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unwanted rgb-->gray conversion (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi Hans, The attached example works fine with mkii (text and gfx both use RGB colors). Using mkiv reduces the colorspace of the graphic to GRAY. Sadly PDFX/-4 doesn't allow to mix color profiles of colorspace RGB with GRAY ones. So I'm forced to always use the RGB colorspace... Best wishes, Peter \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[rgbgray] [r=.5,g=.5,b=.5] \startuniqueMPgraphic{foo}{size} fill unitsquare xyscaled(\MPvar{size},\MPvar{size}) withcolor \MPcolor{rgbgray}; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \starttext \uniqueMPgraphic{foo}{size=5cm} \color[rgbgray] Gray text. \stoptext

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beta and index
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi, the last beta fails to produce a abbreviation list and the index. \abbreviation{One}{1} \abbreviation{Two}{2} \starttext \placelistofabbreviations text\index{one} and \One\ and text\index{two}, \Two\ and text \placeindex \stoptext Wolfgang

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Any ConTeXt user with ancient linux distribution?
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hello, The new server on contextgarden.net has a newer linux distribution and 64-bit kernel. I used to compile the linux binaries on the server since they worked everywhere, also on newer machines (I once wrote a note "compiled with glibc 2.3.6" and maybe the kernel was 2.4.something; it was debian etch). The vice versa doesn't hold - if we compile the binaries on some newer machine, they won't work on older linuxes. So I have two questions: - Are there still users with old linux distributions using the minimals? - And if yes - any volunteer to compile the binaries on regular basis? (The releases of new luatex are the most critical ones. Other binaries can usually wait longer.) You may write me off-list. Mojca

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Possible memory leak?
by Yue Wang 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Hi, Hans: in font-afm.lua, you use fontforge to open and to_table a pfb, but without closing it? btw, when MKIV is running for the first time (i.e., no cache file). it will use a lot of memory (parsing a 10M font will use 700-800 MB memory), are there some ways to reduce that? Another problem is, the memory usage seems incremental: I watch the memory usage in "top" carefully, it does not reduce when MKIV finish reading and caching an otf font. (well I read the font-otf.lua, and you are actually closing that font. so maybe that's because luatex is leaking memory?) btw, I load arial 300 times using the following file, %engine=luatex \directlua0{ function load_font (filename) local metrics = nil local font = fontforge.open(filename) if font then metrics = fontforge.to_table(font) fontforge.close(font) end return metrics end myfont = load_font('arial.ttf') % 300 myfont = load_font('arial.ttf') myfont = load_font('arial.ttf') myfont = load_font('arial.ttf') myfont = load_font('arial.ttf') myfont = load_font('arial.ttf') } and I can see the memory usage may ebb and flow, but actually it is leaking memory. Yue Wang

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Third International ConTeXt meeting 2009
by Taco Hoekwater 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Hi all, I want to remind you of the Third International ConTeXT meeting that will be held in the Netherlands from August 31 to Sept 4, 2009. Please note that the dates have changed, the meeting will be held one week later than originally announced. There is no finalized programme yet, but we that there will be parallel LaTeX and ConTeXt sessions for the tutorials and macro- package specific talks, besides combined developer presentations. Separate rooms for informal discussions and workshops will be available throughout the week. Presentation proposals and topic requests are (of course) very welcome. The conference theme is "Educational Uses of TeX", so anything on that topic is exceptionally welcome, but that does not prohibit other topics. Please feel free to contact me! The joint eurotex conference and context meeting is made possible by the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) that graciously invited us to their facilities, including the on-site hotel. This makes it possible to have a very competitive conference fees. The entire five-day meeting including six overnight stays in a single room, all meals, the conference materials, and a full day day excursion with following conference dinner will cost only 425 euro (for LUG members). For quick deciders, the 100 euro early bird discount offer deadline has been extended a bit, that is valid for another two weeks from today (until Feb 15). See the website for (some) more information and registration: http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009 Hope to see you there, Taco Hoekwater (for the organizing committee)

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How to capture a typeset page into a box instead of shipping it out
by Kevin D. Robbins 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

Hi all, I am looking for ideas of how to capture a typeset page (as it would appear in the resulting pdf output) into a box instead of actually shipping it out directly, if it is possible. I would like to take advantage of ConTeXt's layout features including layers, otherwise I would just create the box with \setbox. My intent is to draw slides using all of ConTeXt's many layout features, but capture the rendered slide in a box so I can use it either as a full page in the presentation output or as a scaled image included as a figure in a full text "train the trainer" document. Thanks, Kevin Robbins

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stupbackgrounds and margin
by Antoine Junod 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

Hello, list! I'm struggling to try to do something that seems simple but I'm not able to succeed. I would like to have the left margin of my document painted in red (or another color, I don't mind right now). Here is what I have: \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] \setuplayout[margin=18mm, width=middle,height=middle, topspace=0cm,backspace=18mm] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackgrounds[text] [leftmargin] [background=color,backgroundcolor=red] But it makes as if I had no leftmargin. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for your help, A+ -AJ

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XeTeX and/or LuaTeX?
by J.A.J. Pater 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

I'm was planning to write my master thesis in XeLaTeX until I discovered that ConTeXt can use the XeTeX engine. I need to use a lot of Hebrew - so Right to Left typing - and some linguistic glyphs and stuff. But from the wiki I understand there are still some issues with ConTeXt's XeTeX-awareness. Like the bookmarks "may result in some strangeness in certain documents" Can someone tell me what kind of strangeness? And XeTeX can't use "certain specials and other types of features" Can someone tell me what kind of "specials and types of features"? And now on this list there is a lot of talk about LuaTeX and Mark IV. So I wonder: Is it possible to use MarkIV and XeTeX engine at the same time? And if not, why should (or shouldn't) I use MarkIV over XeTeX? Thanks in advance, Adriaan Pater

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setuphead question
by Alan Stone 31 Jan '09

31 Jan '09

Hello, In the example below... ---------------------------------------------------- %\def\myCommand#1#2{} \def\myCommand#1#2{#1 #2} %\def\myCommand{} \setuphead[chapter] [number=yes, align=middle, % anyotherparameter=whatever, command=\myCommand] % command=] \starttext \startfrontmatter %\placecontent \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{chapter one} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \chapter{chapter two} \dorecurse{5}{\input douglas\par} \stopbodymatter \stoptext ---------------------------------------------------- ... how do you define myCommand so \setuphead[chapter] [(any other parameter settings), command=\myCommand, (any other parameter settings)] is equal to \setuphead[chapter] [(any other parameter settings), command=, (any other parameter settings)] i.e. with any other parameter settings remaining active. In the example above, with align=middle and - \def\myCommand#1#2{} the ToC and chapter heads are blank - \def\myCommand#1#2{#1 #2} the ToC and chapter head alignment is lost - \def\myCommand{} the ToC and chapter head alignment is lost Thanks, Alan

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Minimals and dvipng
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Hi all, My TeX setup: TeXLive (systemwide) for evetything but ConTeXt, and the minimals for ConTeXt, in my userspace. I have some issues using dvipng with minimals. I first compile this file with texexec: ...................... \setupoutput[dvi] \enableregime[utf] \starttext \startTEXpage $ SP=\int_0^{Q_0}(p_0-Cm(Q))dQ $ \stopTEXpage \stoptext ...................... In the minimals environment, dvipng says: ...................... This is dvipng 1.11 Copyright 2002-2008 Jan-Ake Larsson dvipng warning: cannot find ps2pk.map, nor psfonts.map [1dvipng warning: font rm-lmr12 at 400 dpi not found, characters will be left blank dvipng warning: font rm-lmr7 at 400 dpi not found, characters will be left blank dvipng warning: font rm-lmr9 at 400 dpi not found, characters will be left blank dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 61, skipping dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 48, skipping dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 48, skipping dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 40, skipping dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 48, skipping dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 40, skipping dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 41, skipping dvipng warning: unable to draw glyph 41, skipping ] ...................... And the output is awful!! But if I dvipng in the TL environment, it works like a charm. So what should I add to my minimals install, or do to have all the TL stuff not forgotten when I use minimals? tia, -- Jean

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Re: [NTG-context] installing fonts pdftex
by Thomas A. Schmitz 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

On Jan 27, 2009, at 12:28 AM, Mohamed Bana wrote: > Hi Thomas, > Hi, please address questions to the mailing-list, not to me personally. > 1. when is the last time you tried to install a font manually using > texfont? i've been trying to get install warnockpro and cronospro - > both of which are .otf - but i've had no lack. > > texfont --makepath --install --fontroot=`pwd` --vendor=adobe -- > co=warnockpro --en=texnansi --lcdf --preproc -- > variant=liga,kern,smcp,onum > > the last time i checked texfont was generating an empty map file. texfont is really old, it predates opentype fonts, so you can't expect it to handle such fonts. It was a brave and wonderful effort to automate installation of fonts, but I gave up using it - not because texfont itself is bad, but because so many fonts are just faulty and/ or idiosyncratic, and automatization just can't handle all these eceptions. I always had to double-check and edit files by hand, so I decided to go for a manual process. The --lcdf switch was added by Adam Lindsay, who also wrote a short article about otf and ConTeXt: http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/lindsay/lindsay.pdf Too bad Adam isn't active anymore, he was a great help in ConTeXt development. If you search the mailing list archive for "texfont lcdf," you will see that the problem with the empty map file is common and was never really solved, AFAIK. So you have several options: 1. install the fonts manually 2. use texfont and write the map file manually 3. try Patrick's otfinst http://wiki.contextgarden.net/otfinst 4. I have a set of support files for using Cronos and Warnock with pdftex; if you want, I can make a zip and send them to you (not before Thursday, however). > > > the free version of lucida (.ttf) that ship with Java files worked > fine > > 2. is there someone i must do to get to dashes working properly? as > in, --- doesn't generate the right dash nor does --. These are defined as ligatures in the tfm/vf files. Doesn't texfont produce vpl-files as an intermediate format? You could open those and check whether the ligature is defined. It probably isn't, and then you have to hunt down the reason or add it manually... Good luck Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] Please fix this
by Yue Wang 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

> I'm impressed if any math works at all in experimental. Hans and Taco > have just switched to OpenType math and the current state looks like a > nightmare to me. (You can take a look at char-def.lua, math-vfu.lua > and some other files. It all needs to be improved and fixed.) Yes, the math in experimental is not working. see the attachment. However, I have a document which uses - Myriad Pro - a lot of math but I can use neither beta (failed to parse Myriad Pro) nor experimental (cannot typeset math) I use the nightly build version of LuaTeX provided by w32tex. Yue Wang

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Page layout : Need help to begin
by Antoine Cailliau 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Hi guys, I'm quite new to context and I'm not sure about the best way to achieve the layout I've in mind. You may find a representation of my layout in the attached PDF. Can someone help me by giving some tips on how to proceed to achieve such a result. What's the best technique? The best method? Regards, Antoine C.

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Please fix this
by Yue Wang 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

Hi, Myriad Pro is not working in recent version of ConTeXt (the same source works well in last release). Here is the code: \starttypescript[all][myfont][name] \definefontsynonym[Myriad][MyriadPro-Regular] \definefontsynonym[MyriadBold][MyriadPro-Bold] \definefontsynonym[MyriadItalic][MyriadPro-It] \definefontsynonym[MyriadBoldItalic][MyriadPro-BoldIt] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[sans][myfont][name] \definefontsynonym[Sans][Myriad] \definefontsynonym[SansBold][MyriadBold] \definefontsynonym[SansItalic][MyriadItalic] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalic][MyriadBoldItalic] \definefontsynonym[SansSlanted][MyriadItalic] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldSlanted][MyriadBoldItalic] \definefontsynonym[SansCaps][Myriad] \stoptypescript \definetypeface [myfont] [ss] [sans] [myfont] [default] \usetypescript[myfont] \setupbodyfont[myfont,ss, 12pt] \starttext \input zapf \stoptext Here is the log: This is luaTeX, Version snapshot-0.31.3-2008122922 (a1.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKIV fmt: 2009.1.30 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv) (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-fil loaded (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (D:/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : pdftex loaded language : language en is active system : a1.top loaded (a1.top) load otf | loading: D:/context/tex/texmf-fonts/fonts/opentype/Myriad Pro/MyriadPro-Regular.otf load otf | warning: The following table(s) in the font have been ignored by FontForge load otf | warning: Ignoring 'DSIG' digital signature table load otf | warning: Warning: Mac and Windows entries in the 'name' table differ for the Fullname string in the language English (US) Mac String: Myriad Pro Windows String: MyriadPro-Regular load otf | warning: The glyph named mu is mapped to U+00B5. But its name indicates it should be mapped to U+03BC. load otf | enhance: patch bugs load otf | enhance: merge cid fonts load otf | enhance: prepare unicode load otf | 11 glyph are reused: space hyphen Tcommaaccent tcommaaccent macron Omega fraction periodcentered Delta Scedilla scedilla load otf | enhance: cleanup ttf tables load otf | enhance: compact glyphs load otf | enhance: reverse coverage load otf | enhance: enrich with features load otf | enhance: registering tlig feature load otf | enhance: registering trep feature load otf | enhance: reorganize kerns load otf | replacing 'kerns' tables by 'mykerns' tables load otf | removing global 'kern' table load otf | adding kernclass pp_l_1_k_1 with 72 times 62 pairs ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:828: attempt to index local 'glyph' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:828: in function 'enhancer' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:300: in function 'enhance' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:350: in function 'load' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1113: in function 'otf_to_tfm' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-otf.lua:1252: in function 'read_from_open_type' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:352: in function <...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:334> (tail call): ? ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:279: in function 'read' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:661: in function 'read' ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-def.lua:767: in function 'command_2' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \lowleveldefinefont ...s ", "\@@fontfallbacks " )} \edef \somefontspec {at \s... \xxdododefinefont ...efont {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.20 \setupbodyfont[myfont,ss, 12pt] ? Hope this helps debugging. Yue Wang

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\Rho
by Mojca Miklavec 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hello, shouldn't this line in math-ini.tex \definemathsymbol [Rho] [alpha] [ucgreek] ["52] % R rather be \definemathsymbol [Rho] [alpha] [ucgreek] ["50] % P ? Mojca

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BibTeX again: citing without parenthesis
by J.A.J. Pater 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

The wiki suggests to make a macro: \def\onlinecite#1{\cite[left=,right=][#1]} for inline citations. However it says you can use this macro with: \onlinecite[myRef] It works for me with: \onlinecite{myRef} But not with \onlinecite[myRef] for in that case it produces: "Xxxxxxxxxx, 0000myRef]" Is the wiki wrong? Or is something else wrong? Thanks in advance, Adriaan.

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lua questions
by Thomas A. Schmitz 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hi all, this is a bit OT and should probably go to a lua list, but since some people here are very proficient in lua and I feel less embarrassed about noob questions here... I have a half-functioning python script to convert entries from a classics database into the bibtex format. I want to rewrite it in lua and make it more functional. Three little problems/questions: 1. I found a script to convert Roman numerals via lpeg here: http://lua-users.org/wiki/LpegRecipes but it uses the syntax lpeg.Ca which my lpeg doesn't recognize and which I can't find in the lpeg manual. According to a talk by Roberto Ierusalimschy, "lpeg.Ca(patt) - "accumulates" the nested captures." (http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/slides-lpeg-workshop2008.pdf ) Is this obsolete, has it been replaced by anything? 2. How can I check if a string begins with a class of words "(Der |Die |Das |The |An )" etc. and strip these words from the string? I do it with a compiled regexp in python, but "Programming in lua" has this to say: "Unlike some other systems, in Lua a modifier can only be applied to a character class; there is no way to group patterns under a modifier. For instance, there is no pattern that matches an optional word (unless the word has only one letter). Usually you can circumvent this limitation using some of the advanced techniques that we will see later." I haven't found these techniques yet. 3. How can I compare strings with utf8 characters? My naive approach if string.find(record, "Résumé") doesn't appear to work (while the same method does work if the string has only ASCII characters). Sorry if this is OT, and I'll be grateful for any pointers. Thomas

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backgrounds: help needed #2
by Peter Münster 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hello, Since I've not found the answer yet, I repost the problem: I need some text with background, that can break across lines. But the background must not touch the background of the next line! \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext inframed does not allow linebreaks: \def\Bla{\inframed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt, location=keep]{% FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS}} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} And textbackground does not allow to seperate the backgrounds of 2 lines: \definetextbackground[TG][backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt] \def\Bla{\starttextbackground[TG]FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS% \stoptextbackground} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} \stoptext Could anybody help please? TIA for any hints! Cheer, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Composed Words
by Matthias Wächter 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Greetings, First question: I thought that composing words using || should break after the hyphen/dash, but for whatever reasons, this does not always work correctly and breaks such that the hyphen/dash is in the next line — see attached picture. Processed by luatex, updated today. The source code is not fancy in any way: \language[de]% %[…] Die Ausgabe einer komplexen Netzwerkkomponente wie einem TTEthernet||Switch kann am leichtesten von einer einfachen Vergleichsschaltung überprüft werden, wenn die paarweise angeordneten Komponenten Bit für Bit synchron arbeiten %[…] Second question: Why did you choose the «En dash» as the default intra word dash for at least English and German, whereby this is wrong in most cases and should be the hyphen instead? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash#En_dash lists the uses of the En dash. It is limited to number ranges, relationships and connections and compound adjectives. for me, \setuphyphenmark[sign=normal] fixed the issue, but the “correct” way (hyphen) should be the default, IMHO. – Matthias

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backgrounds: help needed
by Peter Münster 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hello, I need some text with background, that can break across lines. But the background must not touch the background of the next line! \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext inframed does not allow linebreaks: \def\Bla{\inframed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt, location=keep]{% FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS}} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} And textbackground does not allow to seperate the backgrounds of 2 lines: \definetextbackground[TG][backgroundcolor=gray, frame=off, offset=overlay, backgroundoffset=2pt] \def\Bla{\starttextbackground[TG]FF FF XX XX XX XX XX XX SS CS CS% \stoptextbackground} \dorecurse{20}{bla \Bla\ bla} \stoptext Could anybody help please? TIA for any hints! Cheer, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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combination
by Nicolas Luchier 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hello, I searched the mailing archive but found nothing about my problem. I have 3 figures to put into combination 2*2. The way it is handle it that the third figure is place below the first one, which is quite logical. I'd rather have it centered in the second row. Is there any mean to do this ? I didn't find a clue anywhere. Thank you. Nicolas

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Bibtex problems
by Pau 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hello, I have followed the indications of the wiki. In my document, I have: \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=cole] \setuppublications[numbering=yes, sort=author, criterium=all] where cole.bib contains entries such as ------------------- @ARTICLE{Baker07, author = {{Baker}, J.~G. and {Boggs}, W.~D. and {Centrella}, J. and {Kelly}, B.~J. and {McWilliams}, S.~T. and {Miller}, M.~C. and {van Meter}, J.~R. }, title = "{Modeling Kicks from the Merger of Nonprecessing Black Hole Binaries}", journal = {Astrophysical Journal}, eprint = {arXiv:astro-ph/0702390}, keywords = {Black Hole Physics, Galaxies: Nuclei, Gravitational Waves, Relativity}, year = 2007, month = oct, volume = 668, pages = {1140-1144}, doi = {10.1086/521330}, adsurl = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007ApJ...668.1140B}, adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System} } @ARTICLE{Baker08, author = {{Baker}, J.~G. and {Boggs}, W.~D. and {Centrella}, J. and {Kelly}, B.~J. and {McWilliams}, S.~T. and {Miller}, M.~C. and {van Meter}, J.~R. }, title = "{Modeling Kicks from the Merger of Generic Black Hole Binaries}", journal = {Astrophysical Journal}, archivePrefix = "arXiv", eprint = {0802.0416}, keywords = {Black Hole Physics, Galaxies: Nuclei, Gravitational Waves, Relativity}, year = 2008, month = jul, volume = 682, pages = {L29-L32}, doi = {10.1086/590927}, adsurl = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008ApJ...682L..29B}, adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System} } --------------------------------------------------------------- Later in the ConTeXt document, I have \completepublications[criterium=all] Nevertheless, when I try to texexec it, I get: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Completed box being shipped out [11.10] Memory usage before: 12219&652992; after: 3054&650077; still untouched: 2428943 title : - References ! Undefined control sequence. \@@pb@journal ->\apj <argument> ... \it \csname @@pb@journal\endcsname \egroup \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \@@pvdataarticle ... } {\insertcrossref {In }{}{}} \insertvolume {, } {\inser... \dotypesetapublication ...ve {\getvalue {pbdt-#1}} \fi \egroup <argument> ...etapublication {2007ApJ...668.1140B} \strut ... l.906 \completepublications[criterium=all] ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \apj is the shortcut used in bibtex for Astrophysical Journal but, as you can see, I have substituted it for the full name everywhere in the cole.bib file As a matter of fact, and just in case of, grep 'apj' GW2.tex and grep 'apj' cole.bib yield nothing A bit more of information: This is spree(p3)| uname -a OpenBSD spree 4.4 GENERIC#1638 i386 and spree(p3)| texexec -v TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD The full output of texexec follows below. As you can see, there are a lot of warnings, but they look as they look when in LaTeX I compile for the first time the document. The warnings disappear when I recompile it, because it needs a second time. I'm not sure of the meaning in ConTeXt. Any hint? Help will be appreciated Pau ----------------------------------------------------- spree(p3)| texexec GW2.tex TeXExec | processing document 'GW2.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file GW2.top TeXExec | using randomseed 534 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./GW2.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.05.21 15:21 MKII fmt: 2009.1.13 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/home/pau/treball/texinputs/cont-sys.tex (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-one.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt 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minimals (please wait)
by Mojca Miklavec 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hello, I'm fixing some issues that have arised after server transition. Please wait a bit with updating the minimals. Thanks for understanding, Mojca

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Content head
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hallo, I would like to def a costum head, but I also want the pure word 'Inhaltsverzeichnis' as content head. I tryed: ---------------------------------------- \def\Vortrag#1#2{#1~Vortrag:~#2}% \setuphead[chapter][command=\Vortrag ] \definehead[contenthead][title] \starttext \contenthead{Inhaltsverzeichnis} \placecontent \chapter{Bla} blub \stoptext ---------------------------------------- But the content head is still prefixed with 'Vortrag:'. What is the solution for this? Gruß, Wolfgang

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for the brave
by Hans Hagen 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hi, I uploaded beta zip with a prelude to the new structure related code. I hope that I didn't forget files. context --make xp will generate the experimental format (you really need a luatools --generate because there are many new files). With context --interface=xp yourfile will use that format. Eventually the xp format will go away but this is a nice intermediate step for those who are willing to help debugging the code. Those who look into the source ... it all happens in strc-*.tex|lua and when you look in the tua/tuc file you see what is carried around (this will be optimized). Much code still needs a rewrite. The format file is slightly smaller and less hash space is used, in spite of more functionality. This is a side effect of a more dynamic inheritance model (slower, but not so much an issue noaways and compensated by speedups in other areas like one time multipass data reading). For xml users: although somewhat experimental, we now have roundtrip xml in lists (and some other constructs, more to come). \setuphead[chapter][expansion=xml] This only works for mkiv xml, as we also keep track of the document root in order to apply the right setups. For Aditya: numbering of math is redone and soon we have to split up strc-mat into pieces (when we start doing unicode math) but you can already have a look at it. Don't worry too much if your documents crash. I simply cannot test everything so it might be a good opportunity for volunteers to help documenting behaviour and making tests. The main incompatibilities are in the numbering: we now use sets for numbering, seperators, converters etc as well as processors for specific layout of these thingies. This info is carried around so that intermediate style changes are reflected in tables of contents and references (of course they can be overloaded). It's the price we pay fro more flexibility. 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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[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: PPCHTEX and LaTeX]]]
by Hans Hagen 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

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BibTeX in ConTeXt natbib style
by J.A.J. Pater 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

In LaTeX when using the natbib package I can use: \citet[p. 113]{Bell1992} to get: "Bell (1992, p. 112)" \cite[p. 113]{Bell1992} to get: "(Bell, 1992, p. 112)" Trying to do this in ConTeXt I came up with this: \setupcite [author][left=,right=] \setupcite [year][left=,right=] \def\CiteP#1#2% {(\cite[author][{#2}]% ,\ \cite[year][{#2}]% ,\ {#1} )} \CiteP{p. 13}{article-full} And: \def\CiteA#1#2% {\cite[author][{#2}]% \ (\cite[year][{#2}]% ,\ {#1} )} \CiteA{p. 13}{article-full} It works alright, but it seems rather crude to me. Is there a more elegant way? Or maybe more to the point: a way in which I do not have to use \setupcite? Thanks in advance, Adriaan. P.S. I made my first contribution to the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Version_Control

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[Fwd: PPCHTEX and LaTeX]
by Hans Hagen 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

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Background on paragraphs
by Antoine Cailliau 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hi all, I'm new to ConTeXt but not new to LaTeX and I really enjoy to learn again something new and that seems to be cleaner in syntax at least. By reading the excursion, I typed something that did not work on my computer. It is about the background on paragraphs. I've a big black background and we cannot see the text. I attached the PDF file produced. I used texexec : % texexec TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD and the following code : \setupbackground[background=screen,corner=round] \starttext \startbackground Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam semper mi pellentesque diam. Vestibulum tellus erat, vestibulum vel, blandit ac, placerat at, metus. Integer rhoncus neque vel dolor. Sed dapibus arcu eu lorem. In eleifend nunc nec justo. Maecenas sagittis ultricies orci. Proin nec est. Integer dictum dictum felis. Mauris nibh dui, tempus eget, auctor et, ultrices nec, nulla. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Duis lacinia vehicula pede. Sed eros tellus, ultricies id, porttitor sed, bibendum quis, metus. Pellentesque et justo eu ante tristique aliquet. Quisque dui tellus, cursus sit amet, tincidunt nec, imperdiet et, nibh. Quisque sapien elit, semper ac, molestie et, dapibus vulputate, nunc. Sed in nisl. Vivamus ligula. Aliquam eros pede, iaculis vitae, imperdiet sit amet, commodo a, nibh. Pellentesque a turpis. \stopbackground \stoptext I hope to have some help and feedback about, Cheers, Antoine C.

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Dimensions
by Bart C. Wise 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

How do I specify a dimension that is an arithmetic expression? For example, \framed[width=\textwidth-12pt]{} Thanks, Bart

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endnotes grouped by chapter in a separate chapter
by Jesse Alama 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I'd like to have endnotes placed in an appendix. I would like that appendix not to be one large list of notes; instead, I would like the notes to be grouped into sections within the appendix. Currently, I'm aware of \setupnotes[endnote][way=bychapter] and \placenotes[endnote] This setup produces a list of notes labeled in ascending numerical order, with numbering reset by chapters. Appendix A: Notes 1 Note from chapter 1. 2 Second note from chapter 1. 3 Third note from chaper 1. 1 First note from chapter 2. 2 Second note from chapter 2. 1 First note from chapter 3 ... I'd like to have the endnotes grouped by chapter and displayed something like this Appendix A: Notes Notes from Chapter 1: My Great Chapter 1 Note from chapter 1. 2 Second note from chapter 1. 3 Third note from chaper 1. Notes from Chapter 2: My Second Great Chapter 1 First note from chapter 2. 2 Second note from chapter 2. Notes from Chapter 3: ... ... I've looked through the mailing list and the wiki, but I've not been able to find out how to accomplish what I'm after. Any ideas? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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Centering a defined text frame
by Bart C. Wise 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I'm trying to have a centered text frame. There are two examples in the code below. 1) This one works. It uses a text frame that is in line in the code. 2) This one does not work! It's using a defined text frame and flushes the text frame to the left. How do I fix this? Thanks, Bart \defineframedtext[CenteredText][width=fit] \starttext % This one works! \startalignment[center] \dontleavehmode \framedtext[width=fit]{ \startlines The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stoplines } \stopalignment % This one fails! \startalignment[center] \dontleavehmode \startCenteredText \startlines The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stoplines \stopCenteredText \stoptext

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[Fwd: PV126: typographic programming course info (fwd)]
by Hans Hagen 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi, in two weeks i'll be in brno to give a course; attached is some info; anyone is welcome to attend 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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acroreloadpdf
by luigi scarso 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

I found useful this http://www.mail-archive.com/ctan-ann@dante.de/msg02046.html -- luigi

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javascript tool for presentations
by Thomas A. Schmitz 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Dear all, this website http://www.icsr.agh.edu.pl/~polak/latex.html.var was mentioned in comp.text.tex. It allows dual-screen presentations in LaTeX: if your computer allows extended desktop mode, you can view your notes on your laptop screen and show your slides via the projector. Sounds like a useful tool - would something similar be possible for ConTeXt as well? All best Thomas

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Preprocessing ConTeXt file to convert from UTF-8 to ASCII & ABNT
by João Macaíba 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

Hi. I've used LaTeX for a while and found articles about ConTeXt yesterday and decided give it a try since its different approach. Reading the docs I've found it only works with ASCII. So I've tried to do the convertion UTF-8 => ASCII using iconv, without success: it failed to convert the first 'accented character' it encounters. I'm searching to solve this problem, but would like to know if there's any doc on 'non-ascii' editing of ConTeXt files. If there are other people writing in portuguese, like me, and specially brazilians, is there a way to implement ABNT standard ? Any docs on theses subjects: 'non-ascii' input, 'portuguese/brazilian' and 'ABNT', would be appreciated :) I use 'vim' and 'textmate' as my primary editors for *TeX*, and my platform is MacOSX (Leopard). Thanks in advance. Regards. -- João Macaíba <joao.macaiba(a)gmail.com>

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New wiki
by Bart C. Wise 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

Is the google search going to be moved to the new wiki? I found it to be an invaluable tool. Bart

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Customizing chapter heads
by Alfredo Catalina 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

I am new to ConTeXt. I am trying to define a customized head for chapters but I am finding some problems. The sentences below are based on the chapter Text Elements which may be found in the ConTeXt manual. Prior to setting up the title, a new Head command is defined by \def\HeadTitle#1#2%. It takes two arguments, the chapter number and the chapter title. The Head so defined will show the word "C h a p t e r" in capitals, then the chapter number at 80pt, then a horizontal line, and finally the title. The definition works quite well except that both, the chapter number and the chapter title, are not show at the specified font size. \definebodyfont[10pt,11pt,12pt][rm][tff=Regular at 80pt] \definebodyfont[10pt,11pt,12pt][rm][tfe=Regular at 42pt] \def\HeadTitle#1#2% {\hbox to \hsize \bgroup {\hfill % \setupframed[height=7cm,offset=.5em,frame=off] \framed[width=9cm,align=left] { {\tfc \sc {C~h~a~p~t~e~r}} ~~ {\tff #1}\\ \hairline {\ss \tfe #2} } } \egroup } \starttext \setuphead[chapter] [command=\HeadTitle] \chapter{An Insight\\Into Fred's Design} \stoptext An easy workaround for the chapter number replaces the argument #1 by \currentheadnumber \def\HeadTitle#1#2% {\hbox to \hsize \bgroup {\hfill % \setupframed[height=7cm,offset=.5em,frame=off] \framed[width=9cm,align=left] { {\tfc \sc {C~h~a~p~t~e~r}} ~~ {\tff #1}\\ \hairline {\ss \tfe #2} } } \egroup } Now the chapter number is shown at 80pt as defined. But I have not found the way to solve the problem with the head title, #2. ¿Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Alfredo.

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Something usefull?
by Cecil Westerhof 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

I made something usefull and share it with you. Maybe it is usefull for other people also. Sometimes I switch a lot from tasks. Still I need to keep a good log of time spend on the different tasks. For this I made the first table. When I switch I can now log easily the new task and the time of the switch. And at the end of the day I can easily get a running total pro task. The second task is for writing down short notes. I used a table to get lined A7 paper. I have still some work to do on it. For example the tables are to close to edge and the tables stop to soon. But I think it is good enough to 'publish'. I also have some questions. ;-} At the moment there are the same number of the timesheet and the lined paper printed. That is not always what you want I think. The one time you need more timesheets, the other time you need more lined paper. Is there a way to ask for the number of timesheets, print those, and let the rest be printed as lined? (I can offcourse also switch to two different documents.) At the moment the lined paper starts counting from 9. Is there a way to reset it to 1? -- Cecil Westerhof

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framed typing with linenumbers in mkiv
by Wolfgang Schuster 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

Hi, I want numbered lines in my verbatim code but it did not work in mkiv. \setuptyping[numbering=line] \starttext \startframedtext \starttyping one two three \stoptyping \stopframedtext \stoptext Wolfgang

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een soort multi-\not?
by Liesbeth van der Plas 24 Jan '09

24 Jan '09

Beste contexers, In math-mode krijg je een streep door een letter met behulp van* \no*t. De streep gaat echter altijd maar door één letter. Ik wil bijvoorbeeld het getal 10 doorstrepen of het getal 100. Hoe kan ik dit het beste doen? Liesbeth van der Plas -- liesbethvanderplas(a)gmail.com www.liesbethvanderplas.nl www.wiskunde-interactief.nl www.bonrekenhulp.nl

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Latest Notepad++ package for ConTeXt
by Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

Dear gang, I have uploaded the latest version of the ConTeXt support package for Notepad++. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image:Npp_ConTeXt-Uni.zip It has been updated to 5.1.4, the latest stable version. There are now two versions of Notepad++: ANSI and Unicode. The ANSI version is mostly a legacy version, which supports Win95/98/ME. Unicode Npp supports Unicode path names etc., and is the main release. Most to all important plugins have been ported to Unicode Npp; this and future versions of this package for ConTeXt will only support Unicode Npp from now on. Old plugins will not work with Unicode Npp, so be sure to remove them before installing the latest Npp. See https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=5503888 for more details. NppExec console plugin is essential for this package. It is installed by default by the Npp installer. This support package includes a redundant NppExec plugin -- in case you forgot to install it ;-) -- as well as the Explorer plugin and the XBrackets plugin -- not included in the main distro. XBrackets provides bracket autocompletion and is configurable. Directory structure has changed a bit: Npp now stores some config settings in Application Data\Notepad++\plugins\config that used to be stored in eg Program Files\Notepad++\plugins\Config the startstop module has been moved to texmf-project. Most of its features are or soon will be made obsolete in mkiv. The run commands are now all linked to scripts. Shortcuts are in the Macros menu, and you by F6 you can open the scripts console and editor. This way it's easier to edit the commands as well as to keep up with changes in the way ConTeXt does things etc. All reference to aleph is gone, luatex is its successor. "Update ConTeXt" is almost certainly obsolete; I never use it anyway. Feel free to send me an updated script for inclusion. I have never used XeTeX, the XeTeX related scripts may need adjustment. Please send me any comments, suggestions, or improvements! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Questions about (start)itemize
by Cecil Westerhof 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

I started making lists and sublists. In the first startitemize I use an 8 in the setup, because I want squared bullets. For my sublists I use 5, because I want to use circles there. Is there a way not to have to put it everywhere? (When I change to a triangle, I do not want to change it everywhere.) Is there a way to keep items automatically together? At a certain point I started a new sublist. But only the first came on the page and the rest on the next. Because I am printing on A7, it will happen moren often. What is the meaning of KA and KR in the setup. I see a difference, but I do not understand it. -- Cecil Westerhof

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number of lines ?
by Alan Stone 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hi, Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given portion of text ? -- Best, Alan

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Questions about tables
by Cecil Westerhof 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

I have the following table: \starttable[|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.18\textwidth)|cp(.18\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|] \HL \CL[darkyellow]\SR \VL Verwerkt \VL Datum \VL Km-stand \VL Kilometers \VL c/l \VL Liter \VL Prijs \VL \SR \HL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \SR \HL \stoptable There are two problems with it: - The horizontal line at the top disappears because of the color. Is there a way to get it back? - The table is on the right side of the paper. How can I get it centered on the page? Also is it possible to let the rows fill the complete page? I mean: if there is room for 40 rows, that there are automatically 40 rows. -- Cecil Westerhof

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van context naar rtf
by Liesbeth van der Plas 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Via de volgende link: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latex2rtf/ kan een programmaatje gedownload worden dat LaTex bestanden omzet naar Rich Text Format, waar Word mee overweg kan. Bestaat er ook iets dergelijks voor ConText? Liesbeth van der Plas -- liesbethvanderplas(a)gmail.com www.liesbethvanderplas.nl www.wiskunde-interactief.nl www.bonrekenhulp.nl

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Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac
by David Rogers 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hello all I'm going to do a clean re-install of my machine (Tiger on PPC) soon, and I'd like guidance on methods of installing ConTeXt. I assume that (a) TeX Live 2008 with its tlmgr utility, or (b) ConTeXt minimals, are the two realistic possibilities - is this correct? What I'd like: - A clear way of keeping ConTeXt mkiv usable and up to date with Hans's latest version - An installation method that will continue to be maintained, and that is expected to be used by the majority of ordinary users of ConTeXt in the future ...So should I go for TeX Live, or the minimals, or something else I don't know about yet? Grateful for any advice... David

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Merging background
by Cecil Westerhof 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

I have a template for a letter in which I use \setupbackgrounds. I also have a tenplate for a watermark which also uses \setupbackgrounds. The background from the last include is used. Is there a way to merge the backgrounds? -- Cecil Westerhof

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gfs neohellenic typescript
by Antoine Junod 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hello list, Has anyone already written a typescript for the beautiful gfs neohellenic (for mkii)? A+ -AJ

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bug in math mode
by Yue Wang 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hi, Taco: Last week you invited me to test the trunk version of luatex. Today I compiled LuaTeX trunk version (This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.32.0-2009011719, build unknown) and used first-setup.sh (change --context tag into experimental as Mojca suggested) to download the ConTeXt (MtxRun | current version: 2009.01.17 00:15) distribution. And after compiling one of my thesis, I found there is a bug in mathmode. I am not sure whether it is a bug in luatex itself or a bug in ConTeXt. Yue Wang

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