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Egg does not work in MKIV
by Yue Wang 04 Nov '08

04 Nov '08

Hi The egg works in mkii, but not mkiv. Here is the log: mkiv lua stats : used config path - /usr/home/yue/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf mkiv lua stats : used cache path - /usr/home/yue/context/tex/texmf-cache mkiv lua stats : modules/dumps/instances - 93/25/1 mkiv lua stats : input load time - 0.031 seconds mkiv lua stats : startup time - 1.145 seconds (including runtime option file processing) mkiv lua stats : jobdata time - 0.001 seconds saving, 0.001 seconds loading mkiv lua stats : fonts load time - 3.882 seconds mkiv lua stats : xml load time - 0.000 seconds, lpath calls: 0, cached calls: 0 mkiv lua stats : lxml load time - 0.000 seconds preparation, backreferences: 0 mkiv lua stats : mps conversion time - 0.000 seconds mkiv lua stats : node processing time - 0.456 seconds including kernel mkiv lua stats : kernel processing time - 0.015 seconds mkiv lua stats : attribute processing time - 0.155 seconds mkiv lua stats : language load time - 0.092 seconds, n=2 mkiv lua stats : graphics processing time - 0.067 seconds including tex, n=24 mkiv lua stats : metapost processing time - 0.000 seconds, loading: 0.000 seconds, execution: 0.000 seconds, n: 0 mkiv lua stats : current memory usage - 134 MB (ctx: 137 MB) mkiv lua stats : cleaned up reserved nodes - 37 nodes, 10 lists of 100 mkiv lua stats : node memory usage - 144 attribute, 20 glue_spec, 48 attribute_list, 48 local_par, 2 dir mkiv lua stats : loaded patterns - us:us:pat:exc:2 mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - AdobeSongStd-Light:otf MinionPro-Bold:otf MinionPro-It:otf MinionPro-Regular:otf MyriadPro-Bold:otf MyriadPro-Regular:otf TektonPro-Regular:otf lmex10:tfm lmmi12:tfm lmmi7:tfm lmmi9:tfm lmroman10-bolditalic:otf lmroman10-italic:otf lmroman12-bold:otf lmroman12-italic:otf lmroman12-regular:otf lmroman7-bold:otf lmroman7-regular:otf lmroman9-bold:otf lmroman9-italic:otf lmroman9-regular:otf lmromancaps10-regular:otf lmromanslant10-bold:otf lmromanslant10-regular:otf lmromanslant12-regular:otf lmromanslant9-regular:otf lmsy10:tfm lmsy7:tfm lmsy9:tfm msam10:tfm msam7:tfm msbm10:tfm msbm7:tfm rm-lmr12:tfm rm-lmr7:tfm rm-lmr9:tfm mkiv lua stats : control sequences - 39329 of 165536 mkiv lua stats : callbacks - direct: 13639, indirect: 24505, total: 38144 (1362 per page) mkiv lua stats : runtime - 7.124 seconds, 28 processed pages, 28 shipped pages, 3.930 pages/second MtxRun | total runtime: 7.567 /usr/home/yue/context/tex/texmf-freebsd/bin/mtxrun:9016: attempt to index global 'today' (a function value) [yue@localhost ~/ps]$ uname -a FreeBSD localhost 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Nov 1 13:33:53 UTC 2008 root@localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KERNEL i386 I think it is not urgent, but I'd like to celebrate Hans' birthday! Yue Wang

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Question about columns and etc
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hello, Now I use my favourite LuaTeX for typesetting song lyrics :) I love the result, but I have problems when I use to columns to make long lyrics fit one page. First of all, the first line of the second column is always one line upper then in the first one. Next, when I turn on \setupinterlinespace[big], it doesnt' affect text in columns at all! And the last, I cannot prevent chorus text from splitting across pages/columns. I see that \vbox does this for verse, but adding it to chorus setup doesn't work. Thank you for any help in advance! Vyatchelsav ===== \usemodule[lyrics-env] \starttext \title{Песенка о медведях} \author{текст: Дербенев Л., музыка: Зацепин А.} \startcolumns \startverse Где-то на белом свете Там где всегда мороз Трутся спиной медведи О земную ось Мимо плывут столетья Спят подо льдом моря Трутся об ось медведи Вертится земля \stopverse \startchorus Ля ля ля ля ля ля ля Вертится быстрей земля Ля ля ля ля ля ля ля Вертится быстрей земля \stopchorus \startverse Трутся они стараясь Вертят земную ось Чтобы влюблённым раньше Встретиться пришлось Чтобы однажды утром Раньше на год иль два Кто - то сказал кому - то Главные слова \stopverse припев \startverse Вслед за весенним ливнем Раньше прийдёт рассвет И для двоих счастливых Много - много лет Будут сверкать зарницы Будут ручьи звенеть Будет туман клубиться Белый как медведь \stopverse припев \startverse Где-то на белом свете Там где всегда мороз Трутся спиной медведи О земную ось Мимо плывут столетья Спят подо льдом моря Трутся об ось медведи Вертится земля \stopverse припев \par припев \stopcolumns \stoptext ========================== lyrics-env.tex ========================= \usetypescriptfile[win-font] %\usetypescript[TimesNewRoman]\setupbodyfont[TimesNewRoman, 12pt] \usetypescript[MinionPro]\setupbodyfont[MinionPro, 13pt] \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \setuplayout [leftmargin=2cm, rightmargin=1.5cm, width=fit, topspace=1cm, header=1cm, bottomspace=1cm, footer=1cm, height=fit] %\setupinterlinespace[big] \setupcaptions[location=] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \definestartstop [verse] [before=\vbox\bgroup\startlines, after=\stoplines\egroup] \definestartstop [chorus] [before=\startnarrower\startlines, after=\stoplines\stopnarrower] \setuphead[title][after=\nowhitespace] \define[1]\author{{\itx (#1)}\blank} \define[0]\solo{{\itx Solo}}

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problem with \framed[corner=00]{}
by Peter Münster 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hello, With the latest ConTeXt version (Happy birthday, Hans!), I get a black background instead of green: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \framed[background=color, backgroundcolor=green, corner=00]{bla} \stoptext TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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MPclip problem (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi, the lua function 'metapost.filterclippath()' in mlib-ctx.lua uses 'flushnormalpath()', which is not global. Moving it to mlib-pdf.lua did work here. Regards, Peter

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Problem with itemization (again)
by Marcin Borkowski 03 Nov '08

03 Nov '08

Hi, sorry to be a bit repetitive, but this still doesn't work as expected (in MkII, but see also below): \starttext \startitemize[intro] \dorecurse{12}{% \item \dorecurse{\recurselevel}{This is some intro. }Intro ends here. \startitemize[intro,columns,two] \dorecurse{4}{% \item \dorecurse{1}{This is a test. }End of the test. }% \stopitemize }% \stopitemize \stoptext (see page 2 and 3). I guess nothing wrt. itemizations changed in the new beta (I tested the above example in the online ConTeXt), so it's no surprise, but I still have no clue as to the reasons and any remedies. I use two-column itemizations *a lot*, so this is a serious problem for me... Any ideas how to prevent the unnecessary page break? PS. I have just noticed that this works correctly with luatex!!! And so do unpacked two-column itemizations!!! That's just great!!! So my question now becomes: does this mean that MkII is just obsolete for me and I should upgrade to MkIV? And two more things: 1. I have noticed that "unpacked" itemization in columns has the whitespace between items equal to one line. Is it possible to make it shorter, say half a line? 2. I've also noticed that the second (last?) column of itemization seems *never* to be longer that the previous ones, which seems to be quite reasonable, but sometimes it would be better for it to be one line longer than two lines shorter. Is there a way of e.g. inserting a manual column-break within multi-column itemizations and/or letting the last column be longer? Sorry people for being such a nuisance, but - as I've said - I use itemizations a lot (mainly for different kinds of problem sets for my students or my wife's pupils;)) and these issues appear quite often. Also, I'd like to teach a bit of ConTeXt to my wife, who would like it to *simply work* (she's great, but no TeX hacker;)). Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) People can be divided into three groups: those who can count and those who can't.

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\ref and \goto
by Wolfgang Schuster 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Hi, how can I combine \ref and \goto? \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \chapter[sec:one]{One} \chapter[sec:two]{Two} see also \goto{One}[sec:one] % hyperlink see also \ref[s][sec:one] % no hyperlink see also \goto{\ref[s][sec:one]}[sec:one] % fails \stoptext Wolfgang

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columns in footnotes broken
by Michael Green 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

The manual describes a way to set footnotes in columns: \setupfootnotes[n=number] (Context: the manual (Nov. 12, 2001), pp. 101-2) That has caused errors for me in the 2008-10-23 or 2008-10-31 releases. mjg TEST DOCUMENT: \setupfootnotes[n=2] \starttext First sentence here.\footnote{Note one.} Second sentence here. \footnote{Note two.} Third sentence here.\footnote{Note three.} \stoptext ERROR MESSAGE ConTeXt ver: 2008.10.31 13:58 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.1 int: english/ english [snip] fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/Users/michaelgreen/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/ pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \unvbox \doplacenoteinserts ...ing \unvcopy \else \unvbox \fi \currentnoteins \fi \s... \next3 ...oprocessnotes {\doplacenoteinserts }{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax footnote, endnote,linenote \doprocesscommalist ...aitem \gobbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance ... ... l.7 \stoptext ?

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Lettermodule
by Willi Egger 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Hello Wolfgang, I just updated to the latest beta of context. Unfortunately I get now an error when using the letter module. I have no clue. ConTeXt ver: 2008.10.31 13:58 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.1 int: english/ english .... ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \c!extension = \xprocesscommaitem #1,#2->\if ,#1 ,\@EA \xprocesscommaitem \else \if ] #1\@EAE... <argument> ...t-ltr, \c!extension =, \c!interface =default \xdogetparameters #1]->\xprocesscommaitem #1 ,],\@relax@ \dosetupmodule ...rs [\??md :\currentmodule :][#1] \expanded {\getparameters ... <to be read again> \par ... Kind regards Willi

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Context release 2008.10.31
by Taco Hoekwater 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Hi, Most of you have probably deduced this, but Hans has released a new version of ConTeXT past friday. New features: * There now is a Persian interface (format) * The whole multilingual subsystem is rewritten and is now generated by a script from a single lua database table. ** Note: ** External modules that define or set system constants ** and system variables will need updating. * New versions of the greek, vim and bib modules * More files have been split into mkii+mkiv parts * The old, dvipdfm style font mapfiles have been removed because newer versions of (x)dvipdfmx support the pdftex-style map format * mkiv now has support for 'special' features like knockout vs overprint and spot colors via attributes For pdftex users, there are not that many changes, but users of xetex of luatex are advised to update a.s.a.p. The wiki page is here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2008.10.31 It is clear already that there are a few issues with the new release (esp. wrt. external modules) but it still makes sense to update *now* so that all these problems can be resolved in the next few days. This release is already included in the ConTeXt Minimals distribution http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals If you use a different distribution, you can download the cont-tmf.zip from Pragma ADE directly: http://www.pragma-ade.com Have fun, Taco

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Last current
by Wolfgang Schuster 02 Nov '08

02 Nov '08

Hi, the last current release still contains \latetua in core-two.mkiv for \savetwopassdata and the two modules m-subsub and m-educat use the old mutiligual interface. The collection of third party modules cont-ext contains a too old version (with startconstants/variables) of the letter module, I put a newer version on the garden a few days ago. Thanks and regards, Wolfgang

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external figure extension name PDF not supported
by Zhaopeng Xing 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hi, There is a problem about a figure name. When I use pdf figures, capital "xx.PDF" can not be identified, while only "xx.pdf" is supported. I hope it can be fixed because my odf printer always give extension name "PDF". Thanks. -- Zhaopeng XING Tinbergen Institute

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Color rendering & transparency with metapost
by Renaud Aubin 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hi, I have some trouble using a gradient background (solid) with a transparent element : \startMPinclusions def test_shade (expr a, b) = pickup pencircle scaled 1mm ; color ca ; ca := \MPcolor{a} ; color cb ; cb := \MPcolor{b} ; color cc ; cc := \MPcolor{c} ; sh := define_linear_shade(origin shifted(0cm,.5*\overlayheight),origin,ca,cb) ; fill fullsquare xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight withshade sh; draw origin withcolor cc; draw origin shifted(0cm,-.25*\overlayheight) withcolor cc; enddef ; \stopMPinclusions \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[a][r=.57254902,g=.784313725,b=.917647059] \definecolor[b][white] \definecolor[c][darkred] \starttext \defineoverlay[bgoverlay][\uniqueMPgraphic{bg_top_shade}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bgoverlay] \startuniqueMPgraphic{bg_top_shade} test_shade(origin, origin shifted(0cm,1cm)); draw fullcircle scaled 10cm shifted (0cm,0.25*\overlayheight) withcolor transparent(1,0.5,white) withpen pencircle scaled 2cm; %%%%%%%% If you comment out the previous line the color rendering is definitelly different... \stopuniqueMPgraphic \input knuth \stoptext I have searched the ML without success, any idea ? Regards, Renaud

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Using a .fea file disable arabic contextual analysis
by Khaled Hosny 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

See the attached files, the mark features seem to work but contextual forms (init, medi amnd fina) don't Regards, -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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\item doesn't work with ConTeXt (works with LuaTeX/TeX)
by Mildred Ki'Lya 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Hi, I have a strange error with ConTeXt. This error isn't produced using LuaTeX. The error seems to be in one of the CoTeXt files but I can't understand it. I hope some of you will be able to help me there. The code is as simple as that: ===== test.tex ===== 1 \begingroup 2 \item{1} test 1 3 \item{2} test 2 4 \endgroup 5 6 \end 7 ==================== Now, if I run 'context test', I get at some point the following error: ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup \stopitemgroup ...mdepth }\egroup \else \endgroup \global \advance \itemdept... l.5 ? Attached, the complete log. I hope you'll be able to understand that strange error. Thanks. Mildred -- Mildred Ki'Lya ╭───────── ｍｉｌｄｒｅｄ５９３＠ｏｎｌｉｎｅ．ｆｒ ────────── │ Jabber, GoogleTalk: <mildred(a)jabber.fr> │ Site: <http://ki.lya.online.fr> GPG ID: 9A7D 2E2B │ Fingerprint: 197C A7E6 645B 4299 6D37 684B 6F9D A8D6 9A7D 2E2B

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beta
by Hans Hagen 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, i uploaded a beta that can handle \starttext \setinterfacecommand{setuphead}{stelleüberschriftein} \section{Oeps} \stelleüberschriftein[section][style=\bf] \section{Oeps} \defineregister[xüber] test \xüber{oeps} oeps \stoptext now, for a persian interface, one needs to = copy cont-en.tex to cont-xx.tex with xx being persian = in cont-xx.tex change \defaultinterface to persian = add the mapping from xx to persian to mult-def.tex = add the xx entries to mult-def.lua (most work) = run mtxrun --script interface --context = make the xx format = cross fingers and run a test file 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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Clipping bug in MetaPost with MkIV
by Wolfgang Schuster 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, I make a hole in a MetaPost graphic and add a graphic as background but in MkIV I get no hole but the lines I try to remove are still visible. All files with the two results from MkII (what I want) and MkIV are in the attachment. \starttext \startMPcode picture temp ; path mask ; draw (0,1cm)--(2cm,1cm) ; draw (1cm,0)--(1cm,2cm) ; temp := currentpicture ; currentpicture := nullpicture ; mask := unitsquare scaled 2cm -- reverse fullsquare scaled 1cm shifted (1cm,1cm) -- cycle ; clip temp to mask ; currentpicture := temp ; draw fullsquare scaled 5mm shifted (1cm,1cm) ; temp := currentpicture ; currentpicture := nullpicture ; externalfigure "holz280.jpg" scaled 2cm ; addto currentpicture also temp ; \stopMPcode \stoptext Wolfgang

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A little OT, but really worth reading
by Marcin Borkowski 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

This appeared today on the Polish TeX mailing list. A *beautiful* application of letter- and bookshapes in design. And it's Dutch! Have a nice time reading! http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.… Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy about telescopes. (E. Dijkstra)

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/ModDate (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi, there is a small bug in the /Info dictionary when using mkiv. The 'ModDate' is written as 'Context - YYYY.MM.DD HH:mm', which results in a blank entry in the 'Document Properties' of the viewer. Anyhow, to avoid preflight problems it would be wise to set /ModDate to the same value and form (p160, PDF Reference 1.7) as /CreationDate (like in mkii). Otherwise you must have trust in the comparison routines of the preflight software (which is no good choice). Just think about PDF/X-4, where all XMP entries (http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/) are compared with the corresponding /Info entries. Best wishes, Peter

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Context using LuaTeX - distribution packaging question
by Tobias Burnus 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hello, for openSUSE there are now beta TeX Live 2008 packages available (http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Publishing/) [By Werner Fink, who does also the normal openSUSE packages.] The question is how the ConTeXt with LuaTeX should be best handled. By default, there is no luatex-cache and no (luatex) format. Of cause a user can do: export TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c # export TEXMFCACHE=somewhere luatools --generate --verbose luatools --ini --compile cont-en but in principle I would expect that the distribution does this already, which saves the TEXMFCACHE per user and makes "texexec --lua" working without requiring to run first all the other commands. Questions: a) Is the TEXMFCNF environment variable necessary or can this also be read by a config file, which is overwritten by the environment variable? Which scripts/executables make use of that environemt variable? b) Is is possible -- as with kpsewhich -- to have a global cache for the format + global directories - and local directories which have then a higher precedence? I mean like: A global directory cache incl. the format files plus if the user creates a $HOME/texmf tree a user $TEXMFCACHE which contains the hashes of the user directory but such that luatex still finds the formats in the global directory? Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Thank you for the Chinese support, but still one question.
by Hans Hagen 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

> Hi, Hans, Thank you for the great works. But there is still a problem when > I test a more complicated file which is attached below. In this file, > both \bf and \bi give the same font lmroman10-bold. > > I guess the reason is that I use the same Chinese font > AdobeHeitiStd-Regular for both SerifBold and SerifBoldItalic. But this > cannot be avoided since Chinese fonts have much fewer typefaces than > English fonts. > > Would you give some suggestions to solve this problem? Thanks a lot. > > Longmin Wang i uploaded a beta for some reason the fallbacks were not part of the hash that i use to keep track of uniqueness of definitions it seems to work ok now in the beta this might also solve some of Thomas's problems there will probably be a new current later today 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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Colored labels with MetaPost in MkII
by Wolfgang Schuster 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

Hi all, what is the best method to format MetaPost labels in MkII with \doattributes. \setupcolors[state=start] \def\labelstyle{bold} \def\labelcolor{red} \starttext \startMPcode label(textext("\doattributes{label}{style}{color}{Label}"),origin) ; \stopMPcode \stoptext Wolfgang

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XML
by johannes_graumann＠web.de 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

Hello, The family is gone for the week, so I have time to play ... What I'm doing is the following(using the attached files): context --ctx=t-openoffice BoldOnlyContent.xml Which works nicely. I'd like to make this work like so: context --ctx=t-openoffice VersuchBoldOnly.odt but whether I change the respective line in t-openoffice.tex to \xmlprocess{main}{zip://*/content.xml}{} or \xmlprocess{main}{*/content.xml}{} - no luck ... how to do this? Hans let me know how to parse xml styles on the fly, but I fail to generalize this further. When uncommenting the line \xmlval{fo:font-style}{\xmlatt{#1}{font-style}}{} in t-openoffice.tex this doesn't work as expected: context --ctx=t-openoffice BoldAndItalicContent.xml Any hints on how to fix this? I have asked related questions in the past, but have now a bit of time to investigate further ... Thanks, Joh

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Re: [NTG-context] Persian interface
by Hans Hagen 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Mehdi Omidali wrote: > Attached please find a zipped file containing a sample file and > mult-def.lua with persian entries added. Other files have been created > by your method of mtxrun. I couldn't activate persian interface to > compile the sample file. i uploaded a beta (you make a persian format with "context --make pe") the attached file runs ok Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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\startvariables failed after the current update
by Zhichu Chen 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hi there, I haven't updated my ConTeXt distribution for a very long time (for the internet connection problem here) and somehow my network worked, so I use ctxtools --update to make an update. During the updating, I got some error message like "I can't find mult-def.tex" and some other files more. Weird, because I do have those files and kpsewhich can locate them. I just input the needed files WITH the path and seemed OK. To make sure, I made another ctxtools --update and this time no error messages. Anyway, I compiled a used-to-be-working file and failed because some "Undefined control sequence" and I found the "undefined" macros are the \c!xxx and \v!yyy macros which I defined them in \startvariables all yyy: yyy \stopvariables \startconstants all xxx: xxx \stopconstants any explanations? -- Best Regards Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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tikz and metapost
by Alan BRASLAU 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Following some exchange off-list (trying to figure out how tikz under context got broken), the subject of understanding pgf/tikz with respect to metapost came up. I am posting a follow-up here as it may be of interest to others on the mailing list, those who know metapost very well as well as those, like myself, who are still learning how to use different graphics tools. On Sunday 26 October 2008 11:46:22 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > I am just starting to learn about metapost, and I can't judge yet > > what pgf/tikz has as advantages and disadvantages. > > Advantages of TikZ: > 1.) many many many many "libraries" that are ready-to-use. Just take a > glimpse through the manual and it will be evident to you in the first > glimpse. If you want to draw a graph, you can do it with a few > commands. (one command draws you axis, one for function, ...) > You can achieve the same with metapost, but you need to do everything > from scratch. However, it's really easy to write your own libraries. > 2.) some special effects like smooth shading works in metapost only > conditionally (does not work with XeTeX at the moment), and you have a > wider range with TikZ > > Advantages of metapost: > 1.) rich mathematical machinery (you can write a set of equations and > metapost will calculate your coordinates) > 2.) easy to write your own macros I thought that a major interest of pgf/tikz was the production of portable graphics (using many different motors). > I use metapost when I need to program something, and TikZ when I need > to do something fancy very quickly. Another option is export to TikZ > in Geogebra. > > As an experiment, I did try comparing making a graph using > > pgfplot and metagraph, and I did *not* like the result of the second. > > metagraph is old as earth. graph.mp,v 1.2 2004/09/19 Current estimates place the age of the earth at around 4.6 billion years... > If I draw graphs is meapost, I do that > manually. Or I use gnuplot module to draw graphs for me, but graph > drawing is much easier & more flexible with TikZ if you have > datapoints ready. I myself find gnuplot to be fatally flawed and have never liked using it. (I still sometimes produce graphics using an old program written in K&R C that generates HPGL for pen plotters, with a filter that then creates postscript. Now THAT is almost stone age! But this program can also handle an arbitrary number of points VERY efficiently, only limited by the size of your storage device.) > If you need some complex curve, TikZ is improving in > that area, but in metapost it's out-of-the-box to draw it. Why did Till Tantau write pgf/tikz? Clearly he knew metapost, so another route could have been to develop a standard library of metapost macros. I'm asking these questions here as there seems to be a preference (or prejudice) towards metapost amongst the context community. Indeed, it appears pretty powerful. But as Mojca wrote about glimpsing at the pgf/tikz manual, it too is very rich and I have yet to learn about all of the new features that were introduced in pgf-2.0. Thus, I am trying to figure out where to invest my learning efforts. Do any other metapost and/or pgf-tikz experts have something to contribute to this query? -- Alan Braslau

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Load context format at runtime (from luatex)
by Mildred Ki'Lya 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hi, I would like to run (if possible) the context format at runtime. In fact, I'd like to create a custom format for my own document and I want my format to inherit ConTeXt (mostly because of utf-8 support). At the beginning of my document, I added: \input format And at the beginning of format.tex, I added: \input context But now, when I execute the document using (pdf)luatex, I get an error in some lua chunk: pdfluatex document.tex This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.4-2008091110 (Web2C 7.5.7) (document.tex (format.tex (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/luat-env.tex ! LuaTeX error [string "luas[0]"]:1: attempt to call field 'luafilechunk' (a ni l value). \ctxluabyteload ...nvironment.luafilechunk("#1") } \ ...fproductionrun \else \ctxluabyteload {#1}{#2} \fi \global \everyloadluac... l.168 \registerctxluafile{luat-env}{1.001} ? If I use context instead of (pdf)luatex, it seems there is an infinite loop when context.tex is loaded from my format in the file /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex If I remove the inclusion of context in my format (the \input line) I get another error (but I can't find where it is). The last lines looks like: context document.tex MtxRun | loading configuration for /usr/share/texmf/web2c from /home/mildred/luatex-cache/context/6300afb4995fe38c77e9b86ed1ef1028/trees/f7d1b3c25487ab1e1035aff1c53b90da (./document.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.05.21 15:21 MKIV fmt: 2008.10.27 int: english/english language : language en is active report >> utilityfile: not present system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv lua : used config path - /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf lua : used cache path - /home/mildred/luatex-cache/context/6300afb4995fe38c77e9b86ed1ef1028 ) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : tex loaded system : document.top loaded (./document.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkiv)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf loaded ) (./format.tex) ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup \stopitemgroup ...mdepth }\egroup \else \endgroup \global \advance \itemdept... l.28 ? Do you know how I can create my format based on ConTeXt? It doesn't seems that easy :/ And I would prefer not to be dependant from ConTeXt (that is if I want to use another format for my document instead of ConTeXt, I want to be able to do that). And I also would prefer using the generic (pdf)luatex instead of context. Thanks. Mildred -- Mildred Ki'Lya ╭───────── ｍｉｌｄｒｅｄ５９３＠ｏｎｌｉｎｅ．ｆｒ ────────── │ Jabber, GoogleTalk: <mildred(a)jabber.fr> │ Site: <http://ki.lya.online.fr> GPG ID: 9A7D 2E2B │ Fingerprint: 197C A7E6 645B 4299 6D37 684B 6F9D A8D6 9A7D 2E2B

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--arrange vs. --pdfarrange
by Marcin Borkowski 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

This might be a stupid question, but: what's the difference between the --arrange and --pdfarrange options for texexec? Greets, -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Why are vim users so terribly egocentric? - Because they begin every sentence with `I'.

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Reference to a subitem
by Diego Depaoli 28 Oct '08

28 Oct '08

Hi all, referencing a subitem I get also the item (1.a, 2.c and so on). Can I split them or get only the subitem? \starttext \startitemize [n] \item [number] one \startitemize [a] \item [letter] letter \stopitemize \stopitemize Look at number \in[number] letter \in[letter] \stoptext Normal output: Look at number 1 letter 1.a Wanted result Look at number 1 letter a Many thanks -- Diego Depaoli

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footnote n=0 error
by Michael Green 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

\setupfootnotes[n=0,columndistance=3em,] seems to cause a problem with context ver: 2008.10.23 When it's commented out, everything is fine. When it is left in, I get the error below. Thanks! mjg ConTeXt ver: 2008.10.23 17:32 MKIV fmt: 2008.10.27 int: english/ english [snip] fonts : resetting map file list {/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/ fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/ fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: lm-math {/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/ dvips/lm/lm-math.map} fonts : using map file: lm-rm {/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/ dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/ fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/ fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/ fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} [1.1] ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \unvbox \doplacenoteinserts ...ing \unvcopy \else \unvbox \fi \currentnoteins \or \i... \next3 ...oprocessnotes {\doplacenoteinserts }{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax footnote, endnote,linenote \doprocesscommalist ...aitem \gobbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance ... ... l.120 \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] bib module error with context 2008.10.23
by Michael Green 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Michael Green wrote: >> >> I noticed that the modules.contextgarden.net/bib page says you're >> editing the apa style. Here are two corrections I made. Perhaps they >> will help. > > I just uploaded a new version to the garden, with your patches > for bibl-apa.tex. Please give it a try: > > http://modules.contextgarden.net/bib > > Best wishes, > Taco Thanks! It works fine. I found a different problem with footnotes that I'm pretty sure is unrelated. I'll post a separate message. mjg

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Re: [NTG-context] bib module error with context 2008.10.23
by Michael Green 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Michael Green wrote: >> >>> After updating the minimals for OSX-intel, I get an error when using >>> the bib module. Here's the relevant bit of the log. >>> >> >> you need a new bib module >> > > Not just that, you need a bib module that doesn't exist yet. > I will do a new upload to modules.contextgarden on monday. > > Best wishes, > Taco Great! I noticed that the modules.contextgarden.net/bib page says you're editing the apa style. Here are two corrections I made. Perhaps they will help. 1. line 286: changed \insertpublisher{. }{.}{.} to \insertpublisher { }{.}{.} Why: prevents double periods after the title. It's what you did for several other publication types in the version you sent me on August 10. 2. line 384: commented out insertpublisher line Why: this is the entry for unpublished documents so I wasn't sure why it was there. More importantly, if it is left uncommented, there are two periods after the title. Thanks! mjg

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A problem with itemizations
by Marcin Borkowski 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hi, I have a problem with \startitemize ... \stopitemize. Sometimes (I have no idea when, but this effect is fully repeatable!) I get a page break just before a \startitemize. It is nested (second level) and follows one line of another item at the 1st level. It seems that adding [intro] won't help. The problem occurs with [columns,two]; I don't know whether this has any influence - when I change the setup (in the preamble) the page breaks fall in different places, and all my 2nd level itemizations are 2nd level (and I have quite a lot of them). Any ideas? I know that the above is rather vague, but it's difficult to prepare a minimal example etc. Also, Hans, do I get it correctly that the itemization code will get rewritten in MkIV? If yes, is there any chance of having unpacked itemizations in 2 and more columns? And any chance of having an explicit column break (or a preference) in multicolumn itemizations? Thanks & greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) #### #### #### _ __ __ __ _ __ __ __ ## ## ## ## ## ## | \ | / \ | \ / \ | \ | / \ | \ / \ | #### #### #### |_/ | | | | | | | |_/ | | | | | | | | ## ## ## ## ## ## | \ | |--| | | |--| | \ | |--| | | |--| | #### #### #### |_/ | | | |__/ | | / |_/ | | | |__/ | | .

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Page arranging: 2SIDE, 2UP, 2DOWN, 2*2, 2**2
by Marcin Borkowski 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

What is the difference between the above? In particular, do I get this correctly: (*) 2SIDE just puts 2 pages onto one sheet, in the following order: 1 2 3 4 ... (*) 2UP prepares a booklet I'm not sure if I understand the rest. I tried 2DOWN, but got only even pages (?). And with 2*2 and 2**2 got the same (?) arrangement, but I'm not sure what it's for. Thanks & 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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strange file name
by Ruini Xue 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

source file: %%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext {\input knuth} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% compiling it produces error: ! I can't find file `knuth}'. l.2 {\input knuth} Why does tex recognize "knuth}" but not "knuth" as the file name? -- ruini

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Textbackground with leftframe
by holzminister 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

Hi! 1) I wanted to color some text inside a columnset-environment. That works fine for text that stays in one column or spans two consecutive ones. But if there's a pagebreak after the first page, only the left column gets the background. From page two on everything is fine again. Any ideas how this comes? >>> \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[test][ backgroundcolor=yellow, frame=off, leftoffset=5mm, location=paragraph, color=black] \definecolumnset[example][n=2,distance=5mm] \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \starttextbackground[test] \dorecurse{12}{\input knuth \par} \stoptextbackground \stopcolumnset \stoptext >>> 2) And another question: Is there a way to get a leftframe activated in my defined background? Have a nice evening, Eyke

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why does not this style work?
by Ruini Xue 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

I want to use a dedicated font size for the chapter title, so I wrote this piece of code: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \def\mybig% {\dosingleempty\dosanhao} \def\dosanhao[#1]% {\switchtobodyfont[24pt]} \setuphead [chapter] [style=\mybig] \starttext \chapter{hello, world} \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% However, the error is: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ! Use of \dosanhao doesn't match its definition. \doifnextcharelse ...token =#1\def \!!stringa {#2} \def \!!stringb {#3}\futur... \@@kochapterstyle ->\mybig \bf \doconvertfont #1->\edef \p!defined {#1 }\ifx \p!defined \empty \else \@EA \d... \dosetfontattribute ...me #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi \empty \doplaceheadnumbertext ...bute {\??ko #1}\c!style \dosetcolorattribute {\??k... \dodododoconstructhead ...{\finalsectionnumber }}} \writesection {#1}{#3}{#4}... l.11 \chapter{hello, world} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If I replace the \mybig with \switchtobodyfont in style=xx, it works fine. What's the difference between them? and why the former does not work? -- ruini

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Embedded fonts question
by David Wooten 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

Greetings all, A sad story: My context-typeset dissertation was printed/distributed by a POD publisher with aweful typographical errors (like all commas in the main font being replaced by an ff ligature). Obviously the printer didn't check their results. The file reads fine both for me and the publisher, but the printer let us know that the file is unprintable due to problems with fonts not being embedded (why they originally printed an "unprintable" file I'll never know). Now as far as I can tell, fonts are embedded. It was made with context MKII, using hz and hanging punctuation, etc. When I look at the document in Adobe Acrobat, and check the document/font details, it gives a list of embedded fonts only. I'm not certain that the printer is in the right, but how can I tell? Is it possible that the pdf was altered when transferred from me to the publisher then to the printer? That compression of the pdf (zip) had any impact? Any other possibilities? What do you need to know to offer advice? ---I can send the file or a part of it if it is needed. Best, David

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Reverting to an earlier date in CVS repository (was: mkiv, luatex and tikz)
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

Hello, Sorry, the wrong mailing list for this question, but I still hope to find some guru here ... On the garden we fetch the version of TikZ from CVS at http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=142562 (because it often provides the functionality that's not available in stable version, including some very important patches; for example - smooth shading functionaly that Aditya was asking about only works in XeTeX with CVS version and not with the stable one). Apparently some patch broke TikZ support in ConTeXt completely (not only in luatex), but I'm not very confident with working with CVS. Can someone please give me a short hint how to revert to an older version of TikZ from CVS repository? Thanks a lot, Mojca On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > Tikz seems to be broken under luatex. > As is, compiling something as simple as > \usemodule[tikz] > \starttext > Hello, world! > \stoptext > gives errors.

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T-shirts (was: Reference to a subitem)
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Diego Depaoli wrote: > 2008/10/23 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> >> \def\ItemNumber#1% >> {\expandafter\doItemNumber#1..\relax} > As usual, Wolfgang solved! > > Mojca, can I have a Context t-shirt customized 'Wolfgang's fan club'? ... A few moments too late :) :) :) They have been printed on Thursday (when I brought four additional blank T-shirts in the afternoon, they have finished the reprinting already). But we can make wiki-editing tournaments now with T-shirts as presents if anyone is interested. Mojca (PS: unless the subject or specific mailing list makes it evident that I should read it, it might be safer to put me on CC these days.)

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Wrong cache-path with luatex
by Holzminister 26 Oct '08

26 Oct '08

Hi! Within my luatex-chache directory there is the directory "2afa1e18082b2d9b8e2af9f2c6e925a6". But when I call texexec --lua it searches for a directory called "0aa031a3f94c398f99a9660a610ae9ef". I linked this with the existing one, but now luatex can't find any fontfiles anymore. Running luatex with --fmt=.../2afa1e18082b2d9b8e2af9f2c6e925a6 everything works fine. luatools --generate says alot about 2afa1e18082b2d9b8e2af9f2c6e925a6. I'm using the latest Contextgarden-Beta. Any ideas how to solve this? Best regards, Eyke

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bib module error with context 2008.10.23
by Michael Green 25 Oct '08

25 Oct '08

After updating the minimals for OSX-intel, I get an error when using the bib module. Here's the relevant bit of the log. Thanks! p.s. this isn't urgent for me. I'm just rolling back to the previous, working installation. ConTeXt ver: 2008.10.23 17:32 MKIV fmt: 2008.10.24 int: english/ english [snip] system : module bib loaded (/Volumes/Data/Users/mjg14747/Applications/context/tex/texmf-context/ tex/context/bib/t-bib.tex ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \v!author \p!compareprocessaction ...]->\edef \!!stringb {#1 }\ifx \!!stringb \s! defaul... \next2 #1,->\p!doprocessaction {#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> ...v!author =>\def \bibstyle {cont-au}, \v!title =>\def \bibstyle... \processnextcommalist ...dodoprocesscommaitem #4#5 ,]\relax \global \advance ... \dosetupbibtex ...nown =>\def \bibstyle {cont-no}] \ifx \@@pbdatabase \empty ... l.314 \dosetupbibtex[bibtex=bibtex]

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[OT] More lobby , please.
by luigi scarso 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

OK, this year latex wins http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/pr/vonneupr.html -- luigi

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Re: [NTG-context] Thank you for the Chinese support, but still one question.
by Yanrui Li 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:17:15PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: >Longmin Wang wrote: > >> Hi, Hans, Thank you for the great works. But there is still a problem when >> I test a more complicated file which is attached below. In this file, >> both \bf and \bi give the same font lmroman10-bold. > >experimental patch in beta > Hi, Hans, Now, a problem like it appeared again. Can the experimental patch still work? Best wishes, Li Yanrui

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mkiv: bug in processMPbuffer
by Otared Kavian 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi Hans and Taco, The latest beta solves the problems metioned by Thomas Schmitz and myself concerning \uniqueMPgraphic: many thanks for your attention. However, I observed the following regarding \processMPbuffer: some grahpics don't show up when tyepset with mkiv, while they are fine with mkii. (This with mkiv, LuaTeX revision 2, (LuaTeX date stamp 2008102016), ConTeXt version 2008.10.23 17:32). (For the Chief of Rumour Control: it is not crucial to address the reported bug urgently…). Best regards: OK %% begin bug-processMPbuffer.tex \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startbuffer[axes-1] textextoffset := ExHeight ; numeric u ; u := .5cm ; vardef arrowheadonpath (expr p, s) = save autoarrows ; boolean autoarrows ; autoarrows := true ; set_ahlength(scaled ahfactor) ; % arrowhead p if s<1 : cutafter (point (s*arclength(p)+.5ahlength) on p) fi enddef ; path xox ; xox := (-u,0)--(8u,0) ; path yoy ; yoy := (0,-u)--(0,7u) ; draw xox withcolor blue ; draw yoy withcolor blue ; ahfactor := 4 ; % default is 2.5 fill arrowheadonpath(xox,1) withcolor .625blue ; % try .25 fill arrowheadonpath(yoy,1) withcolor .625blue ; % try .25 \stopbuffer \startbuffer[chemin-1] textextoffset := ExHeight ; numeric u ; u := .5cm ; z1 = (5u,0) ; z2 = z1 rotated 60 ; z11 = z1 rotated 15 ; z12 = z1 rotated 30 ; z13 = z1 rotated 45 ; z0 = (2u,0) rotated 30 ; path gamma ; gamma := (0,0)--(5u,0) ; draw gamma withpen pencircle scaled .4mm withcolor .625yellow ; path gammaR ; gammaR := z1..z11..z12..z13..z2 ; draw gammaR withpen pencircle scaled .4mm withcolor .625yellow ; dotlabel.bot (btex \switchtobodyfont[10pt] \strut $R$ etex, z1) ; path gammaRR ; gammaRR := z2--(0,0) ; draw gammaRR withpen pencircle scaled .4mm withcolor .625yellow ; dotlabel.top (btex \switchtobodyfont[10pt] \strut $R{\rm e}^{2{\rm i} \pi/n}$ etex , z2) ; dotlabel.rt (btex \switchtobodyfont[10pt] \strut ${\rm e}^{{\rm i}\pi/ n}$ etex , z0) ; label.rt (btex \switchtobodyfont[10pt] \strut $\Gamma_{R}$ etex , z11) ; fill arrowheadonpath(gamma,.4) withcolor .625yellow ; fill arrowheadonpath(gammaR,.4) withcolor .625yellow ; fill arrowheadonpath(gammaRR,.4) withcolor .625yellow ; \stopbuffer This file has been typeset on \currentdate{} at \currenttime, with \doifmodeelse{mkiv} {mkiv, LuaTeX revision \luatexrevision, (LuaTeX date stamp \luatexdatestamp)} {mkii, using the command: \type{texexec basic-test.tex}}, ConTeXt version \contextversion. % LuaTeX version \luatexversion, This MetaPost graphic is shown with mkiv: \placefigure[middle][-]{none}{\processMPbuffer[chemin-1]} {} \blank but not this one \placefigure[middle][-]{none}{\processMPbuffer[axes-1]} {} \blank nor this one \placefigure[middle][-]{none}{\processMPbuffer[axes-1,chemin-1]} {} \stoptext %% end of bug-processMPbuffer.tex

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi, this time a beta that is more beta than usual (mkiv) - it needs a recent luatex (no surprise) - there are some speedups, but it might break things (should not happen) - the memory footprint should be a bit smaller (esp fonts) - font fallbacks etc have some fixes a major change is that now all multipass data goes into the jobname.tuc file (only lists are still in the tuo file); a next release will have sectioning redone and for mkiv the tuo file will be gone 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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\doiffigureelse not working
by Wolfgang Schuster 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi Hans, you write a while ago the macro \doifigureelse but to bad it's not working and it gives me always the true value. \setupexternalfigures[location=global] \starttext \doiffigureelse{cow}{\externalfigure[cow]}{Not found} \doiffigureelse{kuh}{\externalfigure[kuh]}{Not found} \stoptext Thanks and regards, Wolfgang

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Some questions about TeX Gyre support in minimals
by Oleg Kolosov 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hello Everyone! I've started to experiment with MkIV in ConTeXt minimals recently trying to make TeX Gyre fonts work with as few definitions as possible. Here is the list of problems I've encountered: 1. No small-caps in any font (gyre fonts doesn't have that yet?) 2. adventor have italic but slanted displays as normal (roman) 3. cursor have only roman script (no bold, slanted, etc.) Is this due to lack of fonts in Gyre package, some omissions in type-otf.tex or my typescript definitions are not complete? Here is the test file which I've used (some cyrillic text also): ------------------------ \starttypescript[mygyre] % change font last arg according to definitions in type-otf.tex % pagella, termes, bonum, schola \definetypeface [mygyre] [rm] [serif] [pagella] % heros, adventor \definetypeface [mygyre] [ss] [sans] [adventor] \definetypeface [mygyre] [tt] [sans] [cursor] \definetypeface [mygyre] [mm] [math] [palatino] \stoptypescript \startbuffer[tests] \starttabulate \NC \tf tf \NC \tf Нормальный текст \NC\AR \NC \bf bf \NC \bf Полужирный текст \NC\AR \NC \it it \NC \it Курсивный текст \NC\AR \NC \sl sl \NC \sl Наклонный текст \NC\AR \NC \bi bi \NC \bi Полужирный курсив \NC\AR \NC \bs bs \NC \bs Полужирынй наклонный \NC\AR \NC \sc sc \NC \sc Пробный текст \NC\AR \stoptabulate \stopbuffer \usetypescript[mygyre] \setupbodyfont[mygyre] \starttext \section{roman (rm)} {\rm \getbuffer[tests]} \section{sans-serif (ss)} {\ss \getbuffer[tests]} \section{teletype (tt)} {\tt \getbuffer[tests]} \stoptext ------------------------ I'll update Russian section in the wiki, once these points are clarified. -- Regards, Oleg Kolosov

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Invalid UTF-8 sequence in bbl file
by Oleg Kolosov 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi all, Taco! I was experimenting with bib module and discovered something which looks like a bug. 'texexec' ('texexec bibtest') runs fine but typesets references ('s' key) incorrectly. As MkIV does not run bibtex on input files automatically, I run 'bibtex' manually once ('bibtex bibtest'), then 'context' ('context bibtest') gives 'Invalid UTF-8 sequence' error. The resulting .bbl is the same in both cases. It seems that 'author' field and 's' key in bbl file are generated incorrectly, while others like 'title', 'city', etc. are fine. See the attached files. I'm using just updated minimals. t-bib version 2008.04.17. -- Regards, Oleg Kolosov \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={ÐÐ02},totalnumber=1] \startpublication[k=parintro,t=book, a={{ÐÐœÑÐŸÐœÐŸÐ²}},y=2002, n=1,s=ÐÐ02] \author[]{Ð.~Ð¡.}[Ð.~Ð.]{}{ÐÐœÑÐŸÐœÐŸÐ²} \pubyear{2002} \title{ÐÐ²ÐµÐŽÐµÐœÐžÐµ Ð² Ð¿Ð°ÑÐ°Ð»Ð»ÐµÐ»ÑÐœÑÐµ Ð²ÑÑÐžÑÐ»ÐµÐœÐžÑ} \city{ÐÐŸÑÐºÐ²Ð°} \pubname{ÐÐÐ£ ÐžÐŒ. ÐÐŸÐŒÐŸÐœÐŸÑÐŸÐ²Ð°} \stoppublication

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Re: [NTG-context] PhD Thesis in ConTeXt
by Piotr 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hello, thank You (!) for the many responses - I am surprised about how many people answered with suggestions, opinions, useful information and templates. I think I will give context a try - if it will run on my Vista-64 System. I will check that out in the next day(s). It sounds as a good alternative to Latex if it is really superior when it comes to image inclusion with descriptive text. Jeff, would it be allright for You to publish the source of Your very useful python Endnote-Bibtex conversion program? Marcin, it seems the link to the polish article is defunct. But the summary was very good, thanks for it :) Regards,

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bug in latest: page backgrounds
by Thomas A. Schmitz 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi all, for some reason, the latest beta defers the application of a page background to the second page. Example: \setupcolors[state=start] \startuniqueMPgraphic{fill} StartPage ; fill Page withcolor green ; StopPage ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay [testfill] [\useMPgraphic{fill}] \setupbackgrounds[page] [background={testfill}] \starttext Hello \page World! \stoptext All best Thomas

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