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rotated (landscape) pages in portrait document
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Dear list, First one question: what is the MKIV-way of doing something like \startbuffer[a] % set text width for formula somehow \startformula\startalign \NC a \NC = b \NR \stopalign\stopformula \stopbuffer \framed{\rotate[rotation=90]{\externalfigure[\jobname-a.tmp]}} possibly adjusting width of formula to actual width (even if that is done manually)? And the other question: is there some quick trick that would "rotate the whole page" inside a document, so that the page would still be portrait, but text would be rotated with textwidth and textheight swapped, but with preserved main header (in reality I do not care about the header). I would like to put a narrow, but several lines long equation (\startalign) on left (bottom) and image on the right (top). I was playing with an approximation \rotate[rotation=90]{\vbox{ \startformula\startalign[n=6,align={middle,middle,right,middle,left,left}] \NC l \NC\hbox to 1em{}\NC m_l \NC\hbox to 1em{}\NC \text{orb.}\hbox to 2em{} \NC Y_{lm}\NR \NC 0 \NC\NC 0 \NC\NC s \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 1}{π}} \NR \NC 1 \NC\NC 0 \NC\NC p_z \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 3}{π}}\frac{z}{r} \NR \NC 1 \NC\NC \pm1 \NC\NC p_x \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 3}{π}}\frac{x}{r} \NR \NC \NC\NC \NC\NC p_y \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{ 3}{π}}\frac{y}{r} \NR \NC 2 \NC\NC 0 \NC\NC d_{z^2} \NC \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{\frac{ 5}{π}}\frac{3z^2-r^2}{r^2} \NR \NC 2 \NC\NC \pm1 \NC\NC d_{xz} \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{xz}{r^2} \NR \NC \NC\NC \NC\NC d_{yz} \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{yz}{r^2} \NR \NC 2 \NC\NC \pm2 \NC\NC d_{xy} \NC \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{xy}{r^2} \NR \NC \NC\NC \NC\NC d_{x^2-y^2} \NC \frac{1}{4}\sqrt{\frac{15}{π}}\frac{x^2-y^2}{r^2} \NR \stopalign\stopformula}} % and then externalfigure on the right ... but the formula takes exactly \textwidth space, I didn't manage to convince it to consume less space (I could probably change textwidth locally). I know for workarounds (typesetting a different document for example and then include the page), but I really wonder if switching orientation just for a page (to typeset a table for example) is doable in some elegant way. This is all low priority though. Thanks a lot, Mojca

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MPenvironment
by Patrick Gundlach 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hi, I would like to get the Metapost "Abcd" to be bigger then the TeX "Abcd" (for all Metapost graphics). I thought that the command is \startMPenvironment .. \stopMPenvironment !?!? -------------------------------------------- \startMPenvironment \switchtobodyfont[16pt] \stopMPenvironment \starttext Abcd \startMPcode label.lrt(textext("Abcd"), (0cm,0.5cm)); \stopMPcode \stoptext -------------------------------------------- Patrick

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Verbatim text loaded from a file?
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hello, I'd need to show contents of a (text) file like verbatim text (with a monospace font). So to do something being described at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text using \startcode SOME TEXT \stop code, but the difference is that I don't need to write SOME TEXT manually but I need to load it from a (text) file. Moreover, I'd need to have the following options: - To alter the font used for numbering lines, so that it would be smaller than the normal text. - To specify number of the first and/or last line to be printed. - The input file may contain the end-of-page character, \0C. So I'd need this char - to be ignored - and/or to force printing from a new page. Is there a ConTeXt command which would provide all above? (NB: When I worked with LaTeX, these features were mostly provided by \VerbatimInput command from "fancyvrb" package.) Kind regards, Lukáš -- 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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Re: [NTG-context] placing a paragraph with non-standard interlinear spacing onto the grid
by Talal Al-Azem 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Dear all, By way of further definition and clarification of the issue: back in the world of LaTeX, I was kindly given the following code on CTT by Donald Arseneau to produce the desired effect. Mind you, it was only meant to work with a paragraph if the entire paragraph was on one page; it wouldn't work if split across pages: %%% Donald Arseneau’s Gridblock Environment %%% % For placing paragraphs into a box, and that box then % being placed on a “grid” of the baselineskip. This ensures % that following paragraphs are also on the grid. \makeatletter \@ifundefined{@tempdimc}{\newdimen\@tempdimc}{} \newenvironment{gridblock}{\par \setbox\@tempboxa\vtop\bgroup }{\par\egroup % measurements of top \@tempdima=\ht\@tempboxa \@tempdimc=\dp\@tempboxa \ifdim\@tempdima>\ht\strutbox \advance\@tempdimc\@tempdima \@tempdima=\ht\strutbox \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdima \fi % measurements of bottom \setbox\@tempboxa\vbox{\unvbox\@tempboxa}% \ifdim\dp\@tempboxa>\dp\strutbox \@tempdimb=\dp\strutbox \else \@tempdimb=\dp\@tempboxa \fi \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdimb \@tempcnta=\@tempdimc \divide\@tempcnta\baselineskip \advance\@tempdimc -\@tempcnta\baselineskip \ifdim\@tempdimc >2\vfuzz \advance\@tempdimc-\baselineskip \fi \divide\@tempdimc\tw@ \vbox to\@tempdima{}% \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdima \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak \box\@tempboxa \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdimb \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak \hbox{\vrule height \z@ width \z@ depth \@tempdimb}% } \makeatother Seeing how systematised ConTeXt is, I'm assuming something much simpler could probably be used to achieve the same effect? Kind regards, Talal On 3 Oct 2010, at 20:10, Talal Al-Azem wrote: > By way of further definition and clarification of the issue: back in the world of LaTeX, I was kindly given the following code on CTT by Donald Arseneau to produce the desired effect. Mind you, it was only meant to work with a paragraph if the entire paragraph was on one page; it wouldn't work if split across pages: > > %%% Donald Arseneau’s Gridblock Environment %%% > % For placing paragraphs into a box, and that box then > % being placed on a “grid” of the baselineskip. This ensures > % that following paragraphs are also on the grid. > \makeatletter > \@ifundefined{@tempdimc}{\newdimen\@tempdimc}{} > \newenvironment{gridblock}{\par > \setbox\@tempboxa\vtop\bgroup > }{\par\egroup > % measurements of top > \@tempdima=\ht\@tempboxa > \@tempdimc=\dp\@tempboxa > \ifdim\@tempdima>\ht\strutbox > \advance\@tempdimc\@tempdima > \@tempdima=\ht\strutbox > \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdima > \fi > % measurements of bottom > \setbox\@tempboxa\vbox{\unvbox\@tempboxa}% > \ifdim\dp\@tempboxa>\dp\strutbox > \@tempdimb=\dp\strutbox > \else > \@tempdimb=\dp\@tempboxa > \fi > \advance\@tempdimc-\@tempdimb > \@tempcnta=\@tempdimc > \divide\@tempcnta\baselineskip > \advance\@tempdimc -\@tempcnta\baselineskip > \ifdim\@tempdimc >2\vfuzz \advance\@tempdimc-\baselineskip \fi > \divide\@tempdimc\tw@ > \vbox to\@tempdima{}% > \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdima \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak > \box\@tempboxa > \nobreak \nointerlineskip \kern-\@tempdimb \kern-\@tempdimc \nobreak > \hbox{\vrule height \z@ width \z@ depth \@tempdimb}% > } > \makeatother > > > Seeing how systematised ConTeXt is, I'm assuming something much simpler could probably be used to achieve the same effect? > > Kind regards, > Talal > > > On 2 Oct 2010, at 23:23, Talal Al-Azem wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> This is important for anyone working with mixed language (font) texts. In my example, the overall document is Latin-based (e.g. English), with a paragraph of Arabic text; I want this Arabic paragraph as a whole to fit onto the grid (though obviously the individual Arabic lines of the paragraph would not). >> >> Currently, when I typeset an English paragraph, followed by an Arabic paragraph, followed by an English paragraph, the second English paragraph is no longer on the grid, having been throw off by the Arabic one. I'm looking for some way to automatically calculate and fill in the vspace needed for this. >> >> This is not the same as the issue of an Arabic word or phrase (or mathematic formula) being typeset in the midst of Latin text, as discussed http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg46163.html. Having read a few other matters on the mailing list (largely involving Idris and Hans), I'm sure it's possible, but I can't figure it out. >> >> Any help would be most appreciated. >> >> Kind regards, >> Talal >

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TeXexec MkII, ConTeXt MkIV
by Tom Maynard 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hello, I have pretty recent installations of TeXLive 2010 (for Cygwin) and ConTeXt Minimals (for Windows). In both installations, running TeXexec reports it is ConTeXt MkII ... but running ConTeXt directly reports itself as MkIV. I would like to synchronize TeXexec and MkIV ... as MkIV ... how is this done -- for each installation? Thanks for your help, Tom.

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Updating ConTeXt using TeX Live 2010 (Linux)
by Daniel Grycman 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Hello list, after updating ConText to "beta" I get the following error message. ../mtx-context.lua:669: attempt to call field 'locateformat' (a nil value) Any ideas? Daniel

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placing a paragraph with non-standard interlinear spacing onto the grid
by Talal Al-Azem 04 Oct '10

04 Oct '10

Dear all, This is important for anyone working with mixed language (font) texts. In my example, the overall document is Latin-based (e.g. English), with a paragraph of Arabic text; I want this Arabic paragraph as a whole to fit onto the grid (though obviously the individual Arabic lines of the paragraph would not). Currently, when I typeset an English paragraph, followed by an Arabic paragraph, followed by an English paragraph, the second English paragraph is no longer on the grid, having been throw off by the Arabic one. I'm looking for some way to automatically calculate and fill in the vspace needed for this. This is not the same as the issue of an Arabic word or phrase (or mathematic formula) being typeset in the midst of Latin text, as discussed http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg46163.html. Having read a few other matters on the mailing list (largely involving Idris and Hans), I'm sure it's possible, but I can't figure it out. Any help would be most appreciated. Kind regards, Talal

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Lists and labeltexts
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi Hans, lists ignore the sectionblock for the labeltext \setuplabeltext[chapter=Chapter~,appendix=Appendix~] \setuplist[chapter][label=yes,width=2cm] \setuphead[chapter][bodypartlabel=appendix] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{Foo} \stoptext Wolfgang

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Sortingstyle
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi, there is a typo in the sorting macros. \unexpanded\def\doinsertsort#1#2% name tag {\begingroup % no kap currently, of .. we need to map cap onto WORD \edef\currentsorting{#1}% - \dosetsynonymattributes\c!style\c!color + \dosetsortingattributes\c!style\c!color \ctxlua{structures.synonyms.synonym("#1","#2")}% \normalexpanded{\endgroup\sortingparameter\c!next}} Wolfgang

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Lettrines in MkIV
by Philipp Gesang 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi all, the lettrine module leads to an error with this example and MkIV. MkII is fine. ····8<··························································· \usemodule[lettrine] \starttext \chapter{And Now: an Error} \lettrine{E}{rror} \stoptext ····8<··························································· * With Luatex 0.63.0-2010091123 I get an ``error on line 6 in file ../environ.tex: Attempt to double-free glue node 1001, ignored ...`` * Can be circumvented via “\dontleavehmode”. * Never ran into a “glue node” error before; is there general rule how to avoid them? Thanks for any advice, Philipp PS: Taco, the french blindtext in lettrine-doc.pdf has an issue concerning guillemets, which are rendered as inverted question marks and exclamation marks. I wasn't able to compile the document myself so unfortunately I can't send a patch. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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[NTG-Context] How to compute correct page number for handout
by Pierre-François Bonnefoi 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hello, I'use extensively context to write my lecture notes and for all of my printing needs. For my students, I've made some lecture presentations in color, and I print them in black&white, with four pages on one page for the handout. I would like to compute a correct Table of contents according to the handout : so to divide the current page number by four to get a correct page number for the handout. \def\ChapterPrefix#1{\the\numexpr#1/4 \relax} \setupcombinedlist[content][level=1] \setuplist[chapter][after=,before=,numbercolor=yellow,numbercommand=\underbar,pagecommand=\ChapterPrefix] That doesn't work, and I've some difficulties to figure how computation is performed in e-TeX... Could you help me to resolve this issue ? Kind regards, Pierre-François Bonnefoi. -- Bonnefoi Pierre-Francois | E-mail : bonnefoi(a)unilim.fr Universite de Limoges, Laboratoire XLIM | Tel : 06 28 18 03 38 83, rue d'Isle | Mrs. Peel, we're needed... 87000 Limoges - FRANCE | The Avengers.

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\placecontent bug
by Alan BRASLAU 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hans, Thank you for fixing the \placepublications argument issue bug. I confirm that the current beta now works correctly. I remind you of the \placecontents bug in a structured document. The attached minimal example illustrates the erroneous inclusion of appendix sections in the partial table of contents in the bodymatter chapters. (Chapter 1 toc also includes Appendix A sections, Chapter 2 toc also includes Appendix B sections, …) Alan

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Verbatim: Pascal pretty printer
by Stefan Müller 03 Oct '10

03 Oct '10

Hi list, I wrote a custom pretty printer (verbatim) for Free Pascal/Turbo Pascal/Delphi source files. It's attached to this mail together with a ConTeXt test files that shows the features and some special cases. The pretty printer can handle: reserved words (bold) {...}-, (*...*)- and //...-style comments {$...} compiler directives '...' strings embedded assembler code (asm ... end) It's based on the Lazarus IDE syntax highlighter (Free Pascal IDE), which should be pretty Delphi-like. The main difference to Lazarus highlighting is that comments are not bold, but slanted. That looks much better when no colors are used. I'm not experienced in Lua programming, but I hope there are no major issues. I'd really appreciate any feedback: comments, suggestions and corrections (if necessary). I hope that eventually the Pascal pretty printer can make it's way into the ConTeXt distribution. Best wishes, Stefan. PS: Thanks for the Lua pretty printer, which served as a good starting point.

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Re: [NTG-context] mixed English and Arabic using Simplefonts?
by Talal Al-Azem 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Dear Wolfgang and Khaled, Thank you both for your replies. This has been very helpful. May I ask one further newbie question of simplefonts: how do I change the font for just the "fallback" font, without affecting the mainfont? Is there a way to do this by setting the size in points, or in scale (percentage), or some other fashion? In fontspec, i was accustomed to something like: \newfontfamily{\arfont}[Script=Arabic,Scale=1.66,WordSpace=1.66]{Scheherazade-Regular} I am sure there are equivalents for these feature (size, scale, wordspace); I've seen many features in the simplefonts pdf. But i'm unsure how to define something like "arfont" using simplefonts. Many thanks, Talal > > \usemodule[simplefonts] > > %\setmainfont[Antykwa Poltawskiego] > \setmainfontfallback[Scheherazade][range={arabic,arabicpresentationformsa,arabicpresentationformsb,arabicsupplement}] > > \starttext > > \input knuth > > \textdir TRT ???? ???????! > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:25:12 +0200 > From: Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny(a)eglug.org> > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] mixed English and Arabic using Simplefonts? > Message-ID: <20101002092512.GA1986@khaled-laptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > On Sat, Oct 02, 2010 at 06:32:05AM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> >> Am 02.10.2010 um 02:16 schrieb Talal Al-Azem: >> >>> My apologies if I'm dumbing down the level of discussion here. But I'm trying to get my head around fonts and bidirectionality using ConTeXt MkIV (as a rather unsophisticated user, not as a developer). >>> >>> To begin with, since it's all bit much at once, I'm trying to use simplefonts. I am unclear how to establish English as my language and its font as my main font (using the default font), and Arabic as a secondary language (using Scheherazade). >>> >>> What would I change in the ara-sty environment found on wiki.contextgarden.net/Arabic_and_Hebrew? Or, if I don't need to use this, should I define my own macro in my tex document for directionality? >>> >>> I'm probably making a mess of some basic things here, but could use some help. I have working familiarity with Fontspec over on the XeLaTeX side of things, but the sparse documentation of simplefonts is leading to my uncertainty as how to proceed. >> >> \usemodule[simplefonts] >> >> %\setmainfont[Antykwa Poltawskiego] >> \setmainfontfallback[Scheherazade][range={arabic,arabicpresentationformsa,arabicpresentationformsb,arabicsupplement}] > > I think there is no need for presentation forms, they are deprecated > symbols not used for entering text. > > -- > Khaled Hosny > Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team > Free font developer > > > ------------------------------ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > > End of ntg-context Digest, Vol 76, Issue 8 > ******************************************

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Simple Bibliography
by Elias Oltmanns 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi there, in the attempt to stich together a simple bibliography, I don's seem to get as far as I'd have liked. The layout of the bibliography should look something like this: +----------------------------------------------+ | authora: title of book | | authorb, F.: opus magnum with a rather | | title and ref. details | | authord, authore: another important book | +----------------------------------------------+ To achieve this, I'm thinking of something along these lines: \definedescription[bibitem][ location=left,align=flushright,sample={ longest author},width=broad, command=\BibCommand] \def\BibCommand#1{#1:} \starttext \chapter{Bibliography} \bibitem{authora} title of book \bibitem{authorb, F.} opus magnum with a rather title and ref. details \bibitem{authord, authore} another important book \stoptext Alas, it doesn't work out as expected. Can someone give a few hints towards a working example? It should compile under MkII too. Thanks for your help, Elias

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\structureheadnumber does not work before first section
by Vianney le Clément 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi, I'm trying to get the last section number using \structureheadnumber[section][last]. This works fine inside a section, but expands to nothing when used at the beginning of the document. Here is a minimal example: \starttext Last: \structureheadnumber[section][last] \dorecurse{4} {\section{Test #1} Last: \structureheadnumber[section][last]} \stoptext Vianney

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mixed English and Arabic using Simplefonts?
by Talal Al-Azem 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

My apologies if I'm dumbing down the level of discussion here. But I'm trying to get my head around fonts and bidirectionality using ConTeXt MkIV (as a rather unsophisticated user, not as a developer). To begin with, since it's all bit much at once, I'm trying to use simplefonts. I am unclear how to establish English as my language and its font as my main font (using the default font), and Arabic as a secondary language (using Scheherazade). What would I change in the ara-sty environment found on wiki.contextgarden.net/Arabic_and_Hebrew? Or, if I don't need to use this, should I define my own macro in my tex document for directionality? I'm probably making a mess of some basic things here, but could use some help. I have working familiarity with Fontspec over on the XeLaTeX side of things, but the sparse documentation of simplefonts is leading to my uncertainty as how to proceed. Many thanks in advance. Kind regards, Talal

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Consolas
by Patrick Gundlach 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi, several days ago I asked about companions to Cambria, and Wolfgang kindly gave me this: \definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [cambria] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [corbel] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono] [consolas] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [math] [cambria] [default] which works fine, except for consolas. Shouldn't consolas be defined like \starttypescript [mono] [consolas] [name] \setups[\s!font:\s!fallback:\s!sans] \definefontsynonym [\s!Mono] [\s!file:consola] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBold] [\s!file:consolab] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoItalic] [\s!file:consolai] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBoldItalic] [\s!file:consolaz] [\s!features=\s!default] \stoptypescript instead of Sans.... ? It's much more a monospace font then a Sans. Thanks Patrick

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typewriter text in formula
by Patrick Gundlach 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi, how do I get typewriter text in formula? I've tried: \startformula r = \mono{foo} \stopformula but that gives mono from a different font. I'd like to have consolas, but it looks like courier new. And a related question: How do I get an underscore in this: \startformula r = \mono{foo_i} looks wrong (I need the underscore) and \mono{foo\_i} fails \stopformula Patrick ----- My setup: \usetypescriptfile[type-consolas] \definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [cambria] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [corbel] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono] [consolas] [default] [rscale=auto] \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [math] [cambria] [default] where type-consolas is this: \unprotect \starttypescript [mono] [consolas] [name] \setups[\s!font:\s!fallback:\s!sans] \definefontsynonym [\s!Mono] [\s!file:consola] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBold] [\s!file:consolab] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoItalic] [\s!file:consolai] [\s!features=\s!default] \definefontsynonym [\s!MonoBoldItalic] [\s!file:consolaz] [\s!features=\s!default] \stoptypescript \protect

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one line caption
by Patrick Gundlach 02 Oct '10

02 Oct '10

Hi, how do I get the caption as wide as possible? -------------------------------------------- \starttext \placefigure [here] [foo] {A very long caption, isn't it?} {\externalfigure[cow][width=2cm]} \stoptext -------------------------------------------- I also tried without luck \setupcaptions[minwidth=fit] (no effect) and \setupcaptions[minwidth=\textwidth] (left aligned) Patrick

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Interline spacing in lists
by Elias Oltmanns 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi there, how can I change the interline space when placing the list of figures? before=\blank is not what I'm looking for since that won't help when a caption contains an explicit \crlf. Thanks in advance for your help, Elias

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Two layer in a document
by Daniel Grycman 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi list, I am typesetting a template for internal documentation. In the header of the document I want to put two different figure. One on the left side and the other on the right side. When I compile the source the output shows only the figure on the left side. \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[de] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \usemodule [simplefonts,r,tikz,edtsnc,chart] \setmainfont [rubscalatz] \setsansfont [rubflama] \setuphead [chapter][number=no, style=bold, textcommand=\ss] \setuphead [section][number=no, style=bold, textcommand=\ss] \setuphead [subsection][number=no] \setuphead [subsubsection][number=no] \setuplayout [top=0cm,rightmargin=2.3cm,footer=1.0cm,header=5cm,topspace=0mm,height=29.9 577cm,width=16.25cm,leftmargindistance=0cm,rightmargindistance=0cm] \setupbackgrounds[footer][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupbackgrounds[text][rightmargin][background=color,backgroundcolor=gray] \setupbackgrounds[header][rightmargin][background=color,backgroundcolor=gra y] \definelayer[logo][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,state=repeat] \setupbackgrounds[page][righttop][background={foreground,logo}] \setlayer[logo][preset=righttop,hoffset=1cm,state=start] {\externalfigure[label][height=4cm,3.5cm]} \definelayer[marke][width=6.5cm,height=0.3cm,state=repeat] \setupbackgrounds[page][lefttop][background={foreground,marke}] \setlayer[marke][preset=lefttop,hoffset=1.3cm,voffset=1.4cm,state=repeat] {\externalfigure[wortmarke][height=0.3cm,width=6.5cm]} \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext Bla Bla \page Bla Bla \page Bla \stoptext Can anybody find the possible mistake I did? Thanks. Daniel

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Problem with latest beta: \placepublications
by Alan BRASLAU 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Thanks to the course given by Taco, I now know all about 'nil'... However, I did not track down the error, as Hans will find it immediately! Alan ! LuaTeX error ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:195: bad argument #1 to 'gsub' (string expected, got nil) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'gsub' ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:195: in function <...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:192> (tail call): ? ...beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-lst.lua:392: in function 'analyze' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. system > error on line 133 in file Livre.tex: LuaTeX error ... 133 >> \placepublications [criterium=all]

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No bleeding with 2UP arranging
by Vianney le Clément 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hello, When using 2UP arranging, the pages are clipped to their bounding box, loosing any bleeding. Example: \setuppapersize[A6][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuplayout[location=middle] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \showframe \startreusableMPgraphic{background} StartPage; fill fullcircle scaled 1cm; StopPage; \stopreusableMPgraphic \defineoverlay[background][\reuseMPgraphic{background}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=background] \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\page\input tufte} \stoptext There should be a circle centered in the lower-left corner of every page. With 2UP arranging, this circle is clipped. With no arranging or 2**2 arranging, everything works fine. Is there any way around this? Thanks, Vianney

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Computer Modern Unicode fonts
by Vladimir Lomov 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi. I want to use Computer Modern Unicode fonts in my document. I made a link from $TEXLIVE2010/texmf-dist/fonts/opentype/public/cm-unicode to $CONTEXT_MINIMAL/tex/texmf-fonts/opentype/public but couldn't get CM-U font in the document. What should I do to use them? I'm using MkIV. --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov

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font sizes (again)
by Florian Wobbe 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, please regard this minimal example: \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext \title{Title} \section{Section} {\switchtobodyfont[big] big} {\switchtobodyfont[small] small} {\tfxx tfxx} {\tfx tfx} {\tfa tfa} {\tfb tfb} {\tfc tfc} {\tfd tfd} \stoptext Latin Modern Regular is available in different optical sizes - lmroman{5,6,7,8,9,10,12,17}-regular.otf - and as context is aware of these sizes (configured in typescripts) I wonder why they are not correctly assigned. This table indicates what happens instead: \tfxx 6pt -> lmroman6 (as expected) \tfx 8pt -> lmroman8 (as expected) \tftf 10pt -> lmroman10 (as expected) \tfa 12.0pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman12) \tfb 14.4pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman12) \tfc 17.3pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman17) \tfd 20.7pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman17) \switchtobodyfont[small] 8pt -> lmroman8 (as expected) \switchtobodyfont[big] 12pt -> lmroman12 (as expected) \title 17.3pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman17) \section 12pt -> lmroman10 (instead of lmroman12) The commands \title and \section and the font size switches \tfa, b, c, and d scale the font to the correct size, however, the wrong optical size is assigned. Note, this is not the case for \tfx, xx and \switchtobodyfont. Tested in MKIV and MKII (current beta). Is this a bug or a feature? Cheers Florian

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structure affects protrusion
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, please have look at the minimal example below: Using the latest beta (20100929) with structure set to stop: protrusion works. With structure set to start: the hyphen doesn't get protruded! (but the comma still does ...?) Steffen ------- \enabletrackers[structure.tags] \setupstructure[state=stop] % <- start = no protrusion \definefontfeature[default][default] [mode=node,protrusion=quality,script=latn] \starttypescript[TheTimes] \definetypeface [TheTimes] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[TheTimes] \setupbodyfont[TheTimes, 12pt] \setupalign[line,block,hanging] \setuplayout [width=113mm] \starttext \showframe \input tufte \stoptext

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Modules, namespaces, Luacode etc..
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hello my wise masters of the Force and teachers of Jedi... It seems that my first module (SCANCSV of scancsv.lua library of CTM in Brejlov) work without any visible errors (without documentation and with a junkyard yet), but I'm not sure whether is there a hidden problem or future collisions. Therefore I have a few of questions for modules namespaces, luacode namespaces etc. I want to ask how relates a namespace ConTeXt module with namespace of Lua code, which is listed within this module and others questions. 1. Is the namespace of Lua code independent of the namespace module? 2. If are ConTeXt macros defined in the module, are automatically in its namespace? 3. Can both namespaces (module and Luacode) somehow connected? 4. What happens when I have two macros with the same name in two different modules? 5. Can I call the macros of the same names in different namespaces (diferent modules)? 6. Can I read about somewhere more? 7. I enclose below a minimal example of the module (I do not know why there are some things) to comment or write yours comments and suggestions, etc. I'd like to start with something simpler, but this is the reality of our Empire.... Thanks everyone for the advice or recommendations for the study. Greetings Jarda Hajtmar My minimal example .. % ************************** BEGIN MODULE ****************************************** %D \module %D [ file=t-moduleexample, %D version=2010.09.27, %D title=\CONTEXT\ User Module, %D subtitle=Module example, %D author=Author Name, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright=Copyright, %D email=mailaddress(a)domain.com, %D license=Public Domain] %D \section{Title} %D This is modul is intended for ... %D The following option are availabe: %D %S B %S Everything onwards is %S skipped and does not %S appear in the PDF. %S E \writestatus{loading}{ConTeXt User Module / Module example} \unprotect \startinterface all \setinterfacevariable {moduleexample} {moduleexample} \stopinterface \definenamespace [moduleexample] [type=module, comment=Module example, version=1, name=moduleexample, style=yes, command=yes, setup=list, parent=moduleexample] \startluacode thirddata = thirddata or { } thirddata.moduleexample = { gVar1='xxxx', -- comment gVar2='yyyyy', -- comment -- etc... } function thirddata.moduleexample.myfirstfunction(parameter) local locvar=parameter tex.print("Input parameter : "..locvar) thirddata.moduleexample.gVar1=locvar return locvar end function thirddata.moduleexample.mysecondfunction() tex.print("Output parameter: "..thirddata.moduleexample.gVar1) end \stopluacode \def\myfirstmodulemacro#1{\ctxlua{thirddata.moduleexample.myfirstfunction("#1")}} \def\mysecondmodulemacro{\ctxlua{thirddata.moduleexample.mysecondfunction()}} \protect \endinput % ************************** END MODULE ****************************************** % ************************** BEGIN USING MODULE ****************************************** \usemodule[t-moduleexample] \starttext \myfirstmodulemacro{Hello World!} \mysecondmodulemacro \stoptext % ************************** END USING MODULE ******************************************

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Lua & MP
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hello, is it possible that Lua gets value of a MetaPost variable? Let's have MetaPost code: z11=(0,0) z12=(1,1) z21=(0,1) z22=(1,0) aa[z11,z12]=bb[21,z22] So now aa = bb = 0.5. And I'd need to access MetaPost values 'aa' and 'bb' from Lua (e.g. in Lua: "local a = mpost.aa, b = mpost.bb"). Is it possible somehow? Regards, Lukas

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composing characters in MKIV
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Dear Hans (or anyone else), There are some fonts (including Lucida) that don't have all the needed character. A font feature "compose=yes" has been added to MKIV, but that one doesn't work for Lucida or any other Type1 font. My current fallback is to use: % this doesn't help % \definefontfeature % [compose] % [liga=yes,kern=yes,tlig=yes,compose=yes] \beginNEWTEX \catcode`č=\active \catcode`Č=\active \defč{\buildtextaccent\textcaron c} \defČ{\buildtextaccent\textcaron C} \endNEWTEX But nevertheless a few questions: - Is there some "accessible" method to compose a few characters in the font (not too low-level) as opposed to using active characters? The code must be there already since this is supposed to work for OpenType fonts. - Is there any way to fix horizontal and vertical position of accents (on glyph-per-glyph basis; that one probably needs to be slightly more low-level; maybe using lfg files)? - Do lfg files work for non-opentype (Type1) fonts? Thanks a lot, Mojca

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wrong sign or spacing in math/mkiv (at least in Lucida)
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Dear Hans, I'm not sure if the same problem would occur with other fonts as well (it is probably worth trying), but at least it happens with Lucida. Something is wrong with the spacing around the plus sign or maybe the wrong plus sign is taken (I suspect that). In MKII the formula is nicely aligned, while it looks ugly in MKIV. Here's the source: \beginOLDTEX \usetypescript[lucida][ec] \endOLDTEX \setupbodyfont[lucida] \starttext \startformula\startalign[align={left,left}] \NC m_{A_1'} \NC = (3+0+3+3+0+3) = 1 \NR \NC m_{A_2'} \NC = (3+0-3+3+0-3) = 0 \NR \NC m_{E'} \NC = (6+0+0+6+0+0) = 1 \NR \NC m_{A_1''} \NC = (3+0+3-3+0-3) = 0 \NR \NC m_{A_2''} \NC = (3+0-3-3+0+3) = 0 \NR \NC m_{E''} \NC = (6+0+0-6+0+0) = 0 \NR \stopalign\stopformula \stoptext Mojca

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Problems with TABLE
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, I still have some problems with TABLE: \bTABLE[frame=on] \bTR \bTD abc \eTD \bTD abc \eTD \bTD[frame=off,rightframe=on,rulethickness=1mm] abc \eTD \bTD abc \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow] abc \eTD \bTD[nc=2,nr=2,background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow] \externalfigure[cow][width=.2\textwidth] \eTD \bTD abc \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD abc \eTD \bTD abc \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD abc \eTD \bTD abc \eTD \bTD abc \eTD \bTD abc \eTD \eTR \eTABLE 1) the cow sticks out of the cell. How can I pen the cow to the cell? 2) the third cell in the first row: when I turn on the right rule, the "abc" goes down. How can I have the abc on the baseline with the other ones in the first row _and_ have a right rule like that? Patrick

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Still struggling with TABLE width
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi, as the subject says: I am still confused about widths of TABLE tables. \bTABLE % [option=stretch] \bTR \bTD A \eTD \bTD A \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=2] %\hbox{A very very long text in one line, perhaps more} A very very long text in one line, perhaps more \eTD \eTR \eTABLE what I'd like to get is a table that is as wide as the text in the second row (A very very long text in one line, perhaps more) or at most the line width and the other two cells (the first line) stretched to mach that width (see image). I am pretty sure that this is possible, but how?!? Patrick

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care to share an environment file for TEI Lite?
by Mica Semrick 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

Hi List! I'm using TEI for a personal project, and I'd like to set it using ConTeXt. I'm having a bit of trouble getting started, and I was wondering if anyone has an environment file for TEI Lite that they'd like to share. It would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance, Mica

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placefigure ?
by R. Bastian 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello, In Mk II, I need to place figures - with numbers and captions - but \placefigure is for floats and never places the figure [here]. Is there another way? Thanks, -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org

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lightgray text for background
by R. Bastian 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello, for a title page I would use a page of code as background. How can I get the text \starttyping code \stoptyping in gray or lightgray ? Thanks, -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org

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poster in context
by Jan Pohanka 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello, I wonder how to create a poster presentation using ConTeXt. It should have following layout. _____________________ | title, ... | _____________________ | | | | | text in 3 columns | | with titles etc. | | | _____________________ | acknowledgement | _____________________ Is there any way to fix the height of the depicted areas? Now I use columnset for the main text. Maybe layers can be useful? regards Jan -- Ing. Jan Pohanka Department of Measurement Faculty of Electrical Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague Technická 2, 16627 Praha 6 tel. 224352058 email: pohanj1(a)fel.cvut.cz

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Problems with x-set-11.mkiv
by Cedric Mauclair 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi, For some reason, line 248 of x-set-11.mkiv file (\blank[\v!line]) is not taken into account. As a result, when typesetting the setup-??.pdf files, the line of the first argument being described after a command is be too high and the word "optional" is mixed with it. When we change "\blank[\v!line]" with the low-level "\vskip\lineheight" it works as expected (or it seems). I understand this is not "beautiful", but it is a workaround for now. I am sure a fix will be available shortly. I noticed this when generating the seup file with the command (MkIV): "mtxrun --script context --run --interface=en --global --result=setup-en --purge x-set-12". There is no problem with the MkII equivalent (as it uses x-set-11.mkii instead): "texexec --int=en --pdf --global --result=setup-en --purge x-set-12". Regards. -- Cédric

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colsep / left rule in TABLE
by Patrick Gundlach 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi, 1) how do I define colsep in a TABLE table? 2) how do I get a left rule only in a TABLE cell? I've tried: \bTR \bTD[leftframe=on,rulethickness=2pt] 2 \eTD \eTR but that gave me a completely framed cell. Thanks Patrick

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Question regarding strc-not.mkiv
by Elias Oltmanns 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi all, trying to figure out how postponed notes are processed in MkIV, I'm wondering when, or indeed, whether the tokens in \everyinsidenoteinsert and friends are being inserted. The reason for my curiosity is that I'm to understand why the setting of margindistance has no effect in the following example: \setupnote[footnote][location=text,margindistance=0cm] \starttext Some\footnote{Very short.} text. \placenotes[footnote] \stoptext Regards, Elias

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Error in mtxrun in beta (2010-09-29)
by Cedric Mauclair 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi, I get the following error when trying to use the command : mtxrun --locate syst-aux.mkiv "...path to mtxrun..."/bin/mtxrun:13181: attempt to call field 'find_given_file' (a nil value) Regards. -- Cédric

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columnset - float vertical spacing
by Jan Pohanka 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello, I need to reduce vertical spacing around floats in columnset. I have tried \setupfloats command as in example below, but without succes. And what about columns balancing? I have read the columns.pdf manual, but I don't understand it clearly. [balance=yes] does not balance the columns even without the figures. regards Jan \definepapersize[poster][width=73cm,height=73cm] \setuppapersize[poster][oversized] \setuplayout[ header=0cm,footer=0cm, backspace=2.54cm,topspace=1.5cm, width=middle,height=middle, location=middle,marking=on] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \mainlanguage[en] \enableregime[utf8] \usetypescript[helvetica][ec] \setupbodyfont[helvetica,25pt] \setupindenting[always,small] \definecolumnset[cols][n=3,distance=1em,balance=yes] \setupfloats[frame=on,spacebefore=none,spaceafter=none,before=,after=] \starttext \showframe \startcolumnset[cols] \input knuth \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:stereoblock] {AAxxxm} {\externalfigure[xxx][width=0.8\textwidth]} \input knuth \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \placefigure[][fig:stereoblock] {Axxxm} {\externalfigure[xxx][width=0.8\textwidth]} \input knuth \input tufte \stopcolumnset \stoptext -- Ing. Jan Pohanka Department of Measurement Faculty of Electrical Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague Technická 2, 16627 Praha 6 tel. 224352058 email: pohanj1(a)fel.cvut.cz

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Lua programming conventions..
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hello, all.. Where can I read something about Lua programming conventions? I mean programming conventions labeling local and global variables, table fields, Lua variables in modules, variables in namespaces etc. etc... When names are written in capital letters, sign reserved for system variables, etc.? Thanx Jarda

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Formatting in TOC
by Tomas Bures 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Dear all, I would like to generate a table of contents, where each item should have a number, title and date. I use the user variables this way: \define[1]\ChapterListTextCommand{% #1\hskip 1.5em \hbox{ \doiftextelse{\structurelistuservariable{date}{(\structurelistuservariable{datum})}{} } } But actually I would like to align the date to some fixed horizontal position. Something like this: 1. Title of chapter 1 (9.2.2010) .... 5 2. Title of another chapter (10.3.2010) .. 10 3. A very long title of a chapter (10.5.2010) .. 34 4. Title of fourth chap. (8.4.2010) ... 25 Another complication is that I would like the line to snap to a grid. I tried it with framed, but I'm not good enough in ConTeXt. Please, any idea? Thank you, best regards, Tomas

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[BUG] \placepublications[criterium=all] triggers error in ConTeXt 2010.09.29
by Hongwen Qiu 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Please see the attached minimal example and its error log. \placepublications[criterium=all] triggers error in ConTeXt 2010.09.29. It works fine in ConTeXt 2010.09.24. Both the luatex versions are beta-0.63.0-2010091123.

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tagged pdf broken
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi, in todays beta (20100929) the tagged pdf is broken! No tags are created and Preflight says: "An error occurred while parsing a contents stream"" See in attached zip folder a minimal example working (vers. 20100923) and corrupt (vers. 20100923). Steffen @Hans: But "goto userpage" works great! Thank you!!

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bug with columnsets in projects
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Hi, please see attached example: If you run the file containing the columnset directly (chap_X) it runs fine. But if you run MyProduct.tex there is an error: ! Missing } inserted. system > error on line 21 in file MyProduct.tex: Missing ... 11 %\component TOCtocDatei 12 \stopfrontmatter 13 % 14 \startbodymatter 15 \component chap_X 16 %\component teil_1 17 %\component teil_2 18 %\component teil_3 19 %\component teil_4 20 %\component teil_5 21 >> \stopbodymatter 22 % 23 \startbackmatter 24 %\component register 25 \stopbackmatter 26 \stopproduct <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup l.21 \stopbodymatter ? This is with MkIV. Steffen -------

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metapost: unable to make mpx file error
by Alan BRASLAU 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

\startOT Wow! "experimental metapost version two" (does this mean that we get to play with precision?) \stopOT \startQUESTION The following minimal example yields an error: \starttext \startMPcode input circle ; \stopMPcode \stoptext where circle.mp contains a btex...etex sequence: draw fullcircle scaled 1cm ; label (btex 1 cm etex , (0,0)) ; The "input circle ;" will work if I comment-out or remove label ; The minimal example will work, of course, if the mp code is in my tex file. The error message is: mplib : loading 'metafun.mp' (experimental metapost version two) ! mp terminal: (circle.mp >> circle.mp >> circle.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.2 label (btex 1 cm etex , (0,0)); . system > error on line 4 in file mp.tex: mp terminal: (circle.mp >> circle.mp >> circle.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.2 label (btex 1 cm etex , (0,0)); ... 1 \starttext 2 \startMPcode 3 input circle ; 4 >> \stopMPcode 5 \stoptext <inserted text> ...re.mp ; fi ; ;;;;]===], false)} \processMPgraphic ...e ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )}} \egroup \placeMPgraphic \d... l.4 \stopMPcode \stopQUESTION Alan

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# in type in tabulate
by Patrick Gundlach 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

Hi, this breaks, any workaround? ----------------------------------- \starttext \type{#ok} \starttabulate[|p(4cm)|] \NC \type{#not ok}\NC\NR % <----------- bang! \stoptabulate \stoptext ----------------------------------- Patrick

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Cambria and companion fonts
by Patrick Gundlach 29 Sep '10

29 Sep '10

While looking at Cambria, is there any typescript (or something similar) that defines for example Corbel or Candara as a companion to Cambria? Patrick

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