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Re: [NTG-context] ConText on webspace
by Jan Heinen 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

>> Is it possible to instal and runl ConText on webspace? >> Which requirements and limitations are needed? > define webspace I have webspace hosted at the german provider (1und1) where my homepage is running. It contains php, perl, python, mysqld. I have access via - ssh - ftp It's NOT a managed server - there are lot's of other customers on the same server. Is this enough for your answer or which else information do you need? Regards Janis

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csname not applicable?
by Meer, H. van der 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

Why doesn't it seem possible to have the following macro \def\docall#1{\csname xmlprocess#1\encsname{}{}} and use it with \docall{buffer}? How then accomplish this? Runaway argument? \def \sourcenode {exam::15}\edef \currentsource {\xmlattdef {exam::15\ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \buff_gobble. ... \luat_start_lua_code_indeed ...nd \directlua {#1}} Hans van der Meer

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select setups
by Meer, H. van der 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

If I have various setups like: \startxmlsetups xam:setups \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{..{xam:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xam:setups} \startxmlsetups xbm:setups \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{..{xbm:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xbm:setups} Is it then possible to have \xmlall{#1}{lpath} with a path such that on the top level restrictions apply to some of the xam:setups but to none of the xbm:setups? Hans van der Meer

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xml path
by Meer, H. van der 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

Having for example xml-structure: <rootnode> <node1><subnode1>..</subnode1></node1> <node2/> /node3/> </rootnode> With the path expression \xmlall{#1}{!node1} the <node1> should be suppressed, as happens in case. However, nodes under <node1> like <subnode1> should be suppressed because <node1> is suppressed. But that is not the case, these nodes do appear. Apparently I need another path expression. But which one? Hans van der Meer

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rotated placetable
by Alan BRASLAU 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Hello, On October 1, 2010 Mojca asked about inserting a rotated page content (landscape) in an otherwise portrait document, keeping the headers and footers upright. The suggested solution was essentially \rotate [rotation=90] {\startTEXpage [width=\textheight,height=\textwidth] ... \stopTEXpage} I would like to place a wide table rotated as above, keeping the page headers and footers upright. In other words, I would like to do something like \startplacetable [location=page,orientation=90,title=Table caption] ... \stopplacetable That is, rotate the table contents *and its caption*, but not the page header and footer. Note that the following will indeed rotate the contents but not the caption. \startplacetable [title=Table caption] \rotate [rotation=90] {\startTEXpage ... \stopTEXpage} \stopplacetable Alan

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Kile for ConTeXt
by Jan Heinen 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Does anyone here uses Kile for ConTeXt? On contextgarden-wiki I read "has native ConTeXt support as well". I installed Kile and as the only thing concerning ConTeXt II found Build -> Compile -> ConTeXt But no highlighting or autocompletion. Google gave no answer. Do I have to install an additional aplugin? Regards Janis

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stoppers in section heading without having stoppers in references?
by Sanjoy Mahajan 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

In MkIV, is there a way to get a stopper (e.g. ".") in the section heading, along the lines of "1. First heading" but without a reference to it having the stopper? Thus, the reference should be just "In Chapter 1 we learn", not "In Chapter 1. we learn"? I have tried many variants of the following minimal example: \setuphead[chapter][sectionstopper=.] \definereferenceformat [inchapter] [text={Chapter~}] \starttext \chapter[one]{First heading} \input knuth \inchapter[one] we learn. \stoptext -Sanjoy

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Re: [NTG-context] Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'
by Jan Heinen 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

In last year Context this worked: >> \define\imagepath {/home/janis/images} >> \externalfigure[\imagepath/test.jpg] Now this change is necesarry: > \defineexpandble\imagepath {/home/janis/images} Where do the change come from: Context, Tex or Luatex? Is there a genereal change which we have to take care off? Last year I made a book with a lot of programming in Context and I would like to use the code for the next book. Regards Janis

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Re: [NTG-context] Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'
by Jan Heinen 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

The following two commands seem to do the same: \defineexpandable\... \def\... And this two also do the same: \define\... \unexpanded\def\... \def is a low-level-command and shouldn't be used. Right? Regards Janis

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Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'
by Jan Heinen 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

An example which was working with ConText (version beginning 2012) - and now I get an error: \define\imagepath {/home/janis/images} \starttext \externalfigure[\imagepath/test.jpg] \stoptext LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\i' Without my parameter \imagepath there ist no problem. And if I want to see the "echo" of the parameter with \imagepath I get "/home/janis/images" which I expect. I need parameters very often. How can I use my parameter \imagepath in \externafigure? Regards Janis

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Is fine-grained grid control possible?
by Tom Ellis 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

I asked a question on tex.stackoverflow, and it was suggested ConTeXt could help and that I should repost my question here. http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/108850/is-fine-grained-grid-control-… I want to make a variety of checklists which are essentially based on a grid layout. I care about having fine-grained control over the exact placement of labels and boxes. I do not care about paragraphs, hypenation, equations, or anything like that which I know TeX is very good at. Is ConTeX a good fit for my needs? How could I do it? I've already though about Tikz and PGF but I don't think they give me enough fine-grained control. If I fail to find a way to solve my problem using TeX I will probably explore SVG and PostScript. Here are some examples of the kind of thing I would like to do that I pulled from an image search for "checklist" * https://studenttechportfolio.wikispaces.com/file/view/checklist.png/3434346… * http://checklisttemplate911.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/checklist-templa… * http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/72289360.png * http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=88940&stc=1 * http://theorganisedhousewife.com.au/shop/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/confere… * http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-piQobSY-8Mw/Tcihq580IgI/AAAAAAAAAgE/Fd0AQD1e69Y/s… * http://www.dbh.govt.nz/UserFiles/Image/Publications/building/weathertightne… * http://spxcooling.com/images/M92-1447C-s.jpg Thanks, Tom

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Missing number error, related to setupcolumnsetlines
by Lars Huttar 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hello, I've got a "Missing number error, treated as zero". I've whittled the problem code down to this minimal example: \definecolumnset [abbcolumn] [n=2,distance=5mm,balancing=yes] \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][1][60] \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][2][60] \starttext \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] foo \stopcolumnset \stoptext By contrast, if I remove the \setupcolumnsetlines commands, the error goes away. (But I think I need those commands, in case the text has more than 60 lines.) Also, if I run the example shown on this page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/setupcolumnsetlines which seems very similar to mine, it works fine; no errors. Based on the latter working example, I tried adding the following to my minimal example that fails: \switchtobodyfont[small] or \setupcolumnsetstart[abbcolumn][1][1][1] \setupcolumnsetstart[abbcolumn][1][2][1] but neither one solved the problem. Here is more of the error output I received when running TeX on the minimal example shown at the start of this email: ! Missing number, treated as zero. system > tex > error on line 8 in file minimalex-133.tex: Missing number, treated as zero ... 1 \definecolumnset [abbcolumn] [n=2,distance=5mm,balancing=yes] 2 3 \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][1][60] 4 \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][2][60] 5 6 \starttext 7 \startcolumnset[abbcolumn] 8 >> foo 9 \stopcolumnset 10 \stoptext 11 <to be read again> \otr:1:43 \OTRSETdoifcellelse ...er #1:\number #2\endcsname \@EA \secondoftwoarguments... \@@ar@@1 ...ellelse {\mofcolumns }\columnlastcell {\global \advance \columnl... \redoloop ->\expandrecursecontent \endofloop <to be read again> { <inserted text> 44 ... l.8 f oo ? Here is some of the earlier output, include the version info: > context --mode=windows,report,border --nomapfiles --verbose minimalex-133.tex resolvers | resolving | creating instance resolvers | resolving | variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to 'c:/texlive/2012/bin/win32' ... resolvers | resolving | resolvers | resolving | unknown configuration file 'C:/Users/huttarl/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua' resolvers | resolving | unknown configuration file 'c:/texlive/2012/bin/win32/texmfcnf.lua' ... This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.2-2012080612 (TeX Live 2012/W32TeX) \write18 enabled. (minimalex-133.tex ConTeXt ver: 2012.05.30 11:26 MKIV fmt: 2013.3.11 int: english/english Thanks for any help! Lars

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ConText on webspace
by Jan Heinen 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Is it possible to instal and runl ConText on webspace? Which requirements and limitations are needed? Have a nice weekend ... in Germany sun is shining :-) Regards Janis

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Lucida doesn't work in TL 2013 / latest ConTeXt
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hi, in TL 2013 neither \setupbodyfont[lucida] nor \setupbodyfont[lucidanova] works. The first one gives: !LuaTeX error: Invalid local font in font lbr! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! and the other one complains about ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\displaystyle is not set. (I've set "export TEXMFLOCAL=/path/to/texmf/with/both/lucidas".) When trying the same with latest distribution I get ! LuaTeX error .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-act.lua:101: attempt to perform arithmetic on field 'size' (a nil value) stack traceback: .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-act.lua:101: in function 'mathematics_checkprivateparameters' [string "local mathematics_initializeparameters = math..."]:10: in function 'runner' .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-act.lua:39: in function 'assignmathparameters' .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:917: in function <.../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/math-vfu.lua:537> (...tail calls...) .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:423: in function 'read' .../context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-ctx.lua:947: in function 'definefont_two' [string "\directlua "]:1: in main chunk. system > tex > error on line 52 in file /Users/mojca/context/gnuplot/mojca/texmf/doc/context/third/gnuplot/gnuplot-context-doc.tex: LuaTeX error ... and with lucidanova I get the same error as in TeX Live. I'm using \sometxt{} inside metapost code to draw labels, so maybe that's connected. Mojca

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Can't make ISBN print in bibliography
by john Culleton 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Still having trouble with that pesky ISBN field in my bibliography. The file makes it to the book.bbl file but never prints no matter what .bst file I reference. Here is an extract from the generated book.bbl file: \startpublication[k=Bah2011,t=book, a={{Bah}},y=2011, n=4,s=Bah11] \author[]{Tavmjong}[T.]{}{Bah} \pubyear{2011} \title{Inkscape: Guide to a Vector Drawing Program} \isbn{978-0-13-27641-8} \city{Upper Saddle River, NJ} \pubname{Prentice-Hall} \stoppublication Any suggestions? Using MKIV currently. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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gnuplot module fixed (was: gnuplot module broken)
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Marco Patzer wrote: > On 2013–04–19 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> Dear Hans, >> >> please consider the following example in MKII: >> >> \setupcolors[state=start] >> >> \starttext >> >> \startMPextensions >> a := \abc; >> color b; >> b := \MPcolor{currentcolor}; >> \stopMPextensions >> >> \startuseMPgraphic{bla} >> fill fullcircle scaled a withcolor b; >> \stopuseMPgraphic >> >> \def\abc{3cm}\color[blue]{\useMPgraphic{bla}} >> >> % Nice small black circle >> \def\abc{1cm}\useMPgraphic{bla} >> >> \stoptext >> >> >> I still don't know how to reproduce this in MKIV. > > Use \startMPinitializations instead of \startMPextensions, it's > global to all MP instances, though. Thank you very much. I hope that the module in https://github.com/mojca/context-gnuplot/ is hotfixed now, thanks to Marco's extensive support. If anyone is willing to do a couple more basic tests, I would be grateful. I plan to upload this version to CTAN to get it into TeX Live and our distribution. Apart from that, Marco is working on a heavily modified version of the module (for MKVI). Once that one is tested, we'll upload it as well, but this patch is just to make the module usable again. I'm very sorry that it took me so long. Mojca

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\bTD\numexpr\currentTABLErow\minusone\relax\eTD
by Alan BRASLAU 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hello, I naively tried using \bTD\numexpr\currentTABLErow\minusone\relax\dTD in a TABLE. As I do not master even simple calculations under TeX, I do not see what I am missing in order to label TABLE rows, starting from 0? (Row 1 is a heading, set off by \bTABLEhead\eTABLEhead, which is why I am looking to subtract 1 from \currentTABLErow, but this does not matter of course. But perhaps the addressing of TABLE rows, including within \setupTABLE, should or could handle this situation? This is a secondary question to think about...) Alan

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gnuplot module broken
by Marco Patzer 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hi Mojca et al. todays beta broke the gnuplot module. This is probably due to the changes in the MP inclusion mechanism. \usemodule [gnuplot] \starttext \stoptext Marco

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! LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: invalid escape sequence
by Kip Warner 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hey list, I am having problems typesetting the following minimal to try and extract the current revision number from my revision control system: % Bzr revision... \def\initializeBzr {\ctxlua{context("\\global\\edef\\BzrRevision{\%s}", os.resultof"bzr revno | tr -d '\\n'")}} \initializeBzr \starttex foo \stoptex The error I receive is: ! LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\%'. system > tex > error on line 5 in file minimal.tex: LuaTeX error ... Line 5 is the \initializeBzr invocation. This was working with TeX Live 2012, but perhaps the correct usage has changed. I am now using ConTeXt 2013.04.11 19:55 with LuaTeX beta-0.76.0-2013041612 (TeX Live 2013) (rev 4627). Thank you, PS Please cc me because my subscription is temporarily disabled. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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\setupbreakpoint[compound] not working
by Aditya Mahajan 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hi, I do not get a line-break after a dash if I set \setupbreakpoint[compound] Minimal example (tested with 2013.04.14 MkIV) \setbreakpoints[compound] \setuppapersize[S3] \showframe \starttext ABCD node-to-node node-to-node node-to-node node-to-node \stoptext See the attached file for output. Is it a bug, or am I missing something. Aditya

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Command only if \testpage is active
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

> Don’t use such odd values for the spaces before/after the heading which don’t make > sense when you use the grid. When you have a heading with more text or a bigger font > size try to change the value for the grid-key in \setuphead. > > Wolfgang Ok, I tried. Best result so far is: \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \setuphead[subsection] [before={\testpage[5]\blank[2*line]}] \setuphead[grid=high] \starttext \dorecurse{15}{Linefill\\} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext But it is not good as my original, and the so the values make sense: \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \setuphead[subsection] [after=\vskip-1.6mm, before={\testpage[5]\vskip1.6mm}]] \starttext \dorecurse{18}{Linefill\\} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext The second example has better (nicer) distances. The reason is: The title should not be perfectly on the grid, only the text. Is there a way to achieve that without those "odd" values, and so without the grid-error? Huseyin

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Command only if \testpage is active
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

> I can't reproduce the problem, the text on the second page stays on the grid. > > Wolfgang > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sorry, my fault, wrong number in \dorecurse. Now you can reporduce it, I think. \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \setuphead[subsection] [after=\vskip-1.6mm, before={\testpage[5]\vskip1.6mm}]] \starttext \dorecurse{18}{Linefill\\} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext Huseyin

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Command only if \testpage is active
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, for subsections I use \setuphead[subsection] [after=\vskip-1.6mm, before={\testpage[5]\vskip1.6mm}] The reason is perfect distances between text-subsection-text with activated gridding. If the subsection is not set by \testpage on the next page, then everything workes fine! But if, then I want to not use the \vskips in "after" and "before". I want (in pseudo-pseudocode) something like this: if(less then 5 lines, thas is, testpage sets the subsection on the next page) then: \setuphead[subsection] [after=, before=] I hope I could make clear, what I intend to achieve. For testing: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \setuphead[subsection] [after=\vskip-1.6mm, before={\testpage[5]\vskip1.6mm}]] \starttext \dorecurse{13}{Linefill\\} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \subsection{Hallo} \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You see on the second page the problem: gridding is lost. Huseyin

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Underlay a text with color
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, how to underlay a text (or simply one word) with a (grey) colored rectangle, just to highlight – like if I had marked it by hand with a grey marker-pen? Thanks. Huseyin

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Horzontal line between header and text
by "H. Özoguz" 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

> Maybe, this can solove thisproblemhttp://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2005/010917.html Tim Indeed, that was it, thanks! Huseyin

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