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\c!gebied
by Patrick Gundlach 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Dear ConTeXt hackers, what is this \setupsystem[\c!gebied={/Users/pg/}] doing in my .tmp file? What is the purpose of the setting? How can I overwrite this (if it is useful for anything)? Patrick

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Hyperlinks to locations in other documents
by Nigel King 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Hi, I am trying to get a group of documents to link together. The references to the other document work but the hyperlinks only open the document on the first page. What am I doing wrong? The linktest1 has links to testdoc2. For those trying them you may need to change the font part since my fonts are non standard (subject of other problems). Key lines from testdoc1.tex are \useexternaldocument[testdoc][testdoc2][This document is a test link] \goto{contents}[testdoc::contents] And key lines from testdoc2.tex are \page[yes] \section[contents]{Contents List} TIA -- Nigel

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2 basic questions on placefigure options
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

After reading the different manuals two questions still stay unanswered: 1. Is it true that a figure with text flowing around it (placefigure option left/right) has always to start with a beginning of a paragraph, so that it is not possible to place it in the middle of a text when it is mentioned there? 2. Isn't it possible to make a kind of combination between the placefigure options top and left (for example), so that a small picture can have text floating around it but it is placed at the top of the page (like big landscape formats would be with the top option)? I hope I just missed something... Thank you for any reply, Steffen

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Concrete outline fonts
by Adam T. Lindsay 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Hi folks. This is what happens when you're fighting insomnia in a foreign land. I started investigating the TeXLive tree, and came up with at least a partial solution to something that keeps getting asked about here. Mark Ainsworth said this at Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:48:55 +0100: >On another track, is there any way of getting pdftex to use the pfb concrete >fonts, rather than the bitmap versions without a major hack of my map files? >Has someone written a simple little routine to do the patching >automatically. They print out ok, but the on-screen versions are really >naff. The computer concrete fonts *do* exist in a type1 version, albeit only in pl0 encoding. They probably only get installed when you choose the polish language/fonts package in TeXLive. CTAN appears to have these files at: <http://www.ctan.org/getfile/?filename=language/polish/cc-pl.zip&action=/ tools/filesearch> Anyway, by creating some simple font synonyms to fonts already referred to by ConTeXt's built-in typescript, you can access the fonts fairly easily: %% use the Polish cc-pl type1 files that come with TeXLive7 \definefontsynonym [ccr10] [pcr10] [encoding=pl0] \definefontsynonym [ccti10] [pcti10] [encoding=pl0] \definefontsynonym [ccsl10] [pcsl10] [encoding=pl0] \definefontsynonym [cccsc10] [pccsc10] [encoding=pl0] \setupbodyfont[con] \starttext \input knuth \showaccents \stoptext In addition, if you install the type-eul.zip files, you can use the fonts with euler math, as well: % http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/EulerContext.zip % replace \setupbodyfont[con] with \usetypescriptfile[type-eul] \setupbodyfont[con,eul] Hope someone finds that interesting. adam [I sent this to the list whilst travelling from an alternate email account. I guess it didn't get seen b/c of all the email viruses flying around.] -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ----------------- 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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\setuplayout parameters
by John Culleton 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

I want to set up a book 5.5 x 8.5 with .5in margins left and right. During the development process I want to be able to print it on US standard 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Here is my current prologue (I have tried several): \setupoutput[pdftex] \definepapersize[bok][width=5.5in,height=8.5in] \setuppapersize[bok][letter] \setuplayout[marginwidth=.5in,location=middle] \showframe When the resultant pdf is printed via Acrobat Reader I find the following anomalies: Total width of page outline: 5 7/16 in. Width of actual text block: 4.5 in approx. (this is OK.) Width of text block outline: 3 29/32 in (text overlaps block outline.) And so on. There are gaps between the margin outlines and the text block outline. The margin outlines are the wrong size. When I put the document in final form with \setuppapersize{bok][bok] and comment out \showframe Then the text block is not quite centered: the left margin is smaller than the right margin. Using Xpdf instead of Acrobat Reader shows the same anomalies. Changing marginwidth to margin shows the same anomalies. and so on. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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Stumped on Field
by darnold＠northcoast.com 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

All, In s-mag-01.tex, I am completely baffled by: \startusableMPgraphic{text} StartPage ; for i=Header,Text,Footer: for j=LeftEdge,LeftMargin,Text,RightMargin,RightEdge: draw Field[i][j] withpen pencircle scaled 0.5pt; endfor; endfor; StopPage; setbounds currentpicture to Field[Text][Text] ; \stopusableMPgraphic I can find no references of Field anywhere, not in s-mag-01, nor in any files in my texmf tree, nor in documentation, ... Huh? Anyone have a clue?

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searchable mailinglist archive
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Hello out there, is there a searchable mailinglist archive anywhere on the internet? Slaveks archive seems to be really outdated (http://ml-archives.mini.pw.edu.pl/) Patrick -- Silent is the goldfish in its bowl

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no Type1 fonts in ConTeXt?
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

I used to use PostScript font under MacOSX working with Gerben Wierda's tetex distributution. The pfb tfm etc. files I put in the texmf tree as Gerben suggested (~/Library/texmf) Everything works fine with LaTeX. Today I installed the uptodate ConTeXt files, followed by sudo mktexlsr and sudo fmtutil --all, and started experimenting. But whenever I want to use something different then CM, for example with \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \switchtotypeface [palatino] [12pt,rm] \starttext A test W test Q test R \stoptext I get only errors (see below). What did I do wrong? Problems with the texmf paths? What is the right way? Other commands for using PS fonts? Thank you for any help, Steffen Wolfrum TeXExec 3.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test3 output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) entering extended mode (./test3.tex{/Users/himmelblau/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.8.21 fmt: 2003.8.31 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/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 : test3.top loaded (./test3.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 1907] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map fonts : [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] fonts : [map] [ec] [] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-euler.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-adobe-utopia.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bit-charter.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antp.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antt.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-bookman.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-courier.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-helvetica.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-palatino.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-times.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-zapfchan.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-px.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-tx.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bh-lucida.map ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) fonts : [serif] [palatino] [name,default,ec,special] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) fonts : [serif] [default] [size] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-uplr8a /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation c- for ec-uplr8a. /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-uplr8a ! I can't find file `ec-uplr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*palatino12ptrmtf*:=ec-uplr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \let \xxdododefinefont ... {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsize \de... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.2 \switchtotypeface [palatino] [12pt,rm] ? X No pages of output. Transcript written on test3.log. return code : 256 run time : 18 seconds total run time : 19 seconds

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Re: [NTG-context] CJK support in ConTeXt
by Hong Feng 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

> > It's time to discuss the topic "CJK support in ConTeXt" in a more public > > place. > > Agree! The currently ConTeXt release support UTF-8, CJKV locales can all be represented in UTF-8, so the mechanism is already done. IMHO, the real one work to do is to make the sets of typesetting conventions (typesetting rules) for each locale of CJKV (like the Chinese package did), that would varies quite much from locale to locale, all all of them are based on the same underlayed mechanism. Best, Hong _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 启用电邮帐号，领会雅虎通[身临其境聊电影]的动感魅力，还有网络摄像头+雅虎通收音机等你来拿 http://cn.rd.yahoo.com/mail_cn/tag/?http://cn.messenger.yahoo.com

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\dosetupsystem ????!
by Matthew Huggett 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Hi: Can anybody tell me what might cause this error: > Runaway argument? > \c!gebied ={\setupsystem [inputfile=rice.tex] \protect > ! File ended while scanning use of \dosetupsystem. > <inserted text> > \par > <to be read again> > \relax > \dodoreadfile ...normalinput \readfilename \relax > \the > \everyafterreadfile > <everyjob> ...file \openutilities \loadoptionfile > \checknotes > \initializeMPg... Everything was running smooth a few days ago. Now every document I process causes the same error. What actions does \dosetupsystem carry out? Thanks, Matt

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Re: [NTG-context] CJK support in ConTeXt
by Tim 't Hart 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Jin-Hwan Cho wrote: >It's time to discuss the topic "CJK support in ConTeXt" in a more >public place. I couldn't agree more! :-) >The current version of ConTeXt supports Chinese only. But the same >mechasism enables Korean too. The remaining language is Japanese. >In some sense, it is possible to support Japanese in the current >subfont mechanism. But several issues (e.g. Japanese kerning system >as explained by Okumura) may occur. Could you explain what these issues are? For the past couple of months I've been busy writing Japanese support for ConTeXt, based on the Chinese module. I'm not an expert in this, so I'm sure the method I used for writing Japanese support is wrong and can be improved. But for my own personal use it has already proven to be quite useable. If anyone else is interested in what I've produced so far, please let me know. I would like to know what the issues with Japanese kerning are. I do not know a lot about Japanese typography and would like to know what the limitations of code based on the Chinese module are. >My suggestion for supporting CJK characters in ConTeXt is to write a >new module using e-Omega. Even though e-Omega does not produce PDF >format directly, there are not much problem with DVIPDFMx. When I first tried to use Japanese with ConTeXt, I first looked at e-Omega. The reason I gave up and tried to adapt the Chinese module was that e-Omega was unstable on my machine. Version 1.23 crashed immediately (got stuck in a loop producing [] characters). I tried 1.15 because I heard that was more stable. I got some Japanese output with this version, but when I tried creating more than a paragraph, it locked as well. But this was all a few months ago. Does anybody know if things with e-Omega have improved recently? Anyway, I would like to see a common CJK module for ConTeXt, where Chinese, Korean and Japanese are based on the same base code. It doesn't matter to me if it's implemented using subfonts or on using e-Omega, as long as it's stable and useable. Therefore, I would like to offer my help in creating CJK support. My best, Tim

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parameter mechanism
by Peter Rolf 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Hello all, I have problems to understand the command (parameter) mechanism of context. My experiments with \getparameters didn't work, so I used \xdescgetparameters from Giuseppe Bilotta (t-xdesc.tex). In my eyes they look the same, but \xdescgetparameters works with my sample code, \getparameters don't. Mhhh.... % t-xdesc.tex \def\xdescsetvalue#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname#1#2\endcsname} \def\xdescgetparameters{\dogetparameters\xdescsetvalue} % syst-gen.tex \def\dosetvalue#1#2% #3 {\@EA\def\csname#1#2\endcsname} % {#3}} \def\getparameters {\dogetparameters\dosetvalue} This leads me to my two questions: What must I change, to make my test example run with \getparameters? Where is the error in my \docommand? All parameters but [height] work and the tracing output at this parameter (\OTRSETshowstatus) says nothing to me. Thanks for any help, Peter P.S.: using miktex 2.3, context version 21.08.2003

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Re: [NTG-context] CJK support in ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

At 09:15 27/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: >quite useable. If anyone else is interested in what I've produced so >far, please let me know. can you put together a zip with (1) fonts, (2) macros (3) examples - also in pdf, so that i can have a look at it? 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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Texexec changing directories
by David Arnold 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

All, I need some help with an annoying feature that has cropped up after an update of Miktex and Context. D:\NSFGRANT\MultiCalc\VecMat>texexec --version TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 total run time : 0 seconds F:\PuTTY> Note how the drive letter has changed. This is not just a minor annoyance, because if I have a "make" file such as make.bat defined by texexec --pdf --mode=screen --suffix="-s" Context-VecMat texexec --pdf --mode=letter --suffix="-p" Context-VecMat texexec --pdf --mode=screen --suffix="-s" Context-VecMat texexec --pdf --mode=letter --suffix="-p" Context-VecMat After the first run, the process stops because it can no longer find Context-VecMat on the f: partition. Help!

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CJK support in ConTeXt
by Jin-Hwan Cho 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

It's time to discuss the topic "CJK support in ConTeXt" in a more public place. The current version of ConTeXt supports Chinese only. But the same mechasism enables Korean too. The remaining language is Japanese. In some sense, it is possible to support Japanese in the current subfont mechanism. But several issues (e.g. Japanese kerning system as explained by Okumura) may occur. So, alternative way is to use ASCII pTeX for Japanese. Basically looks no problem but I worry eTeX extension features. Is it possible to run ConTeXt without eTeX extension features, Hans? My suggestion for supporting CJK characters in ConTeXt is to write a new module using e-Omega. Even though e-Omega does not produce PDF format directly, there are not much problem with DVIPDFMx. Best, ChoF. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** | Cho, Jin-Hwan == ChoF | ^ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o | Research Fellow | ~~~ | School of Mathematics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Korea Institute for Advanced Study | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | chofchof(a)ktug.or.kr | | http://free.kaist.ac.kr/ChoF/ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Sidebar
by Paulo Ney de Souza 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Dear ConTeXt hackers, Is is possible (simple) to do a "sidebar" in Context ? Sidebar is an insert on a page, that stands out, in general to the sides, not following the normal justication of the paragraphs around it, and containing a completely separate paragraph structure like in example below: Paulo Ney de Souza ------------------------------- | | | ..................... | | ..................... | | ..................... | | ..........|--------------|| | ..........| xxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxx || | ..........| xxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........| xxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|--------------|| | ..................... | | ..................... | | | -------------------------------

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MPtoPDF problem: metafun.mem error
by Andreas Steiger 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hi, I'm trying to setup Metapost on my computer using Miktex (version 2.2.6) but when I try to execute mptopdf.pl I get the following error message: <snip> TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGME ADE 1997-2003 metapost : G:\metapost\height format : metafun initexmf: don't know how to dump metafun cannot make metafun.mem I can't found the feault mem file! total run time : 0 seconds MPtoPDF 1.2 : error while processing mp file </snip> I tried already different things (like changing paths) but nothing worked :(. How could I solve my problem? -- Best regards, Andreas mailto:anstei@ksk.ch

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\footnote and \note
by John Culleton 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

I do \footnote[bene]{Here is a footnote} and later, Mumble mumble\note[bene] The \footnote works OK but \note does nothing. What am I doing wrong? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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Newbie: referencing and Page numbers
by "Höppner, Dierk" 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hello all, a basic question: I have a document with three parts. The pagenumbers display correctly like 1-2, 2-2, 3-2 etc. But referencing Chapter 2 from Part 1 in Part 3 with See \in{chapter}[colours] on \at{page}[colors] ... results in See chapter 2 on page 3 ... I want: See chapter 2 on page 1-3 ... How to achieve this? Thanks and greetings -- Dierk Höppner Technische Informationsbibliothek Universitätsbibliothek Hannover (TIB/UB) EDV Welfengarten 1b D-30167 Hannover Tel.: 0511 / 762 - 4067, Fax: 0511 / 762 - 5881 http://www.tib.uni-hannover.de

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problem using bibtex
by Dave Bailey 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Hi--- I've been trying to get an @InProceedings bibtex entry to format. The original entry looked like this: @InProceedings {aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, booktitle = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, publisher = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } When bibtexed, the authors appear in the .bbl file, but they do not appear in the references list. The references list entry begins at "(1995)." If I change the bibtex entry to an Article, as follows, all the information appears in the reference list. @Article{aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, journal = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, note = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } Is there a problem with the InProceedings entry type, or have I done something wrong? ---Dave Bailey

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Index sorting
by Michal Kvasnicka 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Good morning. I'm sorry that I bother you all once more with the same thing as a half year ago, but I was unsuccessful. So: How works the mechanism that sort items for the index? I have to write down my own sorting system for the Czech language. (Mr. Hagen sent me some files for customizing the ConTeXt for the Czech language, but it didn't include index sorting.) Well, I would appreciate some example, since the task is not so easy. In the Czech for example `a' and `acaron' go under the same item `A', but `acaron' is sorted after `a'. On the other hand, `ccaron' has its own item in the index (under the item for `c'). And to be even more complex, `ch' is one letter in the Czech, having its own item in the index. Many thanks for any hint. (And one more apologize for bothering you once again.) Michal Kvasnicka

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problem using Bibtex
by Dave Bailey 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hi--- I've been trying to get an @InProceedings bibtex entry to format. The original entry looked like this: @InProceedings {aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, booktitle = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, publisher = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } When bibtexed, the authors appear in the .bbl file, but they do not appear in the references list. The references list entry begins at "(1995)." If I change the bibtex entry to an Article, as follows, all the information appears in the reference list. @Article{aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, journal = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, note = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } Is there a problem with the InProceedings entry type, or have I done something wrong? ---Dave Bailey

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how to integrate graphics flexibly?
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hi I am thinking about to switch from LaTeX to ConTeXt. The main reason for me is the need of "embedded" graphics (I'm not sure about the technical term typographically. In german it is "eingespiegelte Bilder".) The task could be like: - typesetting a book on art history - 450 pages A4 - 150 pictures included - all pictures should be placed close to the first time they are mentioned in the text - the shouldn't be more than two pictures per page. We will have three possibilities: a) Some pictures are in landscape format - they can be set width to textwidth. b) Others are moderate portrait format - in this case the title/caption can be set next to it (right/left) and both together can be set width to textwidth as well. c) But others are extreme portrait format (maybe height to width four to one). They need to be included into the text (with text floating around at one side). As a) and b) are set either at the top or at the bottom of a page it is necessary that also the graphics of case c) can be set this way. So I need to set figures with the following options: - ability to float - placing option top/bottom of page - placing option left/right respectively inner/outer edge of page - can be set to whole textwidth - can be alternatively included into the text (but floating, not only into the paragraph were they are mentioned)). Which TeX mode (LaTeX/ConTeXt) or which additional package can do this job? Thank you, Steffen Wolfrum Berlin, 25. August 2003

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parse trees
by Matthew Huggett 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hello: I'm making some notes on English grammar for some students and I want to analyze a few sentences using parse trees. Is there a way to do trees in ConTeXt? I guess I'd need to use Metapost. Any pointers would be appreciated. Best wishes, Matt

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TeXExec patch
by Tobias Burnus 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hi, I played a bit around with --pdfarrange and found out that I couldn't do: texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5*a4,landscape --print='2UP,doublesided' file.pdf Since: paper becomes [A5][A4,LANDSCAPE] and /.*2UP.*/ becomes [2UP,doublesided,rotated] and I don't want to have it rotated. The attached patch makes TeXExec a bit more flexiable. Hans, please apply. Tobias

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