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Re: [NTG-context] table of contents and bookmarks issue
by Alan Stone 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Got fed up with context/xetex... Compiled with texmfstart texexec --lua instead and as expected (from a previous thread) bookmarks are scrambled when using accented (french) characters. Hope this (luatex) issue will be resolved very soon. Thanks for the backward compatibility though. Didn't have to change a single line of code. Hyperlink/bookmark jumps are a better, however... Can they be made so that they go to and include the corresponding chapter/section title, instead of jumping underneath them when in "single page continuous + page width" mode ? It works that way with word/openoffice generated pdfs. Thanks on beforehand, Alan

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active characters in mkiv (and mkii)
by Thomas A. Schmitz 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi all, I would like to make the exclamation mark active within my Greek environment; it should remain a normal letter outside of these commands and environments. (Why? Exclamation marks aren't used in Greek, and in mkii, I had mapped it to the sublinear dot which is used for epigraphical and papyrological texts.) In pdf(e)tex, Hans wrote this macro for me: \long\def\rescanwithsetup#1#2% {{\directsetup{#1}\scantokens{#2\ignorespaces}}} but I'm not sure how to have a similar thing for mkiv (and ! is special anyway, so I'm running into trouble here...). Any pointers? Or is this a bad idea, and I should look for other solutions? Thanks Thomas

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Word-to-LaTex on linux?
by Piotr Kopszak 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Dear list, Has anyone had any success running Word-to-Latex converter, mentioned on contextgarden, on linux? In theory it should be possible using wine and winetricks. Piotr -- -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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Re: [NTG-context] Fedora 9 (Linux) Installation
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Ok the test document (first.tex) compiles, great! But I can't seem to install fonts. $ texfont --ve=microsoft --co=consolas --makepath --install TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 processing aborted : unknown tex root --help : show some more info > Does (or rather "did") this even work in the old minimal distribution? > I think that I had to CD to $HOME/tex and source setuptex from there. I don't quiet understand what you mean. Could someone please just update that wiki page, running into issues like these really does eat up ones time. Thanks alot On Jul 7 2008, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > abbg770(a)city.ac.uk wrote: > >> > >> a. source ~/.context_env $PWD/tex => results in nothing. > > > > What happens if you run the following command manually? > > > > $ source $(HOME)/tex/setuptex $(HOME)/tex > > > > (assuming you unpacked directly in your home) > > Does (or rather "did") this even work in the old minimal distribution? > I think that I had to CD to $HOME/tex and source setuptex from there. > > Mojca > > PS: these big zips are (or at least used to be) a bit outdated. A > slightly newer (unofficial) version is here: > http://minimals.contextgarden.net/pragma/ > http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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mplib problems
by Peter Rolf 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

hi, does this error message ring a bell? same problem with luatex 0.27 and 0.28 using the latest beta. mkii works ok. [..] ! LuaTeX error r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua:92: bad argument #-1 to 'pen_info' (MPlib.gr expected, got table) stack traceback: [C]: in function 'pen_info' r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua:92: in function 'pen_characteristics' r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua:296: in function 'flush' r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pdf.lua:45: in function 'convert' r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-run.lua:255: in function 'process' r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-pps.lua:719: in function 'graphic_base_pass' r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mlib-ctx.lua:19: in function 'graphic' <main ctx instance>:1: in main chunk. \processMPgraphic ...alizations ;#1;\!!es , "" ) } \else \ctxlua { metapost.g... \handleuniqueMPgraphic ... {\processMPgraphic {#3} }\setxvalue {\@@MPG \overl... \douniqueMPgraphic ...#1][#2]\getvalue {\@@MPG #1} \empty \elabelgroup \executedefinedoverlay ...x {\the \everyoverlay #2 }}\setbox \scratchbox \hbo... \next4 ...d {\??ov \currentbackground }\donothing }}}\wd \extraframebox \zer... \rawprocesscommaitem ...commalevel \endcsname {#1} \expandafter \rawprocessco... ... [..] i also have some problems with endless loops here. luatex (>=0.27) runs wild, comsuming one cpu and memory; no error messages or logging. as i have currently no time, i simply switched back to an older version. 0.25.3 works ok, but has a problem with drawing small line widths (seems to be fixed in 0.28). sorry, no time for digging any deeper. regards, peter

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modules for TeX Live 2008
by Mojca Miklavec 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hello, Which modules are needed for TeX Live 2008? Here's some list (that Hans sent me some time ago): http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/modules/ (t-tikz should not be included, and ) while all the modules are listed here: http://modules.contextgarden.net/ I guess that at least taspresentation and t-letter should be added to the list? Maybe rsteps as well? Mojca

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table of contents and bookmarks issue
by Alan Stone 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi, When compiling the same source but with different compiler options... (1) compiled with texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf test.tex (2) compiled with texmfstart texexec --xtx test.tex or texmfstart texexec --xetex test.tex All hyperlinks ( table of contents and bookmarks ) jump to the correct position for (1). For (2), in all other view modes, single or a combined, other than "single page view", like for ex. "single page continuous + fit width" mode, the hyperlinks jump to the incorrect position, mostly the page before or after the one whereto it should jump to. Any idea how to prevent this behavior when compiling with xetex ? Thanks, Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and type1 fonts: help
by Hans Hagen 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Vladimiro Sassone wrote: > On 7 Jul 2008, at 09:57, Hans Hagen wrote: >> you need to load map files, for instance >> >> \loadmapfile[original-youngryu-tx.map] >> \loadmapfile[original-youngryu-px.map] >> >> and some >> >> \loadmapfile [....-bh-lucida.map] > > In the tex file? Or in some configuration file? in your style ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and type1 fonts: help
by Hans Hagen 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Vladimiro Sassone wrote: > http://www.eatcs.org/bulletin.. nice showcase ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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trouble with typing in luatex
by Jesse Alama 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

The following example doesn't work: <-[snip]---------------------> \setuptyping[numbering=line] \starttext \starttyping hello \stoptyping \stoptext <-[snip]---------------------- The problem: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \number \linenumber \setxtypingparameter ...lass \currenttyping #1}{#2 } \nododowithbuffer ...yping_")}\endofverbatimlines \getvalue {\strippedcsname... l.5 \stoptyping ? What might be going on? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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Custom letter head
by Oliver Buerschaper 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Dear Wolfgang, I was wondering how I could place a simple MetaPost graphic into the head area of a letter, next to the address data. I know the manual says you're going to write this and similar things up soon … could you still give me a sneak peek as where to look at and what to modify? All I need is a quick adaption that works for now … Many thanks, Oliver

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Re: [NTG-context] Fedora 9 (Linux) Installation
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi Hans, It still fails :| with; [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file first.top TeXExec | using randomseed 265 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.05476 The output of running texexec --make $ texexec --make TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | updating file database mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format mptopdf ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | generating mps format metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INIMP) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/metafun.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-tool.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-spec.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-core.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-page.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-text.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-txts.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-shap.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-butt.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-char.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-step.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grph.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-figs.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grid.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-form.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/marith.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)))) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-func.mp) ) Beginning to dump on file metafun.mem (mem=metafun 2008.7.7) at most 3039 strings of total length 40264 48346 memory locations dumped; current usage is 12622&35523 1762 symbolic tokens Transcript written on metafun.log. TeXExec | TeXExec | tex engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | mps engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | TeXExec | mps: 07/07/2008 00:32:13 > /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/metafun.mem (481600) TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 0.246742 On Jul 6 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: > abbg770(a)city.ac.uk wrote: > > Still fails with the same error; > > > > [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex > > TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' > > TeXExec | no ctx file found > > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > > TeXExec | TeX run 1 > > TeXExec | writing option file first.top > > TeXExec | using randomseed 1222 > > TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex > > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > \write18 enabled. > > > > > > > > (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) > > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: > > /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: > > No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. > > I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.142191 > > what happens if you run > > texexec --make > > (makes the formats) > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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Locating files
by Diego Depaoli 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

I apologize in advance for my trivial questions, but... there is a command/way to set the PATHS where ConTeXt can search for \input files? Regards -- Diego Depaoli

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install PGF/Tikz for ConTeXt minimals
by Aric Bills 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hello, I just installed ConTeXt Minimals under SuSE Linux 11. I'd like to install PGF/Tikz; I've downloaded version 2.0 and un-tarred it, but I have no idea where to copy the files to or what command to issue (a la texhash) to make ConTeXt aware of them. Any directions on how to proceed would be much appreciated! Aric

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trouble starting context
by Jesse Alama 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

I just downloaded the TeXLive 2008 developer snapshot and wanted to try out LuaTeX. Unfortunately, I can't even get started: $ context dissertation.tex MtxRun | unknown script: context I ran luatools --generate before doing this. What's odd is that mtx-context can be found: $ luatools mtx-context.lua LuaTools | error unable to locate texmfcnf.lua LuaTools | loading configuration for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/ae181585be5454a57ae25fb95c3ccbef LuaTools | locating list of /Users/alama/.texlive2008/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /Users/alama/.texlive2008/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /Users/alama/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist LuaTools | loading files for /Users/alama/texmf from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/ac3eee35b5b23b98b43e5c7003a4bbe4 LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/8d010c969467b901b6bcb91f6f471f8b LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/54c38668678471591609fbe0217efe48 LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/982f3cc39ab8256ee0595931d5cfd085 LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/1f08e3a96247a4bd25d903ca1cb00c0e LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/4eb9551710f45f305daf928a0f6f4fb0 LuaTools | LuaTools | /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.118 seconds What might be going on? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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Re: [NTG-context] Fedora 9 (Linux) Installation
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Thanks Taco, downloading the new zip seems to have some effect. It seems like I've made some progress. $ source ~/.context_env $PWD/tex Setting "/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex" as TEXROOT. Before I do the rest, should I do $ texexec --make --alone or $ texexec --make (as per Han's recommendation?) And $ mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-context/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. On Jul 7 2008, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > abbg770(a)city.ac.uk wrote: > >> > >> a. source ~/.context_env $PWD/tex => results in nothing. > > > > What happens if you run the following command manually? > > > > $ source $(HOME)/tex/setuptex $(HOME)/tex > > > > (assuming you unpacked directly in your home) > > Does (or rather "did") this even work in the old minimal distribution? > I think that I had to CD to $HOME/tex and source setuptex from there. > > Mojca > > PS: these big zips are (or at least used to be) a bit outdated. A > slightly newer (unofficial) version is here: > http://minimals.contextgarden.net/pragma/ > http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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interactive reference in footer
by Alan Stone 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi, How do you set an interactive link (hyperlink) to the table of contents in a footer ? I tried with \setupfootertexts[-1-][\but[toctoc]][-4-][-3-] and \reference[toctoc] % \ref[toctoc] gives the same error \placecontent This gives the following compile error: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \but [toctoc{}{}{} \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \dosingletexts ...atetexts {#1#2#5}{#6{}{}{}}}}}}} \egroup <argument> ...?tk \v!footer \v!text \c!righttext } \@@nmpos {\getvalue {\??tk... \dododoplacelayouttextline ...#2 #3}\hbox to #1{#4 }\stoplayoutcomponent \get... ... l.45 \chapter{Chapter Testing} ? ! Emergency stop. <argument> \but [toctoc{}{}{} \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \dosingletexts ...atetexts {#1#2#5}{#6{}{}{}}}}}}} \egroup <argument> ...?tk \v!footer \v!text \c!righttext } \@@nmpos {\getvalue {\??tk... \dododoplacelayouttextline ...#2 #3}\hbox to #1{#4 }\stoplayoutcomponent \get... ... l.45 \chapter{Chapter Testing} ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Alan P.S. The "TeX for the Impatient" book mentions... an undefined control sequence, is one of the most common ones you can get. If you respond to the prompt with another '?', TEX will display the following message: Type <return> to proceed, S to scroll future error messages, R to run without stopping, Q to run quietly, I to insert something, E to edit your file, 1 or ... or 9 to ignore the next 1 to 9 tokens of input, H for help, X to quit. sciTE exits the code after an emergency stop, so how do you enable it to accept the above mentioned '?' prompt response ?

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Re: [NTG-context] Fedora 9 (Linux) Installation
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Still fails with the same error; [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file first.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1222 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.142191 The exact command I executed was; $ source ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex The link to the installation guide; http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_User_Installation---there was a typo on the previous link. I've attached the log aswell appending it to the message, forgive me, I'm pretty new to mailing lists. === ENTIRE LOG === source ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ echo '#!/bin/bash' > ~/.context_env [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ cat tex/setuptex >> ~/.context_env [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ chmod 755 ~/.context_env [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ echo "source ~/.context_env $PWD/tex" >> ~/.bashrc [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ source ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec --make --alone TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | updating file database mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format mptopdf ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | generating mps format metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INIMP) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/metafun.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-tool.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-spec.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-core.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-page.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-text.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-txts.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-shap.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-butt.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-char.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-step.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grph.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-figs.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grid.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-form.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/marith.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)))) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-func.mp) ) Beginning to dump on file metafun.mem (mem=metafun 2008.7.6) at most 3039 strings of total length 40265 48346 memory locations dumped; current usage is 12622&35523 1762 symbolic tokens Transcript written on metafun.log. TeXExec | TeXExec | tex engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | mps engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | TeXExec | mps: 06/07/2008 23:26:19 > /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/metafun.mem (481604) TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 0.348835 [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec --check TeXExec | current distribution: web2c TeXExec | context source date: unknown TeXExec | format path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/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 1.3.3 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file first.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1222 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.142191 ======= On Jul 6 2008, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > Hi, > > > What happens if you run the following command manually? > > > > $ source $(HOME)/tex/setuptex $(HOME)/tex > > small typo, I'd guess: > > $ source ${HOME}/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/tex > > ($() is command substitution ${} is var-expansion - I know you know it) > > Patrick > -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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Generating a list of items
by David 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

Hi all I'm teaching some classes this summer, and want to make myself a template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list of the materials I need to remember to bring. My intention is that I will only have to type the name of my materials once, while composing the plan itself, and have ConTeXt extract all the names and place them in a list in the same document. I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then while typing the main text of my plan be able to type \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have ConTeXt generate a list of all the items like this ... "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording" ... near the top of the page. I've tried using \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing a page number for each item and alphabetical headings as in an index. I would like to get a simple, numbered list of items. Can I tweak the \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I should try? Thanks David

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\TransparencyHack and luatex
by Peter Rolf 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

hi, luatex can't handle the page group entry from \TransparencyHack ( \doPDFpageattribute{/Group << /S /Transparency /I true /K true>>} ). when i try to include a pdf (made by luatex) which such an entry i get [..] luaTeX warning: PDF inclusion: Page Group detected which luatex can't handle. Ignoring it. >]) systems : end file anzeige_doc at line 315 )Type1: Could not open Type1 font: (null)MtxRun | loading configuration for r:/tex/texmf-context/web2c from r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/trees/afb193bfb83d30e68f95756e818645be MtxRun | loading configuration for r:/tex/texmf/web2c from r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/trees/b69cd8db662fdc8e4c09165909c3f8af MtxRun | run 1: luatex --fmt="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/formats/cont-en" --lua="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/formats/cont-en.lua" "./anzeige_doc" MtxRun | return code: 1 MtxRun | fatal error, run aborted --- the later error also appears, if i don't use \TransparencyHack. mh, donno. pdftex (1.40.8-beta-20080627-2.2) works ok and can also handle the page attributes from the hack. regards, peter

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Fonts (sorry) weird issue
by Diego Depaoli 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Minimals is installed in my $HOME File to build is located in a partition (/media/disk) shared between ubuntu and FreeBSD Now I'm on ubuntu from my $HOME texexec --xtx /media/disk/file.tex works from /media/disk texexec --xtx file.tex fails with ! Font \*fontin12ptsstfss*:=Fontin_Sans_R_45b:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep; a t 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. texexec --lua works when launched from both locations. Something is broken in fonts path detection? Regards -- Diego Depaoli P.S. my first booklet has been appreciated. With FontinSans 9pt I well balanced compactness and readability. I put Made with ConTeXt in front page. Thanks to all people who helped me.

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Re: [NTG-context] luatex feature question/request
by Marcin Borkowski 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi all, 3 months ago (on Friday, April 4) I asked about an option for luatex to automatically put ties before one-letter words. Hans asked me to remind about it in a few months, so I do it now;). (I can't answer in that thread since I delete old mails:( ). BTW, I guess such a feature might be also useful for other purposes. Anyway, I didn't read the ConTeXt list lately, but I'll soon start using it on a more regular basis, so expect many newbie questions... Thanks in advance:) -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) People can be divided into three groups: those who can count and those who can't.

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Fwd: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author
by Martin Schröder 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew(a)sil.org> Date: 2008/7/3 Subject: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex(a)tug.org> To the XeTeX user community: This note is to let you know that for personal reasons, I have submitted my resignation to SIL, where I have worked for a number of years and where XeTeX development has been hosted. I remain interested in and supportive of SIL's work with and for many communities around the world, but with effect from the end of July, I will no longer be working as a member of the organization. I intend to continue working on XeTeX, which has always been driven primarily by my own vision and interests, rather than initiated or managed by SIL, and on other projects and activities in the TeX world. So this should not have a major impact on development except for occasional spells of distraction as I make various transitions over the coming months. And I expect SIL will continue hosting the XeTeX subversion repository on scripts.sil.org, at least for the time being. As I move on from SIL, I will of course need to find other ways to earn a living. It's possible that someone among the XeTeX community knows the perfect role for me... if so, I'd appreciate hearing of it! You all know something of my interests and experience: TeX-related software development, typesetting (with an emphasis on "unusual" fonts and scripts; that's why XeTeX exists), OpenType and AAT font engineering, etc. In the immediate future, I hope to work on a couple of freelance projects in the font development and typesetting fields, but would also consider a longer-term position if the right opportunity comes along. I hope list members will excuse me for posting this personal, somewhat off-topic note. Feel free to ignore it, of course, but if anyone has responses or comments for me I'd be glad to hear them. Off- list replies (directly to me) are fine; let's not clutter everyone's mailboxes. Thanks for being such a great community of users and contributors. I look forward to continuing participation in this group for a long time to come. Jonathan

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Problem with usemodule[letter]
by Helmut Schwertner 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hello, when I try to use the module "letter" with the following example, I get the only this: : system : module letter loaded (c:/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/letter.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.13 \nopagenumbers I use texlive2007 (latest beta) under windows xp. What ist wrong, what can I do? Greetings, Helmut example: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \setupletter [fromname={Arthur Thor}, fromaddress={Hidden Street 2\\57895 Mysterytown}, backaddress={Arthur Thor, Hidden Street 2, 57895 Mysterytown}] \setupletter [toname={Mike Willson}, toaddress={Lindenstreet 12\\78569 TeX City}] \startletter [subject={Step by step guide to writing a letter}, opening={Dear Reader,}, closing={Greetings from the Author}] \input knuth \stopletter \stoptext

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Switching compression on breaks start/stopregister
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, there seems to be confusion with register entries vs. register ranges. Please have a look: \starttext KNUTH ONE entry \index{Knuth} \page \input knuth KNUTH START\startregister[index][knuthrange1]{Knuth} \input knuth KNUTH END\stopregister[index][knuthrange1] \dorecurse{10}{\input zapf } KNUTH START\startregister[index][knuthrange2]{Knuth} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth } KNUTH END\stopregister[index][knuthrange2] %\placeregister[index]% gives 1,2, 4-6 \placeregister[index][compress=yes]% gives 1-2, 4, 6 \stoptext Switching compression on breaks start/stopregister! Steffen

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Paragraph on the bottom of a page
by 302302 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, how can I put a paragraph (or whatever else) on the bottom of a page? I mean I want to have a top of the page empty and the text should start somewhere below. If I try to use \vfill it works just in case I have some text in the top. Please can you help me? Thanks Czenek

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Generating a list of items
by David 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi all I'm teaching some classes and want to make a template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list of the materials I need to remember to bring. I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then while typing the main text of my plan be able to type \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have ConTeXt generate "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording" near the top of the page. I've tried \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing page numbers and alphabetical headings. I just want a numbered list of items. Can I tweak the \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I should try? Thanks David

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Couple of questions
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi, Firstly this is my first post :) (and it's going to be long), i've been using context for about a week or two and it's wonderful i like particularly like the approach of having everything built into the core. Just for reference i'm running fedora 9 64bit with texlive and i'm also new to TeX meaning that i've never bothered to study LaTeX thoroughly (as i was mainly concerned about just getting my content straight) and redefining macros was highly annoying, but things have changed now. Anyhow enough ranting i've got a few questions to ask. 1. CONTEXT, an excursion general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdfgeneral/manuals/ms-cb-en.pdf The Manual general/manuals/cont-enp.pdfgeneral/manuals/cont-eni.pdf It's in the details general/manuals/details.pdf i) when are the manuals going to be updated? ii) details.pdf looks very interesting, i assume it's not finished right? any status info? 2. CONTEXT MkII & MkIV general/manuals/mk.pdf i've slightly confused as to what LuaTeX is, could someone please explain it. from what i've gathered it seems like it supports the use of OpenType fonts natively like XeTex and it's going to be merged into pdfTeX? 3. Fonts general/manuals/mfonts.pdf and general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf Is is worth reading these manual since LuaTeX---as i've understood---is going to support them natively and i'm never going to have to install fonts again? 4. Typographic Programming general/manuals/style.pdf Any idea when the final release of this document is due, i'd like to make a print out. 5. Is there a book on ConTeXt, that is available for purchase from somewhere like amazon. if not does anyone know of a good (and cheap) printshop in London? I'd like to print out the manuals. 6. I forgot to ask, is there anything written about bibliography support? preferably through BibTeX. Thanks alot and great work

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting: Proposal for session
by Matija Šuklje 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Dne ponedeljek 16. junija 2008 je Aditya Mahajan napisal(a): > 1. Do you think that such a talk will be useful and fun? I think it would be nice to see all the editors and how well they integrate ConTeXt. Such a presentation might also bring up new ideas on how to make it work even better in some editors :] > 2. Can you give a short talk about your editor in this session. If so, > please inform me which editor you use. I will try to avoid repetitions, so > that only one person speaks about one editor (unless the setup of the two > is drastically different). If I come, I can have a small presentation on how to "ConTeXtify" Kate and Kile. 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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A \part command for ConTeXt
by TeXWorld 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hello, In latex, there is the \part command. If my memory is good, this command is available only in the book class (and maybe report). Is there an equivalent command in ConTeXt ? Thank you. Jack

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bib, Italian style
by Andrea Valle 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi to all, I'm using this: \setuppublications[alternative=num] \setuppublicationlist[author=\invertedshortauthor, editor= \invertedshortauthor] All works fine, but terminology is in English, and my next project is in Italian. Is there a way to create an Italian template? In general, I could provide translations 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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how to comment several lines at once ?
by Alan Stone 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi, Guess this is (Plain) TeX stuff - haven't found the answer... How do you comment several lines at once, instead of prefixing each line with the % sign ? Alan

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startregister <-> stopregister
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi, converting a MSWord Doc file to TEI-XML gives me this kind of index range: <anchor type="bookmark-start" xml:id="Index216"/> <anchor type="bookmark-end" corresp="#Index216"/ ><index><term>Verfassungsvertrag</term></index> Unfortunately in ConTeXt the register entry is required the other way round: \startregister[index][knuthrange1]{Knuth} \stopregister[index][knuthrange1] Could it be possible also to provide something like ... \startregister[index][Index216] \stopregister[index][Index216]{Verfassungsvertrag} ... in mkii, please? Steffen

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unusual behavior for ``
by Andrea Valle 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi I'm using minimals. always input with \enbleregime[utf] Now, I was used to input ``and '' to obtain apices. Now, the second is rendered fine, the first remains `` e.g. ``l'ambiente dei suoni'' is rendered as in the pdf attached) why? what have I to do? 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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LuaTeX problems
by Tomi Lindberg 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

ConTeXt minimals is up and running but I have problems with LuaTeX. First the files I assume to be important: % Project \startproject atkmom \environment environ \product book \stopproject % Product \startproduct book \project atkmom \component images \startfrontmatter \environment fmatter \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \environment body \component intro \component osbasics \component files \component opera \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \completeindex[title=Hakemisto] \stopbackmatter \stopproduct With "texexec" my project results in proper .pdf file except the additional empty page at the end of it. With "context" the process ends after line "\product book" (I get a proper notice about the end of product book) in project file and i get the "*" prompt. It seems like LuaTeX can't see the "\stopproject" at all and thinks that the file has unexpectedly ended. Also with context I get messages that every \at, \in and \about that refers to something in component other than the one they're in is an unknown reference. They all work fine with texexec. Any idea what's wrong?

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screen sizes
by Alan Stone 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Hi, >From what I understand from the ConTeXt manual, the S3-S6 screen sizes relate to the physical screen dimensions, more precisely the display area width and height. However, the only information I find when searching for the most common screen sizes relates to the screen resolution and/or the screen diagonal size. Any idea where to find reliable data about the most common screen (physical) sizes ? Alan

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Documentation [a bit OT]
by Diego Depaoli 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Looking for help I've spent a lot of time switching between wiki and mailing list, so I created a Google Custom Search, focused on Context,.located here http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=003194008888283590192:0plsycrlzcu Suggestions and improvements are welcome. Regards -- Diego Depaoli

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Trivial question about texexec --pdfsplit
by Diego Depaoli 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

How texexec --pdfsplit somefile.pdf works? I'm trying to split my booklet [A5][A4,landscape], texexec runs but I get only the last page in texexec.pdf. Cheers -- Diego Depaoli

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ConTeXt, Framemaker, and InDesign
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Dear gang, There has been some discussion on the list lately comparing ConTeXt with InDesign. Are there any Framemaker users on the list? I'm interested in comparisons between ConTeXt and Framemaker, with cross-comparisons with InDesign as appropriate. What does ConTeXt have that Framemaker does not? What does Framemaker have that ConTeXt does not? (svg integration comes to mind -- there's been some svg discussion here the last couple of days). From what I know of Framemaker -- structured processing etc, it seems that would be a more a~propos comparison with ConTeXt than InDesign. Eventually I would like to establish a wiki page with detailed and accurate comparisons between ConTeXt, InDesign, Framemaker, and perhaps other DTP applications as well. I even plan to get my hands on the "competition" so I can get more 1st hands knowledge for my own edification. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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How to set up bookman font.
by John Culleton 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

After all these years font handling in Context still eludes me. I want to use Bookman font and all its variants. Here is what I have: \usetypescriptfile[type-syn] \usetypescript[bookman] \setupbodyfont[bookman,12bp] But I still get a default font. Be gentle :<) -- 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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OpenType cursive attachments
by Khaled Hosny 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Enabling "curs" font feature doesn't seem to enable it, in the attached example I enabled "curs" for the first line and disabled it for the second one, but it doesn't seem to get applied (the same output in the 2 lines). The font is here http://www.khaledhosny.org/files/pub/SimplifiedNaskh/SimplifiedNaskh.ttf -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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nbsp U+00A0 don’t work
by Olivier Guéry 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hello, As you can see in my signature, I had remap my french keyboard layout according to dvorak rules. I have the nbsp (U+00A0) on Shift+Space because we use it a lot in french (all the symbols who needs it are on Shift too). I discover today that context don't seem to recognise it : I found a « ; » alone at the beginning of a line. Context deal with the nbsp when it's the « ~ », but with the U+00A0, not. The symbol is here, my vim highlight it. I tried with and without \setcharacterspacing [frenchpunctuation] with no effect. I use context --version : MtxRun | main context file: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.tex MtxRun | current version: 2008.06.11 22:25 Speaking about french punctuation, I remember that Arthur Reutenauer speaks about rules he wrote for frenchpunctuation, can we make a wiki page with all that rules ? I'd like to ask french typograph to look at them. Cheers, Olivier. PS : hard to do a minimal exemple, but I can try if you need it. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] Olivier nemolivier(a)gmail.com http://nemolivier.blogspot.com

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Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources
by Alan Stone 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi, 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). Best, Alan - XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) - ConTeXt ver: 2008.06.22 17:38 MKII fmt: 2008.6.23 ( ctx minimal) - Ubuntu 8.04

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AUCTeX and ConTeXt
by Charles P. Schaum 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

I really like the support that AUCTeX gives for ConTeXt. Actually, in general it does well with any flavor. I'll have to RTFM to see what I can do to start a new file specifically in ConTeXt, plain, or whatever, not just LaTeX. The weird thing is that it reports unspecified "problems" at the end of running context but no such problems really exist. The trivial snippet: \starttext Hello, world! \stoptext yields the message buffer: Updating define menu... Updating setup menu... Updating other macro's menu... Updating project structure menu... Updating section block menu... Updating section menu... Updating...done Type `C-c C-l' to display results of compilation. ConTeXt: problems after {1} page. The pdf generated is, however, entirely satisfactory, as are all texted documents. My strategy is to ignore it. This appears specific to AUCTeX, in this case running on GTK Emacs 22 / Ubuntu 8.04. By contrast, I have minimal to no problems on my OS X installation. Charles

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dot/graphviz and Tex/friends
by Charles P. Schaum 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Question: Has anyone ever thought of integrating something dot-like into ConTeXt or LaTeX? One thing that I have done is avail myself of the constrained graphs for doing anything like timelines. It would be fantastic to get that in TeX and friends. Or would that fall under dot -> MetaPost? Charles

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Luatex arranging
by Diego Depaoli 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Wolfgang and Hans have just solved a problem and I'm here again to ask for help. Is arranging already supported in Luatex? If I call context --arrange (undocumented) with the following simple code I get the toc, but the text is only on the left side of the paper. \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuplist[section][alternative=c] \starttext \placelist[section] \section{One} \dorecurse{15}{\input ward} \section{Two} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth} \section{Last} \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte} \stoptext Thanks in advance -- Diego Depaoli

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distro info
by Andrea Valle 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hi to all, I've briefly presented ConTeXt to the students of my course in Visual Identities. They were all enthusiastic. So they asked me if I can give an introductory but "real" seminar. At my lab the students are all on macosx 10.4/5. Now the probem: All my students comes from humanities, no computer science background at all. I cannot ask them to be aware of low level installation aspects. My ideal would be something like the standard ConTeXt I was working with an year ago. One installs MacTeX and can start working. Now, we need easy font switching. I'm actually using XeTeX. But it has been complicated to set it up. I don't think I can have my students dig into installations ("patch this" etc). Is there any chance to have luatex into the next MacTeX distro? Any ideas? Many 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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texfont fails for font Cataneo BoldSwash
by Andreas Schneider 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hello, when I install the font Cataneo (from a Corel CD) with texfont, 4 of the 5 font files (Light, Regular, RegularSwash, Bold) proceed correctly, but on the 4th (BoldSwash) texfont produces an error message an creates empty files. I'm using texlive 2007 from the Debian Lenny GNU/Linux distribution. texmfstart texfont --fontroot=debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf --vendor=bitstrea --collection=cataneo --encoding=texnansi --makepath --install TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 encoding vector : texnansi vendor name : bitstrea source path : . font collection : cataneo texmf font root : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf map file name : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern ./*.afm locating afm files : using pattern * copying files : afm copying : CataneoBT-Bold.afm copying : CataneoBT-BoldSwash.afm copying : CataneoBT-Light.afm copying : CataneoBT-Regular.afm copying : CataneoBT-RegularSwash.afm copying files : pfb copying : CataneoBT-Bold.pfb copying : CataneoBT-BoldSwash.pfb copying : CataneoBT-Light.pfb copying : CataneoBT-Regular.pfb copying : CataneoBT-RegularSwash.pfb no map file at : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map no map file at : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map no map file at : debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map font identifier : CataneoBT-Bold -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-Bold (from CataneoBT-Bold) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-Bold (from texnansi-CataneoBT-Bold) B expected: ! syntax error C 83 ; WX 495 ; N S ; B-78 -137 458 637 ; ^ font identifier : -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-BoldSwash (from CataneoBT-BoldSwash) B expected: ! syntax error C 83 ; WX 495 ; N S ; B-78 -137 458 637 ; ^ generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-BoldSwash (from texnansi-CataneoBT-BoldSwash) font identifier : CataneoBT-Light -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-Light (from CataneoBT-Light) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-Light (from texnansi-CataneoBT-Light) font identifier : CataneoBT-Regular -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-Regular (from CataneoBT-Regular) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-Regular (from texnansi-CataneoBT-Regular) font identifier : CataneoBT-RegularSwash -> text -> tfm + vf generating raw tfm/vpl : texnansi-raw-CataneoBT-RegularSwash (from CataneoBT-RegularSwash) generating new vf : texnansi-CataneoBT-RegularSwash (from texnansi-CataneoBT-RegularSwash) updating map file : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map (for pdftex) updating map file : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map (for dvipdfm) updating map file : texnansi-bitstrea-cataneo.map (for dvips) generating : ls-r databases mktexlsr: Updating /home/andreas/LaTeX/cataneo/debian/font-cataneo/usr/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. What causes the error? How can I correct it? Thanks for your help Andreas

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problem with ligatures in MKIV
by Peter Münster 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hello, There are no ligatures in the frame in the header: % engine=luatex \setupheadertexts[X --- fl -- X\startframedtext X --- fl -- X \stopframedtext] \starttext X --- fl -- X\startframedtext X --- fl -- X \stopframedtext \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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ConTeXt meeting - *Important*
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Jun '08

30 Jun '08

Hello, the long awaited mail ... here are the fees for ConTeXt meeting (for those who pay until 15th July): - fee for non-members: => 210 EUR - base fee for members of one of TeX user groups - or those who become members for the first time => 180 EUR - if you are already a member of some user group and become a new member of yet another one (NTG/TUG/DANTE/GUST/CSTUG) - if you are a member of three of them already - if you are not a member yet, but become a member of two new ones - if you are accompanying person: => 170 EUR Discount for students: => minus 20 EUR (same categories apply as above) Additinal fee for decisions & payments after 16th July => plus 20 EUR (if there is still free place in hostel) Should you consider the fee too low (or to difficult to calculate), feel free to sponsor the event :) :) :) We accept any amout up to 250 EUR :) :) :) And I try to keep up with my emails if you need some answer. =============================================== The fee covers: - lodging & full board, starting with dinner on Wednesday and ending with breakfast on Monday - trasportation, all entrance fees and lunch on whole-day excursion to The Skocjan Caves (bring something warm to wear; it's about 8 degrees inside if I recall correctly) Anyone that wants to join for one day only: - (required) become a member of some user group of your choice (let me know in advance to get you the welcome packages) - (optional) 10 EUR for lunch & T-shirt But you also need to register in advance to get the T-shirt and to spare a chair for you. Additional optional costs might include: - optional activities - depending on schedule & interests (anyone feels like going rafting?) - drinks - you might want to visit some interesting places *after* the conference: http://www.genspot.com/video-66733/prvi-na-svetu-luping-tobogan-v-moravskih… =============================================== Joining TeX user groups. User groups support development of TeX (funding development of LuaTeX, fonts, ... etc.). By being a member you support the development as well. Your fee for the conference will lower if you already are or will become a new member now. How to become a new member now and get the discount? - choose your favorite TeX user group (TUG, DANTE, NTG, GUST) - pay the discounted price - let me know your decision by email - you will pay the membership fee & get a welcome package at the conference =============================================== To come or not to come? I would be grateful to know your final decision until 15th July and have the money on account until then. If you intend to come, but cannot pay until 15th of July for some reason, let me know. I will cancel the reservation of empty beds on that day. If you pay and change your mind later, I will return you part of the fee after the conference (depends how much hostel will charge us). If you don't pay and change your mind later, it's 20 EUR more, but please ask first if there are still free places available. In case there will be no places left, you can always go to the hostel 200m away from ours, so that's not a problem, but it'll be less convenient and more expensive for you. =============================================== If you need a receipt in advance, let me know, I will send it to you, others will get it at the conference. You should either bring money personally :) or transfer it to the account mentioned below. Once you do so, please drop me a mail with: - your name - the sum you transferred - TeX user group(s) that you want to join (you'll fill in the form & pay for them at the conference) Account info for bank transfers: Recipient: ========= IBAN: SI 56 3400 0100 2957 666 Studentsko drustvo MASS Vega klub Jadranska 19 SI - 1000 Ljubljana Bank: ==== BIC: KSP KSI 22 XXX Banka Sparkasse d.d. Cesta v Kleče 15 SI - 1000 Ljubljana ---- Hope to see you soon, Mojca

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