >http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mac_Installation? Hi Mojca, I did plant in the Garden the procedure for texmfstart: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mac_Installation#Configuration_of_texmfstart However I didn't know how to add nice (and useful) links to some words, when necessary. >For simplicity also create an executable file called "texexec" with >the content similar to >#!/bin/sh >texmfstart texexec I didn't get how to do this... Indeed I think (but probably I am wrong...) even if one creates such a file and make it executable, then, for scurity reasons, when Mac users copy it to their directory the resulting file loses its executable bit. Since I am very limited in the intrecacies of these security aspects if I understand what you intend I'll add the file you suggest. On the other hand are you sure one can replace "texexec" with a new command created with the file you suggest? Is it not "dangerous"? Thanks again for your help. Best regards: OK

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Mac OS X and texmfstart... [was: texmfstart newbie]
by Otared Kavian 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

On 28 juin 2006, at 15:11, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >Mojca Miklavec wrote: >with the content > ruby path-to-context-ruby-scripts/texmfstart.rb > >What I have is this simple script (and it should work on MacOSX >just as well). Name it 'texfmstart', make it executable, fill in >the correct path and put it in a binaries directory. > > > #!/bin/sh > ruby path-to-context-ruby-scripts/texmfstart.rb $@ > > >Cheers, taco Hi Mojca and Taco, Thanks to your insights I could finally manage to get rid of the "warning: use 'texmfstart texexec' instead"... Needless to say I feel very proud now :-) For all those who are shy like me (!) and don't dare ask too trivial questions, here is what one can do on Mac OS X (and, mutatis mutandis, probably on any Unix like system): 0) I have teTeX and ConTeXt installed (and updated quite often...) with Gerben Wierda's i-Installer. In principle there is a directory (folder...) named /usr/local/teTeX/bin/ if you have installed TeX in /usr/local. Otherwise with the command locate in a Terminal window find the directory teTeX/bin/. Here there should be a subdirectory named powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 or something like that (depending on the type of the processor you have?). Go there, for instance in my case: cd powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0 2) Find the path to "texmfstart.rb": in the Terminal window type locate texmfstart.rb for instance on my system I have two "texmfstart.rb", /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb the second one is old, while the first one is recent and installed with Gerben's i-Installer. I assumed (remember we are willing to use ConTeXt...) that the newer one is the right one... 3) In the Terminal window (while you are in the directory powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0) type: sudo emacs texmfstart and after giving an su password, in the editor's window type the code given by Taco, that is the two following lines: #!/bin/sh ruby /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb $@ 4) Save and exit emacs by typing [CTRL]-X [CTRL]-S and then [CTRL]-X [CTRL]-C 5) You have created a script named texmfstart... Now you have to make it executable, so in the Terminal window (while you are in the directory powerpc-apple-darwin7.9.0) type sudo chmod +x texmfstart 6) Now if in any other Terminal window you type, for instance texmfstart or texmfstart --version you should get the version of texmfstart and a series of example usage. 7) If you go to a directory where you have a file named example.tex, then you can typeset it with ConTeXt by saying: texmfstart texexec example.tex and now you shouldn't have the "warning: use 'texmfstart texexe' instead". And you are done! Cheers: OK

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emp.sty and metapost
by David Arnold 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

All, Not strictly a context question, but it has to do with Metapost, so maybe someone can help. I have a file of macros called qdftools.mp: numeric s; s=0.2; color gridlines; gridlines:=(s,s,s); def openbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def openreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor blue; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef; def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef; def gridfivefive = for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; endfor; enddef; def xyaxesfivefive= drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $5$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); enddef; endinput; In the same directory as qdftools.mp, I have a file useemp.tex. Note that I am using the emp package. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{emp,ifpdf} \ifpdf \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} \fi \setlength{\unitlength}{1cm} \begin{document} Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. \empprelude{input qdftools} \begin{empfile} \begin{empdef}[david](4,4) numeric u; 10u=3in; gridfivefive; xyaxesfivefive; \end{empdef} \end{empfile} \immediate\write18{mpost \jobname} \empuse{david} Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. \end{document} Now, here is what I fail to understand. If I compile useemp.tex with: pdflatex --shell-escape useemp Then all is well. I get a nice pdf file. However, if I change one line in the file useemp.tex, namely \immediate\write18{mpost \jobname} to: \immediate\write18{mpost -tex=latex \jobname} Then if I remove the file qdftools.mpx and compile useemp.tex with: pdflatex --shell-escape useemp Then I get: loading : Context Support Macros / PDF (2004.03.26) )This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log >> qdftools.mp >> qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log. Can anyone tell how to work around this problem? I know Context has much better support for labels, but I need to write this in Latex for our online testing system. http://scinux.redwoods.edu/cgi-bin/ online_s06/testing.cgi/

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Difficulties using the r module
by Matthew Routley 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

I spotted the announcement of the use of R in ConTeXt and was quite interested in trying it out. However, so far I haven't been able to get it to work. It appears that R is not being called by texexec and the .tmp.out are not being found, despite the fact that they are being produced. Are there more details on installing and using this module? I think it would be quite useful. Thanks for any advice, Matt Some details are that I am using Mac OS X 10.4.7, R-2.3.1, and ConTeXt ver: 2006.06.28 from gwTeX and running the sample file contained in m-r.tex. I have also tried using context live @ contextgarden.net with the same results as on my personal machine. Here is some output from the log file: system : module r loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/m-r.tex) ... systems : begin file r at line 11 <r-r-1.tmp> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) verbatim : file r-r-1.tmp.out does not exist <r-r-2.tmp> verbatim : file r-r-2.tmp.out does not exist <r-r-3.tmp> <r-r-4.tmp> verbatim : file r-r-4.tmp.out does not exist <r-r-5.tmp> verbatim : file r-r-5.tmp.out does not exist <r-r.tmp> (./r-r.tmp figures : figure ushape can not be found floatblocks : 1 placed ) <r-r-6.tmp> verbatim : file r-r-6.tmp.out does not exist <r-r.tmp> (./r-r.tmp figures : figure lattice can not be found floatblocks : 2 placed ) <r-r-7.tmp> verbatim : file r-r-7.tmp.out does not exist ...

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Bug with 'inmargin' head-setup in Beta
by Johannes Graumann 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Hello, Consider this code example - the section titles are preceded by inapropriate vertical whitespace. \setupheads[alternative=inmargin] \starttext \section{Hello} \subsection{Wie geht's?} \subsubsection{Gut'n Tach!} \stoptext Joh

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i-Installer and ConTeXt updater
by Otared Kavian 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Hi Gerben, When trying to update ConTeXt with i-Installer, I see this: "Remote Package: Remote is being updated since 2006/06/23 04:02:30" Is it a normal situation? Thanks in advance: OK

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table splitting in columns
by Henning Hraban Ramm 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

this used to work but doesn't since the (my) last update: \starttext \setupTABLE[split=repeat, frame=off] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][2][align=left, style=bf, width=4em] \startcolumns[n=2, balance=no] \bTABLE \bTABLEhead \bTR\bTD\bf Verzeichnis \eTD\bTD\hbox{Dateien}\eTD\eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD Folder\eTD\bTD 1\eTD\eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stopcolumns \stoptext Instead of a table that flows in columns, it breaks only in pages. Greetlings, Hraban

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inside halign
by Hans van der Meer 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

This works: \def\dodotablexrule[#1][#2]{\noalign{\color[#2]{\hrule height#1 depth \z@}}} But doing inside halign (tables) things like: \def\tablexrule{\dodoubleargument\dotablexrule} \def\dotablexrule[#1][#2]{% \doifemptyelse{#2}% {\dodotablexrule[#1][\@@tbxframecolor]}% {\dodotablexrule[#1][#2]}% } \def\dodotablexrule[#1][#2]{\noalign{\color[#2]{\hrule height#1 depth \z@}}} I get the error: ! Misplaced \noalign. \dodotablexrule [#1][#2]->\noalign {\color [#2]{\hrule height#1 depth \z@ }} I get the impression that none if these argument related stuff works inside the halign template. Is there a remedy? Or do I just have to give up hope using a unified macro and will have to resort to separate macro's for default/chosen parameters? Hans van der Meer

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table splitting in columns
by Henning Hraban Ramm 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

this used to work but doesn't since the (my) last update: \starttext \setupTABLE[split=repeat, frame=off] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][2][align=left, style=bf, width=4em] \startcolumns[n=2, balance=no] \bTABLE \bTABLEhead \bTR\bTD\bf Verzeichnis \eTD\bTD\hbox{Dateien}\eTD\eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD Folder\eTD\bTD 1\eTD\eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stopcolumns \stoptext Instead of a table that flows in columns, it breaks only in pages. Greetlings, Hraban

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Clipping again
by David Arnold 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Hi, I confess I got some earlier advice on this issue, but I've never been able to apply it to find a resolution. In the buffer that follows, I define a clipping box: % clipping path path cpath; cpath:=(-5,-5)--(5,-5)--(5,5)--(-5,5)--cycle; cpath:=cpath scaled 1u; A function is created and scaled: % scale and draw graph P:=P scaled u; draw P withcolor blue; The picture is clipped and saved: % clip and save current picture picture pic; clip currentpicture to cpath; pic:=currentpicture; Then it is redrawn later. % redraw line draw pic; Unfortunately, even though this works, mathematicians really want arrows at each end of the graph. Easy enough to do with drawdblarrow P withcolor blue, but the arrows then get clipped. What I really need is to adapt the code below so that my function is clipped to the boundary box, but then redrawn with arrows at each end of it. If anyone can adjust my code to do that, it would be much appreciated, and it would break down a barrier I've faced for years with metapost coding. Note that I've tried some stuff with cutbefore and cutafter with some success. But I should remark that the code below is generated by a perl script and some special coding we've set up to generate these graphics on the fly for student quizzes. This is not a situation where I can tweak an individual plot or two. Rather, our script might generate 100 sets of the code below, all with different parameters. So this magnifies the problem. Again, any ideas would be greatly appreciated. \startbuffer numeric w,h; w=4cm;h=4cm; % inititialize numerator and denominator of the slope of f numeric a; a=2; % initialize choice of function numeric choice; choice=1; % initialize type of reflection numeric reflect; reflect=2; % define linear function f vardef f(expr x)= a*x*x enddef; % define linear function g vardef g(expr x)= a*abs(x) enddef; % define linear function h vardef h(expr x)= a*x*(x-2)*(x+2)/2 enddef; % define paths for functions f, g, and h, respectively path P, F, G, H; F:=(-5,f(-5)); for x=-5 step .1 until 5: F:=F--(x,f(x)); endfor; G:=(-5,g(-5)); for x=-5 step .1 until 5: G:=G--(x,g(x)); endfor; H:=(-5,h(-5)); for x=-5 step .1 until 5: H:=H--(x,h(x)); endfor; % choose the function to use, f, g, or h if (choice=1): P:=F; elseif (choice=2): P:=G; else: P:=H; fi; % choose the type of reflection if (reflect=1): P:=P; elseif (reflect=2): P:=P reflectedabout((0,0),(1,1)); elseif (reflect=3): P:=P reflectedabout((0,0),(1,-1)); else: P:=P reflectedabout((-1,0),(1,0)); fi; % initialize scale numeric u; 10u=w; % scale and draw graph P:=P scaled u; draw P withcolor blue; % clipping path path cpath; cpath:=(-5,-5)--(5,-5)--(5,5)--(-5,5)--cycle; cpath:=cpath scaled 1u; % clip and save current picture picture pic; clip currentpicture to cpath; pic:=currentpicture; % erase currentpicture currentpicture:=nullpicture; % draw grid for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor mygridcolor; draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor mygridcolor; endfor; % draw axes drawarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); drawarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); % label axes label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5.2u,0)); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5.2.u)); label.bot(btex $5$ etex, (5u,0)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); % redraw line draw pic; % draw vertical line test numeric xvert; if (reflect=3): xvert:=-1; else: xvert:=1; fi; % vertical line path vert; vert:=(xvert,-5)--(xvert,5); vert:=vert scaled u; pickup pencircle scaled 2pt; drawdblarrow vert withcolor red; pickup defaultpen; \stopbuffer

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Re: [NTG-context] arab (omega)
by Duncan Hothersall 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Idris wrote: > Dear gang, > > I have redone this. Now there are two filter sequences, one for main text > and one for using the arabic-font digits in math mode. > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Aleph_Guide#Installing > > has been updated, get the new uni2cuni.zip. I'll update m-gamma soon so > this will be part of the distro if Hans accepts-) I'm very grateful for all the effort on this. I had some trouble installing the new ConTeXt beta to test it at the weekend and spent most of Sunday trying to understand why... But at least I am now in a position to be a tester of the new filter sequences together with the new beta. My revised test files are again at http://www.capdm.com/public/context/figtest.tex and http://www.capdm.com/public/context/figtest.pdf these were regenrated this morning with the latest versions of everything. Please note that I had to remove the \isolateseparators in order to see my alternative "-" separator; with \isolateseparators specified the dot stayed resolutely in place. But the great news is that this also makes the figure reference work, which is fantastic. Note that there is now no need for \reversesectionnumberstrue. Idris, I pasted your maths stuff into the preamble and the test content as well; is this what you expected to see from your test? I wasn't sure, but it looks good to me. Thanks again. Happy to test further for anyone/anything. Duncan

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Re: [NTG-context] arab (omega)
by Duncan Hothersall 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Hans, in Friday's beta, core-sec.tex line 767 has \edef\levelstring{=\flistsectionseparator\@@filternumberpart[#1]\sectionseparator}% which fails not knowing what \flistsectionseparator is. Reverting to \edef\levelstring{=\sectionseparator\@@filternumberpart[#1]\sectionseparator}% works but may not be the intended effect. Duncan

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INstall minimal context system.
by John R. Culleton 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

I downloaded the justtex.zip and the context-linux.zip files into a work directory /usr/local/cont and unzipped them. Then I cd to the tex directory under that work directory. I made the the setuptex file executable and executed it with no apparent effect. Then I changed the path to point to /usr/local/cont/tex/texmf-linux/bin and ran mktexlsr. It followed the new path. I ran texexec --make --alone and it seemed to be successful. Ran mktexlsr again. Then I ran a test program in another directory. It could not find cont-en.fmt. In fact this file or anything similar to this file does not exist in this tree, although it existed in my previous tetex tree and exists in my texlive tree. How do I create and/or download this file? -- John Culleton

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continuous numbering of subsection
by Ulf Martin 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Dear ConTeXt Experts I am still sometimes confused about how to set up simple things... I want to have a subsection level head type ("topic") with a numbering that runs undependently from the section numbering, like so: 1. First Topic ... I. Section One ... 2. Second Topic ... 3. Third Topic ... 4. Fourth Topic ... II. Section Two 5. Fifth Topic ... 6. Sixth Topic ... III. Section Three ... And so on. ConTeXtgarden, the manual, etc. show in great detail how to set up the /appearence/ of head parts (incl. numbercommand), but I cannot find an explanation of the handling of the LaTeX equivalent to counters (their definition, incrementing, resetting, etc.). The explanation of \setupheadnumber in the manual (p. 172) is quite obscure to me -- how do I specify that I do not want higher levels of head to reset my numbering? Thank you! Ulf Martin

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Hiding subanswers
by David Arnold 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

All, We are currently using this as one of our environment files: \definehead[unnumberedsubsection][subsection] \setuphead[unnumberedsubsection][number=no,incrementnumber=no] \defineenumeration[questions][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[questions][before={\page[yes]\unnumberedsubsection {Exercises}\startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \defineenumeration[answers][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[answers][before={\unnumberedsubsection{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \def\placeanswers{\startanswers\doifmodeelse{short}{\selectblocks [shortanswer][criterium=section]}{\selectblocks[longanswer] [criterium=section]}\stopanswers} \defineenumeration[question][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, text={\color[heavygreen]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineenumeration[subquestion][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subquestion][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[answer][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations [answer] [location=inleft, text={\color[heavygreen]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineenumeration[subanswer][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subanswer][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineblock[question,shortanswer,longanswer] \hideblocks[shortanswer,longanswer] Then we do something like: \beginquestion \starquestion Yada, yada, yada. \startsubquestion one part \stopsubquestion \startsubquestion part a \stopsubquestion \startsubquestion part b \stopsubquestion \stopquestion \endquestion Then we have some answers. \beginlonganswer \startanswer \startsubanswer part a \stopsubanswer \startsubanswer part b \stopsubanswer \stopanswer \endlonganswer I'd like to set it up so we could "hide" some subanswers. Any suggestions?

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arab (omega)
by Hans Hagen 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

Hi otp lovers, i managed to get this number stuff running (i.e. bypass the otp messing up numbers): i'm uploading a beta beware, there is no need to setup separators, and no need to reverse numbers! \def\ArabicUTF {\ArabicDirGlobal \usefiltersequence[UTFArabic]% \switchtobodyfont[omarb]% \isolateseparators} % will handle separators of course you should not expect proper kerning when isolation is used with latin things like this actually need some advanced control (special otp's for difference situations, depending on what one's dealing with, then to be hooked into the code at the right place, which is tricky since it may get lost later one etc etc) still messed up: math display formulas, strange number reversion and swapping l/r [since omega has bugs with math i'm not sure what is the reason] maybe duncan/idris/taco have an idea 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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Iwona Heavy and Math
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

Hi, I am simply trying out different math fonts available, and found iwona-heavy to be "strange". Look at the output of \usetypescript [iwona-heavy][ec] \setupbodyfont[iwona-heavy,ss,11pt] \starttext This is some test \startformula \Pr(A = B) = \frac 12 \stopformula \stoptext The math is much bolder than the text. Is this by design? Aditya

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Calligraphic Font with palatino and euler
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

Hi, When I use palatino and euler, I do not get calligraphic font. How can I define a typescript to use the calligraphic font from lm. This is my setup \definetypeface [pal] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [pal] [tt] [mono] [modern] [default] [encoding=texnansi,rscale=1.1] \definetypeface [pal] [ss] [sans] [modern] [default] [encoding=texnansi,rscale=1.1] \definetypeface [pal] [mm] [math] [euler] [euler] [rscale=1.03] \setupbodyfont[pal,10pt] \starttext ${\cal A}A {\cal B}B$ \stoptext Thanks Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Preventing page breaks (needspace)
by Joshua Ellis 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

While using \obeylines for some poetry there would sometimes be page breaks in the middle of stanzas, even if there was very stretchy space on either side. So I borrowed some code from needspace.sty, basically to tell TeX I'd be much happier w/ a ragged bottom than a break between lines: \def\needspace#1{% \begingroup \vskip#1\lineheight\penalty -100\vskip-#1\lineheight \vskip#1\lineheight\penalty 9999\vskip-#1\lineheight \endgroup} So if there is a stanza of four lines that *really* shouldn't be split across pages, it looks like this: \needspace{4} Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 However, I suspect I'm not the first person to run into this. So my question is if there is a more ConTeXt-y way to do this? Or does ConTeXt already have something to do this?

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bib module beta test
by Taco Hoekwater 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

Hi, Some of you may have missed this, but I have posted a beta of the bibliographic module on http://modules.contextgarden.net/bib I would appreciate it if people that have documents with large bibliographies would download it and run their files. Some mayor stuff has changed, and I really need confirmation that I have not broken backward compatibility. TIA, Taco

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