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Chinese numeral conversion
by Yanrui Li 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hi Hans, I modified the part of Chinese numeral conversion in core-con.lua script. The attachment is the patch. After many tests as the following I think the patch is right even though it looks dirty. %%%% \definefont[song][name:adobesongstdlight]\song \starttext \startluacode local function test (cs) j = 1 for i = 1, 9 do tex.print (j .. ': ' .. '\\chinesenumerals{' .. j .. '}\\par') j = j * 10 + 1 end tex.print ('\\blank') end test ('\\chinesenumerals') test ('\\chinesecapnumerals') test ('\\chineseallnumerals') \stopluacode This is test for chinese zero: \startluacode j = 1 for i = 1, 9 do tex.print (j .. ': ' .. '\\chinesenumerals{' .. j .. '}\\par') if i % 2 == 0 then j = j * 10 else j = j * 10 + 1 end end \stopluacode \stoptext The pdf in attachments is output result. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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mtxrun script broken in the latest beta
by Yanrui Li 23 Dec '09

23 Dec '09

Hi, Under linux x86: $ context --version MTXrun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' After I replaced the current one with the previous one, it can work again. -- Best regards, Li Yanrui

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bigger then "big"
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi, Can I setup something bigger then "big"? \setupinterlinespace[big] I'd like to have more spacing. How to achieve this? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Using ConTeXt for a thesis?
by Manuel P. 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi everyone! This is my first post here. I've a limited (but sufficient) experience with LaTeX (I've written several work-related documents with it) and now I have to write my undergraduate thesis (the deadline is mid-january 2010). I've been fairy impressed by a book typesetted with ConTeXt, so I used it for some documents and liked the idea and the configurability. The possibility of having a unique and personalized look-and-feel for every document is very appealing to me, and I have already began to assemble a style for the thesis. However, I've a very limited experience with it and I wonder: is ConTeXt the right choice in my circumstances? Can it be used without a degree in typography? I can't write half thesis and then stumble on some obscure (to me) typesetting problem, things have to be smooth and I need to concentrate on content (but I still find desiderable a good unique look). When I have a problem I try my best to resolve it by myself, but given the limited time I can't learn and investigate everything, so if I'll write my thesis in ConTeXt in some (desperate) cases I'll need your help. What do you think? Thank you all! PS: I live in Italy, sorry for my probably imperfect english!

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lower case "a" incompatible with hanging
by Michael Green 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

On Dec 21, 2009, at 3:00 AM, Lutz Haseloff wrote: > 2009/12/19 Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> > >> Hi, >> >> This was a bug in luatex: the function that copies the font >> information from the base font to the expanded font did not >> copy the last glyph at all. [snip] >> >> Lutz Haseloff wrote: >> >>> Hi Michael, >>> >>> Your file works here without problems with the same ConTeXt and >>> LuaTeX, Version beta-0.47.0-2009121623. >>> >> >> That's weird, did you use Michaels font? >> >> > I don't think so: > > My OctavianMTStd.otf: > Version 2.040;PS 002.000;honconv 1.0.51;makeotf.lib 2.0.18671 > > > Greetings Lutz > They're different. Mine is: Version 1.047;PS 001.000;Core 1.0.38;makeotf.lib1.6.5960 mjg

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lower case "a" incompatible with hanging
by Michael Green 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

I have a font oddity to report: if I use \setupalign [hanging,hz], the lower case letter "a" disappears in a particular font. This doesn't happen with other fonts and the missing letter comes back if I remove \setupalign [hanging,hz]. If this is a bug that you would like to investigate, I would be happy to send the font privately. Michael This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.46.0-2009112820 ConTeXt ver: 2009.12.15 23:38 MKIV fmt: 2009.12.16 int: english/ english

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Re: [NTG-context] bigger then "big"
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 20 Dec '09

20 Dec '09

Thank you, Luigi, for excellent snippet! ) > \unprotect > > %%big 1.5 > > %%medium 1.25 > > %%small 1.0 > > %% > > %%bbig 1.75 > > \def\v!bbig{bbig} > > \long\def\OneandSevthirdofthreearguments #1#2#3{1.75} > > \letvalue{\@av@\v!bbig }\OneandSevthirdofthreearguments > > %%Big 2.0 > > \def\v!Big{Big} > > \long\def\Twothirdofthreearguments #1#2#3{2.0} > > \letvalue{\@av@\v!Big }\Twothirdofthreearguments > > \protect > Regards, Vyatcheslav

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metafun in LaTeX?
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 20 Dec '09

20 Dec '09

Hi all, This question has been asked on the french tex group: is (would) it possible to use the metafun macros with LaTeX - and how? I said I'd ask here... TIA -- Jean

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Re: [NTG-context] Some question regarding Layers
by Wolfgang Schuster 19 Dec '09

19 Dec '09

Am 18.12.2009 um 21:56 schrieb Erik Margraf: > Thank's very much! Works perfect. At least with texexec (I suppose that's MKII) > I didn't get it to work with "context" (MKIV, i suppose) > Is this supposed to work unchanged with MIV also? AFAIR \currentvalue did not work in MkIV but you don't have to define a new layer for each graphic, one is enough and can be multiple times. \definelayer[MLayer] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=MLayer] \define[1]\MLayer {\setlayerframed [MLayer] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, frame=off, align={middle,middle}] {\externalfigure[#1]}} \starttext ... \stoptext Wolfgang

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missing metafun graphics in mkii
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Hello, Does anyone else experience problems using metafun graphics in mkii? Did I miss some runwhatevertrue switch somewhere? Are the stubs in minimals incompatible in some way? At least live.contextgarden.net seems to suffer as well. Minimal example: \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopMPcode If I run the code with some older ConTeXt then the code starts working again with a recent ConTeXt, but recent ConTeXt doesn't generate the jobname-mpgraph.1 file at all. Once compiling the document with an older version, the file is generated and it starts working again. But this behaviour breaks my module :( Thanks, Mojca

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"offset" command fails in caption (mk IV)
by zs 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Hello, could you anybody confirm that following code causes fatal error in mkiv and not in mkii? I use minimals from 2009/12/17 in linux 64bit. LuaTeX: beta-0.46.0-2009112619 context: 2009.12.15 23:38 Thanks Zdenek --------------- This fails in mkiv. \starttext \placefigure[][]{A\offset[y=-.2ex]{+}B}{} \stoptext --------------- This is OK in both (mkiv & mkii) \starttext A\offset[y=-.2ex]{+}B \stoptext ---------------

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Re: [NTG-context] MathTime Lite fonts for free
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

> > MathTime Lite fonts for free The lite version is limited (no bold math, etc.) It is type1, as well. Looks useless to me. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Some question regarding Layers
by Erik Margraf 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Hi all, i have two questions regarding the use of layers. -- Is there an easy way to position a layer in the middle of the page. My intent is to position some kind of graphic/picture there. I usually try to wrap the picture in a "hbox to \paperwidth {\hfil \externalfigure{} \hfil} and then wrapping the hbox in a vbox -- Is there a better way to achieve this? -- How to do that with layers? -- Is it possible to define and position layers in one Macro. I have something like the following in mind (untested): \define[1]\MLayer{ \definelayer[#1] \setlayer[#1][state=start]{\externalfigure[#1]} } My experience so far is, that it's necessary for a layer to appear that it is listed in "pagebackgrounds" ist this true? With this it seems, that a macro like that above is impossible, true? thanks in advance for your help Erik

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file name resolving for lua files
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Hi, I have noticed that my local context update scripts were not always working correctly. In particular, the mtxrun and luatools file never got updated. The reason is the following. When I run mtxrun --selfupdate I get mtxrun --selfupdate MTXrun | fileio: to be replaced old script /opt/experimental/tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/mtxrun MTXrun | fileio: using suffix based filetype 'texmfscripts' MTXrun | fileio: checking new script /opt/experimental/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua MTXrun | fileio: new script should come from scripts/context/lua So, mtxrun is trying to replace mtxrun from the stubs directory. In fact, if I get the same result from luatools --locate mtxrun.lua /opt/experimental/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua Something is wrong with the search logic as texmfstart also gets this wrong. texmfstart --locate mtxrun.lua /opt/experimental/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua% However, kpsewhich works correctly. kpsewhich mtxrun.lua /opt/experimental/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua Do others also get the same result? Any idea what is going wrong here? Aditya

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MathTime Lite fonts for free
by Wolfgang Schuster 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

FYI, http://www.texdev.net/2009/12/16/mathtime-lite-fonts-for-free/ Wolfgang

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Call for papers...
by Willi Egger 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

Looking for a publishing opportunity? Please read the message I received from PracTeX. Kind regards Willi Secretary NTG Call for Papers/Abstracts PracTeX Journal: Issue 2010-1 Issue theme: "LaTeX Academic Work Bench" http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/ Submissions due December 31, 2009 (extended) Dear LaTeX and TeX Users, Since its first edition in 2005, the PracTeX Journal has presented a wide range of articles on the practical use of LaTeX and TeX. Among these articles are ones that describe tools and techniques that can be used in teaching. The PracTeX Journal 2010-1 issue has the theme "LaTeX Academic Work Bench". The goal of this issue is to present ideas on the use of LaTeX tools for education, teaching, and classroom purposes. We are looking for articles that can discuss the development of the tools, and their use and effectiveness. Actual examples and LaTeX sources are encouraged. ** Scope The scope of the issue includes, but is not limited to : - tools that assist the students/authors in preparing graphics, indexes, bibliographies, and other parts of documents; - text manipulation tools; - tutorials; - short videos; - free or almost free tools; - teaching texts; - homework styles; - cross-platform tools. We encourage you to submit original papers describing your experiences using LaTeX and TeX tools in an academic setting, and also papers on tool development work in progress or completed. ** Submission Guidelines: If you would like to submit an article or technical note for publication please contact the editors pracjourn(a)tug.org. We will work with you to prepare the article. Also see http://tug.org/pracjourn/submit.html for the Journal's guidelines. ** Important Dates: Paper submission deadline: December 31, 2009 Publication date: February 10, 2010 ** News Submissions in any language are acceptable. Since its beginning in 2005, the PracTeX Journal has accepted papers not only in English but also Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Chinese, Korean, Romanian, and Italian. However, please contact the editors in English, and submit an English abstract. Best Regards, Francisco Reinaldo Paul Blaga 2010-1 Issue Editors Lance Carnes Main Editor

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Fwd: "CMap Resources" open source project
by luigi scarso 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ken Lunde <lunde(a)adobe.com> Date: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [Fontforge-devel] [ft-devel] Re: [tex-live] Fw: "CMap Resources" open source project To: Albert Astals Cid <aacid(a)kde.org>, Paul Wise <pabs3(a)bonedaddy.net>, "freetype-devel(a)nongnu.org" <freetype-devel(a)nongnu.org>, Karl Berry <karl(a)freefriends.org>, "fontforge-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net" <fontforge-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, "texlive(a)tug.org" <texlive(a)tug.org> Cc: David Lemon <lemon(a)adobe.com>, Dave McAllister <dmcallis(a)adobe.com>, Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth(a)adobe.com> All, I have some very good news to share. The "Mapping Resources for PDF" open source project, which includes all of the CMap-like mapping resources, went public today. See: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/pdfmapping/Mapping+Resources+for+P… Enjoy! -- Dr. Ken Lunde Senior Computer Scientist, CJKV Type Development Adobe Systems Incorporated lunde(a)adobe.com On 2009/11/15, at 15:12, Albert Astals Cid wrote: > A Dijous, 24 de setembre de 2009, Ken Lunde va escriure: >> Karl, >> >> I discussed this with the Acrobat team today, and putting the Acrobat >> mapping files under the same open source license sees very favorable. >> If I can make it happen, it may take until the end of October for the >> open source project to go live. I am less then a week away from my >> annual pronghorn antelope hunt, which involves driving from California >> to Wyoming, and after that I am attending IUC33. See: >> >> http://www.unicodeconference.org/ >> >> I am giving two presentations, and just started working on them. >> >> In any case, I will keep you posted. > > How is the open sourcing of Adobe-Japan1-UCS2, GBK-EUC-UCS2, Adobe-GB1-UCS2, > GBpc-EUC-UCS2, etc. progressing? > > Albert > >> >> Regards... >> >> -- Ken >> >> On 2009/09/23, at 16:25, Karl Berry wrote: >>> Hi Ken, >>> >>>> GBK-EUC-UCS2, Adobe-GB1-UCS2, GBpc-EUC-UCS2, etc. Are they >>> >>> If these Acrobat-specific mapping files are to be placed under the >>> same open source license, >>> >>> That would be very desirable. >>> >>> I will need to work with the Acrobat development team. I would >>> prefer that they be included in a separate open source project. >>> >>> However it works best for you. >>> >>> We greatly appreciate all your efforts! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Karl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freetype-devel mailing list >> Freetype-devel(a)nongnu.org >> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fontforge-devel mailing list Fontforge-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fontforge-devel -- luigi

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Math Alignment - start equation at left margin
by Curiouslearn 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

Hi, Can someone please help with the alignment of the equation so that it starts at left. I tried flushleft and other options (such as without \NC \NR, with align=left etc.). None of them result in the equation starting at the left margin. The equation is either placed in the middle or is aligned to the right. I want it to start at the left. Thanks. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext \startformula\startalign[align={left}] \NC\text{\bf Example: } \frac{d(4x^{2})}{dx} = 4 \frac{dx^{2}}{dx} = 4 (2x) = 8x.\NC{ }\NR \stopalign\stopformula \stoptext

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Metapost label - Truncating digits after decimal point
by Curiouslearn 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

Hi, Is it possible to truncate the digits after decimal point in Metapost when using textext()? Please see the minimal example below which produces 1.84375. Can I just keep the first digit and have it produce 1.8 ? Thanks. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{Figure} u := 1cm; pickup pencircle scaled 2pt; % default pen thickness %TheFunction vardef f(expr x) = (10/x)-x*((0.5)**x) enddef; %Labels label.lft(textext(decimal f(5)),(0,f(5)) scaled u); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{Figure} \stoptext

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Strange bib referencing behavior
by Janneman 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

HI! This is very strange . See attached minimal examples! Thanks for help in advance! /Janneman \citation{*} \bibstyle{cont-no} \bibdata{test} \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={Hul07},totalnumber=2] \startpublication[k=Hultin2007,t=incollection, a={{Hultin}},y=2007, n=1,s=Hul07] \artauthor[]{Eva}[E.]{}{Hultin} \pubyear{2007} \arttitle{Dialogiska klassrum eller deliberativa samtal - spelar det någon roll? en jämförelse mellan två normativa positioner i det samtida talet om skolans demokratiuppdrag} \editor[]{Tomas}[T.]{}{Englund} \title{Utbildning som kommunikation} \city{Göteborg} \pages{383 - 397} \pages{383 - 397} \pubname{Daidalos} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=2005tmo,t=book, a={{Bergstr{\"o}m}},y=2005, n=2,s=Ber05] \author[G{\"o}ran~Bor{\'e}us]{Kristina}[K.]{}{Bergstr{\"o}m} \pubyear{2005} \title{Textens mening och makt : metodbok i samh{\"a}llsvetenskaplig text- och diskursanalys} \isbn{91-44-04274-4} \city{Lund} \pubname{Studentlitteratur} \edition{2., [omarb.] uppl.} \keywords{Samh{\"a}llsvetenskap -- metodik Textanalys Diskursanalys} \stoppublication This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (TeX Live 2009) The top-level auxiliary file: test.aux The style file: cont-no.bst Database file #1: test.bib I was expecting a `,' or a `}'---line 14 of file test.bib : : @BOOK{2005tmo, (Error may have been on previous line) I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry You've used 2 entries, 2181 wiz_defined-function locations, 511 strings with 4014 characters, and the built_in function-call counts, 818 in all, are: = -- 15 > -- 14 < -- 4 + -- 9 - -- 3 * -- 96 := -- 92 add.period$ -- 3 call.type$ -- 2 change.case$ -- 3 chr.to.int$ -- 2 cite$ -- 2 duplicate$ -- 63 empty$ -- 76 format.name$ -- 21 if$ -- 105 int.to.chr$ -- 2 int.to.str$ -- 4 missing$ -- 2 newline$ -- 29 num.names$ -- 9 pop$ -- 90 preamble$ -- 1 purify$ -- 8 quote$ -- 0 skip$ -- 15 stack$ -- 0 substring$ -- 6 swap$ -- 18 text.length$ -- 2 text.prefix$ -- 2 top$ -- 0 type$ -- 13 warning$ -- 0 while$ -- 3 width$ -- 4 write$ -- 100 (There was 1 error message) -- version: 1.10 -- file: test -- format: cont-en -- stamp: 2009.12.01 17:09 -- escape: [===[ ... ]===] jobvariables = jobvariables or { } jobvariables.checksums = jobvariables.checksums or { } jobvariables.checksums={ new="22AF645D1859CB5CA6DA0C484F1F37EA", old="149603E6C03516362A8DA23F624DB945", } jobvariables = jobvariables or { } jobvariables.collected = jobvariables.collected or { } jobvariables.collected={ randomseed=0.81306651645017, totalnofparbackgrounds=0, } jobpasses = jobpasses or { } jobpasses.collected = jobpasses.collected or { } jobpasses.collected={ } structure = structure or { } structure.specials = structure.specials or { } structure.specials.collected = structure.specials.collected or { } structure.specials.collected={ } structure = structure or { } structure.lists = structure.lists or { } structure.lists.collected = structure.lists.collected or { } structure.lists.collected={ { metadata=3, numberdata=2, references={ block="bodypart", internal=1, realpage=1, section=1, }, titledata={ label="section", title="test", }, }, { metadata=4, references={ internal=2, realpage=1, section=1, }, userdata={ bibref="Hultin2007", }, }, { metadata=4, references={ internal=3, realpage=1, section=1, }, userdata={ bibref="2005tmo", }, }, } structure = structure or { } structure.counters = structure.counters or { } structure.counters.collected = structure.counters.collected or { } structure.counters.collected={ ["@@si"]={ { 0, 0 }, }, endnote={ { 0, 0, 0, 0 }, }, figure={ { 0, 0 }, }, footnote={ { 0, 0, 0, 0 }, }, formula={ { 0, 0 }, }, graphic={ { 0, 0 }, }, intermezzo={ { 0, 0 }, }, ["itemgroup:itemize"]={ { 0, 0 }, }, ["ln:linenote"]={ { 0, 0, 0, 0 }, }, realpage={ { 0, 1 }, }, subpage={ { 0, 1 }, }, table={ { 0, 0 }, }, userpage={ { 0, 1 }, }, } jobpages = jobpages or { } jobpages.collected = jobpages.collected or { } jobpages.collected={ { block="bodypart", number=1, prefixdata=5, }, } jobreferences = jobreferences or { } jobreferences.collected = jobreferences.collected or { } jobreferences.collected={ } jobregisters = jobregisters or { } jobregisters.collected = jobregisters.collected or { } jobregisters.collected={ } jobpositions = jobpositions or { } jobpositions.collected = jobpositions.collected or { } jobpositions.collected={ } jobobjects = jobobjects or { } jobobjects.collected = jobobjects.collected or { } jobobjects.collected={ } joblists = joblists or { } joblists.collected = joblists.collected or { } joblists.collected={ } structure = structure or { } structure.blocks = structure.blocks or { } structure.blocks.collected = structure.blocks.collected or { } structure.blocks.collected={ } jobfiles = jobfiles or { } jobfiles.collected = jobfiles.collected or { } jobfiles.collected={ } job.packer={ index={ { 0, 0, 1 }, { block="bodypart", numbers=1, set="all", }, { catcodes=9, coding="tex", increment="yes", kind="section", name="section", }, { catcodes=9, kind="userdata", level=3, name="pubs", }, { connector="\\endash ", prefix="no", set="part", }, }, keys={ directives=true, metadata=true, numberdata=true, numbers=true, pagedata=true, prefixdata=true, sectiondata=true, specification=true, }, version=1.01, }

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font info in mkiv
by Janneman 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

HI! The command : /mtxrun --script fonts --list /generates the result: MTXrun | fontnames: not supported: --list <no specification> Strange, it worked before as according to the wikipage http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX So, what I want is to list all my installed fonts on my system. context --version MTXrun | main context file: /home/janerik/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex MTXrun | current version: 2009.12.01 17:09 /Janneman

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Division symbol \div does not work
by Curiouslearn 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

How to obtain the division symbol? Command \div does not work. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext $ a \div b $ \stoptext gives output a div b

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repeat option for itemize
by Wolfgang Schuster 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Hi Hans, the repeat option for itemize is broken. \starttext \startitemize[n,repeat] \item Item 1 \startitemize[a] \item Item 1.a. \item Item 1.b. \stopitemize \item Item 2 \startitemize[a] \item Item 2.a. \item Item 2.b. \stopitemize \stopitemize \stoptext One problem can be solved when you change \def\checkforrepeatedlistitem {\ifconditional\repeatlistitem \ifx\currentrepeatstart\empty \edef\currentrepeatstart{\the\numexpr\currentitemlevel-1}% \fi \setbox\itemgroupitembox\hbox to \wd\itemgroupitembox{\hskip-\itemgroupaskedwidth\box\itemgroupitembox}% what a hack ! \fi} to \def\checkforrepeatedlistitem {\ifconditional\repeatlistitem \ifx\currentrepeatstart\empty \let\currentrepeatstart\currentitemlevel \fi \setbox\itemgroupitembox\hbox to \wd\itemgroupitembox{\hskip-\itemgroupaskedwidth\box\itemgroupitembox}% what a hack ! \fi} Wolfgang

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info on fonts in MKIV
by Willi Egger 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Hello, after running mtxrun --script fonts --list --info --pattern=heros* I get only the following line: texgyreherosbold texgyreherosbold texgyreheros-bold.otf I would expect more heros-fonts and also info on the features in the fonts. What am I missing? KR Willi

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ppctex + pstricks on texlive2009
by Patrice Mégret 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Dear all, I have installed texlive2009 in place of texlive2007 and I can no longer compile programmes combining pstricks and ppchtex. The following example gives me an error (it is still working on texlive2007 on another pc) \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pstricks} \usepackage[pstricks]{m-ch-en} \listfiles \begin{document} \chemical{O_2} \startchemical \chemical[SIX,B1..6,R1..6,RZ1..3][CH_3,CH_3,OH] \stopchemical \end{document} ! Undefined control sequence. l.4441 \writestatus {loading}{ConTeXt System Macros / General} ? ! Emergency stop. l.4441 \writestatus {loading}{ConTeXt System Macros / General} End of file on the terminal! I have no idea how to cope with that error. Any help is welcome. Best regards, Patrice Patrice Mégret ________________________________ Important notification: In the context of the creation of the University of Mons, FPMs email address policy is changing from '@fpms.ac.be' to '@umons.ac.be' (or @student.fpms.ac.be to @student.umons.ac.be), please update your contact list accordingly. Note importante: Dans le cadre de la création de l'Université de Mons, la stratégie d'adresse de courrier électronique de la FPMs change de '@fpms.ac.be' à '@umons.ac.be' (ou @student.fpms.ac.be to @student.umons.ac.be), merci de mettre à jour votre liste d'adresses en conséquence.

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Bug with overprinting in Mark II/IV?
by Oliver Heins 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

Hello, with color black overprinting is not working. You can easily spot this when you use the »Ausgabevorschau« (sorry, my acrobat is in german locale, must be something with »preview« in english; located in the »tools« menu) in acrobat and remove magenta and black from the preview. Whilst under the region with the magenta colored text the picture gets shown, in the region with the black colored text the text is cut out of the picture, leaving white. I think this is a bug, as overprinting makes most sense with black. It happens both in Mark II and IV -- you have to manually copy the hacker.jpg to your working directory (under linux e.g. with cp $(kpsewhich hacker.jpg) /path/to/your/working/directory) and change the path to make the minimal example work under mark iv. Best regards, olli \setupcolors[state=start,cmyk=yes,rgb=no] \definelayer [mybg] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, repeat=yes] \setlayer [mybg] [hoffset=5cm, voffset=7cm] {\externalfigure[sample/hacker.jpg][max]} % mark ii % {\externalfigure[hacker.jpg][max]} % mark iv \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \starttext {\bf With foregroundcolor = magenta.} \color[magenta] \startoverprint \input tufte \stopoverprint \color[black] {\bf With foregroundcolor = black. \color[magenta](Some magenta without overprint)} \color[black] \startoverprint \input tufte \stopoverprint \stoptext -- Oliver Heins heins(a)sopos.org http://oliverheins.net/ http://blog.overheins.net/ F27A BA8C 1CFB B905 65A8 http://scriptorium-adp.de/ 2544 0F07 B675 9A00 D827 1024D/9A00D827 2004-09-24 -- gpg --recv-keys 0x9A00D827 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Overfull \hbox in Every Footnote
by Tad Ashlock 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

As you can see in the results of processing the ConTeXt code below, the footnote gives an "Overfull \hbox" warning. And the overflow is always exactly 426.78743pt too wide (at least in my documents). ----------------------------------------------- \starttext A test\footnote{Just testing.} of footnotes. \stoptext ----------------------------------------------- Running `ConTeXt Full' on `test' with ``context --autopdf "test"'' This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.46.0-2009112722 \write18 enabled. 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How to use vim's syntax folding
by Hubertus 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

Hello, I was wondering it there's an easy way how I can use vim's syntax-folding. I've checked the context syntax files, but there doesn't seem to be anything there. I also had a brief look at the folding.vim from the LatextSuite, but alas could not adapt it easily. Is there anyone using this feature? thx Hubertus

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Re: [NTG-context] overprinting backgrounds
by Oliver Heins 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Hi Martin, Martin Schröder <martin(a)oneiros.de> writes: > Am 11. Dezember 2009 18:48 schrieb Oliver Heins <olli(a)sopos.org>: >> schön von dir zu hören :). Ich hoffe, dir geht es gut! > > Yep. Und nächstes Jahr komme ich auch mal nach Hannover. :-) Und ich vielleicht nach Dortmund, schließlich ist da Tagung :) >>> It's typical for printing houses to set 100% black to overprint in the >>> preprint workflow (can also be done with Acrobat). >> >> Das heißt, dass die Druckerei schwarzen Text, der in meinem PDF auf >> Knockout steht, noch auf Overprint umschalten kann? > > Sollte sie, weil das ist eine ganz normale Anforderung: Schwarzer Text > soll überdrucken. Das geht auch im Acrobat (Preflight und dann in den > Profilen suchen). Hab ich jetzt gefunden, danke. War hilfreich, um das Problem zu verstehen. >> Mein Problem ist, dass die Druckerei anmeckert, dass ein Bereich mit >> schwarzem Text vor einem Hintergrundbild eben nicht auf Überdrucken >> gestellt ist. Was aber eben nur halb wahr ist: Der Bereich ist sehr >> wohl auf Überdrucken gestellt (kann man im Acrobat unter >> Ausgabevorschau->Vorschau->Farbwarnungen->Überdrucken_anzeigen sehen >> kann), gleichwohl wird schwarzer Text (und nur schwarzer! andere Farben >> werden korrekt separiert!), wenn man die schwarze Farbe in der Vorschau >> entfernt, regelrecht aus dem Hintergrundbild herausgeschnitten: >> http://www.sopos.org/olli/overprinting.jpg > > 403 :-( Wenn man's nicht jedesmal überprüft... scp erhält offensichtlich die Dateirechte, und die waren auf 0600 gesetzt :( Jetzt sollte es funktionieren. Das Problem scheint allerdings gelöst: ein Fehler in der Anzeige des Acrobat im Zusammenhang mit der /DeviceGray-Farbpalette. Wenn man cmyk-Schwarz benutzt oder das Dokument dahin konvertiert, geht alles. :-) > Ich bin Montag wieder am Arbeitsplatz und habe dann Zugriff auf einen > Acrobat. Ich sende dir Montag mal einen Link zur aktuellen Version der Broschüre. Wäre toll, wenn du kurz einen Blick drauf werfen könntest, ob dir etwas auffällt. Im Prepress-Bereich bin ich blutiger Anfänger :( Herzlichen Gruß, olli -- Oliver Heins heins(a)sopos.org http://oliverheins.net/ http://blog.overheins.net/ F27A BA8C 1CFB B905 65A8 http://scriptorium-adp.de/ 2544 0F07 B675 9A00 D827 1024D/9A00D827 2004-09-24 -- gpg --recv-keys 0x9A00D827 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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margin option in itemize
by Curiouslearn 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Can someone please explain why the margin command does not work in this example? What can I do to obtain the margin. Thanks. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext \input tufte \startitemize \item This is the first item of outer list. \startitemize[a][stopper=)] \item Context is great. The more I use it the more I love it. \item Hope it continues to develop further. \stopitemize \item This is the second item of outer list. Margin command does not work below. \startitemize[a][stopper=),margin=2in] \item Context is great. The more I use it the more I love it. \item Hope it continues to develop further. \stopitemize \stopitemize \input tufte \stoptext

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overprinting backgrounds
by Oliver Heins 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

I have another question. The print shop wants the background image to be overprinted. Is it sufficiant to set »overprint=yes« once in \setupcolors or does one need to explicitely tell the region with \startoverprint ... \stopoverprint? A minimal example: % \startminimalexample \setupcolors[state=start,cmyk=yes,rgb=no,overprint=yes] \definelayer [mybg] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, repeat=yes] \setlayer [mybg] [hoffset=5cm, voffset=7cm] {\externalfigure[sample/hacker.jpg][max]} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \starttext Is this sufficiant for overprinting? \dorecurse{4}{\input tufte\par} \page \startoverprint Or does one need to explicitely tell context the region? \dorecurse{4}{\input tufte\par} \stopoverprint \stoptext %\stopminimalexample Thanks again, olli -- Oliver Heins heins(a)sopos.org http://oliverheins.net/ http://blog.overheins.net/ F27A BA8C 1CFB B905 65A8 http://scriptorium-adp.de/ 2544 0F07 B675 9A00 D827 1024D/9A00D827 2004-09-24 -- gpg --recv-keys 0x9A00D827 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Other strange effects with overprinting (Mark II only)
by Oliver Heins 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

The following code produces strange result with Mark II (Mark IV is allright): The Text on the first page after the \startoverprint is not visible in Acrobat (Reader). Poppler is okay. Best regards, olli \setupcolors[state=start] % Comment this line out to make the example % work in Mark II \definelayer [mybg] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, repeat=yes] \setlayer [mybg] [hoffset=5cm, voffset=7cm] {\externalfigure[sample/hacker.jpg][max]} % {\externalfigure[hacker.jpg][max]} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \starttext Text without overprinting \startoverprint \input tufte \stopoverprint Text without overprinting \page Text without overprinting \startoverprint \input tufte \stopoverprint Text without overprinting \stoptext -- Oliver Heins heins(a)sopos.org http://oliverheins.net/ http://blog.overheins.net/ F27A BA8C 1CFB B905 65A8 http://scriptorium-adp.de/ 2544 0F07 B675 9A00 D827 1024D/9A00D827 2004-09-24 -- gpg --recv-keys 0x9A00D827 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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overprinting and underbar (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

Hi, if \underbar is used inside of an overprinted test, the underbar line does not share the OVP attribute. Mkii works as expected, meaning the stroke is part of the text and should be handled equally. A minimal example is attached. MTXrun | current version: 2009.11.26 16:28 This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.46.0-2009112616 Best wishes, Peter \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \starttext \setupunderbar[bottomoffset=2pt,rulethickness=2pt] \startoverprint \switchtobodyfont[60pt]\underbar{O}K \stopoverprint \stoptext

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Re equivalent of \substack
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Excellent source. Thanks for this. > Seehttp://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/mathalign.pdf > BTW, are there new MyWays published? The latest on garden is 2007. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Multi-line Footer?
by Scot Johnson 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi All, I'm new to ConTeXt and am working on a document that needs some text put on each page of output. I had thought I could use the following but it doesn't work: \setupfootertexts [SPECIFICALLY NEGOTIATED LICENSE RIGHTS\\Use or disclosure of this data is subject to the restriction on the first page of this document.] When I do this, the output is all on one line and clipped off at the beginning and end. Is there a way to put this text in the footer without clipping it off? Thanks in advance for any help offered! -- Scot

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equivalent of \substack
by commb07＠googlemail.com 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

hi, is there an equivalent of \substack, or how could i get multiline-limits for math operators? tobias

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\framed
by Wolfgang Schuster 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Hi Hans, there was a while ago a suggestion to make \framed a horizontal command by adding \dontleavehmode, it is clear this is not a good idea to make this the default behavior but can't you add a option mode=horizontal|vertical where 'mode=vertical' is the normal \framed behaviour and 'mode=horizontal' goes perform \dontleavehmode to go into horizontal mode. It would be also useful to have a 'direction' key where the setup \framed[direction=RTT]{...} behaves like \starttext \vbox dir RTT{\hsize\textheight\dorecurse{200}{a b c d e f }} \stoptext Wolfgang

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page[no] not working?
by Matthijs Kooijman 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Hi all, I've come to understand taht using the \page[no] command should prevent a pagebreak at that particular spot whenever possible. However, this seems to be not working for me. My actual problem is with a \startframed directly after a description "header", but the problem is easily reproduced with the below example (for MkII, replace the 25cm with 20cm). The \dontleavehmod was needed to make the \blank work... \starttext \dontleavehmode \blank[25cm] A \page[no] \startframedtext H \stopframedtext \stoptext This example generates the "A" at the bottom of the first page, with the boxed H on the next page, putting a page break exactly where the page[no] is. Is it broken, or am I missing an important detail about how page[no] works? I've also tried \defineblankmethod [nobreak] {\nobreak} \blank[nobreak,line] and some variations as suggested by Wolfgang (IIRC) in some thread from 2008, but that failed with "missing number, treated as zero" for me. Gr. Matthijs

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\framed inside \startalignment\stopalignment
by Alan BRASLAU 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Strange behavior with \framed or \inframed inside \startalignment [middle] \stopalignment. Alan Minimal example: \starttext \startalignment [middle] \inframed {This {\bf should} be aligned and centered} along with the following. \stopalignment \blank \startalignment [middle] Here, \inframed {the entire line} is centered. \stopalignment \blank \startalignment [middle] This is centered.\crlf \inframed {This is now centered.}\crlf This is centered. \stopalignment \stoptext

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bleeding columnsetarea
by Oliver Heins 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Hello, the printing shop wants me to make the columnsetarea bleeding[1] (3mm). However, the background stops at the edge of the a4paper and doesn't even fill the margin. Here's a minimal example: % \startminimalexample \setuppapersize[A4][A3] \setuplayout[backspace=2cm,width=middle, offset=0mm, topspace=0cm,height=middle, location=middle, marking=on, grid=yes, ] \setupcolors[state=start] \startuniqueMPgraphic{contrast} fill OverlayBox withcolor white ; fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,red) ; fill OverlayBox withcolor transparent(1,.25,yellow) ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[contrast][\useMPgraphic{contrast}] \showframe \starttext \definecolumnset[mycolumnset][n=2] \definecolumnsetarea [einschub][left] [x=1,y=1,nx=4,ny=20,page=2, background=contrast,align={hi,right},state=start] \startcolumnset[mycolumnset] \dorecurse{15}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumnset \page \showsetups \stoptext % \stopminimalexample Thanks in advance, olli Footnotes: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_(printing) -- Oliver Heins heins(a)sopos.org http://oliverheins.net/ http://blog.overheins.net/ F27A BA8C 1CFB B905 65A8 http://scriptorium-adp.de/ 2544 0F07 B675 9A00 D827 1024D/9A00D827 2004-09-24 -- gpg --recv-keys 0x9A00D827 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Selectively not using a font feature
by Matthijs Kooijman 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hi all, I'm currently using old-style numerals in my document using the onum otf font feature: \definefontfeature[default][default][onum=yes] This gives very nice results, except for the cases where a 0 appears by itself in the text. In these cases, it appears just like an o instead of a 0. I'd like to explicitly turn off old style numerals for those cases, but I'm unsure how. Any suggestions? Gr. Matthijs For completeness, this is all of my font setup code: % Script taken from the "typescripts" pacakage at http://modules.contextgarden.net/typescripts \starttypescript [serif] [linuxlibertine] \definefontsynonym [LinuxLibertine-Regular] [name:Linux Libertine O] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [LinuxLibertine-Italic] [name:Linux Libertine O Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [LinuxLibertine-Bold] [name:Linux Libertine O Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [LinuxLibertine-BoldItalic] [name:Linux Libertine O Bold Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [LinuxLibertine-Caps] [name:Linux Libertine O Capitals] [features=default] \stoptypescript % Script taken from the "typescripts" pacakage at \starttypescript [serif] [linuxlibertine] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [LinuxLibertine-Regular] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [LinuxLibertine-Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [LinuxLibertine-Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [LinuxLibertine-BoldItalic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [LinuxLibertine-Caps] [features=default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[linuxlibertine] % Use old numbers when available \definefontfeature[default][default][onum=yes] % Define a custom typescript. We could also have put the \definetypeface's % directly in the file, without a typescript, but I guess this is more % elegant... \starttypescript[Custom] % This is a sans font that supports greek symbols \definetypeface [Custom] [ss] [sans] [iwona] [default] % This is a serif font that supports greek symbols \definetypeface [Custom] [rm] [serif] [linuxlibertine] [default] \definetypeface [Custom] [tt] [mono] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [Custom] [mm] [math] [modern] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript [Custom] \switchtotypeface [Custom] [10pt]

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zip usage
by Johannes Graumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hello, This doesn't seem to work anymore: \xmlprocess{main}{zip:///\inputfilename.odt?name=content.xml}{} What's a newer syntax? Thanks, Joh

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Minimals Setup witout rsync?
by Johannes Graumann 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hi, How would one install the minimals when sitting behind a restrictive firewall not allowing rsyncing with the outside world? Thanks, Joh

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actualtext and encoding
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hi Hans, you showed a while ago how the actualtext function of pdf works and i have a module where i would use it but letters outside of ascii appear wrong when i copy the text \starttext text \pdfliteral{/Span <</ActualText (Müller) >> BDC}Meier\pdfliteral{EMC} text \stoptext becomes text MÃ¼ller text when i copy the text from the pdf (Adobe Reader) and insert it in my editor. Wolfgang

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sectionsegments for reference
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Dec '09

07 Dec '09

Hi Hans, there is a nice example in strc-ref.mkiv for the use of sectionsegments in references but the feature is still missing, can it be added. % \starttext % \definestructureconversionset[default][Character,number,Romannumerals,Character][number] % \definestructureseparatorset [default][.,.,--][.] % \setupstructurehead[subsection][sectionstopper=),sectionsegments=4:4] % \setupreferencing[sectionsegments=3:4] % \section {One} \subsection[sec:test]{Two} See \in[sec:test] % \stoptext TIA, Wolfgang

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bib module, mkiv, and <section>
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Dear Taco and gang, MTXrun | current version: 2009.12.01 14:54 ==================== \usemodule[bib] \starttext In this connection, it is worthy to note that, according to Ibn Daud's {\em Kitābu ãl-Maṣāḥif} \cite[jeffery1937], Ḥamzaḧ states that he carefully copied his own copy directly from the copy sent to Kufa by ʿUṯmān himself. % \subject{References} \startpublication[k=jeffery1937, t=book, a=Jeffery, y=1937, s=] \author[]{Arthur}[]{}{Jeffery} \title{Materials for the History of the Text of the Qurʾãn} \pubyear{{1937}} \pubname{} \city{Leiden} \notes{AMS photocopy edition, 1975} \stoppublication \tfx\setupinterlinespace\placepublications \stoptext ==================== If i uncomment \subject{References} the bibliography disappears. Am I missing something or is this a bug? Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Table macro choices?
by Design Department 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Earlier this year I attempted to set tabular material using ConTeXt while meeting *all* the following requirements: > Some columns need fixed width, content must wrap to multiple lines > Multi-page tables > Column headings must repeat on every page > Additional header information is required on every page > Additional footer information containing tabular text and graphics is required on every page > Forced page breaks on arbitrary selected rows > Horizontal rules between specified groups of rows I was unable to meet all these requirements and reverted to LaTeX. It works, but I prefer ConTeXt and the LaTeX version takes a painfully long time to converge on optimal column widths. I'm now using TeXLive 2009, rather than 2008 - has anything changed in ConTeXt that will meet these requirements? David

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TeX as an eBook engine?
by Otared Kavian 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

For those on the list who didn't see this thread on XeTeX mailing list: How about ConTeXt and mkiv? Begin forwarded message: > From: Herbert Schulz <herbs(a)wideopenwest.com> > Date: 2 décembre 2009 14:58:00 HNEC > To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex(a)tug.org> > Subject: Re: [XeTeX] TeX related application for iphone > Reply-To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex(a)tug.org> > > http://river-valley.tv/tex-as-an-ebook-reader/ > On Dec 2, 2009, at 7:35 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote: > >> >> On Dec 2, 2009, at 4:59 AM, Vafa Khalighi wrote: >> >>> Is there any TeX application for iphone? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> -- >>> Vafa >> >> Howdy, >> >> Not for editing and/or compiling but take a look at a presentation by Kaveh Bazargan at the TUG 2009 conference. The presentation was impressive but there is still lots of work ahead. >> >> There is an application called `LaTeX Help' that is a symbol->command list that might be helpful. I also see `iBibliography' that supposedly conforms to BibTeX format but don't have or use that. >> >> Good Luck, >> >> Herb Schulz >> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com) >> >> >> > > Howdy, > > Sorry... I left off the link to Kaveh's talk. Go to <http://river-valley.tv/tex-as-an-ebook-reader/>. > > Good Luck, > > Herb Schulz > (herbs at wideopenwest dot com) > > >

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography help - some problems I have noticed
by Curiouslearn 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

I was trying to figure out the problem and I found that the database I was referring to was empty. I perhaps forgot to save it. When replaced with the appropriate .bib file I do get the references at the end of the document. But I observed the following. Would really appreciate if someone could point out whether I am making a mistake or whether there is a bug. (1) If the Key has a paranthesis, the \cite[Reference] gives empty brackets. (2) If I use \cite[author][Reference] then I get a line break after the opening paranthesis. (3) Also, note that I refer to only one paper of Daughety and Reinganum in the minimal example below. However, because there are two papers by them in my database, the References section lists the year as (2000a) instead of just (2000). The bbl file generated contains all the references in my database and not only the once I have cited. Should it not contain only the ones I have cited in the document. The following is a minimals example, demonstrating above problems. I have included the bibtex source of the citations used below. If you need more information, please let me know. ***************************************************************************************************************** \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=econbibTest] \setupwhitespace[big] \starttext \section{Checking Bib} Using \type{\cite[author][BergstromBagnoli2005]} gives a line break after the opening paranthesis. Using \cite[author][BergstromBagnoli2005] gives a line break after the opening paranthesis. Using \type{\cite[author,year][BergstromBagnoli2005]} just returns the key in the document in place of the author names and the year. Using \cite[author,year][BergstromBagnoli2005] just returns the key in the document in place of the author names and the year Paranthesis in the key such as this one, \type{\cite[Daughety_Reinganum(2000)]}, gives empty brackets. Paranthesis in the key such as this one,\cite[Daughety_Reinganum(2000)], gives empty brackets Also, note that even though I refer to only one paper of Daughety and Reinganum, because there are two papers by them in my database, the References section lists the year as (2000a) instead of just (2000). The bbl file generated contains all the references in my database and not only the once I have cited. Should it not contain only the ones I have cited in the document. \completepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext ***************************************************************************************************************** @ARTICLE{Daughety_Reinganum(2000), author = {Andrew Daughety and Jennifer Reinganum}, title = {Appealing Judgments}, journal = {Rand Journal of Economics}, year = {2000}, volume = {31}, pages = {502-525}, owner = {Bharat}, timestamp = {2009.01.18} } @ARTICLE{BergstromBagnoli2005, author = {Mark Bagnoli and Ted Bergstrom}, title = {Log-concave Probability and its Applications}, journal = {Economic Theory}, year = {2005}, volume = {26}, pages = {445-469}, owner = {bbhole}, timestamp = {2008.06.08} }

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Biblography list does not show numbers
by Matthijs Kooijman 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Hey all, I'm trying to use a bibliography, but it seems no numbers are show in the biblography that is generated. The following example: Test.tex: ================= \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=Test] \starttext \section{foo} Blaa \cite[foo] Bar \completepublications \stoptext Test.bib: ================== @article{foo, author = {Bar}, title = {Foo}, year = {2009}, } generates the following text: 1 foo Blaa [1] Bar 1 References Bar (2009). Foo. . So, the citation gets a number as it should, is referenced by the number, but the list of references does not list that number. This makes the bibliography pretty useless :-) This also happens with MkII (though the reference doesn't get a number, but uses the author name and year: (Bar, 2009). Am I missing something, or is this a bug? On a related note, if I remove the \section, no reference will be generated. This is probably not a problem in real documents, though. Gr. Matthijs

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