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Re: [NTG-context] Need more interword spacing
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi all, I found nice solution by myself: \interwordspace 2\interwordspace that sets double space. Wolfgang's \setuptolerance[horizontal,space] also works fine. But 2*space doesn't work, what can I do if I want even more space? Best, Vyatcheslav

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setupwhitespace
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hello All, I have a document in two columns and I need about 3mm vertical spacing between paragraphs. I've tried \setupwhitespace[small] and \setupwhitespace[3mm] but neither looks any different from \setupwhitespace[medium]or [big]. \setupwhitespace[none] gives no space. There is a previous mailing in the archives which suggests that columns don't use \setupwhitespace, and there's a suggestion to use \defineblank[default][3mm] but that doesn't seem to do anything either. Any suggestions? Regards, Richard

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flowcharts and text labels
by Wolfgang Schuster 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, is there is something in the flowchart package to position text on the line in the same way as I did in my example without \clap like e.g. \label[cb]{...}. \usemodule[chart] \starttext \startFLOWchart[test] \setupFLOWcharts [nx=3, ny=1, height=4\bodyfontsize, width=8\bodyfontsize] \startFLOWcell \name{one} \location{1,1} \text{One} \connect[bb]{two} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \shape{none} \location{2,1} \label[b]{\clap{Text centered and above the line}} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name{two} \location{3,1} \text{Two} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart \FLOWchart[test] \stoptext Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] How to ged rid of temporary files, forever?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Thanks, luigi. context --purgeall works perfectly. =) Best, Vyatcheslav

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problem scaling big png images
by Mojca Miklavec 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hello, I have problems with scaling of big png images. Scaling works ok with XeTeX, but fails with both pdfTeX and LuaTeX, so it might be a problem in the engine, not necessary in ConTeXt. The image comes out with several cm white border when it should occupy the whole page. Here are the testing files (temporary location): http://www.mars2008.si/context/ \defineoverlay [MyGraphic] [{\externalfigure[graphic][heigh=\paperheight]}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=MyGraphic] \starttext whatever \stoptext + a big png graphic. When I decrease resolution, the white border around graphic shrinks. Mojca pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.9-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.7) This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.30.2-2008102016, build unknown MtxRun | current version: 2008.11.10 21:40 (same problem on TL)

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\definecharacter
by Thomas A. Schmitz 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi all, is the command \definecharacter deprecated in mkiv? Some of my environments stopped working. Minimal example: %\definecharacter mytest \char"00F8 \define\mytest{\getglyph{name:lmroman10book}{\char"00F8}} \starttext Hello w\mytest rld! \stoptext I expected lines 1 and 2 to work, but line 1 gives an error ("Undefined control sequence"). So: is this command no longer available in mkiv? All best Thomas

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How to ged rid of temporary files, forever?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, I have a folder where I store my tex sources and generated pdfs. The problem is that now it is overflooded with temporary files (top, tuo,log,...). I remember Hans wrote somewhere that LuaTeX will hold temporary files in memory... But they are still there, on the disk. Yes, I know the --purge-all option, but it is too long to write "context filename --purge-all ", isn't it? It would be very nice if we could set an option somewhere (for example, in the registry) to NOT generate temporary files, and even log files (I never use them). Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yastkovsky

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\setupcapitals[sc=yes] and \setupfootnotes[n=2] problems with luatex
by Paul Schalck 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, The following minimal examples work fine with pdftex, but give unexpected results with newer betas and luatex (tested under ConTeXt - 2008.11.10 21:40 -- luaTeX-0.30.2): % engine=luatex \setupcapitals [sc=yes] \abbreviation [OTAN] {otan} {Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord} \starttext \OTAN \stoptext % engine=luatex \setupfootnotes [n=2] \starttext Test.\footnote{Here's a footnote.} Test.\footnote{And another one.} \stoptext The second issue has been reported recently. Maybe some Dutch wizard is working on it... And, btw, thanks for your amazing type system! _______________________________________________________________________ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 30 Tage kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220

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Need more interword spacing
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, Can someone suggest me global setting for interword spacing? I write chords above lyrics (with a pen), and often there is no enougn space between words. Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] about "error unable to identify cnf file" (Wolfgang Schuster
by 그래프 수학과 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Hi, Otared, Wolfgang, Thank you for the help. In the ConTeXt Minimals, LuaTeX is working well. I'll use minimals for LuaTeX. By the way, do I need "luatools --generate" again after adding my personal files in the folder ...../contextminimals/tex/texmf-context/ user/context/? Thank you again. Best regards, Dal

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core-swd
by Hans Hagen 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

in context.mkii the core-swd line should say ... \loadmarkfile{core-swd} mojca, can you fix this in the minimals? i cannot make a beta right now -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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mkiv and \recycleMPslotstrue
by Otared Kavian 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

Hi all, With the minimals (ConTeXt ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.12 int: english/english) and mkiv, I get from time to time: (cont-sys.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.123 \recycleMPslotstrue but, despite this, a correct PDF is produced, when I hit return in order to ignore the error. For instance this happens with the example given by Hans: \starttext \showstruts \start \tf \setstrut tf:\strut \tfa \setstrut tfa:\strut \tfb \setstrut tfb:\strut \tfc \setstrut tfc:\strut \tfd \setstrut tfd:\strut \stop \start \small \tf \setstrut tf:\strut \tfa \setstrut tfa:\strut \tfb \setstrut tfb:\strut \tfc \setstrut tfc:\strut \tfd \setstrut tfd:\strut \stop \stoptext I guess this is a dormant (conflicting?) thing from mkii… Best regards: OK

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Maybe there is a bug in cross references with latest beta
by Yanrui Li 12 Nov '08

12 Nov '08

Hi, The \in[ref] command is regarded as a mathematical symbol by the latest beta. There is a simple example as follows: %%%% \starttext \chapter[test]{TEST} \in{Chapter}[test] \stoptext %%%% The output of it is attached in the mail. -- Best wishes, Li Yanrui

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small problem with minimals
by Thomas A. Schmitz 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi all, esp. Mojca, I have encountered a small problem with the minimals: some metafun stuff that Aditya and I use in our presentation module stopped working recently (sorry, I can't tell when exactly). The error message is !luaTeX error (file lm-rmtt.enc): cannot find encoding file for reading ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MtxRun | fatal error, code: 70 which is a bit bizarre (I thought luatex didn't use any enc files?). Anyway, the same file compiles fine with the same version of ConTeXt and luatex under texlive 2008 because there, the enc file is present: luatools lm-rmtt.enc /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-rmtt.enc Should this file be added to the minimals or is there a different problem somewhere down the line? If absolutely necessary, I can make a minimal example, but it would take a lot of work... All best Thomas

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tabulate in itemize
by Wolfgang Schuster 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, do own of you know how I can have a line in the tabulate that will start at the same position as the first column, \HR is no solution for me because it adds extra space before the line and I try to avoid to define my own costomized \HR command. \starttext \startitemize \item text text text \starttabulate[|cm|l|] \NC \NC Anfangsbestand \NC\NR \NC + \NC Zugänge \NC\NR \NC - \NC Abgänge \NC\NR \HL \NC \NC Endbestand \NC\NR \stoptabulate \stopitemize \stoptext Wolfgang

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Scite automatic compling
by mattia schirosa 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, i start use context to write my master thesis, i chose Scite tex editor how was advised in context wiki. I can't found a command or a tool to compile the tex file by Scite, is there any possibility or i have to pass by prompt control everytimes? When i try different layout solution is a bit annoying. Thaks a lot. Mattia Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo

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about "error unable to identify cnf file"
by Dalyoung Jeong 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

Hi, Recently, I tried to set for LuaTeX following the "Running_Mark_IV" in wiki. 1. I updated ConTeXt using "ctxtools --update". I didn't use "rsync -av ..." as in wiki for updating because I got "cannot find command texexec" error after updating ConTeXt. 2. Updated LuaTeX using "rsync -av ......../universal-darwin/" These updating processes are fine. But I got the following error when I issued "luatools --generate". LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.002 seconds I installed TL2008. The first question is that do I need to do some pre-process for the installation of LuaTeX like following? export TeXMFCNF ... export TEXMF ... ... So I run "source .luatex" where luatex is a file to setup TEXMF stuffs when I use TL2007. After that "luatools --generate" is working well. But I got another error when I try "context --make". The error message is "cannot find file context.tex". What did I do wrong in these steps? Thank you. Best regards, Dal

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ConTeXt Live not working
by Pablo Rodríguez 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Trying to typeset the default ConTeXt Live \starttext Hello world! \stoptext I get the following message: TeXExec | processing document 'texweb.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file texweb.top TeXExec | using randomseed 884 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/opt/context/current/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.776454 It seems that it doesn't work. It happens also with XeTeX and LuaTeX. Pablo

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pdftex and xetex not working at live.contextgarden.net
by Pablo Rodríguez 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi there, LuaTeX seems to have been removed from live.contextgarden.net, but it seems that neither the pdftex nor xetex engine is able to compile the most basic \starttext Hello world! \stoptext Just in case it helps and none has noticed it. Pablo

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typefile
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, Something is wrong with \typefile in latest context in MKIV. \starttext \typefile{somefile} \stoptext (the file 'somefile' should exist) gives ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \filepath \pathplusfile #1#2->#1 \f!pathseparator #2 \mktypefileverbatim ...rs.typefile("\readfilename ")} \dosometyping ...rt }{\typingparameter \c!stop }}} \stopverbatimcolor \stoppa... \dotypefile ...else \dodotypefile [\v!file ][]{#3} \fi \fi l.3 \typefile{somefile} Also, in MKII, when the file does not exist, you get a warning message in the pdf output. In MKIV, there is no warning. Missing files are silently ignored. Aditya

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Pb with verb-pas
by Eric DÉTREZ 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hello A funny problem When I use pascal verbatim I've got a curious feature (?) Here is a minimal problem \starttext \startPAS i/ 2; nom/ 2; ; \stopPAS \stoptext When I typeset it the i desappear. I only occurs when the / is followed by a space and when the variable before / is made from letters (not followed by a space) It seems it comes from the gestion of comments but I don't understand where it comes from. I could type spaces before / but I need this to type oCaml source code and I changed comments (there are (* ..... *)) but I also need to refer arrays as t.(i). Eric DÉTREZ Lycée Faidherbe Lille Maths PC* : http://sites.google.com/site/pc1faidherbe/ Info MP-MP* : http://sites.google.com/site/infofaidherbe/

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Happy Single's Day
by Yue Wang 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, all: Tomorrow is 11/11 single day. (I dont know whether the holiday exists in other places, but on 11:11 am, 11/11, (all the numbers are single[1]), all the singles will celebrate this moment and dreamed to find their Mr. or Miss. Right.) So.... consider this is a ConTeXt mailing list, I made a new card using ConTeXt to all the ConTeXt users who are singles. It can be downloaded from http://att.newsmth.net/att.php?p.460.279144.453.pdf Wish you a happy Single's Day! Yue Wang

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TABLEs and backgroundcolor
by Andreas Harder 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hello everyone, this TABLE used to work not long time ago: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % \showframe \bTABLE[framecolor=gray] % split=yes \setupTABLE[column][first] [background=color,backgroundcolor=red] \setupTABLE[column][last] [background=color,backgroundcolor=green] \setupTABLE[first] [first] [corner=08] % \setupTABLE[first] [last] [corner=07] % \setupTABLE[last] [first] [corner=05] % \setupTABLE[last] [last] [corner=06] % %---------------------------------------------------------------------% \bTR \bTD oben links \eTD\bTD oben rechts \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD Mitte links \eTD\bTD Mitte rechts \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD Mitte links \eTD\bTD Mitte rechts \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD unten links \eTD\bTD unten rechts \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \blank \bTABLE[background=color,backgroundcolor=blue] \bTR \bTD[corner=08] left \eTD\bTD[corner=05] right \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR \bTR \bTD[corner=07] left \eTD\bTD[corner=06] right \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Now the first and the last row appear black. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance Andreas

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ConteXt and Eurotex conference 2009
by Taco Hoekwater 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

L.S., The Dutch TeX Language User Group NTG and the ConTeXt task force are pleased to invite you to the combined EuroTeX 2009 conference and third international ConTeXt meeting: August 24--28, 2009 Netherlands Defence College (NDC), The Hague The Netherlands See the website for more information and future updates http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009 Call for Papers =============== As usual, proposals for presentations and workshops are welcomed on just about any topic of interest to \TeX\ users, but the conference focus will be on Educational uses of TeX such as manuals, courseware and college presentations, so we especially welcome proposals on subjects in those fields. http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/programme.html Registration ============ The conference is made possible by the Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) that graciously invited us to their facilities, including the on-site hotel, thereby allowing a very competitive conference fee. http://www.ntg.nl/EuroTeX2009/register.html Participants who complete registration before February 1, 2009 will benefit from a special early bird discount. Hope to see you there! The organisation committee. PS Please feel free to forward this message to suitable tex-related lists, I do not know all of those -- Taco

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bug in latest beta?
by Chen Shen 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi all, the following code used to work, but broke in the latest beta. \at works well, but \in appears as a math "member of set" symbol ( ∈ ). ======================== \starttext \placefigure[here][abc]{xyz}{123} abc \at[abc]. abc \in[abc]. \stoptext ======================== I am using $ context --version MtxRun | main context file: /opt/home/hash/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex MtxRun | current version: 2008.56.06 19:11 $ luatex -v This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.30.2-2008102016, build unknown any suggestions? Thanks a lot. best regards, shenchen

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ConTeXt MKIV bug: Chinese left aligned does not work as should
by Yue Wang 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi, Hans: It seems that left aligned (flushright) does not work for chinese. I attach the minimal test files in the mail. To test the file, please download the zhfonts.tex from http://code.google.com/p/ctxnotes/downloads/list, and the adobe Chinese fonts. (I also mailed you these files long ago for other problems) Yue Wang

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Centering last line of paragraph
by dw＠trichotomic.net 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Hi all, For some long-winded subtitles, I need a paragraph shape which has flush sides except the last line, which is centered. I haven't come across any solutions for this... any clues? Best, David

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ConTeXt MKIV Bug: transparent does not work as should in mplib's textext
by Yue Wang 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Hi Hans: It seems that \definecolor[ foobar][some transparent color] does not work in MKIV. I attach the test file and result pdf in the attachment. Can you take a look? thanks! Yue Wang

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Change line spacing of the publication list
by Roy Zuo 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Hi, I find that when the lines pacing of the text is set by \setupinterlinespace, the line spacing of publication list is not affected at all. I am just wondering if it is possible to change the line spacing of the publication list produced by bibtex to make the article have a uniform look. Thanks in advance. Roy

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on imposition and local or external files
by Pablo Rodríguez 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

Hi there, I would like to use imposition to rearrange an existing PDF as a booklet, but I don' have ConTeXt installed on the machine I would like to do it. Using http://live.contextgarden.net/ might do the job, but I have problems to load the local file. Is there any way to load a local file (or even an URL) with ConTeXt? How should I rewrite the following command to load a local file or an URL in ConteXt live? \insertpages[original_file.pdf][width=0pt] Thanks for your help, Pablo

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apostrophe in a verbatim enviroment
by Alan Bowen 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Is it possible to get an apostrophe to typeset as a vertical mark ( ' ) rather than a curved mark ( ’ ) when using \starttyping and MKII? I am trying to get the old “typewriter” look for a brief stretch of text. Alan

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How to set a empty string in texmf.cnf
by Weiwei Guo 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hi everyone, I need to set all SELFAUTOPARENT in texmf.cnf to empty string, but I don't know how. Here are what I have tried: SELFAUTOPARENT = SELFAUTOPARENT = "" SELFAUTOPARENT = '' SELFAUTOPARENT = $ SELFAUTOPARENT = ${} SELFAUTOPARENT = {} Although deleting all the SELFAUTOPARENT in texmf.cnf works, I just want my texmf.cnf more elegant :) Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Wei-Wei

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How does mtxrun selecting tma files?
by Weiwei Guo 07 Nov '08

07 Nov '08

Hi everyone, If you get two same email from me, sorry for that. I used a wrong email address in the previous email. That email address is not the subscribed email address of the list. I'm new to the list and also new to ConTeXt. I'm configuring my ConTeXt distributed with TeX Live 2008 and I cannot get my mtxrun working. I'm using Gentoo which put texmf.cnf in /etc/texmf/web2c. I set TEXMFCNF = /etc/texmf/web2c TEXMFCACHE = /var/cache/texmf and run # luatool --generate LuaTools | loading /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration for /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma LuaTools | saving configuration in /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma LuaTools | compiling configuration to /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tmc LuaTools | locating list of /root/.texlive2008/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /root/.texlive2008/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /root/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf-site LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf-dist LuaTools | locating list of /etc/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | 2257 files found on 205 directories with 111 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | 4289 files found on 65 directories with 2 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf-site LuaTools | 322 files found on 51 directories with 30 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf-dist LuaTools | 13640 files found on 1587 directories with 161 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /etc/texmf LuaTools | 36 files found on 12 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | 51 files found on 17 directories with 0 uppercase remappings ..... It seems fine and I get seven tma files (along with tmc files) in /var/cache/texmf: 0638a6bb4aac17125bf8bd1aa29dc0c8.tma 5044cbe2799fe389b078f26ff6b9ee8e.tma aa488cd1b5c872b403f3532fd1b4df18.tma 3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma 5a308100aaf95a99c661562a470a4cf8.tma 49ce9fb6981e7315a79363280fdfe510.tma 76f9d14d3870a3ca17c588db81902d3d.tma But when I run $ context hello.tex MtxRun | loading configuration for /etc/texmf/web2c from /var/cache/texmf/luatex-cache/context/b51cb04348b3b14d1dfc7333fc9b63f2/trees/3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee MtxRun | error no format found with name cont-en MtxRun | total runtime: 0.086 It seems mtxrun only searching in 3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma. I find that cont-en.tex is listed in 5a308100aaf95a99c661562a470a4cf8.tma. How can I make mtxrun searching in all tma files instead of only 3c56e5e8bc2a4b2593850bb5489fdfee.tma? Thanks in advance! Best wishes, Wei-Wei

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latest beta
by Thomas A. Schmitz 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi all, Hi Hans, has anything changed in xml processing in the latest beta? My beautiful (!) collection of xml entities has stopped working. In my environment files, I have stuff such as \defineXMLentity[textellipsis]{\textellipsis} but only get the typeset "textellipsis" in my pdfs when I process them with mkiv. Bug or do I have to change anything in my files? All best Thomas

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Multicolumn itemizations - again...
by Marcin Borkowski 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi, I have \setupitemize[2][a,paragraph,intro,columns,two][stopper=)] in the environment. In one place, however, I want to have a one-column itemization. What do I do? I thought that \startitemize[columns,one] would override the environment setting - but it didn't work. I tried to do something like this: \defineitemgroup[onecolumnitemize] \setuponecolumnitemize[2][a,paragraph,intro][stopper=)] but it didn't work - still the settings from \setupitemize[2][...] were in use. What's going on? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Why are vim users so terribly egocentric? - Because they begin every sentence with `I'.

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ConTeXt MkIV and texlive2008
by Marcin Borkowski 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi, assume I've done everything as told on the wiki, so that MkIV works in texlive2008. Assume that I used the tl package manager to upgrade ConTeXt. Do I have something more to do in order to use it (e.g., run luatools --generate or context --make or both once again)? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) O ludzką twarz - walka trwa! Już płoną ognie - chwyćmy za ostrze! Naszym ogniem Moc Najwyższego, ostrzem wierność obranej drodze... Walka trwa! (Izaiash)

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questions about Aditya's thesis
by Mohamed Bana 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hello everyone, Here's the link to his thesis; http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.tar.gz 1. Is this the new official syntax? \chapter[chap:01] Introduction \section Motivation 2. How do I enabled colour links for the bibliography citations? I've tried - You'll have to move/delete t-bib.tex if you're running a recent ver. of the minimals to get the the doc to compile. % env-thesis.tex lines 289-291 \setupinteraction[state=start,style=,color=] \setupinteraction[focus=standard] \placebookmarks [chapter,section][chapter] and % line 3, macros.tex \setupcolors[state=start] % line 8, macros.tex \setupcite [interaction=start, compress=no,color=] %darkgreen] Yet the links are still in black. Here's the pdf; http://filebin.ca/mzxxpc/thesis.pdf or http://filebin.ca/mzxxpc 3. The entries in bibliography outflow into the margins; pages 23 onwards. I don't mind if the line contains huge gaps as long as the entries don't flow into the margins. 4. How do I decrease the linespacing? Don't you agree with Minion Pro it doesn't look as good as with Palatino. Mohamed

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibtex doubt (was Re: Forward of moderated message)
by Taco Hoekwater 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Xan wrote: >> >> You have no citations, so that's what I would expect. Also, having both >> \placepublications and \completepublications is duplication. Try the >> attached (slightly patched) source file, if you will. >> > Yes, with \cite, the references appear not empty. > But is this not a bug: you could have a list of publications and not > citting anyone in the document (I'm thinking in diccionaries or > art-writing books as consulting references) (In LaTeX you could have > references and no cite anyone) That is a feature, otherwise people would not be able to use pre-existing database files that often contain hundreds of publications. But there is an option for your requested behaviour already supplied: you just have to add "criterium=all" to the \setuppublications command. >>> For the other hand, I read in the wiki that bib module automatically >>> read for \jobname.bib file (this is why I commented it) >> >> Do you remember which wiki page? That is wrong, it reads the .bbl file >> automatically, but that is bibtex's output. >> > Not, I don't remember.... sorry. Best read the official manual then: http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-bib/doc/context/bib/bibmod-doc.pdf Best wishes, Taco

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Cyrillic filenames
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi, This is a question to dear developers: why can't I use cyrillic filenames, and even spaces in filenames? It is weird to name Russian texts using Latin transliteration. For example, I'd rather have "песня про зайцев. tex" instead of "pesnya_pro_zaicev.tex". Is this possible? Best, Vyatcheslav

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ConTeXt problem with page layout
by Robert Blackstone 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi list, I am having a problem setting up the layout of my document with \setuplayout, following the instructions in "ConTeXt an excursion", p 72 and 112. Since I want margin notes I want to specify both the margins and the edges, which I tried to do as follows: \setuplayout[location=middle,leftedge=1cm,rightedge=1cm,leftmargin=3cm,rightmargin=2cm,width=13cm,height=23cm] What I get is: no left edge, left margin 2cm right on the edge of the paper, text 13 cm, right margin 2 cm, right edge 1 cm, empty space 16 mm. Moreover, whatever I change in the parameters, the layout stays the same. Has the command changed? I am using MkII as supplied with MacTeX2008, (not updated because that didn't work either). Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance. Robert Blackstone

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No italian traslantion in reference
by mattia schirosa 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, i put this command in my doc \mainlanguage [it] then when i try to call a figure regefence with \in{figure}[fig:cartoonmodel] in pdf doc i see figure instead of figura (it). I need more setup to allow the italian mainlanguage? Thanks, Mattia Unisciti alla community di Io fotografo e video, il nuovo corso di fotografia di Gazzetta dello sport: http://www.flickr.com/groups/iofotografoevideo

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cz -> cs language abbreviation change
by Vit Zyka 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Dear Hans, I have noticed that the abbreviation for Czech language has changed from 'cz' to 'cs'. Perhaps due to ISO 639-2 compliance. May be the norm is a good reason; but this backward incompatible solution makes all Czech document wrong! Silently without any warning or any error message. Moreover, it makes Czech version of the context beginners manual wrong. I strongly ask you to solve this problem, e.g. to create some synonym mechanism, which enable again \mainlanguage[cz] \language[cz to work. Thank you Vit

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MkII vs. MkIV
by Marcin Borkowski 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, Is it normal that output from MkII and MkIV are different in terms of page breaks? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Why vim users don't use the ESC key? - It's too far on the keyboard. It's faster to type ctrl-[.

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Minimals - problems with format: metafun.mp
by Johannes Graumann 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hello, In a bit to finally get Wolfgang's present to me (see XML thread somewhere) finally compiled, I update my minimals via the first-install.sh script and run "luatools --generat && context --make" afterwards. Now I get the error below. Where might I err? Thanks, Joh context --version MtxRun | main context file: /opt/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex MtxRun | current version: 2008.10.31 13:58 systems : randomizer starts with 1392096869 mplib : making format: metafun.mp, name: /opt/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/cf1ede6f9a7dea65673b0113ca44a3cc/formats/cont-en-metafun.mem mplib : problems with format: metafun.mp, name: /opt/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/cf1ede6f9a7dea65673b0113ca44a3cc/formats/cont-en-metafun.mem ! LuaTeX error ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua:384: 'for' initial value must be a number stack traceback: ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua:384: in function 'free_boxes' ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua:768: in function 'graphic_base_pass' ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-ctx.lua:19: in function 'graphic' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \processMPgraphic ... \MPuserinclusions ;\!!es ) } \global \settrue \METAFUNi... \getMPdrawing ...ic \expandafter {\MPdrawingdata } \fi \dopositionaction ...fMPdrawingdone \getMPdrawing \fi \resetMPdrawing \popMP... <argument> ...n {\v!text -1::\MPanchoridentifier } \hss }\ht \scratchbox \ove... \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \positionoverlay ...hbox to \overlaywidth {\hss }} \vfill }\fi ... l.72 \stoptext ?

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How to avoid a page break?
by Marcin Borkowski 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, I have the following in my code: \def\doPutTitle#1{% \startalignment[middle] \bfb \page[bigpreference] \blank[2*big] #1% \page[no]% \blank[big]% \page[no]% \stopalignment \page[no]% }% Why is it still possible that I have a page break after, say, \doPutTitle{some title} (in MkII, in MkIV page breaks fall in different places). Which percentage signs and \page[no]'s are unnecessary here? Also, how to avoid a page break right before an itemization? Adding [intro] seems not to work. And one more thing about pagebreaks: how to avoid a pagebreak right before a \startformula ... \stopformula? And what is the ConTeXt way of setting stretchable vertical glue (e.g. for \blank's, below itemizations etc.)? Thanks in advance & greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) People can be divided into 10 groups: those who like the binary system and those who don't.

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Yet another IDE
by Marcin Borkowski 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

I stumbled across this: http://www.geany.org/ I'm going to give it a try. Maybe someone else would like it, too? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) If Microsoft ever makes anything which doesn't suck, it will be a vacuum cleaner.

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Bibtex doubt
by Xan 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, I'm a beginner with ConText. Before I used LaTeX and I want to switch to try.... Now I'm preparing a simple document: resum-recerca.contex (I attach it) and I have a bibtex bibliography, but when I run texexec resum-recerca.tex, I get the "References" empty. What fails? Thanks a lot, Xan. PS: I attach too running.txt that outputs the texexec. % interface=en output=pdftex % Regime \enableregime[utf] % Choose a font %\usetypescript [palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont [palatino,12pt] % Be tolerant with paragraph building \setuptolerance [horizontal,verytolerant,stretch] % Choose a language, and associated hyphenation rules. \language [ca] % Page number \setuppagenumbering [location={footer}] % White space between paragraphs \setupwhitespace [big] % Paper size \setuppapersize [a4] % On the grid please \setuplayout [grid=yes, footer=0.5\footerheight, header=0.5\headerheight] % Enable colors and activate hyperlinks \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor[lightBlue][r=0.5, g=0.5, b=1.0] \setupinteraction [state=start, color=lightBlue] \setupurl[style=small, space=yes] % Enumerate the URLs \useURL [pragma] [{www.pragma-ade.com}] \useURL [contextgarden] [{contextgarden.net}] \useURL [ntg-context] [{www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context}] \useURL [literatesolutions] [{literatesolutions.com/Members/guravage/tpj/askNelly/context.tex}] \useURL [mge] [{mailto:info@literatesolutions.com}][][\tfx info(a)literatesolutions.com] % Modules \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] % Bibliography options %\setupbibtex[database=llibres] \setuppublications [numbering=yes, sort=author] % Start the text \starttext \midaligned{\tfb De què faré l'article?} \midaligned{\tfx Xavier Bordoy} %\midaligned{\tfx \currentday} Posar el problema de Dehn. {\bf Automatic group}: Bibliografia Posar el llibre de Word processing in groups El llibre d'en Meier El curs de Bellaterra sobre el problema de la paraula. \jobname \placepublications \completepublications \stoptext % Finish de text TeXExec | processing document 'resum-recerca.contex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file resum-recerca.top TeXExec | using randomseed 956 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./resum-recerca.contex ConTeXt ver: 2007.09.28 16:52 MKII fmt: 2008.5.11 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-one.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : resum-recerca.top loaded (./resum-recerca.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : system commands are disabled (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex) color : mpcmyk color space is supported color : mpspot color space is supported color : system rgb is global activated interaction : active system : module bib loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/bib/t-bib.tex publications : loading formatting style from bibl-apa (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/bib/bibl-apa.tex)) system : module bibltx loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/bib/t-bibltx.tex) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex loading : Context Sorting Macros (languages) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (./resum-recerca.tuo) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) publications : file resum-recerca.bbl not found, waiting for bibtex systems : begin file resum-recerca at line 53 {vertical mode: \tracingstats} {\tracingpages} {\tracingoutput} {\tracinglostchars} {\tracingmacros} {\tracingparagraphs} {\tracingrestores} {\showboxbreadth} {\showboxdepth} {\tracinggroups} {\tracingifs} {\tracingscantokens} {\tracingnesting} {\tracingassigns} {into \tracingassigns=2} {\errorstopmode} {\tracingonline} {changing \tracingonline=1} fonts : resetting map file list {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: lm-ec {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-ec.map} fonts : using map file: lm-math {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map} fonts : using map file: lm-rm {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts : using map file: 8r-base {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/8r-base.map} fonts : using map file: ec-base {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map} fonts : using map file: t5-base {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} interaction : pdftex code inserted Completed box being shipped out [1.1] Memory usage before: 1912&602129; after: 436&601896; still untouched: 931788 title : - References [2.2] systems : end file resum-recerca at line 77 system : cont-err loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) ) (see the transcript file for additional information){/usr/share/texmf/fonts/enc /dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmbx12.pfb></usr/sh are/texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr10.pfb></usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/ lm/lmr12.pfb> Output written on resum-recerca.pdf (2 pages, 73741 bytes). Transcript written on resum-recerca.log. TeXUtil | parsing file resum-recerca.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 4 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 21 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 2.168478

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Different footers for different parts of a project
by Marcin Borkowski 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Hi, yet another question from me;). I have a project divided into products divided into components. When I typeset a component, I want to get it's title (I keep it in a variable) in the footer. If I typeset the wqhole project, I want to have the pagenumber there instead. How do I do it? (I mean what to put in the environment/product/component code?) Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Gandalf! A ja myślałem, że nie żyjesz. Co prawda o sobie też byłem tego zdania. Sam Gamgee

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\use(sub)path
by Alan STONE 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

>From what I've found... - ConTeXt searches files up in the directory tree - directories can be set with \usepath and/or \usesubpath I haven't found how both of the latter commands works though. Any hints would be most welcome. Thanks, Alan -- * texexec --lua foo * ConTeXt minimals ver: 2008.10.08 23:34 MKIV fmt: 2008.10.13 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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Problem with MkIV on texlive2008
by Marcin Borkowski 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi, I did everything as wiki says, and after "context test-06" I get /usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/i386-linux/mtxrun:9016: attempt to index global 'today' (a function value) What might be wrong? (I also chmod'ed all things in some .../script directories to executables.) Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) Kim jest ta, co wyłania się z pustyni, Idzie wsparta na swoim Oblubieńcu?

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