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by Jochen Dietrich 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

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countervalue section
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi all, how can I change a section's conversion (eg. for use in headertext). See minimal example below, please. Steffen === \starttext \chapter{Test} \headnumber[chapter]% now we have numbers % And just now we want to show the same as Characters not numbers: %\convertnumber{\Characters}{\countervalue{@@sesection-2}}% <- gives error %\Characters{\headnumber[chapter]}% <- gives error \stoptext

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pdf file not found
by Peter Münster 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hello, Can anybody reproduce the following problem (Taco can't ...): \startbuffer[pdf-pages] \starttext page 1 \page page 2 \stoptext \stopbuffer \savebuffer[pdf-pages][pdf-pages.tex] \executesystemcommand{context pdf-pages; mkdir testdir; mv pdf-pages.pdf testdir/2*8.pdf} \starttext \setupexternalfigures[directory={./testdir}] \externalfigure[2*8][page=2] \stoptext -> !LuaTeX error: PDF inclusion: required page <2> does not exist No problem with page=1. No problem with other name for pdf-file (for example "pdftest.pdf" instead of "2*8.pdf"). No problem, if pdf-file is in current directory instead of "testdir". My system is latest minimals on linux-amd64. Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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stray characters in output before bibliography
by Johann P.S. Dahm 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi, I'm new to ConTeXt (from LaTeX). I'm trying it out for a course paper that I need to write and running into a problem with the output pdf. With respect to the code below, when I compile it, I get the odd text "pubs]References" under the "References" section heading. I've looked around, but I can't find anyone having a similar problem. Is this caused by something I'm doing incorrectly in the ConTeXt code or is it something wrong with the bib module? For reference: I'm using MacTeX 2010 (up-to-date) on OSX10.6. --------------- \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=sources,sort=author, numbering=yes] \starttext \cite[something] some text. \section{References} \completepublications \stoptext --------------- Output looks like: (Something, Somedate) some text. 1 References pubs]References 1 "Title of the book", publisher, etc........ --------------- Thanks for any help, - Johann

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setuparranging eats the last page
by Marius 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hello, Then I added \setuparranging [2SIDE] in the given example bellow, the last page of the document disappeared. Looks like a bug. MKIV version: 2010.09.09 23:45 ======================================= \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging [2SIDE] \appendtoks \page Last page. \to\everystoptext \starttext First page. \page Next page. \stoptext ====================================== Marius

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Units fonts and spacing
by Vedran Miletić 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hello, can m-units be made to adjust it's font style to local font? For example \usemodule[units] \starttext \ss 1 \Bit\Per\Second \stoptext will still use serif font for units. Also, can m-units be set up to use spacing like 1\,\Bit\Per\Second instead of normal spacing? I saw there are some definitions for that in m-units.tex, but haven't found a way to activate them. Thanks, -- Vedran Miletić

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natural tables -- split 'n grid
by Philipp Gesang 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi, line correction leads to unwanted vertical spacing in split natural tables. Example (in both MkII and MkIV): ··8<····························································· %\setuplayout[grid=yes] % not required to reproduce it \starttext \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \startlinecorrection % fine without line correction \bTABLE[split=yes] % fine with split=no \bTABLEhead \bTR\bTH p\eTH\bTH q\eTH\bTH p or q\eTH\eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR\bTC False\eTC\bTC False\eTC\bTC False\eTC\eTR \bTR\bTC True\eTC\bTC False\eTC\bTC True\eTC\eTR \bTR\bTC False\eTC\bTC True\eTC\bTC True\eTC\eTR \bTR\bTC True\eTC\bTC True\eTC\bTC True\eTC\eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoplinecorrection \stoptext ··8<····························································· What am I missing here? Is line correction even recommended for use with tables? Why isn't it ignored if grid typesetting is switched off? Thanks in advance, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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beta
by Hans Hagen 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta. There have been some changes in the initial font loading code (mostly an experiment and hopefully compatible). The default load->cache method is unchanged (and tagged table') but you can configure others (given tat you run luatex 0.63) There are three optional levels of intermediate garbage collection: \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.cleanup=1] % true|false 1 2 3 The higher the number, the less memory is used (I'm preparing a chapter for hybrid.pdf that discusses these methods and gives some statistics). By default cleanup is turned off. Garbage collection efficiency differs per situation and is somewhat platform dependent. There are three methods but only table and sparse make sense: \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.method=table] \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.method=mixed] \enabledirectives[fonts.otf.loader.method=sparse] In some cases sparse might save a bit of memory but at the cost of runtime and even then it only concerns making a font cache-ready so in practice it is seldom needed to change the defaults. Only mess around with these directives if you are convinced that it will improve your situation. As said, these are the results of an experiment so we keep them around. If no serious problems are found in the beta I will release a current, so that we're nicely in sync with todays luatex beta. 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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numbers missing in subsubsubsubsubsubsection
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

Hi all, how do I get my numbers in level nine (and higher) back? See example below please. Did someone change module[subsub] ?? Thanks in advance, Steffen [2010.09.05 13:23 MKIV] ===== \usemodule[subsub] \starttext \definehead [LevelSeven] [subsubsubsubsection] \definehead [LevelNine] [subsubsubsubsubsubsection] \setuphead [LevelSeven] [sectionsegments=7:7] \setuphead [LevelNine] [sectionsegments=9:9] \LevelSeven{Seven} \LevelNine{Nine} \stoptext

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[OT] Mensis
by luigi scarso 12 Sep '10

12 Sep '10

http://mensis.sourceforge.net/ -- luigi

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ConTeXt meeting luggage
by Henning Hraban Ramm 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

Is any participant interested in CAcert assurance? (Otherwise I leave my forms at home.) Should I bring my guitar, or do we spend the nights hacking anyway? (I'd like to learn a Czech folk song or two, even if I'll have a hard time pronouncing it ;-)) Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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tex placeholder for use in metapost/metafun
by Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz 11 Sep '10

11 Sep '10

Hi everybody, as I like to desing a CI for an publishing Cover for an Organisation, I have a question about usage: What I wanna do is, having placeholders in the metapost coverpage, it should work like \author{} \title{} \swlogo{} in the preamble and should be automatically placed in the metapost graphic at runtime.... what would be the best way to do that? I thought about \def\author{content} and then in metapost \btex\author\etex but not sure if it will work, or is there a more ConTeXtian way to do so... Thanks for your help -- Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz Auf dem Sattler 4 34516 Ederbringhausen Germany Phone: +49 6454 799623 mobile: +49 176 63301749 Fax: +49 6454 7990138 e-Mail: scholz.m82(a)googlemail.com To downgrade the human mind is bad theology. - C. K. Chesterton

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Perfecting my checkbox functionalities
by Cecil Westerhof 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

I am learning to work with ConTeXt. At the moment I have the following defined: \newdimen\CheckBoxMargin \CheckBoxMargin=2em \newdimen\CheckBoxWidth \CheckBoxWidth=2.5em \newdimen\CheckBoxDistance \CheckBoxDistance=.5em \definesymbol[CheckBox][{[~~~]}] \def\startcheckbox[#1]{ \blank \leftaligned{#1} \startitemize[packed, intro, joinedup][margin=\CheckBoxMargin, symbol=CheckBox, width=\CheckBoxWidth, distance=\CheckBoxDistance] } \def\stopcheckbox{ \stopitemize \blank \crlf } \def\GetNiveauOfService[#1]{ \blank #1 {\switchtobodyfont[0.5em](1 = low, 9 = high)} \startitemize[packed, intro, joinedup, columns][n=9, symbol=CheckBox, width=\CheckBoxWidth, distance=\CheckBoxDistance] \dorecurse{9}{ \item \recurselevel } \stopcheckbox } I have a few questions about this. In GetNiveauOfService 9 is used three times. I like DRY, so I was wondering if there would be a better way to do this? Next step would be that the number of checkboxes could be a parameter. The default would be nine and if given, the given value would be used. How would I do this? Then the 'normal' checkboxes. The default is one column. But I would like to have the possibility to use a parameter to for example make checkboxes in three columns. How would I do this? Lastly, in GetNiveauOfService there is text. How can I make this language dependent. For example in English I want: (1 = low, 9 = high) but in Dutch: (1 = weinig, 9 = veel) and properly it would be a good idea to have two optional parameters when you want other descriptions. How would I do this? -- Cecil Westerhof M CLDWesterhof(a)gmail.com O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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ctxtools
by Jörg Hagmann 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

I did use ctxtools for purging files. But now the command is not found any longer. I installed new minimals, but that didn't help. context version: MTXrun | current version: 2010.09.05 13:23 platform: Mac OS X 10.6.4 Thanks, Jörg

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Indent after \placefigure
by Andreas Harder 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hello, if one uses the right-option in \placefigure the paragraph indent is omitted. Example: \setupindenting[small,yes,next] \setupfloats[indentnext=yes] % no effect \starttext \input tufte \par \placefigure [right]{caption} {\framed[width=5cm,height=3cm]{some figure}} \input tufte \par \input tufte \stoptext Best regards Andreas

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Prevent Ligatures
by Andreas Harder 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hi all, I've two questions. 1. Is f|*|f still the right way to prevent a ligature? 2. \setff{noligs} don't seem to have effect, while the defined font is working. What is wrong? \definefontfeature[noligs] [default][liga=no] \definefont[test][Serif*noligs] \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] ff fi fl fh fk \crlf {\setff{noligs} ff fi fl fh fk } \crlf {\test ff fi fl fh fk } \crlf f|*|f f|*|i f|*|l f|*|h f|*|k \stopTEXpage Best regards Andreas

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Recursive printing letters using Letters module...
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hello, Can be deployed print letters due t-letter module in the cycle? When I use recursion, then an error occurs. I note that I am going to change the values (from CSV file) in a cycle (that someone thought that I want to write a few the same letters in cycle :-) here is my example: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{ \startletter[ toname={Name}, toaddress={Address}, opening={Dear Name,}, subject={Step by step guide to write a letter}, closing={Greetings from the Author}] Thus, I came to the conclusion ... \stopletter \page } \stoptext Thanx, Jaroslav

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Accessing fonts
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Sep '10

10 Sep '10

Hi, I can only load some fonts (like Fontin) that are in ~/texmf or ~/.fonts if I load it using the file: directive. The name: directive does not seem to work, even if the font is in ~/texmf directory. As a result a lot of my old documents (which generally use typescripts or simplefonts module by Wolfgang) have stopped working. I can fix things on a case by case basis, but I wonder if others are also facing similar problems and there is bug lurking somewhere that is platform dependent. I am using 2010.09.05 on linux-64. Aditya

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arrangement 3x1 doublesided
by Andrea Valle 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Hi gurus, can anyone please suggest a way to arrange this pdf: http://www.fonurgia.unito.it/andrea/stuff/prog.pdf so that at the end I have two pages A4 landscape with pages 561 and 234? I'd like to print it on A4 double sided and fold it in 3 parts. Tried by myself but no way. Many thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/ --> http://www.youtube.com/user/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski)

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luatex problem
by Lutz Haseloff 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Hi Hans Hi all, i use the latest context minimals under windows xp with the SciTE Editor. Since some weeks, automatic closing and opening of the PDF doesn't work anymore. My testfile pdfopen.lua has only one line: os.execute('pdfopen --file "calluna.pdf"') If I run this file with: mtxrun --script "pdfopen.lua" Adobe Reader 9 crashes completely and wants to send an error report to microsoft. If I run the same file with: lua pdfopen.lua the file opens immediately. For me it seems to be a problem in luatex. Greetings Lutz

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Module t-letter: Headers, Footers And Back Address
by benedikt k 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Hello everyone, an issue arised while writing a letter with the third party module t-letter (http://modules.contextgarden.net/letter) I've read the official documentation (Correspondence with ConTeXt) but I found no solution to: a) Setup a header/footer for the first page and configure a different one for the following pages. Page 46 of the documentation describes the setup of the specific (letter) layers. With the "state" parameter it's possible to enable (= "start"), disable (= "stop") the header or start it on the second page and the following (= "next"), but if I configure the header for the first page with \setupletterstyle[head] [ state=start, alternative=left, fromrule=top, ] and then for the following pages \setupletterstyle[head] [ state=next, ... ] only the second setup is typeset. From this it follows that the first setup is just overwritten. The header on the first page should only contain a name and than a thin line (a "\hairline" similar to the built-in variable "fromrule"). The header on the following pages should contain variable things and than also a thin line. Unfortunately I found no possibility to get this done. b) I would like to define a back address which should be typeset above the addressee. Page 44 of the documentation illustrates amongst other layers the back address layer, but there is no way to activate and configure this layer. I've tried it with \setupletter[backaddress][...] and \setuplayer[backaddress][...]. Maybe someone have a tip. Thank you and have a nice week. Benedikt ps: A small (commented) letter template is attached below (as tex file).

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Making checkboxes
by Cecil Westerhof 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

I am trying to define a (paper) feedback form. One of the things I need is checkboxes. A first stab for this (for example I need also a start text, but I do one step at a time) is, based on TeX by Topic, a Texnician's Reference page 106: \def\checkBox#1,{\space\space\space\space[\space\space] #1\par} \def\checkBoxes(#1,){\xcheckBoxes#1, xxx,} \def\endpiece{xxx} \def\xcheckBoxes#1,{\def\temp{#1}% \ifx\temp\endpiece \else \checkbox#1,% \expandafter\xcheckBox \fi} \starttext Some text \checkBoxes Yes, No, A little bit,xxx \stoptext I would expect: Some text [ ] Yes [ ] No [ ] A little bit but I get: Some text es, No, A little bit,xxx What am I doing wrong? Something else: how do I 'eat' spaces between parameters. I would like to have: \checkBoxes Yes,No,A little bit,xxx and: \checkBoxes Yes, No, A little bit, xxx the same result. And is there a way to know how many parameters a macro gets? Like ${#} in Bash. That would make things easier. -- Cecil Westerhof M CLDWesterhof(a)gmail.com O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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document links in the wiki
by Patrick Gundlach 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Hi, on the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_an_Excursion%2C_translations there are some broken links, such as: https://foundry.supelec.fr/docman/view.php/22/15/ma-cb-nl-screen.pdf does anyone know where to find these files? Or are they gone? Patrick

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Manipulating \pagenumber with Lua code : example need
by Vnpenguin 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Hi, I would like to manipulate \pagenumber with Lua code, in order to add an increment to page number, print out (\pagenumber + INC) instead of \pagenumber. I can't found any example in Wiki yet. Some lines of simple code will be very appreciated :) Thanks

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tikz fading graphic
by Peter Rolf 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Hi, this is the first time I use tikz and maybe something is missing in my example. I tried the second graphic from page 206 of the tikz manual. Sadly I only get a opaque blue square. Example and log file attached. I get the same error for both marks: [..] (./tikz206.tuo) systems : begin file tikz206 at line 6 Package pgfkeys: Error! I do not know the key '/tikz/innercolor' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it. Package pgfkeys: Error! I do not know the key '/tikz/outercolor' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it. Package tikz: Error! You need to say \usetikzlibrary{patterns}. Package pgfkeys: Error! I do not know the key '/tikz/patterncolor' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it. Package pgfkeys: Error! I do not know the key '/tikz/pathfading' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it. fonts : resetting map file list [..] Peter

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Context to RTF :-/
by Florian Baudach 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Hi, is there any practical solution to convert a context-document into a rtf-document? (Unfortunately I must send my documents to word users :-( ) I do not need a perfect rtf file. It would be sufficient if the footnotes and headings would be tranformed. (Layout / Tabells etc are not so important) I've read the FAQ and I know there is no tool like latex2rtf. In 2005 (five years ago) there was a approach to the problem on the mailing list, which suggest to write the document in xml and the produce on pdf and one html file. Is this a practical solution or is it, if you have absolute no idea about xml like me, a to time consuming approach? I've also tried some free pdftortf tools, but so far the results were disillusioning :-(. I am open for any suggestions ;-). Greetings FloMo

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Insert page number into multi-page PDF
by Vnpenguin 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Hi, I have a multi-page PDF without page number . Is there simple way to insert page number by using ConTeXt ? I'm thinking about: * Setup ConTeXt with zero or small margins, * Setup page number (possibility to start from some value, not necessary from 1) * Include each page of PDF as picture * Build PDF with ConTeXt but I can not found an example for that. Any ideas for help? Thanks in advance, Regards

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Room for comment on the backside of form
by Cecil Westerhof 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

I am still trying to make a useful environment for paper feedback forms. One thing I am trying to do now, is to but lines on the back for when someone needs more space to give the feedback. For this I made the following macro: \def\PageWithComment[#1]{ \page #1 \crlf\crlf \thinrules[n=35,inbetween=\vskip1.5ex] \page } There are several needed optimisations. For starters the number of lines is hard coded. Is there a way to calculate them? At the moment it is always called with: \PageWithComment[Room for extra comments] What is the best way to set a default? Because most of the time it will all the time be the same value. With this setup the pagination has to be done completely manually. Not very handy. Is there a way that when a new page is generated, the comment page is inserted before the new page? And also after the last? An example: http://decebal.nl/ConTeXt/sources/feedback-form and the pdf: http://decebal.nl/ConTeXt/sources/feedback-form.pdf -- Cecil Westerhof M CLDWesterhof(a)gmail.com O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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layer problem
by Andrea Valle 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Hi to all, I'm using this code to insert a page from pdf into a layer: \enableregime[utf8] \mainlanguage[it] \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Colors %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %\definepapersize [flyer][width=99mm, height=210mm] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuplayout [width=fit, rightmargin=0cm, leftmargin=0cm, leftmargindistance=0pt, rightmargindistance=0pt, height=fit, header=0cm, footer=0cm, topspace=0cm, backspace=0cm, % cutspace=1cm, bottomspace=0cm, location=singlesided] \starttext \definelayer[layer0] \setlayer [layer0] [x=0,y=20cm] {\rotate[90]{\externalfigure[prog.pdf][page=3]}} \setupbackgrounds[page][page][background=layer0, state=repeat] \strut \stoptext Now, the only problem is that the y=20 parameters doesn't affect the output. But I have a 20cm printed into the pdf. It's exactly the structure I'm using for many other projects. Where it works fine. Any ideas? Thanks a lot -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/ --> http://www.youtube.com/user/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski)

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XeLaTeX logo
by Mojca Miklavec 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Dear Hans, may I request the addition of XeLaTeX logo to ConTeXt core? I'm not sure if there's an official version of it, but I would simply define it the same way as XeTeX logo, only replacing \kern-.15em \TeX} with \kern0em \LaTeX} at the end of definition. (The original XeLaTeX logo definition is extra-complicated, so I'm not sure how it's done. I suspect that they use -0.125 kerning between mirrored E and L, but that makes the two letters clash too much. It's in tex/latex/metalogo/metalogo.sty) Thanks a lot, Mojca

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Macros for paper feedback form
by Cecil Westerhof 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

I am trying to make a set of macros for a paper feedback form. The first part is: \setuplayout [backspace=20mm,footer=5mm,header=5mm,height=middle,margin=1cm,topspace=0mm,width=middle] \setupindenting[yes,none] \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[nl] \setupbodyfont[roman, 12pt] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setupoutput[pdf] \def\CheckBoxes[#1,#2]% {\blank #1\par \processcommalist[#2]\doCheckBoxes \blank \crlf } \def\doCheckBoxes#1% {\hskip2.5em[\hskip1em] #1\par } \def\GetComment[#1]{ \blank #1\par \thinrules[n=4] \blank \crlf } \def\Title[#1]{ \par \startalignment[center] {\switchtobodyfont[18pt]\bf\em#1} \stopalignment \blank } But I would like to have also a macro for the following: {\bf Contact gegevens:} \setupfillinrules[width=3cm] \fillinrules{Bedrijf:} \fillinrules{Naam:} \fillinrules{Adres:} \fillinrules{PC Woonplaats:} \fillinrules{E-mail} \fillinrules{Telefoon:} \fillinrules{GSM:} \blank \crlf The biggest problem is that the width is dependent on the longest text that is given here. In this case PC Woonplaats. Is there a smart way to calculate the right value? Another problem is that the distance between lines with fillinrules is about twice as big as with normal lines. How can I get the distance the same as with normal lines? -- Cecil Westerhof M CLDWesterhof(a)gmail.com O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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dorecurse in table
by Cecil Westerhof 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

The following code does what I want: \blank \SetTableToWidth{\textwidth} \starttable[|lp(0.90\textwidth)|] Some text \SR \SR \HL \SR \HL \SR \HL \SR \HL \stoptable \blank I would think that the following code is equivalent: \blank \SetTableToWidth{\textwidth} \starttable[|lp(0.90\textwidth)|] Some text \SR \dorecurse{4}{ \SR \HL } \stoptable \blank But it is not. I get: Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in alignment at lines 39--49 [][][][][] ! Misplaced \noalign. \TABLEnoalign ->\noalign \bgroup \let \noalign \relax \let \next = \insertTABLEtail ->\TABLEnoalign {\global \settrue \preventTABLEbreak \globa... \stoptable ->\chuckTABLEautorow \insertTABLEtail \TABLEnoalign {\globalletem... l.60 \stoptable and h gives: I expect to see \noalign only after the \cr of an alignment. Proceed, and I'll ignore this case. What am I doing wrong? -- Cecil Westerhof M CLDWesterhof(a)gmail.com O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/

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vim syntax highlighting in MKIV
by Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

Hi Hans, Mojca, Aditya and List, just tried to use the vim Syntax Highlighting module in ConTeXt MKIV, but if running the documents complains it searches a file called filename-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp sure that file not exists but there is a file called filename-vimsyntax.tmp is there a way to do a workaround so that the vim Syntaxhighlighting module would work in MKIV or does it need to be rewriten completedly? Greetings -- --- Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz Auf dem Sattler 4 34516 Ederbringhausen Phone: +49 6454 799623 mobile: +49 176 63301749 Fax: +49 6454 e-Mail: scholz.m82(a)googlemail.com Think sideways! -- Ed De Bono

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breaking a line
by Hannes Baur 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Dear all I should break a line to correct for an "Overfull \hbox ..." error. How can I achieve this, so that the line before the manual line break remains justified. Example: Original text "Abb. 1. Männchen von Megarhyssa rixator, einer charakteristischen Schlupf- wespe von im Holz lebenden Pflanzenwespen. R. Burri. Während der " The word "Schlupf" cannot be hyphenated any further and therefore "Schlupfwespe" should be put on the next line. However, the above line above becomes raggedright with standard commands, e.g. \crlf. So, how can I force the word "Schlupfwespe" to the next line so that the the entire paragraph remains justified? The command should be the equivalent to LaTeX's \linebreak command. Any suggestions welcome. Regards Hannes

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impostion
by Jan Pohanka 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Hello, is it possible to create following impostion, please? \setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4] \setuparranging[???] -------------------- | 2nd page | | bottom up | | | | | -------------------- | 1 st page | | normal | | | | | -------------------- -------------------- | 4th page | | bottom up | | | | | -------------------- | 3rd page | | normal | | | | | -------------------- regards Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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subpagenumbering
by Wolfgang Schuster 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Hi, mkiv gives a wrong value (x+1) for the total number of subpages \setupheadertexts[\subpagenumber\ – \nofsubpages] \setupsubpagenumber[way=bytext,state=start] \starttext \dorecurse{3} {\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \page\resetsubpagenumber} \stoptext Wolfgang

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linking to equations with leqalignno?
by Pau 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Hello, I am a bit lost. I am using this format for an equation: ----------------------------------------------------------------- \placeformula[nohair] \startformula \leqalignno{ - M^{}_{\bullet}a^{2}_{\bullet} = & M^{}_{2} = - \frac{J^{2}_{1}}{M^{}_{0}} \,, \cr - M^{}_{\bullet}a^{3}_{\bullet} = & J^{}_{3} = \frac{M^{}_{2}J^{}_{1}}{M^{}_{0}}\,. \cr } \stopformula ----------------------------------------------------------------- but then,using \in[nohair] to link to the equation in the text of the document does not work. I get a [??] I think this is related to leqalignno, because \in[] works fine without it. What should I do in this case? thanks, Pau

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extra row at the end of matrix
by Chen Shen 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

The matrix from the following example has an extra row at the end. ============= \starttext \startformula A = \startmatrix[left={\left(\,},right={\,\right)}] \NC 1 \NC 2 \NR \NC 3 \NC 4 \NR \stopmatrix \stopformula \stoptext ============= I am using mkiv version: MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.62.0-2010082314 Removing the last \NR fixes the problem, but this is certainly different from the previous mkiv/mkii behavior. I wonder this is an intended change, or is it a bug ? Thanks a lot! regards, shenchen

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ConTeXt Minimals: some statistics of usage
by Mojca Miklavec 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Hello, As I have promised some time ago here is some raw statistics from the last month (older statistics is not kept on server): There are 29917 different jobs. There are 379 different IP numbers. Bytes sent: 14,451,171,433 The following numbers represent unique IP numbers that have tried to download minimals for a specific platform: platform linux: 94 platform linux-64: 85 platform osx-64: 68 platform mswin: 65 platform osx-intel: 48 platform osx-ppc: 15 platform freebsd-amd64: 3 platform freebsd: 1 Mojca

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beta
by Hans Hagen 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta. There have been quite some changes in the lua code, not so much in terms of functionality but in organization (a first step to a more formal api). So, if you use calls to functions in mkiv, you might need to check it. There have been some extensions but those will become available when the next luatex release happens. 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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multiple flow charts in the same document
by Chen Shen 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Hi all, I want to place multiple flow charts in the same document. However, connection comments displays correctly in the first chart, but disappears in the second chart. Below is a minimum example adapted from the wiki. I am using mkiv, MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.62.0-2010082314 Any suggestions? Thanks a lot! regards, shenchen -------------------------------------- \usemodule[chart] \starttext \setupFLOWcharts[height=3\lineheight] \startFLOWchart[example] \startFLOWcell \name {flow} \location {1,1} \text {Flow} \connection [bt] {chart} \comment[r] {abc} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {chart} \location{1,2} \text {Charts} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \FLOWchart[example] \startFLOWchart[clone] \startFLOWcell \name {flow} \location {1,1} \text {Flow} \connection [bt] {chart} \comment[r] {abc} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {chart} \location{1,2} \text {Charts} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \FLOWchart[clone] \stoptext --------------------------------------

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New beta: protrusion and expansion
by Andreas Harder 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hi Hans, it seems that protrusion and expansion do not work with the latest beta. Here is a test file: \definefontfeature [default] [default] [mode=node,protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \starttext \showframe \input tufte \stoptext Greeting Andreas

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ConTeXt Minimals: `luatools --selfupdate` does not work.
by Paul Menzel 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Dear ConTeXt folks, I installed ConTeXt minimals and tried to run luatools --selfupdate as documented in the Wiki [1]. It looks like, the option is not supported anymore, since the output looks like a list of supported options. Am I right about this? $ luatools --selfupdate MTXrun | TDS Runner Tool 1.26 | ConTeXt TDS Management Tool 1.35 (aka luatools) MTXrun | MTXrun | --generate generate file database MTXrun | --variables show configuration variables MTXrun | --expansions show expanded variables MTXrun | --configurations show configuration order MTXrun | --expand-braces expand complex variable MTXrun | --expand-path expand variable (resolve paths) MTXrun | --expand-var expand variable (resolve references) MTXrun | --show-path show path expansion of ... MTXrun | --var-value report value of variable MTXrun | --find-file report file location MTXrun | --find-path report path of file MTXrun | --make or --ini make luatex format MTXrun | --run or --fmt= run luatex format MTXrun | --luafile=str lua inifile (default is <progname>.lua) MTXrun | --lualibs=list libraries to assemble (optional when --compile) MTXrun | --compile assemble and compile lua inifile MTXrun | --verbose give a bit more info MTXrun | --all show all found files MTXrun | --sort sort cached data MTXrun | --format=str filter cf format specification (default 'tex', use 'any' for any match) MTXrun | --engine=str target engine MTXrun | --progname=str format or backend MTXrun | --pattern=str filter variables MTXrun | --trackers=list enable given trackers MTXrun | MTXrun | More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at: MTXrun | MTXrun | maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context MTXrun | webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net MTXrun | wiki : http://contextgarden.net Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals

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Presentation Styles: `texexec --pdf --mode=demo s-pre-xx` still valid?
by Paul Menzel 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Dear ConTeXt folks, to test presentation styles the Wiki [1] lists the following command to execute. texexec --pdf --mode=demo s-pre-xx Unfortunately that does not work on my Debian Sid/unstable system (TeXLive 2009). I reported it to the Debian BTS [2]. $ texexec --pdf --mode=demo /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/s-pre-00 MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.02 seconds TeXExec | processing document '/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/s-pre-00' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file s-pre-00.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1037 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) restricted \write18 enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/s-pre-00.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKII fmt: 2010.8.28 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-tmf.mkii)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkii)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-one.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-one.mkii))) system : s-pre-00.top loaded (./s-pre-00.top) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2->2:2 us-> ec:ec->3->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->4->3:3 de->ec:ec->5->3:3 da->ec:ec->6->2:2 sv->ec:ec->7->2:2 gb->ec:ec->8->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->9->2:2 fr->ec:ec->1 0->2:2 es->ec:ec->11->2:2 ca->ec:ec->12->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->13->2:2 it- >ec:ec->14->2:2 la->ec:ec->15->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->16->2:2 pt->ec:ec->17 ->2:2 ro->ec:ec->18->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->19->2:2 pl->ec:ec->20->2:2 pl->qx:qx->21- >2:2 cs->il2:il2->22->2:2 cs->ec:ec->23->2:2 sk->il2:il2->24->2:2 sk->ec:ec->25 ->2:2 hr->ec:ec->26->2:2 sl->ec:ec->27->2:2 tr->ec:ec->28->2:2 agr->agr:agr->30 ->2:2 fi->ec:ec->31->2:2 hu->ec:ec->32->2:2 ru->t2a:t2a->34->2:2 uk->t2a:t2a->3 5->3:3 loaded specials : dvips loaded systems : system commands are enabled language : language en is active specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.mkii specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii))) systems : invalid \starttext...\stoptext structure systems : end file s-pre-00 at line 0 system : cont-err loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) No pages of output. Transcript written on s-pre-00.log. TeXUtil | parsing file s-pre-00.tui TeXUtil | check loading of file 's-pre-00', begin/end problem TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 8 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 0.252728 $ LANG=C ls -l s-pre-00.pdf ls: cannot access s-pre-00.pdf: No such file or directory I think, the main reason seems to be the following line. systems : invalid \starttext...\stoptext structure Do you know if this command should still be working. It might be something changed because the Wiki page was last edited in May 2007. Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Presentation_Styles [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595347

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TABLE border width for row
by Jan Pohanka 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hello, is it possible to increase border width of single row (or column) without affecting "inner" (between cell) borders using TABLE macro? On the wiki, there is a solution for wider border around whole table using additional \framed, would work something similar for single row? \setupTABLE[r][2][rulethickness=2pt] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \eTABLE best regards Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Wiki: Tables Overview: What table macros are deprecated?
by Paul Menzel 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Dear ConTeXt folks, I was reading up about tables and found the overview in the Wiki [1] with the following remark. Not each provides everything you may need, and the older ones are deprecated. [1] Could someone please clarify which macros are deprecated or which are the recommended or supported/still developed ones. This question is also asked on the discussion page. Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Talk:Tables_Overview

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mathbold greek letters
by Chen Shen 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi all, First I admit that I've never understood the typescript part of ConTeXt... I've been using the following recipe for boldmath. The latin letters appears fine in bold italic font, but the greek letters do not appear. --------------------------- \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [latin-modern] [modern] [encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext $a b c \alpha \beta \phi$ $\bi a b c \alpha \beta \phi$ \stoptext --------------------------- Looking at the log file, I found the following error message: --------------------------- Missing character: There is no α (U+03B1) in font LMMath10-Regular! Missing character: There is no α (U+03B1) in font LMMath10-Regular! Missing character: There is no β (U+03B2) in font LMMath10-Regular! Missing character: There is no β (U+03B2) in font LMMath10-Regular! Missing character: There is no ϕ (U+03D5) in font LMMath10-Regular! --------------------------- Apologize for dumb questions. I wonder why LMMath Regular is looked-up here, I thought we should be looking-up LMMathItalic10-Bold? Thanks a lot. regards, ShenChen

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Mark IV with TL2010 pretest
by Abdulrahman Al-Abdulsalam 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hello, I am installing TL2010 pretest and wonder whether ConTeXt Mark IV runs out of the box or there are certain setup procedures to go. Also I would be grateful if someone can point to a good reading resource for how to get opentype fonts going with the ConTeXt's LuaTeX engine. Thanks in advance. -- Abdulrahman Al-Abdulsalam Colleges of Applied Science - Oman

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Postscript Type1 fonts & MK IV
by John Magolske 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

I'd like to get some Postscript Type1 fonts working with MK IV (installed via the minimals under Linux). I placed the *.pfb fonts in ~/.fonts and did: mtxrun --script fonts --reload mtxrun --script fonts --list --all --pattern=* ...but the output doesn't show any of the *.pfb fonts. The *.ttf fonts installed alongside them in ~/.fonts do show up, and I can create PDFs with those ttf fonts using the `context` command, but I'm not sure how to proceed with the Postscript fonts. Thanks for any suggestions, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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ConTeXt meeting Lua tutorials
by Taco Hoekwater 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Hi all, Today I started preparations for my activities at the ConTeXt meeting. There are two small lua tutorials in the program, and I am looking for input on both. There is one that is supposed to be a general beginner's introduction, and one specifically about fonts. For both, I am looking for input on what subjects I should cover? Since both tutorials will end up as articles/wiki pages, it makes sense to ask everybody on the list for input (but requests by actual attendees will be scored considerably higher). Best wishes, Taco

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