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First page of chapter layout
by Tom 20 Jul '09

20 Jul '09

The assistance for my last question came quickly and was so helpful that I will go back to the well. How does one go about changing the layout for the first pages of a chapter? By default, I get the chapter number and title in large print at the top of the page but want to make it something more interesting. My experiments with \setuphead haven't been fruitful. Tom Benjey Tuxedo Press

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alpha release
by Hans Hagen 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

Hi I've put an alpha release on the website - no beta as mkiv needs the trunk version of luatex - a close to complete split in mkii/mkiv - cleaned up mkiv code - cleaned up mkiv backend (some pending issues) - some speedups in mkiv - a few fixes in mkii - updated mkiv typescripts (more to come) - fixes in mkiv structure this version is not replicated on the context garden as we run older luatex binaries there (0.45 release by the end of this month) you can unzip this file on your locla tree but best first rename the tex/context/base directory and make a fresh one as otherwise you end up with a weird mixture (due to the definitive split in .mkii/.mkiv there are not that many shared .tex files any more) on the upcoming tex live there will be an updated mkii (either this one or the current beta which is basically a current for mkii) and an old mkiv (maybe the beta) or a new one but that one will not run then with the luatex on texlive as it is too old; this is no big deal as you can either use the minimals or use the new updater in the upcoming tex live to fetch newer binaries (norbert and mojca showed that trickery at bachotek 2009) next on the mkiv agenda is an upgrade/rework of everything related to page building but it might as well be postponed till we have a bit more access (which will happen sometime after eurotex); the first priority is to get the new structure related code right but as idris is already publising books made by mkiv it's not that bad as it sounds. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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figure can not be found error
by Tom 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

I am attempting for the first time to import a figure into a ConTeXt document and am getting "figure 0481c can not be found." I am using TexLive on a Windows Vista system. I thought I was following the manual but apparently am doing something wrong. Here is the relevant code: %file 0481c.tif is located in c:\BookLayouts\Wisconsin\photos \setupexternalfigures[directory={c:/BookLayouts/Wisconsin/photos}] \useexternalfigure[ladies][0481c][width=3.127in] %after \starttext \placefigure[left]{none}{\externalfigure[ladies]} Tom Benjey Tuxedo Press 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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context mkiv bug + related feature request + related question
by Yue Wang 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

Hi, Hans: bug report : here is the test file. (old version of mkiv produce right result. current mkii result is also right) It is a bug introduced in this/last month. The code is a stripped down version of http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Horizontal_Table_of_Contents (altough it doesn't show toc horizontally) \newcount\chapcounter \chapcounter=0 \def\tocchap#1#2#3{\advance\chapcounter by 1 #1 #2% \placelist[section][criterium=chapter,number=\chapcounter]} \starttext \placelist[chapter][alternative=command,command=\tocchap] \chapter{hello} \section{hello} \section{hello} \chapter{good} \section{good} \section{good} \chapter{bad} \section{bad} \section{bad} \stoptext feature request: btw, Hans, context should give an option to iterate through all the chapters/sections to do something tricky. using \chaptercounter is a really bad idea (the materials should follow strict rules, like cannot jump from chap 1 to chap 3). I think with mkiv it is able to achieve that. question: I want to show toc before each chapter, and the toc only shows the following chapter name in red. How can I do that? e.g. show the following before chapter 3 % A Page Chap1 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 Chap2 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 Chap 3 %in red sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 %in Red Chap4 sec 1 sec 2 sec 3 % Next Page Chapter 3 % title a lot of materials Yue Wang

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new current version
by Hans Hagen 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Hi, I've uploaded a current release (so for a moment no beta and alpha). Last years current was dedicated to Mojca but as she's too busy to use the latest greatest shw probably won't even notice that there is a current apart from the fact that her garden will have problems. So, this years current (and there probably will be a few in succesion) is dedicated to Wolfgang who by now knows the source code better than I do. Also, his prompt and detailed answering of questions on the list saved me quite some mails gave me more time to work on MkIV. The MkIV code needs a luatex 0.42 which is released today (a next step towards 0.50 which will be released at eurotex) so you need to fetch a binary from the gforce repository, or hope that new binaries will blossom on the garden. Going current also gives Patrick the opportunity to see if the new git repository structure and synchronization works ok. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] empty page - how?
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Ciro Soto wrote: > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Aditya Mahajan<adityam(a)umich.edu> wrote: >> On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Ciro Soto wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I want each chapter to start on an odd number page, and the preceding >>> page to be totally empty (no header, >>> no footer). >>> >>> Before the \chapter command, I tried: >>> >>> \page[odd,blank] ... didn't work. I get the header and footer >>> \page[odd,empty] ... didn't work. I get an extra page (empty) >>> \page[odd,makeup] ... didn't work. I get the same as in the first case >>> >>> what is the combination I need to use? >> >> See >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Titles#Truly_empty_pagebreak_before_chapters > > it didn't work. I get the same "blank" page with header and footer. Please reply to the list so that others might also help... The following example works for me: \definepagebreak [mychapterpagebreak] [yes,header,footer,right] \setuphead [chapter] [page=mychapterpagebreak] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={header,margin}] \setupheadertexts[{My special headertext}] \setupfootertexts[This is a text in the footer] \starttext \chapter{testA} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \chapter{testB} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \chapter{testC} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \stoptext > I'll insert a blank page with pdftk. You should never have to resort to that. Aditya

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Two newbie questions about Texfont
by Harrie Frericks 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Now that I finally have Context running I'm trying to install a number of type1 fonts. I've read the Texfont manual, but I couldn't find answers to these questions: 1. Can Texfont recursively process a font tree? I have a directory font tree like this: c:\fonts\type1\font-family1 c:\fonts\type1\font-family2 c:\fonts\type1\font-family3 each font-family subdirectory has a number of .afm files. If I set --sourcepath to c:\fonts\type1 can Texfont recurse all the subdirectories of the font families and locate and process the .afm files? 2. Can Texfont handle .afm files with extensions in uppercase? Most of my type1 font files are in uppercase like: XYZ_____.AFM I can only get Texfont to process these files if I first rename them to lowercase, like XYZ_____.AFM Thanks, Harrie.

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off topic: math symbols for latex
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Hi, this is a nice website where you can draw a symbol with your mouse and the site will tell you how you get the symbol in LaTeX. Again, LaTeX tries to be one step ahead... :) http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html (found on the Mac OS X TeX mailing list) Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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sections in mkiv
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Jul '09

18 Jul '09

Hello, out of curiosity I have tried the latest current. Is the command \setupheadnumber[section][6] now invalid on purpose or is there a simple way to fix it? One more problem: \setuphead[section][textstyle=\ss\bfc] % combined with numbercommand= \setuphead[subsection][style=\ss\bfb] \starttext \section{abcdef} \subsection{abcdef} \stoptext Subsection gets typeset with \bfc while in mkii it uses \bfb. Mojca

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Math symbols issue with context minimals distribution and
by Andrei Dragomir 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

I am using context minimals, with the simpleslides module to make a presentation. I noticed that when typesetting math formulas, I get missing characters. I finally tracked it down to an issue (stupidity from me?) with the "context" executable. I made a new file, with some example math markup, posted below ---------- \starttext And this is some maths with PostScript fonts. \startformula {a \over b} = {c \over d} \iff ad - bc = 0, \qquad \int_0^{2\pi}\!\!\! \sin^2(x)dx =\pi, \qquad {\rm e}^{{\rm i}\pi} + 1 = 0, \qquad \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}{1 \over k^2} = {\pi^2 \over 6}. \stopformula Some ligatures: ffi, ffl. \stoptext ----------- When running "context test_math.tex", in the output file I don't see the "\iff" symbol. When running "texexec test_math.tex", everything is working fine. Any help would be appreciated, and sorry if this is a stupid question. Thank you, Andrei Dragomir

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alpha: mplib broken?
by Peter Rolf 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Hi, I just finished a first draft version of my adapted mp specials. Sadly no test run is possible, as mplib is broken here. I also tested with the untouched distribution, but every MP graphic (example attached) produces this error message: ----- This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.42.0-2009071600 (Web2C 2009) \write18 enabled. (mp.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.07.15 21:49 MKIV fmt: 2009.7.16 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) system : mp.top loaded (mp.top) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.mkiv)) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv)) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active color : system all is global activated systems : begin file mp at line 4 mplib : initializing instance 'metafun' using format 'metafun' mplib : loading 'metafun.mp' from 'r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/d0b787cd25b9175dc4eaa276af366360/formats/cont-en-metafun.mem' ! Emergency stop. <inserted text> ...ore.mp ; fi ; ;;;]===], false)} \processMPgraphic ...s ;\!!es , \MPaskedfigure )}} \egroup \global \MPinstanc... l.9 \stopMPcode ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/d0b787cd25b9175dc4eaa276af366360/formats/cont-en" --lua="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/d0b787cd25b9175dc4eaa276af366360/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend=pdf "./mp" MTXrun | fatal error, return code: 1 ----- No problems with mkii (tested some big example graphics). Best wishes, Peter \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \starttext \null \startMPcode fill fullcircle scaled 5cm withcolor red; \stopMPcode \stoptext

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empty page - how?
by Ciro Soto 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Hi All, I want each chapter to start on an odd number page, and the preceding page to be totally empty (no header, no footer). Before the \chapter command, I tried: \page[odd,blank] ... didn't work. I get the header and footer \page[odd,empty] ... didn't work. I get an extra page (empty) \page[odd,makeup] ... didn't work. I get the same as in the first case what is the combination I need to use? thank you Ciro -- Links of your interest: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/ http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com http://www.myspace.com/sotoaguirre

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two new docs
by Hans Hagen 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

I uploaded http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mk.pdf (latest version, will have a few more chapters but be finished at 0.50 when i start a new one) http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cld-mkiv.pdf (just as playground for lua lovers) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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multipage tabular
by Vafa Khalighi 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Does ConTeXt allow users to typeset multipage tabular and if it does, then can someone please tell me what kind of algorithm ConTeXt uses for these?

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List of all math macros
by Maurício 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Is there a command that prints all math macros available in ConTeXt? Thanks, Maurício

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Bibliography - no number of referenced lit.
by zs 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hello, I have problem getting index number of referenced article in my text. I got only square brackets without any number. I use recent minimals: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.6-2009062513 (Web2C 2009) ConTeXt ver: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV fmt: 2009.7.15 int: english/english I tried also new module from t-bib-2009.06.08.zip with the same result. Is it a bug or my fault? Regards Zdenek ------------------------------- Minimal example here: File example.tex : \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=ams] \starttext You must read this \cite{art1}. \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext File example.bbl : \startpublication[k=art1, t=article] \artauthor[]{}[]{}{Somebody} \arttitle{Theory of everything} \pubyear{2009} \journal{The best Journal} \volume{35} \issue{4} \pages{1-100} \pubname{Any} \stoppublication

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\completeindex without number section
by Xan 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

hi, I just want to know how to get that \completeindex prints me without the number of section. Now I have 1 Index [index itself] How to show only "Index"? Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please, CCme.

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Hyphenation list and umlauts
by Thomas Floeren 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hi, I stumbled upon a problem with my hyphenation list: In MKIV, all the words in the list that contain umlauts are completely ignored. MKII is fine. Example: \de \hyphenation{ma-nö-v-rie-ren} \starttext \hyphenatedword{manövrieren} \stoptext Is there any workaround for this? (\odiaeresis doesn't work either) Or do I have an encoding problem? LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.5-2009061023 (Web2C 2009) ConTeXt ver: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV fmt: 2009.6.18 btw, does anybody know a solution for my other small problems in my mail from last week? http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20090618.201708.be8aa761.en.html Any help or hint is really appreciated. Thanks in advance Tom

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ConTeXt Minimals parsing of .tui broken with ruby 1.9.1 in Windows
by Jose Augusto 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Hello all, I want to report a problem that is either in ConTeXt, or in ruby 1.9.1 (last version of ruby). More probably, the problem has to do with ruby handling non-ASCII characters. I have no means of trying Linux, Solaris, etc... Anyone using ConTeXt with ruby 1.9.1 will face it probably (at least in Windows :-) The problem happens with all files, even with the simple "Hello": \starttext Hello World \stoptext After installing ConTeXt Minimals (the devel version) yesterday, I ran the above example with ruby 1.9.1-p129 in Windows (both Win 2000 and XP show the problem). Meanwhile I compiled and tried several versions of Ruby, and found the following pattern of problems: ruby 1.9.1p129 (2009-05-12 revision 23412) [i386-mingw32] PROBLEM ruby 1.9.1p0 (2009-01-30 revision 21907) [i386-mingw32] PROBLEM ruby 1.9.0 (2008-10-04 revision 19669) [i386-mingw32] No problem ruby 1.8.7 (2009-06-12 patchlevel 174) [i386-mingw32] No problem ruby 1.8.6 (2009-06-08 patchlevel 369) [i386-mingw32] No problem So, whatever it is, it is broken with ruby 1.9.1. All the versions of ruby were compiled in Windows using the mingw toolchain, with GCC 3.4.5. >>>> Here is the description of what happens <<<< When texutil parses the .tui file, I get the following (see comments after this text output): --------------------------------------------- ........................... Output written on con-hello1.pdf (1 page, 21759 bytes). Transcript written on con-hello1.log. TeXUtil | parsing file con-hello1.tui TeXUtil | debug 1 jasa #<File:0x1271d18> xxx c \thisissectionseparator{-} xxx c \thisisutilityversion{2008.10.14} xxx c \thisisbytesequence{?+Ç} TeXUtil | fatal error in parsing con-hello1.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 0 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 2 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 2.703125 -------------------------------------------- The lines with "debug 1 jasa" and starting with "xxx" result from the simple "debug code" I inserted in the file texutil.rb to find the problematic line. The error happens when the following ruby code is executed: (the extra debug lines have a mark # jasa ) ---------------------- texutil.rb (snippet, around line 1025) ---------------------- def loaded(filename) begin tuifile = File.suffixed(filename,'tui') if FileTest.file?(tuifile) then report("parsing file #{tuifile}") if f = open(tuifile) then report("debug 1 jasa #{f}") # jasa f.each do |line| print "xxx #{line}" # jasa case line.chomp when /^f (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MyFiles', $1.splitdata) when /^c (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MyCommands', [$1]) when /^e (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MyExtras', $1.splitdata) when /^s (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MySynonyms', $1.splitdata) when /^r (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MyRegisters',$1.splitdata) when /^p (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MyPlugins', $1.splitdata) when /^x (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MyKeys', $1.splitdata) when /^r (.*)$/o then # nothing, not handled here else # report("unknown entry #{line[0,1]} in line #{line.chomp}") end end f.close end else report("unable to locate #{tuifile}") end rescue report("fatal error in parsing #{tuifile}") @filename = 'texutil' else @filename = filename end end --------------------------------------------------------------- >From the debugging lines that are expelled, it is clear that the line in the .tui file that triggers the problem is: c \thisisbytesequence{ ...non-ASCII codes... } and, precisely, it s the second line of the 'case': when /^c (.*)$/o then @plugins.reader('MyCommands', [$1]) which processes the .tui line and triggers the 'rescue' clause. So I think the problem lies in the "digestion" of non-ASCII characters by the last version of Ruby. I don't know what is the meaning of the \thisisbytesequence line in ConTeXt and the maening of those non-ASCII chars. I followed the @plugins.reader('MyCommands', [$1]) and figured out that what raises the exception happens before the @plugins.reader method, since it is never reached when the "\thisisbytesequence" line is processed. To finish, I think this can be of interest for Ruby guys, but is also breaking ConTeXt for anyone with ruby 1.9.1 installed in Windows. Thanks, Jose Soares Augusto jasaugusto(a)gmail.com jasa(a)fisica.fc.ul.pt

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generating figures lists
by Piotr Kopszak 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

Hello, How do we generate them with recent MInimals? texexec --figures=c --paperoffset=.5cm *.pdf *.png *.jpg does not give any output. Piotr -- http://okle.pl

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XML one more time.
by John Culleton 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

I have the xml sources for the Gimp manual. I can't seem to get them to translate to a pdf. The top xml file just contains a series of calls to subordinate files. When I run this through Context I get just the text of the first file in no particular format and none of the subfiles. I have tried texexec --environment=gimp gimp.xml and texexec --environment=xml gimp.xml The Gimp advice is to use dblatex, but that seems to think it is on a Windows system and generates errors containing code like c:\foo Now I can hand convert each and every xml statement in each and every subfile to a TeX equivalent but there should be a shorter way. There are more than 600 subfiles. Or I can write a program to do that to either the xml source or the html derivative. But I hope Context will enable me to do it with less labor. BTW the html generation works flawlessly following the approved Gimp script. -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus/e-book $5.95 http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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ruby or perl or lua or ...
by ivo welch 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

hi hans---just curious. do you plan conTeXt to use just one computer language in the future? /iaw

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TeXLive newbie can't run Context
by Tom 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

I'm the newest of newbies and have installed of TexLive on a PC running Vista. The post-installation tests described in Section 3.5 of the TeXLive Guide run just fine (Tex, LaTex, pdfLaTex). No tests were included for Context, so I failed around trying to run Texexec amd Texmfstart to no good end. How can I determine if Context was installed properly and how do I run Context? Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey Football player w C small

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verses together
by Ciro Soto 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

I am writing a book with poems and need to maintain four, sometimes five, lines together in the same page. I don't know in advance which four lines will be split at the end of the page. How would I implement this? Using \testpage[n] works, only if I know in advance where the the split happens. thank you Ciro -- Links of your interest: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/ http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com http://www.myspace.com/sotoaguirre

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First time user trying to get Context to work
by Harrie Frericks 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

This is my first post to the list. I'm a first time user and I'm very eager to give Context a try. However, so far I've been unable to get Context to work properly. Maybe someone can help. I'm using a standard Windows PC running XP SP2. I'm using the minimals version. There are no other Tex related packages on my system. Problem 1 (solved): Ruby error: no such file to load ubygems Solution: this error is caused by the environment variable RUBYOPT. When it is set, it is usually set to -rubygems. Unsetting this variable solves the problem. Suggestion: when running first-setup.bat this error is produced on the very first line. However, since there is a lot of text scrolling down the screen this error is easily overlooked. It may be a good idea to unset the RUBYOPT variable in this .bat file. It may also be a good idea to unset (and probably reset) this variable in the texexec.bat file before texlua is called. Problem 2 (not-solved) I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output: TexExec | using tex engine pdftex TexExec | using tex format path ./pdftex TexExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions TexExec | using mp engine mpost TexExec | using mps format path . TexExec | generating mps format metafun I then did some debugging on the tex.rb file and found the error is generated in the following piece of code starting at line 646: if texformats && texengine then report("using tex engine #{texengine}") texformatpath = if getvariable('local') then '.' else Kpse.formatpath(texengine,true) end # can be empty, to do report("using tex format path #{texformatpath}") Dir.chdir(texformatpath) rescue false if FileTest.writable?(texformatpath) then The last if fails and generates the error on line 679. I then checked for file permissions in the c:\context directory tree and found no problems there. My guess: the ./pdftex format path either doesn't exist or can't be found by tex.rb and this generates the error. The ruby scripts of Context are too large to do a full debug. I simply do not have the time for that. So, after several hours of hacking I hope someone can solve this problem, so I can finally give Context a try. Regards, Harrie Frericks The Netherlands

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from latex & pstricks to context
by R. Bastian 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Bonjour, i am transferring sources from latex to context. so i write separate files for every pstricks part and compile in a pdf-file (tex -> dvips -> epstopdf) with a script; finally the graphics go into the the text by \externalfigure ... 1. is there a better way ? 2. is there a way to translate Latex -> Context ? PS: i dont like metapost René Bastian --

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How to prevent empty page after MPpage?
by Mojca Miklavec 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Hello, The following code works OK in mkiv, but in mkii it generates a spurious empty page at the end. How can I get rid of it? (I think that it used to work OK a while ago.) \def\startGNUPLOTpage% {\obeyMPlines\dostartGNUPLOTpage} \long\def\dostartGNUPLOTpage#1\stopGNUPLOTpage% {\startMPpage#1\stopMPpage} \starttext \startGNUPLOTpage draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopGNUPLOTpage \stoptext Thanks, Mojca

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expansion in xml section heads
by Thomas A. Schmitz 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but I'm still having trouble understanding the new structure code. Here is a small example: \startbuffer[test] <auth> <section> <title><emph>MyTitle</emph></title> <content> Hello world </content> </section> </auth> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:mysetups \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{auth|section|title|content|emph}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:mysetups} \startxmlsetups xml:auth \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:section \xmlflush{#1}\par \midaligned{\hl[5]} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:title \section{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:content \xmlflush{#1}\par \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:emph {\bgroup\em \xmlflush{#1}\egroup} \stopxmlsetups \setuphead [section] [style=normal, number=no, expansion=yes, page=yes] \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{test}{} \stoptext The title is not properly expanded though I have expansion=yes in my setuphead. Am I doing something wrong? All best Thomas

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CTAN has a new package: ConTeXt Top Ten Commands
by luigi scarso 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten/ -- luigi

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\index inserts whitespace
by Wolfgang Schuster 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

Hi, the \index command creates additional whitespace in the output. \starttext \section{Knuth} \input knuth \page \section{Tufte}\index{tufte} \input tufte \stoptext Wolfgang

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Mark IV Syntax highlighting support
by Renaud Aubin 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

Hi folks, Where to start with this topic (current state in Mark IV, roadmap, ...) ? Renaud

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colo-hex
by Peter Rolf 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

Hi, there is a small bug in colo-hex, which leads to slightly wrong colors (at max. -0.390625%). In line 41 of both mark related files there is \newdimen\hexcolorfraction \hexcolorfraction=\dimexpr(1pt/256) . This should be 255 (#fractions) instead of 256 (#values); I made the same error a quite while ago. If I patch the files, I get the correct color in case of mark ii, but mark iv still gives the wrong one (remade the formats). Mh, strange. Here the output of my beloved 'tabbyCalc' (result of operation is always in next line, which is then used for next operation): 1/255 0,0039215686*255 0,999999993 1/256 0,00390625*255 0,99609375-1*100 -0,390625 I attached a small test file, which hopefully 'shows' (depends on your monitor) the difference. The border line goes from the lower left to the upper right corner; you have to look 'closely'. :D I case of pdftex you can also peek into the eps file to see the color values (before and after patching). No such help for mkiv. I have no clue why mkiv still gives the wrong color... Best wishes, Peter \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[hex] %% fraction= 1/255*65536= 257.004 %\newdimen\hexcolorfraction \hexcolorfraction=\dimexpr1pt/255\relax% = 257sp \definecolor[testcolor] [r=0.87843,g=0.87451,b=0.89020] % RGB(224,223,227)) \definecolor[testcolorHEX] [h=E0DFE3]% same as HEX (currently transformed to RGB(223,222,226) ) \definecolor[testcolor] [r=1,g=1,b=1] % RGB(224,223,227)) \definecolor[testcolorHEX] [h=FFFFFF]% same as HEX (currently transformed to RGB(223,222,226) ) \startMPpage path p; p:= unitsquare xyscaled(5cm,5cm); fill (point 0 of p -- point 1 of p -- point 2 of p --cycle) withcolor \MPcolor{testcolorHEX}; % bottom right part of the square fill (point 0 of p -- point 3 of p -- point 2 of p --cycle) withcolor \MPcolor{testcolor}; % top left part \stopMPpage

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Font Path Problem.
by Stirling Westrup 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

I am running Debian amd64 (a mixed version system) and recently installed context. I am trying to get mkiv working, and so far it mostly is. The one problem I've run into is that I can't get it to recognize the extra truetype fonts I have in /usr/local/share/fonts. It only seems to see the ones that came with the installation. I've followed the various installation and setup documents as best I could but so far haven't had any luck. Here's a hopefully meaningful transcript below: $ env | grep -i "tex\|fontdir" TEXMFCACHE=/tmp TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts;/usr/local/share/fonts;/home/sti/.fonts $ ls /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex* /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-Bold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexBoldLining Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexBoldOldstyle Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConBlackLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConBlackOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCond-Black.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCondRegular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCondSerif-Black.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCondSerif.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCond.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConRegLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConRegOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerBlackLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerBlackOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-ExtraBold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexExtraboldLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexExtraboldOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-ExtraBold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicBoldLining Bold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicBoldOldstyle Bold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicExtraboldLining Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicExtraboldOldstyle Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicLightLining Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicLightOldstyle Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-Light Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexLightLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexLightOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-Light.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifBoldLining Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifBoldOldstyle Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerif-Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifExtraBoldLining Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifExtraBoldOldstyle Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerif-ExtraBold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifLightLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifLightOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerif-Light.ttf $ luatools --generate LuaTools | loading /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/e027248d6557d124c703335e8a95ecd5.tma LuaTools | saving configuration in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/e027248d6557d124c703335e8a95ecd5.tma LuaTools | compiling configuration to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/e027248d6557d124c703335e8a95ecd5.tmc LuaTools | locating list of /home/sti/.texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /home/sti/.texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /home/sti/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /etc/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf-texlive LuaTools | scanning path /etc/texmf LuaTools | 117 files found on 23 directories with 12 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | 66 files found on 18 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | 338 files found on 98 directories with 23 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | 5213 files found on 258 directories with 84 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf-texlive LuaTools | 26261 files found on 3052 directories with 1007 uppercase remappings LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/b8a1cf189bc82d8722e834ba72af3440.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/b8a1cf189bc82d8722e834ba72af3440.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/b8a1cf189bc82d8722e834ba72af3440.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/365395d0b7a55b76b7abe9a5d47c611d.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/365395d0b7a55b76b7abe9a5d47c611d.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/365395d0b7a55b76b7abe9a5d47c611d.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c136f4d84c0b9fde8e19a42543a2e07d.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c136f4d84c0b9fde8e19a42543a2e07d.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c136f4d84c0b9fde8e19a42543a2e07d.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c99fbb6307ce58c4c8d3687f791de5f6.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c99fbb6307ce58c4c8d3687f791de5f6.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c99fbb6307ce58c4c8d3687f791de5f6.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/9ea5cec901854e6fa728c2ba01c0bb52.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/9ea5cec901854e6fa728c2ba01c0bb52.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/9ea5cec901854e6fa728c2ba01c0bb52.tmc LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.815 seconds $ mtxrun --script fonts --reload report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix otf report >> fontnames: 142 tree files identified, 436 hash entries added, runtime 0.23373603820801 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix ttf report >> fontnames: 17 tree files identified, 57 hash entries added, runtime 0.15961408615112 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix ttc report >> fontnames: 0 tree files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.15532112121582 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix afm report >> fontnames: 1046 tree files identified, 1873 hash entries added, runtime 0.28574800491333 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix otf report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.0090441703796387 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix ttf report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.000049 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix ttc report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.000047 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix afm report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.000047 seconds $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern="Triplex" $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=".ttf" quasichanceryttf medium italic QuasiChanceryTTF Medium Italic qzcmi.ttf quasicourierttf bold QuasiCourierTTF Bold qcrb.ttf quasicourierttf bold italic QuasiCourierTTF Bold Italic qcrbi.ttf quasicourierttf regular QuasiCourierTTF Regular qcrr.ttf quasicourierttf regular italic QuasiCourierTTF Regular Italic qcrri.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf bold QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Bold qhvcb.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf bold italic QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Bold Italic qhvcbi.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf regular QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Regular qhvcr.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf regular italic QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Regular Italic qhvcri.ttf quasiswissttf bold QuasiSwissTTF Bold qhvb.ttf quasiswissttf bold italic QuasiSwissTTF Bold Italic qhvbi.ttf quasiswissttf regular QuasiSwissTTF Regular qhvr.ttf quasiswissttf regular italic QuasiSwissTTF Regular Italic qhvri.ttf -- Stirling Westrup Programmer, Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/77228 http://www.linkedin.com/in/swestrup http://technaut.livejournal.com

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\setuppagenumbering[]
by Ciro Soto 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

Page numbering in roman style is not working for me. What could the problem be? I get the numbers in the footer, but it prints in Arabic numbers (1,2,3 ...). This is the command I use: \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals] thank you Ciro -- Links of your interest: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/ http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com http://www.myspace.com/sotoaguirre

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Duotones with spot colors
by Piotr Kopszak 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

Hello list, I am preparing for a next project which will be printed in two colours. Obviously, perfect opportunity to use duotones. However I got my duotone illustrations in CMYK tiffs with images in yellow and black channels. Obviously black could stay but I would like to convert the yellow channel to the spot colour I am going to use. Any ideas (without using Photoshop) ? Many thanks in advance Piotr -- http://okle.pl

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font expansion
by Wolfgang Schuster 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

Hi, font expansion did not work since a while, i tested it with two older builds (2725 and 2730), the first works while the second and all newer versions fail. \definefontfeature[default][default][mode=node,expansion=quality] \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \setupalign[hz] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext Wolfgang

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Extra Whitespace in Footer.
by Stirling Westrup 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

Thanks to the help I've been getting, I've almost got my layout working. The only remaining problem seems to be that the footer automatically inserts some whitespace above my framed text. The intent is for it to be flush to the top of the footer. What do I need to change? \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackground[background=color, backgroundcolor=black] \setuppapersize[letter] \setuplayout [ location=doublesided, marking=on, topspace=1cm, % space at top of page bottomspace=1cm, % space at bottom of page backspace=2cm, % spine side of page cutspace=1cm, % outer side of page header=0cm, footer=2cm, bottom=2cm, margin=0cm, width=middle, height=middle, ] \newbox\FootBox \setbox\FootBox=\hbox { \framed [ align=right, frame=off, topframe=on, width=\textwidth, offset=none, framecolor=blue, ] {\bf \tfxx datasheet:} } \setuplayout[footer=\dimexpr\ht\FootBox+\dp\FootBox] \setupfootertexts[{\copy\FootBox}] \starttext \showframe[text] test \stoptext -- Stirling Westrup Programmer, Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/77228 http://www.linkedin.com/in/swestrup http://technaut.livejournal.com

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Strange Behaviour in \framed
by Stirling Westrup 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

If I try out the following simple .tex script, I end up with a box that is framed everywhere but on the top: \starttext \newbox\FootBox \setbox\FootBox=\hbox { \framed [ align=right , topframe=on , width=\textwidth , offset=none% ] {\tfxx datasheet:} } \copy\FootBox \stoptext Also, I find that if I don't have the '%' after the word none, then it doesn't even compile. -- Stirling Westrup Programmer, Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/77228 http://www.linkedin.com/in/swestrup http://technaut.livejournal.com

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mkiv structure
by Hans Hagen 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Hi, I was wondering ... the last time quite some nice small test samples were posted for testing the structure code maybe we can set up a repository with such test files (but someone needs to coordinate it) where they can end up after posting and fixing possible errors in the examples; we do need some ordering Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Fraktur symbol in subscript
by curiouslearn 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Hello All, While the \fraktur{C} command works for me in the Math mode as part of a regular expression, it does not work in the subscript. The command I am trying is $ x \sim_{\fraktur{C}} y $. I get a blank in place of the fraktur C. However, if I try just $ x \fraktur{C} y $, it works. Does anyone have a fix? I am using This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.5-2009061123 (Web2C 2009) ConTeXt ver: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV fmt: 2009.6.25 int: english/english Thank you very much.

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Re: [NTG-context] Table of Contents with unnumbered Chapters etc
by Robert Blackstone 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Thank you Willi, this gives the result I want. Best regards, Robert Blackstone On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Willi Egger <w.egger(a)boede.nl> wrote > > > Hi, > > the subjects and susubjects will not end up in a TOC. Use section and > subsection. Add a \setuphead[section,subsection][number=no], place > the TOC with \completecontent. > > Willi > > On Jul 8, 2009, at 1:33 PM, Robert Blackstone wrote: > > ... I want to use unnumbered chapters, > > sections etc. but I still do want a table of contents... > > >

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Re: [NTG-context] placefigure[right] draws figures inside framed text (Willi Egger)
by Jos van Gisbergen 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Hello Willi, Thanks for your answer. Your suggestion works ... if I would be free to choose the framed text to be 0.5 textwidth. However, the framed text is source code and I do need the entire textwidth because otherwise I'm going to get line wraps and that'll make things look ugly. I expected placefigure[right] to be clever enough to see that there is no room beside the framed text, and either place the figure above it or beneath it. My current workaround is to put the placefigure[right] macro earlier in the flow of text if possible, or use placefigure[force]. Regards, Jos ________________________________ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 16:44:11 +0200 From: Willi Egger <w.egger(a)boede.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] placefigure[right] draws figures inside framed text To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Message-ID: <C9D22320-B2B1-4A77-B38C-6DD553EC2ED0(a)boede.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi, use \framedtext[width=.5\textwidth]{...}. Framed text breaks over the lines. Do not use a \vbox Willi On Jul 8, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Jos van Gisbergen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm using framed text to display verbatim sourse code. The frame > should use > the entire textwidth, so I use width=broad. > A problem occurs when I use a figure placed at the right side of > the page, > before a framed text section: the figure is drawn *inside* the frame. > With non-framed text everything works fine. > > I include an example. It consists of a d.tex file and METAPOST file > a.mp. To reproduce the problem, first convert a.mp to a-1.pdf using > the mptopdf utility. Then texexec --pdf d.tex

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Table of Contents with unnumbered Chapters etc
by Robert Blackstone 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Hi all, I am struggling, vainly so far, with "list" and "combinedlist", and I hope someone can help me. What I want to do is the following: I am making a bilingual version om some old German text, adding an English translation. As in the original German version, I want to use unnumbered chapters, sections etc. but I still do want a table of contents. I had the impression "unnumbered" can be achieved by using "title", "subject", etc instead of "chapter", "section", etc and still get a table of contents by means of a combined list. But whatever I tried, no list is ever placed anywhere and even \completecombinedlist[contents][level=subject] is seen as an undefined control sequence. I have used ConTeXt from TeXlive-2008 via TeXShop, and Minimals (ConTeXt ver: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV) via Terminal, but the result is the same. No doubt I do some things totally wrong but I can't help having a sneaking suspicion that something is wrong with "list"s. I have uploaded a small testfile, which can be downloaded from the following link: http://web.me.com/blackstone.robert/filechute/Wegweiser-testfile-a.tex (In this testfile there are lots of things I tried and subsequently commented out.) Thanks in advance. Robert Blackstone

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placefigure[right] draws figures inside framed text
by Jos van Gisbergen 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Hello, I'm using framed text to display verbatim sourse code. The frame should use the entire textwidth, so I use width=broad. A problem occurs when I use a figure placed at the right side of the page, before a framed text section: the figure is drawn *inside* the frame. With non-framed text everything works fine. I include an example. It consists of a d.tex file and METAPOST file a.mp. To reproduce the problem, first convert a.mp to a-1.pdf using the mptopdf utility. Then texexec --pdf d.tex ------------ d.tex ------------- \starttext Whran crmpqcayng lqyruas crnaqynyng cralls ahqa yncludra fyxrad shqpras, rvrarcrnsarqynas mqy yssura qs q crnsraqurancra rf hyrarqrchy-rvrarlqp rulras brayng qpplyrad braawraran such fyxrad shqpras. An rvrarcrnsarqyna rf ahys aypra mygha bra rrasrlvrad by rralqxyng srmra rf ahra hyrarqrchy-rvrarlqp crnsarqynas ahqa qrra cqusyng ya, qnd fyllyng up ahra rrasulayng gqps braawraran ahra fyxrad shqpras. Syncra ahra crmpqcayrn rangynra cqnnra prarfrrm ahys kynd rf rvrarcrnsarqyna rrasrluayrn, q wrrkqrrund ys prrprsrad yn ahra frrm rf \placefigure [right][fig:nano] {nano} {\externalfigure[a-1][width=0.4\textwidth]} Whran crmpqcayng lqyruas crnaqynyng cralls ahqa yncludra fyxrad shqpras, rvrarcrnsarqynas mqy yssura qs q crnsraqurancra rf hyrarqrchy-rvrarlqp rulras brayng qpplyrad braawraran such fyxrad shqpras. An rvrarcrnsarqyna rf ahys aypra mygha bra rrasrlvrad by rralqxyng srmra rf ahra hyrarqrchy-rvrarlqp crnsarqynas ahqa qrra cqusyng ya, qnd fyllyng up ahra rrasulayng gqps braawraran ahra fyxrad shqpras. Syncra ahra crmpqcayrn rangynra cqnnra prarfrrm ahys kynd rf rvrarcrnsarqyna rrasrluayrn, q wrrkqrrund ys prrprsrad yn ahra frrm rf \placefigure [right][fig:pico] {pico} {\externalfigure[a-1][width=0.4\textwidth]} \framed[width=broad]{ \vbox{ \starttyping Whran crmpqcayng lqyruas crnaqynyng cralls ahqa yncludra fyxrad shqpras, rvrarcrnsarqynas mqy yssura qs q crnsraqurancra rf hyrarqrchy-rvrarlqp rulras brayng qpplyrad braawraran such fyxrad shqpras. An rvrarcrnsarqyna rf ahys aypra mygha bra rrasrlvrad by rralqxyng srmra rf ahra hyrarqrchy-rvrarlqp crnsarqynas ahqa qrra cqusyng ya, qnd fyllyng up ahra rrasulayng gqps braawraran ahra fyxrad shqpras. Syncra ahra crmpqcayrn rangynra cqnnra prarfrrm ahys kynd rf rvrarcrnsarqyna rrasrluayrn, q wrrkqrrund ys prrprsrad yn ahra frrm rf \stoptyping }} \stoptext ------- a.mp -------- beginfig(1); fill(0,0)..(0,3cm)..(3cm,1cm)..(1cm,5cm)..cycle withcolor green; endfig;end;

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Re: [NTG-context] How to Determine the Current File Name and Line Number in the ConTeXt Source?
by Tad Ashlock 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Tad Ashlock wrote: > > > > Looks like we're always getting the xstrdup() branch of the conditional. > > Probably because you are not reading from a file at that level, > but from a token list. Do you want filename to be a file even > if the current input is not directly from a file at all > (doable, but less meaningful)? > > Best wishes, > Taco Hi Taco, I'm far from an expert in this realm, but since you asked what *I* want... :) My intention is to associate status.filename and status.linenumber together. That is, I would read and save their values consecutively in the same Lua function so that they would refer to the ConTeXt source line currently being processed by the ConTeXt engine. Now you say that ConTeXt may not be reading from a file at that level. That I can accept (being a non-expert), but status.linenumber always returns the correct line number for the ConTeXt file being processed (even if the file is being \input from another file). It seems to me that if the line number within the source file is accurate, then the file's name should be accurate, too. Thank you, Tad

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pretty C with MKIV
by Peter Münster 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Hello, Unfortunately, I've no time (and perhaps also not the know-how) to write a pret-c.lua. What would be the easiest way, to do C pretty printing? (I've tried t-vim.tex, but it seems to be broken: ERROR: I can't find file `test-vimsyntax.tmp-vimsyntax.tmp'.) TIA for any help! Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Proper way to point removed text?
by Maurício 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

What is the proper way in english printing to show that some text has been removed from a quote? In (brazilian) Portuguese, we use [...], for instance: Depois de mencionadas outras questões, comentou-se o ocorrido. can quoted as [...] comentou-se o ocorrido. Is there a name for that? Thanks, Maurício

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CTAN has a new package: ConTeXt Notes
by luigi scarso 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

http://www.mail-archive.com/ctan-ann@dante.de/msg02315.html -- luigi

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context installation on Windows XP
by Philip Brown 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

I am having touble installling CONTEX (and metafun) on Windows XP. I downloaded and installed Texlive. I am able to run Latex and some other programs, but I tried various ways, unsuccesfully, to run context. For example I tried running texmfstart texexec.rb hello.tex and some other combinations, and nothing happened. I went to the PRAGMA-ADE website and downoaded cont-tmf into the texmf-local directory and unzipped it. Then I tried texexec -make -all and a few other combinatins and nothing happened. I have Perl v5.10 installed, and I use editor EMACS with AUCTEX assistance would be much appreciated, Philip Brown

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figure captions in the margin
by Richard Weickelt 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Hello, I want to have captions for figures, listings and other stuff inside the document margin. I saw that someone asked a very similar question 3 years ago: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20061025.211202.c2e04f8c.en.html > > Does somebody know whether it is possible and how it is possible to > > place the caption of a figure in the margin? > > > yes, actually i implemented this last week but i need to update the > details manual; captions can go in margins, hang in centered figures, there > is support for all kind of inner/outer alignments etc Hans said, that he had already implemented that feature, but in fact it still doesn't work. So the code \setupcaptions[location=outermargin] \starttext \placefigure{Caption}{\framed{Figuur}} \stoptext still prints no caption at all. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and ConTeXt from the repositories. Is this version too old? Thank You. Richard ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________

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