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extensie pl
by Wilfried Van Hirtum 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Als ik aan de dos-prompt typ: texexec voorbeeld dan krijg ik de foutmelding "texexec wordt niet herkend als een interne of externe opdracht, programma of batchbestand" met texexec.pl voorbeeld lukt het wel. Ik ben overigens een absolute beginner in context. Ik vind op het net echter nergens een echte beginnershandleiding die alles van naaldje tot draadje uitlegt. Het lijkt een wereldje waar je zelf alles moet uitzoeken. Is dit zo? Wilfried Van Hirtum --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003

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style questions
by Janko Hauser 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Hello everybody, Over the last days I started to write a "Requirement" document. I started from the example documents provided at the fiee-site, which are a big help. I use this as an exercise to see, what markup is actually needed in the content, to transform from XML documents later on. First some things I already solved, but want to ask, if it was in the right way. 1. I want to mark some words consistently and used the \definesynonyms command for this, although I only use the second form. \definesynonyms[glossar][explanation][\infull] \glossar [ZOPE] {\em Zope} {Web Applikationsserver} Is there a better way to style words consistently? I find it difficult to distinguish between \ZOPE\ and \ZOPE, especially for the possible later translation from XML. 2. In the example there is an indirection for the section definitions. \definehead [Topic] [chapter] \definehead [Nopic] [title] Later on the newly defined headers are styled. But they are used as the only headers throughout the document. So why not style the original ones? 3. I have defined colored header bars in the following ways. \setuphead [subject, Subject,section] [command=\mysec, page=no, continue=no, style={\ss\bs}, color=black] \def\mysec#1#2{\framed[width=\textwidth, corner=round, radius=0.05em, background=color, backgroundcolor=HKS5, framecolor=HKS5]{\startnarrower[1*left,1*right] #2 \hfill #1 \stopnarrower}} They are spanning the complete textwidth. What I now want is to have a smaller textwidth, but the bars should remain broader, as broad as the header and footer lines. Any hints? 4. How to deal with metadata, like author, version, last modified and so. Would you recommend to use buffers for this? This information is probably used on the title page and the footer of each page. Ok, now a real question. I want to style the actual requirements in form of a papercard, whith their actual status at the top. This would be an new definition with 2 or 3 arguments. But the requirements should also be enumerated. How can one build such an environment? Derive somehow from \defineenumeration? --------------------------------------------------------------- |ReqNbr | Title | status | date| --------------------------------------------------------------- | longer text .... with paragraphs and pagebreaks | --------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for the ascii-art (cough :-). These cards should be able to span more than one page. In the light of this a table with running heads would also be an option, right? Thanks for this great package, it is a lot of fun and full of gems. TIA, __Janko

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Draw grid
by David Arnold 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Hans, This sample code will give you an idea of my last feature request for mp-tool. Often, I will design my schematic on graph paper, then start to code. But there are times when I like to work interactively, write a little code, test to see what I get, adjust, ... When I am in that mode, a grid is "very" helpful. Once I am through with adjustments, I simply comment out the line " drawgrid(0,0,20,10,1u,1u);". My drawgrid routine was stolen from the schema.mp file and adjusted for a quick fix (I am writing for a deadline again), but it works. But it would be nice if something like this were in mp-tool. Turn on your numbered grid, work interactively, turn it off when done. Very nice. Happy New Year! input mp-tool def drawgrid(expr xo,yo,nx,ny,sx,sy)= begingroup save cpen,result; pen cpen; picture result; cpen:=pencircle scaled 1pt; result:=nullpicture; for x=0 upto nx: for y=0 upto ny: addto result doublepath (x*sx,y*sy) withpen cpen; endfor endfor defaultfont:="cmr7"; defaultscale:=7pt/fontsize defaultfont; for x=0 upto nx: addto result also thelabel.bot(decimal(x),(x*sx,0)) withpen cpen; endfor for y=0 upto ny: addto result also thelabel.lft(decimal(y),(0,y*sy)) withpen cpen; endfor; draw result; endgroup enddef; beginfig(6); %initialize scale numeric u; 1u=0.25in; drawgrid(0,0,20,10,1u,1u); %draw line for measurement later draw (0,0)--(10u,0); %draw base for pivot path base; base:=unitsquare xyscaled (4u,1u); base:=base shifted (8u,-2u); stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) base withcolor white; draw (8u,-1u)--(12u,-1u); %draw pivot path tri; tri:=(-1,-1)--(0,1)--(1,-1)--cycle; tri:=tri scaled u; tri:=tri shifted (10u,0); fill tri withcolor 0.85white; %initialize pendulum path pend; pend:=(9.5,-0.5)--(10.5,-0.5)--(10.5,10.5)--(9.5,10.5)--cycle; pend:=pend scaled u; draw pend; %draw pivot point drawdot(10u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 6pt; %draw spring block left path left; left:=(2,9)--(3,9)--(3,11)--(2,11)--cycle; left:=left scaled u; stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) left withcolor white; draw (3u,9u)--(3u,11u); %draw spring block right path right; right:=(17,9)--(18,9)--(18,11)--(17,11)--cycle; right:=right scaled u; stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) right withcolor white; draw (17u,9u)--(17u,11u); %spring path spring, link; link:=(0,0)--(0.25,0.5)--(0.75,-0.5)--(1,0); spring:=link; for k=1 upto 2: spring:=spring--(link shifted (k,0)); endfor spring:=spring scaled u; %left spring draw (3u,10u)--(5u,10u); draw spring shifted (5u,10u); draw (8u,10u)--(10u,10u); %right spring draw (10u,10u)--(12u,10u); draw spring shifted (12u,10u); draw (15u,10u)--(17u,10u); %draw spring contact point drawdot(10u,10u) withpen pencircle scaled 6pt; %label springs label(btex $k$ etex, (6.5u,11u)); label(btex $k$ etex, (13.5u,11u)); %label some measurement lengths pair A, B, C, D, E; A:=(1u,0); B:=(1u,10u); C:=(5u,0); D:=(5u,5u); E:=(10u,5u); drawdblarrow A--B; label.lft(btex $L$ etex, 0.5[A,B]); drawdblarrow C--D; draw (0,10u)--(2u,10u); label.lft(btex $L/2$ etex, 0.5[C,D]); draw (4u,5u)--(6u,5u); drawdot(E) withpen pencircle scaled 6pt; label.top(btex cm etex,E shifted (0,5)); endfig;

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Context update
by R. Ermers 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Dear friends, First of all, I would like to wish all of you a happy new year! The update of the most recent Context package (04.2.1.) + subsequent installation with Miktex (MiKTeX 2.1) does not work out on my system (Win 98). Miktex does not complete the installation of the context en and nl formats. The error messages follow below. Could anyone help me out? Thanks in advance! Kind regards, Robert Ermers ++++++++++++ Installation with Miktex, error messages in log file: system (E-TEX) : [line 473] \ifcsname ! Undefined control sequence. \@@su:*reset ->\widowpenalties \minusone \clubpenalties \minusone \in... \dosetups ...\csname \??su :#1\endcsname } \relax \next2 #1,->\dosetups {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...bbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \c... \@@su:*default ...msetupsprefix \s!reset ] \widowpenalty \defaultwidow... \dosetups ...\csname \??su :#1\endcsname } \relax ... l.2084 \setdefaultpenalties % will happen later in \setuplayout No pages of output. Transcript written on cont-en.log. INITEXMF: pdfetex.exe failed on cont-en.tex ++++++++++++ Installation with the command: texexec --make --alone en nl or texexec --make -- alone en results in this error message: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=470502]. \setvalue ...er \def \csname #1\endcsname \@@expanded ...nded \setvalue {17.3pttttf} {\xxdododefinefont {1}{17.3... \dododododefinebodyfont ...scratchtoks }}} \else \global \letbeundefin... \next4 ...odefinebodyfont {tt}{17.3pt}{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax tf=cmtt12 sa 1, sl=cmsltt10 sa 1, it=cmitt10 sa 1 \doprocesscommalist ...obbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.405 ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=470502]. \setvalue ...er \def \csname #1\endcsname \@@expanded ...nded \setvalue {17.3pttttf} {\xxdododefinefont {1}{17.3... \dododododefinebodyfont ...scratchtoks }}} \else \global \letbeundefin... \next4 ...odefinebodyfont {tt}{17.3pt}{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax tf=cmtt12 sa 1, sl=cmsltt10 sa 1, it=cmitt10 sa 1 \doprocesscommalist ...obbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.405

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update succeeded
by R. Ermers 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Dear Friends, In the mean time I have also updated miktex. Now everything seems to work fine. Sorry for bothering you. Robert Ermers

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Install again
by John Culleton 31 Dec '03

31 Dec '03

I installed a fresh TeX installation form the TeXLive installation disk. I did the usual things, like convert Texexec.rme to texexec.ini, move texexec.pl to /usr/TeX/bin/ i386-linux/texexec, run fmtutil and texexex -make --all en nl metafun and the rest. I ran fmtutil --all and texhash. Bottom line programs that compile clean and operate properly under my old installation (still available) don't do so under the new installation. For example the sample program d-en-all will compile without errors but the interaction is kaput and nothing shows up in the TOC. The exact same files in the exact same directory will however work when I boot up my old partition. I did a diff on the two log files and here is what it shows: 1c1 < This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) (format=cont-en 2003.12.30) 30 DEC 2003 15:31 --- > This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2C 7.5.2) (format=cont-en 2003.10.15) 30 DEC 2003 14:34 3a4 > (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/cp8bit.tcx) 7c8 < ConTeXt ver: 2003.12.18 fmt: 2003.12.30 int: english mes: english --- > ConTeXt ver: 2003.9.25 fmt: 2003.10.15 int: english mes: english 14,17d14 < system (E-TEX) : [line 58] < system (E-TEX) : [line 64] \lastnodetype < system (E-TEX) : [line 110] < system (E-TEX) : [line 196] \lastnodetype 82d78 < pdftex : needs map file: 8r-urw-ncntrsbk.map 125a122,125 > (./d-en-all.tuo) (./d-en-all.tuo) (./d-en-all.tuo) (./ d-en-all.tuo) > (./d-en-all.tuo) (./d-en-all.tuo) (./d-en-all.tuo) (./ d-en-all.tuo) > (./d-en-all.tuo) (./d-en-all.tuo) (./d-en-all.tuo) (./ d-en-all.tuo) > (./d-en-all.tuo) (./d-en-all.tuo) 165c165 < references : unknown reference [][content] --- > (./d-en-all.tuo) 166a167 > layout : calculating backgrounds 168c169,171 < [1.1{/usr/TeX/texmf-var/dvips/config/pdftex.map}] --- > [1.1{/usr/TeX/texmf-var/dvips/config/pdftex.map} > Warning: pdfetex (file 8a-agaramond.map): cannot open font map file > ] 170,171c173,174 < system : part,chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection,subsubsubsection < ,subsubsubsubsection not found/processed --- > (./d-en-all.tuo) > layout : calculating backgrounds 191,194c194,197 < 1735 strings out of 67026 < 28492 string characters out of 734989 < 4443010 words of memory out of 5542917 < 32394 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 --- > 1764 strings out of 67444 > 28700 string characters out of 742226 > 4435369 words of memory out of 5540853 > 31993 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 197,198c200,201 < 58i,22n,94p,282b,905s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,40000s < 149 PDF objects out of 300000 --- > 59i,22n,94p,283b,907s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,40000s > 174 PDF objects out of 300000 201,203c204,206 < {/usr/TeX/texmf/dvips/psnfss/8r.enc}</usr/TeX/texmf/fonts/ type1/bitstrea/char < ter/bchr8a.pfb></usr/TeX/texmf/fonts/type1/bitstrea/charter/ bchb8a.pfb> < Output written on d-en-all.pdf (19 pages, 491577 bytes). --- > {/usr/TeX/texmf/dvips/base/8r.enc}</usr/TeX/texmf/fonts/type1/ bitstrea/charte > r/bchr8a.pfb></usr/TeX/texmf/fonts/type1/bitstrea/charter/ bchb8a.pfb> > Output written on d-en-all.pdf (19 pages, 496334 bytes). I can of course change the path and use my elderly installation but I would really prefer to correct my new one. Hints? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ____________________________________________________________ Free 20 MB Bannerless Domain Hosting, 1000 MB Data Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and more. Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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\chapter{$D$} and D being not italic
by Tobias Burnus 30 Dec '03

30 Dec '03

Hello, is this my strange setup or is this a general problem? If I TeX this \subsection{Derivation of $n_\sigma$ and $D_\sigma$} \bye both n and D are \rm instead of italic. I know that it worked once. Tobias

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new tex toy
by Hans Hagen 24 Dec '03

24 Dec '03

Hi, One of the problems with the texmf tree is to get the right scripts/documents launched. On linux, runperl/runruby are used for that, on windows there was runperl.exe which is now irun.exe. Those scripts/apps work ok under most circumstances but not all (especially not when one has multiple trees and multiple instances of the tools). So ... a few weeks ago I made a small tool: http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/texmfstart.rb : for those who have ruby in their path http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/texmfstart.exe : for those who don't have ruby installed and are on windows http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexmfstart.pdf : for those who are interested This tool permits things like (on windows): "texmfstart --browser examplap.pdf" but also calls like: "texmfstart texexec.pl optional arguments" and alike. Several search strategies are applied (see manual). The few of you who have seen the integrated context environment (around scite) already may have used this tool indirectly. I didn't yet test this new gimmick on linux but will do that asap. The next thing that will be posted is 'texsync' which will synchronize your local minimal tex and/or context tree (or part of it, or (part) of the documentation) with the current distribution. (i'm playing with that right now). 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 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Hi, http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexsync-p.pdf.pdf http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexsync-s.pdf.pdf 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] Synchronization (.tex <-> .pdf)
by Hans Hagen 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

At 19:49 22/12/2003, you wrote: >On Dec 22, 2003, at 10:32 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > >>How is the position file that texshop wants formatted? > >don't understand the question. when you process a file, using the latex style file, how does the extra fiel with porisions looks like? i suppose that a file is used to communicate the locations, so there should be a file names jobname.whatever that has the info Hans

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Re: Synchronization (.tex <-> .pdf)
by Steffen Wolfrum 23 Dec '03

23 Dec '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 16:56 22/12/2003, you wrote: > >Now that would be a Christmas present! I didn't dare ask. > > hm, that gives me two days for a 5 minute module, should be doable -) (... and a new pair of placefigure keywords maybe ??) Steffen

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Synchronization (.tex <-> .pdf)
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

Hi, I don't now how many ConTeXt user are aware of the idea of synchronization. In the LaTeX area of TeX it has a kind of tradition (Textures, srcltx, ...) for dvi output. For PDF output Jérôme Laurens has now written a package (for use with iTeXMac and TeXShop) that makes the advantages from source-output synchronization also available for the todays standard PDF. But as so many things in the TeX world it is written as a "plug-in" for LaTeX. Does anybody has an idea how to use this great achievement also with ConTeXt? For those who would like to have a look at Jérôme's great work, I insert his code at the end of this email. Thank you very much, Steffen Wolfrum %%%% This is pdfsync.sty %%%% 2003-12-08: %%%% There is a bug in using everyvbox... novbox is now the default %%%% bug fixed: $0$ was no visible %%%% 2003-11-28: %%%% comment characters added to fix an error. Don't know exactly the cause... %%%% Default option is all... %%%% Could not use \everydisplay... (bug in eqnarray) %%%% 2003-11-19 %%%% first version %%%% usage: \usepackage[display,cr,vbox]{PDFSYNC} %%%% appends reference points before each \par and at each \hbox, inline math; %%%% optionally also at every displayed math, with the option [display] %%%% optionally also at every \cr, with the option [cr] %%%% optionally also at every \vbox, with the option [vbox] %%%% %%%% If you want additional files to be parsed, please use the command %%%% \include (which is redefined below) %%%% This file is due to Piero D'Ancona and jlaurens(a)users.sourceforge.net %%%% iTeXMac is supporting pdfsync %%%% Copy this file to ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex or ~/Library/TeX/texmf/tex/latex if available %%%% This file is distributed under the GPL and the "smart licence": please make things better if you can %%%% © 2003, jlaurens(a)users.sourceforge.net % \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}% \ProvidesPackage{pdfsync}[2003/12/08 v0.3]% \newif\ifPDFSYNCOK% \newif\ifPDFSYNCStar% \newif\ifPDFSYNCPar \PDFSYNCPartrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCMath \PDFSYNCMathtrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCCr \PDFSYNCCrtrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCHBox \PDFSYNCHBoxtrue% \newif\ifPDFSYNCVBox \PDFSYNCVBoxfalse% \newif\ifPDFSYNCExtra \PDFSYNCExtratrue% \newwrite\PDFPOS% \newcount\PDFSYNC@folio\PDFSYNC@folio=0% \newcount\PDFSYNC@rder\PDFSYNC@rder=0% \DeclareOption{nopar}{\PDFSYNCParfalse}% \DeclareOption{nomath}{\PDFSYNCMathfalse}% \DeclareOption{nocr}{\PDFSYNCCrfalse}% \DeclareOption{nohbox}{\PDFSYNCHBoxfalse}% \DeclareOption{novbox}{\PDFSYNCVBoxfalse}% \DeclareOption{vbox}{\PDFSYNCVBoxtrue}% \DeclareOption{noextra}{\PDFSYNCExtrafalse}% \DeclareOption{nothing}{\let\pdfsyncstart\pdfsyncstop}% \ProcessOptions\relax% \RequirePackage{everyshi}% \ifx\pdfsavepos\undefined% \wlog{Synchronization is only available with pdf. Use a dvi viewer instead.}% \let\pdfsyncstart\relax% \let\pdfsyncstop\relax% \let\pdfsync\relax% \let\@PDFSYNC\relax% \else% \def\pdfsyncstart{\global\PDFSYNCOKtrue}% \def\pdfsyncstop{\global\PDFSYNCOKfalse}% \EveryShipout{\@PDFSYNC\global\advance\PDFSYNC@folio by 1\immediate\write\PDFPOS{s\space\the\PDFSYNC@folio}}% \immediate\openout\PDFPOS\jobname.pdfsync% \immediate\write\PDFPOS{\jobname}% control info \immediate\write\PDFPOS{version 0}% control info \let\PDFSYNC@include\include% \def\PDFSYNC@@include#1{% \immediate\write\PDFPOS{(#1}% \PDFSYNC@include{#1}\immediate\write\PDFPOS{)}}% \let\include\PDFSYNC@@include% \def\@PDFSYNC{% \ifPDFSYNCOK% \pdfsavepos% \immediate\write\PDFPOS{l\space\the\PDFSYNC@rder\space\the\inputlineno}% \def\position{\the\pdflastxpos\space\the\pdflastypos}% \ifPDFSYNCStar% \edef\argument{{p*\space\the\PDFSYNC@rder\space\noexpand\position}}% \else% \edef\argument{{p\space\the\PDFSYNC@rder\space\noexpand\position}}% \fi% \expandafter\write\expandafter\PDFPOS\argument% \global\advance\PDFSYNC@rder by 1% \fi}% \def\pdfsync{\global\PDFSYNCStartrue\@PDFSYNC\global\PDFSYNCStarfalse}% \def\PDFSYNC@Extra{% % \let\PDFSYNC@maketitle\maketitle\def\maketitle{\pdfsyncstop\PDFSYNC@maketitle\pdfsyncstart} \let\PDFSYNC@newline\\\def\\{{\@PDFSYNC}\PDFSYNC@newline}% \global\let\PDFSYNC@verse\verse \global\def\verse{\PDFSYNC@verse\let\PDFSYNC@newline\\\def\\{{\@PDFSYNC}\PDFSYNC@newline}}% }% \AtBeginDocument{% \pdfsyncstart% \ifPDFSYNCPar\global\let\p@@r\par\gdef\par{{\@PDFSYNC}\p@@r}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCMath\everymath{{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCCr\everycr {{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCHBox\everyhbox {{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi% \ifPDFSYNCVBox\everyvbox {{\@PDFSYNC}}\fi%there is a bug here \ifPDFSYNCExtra\PDFSYNC@Extra\fi% }% \fi% \endinput

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\hyphenatedurl problem
by Tobias Burnus 22 Dec '03

22 Dec '03

Hi, I'm sure I miss something obvious but I have no clue what it is. I have: \def\gotoDOI#1{\hyphenatedurl#1} \gotoDOI{10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01361-6} \hyphenatedurl{10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01361-6} and I redefined supp-lan.tex's \scanurl to hyphenate at '(' and ')'. The strange thing is: Using gotoDOI the linebreak comes after the last '-' ('...01361-' // '6') while using hyphenatedurl it's '...(01)' // '01361-6' (the latter is desired). See attached test case. The real definition of gotoDOI will be: \def\gotoDOI#1{\useURL[doi][#1]\useURL[doiurl][http://dx.doi.org/#1]% \goto{\url[doi]}[url(doiurl)]} MERRY CHRISTMAS (or happy holidays) AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! Tobias PS: Hans, can you include ( and ) as places where a hyphenation may happen?

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texexec changes drives
by David Arnold 21 Dec '03

21 Dec '03

All, I have Miktex and context installed on my F: drive (partition). My path: C:\Temp>path PATH=F:\MIKTEX\CONTEXT\PERLTK;F:\MIKTEX\MIKTEX\BIN;C:\GS\GS7.04\BIN;C:\GS\GS 7.04 \LIB;C:\PERL\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\YANDY\YANDYTEX\ ;E:\ MATLAB6P1\BIN\WIN32;C:\EMACS\BIN;;C:\GHOSTGUM\GSVIEW\;;F:\MSYS\1.0\MINGW\BIN ;F:\ IMAGINE\BIN;;E:\J2SDK1.4.0_02\BIN;E:\MATLAB6P5\BIN\WIN32 Look what happens every time I run texexec. C:\temp>texexec --version TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 total run time : 1 seconds F:\Temp> The drive changes! I am using Miktex, have deleted texexec from /Miktex/bin, and have pointed my path at /Miktex/context/perltk as you can see above. Has anyone else experienced this strange behavior of changing drives?

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vertical spacing in tabulate
by Patrick Gundlach 20 Dec '03

20 Dec '03

Dear ConTeXt users, I'd like to reduce the vertical spacing in the following tabulation. How do I do this? I couldn't find an answer in the up-to-date (4). \starttext \tfxx \starttabulate[|r|l|r|] \NC 1\NC Testbild (Mittagspause)\NC 2:42\NC \NR \NC 2\NC Innenstadtfront (Mittagspause)\NC 1:11\NC \NR \NC 3\NC Risikofaktor 1:X (Male)\NC 1:31\NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext Patrick -- mon transistor j'adore

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bookmarks, accented caracters, breaking URLs
by Tobias Burnus 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Hello, (first: Thanks, Hans for the answer, I added some space in \unknownreference and a $\blacktriangleright$, but otherwise I won't miss any reference anymore; fingers crossed.) (a) I fail somehow to produce bookmarks (or 'outlines') for the Acrobat Reader. I tried \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection] \starttext \chapter{foo} \stoptext but the outline is completely empty. This is with pdfeTeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159-1.10b-2.1, ConTeXt ver:2003.11.27 and acroread 5.0.5 for Linux. I don't insist on bookmarks, but I think they are nice if you get them for free. (b) Accented characters in bookmarks (I think) or the 'general info' dialog An {\"a} is shown as 'dobuildtextaccent char 127 a'. Having a 'ä' would be nice since then the indexer would find this. Since it is only 'Universität' (a proper name) this is not an important search term, though. (c) With some URLs in my literature reference list, I run into the problem that they are not (properly) hyphenized. I use \def\gotoURL#1{\useURL[foo][#1]\goto{\url[foo]}[url(foo)]} for this purpose. I would like to see a linebreak at '/' and in long words (with out printing a '-'). I get ('|' denotes the column width and the page width): | | DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(01)01361-6 | | | | http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CylindricalCoordinates. html. Tobias

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\loadfontfileoncetrue?
by David Arnold 19 Dec '03

19 Dec '03

Hmmm,... I haven't tried included graphics for a while, so I downloaded the new beta into my Miktex system, regenerated formats, and attempted to compile the code below. I got the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \global \loadfontfileoncetrue % ! You can't use a prefix with `\shipout'. <to be read again> \shipout l.2 \shipout \hbox{\smash{\hbox{\hbox{% line 226 C:\temp\junk-mpgraph.mp [1] ) (see the transcript file for additional information) I have write18 enabled in miktex.ini, and adjusted cont-sys.tex: % Enabling run time \METAPOST\ (also enable \write18 in % texmf.cnf): \runMPgraphicstrue \runMPTEXgraphicstrue % This saves some runtime, but needs a format, which you can % make with 'texexec --make --alone metafun'. Make sure that % the mem files are moved to the used web2c path (locate with % 'kpsewhich plain.mem'). \useMETAFUNformattrue % Enabling nested pretty printing: \newprettytrue % This can be a way to get things working on system with % name clashes. (Some \TeX's tend do search system wide.) \protectbufferstrue Anyone have an idea what I am doing wrong? \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \section{Including the MPcode in the placefigure mechanism} \placefigure [here] [] {the label} {\startMPcode label.top(btex Some label 1 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopMPcode} \section{startMPgraphic -- placeMPgraphic} \startMPgraphic label.top(btex Some label 2 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic{width=15cm} \placeMPgraphic \section{startuseMPgraphic -- useMPgraphic} \startuseMPgraphic{Label2} label.top(btex Some label 3 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{Label2} \section{startreusableMPgrpahic -- reuseMPgraphic} \startreusableMPgraphic{Label3} label.top(btex Some label 4 etex, (1cm,1cm)) ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{Label3} \stoptext

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Re: Active points on a ground plan (CD-ROM catalogue)
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Very nice, thank you Hans! Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 16:33 11/12/2003, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'd like to make the CD-ROM catalogue (PDF) of an architectural exhibition > >in ConTeXt. > > > > > >In short the general idea is: > > > >- First you have a page with a map showing the locations of the different > >buildings. > >- Then you should point on location you are interested in and jump to the > >page where this particular building is described in detail. > >- Then again you should be able to jump back to the point (centered?) on > >the map where you have started. > > > > > >My main question now is: > > > >Is it possible in ConTeXt to locate/define on the map (one image) certain > >points/areas that will contain the links to respective the detail page? > > Ha, when i tried to locate that old code, i ran into a bug (\dosingleempty > is less tolerant than 5 years ago), so first a patch: > > \unprotect > > \def\dodostartfigure[#1][#2][#3]#4\stopfigure > {\doifelse\v!test\@@exoptie > {\teststartfigure[#1][#2][#3]#4\teststopfigure > \let\@@exhokjes\v!aan} > {\let\@@exhokjes\v!uit}% > \setvalue{\??ef\??ef#1}% > {\def\next{\placestartfigure[#1][#2][#3]#4\placestopfigure}% > \dosingleempty\next}% > \doifundefined{#1}{\setvalue{#1}{\getexternalfigure{#1}}}} > > \protect > > > Now you can do things like: > > \setupinteraction > [state=start] > > % \setupexternalfigures > % [option=test] > > \startfigure[TheProces][work016a][factor=200] > \referring (10.7,9.4) (4.3,2.3) [r:psfile] > \referring (16.5,16.5) (4.3,2.3) [r:pdffile] > \marking (10.7,9.4) (4.3,2.3) [m:psfile] > \marking (16.5,16.5) (4.3,2.3) [m:pdffile] > \stopfigure > > \starttext > > \title{Files} > > \placefigure > {Whatever files we use.} > {\TheProces} > > \title[r:psfile]{PostScrip Files} > > We're talking about PostScript files, see \in[m:psfile]! > > \title[r:pdffile]{PDF Files} > > We're talking about PDF files, see \in[m:pdffile]! > > \stoptext > > Uncommenting the test will provide you a suitable test bed. > > (Sorry for the bit oldfashioned code; it originates from the pre pdf time) > > Hans > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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pdf[e]tex formats
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Hi all! The question is not about ConTeXt, but... I need to generate non-standard pdf[e]tex format. To do so I prepared pro.ini file which contains: \pdfoutput=1 \input plain \input my-set-of-macros \dump \endinput Then I run pdftex with command: pdftex -ini -jobname=pro pro.ini The format has been successfully generated. However, when I use generated format, the following error message appears: Error: pdftex.exe (file pdftex.cfg): cannot open config file ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished! I don't have such problem with any standard formats. Could somebody tell me what is wrong? Thanks, Pawe/l

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Re: [NTG-context] MP figures in the background
by Hans Hagen 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

>Hi Hans! >I'm in trouble with this method. (I supose the error is mine). >I can draw the MP graphic using \useMPgraphic, but when i use > >\defineoverlay[bihotzak][\useMPgraphic{bihotz}] >\setupbackgrounds[paper][background=bihotzak] > >I get the following error >systems : randomizer starts with 150693575 >[MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.1) >layout : calculating backgrounds >[MP to PDF] (./mpgraph.4000 >! Dimension too large. >\handleMPboundingbox ... 2 \advance \dimen 0 #4bp > \dimen 0=\MPxscale >\dimen ... >l.2 %%BoundingBox: -6 -141 --32768 --32768 strange, it works here; anyhow, you use very smalls numbers and (0.017mm) on the one end and big ones later on, and somehow you end up with a boundingbox of 32K bp which is pretty large, The solution is in changing some dimensions: roughly design at the size you want and use xysized(..,..) to scale thing sto proportions Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] MP figures in the background
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:24 15/12/2003, you wrote: >Hi, > >I'm doing a christmars card in ConTeXt!. I've the following setup > >\setuppapersize[CD][A4] >\setuplayout[marking=on,location=middle] > >\starttext >\startuseMPgraphic{dummy} >... >... >\stopuseMPgraphic > >\defineoverlay[backfigure][\useMPgraphic{dummy}] >\setupbackground[paper][background=backfigure] >\hbox{} >\stoptext >\starttext >\startuseMPgraphic{dummy} >... >... >\stopuseMPgraphic > >\defineoverlay[backfigure][\useMPgraphic{dummy}] >\setupbackground[paper][background=backfigure] >\hbox{} >\stoptext \defineoverlay[page][\useMPgraphic{dummy}] \setupbackground[page][background=page] \startstandardmakeup some text \stopstandardmakeup \setupbackground[page][background=] rest of text on next page or: \definelayer[page] \setlayer[page]{\useMPgraphic{dummy}] \startstandardmakeup some text \stopstandardmakeup rest of text on next page Hans (who right now is going to print this years christmas card -)

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Re: ConTeXt question
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 20:13 08/12/2003, you wrote: >Dear Mr. Hagen, > >I am looking for articles, books, dissertations, etc that were typeset >with ConTeXt. Is there an archive of such documents and their ConTeXt >source code? > >Thanks for any help you can provide. The best thing you can do is to post a message to the context list, i'm sure that there are users out there who can show you / point you to their work ... Hans

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Re: cont-doc module
by Hans van der Meer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On woensdag, okt 9, 2002, at 16:30 Europe/Amsterdam, Hans Hagen wrote: > At 03:54 PM 10/9/2002 +0200, Hans van der Meer wrote: >> Waar vind ik het bestand cont-doc.zip? >> Volgens MAPS 24 p.88 heb ik dat nodig om met texexec --module de >> documentatie te kunnen zitten. >> Ik kan deze module niet vinden in de context download en ook niet op >> de pragma site. > > these files are now in theregular distribution, so > > texexec --modu --pdf somedoc.tex > > should work > Well, I now type "texexec --modu --pdf font-ini.tex" (one of the files in the ConTeXt distribution) and this results in an execution that has to be finished with Control-D, the pdf produced puts Adobe Acrobate into an infinite loop. How can I produce the documentation if the recipe given does not seem to work (anymore). The above call gives the following output (the last series of lines only): > kleur : kleur wordt vertaald in grijs > interactie : actief > ) > systems : begin file texexec at line 4 > (./font-ini.ted > systems : randomizer starts with 1268411200 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.4.5) > (texexec-mpgraph.mp [1] > metafun 2003-12-13 21:38 > ) > 1 output file written: texexec-mpgraph.1 > Transcript written on texexec-mpgraph.log. > [MP to PDF] (./texexec-mpgraph.1) > interactie : pdftex code tussengevoegd > [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/dvips/config/pdftex.map}{/ > Users/hans/Li > brary/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-yandy-lucida.map}{/Users/hans/ > Library/texmf/ > pdftex/config/texnansi-yandy-mathtime.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/ > pdftex/con > fig/texnansi-adobe-courier.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/ > config/texnans > i-adobe-helvetic.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/ > texnansi-adobe-pa > latino.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-adobe- > times.map}{/ > Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-adobe-utopia.map}{/ > Users/hans/L > ibrary/texmf/pdftex/config/texnansi-urw-courier.map}{/Users/hans/ > Library/texmf/ > pdftex/config/texnansi-urw-helvetic.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/ > pdftex/confi > g/texnansi-urw-palatino.map}{/Users/hans/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/ > texnansi-u > rw-times.map}] > ! Argument of \next1 has an extra }. > <inserted text> > \par > <to be read again> > } > \expanded ...long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1} > \@@expanded > \executepagebreakhandlers ...cesscommacommand [#1] > > \executepagebreakhandler > \dopagebreak ...tes \executepagebreakhandlers {#1} > \else \flushnotes > \execute... > > \processnextcommalist ...doprocesscommaitem #4#5,] > \relax \global > \advance \c... > ... > l.12 ...yright={PRAGMA / Hans Hagen \& Ton Otten}] Someone knows what is the problem here? Thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer

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problem with nested tables
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi Willi, \unprotected \def\@@tblprefix{\@@tbl:\ifnum\TBLlevel>1 :\TBLlevel:\fi} is the magic line; some time ago i added yet another auto span detection trick and one of the internal variables clashes when a nested table is used; so the solution is in a more discriminating nested prefix 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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\goto with references which don't exist, how to spot?
by Tobias Burnus 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello, I use something like \goto{chapter}[some-reference] where this chapter is not yet written (and thus I have later to check whether it is indeed called 'some-reference' and not by chance 'some-other-reference'). Unfortunally, ConTeXt writes 'chapter' and not e.g. chapter~{\bf ??} or chapter~$\blacksquare$ or something else which is easily spotable. (I like the square, a '\bf ??' is too easily be overlooked.). How can I make ConTeXt show such a sign if it cannot resolve a reference? Tobias

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