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Metapost error with flowchart module
by Henning Hraban Ramm 13 Apr '03

13 Apr '03

Hello together! With at least the last few betas my flowcharts don't run anymore, I get always the following metapost error: > >> local_multi_par_area > >> false > ! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean). > <to be read again> > ; > l.99 local_multi_par_area:=false; Is it a bug or my mistake? (But I didn't change anything, and it worked with older versions) Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Re: metafun id
by Hans Hagen 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

At 10:37 11/04/2003 +0200, you wrote: >Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> writes: > >Hello Hans, > > >>It would be great if metapost could be verbose of format version and > >>date created. Hans? > > > > the metapost pool files has an 'everyjob" entry but i dunno how to use > > that so i hooked it into end > >Your new metafun.mp just writes out the date where the format is >created (or the job is run?); it would be much more helpful to >identify the metafun version as in context: > >ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.17 fmt: 2003.3.18 int: english mes: english > >metafun ver: ..... fmt: .... > >So it would be much easier to solve problems like John had: up to >date format but generated with old metafun-files. that's for later, since i first need to patch some script for that also, mp needs to be fixed for the date/time (not current today) 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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Floating error
by Nagy Bence 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

I have a small problem with ConTeXt's floating meachnism. There are two wide pictures and other narrow pictures in columns, ConTeXt breaks the first page after the first wide picture. \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p1_7.pdf][factor=fit]}} \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_1.pdf][factor=fit]}} \startcolumns[n=3,distance=4mm,balance=no] \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_2.pdf]}} \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_3.pdf]}} \midaligned{\framed[frame=off]{\externalfigure[p2_4.pdf]}} \stopcolumns In this situation the first wide picture goes to the first page, the second to the second page and the rest to the third page (th second picture is just 2cm tall, the columns 10cm on an A4 page). When I inserted the \page command after the first picture, the second picture and the columns are placed well on the second page. If I use the \placefigure[here,force,none] statement, the second picture goes to the third page. It seems to be a ConTeXt-error(?) Greetings Bence

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Q: indenting a table of contents
by Marko Schuetz 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

I would like a table of contents to be indented as: 1.1 First Section 1.1.1 First Subsection of First Section 1.1.1.2 .... 1.1.2 hjfhkdsf For a first approximation I used \setuplist [section] [width=2em,distance=1em] \setuplist [subsection] [margin=3em,width=3em,distance=1em] \setuplist [subsubsection] [margin=7em,width=3em,distance=1em] This is not satisfactory, since the distance between the numbers and the title varies for different levels. If I use width=fit, can I access the computed width for the previous level to set up a list? Or is there already an option to achieve this? Thanks in advance Marko

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Re: a switch in texexec
by Hans Hagen 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

At 17:55 07/04/2003 +0200, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >I wonder whether it wouldn't be extremly useful to have a switch in >texexec, such as -clean, which erases all generated files other than the >dvi or pdf output. texexec --purge ... other switches ... will do that 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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Fit Width View
by Michael Wiedmann 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

How do I tell ConTeXt to write the PDF file with the necessary information that acroread opens the PDF in 'Fit Width View'? I tried: % try setting "Fit Width" \ifx\pdfoutput\undefined\else \ifnum\pdfoutput>0 \pdfcatalog { /View /FitB } \fi\fi but can't find the correct value for '/View'. Michael -- mw(a)miwie.in-berlin.de http://www.miwie.org mw(a)miwie.org

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Error using \starttextbackground.
by Hans Hagen 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

> >It would be great if metapost could be verbose of format version and >date created. Hans? the metapost pool files has an 'everyjob" entry but i dunno how to use that so i hooked it into end 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] Re: Error using \starttextbackground.
by Hans Hagen 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

At 14:20 10/04/2003 +0200, you wrote: >John Culleton <john(a)wexfordpress.com> writes: > >Hi, > > > OK downloaded cont-tmf.zip on Apr 5 and cont-mpd.zip today. > >What is this cont-mpd.zip? it contains only the mp to pdf converter things; you don't need it since its content is in cont-tmf.zip; context users only need the tmf and exa file Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] TeX Live 7
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hallo! After changing my outofthebox debian-TeX to TeX Live 7 I have the following problem: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TeXExec 2.8 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : tst_005 output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 60000008 bytes). run time : 1 seconds total run time : 3 seconds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the Problem here? Is this an aktuell pdfetex version? Wolfgang

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Error using \starttextbackground.
by John Culleton 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

I want a gray background in a particular column. Here is some pertinent code (copied from details.pdf) \definetextbackground[bar] [backgroundcolor=textgray, backgroundoffset=.25cm, offset=.5cm, frame=off, location=paragraph, color=black] ...and here is where I want the background: \column \starttextbackground[bar] This is column three text with background and all kinds of other stuff. \stoptextbackground ...and here is the compile error: ----------------------------------------------- generating graphics : metaposting mpgraph.mp TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 metapost : mpgraph format : metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.7x) (mpgraph.mp >> spotcolors >> true ! Equation cannot be performed (numeric=boolean). <to be read again> ; l.23 spotcolors := true ; --------------------------------------------- If I use \startbackground(etc) in the same spot I get no error but I don't like the quality. Hints? John Culleton

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(Classical) greek in ConTeXt/Gamma
by Giuseppe Bilotta 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hello, I don't know if Idris is following the group (I hope he is), but anyway I have a couple of questions on the support for Greek in ConTeXt, Omega and thus also Gamma. The need is that of typesetting classical greek snippets in a latin (Italian, but could be English) context. I thought that ConTeXt+(e-)Omega would be the best thing in town, so I prepared a small test file: \usemodule[gamma] \mainlanguage[italian] \starttext Possiamo scrivere tranquillamente in italiano; questo non ci priva per\`o della possibilit\`a di scrivere in greco: vediamo subito l'alfabeto minuscolo e maiuscolo (notare come j dia \greek{j} e c dia il sigma di fine parola \greek{c}): \startgreek a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z \stopgreek \`E ovviamente possibile usare segni diacritici come gli accenti (\greek{`a, 'a, =a}) o gli spiriti (\greek{<r, >w}); osserviamo come questi assumano automaticamente la posizione corretta nel caso di lettere maiuscole (\greek{`A, 'A, =A, <A, >A, Ai}) \stoptext While it seems to work pretty well most of the time, there seem to be some problems; I'd like to know where they arise from and if and how they can be fixed. The problems: Combination Doesn't give <r rho with spirit =A capital alpha with circumflex <A capital alpha with spirit Moreover, I don't know how to write the subscribed iota. My system is a MiKTeX 2.2 with (e-)Omega 1.15. Does anybody have an idea? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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\setupheads bug?
by Slawek Zak 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

The command= option for \setupheads doesn't seem to work. Check the following document with the latest beta: \setupheads[command=\hcmd] \def\hcmd#1#2{#1 -- #2} \starttext \chapter{Chap 1} \stoptext A bug or I don't use it properly? /S

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Framed paragraph
by Guy Worthington 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hello, I think I'm using the wrong tool. I want a description environment, slightly narrower than the main text, and separated from the main text by a hairlines. If you compile the example below, you'll see that my attempt (apart from looking not quite balanced) will allow a page break between a hairline and the information contained in my description. This rules off the bottom of the page, rather than separating the description from the main text. What I would like is that the description be compelled to have at least a couple of orphan lines of the paragraph before a page break. Is it better to use something like a framedtext to achieve this result? ----- \definedescription [Note] [headstyle=\sc, style=small, width=fit, distance=10pt, hang=20, before={\hbox to \hsize{\hairline}\startnarrower}, after={\stopnarrower\vskip -1 ex \noindent\thinrule}] \starttext \Note{important} \input tufte\par \blank[medium] \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte } \blank[big] A line of text \Note{warning} \input tufte\par \blank[medium] \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte} \stoptext -----

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Introduction to columnsets
by Erik George Hetzner 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hello, I am working on typesetting a newsletter in ConTeXt. I have been very pleased with ConTeXt so far; I was previously using plain TeX, as I couldn't get the control I wanted with LaTeX. I have been able to do almost everything I wanted with ConTeXt. However, I have been having some trouble with trying to use floats and figures with my two-column layout. Since joining the list, I have heard a bit about columnsets, and they seem that they may provide what I am looking for. I have been able to set some figures, and a masthead, and double columns. However, I was wondering if there was anywhere a collection of information, however incomplete, that could help me figure out how this stuff works, or do I have to look through the source? Besides a few examples in the list archive, there seems to be little. And I don't want to have to ask on the list each time I need to figure out how to do something. I understand that the feature is experimental & that a manual is in progress, but it seems that this is what I want to use. On the other hand, if somebody else has a better grasp of advantages and disadvantages of columnsets vis a vis traditional columns, and could tell me whether or not I am on the right path, I would apprecate that too. Anyhow, thanks for any help. -Erik Hetzner

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TeX Live 7
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hallo! After changing my outofthebox debian-TeX to TeX Live 7 I have th following problems: Neither man-pages mor info-pages are installed. How can I do this? Texexec'ing different testfiles results in: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- TeXExec 2.8 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : tst_005 output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 60000008 bytes). run time : 1 seconds total run time : 3 seconds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- What is the Problem here? Wolfgang

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auto sizing an intermezzo?
by Mark A. Lilly 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

hi, I'm a new convert to ConTeXt from Latex, and i have setup an intermezzo. As i am trying to link everything to my DocBook files, i want to be able to move <quotes> over to ConTeXt and place them in an intermezzo and have the intermezzo automatically size itself. So far i have this: \placeintermezzo [right]{none}{ \framed [height=3.8cm, width=5cm, background=color, offset=5pt, backgroundcolor=quoteBox, framecolor=quoteBox, corner=round, radius=4pt] {\rbox{here is the quote}}} But this has hardcoded width and height. How can i set the width and let the intermezzo size the height to fit. I tried changing height to 'fit' but that didn't work. Any thoughts? Thanks, mark

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text symbols
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hi, often PS and TTF fonts include some common symbols like "registered", "trademark"... Currently i try to build an interface to access them independent from the current font encoding. The following test file (using the attached typescripts): %%% % output=pdftex interface=en \enableregime[il1] \mainlanguage[de] \usetypescriptfile[cts-at-test] \usetypescriptfile[cts-textsymbols] \usetypescript[textsymbols][all,ec,8r] \definetypeface[BodyFontT][rm][serif][AdobeTimes][default][encoding=ec] \definetypeface[BodyFontR][rm][serif][AdobeTimes][default][encoding=8r] \setupbodyfont[BodyFontT,rm,10pt] \starttext Das ist das Copyright-Symbol: \symbol[textcopyright]. \stoptext %%% gives the error: kpathsea: Running mktextfm TextSymbols /opt/TeXLive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation T for TextSymbols. /opt/TeXLive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /opt/TeXLive/texmf/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input TextSymbols This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.7x) kpathsea: Running mktexmf TextSymbols ! I can't find file `TextSymbols'. Why is there a problem? Why tries \getglyph{TextSymbols}{...} the font 'TextSymbols' directly instead of going to 'TextSymbolsSerif'. The symbols are defined according to the setup of the Adobe Euro fonts (symb-eur.tex). Thus it should work. Jens

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combine rows
by Severin Obertuefer 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

hi I shortly started to use Context. I wantet to create a table with combinated rows, something like this: _______________________ |______________________| | | | | | |________| | | | | | |_______|________|______| It was no problem to combine the columns on the top, with the \TREE command. Is there e similar command for the rows? thx for help severin

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referencing line numbers of a typing environment
by Marko Schuetz 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

I usually present C/C++ code in a typing environment. If I need to frequently reference statements I put a line number environment around that. Now I would like to use line numbers and experimented a bit with \setuptyping[option=commands,escape=/], but did not yet get the desired results. Any hint is welcome Thanks Marko

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Patch to get MetaPost-inclusions to work
by Dennis Brakhane 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Hi. I'm running Debian/GNU (unstable) and was trying to get the following file to work: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext Bla \startuseMPgraphic{bla} u := 1cm; z0 = (0,0); z1 = (0,1)*u; z2 = (1,1)*u; z3 = (1,0)*u; draw z0--z1--z2--z3--cycle; z4 = whatever[z0,z2] = whatever[z1,z3]; dotlabel.bot(btex $z_4$ etex,z4); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{blubb} z0 = (0,0); z1 = (0,1)*u; z2 = (1,1)*u; z3 = (1,0)*u; draw z0--z1--z2--z3--cycle; z4 = whatever[z0,z2] = whatever[z1,z3]; dotlabel.bot(btex $z_{42}$ etex,z4); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{bla} \useMPgraphic{blubb} Blubb \stoptext When the dotlabel-Lines do not use btex..etex, "texexec --pdf" works just fine, creating mpgraph.{1,2}. But if I use btex, the files are not created. I think I found the reason for this. When texexec calls etex to typeset the labels, the file mpgraph.mp is overwritten with a simple "end." Now, texexec keeps a backup of it but seems to restore it too late. I've moved the specific lines futher ahead. Now everything seems to work fine. Is this a correct patch or am I missing something? Greetings, Dennis Patch follows... (texexec version is 3.2) --- texexec.pl.orig 2003-03-29 15:39:32.000000000 +0100 +++ texexec.pl 2003-03-29 15:42:55.000000000 +0100 @@ -2200,6 +2200,9 @@ rename $MpTex, $MpBck ; unlink $MpDvi } } print " metapost : $MpName\n" ; + if (-e $MpKep) + { unlink ($MpFile) ; + rename ($MpKep, $MpFile) } my $cmd = "$own_quote$MpExecutable$own_quote" ; if ($EnterBatchMode) { $cmd .= " $MpBatchFlag " } @@ -2218,9 +2221,7 @@ { while (/^l\.(\d+)\s/gmois) { print " error in metapost run : $MpName.mp:$1\n" } } unlink "mptrace.tmp" ; rename ($MpFile, "mptrace.tmp") ; - if (-e $MpKep) - { unlink ($MpFile) ; - rename ($MpKep, $MpFile) } } } + } } sub RunMPX { my $MpName = shift ; $MpName =~ s/\..*$//o ;

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Placement of limits in math mode
by Emil Hedevang Lohse 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Hello. When I type $\lim_{k\to\infty} c(k)$ I get lim c(k) k -> oo and not the limit placed as if it were a subscript. How do I change the behaviour so that limits will not be placed below or above "lim" when in inner math mode (between $ and $)? Emil -- Emil Hedevang Lohse <http://home.imf.au.dk/emil/> Alle spørgsmål er lige dumme. Og spørgsmålet "Kan ænder flyve?" er ikke dumt.

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Table breaking over pages
by Willi Egger 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Dear Hans I should typset a set of rather long tables. I tried to use the \starttable environment and the \bTABLE environment. - Both tables will not break over pages. Could you please have a look into this matter? Attachment a test file in the \bTABLE environment Thanks in advance Willi

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On figures and clipping
by Giuseppe Bilotta 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Hello, I have some problems with the way to put clipped images in ConTeXt documents; for what I can see the correct way to do it is via something like: \clip [width=6.3cm,height=10.5cm,hoffset=0.5cm,voffset=1cm] {\externalfigure[ciccione_03.pdf]} Now suppose that I wanted to put the above thing zoomed 200%; and here I have two problems: (a) I can't seem to find the proper number to pass on to scale= or factor= in the \externalfigure options (b) AFAICS I need to scale all the clipping parameters as well. Point (b) is particularly annoying; is there a way to "pre-clip" an image, without touching the original file? It should be possible to specify clipping area at inclusion time (LaTeX's graphicx package can do that ...), and therefore in a scale-independent way (this is especially important when the scale factor is something like "max" or "fit" or "broad"). -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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External linked PDF in new window?
by drymartini＠gmx.de 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

I have a showcase-type document in which I have thumbnails of external PDFs which should link to the originals when clicked: \goto{\externalfigure[france][page=2,height=.6\textheight]}[france::] But clicking on this replaces the main document by the new one. I notice that Hans' showcase PDFs (the show-xxx series) don't exhibit this behaviour. There linked documents open in their own window. How's that done?

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aligning table in middle of page using startalignment
by Mark A. Lilly 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

these don't seem to work. any thoughts? \startalignment[middle] \starttabulate[|l|p|] \NC First edition: \NC 3 June 2003 \NC \NR \NC Second impression, with corrections: \NC 2 July 2003 \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stopalignment neither does this: \startalignment[bottom] \midaligned{\tfx IP} \midaligned{\tfx Inkwell Press} \stopalignment \stopstandardmakeup thanks, mark

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