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typo in recent version
by dr. Hans van der Meer 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

I found a typo in the recent version (16-06-2004) of ConTeXt. In file type-buy.tex in line 143 one finds: \definefontsynonym f[LucidaSans-DemiItalic] ... The f before the [ is a spurious character and should be removed. Hans van der Meer

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{ in input file names
by Nikolai Weibull 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Hi. Another one of my sort of weird questions. I have a file with { in it's file name and context doesn't seem to enjoy it much: % mkdir {test} % cd {test} % mkdir output % touch a.tex && ed a.tex 0 0a \starttext Hello \stoptext . wq 27 % texexec --runpath=output a.tex TeXExec 4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 changing to path : output executable : pdfetex format : cont-en source path : /home/pcp/scratch/cont-test/{test} dummy file : a.run inputfile : a output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) \write18 enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./a.run{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2004.6.16 fmt: 2004.6.18 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 578] system (E-TEX) : [line 633] ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : a.top loaded (./a.top ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. \p!doifinstringelse ...tringelse \@EA ##\@EA 1#1## 2##3\war {\unless \if ##2@... \rawdodoifinsetelse ...ingelse \@@@instring {,#1,} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments ... \addtocommalist #1#2->\rawdoifinsetelse {#1}#2 \resetglobal {\dodoglobal \ede... \next1 #1,->\docommando {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... l.3 \usepath[/home/pcp/scratch/cont-test/{test}] ? Is this an impossibility in TeX? nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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filename
by Thomas Lohmann 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Hello everybody, I'm looking for a comand to insert the current filename and or path like inserting the current date with \currentdate. Any help? Thanks Thomas Lohmann -- Dr. Thomas Lohmann Daimlerstr. 28 68526 Ladenburg Tel.: 06203 924277 Fax: 01212 5 11720241 Mobil: 0174 6179456 Email: lohmannt(a)web.de

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reference problem
by dr. Hans van der Meer 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

In the ConTeXt manual (cont-eni.pdf) it says in the chapter on references by way of example: > In this chapter, we can safely use references, without the danger of > clashing with references in other chapters. If we have a figure: > > \placefigure[here][fig:worldmap]{A map of the \TeX\ world}{...} > > In the chapter itself we can refer to this figure with: > > \in {figure} [fig:worldmap] However, if I use this scheme on the following input: > \placefigure[here][fig:exceptionhierarchy]{Sample~exception~hierarchy}% > {\externalfigure[ExceptionHierarchy][scale=800]} > > By way of example, \in{figure}[fig:exceptionhierarchy] shows the > hierarchy for ... The following error trace occurs (TeXShop): > floatblocks : 1 placed > ! Undefined control sequence. > \doloop ...ndcsname \recurselevel \let \endofloop > \dodoloop \dodoloop 1 > \removeunwantedspaces ...kip \else \exitloop \fi } > \fi > <argument> ...\ignorespaces \removeunwantedspaces > \rightofreference > \doifelsenothing #1->\edef \!!stringa {#1 > }\ifx \!!stringa \empty > \expandafte... > <argument> ...veunwantedspaces \rightofreference } > {\egroup > \dosymbolreferenc... > > \doifreferencefoundelse ...ce \ifreferencefound #2 > \rightofreference > ... > l.121 ...mple, \in{figure}[fig:exceptionhierarchy] > shows the > ? What I am doing wrong? Or has some change in macros taken place? I am using the following version: ConTeXt ver: 2004.6.14 fmt: 2004.6.15 int: english mes: english I would be happy if someone can provide the answer. Hans van der Meer

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Re: Question ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

[forwarded to the context list] jimarin(a)bayesinf.com wrote: >Another quick question about ConTeXt. > >I understand that using > >\language[es] (or \mainlanguage[es]) > >would select correct hyphenation patterns for Spanish. Is this correct? > >and then... > >can I enter text with proper Spanish accents in it, like in... > >\starttext > >¡No sé cómo explicarlo bien! > >¿Entiendes español? > >\stoptext > >Or do I have to use \{'o} or something on those lines...(that would be >terrible I guess...) > > >Thanks in advance for being there !! > >Jose Ignacio > >================================================================ >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Question...
by Hans Hagen 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

[forwarded to the context list] jimarin(a)bayesinf.com wrote: >how can I produce texts in Arial? > >I have tried > >\setupbodyfont[ber,phv,ss,11pt] > >following a text on the internet...but it seems my ConTexT distro is not >having these fonts...or perhaps I was doing something wrong. > >Thanks in advance ! > >Jose Ignacio > >================================================================ >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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update
by Hans Hagen 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hi, I synced the website. Apart from a few new magazines there is a preliminary manual 'xmldir' and there are manuals for xmltools and textools. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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macro expansion in bookmarks
by Peter Münster 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hello, is there a switch to turn on macro expansion in bookmarks? Here an example, to show what I mean: \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \definesynonyms[Acro][acronymes][\Full] \Acro{ST}{some text} \placebookmarks[section] \starttext \section{\Full{ST}} % result not as expected in bookmark \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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poster
by Zunbeltz 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hi, I'm trying to do a scientific poster in latex and i've some problem. now i want to try it in context. I need two things 1) set a backgroud for the paper (A0 size) with gradient color 2) Deal with textblocks (like the textpos package of latex). This package makes a grid (dont printing it), for example 16x25 part (width and height). And then you can say \begin{textblock}{2}(0,3) .. \end{textbloc} This make a bloc 2 unit width in the (0,3) position. I'm quite new to context, and i don't know if it can be done. Thanks in advance Zunbeltz -- Zunbeltz Izaola Azkona (zunbeltz at wm dot lc dot ehu dot es) Materia Kondentsatuaren Fisika Saila | Zientzia eta Teknologia Fakultatea | Telf: 34 946015326 Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea | PK 644 | Fax: 34 944648500 48080 Bilbo (SPAIN) | --

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\hyphenatedfile
by Peter Münster 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hello, I try to build a macro, that prints special characters as \type and hyphenates as \hyphenatedfile. I can use now : and ;, but the characters ?, !, # and \ are still not working, and spaces are lost. Could someone help please? Here are my tries: file env.tex: \startenvironment env \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \unprotect \def\reactivateLostActivations{\catcode`:=\@@active\catcode`;=\@@active} \appendtoks\reactivateLostActivations\to\everystarttext \bgroup \catcode`;=12 \catcode`?=12 \catcode`!=12 \gdef\cleanedupSemicolon{;} \gdef\cleanedupQuestmark{?} \gdef\cleanedupExclamark{!} \catcode`\;=\@@active \catcode`?=\@@active \catcode`!=\@@active \gdef\protectChars{\let;\cleanedupSemicolon % \let?\cleanedupQuestmark \let!\cleanedupExclamark % does not work \protectlabels} \egroup \protect \def\File#1{{\tt\protectChars\hyphenatedfile{#1}}} %\let\File\typ % does not work %\let\File\type % does not work \stopenvironment file test.tex: \environment env \starttext bla: bla? bla! bla; bla, this works now. \hskip10cm \File{lost space/file with;strange:charac?ters~/ < and > /end!} % And it would be nice, if I could use the following characters too: % ?, !, # and \ \stoptext In fact, I'm looking for something like this: \documentclass[frenchb]{article} \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc} \usepackage{listings,babel} \lstset{breaklines=true,basicstyle=\ttfamily} \begin{document} \hsize8cm\noindent \lstinline{hööah:aloh/aa?lha llol!loh%lloh#allhal\lohhll;ohohal~loll ohalölo} \end{document} Perhaps, it could be possbible to port listings.sty to ConTeXt? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Numbering
by techw＠siritech.com 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hi All! I need to supress the numbering in floating figures. I have used: \definefloat[figure][figures] \setupfloat[figure][location=middle] \setupcaption [figure] [location=bottom, style=\bfx, number=no] But this doesn't work. What do I need to change? Thanks and regards, -priya.

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[Fwd: [MacTeX] real-world projects using TeX/ConTeXt]
by Hans Hagen 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Maybe users on this list can contribute? Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Two level declaration using "vardef".
by vinuth madinur 20 Jun '04

20 Jun '04

Hello everybody, One small query (:-} In a two level definition like: def test(expr p)= __temp_call(p) enddef; def __temp_call(expr p)(text t)= ........ enddef; so as to allow definitions for macros like "draw". Now, I want to have a macro similar to "draw" but also I want to have a suffix attached to the macro name. so, I did something like: vardef test@#(expr p)= __temp_call@#(p) enddef; vardef __temp_call@#(expr p)(text t)= ........ enddef; But this will obviously not work. But then I also have to define the macro with "vardef" inorder to have "@#" suffix. Can someone please help me here? Thanks. Vinuth.M.Madinur. -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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footnote in paragraph
by Peter Münster 19 Jun '04

19 Jun '04

Hello, how could I place a footnote in a startParagraph environment? \defineparagraphs[Par][n=3] \starttext \startPar bla\Par bla\footnote{a footnote, that gets hidden...}\Par bla \stopPar \stoptext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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PPCHTeX and (non)standard bond angles
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

Perhaps there is some other better place to post this question, but since "ConTeXt" has put quite some effort to be compatible with it and since I cannot subscribe to ntg-ppchtex: I've tried to draw some chemical formulas with PPCTeX and wasn't able to find any option, allowing to visualize sp2 hibridisation on ONE atoms (i.e. 120 degrees). It is possible to make some "approximation" (2,4,7 for example), but it looks far away from perfect - the angles should be EXACTLY 120 degrees in that case (the same goes for NEWMAN). (some other, but maybe more exotic problems include PH_3, NH_3 for example, not forgetting about water) H / P-H \ H - Does there exist anything that would make SB and other bonds in ONE extent to the center of atom (the centar atom needs not be specified if it is C atom); perhaps R? How may I draw '/\/\/' for heksane (with angle 109 degrees)? - How can I name only one atom in the ring? (with the other places being filled with lines) Thank you, Mojca Miklavec

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\startlinenumbering and \starttyping
by Nikolai Weibull 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

I hope I'm missing something, because these commands don't seem to interact flawlessly. What I do now is \startlinenumbering \startfiletyping Kenneth Brown recent conduct has been rather unacceptable in my humble opinion. It is, perhaps, not a coincidence that his last name is the name of the colour of poo. \stopfiletyping \stoplinenumbering This causes an overfull hbox though: Overfull \hbox (17.62482pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 196--196 [] | \hbox(10.41603+4.05064)x0.0 .\glue(\leftskip) 17.62482 .\hbox(10.41603+4.05064)x0.0 ..\rule(10.41603+4.05064)x0.0 ..\glue 0.0 plus 1.0fil minus 1.0fil .\penalty 10000 .\glue(\parfillskip) 0.0 plus 1.0fil .\glue(\rightskip) 0.0 .etc. The lines don't go beyond even half the width of the normal paragraph. Am I doing this wrong in some way? nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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pagination problem with \startitemize[columns]
by Nikolai Weibull 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

I sent a response to an earlier thread about this, but I don't know if it got through (my mail was down later that day). Anyway, here's an example of something that gets messed up. Text following the itemize doesn't get paginated properly. Having a new chapter after it seems to fix it from there on, though. \starttext \chapter{One} \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \startitemize[columns,four] \dorecurse{12}{\nop \type{[:alnum:]}} \stopitemize \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \stoptext This fails for \startitemize[columns] as well. It seems that the problem arises when the itemize is pushed onto the second page. Remove the first \dorecurse{7}{\input ...} and it works fine... Here's an example where the following chapter will be typeset correctly: \starttext \chapter{One} \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \startitemize[columns,four] \dorecurse{12}{\nop \type{[:alnum:]}} \stopitemize \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \chapter{Two} \dorecurse{7}{\input zapf \par\relax} \stoptext nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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update
by Hans Hagen 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Hi, I uploaded a new version (and will sync the whole site friday). - watch the new magazines (number 6 in show-mag.pdf) : dangerous features (but still fun) - hz support (will be completed when the new pdf comes out) - a few new tools: textools & xmltools - of course some fixes (i'm working on a manual for xmldir support as provided by xmltools/x-dir-*) beware: this tree is already in the new tds Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: ntg-context digest, Vol 1 #784 - 10 msgs
by vinuth madinur 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Hello everybody, Thanks for helping me solve the problem. It was wonderful seeing the metafun manual. One more query : In a two level definition like: def test(expr p)= __temp_call(p) enddef; def __temp_call(expr p)(text t)= ........ enddef; so as to allow definitions for macros like "draw". Now, I want to have a macro similar to "draw" but also I want to have a suffix attached to the macro name. so, I did something like: vardef test@#(expr p)= __temp_call@#(p) enddef; vardef __temp_call@#(expr p)(text t)= ........ enddef; But this will obviously not work. But then I also have to define the macro with "vardef" inorder to have "@#" suffix. Can someone please help me here? Thanks. Vinuth.M.Madinur. P.S :- To Patrick Gundlach, thanks for help. -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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Re: Question ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

jimarin(a)bayesinf.com wrote: >Another quick question about ConTeXt. > > you need to use th eproper encoding (say ec or texnansi or .. to get 8 bit input working) you can best ask on the context list what other spanish users use >I understand that using > >\language[es] (or \mainlanguage[es]) > >would select correct hyphenation patterns for Spanish. Is this correct? > >and then... > >can I enter text with proper Spanish accents in it, like in... > >\starttext > >¡No sé cómo explicarlo bien! > >¿Entiendes español? > >\stoptext > >Or do I have to use \{'o} or something on those lines...(that would be >terrible I guess...) > > >Thanks in advance for being there !! > >Jose Ignacio > >================================================================ >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd op virussen. >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd. > > > > > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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\AtBeginDocument
by Peter Münster 14 Jun '04

14 Jun '04

Hello, is there something in ConTeXt like the \AtBeginDocument in LaTeX ? Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Re: Question abount ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 14 Jun '04

14 Jun '04

Hi, the en/nl/etc have to do with the interface language and there is no spanisch interface (yet) if you want to typeset spanish, you need spanish patterns and these are loaded by default, so texexec --make --alone will do for you. If you want all patterns: texexec --make --alone --all switching to spanish is done with \mainlanguage[es] Hans >Estimated sirs of Pragma, > >I am a newcomer to ConTeXt, though I used LaTeX for some time. I don't >know if I can pose my question to this e-mail address, if not I would >appretiate indications in order to forward it to a more adequate address. > >I am creating the "en" and "nl" formats with: > >texexec --make en nl > >and everything goes fine. > >My problem comes when I want to do: > >texexec --make es > >to create the Spanish format. > > >I have created a line for "es" into fmtutil file (fmtutil --edit) which >copies the ones dedicated to "en" and "nl". I have also uncommented the >"es" line in texmf/tex/context/config/cont-usr.tex file and created a >cont-es.ini file that mimicks cont.en.ini file in the same directory >(texmf/tex/context/config) > > >Is there something wrong or something else to do in order to get the >Spanish format running? > >Thanks in advance ! > >Jose Ignacio Marín Alberdi > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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MPost: how to pass variables from mpost to TeX.
by vinuth madinur 13 Jun '04

13 Jun '04

Hi everyone, My mpost doesnt have textext macro. So, what are the other ways of doing it? What I want to do is this : %I have a variable GbLableName GbLableName=B_2; %Now I want to use this variable like this: lable.bot( btex GbLableName etex , (0,0) ); But this will just display GbLableName instead of B_2. So can someone please tell how this can be done? I know too little about TeX. Someone suggested about using Textext macro. But my MPost version doesnt have it. So are there any other ways of doing it? Looking forward for it.. Vinuth.M.Madinur. -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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\dogetobject and pdf
by Peter Münster 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

Hello Hans, I'm sorry, your patch of the May 17 works well for dvi, but not for pdf: the figure is again shifted down and to the left. Here an example: \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext X\externalfigure[example][width=5cm]X \stoptext example.pdf is attached, also the resulting pdf. Concerning the issus with \useencoding[ffr] and FitBH: Do you think, you could solve the problems? If not, I'll go on trying to find solutions. Greeting, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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MPOST: How to pass variables from mpost to TeX
by vinuth madinur 11 Jun '04

11 Jun '04

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