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Layers + simplefonts: Using different font in layers?
by Mari Voipio 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

Hi! After a wee bit of struggle I've managed to get as far as to (re)creating front and back covers of a booklet as layers. They worked fine in separate files, but now I have to incorporate the layers into my main file and that turned out to be too complicated for my little brain. Thus I'd appreciate a bit of help... I'm using Windows 7 and SciTe and I just updated my ConTeXt to newest beta (and it works). Problem one: The text on the covers needs to be in Arial, but the contents should be in Candara. I can get this done in totally separate files with \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[arial] \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[candara] However, when I put the front cover before the main contents, I don't seem to be able to reset the font. The same goes for \setupinterlinespace, it is 1.8em on the cover and default in the contents. I'm not very familiar with the layers nor the font switching and this together makes it very difficult for me to figure out in what order my commands should be (and what they should be; doing a search on the wiki pages on "setmainfont" gives *no* results). So, can somebody provide me with a minimal example of a file that has a layer with text in one font (preferably using simplefonts) and a few pages of text in another font and then another layer as backcover in cover font? Problem two: Whatever I do, I can't get the final number of pages to be divisible by for (and in a way that the back cover ends up on the last page). I used to use the hack given at <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition#Getting_to_the_Back_Cover_of_a_Boo…>, but it doesn't work any more (hangs on \fi} / line 18); I think it still worked in June 2011, but not any more in August. So, how do I get my back cover to pop up on the last page of my booklet? (Problem three: Having stuff under back matter causes a few extra empty pages that I don't seem to be able to suppress with any combination of \page commands (last one I tried seems to be \page[right,quadruple]). However, this problem may go away if 1 & 2 get solved.) Thankful for any help, Mari

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MetaFun: Is the maximum of `vloggrid` limited to 10?
by Paul Menzel 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, the `vloggrid` command is described in section 9 of the MetaFun manual [1]. vloggrid (Min, Max, Step, Length, Height) Can somebody confirm that `Max` can be at most 10? \starttext \type{draw vloggrid(0, 11, 10, 15cm, 5cm);} \startMPcode drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white); draw vloggrid(0, 11, 10, 15cm, 5cm); \stopMPcode \type{draw vloggrid(0, 11, 1, 15cm, 5cm);} \startMPcode drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white); draw vloggrid(0, 11, 1, 15cm, 5cm); \stopMPcode \type{draw vloggrid(0, 11, 5, 15cm, 5cm);} \startMPcode drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white); draw vloggrid(0, 11, 5, 15cm, 5cm); \stopMPcode \type{draw vloggrid(0, 11, 5, 15cm, 5cm);} \startMPcode drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white); draw vloggrid(0, 10, .5, 15cm, 5cm); \stopMPcode \CONTEXT\ \contextmark\ \contextversion \stoptext To create grid like the log-log grid in [2] I guess I need to compose the bigger grid from these “basic” grids then? Thanks, Paul [1] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf [2] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppeltlogarithmisches_Papier#Doppeltlogarith…

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naming of labels: Is »()« allowed?
by Paul Menzel 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, in ConTeXt I like how I can choose arbitrary names for label and reference them. I think some time ago it was possible to also use »()«. This does not work anymore with ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25 21:29 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.25 int: english/english and the following message is in the log file. references > unknown reference [][(N)] \definereferenceformat[eqref][left=(,right=)] \starttext \placeformula[(N)] \startformula \Pr\{N = n\} = \Pr\left\{ \min_{1 ≤ k ≤ n} S_k > 0 \right\} = p_n^{(1)} \stopformula Is it working? \eqref[(N)] \CONTEXT\ \contextmark\ \contextversion \stoptext Thanks, Paul

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Copyright Symbol
by Malte Stien 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hi everyone, How do I get a copyright symbol in ConTeXt, you know the circle with the 'C' in the centre? I expected it to be \textcopyright as in LaTeX, but that does not seem to work. Rather than just telling me the answer, where would I look that up? Sooner or later I will need other symbols. The special characters listed in the manual are quite limited. Is there a list somewhere? Thank you, Malte.

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Columnset error with \setupheader[state=high]
by Peter Park Nelson 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Update: I don't have a solution yet, but here is my attempt to figure out where this problem comes from. I may be (probably am) wrong; I am new to ConTeXt and not an expert on its internals. But I'll toss this out to see if anyone is interested. When \startcolumnset is called, it seems to take a "snapshot" of the state of the layout (via setuplayout). However, layout can change, even without \setuplayout being explicitly called again, as in the case of header state=high (which modifies the layout of the first page only). By visual inspection, it looks like the columnset output routine continues to use the page dimensions from the first page on subsequent pages. Since the first page has no header space, height of the text box on the first page will be larger than on subsequent pages. Therefore, applying the first page height on subsequent pages will result in text that runs over the footer area. To see if a new call to \startcolumnset would fix things, I tried to find a way to automatically do \startcolumnset again at the beginning of the second page. A crude hack, using the startpostponing mechanism: \startpostponing[2] % do this block on the second page \unexpanded\stopcolumnset\unexpanded\startcolumnset[name] % manually end the current columnset and then start it again. \stoppostponing This unfortunately results in a blank page after the first page; however, the rest of the pages after that blank page have correct columnsets and footers. So a real solution to this problem could perhaps be done in two different ways -- the difference being where in the ConTeXt code it is implemented: A. The columnset output routine "listens" for changes in the layout state and reloads or adjusts itself when layout state changes; or, B. Any change in layout state passed to the output routine triggers a re-call of the \startcolumnset macro. These are probably oversimplified, but I hope someone who understands the columnset output routine can see what I am trying to get at. -- Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nelson(a)gmail.com

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math: root sign an square brackets set too closely
by Paul Menzel 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using the root sign √ `\sqrt` and the square brackets [] the distance does not seem to be optimal. \starttext \type{$\left[ \sqrt{x} \right]$}: $\left[ \sqrt{x} \right]$ Without \type{\left} and \type{\right}: $[\sqrt{x}]$ \type{$\left( \sqrt{x} \right)$}: $\left( \sqrt{x} \right)$ With \type{\,}: \type{$\left[ \sqrt{x}\, \right]$}: $\left[ \sqrt{x}\, \right]$ \placeformula \startformula \left[ \sqrt{x} \right] \stopformula \CONTEXT\ \contextmark\ \contextversion \stoptext I am using the following version. ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25 21:29 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.25 int: english/english Is that a TeX limitation or should that be type set “correctly” automatically? Thanks, Paul

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Re: [NTG-context] Math align in mk
by Jeong Dalyoung 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Dear Otared, I run your code and got the output which is as same as in your file align-mkii.pdf I don't know why you got align-mkiv.pdf. In my log file, ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.08 11:42 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.12 int: english/english ... mkiv lua stats > luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.70.1-2011051908 (rev 4277) Something in your system is different from mine. I am sorry that I couldn't give you a solution. Best regards, Dalyoung > Best regards: OK > PS: Here is the source file: > %%% align-mkiv.tex > % defining an alignment structure > \definemathmatrix[alignedcases] > [align={right,left,left}, > distance=3pt, > left={\left\{\;}, > right={\right.}, > style=\displaystyle] > > \starttext > > \startformula > \startalignedcases > \NC -\partial_t \Delta \psi + \Delta^2 \psi - \Delta \psi \NC = 0 \NC \quad \mbox{in }\, (0,\infty)\times \Omega \NR > \NC \psi (0,x) \NC= \psi_0(x) \NC \quad \mbox{in }\, \Omega \NR > \NC \psi (t,\sigma ) \NC= 0 \NC \quad \mbox{on }\, (0,\infty)\times \partial\Omega \NR > \NC {\partial \psi \over \partial {\bf n}}(t,\sigma ) \NC = 0 \NC \quad \mbox{on }\, (0,\infty)\times \partial\Omega. > \stopalignedcases > \stopformula > > \stoptext > %%% end align-mkiv.tex

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isn't it too slow?
by Pablo Rodríguez 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hi there, compiling this minimal file: \definepapersize[aa][width=2cm,height=1cm] \setuppapersize[aa] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \usemodule[simplefonts][size=12pt] \definesimplefont[amsmile][TeX Gyre Pagella] \starttext \TeX\ \amsmile \TeX \stoptext using This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011061416 (rev 4277) ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.8.1 int: english/english took system | total runtime: 144.057 Replacing the TeX Gyre Pagella font with small caps only takes system | total runtime: 6.753 I guess something is wrong here, even if I'm doing something wrong. Just in case it helps, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.
by Alexandre Krispin 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hello, I am trying to get japanese displayed in bibliography. But I get the error "! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence." while compiling with the command "context *tex". Here is the tex file : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%beginning of file%%%%%% \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[hiraginokakugothicpro] %a japanese font \enableregime[utf8] \setupbibtex[database=biblio] \starttext \completepublications \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%end of file%%%%%%%% And here is the bib file : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%beginning of file%%%%%%% @article{uzawa2011tpp, author = "Hirofumi Uzawa 宇沢弘文, Uchihashi Katsuto 内橋克人", journal = "Sekai 世界", title = "Taidan TPP wa shakaiteki kyôtsû shihon wo hakai suru 対談TPPは社会的共通資本を破壊する", year = 2011, month = "april", publisher = "Iwanami shoten 岩波書店", pages = "62-72", url = "http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40018706510/", } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%end of file%%%%%%%%%% Do someone know how to get ride of utf-8 errors ? Or is this a problem with bibtex, and then should I use anything else to replace it ? (does something like Biber work ?) Thanks for your help. Cheers, Alexandre Krispin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alexandre KRISPIN 41 rue Guynemer | 93200 Saint-Denis | France tél : 06 28 76 69 34 | http://bijutsu.toile-libre.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] Tikz/pgf colour issue
by Felix Ingram 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Further investigation suggests that this is a known issue of using \definecolor colours within a Tikz graphic that decided to manifest itself for the first time when I upgraded. The solution is to do: \unprotect \pgfutil@definecolor{colour_name}{rbg/cmyk/gray}{...colour values...} \protect for all the colours that you want to use. Apologies for the noise. Felix

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Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations
by Pavneet Arora 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Thanks Wolfgang and Marco for the quick responses. Marco, `impressive' looks just the thing that will easily allow me to add transitions while still using simpleslides to get me going until I can do my own DIY slides. Regards. -- ----- - Pavneet Arora Waroc Fine Audio + Custom Home Cinema www.waroc.com 416.937.WAROC (9276)

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setupheads
by Felix Ingram 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hello all, I've not been able to find the right combination of commands to change my header style. I'd like to have bold, italic (or slanted), plus change the text size. I currently have the following: \setuphead[section][color=header_dark_blue, aligntitle=float] \definehead[newsection][section] \setuphead[newsection] style=\tfd\boldslanted, before=\page, width=120mm, aligntitle=float, after={\blackrule[color=sectionlineblue,width=125mm,height=1pt]}, ] This gives me bold, slanted text but not the size change. Swapping the tfd and boldslanted will change the size but not the style. Can anyone see where I'm going wrong? Felix

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Tikz/pgf colour issue
by Felix Ingram 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

I just upgraded to the latest beta in order to see if that would fix my header styling issue. Compiling gave me the following error: ! Argument of \pgfutil@context@parse@gray has an extra }. This is defined in: tex\texmf-modules\tex\generic\pgf\utilities\pgfutil-context.def If I change the code to the following (basically just comment out the call to \pgfutil@context@parse@gray) then my document will compile again. That's about my debugging limit - I shall stare at the code a bit more to see if inspiration strikes. % The cmyk part is from Joseph Wright. % See tex.stackexchange.com/questions/27952/cmyk-context-colors-in-tikz \def\pgfutil@registercolor#1{% \edef\pgf@temp{\PDFcolor{#1}}% \edef\pgf@marshal{\noexpand\pgfutil@in@{g}{\pgf@temp}}% \pgf@marshal %\ifpgfutil@in@ %\expandafter\pgfutil@context@parse@gray\pgf@temp\pgf@stop{#1}% %\else \edef\pgf@marshal{\noexpand\pgfutil@in@{rg}{\pgf@temp}}% \pgf@marshal \ifpgfutil@in@ \expandafter\pgfutil@context@parse@rgb\pgf@temp\pgf@stop{#1}% \else \edef\pgf@marshal{\noexpand\pgfutil@in@{k}{\pgf@temp}}% \pgf@marshal \ifpgfutil@in@ \expandafter\pgfutil@context@parse@cmyk\pgf@temp\pgf@stop{#1}% \else \PackageError{pgf}{Color #1 has an unsupported color model.}{}% \pgfutil@definecolor{#1}{gray}{0}% \fi \fi %\fi } Regards, Felix

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How to do coloured heads
by Malte Stien 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hello, I am new to all of this. First of all, thank you to everyone involved for such an awesome software package. I have been looking for something like this for a while for technical documentation for software projects and had no idea this even existed until... well, yesterday. So, I spent most of the day playing with it. However, I have not managed to work out how to get coloured heads. I am trying to have my section heads in darkgray. So I tried \setuphead[section][style=\tfb\ss\color[darkgray]] which results in a processing error and \setuphead[section][style=\tfb\ss{\color[darkgray]}] which seems to process, but does just not do anything (I did not actually expect that last one to work, but I got a bit desperate). While the manual is well written and certain well laid out, it does not quite work for me as a reference guide in that it does not seem to be complete. So a little help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Malte.

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Math align in mkiv
by Otared Kavian 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hi Aditya, Hi Hans, It seems that recently the align environment in mkiv has changed and I get several strange results now. The (not so minimal…) example below results in the folowing two PDFs: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4316076/align-mkii.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4316076/align-mkiv.pdf As far as I can say the right behaviour is the one in mkii. Is there a way to get the same result in mkiv by changing some parameters? (I have movede litlle by little to maths in mkiv and I would like to fix somehow the apparently incorrect behaviour of mkiv…). Best regards: OK PS: Here is the source file: %%% align-mkiv.tex % defining an alignment structure \definemathmatrix[alignedcases] [align={right,left,left}, distance=3pt, left={\left\{\;}, right={\right.}, style=\displaystyle] \starttext \startformula \startalignedcases \NC -\partial_t \Delta \psi + \Delta^2 \psi - \Delta \psi \NC = 0 \NC \quad \mbox{in }\, (0,\infty)\times \Omega \NR \NC \psi (0,x) \NC= \psi_0(x) \NC \quad \mbox{in }\, \Omega \NR \NC \psi (t,\sigma ) \NC= 0 \NC \quad \mbox{on }\, (0,\infty)\times \partial\Omega \NR \NC {\partial \psi \over \partial {\bf n}}(t,\sigma ) \NC = 0 \NC \quad \mbox{on }\, (0,\infty)\times \partial\Omega. \stopalignedcases \stopformula \stoptext %%% end align-mkiv.tex

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index (ignore spaces)
by Steffen Wolfrum 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hi, is it possible to "enhance" the \index command in order to be more tolerant with wrong set spaces? For example ... This is a test \index{Test} text. ... this would give (legitimately) double spaces between "test" and "text". [This would help to finish original latex documents, for in latex authors can type that way] Steffen

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itemize option
by Andreas Harder 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Hi all, is there an itemize option, so that the \blank[-line] in the following example is not needed? If not, can we have one? \starttext \showframe \definedescription[Test] \startTest {head} % \blank[-line] \startitemize[joinedup] \item one \item two \stopitemize \stopTest \stoptext Regards Andreas

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Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations
by Pavneet Arora 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Hello, I am trying to put aside doing my presentations using prosper, and migrating to using ConTeXt+simpleslides. I ask this knowing full well that many would consider these features as simply adding visual noise to presentations, and normally I too eschew them, but as I am reading Jean-Luc Doumont's book on effective communications I am reminded that the primary purpose of presentations is to affect change in the audience. I am to give a presentation in a few days to a group of designers/interior decorators, and for this audience presentations using these features are both appropriate and often expected. I am looking for the equivalent of transition effects in the prosper class---the simple Wipe transition would suffice; no need for Glitter ;). The other feature that I would like is the incremental displaying of a slide, i.e., the \overlays feature. Is there an easy way to incorporate these into a ConTeXt based presentation, even if it means not necessarily using simpleslides? advTHANKSance. -- ----- - Pavneet Arora Waroc Fine Audio + Custom Home Cinema www.waroc.com 416.937.WAROC (9276)

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captions for figures -> none -> no longer working
by Ian Lawrence 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Morning all, It seems the parameter {none} is no longer effective in \placefigure: From the wiki: "You get no caption with none." On at least: ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.29 23:11 MKIV fmt: 2011.12.1, this appears **not** to be the case... Anyone else - or is there some change not yet documented on the wiki. My markup worked on previous versions of the beta. ___ Minimal example % make with context /Users/Ian/SPT_PDF_context/tryouts/test_simplest.tex \starttext Hello world \placefigure[place]{none}{\externalfigure[myone]} \stoptext Thanks Ian

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GenBasR.ttf and GenBasRI.ttf are missing from minimals
by Khaled Hosny 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Other Gentium files are present, but those 2 are missing. Regards, Khaled

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Passing TeX parameters to the lua functions
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hello ConTeXist. Sorry for the beginner question, more for Lua(TeX) experts. Can somehow be achieved that the parameter of TeX macro get to luafunction unchanged? In the debug.txt file is the result obtained. Thanx Jaroslav \startluacode debug=io.open("debug.txt","w+") function testfun(param) debug:write(param) -- tex.print(param) end \stopluacode \def\testmac#1{\directlua{testfun('#1')}} \starttext $\frac{x_\alpha+y_\beta}{z_\gamma}$ \testmac{\frac{x_\alpha+y_\beta}{z_\gamma}} \stoptext

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Bad linebreak in ToC
by Markus Finke 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hello, I don’t understand the behaviour in the second line – this line is not really filled, but there is a linebreak (in case of some hyphenations quite ugly too) Any solution? Markus ==================================================================== \usemodule [simplefonts] \definefontfeature [default] [default] [mode=node, script=latn] \setupbodyfont [12pt] \definefontsize [g] \setupbodyfontenvironment [default] [g=0.95] \setuplist [section] [alternative=b, width=1.2em, style=\tt\tfg] \usemodule [typearea] \setupTypeArea [alphabets=1.8] \starttext \completelist \startsection [title={Sectiontitle}, list={Sectiontitle abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc abc}] \stopsection \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Interlinespace in layers
by Jan Heinen 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

I solved the problem myself: First I used \showstruts to se struts - and only before and after the first line there were struts. Then I added the following argument into the \setlayerframed: strut=no \setlayerframed [Kontaktdaten] [ width=80mm, height=180mm, hoffset=50mm, voffset=50mm, frame=on, align=right, strut=no] {\FontKlein\setupinterlinespace[8pt] Ich bin Blindtext ...} I don't understand this problem with the strut but I solved it :-) Regards Jannis

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Interlinespace in layers
by Jan Heinen 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Hello, I am struggling with interlinespace and layers. With the help of this mailinglist I managed to use layers and to format the text in the layers. There is only one error I can't get rid of: before and after the first line of my text in a layer there ist a bigger space. In all the other lines of the text the interlinespace is ok. You can see the result here: http://www.imagebanana.com/view/gvv2twwv/paragraphinlayersetupinterlinespac… And this is my soucecode: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[latinmodernsans] \definefont[FontKlein][Serif at 8pt] \definelayer [Kontaktdaten] [ x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, state=start ]% size is ignored! \setupbackgrounds [paper] [ background=Kontaktdaten, state=start ]% \starttext \setlayerframed [Kontaktdaten] [ width=80mm, height=180mm, hoffset=50mm, voffset=50mm, frame=on, align=right] {\FontKlein\setupinterlinespace[8pt]Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an. Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe, was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu sein: Man macht keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen. Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen.\par Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text? Ich weiss, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde, im Stern zu erscheinen.\par Aber bin ich darum weniger wichtig? Ich bin blind! Aber ich bin gerne Text. Und sollten Sie mich jetzt tatsächlich zu Ende lesen, dann habe ich etwas geschafft, was den meisten "normalen" Texten nicht gelingt.Ich bin Blindtext. Von Geburt an. Es hat lange gedauert, bis ich begriffen habe, was es bedeutet, ein blinder Text zu sein: Man macht keinen Sinn. Man wirkt hier und da aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen. Oft wird man gar nicht erst gelesen.\par Aber bin ich deshalb ein schlechter Text? Ich weiss, dass ich nie die Chance haben werde, im Stern zu erscheinen.\par Aber bin ich darum weniger wichtig? Ich bin blind! Aber ich bin gerne Text. Und sollten Sie mich jetzt tatsächlich zu Ende lesen, dann habe ich etwas geschafft, was den meisten "normalen" Texten nicht gelingt.\par} ~ \page \stoptext Though I can't imagine, what's wrong - I hope the solution is easy. Regards Jannis

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Saving module data in tuc file
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Hi, How does one save and read third-party data in tuc file at the lua end? I am trying to write a module t-ifchanged that defines a \doiffilechanged macro that provides the functionality of mtxrun --ifchanged without calling an external program (This is meant to be a support module for t-vim, where the external calls to mtxrun are too time consuming). I can successfully write additional data to the tuc file, but cannot figure out how to initialize the data from tuc file. (See attached file). Any hints are welcome. Aditya

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Fractions and binomial inlined in text ($n \choose \frac{n}2$): Parentheses not scaled
by Paul Menzel 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using the following minimal example \starttext Using \type{\choose} in text $n \choose \frac{n}2$. \startformula n \choose \frac{n}2 \stopformula \CONTEXT\ \contextmark\ \contextversion\ with \texenginename\ \texengineversion \stoptext the parentheses of the binomial in the text or too short. I guess this is because the parentheses are not scaled when inlined and that this is also a TeX limitation and therefore expected? ConTEXt MKIV 2011.11.25 21:29 with LuaTeX 0.70.1 Thanks, Paul

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Parse error when using `\define`
by Paul Menzel 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, could some please try to parse the following minimal example and report back if a parse problem occurs. Please find the protocols attached. \define[1]\abs{\lvert #1 \rvert} \define\Ew{{\mathbf E}} \define[1]\ew{\Ew \left[ #1 \right]} \starttext a \starttext I am using ConTEXt MKIV 2011.11.25 21:29 with LuaTeX 0.70.1 and I have to insert `/end` manually. $ context 20111203--parse-error.tex mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en" --lua="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/2448223e6631addb83df348d74153606/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./20111203--parse-error.tex" \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.70.1-2011051923 (rev 4277) \write18 enabled. (20111203--parse-error.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25 21:29 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.25 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > 20111203--parse-error.top loaded (20111203--parse-error.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active {/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv) files > readfile > asked name: 'loc', not found {/opt/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/opt/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > virtual math > unable to resolve name mapsfromchar fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded ) *\end system > don't use \end to finish a document backend > xmp > using file '/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' […] Afterward changing anything in the file like removing the defines the error will still appear. Thanks, Paul

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issue with logo and aalt
by Pablo Rodríguez 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Hi there, the following minimal sample shows one problem I have when using all small caps (all lowercase and small caps) in titles. \setuppapersize[A4,landscape] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \usemodule[simplefonts][size=200pt] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] \definefontfeature[allcaps][default][aalt=yes] \starttext \TeX \addfs{allcaps} \TeX \stoptext The logo in small caps has the letter E than in the all caps. My question is how should I redefine the TeX logo so that the all small caps version, i.e. that both logos have the letter E at the same height? (Otherwise, the all small caps logo seems weird.) Thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Title page for diploma thesis
by Paul Menzel 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I am trying to format the title page for a diploma thesis. Looking at the Wiki most of the title or cover pages just have the title centered and maybe a subtitle right below [1]. \starttext \definemakeup[titlepage][align=middle] \starttitlepagemakeup {\definedfont[Serif at 20pt]University} \blank[big] {\definedfont[Serif at 20pt]\sc Institute} \vfill {\definedfont[Serif at 20pt]Diploma thesis} \blank[big] {\definedfont[Serif at 30pt] \setstrut \strut Interesting topic} \vfill by John Doe \stoptitlepagemakeup \stoptext 1. Is using `\blank` the recommended way to format the page? Or is using boxes and placing them manually “better”? 2. Looking at the output it is not centered exactly and a little bit to the left. Why is this the default? Does anyone know? Looking at the manual [2] in chapter page design (p. 29, screen version) this seems to be the backspace value. Is there an easy way to center it according to the whole paper width? Additionally I would have guessed it to be more on the right when glueing or trussing up(?) (German binden) the pages. Thanks and I am sorry for the sleight off-topic second question, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Cover_Page [2] http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf

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[OT] Documentation
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

http://www.icanbarelydraw.com/comic/821

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Re: [NTG-context] Fractions and binomial inlined in text ($n \choose \frac{n}2$): Parentheses not scaled
by dalyoung 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Dear Paul, > using the following minimal example > > \starttext > Using \type{\choose} in text $n \choose \frac{n}2$. > Please try $\displaystyle{n \choose \frac{n}2}$. It is working for me. I hope it is what you are looking for. best regards, Dalyoung

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Word-wrap/hyphenation with very large font size not working consistently
by Pavneet Arora 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

I am trying to typeset some signs for a construction site. I enclose a (somewhat contrived) for consideration. What I am having difficulty with is to get word wrap and interline spacing to work consistently. I am using \framed, but if there is a better way please let me know. The trouble I am having is getting lines to break consistently. Sometimes they do, but as in this case the second word `through' continues beyond the frame width. You may also try to substitute the text ``Enter this way today'', another contrived example to see the effect. The symbol font that I am using is Symbol-Signs from: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Symbol-Signs but I shouldn't think that is pertinent to the problem. Any guidance on what is the issue here? Or if there is a better way to go about doing this type of signage. I am also interested in learning how to do vertical centering of blocks of text, i.e., in a formal letter or in this case of setting text for signs. I have read and tried to understand Wolfgang's response to Jaroslav's earlier enquiry: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20100702.112805.07aa71e2.en.html but I really don't understand it and how to make it work for my applications. Is there a simple template---say for a block of text---that someone might be able to offer for the ConTeXt challenged? advTHANKSance -- ----- - Pavneet Arora

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Define `\luatexversion` similar to `\contextversion`
by Paul Menzel 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, thanks to Robin’s example documents I found out about the following last two commands \Context\ \contextmark\ \contextversion allowing to put the used components and versions into the document. Then I found `\luaversion` to display the version of Lua. But I could not find `\luatexversion`. Is there something similar? Can this command be defined? Thanks, Paul

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Re: [NTG-context] Lua script not registered
by John Kitzmiller 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

---Mojca wrote: On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 04:56, John Kitzmiller wrote: > > I think I can get this setuptex.bat automated for random context runs but, > > for some reason(s) C:>context somefile.tex will not work globally on my > personal computer (Lenovo x100e) over which I have admin control (maybe I am > not a good admin?) and I have added C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin to my > PATH > > I still get "Lua script not registered" complaint when I try to compile > outside of C:\context directory > > I suppose I could live with keeping all binaries and docs in C:\context, but > that is not so inviting compared to being able to pdfLaTeX a doc over > Dropbox via MikTeX for example. You need to have C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin in front of MikTeX's bin, else the command "context" will use LuaTeX from MikTeX and that one won't find ConTeXt scripts. However, you might stumble into some problems with LaTeX then, but it might be possible to remove pdfTeX (during installation of ConTeXt you can say --engines=luatex) and then it will be unlikely that you will want to use the same binary with ConTeXt and LaTeX (I have no idea how kpathsea would work in such a scenario). Mojca end of quote --- Good thinking Mojca! Moving C:\context up in PATH has done the trick from the command line. Now I will fuss getting editor to work. I compiled a few of my standard docs through MiKTeX pdflatex and mpost docs with no conflict so far. Thank you so much for the suggestion and thanks to luigi and Hans for their help too. Then I will read and play with wonderful ConTeXt manuals and generate a million more questions ;) --johnk

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displaylines in textetxt?
by Meer, H. van der 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Is it impossible to typeset displaylines in textext called inside metapost? The gives an error: \starttext \startMPpage label(textext("$$\displaylines{a=b\cr}$$\strut"),origin); \stopMPpage \stoptext metapost/context/base/metafun.mpiv ! Missing } inserted. -- <inserted text> } <to be read again> \halign \displaylines ...spl@y \tabskip \zeroskip \halign {\hbox to \displaywidth {$… Though for example, \matrix,\cases seems to work. I already have put \unexpanded in front of the definition of \displaylines in math-pln.mkiv Hans van der Meer

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terrible png placement
by Hans van der Meer 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Something terrible must be done to png pictures, either in ConTeXt or in luatex. I have the following minimal sample code and picture. I include the png for those who want to check. % Test png addition. \starttext Place png figure.\par \placefigure{Test figure}{\externalfigure[test.png]} \stoptext Without the png-picture it makes an 8KB pdf. But with the png-picture the pdf swells to 1.8MB. And that for a png-picture of only 48KB. Moreover making a zip of all this stuff brought the size back to 110KB. In the log: ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.04 14:15 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.10 int: english/english mkiv lua stats > graphics processing time - 0.001 seconds including tex, 1 processed images What is done with the png and can it be remedied? This swelling up of small picture to such enormous proportions makes the inclusion of png-picture nearly impossible, at least impractable. Hans van der Meer

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Lua script not registered
by John Kitzmiller 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Replying to the list in this manner--having to retype the subject--is unusual to me, and I hope it does not create problems for the list. Please help me on how to reply within the mail archive to make more efficient. Many thanks to those who have replied on the topic! Thank you, Aditya-- I had run C:\context\tex\setuptex.bat and then tried C:\context>context firstfile.tex which worked (now down to 3+ secs from 11+ at first run--file = \starttext Hello World \stoptext) I think I can get this setuptex.bat automated for random context runs but, for some reason(s) C:>context somefile.tex will not work globally on my personal computer (Lenovo x100e) over which I have admin control (maybe I am not a good admin?) and I have added C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin to my PATH I still get "Lua script not registered" complaint when I try to compile outside of C:\context directory I suppose I could live with keeping all binaries and docs in C:\context, but that is not so inviting compared to being able to pdfLaTeX a doc over Dropbox via MikTeX for example. --John

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Re: [NTG-context] [ntg-context] beta
by Robin.Kirkham＠csiro.au 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

On Friday, 2 December 2011, Ian Lawrence wrote: > New units are a great improvement. Thanks. > Ian > On 29 Nov 2011, at 17:57, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes (as reported to/suggested on this list) and an updated unit mechanism. I'll also upload the new (but yet incomplete) units manual. >> >> http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/units-mkiv.pdf >> >> Hans Thanks from me too. Yes, I think we are pretty close with this. A few problems (and possible enhancements) are detailed in the attached (source and pdf). (Hans: this supersedes the one I sent you privately). Robin

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Re: [NTG-context] interaction?
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Am 25.11.2011 um 20:26 schrieb Meer, H. van der: > > On 25 nov. 2011, at 18:10, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> > >> Reference is here <\reference[label:1]{Some text}>\blank > >> and is: \getreference[tekst][label:1] > > > > tekst ≠ text > > Wolfgang, > > Thanks for that one. I completely misunderstood, thinking that for text one could substitute something to typeset (like in \in{}[]) instead of regarding it as a keyword hole. > > For the interaction problem I have made a very tiny project. At the start of the contents is an "outer reference" inside the project files an "inner reference". The outer one can be reached both from the outside as well as from the inside of the project files. The colouring of the links show it too. Yhe inner reference does not show up, instead the log shows: > > references > start problematic references > unknown > 2: [part2][label:1] > references > stop problematic references > > But I do not know enough of the referencing mechanism to interprete it. > Hope you can nail the problem, either with my doing or something within ConTeXt. It’s a bug (maybe wrong default settings) which was introduced with Idris request to have lists which are local to a component, when you refer to the label with the name of the component as prefix (\getreference[text][part1:label:1]) the text is shown. Wolfgang

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beta
by Hans Hagen 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes (as reported to/suggested on this list) and an updated unit mechanism. I'll also upload the new (but yet incomplete) units manual. http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/units-mkiv.pdf Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Lua script not registered
by John Kitzmiller 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

I hope this does not open another thread with the same name, but I did not find a way to respond directly within the archive--something else I am missing or will ntg find the reference? Here it goes... Thank you for response luigi. The story: OS = Windows7 professional I also have MikTeX installed which I use routinely for pdfLaTeX and METAPOST from TeXworks download context-setup-mswin.zip<http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip> from the wiki unzip to C:\context run from shell C:\context>first-setup.bat --modules=all add to PATH C:\context\tex\texmf-mswin\bin\ run from shell C:\context>first-setup.bat --keep Then create tex file \starttext Hello world \stopptext in different location. Navigate shell to that location and >context firstfile.tex Result is message context: The Lua script is not registered. context: Data: context Aha! I tried moving firstfile.tex into C:\context and then run and it works, but takes 11.62 seconds--not so good. However, I still get Lua script not registered when I try to run from other file locations, which makes me think it is PATH problem that I will continue to chase but if anything looks obvious please help. --johnk

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Formatting footnote numbers (in text)
by Chris Lott 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

I'm new to ConTeXt, but I have searched for this myself... I'm trying to format the footnote numbers that appear in the text of my documents. I've used this to change them from being blue (there may be a better way-- I am generating PDFs for print, so don't need the hyperlinks) using the following: \setupinteraction[state=start,color=black,contrastcolor=black] Is this where I would control other formatting (size, face, format)? Can anyone provide or point to an example of formatting footnote numbers in text area of a doc? c -- Chris Lott

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no color with interaction and reference format
by Stefan Müller 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hi list, when I am using reference formats to put text in front of my text references, I get no color. Please see the following minimal example \setupinteraction[state=start] \definereferenceformat[insec][text=section~] \starttext \section[mylabel]{A Section} A Reference to \in{section}[mylabel] and \insec[mylabel]. \stoptext On my machine only the first reference is red (aka colored), but I think both should be, as it was some betas ago. Is this a bug or has the interface changed? I'm using standalone 20111125 21:29 MkIV. Thanks in advance! Stefan

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Lua script not registered
by John Kitzmiller 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hello. Trying to make my first doc with ConTeXt (Win7, standalone install) I get the error: context: The Lua script is not registered context: Data: context and I am taken back to the command prompt. Nothing is produced. Any ideas? What did I overlook? After `texing otherwise for years I am really looking forward to diving into ConTeXt. Thanks, John

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Why does the oldstyle numerals switch, \os, also switch off m-dashes?
by Pavneet Arora 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

I enclose a minimal example as well as the output. It would seem that the \os causes the m-dash to come out as three hyphens. Is this the expected behaviour? advTHANKSance. -- ----- - Pavneet Arora

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metapost question
by Hans van der Meer 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

In MetaPost: After putting something in a picture, one can draw its boundaries with "draw boundingbox thepicture". Is it possible to obtain at that point the dimensions of this boudingbox in order to do some calculations with them? Hans van der Meer

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Escaping a special character in a MetaPost figure within a ConTeXt document fails
by Raymond LeClair 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

I have escaped the '#' character in the usual way, using a backslash, as '\#' in a btex...etex picture as part of a MetaPost figure created within a ConTeXt document, but the escaped character still causes the ConTeXt processing to fail. Here is an example... \pdfminorversion=5 \definepapersize[LG1][width=4.25in,height=6.875in] \definepapersize[LP1][width=4.25in,height=6.875in] \setuppapersize[LG1][LP1] \definelayout[frontmatter] [topspace=0.222222222222in,header=0.555555555556in,height=6.43055555556in,footer=0.694444444444in, backspace=1.05555555556in,width=2.86111111111in,location=middle, leftmargindistance=0.222222222222in,rightmargindistance=0.222222222222in, leftmargin=0.833333333333in,rightmargin=0.111111111111in] \definefont[TitleFont][Serif sa 3.5] \definecolor[TransparentWhite][b=1,t=0,a=1] \def \FrontMatterTitle { \startreusableMPgraphic{frontmattertitle:\overlaywidth:\overlayheight} matter_paper_width := 4.25in; matter_paper_height := 6.875in; front_left_margin := 0.388888888889in; top_margin := 0.347222222222in; draw (0, 0)--(matter_paper_width, matter_paper_height) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor white; picture titleText; % == HERE IS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM == titleText := btex {\vbox{\hsize 2.72916666667in \baselineskip 38.0pt \setupalign[flushleft,hyphenated,verytolerant] \TitleFont THE BEGINNINGS OF \#BOOM}} etex; labeloffset := 0bp; label.lrt(titleText, (front_left_margin, matter_paper_height - top_margin)); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{frontmattertitle:\overlaywidth:\overlayheight} } \defineoverlay[frontmattertitle][\FrontMatterTitle] \starttext \setuplayout[frontmatter] {\TransparentWhite\title{...}} \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{frontmattertitle}},state=repeat] {\TransparentWhite\midaligned{...}} \stoptext

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math font
by Hans van der Meer 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Instead of the mathfont'a italics I would like to try an upright typeface. See for example the P.p on the left of the sample, 1-p in the second \pmatrix and the toprow in the last one. How can I do this globally, there by avoiding avoiding the need to sprinkle \mathrm's all around as in: \pmatrix{\mathrm p\cr\mathrm 1-p\cr}. A single \mathrm in front as not enough for the matrices. By the way, this comes from the lucida typescript. Hans van der Meer

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MPpage-MPcode
by Hans van der Meer 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Can someone give me a short explanation of the difference between the various metapost "enclosures" in MetaFun? such as \startMPpage-\stopMPpage, \startMPcode-\stopMPcode? I am on the lookout for a setup in which textext can be used and where the figure comes out clipped, i.e. not contained in a full page with lots of surrounding whitespace. Note without textext doing framed's etc. there is no problem. The problem arises when the pageheight and pagewidth come into play. Hans van der Meer

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mptopdf TeX text problem
by Martin Bruchanov 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Hello, what is the proper way of using MetaPost with TeX text? I have two examples: beginfig(1); draw unitsquare scaled(1cm); draw textext("$\pi$") shifted((0.5,0.5)*cm); % label(btex $\pi$ etex, origin); endfig; end mptopdf --metafun produces only "unknown" where the Pi symbol should be and when I uncomment label the following problem occurs: Output written on test-temp.dvi (2 pages, 256 bytes). Transcript written on test-temp.log. TeXExec | runtime: 0.16436 This is MetaPost, version 1.504 (kpathsea version 6.0.0) mpost: Not writing to .log (openout_any = p). ! I can't write on file `.log'. Please type another transcript file name: ... !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file lmmi12): Font lmmi12 at 600 not found ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MPtoPDF 1.4.1 : error while processing tex file ----------------------------------------------- But, when I put source in \startMPpage draw unitsquare scaled(1cm); draw textext("$\pi$") shifted((0.5,0.5)*cm); label(btex $\pi$ etex, origin); \stopMPpage and call context, the output PDF is okay. So what is proper way to use TeX inside mpost nowaday? Best regards -- Martin Bruchanov Skype : bruxytronics WWW : http://bruxy.regnet.cz/ GPG-Key : http://bruxy.regnet.cz/bruxy-gpg.key (0x8107ED53) AX.25 : OK2MNM @ OK0PBX.#MOR.CZE.EU IRCNet : #linux.cz, #cvut, #z80 Linked-In : http://www.linkedin.com/in/bruxy

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