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Problem with mkiv and MPgraphic
by Otared Kavian 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi everyone, Sorry for posting this message again: I am not sure it went through… The following doesn't show the "swelled rule" defined below in mkiv, while on mkii it is fine? So my question is: is there a new way to define MPgraphic in mkiv? Best regards: OK %% defining swelled ruel, or English rule... \setupMPvariables[SwelledRule][height=2pt,breadth=.667\localhsize] \startuniqueMPgraphic{SwelledRule}{height,breadth} x1 = 0; x2 = x6 = .333x4; x3 = x5 = .667x4; x4 = \MPvar{breadth}; y1 = y4 = \MPvar{height}/2; y2 = y3 = \MPvar{height}; y5 = y6 = 0; fill z1--z2--z3--z4--z5--z6--cycle; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \def\SwelledRule{\blank% \setlocalhsize\midaligned{\reuseMPgraphic{SwelledRule}}\blank} %% end swelled rule \starttext 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, Below should be a swelled rule: it appears with mkii, but not in mkiv \dots \SwelledRule \stoptext

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project structure simplification ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, when there is only one product, only one environment-style (but lots of component) in a project, is it necessary to start the files with these respective lines ... \startproject the_project \startproduct the_product \startenvironment the_style ... or is it sufficient for referencing to call only the file the_project.tex, the_product, the_style ? [asking for both, MkII and MkIV] Steffen

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picture before \chapter breaking \header \footer setup
by Jelle Huisman 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi all, Another question, this time about \headers and \footers. On the first page of the chapter I have the page number in the footer and on all other pages they are in the header. This works fine, as expected. However I have to include an \externalfigure *before* the \chapter command and I discovered that I have to use \startcombination because otherwise the \chapter moves to the next page. However, when I use \startcombination ... etc \chapter is not longer the first thing on the page and the special header/footer setup is not triggered (apparently \chapter has to come first for that to happen). See sample code: % sample \definetext[mychapter][footer][pagenumber] \setuphead[chapter][header=high,footer=mychapter] \showframe \starttext %\startcombination[1*1]{\externalfigure}{ % uncomment to see problem \chapter{first} %}\stopcombination % uncomment to see problem \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte \relax} \chapter{second} \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte \relax} % this works as expected \stoptext % sample Is it possible to make this work? (maybe an extra \chapter command before the combination that triggers the header-footer setup, but that is not printed after all?) Thanks for any help. Jelle

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Persian interface
by Mehdi Omidali 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi everyone, I want to be able to use persian interface in context. So I tried to create two files cont-pe.xml and cont-pe.tex for this purpose. Now my questions are: 1- Am I supposed to just create these two files and then run context --make cont-pe. 2- Can context accept these two files in UTF-8 encoding. Thanks

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There are changes in the cached font data but this should not affect runs (apart from some fonts being recached). The memory footprint of fonts is slightly smaller, in otf we now handle multiple unicode -> one glyph situations. As part of redoing structure related code i rewrote the moveable block code which will be part of the major update later this year. It's not yet 100% functional compatible but faster and more flexible. I'm wondering, are there mkiv users out there who use the block features? 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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no hyphenation over right page break?
by Jelle Huisman 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi all, In my project I \input a number of text files into a double-column layout. One of the layout requests is: "no hyphenation over right page breaks allowed". I can't think of a way to do this, but I would be happy if someone knew a way to prevent hyphenation of the last word of the last line in the second column on odd pages. (Yes, I can fix it later, but I want to prevent it.) (Still on MkII) Thanks, Jelle

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TeXshop
by Willi Egger 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi all, is there anybody who has TeXshop running with the COnTeXt minimals? I tried to make a new engine which looks up to now as stated her under. however I get an error message: MtxRun | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' My interpretation is, that underway the path to the lua scripts is 'forgotten' Kind regards Willi #!/bin/bash #PATH="$PATH: /Applications/lua/tex" #. /Applications/lua/tex/setuptex "/Applications/lua/tex" export PATH=``$PATH:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/Applications/lua/ tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/'' export TEXROOT=/Applications/lua/tex export TEXMFPROJECT=$TEXROOT/texmf-project export TEXMFLOCAL=$TEXROOT/texmf-local export TEXMFVAR=$TMP/texmf-var export VARTEXMF=$TEXMFVAR export TEXMFOS=$TEXROOT/texmf-osx-intel/bin export TEXMFCONTEXT=$TEXROOT/texmf-context export TEXMFCACHE=$TEXROOT/texmf-cache export TEXFORMATS=$TEXMFOS/web2c/$engine export TEXMFFONTS=$TEXROOT/texmf-fonts export CTXMINIMAL=yes export MPMEMS=$TEXMFOS/web2c/$engine export HOMETEXMF=/nonexist export RUBYLIB=``$RUBYLIB:$TEXMFCONTEXT/scripts/context/ruby``'' export LUATEXDIR=$TEXMFCONTEXT/scripts/context/lua export TEXMFCNF=``$TEXROOT/texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c'' export TEXMFMAIN=$TEXROOT/texmf export TEXMF={$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFOS, $TEXMFCONTEXT,$TEXMFMAIN} export TEXMFDBS={$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFOS, $TEXMFCONTEXT,$TEXMFMAIN} unset CTXDEVTXPATH CTXDEVMPPATH CTXDEVMFPATH unset CTXDEVPLPATH CTXDEVRBPATH CTXDEVPYPATH CTXDEVJVPATH unset TEXINPUTS MPINPUTS MFINPUTS context ''$1''

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Can I use \startbuffer in other command?
by Ruini Xue 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

I have two questions: 1. How to define a start-stop command to accept options? I want to define a start-stop command which can accept options (as \startitemize [packed]), however the \definestartstop does not support this. I found a solution in the list: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg- context/2007/025969.html Unfortunately, when I use \startbuffer in it, context prints "*" in the terminal and waits for input. So it comes to the second question 2. Can \startbuffer be used in other commands? My code is as following: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \def\startabstract{% \dosingleempty\dostartabstract} \long\def\dostartabstract[#1]#2\stopabstract{% \startbuffer[#1] #2\stopbuffer} \let\stopabstract\relax \startabstract [long] a long abstract \stopabstract \startabstract [short] a short abstract \stopabstract %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- ruini

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Strange behaviour with colors and figures
by Flavien Lambert 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Dear all, as expressed by the title, I have a very strange behaviour between colors and figures. Here is the example : \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[gris][r=0.310,g=0.333,b=0.341] \starttext \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[myfigure]} \color[gris]{\tfd Some text} \stoptext If myfigure is a PDF file, everything is ok with MKII, MKIV and XeTeX. If myfigure is a PNG file with transparency, then the "gris" color is ok with MKII but not with MKIV and XeTeX if the resulting document is read with Adobe Reader on Linux (when read with evince, colors are ok !!!!!). In the latter case, the "gris" color is very dark close to black and the green of myfigure becomes flashy... Quite puzzling ! -- Flavien. ---------------------------- "Quantum objects are completely crazy but, at least, they are all crazy in the same way." R.P. Feynman.

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What should I learn?
by Maurício 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, I would like to ask you some advice on what should I learn. Context was the first typography program I used. Then I tried Tex and a little bit of latex. Context is where I get the best results, but what I really would like is something that allows me to do things in my own way, not something that's always great for reasons I don't understand. (Of course, the first documents I would type would not be that good, but I'll learn with time.) I thought Tex could be that, but it's not. I can't use it to create something to fit my (worst) taste instead of Knuth's (better) taste without doing a lot more work than I'm able to do. I also like to write programs (I use a really nice language named Haskell). Do you thing I could get what I want if I write or translate typography functions to that language, and then write programs to generate documents? Where could I find or where could I learn about such functions? Thanks, Maurício

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\setuphead and horizontal rules
by Andrew Ho 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, Let me prefix this first my saying that I'm new to ConTeXT, so apologies if there is an obvious solution to what I'm trying to do or I'm approaching it in the wrong way. I'm trying to style chapter headings so that they are right justified, with a line before them *on the same line*. In other words, the page should look like this, where vertical bars represent the edges of the text width: |------------------------------- 1.1 Some chapter --| Can anyone give me pointers on how to do this? I've trawled the wiki and the internet at large, but an inability to precisely word this leaves it difficult to find any previous example of this. Many thanks, Andrew

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Problem with mkiv and MPgraphic
by Otared Kavian 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi, The following doesn't show the "swelled rule" defined below in mkiv, while on mkii it is fine? So my question is: is there a new way to define MPgraphic in mkiv? Best regards: OK %% defining swelled ruel, or English rule... \setupMPvariables[SwelledRule][height=2pt,breadth=.667\localhsize] \startuniqueMPgraphic{SwelledRule}{height,breadth} x1 = 0; x2 = x6 = .333x4; x3 = x5 = .667x4; x4 = \MPvar{breadth}; y1 = y4 = \MPvar{height}/2; y2 = y3 = \MPvar{height}; y5 = y6 = 0; fill z1--z2--z3--z4--z5--z6--cycle; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \def\SwelledRule{\blank% \setlocalhsize\midaligned{\reuseMPgraphic{SwelledRule}}\blank} %% end swelled rule \starttext 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, Below should be a swelled rule: it appears with mkii, but not in mkiv \dots \SwelledRule \stoptext

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mkiv: Bug in Right to Left numerals?
by Otared Kavian 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Hi Hans, Taco, Idriss and the mkiv team, Since I have been unable to use mkiv until very recently I am not aware whether the following bug has been addressed or not (Luigi Scarso taught me how to install and use mkiv on Mac OS, last Sunday…). Below is a minimal file which shows that the numerals in Right-to-Left text are reversed, while they shouldn't. XeTeX and XeConTeXt behave correctly in this respect. If the bug is known, pardon me for the noise… Best regards: OK %% begin file bug-RL-numerals.tex \starttext \definefontfeature [testPersian] [analyze=yes, mode=node, language=dflt, script=arab, aalt=yes, init=yes, medi=yes, fina=yes, isol=yes, liga=yes, mset=yes] \font\FaarsiA=arabtype*testPersian at 36pt \startbuffer[faarsi] این متن در سال ۲۰۰۸ مسیحی نوشته شده است. \stopbuffer \pardir TLT \textdir TLT This file has been typeset on \currentdate{} at \currenttime, mkiv, ConTeXt version \contextversion, % LuaTeX version \luatexversion, LuaTeX revision \luatexrevision, (LuaTeX date stamp \luatexdatestamp). \blank[6*big] The number input as « 2008 » in Persian is written in the output as « 8002 » in the following Persian text: \blank[6*big] \pardir TRT \textdir TRT \FaarsiA \getbuffer[faarsi] \blank[6*big] \stoptext %% end file bug-RL-numerals.tex

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How to test font availability?
by Ruini Xue 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

I want to define sans to A.ttf, and if A.ttf is unavailable, B.ttf will be used. So the question is, how to test whether a font is available? Or is it possible to provide a list of candidates (e.g., \definefontsynonym[sans][name:A.ttf;name:B.ttf])? -- ruini

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Vertically centered title page
by Flavien Lambert 22 Oct '08

22 Oct '08

Dear all, I am trying to build a presentation with specific requirements. I would like to have the title of the presentation on the middle (both vertical and horizontal) of the first page. I tried, on one hand, two \vfill, and, on the other hand, \framed[location=middle,align=middle] but without success. The title is always on the top of the text area. Any help is welcome ! -- Flavien. ---------------------------- "Quantum objects are completely crazy but, at least, they are all crazy in the same way." R.P. Feynman.

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There are changes in the cached font data but this should not affect runs (apart from some fonts being recached). The memory footprint of fonts is slightly smaller, in otf we now handle multiple unicode -> one glyph situations. As part of redoing structure related code i rewrote the moveable block code which will be part of the major update later this year. It's not yet 100% functional compatible but faster and more flexible. I'm wondering, are there mkiv users out there who use the block features? 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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Feature Request: \startitemize[text]
by Aditya Mahajan 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi Hans, I have always found the space at the beginning of each item in \startitemize[text] to be too large. Currently, this is hard coded to be \emwidth plus \intertwordstretch minus \interwordshrink (line 1132 of core-itm.tex with the comment "new per 2006/10/20"). I always end of copying the definition of complexdoitemgroupitem to my private modules and changing the emwidth in the definition to 0.5\emwidth. Can you please keep this key to be configurable with a key (textinbetween)? BTW, any particular reason not to simply say \removeunwantedspaces\space\ignorespaces instead of \removeunwantedspaces\hskip\emwidth\!!plus\interwordstretch\!!minus\interwordshrink\relax \stopitemgroup uses just the first variant. Thanks, Aditya

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What's the difference between \dodoubleargument and \dodoubleempty?
by Ruini Xue 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

It's difficult to understand them from the code. -- ruini

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mkiv
by Hans Hagen 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi, at the context meeting it was concluded that there is no reason for mkiv to be fully downward compatible. one thing that i consider removing is the 'background=screen' option from \framed. After all, screens internally already are just grayscales and the old 'method' mechanism is no longer valid given postscript and pdf technologies in practice it means that those who use it (in mkiv) will have to use colors (grayscales) instead (the last time that i used screens myself is sometime last century) 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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Problem with itemize with arranging pages
by Marcin Borkowski 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi all, itemize won't work with page arrangement. Is this connected with this: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition#Caveat:_common_troubles ? (In other words: feature, not bug; and resolvable using texexec --arrange?) (I just want to be sure.) Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl)

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Changing margins mid-page?
by Rory Molinari 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi, I'm sorry that the subject isn't clearer. I'm learning ConTeXt at the moment by trying to typeset a copy of my resume. I'd like the format to be something like this (view in fixed width): <Address line 1> <phone number> <Address line 2> <email address> <MY NAME IN LARGE SIZE> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION <Details> <of Degree 1> <Details> <of Degree 2> WORK EXPERIENCE <Details> <of> <most> <recent> <job> <many lines here> <Details> <of> <another> <job> <Yet another job> ANOTHER SECTION <More information> <appropriate for this> <section> My first thought was to have "EDUCATION", "WORK EXPERIENCE", etc as unnumbered sections, and to arrange that section titles would appear in a (very large) left margin. But then I couldn't work out how to have "normal" margins for the top of the page containing my contact information and name. Margins appear to apply to the whole document. So I tried a hack using paragraphs in two columns. The left column is the section heading and the right column is the information. Example: \defineparagraphs[TwoColumns][n=2] \setupparagraphs[TwoColumns][1][width=1.5in] \startTwoColumns \tfb\ss Education \TwoColumns %% details for one degree here \blank[medium] %% details of another degree here \stopTwoColumns The problem with this is that this setup cannot break across pages, so when a section becomes too long it first starts on a new page and then runs off the bottom of that page. What is the right way to typeset this? Cheers, Rory Molinari

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Problems with Palatino sans serif
by Rory Molinari 21 Oct '08

21 Oct '08

Hi, I'm having problems with Palatino sans serif in my documents. Consider the following small file: \usetypescript[palatino][ec] \setupbodyfont[palatino,10pt] \starttext \ss Hello world! {\tfa\ss tfa} {\tfb\ss tfb} {\tfc\ss tfc} {\tfd\ss tfd} \stoptext On live.contextgarden.net this renders correctly, with sans serif text and appropriate character sizes. On my local system, though, all the text is serif and at the same size. There is no size variation with \tfa, \tfb, etc. If I remove all the \ss commands then the sizing works again. I'm using MacTeX 2008. Here are my version strings from texexec: This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7) ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.11 00:07 MKII fmt: 2008.10.11 int: english/ english What is wrong with my installation (or my document)? Cheers, Rory Molinari

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luatex 0.30.1
by Thomas A. Schmitz 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi Taco, is it possible that luatex 0.30.1 is a little bit broken? When I try to process an xml file with it and the latest beta, I get no pdf output (but also no errors; it simply doesn't process the contents). Downgrading to luatex 0.30.0 solves this problem; I get the expected output. Thomas

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Verbatim Text (esp. XML/XSL + opportunity of a brand new support for the RelaxNG Compact syntax)
by Renaud Aubin 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi Folks ! I'm currently writting a technical report in which I need to type some XML an non-XML text. Sample file (xml_test.tex): I have some custom XML text (trivial) + a not-so-complicated xsl transformation (a part is included within the test file). I know there is verb-xml but... I need to improve it to support xpath expr. More over, I want to preserve the initial indentation. The point is now, how to improve verb-xml to support xpath expressions ? I'm working with Mark II... Should I switch to Mark IV if I want to write a new XML verbatim support (with lua)? + the bonus question: I want to add some support for the RelaxNG Compact syntax, should I follow the procedure described on the wiki or switch to Mark IV ? The deadline for this technical report: end of october... Regards, Renaud

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No mac update in the minimals?
by Ruini Xue 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

It seems that the Mac minimal has not been updated? -- ruini

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context minimals "path and directory structure" question
by Jan-Erik Hägglöf 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hello! I'm using context-minimal version: 2008.10.01 19:13 and have a generally question. I'm writing several documents with similar structure and design and have collected all common settings in "settings.tex" like following: \startenvironment settings ... ... ... \stopenvironment and just do the usual invoking by in anything.tex \environment settings \starttext ... ... ... \stoptext I've installed the "minimals" structure in /home/$USER/context/... on my ubuntu 8.04 machine. Now to the question: Where in this "structure" do I place "settings.tex" so it can be found by context from anywhere in my document-structure? I suppose I should do something like "context --make" after placing the file. If I do the usual upgrade what happens then? Is there a more efficient way doing similar tasks, like writing a module? All best! Janneman

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bib module not to break page?
by Zhaopeng Xing 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi, I am using the bib module in context. The problem is that \completepublications always starts a new page to place reference list. Is there any configuration available such that not to break pages between main part and the reference? Thanks. -- Zhaopeng XING Tinbergen Institute

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linear_shade and xetex
by Aditya Mahajan 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi, linear shading in MP does not work with xetex. Consider \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startMPcode path p ; p := unitsquare xyscaled (5cm,5cm) ; linear_shade(p,1,red, blue) ; \stopMPcode \stoptext This runs fine with pdftex and luatex, but with xetex I get ! Undefined control sequence. \@MPSK@@MPSK@30 ->\startMPshading {14}\setMPshadingcolors {4}{5}{6}{9}{10}{1... \handleMPspecialcommand ... \MPspecial \endcsname \fi \ifcase \inlineMPspeci... \dohandleMPspecialcomment ...ndleMPspecialcommand \donetrue \doresetMPstack ... l.20 ...1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 141.73225 141.73225 1 30 It is more than simply supp-mpe not being loaded. If I add \input supp-mpe, then I get [MP to PDF] (./test-mpgraph.1 ! Undefined control sequence. \MP special 30 ...6}{9}{10}{11}\immediate \pdfobj {<</FunctionType 2 /Domain... \handleMPspecialcommand ... \MPspecial \endcsname \fi \ifcase \inlineMPspeci... \dohandleMPspecialcomment ...ndleMPspecialcommand \donetrue \doresetMPstack ... l.20 ...1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 141.73225 141.73225 1 30 ? x Thanks, Aditya

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XeTeX old style numerals
by Mohamed Bana 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Hi guys, Why doesn't this definition use the old style numerals that come with the font? It seems to use the latin modern font when I try to use \os. Small caps are working fine. I'd like all the numbers in the document to be typeset in old style numerals unless I tell it otherwise, btw how do I achieve the latter? As in break out of onum and typeset in the normal numbers? I'm using TeXlive 2008 on vista, the pdf reports that I'm using XeTeX version; 2008.05.21 15:21. \definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Minion Pro] % i've also tried %\definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Warnock Pro] \definetypeface[myface][ss][Xsans][Myriad Pro] \definetypeface[myface][tt][Xmono][Consolas] \setupbodyfont[myface, 11pt] Pdf; http://filebin.ca/rpctwz/testbackup.pdf or http://filebin.ca/rpctwz Thanks :) Mohamed % file % engine=xetex \definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Minion Pro] % i've also tried %\definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Warnock Pro] \definetypeface[myface][ss][Xsans][Myriad Pro] \definetypeface[myface][tt][Xmono][Consolas] \setupbodyfont[myface, 11pt] \starttext \title {Introduction} \startlines 123456789 {\os 123456789} \stoplines {\sc On the \CONTEXT\ mailing list, occasionally a user asks if we can post a complete document with the associated style. One reason for not honouring this request is that we want users to cook up their own styles. Besides that, there are a couple of styles in the regular \CONTEXT\ distribution.} {\it When browsing through this document, a \CONTEXT\ user may wonder what style was used to achieve its look and feel. We hope that while reading the text and playing with the examples, the reader will accomplish the skills to define more than just simple layouts.} {\sl When browsing through this document, a \CONTEXT\ user may wonder what style was used to achieve its look and feel. We hope that while reading the text and playing with the examples, the reader will accomplish the skills to define more than just simple layouts.} {\it\sc This document is not easy reading. Occasionally we spend some time explaining features not described in the manuals. The design of this document is to a large extent determined by its purpose, and as a result not always functional. Also the order of presenting features, tips and tricks is kind of random and unstructured. The idea is that the visual effects will draw you to the right trick. Also, if you realy want to benefit from these features, there is no way but to read the whole story.} {\bf In spite of all its shortcomings, I hope that you enjoy reading this (yet unfinished) manual. Keep in mind that this manual is far from finished.} {\bi In spite of all its shortcomings, I hope that you enjoy reading this (yet unfinished) manual. Keep in mind that this manual is far from finished.} {\ss\sc In spite of all its shortcomings, I hope that you enjoy reading this (yet unfinished) manual. Keep in mind that this manual is far from finished.} \stoptext

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installing latest beta (Minimals)
by Alan Bowen 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

My attempt to update my ConTeXtMinimals using ./first-setup.sh failed. The message reported was: mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - none ! LuaTeX error ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-tex.lua: 322: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'total' (a nil value). <*> ...texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-nl.tex \dump ? Alan

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Reading the source...?
by Marcin Borkowski 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hi, assume that I would like to read some parts of the ConTeXt source (to learn something interesting, to learn how to do that-and-that in ConTeXt, or just for fun;)). Where do I start? I mean: what is the non-terribly-difficult way for the beginner? I have rather good expertise in plain TeX and also some in LaTeX (if this helps). Thanks in advance -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Is it a Perl program or a Perl script? - Well, a script is what you give the actors. A program is what you give the audience. (Larry Wall)

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Inleft text not verticaly aligned
by Eric DÉTREZ 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hello I tried to get some sections without any title and with numbering in the margin. Here is an example of a try I made : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \def\CommandQS#1#2{\inleft{\bf \currentheadnumber}} \setuphead[section][alternative=text, command=\CommandQS ] \starttext \section{} $\displaystyle {4 \over \displaystyle {1 \over 3}}$. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Unfortunately the numbering is aligned with the bottom of the line, not the base line. Is there any cure to this ? 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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Labelling figures
by Wolfgang Schuster 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hi, what is the best method to add labels to a figure; I want them not only on the figure but their position should be relative to the figure size. I tried start/stopfigure (mentioned as outdated in the source) but the label is not shown. \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \starttext \startfigure[kuh][cow] \referring(1,1)(1,1)[r:horn] \stopfigure \externalfigure[kuh] \stoptext After this I tried collector and got with a little extra and a box and to dimens what I wanted but it's not very elegant. \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \starttext \newbox\labelbox \setbox\labelbox\hbox{\externalfigure[cow]} \newdimen\labelwidth \labelwidth \wd\labelbox \newdimen\labelheight \labelheight\ht\labelbox \definecollector[label][state=repeat] \setcollector[label]{\box\labelbox} \setcollector[label][x=.65\labelwidth,y=.75\labelheight]{udder} \placefigure {A labelled cow} {\flushcollector[label]} \stoptext Figurelabel as described in the label manual [1] seem to be the perfect solution but the module was finished :-( Is there not better way to achieve what I want and do I have to live with my second method or could I hope for the future. [1] http://pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mlabels.pdf Greetings Wolfgang

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Arabic script bug in MKIV
by Mehdi Omidali 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi everyone At last I could install minimal context to use the latest luatex (0.30.1) with latest cont-tmf release. Thanks. I don't know if the following is a luatex or Context bug. Sorry if here is not the right place to report this. After compiling the following lines I faced two problems in the output. 1- In the first line words get mixed. 2- In the second line only 456 appeared but it should be 0123456789. The second problem occurs for the specific font that I have used and I can resolve it by using another font. The problem is that in the font, the character ۱ for example is assigned to two unicode characters, one for U+0661 (arabic digit one) and also for U+06F1 (farsi digit one). But MKIV doesn't know this approach. In fact, only digits 4,5, and 6 are different in farsi and arabic so they appeared in the output correctly. XeTeX knows this kind of character assignment. The font can be downloaded from http://irmug.org/portal/index.php?name=Downloads&req=getit&lid=48 Thanks. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes, liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes] \starttypescript [serif] [persian] \definefontsynonym [Farsi-Light][name:XB Niloofar.ttf][features=persian] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif][persian][name] \usetypescript[serif][persian] \definefontsynonym [Serif][Farsi-Light][features=persian] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [Farsi] \definetypeface[Farsi][rm][serif][persian][default] \stoptypescript \def\FarsiGlobalDir {\pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT} \definestartstop [farsidocument] [commands={\usetypescript[Farsi]% \setupbodyfont[Farsi,12pt]% \FarsiGlobalDir}] \starttext \startfarsidocument ایضاً این هم همین طور است. ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹ \stopfarsidocument \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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height of balanced columnset?
by Jelle Huisman 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi all, Is there a way to get the value of the height of a columnset after it is balanced? I'm looking for some sort of "\columnsetheight" that I can reuse as height=\columnsetheight in a \framed command in a layer. Hope this makes sense, or is the content of a layer supposed to be static? Thanks, Jelle

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Re: [NTG-context] new beta
by Yanrui Li 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

I compiled LuaTeX #1563 and used it instead one in new beta. Now new beta can works. In addition, I'm very sorry that my email always break away from thread because I have no idea how to use the maillist. I will solve it lately. -- Best wishes, Li Yanrui

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Re: [NTG-context] new beta (Hans Hagen)
by Yanrui Li 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > this time a beta that is more beta than usual (mkiv) I fail to reinstall the latest beta. There is an errors with LuaTeX as following: mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - none ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-tex.lua:322: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'total' (a nil value). <*> ...texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex \dump ? -- Best wishes, Li Yanrui

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rule=on in \columnset?
by Jelle Huisman 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Hi all, Maybe I miss something, but it looks there is no rule=on command for use in columnsets? I just want a vertical line between the columns in my columnset, how do I get that? Thanks, Jelle

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luatex fails
by Hans van der Meer 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

I did a complete reinstall for texlive2008 (just out of the box installation) including fresh generation of context and luatex. Of course doing luatools --generate etc. Now luatex doesn't work anymmore. Why? TeXShop log window shows: TeXExec | processing document 'contexttest.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file contexttest.top TeXExec | using randomseed 84 TeXExec | tex engine: luatex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en LuaTools | using format name: /var/folders/+T/+ThqZosGGzOznrLsOw-fz+++ +TM/-Tmp-/luatex-cache/context/formats/cont-en.fmt LuaTools | no luc/lua with name: /var/folders/+T/+ThqZosGGzOznrLsOw-fz+ +++TM/-Tmp-/luatex-cache/context/formats/cont-en LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.188 seconds TeXUtil | unable to locate contexttest.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 0 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 0 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 3.667568 Hans van der Meer

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fallbacks for characters
by Thomas A. Schmitz 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Hi all, the answer to this one may be completely obvious, but I haven't found anything: I know we can define fallback fonts in mkiv, but is it possible to define fallbacks for single characters. Let's take 0x0113, "emacron." Is it possible to define "if character is present in current font, use it; else \buildtextaccent\macron e" ? Thomas

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metapost behaving different
by Hans van der Meer 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Drawing with a square pen gives better rectangles My metapost code is something like: pickup square pen draw rectangle with label within (macro call) label drawing within the rectangle is essentially done with % prevent wobbling of text boxes with uneven depth pic := textext("\setbox0=\hbox{"&labeltext&"}\dp0=0pt\box0"); % pic goes into rectangle Under mkii this worked but under mkiv the text is mangled. To restore proper text I had to surround this with pen commands: pentemp := savepen; pickup pencircle scaled 0pt; % apparently any size will do % prevent wobbling of text boxes with uneven depth pic := textext("\setbox0=\hbox{"&labeltext&"}\dp0=0pt\box0"); % pic goes into rectangle pickup pentemp; Why is mkii behaving differently and not affected by pen changes? Is this to be expected from metapost (and thus to be considered normal behaviour) or did a bug creep in? Using luatex 0.30.1 and 2008.08.05 18:47 MKIV. [By the way, sometxt doesn't work here and I have to stick with textext.] Hans van der Meer

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Running Mark IV / luatex: unknown script: context
by Mildred Ki'Lya 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi, Hello everybody, I'm new here. I just subscribed because I'm trying to use LuaTeX / ConTeX Mark IV and i have some problems with it. I'm running TeXlive 2008 installed from ArchLinux and I can't run 'context' from the command line. I'm following the instructions on the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Running_Mark_IV It says to first run 'context --make cont-en', and when I do that, I get: MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file MtxRun | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) MtxRun | unknown script: context After I figured out on the Internet how to set the environment variable TEXMFCNF (I set it to '/usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf'), I only get: MtxRun | unknown script: context It seems mtxrun can't find the script mtx-context.lua. I lookad on the Internet, but haven't found any useful information, but I noticed that there was an environment variable I could set to make mtxrun more verbose: MTX_INPUT_TRACE=3 context --make cont-en ~ MtxRun | ! using suffix based filetype: lua MtxRun | ? blobpath asked: context.lua MtxRun | ? filename: context.lua MtxRun | - readable: ./context.lua MtxRun | ! using suffix based filetype: lua MtxRun | ? blobpath asked: mtx-context.lua MtxRun | ? filename: mtx-context.lua MtxRun | - readable: ./mtx-context.lua MtxRun | ! using suffix based filetype: lua MtxRun | ? blobpath asked: mtx-contexts.lua MtxRun | ? filename: mtx-contexts.lua MtxRun | - readable: ./mtx-contexts.lua MtxRun | ! remembered: mtx-context.lua MtxRun | unknown script: context Obviously, the mtx-context.lua file is searched in the current directory, which is my homedir. The file is in fact located at: '/usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua' So I cd to that path, and un context again, I get: MTX_INPUT_TRACE=3 context --make cont-en MtxRun | ! using suffix based filetype: lua MtxRun | ? blobpath asked: context.lua MtxRun | ? filename: context.lua MtxRun | - readable: ./context.lua MtxRun | ! using suffix based filetype: lua MtxRun | ? blobpath asked: mtx-context.lua MtxRun | ? filename: mtx-context.lua MtxRun | + readable: ./mtx-context.lua MtxRun | = found by scanning: ./mtx-context.lua LuaTools | ! using suffix based filetype: tex LuaTools | ? filename: cont-en.tex LuaTools | ? filetype: tex LuaTools | ? wanted files: cont-en.tex LuaTools | - readable: cont-en.tex LuaTools | ? blobpath asked: cont-en.tex LuaTools | no tex file with name cont-en.tex LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.019 seconds MtxRun | running command: luatools --make --compile cont-en MtxRun | total runtime: 0.047 Well, it seems cont-en.tex cannot be found either. It is located at '/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex'. How could I fix my paths? Except for TEXMFCNF, there is No TEX* environment variable defined: env | grep TEX TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf Thanks for any help. 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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2 problems with \framed
by Peter Münster 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hello, There are 2 problems with the latest MKIV version: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \framed[background=color, backgroundcolor=red, backgroundcorner=round, backgroundradius=3cm]{problem with backgroundradius} \setupframed[background=color, backgroundcolor=red, backgroundcorner=round] \framed{problem with setupframed and backgroundcorner} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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mp specials problem (mkii)
by Peter Rolf 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi. I just updated mpost.dll (1.110) from the windows minimals, but the *empty line* in the temporary ps file still remains and breaks compilation. Mkiv works fine with the same example. [anzeige-mpgraph.1] ... %%EndResource %%EndProlog %%Page: 1 1 %%MetaPostSpecials: 2.0 123 10000 %%MetaPostSpecial: 78 0 1 1 53.99107 14.23862 53.99107 3.01123 12 0.98828 0.98828 0.98828 0.96875 0.98438 0.98828 0.96094 0.96484 0.98828 0.95313 0.95703 0.98828 0.9375 0.9414 0.98438 0.91016 0.91797 0.95703 0.88672 0.89453 0.9375 0.86719 0.8711 0.92188 0.84766 0.85156 0.90234 0.83594 0.83984 0.90234 0.82031 0.8164 0.89063 0.80078 0.79688 0.8711 0.20116 0.2682 0.33525 0.40115 0.46706 0.53296 0.59886 0.66476 0.79887 0.86592 0 0 0 0.5 0 0.6 0 0.8 0 0.6 0 0.6 0 0.2 0 0.6 0 0.6 0 0.7 0 0.8 1 60 %%MetaPostSpecial: 15 0 1 1 0.98828 0.98828 0.98828 28.12476 0 0.9375 0.92969 0.91406 28.12476 17.24985 2 30 0.0123 0.0013 0.0002 R ... Using ConTeXt beta from 08.10.2008. Best wishes, Peter

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error in mag-01 module with luatex
by Khaled Hosny 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

There seem to be some thing broken in latest betas that I can't use mag-01 module (My Way) with luatex. Try the attached example. -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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Re: [NTG-context] A strange error I haven't been able to create a minimal for...
by Hans Hagen 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

. wrote: > Hi, > > I've been trying to create a minimal example for this most bizarre > error, up till now without success. > > Nevertheless, I may be lucky someone has encountered a similar one. So > I'll ask anyway... > > - project containing environments, product and components > > - product with standardmakeup, frontmatter, bodymatter, backmatter > > - \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] % contains > ToC > \setupheader[state=start] > \stopsectionblockenvironment > > - \setuphead[chapter][header=empty] (1) > > - for some bodyfonts (arial, verdana) and with line (1) in the code, > /placecontent > and \completecontent (in the frontpart) generate a ToC with the 1st > chapter heading displayed > twice, aka weird indeed, so font dependent and header dependent tocs? we really need an example then 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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minimal example for Cyrillic
by Gour 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hello! I was able to persuade one user to prepare ConTeXt package for NixOS distro, but, unfortunately, being from Russia he quickly discovered that he minimal example from wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Russian) does not work, i.e. \enableregime[utf] \useencoding[cyr] \definetypeface [russian] [rm] [serif] [computer-modern] [default] [encoding=t2a] \setupbodyfont[russian] \starttext Мама и Папа % Some Russian characters \stoptext does transliterate Russian characters. I do not have any experience working with Cyrillic, so if anyone can provide minimal working example it would be very nice? I persistently claimed that "it must work!" :-) Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Zagreb, Croatia | GPG key: C6E7162D ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Equivalent of LaTeX \cancel? and Thanks!
by Benjamin R. Haskell 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hi all, I recently transitioned from LaTeX to ConTeXt. There was some particular thing I needed to do (which escapes me at the moment) that was far, far easier to do in ConTeXt than in LaTeX. And, as I've learned, I've found that that's quite often the case. So, a huge thank you to everyone involved. A couple hours ago I was annoyed that I couldn't find an equivalent for the LaTeX 'cancel' environment/command/style(?)[1]. Now, I'm truly amazed that 'cancel' required a whole package. After discovering that 'underline' and 'strikethrough' were implemented as overlays, I quickly coded up the following: \startuseMPgraphic{MyCancel} draw (0,.2*\overlayheight)--(\overlaywidth,\overlayheight); \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[mycancel][\useMPgraphic{MyCancel}] \def\cancel#1{\framed[background=mycancel,frame=off]{#1}} Now, I'm sure this is not *quite* the right way to do it. The 'cancel'ed items end up being placed too high on the line, and other spacings are slightly off. But, taking a cue from underlining, I kept the MyCancel graphic and tried: \definetextbackground [cancel] [location=text, alternative=1, background=mycancel] % plus boilerplate for setting up \startcancel\stopcancel ...But, while composing this email, I found what I wanted, which still isn't ``right'' in some sense: \def\cancel#1{\framed[background=mycancel,frame=off,width=fit,height=fit,strut=no]{#1}} I found the parameters for \framed. I'm still learning to Read The Fantastic Manuals, but sent this anyway since I wanted to say thanks. Best, Ben [1] e.g. http://www.sosmath.com/CBB/viewtopic.php?t=9412

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bib module or other in luatex
by Andrea Valle 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hi, this works in mk II but not in ma IV \enableregime[utf] \usemodule[bib] \mainlanguage[en] \setuppublications[alternative=apa,criterium=all] \setupbibtex [database=/mio/pubblicazioni/pubblicazioni.bib, sort=author] \starttext \setupheadtext[en][pubs={Andrea Valle: publications}] \nocite[*] \completepublications \stoptext (Stack below) What am I missing? Thanks Best -a- Setting "/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex" as TEXROOT. (/mio/pubblicazioni/pubdoc.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.15 int: english/ english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ cont-new.mkiv lua : used config path - /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/ texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf lua : used cache path - /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/ texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a ) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/user/ cont-sys.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/ context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : tex loaded system : pubdoc.top loaded (pubdoc.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ spec-fdf.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/ context/base/spec-fdf.mkiv)) specials : fdf loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/ spec-tpd.mkiv)) specials : fdf loaded ) system : module bib loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/t- bib.tex publications : loading formatting style from bibl-apa (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/bibl- apa.tex)) publications : loading formatting style from bibl-apa (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/bibl- apa.tex) publications : wrote a new auxiliary file pubdoc.aux utilityfile | not present (pubdoc.tuo) (pubdoc.tuo) publications : loading database from pubdoc.bbl (pubdoc.bbl) systems : begin file pubdoc at line 8 {vertical mode: \tracingstats} {\tracingpages} {\tracingoutput} {\tracinglostchars} {\tracingmacros} {\tracingparagraphs} {\tracingrestores} {\showboxbreadth} {\showboxdepth} {\tracinggroups} {\tracingifs} {\tracingscantokens} {\tracingnesting} {\tracingassigns} {into \tracingassigns=2} {\errorstopmode} {\tracingonline} {changing \tracingonline=1} ! Undefined control sequence. \dogetupsometextprefix ...rrenttextprefixlanguage {#1}\ifcsname #2 \currentte... \docompletepublications ...anguage \c!title {pubs} }\doifdefinedelse {\??pv d... <to be read again> \stoptext l.12 \stoptext ? ! Emergency stop. \dogetupsometextprefix ...rrenttextprefixlanguage {#1}\ifcsname #2 \currentte... \docompletepublications ...anguage \c!title {pubs} }\doifdefinedelse {\??pv d... <to be read again> \stoptext l.12 \stoptext ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MtxRun | loading configuration for /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/ texmf/web2c from /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex- cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a/trees/ d9ef00871d7b11751a275cffd8a85753 MtxRun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf- cache/luatex-cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a/formats/ cont-en" --lua="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex- cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a/formats/cont-en.lua" "/ mio/pubblicazioni/pubdoc.tex" MtxRun | fatal error, code: 1 -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong) -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " Think of it as seasoning . noise [salt] is boring . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring . F(noise, blah) can be really tasty " (Ken Perlin on noise)

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How to influence hyphenation points in URLs?
by Mojca Miklavec 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hello, I have many really bad breaking points in URLs (both produced with bib module and with \useURL[bla][http://www.very-very-very-very-very-long-bla.com]\from[bla], or \hyphenatedurl, doesn't matter). Is there any way to influence breaking points in those URLs manually? For normal words there exists \hyphenate{...}, but how to handle urls? (I have the interction turned off if that matters.) I faintly remember some discussion about preparing hyphenation patterns for URLs (like: never try to break http:// or after ~, try to put slash at the end of first part). Would that solve the issue? I sometimes try to replace space and _ in wikipedia URLs and results are totally random, but in general all of them breaking really bad - leaving several letters too much in each line. Thanks a lot, Mojca

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