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What happened to \reference
by Gerben Wierda 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

I have started (after a hiatus) to compile my project again using an updated ConTeXt ConTeXt ver: 2008.03.03 00:34 MKII fmt: 2008.3.4 int: english/english and something that used to work has stopped working: \reference[logic:implicationprogram] {\getbuffer[logic:implicationprogram]} gives an empty result. This used to (say a year ago) get me the contents of the buffer I set up earlier. I tried the excursion, manual and wiki but only got very confused. In the past I must have concluded that this should work and apparantly it did. But rereading everything about \reference (wiki gives me many hits and I cannot find the right one) I get completely confused about what \reference exactly does with the second argument. G

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Re: [NTG-context] Beginners tutorial
by Matija Šuklje 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Dne sreda 30. julija 2008 je Willi Egger napisal(a): > So please let me know whether you are interested in a copy, so that I > can place the copy-shop order and start binding ;-) I'd like one (although, sadly, I won't be able to attend the meeting). Another idea would be to get a few more and give them to (technical) libraries. At least the CTK (Central Technical Library) here in Ljubljana would be interested in it. Cheers, Matija -- 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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Creating account on wiki contextgarden
by Mehdi Omidali 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Hi everyone, I want to translate "Context an excursion" to farsi and went to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_on_Excursion,_translations and tried to create an account to be able to access source files. I faced a problem in the "anti automated account creation question" which is something like (23 plus 8) times roman 'C' What must be inserted as the answer to such a problem. I tried everything but no success. Best Wishes.

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Overriding a chapter number
by Gerben Wierda 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

When I compile a chapter of a book separately, I want to override the automatic numbering because otherwise every separate pdf will have chapter 1. So I tried: \doifmode{standalone}{\setuphead[chapter][2]} \chapter[h:foo]{Foo} But the chapter still gets number 1 when I compile with texexec --pdf --mode=standalone c_foo.tex what am I doing wrong here? Thanks, G

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unicode display problem with \pdfannot
by Suman_Tripathy 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Hi, How to display Unicode with \pdfannot ? The normal text is displayed properly with Unicode using Acrobat Reader. I am using pdflatex command to generate pdf. -Suman ________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient/s and may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION. Any review or reliance by others or copying or distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard is appreciated.

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\pdfannot and \tooltip won't work with Chinese
by Suman_Tripathy 29 Jul '08

29 Jul '08

Can I get the .tex file? I am not expert in Latex and not understanding what exactly is the solution. Where is \doPDFinsertcomment defined? -Suman ________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient/s and may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION. Any review or reliance by others or copying or distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by email and delete all copies; your cooperation in this regard is appreciated.

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bib module and hypehnation
by Aditya Mahajan 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Hi, I am using the bib module with ssa style. Quite often while citing articles with long author names, I find author names protruding into the margin. Does bib module not support hyphenating author names, or is something wrong in my setup? Aditya

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End notes and compile per chapter question
by Gerben Wierda 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

I have a book project with a structure I copied a few years ago from some instructional page. The product file looks like this: > \startproduct prd_book > \project project_teoada > > \starttext > \start > \startstandardmakeup \ss > \hairline \start > \switchtobodyfont[20pt]\bf > \leftaligned{Test Project Title}% > \stop \hairline \blank[line]\rightaligned{Gerben Wierda}% > \blank[10cm]\start\leftskip=10cm\hairline\stop > \rightaligned{1995--2006}% > \stopstandardmakeup > \stop > > \startfrontmatter > \completecontent > \component c_foo > \stopfrontmatter > \startbodymatter > \component c_bar > \component c_foobar > \stopbodymatter > \startappendices > \component c_endnotes > \stopappendices > > \stoptext > > \stopproduct My book has per page notes as well as more lengthy end notes which end up in a chapter at the end of the book. c_endnotes.tex looks like this: > \startcomponent c_endnotes > \product prd_book > \project project_teoada > > \starttext > \startbuffer [chapter:quote] > ToDo > \stopbuffer > \chapter[h:endnotes]{Notes} > > \placenotes[endnote] > > \stoptext > > \stopcomponent But I would at this stage like to compile the chapters per chapter. This works, but if I compile c_chapter1.tex, I do not get the endnotes of the chapter. How do I go about it that when compiling per chapter, I get the endnotes for that chapter at the end of that file, while when compiling the entire book they go at the end of the book as they should? Thanks, G

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\blank[inhibit] broken ???
by Steffen Wolfrum 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Hi, looking for a reliable soluion to the problem of keeping section heads with following paragraphs I found the email below from Hans 2003. But using it gives an error (see below): \starttext \definehead[myhead][section] \setuphead[myhead][after={\blank[big]\blank[inhibit]}] \input tufte \par \input knuth \par \input tufte \par \input knuth \par \myhead{Sektion} \index{Index} \subsection{Subsektion} \input knuth \par \stoptext Is "inhibit" broken? Steffen (still on mkii) ------------------------------ ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> i <argument> i nhibit \redoblank ...\else \global \advance \blankskip #1 \relax \fi \fi \fi \dodorepeatwithcommand ...repeatwithcommand [#1]#5 \else \dododorepeatwithcom... \next1 ...lse \dorepeatwithcommand [#1]\redoblank \fi \fi \fi \rawprocesscommaitem ...commalevel \endcsname {#1} \expandafter \rawprocessco... ... l.17 \myhead{Sektion} ? ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Am 10.04.2003 um 18:17 schrieb Hans Hagen: "NTG-context] keep section head with following paragraphs" > At 15:17 09/04/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >> my question: >> how do i make sure that section heads will not be alone at the >> bottom of >> the page, with the following paragraphs at the start of the next >> page? i >> want the section head to stay with the first paragraph (or at least >> the >> first two lines) of the paragraph immediately following the section >> head. > > (1) use the sectioning commands, so > > \definehead[myhead][subsubsection] > \setuphead[myhead][style=bold] > > instead of > > \def\myhead#1{{\bf#1}} > > since the sectioning commands will keep successive heads together as > well > discourage a pagebreak after a head; only lower level heads are kept > together, while sam elevel heads may break (makes sense) > > (2) this game is spoiled when the head is followed by a command like > \blank; a way out can be: > > \setuphead[myhead][after={\blank[big]\blank[inhibit]}] > > another option is: > > \setuphead[myhead][before={\testpage[4]}] > > which will break if there are less than 4 lines left > > Hans > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The > Netherlands > tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf > documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >

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oldstyle numbers and copy pasting from pdf
by Aditya Mahajan 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Hi, I cannot copy oldstyle numbers from a pdf. Consider \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatin,12pt] \setfontfeature{oldstyle} \starttext 12345 \stoptext When I copy from pdf (or run pdftotext) I get   How do I correct this? Aditya

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Passing unicode characters
by Mehdi Omidali 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Hi everyone, Is it possible to pass a character to another in MKIV, I mean, like XeTeX in which one can pass one unicode character to another one (this is done in some mapping files with some lines in it of the form U+0030 <> U+06F0 )

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Fontfeatures and latin script
by Wolfgang Schuster 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Hi Hans, why was 'script=latn' removed from the three predefined fontfeatures default, oldstyle and smallcaps. A lot of fonts (free and commercial) need these features to enable kerning, ligatures and other features. Regards, Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources
by Alan Stone 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

>Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:56:53 +0200 >From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> >To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > >> re: http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals/context/ > >> > >> I've downloaded all files from the above directory to a > >> separate folder on my PC and am trying to compile the > >> screen version of the english context manual with > >> > >> texmfstart texexec --pdf --mode=screen cont-en.tex > >> > >> Is that the correct command ? I'm receiving compile > >> errors (log file in attachement). > > > > Comment the fourth line in layo-02.tex, as the error message > > says the command \interfacetranslationtrue is not defined. > >that part of the style is kind of low level; the interfase stuff is now >xml bases so there is no need for dirtuy hacks any more (overloads and >such); i have a better version here (will upload it at some point); Where can the updated version be downloaded please ? Thanks, Alan >----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 >----------------------------------------------------------------- >___________________________________________________________________________________ >If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an >entry to the Wiki! > >maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net >archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ >wiki : http://contextgarden.net >___________________________________________________________________________________

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Indenting / small paper size / strange paragraph cutting
by Olivier Guéry 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

Hello, I got my Sony prs 505 ebook reader last week… Nice machine. I tried to set-up one of my favorite book to be read on this. Here are the specials part : — Page size : 120mm x 90 mm — margins : 3mm up/down and 2mm left/right (could be 1mm, in fact) Here are the links to the .tex and .pdf files. Here are my problems : — I can't set the space before my section number : in line 38 : \setuphead[section][style=tfc, numberstyle=bold, before={\blank[3*big]}, alternative=middle] everithing work but the « before » section — still can't have automatic indent after section. I need to force it using « \indentation » (line 47) — look at the end of the first page : there's a big gap. Don't know why. It's in the middle of a sentence, and the paragraph is big after. — at the end of the second page, third line before the end, the « dans » is in the margin. I can't hyphenate this word. I woud prefer having bigger white spaces rather than this. — on page 3, before « Une horloge » I can't have indentation after \crlf. I used a « \packed » command after empty line but it's not what I want. I want a new line, with indentation but not a « \par » vertical spacing. Sorry for this 3 pages exemple. It was hard to do less (but now you have the begining of the french translation of « Stirrings Still » from Samuel Beckett). Olivier. http://nemolivier.free.fr/Soubresauts-prs-small.pdf http://nemolivier.free.fr/Soubresauts-prs-small.tex PS : the new firmware for the sony PRS 505 allow to use .epub files. It's a realy good news : this is an open-source format ! A chance for us to avoid the mp3 mess. I hope context can be used to produce them one time. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] http://nemolivier.blogspot.com

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Bibliography Module -- footnote/endnote citation style possible?
by Michael Hofer 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

Hi! Is there a possibility to use footnotes or endnotes with the citation system of the bib module? I didn't find anything about that topic in the mailing list archive, Context wiki or module documentation. Thanks. Best regards, michael.

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hiding content
by Alan Stone 27 Jul '08

27 Jul '08

Re: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20050707.214524.2b87e5f1.en.html Mojca asked... >Is there a way to somehow > >\starthidden >... >\stophidden, > >which would leave exactly the same amount of blank space as if the >content would be typeset? What's the current status on this issue ? Alan

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MetaPost graphics within formulas
by Oliver Buerschaper 26 Jul '08

26 Jul '08

Hi there, maths can sometimes be weird and even more so the kinds of formulas one needs to typeset occasionally ;-) So here I need to typeset triangles and a variety of other polygons right in the middle of a display formula. What I've been able to come up with so far is something like this: --- \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{tetrahedral} u := 10pt; draw (0,0)--(2u,0)--(u,sqrt(3)*u)--cycle; \stopuseMPgraphic \startformula \Phi(\useMPgraphic{tetrahedral})=F_{kln}^{ijm}\,v_iv_jv_kv_l\, \delta_{j^*nk^*}\,\delta_{l^*n^*i^*}\,\Phi(\emptyset) \stopformula \stoptext --- Now if I only knew how to properly align my MetaPost figure with the rest of the formula … any ideas? Cheerio, Oliver

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Warnock Pro, Chaparral Pro, Jenson Pro and Myriad Pro
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi, 1. Does anyone have the typescripts for these fonts with or without the opticals? 2. Has anyone come across a guide for installing the optical versions of Warnock, Chaparral and Jenson thanks Mohamed Bana

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Another typographic crime case
by Piotr Kopszak 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hello list, Due to scarcity of decent free fonts containing cyrillic characters I was contemplating mixing two different fonts of which "font a" would be used only for latin letters and "font b" containing missing unicode characters would be used only for the ones missing in "font a". Is it feasible in Mark IV? Piotr -- -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://okle.pl

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centered frame centered ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi, the content is centered, but how do I center the frame: \showframe \starttext \setupframed[frame=on,before= \vskip5cm,location=center,align=middle,width=0.8\textwidth,offset=0pt] \framed{„Wir müssen für die Freiheit planen und nicht für die Sicherheit, wenn auch vielleicht aus keinem anderen Grund als dem, dass nur die Freiheit die Sicherheit sichern kann.“{\blank[3pt]} \it{Karl Popper}} \stoptext Steffen

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startbodymatter question
by Alan Stone 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hi, How do you get rid of the doublesided document's page number on the blank page inserted after the last chapter ? Alan ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.10 08:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.10 int: english/english texmfstart texexec --lua test.tex --- start of code --- \setuppapersize [A4][A4] %\setuppagenumbering[alternative=singlesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \definepagebreak[myChapterPageBreak][yes,header,footer,right] \setuphead[chapter][page=myChapterPageBreak] \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \setupheader[state=stop] \setupfooter[state=stop] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setupheader[state=start] \setupfooter[state=start] \stopsectionblockenvironment \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] % doesn't make a difference \startsectionblockenvironment[backpart] \setupheader[state=stop] \setupfooter[state=stop] \stopsectionblockenvironment \starttext \startstandardmakeup Title \blank[3*big] Author \stopstandardmakeup \startfrontmatter Table of Contents \blank[3*big] \placecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter 1} \section{Section 1.1} \input knuth \blank \input knuth \blank \input knuth \section{Section 1.2} \input tufte \blank \input tufte \blank \input tufte \section{Section 1.3} \input zapf \blank \input zapf \blank \input zapf \chapter{Chapter 2} \section{Section 2.1} \input knuth \blank \input knuth \blank \input knuth \section{Section 2.2} \input tufte \blank \input tufte \blank \input tufte \section{Section 2.3} \input zapf \blank \input zapf \blank \input zapf \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter back cover \stopbackmatter \stoptext --- end of code ---

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smultron editor with ConTeXt also usable with MacTeX-TL?
by Joachim Kreimer-de Fries 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Dag ok, ConTeXt-garden suggests to use Smultron editor with Minimal-ConTeXt installation - http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ ConTeXt_Minimals#Smultron_installation_and_configuration and gives some information about how to configure Smultron to work as an editor for ConTeXt. Question: Might it be worthwile to use Smultron (instead of TeXShop) as editor also with the Mac-TeX-TL installation which I have? Then, how to adjust the configuration of Smultron in that case, _instead_ of the following for Minimal-ConTeXt (quoted from that instruction): ---------------------------------------- 4. Create a new command by pressing the "New Command" button and type a name (e.g. "minimalsTexexec"). Then, write in the text field at the bottom: #!/bin/sh cd /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ . /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals/tex cd %%d texexec %%p ---------------------------------------- As far as I'm able to look after it, my TeXLife installation is located in: /usr/local/texlive/2007 with ConTeXt scripts in: /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context But I don't dare to adapt the Smultron configuration above without confirmation or alternative instruction ... Or have I to decide wether to continue to use ConTeXt in MacTeX- TeXLife with TeXShop _OR_ to install Minimal-ConTeXt and use it with Smultron? Goutgaun! joachim -- Kreimer-de Fries

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Bug in \underbar ?
by luigi scarso 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Sorry for this innacurate email, but I'm seeing something strange with \underbar. I'm using columnset with 2 columns, and \underbar appear in a \section head customization. luatex --vers This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.29.0-2008072308 ConTeXt ver: 2008.05.21 15:21 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.23 int: english/english ASAP I will made an example. -- luigi

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\index versus makeindex.
by John Culleton 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Usually I use makeindex for indexing but for my current job I thought the Context \index command would be convenient. However I discovered that the \index command does not provide for page ranges. If I index the same item on pages 46, 47, 48, and 49 makeindex will collapse this into a range of 46-49. Context won't. I looked at the book.tuo file but it does not look like something I can hand-modify. Is there a work-around I have missed or must I revert to makeindex to get a proper index? I am ccing Hans because my posts don't seem to make their way to the list for some reason. Perhaps Comcast has torpedoed me once again. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

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all about \about
by John Culleton 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

The \about cross reference command woks ok if I use \about[aa] It delivers the title (or part of it in this case) of the section marked aa. but when I try to give it some text it blows up on the text, e.g., \about{foo}[aa] So what if anything goes between the { and the }? What purpose do they serve? -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

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Footnotes
by Ulrich Dirr 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Hi, I'm recently testing mkiv/luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.18 18:38 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.19 installed; compiling with 'context file') for a new project. I don't know if my questions depend on mkii or mkiv specifics. I have some problems figuring out what kind of parameters I can use to setup footnotes in a multicolumn layout (is it better to use column sets and define areas?). When I'm using location=lastcolumn then footnotes get placed in the last column *inside* the text column while when using firstcolumn as an option they will be placed below the first column but outside the text column at the end of the page. And both columns don't get balanced. How can I get two text columns balanced and footnotes place on the last column at the end of the page? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To illustrate what I want (x=text, m=footnote text): A) If the page is 'full' xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. nnnnnnnnnnn xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2. nnnnnnnnnnn xxxxxxxxxxxxxx nnnnnnnnnnnnnn B) If the page is only partially filled: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1. nnnnnnnnnnn 2. nnnnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - How can I get footnote numbers aligned with the left margin of the text/column block (margindistance=0em doesn't help)? Footnotes should run as a 'normal' paragraph (no hanging). I'm also quiet lost what options I can set with \setupfootnotes, because they are not explained in the manual (ma-cb-en-print.pdf, p. 46; cont-eni.pdf, p. 101) ... My test file looks like this: \setuplayout[grid=yes] \setupbodyfont [9pt] \setupfootnotes[location=lastcolumn,rule=off,numbercommand=\myfootnotenumber ] \def\myfootnotenumber#1{#1. } \starttext \startcolumns[n=2,tolerance=verytolerant] Hasselt is an old Hanseatic City, situated 12~km north of Zwolle at the river Zwartewater. The city has a long history since obtaining the city charter around 1252. Part and parcel of this history can be traced back to a large number of monuments to be admired in the city center.\footnote{Erste Fußnote!} There you will find the St. Stephanus church, a late gothic church dating back to 1479 with a magnificent organ. The former Municipal Building is situated on The Market Place. Constituted between 1500\footnote{Zweite Fußnote! Die kommt immer nach der ersten Fußnote und ist manchmal viel zu lang.} Hello World! \stopcolumns \stoptext Best regards, Ulrich P.S. the notepad++/context support seems broken with notepad++ v.5.00. I got TeX as a language but no menu entries for compiling ...

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Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]
by Alan Stone 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

> \starttypescript[myFonts] > \definetypeface [mySerifFont] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] > \definetypeface [mySansFont] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] > \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myFonts] \definetypeface [myFonts] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] \definetypeface [myFonts] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] \stoptypescript You need the same name for both typefaces. Are you sure ? This works though... \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \starttypescript [serif] [mySerifFont] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontRegular] [name:Times New Roman] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontItalic] [name:Times New Roman Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontBold] [name:Times New Roman Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySerifFontBoldItalic] [name:Times New Roman Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [mySerifFont] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [mySerifFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [mySerifFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [mySerifFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [mySerifFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [mySansFont] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontRegular] [name:Arial] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontItalic] [name:Arial Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontBold] [name:Arial Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [mySansFontBoldItalic] [name:Arial Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [mySansFont] \setups[font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [mySansFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [mySansFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [mySansFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [mySansFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myFonts] \definetypeface [mySerifFont] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] \definetypeface [mySansFont] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myFonts] \setupbodyfont[mySerifFont,12pt] \definefont[myChapterFont][mySansFontRegular sa 1.728] \setuphead[chapter][style=\mySansFont\myChapterFont] \starttext \chapter{chapter test} \section{section test} text test \stoptext Alan

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Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]
by Alan Stone 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

> (1) \definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFont sa 1.728] >You could either use a real font name like 'Arial' or a symbolic name >defined with \definefontsynonym like 'Serif', 'SerifBold', 'Sans', >'Dummy-Regular' etc. in the second argument of \definefont but not >the name for a font collection defined with \definetype, in your case >\definefont[myChapterFont][Sans sa 1.728] >or >\definefont[myChapterFont][DummyRegular sa 1.728] So ( and considering the example at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Chapters_headers ) I tried... \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontRegular] [name:Times New Roman] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontItalic] [name:Times New Roman Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontBold] [name:Times New Roman Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontBoldItalic] [name:Times New Roman Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [myBodyFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [myBodyFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [myBodyFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [myBodyFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myBodyFont] \definetypeface [myBodyFont] [rm] [serif] [myBodyFont] [default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myHeadingsFont] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontRegular] [name:Arial] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontItalic] [name:Arial Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontBold] [name:Arial Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [myHeadingsFontBoldItalic] [name:Arial Bold Italic] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [myHeadingsFont] \setups[font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [myHeadingsFontRegular] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [myHeadingsFontItalic] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [myHeadingsFontBold] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [myHeadingsFontBoldItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [myHeadingsFont] \definetypeface [myHeadingsFont] [ss] [sans] [myHeadingsFont] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[myBodyFont] \usetypescript[myHeadingsFont] \setupbodyfont[myBodyFont,12pt] % this works: body font displays in the correct font %\definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFontRegular sa 1.728] % compile error at line 51: WHY ? \definefont[myChapterFont][Arial sa 1.728] % only this works: WHY ? %\definefont[myChapterFont][Sans sa 1.728] % defaults to default LM font for line 51: WHY ? %\setuphead[chapter][style=myChapterFont] \setuphead[chapter][style=\myChapterFont] \starttext \chapter{chapter test} % line 51 \section{section test} text test \stoptext Many thanks in advance for your enlightening help. Alan

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\startfrontmatter & Co.
by Alan Stone 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

On page 17, the ConTeXt manual mentions the commands \startfrontmatter - \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter - \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter - \stopbackmatter What's the precise use and benefit of these commands, other a cleaner project structure ? Alan

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greek again
by cidadaum＠sapo.pt 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

I am trying to use the greek module. It is installed but all I can get is greek without diacritics. Here is the log file: adsm@adsm:~> more greek_exp.log This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2008.7.20 ) 21 JUL 2008 00:04 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **greek_exp.tex emergencyend (./greek_exp.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2008.7.20 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex \boislevel=\count210 (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- > 13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 > sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout3 = `greek_exp.tui'. system : greek_exp.top loaded (./greek_exp.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex \everygoto=\toks326 \PDFsymbolbox=\box157 \everyPDFxform=\toks327 (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded \everyPDFximage=\toks328 \PDFcurrenttransparency=\count211 ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `greek_exp-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are disabled (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) system : module ancientgreek not found (./greek_exp.tuo systems : possible problem with 8 bit output ) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./greek_exp.tuo) (./greek_exp.tuo) (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) systems : begin file greek_exp at line 5 ! Undefined control sequence. l.7 \localgreek {?????????? ???? ??? ??? ?????... ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.11 \startgreek ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.18 ...??? ??? ?? ????.\stopgreek (I, 1, 16) ? fonts : resetting map file list {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public-lm.map} fonts : using map file: ec-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map} fonts : using map file: lm-ec {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-ec.map} fonts : using map file: 8r-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/8r-base.map} fonts : using map file: t5-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} [1.1] systems : end file greek_exp at line 20 system : cont-err loaded (/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-err.tex systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 1480 strings out of 57406 26919 string characters out of 539334 4598521 words of memory out of 5526669 41204 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 74872 words of font info for 37 fonts, out of 1200000 for 2000 192 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 47i,18n,60p,264b,471s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,5000s {/media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-rep-cmrm.enc}{/media/Te XLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/lm-ec.enc}</media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dis t/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi12.pfb></media/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/ public/lm/lmr12.pfb> Output written on greek_exp.pdf (1 page, 35542 bytes). PDF statistics: 23 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607) 15 compressed objects within 1 object stream 0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 131072) 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000) Thanks for your help Armando

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Problem in arabic script
by Mehdi Omidali 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

I use context+luatex to write farsi texts. A problem that I have been faced is that some characters (those that are in farsi and not in arabic like "Gaf", "Kaf", "Ya" and "Che") are shown only in isolated form. How can I solve this problem. I use ubuntu and latest context and luatex. Thanks

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MinionPro Opticals
by Ulrich Dirr 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Hi, does there exist a package (typescript) for Adobe's MinionPro (with optical)? By now I've used LaTeX for MinionPro because of the MinionPro package which has a lot of features ... How can I define a command for setting text in small caps with some user defined tracking value? Best regards, Ulrich

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last beta and mkiv
by Wolfgang Schuster 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Hi Hans, the last beta is not working on my Mac in MkIV mode. It start with the problem that context.tex is not found but this is related to luat-inp.lua, I tried it with the file from the last beta and context.tex is now found. Generating the format is nevertheless not possible. Wolfgang

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TUG 2008
by Taco Hoekwater 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Hi all, For those of you have not aware of this yet: in a few hours Hans and me will leave for TUG 2008 in Cork, Ireland. Partly because of a busy programme but mostly because the internet connectivity at Cork appears to be less than perfect, we probably won't be able to answer any questions (or at least with considerable delay) for the next five or six days. Best wishes, Taco

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Highlight changes
by John Devereux 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Hi, Is there a way to automatically "highlight changes" to a document, such that the resulting PDF has markers showing changed areas? Bars in the margin or some such. Or more generally some other way to easily communicate what has been changed (other than a diff on the source). -- John Devereux

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Bibliography Module -- Footnote/Endnote citation possible?
by Michael Hofer 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Hi! Is there a possibility to use footnotes or endnotes with the citation system of the bib module? I didn't found anything about that topic in the mailing list archive, Context wiki or module documentation. Thanks. Best regards, michael.

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Palatino, smallcaps, and oldstyle.
by Aditya Mahajan 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Hi, Something is wrong with palatino smallcaps and oldstyle. The attached image shows the output of the following test file. \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \setfontfeature{oldstyle} \starttext Definition \smallcaps{Definition} \stoptext Aditya

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setupMMLappearance
by Duncan Hothersall 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Hello. I am used to using \setupMMLappearance[mtable][alternative=a|b|c] to change the way the mathml module treats mtable alignments. I've just discovered it no longer seems to have any effect. What I need to set up is an alignment where the first column of an mtable is right-aligned (ragged left), the second is centred, and the third is left-aligned (ragged right). But I keep getting the first column left-aligned, which makes multi-line equations look awful. Is there a new mechanism for setting these alignments? It looked like it from reading newmml, but there don't seem to be any examples of usage. Can someone help? Secondary question: how can I increase the gap between rows in an mtable - at the moment they are very squashed. Sample code follows - produces ugly output on the garden: \usemodule[newmml] \setupMMLappearance[mtable][alternative=b] \starttext \startXMLdata <formula><math><mtable><mtr><mtd><mfrac><mrow><mtext>Average inventory</mtext></mrow><mrow><mtext>Cost of sales</mtext></mrow></mfrac><mo>×</mo><mspace width="0.35em"/><mtext>365</mtext></mtd><mtd><mo>=</mo></mtd><mtd><mtext>average number of days to turn inventory into sales</mtext></mtd></mtr><mtr><mtd><mfrac><mrow><mtext>£305</mtext></mrow><mrow><mtext>£1,830</mtext></mrow></mfrac><mo>×</mo><mspace width="0.35em"/><mtext>365</mtext></mtd><mtd><mo>=</mo></mtd><mtd><mtext>60.83 days</mtext></mtd></mtr></mtable></math></formula> \stopXMLdata \stoptext I'm using mk II. Thanks very much, Duncan

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Indexing problem solved. Makeindex works with Context!
by John Culleton 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

I discovered an old file in the texsis distribution called index.tex. Unlike eplain.tex it doesn't cause problems when used with Context. It creates the book.idx file required by makeindex. Now the full range of features of makeindex are available to Context users. The only change needed is trivial, in every \index statement change the + sign to ! and of course run makeindex between Context runs. This solution is simple enough and adds enough power to Context that I suggest it be incorporated into the texexec program. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of eplain but it has enough to produce a professional index. And since that is part of my business I welcome it. For a book named book.tex here is all that is required today: \input index.tex %This overwrites the Context \index macro .... \index{main item!secondary item} %two level item ... \idx{resorted item@``resorted item''} %prints index item in quotes ... \input book.ind %prints index I haven't checked out all the other extra features, such as putting proof marks in the margin, but the above is sufficient for starters. -- John Culleton Precision Typesetting Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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minimals & TeX Live 2008
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Hello, I would like to ask some Windows user to test if windows minimals still work OK. And another issue - TeX Live has switched to universal binaries for Mac. Oliver has asked me to do that some time ago, but I didn't want to mess up with having to (cross-)compile the basic binaries as well. What do others think? (I kind of prefer separate binaries since they are twice smaller and don't really bring many advantages except that one would only need a single package once Oliver's instller comes to existance.) The transition would need some modifications, I'm first asking for opinion. Mojca

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Metapost beta 1.090 released
by Taco Hoekwater 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Hi all, I have just released the archive files for MetaPost 1.090, the first official beta for the new stable version of MetaPost. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This MetaPost release is based on MPlib. For those of you who are not aware of the MPlib project yet: MPlib is the name of the new, revamped version of the MetaPost interpreter. It is implemented in Cweb, and internally consists of a core library, an mpx generation library, and a frontend driver program (mpost). There are no changes to the MetaPost language, but nevertheless there are some minor differences with the last pascal-web based version of MetaPost (1.005): * The MPlib distribution is released under the GPL version 2 or, at your option, any later version. * The commandline is slightly different, run mpost --help for details. * The mem file format is changed, you have to regenerate any existing ones. * The new mpx generation library includes the label generation functionality that was previously provided by 'makempx', and this internal code will be used instead of an external program. That is, unless the MPXCOMMAND variable is set in the environment or texmf.cnf. The 'mpware' programs became obsolete and are no longer included in the distribution. * Most of the memory configuration variables from texmf.cnf have become obsolete due to dynamic reallocation. The four remaining ones are 'main_memory', 'hash_size', 'max_in_open', 'param_size'. These are only taken into account at mem generation time, the values are stored in and reloaded from the mem file. * The core MPlib library does not interpret an initial '&' as anything special and it does not support re-initialization using a different mem file either. The command line program mpost _does_ interpret '&' as an alias for the -mem switch to preserve (some) compatility. * The MPlib distribution includes lua script language bindings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can get the sources and a cross-compiled mingw binary for Win32 from the usual place: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=13&release_id=309 Have fun, Taco

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inter-word spacing (initials)
by Alan Bowen 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

My original query has generated some interesting sidelines but no solution, at least none that I can see. So, with all due apologies, I shall presume on your patience by restating my query. In (English) typography the spacing after a period within a sentence is less that that after a period at the end of a sentence. Since the days of Plain TeX, one achieved the proper spacing after an intra- sentence period by entering “.\<space>”. My problem is that this no longer seems to work with recent versions of ConTeXt/MKII: “.\<space>” does not seem to have any effect at all. So, how are we now to get the proper spacing after an intra-sentence period? Are there some language/spacing commands that need to be invoked in the prelims now? Sample text: \starttext A. E. Samuels and other scholars. The community of time{-}keepers. A.\ E.\ Samuels and other scholars. The community of time{-}keepers. \stoptext Alan

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inter-word spacing (initials)
by Alan Bowen 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by typing “.\<space>”, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the inter-word spacing in \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel \stoptext If the is a difference here, I am having trouble seeing it; and on a typeset page, the gaps after the initials just seem too big. In general, I find that the spacing after certain characters ---e.g., “)”---has been increased of late. Is this in fact the case? Or should I go back to my old glasses? Cheers, Alan

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PPCHTEX: Reaction troubles
by per.maier 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

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installing fonts
by Jörg Hagmann 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Hi, after watching the list for some time, I decided to try luatex. On ubuntu, I installed the minimals as indicated in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals (in my home folder) A simple testfile works with "texmfstart texexec file" (Mk II) and "context file" (Mk IV). I then tried to install fonts I use frequently (LinLibertine and Gentium). I created a "texmf-local" folder and mirrored my previous installation, i.e.: texmf-local/fonts/truetype/sil/gentium texmf-local/fonts/tfm/sil/gentium texmf-local/fonts/vf/sil/gentium texmf-local/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-sil-... texm-local/tex/context/base/type-... Then: mktexlsr Result: font not used (with texmfstart texexec file) I then tried other commands (without expecting much), namely: mtxrun --selfupdate luatools --selfupdate luatools --generate mtxrun --script font --reload again, without effect. I then copied everything into texmf-context and executed the above commands. Without effect. Before I provide more details, these questions: 1. I created texmf-local in the hope that it will survive updates. Is this so? 2. Shouldn't mktexlsr be enough, if you use Mk II? I used this method of copying fonts from one installation to another before. 3. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks for answers, Jörg

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\setuphheadertexts for titles.
by John Culleton 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Here is my current \setupheadertexts \setupheadertexts[text] [chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][Don't Leave Your Company's Money on the Table] It works fine for chapters. I have a few titles that I want to have running heads for also, such as Preface, Introduction and so on. I tried using a special \setupheadertexts locally with the entire text enclosed in brackets thus: {\setupheadertexts[text] [Introduction][pagenumber][pagenumber][Don't Leave Your Company's Money on the Table] (text) ... } but that didn't work. Changing the second field to {chapter,title] just gave me the words "chapter,title". Somehow there must be a way to change the current chapter marking but I can't figure it out. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

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ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKIV
by Willi Egger 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Hi LUA-users, Yesterday I installed a complete new set of minimals on my MAC (OSX 10.4). Now I get very strange results wit MATPOST. The file compiled contains a large definition which is used as an inclusion to produce a series of similar drawings with different parameters. When compiling the document with texexec --lua the fist page is ok. The second and the following pages contain each page all the previous drawings on top of each other. If the same drawing-set is compiled with texexec in MKII mode (This is MetaPost, version 1.085 (kpathsea version 3.5.6dev), some elements are distorted. It concerns elements, which are rotated and shifted. The fullcircle contained in the drawing is distorted too. Further also this document contains on the second and following pages the drawings from the previous pages stacked. This file compiles correctly with This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont- en 2008.3.21) 16 JUL 2008 14:38 ConTeXt ver: 2008.03.11 23:55 MKII fmt: 2008.3.21 int: english/ english I tried to make a small test file. However this did not show the problem described above. For someone who want to test I can provide the source and my pdfs offline. Willi

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inter-word spacing (initials)
by Alan Bowen 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by typing “.\<space>”, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the inter-word spacing in \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel \stoptext If the is a difference here, I am having trouble seeing it; and on a typeset page, the gaps after the initials just seem too big. In general, I find that the spacing after certain characters ---e.g., “)”---has been increased of late. Is this in fact the case? Or should I go back to my old glasses? Cheers, Alan

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Latest beta + LuaTeX
by Otared Kavian 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear magicians, I just updated to the latest betas (ConTeXt and LuaTeX taken on svn://scm.foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex and I tried to build luatex on my machine (MacBook Pro under Mac OS X 10.5.4): everything goes fine, the binary is there, that is in trunk/build/texk/web2c/luatex but trying to make the formats (as I did usually thanks to the directives given by Thomas Schmitz), I get an error message saying this: ! Emergency stop. \lastexpanded ->\endtemplate \global \everyloadluacode {} \ctxluabyteload ..."#2" } \stopruntimectxluacode } \ctxlua { lua.bytedata[\th... \registerctxluafile ...se \ctxluabyteload {#1}{#2} \fi \global \everyloadluac... l.165 \registerctxluafile{luat-env}{1.001} mkiv lua stats : used config path - /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/ web2c/texmf.cnf mkiv lua stats : used cache path - /tmp mkiv lua stats : input load time - 0.067 seconds mkiv lua stats : current memory usage - 6144468 bytes mkiv lua stats : node memory usage - 18 glue_spec, 1 if_stack, 1 dir However ConTeXt mkii works fine. Since I don't use yet extensively mkiv, I am just reporting the issue to inform the community. With my best regards: OK

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fonts (in luatex) (again)
by Andrea Valle 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Following Wolfgang's advice (thanks) I have followed the delicious thread. So I have 1. downloaded the fonts and installed automatically via macosx Fontbook app (they are available in my system) 2. I have created a file named type-delicious.tex containing: \starttypescript [sans] [delicious] \setups[font:fallback:sans] \definefontsynonym [Sans] [Delicious-Regular] \definefontsynonym [SansItalic] [Delicious-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SansBold] [Delicious-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SansBoldItalic] [Delicious-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SansCaps] [Delicious-Caps] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [delicious] \definefontsynonym [Delicious-Regular] [name:Delicious-Roman] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [Delicious-Italic] [name:Delicious-Italic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [Delicious-Bold] [name:Delicious-Bold] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [Delicious-BoldItalic] [name:Delicious-BoldItalic] [features=default] \definefontsynonym [Delicious-Caps] [name:Delicious-SmallCaps] [features=default] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [delicious] \definetypeface [delicious] [ss] [sans] [delicious] [default] \stoptypescript (which I do not understand: but that's another story) I have saved the file under the same folder of tex file I'm working at 3. then I have called: context --generate 4. In my tex file I have added: \usetypefile [delicious] \usetypescript[delicious] \setupbodyfont[delicious] 5. while compiling I'm having a problem with delicious. Log attached ? Thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- 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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