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Happy ConTeXt Community Day :)
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Sep '08

01 Sep '08

Hello, I would like to express my best wishes to the two very special people who did most for the ConTeXt community - who are voluntary, with all their enthusiasm, helping others and developing whatever users around the World desire. I wish them both to be able to do their dream job (as well as to spend enough time away from computer for other hobbies :), and would like to thank them both for the marvellous work they are doing. Today could be declared the "ConTeXt Community Day" :) Patrick, alles gutes zum Geburtstag! Taco, van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! M.

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Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac
by Michael Green 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

On Aug 30, 2008, Alan Bowen wrote: > What follows are some queries that I will be happy to write up for the > wiki. The aim (hope?) is to develop a set of instructions for > installing the minimals on a Mac that a Mac user without any real > knowledge of unix (such as myself) can follow easily. (There are a > number of people scattered around the world who help me in producing > various publications; and since they too are not unix savvy, I need > such instructions if we are to keep our installations functioning and > up to date.) > > Once the ConTeXt minimals are installed in the Applications folder and > the user can run > \starttext > Hello world! > \stoptext > which is where the wiki (Installation>section 1.2) currently leaves > off, there still remain a few tasks. > > Specifically, > > (a) getting this ConTeXt installation to recognize a personal texmf > directory > > (b) running the various binaries (e.g., texmfstart, ctxtools) in / > Applications/ConTeXtMinimals from Terminal > > (c) establishing synchronization between PDF output and its ConTeXt > source. Currently, it does not seem to work (with TeXShop at least) > Note, in the latest TeXShop there is > Added support for SyncTeX. SyncTeX is new synchronization technology > by Jerome Laurens which is included in TeX Live 2008 (but not earlier > TeX distributions). The technology is built directly into pdfTeX and > XeTeX. In modern TeX distributions, most typesetting actually calls > pdfetex (even if using latex to output a dvi file), and thus the > technology is available for such typesetting. To use the technology, > add the flag --synctex=1 > > Any advice on how to do (a), (b), and (c) will be much appreciated. > > Alan > > I installed ConTeXt Minimals in my home directory's Applications folder (not the applications folder for the system as a whole). I'm reluctant to write in because my understanding of what I'm doing is shallow and I haven't used my solution beyond a few simple tests. With that said, adding the following three lines to .bash_profile seems to work for me. source ~/Applications/context/tex/setuptex ~/Applications/context/tex TEXMFHOME=$HOME/Library/texmf TEXMF={$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFPROJECT,!!$TEXMFFONTS,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!! $TEXMFCONTEXT,!!$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN} Here is how I understand what I did. (A) I think that the second and third lines (TEXMFHOME ... and TEXMF ...) handle issue (a). I copied them from a message I read on the developer list. http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/ 20080607.102038.6212fc3c.en.html I should add that the author, Oliver Buerschaper wrote to complain that additions to the personal texmf tree were not automatically recognized. He had to run luatools --generate again after changing something. I have no idea if this has been fixed since June, when he wrote his message. I assume it has, but haven't tested it. (B) I think that the first line (source ...) handles issue (b). It tells the shell to look for TeX binaries in ~/Applications/context/tex. This is the second instruction from the Linux/Mac/BSD section of the wiki's installation page, modified for my particular case. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#Linux.2FMac.2FFreeBSD Michael

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Background color of sometxt ignored
by Aditya Mahajan 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

Hi, In 2008.08.18 14:00 MKIV the background color of sometxt is ignored. I used to use this trick to unfill the background while drawing a label, but it no longer works (It used to work a month ago). Bug or feature? \unprotected\definetextext[parbox] {\framed [ frame=off, width=2cm, height=.85cm, autowidth=no, align={middle,middle}, background=color, backgroundcolor=white]} \starttext \startMPcode draw (0,0) -- (3cm,3cm) ; label(\sometxt[parbox]{ABC}, (1.5cm,1.5cm)) ; \stopMPcode \stoptext Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Ah, thank you. I hope it will be fixed soon.

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Re: [NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Hello, > I can confirm that this file fails with MKIV, but works fine with MKII. It > seems that supp-mps is not loaded under MKIV. does there exist a workaround for mkiv? I tried \usemodule[chemic] \input supp-mps \starttext \startchemical \chemical[SIX,B1..6,R1..6,RZ1..3][CH_3,CH_3,OH] \stopchemical \stoptext but then I get ! Undefined control sequence. \writecheckedMPgraphic #1->\ifgrTEXgraphic \global \MPTEXgraphictrue \else \... \startMPgraphic ...hic \writecheckedMPgraphic {#1} \stopwritingMPgraphic \getMPdrawing ...ic \MPdrawingdata \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic {}\d... \@@endchemicalpicture ...raphictrue \getMPdrawing }\wd 2=\!!zeropoint \ht 2=... \stopchemical ...calpicture \@@endchemicalpicture \egroup \ifnum \chemicaldr... l.8 \stopchemical ? thank you for you answer, Philipp.

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Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Hello, I've got a problem with the chemic-module and ConTeXt Minimals. My OS is Ubuntu 7.10, I installed the Minimals as it is described in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals under "Quick Start". I got the error that is listed here: http://nopaste.ch/061d2c39cdda41c.html The user "mohbana" from the IRC directed me to the mailing-list, he already told me to rehash and do luatools --generate texmfstart texexec --make --all --luatex en texmfstart texexec --make --all --pdftex en texmfstart texexec --make --all --xetex en but nothing helped. I would be glad if you could help me, yours, Philipp.

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passing dimensions to metapost
by Thomas A. Schmitz 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi all, cleaning up the code in my module, I run into a very interesting problem. I want to pass a user-defined value to Metapost. Until now, the value "scale" had to be numeric, and I used it like this: draw fullcircle scaled \MPvar{scale}mm and Metapost was happy, and I was too. Now Aditya made the reasonable suggestion that users should be allowed to input any dimension and not be restricted to "mm." Easy enough. However, I also want a fallback just in case they input a number, in that case, I want to fall back to mm as a default. So I tried (after Taco's excellent explanation on the wiki): \expandafter\processaction\expandafter[\CVERscale]% [\v!unknown=>{\doifdimensionelse% {\CVERscale}% {\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=\CVERscale]}% {\doifnumberelse% {\CVERscale}% {\newdimen\CIscale \global\CIscale=\CVERscale mm {\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=\the\CIscale]}}% {\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=10mm\relax]% \message{Please give a proper value for the "scale" argument!}}}}, \v!default=>{\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=10mm \relax]}] So what I want: first check if \CVERscale is a dimension; if it is, assign it to the "scale" parameter. If it isn't, check if it is a number; if this is the case, append the unit "mm" to it and put it into a dimension register. If it isn't a number either, make the value sufficiently absurd for the user to realize and write a message to the terminal. This is all fine and dandy and works, sort of: it works perfectly with dimensions, but when I try with a number as input, it doesn't fall back to the unit "mm," but to "pt," AFAICS. That's nice too, but I have no clue why, and I would prefer mm. If it helps, I can try to give you a minimal test file tomorrow, but maybe somebody spots what I'm doing wrong? (I tried both with mkii and mkiv, and always get the same result.) All best Thomas

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Font fallbacks
by Wolfgang Schuster 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, the \definefontfallback commands use only the last setting in a comma seperated list. In this example only characters from 0x0071 to 0x0081 are set in bolditalic. \definefontfallback [whatever] [BoldItalic] [0x0041-0x0051,0x0071-0x0081] \definefontsynonym[SerifPlus][Serif][fallbacks=whatever] \definefont[MySerif][SerifPlus] \starttext \MySerif \dostepwiserecurse{65}{255}{1} {\char\recurselevel\hskip10pt plus 5pt\relax} \stoptext Wolfgang

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big are big with lucida
by Eric DÉTREZ 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hello The bigl, bigr ans so on are really BIG (huge even) when used with lucida. I think that math-lbr is guilty : it says ****************************************** \def\LBRbig {\@@dobig{8.20}} \def\LBRBig {\@@dobig{10.80}} \def\LBRbigg {\@@dobig{13.42}} \def\LBRBigg {\@@dobig{16.03}} \def\LBRbiggg{\@@dobig{17.72}} \def\LBRBiggg{\@@dobig{21.25}} ****************************************** Shouldn't it says ****************************************** \def\LBRbig {\@@dobig{0.920}} \def\LBRBig {\@@dobig{1.080}} \def\LBRbigg {\@@dobig{1.342}} \def\LBRBigg {\@@dobig{1.603}} \def\LBRbiggg{\@@dobig{1.772}} \def\LBRBiggg{\@@dobig{2.125}} ****************************************** ? There is a strange behavior : if I put \def\LBRbig {\@@dobig{0.930}} big is bigger than Big. How is this possible ?

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scite and lm
by Hans Hagen 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, in the minimals there is a ttf file: .../texmf-context/fonts/truetype/hoekwater/lm/LMTypewriter10-Regular.ttf you can copy that file to c:\Windows\Fonts then in in context.properties you can set if PLAT_WIN font.monospace=font:LMTypewriter10-Regular,size:14 font.errorfont=font:LMTypewriter10-Regular,size:12 if PLAT_GTK font.monospace=font:!lm mono 10 regular,size:14 font.errorfont=font:!lm mono 10 regular,size:12 and you get lm as editor font I don't know what is needed for linux. 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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vertical position of framed sucks!
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, in order to write a command=... for \setuphead I am fighting with the following \framed: \starttext \showframe \def\TestFrame% {\hbox to \hsize\bgroup% \tbox{\midaligned\framed[frame=on,align=middle,width=0.85\textwidth] {{\kern0.75em}Test}}% \egroup} \TestFrame %Test% <- \stoptext I only want the framed "Test" to be at the same vertical position as the plain "Test" (please compare). Just how??? Thanks, Steffen

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problem with frenchpunctuation
by Peter Münster 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hello, there is no space before the \type{}: % engine=luatex \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \starttext «\type{bla}» \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Font questions once again...
by Marcin Borkowski 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi all! And once again I am asking obout fonts in ConTeXt... The point is that I am not sure whether anything has changed since I've asked for the previous time;). I mean, I'd like to give Mk IV a try. Most probably I will try to maintain two different TeX installations at the same time, so a third one (ConTeXt) won't be more trouble. This means that I will (most probably) install the Minimals so that they won't interfere with my TeXlives (one 2008 and one much older). So, the questions are: * Is TeX Gyre support already working in MkIV? * The page about Minimals on the wiki mentions LM, Antykwa Torunska, Iwona, Kurier, TeX Gyre, ams. Does this means they are available there? (And what about Antykwa Poltawskiego...?) * How do I switch to any of these fonts (I mean for the whole document)? * How do I (globally) change the size of the font? Thanks in advance for the answers; of course, I'll try to post them to the wiki as soon as I learn how to do these things. Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Reorganization of the main page
by Aditya Mahajan 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, After the discussions at Bohinj, I have created a new first page of the wiki. I am tried to keep things short and to the point, rather than complete. As a result a lot of links that were present in the original main page are missing. This is the first step in the effort to clean up and reorganize the wiki so that it is easier to browse. Comments are welcome http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page_New If everyone agrees with the new design, I will replace the current main page. Aditya

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problem with \useURL
by Peter Münster 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hello, The colon is misplaced here: % engine=luatex \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \useURL[xxx][http://www/]\from[xxx] \stoptext If you cannot reproduce this problem, try to delete your luatex-cache first. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] mswintex.zip versus mswincontext.zip
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hello, Don't know whether it is already answered or not, but if you have to run scite.bat from mswincontext folder, not first-setup.bat. It should work out of the box. First of all, build format files (Oprtions or Tools menu, don't remember exactly), and then press F7 each time you compile a document. Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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space code trickery needed
by Steffen Wolfrum 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, please have a look at this (probably ugly) code: \starttext \definestartstop[MyFootNote] [before={\footnote},after={}] \def\startFN[#1]{\startMyFootNote\ignorespaces} \def\stopFN{\stopMyFootNote} This is a \startFN[65] test \stopFN and this is another \startFN[B65] test \stopFN. \stoptext What is need in the definition for \stopFN in order to keep the space when needed (see before "and")? Thanks, Steffen

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Still confused about \setuplayout
by Alan Stone 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, Taking S6 = 600pt wide x 450pt heigh for example... \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \showframe \showsetups \setuplayout[topheight=15pt, headerheight=15pt, footerheight=15pt, bottomheight=15pt, leftedgewidth=0pt, leftmarginwidth=0pt, rightmarginwidth=0pt, rightedgewidth=180pt] \starttext testing \stoptext How come the showframe and showsetups printouts don't correspond to the \setuplayout settings ? Thanks, Alan

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context meeting
by Hans Hagen 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, I really enjoyed myself at last weeks's meeting. Mojca and friends have done a great job. In addition to a filled up program we had a wonderful day going around Slovenia (incredibly silent outside the facilities and a sky full of stars, something impossible in nl), terrific bonfires, texies walking on ropes between trees, the highest density of laptops per tex conference, one of the most relaxed tex conference wrapups/endings ever, and ... there are already suggestions floating around for up to three locations for context meetings after next year (2009 will most likely be in delft, nl). During the conference a few things came up that are worth noticing - the minimals are a hit, they work, are used and we have installers for each platform; there are ideas on how to improve things further. - it will be possible to update upcoming tex lives with the minimals (norbert implemented the infrastructure for this and the minimal maintainers will set up a package generator); this means that we have nicely isolated distributions (reference implementations) as well as perfect integration in the mainstream distribution - the wiki will get an upgrade;some ideas already get implemented but more will happen - there are interesting and ambitious ideas with regards to math (and related fonts), so you can expect something in that area the upcoming years - there is a set if tutorials by willi and aditya that was tried out during this conference and which will be perfected so that in the future we have a nice beginners package (although some topics went beyond the beginners level and are of use for more experienced users as well); other presentations given can be turned into tutorials as well (like those on making presentations) - those present were either already using mkiv or were willing to change from mkii to mkiv soon; as a consequence the group agreed on a functional freeze for mkii (apart from bug fixes and simple extensions); this will make development easier I probably forget a few things so others might correct me ... 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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paragraphs in columns query
by Alan Bowen 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

I have set two paragraphs side by side using \defineparagraphs[TwoColumns] [n=2,tolerance=verytolerant,before={\blank},after={\blank}] \setupparagraphs[TwoColumns][distance=1pc] One of the columns is the length of the page. How do I prevent the two columns from starting a new page? Right now there is a large whitespace on the preceding page. (This problem has been raised before, but I have not yet found the answer.) Any suggestions will be gratefully received. Alan

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Patching glyphtounicode.tex directly?
by Vasile Gaburici 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

There are a number of problems with the (global namespace) data in glyphtounicode.tex. Should submit a patch directly for this file, or is there a script somewhere that regenerates it?

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\placefigure not centering
by Marcin Borkowski 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hey! Seems I'm going to ask lots of questions here - I'm starting to _really_ use ConTeXt;). Why this does not center the figure horizontally? What should I do to center it? \placefigure{none}{ \starttikzpicture[scale=0.3] \draw (0,0) -- (5,0) -- (4.5,6) -- (1.5,6) -- cycle; \stoptikzpicture } I discovered that using combinations with "1*1" helps, but this is a dirty trick;). (Also, "none" as a label does not work with combinations - is it a bug or a feature?) Thanks in advance -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) _ _ _ / \ / \ / \ OSTRE SŁOWA \_/ \_/ \_/ OSTRA MUZYKA / \ / \ / \ OSTRA PŁYTA \_/ \_/ \_/ 2 Tm 2,3

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Some layout questions
by Ulrich Dirr 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, I'm trying to setup context for a book layout but I'm still failing with some basics (hopefully) ... \definepapersize[Lasker][width=21cm,height=28cm] \setuppapersize[Lasker][A4] \setuplayout[width=172.5mm,lines=53,leftmargin=0mm,rightmargin=0mm,header=12 pt,headerdistance=12pt,footer=12pt,footerdistance=12pt,topspace=20mm,backspa ce=15mm,grid=yes] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=header] \setupindenting[12pt] Is this o.k. so far? \setupfootnotes[location=lastcolumn,rule=off,numbercommand=\myfootnotenumber ] \def\myfootnotenumber#1{#1. } \setupfootnotedefinition[location=normal] This does not work as expected. I want footnotes in the last column of a two column format at the *bottom*. Both standard twocolumn (via \startcolumns[n=2]) format fails and also column sets: if I use column sets (defined with \definecolumnset[example][n=2,balance=yes]) footnotes are in the left *and* right column or only in the left. If I use \startcolumns[n=2] footnotes are placed correctly in the right column but not at the bottom of the page and not aligned on grid. ??? After defining a typescript (see comlete example attached) I want to use protrusion and expansion (I've followed the description in co-typography.pdf): \definetypeface[kievit][rm][sans][kievit][default][features=hz] \definetypeface[kievit][ss][sans][kievit][default][features=hz] \definetypeface[kievit][tt][mono][modern][default][rscale=1.12] \definetypeface[kievit][mm][math][iwona] [default][rscale=1.02] \usetypescript[kievit] \setupbodyfont[kievit,ss,10pt] \definefontfeature[default][default] [protrusion=pure,expansion=quality,mode=node,script=latn] \setupalign[hanging] But it doesn't work at all. While with standard two column format line breaking is like without hz features at all; with columnsets line breaking is getting even worse. Any idea? Another question: How can define the amount of indentation and before and after space of quotations (\setupquotation but how)? Quotation should be set 9/10.5pt. And body text should align on grid before and after a quotation. How can I define \setupheader so that I got the following: On a chapter page no header but folio centered in footer, on the following pages folios on left side if even page and on right side if odd page inside header. Right part on even pages with "Part n\quad Chapter m" while text of \chapter in left side of odd pages. +-----------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ |8 Part I Chapter 3| |Netherlands 9| ... Sometimes I have to change this to: +-----------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ |11 Part I Chapter 3 Netherlands| |Subsection Euwe-Lasker 12| ... If a subsection is present. Best regards, Ulrich P.S. ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.18 14:00 MKIV

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wiki and MkIV
by Marcin Borkowski 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hello! Is it possible to use on the wiki something like <context source="yes"> ... some ConTeXt code ... </context> with MkIV support? Thanks in advance -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Some Progress on Installing mswincontext.zip
by David Arnold 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

All, As Idris and Hans expected, Ruby was the culprit. I had installed Ruby before downloading mswincontext.zip, as that was what I used to do in the old days with a Miktex installation. After following exactly these directions: http:// blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/173018 Scite now works on context documents. I tried to add metapost.properties to the global with "import metapost". I can "Build" a file, but the "Go" command does not work because I don't have gv installed. So I opened metapost.properties and tried changing the gv command to gsview32 (and even tried "c: \Program Files\ghostgum\gsview\gsview32.exe"), but neither worked. Any suggestions how I can get the "go" command to work? Secondly, what would I do to compile a metapost file in scite directly into PDF? I am aware of context way with processMPbuffer and other assorted tricks, and I am aware of mptopdf, but what I am looking for is to configure Scite to compile the metapost file and open it in acrobat reader. Here is the test file I am trying to compile. beginfig(1); numeric u; 10u=4in; drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); endfig; end. David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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mswincontext.zip
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

All, A bit frustrated as I cannot seem to get a mswincontext scite combination going. I gave up on: http://pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswintex.zip. I got absolutely nowhere with the installation and trying to connect scite. So, I just downloaded: http://pragma-ade.com/context/install/mswincontext.zip After extracting to c:\context, I ran the file first-setup.bat, which proceeded to install a lot of files. Was this a correct thing to do? Strange, as the distribution size was already huge. It would really help to have a readme.txt in this distribution with installation directions. After first-setup was complete, I ran cscite.bat. Scite opened. Good! I entered the usual test file: \starttext Hello, World! \stoptext And saved as test.tex. Then I tried Tools->Compile, which resulted in this error mesage: texmfstart concheck test.tex ruby: no such file to load--ubygems (LoadError) Any suggestions? D.

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Problems with itemization, continued
by Marcin Borkowski 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, it's me again... I managed to finish my first "serious" ConTeXt project (in fact, it was a two-page math test for my wife, who teaches maths;)). But I encountered quite a few problems with itemizations. To sum it up, I've prepared a minimal sample file illustrating them. Here it is: ========= cut here ========= \def\testitemize#1#2#3{{\bf #1}\par \startitemize #2 \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \startitemize #3 \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \item plplplpl \stopitemize \item plplplpl \stopitemize {\bf Blah, blah.} \page} \starttext \testitemize{Default values. Works fine.} {}{} \testitemize{Different numbering. Results in overfull hboxes---???} {}{[a][left=(,right=),stopper=]} \testitemize{Outer one packed. Inner one gets also packed---is this ok???} {[packed]}{} \testitemize{Inner one packed. Works fine.} {}{[packed]} \testitemize{Both packed. Works fine.} {[packed]}{[packed]} \testitemize{Inner one joinedup. Works as packed---???} {}{[joinedup]} \testitemize{Inner one packed and joinedup. Works as packed---???} {}{[packed,joinedup]} \testitemize{Outer one joinedup. Does this imply packed?} {[joinedup]}{} \testitemize{Inner one twocolumn. Why is this packed, too?} {}{[columns]} \testitemize{Inner one 2-col and joinedup. What about the space {\em after} the inner one?} {}{[joinedup,columns]} \testitemize{Outer one twocolumn. packed implied???} {[columns]}{} \testitemize{Outer one 2-col. and joinedup. packed implied (?), apart from that fine.} {[joinedup,columns]}{} \stoptext ========= cut here ========= Most cases are wrong (or at least strange)---each page with at least one question mark is something I can't understand. Which ones are bugs and which ones are features? What to do to overcome these problems? Also, I've noticed that the [intro] option does not _prohibit_ page break---is that ok? The manual (or wiki, I can't remember) says it _discourages_ it---but shouldn't it prohibit it completely? And one more: what is the difference between \page[yes] and \page[makeup]? I didn't notice any. Hope you don't get fed up with me, folks... I promise to put some answers on the wiki soon (during the next few days). Maybe I'll even post a complete working file as a sample... I hope that all my questions (and your answers;)) will lead to a better typesetting tool... Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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setting mode in ctx-file
by Peter Münster 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hello, How can I set a mode in a ctx-file? I would like to pass such a file to "context --ctx=file ..." If further modes are passed with --mode=..., these modes should not replace the mode in the ctx-file, but should be added. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Problem with MkIV and tikz
by Marcin Borkowski 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi, I've got yet another problem with ConTeXt... I was using MkII and \usemodule[tikz]. Everything went smoothly until I tried MkIV; it can't find the tikz module. What I did was: 1. I installed the ConTeXt minimals. 2. I downloaded pgf from sourceforge and unpacked it somewhere in the context tree. 3. I ran texhash so that the file database got rebuilt. 4. For MkII, this was enough. 5. But then, I wanted to use an earlier advice on fonts in MkIV and switched to platino (=pagella). 6. Although pagella works fine, ConTeXt no longer finds the tikz module. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Bug in \startitemize?
by Marcin Borkowski 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi! And again, I have a problem with itemizations. This won't work: \startitemize \item aaa \item bbb \startitemize[packed,joinedup] \item xxx \item yyy \item zzz \stopitemize \item ccc \stopitemize More precisely, the "joinedup" option does not work in the inner itemization. Replacing [packed,joinedup] with [packed,joinedup,columns,two] helps - but I don't want two columns... And another problem, connected with this one: is there a "joineddown" option, symmetrical to "joinedup"? Thanks in advance -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) Well, I admit that I quite like the Emacs operating system. The only problem with it is that it lacks a good ASCII editor.

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Numbered bookmarks in PDF
by B. Tommy Jensen 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

I am struggling a bit with numbered bookmarks in PDF files. In LaTex, the HyperRef package supports the option "bookmarksnumbered = true" which adds the chapter numbers to the bookmark list. Does anybody know of a similar option in ConText? I have searched the \setupinteraction documentation, but haven't been able to locate anything useful. All hints are welcome! Best regards, Tommy Jensen

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Fwd: disturbing the hyphenation mechanism
by Wolfgang Schuster 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] disturbing the hyphenation mechanism To: Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> wrote: > Just .. in case of bad luck you'll get this: > > > \starttext > \showframe > > \enableregime[utf] > > blablabla blablablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blabla > blablabla \penalty-500„\hskip-0.025em wondering > > \stoptext > > > ... the line breaks after the quote mark ;o( > > No way to avoid this and yet keep the hyphenation? \starttext \showframe \enableregime[utf] blablabla blablablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blabla blablabla „\penalty\plustenthousand\hskip-0.025em wondering blablabla l blablablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blabla blablabla „\penalty\plustenthousand\hskip-0.025em wondering \stoptext Wolfgang

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A small bug in context/tex/setuptex
by Vasile Gaburici 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

OWNPATH does not work properly because $0 does not do what you think when a file is sourced. See: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/1999-02/msg00687.html

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ConTeXt an excursion — now in the CTK library
by Matija Šuklje 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hullo, I'm happy to announce that I took a printed copy of "ConTeXt an excursion" to the CTK [Central Technical Library] library in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The librarian was at first shocked that someone donated a book to them, but then handled the case pretty well. It turned out she was quite familiar with LaTeX already and all its faults, so she found interest in reading the given book right after she processes it and adds it to the shelf. I hope the book catches on in the library and ConTeXt gains a bit of recognition that way as well... Cheers, Matija Šuklje -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje GPG/PGP fingerprint: FB64 FFAF B8DA 5AB5 B18A 98B8 2B68 0B51 0549 D278

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mswintex.zip versus mswincontext.zip
by David Arnold 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hans et al, For our students, I need to have Miktex and at least one of these distributions (mswintex.zip or mswincontext.zip) coexisting side by side. I've got Miktex installed and working with the Texniccener IDE for student use. Now, I need to get context and metapost working properly (no longer any mptopdf in the Miktex distro). Students don't deal well with DOS boxes and terminals at first (they can grow into them), so what I need is a scite icon on the desktop, that when clicked, will open and work (for context and metapost). I had already loaded mswintex.zip on each machine in our lab, run first-setup.bat. I also installed Scite by downloading from the scintilla site. I finally figured out that you need to import context in the Globals, though (the http://pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/ mscite-p.pdf said it should work in user as well, which I could not get to work. So, as I understand it now, the difference is the mswincontext.zip comes with perl and ruby, but we already have perl and ruby installed. If I get rid of the gems (how?) then I should be able to make progress? What I need is students to have both scite and texniccenter running at the same time. What are my best options? Thanks. D.

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disturbing the hyphenation mechanism
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hi, please have a look at the following – the "wondering" doesn't brake anymore thanks to the "kern": \starttext \showframe \enableregime[utf] blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blablabla blabla blablabla „{\kern-0.025em}wondering \stoptext I have read an e-mail by Hans from 2003 when he said "well, it's just like that". But time has passed. Is there a solution today in MkIV or even in MkII ? Thank you, Steffen

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no star in itemize with luatex
by Mikael Persson 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hello, running the file %%% \starttext \startitemize[3] \item Hello world! \stopitemize \stoptext %%% in luatex, I did expect to get a star and then Hello world! However, I got something like \perp instead of the star. It works with pdftex. I also tried with some other fonts with same failing result. I run the latest minimal context and also tried this at the contextgarden with the same result. Any solutions around? Best wishes, Mikael

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ConTeXt Minimals on Mac
by Alan Bowen 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

I have installed the Context Minimals following the newbie instructions on the wiki at contextgarden for Mac users. The instructions themselves are clear but should perhaps be updated: • the file originally downloaded is first-setup.sh not first-setup.tsh • to execute this file run ./first-setup.sh not first-setup.sh (at least, the former worked and did not return a “command not found” message). I also configured TeXShop as instructed. But now when I try to typeset a file, I get the error message: Users/alancbowen/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXtMinimals.engine does not have the executable bit set. How can I fix this? Alan Note: I am running Mac OS X 10.5.4.

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\reference, \goto(box)
by Alan Stone 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hi, Win XP - ConTeXt minimal: ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.18 14:00 MKIV fmt: 2008.8.22 int: english/english What has changed with the \reference and/or \goto(box) commands ? I'm getting fatal compile errors related to these while there weren't none previously ( that was under Linux, but shouldn't make any difference ). Thanks, Alan

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mtxrun question
by Patrick Gundlach 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Hi, I tried to find a tfm file, so I typed in ~$ mtxrun --locate texnansi-demofont.tfm and I got ...k/TeX/context/minimal/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin/mtxrun:6898: attempt to index local 'files' (a nil value) what does that mean? Is the syntax I've used correct? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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feature request: \setuptyping[ignorefirstspace=yes]
by Peter Münster 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hello, Something like \setuptyping[ignorefirstspace=yes] would be nice, to be able to format the source text with indentation but let the typing environment ignore this indentation. Example: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuptyping[margin=3em, ignorefirstspace=yes] \starttext This: \starttyping some typing \stoptyping should be same as this: \starttyping some typing \stoptyping This: \startcolor[blue] \starttyping some typing \stoptyping \stopcolor should be same as this: \startcolor[blue] \starttyping some typing \stoptyping \stopcolor some text \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Typesetting chess boards
by Maurício 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Hi, What is the easiest way to include chess boards in a Context document? Thanks, Maurício

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Package for Notepad++ v. 5.0.3
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

Alan Stone <software.list.1es9s <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > Hi Idris, > > Thanks a lot. > > One question though... > > I installed Npp, downloaded the context support package for Npp and > extracted the zip file. > > What/where are the setup instructions please ? > > Best, > Alan > Seems like Idris forgot to include the readme, incase it hasn't been attached check out the 1 November 2007 rev from http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Image:Npp_ConTeXt.zip your sure to find it there. Put everything in ConTeXt.zip in the same folder you extracted mswincontext.zip (182 mb) then run NPP.bat. Make sure you adjust acrobat.lnk appriopriately as the path is hard-coded. And what OS are you using? Mohamed

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Problem in upgrading to the latest context
by Mehdi Omidali 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

Hi, I use ubuntu and tried to update to the latext context with sudo ctxtools --updatecontext It went smoothly but after I tried sudo texexec --make --luatx en I got an error complaining that it can not find context.tex. Any idea?

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Changing sections, formula,... numbering order
by Mehdi Omidali 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

Hi everyone, I want to use context+xetex for right-to-left typesetting and need to know if it is possible to use the command \pagedir TRT in this situation. (I tested that apparently only \pardir TRT is active). If the answer of the above question is negative I would like to know how can I change numbering direction of sections, formulas, etc. Thanks

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SciTE in ConTeXt setup
by Alan Stone 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

Hi, I've switched from Linux (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition) running from within Windows XP + VirtualBox to a stand-alone Ubuntu installation. Installed - ConTeXt minimals in /opt/context - SciTE through the Synaptic Package Manager, and followed the "SciTE in ConTeXt" manual instructions : * Re. §2: Installing SciTE Copied - /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/context/data/*.properties files and - /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua/scite-ctx.lua to /usr/share/scite Then - included the line 'import context.properties' at the end of /home/(username)/.SciTEUser.properties * Re: §3: The TeX lexer Put context.properties in the same path as SciTEUser.properties - and to add import context.properties ( instead of import context - see pg 4 ): done already in the previous step FYI, doing so, context.properties is then in /usr/share/scite *and* /home/(username) !? Launching SciTE from a terminal window... Setting "/opt/context/tex" as TEXROOT. (username)@home:/opt/context/tex$ scite launches SciTE however syntax highlighting doesn't work Setting "/opt/context/tex" as TEXROOT. alan@home:/opt/context/tex$ export declare -x COLORTERM="gnome-terminal" declare -x CTXMINIMAL="yes" declare -x DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-GagB6b6HXV,guid=66e95a0ba305ba645af20dad48aeff98" declare -x DESKTOP_SESSION="default" declare -x DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID="" declare -x DISPLAY=":0.0" declare -x GDMSESSION="default" declare -x GDM_LANG="en_US.UTF-8" declare -x GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION="local" declare -x GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID="Default" declare -x GNOME_KEYRING_PID="6056" declare -x GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET="/tmp/keyring-uBnsHP/socket" declare -x GPG_AGENT_INFO="/tmp/seahorse-OHgHbT/S.gpg-agent:6110:1" declare -x GTK_RC_FILES="/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/alan/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2" declare -x HISTCONTROL="ignoreboth" declare -x HOME="/home/alan" declare -x HOMETEXMF="/nonexist" declare -x LANG="en_US.UTF-8" declare -x LESSCLOSE="/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s" declare -x LESSOPEN="| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s" declare -x LOGNAME="alan" declare -x LS_COLORS="no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:" declare -x MPMEMS="\$TEXMFOS/web2c{/\$engine,}" declare -x OLDPWD="/opt/context/tex" declare -x PATH="/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin:/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games" declare -x PWD="/opt/context/tex" declare -x RUBYLIB="/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby:/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby:" declare -x SESSION_MANAGER="local/home:/tmp/.ICE-unix/6057" declare -x SHELL="/bin/bash" declare -x SHLVL="2" declare -x SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/keyring-uBnsHP/ssh" declare -x TERM="xterm" declare -x TEXFORMATS="\$TEXMFOS/web2c{/\$engine,}" declare -x TEXMF="{\$TEXMFPROJECT,\$TEXMFFONTS,\$TEXMFLOCAL,\$TEXMFOS,\$TEXMFCONTEXT,\$TEXMFEXTRA,!!\$TEXMFMAIN}" declare -x TEXMFCACHE="/opt/context/tex/texmf-cache" declare -x TEXMFCNF="\$TEXROOT/texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c" declare -x TEXMFCONTEXT="/opt/context/tex/texmf-context" declare -x TEXMFDBS="{\$TEXMFPROJECT,\$TEXMFFONTS,\$TEXMFLOCAL,\$TEXMFOS,\$TEXMFCONTEXT,\$TEXMFEXTRA,!!\$TEXMFMAIN}" declare -x TEXMFEXTRA="/opt/context/tex/texmf-extra" declare -x TEXMFFONTS="/opt/context/tex/texmf-fonts" declare -x TEXMFLOCAL="/opt/context/tex/texmf-local" declare -x TEXMFMAIN="/opt/context/tex/texmf" declare -x TEXMFOS="/opt/context/tex/texmf-linux" declare -x TEXMFPROJECT="/opt/context/tex/texmf-project" declare -x TEXMFVAR="/texmf-var" declare -x TEXROOT="/opt/context/tex" declare -x USER="alan" declare -x USERNAME="alan" declare -x VARTEXMF="/texmf-var" declare -x WINDOWID="52437808" declare -x WINDOWPATH="7" declare -x XAUTHORITY="/home/alan/.Xauthority" declare -x XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/usr/share/gdm/" declare -x XDG_SESSION_COOKIE="9ecb3383cfbad7bac2c96be048adcf2a-1219428246.634999-1846302211" alan@home:/opt/context/tex$ texexec --check TeXExec | current distribution: web2c TeXExec | context source date: unknown TeXExec | format path: /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/web2c /opt/context/tex/texmf-linux/web2c TeXExec | start of analysis TeXExec | end of analysis TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | TeXUtil | version 9.1.0 - 1997-2005 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | CtxTools | version 1.3.5 - 2004/2008 - PRAGMA ADE alan@home:/opt/context/tex$ ---> TeXExec | context source date: unknown !? Launching >texexec --check from the SciTE output window gives sh: texexec: not found >Exit code: 127 ruby, tidy, xsltproc, gv and rxvt are installed texexec.rb is in /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby What's missing ? Thanks, Alan

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Installing Scite
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

All, I've installed Context Minimals from: http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip Did a:

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Installing Scite
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

All, I have Miktex installed. Downloaded and installed: http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip to c:\context. When I run startupcontext.bat (contains the setuptex.bat command), I can compile at the dos prompt with either context sscon.tex or texmfstart texexec sccon.tex. Download and extracted: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/wscite176.zip?download to c:\wscite Dragged over the *.properties files to c:\wscite. On the last line of SciTEGlobal.properties, I added the line "import context". Testfile sscon.tex: \starttext Hello, World!" \stoptext Hitting Ctrl+F7 to compile gives this error: >texmfstart concheck sccon.tex >The system cannot find the file specified. That concheck does not look correct. Hitting F7 to build gives this error: >texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf sccon.tex >The system cannot find the file specified. How am I going to get Scite to find this location? D.

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Minimal Windows install
by dwarnold45＠suddenlink.net 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

All, I've installed Miktex, the latest version. Then I installed Minimal Context following directions on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals Namely: Download and unzip context-setup-mswin.zip Run first-setup.bat, go for a coffee. Ran the setuptex.bat as descibed. NOw I have this metapost file: input mp-tool; beginfig(1); numeric u; 10u=4in; drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.top(btex $\phi$ etex, (0,5u)); pair A, B, C; A:=(0,0) scaled u; B:=(5,5) scaled u; C:=(5,0) scaled u; drawdblarrow B--A--C; draw anglebetween(B--A,C--A,btex $\theta$ etex); endfig; end. When I compile it: C:\temp>texmfstart texexec --mpgraphic jack.mp I get the strangest result. See: http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/jack.pdf Bug? Log file: http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/texexec.log

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Re: [NTG-context] Miktex still broken
by Peter Wüsten 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

> The context in Miktex is still broken. Has anyone got experience > installing the standalone version of context on windows alongside > Miktex? As I have quite some legacy LaTeX-files I have Miktex 2.7, standalone Context, and a Context minimals installation on my system. They co-exist nicely on my system: Rather than pointing my path environment variable to any of those installations permanently I use batch-files to initialize whatever system I'd like to work with. These are the batch files I use; your paths will vary: - for running Miktex: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REM setupmiktex.bat @echo off set PATH=C:\Programme\MiKTeX\2.7\miktex\bin;%PATH% "C:\Programme\PSPad editor\PSPad.exe" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - for running the ConTeXt maximals (aka ConTeXt standalone): ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REM cstart.bat @echo off usr\local\context\cscite.bat usr\local\context ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ - for running the minimals: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ REM setupminimals.bat @ECHO OFF E:\programme\contextminimal\context\tex\setuptex.bat E:\programme\contextminimal\context\tex ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ you'll also have to add a line at the bottom of setuptex.bat, under :done call c:\ruby\scite\scite.exe or whatever editor you use. > And one specific question, will the mptopdf command work in this dual > installation? I think so; at least running "mptopdf -v" from a console window invoked from the editor made mptopdf tell me there was no file called '-v' to process ;-) Cheers, Peter

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