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Emulating AMS stuff in ConTeXt
by Giuseppe Bilotta 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

Hello, while trying to build an AMS emulation layer on top of ConTeXt math macros, I defined (among the other) the following macros: \def\startalign{% \startformula \let\\\cr \grabuntil{stopalign}\doeqalign } \def\doeqalign#1{\eqalign{#1\cr}\stopformula} \let\stopalign\relax These allow me to write: \startalign a & = b = \\ & = c \stopalign and everything is fine. Yet I cannot do \placeformula[hook] \startalign a & = b = \\ & = c \stopalign because of expansion problems. Why? How can I define the stuff? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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FontSite 500 CD support
by Bill McClain 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

I've had some email with Christopher League, the author of the Latex support package for the FontSite 500 CD. He is going to work on ConTeXt support in early 2003. When this is ready it will mostly supercede the procedures on my web page. Again, the urls are: http://contrapunctus.net/fs500tex/ http://www.fontsite.com/ -Bill -- Sattre Press Tales of War http://sattre-press.com/ by Lord Dunsany info(a)sattre-press.com http://tow.sattre-press.com/

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non western scripts and utf
by Hans Hagen 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

Hi, http://www.pragma-ade.com/temp/test.pdf shows how sanskrit like code will show up in context docs; i still need to get comment working (has to be utf-16) but hyperlinks and alike already work ok what would help testing this kind of things is real example text, so maybe we should start building a collection of test files (like tufte, but then in utf code) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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utf-8
by Simon Pepping 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

The new beta works fine. \unknownchar must be enclosed in braces, to prevent error messages when the unknown char is the only char in a superior or inferior. Many math symbols (unicode range 0x2200) are still missing. Would they be added like this: \definecharacter textSum {\mathematics{\Sum}} ? I will experiment somewhat with this later. Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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Using Fraktur (and Gothic and Calligraphic) fonts in ConTeXt
by Giuseppe Bilotta 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

Hello, I just wanted to report the conclusions I reached after the hoop-jumping I had to go through to be able to use Fraktur in ConTeXt, especially in math environments: it seems that the \frak, \goth, \cal font switches are ignored in math mode (which is somewhat ridiculous, considering that this is where they are used more often). A workaround (stolen from the old math module) is to define \def\fraktur #1{\ifmmode\@EA\text\fi{{\frak#1}}} \def\gothic #1{\ifmmode\@EA\text\fi{{\goth#1}}} \def\caligraphic#1{\ifmmode\@EA\text\fi{{\cal #1}}} and use \fraktur{a} instead of {\frak a}. This has the disadvantage that you cannot set Fraktur as the (math) font for a complex math construct. Can this be fixed, please? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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BUG in spec-fdf
by Giuseppe Bilotta 08 Dec '02

08 Dec '02

Hello, I just found (rather by chance) a bug in the fdf output definitions: at the end of the file there are the lines \definespecial\dostartgraphicgroup{\pdfliteral{q}} \definespecial\dostopgraphicgroup {\pdfliteral{Q}} Since fdf specials are also used in non-PDF production mode (e.g. by dvipdfm specials) there lines should be changed into \definespecial\dostartgraphicgroup{\PDFcode{q}} \definespecial\dostopgraphicgroup {\PDFcode{Q}} -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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DocBookInContext & multi-languages (newbie)
by Gour 07 Dec '02

07 Dec '02

Hello list! I'm a new in ConTeXt. After few boks done in LyX (LaTeX) I decided to enhance my "publishing". Since I need to write in DocBook, I was thrilled to find DocBookInContext package which enables to map from DocBook to ConTeXt. I prepared a small article in DocBook and converted it to PDF by: texexec --pdf file (I'm running SuSE 8.0 & teTeX). The problem is that I wanted to include some Croatian national characters in the DocBook file, but they are not shown in generated file. What should I do to be able to have both English & Croatian language in ConTeXt? (In LyX, I would simply use latin-2 encoding and write English & Croatian.) Usually documents in DocBook have Unicode encoding (UTF-8). What encoding has to be defined so that conversion DocBook -> ConTeXt will work properly? I also run texexec --make --language=hr,en hr Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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Re: [NTG-context] Swedish in lang-ger.tex
by Hans Hagen 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

At 09:52 PM 12/5/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Well, in the generated text is should be "--" with a space before and >after. In >my _opinion_ the spaces should be unbreakable. i changed the --- into the german --'s Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] Swedish in lang-ger.tex
by Hans Hagen 06 Dec '02

06 Dec '02

At 08:57 PM 12/4/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Hi Hans, > >Some weeks ago, before I found this discussion forum, I sent you a mail about >Swedish conventions in ConTeXt. Simce I see that no changes have been made >in "lang-ger.tex" I repeat my comments here: actually, i did change it a while ago; but it probably went unnoticed because the beta link was wrong http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/beta/cont-tmf.zip >As you can see "leftquote", "leftquotation" and "datum" ought to be changed. >Also, in the Swedish language the symbol represented by "---" doesn't exist; >we only use "-" and "--". So I guess "leftsentence", "rightsentence", etc. >should be changed too. think so, what should we do? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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utf (8)
by Hans Hagen 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Hi, I slightly adapted utf 8 support and uploaded a newer version to http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/beta/cont-tmf.zip Also, there is some test material at http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/beta/unitest.zip Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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utf 8
by Hans Hagen 05 Dec '02

05 Dec '02

Hi, I'm uploading a new beta. This one has utf8 as a regime: \enableregime[utf] the xml alternative \useXMLfilter[utf] also works. Some pending issues: how to deal with the utility files and so. I'll look into that as soon as i have to deal with utf cq. hav eproper test files. You should be able to process non western scripts, but the fonts/glyphs are not yet defind (see unic-0*.tex for how we're going to deal with that). Unknown glyphs will show up as a small rule, unless you say: \chardef\utfunicodetracer=1, 2 or 3 There is also a file: http://www.pragma-ade.com/temp/unitest.pdf just to get an idea of this kind of mapping. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Swedish in lang-ger.tex
by Stefan Karlsson 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

Hi Hans, Some weeks ago, before I found this discussion forum, I sent you a mail about Swedish conventions in ConTeXt. Simce I see that no changes have been made in "lang-ger.tex" I repeat my comments here: \installlanguage [\s!sv] [\c!spatiering=\v!opelkaar, \c!leftsentence=---, \c!rightsentence=---, \c!leftsubsentence=---, \c!rightsubsentence=---, % \c!leftquote=\upperleftsinglesixquote, \c!leftquote=\upperrightsingleninequote, \c!rightquote=\upperrightsingleninequote, % \c!leftquotation=\upperleftdoublesixquote, \c!leftquotation=\upperrightdoubleninequote, \c!rightquotation=\upperrightdoubleninequote, % \c!datum={\v!jaar,\ ,\v!maand,\ ,\v!dag}, \c!datum={\v!dag,\ ,\v!maand,\ ,\v!jaar}, \c!status=\v!stop] As you can see "leftquote", "leftquotation" and "datum" ought to be changed. Also, in the Swedish language the symbol represented by "---" doesn't exist; we only use "-" and "--". So I guess "leftsentence", "rightsentence", etc. should be changed too. Regards /Stefan Karlsson

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Indexing macros
by John Culleton 04 Dec '02

04 Dec '02

The "register" macros in Context only provide for a single level index AFAIK so I have been looking at the use of either makeindex or Xindy in a Context project. I have slightly modified the index.tex file from the Texsis distribution and renamed it indexx.tex. Instructions for use are included in the file. The command sequence is: texexec test.tex makeindex test.idx -o test.ind texexec test.tex. The test.tex file is as follows: \input indexx.tex \markindextrue \starttext Hello \page[yes] \idx{Frisbee} \idx{Saucer} \indexx{foo} \indexx{foo!bar} \page[yes] \input test.ind \stoptext The indexx.tex file can be found at: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/indexx.tex Most parties seem to prefer the more capable Xindy to the old standby makeindex. However The Xindy distribution has a program for translating makeindex raw index files to Xindy raw index files. So the indexx.tex macros can be used as a stopgap method now. I will work on another version that will emit Xindy raw files natively. Questions, comments, suggestions welcome :-) -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters Rowse Reviews Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com

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Generating formats.
by Eduardo Cassiraga 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

Hi: I am trying to install ConTexT system on my PC. My TeX system is MikTeX and I use Windows 2000. However it's imposible to me generate the formats. When I type the command for that the system answer to me as follow: C:\tmp>texexec --make en TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 ! You have to increase POOLSIZE. TeX binary : pdfetex format(s) : en total run time : 0 seconds Can anybody to help me, please? Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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In-paragraph display
by Giuseppe Bilotta 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

Hello, I'm going to bring the discussion back to a sore point that really needs to be cleared. When dealing with displayed material (equations, itemizations, quotations etc) the following four cases are (or rather should be) different: ============================== Case 1: some text before \startdisplay displayed material \stopdisplay some text after ============================== Case 2: some text before \startdisplay displayed material \stopdisplay some text after ============================== Case 3: some text before \startdisplay displayed material \stopdisplay some text after ============================== Case 4: some text before \startdisplay displayed material \stopdisplay some text after ============================== The reason why they should be different is that (1) in case 1 the display is part of the paragraph which includes both the text before, the displayed material, and the text after (2) in case 2 the display is part of a the paragraph which begins with the displayed material and includes the text after, but not the text before (3) in case 3 the display is part of a the paragraph which begins with the displayed material and includes the text before, but not the text after (4) in case 4 the display forms a paragraph on its own Why is this important? Assume for example that the paragraphs are set to have an indent (\setupindenting[medium], for example) and that the indentnext option is set to true. In this case "some text after" would only be indented in cases (3) and (4), but not in cases (1) and (2), since in cases (3) and (4) it starts a new paragraph while in cases (1) and (2) it is part of the previous paragraph. Is it just an impression of mine, or is it true that this is not the case in ConTeXt? The behaviour in all three cases seems to be the same ... -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Split floating table
by varheit＠gmx.de 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

Hi, i try to typeset a very large table using the Natural Table macros. I would like to place the table as a floating object so it will get numbered and show up in the list of tables. In a recent post, the command \splitfloat was mentioned, but unfortunately, I could not find any documentation that would help me out. I tried the document below, which results in a split table, but all the rows of the table are split on their own. I am using the current beta. Any suggestions? \starttext \chapter{A big table} \splitfloat{\placetable{A big table}} { \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH Head1\eTH\bTH Head2\eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{80}{\bTR\bTD Column1\eTD\bTD Column2\eTD\eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE } \stoptext -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!

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Re: [NTG-context] DocBookInContext & multi-languages (newbie)
by Hans Hagen 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

At 09:30 PM 12/2/2002 +0100, you wrote: >The problem is that that file doesn't contain all > 50000 characters but >only a few (basically latin1 accented characters) right, and for a start we only need to build the second vector, which i didn't -) By the way, I'm looking for a nice looking serif font, which I can use as >math font and which contains at least all MES-1, better also the MES-2 >characters (http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso10646/pdf/cwa13873.pdf) >and the default ligatures used by TeX. >So far I mainly found either WGL4 compatible fonts >(http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/opentype/appendices/wgl4.html) or >fonts which can be used for math in TeX, but not both. (At least not >within a amount of money which I can spend ;-) did you try palatino? \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[palatino,10pt] Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] DocBookInContext & multi-languages (newbie)
by Hans Hagen 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

At 01:48 PM 12/3/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Hans Hagen wrote: > > did you try palatino? >You mean http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/pamath/pamain.htm + Palatino? >Otherwise I haven't found anything related to math and Palatino. > >Additionally, Palatino (and/or PAMath) seem to have only the basic letters >from TeX and only little more. Ah, take a look at tex live! search for tx/px fonts; they should work out of the box with the current context [concerning utf-8: i now have rather good converter running] Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Some \definelayout troubles
by Rob van Swol 03 Dec '02

03 Dec '02

Hi, I want to set a different layout for even and odd pages; so I use something like: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \definelayout[odd][backspace=4.0cm] \definelayout[even][backspace=2.5cm] This works fine, except I get these extra pages again after \stopstandardmakeup, \stopfrontmatter, and \stopappendices [Note: I applied the following patch to cont-new.tex, Context ver: 2002.10.23 \appendtoks \gdef\shipout{\dowithnextbox{\deadcycles\zerocount}}% \to \everylastshipout ] Any suggestions? Regards, Rob -- Rob W. van Swol National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Tel. +31 527 248252 P.O. Box 153 Fax +31 527 248210 8300 AD Emmeloord E-Mail vanswol(a)nlr.nl The Netherlands http://www.neonet.nl/

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Sanskrit (Devanagari) in ConTeXt
by Gour 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

Hi! I saw a PDF describing Chinese support in ConTeXt. It looks beautiful. Anyone has attempted to write Sanskrit (both western transliteration as well as Devanagari script) in ConTeXt? What is required to provide such support? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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Re: conversie
by Hans Hagen 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

At 02:31 PM 11/29/2002 +0100, you wrote: >beste hans, >bestaat er (toevallig) een tool/script voor conversie van een latex >document naar context? >dank niet dat ik weet, misschien iemand op de context lijst Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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new manual
by Hans Hagen 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

Hi, I uploaded the (preliminary) manual on color separation (+ a few ntk's): http://www.pragma-ade.com/manuals/general/msplit.pdf this morning i also uploaded a beta version that does these kind of things (although for the moment i keep some possibly dangerous optimizations in my local extension file) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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quotations
by Hans Hagen 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

Hi, Since quotations keep coming up on this list, and since i had a couple of new cd's to help me through the process of cooking up macros, i made an definable quotation macros, or more precise, something: \definedelimitedtext [quotation] [left={\symbol[leftquotation]}, right={\symbol[rightquotation]}, leftmargin=standard] \definedelimitedtext [quote][quotation] \setupdelimitedtext [quotation] [location=text, left={\symbol[leftquote]}, right={\symbol[rightquote]}] and for Mr. BigFoot: \definedelimitedtext [speech][quotation] \setupdelimitedtext [\v!spraak] [repeat=yes, left={\symbol[leftspeech]}, middle={\symbol[middlespeech]}, right={\symbol[rightspeech]}] Now, how do we call an tight quotation that those heavy quoting users want? \definedelimitedtext [xquotation][quotation] \setupdelimitedtext [xquotation] [indentnext=no, spacebefore=nowhite] (there are a couple of more switches) this mechanism will be available in the next beta, but the re-definitions not yet (first i want to make sure that it worsk ok) one can also use this feature for things like [whatever you want to be delimited] Hans I'll look into the epigraph (module) later (never needed them so far) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] CT mirror university operational
by Hans Hagen 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

At 02:50 PM 12/2/2002 +0100, you wrote: >For thos of you who didn't know: > > http://context.ct.utwente.nl > >is a mirror of context, and though we had a fire and our NOC totaly burnt >down, it is operational again. Hans could you change my entry on the >mirroring page. done. thanks! Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CT mirror university operational
by Gilbert van den Dobbelsteen 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

For thos of you who didn't know: http://context.ct.utwente.nl is a mirror of context, and though we had a fire and our NOC totaly burnt down, it is operational again. Hans could you change my entry on the mirroring page. Greetings Gilbert.

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 02 Dec '02

02 Dec '02

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. Most changes / updates / new features will go unnoticed until documented (column sets, more float placements and control, more clever and efficient text backgrounds -also in tables, and floats); since i use these features in some styles, they finally will be documented -) Of course there are also some fixes. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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epigraph
by Simon Pepping 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

I am trying to find out how to format a so-called epigraph, a motto at the start of an article or section. I have made this construct: \tabskip=0pt plus 1fill \halign to\hsize{#\hfil\tabskip=0pt\cr ``The sky is blue''\cr ``The sky is very blue''\cr \noalign{\vskip 6pt} \hfill {Simon Pepping}\cr } It is very plain TeX. Is there a higher level Context construct that would be appropriate here? Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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Automating a letter module style
by Nigel King 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

I have been using a letter format and gradually improving the macro format and style each time I use it. It makes a lot of use of backgrounds to set elements on the page. I would like to improve some other elements. The target structure of a letter source would be as follows. \usemodule[lett-01] \setupletter [address=...\\...\\.., signature=Nigel King, thedate=\currentdate, ......] \starttext \opening Further to your ...... %main letter content \closing[Yours ...,] \encl[...] \cc[...] \ps[...] \stoptext A lot of this works quite well using the following typical "macros" in u-lett-01.tex typical parts of which are shown below ---------- \unprotect \def\setupletter{% \dosingleargument\dosetupletter} \def\dosetupletter[#1]{% \getparameters[letter@][#1]} Some other \defs.... \def\opening{ \definelayer [letter@layer@toaddress] \setlayer [letter@layer@toaddress] [x=\backspace,y=50mm] {\framed [height=37.6mm, width=89mm, frame=on, align={right,lohi}, strut=no, offset=overlay] {\getvalue{letter@toaddress}}} \setupbackgrounds [page] [background={letter@layer@toaddress}] }% end of opening \protect ----------- The main problems that I have follow; 1. \usemodule[lett-01] has to be \input u-lett-01 because the definitions are not recognized properly otherwise. "no macros found", I have not found any documentation on macros. I had a look at m-chart.tex but it was too long and complicated to get the simple idea from. Is there another 2. I cannot find a way of defining elements which are effectively in the running text like \openingline=Dear ..., in the setupletter because \getvalue{letter@opening} seems not to pick up the value. A similar problem occurs with closing which has a number of formatting constraints which deosn't want to be seen in the letter source. The only way I have been able to achieve the objective has been to use the following type of construct. In the source letter \signature[Nigel King] In the module \def\signature[#1]{\def\fromsig{#1}} \def\closing[#1]{\par\framed[width=\textwidth,frame=off]{\rbox{ \blank[2*big] #1 \blank[6*big] \fromsig\par}}} Any help would be much appreciated. -- Nigel

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DTD for education
by Gour 29 Nov '02

29 Nov '02

In the ConTeXt documentation on the web site, I've seen that there is a work in progrees for some DTDs for educational use. I'm interested if there is already something available sicne soon I'll have to start working on some courses and would be glad to take a look at something in regards? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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Convert Context to HTML
by viktorvarheit＠gmx.de 27 Nov '02

27 Nov '02

The manual "XML in ConTeXt" (example.pdf) says: When you want to convert TEX documents into xml (or html) counterparts, it makes sense to use TEX itself, because that way we have the full engine at our fingertips. In ConTEXt we use a strange but charming way to handle this conversion: we simply typeset xml. The typeset document (with lots of angle brackets) is then converted into raw text. A complication is math, but given that you can embed MathML in your document, this can be passed on directly. How can this be done?

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updates to Help Page
by Bill McClain 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

I recently finished a large project and have added new material to my ConTeXt Help Page at http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html. * Marginal notes. See a sample double-page spread at http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/csky-sample.pdf * X-Y positioning of graphics with layers and overlays. Sample jpeg version of a page at: http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/csky-cover-large.jpg * Using \definestartstop. Example for blockquotes. * Table of contents with different sections. * Dropped caps. * Little things: \index placement, passing variables on the command line, using line numbering. * How to install the FontSite-500 CD font collection for ConTeXt, with an archive of scripts and sample files. * * * I just uploaded all this; please let me know if you see any errors. -Bill -- Sattre Press Tales of War http://sattre-press.com/ by Lord Dunsany info(a)sattre-press.com http://tow.sattre-press.com/

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Re: [NTG-context] setupinteraction breaks moving from 2001.11.13 to 2002.1.28
by Hans Hagen 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

At 11:37 AM 11/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Interactions in a simple document that work under ConTeXt version >2001.11.13 break under 2002.1.28. The simple document and logs for >both ConTeXt versions ("old" and "new") are attached - note the >entry "check : missing '=' after '\let...'" in "new". > >Any suggestions about how to fix this would be most appreciated. see previous mail, use \startinteractionmenu .... (see s-pre-* files) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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setupinteraction breaks moving from 2001.11.13 to 2002.1.28
by Daniel Graham 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

Interactions in a simple document that work under ConTeXt version 2001.11.13 break under 2002.1.28. The simple document and logs for both ConTeXt versions ("old" and "new") are attached - note the entry "check : missing '=' after '\let...'" in "new". Any suggestions about how to fix this would be most appreciated. -Dan

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additional structures, DocBook, etc.
by Bruce D'Arcus 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

Another issue that's periodically come up, and would seem all the more relevant with the DocBook project (which will hopefully be incorporated into ConTeXt itself at some point): There are a number of structures that, AFAIK, do not yet exist in ConTeXt, but should. Ones that are a) in DocBook, b) broadly useful, and c) useful to me :-): subtitle author abstract (and other such meta info) epigraph Any plans to add these? It'd certainly make customizing DocBook output, ConTeXt stuff itself, easier as well as... And here's a wild thought (though I don't know if a good one): Why not link the meta info stuff to the forthcoming new bib system? I have a new article I'm working on in ConTeXt: I enter it in the bib database complete with abstract and a status of draft, and the meta information gets imported into the document. Bruce

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more on block quotes
by Bruce D'Arcus 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

This came up a few weeks back, but I quickly lost the conversation. Shouldn't the quotation environment work as it does in LaTeX? If one has a \startquotation after a paragraph break (white space, or \par) and a break after the \stopquotation, then the following paragraph should understood to be new, and hence requiring a first line indent. If, however, there are no breaks, then the quote is understood to be a part of the larger paragraph on either side of it, and hence the text after block quote is not indented. (And might this be default behavior? Relevant, say, if typesetting a DocBook doc with its blockquote element.) Seems to me this is easier and more elegant than specifying some option every time one wants to use the command... Bruce

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Re: [NTG-context] setupinteraction breaks moving from 2001.11.13 to 2002.1.28
by Hans Hagen 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

At 07:38 AM 11/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Interactions in a simple document that work under ConTeXt version >2001.11.13 break under 2002.1.28. The simple document and logs for >both ConTeXt versions ("old" and "new") are attached - note the >entry "check : missing '=' after '\let...'" in "new". > >Any suggestions about how to fix this would be most appreciated. the new (more flexible and robust) syntax is: \startinteractionmenu[bottom 1] \but [LastPage] \labeltext{help} \\ \hfill \but [SubmitForm{http://localhost.localdomain/cgi-bin/record}] ... \\ \stopinteractionmenu .... \defineinteractionmenu [bottom 1] [bottom] [state=stop] \setupinteractionmenu [bottom, bottom 1] no need for the bottom 1 in the setup..., since by default it inherits from bottom Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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setupinteraction breaks moving from 2001.11.13 to 2002.1.28
by Daniel Graham 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

Interactions in a simple document that work under ConTeXt version 2001.11.13 break under 2002.1.28. The simple document and logs for both ConTeXt versions ("old" and "new") are attached - note the entry "check : missing '=' after '\let...'" in "new". Any suggestions about how to fix this would be most appreciated. -Dan -- Daniel A. Graham 238 Social Sciences TEL: (919) 660-1802 Department of Economics FAX: (919) 684-8974 Duke University daniel.graham(a)duke.edu Durham, NC 27708-0097

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Aligning things within tables
by drymartini＠gmx.de 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

I am trying to typeset tables using natural tables and XML. In the head of the table I want the text typeset flush left, but in the table itself I want the figures aligned on the commas. Can this be done? I see I can set the alignment for each column, but can I have different alignments for each row? -- WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT STELLA ARTOIS HERE.. This is a chemical wheapon against the working class ....

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tbook?
by Bruce D'Arcus 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

Just wondering if anyone has taken a look at tbook. http://tbookdtd.sourceforge.net/ It's a DTD, along with a collection of XSLT files and shell scripts designed for output to LaTeX, DocBook, and XHTML (complete with support for MathML, as well as xindy). My thought is that it might be an interesting XML authoring tool in conjunction for ConTeXt, though the current LaTeX XSLT files would have to be tweaked obviously. Don't know how much work is involved in that, but at some point I'll take a look. Something like this would be all the more useful, I assume, once we see m-bib v2 (sometime soon Taco?)... Bruce

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vanishing leftarrow
by Hans van der Meer 20 Nov '02

20 Nov '02

I did encounter something strange with leftarrow in metapost math: In normal text: All three arrows appear with $l\leftarrow r\rightarrow lr\leftrightarrow$. In metapost: The leftarrow does not appear, the others do in: \placefigure{}{\startMPgraphic u = 180mm; v = 40mm; label.bot(textext("$l\leftarrow r\rightarrow lr\leftrightarrow$"),(u/2,v)); \stopMPgraphic\loadcurrentMPgraphic{}\placeMPgraphic} How is that possible and how can it be repaired? Hans van der Meer

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suppressing external graphics
by Bill McClain 19 Nov '02

19 Nov '02

I have a book-length document with many hi-res graphics. I would like to omit those graphics in order to make a smaller file to submit to some proof-readers. I have tried both: "\setupexternalfigures[option=empty]" and "texexex --fast". Both give the same result: the graphics are replaced by black rectangles, but the size of the pdf file is the same as the original version which included the graphics. (Very large). Oddly enough, the pdfimages utility will not extract any images from the "black rectangles" version, leading me to think the graphics are not really in the pdf file, but I don't know what would be taking up the same amount of space. Using: ConTeXt ver: 2002.7.26 pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00a-pretest-20011114-ojmw-2.1 -Bill -- Sattre Press Pagan Papers http://sattre-press.com/ by Kenneth Grahame info(a)sattre-press.com http://pp.sattre-press.com/

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Minipages
by drymartini＠gmx.de 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

Hi there, is there something similar to the LaTeX minipage environment? I have a box which contains text, tables and footnotes, and the whole thing is supposed to become a float with a frame and/or a colour background. Can I just use a block or is there a more sophisticated mechanism? Can a float be inside another float? At present my tables are floats within the text but I can rework this if necessary. -- /Users/robbie 153% ping real-life ping: unknown host real-life

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A Semetic Aporia
by Idris S Hamid 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

Dear Hans, I have a serious problem: In Classical Arabic numerals are pronounced from single digits to tens to hundreds, etc., e.g. 1234== four, thirty, two hundred, and a thousand. This makes transcribing Arabic numerals easy: they run the same as in roman languages. So in my otp's (Omega-Gamma) there is a command to transcribe any left-to-right L-R string numeral into an L-R string in Arabic (so I don't have to type the numeral backwards in the L-R transcription; i.e., typing 1234 in L-R comes out the same in R-L). But there is a complicated scenario: For purposes of sectioning, we get (as in a TOC) for e.g. Section 3.12 in roman it should be (L-R): 3.12-------------------------------------------<page no.> in Arabic it should be (R-L): <page no.>-------------------------------------------12.3 Now my Gamma configuration is such that everything is flipped R-L except for numerals, so I _actually_ get <page no.>-------------------------------------------3.12 in my Arabic sections and TOC. Is there any way to reverse the order of subsections so that subsection 3.12 comes out as 12.3? I assume there is some code that commands ConTeXt to print the section number, followed by the subsection number. Can that be hacked to reverse the sequence for Semetic documents (Arabic and Hebrew)? So we could have an option say, [style=semetic]. I did something similar in EDMAC once for Arabic critical editions. I am finishing up a treatise in Arabic to be submitted later this week so I'm desparate. I guess I could replace all the numerals using the manual mechanism but there must be a better way! Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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PDF zoom
by Zeljko Vrba 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

I have bookmarks and cross-references in my document. When clicking to any of them, the acrobat reader moves me to the right place. However, it changes current zoom to fit to page. How do I make it retain the zoom I manually set up myself?

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where has PI gone?
by Hans van der Meer 18 Nov '02

18 Nov '02

Since the last ConTeXt beta the typesetting of the greek capital letter PI doesn't work anymore in lucida (lbr). Small pi works though. Anyone knows why? And where to find it back? Hans van der Meer

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Re: Re: [NTG context] Swedish Keyboard
by Stefan Karlsson 17 Nov '02

17 Nov '02

Thanks Jens, \enableregime[il1] did the trick!

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itemize headstyle SC?
by Bruce D'Arcus 17 Nov '02

17 Nov '02

I want an itemized list set in smallcaps. Shouldn't this work? \startitemize[n][headstyle=cap] with a \setupcapitals[sc=yes,title=yes] in the module I'm using? I've run into this problem before with section headings, and not figured it out... Also, what command do I use to invoke a character encoding regime? \usemodule doesn't seem to work... Bruce

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subdivision prefix/suffix
by Idris S Hamid 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

2 problems: 1) I'm trying to get \subsubsection to add a suffix (namely a colon) to every argument, viz. \subsubsection{Note} ===> Note: I tried \setuphead [subsubsection][style=bold, number=no, before={\blank[small]}, after={\blank[disable]}, prefix=-:] which results in ------------------------------- ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \localkopprefix \setupreferenceprefix [#1]->\edef \@@rfprefix {#1 }\ifx \@@rfprefix \empty \l... \dodododosomekop ...renceprefix [\localkopprefix ] \fi \dosomebreak \nobreak ... l.46 \subsubsection{tanbIh"} ---------------------------------- Am I using "prefix" wrong? Is there another way I'm supposed to do this? 2) I would like to not only disable the space after \subsubsection but also have the main text start immediately after the argument, viz. \subsubsection{Note} Here is some text ===>> Note: Here is some text Is this possible?? Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Swedish Keyboard
by Stefan Karlsson 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

Hi, I am a Swedish user of ConTeXt. I am pretty new to the system and have the following problem: The Swedish language contains a few extra letters compared to English, all of which are supported by the Swedish keyboard. How do I set up ConTeXt (or am i looking in the wrong place) so that I can use the keys for å ä ö instead of having to type \aa \"a \"o? All help is appreciated :-) /Stefan Karlsson

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\cap{} doesn't work on \"o and \aa
by Stefan Karlsson 16 Nov '02

16 Nov '02

Hi all, I cant get \cap{} to work on letters like \"o and \aa. For example, \cap{sn\"o} results in the following message: "! Missing number, treated as zero". Have I missed something? Regards, Stefan Karlsson

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fontswitch
by Hans van der Meer 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

I think font-ini.tex(?) has a small error in it (working with the 23-okt beta). When switching to {\xi } something different from {\xii}, {\x} etc. happens; xi doesn't seem to work. I have looked into font-ini.tex but could not find the source of the problem. Hans van der Meer

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macros and buffers
by Matthew Huggett 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

Hi: Recently, I had some data I wanted set using tabulate but in 7 individual buffers. I wanted to use a macro to both create the buffers and do the \starttabulate...\stoptabulate stuff. I found that my macro could create the .tmp file for each buffer but that the files were all empty. Why would this happen, and is there a way to make this work? example: \define[5]\MyBuffers{ \startbuffer[#1] \starttabulate[|l|l|] \NC #2 \NC #3 \NR \NC #4 \NC #5 \stoptabulate \stopbuffer } Best Wishes, Matthew Huggett

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\setuplist[]
by Willi Egger 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

Hi everybody, Preparing a document with a adapted header and TOC layout I encountered the following problem: \setuphead[section][prefix=Gedicht] generates the following error: pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (format=cont-en 2002.10.20) ConTeXt ver: 2002.10.2 fmt: 2002.10.20 int: english mes: english ... section : 1 Spaanse versie ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \localkopprefix \setupreferenceprefix [#1]->\edef \@@rfprefix {#1 }\ifx \@@rfprefix \empty \l... \dodododosomekop ...renceprefix [\localkopprefix ] \fi \dosomebreak \nobreak ... l.22 \section{Spaanse versie} Using \def\Gedichthead%... and \setuphead[section][command=\Gedichthead] works fine. What is wrong with using the prefix operator? In the document also the TOC should be adapted: \setuplist[section][left=Ged.~,right=] There is no error on this statement. However the prefix of the line with 'Ged.' does not show. May be that I miss something in this approach? Please find attached a minimal test file. Cheers Willi

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colorful listings
by Johannes Hüsing 15 Nov '02

15 Nov '02

Greetings, unfortunately I cannot assign personal color palettes to my program listings. The following document, after processing, shows a colorful palet, then, unexpectedly, a B+W listing, then another colorful palet, and a colorful listing. What is wrong in the assignment of an own palet here? Best Johannes -----8-<----- \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor [espresso] [r=.4, b=.1, g=.2] \definecolor [cacao] [r=.6, b=.2, g=.4] \definecolor [aulait] [r=.8, b=.4, g=.6] \definecolor [muckefuck] [r=.95, b=.65, g=.8] \definepalet [mokka] [ prettyone=espresso, prettytwo=cacao, prettythree=aulait, prettyfour=muckefuck] \starttext \showpalet[mokka] \setuptyping[PL][palet=mokka] \startPL #!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Hello, World!\n"; \stopPL \showpalet[colorpretty] \setuptyping[PL][palet=colorpretty] \startPL #!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Hello, Hasselt!\n"; \stopPL \stoptext ----->-8----- -- Johannes Hüsing There is something fascinating about science. One gets hannes(a)ruhrau.de such wholesale returns of conjecture from such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain

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Fun with \setuphead
by Idris S Hamid 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Dear coterie, I have defined another section: \definehead [SubNote][subsection] \setuphead [SubNote][style=bold, number=no] Now I want to do a certain operation on the argument of \subnote whenever it appears in the TOC. The argument should appear in the main text as expected: \SubNote{My Note} but it should appear as {\operation My Note} in the TOC. Put another way, I want to change/operate upon the lemma that's passed to the TOC. Is there a way I can wrap all this up in the \setuphead command? If not, what's the workaround? (For the curious: My main text (including headings) is fully accented. I have a command, "\onovocalize" which strips away all the accents. I want all my TOC entries to be\onovocalize'ed without affecting the rest of the text and need to setup my heads to reflect this.) Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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tables within tabulate
by Hans van der Meer 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Anybody knows why is seems impossible to put a table into a tabulate? this works: \starttabulate[|p|p|]\NC TEXT \NC TEXT \NC\NR\stoptabulate but NOT this: \starttabulate[|p|p|]\NC \starttable[|c|c|] \HL \VL Y \VL P \VL \SR \HL \stoptable \NC TEXT \NC\NR\stoptabulate Hans van der Meer

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About itemize
by Idris S Hamid 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Dear posse, The itemize environment has a strange feature/bug: --------------- \startitemize \item Here is some text \stopitemize % Here is some text that SHOULD NOT be indented --------------- produces the same indentation as ---------------- \startitemize \item Here is some text \stopitemize Here is some text that SHOULD be indented ---------------- and even more puzzling: ---------------- \startitemize \item Here is some text\par \stopitemize\par Here is some text that should REALLY be indented ---------------- Could someone please explain how I can get text skipping a line after the itemize environment to automatically indent without a manual \indent every time? Sorry if I'm clueless here:-) Thnx in advance Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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quote environment
by Idris S Hamid 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Dear crew, (Please forgive all the (perhaps) clueless questions: I've had to spend the last few months focusing on _content_ in my research as opposed to _form_ so I've gotten quite rusty:->) I have defined a quote environment as follows: \startnarrower[2*left,2*right]\noindent Some quoted text \stopnarrower I would like to define a more sophisticated \startquote \stopquote with the following features: 1. Assuming the quote is within a paragraph and is preceded and succeeded by text belonging to that same paragraph, the skips preceding and succeeding text should be the same as in the default itemize environment. Assuming itemize uses \medskip (how do I find out for sure (aside from digging into the code)?), I need the quote environment to do something like; ------------------------------------ Here is some preceding text \medskip % \startnarrower[2*left,2*right]\noindent Some quoted text \stopnarrower \medskip % Here is some succeeding text. ---------------------------------------- 2. Assuming the quote is within a paragraph and is preceded and succeeded by text belonging to that same paragraph, the succeeding text should NOT be indented. viz. ---------------------------------------- Here is some preceding text % \startquote Some quoted text \stopquote % Here is some succeeding text that should NOT be indented ----------------------------------------- 3. Assuming the quote is at the _end_ of a paragraph, I need the quote environment to do something like; -------------------------------------- Here is some preceding text \medskip % \startnarrower[2*left,2*right]\noindent Some quoted text \stopnarrower \medskip Here is some succeeding text that SHOULD be indented. -------------------------------------- Note also that the first par in a quote environment should not be indented: -------------------------------------- Here is some preceding text % \startquote Some quoted text that should NOT be indented Some quoted text that SHOULD be indented. \stopquote % -------------------------------------- Your help is greatly appreciated! Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\switchtobodyfont[cmr] in Gamma
by Idris S Hamid 14 Nov '02

14 Nov '02

Dear team, I sent a similar question before but got no response. Hopefully I'll get better luck this time;-> In Gamma (and perhaps in regular ConTeXt as well but I have no other fonts to test there) \setupbodyfont[cmr] does not seem to work/behaves strangely: -------------cm-test.tex-------------- \input m-gamma.tex \input type-omg.tex \setupbodyfont[cmr,14pt] %\setupbodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test \switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] %\switchtobodyfont[cmr,14pt] This is a test \switchtobodyfont[cmr, 14pt] %\switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test \stoptext --------------------------- Results: First line in cmr14, second line in omlgc14.4 (OK so far) Third line in omlgc14 (This is wrong!) Now lets switch things: ------------------------------- \input m-gamma.tex \input type-omg.tex %\setupbodyfont[cmr,14pt] \setupbodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test %\switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] \switchtobodyfont[cmr,14pt] This is a test %\switchtobodyfont[cmr, 14pt] \switchtobodyfont[omlgc, 14.4pt] This is a test \stoptext ------------------------------- Results: First line in omlgc14.4 (OK so far) Second line in omlgc14 (instead of cmr14) Third line in omlgc14.4 (OK) As u can see, \switchtobodyfont[cmr] does not seem to work. Am I doing something wrong or is something else afoot? Note that I have not called any ocp lists so it's not an ocp interference. Thanks in advance! Best wishes Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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special heading
by Idris S Hamid 12 Nov '02

12 Nov '02

Dear gang, I'm having trouble with a special heading. I have written a treatise where everything is numbered in sections, subsections, etc. I need an introductory section-like command, say, \definehead [introduction][section] where 1. "Introduction" is marked in the table of contents without a number, and 2. absolutely nothing is marked in the main text; 3. the first section is still marked as `1' in the main text and the TOC. Another possibility I'm considering: 1. "Introduction" is marked in the table of contents without a number, and 2. "Introduction" is marked centered in the main text without a number; 3. the first section is still marked as `1' in the main text and the TOC. Thnx in advance Idris -- Dr. Idris S Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\definedescription[name] [location=hanging] bug
by Nigel King 12 Nov '02

12 Nov '02

I think there is a bug in the description system This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10a-devel-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.9) (format=cont-en 2002.11.7) 10 NOV 2002 18:45 ConTeXt ver: 2002.10.11 fmt: 2002.11.7 int: english mes: english ! Undefined control sequence. \@@definitiehanging ...\leftskipadaption \relax \8 ifdim\leftskipadaption =\z... \dodowithpar ...oordefinitie {ahanging}[]{dawkins} #1\@@stopdefinitie {ahanging} l.7 The minimum file that causes this error is ------- \definedescription [ahanging] [location=hanging] \starttext \ahanging{dawkins}\input dawkins\par \stoptext All the other settings for location appear to work. -- Nigel

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Fwd: [NTG-context] Strange error...
by Hans Hagen 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

>Hi Hans, > >while busy to develop more FLOWcharts, I get the following error, which does >not lead to fatal exit. The resulting pdf-file is according to my oppinion >o.k. > >Do you have an idea what is wrong? > >... >systems : end file cenj at line 244 >! pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier >(name{page:15}) h >as been already used, duplicate ignored ><recently read> fit > ><to be read again> > \egroup >\fakePDFpagedestination ...e:\realfolio }}\egroup > \fi \fi \fi >\actualshipout ...chbox \hbox {\the \everyshipout > \ifnum \realpageno >=\lastp... > >\myshipout ...pout {\thisisrealpage \realfolio #1} > \fi \gotonextrealpage >\nap... > >\dofinaloutput ...pagebody #1#2\setpagecounters }} > \fi \the >\everyaftershipou... >... >l.244 \stoptext > [16.15] ) > > >Groet Willi this is pdftex's way of telling you that you have a duplicate reference Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(no subject)
by M. Canali 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

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Metapost
by Michał Morawski 11 Nov '02

11 Nov '02

I have tried to repeat the example in the file "Creating metapost examples" (mmakempy.pdf) and I receive result as below and empty place in my document. Can anyone give me a hint? This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mem=metafun 2002.10.31) 31 OCT 2002 22:25 **&metafun mpgraph (mpgraph.mp {randomseed:=3603} (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/graph.mp (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/format.mp (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/texnum.mp >> d:/TeXLive/texmf/metapost/base/texnum.mp >> texnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.14 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex, The two files given above are one of your source files and an auxiliary file I need to read to find out what your btex..etex blocks mean. If you don't know why I had trouble, try running it manually through MPto -tex, TeX, and DVItoMP. Thanks in advance Michal ############################################ ## Michał Morawski ## 95-200 Pabianice, Sempołowskiej 5 m 13 ## tel/fax ++48 42 2262228 ############################################ Zwykle niewinność jest wynikiem szczęścia a nie cnoty. Anatol France

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schimpscheut
by K.H. Wesseling 10 Nov '02

10 Nov '02

Niet al te gemakkelijk antwoorden graag. Het is me wel eens opgevallen dat de rode reus uit redmond zich weinig gelegen laat liggen aan logica of wiskunde of systematiek maar daarentegen juist erg goed is in marketing. Dus het opzetten van de facto standaarden zou ik persoonlijk liever niet aan ze overlaten, terwijl HP en die andere clubs op die punten wel aan mijn elementaire eisen voldoen of deden. Die foto is leuk maar wie is het. Nee niet jij. Jou herken ik wel, maar de non? Ik ben inmiddels aardig op streek in de "non-designers type book" dat je me ooit aanbeval en dat ik Zaterdag kon ophalen. Is leuk. Veel weetjes, veel definities en veel voorbeelden. Aardig op mijn niveau (door de vele voorbeelden). Maar typografisch blaft en brult iedere pagina je aan. Nooit eerder zo'n typografische schreeuw, gezien zou ik bijna schrijven, gehoord. En dat terwijl een van de aanbevelingen in het boek is het rustig te houden. Snap je weer beter hoe hoog de kwaliteit van Siep's werk bijvoorbeeld ligt. Dus dank voor de tip heh...Karel.

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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: ConTeXt FAQ format, XML with DTD
by Simon Pepping 10 Nov '02

10 Nov '02

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 10:22:56AM +0000, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Hello again! > > JM's proposal of FAQ format is only for one FAQ entry. > The following one may contain the whole thing: several "recipes" (FAQ > entries), > each in more than one language. Your DTD has a number of problems. I have skipped most of this discussion, so I do not know what you want. But the content models are very vague: ANY for question and answer, and it seems you assume ANY for code as well. If you do not specify this more precisely, too much will be possible and nobody knows what to expect. A content model like %text;, declared as (#PCDATA|p|code)+, would be better. Schemas have some extra facilities here, but otherwise I am not sure why they would be preferable. The id in %person should be CDATA, as already remarked. Note that this assumes a tightly organized set of documents. You say nothing about the author or editor, so you assume that the id resolves into an entry in another document, and that the renderer knows which document so that it can generate a hyperlink. You might also use XLink language: xlink:href="author#hraban", which already indicates that the author can be found in the document author in the same directory, with the ID hraban. OTOH, this is less flexible w.r.t. the organization of the document set. Note that Docbook has provisions for QandA: qandaset, question, answer. I think docbook is a prime example of too wide a DTD. But it is useful to try and devise a DTD that is a subset of Docbook. It would make your documents processable with generic Docbook tools. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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problem: long descriptions
by Zeljko Vrba 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

Hi! I'm writing reference manual for a C/C++ library and I have the following problem: When I define a description, long prototypes are not line-broken. For example, I've set up \definedescription [methref] [location=top,headstyle=\tt] When I have \startmethref{a very long prototype.........................} blah blah blah \stopmethref the argument is not line-broken and it goes out of the page boundary. The text shows properly only in the next line. I have something like the following in mind, but I don't know how to do it: I'd like the typeset layout to look something like this a very long prototype proto.. Text describing the method proto proto proto proto proto Text describing the method proto proto Text describinb the method More text describing the method. More text. More text More text. Prototype may be framed. The text widths should be 0.5 and 0.5 of textwidth for both the prototype and the description. I hope you understood what I want :) I was thinking something like typesetting prototype in the box and then using floating mechanism (\startXXXleft, would that work at all?), but is there a more straightforward way? Another unrelated question: is there a bold typewriter (CM) font somewhere?

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Passing a string via texexec
by John Culleton 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

This is more of a convenience feature than a necessity, but here goes. I plan to personalize copies of an ebook in pdf format by putting the string: "This copy prepared for Joe Smith" on the page, perhaps in a footer. This means I have to recompile the book for each separate customer. It would save a minute if I could just pass a named string to pdfetex in the same way one passes a mode to the program. I am looking for something like: texexec --mode=ebook --string="Joe Smith" mybook.tex ...and then have a way to pick up that string in the TeX file and use it. All this does is save me from editing the file in every instance. If it is too big a deal forget it. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters, Rowse Reviews, Culleton Editorial Services http://wexfordpress.com

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Is your ConTeXt too slow?
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

Hi all (or mainly the users of Unix-like systems) after i've bought a new notebook and installed the recent Redhat Linux system i found that an updated ConTeXt runs very slow. First i thought that Hans had too much time and implemented a few thousand new features that need their time, but ... ... it is a queerer story. Here are the run times of an example document (many inline MP graphics, 18 pages, many terminal messages !!) on different terminal programs for X-Windows: gnome-terminal: 2 min 18 sec konsole (KDE-terminal): 1 min 30 sec xterm: 1 min 5 sec directly on the console (no X-Windows): 58 sec Normally i use the first. Hmm... ;-( Don't ask me for reasons, but if your ConTeXt is too slow, ask yourself if you run it on the right terminal -) Jens

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Tabulate and vertical spacing
by mari.voipio＠iki.fi 09 Nov '02

09 Nov '02

Hello! This is a YASQ (Yet Another Stupid Question) that might well have an answer in the mail archives, but they still don't cooperate (at least I cannot find any links to a working archive)... How do I change the vertical line spacing in a tabulation? My default setting is \setupwhitespace[medium], nothing else. Most of my tabulations are fine with this, but in one certain set I'd need to bring the lines vertically closer together - how do I achieve this? BTW, how does ConTeXt understand lines of a tabulation - are they altogether one block or is each line equivalent to a block? (Windows analogy: Word handles the text in each cell as a separate paragraph; but Word isn't exactly a good typesetter, anyway.) Thanks for your patience, Mari Voipio Finland

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Re: [NTG-context] Tabulate and vertical spacing
by Hans Hagen 08 Nov '02

08 Nov '02

At 04:45 PM 11/8/2002 +0200, mari.voipio(a)iki.fi wrote: >Hello! > >This is a YASQ (Yet Another Stupid Question) that might well have an >answer in the mail archives, but they still don't cooperate (at least I >cannot find any links to a working archive)... > >How do I change the vertical line spacing in a tabulation? My default >setting is \setupwhitespace[medium], nothing else. Most of my tabulations >are fine with this, but in one certain set I'd need to bring the lines >vertically closer together - how do I achieve this? \noalign{\vskip-4pt} >BTW, how does ConTeXt understand lines of a tabulation - are they >altogether one block or is each line equivalent to a block? (Windows >analogy: Word handles the text in each cell as a separate paragraph; but >Word isn't exactly a good typesetter, anyway.) \starttabulate \NC test \NC test \endgraf test \NC \NR \noalign{\vskip-3pt} \NC test \NC test \endgraf test \NC \NR \stoptabulate ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Why does \struct affect line breaking?
by Bill McClain 08 Nov '02

08 Nov '02

This is perhaps more of a TeX question, and I'll take it to comp.text.tex next. But I encountered a problem when using \index in ConTeXt. I had my doc formatted exactly the way I wanted. But after I added \index entries throughout, I found that the line-breaking of some paragraphs had changed. The text became "looser", not packing quite as densely. Small changes, but significant to my layout. Experimentation showed that substituting "\strut" for "\index{...}" had the same effect. These should be invisible, and I don't see anything added, but the line-breaking is changed. I'm reading Eijkhout's chapter on "Line Breaking" in "TeX by Topic" but am not sure how to interpret it. Have I introduced "glue preceded by a nondiscardable item"? Would that be less breakable than the simple space that was there before? -Bill -- Sattre Press The King in Yellow http://sattre-press.com/ by Robert W. Chambers info(a)sattre-press.com http://kiy.sattre-press.com/

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startTEXapplication and music?
by Adam Lindsay 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

Hi ConTeXters, Here's another oddball question to see what's possible. I'm trying to get musictex (or musixtex, if the first one is a success) to work from within ConTeXt. Musictex code like that at the bottom of my message doesn't work directly in ConTeXt, and I don't feel the pressing need to make it work. However, it works fine when fed through pdftex. While doing a quick grep through the source files, I came across the \startTEXapplication and \startTEXpage macros used in the pstricks module, and they look like they handle the spirit of what I'm trying to accomplish. However, the pass through texexec again (and to some extent the dependency on ps2pdf, which I need to get from ghostscript and isn't in my TeXLive) means that ConTeXt fails on a tmp file, right? Would this be a good time to learn about buffers? Should I copy-paste the definitions involved with TEXapplication and modify them to something to my needs? Is there something that exists already that runs a simple pdftex on a code block and inserts it as a figure? thanks, adam musictex code follows: \input musicnft \input musictex \def\nbinstruments{1}\relax % a single instrument \generalmeter{\meterfrac{4}{4}}\relax % 4/4 meter chosen \debutextrait % starting real score \normal % normal 12 pt note spacing \temps\Notes\ibu0f0\qh0{cge}\tbu0\qh0g\enotes \finextrait % terminate excerpt -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Adam Lindsay +44(0)1524 594 537 atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/atl/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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MP graph auto axes
by Adam Lindsay 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

Hi Folks. This is not strictly a ConTeXt problem, but I was hoping there were enough MetaPost experts on the list that I might get an idea of what's going on, or at the least, where to go for more information. I think the MetaPost graphing features are fantastic. It produces very nice output, and automatically handles a lot of axis labelling that other packages don't bother with. However, it auto-labels the y-axis on the following three graphs very differently. I was wondering if this is a strict limitation in the axis ranges that MetaPost deals with gracefully, or if it might be a bug. I haven't seen any reference to the correct range for graph axes. I've tried many ranges, and some work, some don't. Would the MetaFont list be able to help? \usemodule[graph] %% This one works as it should. \startMPcode draw begingraph(130mm,35mm); setrange(0,0,10,22000); glabel.lft(btex {correct 0--22000} etex rotated 90, OUT); autogrid(itick.bot,grid.lft) withcolor .75white ; endgraph; \stopMPcode %% This one gives output, but yields incorrect labels \startMPcode draw begingraph(130mm,35mm); setrange(0,50,10,22000); glabel.lft(btex {wrong 50--22000} etex rotated 90, OUT); autogrid(itick.bot,grid.lft) withcolor .75white ; endgraph; \stopMPcode %% This simply gives up. \startMPcode draw begingraph(130mm,35mm); setrange(0,110,10,22000); glabel.lft(btex {failed 110--22000} etex rotated 90, OUT); autogrid(itick.bot,grid.lft) withcolor .75white ; endgraph; \stopMPcode Thanks in advance, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Adam Lindsay +44(0)1524 594 537 atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/atl/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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grid and formulas
by Leif Albers 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

Hello again, I have the impression you can basically forget about the grid mode when using formulas. I started writing a simple text containing lots of math. When I turned on grid mode I basically saw ... well ... not at all what I expected. A simple example is: (watch the last line) -------------------- SNIPP -------------------- \setuplayout [grid=yes] \showgrid \starttext x \startformula x \stopformula x$\tilde I$ \stoptext -------------------- SNIPP -------------------- Note that in normal Text $\tilde I$ is correctly aligned. The combination with the big formula is a problem. But it is clearly not the only situation in which problems with grid and formulas occur. Leif Albers P.S. Is this list the correct place for bug reports?

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Re: ntg-context -- confirmation of subscription -- request 588660
by David MARSAL 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 12:12:22 +0100 ntg-context-request(a)ref.ntg.nl wrote: > p19-5-213-228-32-147.adsl.proxad.net for subscription of your > email address, <da

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First try with context and mathml : not a success
by David MARSAL 07 Nov '02

07 Nov '02

Good morning, I have tried to compile the presentation "using-mathml.tex" from Tobias Burnus Eurotex 2001, which contains few mathml. I think I forget something in the installation procedure because the result is not what I can see on the original pdf "http://www.ntg.nl/eurotex/burnus.pdf" I give in attachement - the tex file I downloaded : "using-mathml.tex" or "http://www.ntg.nl/eurotex/using-mathml.tex" - the pdf I get using : "texexec -pdf using-mathml.tex" : "using-mathml.pdf" - and the log file : "using-mathml.log" About the font problem, I don't really care for my first try, but maybe it's linked with my problem ... Last but not least, I am running Context under Debian GNU/Linux Unstable (updated yesterday) Thank you very much for you help.

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ConTeXt FAQ format, XML with DTD
by Henning Hraban Ramm 06 Nov '02

06 Nov '02

Hello again! JM's proposal of FAQ format is only for one FAQ entry. The following one may contain the whole thing: several "recipes" (FAQ entries), each in more than one language. I tried to convert it with ConTeXt, but it doesn't like attributes (I will make a minimal failing example later). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE context_cookbook SYSTEM "context_cookbook.dtd"> <cookbook date="2002-10-28" label="jum-000"> <recipe id="test" section="first" subsection="subfirst"> <version xml:lang="de" original="yes"> <question> Wie kann ich dies und jenes erreichen? </question> <keyword sort-as="tech">&TeX;</keyword> <keyword>Test</keyword> <answer> So vielleicht. <code type="tex">blabla</code> Oder so. <code type="shell">cat > test.txt</code> Oder anders. </answer> <author id="hraban" date="2002-10-20" /> <editor id="nobody" date="2003-10-11" /> </version> <version xml:lang="en" original="no"> <question> How can I achieve that or this? </question> <keyword sort-as="tech">&TeX;</keyword> <keyword>test</keyword> <answer> Perhaps this way. <code type="xml"> <macro>clip</macro> <sqbracket>nx=3,ny=2,x=2,y=1</sqbracket> <braces> <macro>externalfigure</macro> <sqbracket>yourfigure</sqbracket> </braces> </code> Or maybe that way. Or somehow else. </answer> <author id="john" date="2002-10-20" /> <editor id="hraban" date="2002-10-21" /> </version> </recipe> </cookbook> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- context_cookbook.dtd: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!ENTITY % sortas "sort-as CDATA #IMPLIED"> <!ENTITY % date "date CDATA #REQUIRED"> <!ENTITY % person "id IDREF #REQUIRED %date;"> <!ELEMENT cookbook (recipe+)> <!ATTLIST cookbook %date;> <!ATTLIST cookbook label CDATA #IMPLIED> <!ELEMENT recipe (version+)> <!ATTLIST recipe id ID #REQUIRED> <!ATTLIST recipe section IDREF #REQUIRED> <!ATTLIST recipe subsection IDREF "none"> <!ATTLIST recipe subsubsection IDREF "none"> <!ELEMENT version (question, keyword*, answer, author, editor*)> <!ATTLIST version xml:lang IDREF "en"> <!ATTLIST version original (yes|no) "yes"> <!ELEMENT question ANY> <!ELEMENT keyword ANY> <!ATTLIST keyword %sortas;> <!ELEMENT answer ANY> <!ELEMENT author EMPTY> <!ATTLIST author %person;> <!ELEMENT editor EMPTY> <!ATTLIST editor %person;> <!ELEMENT code (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST code type (tex|shell|dos|xml) "tex"> <!ELEMENT index (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST index %sortas;> <!ELEMENT emph (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT p ANY> <!ENTITY TeX "tech"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net http://www.ramm.ch ---

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subscribe
by David MARSAL 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

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[Fwd: Texexec bug]
by Gregory D. Collins 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

Hello ntg-context, I have a copy of texexec.pl dated 2002/05/04 which has a bug in it. I use tetex under cygwin in Windows, and was having a lot of trouble getting texexec working. The problem is as follows. There is a line in texexec.pl: my $dosish = ($Config{'osname'} =~ /^(ms)?dos|^os\/2|^(ms|cyg)win/i); The purpose of this is to find out if we are in a "dosish" environment. This is used later: unless ($dosish) ~ { if ($TeXFormatFlag == "&") { $TeXFormatFlag = "\\&" } ~ if ($MpFormatFlag == "&") { $MpFormatFlag = "\\&" } } This breaks badly (and very confusingly) later when we do system() calls if $SHELL=bash. I don't know if the rest of cygwin's environment qualifies as "dosish" or not for the rest of the program, although mine works fine if it's turned off. Is this a known bug? G. - -- Gregory D. Collins <gcollins(a)cs.yale.edu> GPG key available at pgp.mit.edu keyserver, id 0xD2EECA60

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Fwd: ConTeXt FAQ format, XML with DTD
by Henning Hraban Ramm 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

Hello again! JM's proposal of FAQ format is only for one FAQ entry. The following one may contain the whole thing: several "recipes" (FAQ entries), each in more than one language. I tried to convert it with ConTeXt, but it doesn't like attributes (I will make a minimal failing example later). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE context_cookbook SYSTEM "context_cookbook.dtd"> <cookbook date="2002-10-28" label="jum-000"> <recipe id="test" section="first" subsection="subfirst"> <version xml:lang="de" original="yes"> <question> Wie kann ich dies und jenes erreichen? </question> <keyword sort-as="tech">&TeX;</keyword> <keyword>Test</keyword> <answer> So vielleicht. <code type="tex">blabla</code> Oder so. <code type="shell">cat > test.txt</code> Oder anders. </answer> <author id="hraban" date="2002-10-20" /> <editor id="nobody" date="2003-10-11" /> </version> <version xml:lang="en" original="no"> <question> How can I achieve that or this? </question> <keyword sort-as="tech">&TeX;</keyword> <keyword>test</keyword> <answer> Perhaps this way. <code type="xml"> <macro>clip</macro> <sqbracket>nx=3,ny=2,x=2,y=1</sqbracket> <braces> <macro>externalfigure</macro> <sqbracket>yourfigure</sqbracket> </braces> </code> Or maybe that way. Or somehow else. </answer> <author id="john" date="2002-10-20" /> <editor id="hraban" date="2002-10-21" /> </version> </recipe> </cookbook> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- context_cookbook.dtd: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!ENTITY % sortas "sort-as CDATA #IMPLIED"> <!ENTITY % date "date CDATA #REQUIRED"> <!ENTITY % person "id IDREF #REQUIRED %date;"> <!ELEMENT cookbook (recipe+)> <!ATTLIST cookbook %date;> <!ATTLIST cookbook label CDATA #IMPLIED> <!ELEMENT recipe (version+)> <!ATTLIST recipe id ID #REQUIRED> <!ATTLIST recipe section IDREF #REQUIRED> <!ATTLIST recipe subsection IDREF "none"> <!ATTLIST recipe subsubsection IDREF "none"> <!ELEMENT version (question, keyword*, answer, author, editor*)> <!ATTLIST version xml:lang IDREF "en"> <!ATTLIST version original (yes|no) "yes"> <!ELEMENT question ANY> <!ELEMENT keyword ANY> <!ATTLIST keyword %sortas;> <!ELEMENT answer ANY> <!ELEMENT author EMPTY> <!ATTLIST author %person;> <!ELEMENT editor EMPTY> <!ATTLIST editor %person;> <!ELEMENT code (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST code type (tex|shell|dos|xml) "tex"> <!ELEMENT index (#PCDATA)> <!ATTLIST index %sortas;> <!ELEMENT emph (#PCDATA)> <!ELEMENT p ANY> <!ENTITY TeX "tech"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net http://www.ramm.ch ---

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Math accents in subscripts
by Leif Albers 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

Hello out there, when I use math accents (like \tilde) above italic characters in subscripts, they appear displaced. A trivial example is e.g. -------------------- SNIPP -------------------- \starttext $ E_{\tilde s} $ \stoptext -------------------- SNIPP -------------------- Compare the output to the plain TeX output of "$ E_{\tilde s} $ \end", and you will see the difference - watch the position of the accent. Is this a bug? BTW: I used different ConTeXt versions on tetex, including the last beta I found on the pragma-ade server: > ConTeXt ver: 2002.10.23 fmt: 2002.11.5 Leif Albers

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Chinese - font utilities
by Lei Wang 05 Nov '02

05 Nov '02

> [While the mailing list archive is down I can't search for previous answers > to this, so apologies if this is asked and answered already.] > > I'd like to use the Chinese setting facility in ConTeXt, and am going > through the instructions given in the "Chinese in ConTeXt" manual. I'm > finding it very tough to locate the utilites needed to prepare the fonts. the fontutil can be download from http://learn.tsinghua.edu.cn/homepage/015450/prog.html there are windows/linux/solaris version and the name is gbkfonts now. I think you can read this chinese web page. > In particular, I've been looking for 'chpfb' or 'gbpfb', which will enable > me to convert a TrueType font into several Type 1 fonts and corresponding > tfms, or the 'gbenc' shellscript which will enable me to create the > necessary tfms and encodings to use the ttf directly. > > Unfortunately they are proving very difficult to track down in the locations > pointed to by the manual, which presumably are now out of date. > > I have access to both Windows and Linux platforms to run these on, so if > anyone can point me at a place where I can now get them I'd be very > grateful. Even better, if someone actually has a working Chinese set-up, a > few pointers as to how you got there would be brilliant! there are a simple setup for chinese in context here: http://bbs.ctex.org/cgi-bin/topic.cgi?forum=8&topic=28&show=90 also a chinese page. Wang

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Re: MP Graph
by Hans Hagen 04 Nov '02

04 Nov '02

At 09:09 PM 10/28/2002 +0000, you wrote: >The attached file (which uses one of the standard mp-graph data files) >fails (see pdf) in a directory without texnum.mpx, but succeeds when that >file is present. I'm sorting (doing a diff) through the logs generated on >each run to see which is the best to report on. Maybe something has changed to graph.mp (esp the trigger for reloading it), in mp-form add a line at the top: boolean mant_font ; mant_font := true ; this will prevent loading form.mp (which is replaced by a sligthly extended version mp-form) and therefore loading of texnum Also in your graphic: use the simpler \startMPcode ... \stopMPcode and not the low level macros; also saves keying. if you have the *.d files and m-graph.tex on the same path, you can run texexec --mode=demo --pdf m-graph to get a test file Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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FAQ format
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 04 Nov '02

04 Nov '02

Hi, please find below a proposal for a XML-FAQ format. I hope it covers all suggestions Hans and Henning have made in the last discussions. More suggestions are welcome. notes: - the label= in <contextfaq> can be used for cross-references - the id= in <author> is a reference to the author database as requested by Henning - the modified= in <revision> should be used to highlight updated FAQs in a new ConTeXt-FAQ issue - there is only one key for sectioning, since IMO the "application" should know where this section (specified by id=) is in the document tree. This should allow easy reordering of the FAQ - and a question: what is the better solution for different types of parenthesis in TeX code; the 1st or the 2nd <texcode> block? Tschö Jens. <contextfaq label="jum-0001"> <head> <author id="jum"/> <revision published="2002-10-27" modified="2002-10-27"/> <keywords> <entry key="clipping">clipping</entry> <entry key="clip"> <tex>clip</tex> </entry> <entry key="externalfigure"> <tex>externalfigure</tex> </entry> <entry key="figure">figure</entry> </keywords> <section id="graphics-manipulation"/> </head> <body> <question> Is it possible to show only a part of an external figure? </question> <answer> The command <tex>clip</tex> allows to show only a part of a figure. You can either split the figure in rows and columns in order to show one of the resulting segments or you can specify a viewport directly. The following code tiles the figure in 3 columns and 2 rows and shows the segment in row 1 and column 2: <texcode> <macro>clip</macro> <sqbracket>nx=3,ny=2,x=2,y=1</sqbracket> <braces> <macro>externalfigure</macro> <sqbracket>yourfigure</sqbracket> </braces> </texcode> In order to specify the visible part directly you can use: <texcode> <macro>clip</macro> [hoffset=3cm,voffset=2cm,width=4cm,height=3cm] {<macro>externalfigure</macro>[yourfigure]} </texcode> </answer> </body> </contextfaq>

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combinations
by Hans Hagen 04 Nov '02

04 Nov '02

Hi, The next release will provide more control over combinations: \setupcombinations[align=right,location={top,left}] i.e. location (top,bottom,middle,left,right) concerns the top thing, the alignment (left,right,middle with right being raggedright) the caption also new: \placefloat[leftmargin]{}{} and \placefloat[leftmargin,2*-line]{}{} (there is more new, but that's experimental) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Widow control
by Michał Morawski 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

Hi, In my (two column) document I have discovered many problems with ophran/widow paragraphs. The line: \clubpenalty=9000 has removed the problem with ophran paragraphs, but similar \widowpenalty=9999 does not remove widow paragraphs at all. Could you give me any advice? And more After command \clubpenalty=xxxx the columns have different height (columns are "ragged"). What command can make wider the interparagraphs gaps to adjust column heights? Thank you Michal ############################################ ## Michał Morawski ## 95-200 Pabianice, Sempołowskiej 5 m 13 ## tel/fax ++48 42 2262228 ############################################ ab ovo <od jaja> - od początku.

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new mail program
by Hans Hagen 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

Hi, The ntg changed to mailman mail programs. There may be some hickups while doing so, sorry for this inconvenience. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Strange error...
by Willi Egger 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

Hi Hans, while busy to develop more FLOWcharts, I get the following error, which does not lead to fatal exit. The resulting pdf-file is according to my oppinion o.k. Do you have an idea what is wrong? ... systems : end file cenj at line 244 ! pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier (name{page:15}) h as been already used, duplicate ignored <recently read> fit <to be read again> \egroup \fakePDFpagedestination ...e:\realfolio }}\egroup \fi \fi \fi \actualshipout ...chbox \hbox {\the \everyshipout \ifnum \realpageno =\lastp... \myshipout ...pout {\thisisrealpage \realfolio #1} \fi \gotonextrealpage \nap... \dofinaloutput ...pagebody #1#2\setpagecounters }} \fi \the \everyaftershipou... ... l.244 \stoptext [16.15] ) Groet Willi

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I have solved my problem
by Michał Morawski 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

I have reported the problem with generating format I have uncommented the wrong line in the cont-usr file. Sorry ############################################ ## Michał Morawski ## 95-200 Pabianice, Sempołowskiej 5 m 13 ## tel/fax ++48 42 2262228 ############################################ crede, quod habes, et habes - wierz, że masz, a będziesz miał.

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Chinese - font utilities
by Duncan Hothersall 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

[While the mailing list archive is down I can't search for previous answers to this, so apologies if this is asked and answered already.] I'd like to use the Chinese setting facility in ConTeXt, and am going through the instructions given in the "Chinese in ConTeXt" manual. I'm finding it very tough to locate the utilites needed to prepare the fonts. In particular, I've been looking for 'chpfb' or 'gbpfb', which will enable me to convert a TrueType font into several Type 1 fonts and corresponding tfms, or the 'gbenc' shellscript which will enable me to create the necessary tfms and encodings to use the ttf directly. Unfortunately they are proving very difficult to track down in the locations pointed to by the manual, which presumably are now out of date. I have access to both Windows and Linux platforms to run these on, so if anyone can point me at a place where I can now get them I'd be very grateful. Even better, if someone actually has a working Chinese set-up, a few pointers as to how you got there would be brilliant! Many thanks. Duncan

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Line break?
by mari.voipio＠iki.fi 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

This is probably "the dumbest question of the year", but I cannot find an answer in the manuals (beginner's and the real big one) and the mailing archives don't want to play with me today [Forbidden. You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/search.cgi on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.]. I badly need a working line break (comparable to the HTML tag ). In a side note in one of the manuals I found that \\ should work as line break, but it doesn't work for me, for example --- Example: To change 4-20 mA = 15 - 25 CONC\% to 4-20 mA = 10 - 30 CONC\%, key in the sequence\\ Calibrate/Parameters/Output signals/Current output\\ and then enter Zero = 10 and Span = 20. --- results in --- Example: To change 4-20 mA = 15 - 25 CONC% to 4-20 mA = 10 - 30 CONC%, key in the sequence Calibrate/Parameters/Output signals/Current output and then enter Zero = 10 and Span = 20. --- and that's not what I want. I'm open to other solutions as well, but I think I'd really prefer to have line breaks there (not least because I want to keep the code simple - other people will need to understand this too). Mari from Finland PS. Any hope with the mailing archive search?

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Re: [NTG-context] Line break?
by Hans Hagen 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

At 05:07 PM 10/31/2002 +0200, mari.voipio(a)iki.fi wrote: >On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Matthias Heidbrink wrote: > > > Try "\crlf". This and more is on page 37 in the manual > > "Context - an excursion". > >Nope, on *page* 37 there's some obscure chemistry (says the dummy). But >now that you all have shown me what to look for, I found it in *chapter* >37, Miscellaneous, on _page_90_ (under subsection 37.10 carriage return). > >Which explains why I couldn't find it - I'm almost too young to know what >a "carriage return and line feed" is and so I only used "line break" and >"linebreak" as search words and that doesn't help. And then I looked for >the line break under "paragraph formatting", not miscellaneous. > >Now I only feel somewhat dumb because I didn't find it myself (because >I've tried pretty hard), this was a Windows generation problem. :-) > > >If \break really works, I'll prefer using that because it will be more >transparent to other users, but I thank everybody for speedy replies - at >least the mailing list works even if the archives don't. \crlf also adds a strut and is less sentitive to those underful messages, Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Polish language
by Michał Morawski 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

Hi, As I have read in the file minstall.pdf I have tried to generate polish format by: texexec --make --language=pl,uk --bodyfont=plr en However in the log file I see: language : language en is active ("en" instead of "pl") What do I do wrong? Thanks in advance Michał Morawski ############################################ ## Michał Morawski ## 95-200 Pabianice, Sempołowskiej 5 m 13 ## tel/fax ++48 42 2262228 ############################################ Wszystko, co idzie źle sprawia wrażenie, że idzie dobrze.

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Termn "C++" in index
by Matthias Heidbrink 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

Hi, possibly a trivial question, but can't find it anywhere: How do I get the term "C++" into an index? Unfortunately ConTeXT interprets the "+" as a separator for indexed terms and I did not find a way to escape it that did not confuse the index mechanism. Another remark: In my view "texutil --purge" should also delete the ...tuo file because otherwise ConTeXt does not recover from a defective index entry. Ciao, Matthias -- Matthias Heidbrink E-Mail: Bundesratufer 12 mh(a)cs.tu-berlin.de 10555 Berlin, Germany Tel. +49-30-8536361 Mobil +49-179-3981150

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XML mapping
by Martin Kolařík 29 Oct '02

29 Oct '02

Hi all, is there any way to map some XML tag into another one? Something like \mapXMLvalue, but for elements? Thank you, Martin

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bug in chart module
by Hans Hagen 28 Oct '02

28 Oct '02

Hi, for chart users: i found a bug in mp-chrt.mp (must be a quite old one): for i=1 upto max_x : for j=1 upto max_y : % was bug: xfrom,yto if not ( ( (i,j)=(xfrom,yfrom) ) or ( (i,j)=(xto,yto) ) ) : it results in the wrong conclusion about lines crossing shapes, so if you encounter that situation, patch and regenerate metafun Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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MP Graph and texnum.mpx
by Adam Lindsay 28 Oct '02

28 Oct '02

Hi ConTeXters, I've been using the MPGraph part of MetaPost and its corresponding m- graph ConTeXt module this week. I've been getting very attractive results that I will encourage my partner to use in her PhD. I was baffled for a while why I could get graphing to work beautifully in one directory, but in no others. I finally tracked it down to the system requiring texnum.mpx in the current working directory. I believe this file contains the MP-ified numbers that MPGraph puts on the axes. My question is: why should this be? I *think* I have done everything else necessary to get MP working in ConTeXt. How can I automatically generate texnum.mpx in a way that 1) another user doesn't have to worry about it or 2) it sits in the path permanently? Some system details: I'm running a fresh TeXLive 7 install, with the latest ConTeXt from the website. I have \write18 enabled, \runMPfraphicstrue, \runMPTEXgraphicstrue, and MPXCOMMAND = texexec -- mptex. On the slightly unusual side, I have \forceMPTEXgraphictrue, which seemed necessary at one point, and no \recycleMPslotstrue, which seemed unnecessary. I'm thrilled with the integration of MetaPost's Graph capabilities, beyond this strange behaviour that took a long time to track down. It was very easy to get very attractive results from simple data files. As a side question, would I have to fiddle with texmf/metapost/base/ texnum.mp to affect the font of the x- and y-axis numbers on an MPGraph plot? They seem to stick to CMR no matter what I do to defaultfont in MetaPost. Thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Adam Lindsay +44(0)1524 594 537 atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/atl/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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source files and ConTeXt style
by Adam Lindsay 28 Oct '02

28 Oct '02

Hi. I'm just starting to look at detailed TeX stuff. I'd like to write some ConTeXt-style macros to support a user. I've already wrapped some MPGraph functions in some old-fashioned TeX-style multiple-argument macros, but I would like to offer my user something more modern and ConTeXt-like. Does anyone have any hints on looking at the ConTeXt code for writing modules? Any hints on achieving Hans-like \dodododo zen? Ik heb een beetje nederlands, but finding mappings between nl-commando's and en- commands is still elusive when trying to decode some multilingual sources. So I know it's too much to ask to get inside Hans's brilliant mind, but I was wondering if some power-users can offer some hints in terms of starting to understand the style of the sources. Thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Adam Lindsay +44(0)1524 594 537 atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/atl/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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Autosplitting tables: preventing a split
by Giuseppe Bilotta 28 Oct '02

28 Oct '02

A simple question: is there a way to prevent a table split at a certain place? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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