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headers and pagenumbering
by Henning Hraban Ramm 03 May '08

03 May '08

Hello again, just trying to understand some remaining issues with my latest project. --- startcode --- \starttext % Setups \setuppagenumbering[ alternative=doublesided, location={header,right}, strut=yes, state=stop] % chapter title in the header, % but not on first page of chapter % pagina also in the header, always \setupheader[text][state=stop] \setupheadertexts[text][chapter][pagenumber] \setuphead[chapter][header=high] % Content % some firstmatter stuff left out \setuppagenumbering[state=start] % table of contents % without header, without pagina % but page numbering starts here { \setuppagenumbering[location=] \title{Inhalt} \placecontent \page } %\page % too late! \setupheader[text][state=start] \chapter{10 \times\ Tufte} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte} \stoptext --- stopcode --- (1) % or 0? ;-) I struggled how to leave out the pagina on the ToC page, no setups seemed to work. I just reckognized that I need the \page inside of the braced area. (2) How can I leave out the chapter header on the first page of a chapter, but keep the page number? (Probably simple?) (3) One can "hide" the page number with "location=", but the header on the first page of a chapter with "header=high". Is there any logic behind that? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Greek module
by cidadaum＠sapo.pt 03 May '08

03 May '08

I managed to install the greek module. Here is where it is placed: adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third> ls t-ancientgreek adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third> cd t-ancientgreek/ adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third/t-ancientgreek> ls fonts t-ancientgreek.mkiv t-oldgreek.tex type-agr.mkiv t-ancientgreek.mkii t-ancientgreek.tex type-agr.mkii type-agr.tex adsm@adsm:/etc/texmf/tex/context/third/t-ancientgreek> adsm@adsm:~> kpsewhere t-ancientgreek.tex /etc/texmf/tex/context/third/t-ancientgreek/t-ancientgreek.tex The point now is that I need to build the fonts (or build the metric =20 files of the fonts). So need to use texfont, am I right? One mandatory =20 argument is the vendor's name. Which name should I type for GFSDidot, =20 GFSPorson, Ibycus, Gentium? Another issue: Xetex says repeatedly (as you can see on the attached file) ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \beginOLDTEX I ask if there is no compatibility between Xetex and greekmodule can I =20 use Context with unicode (utf8) input (the manual which I suppose is =20 quite outdated says Context expects pure ASCII input)? Thanks for your help. Armando Martins

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strange effect of "columns"?
by Yvon Henel 03 May '08

03 May '08

hello all I'm using a layout which enables placement on a grid. I have on a page first a figuretext then a columns environment. When I look at the pdf I see clearly (the grid is on) that there are still 13 void lines between the end of the columns and the end of the text area but I can't put anything there and it works as if there were a \page[yes] (which is NOT there, definitely). Just in case, here is the beginning of the log file <from the log> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2007.5.8) 3 MAY 2008 19:30 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. (/TeX/2007/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **atc06.tex emergencyend (./atc06.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2007.5.8 int: english/english </from the log> Could anybody give some piece of advice? -- Yvon Henel

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Minimum file length.
by John Culleton 03 May '08

03 May '08

I am writing an e-book where pdf file length is an issue. For the minimal "Hello world" file I get the following lengths: tex+dvips+ps2pdf 2820 pdftex 5630 texexec 22,173 The only thing I added to the last test was the \starttext and \stoptext tags. The dvips etc. test defaulted to pdf 1.2, the other two to pdf 1.4. I don't doubt that with more text the counts would be more similar. Still the fourfold increase between the second test and the third is a stunner. The e-book must be limited to 2 megs per the publisher. Just fyi -- 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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Referencing Itemized Items?
by Michael.Urban＠jpl.nasa.gov 03 May '08

03 May '08

Is there some way to set up a reference tag so that I can refer to a particular item in a list, e.g., something vaguely like: You must do the following steps: \startitemize[n] \item Buy the ingredients \item Cook the food \item [??????] Put out the fire \stopitemize Note that Step \in[?????] is optional for experienced chefs. It looks like there are mechanisms to support this in the tex code, but I don't know how to use them.

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize numbering
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 02 May '08

02 May '08

Aditya, Many thanks, that works beautifully. Thanks again. Richard On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, richard.stephens(a)converteam.com wrote: > Hello All, > > I just tried the following on Context Live: > > \starttext > \startitemize[n] > \item one > \item two > \startitemize > \item a > \item b > \stopitemize > \item three > \stopitemize > \stoptext > > and the first itemize starts at 0. Remove the inner itemize and it starts > at 1. > > Is this a feature or a bug? How do I get around it? Here is a modified core-itm.tex that corrects this bug. Aditya

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\front/backmatter etc. and page number
by Tobias Burnus 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hello, I use frontmatter with roman and bodymatter with arabic numerals. The problem is that the last (nonempty verso) page of the frontmatter already gets the header and the page number of the bodymatter. Any idea? Tobias \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided, location={footer,right}] \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=] \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=] \setupsectionblock[backpart][page=] \setupsectionblock[appendixpart][page=] \startfrontmatter \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals] \setuppagenumber[number=1,state=start] \chapter{something} ... % <--- Last page gets already page number "1" and the headings ("Chapter:") of the bodymatter. \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \setupheadertexts [][{\start\setupselector[header][n=1]\getmarking[sectionnumber]~\getmarking[section]\stop}] [{\start\setupselector[header][n=1]Chapter \getmarking[chapternumber]: \getmarking[chapter]\stop}][] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=numbers] \setuppagenumber[number=1,state=start] % Bad workaround: number=0 \setuphead[chapter][number=yes] \chapter{something else}

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Itemize numbering
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hello All, I just tried the following on Context Live: \starttext \startitemize[n] \item one \item two \startitemize \item a \item b \stopitemize \item three \stopitemize \stoptext and the first itemize starts at 0. Remove the inner itemize and it starts at 1. Is this a feature or a bug? How do I get around it? Thanks, Richard

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man pages (for TeX Live)
by Mojca Miklavec 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hello Sanjoy and all the other enthusiasts, Would anyone be ready to prepare man pages for "context", "mtxrun" and "luatools" for TeX Live (at least for context)? Maybe for luatex as well. Current files are in svn repository http://svn.contextgarden.net/minimals-src/man/ (well, they should be transferred to TeX Live SVN at the end) Thanks to any volunteers, Mojca

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typo or bug report in type-buy.tex
by Renaud AUBIN 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hi folks, From line 199 to 206 : \starttypescript [lucida,lucidabfm] [texnansi,ec,8r,uc] \definetypeface [lucida] [rm] [serif] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [ss] [sans] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [tt] [mono] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [hw] [handwriting] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [cg] [calligraphy] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \loadmapfile [\typescriptthree-bh-lucida.map] \stoptypescript I assume it should be : \starttypescript [lucida,lucidabfm] [texnansi,ec,8r,uc] \definetypeface [lucida] [rm] [serif] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [ss] [sans] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [tt] [mono] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [hw] [handwriting] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [lucida] [cg] [calligraphy] [lucida] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \loadmapfile [\typescripttwo-bh-lucida.map] \stoptypescript Cheers, Renaud

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typescript and memory usage
by Antoine Junod 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hello list, Thanks to Hans, Hraban, Wolfgang and Aditya, I've successfully played with typescripts and Garamond PP as provided by Adobe with luatex. But I still have a little question :) By reducing my typescript to the strict minimum, as below, I'm still using 232 Mo (sic) of ram. My document test only contains nothing but a \switchtobodyfont but it takes 8.7 seconds to compile on a 4000 bogomips machine (athlon 2400+). For the C lover I am, that seems, errh, HUUUUUGE. Is it normal? Note that if I remove the [features=default] argument, mem is divided by 2, and time by 3. Also note that if I use more faces, it can go to 2Go of ram and 2 minutes of computing. Thanks for your reply, -AJ %% typescript \starttypescript[serif][garamondpp] \definefontsynonym [GaramondPP-Roman][file:GaramondPremrPro] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][garamondpp][name] \definefontsynonym [Serif][GaramondPP-Roman] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [GaramondPP] \definetypeface [GaramondPP][rm][serif][garamondpp][default] \stoptypescript %% minimal doc \usetypescriptfile[type-garamondpp] \usetypescript[GaramondPP] \starttext \setupbodyfont[GaramondPP] \stoptext

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two small questions about the mkiv roadmap
by Thomas A. Schmitz 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hi all, esp. Hans and Taco, just two simple questions about some minor imperfections in mkiv/ luatex. I'm not impatient, just wondering if these are things that you're working on right now or if they will have to wait: 1. processing xml files with a DTD. This is something we discussed a couple of weeks ago: when I process a valid xml file which begins with a DTD, the output I get in mkiv is "invalid xml file"; the same file processes fine when I remove the DTD. Back then (on 08-03-17), Taco wrote: "It is a bug in luatex, but not an easy one to fix." So I'm wondering if there's any progress on this one, or if it has to wait. 2. error reports in luatex. This is something that comes up time and again on the mailing list and which I experienced myself yesterday. I had inadvertently deleted my luatex-cache and tried to run mkiv on a file. The report I got was "attempt to call field 'error' (a nil value)". Now I'm aware that TeX error reporting could be cryptic at times, but at least it was a kind of cryptic to which we had gotten used. With luatex, I'm constantly baffled - in a 100 years, I wouldn't have guessed that this error message meant "I can't find the cache and the format." So I was wondering if this is something that you're working on: making error messages more informative/comprehensible for users. Again, I'm not impatient, just curious. All best Thomas

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Line break and \in{....}[] command; bookmarks
by Tobias Burnus 01 May '08

01 May '08

Hi all, I use \definereferenceformat[insection][text=Section] however, sometimes the item is that long that ........ Section 5.5 .......... looks much nicer than a "5.5" sticking out of the margin. Is there a possibility to allow a line break between the text and the number? Secondly, I want to use acroread's bookmarks. But I have two problems: a) I failed to create a bookmark for the title page. What is the best way to do so? Currently, I use: \startmakeup[standard][doublesided=no,page=right] ... \stopmakeup b) Somehow the bookmark list goes wrong. I have: \placebookmarks[chapterEP,chapter,section,subsection] where chapterEP is a specially designed version of \chapter but should be on the same level. First, everything goes nice, but then a chapterEP becomes a descendant of another chapterEP. I have no idea how I can reduce the problem to a small example or how to fix it. Any idea? ... chapterEP section subsection subsection section subsection subsection chapterEP section section chapterEP section chapterEP <--- Wrong! section section chapterEP (still wrong level) section section chapterEP <-- Another wrong level) chapterEP (still wrong level) chapterEP (still wrong level, but one less) chapterEP (still wrong level) chapterEP <-- OK again chapterEP Tobias

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Trouble with Index
by cidadaum＠sapo.pt 01 May '08

01 May '08

So far I have not succeded to make an index in a book I am typesetting. I write something like: \starttext \defineregister[index][indices] \index[Tantrum]Tantrums can be normal for \index[tantrum][tantrum+toddlers]toddlers. Young children have them for many reasons like being tired, feeling out of control, over-stimulated, or wanting something they can't have. General hints: Toddlers and preschoolers cannot regulate themselves because they don't yet know their own limits. \completeindex \stoptext And the message I get is: "index not found/processed". In the pdf appears a page with Index but no entries.

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Greek module still in use?
by cidadaum＠sapo.pt 01 May '08

01 May '08

Is the greek module still in use? I have been trying to use it wiht xetex but texexec says "can't find module ancient greek". I have have some quotations in Ancient Greek. the font I am using is palatino.

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Missing greeks characters in texgyreheros
by luigi scarso 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

See also Missing character in texgyreheros \startluacode function greek_sub(line) line = line:gsub('ά','\\buildtextaccent\\textacute\\greekalpha{}') line = line:gsub('έ','\\buildtextaccent\\textacute\\greekepsilon{}') line = line:gsub('ή','\\buildtextaccent\\textacute\\greeketa{}') line = line:gsub('ί','\\buildtextaccent\\textacute\\greekiota{}') line = line:gsub('ό','\\buildtextaccent\\textacute\\greekomicron{}') line = line:gsub('ύ','\\buildtextaccent\\textacute\\greekupsilon{}') line = line:gsub('ώ','\\buildtextaccent\\textacute\\greekomega{}') line = line:gsub('Ό',"'\\greekOmicron{}") line = line:gsub("Ά","'\\greekAlpha{}") line = line:gsub("Έ","'\\greekEpsilon{}") line = line:gsub("Ή","'\\greekEta{}") line = line:gsub("Ί","'\\greekIota{}") line = line:gsub("ϊ","\\buildtextaccent\\textdiaeresis\\greekiota{}") line = line:gsub("Ύ","'\\greekUpsilon{}") line = line:gsub("Ώ","'\\greekOmega{}") return line end \stopluacode \def\startfiltered{\ctxlua {callback.register('process_input_buffer', greek_sub)}} Of course, incomplete. 2008/4/29 Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com>: > This should also work (but untested) > > \catcode`\ώ=\active \def ώ{\buildtextaccent\textacute\greekomega} I will give it a try I'm not searching for the perfect way, just a way to print a greek pdf Suggestions welcome. -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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\indenting[next] and math => no vertical space before the formula
by Mikael Persson 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Dear all, I have a problem with \indenting[next] combined with math formulas. Look at the example below. The space between the text above the formula and the formula is way to small. This goes away if I change next to for example yes. Btw, this happens on my TeXLive 2007 on ubuntu at home, my ConTeXt minimal from 2007-04-03 at work and on live.contextgarden.net (with pdfTeX but not LuaTeX). Do I misuse the indenting macros? Thanks, Micke P % test file \setupindenting[yes,small] \indenting[next] \starttext Hello World! This is just some dumb text to show the problem. \startformula a=b \stopformula Goodbye World! The space below the formula is OK. \stoptext

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Table of contents customization
by Noé Cuneo 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hi all, I've been using ConTeXT for quite a while now, and I am trying to build my own customized environnment. I have some trouble customizing my content table. I tried everything I could, including reading the manual twice over, and I still can't figure out why none of my ideas will work! In fact, my configuration looks like this: \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c] \setuplist[chapter][width=7mm,style=bold] \setuplist[section][width=10mm,margin=10mm] \setuplist[subsection] [width=13mm,style=slanted,pagestyle=normal,margin=21mm] What I would like is the number to be separated from the page name by a ".", which would give something like: 1. Chapter name................. 32 I tried \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c, separator={.}], but it doesn't work. Although 'separator' is documented as the separator between the number and the pagename, it appears to be the separator between the number and subnumbers, like, with separator={ppp}: 1 MyChapter ............ 1ppp1 Mysection.......... Which is not quite what I expect! So i tried setting something like \def\mycommand#1{#1.} \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4,alternative=c, numbercommand={\mycommand}] Which works, except for the fact that when there is no number (like in my frontmatter), the "." is shown anyway... So I naturally tried: \def\mycommand#1{\doifnotempty{#1}{#1.}} Which doesn't work! I still get something like . Preamble 1. ChapterOne 1.1 Section So even if no number is given, the doifnotempty block still is executed! I tried a lot of combinations, like \def\mycommand#1{\doifdefined{#1}{#1.}} or \def\mycommand#1{\doifnot{#1}{}{#1.}} But none of these will compile... So at this point, I don't see any solution, which is why I really would appreciate any suggestion! Thank you very much!

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Re: [NTG-context] letter
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

> To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Message-ID: > <115224fb0804282319m769d86d5k7ac80890ede76cd8(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Wolfgang, > > > it seems to me that referenzline, subject, foldmarks, etc, are > about > > 4mm or 5mm to big (A4 paper). The foldmark for example should be > > 105mm from papertop. It is 110mm from top. > > The horizontal offset (3.5mm) of foldmarks ist to small. A > > laserprinter often is not able to print 5mm or more from > paperedge. > > So the foldmarks are invisibel. > > I never measured the real values and it should be simple > whitespace > problem somewhere in the code. Have you found that whitespace? Aren't the foldmarks positioned in absolute values relative to the page? There is no whitespace involved, isn't it? So I don't understand this 5mm offset at all. Are your vertical foldmark positions ok? > The address field was wrong placed and I corrected it, the place for > the > referenece line should work but I change the position dependen on > the > alternative for the layout and the value in the default letterstyle > is ignored > at the moment. > > Don't what do you mean about the subject, the position is controlled > with > the normal page layout. But the bodyspace depends on the space occupied by the header (addresfield, referenceline etc.). Wrong? > I could change the values for the foldmarks, I corrected the > position > already and it got them at least on my own printer. You could try > to > play with \setupletterstyle[topmark,botmark,cutmark][hoffset=...] > and > give me a value that did work for your printer. 6mm should be enough for laserprinters. Grusz, Wolfgang

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columns and \definemakeup
by Suno Ano 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hi Folks! I am in the curse of setting up the environment plus a project structure for a book. My problem is with a few pages like for example colofon where I used ,----[ content from comp_colophon.tex ] | \startcomponent comp_colophon | \product prod_back_matter | \project proj_a_book | | \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no, page=right] | | \startalignment[flushleft] | \ssd Colophon\par | \blank[1mm] | \ssa \title\par | \stopalignment | | \hairline | | \stopstandardmakeup | | % ------- | | \startstandardmakeup[doublesided=no, page=left] | \stopstandardmakeup | | | \stopcomponent `---- Now I want the text to be in columns -- two that is ... However, I tried with ,---- | \startcolumns[n=2] | <my text goes here> | \stopcolumns `---- and ,---- | \definecolumnset[example][n=2] | | \starttext | \startcolumnset[example] | \dorecurse{15}{\fakewords{100}{200}\par} | \stopcolumnset | \stoptext `---- but I just get one column in both cases. Can anyone tell me how I would for example use \definemakeup in order to get exactly what \startstandardmakeup and \stopstandardmakeup provides me with PLUS the text gets typeset into two columns? Maybe if it is not possible with \definemakeup what else could I do? Tia!

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do is impossible to install mark iv in gnu/linux/amd64?
by raven aloof 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi all... Mark IV is a greatest technology but very very difficult to install :(. The trouble is not context or metafun else luatex. There is not way humanly possible to install it in gnu/linux/x86_64! Always I have some error :(... I tried with packages (hardy heron, currently) but I have/get oldest files/executables. I tested with minimals but luatex fail, always. I downloaded 'justtex' and 'linuxtex' from 'pragma', I executed 'setup', 'ctxtools --update', 'texhash', 'luatools --generate', 'luatools --ini --compile --verbose cont-en' and there is where is the problem. I show the log.: -------------------- log file ------------------------------ LuaTools | version 1.1.1 - 2006+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT LuaTools | loading configuration for /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/633f28473ae673ab8010bad861caac2b/trees/7c0207599bd198dfb79dd3ceb6750413 LuaTools | loading configuration for /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf/web2c from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/633f28473ae673ab8010bad861caac2b/trees/3111d02d6c5a3b3dbcd844d87f23b1ba LuaTools | locating list of /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-linux-64 LuaTools | locating list of /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-project LuaTools | locating list of /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | locating list of /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | locating list of /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf LuaTools | loading files for /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-linux-64 from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/633f28473ae673ab8010bad861caac2b/trees/d672b2f0b05dd406b9b772d4e483a2a0 LuaTools | loading files for /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-fonts from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/633f28473ae673ab8010bad861caac2b/trees/6c439d293d07215cb6e292871b11baa4 LuaTools | loading files for /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-local from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/633f28473ae673ab8010bad861caac2b/trees/16fdea445e079e221d9d4a786b39e208 LuaTools | loading files for /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-extra from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/633f28473ae673ab8010bad861caac2b/trees/2ea1098d190949807a89ea08ce1363d0 LuaTools | loading files for /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/633f28473ae673ab8010bad861caac2b/trees/39fb678b4d3be7340cdddf3157b9b88b LuaTools | creating initialization file cont-en LuaTools | using library path : /home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base LuaTools | using lua libraries: l-string.lua l-lpeg.lua l-table.lua l-boolean.lua l-number.lua l-set.lua l-unicode.lua l-md5.lua l-os.lua l-io.lua l-file.lua l-url.lua l-dir.lua l-utils.lua l-tex.lua luat-env.lua luat-lib.lua luat-inp.lua luat-tmp.lua luat-zip.lua luat-tex.lua LuaTools | using compiled initialization file cont-en.luc LuaTools | using lua initialization file cont-en.luc LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/home/raven/sources/tex/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \\dump Error in lua file loading: cont-en.luc: bad header in precompiled chunk LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.080 seconds -------------------- end log file ------------------------- As it is logic, I have all variables correctly added ($TEXROOT, $TEXMF, $TEXMFCACHE, etc, etc, etc), and ruby install it. The questions are.: Is the some way to install/update/upgrade context/metafun/LUATEX on gnu/linux/amd64? The error log, how is it solve? Should there not be a standard method to install all this?... Thanks :)

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Missing character in texgyreheros
by luigi scarso 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Sorry for the noise, but i'm in the middle between an old context mkii (2005) and mkiv stylesheet for a greek utf-encoded file and i'm a bit confused. While using Heros font, I have: Missing character: There is no ώ (974) in font /home/usr7/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/tex-gyre/texgyreheros-regular.otf! But in enco-def.tex there is \definecharacter greekomegatonos {'w} so I believe that it's possible to replace missing glyph with {'w} Maybe some switch ? I'm using \usetypescript[postscript] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt,ss] -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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[OT] Interview with Donald Knuth
by luigi scarso 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856 -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Re: [NTG-context] letter
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hallo Wolfgang, it seems to me that referenzline, subject, foldmarks, etc, are about 4mm or 5mm to big (A4 paper). The foldmark for example should be 105mm from papertop. It is 110mm from top. The horizontal offset (3.5mm) of foldmarks ist to small. A laserprinter often is not able to print 5mm or more from paperedge. So the foldmarks are invisibel. Grusz, Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Tables in headers
by Stefan Larsson 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Thank you very much for your explicit hints Wolfgang. I've learnt a lot from these few lines of code. /Stefan

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chapter setup / table of contents
by Henning Hraban Ramm 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Ahoi! In a volume of proceedings, each chapter has an author and title and sometimes a subtitle. The ToC entry should look like: Author: Title \hfill Page (no indents!) At the moment I've this setup: --- \def\Titel#1#2#3{% author, title, subtitle \page% {\writebetweenlist[chapter]{\placeongrid{\noindent #1:}} \switchtobodyfont[12pt]\noindent #1% \chapter{\noindent #2}% {\ss\bf #3}% \blank[2*big]}% } \setuphead[chapter][page=no, number=no, align= {flushleft,nothyphenated,verytolerant}, style={\ss\bfa}, before={}, after={\blank}] \definecombinedlist[toc][chapter][level=chapter, placehead=no, criterium=all, alternative=b, offset=none] \setupcombinedlist [toc] [partnumber=no] --- Please don't cry, I know it's ugly... ;-) What it does is close, but nood good enough. - Is there a way to use the normal chapter (or any head) mechanism with such "feathered" titles? - How do I get my special ToC? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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Re: [NTG-context] Tables in headers
by Stefan Larsson 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi Stefan, On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Stefan Larsson <lastsys(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> First post on this list... >> >> I have been using LaTeX for several large projects during the last 10 years >> and just recently tried to switch to ConTeXt due to the claim of easier >> handling of custom page layout. So far it is an enjoyable experience... >> >> I would need to customize my page headers with a custom table (like LaTeX's >> tabular environment) instead of just changing the text in the left and right >> corners. From the quick browsing I have been doing of documentation and >> articles at contextgarden this feature called "layers" might be what I am >> looking for. But before trying to grasp this feature I would like to ask any >> experienced ConTeXt user for the recommended approach to achieve what I am >> trying to do... >> >> So, to conclude: "How do I customize my page header to contain a table >> instead of the predefined style?" > can you give us a example of the header do you want to get, tables are not > best solution and they will couse troubles in a few cases. We could try to > find a better solution if possible. I'll try to illustrate using a monospaced font: +------+ Company Name | | | Logo | | | +------+ ------------------------------------------------+------------ Type of document | Page Report of something | 2 (10) -----------------------------------+------------+------------ Name of document | Issue | Date My document name | 1 | 2008-04-22 -----------------------------------+------------+------------ Issuer (dept, name, email) | Appendix dept, name, email | Appendix ------------------------------------------------+------------ This is the full header. A reduced header is used on the rest of the pages where the last row is excluded. (I am trying to convert a MS-Word template...) Thanks, /Stefan

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Bridge between Lua and Ruby
by Diamantini Maurice 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Bonjour à tous ! I just see that there is a bridge between the Ruby language (used by context tools) and Lua (soon to be part of the next TeX compiler, via LuaTeX) http://rubyluabridge.rubyforge.org/ I thought this would be interesting for somebody on this list ;-) -- Maurice Diamantini

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Re: [NTG-context] question on the luaTeX installation
by Dalyoung Jeong 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear Thomas and Aditya, Thank you for the reply. TEXMFLOCAL, TEXMFDIST is the order in texmf.cnf. So the order in .luatex is OK. 1. I changed '/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local' in the .luatex file to '/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local' %%%%%%% echo $TEXMF {/Users/dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-config,/Users/ dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-var,/Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf,/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf-config,/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var,/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf,/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local,/usr/local/ texlive/2007/texmf-dist} %%%%%%%%%% 2. 'luatools --generate'. 3. Then it locate the files in right positions. $ luatools cont-new.tex /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex And I succeeded to create the format file and a very simple test file worked very well. I don't know what is the difference between '/texlive/2007/../texmf- local/' and '/texlive/texmf-local/'. Thank you for your concern again. Best regards, Dalyoung Jeong

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Tables in headers
by Stefan Larsson 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

First post on this list... I have been using LaTeX for several large projects during the last 10 years and just recently tried to switch to ConTeXt due to the claim of easier handling of custom page layout. So far it is an enjoyable experience... I would need to customize my page headers with a custom table (like LaTeX's tabular environment) instead of just changing the text in the left and right corners. From the quick browsing I have been doing of documentation and articles at contextgarden this feature called "layers" might be what I am looking for. But before trying to grasp this feature I would like to ask any experienced ConTeXt user for the recommended approach to achieve what I am trying to do... So, to conclude: "How do I customize my page header to contain a table instead of the predefined style?" Thanks, Stefan Larsson

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metapsot vs. graphviz
by Gour 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi! While writing some written assignments I have a need to draw some simple diagrams. Tried with Dia, but it's not superb. That's why I'm thinking about learning some graphic programming language... Anyone familiar with metapost & graphviz can write few words how the two compare? Any other suggestion? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Zagreb, Croatia | GPG key: C6E7162D ----------------------------------------------------------------

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question on the luaTeX installation
by Dalyoung Jeong 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Dear all, With a fresh mind, I tried to install luaTeX in my Mac G5(OSX 10.5) as follows: (based on Thomas's instruction) - updating the ConTeXt - making formats - preparing some files like texlua, texluac, luatools, mtxrun. - made a environment variable in .luatex export TEXMFCACHE="/tmp" export TEXMFCNF="/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c" export TEXMF="{/Users/dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-config,/Users/ dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-var,/Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf,/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf-config,/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var,/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf,/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local,/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist }" export LUAINPUTS="{/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base,/ usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/sc ripts/context/lua,/Users/dalyoung/ texmf/scripts}" - run "source .luatex" - run "luatools --generate" it showed a long list without any error message. So far, it looks fine. After the generation, I check the file "cont- new.tex", then it pointed the file in the folder texmf-dist not in the folder texmf-local. I updated the ConTeXt file in the folder texmf-local, but I don't know why it is looking for files under texmf-dist folder not under texmf- local. $ luatools cont-new.tex /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex I tried to create a format. But "luatools --ini --verbose --compile cont-en" stops with an error message. LuaTools | version 1.1.1 - 2006+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT LuaTools | loading configuration for /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/ web2c from /tmp/luatex-cache/context/5b25423ad16f5b11dc34abcf44e70ed1/ trees/6da32d2ec193ac6d2428d020ce069374 LuaTools | locating list of /Users/dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /Users/dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist ... LuaTools | using compiled initialization file cont-en.luc LuaTools | using lua initialization file cont-en.luc LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \\dump This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.3-2008041819 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/luat-env.tex ! LuaTeX error [string "luas[0]"]:1: attempt to call field 'luafilechunk' (a ni l value). \ctxluabyteload ...nvironment.luafilechunk("#1") } \ ...fproductionrun \else \ctxluabyteload {#1}{#2} \fi \global \everyloadluac... l.168 \registerctxluafile{luat-env}{1.001} ? Since I updated the ConTeXt file in the folder texmf-local, but I don'tknow why it is looking for files under texmf-dist. Is there anything wrong in my setup? Thank you for reading. best regards, Dalyoung Jeong

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some more graphictext
by Peter Rolf 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Hi, graphictext still doesn't work as expected. I get a correct pdf with mkiv; with mkii the '1' is totally missing. Live ConTeXt currently fails in both cases (luatex 0.25.2 there). I have even some more problems with the desired font (Arial, T1), as mkiv creates a broken pdf here (mtxrun is aborted, when calling pstoedit). Looks like a different problem, but one step after the other. Greetings, Peter % -------- \useMPlibrary[txt] \setupcolors[state=start] \startMPenvironment[global] \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[palatino,10pt] \definefont [ONEfont] [Palatino at 40pt] \stopMPenvironment \startreusableMPgraphic{ONE} graphictext "\ONEfont 1" withdrawcolor blue withfillcolor black withpen pencircle scaled 1pt ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \starttext {\bf Bold} {\it Italic} {\bf\it BoldItalic} \useMPgraphic{ONE} \stoptext % --------

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% in URL
by Alan Bowen 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

I am trying to typeset a URL that has numerous “%”s in it which I am replacing with “\%”s. The problem is that while the typeset URL works, the printed URL is showing the “\%”s rather than just the “%”s. For example, \useURL [Hoyrup2007bURL] [{http://www.akira.ruc.dk/~jensh/Publications/2005\ %7BR{\percent}7D1_Folkerts_vol-1.PDF}] [] [{http://www.akira.ruc.dk/~jensh/Publications/2005\%7BR\ %7D1_Folkerts_vol-1.PDF}] produces a link that works but reads as http://www.akira.ruc.dk/~jensh/Publications/2005\ %7BR{\percent}7D1_Folkerts_vol-1.PDF I notice that “\&” behaves as it should in this context. Any suggestions or pointers to a solution will be much appreciated. I am using ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.18 14:17 MKII . Best, Alan

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urw garamond typescript
by Peter Münster 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Great, now it works! (with luatex-r1188 and context-beta) The typescript from Hans at the end of this message works fine. Some questions for my understanding: - Why 2 \starttypescript-\stoptypescript sections, and not 1? - What does "\setups[font:fallback:serif]" mean? - What is \definetypeface for? - What is the meaning of each parameter of \definetypeface? - Why does the third \starttypescript only have one parameter and no [serif]? After playing around with the typescript, I got the following minmal typescript, that seems to give the same result: \starttypescript [urwgaramond] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [file:GaramondNo8-Reg] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [file:GaramondNo8-Med] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [file:GaramondNo8-Ita] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [file:GaramondNo8-MedIta] \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [] [serif] [\typescriptone] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[urwgaramond] \setupbodyfont[urwgaramond] I strongly believe, that Hans' typescript is better, could somebody explain why? Cheers, Peter % engine=luatex \definefontfeature[complete][liga=yes,kern=yes,compose=yes,tlig=yes,trep=yes] \starttypescript [serif] [urwgaramond] \setups[font:fallback:serif] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Garamond-Regular] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Garamond-Medium] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Garamond-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Garamond-MediumItalic] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [urwgaramond] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Regular] [file:GaramondNo8-Reg] [features=complete] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Medium] [file:GaramondNo8-Med] [features=complete] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-Italic] [file:GaramondNo8-Ita] [features=complete] \definefontsynonym [Garamond-MediumItalic] [file:GaramondNo8-MedIta] [features=complete] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [urwgaramond] \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [rm] [serif] [urwgaramond] [default] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[urwgaramond] \setupbodyfont[urwgaramond] \starttext \rm\input knuth \it\input knuth \bf\input knuth \bi\input knuth \stoptext -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Comments and marks in PDF
by Oleg Kolosov 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Hi All! Adobe Acrobat Reader have special feature, called 'review'. So people can leave marks or comments in PDF file and save them. But AFAIK this can only be done with PDF files generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro. Is there any way to do something similar with files generated by ConTeXt? Basically, I need to pass my work through review process and people often request to add marks directly in files the are looking at. As they are using Adobe's reader exclusively, it would be great to use it's built-in features. -- Best Regards, Oleg Kolosov

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Tables, colors, and mkiv
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Hi, Background colors do not work inside tables with mkiv. For example \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \starttable[|mc|mc|mc|mc|mc|mc|] \HL[2] \BL[6] \AR \NC x_1 \NC x_2 \NC x_3 \NC z_1 \NC z_2 \NC z_3 \NC \AR \HL[2] \NC 0 \NC 0 \NC 0 \NC 1 \NC 1 \NC 0 \NC \AR \NC 0 \NC 0 \NC 1 \NC 1 \NC 1 \NC 1 \NC \AR \stoptable \stoptext Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] Date with three-letter month
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

I was so pleased with the result of Taco's and Aditya's suggestions, I have added them as examples to \date on texshow-web. Richard

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GNU Emacs - Context Command Reference
by Suno Ano 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

I was looking for a command reference that includes all Context commands. There are a few choices to pick from [0] (see "Find Definition"). However, since I am a big GNU Info fanboy -- I love to not leave Emacs while writing Context source etc. -- I was looking for something "faster" than fiddling around with some PDF manual respectively the on-line command reference. I am now using [1] which works quite nice [2] ... ,----[ Debian repository for etexshow? ] | Since I am on DebianGNU/Linux, I was wondering if maybe someone knows a | repository that provides a .deb for etexshow? The official repo does not | contain it afaict `---- ,----[ apt-file search etexshow ] `---- ,----[ apt-cache show etexshow ] | W: Unable to locate package etexshow | E: No packages found `---- [0] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command_Syntax [1] http://levana.de/emacs --> etexshow.tgz [2] http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7207/etexshowvo3.png

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Re: [NTG-context] Date with three-letter month
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

>> I have consulted the manuals and even the source (core-con.tex) but I >> cannot find a way of getting a three-letter month using the \date command. >> For example, I would like to display today's date as 23-Apr-08. This >> gives a short display suitable for use in a margin, but avoids the >> confusion of American (04-23-08) vs English (23-04-08) ordering when using >> numbers. >> Can anyone help? > >These are available (sort of) > > \currentdate[day,--,{\monthshort\normalmonth},--,year] % lowercase > >or > > \currentdate[day,--,{\MONTHSHORT\normalmonth},--,year] % uppercase > >Best wishes, >Taco Thanks Taco. This does the job. All I need now is a version (\Monthshort ??) which puts the first letter in uppercase, Jan , Feb, etc. Thanks, Richard ________________ www.converteam.com Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number: 5571739 and Converteam Ltd. Registration Number: 2416188 Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: Boughton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1BU. CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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urgent reference problem (full path)
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hi, my current project is set up like shown below. A serious problem is the section-reference: while section numbering should be in general (text and TOC) without previous number, it must show the full path when referenced (otherwise nobody will find "2"). Is there help? Thank you very much, Steffen \definehead[EbeneEins] [chapter] \setupsection[section-3][conversion=Characters,previousnumber=no] \setupsection[section-4][conversion=Romannumerals,previousnumber=no] \setupsection[section-5][conversion=numbers,previousnumber=no] % %\setupsection[section-3][conversion=Characters,previousnumber=yes] %\setupsection[section-4][conversion=Romannumerals,previousnumber=yes] %\setupsection[section-5][conversion=numbers,previousnumber=yes] %\def\NummerGewStyle{\switchtobodyfont[rm,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]\mr} \def\KapitelZweiCommand#1#2% {\vbox \bgroup \framed[align=middle,frame=off,offset=0pt,width=\textwidth] {Abschnitt #1\blank [6pt]}% \framed[align=middle,frame=off,offset=0pt,width=\textwidth]{#2}% \egroup} \setuphead[EbeneEins] [header=empty,page=yes,command= \KapitelZweiCommand ,style =,alternative=paragraph,before={\blank[24pt]},after={\blank[14pt]}] \starttext \EbeneEins{Eins} \subsection{Zuerst} \subsubsection{Test} \subsubsection[MyRef]{Here reference test} \subsubsection{Test} \subsection{Danach} \subsubsection{Test} \subsubsection{Test} \section{Zwei} \subsection{Und dann} \subsubsection{Test} In \in[MyRef] % should be: Abschnitt 1 I.2 \stoptext

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Fatal error: catcode push/pop mismatch. Fix this!
by luigi scarso 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

hmm, new for me. Fatal error: catcode push/pop mismatch. Fix this! \wait= (sorry, no more info ) This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.3-2008042217 ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.18 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2008.4.22 int: english/english -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Re: [NTG-context] Date with three-letter month
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Aditya Mahajan wrote: >See if this works (untested) > >\unprotect >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!january :\s!mnem=Jan.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!february :\s!mnem=Feb.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!march :\s!mnem=Mar.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!april :\s!mnem=Apr.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!may :\s!mnem=May] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!june :\s!mnem=Jun.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!july :\s!mnem=Jul.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!august :\s!mnem=Aug.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!september:\s!mnem=Sep.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!october :\s!mnem=Oct.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!november :\s!mnem=Nov.] >\setuplabeltext [\s!en] [\v!december :\s!mnem=Dec.] >\protect That's fantastic! Thanks for that. Richard

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Re: [NTG-context] (no subject)
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

>> I have consulted the manuals and even the source (core-con.tex) but I >> cannot find a way of getting a three-letter month using the \date command. >> For example, I would like to display today's date as 23-Apr-08. This >> gives a short display suitable for use in a margin, but avoids the >> confusion of American (04-23-08) vs English (23-04-08) ordering when using >> numbers. >> Can anyone help? > >These are available (sort of) > > \currentdate[day,--,{\monthshort\normalmonth},--,year] % lowercase > >or > > \currentdate[day,--,{\MONTHSHORT\normalmonth},--,year] % uppercase > Thanks, Taco, that does the job for now. Now all we need is something called \Monthshort which puts the first letter in uppercase (Jan, Feb etc)!!! Thanks, Richard

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Re: [NTG-context] letter
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

> have you called "luatools --generate" because this is neccesary > for MkIV to let it find new files in your TeX tree. Ok! I have learned this now. Is this a replacement or an additive to mktexlsr? Wolfgang

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MetaPost v1.003: graph package broken
by Stephan Hennig 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

A note from the MetaPost developers: We have noticed an incompatibility between the latest MetaPost v1.003 and the graph package. Severity is considered high, since it prevents compilation of even the most simple figures. The problem is identified and a fix is under way. A workaround is not possible. Users of the graph package should not update to MetaPost v1.003. MetaPost versions 1.002 and prior are not affected. Best regards, Stephan Hennig On behalf of the MetaPost development team

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Letter module: Public version available
by Wolfgang Schuster 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hi all, although a got a lot of input for the module in my last I decided now to make a first version available to the public. It will give you the chance to test the user interface and play with the layout settings. Styles for other countries than germany are missing in the current release but I hope I could add them in the next few days. You could also take a look at the first draft of my manual I will also fill in the weeks with your questions and my answer and examples of the different layouts. I put also a third file on the page for Peter and Wolfgang. @Peter: You could take a look at letter-17.tex, I wrote a first version for page optimation of the output, feel free to change optimize.nle or to add additional methods. @Wolfgang: Support for address files KOMA-Script is in a very early state and I have to provide a generic interface but you could try example letter-16.tex for the moment. I will put new versions for the moment under the following url: http://wolfgang.schuster.googlepages.com/letter Wolfgang

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question about mplib/mkiv
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hi, for my presentations, I have a graphical counter on every slide, so metapost has to write a graphic for every slide/page that ConTeXt produces. This works with mkii, but when I process my file in mkiv, I get this error after page 16: report >> error: 15 output files written: .. Transcript written on mpout.log. Memory size overflow! [15.15] report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error [16.16] report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error report >> error: no-term no-error [17.17] Is there any way that I can influence the memory size? 15 doesn't seem like a whole lot... Best Thomas

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ctxtools --updatecontext
by David Arnold 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

All, If you run: ctxtools --updatecontext And it just hangs and times out, what should you try? D.

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Minimals - how to use?
by David 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hi all (and thanks for the help lately with tables etc.) I have been running mkiv on a mac (powerpc, OS 10.4) with no problems, in conjunction with a TeXLive installation. I have updated this setup several times, by downloading the latest luatex and latest context from their respective sites, and following instructions previously sent to this list regarding making files executable and creating a couple of links. Lately, it seems that minimals from the contextgarden wiki are becoming the accepted standard, so I decided to switch. I downloaded the first-run script, ran it, it successfully downloaded all the components to a directory. Now my stupid question: How do I actually *use* the minimal ConTeXt installation? Thanks David

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