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correct installation gnuplot module question
by Jan-Erik Hägglöf 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI! I have minimal context installation installed in my $USER/ctx-test/ directory tree and have two questions. First: I've downloaded the 2007.02.16.... zip and placed the containing 3 files in my case $USER/ctx-test/tex/texmf-context/tpm/t-gnuplot.tpm $USER/ctx-test/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/third/gnuplot/t-gnuplot.tex $USER/ctx-test/tex/texmf-context/metapost/context/base/mp-gnuplot.mp Then $ mktexlsr and then texexec gnuplot-test.tex Following code in my tex file \mainlanguage[sv] \enableregime[utf] \usemodule[gnuplot] \setupGNUPLOT[terminal=mp] \startGNUPLOTscript[datatest] set xlabel "Halloj" set ylabel "hej" plot 'testdata.dat' \stopGNUPLOTscript \starttext \useGNUPLOTgraphic[datatest] \stoptext gnuplot works ok on my system but context cannot produce the pdf-file that includes in the document. Complains about a missing "gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp-0.pdf"( see attached logfile) Following files was created in the directory janne@janne-laptop:~/context/gnuplot$ ls -l totalt 1556 - -rw------- 1 janne janne 1431174 2008-03-25 10:14 gnuplot.pdf - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 4477 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp.0 - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 291 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp.log - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 5869 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp.mp - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 5641 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp.mp.keep - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 7440 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp.mpx - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 1604 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp-temp.dvi - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 5 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1-mp-temp-mpgraph.mp - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 119 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-gnuplot-1.plt - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 9595 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test.log - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 5 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test-mpgraph.mp - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 39373 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test.pdf - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 241 2008-04-23 23:32 gnuplot-test.tex - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 231 2008-04-23 23:30 gnuplot-test.tex~ - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 269 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test.tmp - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 17983 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test.tui - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 812 2008-04-24 08:38 gnuplot-test.tuo - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 5 2008-04-24 08:38 mpgraph.mp - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 33 2008-04-23 23:20 testdata.dat - -rw-r--r-- 1 janne janne 1 2008-04-23 23:18 testdata.dat~ See the attached logfile. The second question is how to make this work with the luatex engine? Many thanks for any help in advance Janneman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIEDdp/zRis+sQPvARAg9hAKDD9tH7/QDZ++MAlk4UddxbIl6Y6ACgwZf/ 8zwG5G+QZxv2emEiZz3cxF0= =Z1Tb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Date with three-letter month
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hello All, 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? Thanks. Richard.

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Re: [NTG-context] mplib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hi Taco, > I can remove that line, it is misleading. The content of the > log file is in <result>.log What do you mean with <result>? There is only ONE log file and that is tst10.log (the log file of the tst10.tex which runs the above code). Wolfgang

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letter
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hallo, I made some tests and want to report: ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1.) 'letter-17.tex' with pdftex (ConTeXt ver: 2007.07.29 22:06 MKII fmt: 2008.4.10 int: english/english) ! Undefined control sequence. \letterstopoptimizeyes ...er!value!skip \minustwo \else \ifdim \pagetotal <.... \next2 #1,->\dosetups {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \@@su:letter:place ...r] \setups [letter:sequence] \setups [letter:finish] \next1 #1,->\dosetups {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.38 \stopletter ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2.) 'letter-17.tex' with luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.11 00:07 MKIV fmt: 2008.4.11 int: english/english) system : module t-letter not found ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \setupletterstyle but kpsewhich t-letter d:/context/tex/texmf-project/tex/context/third/letter/base/t- letter.tex ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3.) 'letter-17.tex' with pdftex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.11 00:07 MKII fmt: 2008.4.11 int: english/english) same error as 1.) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Has there something changed in the file finding mechanism since 04.11.? Maybe the strange behaviour of mplib is related to this. Wolfgang

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urw-garamond with MKIV
by Peter Münster 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hello, This does no more work with MKIV: \usemodule[urwgaramond] \starttext \rm\input knuth \it\input knuth \bf\input knuth \bi\input knuth \stoptext Could anybody help me, to get urw-garamond with MKIV? (ftp://dante.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/urw/garamond.zip must be installed) TIA! Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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acroread and reload a PDF
by Suno Ano 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

I am on DebianGNU/Linux using acroread. Anytime I make a change to some Context source and compile it into PDF I want to view the result i.e. reload the already opened PDF. Same as with Firefox/Iceweasel and some HTML page I work on i.e. hitting C-R reloads the page for viewing. With xpdf I just hit R and the file (which changed on the disk) gets reloaded. Am I right that acroread lacks a reload feature? Reopening a document anytime it changed totally sucks ...

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Re: [NTG-context] letter
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hallo Wolfgang, > > 2.) 'letter-17.tex' with luatex (ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.11 00:07 > MKIV > > fmt: 2008.4.11 int: english/english) > > > > system : module t-letter not found > > ! Undefined control sequence. > > l.5 \setupletterstyle > > > > but > > > > kpsewhich t-letter > > d:/context/tex/texmf-project/tex/context/third/letter/base/t- > > letter.tex > could you try to use \usemodule[t][letter] instead of > \usemodule[letter]. I have tried \usemodule[letter] \usemodule[t-letter] \usemodule[t][letter] \input t-letter all negativ kpsewhich finds it, as I wrote I got the error: system : module t-letter not found there is no letter.tex (this all is with luatex, MKII with same context finds it.) Gruß, Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] mplib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hallo Taco et al > >>>> \startlua > >>>> local function finder(name, mode, ftype) > >>>> if mode=="w" then > >>>> return name > >>>> else > >>>> return kpse.find_file(name,ftype) > >>>> end > >>>> end > > > > Jein! > > > > Try this, a little more elaborate, version of finder: > > local function finder(name, mode, ftype) > local found > if mode=="w" then > found = name > else > found = kpse.find_file(name,ftype) > end > print("MPlib finder: " .. name .. " -> " .. found) > return found > end > > maybe that will give a clue. Example 1: my test file with your finder. -------------------------------------------------------------- MPlib finder: mpost.mp -> d:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/mpost.mp MPlib finder: mpost.map -> MPlib finder: plain.mp -> d:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp t={ ["log"]="This is MetaPost, Version 1.003 (INIMP) 23 APR 2008 07:51 (mpost.mp(plain.mp\ Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.99)", ["status"]=0, ["term"]="This is MetaPost, Version 1.003 (Cweb version 0.40) (INIMP)\ (mpost.mp(plain.mp\ Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.99)", } MPlib finder: mpost.mem -> t={ ["log"]=" )\ Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem\ (mem=mpost 8.4.23)\ at most 736 strings of total length 3629\ 3326 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1021&2227\ 501 symbolic tokens\ ", ["status"]=0, ["term"]=" )\ Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem\ (mem=mpost 8.4.23)\ at most 736 strings of total length 3629\ 3326 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1021&2227\ 501 symbolic tokens\ Transcript written on mpost.log.\ ", } -------------------------------------------------------------- found = "" no mpost.mem, no mpost.log Example 2: my test file with your finder and ("wb" not "w") -------------------------------------------------------------- MPlib finder: mpost.mp -> d:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/mpost.mp MPlib finder: mpost.map -> MPlib finder: plain.mp -> d:/context/tex/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp t={ ["log"]="This is MetaPost, Version 1.003 (INIMP) 23 APR 2008 07:58 (mpost.mp(plain.mp\ Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.99)", ["status"]=0, ["term"]="This is MetaPost, Version 1.003 (Cweb version 0.40) (INIMP)\ (mpost.mp(plain.mp\ Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.99)", } MPlib finder: mpost.mem -> mpost.mem t={ ["log"]=" )\ Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem\ (mem=mpost 8.4.23)\ at most 736 strings of total length 3629\ 3326 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1021&2227\ 501 symbolic tokens\ ", ["status"]=0, ["term"]=" )\ Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem\ (mem=mpost 8.4.23)\ at most 736 strings of total length 3629\ 3326 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1021&2227\ 501 symbolic tokens\ Transcript written on mpost.log.\ ", } -------------------------------------------------------------- mpost.mem gets written now but no mpost.log grusz Wolfgang

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Bug in mkiv
by Aditya Mahajan 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hi Hans and Taco, Mkiv does not like \{ .. \} in the text input, it thinks that they should be in math mode. For example, \starttext I need \{ braces \} \stoptext gives ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ <to be read again> \odelimiter \lbrace ->\odelimiter "4020066"030008 l.2 I need \{ braces \} ? Aditya

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question about definecorps
by Jeremy Johnson 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

How can I produce a large font? The method in "context-getting-started.pdf" no longer works: \definecorps[12pt][rm][tfe=cmr12 at 48pt] {\tfe Hasselt} ! Undefined control sequence. l.104 \definecorps [12pt][rm][tfe=cmr12 at 48pt] THANKS

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ONE upright beta, please!
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Hi, my whole project is set in Times without problems - except at one spot there is a "beta" needed. Just this single time! But, unfortunately, I only get it italic: \starttext \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \enableregime[utf] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] $\beta$ β% same in unicode \stoptext For it is just this one character, used one single time, I don't feel encouraged to start messing around with typescripts. Someone can give me a quick(-and-dirty) advice?? Thank, Steffen

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whizzytex for ConTeXt?
by Suno Ano 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

I use AucTeX with Emacs to write ConTeXt documents. Whizzytex is an GNU Emacs minor mode. Can I use whizzytex with ConTeXt as well or is it just usable with LaTeX? http://pauillac.inria.fr/cdrom/www/whizzytex/index.html

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Fonts and other tips for thesis and other academic works
by Matija Šuklje 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Hullo, Now that I'm fairly happy with the citation and basic styling of my template for my seminary, research works and thesis, I'd like to take up the fonts and styling of it. So, what I'd like to know is which fonts do you suggest for academic works and what are the basic styling tips for such works? Cheers, Matija link: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Law_Faculty_University_of_Ljubljana_Styling_a… -- 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

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aligning the stoppers in numbered itemizations
by Alan Bowen 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Can anyone point me to instructions/explanations of how to set up a numbered itemization so that the stoppers (periods) are vertically aligned? What I want should look like this: 1. an entry 2. an entry ... 10. an entry Many thanks. Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibliographic Databases
by Dietrich Rordorf / MDPI 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Hi All, Why not try an existing, online tool.? There are severals, most of them support export to various formats, e.g. BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, etc.. Some of them have a Word plug-in, too. http://www.connotea.org/ Free online reference management tool for scientists Nature Publishing Group http://www.citeulike.org/ Free online reference management tool for scientists Oversity Ldt. http://www.bibsonomy.org/ Free online reference management tool for scientists University of Kassel http://www.zotero.org/ Free online reference management tool for scientists WordPress http://www.2collab.com/ Free online group collaboration tool for scientists Elsevier B.V. Otherwaise, for Desktop solutions see a comparision: Reference Management Software Comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software http://mahbub.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/comparison-of-free-bibliographic-man… Dietrich -- Mr. Dietrich Rordorf MDPI Center Matthaeusstrasse 11 CH-4057 Basel Switzerland E-mail: rordorf(a)mdpi.org Skype: d.rordorf Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 (office) Tel. +41 76 561 41 83 (mobile) Fax +41 61 302 89 18 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > Re: [NTG-context] Bibliographic Databases > From: > Robin Kirkham <robin.kirkham(a)csiro.au> > Date: > Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:13:28 +1000 > To: > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > To: > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > > On 20 April 2008, "George N. White III" <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Robin Kirkham >> <robin.kirkham(a)csiro.au> wrote: >> >>> I want to set up a shared bibliographic reference database for my >>> research group, [...] >> >> I can tell you a few things that don't work! In our lab we have both >> TeX and Word users. Many of them had been using a DOS package >> called papyrus, using a special markup that could be translated >> to tex (.bbl) files. Nothing we found was really satisfactory, so >> we bought EndNote, which could import from papyrus via "refer" >> format and can export to "almost bibtex". One problem is that >> EndNote uses unicode, so we end up with è, etc. that must >> be translated for some user's versions of bibtex. The database >> now has a nearly infinite variety of different quote marks: >> `a`, 'a', ``a'', "a", etc. depending on how the entry was made >> (many are pasted from online or pdf sources). >> >> EndNote is really designed for individual users, although sold >> in bulk. If 2 people open the same database on a shared >> drive they end up with a corrupt database. >> >> In my view, a bibliographic database needs to store each >> reference in the "source" or original format, whether bibtex, >> refer, or one of the newer forms, and provide translators >> and version tracking, so each file can have forks for different >> uses (e.g., ascii vs unicode char. sets) and edits can be >> preserved for the next user. In practice, people just dump >> selected refs to a bib file, make the .bbl file, and fix problems >> there, so fixes rarely make it back to the master database. >> If they did, we would still have accents and quote marks >> being switched back and forth depending on who last used >> the entry. > > > Thanks George. EndNote is I believe the corporately-approved solution > here, and similar disasters occur when people try and share its data > files. For this reason I don't call these sorts of personal-level > programs "databases" (any more than I'll call a .bib file a database). > > The TeX folk don't fare much better. Multiple personal .bib files are > common, often with duplicate references but different citation keys, > leading to rather variable results depending on who run LaTeX/ConTeXt > on the file. Inconsistency in data entry is also a problem, although > for us, accents and quotes don't seem to too big a problem. > (`Authorless', i.e., corporate author documents, like data sheets, > seems to be more of an issue). > > For this reason I'm looking for a proper SQL database solution like > refdb or refbase (or maybe wikindx, thanks Andreas) with a web > front-end that will hopefully enforce somewhat more consistent data > entry, and maybe even auto-generate citation keys. Taco, your remarks > regarding interchange formats are valuable (both refdb and refbase > support MODS XML output). > > Robin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >

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Context to xml
by Olivier Guéry 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Hello, Reading to the xml documentation, I see in the « basic workflow » section that it's possible to have a TeX -> style -> Xml flow. Is this flow availaible ? I can't see it in the doc. I just need a few simple test : Title, author, paragraph. Since Context is the best way to produce pdf, i don't want to do Xml -> Contex -> Pdf but Contex -> pdf (various size) -> xml (-> html ?) Is this possible or just a todo thing ? Regards, Olivier. -- [Message tapé sur un clavier Bépo : http://www.clavier-dvorak.org ] Olivier nemolivier(a)gmail.com http://nemolivier.blogspot.com

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Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt
by Wolfgang Schuster 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

Hi all, Preface most of the discussions in the last weeks on the list concerned LuaTeX and MkIV with the topic fonts, xml and bugs, currently not implemented functions and bug and in the last few days also mplib. I will try start with this mail a hopefully interesting discuassions wuth many people about the current state to use ConTeXt for correspondence in personal and business live. Introduction Although ConTeXt has many features and can be used for nearly every type of document with many features to adapt the layout to ones personal requirements we have still a few places where something is missing or force us to use another tool. I will focus myself for the moment on the missing support for a real module to write letter and other correspondence. The Past and the present A few modules had been written in the past to write letter but wether they are not available like Hans own module or it is to complicated to use. Hans own module m-letter.tex was never included in the main distribution and the documentation [1] was never finished but it is now possible to find a older version in the list archives. The strong point on the module are the possibility to change the size and position of the address and reference fields but it was nearly impossible to add extra information like values for sender or to make big changes in the layout. The second option to write a letter was and is Holger Schöners letterstyle environment [2], he provided a layout for german letters with a DIN style and macros to store address and sender information. What looked like a good solution to me at first glance had also many disadvatages, the names for the fields in the refrence line used hard to memorize name like \lettersenderkey... and no high level interface to set them. Another point to me which prevented me from using the style was the hard way to change the layout, the environment provided commands to change the values but all was done with simple definition and no setup command. A few user write their own simple setups and environemnts to write letter [2,3] but none of them was really confugrable or provided a real interface. The future The lack of any good soution for this topic forced me to write my own letter module for ConTeXt. I started myself with Hans letter module and added a extra field to add my own address but this was at a time where I was still new to ConTeXt and most of the content in m-letter.tex where confusing to me and I had problem to adapt the layout to my own requirements. After I gained a little bit more knowledge in TeX and ConTeXt is started to write a new module from scratch with the option to load style files and set the information for the address and all other information with a better interface. After nearly one and a helf years and 2 major revisions I have nearly finished my module and would will make it now available also to other users. But before I make my last stable version online I want to discuss a few points with interested users. The discussion Before I start to give you information about my module and give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts about the inteface I'm interested what do you use currently to write you own correspondence (letter, invoices etc.). After this interesting question for me I will now make a few information about my module available. The module use by default the definition for german business letters as layout where the position for the address block and the reference line are defined. To change the layout for your own letter I provide the option to change the default settings with the one for all command \setupletterstyle, you could use it to set the page layout, the position for the different blocks for address and sender information and also for the bodyfontsize and parskip and parindent. To use once defined for many letter you could save them in so called letterstyle files which can be loaded either with the module \usemodule[letter][style=...] or within the letter with the command \useletterstyle[...]. The lettertext is written between the \startletter ... \stopletter environment and it is possible to write in adcouemnt as many letters as you want, you could write serial letters and use the correspodence modul to save the address information in a XMl file. The values for letter are set with the \setupletter command but this is one of the still open points, the current implemtation requires sometimes to many lines for just a few information and I plan to replace it with a simpler system. Take the following minimal example \usemodule[letter] \setupletter [sender] [name={Mike Meiers}, address={Mustergasse 12\\25694 Musterstadt}] \setupletter [address] [name={Hans Hansen}, address={Zielweg 34\\78561 Tiny Town}] \starttext \startletter [opening={Dear Hans,}] letter text \stopletter \stoptext As you can see the opening for the letter is set as optional argument for \startletter because it is also possible to write it in the long form \setupletter[data][opening=...] but a simpler system could be usefull especially if you want to set only text for address and something like \setupletter[fromname=...,address=...] or \setlettervalue[address]{...} are options to replace the current solution. Before I release I first public bety version of the modul I want to hear which interface to set the letter information do you prefer and do you have things do want in the module. I could provide more ready to use layout for the module (like block style for americal letter) but I need information about the layout and the position for the fields. Wolfgang Schuster [1] http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-29.htm [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Letter_style [3] http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2006-3/hogg/

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[Fwd: LUG-boards: TUG'08 call for papers deadline April 30]
by Hans Hagen 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

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Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

On 19 Apr 2008 at 14:41, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > > I still use the LaTeX class scrlttr2 for my letters. > > I use adress files bundled with that class. Adresses are macros > > and selected by a string-key. > > I know the \adrentry for scrlltr and could add this function but > not at the moment and only as letter extension. > > > Maybe it would be nice, if there could be a interface to such a > key > > and a lua-function (which defaults to return) taking this key as > > argument. So everybody can write his own adress-import function. > > You should also take a look into Hans correspondence [1] manual, > I prefer to make something based on a xml database on it is > possible > to write serial letters as told in the manual bot not to use some > information for just one letter. > > I will add it on my todo list. The idea was NOT to use THIS or THAT adress format. Instead implementing something like a generic import interface. Gruß, Wolfgang

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Fwd: Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press
by Henning Hraban Ramm 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

> Von: Martin Schröder > Datum: 20. April 2008 16:55:12 GMT+02:00 > An: TEX-D-L(a)LISTSERV.DFN.DE > Betreff: Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press > Antwort an: German Language TeX Users Group Communication List <TEX- > D-L(a)LISTSERV.DFN.DE> > > Wonderful 60 minutes of the BBC showing Stephen Fry recreating an the > original Gutenberg printing process. > > http://www.fontblog.de/auf-den-spuren-gutenbergs > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91smRXrEPRs > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0FKWpNTUc > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=souzdLjgrzM > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIur4eiOR38 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgNCvgSICbc > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWeMK-Q9NMQ > > Best > Martin 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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Indention problem after formula
by Tobias Burnus 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Hi all, how does one get an indention after a formula? The last paragraph shall be indented, but it is not. Any idea? Tobias \setupindenting[yes,1em,first] \starttext We start with a formula, \placeformula \startformula a^2+b^2=c^2, \stopformula \noindent which was found by a Greek; it can also be written as \placeformula \startformula a^2+b^2-c^2 = 0. \stopformula \indent Here, a new paragraph shall begin -- indented! \stoptext

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Bibliographic Databases
by Robin Kirkham 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Dear all, I want to set up a shared bibliographic reference database for my research group, and I'm looking at software like refbase http:// refbase.sourceforge.net/ or refdb http://refdb.sourceforge.net/ to replace the somewhat random collection of personal BibTeX .bib files we have. Does anyone have any experience or advice to offer in using such things, and hooking them up to ConTeXt? Most of these systems will of course emit a .bib file which will obviously work, but will any emit the .bbl so I can forget about BibTeX? Will luatex one day connect to a bib database and fetch the details of a cited reference? Is there a ConTeXt "approved" way forward for this sort of thing? Thanks in advance, Robin

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maybe OT? ConTeXt on an EEEPC
by Thomas A. Schmitz 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Dear all, maybe this is off-topic, but I just wanted to tell you about my experiences (and sorry if this sounds like a sales pitch, it isn't!). Since I have a fairly long commute to work, I spend a lot of time on the train and like/need to do serious work there. When you have to schlepp it almost every day, a normal laptop seems pretty heavy after a while, that's why I got me one of those eeepc thingies. Its tiny screen and small keyboard scream "I'm just a mobile device, not a replacement for a real computer," and it's not the fastest machine around. However, my joy is great whenever I stuff the little thing in my bag and lift it. I got the 8GB variant. To do work, I always want all my documents with me (so I can easily sync my entire Documents directory between work, home, and laptop) and, of course, my TeX installation. My texlive- texmf tree now is 1.6 G, so I needed a bit more space than the 4G model offers (models with larger screens and hard disks will be available soonish). It has a SDHC card reader, so I copied my Documents and the TeX installation to the internal disk (a SSD) and have my linux installation on a card from which I boot. With a shell script, I set the $PATH so I can mount the internal disk and run ConTeXt off of it. Everything works wonderfully. As I said, it's a slow machine, so you don't want to compile very long documents too often, but it does run every flavor of ConTeXt. I often prepare my presentations on the train, and this works great: I have the environment to which I'm used for editing the source files (emacs + ConTeXt) and a pdf viewer open in another workspace. This setup is one of the reasons why I prefer a texlive installation to a minimal ConTeXt tree: that way, I have to maintain it only once and can sync it between my computers. So whoever has to travel a lot: I find it wonderful to have such a small and light computer on the road. All best, have a nice weekend Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] Bibliographic Databases
by Robin Kirkham 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

On 20 April 2008, "George N. White III" <gnwiii(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Robin Kirkham > <robin.kirkham(a)csiro.au> wrote: > >> I want to set up a shared bibliographic reference database for my >> research group, [...] > > I can tell you a few things that don't work! In our lab we have both > TeX and Word users. Many of them had been using a DOS package > called papyrus, using a special markup that could be translated > to tex (.bbl) files. Nothing we found was really satisfactory, so > we bought EndNote, which could import from papyrus via "refer" > format and can export to "almost bibtex". One problem is that > EndNote uses unicode, so we end up with è, etc. that must > be translated for some user's versions of bibtex. The database > now has a nearly infinite variety of different quote marks: > `a`, 'a', ``a'', "a", etc. depending on how the entry was made > (many are pasted from online or pdf sources). > > EndNote is really designed for individual users, although sold > in bulk. If 2 people open the same database on a shared > drive they end up with a corrupt database. > > In my view, a bibliographic database needs to store each > reference in the "source" or original format, whether bibtex, > refer, or one of the newer forms, and provide translators > and version tracking, so each file can have forks for different > uses (e.g., ascii vs unicode char. sets) and edits can be > preserved for the next user. In practice, people just dump > selected refs to a bib file, make the .bbl file, and fix problems > there, so fixes rarely make it back to the master database. > If they did, we would still have accents and quote marks > being switched back and forth depending on who last used > the entry. Thanks George. EndNote is I believe the corporately-approved solution here, and similar disasters occur when people try and share its data files. For this reason I don't call these sorts of personal-level programs "databases" (any more than I'll call a .bib file a database). The TeX folk don't fare much better. Multiple personal .bib files are common, often with duplicate references but different citation keys, leading to rather variable results depending on who run LaTeX/ConTeXt on the file. Inconsistency in data entry is also a problem, although for us, accents and quotes don't seem to too big a problem. (`Authorless', i.e., corporate author documents, like data sheets, seems to be more of an issue). For this reason I'm looking for a proper SQL database solution like refdb or refbase (or maybe wikindx, thanks Andreas) with a web front- end that will hopefully enforce somewhat more consistent data entry, and maybe even auto-generate citation keys. Taco, your remarks regarding interchange formats are valuable (both refdb and refbase support MODS XML output). Robin

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new options for \setupinteractionscreen
by Vit Zyka 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Dear ConTeXters, for PDF document one can set /PageLayout. It is a mode in which reader shows us pages (Single, Continous, Facing, ...). in ConTeXt one can set \setupinteractionscreen[option=doublesided] which set layout /TwoColumnRight (understand two facing continuous pages with odd pages on the right side). Since PDF 1.5 there is a possibility to set 3 more layouts: /TwoColumnLeft /TwoPageRight /TwoPageLeft I poropose to incorporate next lines of code to sources to enable setting of these layouts % double=facing, column=continuous, right|left=where odd page \setupinteractionscreen[ option=doublecolumnleft, option=doublepageright, option=doublepageleft, option=doublecolumnright, % for compatibility = doublesided option=doublecolumn, % for simplicity = doublecolumnright option=doublepage, % for simplicity = doublepageright ] These names are derrived from curren naming convention (doublesided) and PDF names. May be we can use more intuitive variants: option=facingright, option=facingleft, option=facingcontinuousright, option=facingcontinuousleft, Sorry I know English and Czech interface only and for FDF driver. May be somebody add more. Vit Proposal: ----------------------------------------------------------------- % mult-con.tex \startvariables dutch english german czech italian romanian french doublecolumnright: doublecolumnright doublecolumnright doublecolumnright dvasloupcevpravo doublecolumnright doublecolumnright doublecolumnright doublecolumnleft: doublecolumnleft doublecolumnleft doublecolumnleft dvasloupcevlevo doublecolumnleft doublecolumnleft doublecolumnleft doublecolumn: doublecolumn doublecolumn doublecolumn dvasloupce doublecolumn doublecolumn doublecolumn doublepageright: doublepageright doublepageright doublepageright dvestrankyvpravo doublepageright doublepageright doublepageright doublepageleft: doublepageleft doublepageleft doublepageleft dvestrankyvlevo doublepageleft doublepageleft doublepageleft doublepage: doublepage doublepage doublepage dvestranky doublepage doublepage doublepage \stopvariables % core-int \setvalue{\??sc\c!option\v!doublecolumnright}{4} % compatibility \setvalue{\??sc\c!option\v!doublecolumnleft}{5} % new \setvalue{\??sc\c!option\v!doublepageright}{6} % new \setvalue{\??sc\c!option\v!doublepageleft}{7} % new \setvalue{\??sc\c!option\v!doublecolumn}{4} % compatibility \setvalue{\??sc\c!option\v!doublepage}{6} % compatibility % spec-fdf.tex \def\doPDFsetupscreen#1#2#3#4#5#6% watch the extra argument {\bgroup \xdef\currentPDFpagemode {\ifnum#6=4 /PageLayout /TwoColumnRight \else\ifnum#6=5 /PageLayout /TwoColumnLeft \else\ifnum#6=6 /PageLayout /TwoPageRight \else\ifnum#6=7 /PageLayout /TwoPageLeft \else /PageMode \ifcase#6 /UseNone\or/FullScreen\or/UseOutlines\else/UseNone\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi}% \xdef\currentPDFviewerprefs % space after #6 needed, else \relax {\ifcase#6 \or\or\else /ViewerPreferences << /FitWindow true >>\fi}% \egroup} ------------------------------------------------------------

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graphictext broken
by Peter Rolf 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Hi, this doesn't work any more (mkii and mkiv). Same error on live.contextgarden. I use pstoedit3.45 (updated today from 3.44) and the latest context/luatex. % -------- \useMPlibrary[txt] \setupcolors[state=start] \startMPenvironment[global] \definefont[ONEfont] [Sans at 40pt] \stopMPenvironment \startreusableMPgraphic{ONE} graphictext "\ONEfont 1" withdrawcolor blue withfillcolor black withpen pencircle scaled 1pt ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \starttext \null \useMPgraphic{ONE} \stoptext % -------- Best wishes, Peter

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LaTeX maths with array...
by Pau 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Hi, I am preparing an e-journal for astro and I have many articles with lots of equations. Unfortunately, authors are using LaTeX maths and this is giving me trouble. I have read and followed the steps of http://wiki.contextgarden.net/LaTeX_Math_in_ConTeXt and http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math_with_newmat and it has helped me a lot but there's a snag I run all the time in: array Typically, the equation giving troubles is of the kind: \begin{equation} \begin{array}{rl} h & \sim \mu M^{2/3}f^{2/3}/r\\ & \sim M_{ch}^{5/3}f^{2/3}/r\\ \end{array} \end{equation} when I try to compile, I get ! Misplaced alignment tab character &. l.484 h& \sim \mu M^{2/3}f^{2/3}/r\\ Of course, when I use \startformula\eqalign{ h & \sim \mu M^{2/3}f^{2/3}/r \cr & \sim M_{ch}^{5/3}f^{2/3}/r \cr }\stopformula everything runs smoothly but I cannot convert all equations containing a {array}{rl} or similar, because I would never end... I guess that writing a script to convert them in eqlign would be feasible, but it's a very... precarious way... I would prefer to fix the problem from ConTeXt itself... how?? thanks, Pau

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problems with minimal/pdftex
by Patrick Gundlach 20 Apr '08

20 Apr '08

Hi, I've just downloaded a minimal for mac os x/power-pc and experience the following problem: -------------------------------------------------- $ cat simple.tex \starttext Hello World! This is ConTeXt. \stoptext $ texexec simple.tex TeXExec | processing document 'simple.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file simple.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1046 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.50.0-alpha-20071218 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./simple.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.18 14:17 MKII fmt: 2008.4.19 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) ... ... ... {/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map } (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-def.mkii)) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex loading : Context Sorting Macros (languages) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/sort-lan.mkii)) [1.1pdftex: Invalid argument TeXExec | runtime: 2.623539 -------------------------------------------------- So, there is no output generated. Any clue where I can start looking for a solution? I have a texlive 2007 installed in parallel, but is this harmful? Any help appreciated! Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Re: [NTG-context] mplib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

> >> \startlua > >> local function finder(name, mode, ftype) > >> if mode=="w" then > >> return name > >> else > >> return kpse.find_file(name,ftype) > >> end > >> end Jein! The only file in my tex tree which could play that roule is cont-en-mpost.mem in the cache \tex\texmf-cache\luatex- cache\context\c80dc1fd5292ec817c6e82c295beaf1e\formats this file causes from a metapost:process run and is not overwritten by my example. So, there is not written any mpost.mem in the whole tree. Gruß, Wolfgang

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typescript
by Antoine Junod 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Hello, List! Follownig your recommendations while playing with fonts, I've started to write one. It's actually very basic but I already have a few questions. Here is the basic, working stuff I did until now: \starttypescript[serif][garamondpp] \definefontsynonym [GaramondPP-Roman] [GaramondPremrPro] \definefontsynonym [GaramondPP-Bold] [GaramondPremrPro-Bd] \definefontsynonym [GaramondPP-Italic] [GaramondPremrPro-It] \definefontsynonym [GaramondPP-Bold-Italic][GaramondPremrPro-BdIt] \stoptypescript If I've understood what I did in that part, I've simply defined alias for the font file names. What I do not catch is the \starttypescript line. Is it right to say that the second parameter is the name of the 'class' to which the definitions that follow are linked? Second question on that part: Is the first argument (serif) a reserved keyword or not? What's the point of that argument? Third and last question for that part, in the case, as in here, where the font file names are easy to remember, is it still needed to create that synonyms for any reason? Then, I wrote the [name] part of the typescript, as the following: \starttypescript[serif][garamondpp][name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [GaramondPP-Roman] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [GaramondPP-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [GaramondPP-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlanted] [SerifItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [GaramondPP-Bold-Italic] \stoptypescript If I caught the point of the last argument, it is here to indicate that what follows links font files to the pre-defined font concept that are Serif, SerifBold, SerifItalic and so on and so on). Here are my questions: I've seen in the sources that there were 7 predefined types in the Serif family: Serif, SerifBold, SerifItalic, SerifSlanted, SerifBoldItalic and SerifBoldSlanted. What if I have a font that not only have a Bold face but also a Medium face and a SemiBold face? Second question: my font do not have a slanted face and I do not want to have pieces of computer modern in the text because, by mistake, I typed an \sl switch or something related. To avoid that, you can see I declared SerifSlanted to be a synonym for SerifItalic. Is it the way to do that or is it better to directly define SerifSlanted as a synonym to GaramondPP-Italic (in my case)? And for the last part of my little type script: \starttypescript [GaramondPP] \definetypeface [GaramondPP][rm][serif][garamondpp][default] \stoptypescript That part is for me a beautiful piece of ununderstanding :) First question: the first argument is the name we will use with the \usetypescript command. Right? Second question: the first argument of the \definetypescript is the name that will be used with the \setupbodyfont call. Is it right? Isn't there any conflict with the GaramondPP of the \starttypescript and the one of the \definetypeface? Or do they need to be the same? Other question: how are related the three following parameters (rm, serif and garamondpp)? And finally, what's the point of the 'default' argument? I'm aware that's a huge load of questions. Nothing is urgent but every replies are welcome, and that will allow me to help others. More questions will certainly occurs later (certainly related to sizes) but at first I'll try to better understand all what is above. Thanks a lot for everything! A+ -AJ

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Re: [NTG-context] mplib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

On 19 Apr 2008 at 8:58, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > >>> Everything I read below says there should be a 'plain.mem' > >>> in the folder where you ran theat file in. If there > >>> really really isn't, then my only advise to you is to buy > >>> a less thieving operating system, as it seems this one steals > >>> your files before you can even have an admiring look at them. > >> :-) > > > > May be you are right that operating system steals files. We should > do > > something against that. > > > > Lutz Haseloff has send me his test (he too sees no 'mpost.mem'): > Hallo Taco, > When Hans and I tested this, it worked just fine. Have you tested exactly my example on a windows minimal? > Does the high-level > context interface work for you at all, btw? The high-level interface seems to work. > I have no idea what is > going on, and I cannot test myself, so I am even more lost than > you are. MPlib firmly believes it has written a file: > > Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem > (mem=mpost 8.4.18) > at most 736 strings of total length 3629 > 3326 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1021&2227 > 501 symbolic tokens > Yes, I know this. > There is nothing more I myself can do about it. Do you use a sort of io-buffering in the mplib or a memory-file? When is the file flushed or closed? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] mplib
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

Hallo Taco, > > Everything I read below says there should be a 'plain.mem' > > in the folder where you ran theat file in. If there > > really really isn't, then my only advise to you is to buy > > a less thieving operating system, as it seems this one steals > > your files before you can even have an admiring look at them. > :-) May be you are right that operating system steals files. We should do something against that. Lutz Haseloff has send me his test (he too sees no 'mpost.mem'): ------------------------------------ TeXExec | processing document 'mplibtest.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file mplibtest.top TeXExec | using randomseed 256 TeXExec | tex engine: luatex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en (./mplibtest.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.04.16 17:34 MKIV fmt: 2008.4.18 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (C:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (C:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv lua : used config path - C:/tex/texmf- local/web2c/texmf.cnf;C:/tex/texmf- context/web2c/texmf.cnf;C:/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf lua : used cache path - C:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex- cache/context/71ddae2d1527093aac63e0e1aa139641 ) (C:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (C:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (C:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (C:/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex (C:/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (C:/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (C:/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : tex loaded system : mplibtest.top loaded (./mplibtest.top specials : loading definition file tpd (C:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (C:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (C:/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkiv)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf loaded ) (./mplibtest.tuo) (./mplibtest.tuo) systems : begin file mplibtest at line 2 t={ ["log"]="This is MetaPost, Version 1.003 (INIMP) 18 APR 2008 06:34 (mpost.mp(plain.mp\ Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.99)", ["status"]=0, ["term"]="This is MetaPost, Version 1.003 (Cweb version 0.40) (INIMP)\ (mpost.mp(plain.mp\ Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.99)", } nothing t={ ["log"]=" )\ Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem\ (mem=mpost 8.4.18)\ at most 736 strings of total length 3629\ 3326 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1021&2227\ 501 symbolic tokens\ ", ["status"]=0, ["term"]=" )\ Beginning to dump on file mpost.mem\ (mem=mpost 8.4.18)\ at most 736 strings of total length 3629\ 3326 memory locations dumped; current usage is 1021&2227\ 501 symbolic tokens\ Transcript written on mpost.log.\ ", } nothing fonts : resetting map file list {C:/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {C:/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: lm-math {C:/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map} fonts : using map file: lm-rm {C:/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {C:/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {C:/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams- euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {C:/tex/texmf-context/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public- lm.map} [1.1] systems : end file mplibtest at line 38 )<C:/tex/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm/lmroman12-regular.otf> mkiv lua stats : used config path - C:/tex/texmf- local/web2c/texmf.cnf;C:/tex/texmf- context/web2c/texmf.cnf;C:/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf mkiv lua stats : used cache path - C:/tex/texmf- cache/luatex-cache/context/71ddae2d1527093aac63e0e1aa139641 mkiv lua stats : modules/dumps/instances - 84/20/1 mkiv lua stats : input load time - 0.031 seconds mkiv lua stats : fonts load time - 1.063 seconds mkiv lua stats : xml load time - 0.000 seconds, backreferences: 0, outer filtering time: 0.000 mkiv lua stats : mps conversion time - 0.000 seconds mkiv lua stats : node processing time - 0.000 seconds (including kernel) mkiv lua stats : kernel processing time - 0.000 seconds mkiv lua stats : attribute processing time - 0.016 seconds mkiv lua stats : language load time - 0.031 seconds, n=2 mkiv lua stats : graphics processing time - 0.000 seconds, n=0 (including tex) mkiv lua stats : metapost processing time - 0.000 seconds, loading: 0.000 seconds, execution: 0.000 seconds, n: 0 mkiv lua stats : current memory usage - 50679203 bytes mkiv lua stats : cleaned up reserved nodes - 16 nodes, 8 lists of 100 mkiv lua stats : node memory usage - 19 glue_spec, 2 dir mkiv lua stats : loaded patterns - en:en:pat:exc:2 mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - file:lmroman10- bolditalic*default:otf file:lmroman10-italic*default:otf file:lmroman12-bold*default:otf file:lmroman12-italic*default:otf file:lmroman12-regular*default:otf file:lmroman7-bold*default:otf file:lmroman7-regular*default:otf file:lmroman9-bold*default:otf file:lmroman9-italic*default:otf file:lmroman9-regular*default:otf file:lmromancaps10-regular*default:otf file:lmromanslant10- bold*default:otf file:lmromanslant10-regular*default:otf file:lmromanslant12-regular*default:otf file:lmromanslant9- regular*default:otf lmex10:tfm lmmi12:tfm lmmi7:tfm lmmi9:tfm lmsy10:tfm lmsy7:tfm lmsy9:tfm msam10:tfm msam7:tfm msbm10:tfm msbm7:tfm rm-lmr12:tfm rm-lmr7:tfm rm-lmr9:tfm mkiv lua stats : runtime - 1.922 seconds, 1 processed pages, 1 shipped pages, 0.520 pages/second LuaTools | running command: luatex --fmt="C:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex- cache/context/71ddae2d1527093aac63e0e1aa139641/formats/cont-en" -- lua="C:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex- cache/context/71ddae2d1527093aac63e0e1aa139641/formats/cont-en.luc" "mplibtest.tex" "" LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 2.313 secondsTeXUtil | parsing file mplibtest.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 8 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | renaming mplibtest.tua into mplibtest.tuc TeXExec | runtime: 2.406 ------------------------------------ > I tried the same with 'mpost'. This has the advantage that one has > not to adapt 'plain.mp'. > > But here too, there is no 'mpost.mem' and no 'mpost.log'. > > I have included a test before and after mp:finish(). > > Can anybody with a minimal under windows run this example? > ------------------------------- > \starttext > % start low-level > \startlua > local function finder(name, mode, ftype) > if mode=="w" then > return name > else > return kpse.find_file(name,ftype) > end > end > mp = mplib.new ( { > hash_size = 100000, > main_memory = 2000000, > param_size = 100000, > find_file = finder, > ini_version = true > } ) > if mp then > res = mp:execute("mpost") > tex.print("[" .. tostring(res.status) .. "]") > print(table.serialize(res)) > if io.open("mpost.mem","r") then > print("found") > else > print("nothing") > end > res = mp:finish() > print(table.serialize(res)) > if io.open("mpost.mem","r") then > print("found") > else > print("nothing") > end > end > \stoplua > % stop low-level > \stoptext > ------------------------------- Grusz, Wolfgang

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typesetting modules
by Hans van der Meer 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

For typesetting a context module I did the following, first making a .ted file and then typesetting it: texmfstart ctxtools --documentation --type=pdf char-utf.tex texmfstart texexec --silent --pdf --autopdf However I got an unknown format cont-nl.fmt. Why is nl chosen? What I am doing wrong here? I always use cont-en.fmt and have my MacOSX preference language set to english. How can I change the obvious default behaviour from nl to en? 127 ~/TeX/test: texmfstart ctxtools --documentation --type=pdf char- utf.tex CtxTools | input file : char-utf.tex CtxTools | output file : char-utf.ted CtxTools | filetype : pdf CtxTools | documentation sections : 5 CtxTools | definition sections : 6 CtxTools | skipped sections : 0 128 ~/TeX/test: texmfstart texexec --silent --pdf --autopdf char-utf.ted TeXExec | processing document 'char-utf.ted' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file char-utf.top TeXExec | using randomseed 772 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-nl This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.7 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-nl.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `cont-nl.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 2.008775 Hans van der Meer

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ctx usage
by Hans van der Meer 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

I am an ignoramus I know, but running context starts with the message: TeXExec | no ctx file found It seems quite normal because the "first document" on the wiki also shows this message. I searched the wiki in vain through "ctx" and ".ctx" for an explanation of its purpose. Can someone point me to that info? Hans van der Meer

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where luatex cache?
by Hans van der Meer 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

I have a setup with several users, one acting as system administrator, the others as users. What can be said regarding the setup of the luatex cache? The possibilities I see are: (1) central cache in the /usr/local/texlive tree; (2) decentralized cache per user in its local texmf tree (3) decentralized cache per user in some unrelated directory (4) decentralized cache per user in /tmp (cleaned out by the system on restart, i think) Can someone comment on the merits of these alternatives? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 19 Apr '08

19 Apr '08

On 18 Apr 2008 at 12:00, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: Hallo Wolfgang, > I still wait for comments about the user interface to set the > values before I will release my module to the public although my last > stable version is only available. I still use the LaTeX class scrlttr2 for my letters. I use adress files bundled with that class. Adresses are macros and selected by a string-key. Maybe it would be nice, if there could be a interface to such a key and a lua-function (which defaults to return) taking this key as argument. So everybody can write his own adress-import function. Just an idea. Grusz, Wolfgang

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Font problem
by David Arnold 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

All, I did a fresh install on a new Macbook: MacTeX-2007 I am using Aditya's package: http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2006-4/mahajan/ I believe I have a font problem, as in trying to compile my file I come up against what is shown below. Using my new system, how should I go about installing the needed font files? (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- akb.tex)kpathsea: Running mktextfm texnansi-uplr8a mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-uplr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea: Running mktexmf texnansi-uplr8a ! I can't find file `texnansi-uplr8a'. <*> ... mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-uplr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ... mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-uplr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: texnansi-uplr8a.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-uplr8a' failed to make texnansi-uplr8a.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*MyFace12ptrmtfrm*:=texnansi-uplr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM ) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.56 \stopMPenvironment ?

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thanks for context-stub
by Peter Münster 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hello Hans, Thanks for the context-stub! Now it's possible to say "context file" and using MKIV without "% engine=luatex" in the file. One small bug-fix for spaces in filename: $@ -> "$@" And one small feature request: it would be nice to get the ConTeXt-version with "context --version". Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Lost in columnset
by luigi scarso 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

I realize that in \definecolumnsetarea[one][right][x=1,y=25,nx=2,ny=18,page=19,state=start] page=19 is relative to \startcolumnset[AAA] ...\stopcolumnset not to \realfolio . So, what about [right] ? Is related to \realfolio or to page ? -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Debian luatex and context
by Norbert Preining 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

On Fr, 18 Apr 2008, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.25.3, yet On Fr, 18 Apr 2008, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hot on the heels of the luatex 0.25.3 release Hans has released > (yet another) new context current (the sixth or seventh this week). Debian packages: context (for sid and etch): deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ luatex for sid deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex-sid/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex-sid/ luatex for etch deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex/ Please give it a test try. After some more tests I will upload the stuff to sid and sid users will get by normal operation. I tried this combination with my test cases and context/luatex according to README.MarkIV in the Debian package. Next release of TeX Live packages will PROBABLY contain updates to xetex/xdvipdfmx. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EWELME (n.) The smile bestowed on you by an air hostess. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Deleted files (Was re. Windows tools in XeTeX)
by Joel C. Salomon 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Akira Kakuto <kakuto(a)fuk.kindai.ac.jp> wrote: > > There are some new executables in w32tex's XeTeX. > > I'll remove them. How does the Minimals distribution deal with files deleted from the server? Does rsync know enough to remove files as well? --Joel

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ConTeXt Manual Source
by Browder, Tom 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Are the sources for the ConTeXt manuals publicly available? If not, are you willing to show how the beautiful title page, contents, and section headings are defined for "ConTeXt: the manual"? Thanks. -Tom

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New context release
by Taco Hoekwater 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi, Hot on the heels of the luatex 0.25.3 release Hans has released (yet another) new context current (the sixth or seventh this week). There are a few bugfixes for the mkiv bugs reported yesterday, but that's about it. If you are curious anyway: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Unless there is a massive outcry (unlikely), this release goes to CTAN in less than an hour. Have fun, Taco

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t-bib and interactivity for url= and doi=
by Tobias Burnus 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi, in principle, I expect that with the following setup I should be able to click on a DOI or on a URL, however, somehow they do not seem to be interactive - and the DOI does not seem to be hyphenated agressively as it sometimes extends beyond the page margin. Any idea? I use the following settings (without "\startenvironment" etc.) \setupinteraction[state=start] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=aps] \setuppublicationlist[interaction=start] \chardef\urlhyphenmethod=1 % Hyphenate very agressively (=1), use =0 for default \unprotect \setuppublicationlayout[article]{% [...] \insertdoi{ DOI: }{.}{}% \insertbiburl{ }{.}{}% } \unprotect Tobias

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ConTeXt Manual Source
by Browder, Tom 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Are the sources for the ConTeXt manuals publicly available? If not, are you willing to show how the beautiful contents and section headings are defined for "ConTeXt: the manual"? Thanks. -Tom

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announce of new version of Context Minimals Installer for Windows
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hello I've commited new version of Context Minimals Installer for Windows. http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-installer/ContextMinimalIns… Added possibility to select between Beta and Stable (current) version + new rsync + internal changes. --- The question to Hans: why --force switch is now required for mtx-update script? And why it reloads all files, not synchronize them? -- Best regards Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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mswincontext.zip
by Idris Samawi Hamid 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Dear gang, There has not been an update to mswincontext.zip since last August... Are there any plans to update this? For years now mswincontext.zip has been my one and only TeX distribution. With the new TeX-Gyre and Latin Modern fonts, as well as the rest of our developments, I think the time is way overdue for a new release. And it is safer to install a fresh distribution than to muck around with replacing the fonts etc. Any news? 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 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Strange problem with metapost graphics
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hi all, Here is minimal example of some trouble I have: ................................... \startMPinclusions numeric u; u=1cm; \stopMPinclusions \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} drawarrow (0,0)..(8u,0); label.bot(\sometxt{temps}, (7u,-.5u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[fig:Uncontratdanslaflèchedutemps]{Un contrat dans la flèche du temps}{\useMPgraphic{dummy}} \startuseMPgraphic{ummy} pair A[]; A[0]:=(-1u, -1u); A[1]:=( 6u, -1u); A[2]:=( 6u, 4u); A[3]:=(-1u, 4u); draw A[0]--A[1]--A[2]--A[3]--cycle withpen pencircle scaled 1pt; label.bot(\sometxt{Dupont}, A[0]); label.top(\sometxt{Smith}, A[2]); \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[fig:Boîte d'Edgeworth]{Boîte d'Edgeworth}{\useMPgraphic{ummy}} \stoptext ................................. The trouble is that this compiles nicely with pdftex, a little less nicely with xetex, and badly with luatex, tested at home and on context live. - xetex: the label in the first graphic appears with bad size. - luatex: first label in the second graphic appears with bad size and font, and second label disappears; but if I comment out the label in the first graphic, the second graphic is as expected. Any idea? -- Jean

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Bug with typing in mkiv
by Aditya Mahajan 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hi Hans, In MKIV, \starttyping ignores the block if it starts with a blank line. For example, \starttext blah blah blah \starttyping Can you see me \stoptyping \stoptext Aditya

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Windows tools in XeTeX - what do they do?
by Mojca Miklavec 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hello, There are some new executables in w32tex's XeTeX. sfconv.exe teckit_compile.exe txtconv.exe What are they used for (I have no windows computer here to try)? So far, I only kept extracting the following files: fc-cache.exe fc-list.exe icudt38.dll kpathsea35671.dll msvcp71.dll msvcr71.dll xdvipdfmx.exe xetex.dll xetex.exe and wonder whether the other files are needed too or not. Thanks, Mojca

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