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font name has a space.
by Jeong Dalyoung 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Dear all, I tried define a font whose name contains a space, but not succeed. font name: smMokPan Medium font file name: smMokPan Medium.otf I tired as follows, but ConTeXt couldn't locate the font file. \definefont[testfont][name:"smMokPan Medium"] \definefont[testfont][name:(smMokPan\space Medium)] \definefont[testfont][name:smMokPan\space Medium] in log file fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active fonts > beware: no fonts are loaded yet, using 'lm mono' in box \definefont[testfont][file:smMokPan Medium.otf] \definefont[testfont][file:smMokPan\space Medium.otf] fonts > virtual math > the mapping is incomplete for 'txmath' at 5pt system > begin file testmp.tex at line 25 fonts > defining > font with asked name 'smMokPan' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > defining > unknown font smMokPan, loading aborted fonts > defining > unable to define smMokPan as \**testfont** How to defint a font whose name contains a space? Thank you. best regards, Dalyoung

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[texworks] ConTeXt version & calling convention
by Stefan Müller 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hi list, there were some ConTeXt-related questions on the TeXworks mailing list. I tried to answer some of them but I'm pretty sure someone with more experience should take a look at this. The message from Stefan Löffler can be found here: http://tug.org/pipermail/texworks/2011q1/003878.html Best wishes, Stefan.

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special character in filename
by Reviczky, Adam 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hi Context fails to run with an input (filename or directoryname) that includes special characters. example files: %%% reviczky@arlequin ~/minimal % la total 0 drwxrwxr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 60 2011-03-05 19:58 ./ drwxr-xr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 2148 2011-03-05 20:00 ../ drwxrwxr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 40 2011-03-05 19:59 dir~1/ drwxrwxr-x 1 reviczky reviczky 40 2011-03-05 19:59 dir+2/ -rw-rw-r-- 1 reviczky reviczky 34 2011-03-05 19:58 test~1.tex -rw-rw-r-- 1 reviczky reviczky 34 2011-03-05 19:58 test+2.tex %%% fails to run for "test~1.tex", output: %%% context test\~1.tex mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "./test~1.tex" This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.66.0-2011030112 (rev 4090) \write18 enabled. ! I can't find file `./test'. <to be read again> \penalty \CCC:9:126 ->\penalty \plustenthousand \normalspaceprimitive <*> ./test~ 1.tex Please type another input file name: %%% but giving the filename again it runs: %%% ... Please type another input file name: test~1.tex (test~1.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.02.25 22:03 MKIV fmt: 2011.3.1 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > test~1.top loaded (test~1.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv){/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded system > begin file test~1.tex at line 1 backend > xmp > using file '/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml' pages > flushing realpage 1, userpage 1, subpage 1 system > end file test~1.tex at line 3 )</usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-regular.otf> mkiv lua stats > used config file - /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua mkiv lua stats > used cache path - /home/reviczky/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d mkiv lua stats > input load time - 0.130 seconds mkiv lua stats > stored bytecode data - 275 modules, 56 tables, 331 chunks mkiv lua stats > cleaned up reserved nodes - 33 nodes, 9 lists of 411 mkiv lua stats > node memory usage - 19 glue_spec mkiv lua stats > node list callback tasks - 6 unique task lists, 5 instances (re)created, 2304 calls mkiv lua stats > used backend - pdf (backend for directly generating pdf output) mkiv lua stats > loaded patterns - en::2 mkiv lua stats > language load time - 0.057 seconds , nofpatterns: 1 mkiv lua stats > callbacks - 2440 direct, 2929 indirect, 5369 total mkiv lua stats > lxml preparation time - 0.000 seconds, 0 nodes, 11 lpath calls, 0 cached calls mkiv lua stats > result saved in file - test~1.pdf mkiv lua stats > loaded fonts - 33 files: stmary10.afm eufb10.tfm eufb7.tfm eufm10.tfm eufm7.tfm msam10.tfm msam7.tfm msbm10.tfm msbm7.tfm lmmono12-regular.otf lmmono8-regular.otf lmmono9-regular.otf lmroman12-bold.otf lmroman12-regular.otf lmroman7-bold.otf lmroman7-regular.otf lmroman9-bold.otf lmroman9-regular.otf lmsans12-regular.otf lmsans8-regular.otf lmsans9-regular.otf lmex10.tfm lmmi12.tfm lmmi7.tfm lmmi9.tfm lmmib10.tfm lmmib7.tfm lmsy10.tfm lmsy7.tfm lmsy9.tfm rm-lmr12.tfm rm-lmr7.tfm rm-lmr9.tfm mkiv lua stats > fonts load time - 0.506 seconds mkiv lua stats > luatex banner - this is luatex, version beta-0.66.0-2011030112 (rev 4090) mkiv lua stats > control sequences - 29651 of 165536 mkiv lua stats > current memory usage - 32 MB (ctx: 33 MB) mkiv lua stats > runtime - 54.133 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 0.018 pages/second %%% It works with the "+" character though. The same problem goes for the directory names; directories with "~" in the name drops and error, even if the filename has no special characters in it. Can this be fixed? Adam

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Left and centered text on the same line
by C. 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Good evening, How can I place left aligned and centered text on one line? So that the centered text is in the same place as with \startaligned[middle] I experimented with the following code: \startalignment[middle] I'm centered % this serves as a reference, its right in the middle of the paper \stopalignment % now to the tricky part \starttabulate[|lw(\dimexpr 0.5\textwidth\relax)|c|] \NC I'm left \NC I'm centered \NC \NR \NC I'm also left \NC I'm also centered \NC \NR \stoptabulate I tried various versions with the dimensions, subtracting \leftmarginwidth and what not. to no avail. The tabulate solution is always a tad off. What am I missing here? -Christian

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xml - handling of figures
by R. Ermers, Midden Oosten Perspectief 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Dear all, I converted a latex file to xml docbook by means of pandoc. In intend to process the file with context. The first results are very promising. I have some questions on processing graphics. The source file looks like this: <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="plaatje1.jpg" scale="1.2"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="plaatje1.jpg" width="30mm" height="25mm"/> </imageobject> <caption><para>caption to this wonderful cow<para></caption> </inlinemediaobject> <inlinemediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="plaatje1.jpg" width="30mm" height="25mm"/> </imageobject> </inlinemediaobject> (see also http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/imageobject.html) I defined the setups as follows: \startxmlsetups xml:inlinemediaobject:imageobject:imagedata \placeedgefigure{}{\framed[frame=off]{\setlayer[graphics]{\externalfigure[\xmlatt{#1}{fileref}]}}} \stopxmlsetups Context places the figures nicely in the file. So far so good! Now I would like to use: 1. the scaling information in the scale attribute 2. in some instances the image is not scaled, but needs to be enlarged according to a fixed height and width. 3. I would like to print the caption. I looked into Hans' documents on xml, but the examples are different from those that I have. At least, I seem not to understand them. Does anyone have an advice?

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vertical alignment in simpleslides
by Curiouslearn 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Hi Today I started making lecture slides for one of my classes and decided to try out simpleslides. First of all, thanks to Thomas and Aditya for writing the module. I had a question regarding vertical alignment. Consider the following minimal example: \usemodule[simpleslides][style=Swoosh] \starttext \SlideTitle{Context can be used for \dots} \startitemize[n] \item Writing your articles \item Making slides for presentations \stopitemize \stoptext The two items appear at the top of the slide. Is there a command or a setting such that items will be aligned around the center of the screen? Thank you for your help. Bharat

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I think I found a bug in \at
by Cecil Westerhof 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

I have the folowing code: \setuplanguage[nl][ lefthyphenmin=5, righthyphenmin=4, ] \mainlanguage[nl] \language[nl] \enableregime[utf] \starttext Alleen een test om te laten zien dat de verwijzing naar \at{page}[test] niet goed gaat. \reference[test]{} \stoptext I would expect that \at{page}[test] gives: pagina 1 but it gives: page 1 Is it a bug, or am I doing something wrong? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] special character in filename
by Reviczky, Adam 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

>> only Hans can decide if this can/should be changed I won't argue for any changes, just thought to ask about it. A simple "yes, can be done" or "no, its a really bad idea" is perfectly enough for me. I'll think about a workaround outside context. Cheers, Adam

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Re: [NTG-context] special character in filename
by Reviczky, Adam 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

>> Yeah, please fix this ASAP. I keep all my context files in >> a directory which I call /dev/null, and for some reason, >> this doesn't really work. But I am not going to change the >> name of my directory, no, you have to rewrite your >> software! >> >> Thomas Dear Thomas I understand, that it's not a good idea, and I've seen similar issues on the list (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/052339.html) I ran into this by making a deb package of a software (that includes context files) with a version that have a "~" in it, and therefore it makes a folder name having this character and context fails. So i guess the answer is then, no. Adam

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Layers on simpleslides
by Vedran Miletić 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Hi, I'm trying to insert a simple logo on a simpleslides slide, but for some reason it doesn't appear: \usemodule[simpleslides] \definelayer[mybg] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight] \setlayer[mybg] [hoffset=1cm, voffset=1cm] {\framed[frame=on, width=3cm, height=2cm]{LAYER}} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \starttext \SlideTitle{Bla} Bla \stoptext Any ideas? Regards, Vedran Miletić

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Third field of useURL
by Cecil Westerhof 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

At http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/useURL there is a description of useURL. I am using it for HTTP and e-mail referencing. But I do not understand where the third parameter is used for, -- Cecil Westerhof

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Composing a header/logo with layers, linebreak issues
by C. 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Hello, I guess this is an easy one. How do I get the top lines to behave like the second example? Why is the newline ignored in the top one? -Christian

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about \framed and \inframed
by Jeong Dalyoung 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Dear all, I defined "Example" as following: \defineenumeration[Example] [location=serried, headstyle=bold, command={\framed[height=1.3em]}, text={\ss \white 예제}, prefix=yes, prefixsegments=chapter, way=bychapter, width=broad, number=yes, before={\blank[big]}, after=\blank] The problem is that the bottom of the framed text is aligned just below the center of the following text lines. The vertical center is a little bit higher than that of the following lines. If I use "\inframed", then the top line of the frame is a little bit higher than the center of the following sentence, so there is almost no space between the frame and the texts in the next line. In the manual \inframed makes vertical center alignment, but I can't make it. I'd like to make vertical center alignment framed word and the normal text line which follows. How can I do it? Thank you for reading. Best regards, Dalyoung

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[framed] how to deal with big text?
by Milton Galo Patricio Inostroza Aguilera 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Hi, I'm a new user of context. I'm working with \framed and I have a problem when I try to fit a big text in it :-(. The system cuts the text and it doesn't display in the next page. I read the manual but I can not find an argument of framed that can do this job. An example of my code is the following: \framed[align={stretch}]{ a big text...... } Regards, -- Milton

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Fwd: Personalizing a PDF generated with ConTeXt
by Cecil Westerhof 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Should have gone to the list instead of to Taco. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof(a)gmail.com> Date: 2011/3/5 Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Personalizing a PDF generated with ConTeXt To: Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> 2011/3/1 Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> > \setvariables and \getvariables sounds like the most general solution > > in that case. > > For example, you could put the various \setvariables statements in various > separate files and load a specific one from the context command line with > --environment=... > I tried it and it works. Only one thing: when the variables are not set (forgot the environment parameter, file not correctly set, ...) I would like to set default values. How would I do that? -- Cecil Westerhof -- Cecil Westerhof

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Disable tex ligatures in MkII
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

How do I disable TeX ligatures in MkII. The following does not work: \starttext \tttf\normalnoligatures\font -- --- \stoptext Thanks Aditya

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Text to edges of page
by John Haltiwanger 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Hi all, I would have though the following code would produce text flush to the edges of the "paper", but there is significant whitespace on the right and bottom sides. Probably there is an obvious setting, but it eludes me now: \definepapersize[short][width=600px,height=440px] \setuppapersize[short][short] \setuplayout[ backspace=0mm, topspace=0mm, margin=0mm, header=0mm, footer=0mm ] \setupindenting[none] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupinterlinespace[22pt] \starttext \input Tufte \input Knuth \input Tufte \stoptext

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file dependencies
by pmlists＠free.fr 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Hello, Here comes a little feature request: it would be nice, if context allowed us to write a file with dependency information, like a C-compiler does for the dependencies of a C-file on the included header files. The best would be, to get such dependencies directly in Makefile syntax. Example: Say you have a main context file "main.tex" that includes an environment file "../env.tex" and a figure "subdir/figure.jpg", then running context --dependencies=main.d main would create "main.pdf" and also "main.d" with this line: main.tex: ../env.tex subdir/figure.jpg -- Peter

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Fwd: EuroBachoTeX 2011 --registrations are open
by Willi Egger 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Beste leden, dear members and readers of the ConTeXt mailing list, Onze Poolse vrienden hebben mij onderstaand mailtje gestuurd. Ik verzoek jullie actie te nemen... Vriendelijke groeten Our Polish friends sent me the mail which I forward to you. Please act accordingly. Kind regards Willi Egger Secretary NTG Begin forwarded message: > From: Jerzy Ludwichowski <Jerzy.Ludwichowski(a)uni.torun.pl> > Date: 4 March 2011 13:10:49 CET > To: LUG boards <lug-boards(a)ifi.uio.no> > Subject: EuroBachoTeX 2011 --registrations are open > Reply-To: lug-boards(a)ifi.uio.no > > Hello, > > please forward this to your members: > > Dear Friends, > > since March 1 the registration for EuroBAchoTeX 2011 is open. Please hurry :-) > > Also, the Program Committee awaits conference papers: http://www.gust.org.pl/bachotex/2011-en/cfp1-en > > Regards, > -- Jerzy Ludwichowski >

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Re: [NTG-context] Hairline in header
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Am 02.03.2011 um 22:12 schrieb Dr. David Endler: > Hi Wolfgang, > > Is there also a possibility to have 2 lines below the header with different color and different thickness? You can use TeX’s own mechanism to draw the rules or use MetaPost. % solution 1: %\startsetups headerrules % \blackrule[width=\hsize,color=yellow,height=3pt] % \blackrule[width=\hsize,color=orange,height=3pt] %\stopsetups % %\setupheader[text][after=\setups{headerrules}] % solution 2: \startuseMPgraphic{headerrules} draw origin--(OverlayWidth,0) withcolor red withpen pencircle scaled 4 ; draw origin--(OverlayWidth,0) withcolor blue withpen pencircle scaled 4 shifted (0,4) ; clip currentpicture to OverlayBox ; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[headerrules][\useMPgraphic{headerrules}] \setupbackgrounds[header][text][background=headerrules] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] One-off theorem titles
by S Barmeier 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

With the current solution, I still have the problem that the numbers of \starttheorem and \startproclaim{Theorem} are on the (resp.) left and right side of the text/title and I don't know how to change that. I still find \starttheorem[text={Special Theorem}] (and that is called key-val-input?) the more intuitive, though. Maybe it would be worth considering to enable such inputs - it seems many other \start... \stop... environments allow such key-val-inputs. The annotation module looks good from afar, I just can't find it on contextgarden nor on tlcontrib... Thanks, Severin On 03/03/2011 11:37 PM, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > Enumeration don?t support key-val-input for the commands and environments > (although it isn?t hard to add it). The both arguments are ?[reference]? > and ?{title}?. > > Besides the already presented solution here is one which use the annotation > module (local replacement of the enumeration text doesn?t work because > \setupenumerations resets the counter): > > \usemodule[annotation]

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What is the best way to implement a table like this
by Cecil Westerhof 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

I want to implement a table like: http://www.hooversbiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/coveyquad.bmp What is the best way to do this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Making contents 'clickable'
by Cecil Westerhof 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

In a lot of e-books you see that when you are at the contents that the chapters an sections can be clicked and you go to them. Can ConTeXt make this kind of documents? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] One-off theorem titles & numberstyle
by S Barmeier 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Thank you for the quick reply, it is getting quite close. I guess the trick is to define an enumeration for one-off use and use "title=" to fake "text=". The only problem is that the number sits between text and title. So to still be able to use \starttheorem alongside \startproclaim{Theorem}, I would need to know how to either place the number after the "title" or how to place it before the "text". I'd be interested in knowing how to do both. Also, I have problem with the numbering mechanism and the numberstyle/textstyle/etc. \defineenumeration[theorem] [text=Theorem, numberstyle=normal, headstyle=bold, textstyle=caps, number=yes] \defineenumeration[proclaim] [text=, number=theorem, headstyle=bold, title=yes, titleleft=, titleright=] \starttext \starttheorem Abc \stoptheorem \startproclaim{Special Theorem} Def \stopproclaim \stoptext This gives as is no number for \startproclaim{Special Theorem}, although I asked for number=theorem. Also, the numberstyle of \starttheorem is not normal, but bold, and adding textstyle=normal/caps/etc. seems to have no effect either. Best, Severin On 03/03/2011 05:43 PM, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > Maybe this is what you want: > %%%%% begin > %% defining \proclaim which is built in Plain-teX > %% but has disappeared from ConTeXt > \defineenumeration[proclaim] > [text=, > style=slanted, > title=yes, > titleleft=, > titleright=, > location=serried, > width=fit, > right={.~}] > \setupnumber[proclaim][way=bysection,numbersection=yes] > %% end definition \proclaim > > %% defining \remark > \defineenumeration[remark] > [text=, > style=rm, > title=yes, > titleleft=, > titleright=, > location=serried, > width=fit, > right={.~}] > \setupnumber[remark][number=proclaim] > %% end definition \remark > > \starttext > \input knuth.tex > > \startproclaim[lem:Yoneda]{Yanada Theorem} > This is a theorem in set category theory. > \stopproclaim > > \startremark{Remark} > The above theorem and this remark are numbered sequentially. > \stopremark > > \section{A new section} > > \input knuth.tex > > \startproclaim[lem:Yoneda2]{Yanada Theorem} > As said above, this is a theorem in set category theory. > \stopproclaim > > \startremark{Remark} > The above theorem and this remark are numbered sequentially. > \stopremark > > \stoptext > %%%%% end > > Best regards: OK

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[OT] Ghent Output Suite
by luigi scarso 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

http://www.gwg.org/ghentoutputsuite.phtml As far I can see, better to use (at least) Adobe Reader for colored documents. -- luigi

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt licensing
by Norbert Preining 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

On Mi, 02 Mär 2011, Martin Schröder wrote: > *On topic* I'd also _very_ much like to see what's up with ConTeXt licensing. > From what it seems it looks like TeX Live is relicensing ConTeXt in its ??? How do you come to that conclusion? TeX Live is *NOT* relicensing *anything*. THe REDAME and COPYRIGHT clearly states that the files have different licenses. Please be more specific when you state things like that. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining preining(a){jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PUDSEY (n.) The curious-shaped flat wads of dough left on a kitchen table after someone has been cutting scones out of it. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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m-obsolete.tex has an undefined control sequence
by Zhichu Chen 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

Hi Hans, I guess it should be \writestatus\m!system{skipping obsolete module} but somehow the file in the latest beta reads \writestatus\m!systems{skipping obsolete module} I have to define this macro to \def\m!systems{\m!system} before loading the bib module so that I can keep the system untouched. -- Best Regards Chen

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\setupinmargin no more known
by pmlist＠free.fr 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hello, Bug or feature? -- Peter

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Work available
by Ian Lawrence 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi all, I think for the sake of my sanity I am going to stop building prototypes now. I am very grateful to those who have been very helpful along the way, answering what must have seemed like foolish questions. I'd have to say that getting to grips with Context has taken longer than I bargained for, and has not been as smooth as I hoped. But without you, collectively, extreme frustration would have kicked in long ago. I am based in the UK and have a moderate budget to develop some frameworks in which to publish a series of documents that'll be up for being maintained. This will be the third iteration for some of the collection, which have appeared on CD-ROM in a Macromedia shell, then as rich pdfs with an InDesign - Acrobat Pro workflow. Now, maybe, they'll find a final home in Context, at least for the pdf versions. There are two pieces of work, I think, requiring different skill sets, I think. 1) To build some context templates, using modes and layers to give me the ability to produce pdfs of varying 'heft' by switching in and out layers. What people might read on a smartphone / iPad ought to be different to what they might get on a fast desktop / laptop running Acrobat, so permitting embedded swfs. The text is already highly structured and the trick will be to implement a document that automates much of what must be done by hand in InDesign, and to fully exploit the facilities in Context. 2) (This might be some heavy lifting, so may be best thought of separately). To build the wherewithal to allow rich swfs to be placed in the resulting pdfs by Context, at their natural size and at a specified location, and loading in poster frames and directories of assets where these exist (for which you currently have to use Acrobat Pro). It is possible that I could, eventually manage the first, but I'd expect someone with a history of working on Context to do a much more elegant, clean and maintainable job. The second task is will need some cunning coding in Lua, or equivalent, I expect. Anyone interested, please contact me off list, where we can discuss further details. I am at: Ian.Lawrence at Physics.org Two notes: Since the work is on behalf of the right kind of organisation, I'd anticipate putting the results of (2) back into the community - that's what we're doing with our other 'engine' (Flash) development. It'll be easiest for my finance department if you are a consultant or business that can raise invoices. kind regards Ian

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compare locations of two pagereferences
by Daniel Schopper 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear all, how can one compare the locations of two pagereferences for conditional processing? I tried it with this (mkiv, 2011.01.10): \starttext \pagereference[page:a]bla \pagereference[page:b]bla \at[page:a] % 1 \at[page:b] % also 1 \doifsamestringelse{\at[page:a]}{\at[page:b]}{same page}{different page} % yet, the else-branch gets executed \stoptext Of course this is clumsy, but although I tried to peek into strc-ref I couldn't quite sort out how to directly access the results of \at. Thanks Daniel

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Letter with letterhead
by Roger Mason 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hello, I must write a multi-page letter with only the first page as (pre-printed) letterhead. I adapted the Letterhead example from the wiki to fit the style of my institution. I would like to know how to revert the second and subsequent pages to use a default layout. If someone know how to use Wolfgang's letter module (in MKII) with letterhead on the first page only, that would be fine. Thanks, Roger

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Numbering again..
by Ian Lawrence 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Sorry...Again I am stumped. I have a counter that I'd like to reset \newcounter \nuggetnumber \def \numberofnuggets{0} \definehead [nugget] [section] \setuphead [nugget] [number=yes,page=yes, before=\increment \nuggetnumber, after=\savecurrentvalue \numberofnuggets{\countervalue{nuggetnumber}},] % LO as nugget This counts the number of nuggets.. and seems to work fine. But when it gets to an episode it should reset....so, maybe like this \definehead [episode] [title] \setuphead [episode] [numberstyle=bold, textstyle=cap, number=yes,before=\resetnumber[nuggetnumber]] % may be used But \resetnumber[nuggetnumber], where-ever I put it seems to have no impact. I think the Wiki suggests that it should, and the mailing list back catalogue and the manual shed no light on the matter.... while I am at it, I am equally unsure how to reset the numberofnuggets accumulator, which should also be done on meeting the episode structural element - I'd like to insert a whole chain of commands in the before=...' Thanks Ian

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ConTeXt licensing
by Joseph Wright 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hello all, A question came up recently on the tex.sx site about ConTeXt licensing: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/12431/using-context-commercially I have a feeling I've seen something similar elsewhere recently, but cannot be sure where. This question seems to require an 'official' response, as things do seem a little confusing (at least to me). I'm happy to post something as a reply to the question if I know what the position is (or indeed if it is "read what we've put and go with it".) -- Joseph Wright

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A question about data types?
by Ian Lawrence 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Sorry. me again...and I have been all over the wiki, mailing lists and manuals... I have this: \setlayer [progresssteps] % name of the layer [hoffset=904 px, voffset= 28\nuggetnumber px] % placement (from upper left corner of the layer) {\stepstack} % the actual contents of the layer And I am hoping that as I increase nuggetnumber the voffset of the layer will be 28*nuggetnumber I am setting nuggetnumber like this for the moment: \def \nuggetnumber{3} (in the other dev document it is the result of counter, so set dynamically) and this in the text \nuggetnumber which compiles to '3', so I assume the assignment is good to go. varying both nuggetnumber and the scale factor (28) shift the layer up and down, but not in a way that suggests that 28\nuggetnumber is being evaluated as a product (so a scale factor of 7 and a nuggetnumber of 2 do not give the same output as a scale factor of 2 and a nuggetnumber of 7). So I am led to think that there is something in the evaluating that is going wrong - data types / units? (if I hard code in the results I am expecting, say 28 px, 56 px or 84 px then I get exactly what I want... Thanks, as ever (Same result in ConTEXt ii or iv) Ian

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breaking up long input into metapost pages
by Hans van der Meer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

I now have a long input file with many independent sections. For the moment it is processed as follows: \starttext \startTEXpage \startMPcode % variable declarations % macro definitions with drawing code input input_data; \stopMPcode \stopTEXpage \stoptext Now this becomes a bit too large for one page, I tried a Metapost run in luatex but after taking some 12 GB of memory it gave up. The idea is thus to have one contiguous input which at certain points produces a new startTEXpage. That will flush the internal memory I guess and makes long documents possible. I'd rather not split the input_data in seperate files: making a thousand of more files seems no nice prospect to me. Any ideas how to best structure things? I should mention that I have a lot of control over the writing of the input_data. Hans van der Meer

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Short words in word list
by Florian Wobbe 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi, \usemodule[s-lan-03] \setupspellchecking[state=start,method=2] \setupspellchecking[list=words] \ctxlua{languages.words.tracers.showwords()} prints a word list of words with 4+ letters. Is there a way to also include 1-, 2-, and 3-letter words? Thanks, Florian

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Re: [NTG-context] lines tightly fitting together
by Hans van der Meer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

On 2 mrt 2011, at 07:05, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 01.03.2011 um 21:59 schrieb Hans van der Meer: > >> Wolfgang, >> >> Replying directly to your address because the message body is too large. >> Pictures are pixel images of DVB subtitles from telvision broadcast, in case youre wondering. > > Why don’t you create a real font for this, this will create smaller files and you can use it with other programs. That is beside the point. The problem is not the drawing of letters, but the extraction of pixel data from a Transport Stream packets. The specification of the DVB-subtitles mentions two variants: (1) string of characters, (2) pixel colorvalues to be looked up in a 16-value CLUT. The stream I have at hand consists of pixel data in a 720x36 rectangle. Furthermore different broadcast stations use different lettertypes. Of course it would be nice if I could simply extract the letters, but for the moment this surpasses my abilities. Hans van der Meer > > There is a nice online service (never used it myself) to create such fonts: http://fontstruct.com/ > > Wolfgang >

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Re: [NTG-context] Metafun Label and externalfigure Problem
by Jeong Dalyoung 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear Lutz, After replacing "blblogo.pdf" with a figure file in my system and tested it. Otherwise, it shows a gray rectangle. I got no error and the output is fine.( "Test" and the figure are well shown) I don't know "rev 4090" but here is the version of ConTeXt minimal in my system. ... This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.65.0-2010121316 \write18 enabled. (testmp.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.02.25 22:03 MKIV fmt: 2011.3.1 int: english/english ... Since I don't know deep inside ConTeXt, I can't tell you a solution. Sorry. Setup in your system may be different from mine. Cheers. Dalyoung

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\setuphead[ownnumber=yes]; disabling parental numbers
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hello, what exactly should the "ownnumber=yes|no" option do in \setuphead? The following code crashes Ctx: --- %\setuphead[subsection][number=no] % OK \setuphead[subsection][ownnumber=yes] % ERROR \starttext \chapter{Ch1} \section{Sec1} \subsection{SSec1} \stoptext --- Is it possible to disable parental numbers? - To get sequence like this: A. ChapterA B. ChapterB B.1 Section1 B.2 Section2 1 Subsection1 (no parental numbers here [= B.2], only those of subsection) 2 Subsection2 I tried: \setuphead[subsection,subsubject][number=no,ownnumber=yes] hoping this should do the job but it didn't; at least problem with "ownnumber=yes". Any idea? Best regards, Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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contextgarden down
by Michael Goerz 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

It appears that the contexgarden.net website is down. Michael

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(no subject)
by Tom 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

The following code seems to ignore both justification (to the extent that a mono-spaced font could be justified) and the right margin. I recall seeing something that deals with this problem somewhere but can't recall where. \starttext \tt Janet had gone away to get the bath ready, when my aunt, to my great alarm, became in one moment rigid with indignation, and had hardly voice to cry out, {\quotation Janet! Donkeys!} Upon which, Janet came running up the stairs as if the house were in flames, darted out on a little piece of green in front, and warned off two saddle-donkeys, lady-ridden, that had presumed to set hoof upon it; while my aunt, rushing out of the house, seized the bridle of a third animal laden with a bestriding child, turned him, led him forth from those sacred precincts, and boxed the ears of the unlucky urchin in attendance who had dared to profane that hallowed ground. \rm \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax blog: www.TomBenjey.com

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Interaction menu in layer
by Ian Lawrence 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

morning... Is it possible to put the interactionmenu in a layer to position it? Thanks Ian

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lines tightly fitting together
by Hans van der Meer 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Silly perhaps, but I am stuck with something that shouldn't be difficult to solve. I want to fill lines with small blocks (\vrule's just 0.2 mm high) and then fit the indivdual lines as tight together as is possible. Trying \setupinterlinespace[height=0.2,depth=0] did not help and the kludge \switchtobodyfont[0.1pt] does has the spirit of ConTeXt ;-) Anybody out there knowing how to do it? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] No widows and orphans
by Philipp Stephani 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Am 01.03.2011 um 16:03 schrieb ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl: > Von: Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof(a)gmail.com> > Datum: 1. März 2011 15:56:03 MEZ > An: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] No widows and orphans > Antwort an: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > > > 2011/3/1 Thomas A. Schmitz <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> > > On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > > > I do not want to have widows and orphans. Because of this I use: > > \clubpenalty=10000 > > \widowpenalty=10000 > > > > But this has no effect. Still the last two lines of a paragraph are put on the next page instead of the complete paragraph. > > I think you are confusing things here: orphans and widows refer to single lines on the following/preceding page. So if you get two lines, you get exactly what you ask for. If I understand you correctly, you do not want to break paragraphs vertically at all? > > Okay, I did not understand the terminology correctly. > > Yes, in this particular case I would like not to break them. I don't know whether that still works in ConTeXt, but try \interlinepenalty=10000 > What would also be acceptable is when there are at least five lines on the page. Try this (again untested): \clubpenalties 5 10000 10000 10000 10000 10000 \widowpenalties 5 10000 10000 10000 10000 10000

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"Fonts in ConTeXt" is now available from boekplan.com
by Taco Hoekwater 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

After some delays, thankfully the book "Fonts in ConTeXt" is now finally available for immediate ordering. "Fonts in ConTeXt" describes how to define and use fonts in ConTeXt MkIV. In this book, for the first time all existing documentation related to fonts has been combined into a single document. In 128 pages, the reader is guided through everything there is to know about fonts in ConTeXt MkIV. The earlier chapters deal with the theory behind the font subsystem of ConTeXt and explain how to use the font switching macros. The later chapters deal with defining fonts, for both single (symbolic) fonts and complete typescripts for font families. Finally, there are chapters on extending the ConTeXT font system and font installation. "Fonts in ConTeXt" costs 19 euro + p&p, and can be ordered from http://www.boekplan.com/ Hans and I have decided that there will not be a free PDF version; ordering a hardcopy is the only way to get this book. Please note that besides receiving a useful book, you will also be sponsoring ConTeXt development by doing so! Taco Hoekwater (also for Hans Hagen)

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No hypenation on words like e-book
by Cecil Westerhof 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I am trying to make an e-book with ConTeXt. The word e-book is used in this e-book. ;-} Sometimes e- comes on the end of the line and book at the beginning of the next. Is there a way to circumvent this? I could ofcourse change all occurences with \hbox{e-book} (and the same for e-mail, ...), but I was hoping there is a better solution. -- Cecil Westerhof

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playing colors
by Hans van der Meer 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

Started for myself some learning on colors in ConTeXt. In the manual there is a nice colorpalette shown (section 6, page 141). However, I cannot reproduce this. The following minimal example shows colored texts, but \showcolor[color-name] just produces black boxes with ominous zeroes behind it. What am I missing here? The wiki didn't procure more information then the manual. Hans van der Meer \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \starttext \color[red]{hello} \quad \color[green]{hello} \quad \color[cyan]{hello} \quad \showcolor[red] \showcolor[green] \showcolor[cyan] \stoptext

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linespacing?
by Hans van der Meer 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

This comes from the ConTeXt manual (section 4, page 65) \starttext \setuplinespacing[height=1mm] \stoptext It gives an error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.2 \setuplinespacing [height=1mm] ? Two pages earlier there is \starttext \setupinterlinespace[height=2] \stoptext And this works, but I am not sure what the number values for height and depth mean. I guess fractions of the normalbaselineskip, but I could not find it defined in the text there. What doesn't work is for example: \starttext \setupinterlinespace[height=1ex] \stoptext But sounds fairly natural to me. However, the error is: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> p \!!plus ->p lus \setnormalbaselines ...gridsnapping \else \!!plus \baselinegluefactor \openl... \spacing ...thfactor \points }\setnormalbaselines \setstrut <inserted text> ...nizefont \fi \spacing \plusone \presetnormallineheight \s... \setfontparameters ...tsfalse \the \everybodyfont \synchronizefontstrue ... l.2 \setupinterlinespace[height=1ex] May I kindly suggest that some has a look at this? Hans van der Meer

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Item description in bold
by Cecil Westerhof 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I have something like: \startitemize \item Description one Some text belonging to this description. \item Description two Some text belonging to this description. \item Description three Some text belonging to this description. \stopitemize I would like to have 'Description one', 'Description two' and 'Description three' in bold and the rest of the text not. Is this possible? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Personalizing a PDF generated with ConTeXt
by Cecil Westerhof 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I would like to integrate in the generated PDF's some personal information. What would be the best way to do this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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