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Caption size of math
by Mikael Persson 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

Hello everybody! I use a ConTeXt beta that is a week old or so on teTeX. When I change the caption size to small with \setupcaptions[style=small] I get small text as I want, but the size of math in captions are at the normal size. How should I do to get even the math in the smaller font? Here is a document that shows the problem. ==== start test document \setupcaptions[style=small] \starttext \input knuth \reservefigure[here][fig:lambdarmax]{A $\lambda$-$r_M$-diagram. The solution of equation (1) when $\lambda=3.5299$. When $\lambda=3.53$ se see that we don't get a solution.} \input knuth \stoptext ==== stop test document Thanks in advance, Micke P

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Correspondence Manual
by Victor Sanchez Urrutia 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Hello Hans and all, I cannot find the Correspondence manual at the Pragma site (xcorresp.pdf, I think, should be the name). Are those macros not available or out of date? -- --------------- Victor Sanchez Urrutia PhD Director de Sistemas de Información Promed S.A.

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Re: foonotes
by Magnus Lie Hetland 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de>: > > Magnus Lie Hetland <magnus(a)hetland.org> writes: > > >> could you send me the dvi (not pdf) file of the following output: > > > > Attached. > > the \tfx and \tfxx don't so anything (they are the same size as \tf). > > I have absolutely no idea how this can happen. It is far beyound my > knowledge of ConTeXt. You might think about > > a) trying typescript [times] instead of [palatino] (but I guess it > won't do anything better) Having to use times would certainly be a disappointment... :] > b) send the dvi file to the list and ask the list (= Hans ;-} ) OK... Attaching dvi file again, and Cc'ing the list. (I hope attachments are OK when they're as small as this?) The erroneous version comes from the Solaris installation (which isn't really mine). I ran the same code on the Linux installation, and there \tfx and \tfxx worked just fine. (Still a bit confused about such things as \ss and \sc here -- \ss seems to simply use Palatino, and \sc doesn't seem to produce small caps...?) > Patrick -- Magnus Lie Hetland "Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." http://hetland.org -- Indiana Jones

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Emacs color definitions for ConTeXt
by Peter Rolf 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Thanks to Hans and Giuseppe for your fast reply. For all emacs users I included a file, which contains the context color definitions of rgb.txt. Select the menu Edit->Text Properties->Display Colors and take a look. You may find it useful. Peter

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Floats in Columnsets
by Michal Kvasnicka 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Dear Sir Hagen, I know you are writing the complete manual for the columnsets, nonetheless I dare to bother you in advance. What are options for telling floats to what column, line and page they should go? I hade some examples from you, but I lost it when my harddisc crashed. Can you help me? Many thanks and greetings, Michal Kvasnicka

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Re: colors
by Magnus Lie Hetland 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de>: > > > Hello, > > for the colors, use \setupcolors[state=start] (plural). Ah -- right, thanks. It works now. There is a typo in the beginner's manual (the "excursion") on page 59 -- it says \setupcolor[state=start]. (On the previous page, the general form is mentioned as \setupcolors[...], but I simply copied the statement to my code.) > If you need, I can send you a small test document. No problem. I was simply mislead by the documentation ;) > Pat -- Magnus Lie Hetland "Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." http://hetland.org -- Indiana Jones

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reusing metapost graphics
by Matthew Huggett 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Hi: I'm designing a year's worth of English lessons for some Japanese kids, and I'm using Metapost and ConTeXt to generate flashcards for vocabulary training. I have a few questions: (1) I want to keep my Metapost figures defined in a ConTeXt environment file so that I can recall them as I need in future lessons. Is there anything wrong with this approach? (2) How do I make a Metapost figure defined in a ConTeXt file reusable? Do I need to wrap the definition of the figure in a macro so that the figure is recreated everytime I need it? (3) With \useMPgraphic, is there any mechanism to scale the image as with \useexternalfigure? If this is all in the documentation, I apologize. (I would appreciate a pointer to the documentation though :-) )

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Umlaute, texnansi
by Raimund Kohl 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hello there, I accidently switched from SuSE to Debian (via Knoppix) and all of a sudden ran into problems. With: ----------------------------------------------- % interface=en tex=pdfetex output=pdftex \setupwhitespace[big] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[utf8] % \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \starttext Und jetzt auch gleich mal die Umlaute testen, sowie vielleicht Ähnlichkeit der Öffentlichkeit die auch mal beißen kann \stoptext ----------------------------------------------- the document will be processed ... without the german Umlaute (Ä, Ö etc). And if I uncomment \setupencoding[default=texnansi] texexec stops with the message: ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \setupencoding [default=texnansi] ? (./Context_text.tuo) (./Context_text.tuo) systems : begin file Context_text at line 6 Missing character: There is no Ä in font cmr12! Missing character: There is no Ö in font cmr12! Missing character: There is no ß in font cmr12! [1.1{/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map}] systems : end file Context_text at line 11 ) -------------------------------------- What did I do wrong? ray

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Footnotes at the end of sentences
by Nigel King 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Style gurus, I am sure there are some experts here. At the end of a sentence I think it is normal for a footnote to be after the full stop. When this is done the spacing to the next sentence is not very large, it certainly doesn't look very good to my eye. ... End of sentence with footnote.\footnote{This is the footnote.} The next sentence..... What is the recognized way of sourcing this. TIA -- Nigel

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columnsets
by Patrick Gundlach 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hello, I have a question regarding columnsets: ================================================== \definecolumnset[two][n=2] %\setupcolumnset[two][1][width=4cm] %\setupcolumnset[two][2][width=8cm] \starttext \startcolumnset[two] \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset \stoptext ================================================== a) I keep getting a blank page after the columnset. How do I get rid of it? b) the setupcolumnset has some effect (making columns smaller) but they are both the same width. Why? Patrick

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\framed and \starttabulate
by Matthew Huggett 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hi: I wanted to use \framed {\starttabulate ... \stoptabulate } but when I tried it, TeX complained about groupings and missing parentheses. Is there a way to make this work? I switched to \bTABLE, and that worked, but \starttabulate is more convenient sometimes. Thanks Matt

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table and MPpositiongraphic
by Patrick Gundlach 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hello, while browsing thru the source and trying some examples, I can't sensible output of the following code. (No MP stuff is visible) %output=pdf \setupcolors[state=start] \def\cw#1{\color[green]{#1}} \def\TableShade#1#2% {\startMPpositiongraphic initialize_area(\MPpos{b:#1},\MPpos{e:#1}) ; show pxy; linear_shade(pxy,0,.4#2,.9#2) ; anchor_area(\MPanchor{b:#1}) ; \stopMPpositiongraphic} \dosetpositionaction{b:x}{\TableShade{x}{red}} \dosetpositionaction{b:y}{\TableShade{y}{green}} \dosetpositionaction{b:z}{\TableShade{z}{blue}} \starttext \starttable[|c|c|c|] \GFC[b:z] \cw{this is a small} \NC \cw{table} \NC in which we \NC \FR \NC \cw{will demonstrate} \GFC[c:y] \cw{that this} \GTC[c] \cw{positioning} \NC \MR \GSC[a:x] \cw{mechanism also} \GTC[b] \cw{works quite well} \NC in tables \NC \LR \stoptable \stoptext Any ideas how to get the MPpositiongraphic working? Patrick

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index term in term of a definition list
by Simon Pepping 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hi, It appears that Context cannot deal with an \index command in the term of a definition list: \startvariable{sarge\index{sarge}} De groene soldaat \stopvariable In XML documents this may occur: <varlistentry> <term>sarge <indexterm significance="normal"> <primary>sarge</primary> </indexterm> </term> <listitem> <para>De groene soldaat</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> Is it a fundamental problem to enable this in Context? If so I must find other solutions. Does Context have something for stacks? Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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linewidth/rulethickness/linethickness
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hello, looking at the newest beta (esp. plus-rul.tex), I wondered about the english translation of lijndikte. In mult-com.tex it is linewidth and(!) linethickness, in mult-con.tex it is rulethickness. Is it possible to agree on one name? Patrick

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dashed horizontal line
by Matthew Huggett 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hi all: I would like to draw a short horizontal line, somewhat like \hl[5] but dashed instead of solid. Is there a command for this? Thanks Matt

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Re: ConTeXt beta installation issue
by Gerben Wierda 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

On Monday, Mar 17, 2003, at 00:45 Europe/Amsterdam, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > I've been using Simon's installer script successfully of late to > install betas, but just ran into the following error (see below). Any > ideas or suggestions? > > The command I used was: > > sudo perl install_context.pl --textree /Users/darcusb/Library/texmf > /Applications/Installers/ConTeXt/cont-tmf.zip > > I do note that the pdfetex.pool it says it can't open is in this > directory: > > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/ It is pdfetex that fails because it cannot find the pool file. Whatever install_context.pl does, it seems to override PATH (another pdfetex on your system is found, not likely) or KPSE settings from /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf in such a way that TeX stops working. Probably it tries to do some guessing itself instead of relying on existing settings. What might influence this is that my setup separates the texmf part that is related to binaries (like pool files that change when binary versions change) and the stuff that is the fondation (like ConTeXt, LATeX, etc). /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf starts with: > % Our directory setup as explained in > $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/README.gwtex > % TEXMFMAIN contains the TEXMF tree installed by make install of the > programs > TEXMFMAIN = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf > % TEXMFTE contains the main TEXMF tree from teTeX > TEXMFTE = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.tetex > % TEXMFGW contains GW specific defaults and additions > TEXMFGW = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.gwtex > % TEXMFLOCAL contains any local system TeXadmin overrides > TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.local > % $VARTEXMF is where texconfig writes its local settings > VARTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL > % User texmf trees can be catered for like this... > HOMETEXMF = $HOME/Library/texmf > > % Our complete search path, the last three are searched through > % ls-R exclusively, which means that you have to run texhash > % after you have added, moved or deleted files in the tree > TEXMF={$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFGW,!!$TEXMFTE,!!$TEXMFMAIN} In this case, there is a valid TeX setup, though uncommon because the separation of texmf into texmf and texmf.tetex. I need this separation to be able to update programs and foundation separately. A new foundation (texmf.tetex + texmf.gwtex) does not touch anything related to the binaries (like pool files) in texmf. If you send me the script I can have a quick look at it. G Here is what which and kpsewhich should tell you in a standard setup % which pdfetex /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfetex % kpsewhich pdfetex.pool /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.pool % kpsewhich cont-en.tex /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex

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Re: Font and index trouble (was Re: mathpple-a-like for ConTeXt?)
by Hans Hagen 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

At 09:50 PM 3/17/2003 +0100, you wrote: >[snip] > >By the way: In 3.1, it still seems that the space after \index{...} is >eaten. Is this the way it should? yes, since the index should precede the word it refers to and not get decoupled (i.e. a page break in between); an \index command will even hook into the next paragraph if needed 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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Margin rules
by Victor Figurnov 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hello, Hans! One year ago you and Giuseppe Bilotta talked about margin rules: GB>> You can set the level, but you cannot customize its GB>> color/position/etc, which is what I was talking about. HH> i can easily implement that (with cross page support and so), HH> but definitely not today; so put it on the wish list and HH> ask me again later Let me remind you of this topic, it is very necessary for me too. Or, may be, there is another way to draw vertical lines at left of some paragraphs with possibility of crossing page boundaries? Victor Figurnov

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Re: texexec not finding cont-en
by Gary 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

>> OK, thanks to a (completely independent) post that just came in, I see >> that >> I have a very old version of TeXexec. > >If you're referring to my post, I'd recommend Simon's script: > >http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/#installer > >I just place everything -- the script, the cont-tmf.zip file, and the >version of texexec he has on his site -- in one directory, and run the >script to install into my ~/Library/texmf directory. Works like a >charm. > >Bruce Tried it. Ran with no apparent problems. Same result. I've got something else to try ... -Gary

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lowerleftdoubleninequote
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hallo! 'lowerleftdoubleninequote' in german seems to be an double lowerleftninequote, whereas 'upperrightdoublesixquote' seems to be the ligature. Wolfgang

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Formula numbering and counter
by PIERRE LEDEVEDEC 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hi, I would like to change the numbering of several formulae as follows: <mathematical expression> (1.1) <mathematical expression> (1.2a) % here is <mathematical expression> (1.2b) % the problem <mathematical expression> (1.3) I don't know how to access the formula counter for the English interface of ConTeXt. (I only know that it is \formulenummer for the Dutch one.) Also, how do you control the counter incrementation to produce (1.2a), (1.2b) and the jump to (1.3) as automatic as possible ? (I know that I have to use \eqalignno and &(<macroformulanumber>) for the generation of the number.) Thank you in advance for your answers. Regards, Pierre.

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texexec not finding cont-en
by Gary 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

I know this has been asked before, but I'm not getting it. I'm installing ConTeXt on Linux (Mandrake 9.0) with teTeX. I've installed the default teTeX distribution that comes with Mandrake. I've installed the latest ConTeXt beta I've edited texexec.ini, commenting out the reference to l:/... I've edited ... what was it ... fmtedit?? darn, can't remember, but I uncommented two lines that refer to cont-en and cont-nl I've run texhash texexec --make en nl texhash I've added to PATH: /usr/share/texmf /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config I've made cont-en.tex and cont-en.ini executable so far, so good. But texexec --pdf filename.tex returns with sh: line 1: cont-en: command not found so cont-en is either not on the path or not executable, right? Please be explicit: are we talking about cont-en.tex, cont-en.ini, or cont-en.tws? Where is the usual place to put it? When adding to path, is the shell environment PATH variable what's meant? or is there some way within ConTeXt to set a path? What else could be wrong? Gary

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Bug in latest beta
by Giuseppe Bilotta 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hello, just got 2003.03.17 and found a small bug: the "auto" keyword is put among constants, while it should go among variables ... -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Crash in landscape mode [MikTeX]
by Peter Rolf 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

If you use MikTeX and the 1.10b version of pdfetex, please try this out. If not, you are free to skip or read on :) I don't know why, but this simple piece of ConTeXt-code crashes with the version 1.10b of pdfetex. I use the lastest MikTeX version and the latest ConTeXt beta (13.03). The source worked fine with older versions of pdfetex and ConTeXt releases. All it does is placing two external A4-PDF's on a single landscaped A4 page. As an unregistered (private) user of MikTeX it seems my mail to their support got lost... I included all necessary files and the log-file. Peter

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Concrete and Euler
by Emil Hedevang Lohse 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hello, Is there an easy way to make ConTeXt use the Concrete Computer Modern font for normal text and the AMS Euler font for math -- like in Knuth's book "Concrete Mathematics"? -- 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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