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Metapost graph : format of numbers
by Stéphane Goujet 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hello I would like to know whether it is possible or not to force MP graph to display big numbers in labels (of y axis) in a normal format (for example 50000) and not in scientifical format (for example 5x10^4). I could not manage to do it. It would be even better if the solution worked with log scale as well. If it is not possible with MP graph, I ask the same question for pgfplots. If it is not possible either, would anybody have another idea ? Thanks and goodbye, Stéphane.

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PSTricks
by David Arnold 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

All, Can someone give me some example code that includes a PSTricks object? Thanks. D.

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bug in sort-lan.tex?
by Yue Wang 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hi, Hans: I compiled a simple document (\starttext \input zapf \stoptext), and get the warning message below: This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.8 (Web2C 7.5.7) (format=cont-en 2009.4.22) 24 APR 2009 11:00 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. **test.tex \emergencyend (./test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.04.21 16:11 MKII fmt: 2009.4.22 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkii)) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkii)) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex)) system : test.top loaded (./test.top) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->default:default->1->2:2 us->default:default->2-> 2:3 de->default:default->3->3:3 da->default:default->4->2:2 sv->default:default ->5->2:2 gb->default:default->6->2:2 fr->default:default->7->2:2 es->default:de fault->8->2:2 ca->default:default->9->2:2 it->default:default->10->2:2 la->defa ult:default->11->2:2 pt->default:default->12->2:2 ro->default:default->13->2:2 pl->default:default->14->2:2 cs->default:default->15->2:2 sk->default:default-> 16->2:2 hr->default:default->17->2:2 sl->default:default->18->2:2 tr->default:d efault->19->2:2 agr->default:default->21->2:2 fi->default:default->22->2:2 hu-> default:default->23->2:2 ru->default:default->26->2:2 uk->default:default->27-> 3:3 loaded specials : dvips loaded \openout3 = `test.tui'. \openout0 = `test-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. language : language en is active specials : loading definition file dpx (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-dpx.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex)) specials : loading definition file xet (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-xet.tex) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) systems : begin file test at line 1 (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/zapf.tex) fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: lm-math fonts : using map file: lm-rm fonts : using map file: texnansi-base fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: qx-base fonts : using map file: t5-base fonts : using map file: 8r-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler fonts : using map file: original-public-lm (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 102 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 102 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 103 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 103 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 104 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 104 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 105 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 105 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 106 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 106 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 107 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 107 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 108 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 108 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 109 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 109 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 110 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 110 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 115 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 115 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 116 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 116 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 117 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 117 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 150 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 150 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 152 replaced by U+FFFD. Invalid UTF-8 byte or sequence at line 152 replaced by U+FFFD. ) [1.1] systems : end file test at line 3 system : cont-err loaded (c:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 1017 strings out of 260266 17688 string characters out of 1341637 2575050 words of memory out of 4098446 38457 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+100000 12449 words of font info for 37 fonts, out of 2000000 for 5000 304 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 47i,18n,52p,223b,543s stack positions out of 10000i,500n,10000p,4000000b,50000s Output written on test.pdf (1 page). The pdf file seems fine, but perhaps sort-lan.tex needs updating? Yue Wang

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overprint color setting not working
by Fengnan 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Hi, dear all, This small test file will go wrong under the newest beta, which I updated a hour ago. Here is the file. \setupcolors[state=start,overprint=yes] \starttext test file test file. \stoptext Is overprint function abondoned? Fengnan

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Re: [NTG-context] problems setting the evironmental variable Win
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Indeed, http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals says that |setuptex.bat| is provided in |installation-dir\tex\, but in reality, it sits in i||nstallation-dir\|||. Shoud I correct the wiki or have I overlooked something? Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] converting Word to Context
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hello, I did only some basic steps. )) Nothing to mention yet. What kind of documents you need to convert? Only simple ones, or containing formulaes, etc.? Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] texexec slow
by R. Bastian 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:32:23 +0200 Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> scribit: > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 12:29, Mojca Miklavec > <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Th script installed 158 Mb with a new 'texexec' (controlled with 'which texexec'). > >> But it is not a bit faster. After 3 min, I break (Ctrl-C) ... > >> > >> ruby --version => ruby 1.8.7 ... instantaneous > > > > ruby --version is definitely faster, but texexec --version takes about > > a second here. > > > > Running a two-page document for the second time takes 3 seconds here. > > (The first run is a bit slower.) > > > > Can you post the document and some logfile to the mailing list? It may > > happen that you run into some infinite loop with one of your macros. > > Please also describe what platform you work on. With luatex memory > might also be an issue, but that's probably not the case with pdftex. I tested 'texexec' on another computer (Kubuntu 7.10, TL2007, ruby 1.8.6) and it works, but I need it on [Debian 5.0, Gnome, ruby 1.8.7] where it fails. > > What's the time needed to run pdflatex on similar document size? I dont know; 'first-setup.sh' erased the path to the format files ;-) but 'pdflatex' was very clever. (I must reinstall 'texlive'.) > > Mojca >

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problems setting the evironmental variable Win
by mattia schirosa 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Dear all, I have Miktex 2.7 and Contextminimal installed. I have problems setting the evironmental variables globally. I can't find setuptex.bat In the contextminimal installation folder there isn't. I have run a search in all my Pc and i didn't find it. In the wiki I found: ///// If you used the GUI installer and said yes to setting the evironmental variables globally, then you can run ConTeXt from anywhere. Otherwise, before running ConTeXt, you need to run setuptex.bat which is provided in installation-dir\tex\. This can be done by typing installation-dir\tex\setuptex.bat //// I have no tex folder. And I look in all the C:/contextminimal folder and there is no .bat file Where I wrong? How can I set the context environment without disinstalling Miktex? Thank very much. Good night ----------------------- Mattia Schirosa ----------------------- Cinema and Multimedia Engineer +39 3386837222

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problems setting the evironmental variable Win
by mattia schirosa 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Dear all, I have Miktex 2.7 and Contextminimal installed. I have problems setting the evironmental variables globally. I can't find setuptex.bat In the contextminimal installation folder there isn't. I have run a search in all my Pc and i didn't find it. In the wiki I found: ///// If you used the GUI installer and said yes to setting the evironmental variables globally, then you can run ConTeXt from anywhere. Otherwise, before running ConTeXt, you need to run setuptex.bat which is provided in installation-dir\tex\. This can be done by typing installation-dir\tex\setuptex.bat //// I have no tex folder. And I look in all the C:/contextminimal folder and there is no .bat file Where I wrong? How can I set the context environment without disinstalling Miktex? Thank very much. Good night ----------------------- Mattia Schirosa ----------------------- Cinema and Multimedia Engineer

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Make everything centered on page?
by Yue Wang 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hi, I am making a presentation using ConTeXt. I want to locate whatever I typeset in the center of the page. In order to do this, I have to use many vfills on each page. Are there some clever ways to do this (perhaps through setuplayout? but the keys like location, height, width do not mean to solve this). Yue Wang

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xml problems with latest beta
by Thomas A. Schmitz 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

Hi all, here is a minimal test file that shows a problem with xml handling in the latest beta (this appears to be a consequence of the new structure code): \startbuffer[xmltest] <section> <title>First section</title> <content>Hello world</content> </section> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:mysetups \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{section|content|title}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:mysetups} \startxmlsetups xml:section \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:content \xmlflush{#1} \par \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:title \section{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{xmltest}{} \stoptext All best Thomas

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ConTeXt MKIV won't run in TeXShop
by j m 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Good day! I am a MKII ConTeXt user who is interested in trying out MKIV. Tried installing MKIV on my MacBook (running Mac OS X Leopard) as instructed in Contextgarden but I cannot run it to compile using either TeXShop or the Terminal. The following are the steps I have taken to install MKIV: 1. tlmgr update --all 2. rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/context/current/ /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/ 3. rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/luatex/osx-universal/bin/lua… /usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/universal-darwin/ 4. luatools --generate 5. context --make 6. mktexlsr 7. texexec --make --all 8. texexec --make --xtx --all 9. context --make cont-en At this point I encounter an error saying, "SORRY CONTEXT NOW NEEDS ETEX." Below is the Terminal output of the above command: MtxRun | running command: luatools --make --compile cont-en LuaTools | creating initialization file: cont-en LuaTools | using library path: /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base LuaTools | using lua libraries: l-string.lua l-lpeg.lua l-table.lua l-boolean.lua l-number.lua l-set.lua l-unicode.lua l-md5.lua l-os.lua l-io.lua l-file.lua l-url.lua l-dir.lua l-utils.lua l-dimen.lua luat-lib.lua luat-inp.lua luat-env.lua luat-tmp.lua luat-zip.lua luat-tex.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-string.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-lpeg.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-table.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-boolean.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-number.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-set.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-unicode.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-md5.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-os.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-io.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-file.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-url.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-dir.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-utils.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/l-dimen.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/luat-lib.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/luat-inp.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/luat-env.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/luat-tmp.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/luat-zip.lua LuaTools | merging library /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/luat-tex.lua LuaTools | saving merge from cont-en.lua LuaTools | using compiled initialization file: cont-en.luc LuaTools | using lua initialization file: cont-en.luc LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \\dump (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex SORRY CONTEXT NOW NEEDS ETEX ) ) mkiv lua stats : used config path - /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf.cnf;/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf mkiv lua stats : used cache path - /Users/jcmmd317 mkiv lua stats : input load time - 0.115 seconds mkiv lua stats : current memory usage - 6 MB (ctx: 6 MB) mkiv lua stats : node memory usage - 1 dir mkiv lua stats : control sequences - 332 of 115536 mkiv lua stats : callbacks - direct: 7, indirect: 41, total: 48 LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.650 seconds MtxRun | total runtime: 0.753 I ignored this error and proceeded to making the Context-MarkIV engine file for TeXShop. However, all I get is this error : MtxRun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' Using 'locate' in Terminal, I get the following output: /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua Does anybody have any idea as to why I cannot run ConTeXt-MKIV? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! joel mendoza

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Hangaround
by Diego Depaoli 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Can hangaround handles in such way multiple paragraphs? This small example fails. \starttext \starthangaround{\externalfigure[cow]} \input tufte \input knuth \stophangaround \stoptext Regards -- Diego Depaoli

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\useURL not working with '#' and '_' in URL in newest beta
by Drazen Baic 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hello, URLs with '#' or '_' in the URL worked fine with LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.37.0-2009033116 and ConTeXt 2009.04.06 21:42 and still work with the newest beta LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.39.0-2009041623 and ConTeXt 2009.04.21 16:11 when compiled with '--xtx'. When compiled with '--lua' I got this error: ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \dodogetargument. <to be read again> s <argument> ...ce.contextgarden.net/core-pos.tex##s etpositions \dodogetargument ...{\douseurl [{setposition}][{#1 }][{##1}]}\dogetargument [... l.13 ...textgarden.net/core-pos.tex#setpositions}] here is a minimal example. It doesn't work no matter if \setupinteraction is active or not \setupcolors [state=start] \setupinteraction [state=start,color=blue] \useURL [minimals] [{http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals}] [] [\ConTeXt\ Minimals] \useURL [setposition] [{http://source.contextgarden.net/core-pos.tex#setpositions}] [] [\tex{setposition}] \useURL [setuppositioning] [http://texshow.contextgarden.net] [{cmd/en/setuppositioning}] [\tex{setuppositioning}] \starttext Lookup the source code of \from[setposition]! Or read about the syntax of \from[setuppositioning]. More Information about \CONTEXT\ Minimals at: \from[minimals] \stoptext Regards, Drazen

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\section and luatex
by Mohamed Bana 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

\section Current Activities displays 1 C urrent Activities could you please allow \section Other to use the entire word not just the first Letter. And how do I tell if LuaTeX is 64bit? $ luatex --version This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.39.0-2009041607 luatex.web v2298 $ context --version MTXrun | main context file: /home/mbana/context.distro/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex MTXrun | current version: 2009.04.18 13:47 Many thanks Mohamed

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Less garbage and Re: columns break
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Thanks to all, \column works fine :) And one more (good) thing in the new beta I noticed: .top, .tua and .tuc files are no longer kept after mkiv pass. Hurray! :) Vyatcheslav

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TOCS: part number, custom alternative and margins
by Jeff Smith 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi all! A while ago I asked how to achieve a particular layout I wanted for part titles in my table of contents. I was given this solution: \definelistplacement[partlist][none]#1#2#3% {\sc\inframed[width=broad,align=right,bottomframe=on,topframe=off,rightframe=off,leftframe=off]{{#2}}} \setuplist[part][alternative=partlist] With that, I get no part number, no page number, a title in small caps and a bottom frame. So far so good. In the same table, I also want my section and subsection titles to indent, at different values depending on levels (the further the section in the hierarchy, the further it indents). I use the margin= parameter for that. When I do that, however, the next part title indents equally to the same level as the last section or subsection did. See the example file toc.tex attached. Obviously, I don't want that. The only way I've found to avoid that is to get rid of the custom alternative, and transfer the \inframed command to a textstyle parameter inside a normal \setuplist[part] command. See toc-2.tex attached. When I do that, however, I can't get rid of the part number. I tried everything I could think about, but to no avail. I'm using MKII+Xetex. (ConTeXt ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKII fmt: 2008.11.15 int: english/english) Can anyone help? What is the best solution? Thanks in advance! Jeff

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Some symbols of mathematical calculus missing?
by Tomas Kisela 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi all, I need to typeset some equations and I found out that these commands are undefined or don't work correctly (ver: 2009.04.17 19:32 MKIV): \iint, \iiint, etc. \oint, \oiint, etc. \nabla What is the prefered way of typesetting those symbols? (e.g. \mathop{\int \!\!\! \int} or something like that?) Is there a website or a pdf-file dealing with mathematical symbols in ConTeXt? Thanks Tomas

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downgrading
by Peter Münster 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hello, I would like to downgrade my context to version 2009.01.18 (the latest version, where my file compiles fine). How could I do this? TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Which Table Layout Mode
by Design Department 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

I'm having great difficulty finding a table mode that accomplishes everything I need: Multi-page: no problem Repeating headers: no problem Repeating footers: don't actually need columns in footers, just a table-wide block containing diagrams and abbreviation footnotes. Must appear on every page, though. 'tables' or 'tabulate' mode works OK. lintetables? Horizontal lines: no problem (except linetables?) Alternate row shading: natural tables work fine, don't see how to do this with 'tables' or 'tabulate' mode. linetables? Forced page break at arbitrary rows: [after=\page] doesn't seem to work in natural tables, don't see how to do this with 'tables' or 'tabulate' mode. linetables? I've tried all the table modes, including linetables and can't find a mode that gives me all required features. Is this combination of tabular features not possible? -- david

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\placeheadtext not known
by Peter Münster 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hello, I've something like this in one of my setups: \startsetups[header] \doiftextelse{\placeheadtext[chapter]} {\placeheadtext[chapter]}{\placeheadtext[title]} \stopsetups \setupheadertexts[\setups{header}] \starttext \chapter{bla} \stoptext With the latest version, I get: ERROR: Undefined control sequence. --- TeX said --- <argument> \placeheadtext Could you help please? Cheers, Peter -- Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Macro question - uppercase
by Wolfgang Schuster 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi, I have a macros which I use in a environment with uppercase letters but I want to define them in my module as lowercase with namespace and look for the best method to convert all of them from lowercase to uppercase, below is what I have for the moment, is there a better how I can do this (without \ascii)? \unprotect \def\saved!one{one} \def\saved!two{two} \def\savedcommands#1% {\edef\ascii{\csname saved!#1\endcsname}% \uppercase{\expandafter\let\csname#1\endcsname\ascii}} \processcommalist[one,two]\savedcommands \protect \starttext \ONE\ -- \TWO \stoptext Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] framed text question (Aditya Mahajan)
by Jos van Gisbergen 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Okay, the "before={\testpage[] ...} seems to solve my problems with the hanging empty text backgrounds. Thanks Aditya ________________________________ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:10:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Aditya Mahajan <adityam(a)umich.edu> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] framed text question To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0904210908150.8859(a)ybpnyubfg.ybpnyqbznva> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Jos van Gisbergen wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question regarding framed text. > To obtain framed verbatim text that breaks over pages, I use the macro > \definetextbackground. I have encountered a slight problem, however: > sometimes the upper part of the frame appears on the bottom of the > page with no text in it (because there's not enough room). The strange > thing is that if I comment out the setupcolors macro the problem > disappears (in the example that is). I sometimes use \definetextbackground[....][before={\testpage[3], .. other options .. ] The \testpage[3] checks if there is enough space to put three lines, if not it issues a page break. In most cases this gets rid of the hanging empty text backgrounds at the bottom of a page. Aditya

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mkiv beta
by Hans Hagen 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

new mkiv beta with some structure fixes -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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math symbol \doteq cause error in mk||
by Andy Wong 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hello, I use the context minimal with updating to lastest beta. when using $\doteq$ in my equation, texexec catch an error: ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). <to be read again> = \buildrel ...mathrel {\mathop {\kern \zerocount #2 }\limits ^{#1}} l.3 Test $\doteq $ ? I check the definition in math-pln.mkii, the \doteq is defined as: \def\buildrel#1\over#2% {\mathrel{\mathop{\kern\zerocount#2}\limits^{#1}}} \def\doteq {\buildrel\textstyle.\over=} The problem seems caused by \zerocount. After comparing with the definition in math-pln.mkiv, I changed it to \zeropoint and texexec run successfully. Regards, Andy

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framed text question
by Jos van Gisbergen 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

Hi, I have a question regarding framed text. To obtain framed verbatim text that breaks over pages, I use the macro \definetextbackground. I have encountered a slight problem, however: sometimes the upper part of the frame appears on the bottom of the page with no text in it (because there's not enough room). The strange thing is that if I comment out the setupcolors macro the problem disappears (in the example that is). I have included an example of this below. Run with texexec --pdf test.tex The version of texexec I'm using is: TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2009.1.26 mes: english Thanks in advance Trychius ---------------------------------- test.tex ---------------------------------- \installlanguage[en] \setuppapersize[A4] \definelayout[myCustomLayout][ header=10mm, % height of header footer=10mm, % height of footer topspace=8mm, % space above header bottomspace=\topspace, % space below footer backspace=25mm, cutspace=20mm, width=middle, height=middle, marking=on, % enable the marking of text grid=yes, ] \setuplayout[myCustomLayout] \setuptyping[margin=10mm, space=off, % Do not show space characters explicitely color=black, % Color of verbatim text ] \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[FramedText][ location=paragraph, rulethickness=0.5pt, framecolor=red, background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow, leftoffset=1.0\bodyfontsize,rightoffset=1.0\bodyfontsize, topoffset=1.0\bodyfontsize,bottomoffset=1.0\bodyfontsize, frame=on] \starttext in this story took place, some of the most important mines of the Scottish coal beds had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which Now, at the time when the events related in this story took place, some of the most important mines of the Scottish coal beds had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which Now, at the time when the events related in this story took place, some of the most important mines of the Scottish coal beds had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which Now, at the time when the events related in this story took place, some of the most important mines of the Scottish coal beds had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In had been exhausted by too rapid working. In miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten \startFramedText \starttyping in this story took place, some of the most important mines of the Scottish coal beds had been exhausted by too rapid working. In the region which extends between Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a distance of ten or twelve miles, lay the Aberfoyle colliery, of which the engineer, James Starr, had so long directed the works. For ten years these mines had been abandoned. No new seams had been discovered, although the soundings had been carried to a depth of fifteen hundred or even of two thousand feet, and when James Starr had retired, it was with the full conviction that even the smallest vein had been completely exhausted. \stoptyping \stopFramedText \stoptext

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setuplayout - chapter, toc, ... special treatment
by Thomas Prochaska 21 Apr '09

21 Apr '09

hi! I've a problem with the setuplayout command. is use the following command for the global text: \setuplayout[backspace=3cm,cutspace=2cm,width=16cm,topspace=2cm,header=0cm, textheight=fit,bottomspace=0cm,footerdistance=1cm,footer=0.5cm,footerspace=0cm, bottomdistance=0cm,bottom=0cm] but now the chapters, toc, lists, ... also start 2cm from the top edge of the paper. how can i alter it and such manner that these pages start with, let's say, 5cm from the top edge. regards thomas prochaska

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no executesystemcommand any more?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Ahoi, with the latest beta I can't get my LilyPond module to work. It seems that it's not possible to execute any command. I tried \executesystemcommand, \write18 and the old \installprogram. What should work? As far as I can see, shell_escape is enabled. (And it worked before.) Additionally I tried to replace the texmfstart call with mtxrun. While this works: texmfstart --ifchanged="foo-lilypond-1.tmp" --exec bin:lilypond "foo- lilypond-1.tmp" this doesn't: mtxrun --ifchanged="foo-lilypond-1.tmp" --execute lilypond "foo- lilypond-1.tmp" probably because mtxrun doesn't create a md5 file. Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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missing command and wrong lists (index, ToC) in MkIV
by Henning Hraban Ramm 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

With the latest beta, ConTeXt doesn't know "\setupsectionblock" any more (don't know if it actually worked before, but ConTeXt didn't complain). Previously the lists stuff (ToC) didn't work, but that seems fixed now. But indexes are still a mess: Instead of page numbers I get some strange entries like "62.13.13", where the entry is on page 12: """ Inhalt 1.3.3, 2.4.4, 3.5.5, 4.6.6, 5.8.8, 6.9.9, 61.10.10, 62.12.12, 63.14.14, 64.15.15, 65.16.16, 66.17.17, 67.18.18, 68.20.20, 69.21.21, 1.23.23 Allen die willen naar Island gaan 4.7.7 Der Störtebeker 65.16.16 There were two lofty ships 62.13.13 """ This setup worked before: \def\TitelFrame#1{% \framed[width=\textwidth, height=7.5mm, frame=off, align={right,high}, after={}, before={}]% {\index{#1}\tfa #1}} \setuphead[Titel][page=yes, number=no, deeptextcommand=\TitelFrame] I.e. \Titel{Blah} should output the title "Blah" and also write it to the index. Instead I those entries seem collected in a "Inhalt" entry - I guess that's somehow caused by my combined list "inhalt": \definecombinedlist [inhalt] [Titel, TitelKlein, TitelNoPage] [level=Titel, placehead=yes, criterium=all, alternative=b, offset=none] \setupcombinedlist [inhalt] [partnumber=no] What can I do? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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intertext problems with accents
by Xan 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Hi, intertext with accents behaves wrongly: \startintertext Contando el número de subconjuntos $X \subseteq E$ de $n$ elementos \stopintertext puts me strange 'ú'. I have MKII. Can anyone verify this? Regards, Xan. Please CCme.

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Unable to generate fonts
by Thomas A. Schmitz 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

> I've been running into trouble in both the alpha and beta versions of > Mark IV when trying to work with the fonts script: > > $ mtxrun --script fonts --list > MTXrun | font table: accessing the data table failed > MTXrun | font table: accessing the data table failed > ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:333: attempt > to > index field 'data' (a nil value) > > Also, using the "reload" option does nothing (it prints a blank line > and > immediately exits). Without the fonts script I can't install or use > any > custom fonts. I'm experiencing the same problem here. context version: 2009.04.18 13:47 LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.39.0-2009042009 luatex.web >= v2329 None of my custom fonts work; I get errors define font | font with name texgyretermesregular is not found define font | unknown font texgyretermesregular, loading aborted define font | unable to define texgyretermesregular as \**dummy** define font | font with name texgyretermesregular is not found define font | unknown font texgyretermesregular, loading aborted define font | unable to define texgyretermesregular as \**dummy** define font | font with name texgyretermesregular is not found define font | unknown font texgyretermesregular, loading aborted define font | unable to define texgyretermesregular as \**dummy** define font | font with name texgyretermesregular is not found define font | unknown font texgyretermesregular, loading aborted define font | unable to define texgyretermesregular as \**dummy** Thomas

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Font table
by eythanweg＠gmail.com 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Hi, I tried this mtxrun --verbose --reload --script fonts but it fails with: MTXrun | using script: /usr/local/share/texmf/scripts/context/lua/mtx-fonts.lua cannot open : No such file or directory I think that this line in mtx-fonts.lua is the culprit: dofile(resolvers.find_file("font-syn.lua")) although this file: font-syn.lua exists. Any hints Thank you, Eythan

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Bib module in mkiv
by Taco Hoekwater 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Hi, Hans sent me a patch for the bib module so that it now should work with the latest mkiv once again, but the code needs testing before being included in the context distribution, so please do so. You can get the new version of the module from http://modules.contextgarden.net/bib Note: you need the latest context beta, because the bib module required a small extension to the core. Best wishes, Taco

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Umlaute in Formula
by Florian M. Baudach 20 Apr '09

20 Apr '09

Dear all, I need german Umlaute in my formulas of my master thesis. I used \ddot{a} for ä. It had worked fine until I updated Context yesterday :-(. Since that update I only get an crossed a with an accent, but no ä. I still use MKII. Has anybody a solution for my little problem? Thanks Greetings and Happy Eastern Florian Baudach

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Producing dvi
by Michail Vidiassov 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Dear All, is it possible to produce dvi in mkiv? What is the command line? Are there limitations (like no opentype, no unicode math)? DVI has to be fit for dvips use. The reason for my question - Asymptote vector drawing tool sets labels by processing PS output of LaTeX and relies on the PS being made by dvips. Sincerely, Michail

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Layout module
by Wolfgang Schuster 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Hi Patrick, I have two points which should be changed in your module: 1. Use simplecolumns for the text and 2. limit the width for the two columns to the width of the figure because this looks better in a float and the complete graphic can be centered on the page or you change this only inside floats. \usemodule[t][layout] \starttext \placefigure{}{\ShowLayout} \stoptext Can you add the module also to the minimals? Wolfgang

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Files for verbatim output of Python source, zc.buildout and Apache config files
by Drazen Baic 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Hello, I'm using MKIV and needed syntax highlighting for a few source and config files. I read on the Wiki and on this list that it should be pretty easy to do this in Lua and although I never wrote anything in Lua I just tried it. Maybe the result will be of use for somebody so I tried to post them to this list a few days ago but the mail never showed up. Maybe because of the attachment size. I read on the Wiki that the best place for putting custom formatter files would be the context distribution or http://modules.contextgarden.net but as I'm pretty sure that some stuff is missing and I'm sure there are some bugs included I tried to post them here. Would it be OK to put the files in a section on the Wiki to start something like a repository for verb-*.lua files where it would be easy to extend and correct them? The verb-*.lua files I created are for syntax highlighting of Python source code, Apache http.conf and zc.buildout config files. For the zc.buildout files I used a simple solution and just defined the keywords that appear in a standard Plone buildout.cfg file as I didn't need more. I hope to finish two additional verbatim files for XML and Shell scripts in the next days. As I don't have any experience in writing Lua code I chose to use the tex/context/base/verb-*.lua and the verb-cpp.lua files posted by Shen Chen in http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20081002.173802.460c46fe.en.html) for a start. Additionally I used the vim syntax files and the official Apache documentation. Here is an overview of what is covered: The verb-apa.lua file distinguishes between the following five states: - declarations - strings - sections (like <Directory> and </Directory>) - comments - options The verb-py.lua file distinguishes between the following five states: - all statements, repeats, conditionals and operators - strings (multi line comment wit ''' or """ are supported) - preconditions (import, from, as) - comments - builtins The verb-py.cfg file distinguishes between the following four states: - sections - variables - keywords - comments Regards, Drazen

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Producing EPDF
by Michail Vidiassov 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Dear All, is it possible to and howdoi produce EPDF (in mkiv if it matters). By EPDF I mean EPS like PDF, pagesize == bounding box of what is really printed with minimal or no white border. Reason to do that - produce with ConTeXt one-two line short labels for another program (Asymptote). Sincerely, Michail

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Appendix receives number instead of letter
by Alex Lubberts 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Hi, Previously, \startappendices switched the numbering to letters, but with the latest beta appendices receive a number. Numbering does restart from 1, however. Example: \starttext \startfrontmatter \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Normal chapter} This chapter receives a number. \stopbodymatter \startappendices \chapter{Appendix} This chapter should receive a letter A, but gets number 1 \stopappendices \stoptext Regards, Alex

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Footnotes number can not be reset by "way=bychapter"
by Yanrui Li 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Hi, "\setupfootnotes[way=bychapter]" can not work. This is minimal example: %%%% \setupfootnotes[way=bychapter] \starttext \chapter{The Bare Basics} In this\footnote{CAGD} first chapter, we cover some basic geometry\footnote{CAGD}. \chapter{Lines and Planes} Next, we cover\footnote{CAGD} the basics of lines and planes\footnote{CAGD}. \stoptext %%%% However, I can get expected result with "\setupnumber[footnote][way=bychapter,start=0]". If I set "start=1", footnotes number will begin with "2" but not "1". What's wrong with it? -- Best wishes, Li Yanrui * Gentoo Linux (~x86) * ConTeXt Minimals Beta (2009.04.18 13:47)

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LuaTeX 64bit
by Mohamed Bana 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Hi guys, I don't think I have ever needed more than than 3-4gb, so it worth using the 64bit ver. of LuaTeX? Can I force the minimals install script to download and use the 32bit binary instead? I'm on a 64bit machine and I'm sure that on linux I can run that app in 32bit mode. - Mohamed

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How to set \definemakeup without affect other pages?
by Wei-Wei Guo 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Dear all, I use \setupbackgrounds to draw a line under header. It works fine. When I setup a cover makeup and use it, the lines under headers are gone. The "headerstate=none" causes the problem. But I don't want the lines under headers appear in cover. What should I do? Here is an example. %====================================== \setupbackgrounds [header][text] [frame=off,bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1.5pt] \definemakeup[cover] [headerstate=none, footerstate=none, pagestate=stop, doublesided=yes] \starttext \startcovermakeup \input knuth \stopcovermakeup \input knuth \stoptext %====================================== Best wishes, Wei-Wei

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Calculator math
by Marcin Borkowski 19 Apr '09

19 Apr '09

Hi, where could I read about "calculator math"? Regards -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Why did a mathematician call his dog Cauchy? - Because it left a residue at every pole.

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[Fwd: Re: LuaTeX 64bit]
by Mohamed Bana 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

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[Fwd: Re: LuaTeX 64bit]
by Mohamed Bana 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

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Height of square root
by Tomas Kisela 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Hi everybody, There's my issue: If I switch a size of body font, the height of square root doesn't adapt well for letters exceeding a baseline (in my example "y"). Here is my code: \starttext \startformula \sqrt{x^2+y^2} \sqrt{x^2+a^2} \stopformula \switchtobodyfont[17pt] \startformula \sqrt{x^2+y^2} \sqrt{x^2+a^2} \stopformula \switchtobodyfont[23pt] \startformula \sqrt{x^2+y^2} \sqrt{x^2+a^2} \stopformula \stoptext If I compile it on http://live.contextgarden.net/, everything looks fine, but on my ConTeXt (2009.04.17 19:32 MKIV on Win Vista) I get the result in attachment. Do you have any ideas what's the problem and how can I fix it? Thanks, Tomas

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Numerals in mkiv
by Otared Kavian 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Hi Hans, It seems that Arabic or Persian numerals (for instance in section numbers) in mkiv begin at 0, instead of 1… well it is true that in Mathematics natural integers begin with 0, but not in books in those languages :-) Here is a minimal example: \setupdirections[bidi=global] \pagedir TRT \bodydir TRT \pardir TRT \textdir TRT \starttypescript[serif][arabic] \usetypescript[serif][fallback] \definefontsynonym [Serif][name:SimpleNaskhi] [features=arabic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [arabic] \definetypeface [arabic][rm] [serif] [arabic] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[arabic] \setupbodyfont[arabic,12pt] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % heading numbers: \setuphead[section][conversion=persiannumerals] %,numberstyle={arabic}] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \dorecurse{5}{% \section{بخش}\par آزمایش } \stoptext Pardon me if I have been missing something already explained elsewhere. Best regards: OK

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Customize \head in startitemize
by Xan 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Hi, I want to do \startitemize[a][left={Apartado\space}] \head \stopitemize but put left={Apartado\space} _only_ for \head. How can I do that? Regards, Xan.

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Unable to generate fonts
by Patrick Walton 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Hi, I've been running into trouble in both the alpha and beta versions of Mark IV when trying to work with the fonts script: $ mtxrun --script fonts --list MTXrun | font table: accessing the data table failed MTXrun | font table: accessing the data table failed ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:333: attempt to index field 'data' (a nil value) Also, using the "reload" option does nothing (it prints a blank line and immediately exits). Without the fonts script I can't install or use any custom fonts. It's a fresh installation. I tried deleting the ConTeXt installation and reinstalling both the alpha and beta versions with the first-setup.sh script. Thanks in advance for any help. Patrick

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Re: [NTG-context] [Contextcjk-commits] interlinespace problem testing result.
by Wolfgang Schuster 18 Apr '09

18 Apr '09

Am 18.04.2009 um 05:07 schrieb Wei-Wei Guo: > Dear all, > > Yanrui recommended the list to me. It's so good that having a > special place discussing > CJK issues. > > I have posted the problem interlinespace in > \setupbodyfontenvironment at ConTeXt user list. > Since I did some testing on Chinese fonts, I think those information > might be useful. I can't find a problem with Adobes fonts but your line distance of 2.3ex is to small, I think something between 3 and 4ex is sufficient. You can test it with a very big distance: \setupbodyfontenvironment[myfont][12pt] [interlinespace=6ex] Regards, Wolfgang

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