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Problem with cross references
by Robert Blackstone 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi all, I would like to get some advice concerning a problem, or rather a nuisance, with internal references. I am making a longish document with several chapters, all of which are separate .tex-files to be input into the main file, which contains all setups and the skeleton of the document. There are a number of cross references between elements that sit in different files. With some simple test files I checked that this worked and that I use the proper commands. However, with the real files it does not work, that is, not immediately. Even after 4 or 5 runs I still get ?? instead of page numbers, and then suddenly things are OK. I have no idea what happened between failure and success and I have no idea what I have to do to get the proper result immediately. It is a nuisance because I cannot be sure the thing worked till I have checked the entire output after each run, which is rather time consuming. I’m using the latest version of TeXShop with the minimals of july 20, but older versions show the same symptoms. Thanks for any advice. Robert Blackstone

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an issues with punk module
by views63 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi all I found an issues with punk module in latest beta (MkIV) example: \usemodule[punk] \usetypescript[punk] \setupbodyfont[punk, 32pt] \starttext All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. \stoptext -- Best regards, Huang Ze

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\qedhere equivalent in ConTeXt
by Emanuele Sacco 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi all, I'have simulated the proof environment whit the following code: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definedescription [proof] [text=Proof.] \setupdescriptions[proof] [width=broad,distance=0.5em, location=serried, headstyle=it, indentnext=yes, indenting=yes, closesymbol=$\square$] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I wanted to know if there is an equivalent of the command \qedhere (LaTeX command) to solve the problem that arises when the environment ends with a displayed equation. Thanks. Emanuele Sacco

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\startcolumns ... \stopcolumns
by Horacio Suarez 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hello: After \startcolumns ... \stopcolumns there a big blank space. This sample shows it. %%%%%%%%% \starttext \startcolumns \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \stopcolumns {\bf This should appear in the first page, below {\em tufte,} there is enough room.} \stoptext %%%%%%%%% why the last line jumps to a new page? Thankyou very much. -------------------- Horacio Suarez

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color shading/conversion (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, there is a problem with color shading in combination with color conversion. Short example is attached. MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.62.0-2010080307 (rev 3794) Best wishes, Peter

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Blank lines and \noindent
by Martin Althoff 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Just curious about the intented behaviour of \noindent. If I place it as shown in the example, the next paragraph will still be indented. However, if the blank line between \noindent and the following text is deleted or contains a comment, the following text will not be indented. Is this placement dependency intended? I thought I could use blank lines at liberty to "style" the sources. Secondly, is there any way of integrating the \noindent into the \textrule. Means: the paragraph following a textrule should not be indented. Not crucial, but would reduce the clutter in the sources. There are about 600 textrules... Not pretty, I know, but currently they are my indicator, that a page in the original book, from which the text comes, has changed. Thanks again, Martin \setupindenting[yes,small] \indenting[next] \starttext \input{davis} % page 86 Old page header \textrule[top]{Change of Page} \noindent \input{davis} \stoptext

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completelistofunits and completelistofabbreviations in MkIV
by Vedran Miletić 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Are completelistofunits and completelistofabbreviations supposed to be with an empty title in MkIV? Consider this: \usemodule[units] \starttext \completelistofunits \chapter{Something} 1 \Meter. \stoptext List of tables and List of figures work normally. Regards, -- Vedran Miletić

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metapost and lua
by Philipp Gesang 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi all! [1] Is there a Lua interface for metapost? I'm thinking of something like cld is for TeX here. All I figured out so far is how to generate mp code (as strings) in Lua and then having it processed by mplib, but as the metafun manual is from 2002 and with context you never know how far it is ahead of your dreams … [1a] If not [1], then: will there ever be something like this? [2] There's an example for “metapost.process()” in mlib-ctx.mkiv but I can't get it to work. I simply copypasted it as follows: ···8<·········································································· \starttext \startluacode mpgraphic = [[ for i=1 upto 1000 : beginfig(0); draw halfcircle scaled 1cm withcolor green ; picture p ; p := "oeps" infont defaultfont scaled .75 rotated 45 ; p := p shifted - (xpart center p,0) ; draw p ; draw boundingbox p ; endfig ; beginfig(0); draw halfcircle scaled 1cm dashed evenly withcolor green ; endfig ; beginfig(0); pickup pencircle xscaled .5mm yscaled .25mm rotated 45 ; draw halfcircle scaled 1cm withcolor red ; endfig ; beginfig(0); draw halfcircle scaled 1cm ; endfig ; beginfig(0); pickup pencircle xscaled .5mm yscaled .25mm rotated 45 ; for k:=1 upto 10 : draw halfcircle scaled uniformdeviate(1cm) withcolor (red/(k/4)) ; endfor ; endfig ; endfor ; ]] metapost.process(metapost.format("metafun"),mpgraphic) \stopluacode \stoptext ···8<·········································································· This fails in mlib-run.lua at line 324. (Same with all my other tries, but I assume code from the context sources has a much higher probability of being valid.) Do I miss something critical? Thanks for your help, Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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Palatino Linotype under MKIV
by Paul Schalck 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, I'm trying to use the full glyph range of the Palatino Linotype font shipped with XP (version 1.40; significantly different from the Windows 7 one) under MKIV. Everything works fine (oldstyle figures, sups for instance), except that the small cap "i" character has a dot whereas it shouldn't. Here's a test file. The result, produced on WinXP / ConTeXt beta 2010-06-23, is attached. \definefontfeature[palatinolt-default][script=latn,kern=yes,liga=yes,trep=yes,tlig=yes,protrusion=quality] \definefontfeature[palatinolt-smcp][script=latn,kern=yes,liga=yes,trep=yes,tlig=yes,protrusion=quality,smcp=yes,onum=yes] \definefontfeature[palatinolt-sups][mode=node,script=latn,kern=yes,liga=yes,trep=yes,tlig=yes,protrusion=quality,sups=yes] \starttypescript[serif][palatinolt][name] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym[Serif][file:pala.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold][file:palab.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic][file:palai.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic][file:palabi.ttf][features=palatinolt-default] \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps][file:pala.ttf][features=palatinolt-smcp] \stoptypescript \definetypeface[palatinolt][rm][serif][palatinolt][default] \setupbodyfont[palatinolt] \enableprotruding\setuppagenumbering[location=] \starttext {\sc \input knuth } \stoptext As far as I can see, it has to do with the messy name list of the glyphs. Both the normal small cap i and the small cap dotted i are named "i.sc", but the wrong one is picked when the smcp feature is activated. Moreover, the small cap glyphs have no unicode numbers in this font, so I cannot pick them manually with \char"XXXX or even with \charXXXXX. Any ideas how I can get the right dottless i?

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hi, I uploaded a beta. Peter Rolf and I have spent quite some time on pdfx related issues (mostly trying to figure out the right specs and how to deal with them). We started with a command driven interface but eventually it ended up with a single command: \setupbackend [format=PDF/X-3:2002, intent=sRGB] Lookups are case insensitive. The intent can be a comma separated list of profiles. The name is resolved using colo-icc.xml (or color-icc.lua) but one can also pass a (list of) files using the 'file' key. You can check handling with: \enabletrackers[backend.pdfx] When choosing a format, color spaces, transparency and layers are automatically disabled in the backend code but they do function in the frontend. Of course included images are the user's responsibility but color etc in MP graphics should work out ok. There are probably rough edges. 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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font catalogue (re)
by R. Bastian 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hello, it is not a list of available fonts i need, but a catalogue where one can see the typefaces. In the Minimal directory there are 91 tfm files, 309 pfb files and 2043 thm files. Chap 31 'Fonts and font switches' of ".. an excursion" or Sect 5.1.1 in '...the 'Manual' gives no example hwo to go from a tfm fil (say "tcxr.tfm") to a usable font. A possible test file of typefaces could be (for my use "specimen.tex"): """ azertyu ... AZERTY ... äëÿuüïö ... âêûîô ... ÂÊÛÎÔ ... ÄËŸÜ ... &"'(-è_çà) """ and the font file for making a PDF: %%%%% how to go from TFM to 'normal' %%%%% \starttext \input specimen \stoptext I hope this can help beginners. -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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comments, font catalogue
by R. Bastian 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hello, 1. is there the same in Context than the Latexian \begin{comment} ... \end{comment} --------------------------- 2. In the Minimal tree there are many .afm, .tfm and other font files. Is there a sort of font catalogue (visualization of the fonts) ? The source of such a catalogue would be a good example for beginners - like me. -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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vbox construct breaking MKII
by Willi Egger 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, Any variation of the following construct breaks in MKII as long as there is no new line after the closing } of the vbox. MKIV does not have this problem. \startbuffer[bf4] \vbox{ test }\stopbuffer Please refer to the testfile Kind regards Willi

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Verbatim line numbering: location intext/text, empty lines, wrapped lines
by Stefan Müller 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, I found some issues with verbatim line numbering in MkIV. The appended examples is basically taken from the wiki. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Line_numbering (The wiki uses MkII?) When I want the line numbers to be displayed "intext", I have to use \setuplinenumbering[location=text], although http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Verbatim_text#Line_numbering and http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setuplinenumbering tell me to use "location=intext". Should this be changed in the wiki? In case of "location=text" the lines are typeset over the right margin of the box. I think this is because the space used by the numbers is not subtracted from the available space considered by the word-wrapping algorithm. In the example, line 2 is wrapped over three lines and gets 3 line numbers, while IMHO it only should get one (the wiki says the same). Line 4 gets a number, which is what I would expect, but it is a different behavior as in the wiki (there, the empty line in the example gets no number). Is there an option to choose whether a blank line should be (a) numbered, (b) skipped or (c) get no number but the internal counter is still increased? Example: \starttext \defineframedtext[framedcode][strut=yes, offset=2mm, width=7cm, align=right] \definetyping[code][numbering=line, before={\startframedcode}, after={\stopframedcode}] \setuplinenumbering[location=text] \startcode This is the first line % line 1 This is a rather long line that is wrapped, so look how the line numbering is done % line 2 Another line % line 3 % line 4 Last line after an empty line % line 5 \stopcode \stoptext Thank you in advance for any hints, Stefan.

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module for articles for the Context meeting ?
by luigi scarso 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Is there a module to use for the articles for context meeting ? -- luigi

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Texlive 2009 and stable context
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, Sometimes in June I was no longer able to compile context beta, running into a problem that persists with the new stable (7-30-2010). Hans suggested in response to a similar problem by someone else, to install minimals. But this seems to me wasteful because I use parts of latex. Running (with luatex version beta-0.62.0-2010080309 (rev 3794)) mtxrun --generate gives this: MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOLOC' set to '/usr/bin' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTODIR' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'SELFAUTOPARENT' set to '.' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMFCNF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXMF' set to '' MTXrun | resolvers: variable 'TEXOS' set to '/usr' MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers: warning: no lua configuration files found MTXrun | resolvers MTXrun | resolvers Should I be able to compile the current context under texlive 2009? If so, how? If not, would it compile with the current version texlive 2010? Many thanks, Eythan

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Pagebreak without background
by Julian Becker 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

I'm working on a document with page backgrounds. I got them working now, using ... ... \defineoverlay[left page] [\useMPgraphic{left page}] \defineoverlay[right page][\useMPgraphic{right page}] \setupbackgrounds[leftpage] [background=left page] \setupbackgrounds[rightpage][background=right page] But now I have them on every page. I don't want those to appear on certain pages. E.g. I want to start chapters on the right page and want the left page to be completely empty. For my chapters I currently have \definepagebreak[chapterpagebreak][yes,header,right] \setuphead[chapter][page=chapterpagebreak] Which still gives me the background on the blank left page before each new chapter. So I tried blank in definepagebreak, but it doesn't seem to give me the desired result, since it only removes the background on the page to follow (that is the right page on which my chapter starts). Anybody know how to do this? regards, Julian -- Julian Becker Institut für Angewandte Physik, R.123 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Corrensstr. 2/4 48149 Münster / Westfalen Tel. 0251 83-3 61 53 Mob. 0151 599 848 29 e-mail: j_beck16(a)uni-muenster.de "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for it is the wellspring of life."

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footnotes again
by Thomas Schmitz 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, I'm sorry I have to ask again about footnotes setup. I misunderstood the style that our publisher wants. Maybe it's easiest when I do a bit of ASCII art (will only work with a fixed-width font): | texttexttexttexttex | | textexttexttexttext | | | | 9 footnote 9, more | | than one line. | | 10 footnote 10. | So: the footnote numbers in the footnotes are typeset in a box. This box is just big enough to hold a three-digit footnote number. Its left edge is flush with the text area. Within this box, the note number is aligned flushright. The footnote text itself is one block; this block is indented a fixed amount: the publisher wants all indentations (normal paragraphs, blockquotes, footnotes) to be identical; let's say 16pt. I played with the parameters of \setupnotedefinition and \setupfootnotes that Wolfgang taught me yesterday, but I just can't find the right combination. Will wikify! All best Thomas

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Troubles with backgrounds in bTABLE
by Willi Egger 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, I need to use the background mechanism to draw a thicker line in a bTABLE...eTABLE setup together with MKII. It looks like that there is a bug somewhere in this. I am unable to draw the line at the top of the cell. However it is possible to draw a diagonal through the cel. I think that the problem is related to the background mechanism in general, because the problem is also present when using the background mechanism in framed. The behavior is identical in MKII en MKIV. I updated this morning to the latest version of Context, the bug is there as it was in a version ca 1 month old. Please refer to the attached test file. Using: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) ConTeXt ver: 2010.08.04 00:37 MKII fmt: 2010.8.4 int: english/english Kind regards Willi

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4th ConTeXt Meeting, update
by Jano Kula 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hello to everybody! There are few weeks left till the 4th ConTeXt Meeting on September 13-18, 2010 in Brejlov, Czech Republic. We have collected interesting talks and tutorials (25+) on ConTeXt, LuaTeX, Lua, fonts, OpenType math, Metapost and more: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/abstracts.shtml We are working on the preliminary programme and other things to make the meeting unforgettable. The highlights of the accompanying programme are delicious cuisine, excellent beer and lovely countryside. Many friends from the ConTeXt list are coming, so we are going to have wonderful time with many interesting talks -- formal and informal: great source of encouragement and inspiration. After the deadline, the registration for the meeting is still open until we reach the available capacity. We hope you are having a good time and we are looking forward to meeting you in Brejlov. Best regards, Jano Kula on behalf of the organizing committee http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/

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Context meeting early arrivals
by Taco Hoekwater 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi all, Yesterday evening, the context meeting organizers received the email below. Clearly some people are quite anxious for the meeting to start! Have a look at the link below: there are no pictures of the trout, but some nice scenery photos. Best wishes, Taco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Brejlov Conference -- early arrivals Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 21:20:16 +0200 From: Frans Goddijn <frans(a)goddijn.com> It's a lovely place! Hans Franz & I have arrived this afternoon and the trout we had for dinner was delicious. http://www.kostverlorenvaart.nl/brejlov/ Best, Frans (and Hans Franz) www.hans-franz.nl

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m-units
by Vedran Miletić 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi, I made some changes to m-units.tex. According to Wikipedia [1], Bit should be denoted as "bit", Byte as "B" and Baud as "Bd". I also added binary prefixes. Hope this is acceptable. Regards, -- Vedran Miletić [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_information

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minimals update issues
by Martin Althoff 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Just ran ./first-setup.sh (yesterday it ran fine, now=5:20AM GMT 3.Aug) and it ends very ungracefully: A section from some the first (of more) failure. Am I doing something wrong? MTXrun | run: texexec --make --all --fast --pdftex cont-nl cont-enTeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | using existing database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-osx-intel/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) (INITEX) \write18 enabled. (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-nl.tex (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex <snip> taal : geen afbreekpatronen gr voor gr (n=31,e=ec,m=ec) (lang-gr.pat ,lang-gr.pat) taal : geen afbreekdefinities gr voor gr (n=31,e=ec,m=ec) taal : afbreekpatronen agr voor agr geladen (n=32,e=agr,m=agr) (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/patterns/lang-agr.pat ! Duplicate pattern. l.137 ΐ1 ?

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no indent after blank
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

(latest beta MkIV) With \setupindenting[yes, medium] there shouldn't be an indent after a \blank IMO. How can I suppress it? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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MTXrun | error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting
by Paul Dostert 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

I'm a moderate context user (finished a 100 page math text recently) and haven't had too many problems except for downloading an occasional beta which has an issue or two. My book compiles just fine on my office computer, but I installed context and get compilation errors on my home laptop (a windows 7 box). I've been able to work through all other problems with context up to this point, sometimes waiting a day or two until someone uploaded a fix in the new beta, but for some reason I've gotten stuck on this one. I installed context via: - Download of context-setup-mswin.zip - unzip to c:\context - run of first-setup.bat (with no args, and same happens with --context=current) - After running, I go to the tex/ directory and run the setuptex.bat - Go back to c:\context and run a test file with just \starttext TEST \stoptext using "context test.tex" - I get the error "MTXrun | error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting" I also tried using TeXworks, using compilation using texmfstart.exe and texexec. That compiled the original test.tex, but refuses to compile any .tex code with metapost. What, in most cases, does the "MTXrun | error, no format found with name: cont-en, aborting" error indicate? I know that odds are I missed something stupid, but just can't figure it out this time. Thank you for your help and your time. Paul

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formula, indentation
by R. Bastian 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hello, I use texexec (mk ii). In the resulting PDF, the indentation of the second formula is a bit shorter: \startformula y_i = x_i + \sum b_j\, x_{(i-M_j)} \stopformula \startformula y_i = x_i + \sum a_j\, y_{(i-M_j)}. \stopformula -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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Minimals on windows 32 bit fails ?
by luigi scarso 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

It seems that there is an error with patterns while building formats -- can someone check it ? -- luigi

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section -> classe
by R. Bastian 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hello, I use texexec (mk ii). I use the following head definition: \definehead[classe][section] \setuphead[classe] [style=type, textstyle=tfc, indentnext=yes, alternative=inmargin, align=broad] The result is numbered, but the title of the section/classe does not appear in the toc. What is missing ? -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

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CharisSIL doesn't load
by Martin Althoff 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Using the typescript for CharisSIL as given doesn't work for me. "Modern" is substituted (as should be). It appears to load the mkiv file, but not the fonts, What am I doing wrong? Example below. (on Mac: MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35, LuaTeX, Version beta-0.61.0-2010072816) -- I have adapted to the type-charissil.mkiv to fit the font names as reported on my system and set OSFONTDIR=/System/Library/Fonts;~/FontLib/opensource;/Library/Fonts;~/FontLib/context-use; mtxrun --script font --list --all --name --pattern=charis charissil charissil /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILR.ttf charissilbold charissilbold /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILB.ttf charissilbolditalic charissilbolditalic /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILBI.ttf charissilitalic charissilitalic /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILI.ttf charissilnormal charissilitalic /Users/martin/FontLib/opensource/CharisSIL/CharisSILI.ttf The output shows that the the mkiv file is certainly found: (/Users/martin/contextMini/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/third/typescripts/type-charissil.mkiv) It _will_ work perfectly fine, i.e. work-around, if I combine the type-charissil.tex and type-charissil.mkiv into a single file! See my working type-charissil.mkiv below. I also hide the .tex file! Example: \setupbodyfont[charissil,12pt] \starttext \showbodyfont \input tufte \stoptext Working type-charissil.mkiv ---------------------------- %D \module %D [ file=type-charissil, %D version=2008.04.21, %D title=\CONTEXT\ Typescript Macros, %D subtitle=Charis SIL Font Definitions, %D author=Wolfgang Schuster, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright=Wolfgang Schuster] %C %C Copyright 2009 Wolfgang Schuster. %C This file may be distributed under the GNU General Public License v. 2.0. \starttypescript [serif] [charissil] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [CharisSIL-Regular] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [CharisSIL-Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [CharisSIL-Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [CharisSIL-BoldItalic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [charissil] \definetypeface [charissil] [rm] [serif] [charissil] [default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [charissil] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-Regular] [name:charissil] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-Italic] [name:charissilitalic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-Bold] [name:charissilbold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [CharisSIL-BoldItalic] [name:charissilbolditalic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \endinput

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latest current
by Thomas Schmitz 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi all, for some reason, hyphenation for ancient Greek isn't working in the latest current. test file: \usetypescript[type-gentium] \setupbodyfont[gentium,12pt] \starttext \hyphenatedword{allegorical} {\fr\hyphenatedword{détoxication}} {\agr\hyphenatedword{φιλοσοφούμενα}} \stoptext I looked at lang-grk.tex but couldn't find anything obvious, and according to the log file, all languages are loaded, mkiv lua stats : loaded patterns - agr:gr:31 en::2 fr::15 so I'm a bit puzzled. Thomas

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Palatino math in MKII/XeTeX?
by Riobard 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, I'm wondering how I can use Palatino for math in MKII/XeTeX? The following works in MKIV but not in MKII (still get Computer Modern for Math, though main text is in Palatino). Thanks very much! Rio

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ConTeXt vs. LaTeX -> XML/MathML -> XHTML/SVG/PNG -> ePub
by Grant W. Petty 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Grant W. Petty <grantwp3(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying out ConTeXt for the very first time, hoping to assess > whether it's worth re-tooling from LaTeX for authoring scientific > textbooks. > To elaborate on this comment which I made in another thread, I have written and self-published two university-level atmospheric science textbooks in LaTeX which are doing quite well by the standards of my small field. I am now also contracting to publish textbooks for other authors. I am very interested in eventually reformatting my own existing books, as well as future books, as documents that can be both printed as professional-quality bound textbooks as well as distributed as e-books -- for example ePub format and/or XHTML. The principle technical hurdle seems to be posed by the heavy use of mathematical equations. I want the math in the electronic versions to be very clean and scalable (e.g., SVG; eventually MathML as e-readers do a better job of supporting it). While there are programs like TeX4HT and LaTeXML that convert LaTeX source to XML/MathML, they seem to have trouble with unfamiliar packages and macros, and the math rendering seems quite imperfect as well (though I can't yet tell whether that's a problem with the conversion to MathML or rather with current e-readers imperfect support for MathML). My question is whether anyone has insight into the relative strengths of LaTeX vs. ConTeXt as an authoring environment in the specific case that the author wants high-quality multi-format outputs for print and electronic distribution. An example workflow I could imagine would be ConTeXT or LaTeX source -> XML/MathML (DocBook?) -> PDF or XHTML with math encoded as MathML and/or SVG and/or PNG -> ePub with high-quality math readable on various commercial readers I'm quite new to this subject matter, having only begun to learn about e-publishing formats a couple of weeks ago, so I'll welcome any advice, however basic. It's my impression, by the way, that ConTeXT does not directly support AMSMath, which might mean having to not only rewrite a lot of existing source but also to re-learn how to write math. Thanks, Grant

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Page number conversion not working in MKIV?
by Riobard 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, The following code is expected to produce roman numerals "i" in the footer. I always get the number "1" instead. Anybody knows what I'm doing wrong? Thanks very much! \starttext \setuppagenumber[number=1] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,location=footer] some text \stoptext Rio

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Errors with MacTeX/TeXLive installation
by Grant W. Petty 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

I am trying out ConTeXt for the very first time, hoping to assess whether it's worth re-tooling from LaTeX for authoring scientific textbooks. I am using a fresh installation of TeX Live 2009 (installed via MacTex on a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.6), and I'm trying to process a sample file I downloaded from one of the ConTeXt web pages. Unfortunately, the process generates a couple of cryptic warnings ("Lua binary way out of date") and a fatal error ("can't find ...dcc/formats/cont-en.luc"). I wonder if someone can examine the input file and the log file (both attached) to help me understand what I have to do to clean things up and, if possible, why the TeX Live ConTeXt configuration doesn't work correctly "right out of the box" to begin with. Thanks, Grant

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new current
by Hans Hagen 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Hi, I uploaded a current release that matches luatex 0.61 beta (released a few days ago). The release notes will follow. Apart from a couple of fixes in mkiv the main additions are tagged pdf and the possibility to include pages from pdf documents with hyperlinks which is controlled by the 'interaction' key (given that interaction is enabled). \externalfigure[file.pdf][page=1,scale=700,frame=on,interaction=yes] This is experimental code and it will be extended in the future. Also more control will provided. Future releases will also deal with layers in embedded images (all within reasonable bounds). The current code still supports older mplib although so this current might work with alpha 0.61 versions. We expect a next beta if luatex in a couple of weeks so there will for sure be beta releases of context in the meantime. 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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CSV parser do not processed macro.
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hello all, to solve my problem I need to find why my function ParseCSVdata incorrectly parses strings stored in a macro. It's including possibly the reason why do not work properly Mojca database module as I wrote in a recent mail. It seems to enter a string function, which is not my function to find a separator. Thanx Jaroslav Here is my minimal example: \startluacode function ParseCSVdata(string2parse, separator, leftdelimiter, rightdelimiter) -- Funkce pro "rozparsování" jednotlivých záznamů (řádků) CSV tabulky -- Vstupní textový řetězec (načtený řádek) je v místech výskytu separátoru "rozsekán" na jednotlivá pole -- Jediný povinný vstupní parametr je 'string2parse'. Při nenastavení zbývajících tří parametrů se jako separátor a oddělovače použijí buď globální proměnné Sep, Ld a Rd nebo se použijí defaultní hodnoty -- Výstupem je pole oddělených řetězců -- Když nejsou globální proměnné Sep, Ld a Rd nastaveny uživatelem, nastaví se na defaultní hodnoty. Uživatel si může defaultní hodnoty libovolně změnit podle toho, jaké hodnoty používá ve svých aplikacích nejčastěji Sep = (Sep == nil) and UserCSVSeparator or Sep -- Pokud není glob. neznámá Sep nastavena, použije se defaultní hodnota ';' (středník). Ld = (Ld == nil) and UserCSVLeftDelimiter or Ld -- Pokud není glob. neznámá Ld (left delimiter) nastavena, použije se defaultní hodnota '' (prázdný řetězec) Rd = (Rd == nil) and UserCSVRightDelimiter or Rd -- Pokud není glob. neznámá Rd (right delimiter) nastavena, použije se defaultní hodnota '' (prázdný řetězec) -- Nastavení hodnot parametrů, které nejsou při volání funkce nastaveny tj. při volání funkce ParseCSVdata(string2parse) s pouze jedním parametrem local separator = (separator == nil) and Sep or separator -- při nenastavení separátoru se použije local leftdelimiter = (leftdelimiter == nil) and Ld or leftdelimiter local rightdelimiter = (rightdelimiter == nil) and Rd or rightdelimiter -- A jdeme na vlastní zpracování řetězce ... local result={} if leftdelimiter ~= '' and rightdelimiter ~= '' then -- Když jsou položky v řádku vymezeny levým i pravým delimiterem (tj. jakousi závorkou) např. "pole1";"pole2" nebo {pole1};{pole2} .. atd. string.gsub(string2parse, leftdelimiter.."(.-)"..rightdelimiter, function(a) table.insert(result,a) end ) -- Je vidět, že v tomto případě ani nezáleží na separátoru, jednotlivé uzávorkované řetězce se od sebe oddělí else -- Když je pouze separátor polí bez vymezujících znaků - delimiterů (tento případ bohužel neumožňuje použití separátoru jako samostatného znaku v nějakém poli ) result=string.split(string2parse,separator) -- pak stačí vstupní řetezec jen "vysplitovat" tj. rozsekat na samostatné části end return result -- Funkce vrátí pole result obsahující oddělená jednotlivá pole řádkového CSV záznamu end function pars(inppar) tex.sprint("input parametr (string): "..inppar.."\\par") CSVLine=ParseCSVdata(inppar,',','','') tex.print(table.maxn(CSVLine).." item(s) \\par") for i = 1, table.maxn(CSVLine) do tex.sprint(i..". "..CSVLine[i].."\\par") end tex.sprint("\\blank[big]") end \stopluacode \def\printaction{x,y,z,u,v} \starttext \startluacode pars("a,b,c,d") pars("\\printaction") \stopluacode \stoptext

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Expansion of TeX macros inside the Lua function
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

I came across an interesting issue (for me), which is probably the beginner, but accompanied me for a long time. The problem is probably that I do not understand very well the principles of operation LuaTeX and while I want to do more complex things. I think many beginners will love it when someone indicate solutions. My problem is that I need in my complex application, evaluate parameters of Lua functions, which are a TeX macros (respectively their expanded contents). I did not discover the possibility of expansion of TeX macros, which is a parameter Lua function. Here are three examples in which I demonstrate the problem. 1. In first example is function parameter a text string. \ctxlua{pars('a,b,c,d,e')} Everything works as expected - evaluation of parameter was carried out OK - comma separator was found and replaced. 2. In second example is a function parameter a TeX macro \printaction. Macro expanded before entering the function. Everything works as expected too - comma separator is found and replaced: \ctxlua{pars('\printaction')} 3. The third example of my most interesting. Function parameter in example is a TeX macro \printaction which not expanded, respectively expanded only when I printing it to TeX. Parameter of function is string "\printaction" in which it is futile to look for a comma separator. Comma not be found, although the content of macro face that is so. \ctxlua{pars('\\printaction')} Is there a possibility for this case, as in some way to save to Lua variable content of macro (of course expanded)? I note that this example is important for me and I would like there to be a Lua function (eg "expandtostring"), which expanded a TeX macro into variable until inside function Lua. I hope the my example (with comments) will be comprehensible and I apologize if the solution is too trivial. I searched dozens of examples, but I come across something similar. Thanx very much - Jaroslav Here is example: \startluacode function pars(inppar) strpar=tostring(inppar) -- here I need a function "expandtostring(inppar)" gsubstr=string.gsub(strpar, ',', ';') tex.print("Input parametr (string or macro): ") tex.write(inppar) tex.print("\\par") tex.print("Content of string (macro): "..strpar) -- There will always be expansion tex.print("\\par") tex.print("Length string (macro): "..string.len(inppar).."\\par") tex.print("Length of content : "..string.len(strpar).."\\par") tex.print("Occurrence of the commma separator: "..gsubstr.."\\par") end \stopluacode \def\printaction{x,y,z} \starttext Example 1) Function parameter in first example is a text string. Everything works as expected - comma separator is found and replaced: \ctxlua{pars('a,b,c,d,e')} \blank[big] Example 2) Function parameter in second example is a TeX macro \backslash printaction which expanded before entering the function. Everything works as expected too - comma separator is found and replaced: \ctxlua{pars('\printaction')} \blank[big] Example 3) The third example of my most interesting. Function parameter in example is a TeX macro \backslash printaction which not expanded, respectively expanded only when I printing it to TeX. Parameter of function is still string "\backslash printaction" in which it is futile to look for a comma separator. Comma not be found, although the content of macro face that is so. Is there a possibility for this case, as in some way to save to Lua variable content of macro (of course expanded)? \ctxlua{pars('\\printaction')} \stoptext

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part problems
by Henning Hraban Ramm 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

(MkIV, latest beta) I'm trying to get a title page for book parts: \def\FPart#1#2{#2} \setupheads [align=right, tolerance=verytolerant, before=\nohyphen\startlinecorrection, after=\stoplinecorrection, number=no] \setuphead[part][command=\FPart, page=right, style={\bfc}] \part{My First Part} But the page is empty, also without "command", also with a suitable "textcommand", also without "style". Next problem: In my ToC I get "Part My First Part". (Or "Part 1 My First Part", if I enable the number.) How can I suppress that piece of text ("Part")? Generally, what's the best approach to get a fixed font size for some titles, e.g. the part title should have 64 pt. Should I use \setuphead[part][before={\switchtobodyfont[64pt]}] ? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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tex in context
by R. Bastian 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hello, is there a way to insert plain tex code in context source ? example: \startTEX \font\ttbold=cmbtt10 at 12pt .... {\ttbold texte monospace en gras} ... \stopTEX -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org

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CLD Documents
by Martin 'golodhrim' Scholz 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Hi Hans, I like the way how one can write ConTeXt-Lua-Documents, works really good, but I tried to load a module but there seems to be no solution for this included. Is there a way to include this in a CLD-Document? Thanks -- --- 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 BOFH Excuse #260: We're upgrading /dev/null

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Passing info from MetaPost to TeX
by Oliver Buerschaper 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

Dear all, is it possible to pass data from MetaPost back to TeX? This would be similar in spirit to, say, the MetaPost variable BodyFontSize that contains data from the TeX surrounding. Just the other way round. Best, Oliver Buerschaper

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Re: [NTG-context] Setting up protrusion, side-effects
by Martin Althoff 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

I hate to pick up on this again, but... The basic Palatino, together with protrusion and small caps is causing issues. Essentially horizontal placing of the characters fails (see previous PDF). In the example below, I can reliably cause the effect by commenting out (or not) the line with the \sc. This effect shows up the my "real" files. While trying to find the trigger by culling down the files, for a moment I could reliably (!) turn the effect on and off with the line %\setupfootertexts[chapter][pagenumber] and not changing the \sc lines. Weird side effect? Sorry, I can't reproduce that one anymore. One way to reduce, but not prevent the effect, is if more plain text is output before using \sc. eg by adding an \input tufte beforehand. But once the text after the \sc is a bit longer ie. 10x tufte the effect will show again. Gut feeling: successive and cumulative rounding errors. Question: Am I tripping over "side effects"? Is using SmallCaps a bad idea when using protrusion? It just feels odd that something like this would be so uncontrollable. Particularly since the palatino font is from the TexGyre set (so close to home) Thanks for thoughts! Martin \definefontfeature [default][default][protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hz,hanging] %\setupfooter[text][before=\hairline,leftwidth=.85\textwidth,style=\tfx] %\setupfootertexts[chapter][pagenumber] %\usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] \starttext %\input tufte {\sc Erster Teil} \input tufte \stoptext > Fonts are sometimes special and when ypu load a font it's > setting (e.g. ligatures, protrusion etc.) are frozen. To change the > settings you need \definefontfeature before \setupbodyfont, > Wolfgang

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footnote missing
by Peter Münster 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hello, Example: \starttext \startlocalfootnotes AAA\footnote{aaa} \placelocalfootnotes \stoplocalfootnotes BBB\footnote{bbb} \startlocalfootnotes CCC\footnote{ccc} % footnote missing \placelocalfootnotes \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Footnotes into a single paragraph (mkiv)
by Markus Finke 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hello, I need footnotes as a single paragraph at the bottom of each page for a second footnote system with \definenote [secondnote] [numberconversion=set 2] It’s the style of footnotes in critical editions – what’s the option for "para"? Thanks, Markus

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Error in newest beta/current
by Andreas Harder 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Hi, the compilation of: \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext test\footnote{test} \stoptext ends with: ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua:66: pdf.pageref() needs page number > 0 stack traceback: [C]: in function 'pdfpagereference' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua:66: in function 'pagedest' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua:140: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua:79> (tail call): ? ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua:302: in function 'action' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua:182: in function 'pdfaction' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-ano.lua:208: in function 'prerollreference' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/node-ref.lua:331: in function 'setreference' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/node-ref.lua:476: in function 'inject' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \directgotobox ...,nil,\extrareferencearguments )} \dostoptagged \setlocation... \typesetsomenotesymbol ...age("#1",\number #2)})]} \globallet \lastnotesymbol... \@@notemakedescription ...ymbol \dolastnotesymbol \else \unskip \unskip \glo... Greeting Andreas

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complicated layout - impostion
by Jan Pohanka 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Hallo, I need to create a document with complicated layout. four A6 pages on one side of A4 sheet (two upper ones with bottom up) two A5 landscape pages on back side of A4 sheet (upper one with bottom up) How can I reach this in Context please? \setuppapersize[A6][A4] \setuparranging[2*4] This code works fine for A6 pages, but I'm not sure how to include also A5 landscape pages. Whole work should end with a document similar to http://www.eprona.com/kdp/data/skladacka2010.pdf greetings Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratným poštovním klientem Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Expansion and database module
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 30 Jul '10

30 Jul '10

Hello all, My big weakness in TeX practice is working with the expansion. Perhaps because he speaks so Lua. I would like to ask whether there is any possibility of printing table columns (throw Mojca database module) when the column data are contained in a separate macro. Example: \usemodule[database] \defineseparatedlist [NaturalTable] [separator=comma, before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR,last=\eTR, left=\bTD,right=\eTD] \def\tabrow{A, B, C} \starttext \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] a,b,c A,B,C \stopseparatedlist \blank[big] \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] \tabrow \stopseparatedlist %But I would like get table with three separate columns \stoptext While I can parsing column data contained in macro \tabrow, anyway I cant transmit column data to \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] .. \stopseparatedlist environment to make it work. Thanx Jaroslav

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how to jump to figure and return to the original postion?
by dalyoung 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Dear all, In the presentation, I'd like to jump to a figure and return to the original position. For that purpose, I set a label for a figure like \placefigure[][fig:test]... and put \goto{figure}[fig:test] It works fine. It generates a ling to the figure so I click it, I can move to the figure. But I don't know how to come back. I tried similarly. Set a label like \item[start] ... and \goto{return}[start] It also displays "return" in changed color but the link is not working. Is there a way to come back to the original position? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Minimals Beta on Windows 64bit
by Andreas Schneider 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Since one of the last Betas mtxrun seems to be aware of 64bit windows, but all the stubs and scripts seem to be missing support for that resulting in the whole setup to not work at all. First-setup fails with stuff like that: MTXrun | run: rsync -rpztlv --stats contextgarden.net::'minimals/current/bin/common/mswin/ minimals/current/bin/context/mswin/ minimals/current/bin/metapost/mswin/ minimals/current/bin/man/ minimals/current/bin/luatex/mswin/ minimals/current/bin/xetex/mswin/ minimals/current/bin/luatex/mswin/ minimals/current/bin/luatex/mswin/ minimals/current/bin/pdftex/mswin/' 'c:/context/tex/texmf-mswin'The source and destination cannot both be remote. rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1127) [receiver=3.0.2] Easy fix: in mtx-update.lua, line 294 the current check is if osplatform == "windows" or osplatform == "mswin" then which should also check for "mswin-64". But even after fixing that, mtxrun fails at several points, because it tries to run further commands from "tex/texmf-mswin-64". Another easy fix: add a hardlink/junction for that directory. But that only ended in the following error whenever I invoke mtxrun, texlua, etc.: "texlua.exe - Application Error The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000022). click OK to close the application." I don't know why that was changed, but afaik all 64bit versions of windows support 32bit too so I would vote to leave it as it was before - just deal with mswin-64 as if it was mswin. Best Regards, Andreas.

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Re: [NTG-context] Lua code inside database module
by Jaroslav Hajtmar 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Hallo ConTeXtist, Thanx to Hans for his advice. I further experimented with Mojca database module. I want get interaction database module with my lua application which process CSV files otherwise. My application can list arbitrary fields from any CSV file namely in completely arbitrary format i.e. in rows format: field11, field13, field15, ... etc... field21, field23, field25, ... etc... field31, field33, field35, ... etc... this is one of reasons why I want use Mojca database module. Meanwhile, I too can not run it. Problem is, perhaps, that I can not work properly with the expansion. Perhaps I can get progressively. Here are some insights to the functioning of the previous examples. \usemodule[database] \defineseparatedlist [NaturalTable] [separator=comma, before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR,last=\eTR, left=\bTD,right=\eTD] \starttext 1. Normal example \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] col1,col2,col3 \stopseparatedlist 2. This example with expand dont work ... \expanded{\startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] \ctxlua{tex.print("col1,col2,col3")}} \stopseparatedlist 3. This example work but no output! WHY? \startluacode context.startseparatedlist {"NaturalTable"} tex.print("col1,col2,col3") context.stopseparatedlist() \stopluacode 4. This work OK but only with adding tex.print("") \startluacode context.startseparatedlist { "NaturalTable" } tex.print("") -- without this line dont work (ie without output data) try remark it tex.print("col1,col2,col3") context.stopseparatedlist() \stopluacode 5. With tex.print work but with tex.sprint fails! WHY?? \startluacode context.startseparatedlist { "NaturalTable" } tex.print("") --tex.sprint("col1,col2,col3") -- Try remove remark context.stopseparatedlist() \stopluacode \stoptext Best greetings Jaroslav On 26-7-2010 8:36, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: > Hello all, > > Is there any possibility use Lua commands in > \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] ... \stopseparatedlist environment in > database module? > I would like using database module im my Lua application. > Thanx > Jaroslav > > Here is mimimal example: > > \usemodule[database] > > \defineseparatedlist > [NaturalTable] > [separator=comma, > before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE, > first=\bTR,last=\eTR, > left=\bTD,right=\eTD] > > > \starttext > > \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] > col1,col2,col3 > \stopseparatedlist > > \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] > \directlua{tex.print("col1,col2,col3")} % here program fails > \stopseparatedlist > > \stoptext you could expand the content \expanded{\startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] \ctxlua{tex.print("col1,col2,col3")}} \stopseparatedlist or use \startluacode context.startseparatedlist { "NaturalTable" } tex.print("col1,col2,col3") context.stopseparatedlist() \stopluacode of course you can also do all at the lua end (reminds me that I promised mojca to rewrite the database module)

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