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Fwd: MacOSX-TeX Digest #923 - 02/08/04
by Adam Lindsay 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

Hi folks. The below email showed up recently on the MacOSX/TeX list, and I thought it might be worthy of some ConTeXt-centric discussion. ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Subject: MacOSX-TeX Digest #923 - 02/08/04 Date Sent: Sunday, 8 February 2004 20:00 From: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <MacOSX-TeX(a)email.esm.psu.edu> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <MacOSX-TeX(a)email.esm.psu.edu> Subject: Can Tex do That? From: "Roland Schoettle" <rolands(a)otii.com> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:41:51 -0800 Greetings, I hope someone on this list can help me. In particular I have been told I should ask William Adams for assistance. In the event he is not active on this list, I would be grateful if this message were relayed to him. I am a disappointed FrameMaker user. Initially we used Frame on PCs with good result. Our business is now moving away from the Windows platform. Before committing to our last Frame upgrade, Adobe assured us Frame would be available for OSX. (At one point they went so far as to promise Linux support and even released a Linux beta). It is now apparent Adobe will not support OS X (or Linux) and has in fact recommended "upgrading" to InDesign. We have looked at InDesign and believe it to be significantly inferior for our requirements. However good, InDesign cannot do many FrameMaker functions such as footnotes, autoflow of text and paragraphs, math symbols, cross-referencing, etc. Further, Adobe is blatantly unsympathetic. I have used Tex in the very distant past and recall it had tremendous capability but never tried using it for the many complex graphics applications which now are prerequisites for business. I would like to try Tex again, but thought it best to ask if Tex can now be used to create reasonably complicated color product brochures. The goal would be to produce brochures, newsletters, business proposals, and also "publish" data from databases that look as if from a high-end layout package such as Quark Express or something similar. Can Tex be easily used for these type of functions? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Roland Schoettle ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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ex-files style
by Michal Kvasnicka 06 Feb '04

06 Feb '04

Good morning. I found on the Pragma web the `ex-files.pdf' file. I extremely like its look. Is somewhere a presentation style similar to it? Many thanks. Michal Kvasnicka

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How to produce PDF links with custom action?
by Stefan Wachter 06 Feb '04

06 Feb '04

Hi all! Does ConTeXt allow to create links with custom actions? I have a working LaTeX / PDF-TeX solution which I am not able to port to ConTeXt. The following PDF-TeX code contained in a LaTeX file produces the desired PDF-Code. \\pdfstartlink attr{/Border [ 0 0 0 ]} user{/Subtype/Link/A << /S /AVDP_Action /AVDP_Param (../../nach-dateipfad.pdf 1)>>} here is a link \\pdfendlink Yet, if I include the same lines of code in a ConTeXt file then no link is generated. Thanks for you attention, Stefan

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Mail Transaction Failed
by berend＠pobox.com 05 Feb '04

05 Feb '04

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Status
by pragma＠wxs.nl 05 Feb '04

05 Feb '04

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(no subject)
by Vit Zyka 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

Hallo ConTeXt debater, this buffer storage works perfectly: ---- \starttext \startbuffer[TMP] Bla \stopbuffer \getbuffer[TMP] \stoptext ---- but why not this one? ---- \starttext \def\tmp{% \startbuffer[TMP] Bla \stopbuffer } \tmp \getbuffer[TMP] \stoptext ---- Thanks Vit Zyka

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Re: About context
by Hans Hagen 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

At 14:42 03/02/2004, you wrote: >Dear Hans, > > May please ask a couple of silly questions: > >Don't you have anything like \(odd/even)sidemargin in ConTeXt? \setuplayout [backspace=3cm, cutspace=4cm] in those areas you can define left/rightmargin and left/rightedge >What's the difference between \insertpages and \copypages, and what's >the list of allowed parameters to each? did you look into page-imp.tex? there ar ea few examples there Hans

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Re: Een aantal kleinere problemen met context
by Hans Hagen 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

At 09:10 02/02/2004, you wrote: >1) Ik wil graag een tabel maken waarin de breedte en van sommige velden >ook de hoogte vast leg (bijv. 12 cm voor breedte van een kolom, en voor >een aantal rijen een hoogte van 5 cm). Als scheider tussen de velden wil >ik een haarlijn hebben. There are four mechanisms, each with their own advantages. In your case the \bTABLE .. \eTABLE method sounds ok http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/enattab.pdf >Ik heb verschillende opties van het context pakket geprobeerd, maar de >combinatie van haarlijn, en gefixeerde hoogte en breedte van kolommen / >rijen is tot nu toe niet gelukt. In Latex is dit vrij eenvoudig dus ik >vermoed dat dit in context ook can. > >2) Als ik de nl implementatie van context gebruik begint de legenda van >een tabel met het woord tabel. voor een figuur wordt dit figuur. Hoe kan >ik dit veranderen in bijv. Table en Figure? Natuurlijk kan ik de engels >talige implementatie gebruiken, maar ik wil dat veranderen door bijv >stelkopjesin of een ander macro. Ik zie alleen niet hoe. take a look in lang-ger.tex on how to change labels (you can use the dutch user interface with english labels: % interface=nl \mainlanguage[en] Hans

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Fwd: Een aantal kleinere problemen met context
by Hans Hagen 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

> >Beste lezers, > >Ik heb een aantal kleinere problemen met context die ik graag op lossen >wil, maar niet precies weet hoe. > >1) Ik wil graag een tabel maken waarin de breedte en van sommige velden >ook de hoogte vast leg (bijv. 12 cm voor breedte van een kolom, en voor >een aantal rijen een hoogte van 5 cm). Als scheider tussen de velden wil >ik een haarlijn hebben. > >Ik heb verschillende opties van het context pakket geprobeerd, maar de >combinatie van haarlijn, en gefixeerde hoogte en breedte van kolommen / >rijen is tot nu toe niet gelukt. In Latex is dit vrij eenvoudig dus ik >vermoed dat dit in context ook can. > >2) Als ik de nl implementatie van context gebruik begint de legenda van >een tabel met het woord tabel. voor een figuur wordt dit figuur. Hoe kan >ik dit veranderen in bijv. Table en Figure? Natuurlijk kan ik de engels >talige implementatie gebruiken, maar ik wil dat veranderen door bijv >stelkopjesin of een ander macro. Ik zie alleen niet hoe. > >bijvoorbaad dank voor goede tips. > >Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] \textcelsius and Latin Modern
by Hans Hagen 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

At 21:20 30/01/2004, you wrote: >Hello, >as you can see in doc/fonts/lm/testlm-ts1.dvi, there is a \textcelsius >available in Latin Modern font with LaTeX. >How could I use this symbol in ConTeXt? >TIA for any hint, Peter using the units module makes more sense ... concerning the lm fonts, later this year i'll replace plr/csr/aer/cmr by lm and then we can add those symbols Hans

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problems with mail
by Hans Hagen 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

Hi, It seems that our provider has changed a couple of rules so that our old addresses no longer are relayed ... i'll sort out what answers i need to resent. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS 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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m-bib, setupcite
by Michal Kvasnicka 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

Good evening. How can I make \cite[authoryear][SomeoneAndAnother1999] to produce Someone a Another (1999) instead of Someone and Another (1999), i.e. to change `and' to the Czech `a'? I tried \setupcite[author,authoryear,authoryears][lastpubsep={ a }] but nothing happened. Many thanks for any hint. Michal Kvasnicka

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90° rotation+landscape
by Peter Rolf 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

Hello list, I want to setup an evelope and the whole output should be rotated by 90° (this is the way my printer gets them). ___ | || ________ | | | -- | | | |_____--_| ||__| normal layout 90° rotated output (paper and content) The resulting pdf looks like this (square paper format): ______ | | | | | | | ||_____| Here is a minimal example: % interface=en output=pdftex \definepapersize[C65] % standard C65 evelope [width=229mm, height=114mm, ] \setuppapersize[C65][C65, landscape, 90] \starttext \tfc 90° rotation for printer. \stoptext Have I missed something or is this a bug in \dodosetuppapersize? Any help welcome, Peter

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page setup
by Hans van der Meer 03 Feb '04

03 Feb '04

I am trying to typeset 2 A5 pages onto 1 A4 page in landscape format, side by side. Thus typesetting the pages two at a time on one piece of paper, in their natural order, seeing them as a spread. Something like xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x x x 1 x 2 x going on for 3, 4, etc. x x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I do not seem to get that job done. The context code I tried: \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuplayout[location=doublesided,marking=on,grid=yes,header=0mm,margin= 12mm] \setuppagenumbering[location=footer,location=margin,alternative=doublesi ded] \setuparranging[2*1] % or [doublesided] or [mirrored] The \setuparranging (in the above variations) sends TeX into an infinite loop. Of course [2*2] will not work, it gives booklets of 4 pages instead of 2. Maybe it can be done without the \setuparranging, but I could not find out how. The context version I use is: ConTeXt ver: 2003.12.12 fmt: 2003.12.13 int: english mes: english I would appreciate some help very much. Hans van der Meer

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Backup typesetters.
by John Culleton 03 Feb '04

03 Feb '04

I am negotiating a largish contract with an UK publisher to typeset a technical book, with several tables. The sources will be furnished the customer along with the PDF. They are concerned that if in the future I were not available for any reason what alternate person or persons they could turn to. Those of you who do typesetting and layout for fees and who might be interested in taking over such a task should it become necessary are asked to reply off-list to type(a)wexfordpress.com. I emphasize that this is just a contigency arrangement. I think the customer is just being prudent. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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a typo in mtexexec.pdf
by kopszak＠mnw.art.pl 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Hello, On page 4 of mtexexec.pdf should be : texexec -translate= il2-pl somefile instead of texexec -translate= il2pl somefile ^^^^^^ Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/

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Re: ntg-context digest Re: Problems running context
by Adam Tee 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

> 3. Re: Problems running context (Hans Hagen) can you make a minimal failing example? Hans, I've found the problem I was redefining \setupinterlinespace[big] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=numerals] in the text, removing these has solved it. Adam

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reverse order sorting
by Vit Zyka 01 Feb '04

01 Feb '04

Hallo ConTeXt debaters, is possible to change sorting order (e.g. sort in reverse order) in the mechanismn: ----- \definesorting[address][addressbook] \setupsorting[address][criterium=all] \address{A} \address{B} \placelistofaddressbook ----- Thanks Vit Zyka

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differences of table modes
by Henning Hraban Ramm 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

Ahoi! I just reviewed my german ConTeXt tutorial and tried to tell the truth about all the table modes. Please correct me if I'm wrong: * tabulate - can break over several pages - [start|stop]tabulate[head|tail] should define a repeated head/tail, but it doesn't work - documented in the manual (cont-en[i|p]) * table - cannot break - based on Wichura's TaBlE (others not) - can be used as float (others not?) - documentation commercial at pctex.com (39 $), partly docs in "ConTeXt - an excursion" (m[s|p]-cb-en) * tables - same as table, but can break over several pages - [start|stop]table[head|tail] works - nowhere documented? * TABLE - didn't try page breaks yet; should it work? - [b|e]TABLE works; should [start|stop]TABLE also? - docs: up-to-date 8 (no link on HP!), enattab * new table mode? I remember Hans wrote about a new enhanced table mode, but can't find the mail. Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Windows xp user wants to begin with context
by Wilfried Van Hirtum 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

Hi I'm a complete ms word user who wants to convert to context to make his mathematical textbooks. I have windows xp on my computer, but nothing (really nothing like perl, editor's or distribution) else. What exactly have i to do make my pc work with context? By the way, don't say to me to read the how to install context manual which are not meant to read by absolute beginners. I've spent hours on looking around on internet, on the pragma-website, reading manuals, but i don't find something clear and simple what tells me exactly to do and in which order to let me begin working with context. There seems to be so many pre-knowledge about perl, command line commands, and so on.. But can anybody out there please tell me how i can start from the very beginning. I would appreciate your advise very much. To set it clear: i'm not a linux or unix-user, i use windowx xp. I really want to begin with context, but there seems to be so many obstacles to overwin. Many thanks in advance. Wilfried Van Hirtum --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!

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\textcelsius and Latin Modern
by Peter Münster 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Hello, as you can see in doc/fonts/lm/testlm-ts1.dvi, there is a \textcelsius available in Latin Modern font with LaTeX. How could I use this symbol in ConTeXt? TIA for any hint, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ------------------------------------ Film Search site: http://f-s.sf.net/

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texexec --pdfselection with selection range
by Tobias Burnus 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Hello, how I can use TeXExec --pdfselection with a selection range? If I try --selection=3-50,52-90 I get an error. It works if I write --selection=3,4,5,6,7,... but this is quite labourous and one needs to make sure that one has not forgot a single number. (I try to cut out the colour pages to save some paper (60 sheets) while printing to the b/w printer.) Tobias

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JPEG file couldn't be read
by Johannes Hüsing 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Hi all, this is most probably a pdfetex question, but I don't feel like subscribing to a new list to have it answered. I get the error message: Error: pdfetex (file ./rimg0016.jpg): reading JPEG image failed on a \useexternalfigure definition and \externalfigure call. Typing "file rimg0016.jpg" gets me "rimg0016.jpg: JPEG image data, EXIF standard 0.77, 42 x 0" and the file is shown as expected by "display rimg0016.jpg". This all happens under a TeXLive 7 distribution on a Debian Woody Linux box. Any ideas how I have to convert the files to please pdfetex? Greetings Johannes -- 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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spaces in bibliographic list
by Maurice Diamantini 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Bonjour à tous, I have not enought spaces between bibliographic elements (but too much spaces between two lines inside every bibliographic element) Is there any way for ajusting these spaces? Thank you very much in avance! I have the following configuration for my biblio \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[ refcommand=num, numbering=yes, numbercommand=\myNumberCommand ] \def\myNumberCommand#1{[#1]} ... \starttext ... \section{Bibliographie} \placepublications ... \stoptext Maurice Diamantini http://www.ensta.fr/~diam

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Pagebreak in columns
by Michal Kvasnicka 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Good evening. I typeset a document in two columns on a grid. Sometimes a page is one row longer than it should be. How can I make it not to do it? (I don't care for widows and things like that, I can correct them manually). I know this was disscussed before but I can find the text of the thread in any archive, just the link. Any hint? Many thanks for any hint. Your sincerely Michal Kvasnicka I set it approximately like this (just major setting mentioned): \setuplayout [topspace=1cm, height=19cm, lines=43, backspace=1cm, width=128mm, header=0pt, headerdistance=0pt, footer=2\baselineskip, footerdistance=0pt, grid=yes] \setupcolumns [n=2, tolerance=tolerant, distance=1em] \widowpenalty=0\relax \clubpenalty=0\relax \brokenpenalty=0\relax \normalbottom \starttext \startcolumns ... \stopcolumns \stoptext

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