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Re: [NTG-context] Russia (cyrillic letters) Arabic]
by Rob Ermers 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

> Rob Ermers wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I would be interested in a solution for Arabic... Presently \<Mu.hammad> works, but otherwise support for Arabic (\startarabic) is not optimal. If one of you could make a set-up for that too ... > > > > arabic a bit more tricky since it has those ligatures, so that needs aleph or arabtex > > (of course we can make an encoding with named glyphs) > > Hans > That would be great! The number of ligatures is limited, however. Arabtex in fact has more than strictly necessary. However, I never got omega running, in spite of my attempts. By the way, be aware that Hebrew may not have ligatures, but it does have some characters whose shape changes when they appear at the word ending, so, e.g., -n is not the same character code as n- or -n-. You should also take in account that people will want to use dotted consonants, i.e. the dots that distinguish b from v, and s from sh, etc. Robert

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Using LateX packages
by Holger Peters 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Hi, I want to use a LaTeX Package (clrscode), or at least I want to port it to Context. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~thc/clrscode/ Is there some way to use LaTex Packages (I guess not). Is there documentation about writing ConTeXt modules? (I didn't find any). -- Holger

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bib module problem
by David Munger 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

The bib module won't complete the publications list when there is more than one cite command. Try the following: ------------------------------------------------ \usemodule[bib] \startpublication[k=biskamp2003,t=inbook, a={Biskamp},y=2003,n=1,s=Bis03] \author[]{Dieter}[D.]{}{Biskamp} \pubyear{2003} \title{Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence} \pubname{Cambridge University Press} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=sneyd1994,t=article, a={Sneyd and Wang},y=1994,n=2,s=SW94] \artauthor[]{A.~D.}[A.~D.]{}{Sneyd} \artauthor[]{A.}[A.]{}{Wang} \pubyear{1994} \arttitle{Interfacial instability due to {MHD} mode coupling in aluminium reduction cells} \journal{J. Fluid Mech.} \volume{263} \pages{343-359} \stoppublication \starttext See \cite[authoryear][biskamp2003] and \cite[authoryear][sneyd1994]. \placepublications \stoptext ------------------------------------------------ You'll get no publication list. Then comment out either of the \cite commands and you'll get the single-publication list. Thanks for any help. Regards, David

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cz support
by Vit Zyka 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Hallo Hans and other ConTeXters, I have started to collect and clean up Czech ConTeXt localization. And I have discovered that Tomas Hudec includeded Czech (non-trivial) sorting rules into texutils.pl (calling czsort.pl from Jan Pazdziora). Unfortunately it was not incorporated into official ConTeXt disribution. Hans, what is your prefereble solution in case of local sorting rules? I know, there is \definesortkey, but this mechanism is insufficient for Czech. I think that calling external Perl sorting routine is a suitable solution. If so, it can be incorporated into current version? Files are attached. Thanks Vit Zyka

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finishing a module
by Thomas A.Schmitz 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

I spent some (too much) time today improving my Greek module. For the time being, two questions remain; I'm confident that they're not too difficult for the experts; any help would be appreciated. I've succesfully defined my fonts and scale like so: \def\setupgreek#1[#2]{% \getparameters[GG][Scale=,Font=,#2] \edef\MyScale{\GGScale}% \processaction[\GGFont] [ SomeFont1=>\def\MyFont{somefont }, SomeFont2=>\def\MyFont{someotherfont }]% } \protect (The space after "somefont" looks ugly, but I haven't figured out how to get rid of it; TeX will always complain if I delete it.) 1. After this definition, this will work: \definebodyfont[4pt,5pt,6pt,7pt,8pt,9pt,10pt,10.5pt,11pt,12pt,14pt,14.4p t,16pt,18pt,20pt,22pt][rm][Gf=\MyFont sa \MyScale] This, however, will not work: \definefont[Gf][\MyFont sa \MyScale] and I don't see why. Can anybody explain? I see that the \definefont... takes care of the annoying problem with font sizes, so I would prefer that way. 2. In my module, I define some special symbols: \define\koppa{\getglyph{\MyFont}{\char37}} Is there a way to give the same scaling factor here as in the definition of \Gf? I tried \define\koppa{\getglyph{\MyFont scaled XXXX}{\char37}} as a first attempt which kind of works but gives me the letters "at" in the pdf in front of the symbol. Best Thomas

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Re: columnsetspan - alternative needed
by Hans Hagen 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Thanks for the quick answer - but obviously my example was bad: columnsetareas don't do what I need. > > Maybe this is a better explanation: > > Given you have two articles in a book set in two columns. > The second article doesn't start on a new page - it just begins where the first one ends. > > But the first article (aaa...) ends with two balanced columns, > then comes the heading (bbb) for the second article, > and then comes begins the second article (ccc...). > > > That's what I mean by > > aaa aaa > aaa aaa > > bbbb > > ccc ccc > ccc ccc > > Do you have a trick how to do a page like this with columnsets? well, it involves some manual tweaking (numbers and such) and is not yet 100% ok the next code shows a bit of balancing and columnstart/height manipulations \starttext \showgrid \definecolumnset [two] [n=2,balance=top] \definecolumnset [three] [n=3,balance=top] \setupcolumnsetlines[two][1][1][15] \setupcolumnsetlines[two][1][2][15] \setupcolumnsetstart[three][1][1][15] \setupcolumnsetstart[three][1][2][18] \setupcolumnsetstart[three][1][3][20] \setupcolumnsetlines[three][1][1][40] \setupcolumnsetlines[three][1][2][40] \setupcolumnsetlines[three][1][3][40] \definecolumnsetspan[two] % \starttext % \startcolumnset [two] \dorecurse {1}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset % \startcolumnset [three] \dorecurse {2}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset % \stoptext \starttext \startcolumnset [two] \startcolumnsetspan[two] \input ward \stopcolumnsetspan \dorecurse {1}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset \startcolumnset [three] \startcolumnsetspan[two] \input ward \stopcolumnsetspan \dorecurse {2}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset \stoptext \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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ConTeXt error when updating to tetex-2.99.10
by VnPenguin 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Hi, Just updated my FC3 box to teTeX-2.99.10 (ConTeXt 2005.01.13). Now I tried to compile my ConTeXt doc (Vietnamese UTF-8, which was compiled without any error with old version of ConTeXt - tetex-2.99.8). Unfortunately there is error: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... bodyfont : bodyfont 12.8pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 9.6pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 9.6pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 19.1pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 19.1pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 16pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 16pt is defined (can better be done global) section : 2.2 Các công việc trước khi cài đặt bodyfont : bodyfont 9.7pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 9.7pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 11.2pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 11.2pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 8.4pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 8.4pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 16.7pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 16.7pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 14pt is defined (can better be done global) bodyfont : bodyfont 14pt is defined (can better be done global) references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:16] references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:16] subsection : 2.2.1 Kiểm kê\footnote {Inventory} máy tính của bạn references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:17] references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:17] references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:18] references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:18] [MP main-mpgraph.3993] [8.7] ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \@@tblprefix \c!each \v!each \getvalue #1->\csname #1 \endcsname \setupTBLcell ...e {\@@tblprefix \c!each \v!each } \getvalue {\@@tblprefix \c... \handleTBLcell ...ox \hbox {\setupTBLcell {#1}{#2} \localframed [\@@tbl \@@tb... <inserted text> ...bl \begintblrow \makeTBL {1}{1} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {1}{2... \endTBL ...x {\trialtypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktb... ... l.70 \eTABLE } ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm wrong some things ? Thank you in advance for any help, Quy NGUYEN-DAI

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[Fwd: Re: [pracjourn-prod] how to article]
by Hans Hagen 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

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fundamental problem with headings
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Hi, there seems to be a fundamental problem with headings - or at least I have :( Each kind of "emphasizing" - like \it \bf \cap \sc etc. - lets the respective phrase fall back to the documents bodyfont (see example below). How can I avoid this bug? Do I use wrong code? Thank you, Steffen \starttext \def\Textit{\groupedcommand\it\/} \definefont[SectionFont][Serif at 20pt] \def\SectionStyle{\SectionFont\setupinterlinespace[line=30pt]} \setuphead[section] [alternative=paragraph,style=\SectionStyle] text \section{heading \Textit{italic} heading} text \stoptext

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pragma-ade.com down?
by Vit Zyka 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

www.pragma-ade.com is down today? I wanted to load new distributon. Vit Zyka

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Yet another nath problem
by Nikolai Weibull 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

\mathoptions@on is bug-ridden. It \def's <, but doesn't restore it upon exit (with \mathoptions@off). One solution is to simply add a \bgroup...\egroup pair to the two. That works for now, nikolai P.S. It seems that the \longrightarrow problem still remains. Was there no fix applied for this yet? We had several possible solutions if I remember correctly, e.g., \let\unprotectedlongrightarrow\longrightarrow \unexpanded\def\longrightarrow{\unprotectedlongrightarrow} This is all with the %D last updated: 2004.11.18 release; the one included in tetex-2.99.9.20050111 D.S. -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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Re: [NTG-context] Gerben's TeX+ConTeXt packages: can't find the format `cont-nl.fmt' ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Adam Lindsay <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi Steffen. > > This is more of a MacOSX installer problem, but... > > Steffen Wolfrum said this at Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:14:20 +0100: > > >in the past I could use Gerben's TeX and ConTeXt distributions for Mac > >without manual changes. > > > >Last night I downloaded the "2004 stable" and Context-updater. > >If I now typeset a ConTeXt file as usual (texexec --pdf foo.tex) > >I get the following error: > > Okay, I don't have a great grasp of all the possible errors here (because > I update manually), but take a look back at your i-Installer logs. Were > there any errors? > > You didn't comment on whether or not your interface should or shouldn't > be in dutch (interface : nl). > > Were *any* formats made? Do this in the terminal: > ls -l /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-*.fmt > > I don't know enough about your setup to reach a verdict, so I'd say re- > run the config stage in the i-Installer for ConTeXt first, and watch the > diagnostic information there more carefully. > > adam I re-run it and have still the same result. What's strange to me is that in both texexec.ini (tetex and local) the default interface language is set to en. Is there another file containing this information? Anyway, as I couldn't solve the miracle I moved to avoiding it: by using texexec --pdf --interface=en This works. Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] fundamental problem with headings
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

"full-blown bodyfont switch" - that sounds good. thank you Taco! st. Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Each kind of "emphasizing" - like \it \bf \cap \sc etc. - > > lets the respective phrase fall back to the documents > > bodyfont (see example below). > > > > How can I avoid this bug? > > not a bug, this is the expected behaviour of \definefont. > > > Do I use wrong code? > > Yes. \definefont defines a single font (hence it's name). > > What you actually need is a full-blown bodyfont switch: > > \def\SectionStyle{% > \switchtobodyfont[rm,20pt] > \setupinterlinespace[line=30pt] > } > > Greetings, Taco > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Gerben's TeX+ConTeXt packages: can't find the format `cont-nl.fmt' ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Hi, in the past I could use Gerben's TeX and ConTeXt distributions for Mac without manual changes. Last night I downloaded the "2004 stable" and Context-updater. If I now typeset a ConTeXt file as usual (texexec --pdf foo.tex) I get the following error: TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 executable : pdfetex format : cont-nl inputfile : untitled output : pdftex interface : nl current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-nl.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! return code : 256 run time : 6 seconds total run time : 7 seconds TeX returned non zero exit status What has changed? Is there something I've missed? Steffen

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processaction in keyval lists
by Thomas A.Schmitz 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

All, I couldn't resist spending some time today working on the Greek problem. I'm trying to write a proper module that would allow me to set up definitions for fonts and scaling. But I'm running into a problem that is beyond my meagre TeX abilities. I want to define the setup-command like so (using code that Taco send to the list a couple of months ago and that can be found on the wiki): \unprotect \def\setupgreek{\dodoubleempty\dosetupgreek} \def\dosetupgreek#1[#2]{% \getparameters[GG][Scale=,Font=,#2]%Font,Scale \edef\MyScale{\GGScale}% \expandafter\processaction\expandafter[\GGFont] [SomeFont1 =>\def\MyFont{somefont }, SomeFont2 =>\def\MyFont{someotherfont }] } \protect \definebodyfont[4pt,5pt,6pt,7pt,8pt,9pt,10pt,10.5pt,11pt,12pt,14pt,14.4p t,16pt,18pt,20pt,22pt][rm][Gf=\MyFont sa \MyScale] So I want this setup \setupgreek[Scale=1.5,Font=SomeFont1] to be expanded to somefont scaled at 1.5. However, when I process a file, I always get this error: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \MyFont sa \MyScale \parsefontspec #1->\xdef \somefontspec {#1 \space }\@EA \doparsefontspec \som... \xxdododefinefont ...tsize {#2}\parsefontspec {#4} \newfontidentifier \let \l... \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... ... When I add this line \def\MyFont{somefont } to the module, files compile without problems. So I conclude: the mistake is not in the definiton of MyFont itself, but my values are not getting processed the proper way; something in the \processaction part must be wrong. But I'm "stymied" here. Any suggestions would be most welcome! Best Thomas

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How to learn ConTeXt?
by Marcin Borkowski 23 Jan '05

23 Jan '05

Hello everyone! My question is as in subject: how to learn ConTeXt? And another ones: How to install ConTeXt? Manually or from, e.g., TeXlive? I would like to typeset in Antykwa Torunska or Antykwa Poltawskiego. Setting \setupbodyfont[...] yields errors about missing ec-ant* fonts (I use the TeXlive 2004 installation, the same thing happened in TeXlive 2003). Greetings -- Marcin Borkowski

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Greek font in Footnote problem
by Alan Bowen 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

I am having trouble getting Greek in footnote environment. The Greek appears as it should in the text body, but in a footnote all I get is the input. In short, ConTeXt \footnote seems to ignore the \localgreek command. I attach a brief test file that should produce the problem as well as the input file defining the Greek font in the first place. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. By the way, there is no message in the log file to the effect that the Greek font is unavailable at a given font size. And I am using ConTeXt ver: 2004.10.26 fmt: 2005.1.3. Alan ___________________________ \enableregime[mac] \input Oxonia \usetypescript [all] [latin-modern] [texnansi] \setupbodyfont[reset] \setupbodyfont[cmr, 10.5pt] \starttext The cat is on the mat. The cat is on the mat. \localgreek{a>utopt'ew} is not a compound of \localgreek{a>ut'oc} and \localgreek{>opte'uw}. The cat is on the mat. % \footnote{The etymology proposed on p.\ 136 is mistaken: \localgreek{a>utopt'ew} is not a compound of \localgreek{a>ut'oc} and \localgreek{>opte'uw}.}\ % % The cat is on the mat. \stoptext __________________________________________ % Oxonia.tex \definebodyfont[10pt,10.5pt,11pt,12pt,14pt][rm][Gf=greeoxon sa 1.08] \def\enablegreek{\language[greek]\catcode`~=\other\catcode`|=\other\catc ode`'=\other} \def\startgreek{\par\begingroup\Gf\enablegreek} \let\stopgreek\endgroup \def\localgreek{\groupedcommand{\Gf\enablegreek}{}} \define\sampi{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char34}} \define\digamma{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char35}} \define\stigma{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char36}} \define\koppa{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char37}} \define\lunars{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char1}} \define\lunarS{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char13}} \define\brcl{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char8}} \define\brcr{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char9}} \define\hbrl{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char123}} \define\hbrr{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char125}} \define\crux{\getglyph{greeoxon}{\char43}}

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shading in meta[post/play] & PDF
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

There's a wonderful tutorial on drawing 3D graphics in PostScript on http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/graphics/manual/, specifically http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/graphics/manual/code/doughnut.eps as an example. And there's a detailed description on shading in PostScript in http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/ps/PLRM.pdf, page 259 (I attached an example and have some more on computer if anyone is interested; I downloaded them from Adobe, but don't know the URL any more) or on shading in PDF in http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/pdf/PDFReference16.pdf, page 272. (They're basically the same.) In metapost, "perfect" spheres can be drawn, like on http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/cdsmpls.html. But how can I add colour? Even if it would be too tricky to add colour and proper shading on the sphere - Is there any possibility to use advanced shading techiques described in PLRM inside metapost/metaplay for the most simple cases, say, like in the attached example? Metaplay allows circular and gradient shading and no others. I don't mind if I had to hard-code the shading. PSTricks allows some more advanced shading techniques and even direct PostScript code integration (with \special I think). Is anything similar possible in metapost/play? The spheres drawn directly in PostScript as in the examples above still have straight lines (well, I agree that with some mathematics it would be possible to draw them with proper splines as well). Thanks for all the suggestions, Mojca

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columnsetspan - alternative needed
by Steffen Wolfrum 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

Hi, as far as I've seen columnsets work in a magazine like style: \startcolumnset[twocolumns] aaa ... \startcolumnsetspan[heading] bbb \stopcolumnsetspan ccc ... \stopcolumnset gives results like this: aaa ccc aaa ccc bbbb ccc ccc ccc ccc But how can I structure columnsets so my result will look like this?: aaa aaa aaa aaa bbbb ccc ccc ccc ccc Thank you, Steffen

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where can i find Examples in ConTeXt?
by mlw01 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

I find that the pdf book @ http://www.pragma-ade.com is wonderful beautiful But I cant setup a style like that. How can I get some BIG examples to learn Context? I think example is wonderful when learning something new.

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New ConTeXt cz interface installation problem
by Michal Kvasnicka 21 Jan '05

21 Jan '05

Dear friends, I apologize that I have recently sent message to this list only when I've got some problems. Nontheless I need to keep this tradition. :-( I tried to install the newest ConTeXt over the TexLive 9/2003. All was perfect except the Czech interface. I've got a strange error. What should I do to improve it? My system is this: * SuSE Linux 9.1 * TeX Live + CTAN 9/2003 * pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) * ConTeXt ver: 2004.12.06 fmt: 2005.1.11 int: english mes: english * TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 The excerpt from the log file is this: language : patterns for cz not loaded language : patterns for hr not loaded language : patterns for pl not loaded language : patterns for sk not loaded encoding : coding fde is loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/enco-fde.tex <unprotect 3> language : language specific options [default-de] seamless appended language : language specific options [default-de] seamless appended language : language specific options [default-de] seamless appended encoding : coding pdfdoc language : language specific options [pdfdoc-de] seamless appended encoding : coding ec language : language specific options [ec-de] seamless appended encoding : coding texnansi language : language specific options [texnansi-de] seamless appended <protect 3>)) language : patterns en for en loaded (n=1) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex) language : no hyphenations en for en (n=1) language : patterns de for de loaded (n=2) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/dehyphn.tex New German Hyphenation Patterns `dehyphn' Rev.31 <2001-05-07> (WaS)) language : no hyphenations de for de (n=2) encoding : coding il2 language : patterns sk for sk loaded (n=3) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/skhyph.tex (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/csplain/t1code.tex Font encoding set to Cork.) The \^, \`, \', \v, \" and \r expands to characters by Cork. (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/csplain/skhyphen.tex)) language : no hyphenations sk for sk (n=3) encoding : coding ec language : patterns sk for sk loaded (n=3) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/skhyph.tex (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/csplain/t1code.tex Font encoding set to Cork.) The \^, \`, \', \v, \" and \r expands to characters by Cork. (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/csplain/skhyphen.tex ! Duplicate pattern. l.29 a1 I am quite desperate so I will be thankfull for any hint. Your sincerelly Michal Kvasnicka

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french hyphenation after l-apostrophe doesn't work
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Hi, when, in a french project, the line ends with e.g. l'int\'{e}r^{e}t then context doesn't hyphenate "l'interet" and the line gets stretched. (If I wouldn't have the l-apostroph construction then the word is hyphenated "in-teret", so its hyphenation is know to TeX.) But for I have a lot of this "l-apostroph" constructions at line endings in my document it is impossible to type individually \- at the best breaking points (here after "in-"). I need to have a global option that re-activates the hyphenation even if the word starts with l-apostroph. When I typeset the apostrophe like a slash: l|'|int\'{e}r^{e}t then the line gets broken, but after "l'" and I was told this is wrong in french. So what else could be done to automatically break int\'{e}r^{e}t again but *not* after l' ? Thank you for any help, Steffen

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UTF-8 XML to IL2
by Vit Zyka 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Dear ConTeXters, please, I have UTF-8 XML file and I want to typeset with IL2 (czech) font. What I have to do? Thank you Vit Zyka P.S. I tried: \useregime[utf] \defineXMLenvironment[doc] \starttext \stoptext \processXMLfile{manaana.xml} But I guess the Unicode -> IL2 mapping is missing.

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ConTeXt tool for enabling comments in PDF ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Hi, in the MacOSX-TeX-list (mainly on LaTeX) I just read a discussion on "Comments in PDF" (by AcrobatReader7). Do we have a ConTeXt tool which can enable users of e.g. AdobeReader 7 to add comments to PDF files ? Or is it true that this "comments enabled flag" can only be set for PDFs generated by Acrobat -- and only by the original author? Steffen Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban(a)fiee.net> wrote: > There's a lot of new or enhanced features for us prepress people, e.g. > for Reader Extensions you don't need this expensive server product any > more, that means, if you own Acrobat 7 Professional you can enable the > correction tools in Reader for your document.

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Framed text question
by Brian Kahne 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Hi, I'm new to Context, so hopefully this isn't a completely obvious question, but I was wondering whether it was possible to have framed text split across a page. In this particular case, I have a code sample that I want to be framed and have a different background color than the rest of the text, so I have it surrounded by \startframedtext and \stopframedtext. Is it possible to use \splitfloat to split this if the code sample is too large to fit on a single page? If so, what would be the syntax? If not, is there another mechanism? Thanks for any help! Brian Kahne

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link
by Hans Hagen 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

New on line tex journal .... http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-1/ Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: \bTABLE .. \eTABLE]
by h h extern 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Willi Egger wrote: > <argument> \@@tblprefix \c!each should be v!each ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [NTG-context] dictionary for TeX,/ConTeXt
by ishamid 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Hi Mojca, >You can use \enableregime[utf] and write your documents in unicode with >all the accents instead. I sometimes used the spellchecker inside >WinEDT, but I'm no expert in that field. Open office is somehow >inappropriate for writing plain text documents, although I use it >sometimes as spellchecker too. I use WinEdt too, but how do you directly type unicode? Or is it a keyboard thing? Best Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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WinEdT support
by Idris Samawi Hamid 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Hi syndicate, Having tried many if not most TeX-friendly editors, nothing beats WinEdT for practical use IMO. I was thinking about working on a ConTeXt module (basically reimplementing the main LaTeX functionality) but I noticed this today http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-5.htm Unfortunately there is no link to further information. Is someone really working on this already, and is it (when will it be) available? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: ConTeXt dont work with fonts after last miktex update
by matthias.c.schmidt＠t-online.de 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Hartmut Henkel schrieb: > Please remove the blank after the "<": Thank you very much: That was the trick. Now all works like before. Is it a change in pdftex 1.20b? > What is the origin of file texnansiOSFSC-adobe-cronospro.map? Is it from > somewhere distributed or written by yourself? The file was made by special texfont provided by Adam Lindsay in his package "OpenType in ConTeXt". But also all files of Henning Hraban Ramm have also the blank and other to. Must I change this all by hand now? Thanks a lot again, Matthias

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next version
by Hans Hagen 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Hi, The next release will -apart from bug fixes and a few new things as well as the bib module- also miss a few things: the interface setup files, we now definitely move to the xml variants; as a result, texshow has been swapped for taco's texshow which handles the xml files directly; this is all part of a cleanup. The alpha relese already has these changes. Expect also cleanup in the font area: - csr/plr/aer/vnr will be dropped in favor of lmr (also makes minimals smaller) - i consider run time map entries instead of file based ones - some unused macros will be removed btw, there is a new 'manual': tiptrick.pdf; will be extended over time Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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\setuppagenumbering
by Willi Egger 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Hi After downloading the latest release, after updating the pdfetex binaries, making the engines running again ... This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.1.15 int: english mes: english I need to use \setuppagenumbering[way=bychapter] According to the new syntax given in TeXshow it is now \setuppagenumbering[way=bycd:chapter] Unortunately this results in the following message: ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \@@bybycd:chapter <argument> ...stringelse .\csname \currentsection \c!number \endcsname \@@@i... \expanded ...\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1 }\@@expanded \p!doifinstringelse ...{\pp!doifinstringelse #2#1} @@\war \dodoifinstringelse ...tringelse \@@@instring {#1} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments ... \dodochecknummer ...up \doifinstringelse {.0}{.#2} {\doifnot {#3}\v!by {\set... ... l.13 ^^I\chapter[Ch-Test]{Test} See also the attached minimal testfile bycd.tex Am I missing something? Kind regards Willi % Bug? % CONTEXT file % filename: bycd.tex % Willi Egger % 15-01-2005 \setuppagenumbering[way=bycd:chapter] \starttext \dorecurse{3}[% \chapter[Ch-Test]{Test} \input tufte } \stoptext

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Re: [metapost] shading in meta[post/play] & PDF
by Laurence Finston 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Laurence Finston wrote: > > If you mean my spheres, that's an artefact of the PNG graphics. Actually, I think it may be because of the high magnification I used in order to get the glyphs to be a reasonable size when viewed using a browser. It would probably work better to make the characters bigger in the first place. It might also be because browsers display graphics with low resolution. I don't know much about browsers, though, so this is just a hypothesis. I'll see if I can improve this when I revise the font. Laurence Finston http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/LDF.html

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html to context
by ishamid 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Hi gang, Have any of you guys a script or something to convert simple html to ConTeXt? There are apparently a couple of html2latex converters out there but is there anything for ConTeXt? Best Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\bTABLE .. \eTABLE
by Willi Egger 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Hi, Hm, I am puzzled. When running the attached minimal file with This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2c 7.5.2) ConTeXt ver: 2004.6.21 fmt: 2004.6.22 int: english mes: english There is a pdf with the expected one-cell table. Otherwise running the file with This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.05 fmt: 2005.1.5 int: english mes: english or running the file with This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.1.15 int: english mes: english The following message is displayed: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \@@tblprefix \c!each \v!each \getvalue #1->\csname #1 \endcsname \setupTBLcell ...e {\@@tblprefix \c!each \v!each } \getvalue {\@@tblprefix \c... \handleTBLcell ...ox \hbox {\setupTBLcell {#1}{#2} \localframed [\@@tbl \@@tb... <inserted text> ...bl \begintblrow \makeTBL {1}{1} \nexttblcol \endtblrow \en... \endTBL ...x {\trialtypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktb... ... l.14 \eTABLE Kind regards Willi % Bug? % CONTEXT file % filename table.tex % Willi Egger % 15-01-2005 \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Document: \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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Problem with \button
by François Fasoli 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

I have found the following somewhere in the documentation. \button{...}[the chapter on whatever] \button{...}[otherdoc::some topic] \button{...}[previouspage] \button{...}[PreviousJump] I have tried them : all run very well except \button{...}[otherdoc::some topic] How can I replace some topic to indicate a chapter in otherdoc or a page ? Thank you.

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New release
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Hi all, Hans has issued a new release of ConTeXt yesterday (2005.01.13). Highlights: * The distribution now contains Taco's bib module and related files * The TeXShow program now uses the XML versions of the interface definition files, the .tws variants have been removed * Math font definitions (esp. lucida/euler) are completed and improved, resulting in more robust mixed math usage More details on the Wiki, http://contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Greetings, Taco

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3D MetaPost tool:3DLDF
by Tobias Burnus 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Hi, 3DLDF might be interesting to some of you. I have not tested it, but it seems to use a similar language to MetaPost (but with 3D coordinates) and generates real MetaPost. http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/ | My primary purpose in writing 3DLDF was to make it possible to use MetaPost for | three-dimensional drawing. I've always enjoyed using MetaPost, and thought it was | a shame that I could only use it for making two-dimensional drawings. 3DLDF is a | front-end that operates on three-dimensional data, performs the necessary | calculations for the projection onto two dimensions, and writes its output in the form | of MetaPost code. | | While 3DLDF's data types and operations are modelled on those of Metafont and | MetaPost, and while the only form of output 3DLDF currently produces is MetaPost | code, it is nonetheless not in principle tied to MetaPost. It could be modified to | produce PostScript code directly, or output in other formats. It would also be possible | to modify 3DLDF so that it could be used for creating graphics interactively on a | terminal, by means of an appropriate interface to the computer's graphics hardware. Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] \godown to an absolute position
by Duncan Hothersall 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Hans wrote: > quick and dirty: > > \setuphead[chapter][before=\vbox to 10cm\bgroup,after=\vss\egroup] > > \starttext > > \chapter{test} \input tufte > \chapter{test\endgraf test} \input tufte > > \stoptext > > there are other solutions (synchronizing stuff) but that's more complex Great! This solution worked for me. I have added it to Sample Macros in the Wiki. Thanks, Duncan

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ConTeXt dont work with fonts after last miktex update
by matthias.c.schmidt＠t-online.de 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

After the last update ConTeXt has problems with fonts unter miktex. from the log: [1.1{original-empty.map}{texnansiOSFSC-adobe-cronospro.map Warning: pdfetex (file texnansiOSFSC-adobe-cronospro.map): invalid entry for `texnansiOSFSC-raw-CronosPro-Bold': invalid font file name the entry in the map-file: texnansiOSFSC-raw-CronosPro-Bold 4 < CronosPro-Bold.pfb texnansiOSFSC.enc Before update all worked fine. Nothing has changed. The .enc files are under fonts/enc and in the miktex.ini the path is set on it (under pdfetex). ConTeXt/pdfetex don't find any font file (but under LaTeX all is o.k.). I red that there are have to changed any variables, but I don't know how I have to do this under miktex (miktex.ini looks well for paths). Why it doesn't work now? Thanks in advance, Matthias

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\godown to an absolute position
by Duncan Hothersall 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

Hello. I have a style request that I haven't come across before and don't know how to handle in ConTeXt. I need the first line of text following a chapter title to always start 15 picas from the top edge of the text area. In other words, no matter how little space the title takes up, the first line after it should always start at the same vertical point. Something like -- \chapter{Chapter title} \godown[to=15pc] Start of the text of the chapter... -- would be ideal, but of course \godown starts from the current point and doesn't offer a to= option! I'm not sure that layers are the answer because as soon as I have moved down I'm into the running text of the chapter. Can anyone help? Thanks very much. Duncan

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[Fwd: Re: [NTG-context] m-letter.tex -- backslash interpretation error]
by Hans Hagen 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

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XML question regarding special characters
by Zeljko Vrba 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

Hi! I'm trying to design a "universal" markup that will be easy to convert both to PDF and HTML. I've come to code and equations. I don't want to use MathML and I want to output (and use in my documents!) verbatim TeX code of equations to HTML. What worries me is the following: I want to be able to write and run through Context XML processing: <formula label="fm:whatever> x^{2} < y </formula> or, for typesetting computer programs: <code> if((x&y) >= 3) { do_something(); } </code> (this would translate to \starttyping\stoptyping) How do I define XML environments that can handle XML special characters (<>&, etc., I don't know all of them..) gracefully? (i.e. so that I don't have to type <code> if((x&y) >= 3) </code> and similar for formulas) Thanks!

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recursion/loop with counter?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

Hello again! In a form I need a lot of empty, but numbered fields. Can I access the counter of \dorecurse somehow, or is there another loop command? e.g. \dorecurse{20}{\bTR \bTD \LoopCounter bottles of beer \eTD \bTD{\strut} \eTD \eTR} or \dorecurse{20}{\definefield[Fld\LoopCounter][line][MySetup][]\field[Fld\ LoopCounter]} Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net

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Wrap a url
by David Arnold 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

All, I have: \setupurl [style=bold] \useURL[craig][http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/instruct/darnold/CalcProj/Fal l98/CraigA/project3.htm] \from[craig] But it runs off my slide before wrapping. I'd like to break this up so it is on two lines and centered. Any suggestions?

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Context index and sorting question
by sjoerd siebinga 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

Hi all, I am currently working on a dictionary with multiple indices of older language stages like, Old English, Old Norse, Greec, Sanskrit, Hittite, etc. Most of these languages have different characters, accents and sorting rules than English. In enco-ini.tex I found the \definesortkey command, but it is not entirely clear to me how I could use this command for the individual indices instead of for the overall language (in my case english). Or even if this is possible at all? Could someone tell me how I can use the \definesortkey command or for that matter any other ConTeXt mechanism to define sortrules for individual indices? Regards Sjoerd PS why does Texutil strip accents \' \~ \` \" \^ but not \= ?

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layers and papersize
by Tom Fossen 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

This is probably a beginners question. While trying to understand the layer-mechanism I made a drawing which is meant as a background for a schedule in a magazine. I add the information within this drawing using the 'register' option I found on page 263 of the Metafun manual. Here is the example in a minimal form: \starttext \definelayer[rooster] \startuseMPgraphic{list} path p, s ; p := unitsquare scaled 3cm superellipsed 0.84 ; s := flex ((2.5cm,3.0cm), (10.0cm,3.0cm), (6.5cm,-0.5cm)) ; draw p withpen pencircle scaled 5pt withcolor .625white ; draw s withpen pencircle scaled 3pt withcolor .625white ; register ("da",2.4cm,2.4cm,(.3cm,2.8cm)) ; register ("name",5.6cm,0.6cm,(5.4cm,3.5cm)) ; register ("who",6cm,3cm,(3.4cm,2.8cm)) ; register("color",1.5cm,0.5cm,(7.6cm,-0.6cm)) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \setMPlayer[rooster][da]{\framed [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight,align=right] {pos 1}} \setPlayer[rooster][name]{\framed [ [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight] {pos 2}} \setMPlayer[rooster][who]{\framed [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight,align=right] {pos 3}} \setMPlayer[rooster][color]{\framed [width=\MPlayerwidth,height=\MPlayerheight] {pos 4}} \getMPlayer[rooster] {\useMPgraphic{list}} \stoptext This works for the standard papersize. But I want this to work in a magazine on A5. So I add: \setuppapersize [A5][A4] \setuparranging [2UP,rotated,doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout[margin=0pt,width=middle] followed by the fragment above. But now all of the texts ("pos x") end up somewhere in the left corner of the page. Only the drawing is on its right place. I tried to experiment with adding 'position= on' or 'off' to the 'definelayer' command. No difference. Where are the misunderstandings on my side? tom fossen

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OmniOutliner>ConTeXt Export plugin available
by Adam Lindsay 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

[apologies for the cross-post.] Hi all, My export plugin for OmniOutliner is now available for use with both OmniOutliner Professional and Standard: <http://oo2contml.sourceforge.net/> It exports structural markup to an XML file that's able to be processed directly by the ConTeXt TeX macro package. (That is to say, you can simply type this at the command line: texexec --pdf MyOutline.xml ...and you get a pdf.) There's a lot of documentation (but basic operation is really simple). Omni's support people have asked that I take plugin support questions off the OO-Users list, so there's a support mailing list at the above link as well. I'm also soliciting feedback on further directions for this plugin. I can imagine three possible directions: 1) Output in ConTeXt's TeX syntax, 2) Output a simplified structural XHTML (OO3's current offerings, while gorgeous, are not so easy for hacking up a basic web page for use with your own CSS), 3) Input the ConTeXt-XML format for basic round-tripping from Outline to ConTeXt to Outline. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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new technote
by Hans Hagen 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/technotes/tfmetrics.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: No bonds visibel with ppchtex
by Kai Straube 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

Am Mittwoch, 5. Januar 2005 18:03 schrobst Du: > Kai Straube wrote: > > Am Freitag, 31. Dezember 2004 22:22 schriebst Du: > >>Kai Straube wrote: > >>>% original texmf.cnf -- runtime path configuration file for kpathsea. > >>>% Enable system commands via \write18{...}? > >>>shell_escape = f > >> > >>shell_escape = t > >> > >>Hans > > > > Thank you for your engagement! But after I changed it nothing new was > > happend ;-(( > > what does your logfile say? Here are the sample file and that what are produced: Kai

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acro bat 7
by Hans Hagen 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

Hi Willy, [cc to context list] Long ago we mailed about acrobat messing up colors when using transparencies. Well, it looks like it happens again. When transparencies are used, all colors are affected (become darker). In previous versions, the pag ecache was the troublemaker, dunno what causes it now, since i cannot influence the cache. Can you test this on your machine as well? 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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NTG-Context, Robots and Privacy ..
by Dirar BOUGATEF 09 Jan '05

09 Jan '05

Hi, Because of my mails on the archive, the search engine robots got my email adress, blablabla ... I have contacted google and this is their answer: Thank you for your note. In order to remove content from Google's index, the webmaster must either change the content of the page itself or use a robots.txt file or meta tags to block us from including the site in our search results. Since you are not the webmaster of this site, please contact the webmaster with your request. Once he removes the page or changes its content, our search results will automatically reflect this change in a matter of weeks. Regards, The Google Team Am not sure wether it is Patrick who deals with this ... Many thanks.

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pragma web site error
by Peter Münster 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello, I get the following error message on URL http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/ : Example Server Report Fri Jan 07 22:31:20 CET 2005 Something is wrong. Maybe you need to login. Do I have to register somewhere? Happy new year, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Acrobat Reader 7.0(beta) for Linux
by Tobias Burnus 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello, as Heise.de is informing (06.01.2005 10:44), Adobe offers now AR7. "Adobe provides Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux [Update] Adobe provides a beta version of the free Adobe Reader 7 for Linux, shortly after the release of the PDF generator Acrobat 7. Interested parties can register for the beta program at the reader-download page [1]. [...] As previously announced, in Acrobat Reader 7 a Yahoo toolbar is installed, which blocks pop ups and aids with the internet search." [1] http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html I've to admit that I couldn't find it there, but I was told that one can find it here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=unix (though I fail to open that page, maybe to many people read heise.de). Tobias PS: A bit late happy new year wishes to all.

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optional arguments, if(nth)argument
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello again! Today I'm trying a lot of new (to me) things... This time, a macro with optional arguments and \if...argument : \def\SkillField{\dodoubleempty\doSkillField} \def\doSkillField[#1][#2]#3{\bTR\bTD #3 \iffirstargument\hfill (#1)\fi % don't print when no optional argument \eTD \bTD \ifsecondargument % if second optional arg is provided \definefield[#2][line][Skill][#1]\field[#2] \else % if no second optional arg \definefield[#3][line][Skill][#3]\field[#3] \fi \eTD\eTR} e.g. \SkillField[+8][Aergern]{Ärgern} % works \SkillField[+1]{Labern} % does nothing instead of "else" \SkillField{Testen} % does "\hfill (#1)", but should do nothing Apparently, the \if...argument ... \else don't work as they should. Where's my mistake? Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net

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function that purges 8 bit text?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hi there! I try to typeset a roleplaying character sheet as PDF form; it contains a table of skills, each line is a \SkillField after this def: \def\SkillField#1#2{\bTR\bTD #1\hfill (#2) \eTD \bTD \definefield[#1][line][SkillSetup][#2]\field[#3]\eTD\eTR} e.g. \SkillField{Climbing}{+8} becomes a table line like: Climbing (+8) [+8] Now there are a lot of skills that contain e.g. umlauts, so that \definefield[#1] fails. I don't like to introduce a third parameter. Is there a possibility to strip all invalid chars from a string, so that \SkillField{Erzählen}{0} can define a field named "Erzaehlen" or "Erzhlen" or "Erzahlen"? (Sorry, I can't program in TeX.) If this is not possible, I'll try an optional parameter. Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net

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bibdemo.tex
by Willi Egger 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

Hi, Testing the file provided by Taco before installing the new alpha-Context did not result in a reference from \cite[don], only a () is typeset. After installing the new alpha-Context, the problem with the \section command is indeed solved. Still there is only a () from the citation. What is going wrong? Kind regards Willi

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alpha release
by Hans Hagen 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

Hi, I uploaded an alpha release. Well, not that alpha, since i run it here as default, but this one has the bib files packahed. Some code moved to the system modules and some bits and pieces were cleaned up. Taco and I will discuss a further clean up / internationalization later. I hope that this fisex some of the reported problems. (next on the list is the nath module, but i wait till GB tells me to do so) 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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Figure captions
by Taco Hoekwater 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Hi, Does anybody know how I can get a dot after the figure number in a caption, without 'promoting' that dot to figure references in the body text as well? I remember I've had this problem before, but that was a long time ago and I don't remember the solution any more. Greetings, Taco

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Re: ntg-context Digest, Vol 6, Issue 37
by Kai Straube 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Hans Hagen wrote: > can you try > > texexec --pdf --automp yourfile > > it may be that your context is configured for runtime mp processing while > your tex does not have write18 enabled Thank you for your answer, but this results in no other output ;-( Kai

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Bib module produces no output
by David Antos 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Hello, bib module of 30-8-2004 produces no bibliography list on \placepublications with ConTeXt 2004.12.17 (last stable) and/or latest beta. The workaround is to use \setuplist[pubs][criterium=all] somewhere in the setup. Can you please make including the whole bibliography make the default? I'm pretty sure that's what everybody expects :-) Thanks, D.A. -- Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious. -- Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband

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Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext.zip and pdfTeX 1.20b ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Hi Hans, happy new year! > > > > When do you think you could provide us a mswincontext.zip > > that includes pdfTeX 1.20b ? > > when i have a pdftex 20b binary > > Hans I was asking for this on comp.text.tex and Hans Fredrik Nordhaug just told that MiKTeX has updated to version 1.20b. Steffen

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framed starts a paragraph...
by Adam Lindsay 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

hi all. What's happening here? \starttext hello world.\par \framed{hello} world.\par hello \framed{world}.\par \stoptext It looks like an extra \par is inserted after the first \framed. Is this new? (Using latest beta.) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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algorithms style : need \starttyping with TeX and math feature
by Maurice Diamantini 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Bonjour à tous, I'm trying to white some algorithms in natural language (versus pseudo-computing langage) I need to keep some "typing" for write space (i.e. indentation of text) while being able to white TeX commands (with \xxx{yyy}) and math (like $y_u(t)$) In fact I'd like some LaTeX algorithms style like feature. I could do some recursive \startitemize...\stopitemize... but it is two much verbose, so I thought looking at the ConTeXt "typing" system Also, perhaps my request is simply an option of \startlines which keep not only the lines break, but also the first spaces of each line (in a verbatim font fors these space) Thank you for any help! -- Maurice Diamantini

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Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext.zip and pdfTeX 1.20b ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hi Hans, happy new year! When do you think you could provide us a mswincontext.zip that includes pdfTeX 1.20b ? Steffen Willi Egger <w.egger(a)boede.nl> wrote: > Hi Steffen, > > if my installation is not yet outdated: > > This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) > ConTeXt ver: 2004.12.06 > > then the annswer is no. > As you can see my installation based on mswincontext.zip is just 3 weeks > old. > > Kind regards Willi > > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am thinking about downloading the big complete mswincontext.zip > > (context/install/mswincontext.zip). > > > > Does it also include pdfTeX 1.20b ? > > > > I just want to be sure before starting a day long 56k-modem-download. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Steffen P.S. Happy new year!

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Sidebars and versals Oh my!
by John Culleton 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Been working my way through the examples in the Columns Manual, the Details Manual etc. and had some thoughts on additional features. Versals come in many different flavors, of which the conventional dropped cap is just one. Even that facility could use a tweak. Conventionally, to provide a transition from the dropped cap to the normal text, the rest of the first word, or the next two or three words, or sometimes the entire first line is put in a small caps typeface. I cobbled up my own macro for this for a particular book I typeset: \def\drop#1#2{% \noindent {\head #1} \vskip -20pt \noindent \hangindent=1.7em \hangafter=-2 {\sc #2} } But this is not the only type of versal. Sometimes a large capital letter (perhaps in italics) is centered on the top of the textblock thus: \def\drop#1#2{\noindent\hglue .4\hsize{\tfd#1}{\sc#2}} Now there are other variations seen in fine books, such as a dropped initial cap partly or completely protruding into the left margin, often colored gray. The first macro above could be modified for a specific case. A general macro is more challenging. A matter of continuing interest is the sidebar, which can be placed in the outer margin, or flush left or right in a paragraph, or partly protruding into the outer margin. Usually these sidebars will have a gray background and often have a border. It appears that creating the sidebar separately as a pdf graphic and then importing and placing it would be the easiest way home. Context already has mechanisms for flowing or wrapping text around a graphic. How well the wraparound feature works when more than one short paragraph is involved I have not tested yet. In any case I will continue to explore these layout features, and if anything interesting shows up I will share. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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mswincontext.zip and pdfTeX 1.20b ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Hi, I am thinking about downloading the big complete mswincontext.zip (context/install/mswincontext.zip). Does it also include pdfTeX 1.20b ? I just want to be sure before starting a day long 56k-modem-download. Thank you, Steffen P.S. Happy new year!

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Re: context, foxet, fonts!
by Hans Hagen 31 Dec '04

31 Dec '04

Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > I just installed the latest tex and context stuff via Gerben's > installer. However, when I try to run foxet, I get a ton of missing > font errors like this: > > ranscript written on mfput.log. > grep: utmri8t.log: No such file or directory > mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; > input utmri8t' failed to make utmri8t.tfm. > ! Font \*5ptrmsl*=utmri8t at 5.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not i learned that tetex (used in gwtex) does not longer distribute those metrics, which is disturbing because their tfm metrics *do* differ from their adobe counterpart, and simply mapping the the u* onto the p* files gives different results; anyhow, you may try: \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] 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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\coupledocument
by Willi Egger 31 Dec '04

31 Dec '04

Hi, At the moment I am trying to achieve an interactive document, where the sectionheading of the paper-version are linked to corresponding sectionheading in the screen document. The code is based on an example as provided by David Arnold. In the attached example I do not get interactivity with coloured sectionheadings. When compiling the original example from David then I get only interactive jumps from the sectionheadings in the paper-version to the screen document. But there is no way to jump back to the paper-version i.e. the interactivity is not active in the screen document. It seems, that there is something broken in the \coupledocument command? Thanks for any suggestions Willi texexec --mode=paper --suffix="-p" linked-file texexec --mode=screen --suffix="-s" linked-file texexec --mode=paper --suffix="-p" linked-file texexec --mode=screen --suffix="-s" linked-file % Minimal file for testing interactive links between % paper- and scree-versions of the same document % CONTEXT file % filename: linked-file.tex % Sample is based on code provided by David Arnold % Willi Egger % 31-12-2004 \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupinteraction [state=start, color=lightblue] \setuplist [content] [alternative=a, interaction=pagenumber] \startmode[screen] \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setupinteraction [state=start, page=yes] \coupledocument [alternative] [\jobname-p] [section,subsection] [Alternative Version: paper version] \setuphead [section,subsection] [file=alternative] \stopmode \startmode[paper] \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \setupinteraction [state=start] \coupledocument% [alternative] [\jobname-s] [section,subsection] [Alternative version: screen document] \setuphead [section,subsection] [file=alternative] \stopmode \starttext \completecontent \page \section[sect:one]{Tufte One} \input tufte \page \section[sect:two]{Tufte Two} \input tufte \page \section[sect:three]{Tufte Three} \input tufte \page \section[sect:four]{Tufte Four} \input tufte \stoptext

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Mac testers wanted
by Adam Lindsay 30 Dec '04

30 Dec '04

Hi all, Sorry, but I'm announcing another Mac-only thing to the ConTeXt list. I'd like a few testers on an export script. OmniOutliner Pro makes for an interesting structured editor, and I've written an export plug-in that outputs ContML code that can easily be run through ConTeXt. I could use a couple savvy MacOSX ConTeXters to help verify it's behaving as expected and that it's usable. It means running a (99% stable) beta application (OOPro) that won't be free in the long term, so if that offends your sensibilities, turn away now... (My plug-in and ConTeXt module will be free, of course.) If you're interested in helping out, though, please send me a message off-list, and make sure you have OmniOutliner Pro beta installed: <http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/beta/pro/> I'll be sending out a package in a few days. Thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Hyphenation peculiarity.
by John Culleton 30 Dec '04

30 Dec '04

I noted that context seems to be most reluctant to hyphenate. So I ran a test file through plain tex, pdftex and Context and checked the results. Context hyphenated less than the other two. The manual does not say much about hyphenation. I am using a fresh TeXLive install. Here is the top part of the log----------------------------------------------- This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 2004.12.28) 28 DEC 2004 17:14 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en hypph.tex (./hypph.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.11.17 fmt: 2004.12.28 int: english mes: english language : language en is active Here is the test file-------------------------------------------- \hsize 2in \input knuth.tex \bye It seems to act as if the hyphenation dictionary weren't here. If I put in a discretionary hyphen Context will use it. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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Re: [pdftex] swf objects in pdflatex
by Hans Hagen 30 Dec '04

30 Dec '04

Peter Schröder wrote: > Does anyone have experience (success or horror stories) regarding the > inclusiong of flash content in pdf files? http://www.pragma-ade.com/itdemos/internal/media/mediashow.pdf it runs ok in acrobat 6, but somehow not in (at least my installation of) acrobat 7, so there is some horror story attached: my experience is that much of this functionality in acrobat ends up in there untested (I will look into a 'way around 7' later) this is the source file: <?xml version='1.0' ?>   <rl:resourcelibrary xmlns:rl='http://www.pragma-ade.com/xml/schemas/reslib.rng'> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 1'> <rl:name>Quicktime Movie</rl:name> <rl:mime>video/quicktime</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.mov</rl:file> <rl:picture>self</rl:picture> <rl:width>8cm</rl:width> <rl:height>6cm</rl:height> <rl:text>This movie was made while waiting for a plane transfer in San Francisco on the way back from TUG 2003 on Hawaii to Europe. Pier 39 is located is the Bay Area.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 2'> <rl:name>Shockwave Simulation</rl:name> <rl:mime>application/x-shockwave-flash</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.swf</rl:file> <rl:picture>self</rl:picture> <rl:text>This simulation is made by Johan Jonker. This kind of animations goed under the names Flash and Shockwave.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 3'> <rl:name>Smil Presentation</rl:name> <rl:mime>application/smil</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.smi</rl:file> <rl:picture>self</rl:picture> <rl:text>Here we see a one-picture slide show coded in SMIL. This picture is a downsampled 8 bit PNG version of the high resolution 24 bit JPEG graphic; the viewer cannot handle the original.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 4'> <rl:name>MP3 Soundtrack</rl:name> <rl:mime>audio/mpeg</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.mp3</rl:file> <rl:picture backgroundcolor='black'>mediashow.jpg</rl:picture> <rl:text>This is the soundtrack to a movie made at Pier 39 in San Francisco. The quality is rather low because no high end equipment was used. We compensate this by showing a high res graphic.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> </rl:resourcelibrary> 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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\setuphead for chapter
by VnPenguin 29 Dec '04

29 Dec '04

Hi all, I'm trying to define chapter style like the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapter 1 This is the name of chapter ------------------------------------------------------------------ But I can't found the option of \setuphead which allows me insert a "new line" (and a vertical space) between chapter number and chapter name yet. Any help will be appreciated, Thanks in advance, Quy NGUYEN-DAI -- http://vnoss.org/forum/

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pdfTeX questions
by Peter Münster 28 Dec '04

28 Dec '04

Hello, I have some questions concerning pdfTeX, the following example illustrates the problems: \setupoutput[pdftex] \enableregime[il1] \pdfinfo{ /Title (\"Ubung) /Author (Münster) } % neither \"U nor ü work \pdfcatalog{ /PageMode /FullScreen } % this works well \pdfdest num 1 fitbh % I would like to get the same result as in LaTeX with % \hypersetup{pdfstartview={FitBH}} \starttext some text \externalfigure[example][width=5cm] some text, jpeg-figure is shifted down and to the left. The file example.jpg is attached. The versions: pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) ConTeXt ver: 2004.3.16 fmt: 2004.5.18 int: english mes: english \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Extra inserpages options and Out of hash space
by Giuseppe Bilotta 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

Hello, I'm re-creating a PDF from a split-repeated form: each section of the original document has been split into a separated PDF, and I'm trying to recombine it. To do so, I patched \dodoinsertpages so that it is possible to give a start= and stop= value for the pages (so that you can include, say, the pages from 4 to 86 only): \newcounter\currentip \def\dodoinsertpages[#1][#2][#3]% {\bgroup \dontcomplain \getfiguredimensions[#1]% \getparameters[\??ip][\c!start=1,\c!stop=\noffigurepages,\c!width=\!!zeropoint,#3]% \doifinset0{#2}{\null\page}% % \write16{Should insert from \@@ipstart\space to \@@ipstop}% \let\currentip\@@ipstart% \decrement\currentip \doloop {\increment\currentip\relax % \write16{Inserting page \currentip}% \dofilterpage{#1}\currentip \doifinset\currentip{#2}{\null\page}% \ifnum\currentip=\@@ipstop\exitloop \fi }% \egroup Hans may consider adding such a feature to the default distribution, possibly making it work with the n= option which is used by the standard stuff ... Anyway, my problem is that as soon as I get past page 600 or so, I get hash size exceeded fatal errors. A braindead solution that allows me to get a few more pages is to patch \calculateexternalfigure to define less csnames, eg by commenting %\setxvalue{\@@efobjectname\c!n}{\number\nofinsertpages}% and changing %\xdef\noffigurepages{\number\getvalue{\@@efobjectname\c!n}}% \xdef\noffigurepages{\number\nofinsertpages}% but still still is not enough (it's a nearly 1000 pages book). Ideas on how to solve the problem (MiKTeX does not allow increasing the hash size)? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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bookmark & UTF-8 accented characters
by VnPenguin 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

Hi all, I have problem with bookmark when I use Vietnamese UTF-8 input encoding. By using \placebookmarks[chapter,section] I got a bookmark with TeX codes in chapter and section names instead of UTF-8 string like in document. (see the shot http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/bookmark.png) In LaTeX, IIRC, there is a command \texorpdfstring{st1}{st2} of hyperref package which allows me to use st1 for the content and st2 (without accented characters) for bookmarks. Yes, I see the using a non-accented string for vietnamese has no sense, but this is a "workaround" for us for this moment :) Any solution for this problem ? Thank you in advance, Q. NGUYEN-DAI PS: I have done research around mailing archive but unfortunately I not found the solution yet.

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duotones
by Piotr Kopszak 27 Dec '04

27 Dec '04

Hans, You mentioned recently support for obtaining duotones. I was grepping through the recent sources, but couldn't find any information about that. Is it already in the published beta? Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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\FrameTitle not recognized.
by John Culleton 26 Dec '04

26 Dec '04

Please note the following file: -------------------------------------------- \starttext \FrameTitle{Zapf (1)} \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} beginfig(1); endfig; \stopuseMPgraphic{dummy} \useMPgraphic{dummy} \stoptex ------------------------------------------- the \FrameTitle command generates an error no matter where I place it. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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metafun example & utf8 input problem
by VnPenguin 25 Dec '04

25 Dec '04

Hi all, I'm trying the example at page 236 Graphics and macros (metafun-s.pdf). I use vietnamese utf-8 input with T5.: --------------------------- code --------------- \enableregime[utf] \setupencoding[default=t5] \loadmapfile[urwvn] \usetypescript[all][computer-modern][t5] \setupbodyfont[reset] \usetypescript[berry][t5] \usetypescript[postscript][t5] \setupbodyfont[postscript,12pt] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame} picture p ; numeric w, h, o ; p := textext.rt(\MPstring{FunnyFrame}) ; w := OverlayWidth ; h := OverlayHeight ; o := BodyFontSize ; p := p shifted (2o,h-ypart center p) ; draw p ; drawoptions (withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .625red) ; draw (2o,h)--(0,h)--(0,0)--(w,0)--(w,h)--(xpart urcorner p,h) ; draw boundingbox p ; setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled(w,h) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay [FunnyFrame] [\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}] \defineframedtext [FunnyText] [frame=off,background=FunnyFrame] \def\StartFrame{\startFunnyText} \def\StopFrame {\stopFunnyText } \def\FrameTitle#1% {\setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{\hbox spread 1em{\hss\strut#1\hss}}} \setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{} \FrameTitle{Những nhận định} \StartFrame Những nhận định trên đây có thể đúng, có thể không đúng! Những nhận định trên đây có thể đúng, có thể không đúng! Những nhận định trên đây có thể đúng, có thể không đúng! \StopFrame \stoptext -------- end of code -------------------- The text in \StartFrame ....\StopFrame is correctly printed. But the \FrameTitle is not. I lossed all accented characters. In Acroread, I found that the framed title uses CMR12 font instead of VnNimbusRomNo9L-Regu font like the body. Any help will be very appreciated. Thank you, Quy NGUYEN-DAI

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Acrobat 7.0
by Adam Lindsay 24 Dec '04

24 Dec '04

I haven't seen it mentioned on this list yet. It may have been mentioned out there elsewhere in TeXland: Adobe Reader 7.0 is out. It installs a web plugin for the Mac. It seems to work on the Pragma/POD site. Rock on. <http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html> as usual. adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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nath bug
by David Munger 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

Hello Giuseppe, I think I found a bug in the nath module. Try the following: \usemodule[nath] \starttext \[ e^{f(x)} \] \stoptext And by the way, fractions in exponents are typeset too big: \usemodule[nath] \starttext \[ e^{\frac{1}{\gamma-1}} \] \stoptext Best regards, David

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SVG again
by Michał Morawski 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

PDF supports SVG graphic starting from version 5 of Acrobat (according adobe) I would like to obtain effects similar to http://www.learnsvg.com/pdf/chapter09_svg.pdf So I hope, it is not very difficult to include this possibilities into Context. Am I right? Michal Morawski

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Tabulate problem
by VnPenguin 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

Hi all, I'm trying a simple tabulate env: ----------- begin code ---------------------------- \starttext \starttabulate[|l|l|] \NC foo \NC cmd 2>&1 | grep bar \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext --------------- end code ------------------------------ I have error: ------------------ begin error --------------------------------------- grep bar \NC \NR \tabulatetailcontent \removefunnytabulateline ! Forbidden control sequence found while scanning use of \next. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> \endtemplate <template> \endtemplate \processtabulate ...cr \fulltabulatecontent \crcr }}\ifnum \nofautotabulate ... l.21 \stoptabulate ------------------- end error ---------------------------------------------------------- When I changed "&" by "\&" I have the same error. Anyone could tell me how to fix it please. Thank you in advance, Quy NGUYEN-DAI

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(Con)TeX(t), Unicode and accented characters
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

Here's a short version of my question: How do I enable unicode encoded characters (just normal accented latin characters) to be typeset in (any font) in ConTeXt, like the \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} in LaTeX? And here the long one: ************************************************************************ I don't really understand how accented characters are typeset in (Con)TeX(t). One of the main reasons for switching to LaTeX (maybe 8 years ago) someone mentioned was: "You don't have to worry about accented characters. You can make any accented character and it will work all over the world." (We actually did have lots of problems with MS Word and web browsers at that time.) And it was true. But when I switched to ConTeXt I came against that problem again. In LaTeX I used \v{c}\v{s}\v{z} at first, later \usepackage{csz} ... "c"s"z (which works pretty much the same as "a"o"u in German) and finally (when someone told me about that possibility) \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} ... čšž As I didn't know how to use any other the font, I always used CMR, the default, so I didn't have problems with exotic fonts either. ************************************************************************ But here we come to ConTeXt. For the German "Umlaut", \"{a}\"{o}\"{u} (äöü), this was satisfactory: \useencoding[windows-1250] \mainlanguage[de] For \v{c}\v{s}\v{z} (čšž) this wasn't the case, so a proposed solution from another ConTeXt user was: % output=pdf -translate-file=cp1250cs \setupbodyfont [csr,ams,rm] What I don't really understand: why did the Chech TUG have to design *their own font*, csr, (or made changes to cmr) if accented characters worked perfectly already in plain TeX? The second problem: This works under Windows when typesetting in code page 1250. How can I use accented characters if text is typeset in Unicode (or latin2) in Linux? The third problem: How do I typeset '\v{c}' in some other font? I do understand that it may not function in just any font since someone has to tell the computer how the accented characters are built, but as long as \v{c} works, there's no reason for \useencoding[utf8] and then continuing with unicode encoded characters not to produce the desired result. Thank you, Mojca

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Bibtex & SVG
by Michał Morawski 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

Does Context support bibtex together with harvard style citations? and Is it possible to include graphics (or even animations) in SVG format into the pdf documents ? Thank You in advance Michal Morawski

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Re:floats pb in a list
by olivier Turlier 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

> If you don't need automatic placing but in-place figures, don't use > \place... > > > Grüßlis vom Hraban! > --- > http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ > http://contextgarden.net Thanks for your (logical)answer, it's working now when following your advice. -- Olivier TURLIER

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Hi, I uploaded a new beta with a couple of fixed discussed last weeks as well as a better mp to pdf handling of pen based graphics (thanks to Daniel L.) Hans ps. http://www.pragma-ade.com/2004.pdf ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Error during processing extremely simple file
by Michał Morawski 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Hi, I have properly generated the format: texexec --make --language=pl --bodyfont=plr en Then I have crated the following file: % interface=en output=pdftex translate=cp1250pl %\mainlanguage[pl] \starttext ABCD \stoptext Unfortunately I receive the following message: TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : tctx output : pdftex interface : en translation : cp1250pl current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) %&-line parsing enabled. (c:/TexLive/texmf/web2c/cp1250pl.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (./tctx.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.12.06 fmt: 2004.12.20 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 1083] system (E-TEX) : [line 1138] ) system : cont-old loaded (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme fonts : [berry] [ec] [] (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 uk->default:default->2->2 :2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2: 2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->default:default->7->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 i t->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : tctx.top loaded (./tctx.top specials : loading definition file tpd (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (c:/TexLive/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 2255] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \c!gebied ={C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/systemprofile/} \xprocesscommaitem #1,#2->\if ,#1 ,\@EA \xprocesscommaitem \else \if ]#1\@EAE... \xdogetparameters #1]->\xprocesscommaitem #1,] ,\@relax@ \dosetupsystem [#1]->\getparameters [\??sv ][#1] \setuprandomize [\@@svrandom... l.4 ...C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/systemprofile/}] Does anybody know where is the problem? Sincerely Michal Morawski

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undefined \underbar
by Peter Rolf 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

Hello Hans, the definition of \underbar is commented out in the current beta. Greetings, Peter

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How to get default Dutch language Context in TeXShop on Macos X
by Robert Kroon 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

Hi, Recently I've installed Gerben Wierda's teTeX distributon incl. ConTeXt on my iMac (Macos X, 10.3.6). Now I'm trying to learn ConTeXt. I'm marking up my documents in TeXShop, version 1.34. I can typeset small ConTeXt documents and generate PDF-files as long as the type setting commands are in English. However, I would like to use Dutch type setting commands like: \starttekst Dit is een test \stoptekst When I typeset this file from within TexShop I get following output and errors <Begin screen message> TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 executable : pdfetex format : cont-nl inputfile : Context-les1 output : pdftex interface : nl current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-nl.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `cont-nl'. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-nl.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! return code : 256 run time : 6 seconds total run time : 6 seconds <End screen message> First my interface was en (english). As can been seen in the listing my interface language is now nl . I changed this under my root account with the command texexec --make nl en My Texexec --verbose output under my user account is: <Begin terminal output> TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 current path : /Users/robert locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.ini on scripts locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.ini elsewhere locating ini file : found by kpsewhich reading : /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/context/config/texexec.ini setting : 'TeXShell' to 'tetex' for 'all' setting : 'UseEnginePath' to 'false' for 'all' setting : 'UsedInterfaces' to 'nl en metafun mptopdf' for 'all' setting : 'UserInterface' to 'nl' for 'all' setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'tex' for 'all' setting : 'MpExecutable' to 'mpost' for 'all' setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'all' setting : 'DviToMpExecutable' to 'dvitomp' for 'all' setting : 'DviSpecialScript' to 'dvispec' for 'all' setting : 'MpFormat' to 'metafun' for 'all' setting : 'TeXFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all' setting : 'MpFormatFlag' to '&' for 'all' setting : 'TeXHashExecutable' to 'mktexlsr' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXExecutable' to 'pdfetex' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXVirginFlag' to '-ini' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXPassString' to '-progname=context' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXBatchFlag' to '-int=batchmode' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXNonStopFlag' to '-int=nonstopmode' for 'tetex' setting : 'MpToTeXExecutable' to 'mpto' for 'tetex' setting : 'MpVirginFlag' to '-ini' for 'tetex' setting : 'MpPassString' to '-progname=mpost' for 'tetex' setting : 'MpBatchFlag' to '-int=batchmode' for 'tetex' setting : 'MpNonStopFlag' to '-int=nonstopmode' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXVirginFlag' to '-ini -translate-file=natural.tcx' for 'tetex' setting : 'MpVirginFlag' to '-ini -translate-file=natural.tcx' for 'tetex' setting : 'TeXPassString' to '-progname=context -translate-file=natural.tcx' for 'tetex' setting : 'MpPassString' to '-progname=mpost -translate-file=natural.tcx' for 'tetex' used setting : TeXShell = tetex used setting : SetupPath = used setting : UserInterface = nl used setting : UsedInterfaces = nl en metafun mptopdf used setting : TeXFontsPath = . used setting : MpExecutable = mpost used setting : MpToTeXExecutable = mpto used setting : DviToMpExecutable = dvitomp used setting : TeXProgramPath = used setting : TeXFormatPath = used setting : ConTeXtPath = used setting : TeXScriptsPath = used setting : TeXHashExecutable = mktexlsr used setting : TeXExecutable = pdfetex used setting : TeXVirginFlag = -ini -translate-file=natural.tcx used setting : TeXBatchFlag = -int=batchmode used setting : TeXNonStopFlag = -int=nonstopmode used setting : MpBatchFlag = -int=batchmode used setting : MpNonStopFlag = -int=nonstopmode used setting : TeXPassString = -progname=context -translate-file=natural.tcx used setting : TeXFormatFlag = & used setting : MpFormatFlag = & used setting : MpVirginFlag = -ini -translate-file=natural.tcx used setting : MpPassString = -progname=mpost -translate-file=natural.tcx used setting : MpFormat = metafun used setting : MpFormatPath = used setting : UseEnginePath = 0 used setting : FmtLanguage = used setting : FmtBodyFont = used setting : FmtResponse = used setting : TcXPath = used setting : SetFile = applications will use : /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf generating format : not using fmtutil --help overview of all options and their values --help all all about all options --help short just the main options --help mode ... pdf all about a few options --help '*.pdf' all about options containing 'pdf' <end terminal output> I believe that I'm doing things terrible wrong and I'm not that much used to use the terminal (as root, administrator or user) in Macos X. Any tips how I can get my Dutch typesetting command from within TeXShop? Many thanks in advance. Robert -- Robert Kroon E-mail: robert(a)kroontevelde.demon.nl **** RISC OS computers - designed to serve ****

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TeXFont Problem
by Fergal Grimes 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

Hi, I'm a TeX/ConTeXt beginner and I'm having trouble installing a new font. I just purchased Sabon from Adobe and I'm following the installation instructions at http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html. The problem is that when I run TeXFont it just copies the AFM and PFB files into the directory tree at C:\Program Files\TeXLive\texmf-local\fonts. (I'm using TeXLive distribution for Win32.) However, for some reason it does not generate the TFM and VF files. I searched the archives of this list and notice that this problem was raised by chabah5 at hotmail.com on Thu Aug 12 13:21:56 2004, but got no answer. Can anyone help me? I've got TeXFont version 2.2.1. and I run the folowing command from the directory where the downloaded font files reside: texfont --vendor=adobe --collection=sabon --makepath --install The output I get is appended below. I'd appreciate any help you can give (since I've invested $160 in Adobe Sabon!!!) Thanks, Fergal -------------------------------------------------------- C:\Temp>texfont --vendor=adobe --collection=sabon --makepath --install Kpathsea released! TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 file = c:/Program c:/Program.gz: No such file or directory file = c:/Program c:/Program.gz: No such file or directory mktexlsr: c:/Program is not a directory. Skipping... mktexlsr: c:/Temp/Files/TeXLive/texmf-local is not a directory. Skipping... mktexlsr: your `ls-R' database files have been modified while kpathsea Dll was loaded by other programs. It is recommended that you terminate all of them. in order to reinitialize the shared databases. mktexlsr: Done. encoding vector : texnansi vendor name : adobe source path : . font collection : sabon texmf font root : c:/program files/texlive/texmf-local pdftex map file : texnansi-adobe-sabon.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern * copying files : afm copying : SAB_____.AFM copying : SABI____.AFM copying : SABIO___.AFM copying : SABOF___.AFM copying : SAI_____.AFM copying : SAIOF___.AFM copying : SAR_____.AFM copying : SARSC___.AFM copying files : pfb copying : SAB_____.PFB copying : SABI____.PFB copying : SABIO___.PFB copying : SABOF___.PFB copying : SAI_____.PFB copying : SAIOF___.PFB copying : SAR_____.PFB copying : SARSC___.PFB extending map file : c:/Program Files/TeXLive/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/c ontext/texnansi-adobe-sabon.map font identifier : Sabon-Bold -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SAB (from SAB) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SAB (from texnansi-raw-SAB) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SAB.vpl: No such file or directory font identifier : Sabon-BoldItalic -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SABI (from SABI) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SABI (from texnansi-raw-SABI) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SABI.vpl: No such file or directory font identifier : Sabon-BoldItalicOsF -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SABIO (from SABIO) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SABIO (from texnansi-raw-SABIO) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SABIO.vpl: No such file or directory font identifier : Sabon-BoldOsF -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SABOF (from SABOF) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SABOF (from texnansi-raw-SABOF) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SABOF.vpl: No such file or directory font identifier : Sabon-Italic -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SAI (from SAI) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SAI (from texnansi-raw-SAI) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SAI.vpl: No such file or directory font identifier : Sabon-ItalicOsF -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SAIOF (from SAIOF) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SAIOF (from texnansi-raw-SAIOF) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SAIOF.vpl: No such file or directory font identifier : Sabon-Roman -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SAR (from SAR) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SAR (from texnansi-raw-SAR) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SAR.vpl: No such file or directory font identifier : Sabon-RomanSC -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-SARSC (from SARSC) ! need at most two non-option arguments generating new vf : texnansi-SARSC (from texnansi-raw-SARSC) vptovf.exe: texnansi-raw-SARSC.vpl: No such file or directory updating map file : texnansi-adobe-sabon.map generating : ls-r databases mktexlsr: c:/Program is not a directory. Skipping... mktexlsr: c:/Temp/Files/TeXLive/texmf-local is not a directory. Skipping... mktexlsr: your `ls-R' database files have been modified while kpathsea Dll was loaded by other programs. It is recommended that you terminate all of them. in order to reinitialize the shared databases. mktexlsr: Done. C:\Temp> ------------------------------------------------------

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s-faq-01 question
by VnPenguin 19 Dec '04

19 Dec '04

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:25:37 +0100, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > VnPenguin wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for FAQ style (print & screen). > > Thank you for your suggestion. > > taske a look at: s-faq-*.tex in the base directory > Just tried with vietnamese : ---------------- begin code ----------------------- \enableregime[utf] \setupencoding[default=t5] \loadmapfile[urwvn] \usetypescript[all][computer-modern][t5] \setupbodyfont[reset] \usetypescript[berry][t5] \usetypescript[postscript][t5] \setupbodyfont[postscript] \usemodule[faq-01] \starttext Some UTF-8 text here \stoptext ---------------- end of code ------------------------- But I have error: ) ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \HyphenationOfFAQ \complexlanguage [#1]->\edef \askedlanguage {#1 }\ifx \askedlanguage \empty \... l.24 [\HyphenationOfFAQ] ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to fix it please. Anyone could give me some lines of FAQ example please. Thank you in advance, Quy NGUYEN-DAI -- http://vnoss.org/forum/

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French quotes ..
by Dirar BOUGATEF 18 Dec '04

18 Dec '04

Hi, Just wandering how to configure Context to display french quotes instead of english ones. French quotes look like this : << my text >>, where english ones look like this: "my text". Of course, am using the \mainlanguage[fr] option in my document. Many thanks.

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Vertical justification of each slide
by Laurent Chéno 18 Dec '04

18 Dec '04

(* please excuse my poor english *) Hi, I use ConTeXt for presentations : I wish text on each slide to be vertically justified and vertically centered (between 2 occurrences of "\page"). There is surely a simple way to achieve that, but I don't found it. Do you can help me ? Thank you in advance. Laurent Chéno

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Problems with uniqueMPgraphic
by Adam Duck 18 Dec '04

18 Dec '04

I have this small test case: and it comes out with the wrong colors. So, I think I know that this is because of the same dimensions but I want to have different colors for the same overlay-dimensions. How do I do that? bye, Adam.

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Directions to use the new table format.
by Dirar BOUGATEF 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

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No bonds visibel with ppchtex
by Kai Straube 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hello all, I tried my sample with: texexec 5.2.3, pdfeTeX 3.14159-1.10b-2.1, context 2004.12.06, fmt 2004.12.17 and texexec 3.1, pdfeTeX 3.14159-1.10b, fmt 5.2.1 always the same result. Kai

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No bonds visibel with ppchtex
by Kai Straube 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hi there, I try to write some structures with ppchtex, but I found that the bonds will not beeing drawn. Simple examble: \usemodule[chemic, units, pictex] \mainlanguage[de] \language[de] \enableregime[il1] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \setuppapersize[A4] \starttext \startchemical \chemical[ONE,SB1,SB4,SB2,SB7,Z01247][C,H,H,H,H] \stopchemical \stoptext This results in only the symbols. but no bonds. Any suggestions? Thank you, Kai

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m-letter.tex
by Wolfgang Zillig 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

Hello, is someone using the letter module as mentioned in xcorresp.pdf (the correspondence manual)? There is written that the layout is defined in a file "m-letter.tex". I can´t find this file and the examples from the manual are not working too. Is there an example file for the use of this module? regards Wolfgang

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Re: [XeTeX] XeTeX infinite loop [][][][][][] bug - possible fix
by Adam Lindsay 17 Dec '04

17 Dec '04

[CC'd to ConTeXt list.] Jonathan Kew said this at Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:30:25 +0000: >I think I may have a temporary fix for the [][][][][][] problem, until >such time as I correct the real bug in XeTeX and release a new version. >I've been able to reproduce the problem here, and identified a >texmf.cnf setting that appears to trigger it (and which was changed in >a recent i-Package update). > >Edit the file: > > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf > >(you may need to "sudo pico ..." or whatever your favorite editor is), >look for the "Memory" section, and add the lines: > > extra_mem_bot.xetex = 0 > extra_mem_bot.xelatex = 0 > >It is not necessary to regenerate the format files after adding these >entries. > >(ConTeXt users may need an additional setting; I'm not sure what format >name they're using.) Well, at the moment, it's "context": extra_mem_bot.context = 0 (That's a pretty harsh workaround, considering "extra_mem_bot.context = 4000000" is the default in gwTeX. ConTeXters may prefer the \hfuzz suggestion from the XeTeX list. In any case, it explains why I was seeing the infinite loop so early!) >Please let me know, those who've run into the problem, whether this >does solve it for you. Meanwhile, I will of course aim to fix the bug >in XeTeX that makes non-zero "extra_mem_bot" settings fail in this way. A quick test on a file that normally sends XeTeX spinning away was fine after zeroing extra_mem_bot. Thanks! adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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