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DocBookInConTeXt customization?
by Gour 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

Hi! I'm interested how one can customize output when using DocBookInConTeXt module? With XSL DocBook stylesheets, one can pass certain parameters or build his own customization layer on the stylesheets, and thereby customize output. In README file it is stated: "The mapping translates the XML file internally to a context ..", so I'm interested (pls. excuse me if it's a stupid question) is it possible to just convert DocBook input file into ConTeXt format or/and how isone supposed to tailor output according to his/her preferences? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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Total sectioning number
by scarso luigi 19 Dec '02

19 Dec '02

Is there any mode to get the total number of chapters (or sections inside a chapter etc) as a counter, ie \newcount\TotalChapterCount \TotalChapterCount=..... ? (I need this to make some operations with \textwidth and other dimensions) thanks

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Bib bug
by Nigel King 18 Dec '02

18 Dec '02

The citations in my latest document show [56] for the number of the reference. This happens to be the number of documents in my bib file. The relevant commands in my various sources are:- \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=/Users/nigelk/Library/texmf/tex/context/Nigel] \setuppublications [alternative=apa] \def\refwithbrackets#1{[#1]\quad} \setuppublications [numbering=yes,% refcommand=num,% numbercommand=\refwithbrackets,% sorttype=cite,% criterium=used,% autohang=yes,% align=right] \setuppublicationlist [after={\blank[medium]},% strut=yes,% offset=0pt] And in the document \cite[abc:01] And \placepublications The bib file is a standard old style bib file generated by bibdesk Is there something that I have done wrong? TIA -- Nigel

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Reference + footnote = bug
by Giuseppe Bilotta 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

... and a rather odd bug, too! \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext Some text \goto{text with footnote\footnote{here it is} showing the bug}[hook] \page[yes] Some text \reference[hook] referenced from before. \stoptext See how the word "footnote" is superscripted ... it's an odd bug indeed, and it almost seems the footnote can detect the previous word ... -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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\placecontent
by Willi Egger 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hi everybody, I am struggling.... Previously it was possible to place a toc with the command \placecontent within a block. Currently I am using: ConTeXt ver: 2002.12.2 fmt: 2002.12.9 int: english mes: english With the above mentioned version there is only a toc if placed outside the block. - Is there something changed or broken? Please see attachment. Kind regards Willi

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ConTeXt & poster
by Serge Stinckwich 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

Hi all, i would like to make a research poster (A1) with ConTeXt. Maybe someone here has already done it and got some examples ? Thanks! -- Serge Stinckwich -< ) multiagent.com Université de Caen>CNRS UMR 6072>GREYC>MAD /~\ squeak.org http://www.iutc3.unicaen.fr/serge/ (/ | zope.org Smalltalkers do: [:it | All with: Class, (And love: it)] _|_/ debian.org

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Re: shadowed frame in ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 17 Dec '02

17 Dec '02

At 03:36 PM 12/17/2002 +0800, you wrote: >Is there any options to set shadowed frame (like the \usepackage{shadow} in > >(the \shadowbox in latex sets the shadow under the bottom and to right side >of the frame, sometimes we need to set the shadow in another place, >for example, right side and under the bottom, or over the top and right >side.) Take your choice \starttext \startbuffer \framed[background=shadow,frame=off]{Does it work} \vskip1cm \framed[background=shadow,frame=off,align=right]{Does\\it\\work} \vskip1cm \stopbuffer \defineoverlay[shadow][\uniqueMPgraphic{shadow}] \startuniqueMPgraphic{xshadow} linejoin := butt ; fill OverlayBox shifted (2pt,-2pt) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor .7white ; fill OverlayBox withcolor white ; draw OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor .3white ; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox enlarged 4pt ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \getbuffer \startuniqueMPgraphic{xshadow} linejoin := butt ; draw (urcorner OverlayBox -- lrcorner OverlayBox -- llcorner Overlaybox) shifted (2pt,-2pt) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor .9white ; draw OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor .3white ; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox enlarged 4pt ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \getbuffer \startuniqueMPgraphic{shadow} linejoin := butt ; linecap := squared ; draw (bottomboundary OverlayBox & rightboundary OverlayBox) shifted (2pt,-2pt) withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor .9white ; draw OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 2pt withcolor .3white ; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox enlarged 4pt ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \getbuffer \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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chinese font setup
by Matthew Huggett 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

A few weeks back, there was a short exchange on this list regarding utilities for preparing chinese fonts for ConTeXt. One of the postings provided a link to some new utilities. I've since downloaded the file there (gbkfonts-linux-0.2.tar.gz) but am unsure as to how to proceed. If anyone with experience in this area could provide some advice, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Matt -- ------------------------------------ Matthew Huggett Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken Japan mhuggett(a)zam.att.ne.jp

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context on solaris
by Tomasz Kosinski 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

Hope this is the right place to ask...I have used, very gratefully, ConTeXt for the past few years on my Debian GNU/Linux system, and sometimes, when possible, I have installed it on client's/employer's Windows computers, using MikTeX. Maybe I have to change my OS from Debian to Solaris, on an Intelx86 machine, and so I would like to know if anyone has been using ConTeXt in that environment, or, if there is any reason to expect that it might or might not work. I noticed in the teTeX download page: http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/search/tetex.html that pre-compiled binaries are available for Solaris running on Sparc computers, but it doesn't say anything about x86 machines. Any thoughts would be very much appreciated - non-programmer, end-user writing. By the way, my occupation is architect (buildings) and I use ConTeXt for all kinds of document preparation - office work, correspondence, presentations, etc. I recently received a reply to a proposal which I submitted, which included the following: > Thanks, I'll be back in touch. > Robin > PS most beautiful proposal ever! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Maybe the enthusiasm is a bit exaggerated, but, to the extent that there is truth in the sentiment, credit is largely due to ConTeXt, ConTeXt's author, and to the many on this list who have helped out over the years. Regards, rb

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Re: block the header and footer on the first page of a chapter
by Hans Hagen 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

At 04:22 PM 12/16/2002 +0800, you wrote: >How to block the header (and footer) setting in the first page of a chapter? >I designed my own >header, but the header texts and footer texts are still there, if they are >blocked, >then the layout will be nice. \setuphead [chapter] [header=empty, footer=empty] 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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Chinese font files
by Matthew Huggett 16 Dec '02

16 Dec '02

Hi, I've installed the simplified chinese fonts from ftp.ctex.org (ttf,tfm,enc and map file), and TeX seems to be able to find the .enc files but pdftex complains about not being able to open the ttf files. What's the correct location in the texmf-local tree for the ttf files? Below is my context log file: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-14h-released-20010417-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.3.1) (format=cont-en 2002.12.13) 16 DEC 2002 11:44 entering extended mode **&cont-en ChinTest.tex (./ChinTest.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ... specials : fdf,tpd loaded system : macros of module chinese loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/s-chi-00.tex encoding : coding gbk encoding : coding big5 encoding : coding gbk encoding : coding big5 (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex) bodyfont : variant chi is loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-chi.tex loading : Context Font Macros / Chinese encoding : coding chi is loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/enco-chi.tex encoding : coding big5 encoding : coding gbk ))) system : no macros found in module chi-simplified encoding : coding gbk encoding : coding big5 encoding : coding gbk encoding : coding big5 (./ChinTest.tuo) (./ChinTest.tuo) systems : begin file ChinTest at line 5 [1.1{/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map): invalid entry for `rtxphvbo': SlantFont/ExtendFont can be used only with embedded T1 fonts Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map): invalid entry for `rtxphvro': SlantFont/ExtendFont can be used only with embedded T1 fonts Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map): invalid entry for `rtxptmbo': SlantFont/ExtendFont can be used only with embedded T1 fonts Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map): invalid entry for `rtxptmro': SlantFont/ExtendFont can be used only with embedded T1 fonts }{/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/gbk.map}] systems : end file ChinTest at line 13 ) ... {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-b8.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-c2.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-c3.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-ba.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-c4.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-c8.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-b9.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-d6.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-ca.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading {/usr/local/share/texmf/dvips/chinese/enc/Gbk/GBK-ce.enc} Warning: pdfetex (file htsong.ttf): cannot open TrueType font file for reading </usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr12.pfb> Output written on ChinTest.pdf (1 page, 7263 bytes). thanks, Matt -- -------------------------------------- Matthew Huggett Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken Japan mhuggett(a)zam.att.ne.jp

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DocbookInContext: new version uploaded
by Simon Pepping 15 Dec '02

15 Dec '02

Hi, I have just uploaded a new version of DocbookInContext. This version enables input with latin-1 and utf-8 encodings and has an implementation of blockquote. epigraph will come later. The distribution can be found at the usual place, www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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cont-sys.tex or cont-sys.rme?
by Emil Hedevang Lohse 14 Dec '02

14 Dec '02

In the installation manual (minstall.pdf) it is said that if I want to change the defaults, I have to edit the 'cont-sys.tex' file to, say, enable '\setupoutput[pdftex]' as default. However, I cannot find the file. I am using teTeX from Debian 3.0, and when I run 'locate cont-sys' (after a 'updatedb') I get emil:~# updatedb emil:~# locate cont-sys /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-sys.ori /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme Is this a bug in the installation manual? Note that it make the changes suggested in minstall.pdf in the cont-sys.rme file; is this the correct thing to do? Regards, 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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lucida
by Siep 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

How do I turn on Lucida Bright for an entire document? The TeX-installation contains hl... and lb... tfms and lb... pfbs. -- Siep Kroonenberg siep(a)elvenkind.com

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ConTeXt or Omega?
by Matthew Huggett 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hi: I know that some people are using ConTeXt with Omega. What's the benefit to using Omega instead of a native ConTeXt module? Is it better to develop ConTeXt's language handling capablilities (as with the Chinese package) or use Omega OTPs? Thanks, Matt

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page breakes in \bTD \eTD / \chapter in \bTD
by Tobias Burnus 13 Dec '02

13 Dec '02

Hi, I try to HTML->PDF some HTML pages using ConTeXt. Unfortunally, some of them contain tables for layout reasons. Seemingly there is no pagebreak possible within a \bTD. Any ideas what to do in this case? An additional problem is that <td><h2>foo</h2></td> appear. which gets translated as: \defineXMLsingular[h2] \section \defineXMLenvironment[table] \bTABLE \eTABLE \defineXMLnested[tr] \bTR \eTR \defineXMLnested[td] \bTD \eTD \defineXMLnested[th] \bTH \eTH How should I define "h2" in order to get a section (bookmarks, table of contents) within that bTD ... eTD, currently 'foo' is rendered in the normal textsize. Tobias PS: If you want to play with the very premature version: http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~tburnus/html2pdf-2/?url1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.p… -- This above all: To thine own self be true / And it must follow as the night the day / Thou canst not then be false to any man.

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About texmf.cnf
by Eduardo Cassiraga 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Hi: My latex-context installation have not the "texmf.cnf" file so I can´t to enable \write18 in order ti run the presentation's styles correctly. Is this a problem of my system? If the "texmf.cnf" must be on my PC, where could I get it, please? Thank you very much. Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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MPOST enabled
by Eduardo Cassiraga 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Hi: I am trying to compile the follow file with context: \usemodule[pre-03] \starttext \TitlePage{A simple presentation} \Topics{Hola1} \Topic{Hola2} \Topic{Hola3} \Subject{Hola4} \Subject{Hola5} \stoptext And the results are not good. The *.log file is the attachment. I can read some "error" sentences about a mpost. Could somebody give me an advise, please? Thank you very much. Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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m-bib: simple references not working
by Rob van Swol 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Hi, I am trying to get my document references right using the m-bib module. All kind of options I played with are doing fine except for the most simple one, which happens to be the one I prefer. Consider de following test document: \setupoutput[pdftex] \usemodule[bib] \startpublication[k=r1] \artauthor[]{Peter}[P.]{}{Peters} \arttitle{Document 1} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=r2] \artauthor[]{Jan}[J.]{de}{Vries} \arttitle{Document 2} \stoppublication \setuppublications[numbering=yes,refcommand=num] \setupcite[num][compress=no] \starttext This is reference two: \cite[r2]. And this is reference one: \cite[r1]. Both references: \cite[num][r1,r2]. \placepublications \stoptext It produces: This is reference two: [2]. And this is reference one: [2]. Both references: [2, 2]. 1 de Vries, J..Document 2. . 2 Peters, P..Document 1. . I always get a reference to document n where n is the number of documents referred to. This is the tui file: c \thisissectionseparator{:} c \thisisutilityversion{1998.12.20} f b {bibtest} c \initializevariable\usedcolorchannels{} c \listentry{pubs}{1}{1}{\typesetapublication {r2}}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0::1}{1} c \listentry{pubs}{2}{2}{\typesetapublication {r1}}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0::1}{1} c \mainreference{}{r2}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0::1}{1}{\bibcounter } c \mainreference{}{r1}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0::1}{1}{\bibcounter } f e {bibtest} c \initializevariable\lastpage{1} c \initializevariable\lastpagenumber{1} c \initializevariable\totalnumberofMPgraphics{0} c \initializevariable\totalnofpositions{0} c \initializevariable\totalnofparbackgrounds{0} c \initializevariable\currentstrategypass{1} Do we have a bug here or is it something that I don't understand? Regards, Rob -- _____________________________________________________________ Rob W. van Swol National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Tel. +31 527 248252 P.O. Box 153 Fax +31 527 248210 8300 AD Emmeloord E-Mail vanswol(a)nlr.nl The Netherlands http://www.neonet.nl/

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extra spacing
by Hans van der Meer 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

With math followed by a \crlf extra spacing is introduced in the math. For example: Test \crlf (1) inverse $b\rightarrow b^{-1}$ \crlf (2) inverse $b\rightarrow b^{-1}$\hfill\null \crlf (3) inverse $b\rightarrow b^{-1}$ In line (1) extra white is introduced around the white arrow. In line (2) the fix is given, allthough not a problem ii is a nuisance. In line (3) one sees it is the \crlf that lets the math expand because here no extra white. Is this a feature or has this phenomenon escaped attention hitherto? Hans van der Meer

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utf 8 / test file
by Hans Hagen 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

Hi, I posted http://www.pragma-ade.com/temp/titus.pdf now, one thing with unicode (utf) is that support needs to have an associated font / language switch. Traditionally, tex font mechanisms have been complicated by the fact that there are many shapes per font and math has to be dealt with. If we're dealing with say sanskrit, is it then safe to assume that (1) we can switch to the language (if not yet done) when we encounter a unicode from the associated char/glyph range (2) can we assume that a relatively simple font mechanism is used (normal,bold,slanted) (3) can we assume that only a few (possibly derived from unicode) fonts are used, or at least one main type of font per language (4) can we standardize on utf-8 [and assume some preprocessor if not] [let's try to deal with the practical, so what's the practical usage] 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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Presentation that use metafun
by Eduardo Cassiraga 10 Dec '02

10 Dec '02

Hi: I have generated all formats with: texexec --make --alone Now, I am trying to compile the presentation that Hans include in context distribution. The results with original style are perfect but those style that include metafun graphics didn't work. I uncomment the line \runMPgraphicstrue in the cong-sys.tex file (as indicate in the presentation user's guide) but the results are not good. ¿Which is the rigth site of conf-sys.tex file? ¿c:\textmf\context\config\? Thanks a lot. Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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how to use system fonts?
by Michael Na Li 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

I've read the relevant docs (mfonts.pdf, etc) but still can't figure out how to switch fonts in context. In LaTeX, I just use \usepackage{times} or \usepackage{utopia} to switch fonts (just the basic ones came with tetex). I expect something similar in ConTeXt but that is not the case. This compiles but doesn't have any effect on fonts, (unknown variant times and utopia). \setupbodyfont[times] \starttext This is roman, {\bf bold}, {\it italic}, {\bi bold-italic}, {\tfa bigger} and {\tfx smaller}. \switchtobodyfont[utopia] This is roman, {\bf bold}, {\it italic}, {\bi bold-italic}, {\tfa bigger} and {\tfx smaller}. \stoptext If I follow the instruction on http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html and I can create some type-x.tex file for the fonts, like \usetypescriptfile[type-charter] \usetypescriptfile[type-utopia] \usetypescript[Charter] \usetypescript[Utopia] \setupbodyfont[MyCharter] \starttext This is roman, {\bf bold}, {\it italic}, {\bi bold-italic}, {\tfa bigger} and {\tfx smaller}. \switchtobodyfont[MyUtopia] This is roman, {\bf bold}, {\it italic}, {\bi bold-italic}, {\tfa bigger} and {\tfx smaller}. \stoptext But shouldn't those typescripts be already set up? I'm not installing new fonts here. I can see the names 'times', 'helvet', 'palatino' etc in the system type-*.tex file and those files are read during the compilation. How can I use them? I have \usetypescript [map] [default,\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [berry] [\defaultencoding] in my $TEXMF/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex file. Thanks, Michael -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Na Li Email: lina(a)u.washington.edu Department of Biostatistics, Box 357232 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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texexec
by Matthew Huggett 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

Hi: I just re-installed TeX (fpTeX) and I have a question about running texexec. I've followed the instructions in the texexec manual--i.e., customized and copied texexec.rme to texexec.ini-- but I still get the following error when I run texexec: locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path warning : texexec.ini not found, did you read 'texexec.rme'? the context/perltk directory is in my path. Any ideas as to what I'm missing? thanks in advance Matt

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Latest beta killed cross-referencing?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 09 Dec '02

09 Dec '02

Hello, I just downloaded the latest beta --and it seems it won't generate cross refs anymore. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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