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Incompatibility bib num style / reference prefix option
by Morgan Brassel 18 Mar '08

18 Mar '08

Hi, I think I discovered a bug in the 'num' alternative of the bib module. It seems to be incompatible with the prefix=+ option of referencing. The following example gives an unknow reference: % tex file \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=biblio] \setuppublications[alternative=num] \setuphead[chapter][prefix=+] % <<<< OK if commented \starttext \chapter[chap:one]{One} % <<<< OK if commented Text \cite[test] text. \completepublications \stoptext % bib file biblio.bib @BOOK{test, title = {T}, publisher = {P}, year = {Y}, author = {A} } By the way, the 'num' alternative also gives an unknow reference when \completepublications is not present, while the default alternative is OK. Is there a particular reason for this? Thanks. Greetings, Morgan

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Google SOC - many thanks to Karl & others :)
by Mojca Miklavec 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Hello, Karl will probably write a longer mail, but just to let you all know - TeX User Group has been accepted as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code http://code.google.com/soc/2008/tex/about.html Huraaaaaaay! Karl (and all others, esp. Hans, Taco, Norbert, and others that I do not know personally ...) - thank you *very, very much*. If anyone would like to work on TeX-related projects during the summer, and you have some idea (and a mentor if possible), write a mail to Karl. Mojca

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A new feature for \digits: \digits{e-1}
by Morgan Brassel 17 Mar '08

17 Mar '08

Hi everyone, In LaTeX, the numprint package provides the \numprint command, and is pretty useful when typing numbers. It is quite similar to the \digits ConTeXt command. However, the two commands differ when it comes to this example: \numprint{e-1} \digits e-1 In this case, the \numprint command ommits the \cdot in front of the 1O^-1, whereas \digits does not. My question is: is it a deliberate choice? If not, would it be possible to modify the \digits command in order to reproduce the behavior of \numprint? Best wishes, Morgan

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Arrange a pdf file
by Willi Egger 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Hi, I do not understand what is going on here: Earlier one could say: texmfstart texexec --arrange --print=2UP --environments=arrange code- review.pdf with in the environment file: \definepapersize [offset=15pt] \setuppapersize [A5,landscape][A4,portrait] \setuplayout [backspace=0pt, topspace=0pt, width=middle, height=middle, location=middle, header=0pt, footer=0pt] \setuppagenumbering[location=,alternative=doublesided] \starttext \copypages[code-review.pdf][width=0pt] \stoptext Resulting in a neat arranged document. However with the earlier and latest version (march 11) this fails, because the pdf-file (in this example "code-review") is deleted! !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file ./code-review.pdf): reading image file failed ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Willi BOEDE Book and Electronic Document Engineering Willi Egger w.egger(a)boede.nl KvK 17138708

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mplib
by Hans Hagen 16 Mar '08

16 Mar '08

Hi, as some of you may know, there is an mplib project .. last week taco and spent quite some time on exploring the integration in luatex (and therefore mkiv) experiments with loadiing the format, processing graphics and conversion to pdf show a throughput of less than 0.001 seconds per graphic; a usual we did much timing and although experimental, the code is already pretty okay, just to give an idea: mkiv lua stats : metapost processing time - 6.834 seconds (loading: 0.014 seconds, execution: 1.474 seconds, n: 15000) indeed, that's 15K graphics in 7 seconds. so, the next couple of months i'll start providing an adapted mp handling mechanisms. among the possible options are - extensions based on pre/postscripts (instead of specials) - multiple mp engines (\startuseMPgraphic[metafun]{name} and such) so, if you have specific wishes ... now is the time to let them know Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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luatools --find-file cont-en.lua
by Peter Münster 15 Mar '08

15 Mar '08

Hello, What is "luatools --find-file" supposed to find? It finds files like context.tex but no lua files like l-table.lua or cont-en.lua. "texmfstart --locate" finds also the lua files. Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Strange format error with xetex engine on debian sid
by Morgan Brassel 15 Mar '08

15 Mar '08

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing problems with the xetex engine on debian sid. I'm using the official packages context and texlive-xetex. Maybe one of you has the same setup and has a hint... When I try to compile a simple "hello world!" document, I get the following message: This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch1 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt was written by pdftex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) I didn't change anything to the setup made by official packages. Is there a problem with one of them? Best regards, Morgan

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"Missing" ligatures, smallcaps, etc.
by David Wooten 15 Mar '08

15 Mar '08

Greetings all, I've just tried to retypeset a file with very recent conTeXt/pdfTeX minimals (as of a few days ago). The file is only a year or so old... but it was originally typeset with a combination of TeX installations. It goes almost okay, except that it doesn't show any ligatures (e.g. Th), and won't do the small capitals which the original handled fine. I'm not sure where to start looking.... though there is this error in the log: pdfTeX warning: pdftex (file a_zqd2tu.enc): cannot open encoding file for reading Any ideas where to start? Best, David

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References and formulae numbers in upshape
by Morgan Brassel 15 Mar '08

15 Mar '08

Hi everyone, I'm looking for an easy way to typeset all references produced by the \in command in upshape format (even in an italic paragraph for example). I tried with the 'left' option of \definereferenceformat, but without good results. I would also like to typeset all formulae numbers in upshape. I know Aditya posted about this a long time ago but I can't find the thread any more... Greetings, Morgan

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minimals: I'm not guilty :)
by Mojca Miklavec 13 Mar '08

13 Mar '08

Hello, I have applied the changes to mtx-update.lua made by Hans without really testing them: > hm, just copy to mtx-update > > it forces us to fix things Now you need to use --force to really do anything useful (you might need to update first-setup.sh/bat; I would prefer it without --force, but well ...). If anything is really broken, there is still "update-old". Mojca

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parbox equivalent?
by jazz_johnson＠verizon.net 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Is there any recommended ConTeXt equivalent to latex's parbox command? Specifically I'm thinking of signature blocks such as \vspace{1in} \hspace{2.5in} \parbox{3in}{Sincerely yours, \vspace{.7in}\\ John Doe} or this: \newcommand{\signature}{ % \vspace{1in}\hspace{3.0in}% \begin{minipage}[t]{3.5in}% The Board of Directors \vspace{.1in}\\By:% \begin{minipage}[t]{3.0in}% \includegraphics[width=2.5in]{gm_signature.png}\\% \vspace{-1 cm}% \parbox[t]{3.0in}{\hrulefill\\John Doe, General Manager}% \end{minipage}% \end{minipage}% } or this: \begin{tabular}{p{3in} p{3in} } \signatureblock1 & \signatureblock2 \\ \notaryblock1 & \notaryblock2 \\ \stop{tabular} Thanks

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New context release
by luigi scarso 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm It's the first time that I see a release time < 00:00 by an epsilon -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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newbie ConTeXt question
by jazz_johnson＠verizon.net 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Hi: I'm trying to setup a simple (for now) letterhead like the following. Is there a way to automatically adjust the horizontal spacing between the \vbox{} \cbox{} \lbox{} so that if I change the document margins, the center box is automatically centered? I've tried putting in \hfill's without luck. \startenvironment \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[height=9in, header=1.0in, footer=0in, topspace=1in, backspace=1.33in, %the backspace includes the margin location=middle,marking=on] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=singlesided] \noheaderandfooterlines \setupbodyfont[cmr,12pt] \usesymbols[mvs] \setupsymbolset[martinvogel 2] \def\MyLetterhead% {%\showboxes \vbox{%\showboxes \hbox{%\showboxes \vbox{\hsize 3in \tfa Your neighborhood\crlf \scd{Company Store}} \lbox{\hsize 3.0in \txx \setupinterlinespace \it Our Friendly Motto} } \setupinterlinespace[line=.25ex] \hbox{ \vbox{ \setupinterlinespace[height=.5,top=.5,line=.1ex] \hsize 6.0in \thinrules[n=1, rulethickness=1.5pt] \crlf \thinrules[n=1, rulethickness=0.7pt]} } \hbox{ \tfx \setupinterlinespace[reset,medium] \vbox{ \hsize 1.5in \it www.mydomain.net\crlf email(a)mydomain.net\crlf contact(a)mydomain.net} \cbox{ \hsize 2.3in \symbol[star]~Va~\symbol[star]~Md~\symbol[star] \crlf \symbol[Telephone] (555)123-4567 \crlf \symbol[Faxmachine] (555)987-6543} \lbox{ \hsize 2.0in 1234 Main St.\crlf P.O. Box 123\crlf City, State 12345} } } \setupinterlinespace[reset] } \definelogo[Mylogo] [header] [left] [command=\MyLetterhead, state=stop] \stopenvironment

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new current
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Hi, Taco and I spent some time tracing the 'file not found problem' and eventually we zoomed in to the extent that Taco located a dislectic typo. We are still puzzled why it worked in some cases, and mostly influenced the minimals Anyhow, I made new zips ... Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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New context release
by luigi scarso 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

New official release http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm (yes, I'm not sleeping...:) ) -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Font question
by Marcin Borkowski 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi all! I'm going to start using ConTeXt; I've been planning to do so for a few years, but now I finally have Internet access at home, so it's easier for me to look things up in the wiki (or ask here;)). I have two questions. The first one is connected with fonts. I can't understand ConTeXt's font mechanism, which seems way too complicated for me; could anyone just tell me how I can switch to, e.g., Antykwa Poltawskiego (I'm Polish, so I'd like to use it;)) or, say, Pagella? Of course, I'd also like to be able to typeset Polish texts with them; will \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[pl] be enough (apart, of course, from adapting ConTeXt to Polish typography customs, like dots after chapter numbers etc.)? I think that that's what the wiki lacks: a beginner's guide on _using_ fonts (not _installing_ them or _messing_;) with them). If someone enlightens me on this, I could write something on the wiki about it. And the second, a bit "philosophical" question: the official manual is not so new. How do I learn ConTeXt best? I mean, are changes to the user interface since 2001 so big that I could run into troubles using the manual? Or are there some changes which make something easier/possible which was difficult/impossible at the time or writing the manual - how do I learn about these? And last but not least - Hans, thanks for such a great TeX macro package! Yours -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) It is impossible to split a cube into two cubes, a fourth power into two fourth powers and so on. I've found a remarkable proof of this fact, but unfortunately it's too long to fit into the signature.

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texshow out of sync?
by Peter Münster 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hello, What about merging the 2 texshow databases (web and perl), and then maintaining only one unique database? I've just seen, that for example the command "\setupdescriptions" has more options in the perl-database and more descriptions in the web-database... Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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why minimals fail on windows
by Mojca Miklavec 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I think that I have found the culprit why the installer for minimals fails on windows. If one tries to install minimals to some location with uppercase letters in folder names, rsync fails to create new folders at that location. So if Hans installs them to top folder, it works fine for him, but when I have tested them in "Temp" or "Documents and Settings, it faild". I will try to "CD" to the desired location and then use relative paths instead of absolute ones. rsync on windows is a complete mess ... Mojca

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unable to make format after upgrade
by zs 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi all, I tried to update my installation using svn version of luatex and context from: http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/beta/cont-tmf.zip Running "texexec --make --all --luatex" gives me this error message: LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \\dump (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/luat-env.tex ! LuaTeX error [string "luas[0]"]:1: attempt to call field 'luafilechunk' (a nil value). \ctxluabyteload ...nvironment.luafilechunk("#1") } \ ...fproductionrun \else \ctxluabyteload {#1}{#2} \fi \global \everyloadluac... l.167 \registerctxluafile{luat-env}{1.001} Pdftex and xetex formats are generated without any trouble. Could you give me a hint? Thanks ZS

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XeTeX: faked bold & slanted + request for ppc users
by Mojca Miklavec 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I just wanted to let you know that XeTeX now supports both faking bold and slanted (and the binaries on the garden minimals have that feature already). It's generally a bad idea to use it, but in case that you need it only for small portions of text (if you really have no other way out), it could be handy. (Slanted is less evil to use than "bold".) The plain syntax is: \font\a="Gentium" \font\b="Gentium:slant=0.2" % better: \font\b="Gentium/I" \font\c="Gentium:embolden=2" \font\d="Gentium:embolden=2;slant=0.2" Some time ago I have posted an example of the (current?) ConTeXt way to use it: \definefontfeature [slantedandextended] % cloned from the rest of XeTeX, not really needed [method=node,script=latn,language=dflt,liga=yes,onum=yes,kern=yes, slant=0.25,extend=1.5] \definefontsynonym [myfont] [file:texgyrepagella-regular][features=slantedandextended] \starttext \definedfont[myfont] This is slanted and extended \stoptext Also, I would be greatful if any mac ppc user could provide feedback whether the cross-compiled xetex binaries on http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/bin/xetex/osx-ppc/bin/ work ok. Thanks, Mojca

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bibl-apa bug?
by Randall Skelton 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi Taco, I just noticed that my reference list has a quirk with the inproceedings entries reading: Author, A and Author, B. (2000). Article title. In Editor, A., Editor, B. and Editor, C., editors, Title of book, pages 1-10. Publisher. Note that it should read "... In Title of book, editors Editor, A., Editor, B. and Editor, C, ..." My bib entry reads: @inproceedings{Test:2000, Author = {Author, A. and Author, B. and Author, C}, Booktitle = {Title of book}, Pages = {1-10}, Title = {Article Title}, Publisher = {Publisher}, Editor = {Editor, A. and Editor, B. and Editor, C.}, Year = 2000} I believe the bug is in bibl-apa.tex \setuppublicationlayout[inproceedings]{% \insertauthors{}{ }{}% \insertpubyear{(}{). }{}% \insertarttitle{\bgroup }{\egroup. }{}%% \inserttitle {In \inserteditors{}% {, editor\ifnum\getvalue{editor@num}> 1 s\fi, }% {}% \bgroup\it}% {\egroup \insertseries {\insertvolume{, number }{~in }{ }}% {}% {}% \insertchap{\unskip, }{ }{ }% \insertpages {\unskip, pages~} {\insertcity{, }{. }{. }} {\unskip. }% \insertorganization {}% {\insertpubname{, }{. }{. }}% {\insertpubname{}{. }{}}% was {, }{. }{} }% {In \insertcrossref{}{}{}% \insertchap{\unskip, }{ }{ }% \insertpages{\unskip, pages~}{. }{\unskip. }% }% \insertnote{ }{.}{}% }

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MKIV format generation with context-beta: context.tex not found
by Peter Münster 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I've just tried the beta version too, and I get another error (very early): \input context.tex : cannot find input file context.tex My command: texexec --make --all --luatex What could be the reason for this problem? Details: * no such problem with context-current * no such problem with MKII * luatex version: This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.23.0-2008031013 * environment: - TEXMF={/home/peter/.texlive2008/texmf-config,/home/peter/.texlive2008/ texmf-var,/home/peter/texmf,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-config,!!/opt/TeX- live/texmf-var,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-local, !!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-context,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-dist} - TEXMFCACHE=/opt/TeX-live/texmf-var - TEXMFCNF=/opt/TeX-live/texmf/web2c * regeneration of luatex-cache does not help (luatools --generate) * "luatools --find-file context.tex" finds the right file: /opt/TeX-live/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex TIA for any hints! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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URL wrapping
by Adam Duck 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello list, I'm writing my diploma thesis and have gotten into a problem with URLs in my references. As you can see in my example, \useURL and \biburl don't wrap... also, using \hyphenatedurl doesn't help much. I've read through the archives, but all postings there don't help. Alan Bowen has/had the same problem described in http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070125.173931.a70b45d3.en.html The problem is getting worse by the fact that I'm using BibTeX to produce the references. So, I don't have that many tweaking possibilities. Help... cu, Adam.

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Landscape typesetting on portrait page
by John Devereux 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

Hi, I have a document containing a wide table. I would like to have the table rotated 90 degrees, along with the text on that page (which would be in three columns above the table). So I would have (view in fixed pitch) -------------------- page header -------------------- | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx <--- all this is sideways! | || xxxxxx | || | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx | || xxxxxx -------------------- page footer -------------------- Is there a way to do this? Thanks, -- John Devereux

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Spacing on TOC using alternative a
by John Culleton 08 Mar '08

08 Mar '08

The example on page 15 of the manual shows the title and the page number spaced enough to avoid confusion. When I use similar code the page number is jammed up next to the title. I have tried the text parameter but it has no effect. Here is my code: \setuphead[chapter][head=nomarking,number=no] \setuphead[section][number=no,textcommand=\bf] \setuphead[subsection][number=no] \setuphead[subsubsection][number=no] \setupinteraction[state=start,color=blue] \setuplist[section][alternative=f,style=bold,interaction=sectionnumber] \setuplist[subsection][alternative=f,interaction=no] \setuplist[subsubsection][alternative=a,interaction=all] -- 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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How do legends work ?
by Flavien Lambert 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Dear all, I am a new user of ConTeXt. Despite the manuals and the wiki, I am unable to use correctly legends. I tried to modify the legend typography through the \setuplegend command but it does not seem to work. Here is an example I used in Live ConTeXt on the wiki : \setuplegend[bodyfont=small] % or big, 20pt, whatever... \starttext Hello world! \startlegend \leg test \\ test \\ test \\ \stoplegend \stoptext The PDF file produced has no change of font size. Surely I did not understand how legends work. Let me say that my first attempt was to get rid of the "=" sign in the legend. Thanks in advance for your help and sorry if the question is a bit dummy !

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link error on contextgarden
by Ulrich Dirr 07 Mar '08

07 Mar '08

Hi, I was following the advice on the wiki before running "ctxtools --update" to update cont-win.zip but the link on the site doesn't work: when clicking on download (http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-win.zip) it reports an error 404 object not found. BTW is this the 'canonical' way to do updates? I want to update my context installation (stand-alone CONTEXTediting environment (windows) dated 2007/08/08). Ulrich

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t-tikz: problem with colorspace pgfprgb
by Finn Martensen 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Hi, I have the following problem with TikZ: When I use the "patterns" library in a tikzpicture environment, the file is compiled without problems and creates a PDF file. However, Acrobat displays an error message "Could not find the ColorSpace named 'pgfprgb'". So the patterns library seems to be a sufficient condition for this problem to occur. By contrast, the problem does not occur when I use pdflatex to create PDF from a LaTeX file with the same tikz-code. I have a standalone ConTeXt distribution and tikz 2.00, but I already had this problem with tikz 1.18. Any suggestions? Thanks, Finn Martensen

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lua problem with Windows Vista
by Johan Sandblom 06 Mar '08

06 Mar '08

Hi, after acquiring a Thinkpad X61 I have takon on the ordeal of learning to use Windows Vista. I have turned off User Account Control and installed cygwin. In order to install context I tried several ways without success: the ContextMinimalInstaller.exe failed by silently not downloading any files the minimals installer failed with rsync complaining when it was unable to create several directories. first-setup.bat ran without error if I manually created those directories but turned out not to have populated the file system when done In the end I unzipped justtex.zip and mswintex.zip and manually updated relevant parts of that tree with rsync from rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals MkII seems to work after this but when I run luatools --generate luatools --ini --compile --verbose cont-en I get the output below which looks like a lua error. luatex version is snapshot-0.22.0-2008021623. I do not know enough about lua to track this error down. I am hoping someone knows what to do. Perhaps there is even someone who can tell me an easier way to install context on vista. Johan LuaTools | version 1.1.1 - 2006+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT LuaTools | loading configuration for c:/tex/texmf-local/web2c from C:/Users/joha ns/AppData/Local/Temp/luatex-cache/context/2f0baa67609fede774cad1816bc161c0/tree s/79b9a157cfe9c83efa99199d2bcebd4f LuaTools | locating list of c:/tex/texmf-mswin LuaTools | locating list of c:/tex/texmf-project LuaTools | locating list of c:/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | locating list of c:/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of c:/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | locating list of c:/tex/texmf LuaTools | loading files for c:/tex/texmf-mswin from C:/Users/johans/AppData/Loc al/Temp/luatex-cache/context/2f0baa67609fede774cad1816bc161c0/trees/39e55a4309bf e2ea9f639d421936eee1 LuaTools | loading files for c:/tex/texmf-fonts from C:/Users/johans/AppData/Loc al/Temp/luatex-cache/context/2f0baa67609fede774cad1816bc161c0/trees/83bb976cee5f 5053375aec6fae7ab80c LuaTools | loading files for c:/tex/texmf-local from C:/Users/johans/AppData/Loc al/Temp/luatex-cache/context/2f0baa67609fede774cad1816bc161c0/trees/a6e65cc51848 d6322c812f7170ffc63f LuaTools | loading files for c:/tex/texmf-extra from C:/Users/johans/AppData/Loc al/Temp/luatex-cache/context/2f0baa67609fede774cad1816bc161c0/trees/5def5151ca91 743ee0b11f69c81dbcc6 LuaTools | loading files for c:/tex/texmf from C:/Users/johans/AppData/Local/Tem p/luatex-cache/context/2f0baa67609fede774cad1816bc161c0/trees/cc606a690f61463c3d 016cc2fdb6859f LuaTools | creating initialization file cont-en LuaTools | using library path : c:/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base LuaTools | using lua libraries: l-string.lua l-table.lua l-boolean.lua l-number. lua l-unicode.lua l-md5.lua l-os.lua l-io.lua l-file.lua l-dir.lua l-utils.lua l -tex.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" "c:/tex/texmf-local /tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \dump ?:0: attempt to call field '?' (a nil value) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.2 seconds -- Johan Sandblom, MD PhD m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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Rule in column sets
by Bart Wise 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Is there a way to get a rule between the columns of a column set? Thanks, Bart

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internal data structure of xml files in mkiv
by Peter Rolf 05 Mar '08

05 Mar '08

Hi, just wondering. What is the meaning of the separating strings (\13\ ...) between elements? First I thought they were introduced by table.serialize. But trying to index elements showed that they are part of the format. t={ ["at"]={}, ["dt"]={ { ["dt"]={"xmlversion=\"1.0\"encoding=\"UTF-8\""}, ["ns"]="", ["special"]=true, ["tg"]="@pi@", }, "\13\ <--- \13\ <--- ", { ... Peter -------------------------------------------------------- Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition - Serj Tankian

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ConTeXt with XeTeX (beginner question)
by Adam Baker 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hello, I am using MikTeX 2.7 with XeTeX 0.997 and ConTeXt version 2008.01.28 21:28. Working off of this wiki page, http://wiki.contextgarden.net/XeTeX I am trying to load system fonts in a ConTeXt document. When I run the file (below), I get an error (further below). One thing I suspect may be part of the problem is cont-en.fmt. In the MikTeX bin directory, I run texexec --make --xtx en This creates cont-en.fmt in the bin directory, but I don't know that that's where ConTeXt expects it to be. Searching the rest of the MikTeX directory structure, I can't find another file with that name. Any help appreciated, Adam Baker ====begin file==== \enableregime[utf] % not necessary since it is default regime, but can remind you that you must provide UTF-8�Ccoded text \definetypeface[myface][ss][Xsans][Arial] % or any else font in your /windows/fonts folder; run "fc-list >namelist.txt" to get them all \setupbodyfont[myface, 12pt] \starttext Hello World! ��ڧӧ֧�! \stoptext ====end file==== C:\Documents and Settings\Adam Baker\My Documents\Booklet>texmfstart texexec --x tx test.tex TeXExec | processing document 'test.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | utf mode forced (bom found) TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1402 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.997 (MiKTeX 2.7) entering extended mode (test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.01.28 21:28 MKII fmt: 2008.3.3 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\cont-new.tex" systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\cont-new.mkii") ("C:\Program File s\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\cont-mtx.tex")) system : cont-old loaded ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\cont-old.tex" loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\cont-fil.tex" loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\user\cont-sys.rme" ("C:\Program Files\ MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\type-tmf.tex") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\con text\base\type-siz.tex") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\type-otf .tex") ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\tex\context\base\type-xtx.tex")) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded Running makemf... makemf: The [lmromanslant10-regular]:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep; source file could not be found. Running hbf2gf... hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.7.0) Couldn't find `[lmromanslant10-regular]:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+tre.cfg' maketfm: No creation rule for font [lmromanslant10-regular]:+liga;+kern;mapping= tlig;+trep;. Running makemf... makemf: The lmromanslant10-regular:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep; source file c ould not be found. Running hbf2gf... hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.7.0) Couldn't find `lmromanslant10-regular:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+tre.cfg' maketfm: No creation rule for font lmromanslant10-regular:+liga;+kern;mapping=tl ig;+trep;. Running makemf... makemf: The lmromanslant10-regular source file could not be found. Running hbf2gf... hbf2gf (CJK ver. 4.7.0) Couldn't find `lmromanslant10-regul.cfg' maketfm: No creation rule for font lmromanslant10-regular. ! Font \*7ptrmslrm*:=lmromanslant10-regular at 7.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dodosettextfamilyA ...amily \fontsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontbody ... \dosettextfamily ...ttextfamily \scriptscriptfont \let \fontbody \scriptface... <inserted text> ...y \c!bf \dosettextfamily \c!sl \dosettextfamily \c!it \do... \synchronizetext ...athfonts \the \textstrategies \fi ... l.1 \enableregime[utf] ?

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"texexec --module" stops with "\wait="
by Peter Münster 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hello, When generating the module documentation of my module t-french.tex (attached to this message) with the command: texexec --luatex --module t-french The compilation stops with the message "\wait=". Could anybody help please? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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usage of \savebuffer
by Peter Münster 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hello, How must \savebuffer be used? I would like to save some lines in file abc, but there are 2 problems: - the file is called \jobname-abc.tmp - the line-endings are removed Test-file: % engine=luatex \startbuffer[abc] asjdf asdjf klasdjf kla asjdf asdjf klasdjf kla asjdf asdjf klasdjf kla \stopbuffer \savebuffer[abc] \starttext only one line found in file test-abc.tmp \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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texexec --result=... --module
by Peter Münster 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Hello, When using "texexec --result=abc --module m-module" the switch --result=abc is not respected, the result is written to m-module.pdf. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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BachoTeX 2008 -- Call for Papers -- reminder
by Jerzy B. Ludwichowski 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Dear friends, The BachoTeX 2008 Program Committee dares to remind you of the quickly upcoming deadline for submitting paper proposals for the BachoTeX 2008 conference. The Call for Papers and TeX Pearls can be found http://www.gust.org.pl/BachoTeX/2008/cfp1en. We trust that the main theme of the conference, ,,TeX contra TeX'' should be of a great interest to the community at large and the various developers in particular. You may have noted that the supplementing theme "Aesthetic aspects of typesetting" is also addressed to those who use other typesetting software. If you know people active in this area please talk them into presenting a paper. Your children or very young TeXies in your vicinity are invited to contribute in the yet another conference supplementing theme "What is TeX to me?" Based on suggestions and experiences from previous years, one day of the conference will be devoted solely to working meetings of the various informal interest groups (no presentations): - fonts, - TeX engines, - distributions, - supporting software, - typesetting software in general, - propagating TeX, - history of TeX -- you name it. Talk your common interest buddies into coming and/or propose a paper. Do not forget submitting your "TeX Pearls" aka "TeX beauties and oddities"! And, finally -- registration is open at http://www.gust.org.pl/BachoTeX/2008/registration-en. Please note that early registration ending March 31 allows for a significant saving in the conference fee. Come and celebrate the XVIth, or $10000_{2}$ or $100_{4}$ or $20_{8}$ or $10_{16}$ BachoTeX! Jerzy Ludwichowski Organizing Committee

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Re: [NTG-context] Using Postscript Type 1 fonts in ConTeXt/XeTeX?
by Roland 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Seems we never posted the conclusion about this problem: XeTeX simply doesn't work with the old Mac Type 1 Postscript fonts on Mac OS X (Leopard or before). The reason is that these old fonts store their data in the resource fork, which Unix utilities like XeTeX don't see. Only TrueType or OpenType fonts will be recognised and loaded correctly. PCs don't have the data fork so old Type 1 Postscript fonts for PCs (with .pfb extension) seem to work. Just copying these to the Mac is no solution, however, because Mac OS X does not support PC-style Type 1 fonts (only the Mac ones with the data in the resource fork), and therefore XeTeX will not find these fonts. Therefore the preferred solution is to use fonts of TrueType or OpenType varieties. For those with access to a font conversion program like fondu (?) fontforge (?) or fontlab (?) it may be possible to convert the old Type 1 font to TrueType or OpenType, reinstall it and have XeTeX work with it in that way.

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Background color spaning columns.
by Bart Wise 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

I am trying change the background color of some text. It works fine if I am using one column. It also works fine if I am using multiple columns, but restricting my background color changes to only a single line of text in a column. However, if I have a section that I want to I change, and that section spans more than one line in a given column it does not work. What happens is that the background starts to change where you have indicated; however, instead of stopping at the end of the column, the background color changes for the entire text. See the subject entitled "Problem 1" below for an example. Is there a fix for this (and no, using a single column is not a solution.) Problem #2 is the same thing only the background change starts in the first column and extends to the second. In this case the output is even worse. It's difficult to describe, so run the code. Solutions? Thanks, Bart ******************************* * Sample Code --- #1 ******************************* \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[highlight][ backgroundcolor=yellow, frame=off, location=text, color=black] \definestartstop[Highlight][ before={\starttextbackground[highlight]}, after=\stoptextbackground] \starttext \subject{Problem 1} \startcolumns It was a· \starthighlight dark· and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents --- except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a· violent\stoptextbackground~ gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. \stopcolumns \subject{Problem 2} \startcolumns It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents --- except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which· \starthighlight· swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame \stophighlight of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. \stopcolumns \stoptext

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multiple pattern with xmltools.rb
by Peter Rolf 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi, I tried several variants to use multiple pattern with xmltool. None of them worked and looking in the script didn't help either (me_no_ruby). A (not working) example: xmltools.rb --dir --pattern={*.png,*.jpg} --output=filelist.xml I need the filelist as base for the creation of a resource library (xml part), so multiple pattern support is a prerequisite here. Peter

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problem with startitemize and columns option
by mikael MAUNIER 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

hi, I am trying to migrate from latex to context and i would like to create an enumeration using this minimal example : ---------------- \startitemize[m,joinedup] \item\startitemize[a,columns,three] \item test 1 \item test 2 \item test 3 \stopitemize \item \startitemize[a,joinedup] \item test 4 \item test 5 \item test 6 \stopitemize \stopitemize ------------------ You can see that test 4 to test 6 are well-aligned with the item number 2 Unfortunately, the test 1 to test 3 are not because of the columns option. I tried to find a solution in all doc on the wiki, but could'nt managed to put test 1 just in front of item 1 ... Somebody can help ? thanks mikael PS : sorry for my english ;-) _____________________________________________________________________________ Ne gardez plus qu'une seule adresse mail ! Copiez vos mails vers Yahoo! Mail http://mail.yahoo.fr

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hz and protrusion
by Hans Hagen 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hi, The latest luatex beta + mkiv support hz and protruding. The user interface will be extended a bit, but for the moment it goes as follows: % engine=luatex % \setupfontexpansion [quality][stretch=2.5,shrink=2.5,step=.5,factor=1] \setupfontexpansion[oeps][a=1,b=2] \setuptolerance[verytolerant,stretch] \showframe \starttext \definefontfeature[demo][default][mode=node,expansion=quality,protrusion=pure] \start \definedfont[Serif*demo at 12pt] \enableadjusting \enableprotruding \input tufte \par %\definedfont[name:optimanova*demo at 12pt] \enableadjusting \enableprotruding \input tufte \par \stop \stoptext (or the usual \setupalign options) As you may deduce from this example, handling is gone in mkiv. This not only safes some 40K format file, but the new mechanism also runs faster (some 10% overhead on 300 pages of pure text, which is rare). At some point we need to extend the hz/protruding vectors in mkiv to cover non latin scripts as well (currently they default to factors of 1). As with mkiv, latin glyphs fall back to their shape parent. Under some circumstances hz may not work as expected. Fixing this is on the agenda for the next luatex beta release. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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new mkiv beta
by Hans Hagen 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi, I uploaded a beta release. The biggest change is that image inclusion in mkiv has changed. Currently it's still some mix of tex and lua code, and the backend code is somewhat messy (and not complete yet) but it's a first step towards lua doing things. This will only work with a e recent luatex. The advantage is that file searching in lua is more robust (and when many search paths are used, also faster). Image conversion has been moved to lua too, but currently still uses pdftops (also for svg) but that may move to lua as well. Figure libraries are supported by default now. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Two questions about use of system ttf fonts
by weg＠indiscrete.org 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Hi, I am trying to use truetype fonts with mkiv. When loading a font given a full path name like this: \font\test=/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf at 12pt the log shows report >> load otf: loading: /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont//FreeSans.ttf report >> load otf: enhance: before report >> load otf: enhance: enrich report >> load otf: enhance: registering tlig feature report >> load otf: enhance: registering trep feature report >> load otf: enhance: flatten report >> load otf: flattening 'specifications' tables report >> load otf: flattening 'anchor' tables report >> load otf: flattening 'gpos' tables report >> load otf: flattening 'gsub' tables report >> load otf: enhance: analyze report >> load otf: enhance: after report >> load otf: replacing 'kerns' tables by 'mykerns' tables report >> load otf: enhance: patch report >> load otf: enhance: strip report >> load otf: enhance: pack report >> load otf: file size: 458648 report >> load otf: saving: in cache fonts : resetting map file list {/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map} fonts : using map file: original-base {/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map} fonts : using map file: lm-math {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map} fonts : using map file: lm-rm {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-base {/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map} fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler {/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-euler.map} fonts : using map file: original-public-lm {/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map} [1.1] systems : end file 11 at line 24 ) !luaTeX error (file FreeSans.ttf): cannot open OpenType font file for reading ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! How can I tell what's wrong? Defining \font\test=FreeSans.ttf at 12pt results in error >> define font: font with name FreeSans is not found error >> define font: name: FreeSans, loading aborted ! Font \test=FreeSans at 12pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. while using this construction with luatex's plain format seems to work (I assume some definition to register the font). What does context need to find the font? Thanks, Eythan

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ConTeXt XSLT plugin for MultiMarkdown> anyone know XSLT?
by Roland 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Hi, I have been experimenting with using standard text formats like Markdown and Multimarkdown to produce texts for multiple outputs (HTML, RTF, ConTeXt etc) The basic Markdown syntax is quite limiting; but unfortunately, the more advanced MultiMarkdown syntax does not yet have an XSLT translator available for ConTeXt. It seems that creating one is simple, but that the author needs people with more understanding of ConTeXt syntax than he has. See my request on the MultiMarkdown website http://fletcherpenney.net/Comments_on_Feature_Requests[copied below]. Anyone on the mailing list have enough understanding of XSLT and ConTeXt to help out with creating such a translator? Like the Pandoc converter, it would help to promote ConTeXt towards a broader audience... Thanks Roland Would it be difficult to also create an XSLT file for output to ConTeXt? I know it's not used as much as LaTeX but given the focus on highly customisable ouput, I find it more suitable to writing and publishing needs than LaTeX. Also, the syntax seems more consistent, therefore an XSLT file might not be all that hard to produce? There is some more info on http://tex.loria.fr/formats/context/LaTeX2ConTeXt.pdf and on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/From_LaTeX_to_ConTeXt Pandoc (an alternative for converting Markdown documents into various formats) already has ConTeXt support built in but unfortunately it does not allow multimarkdown syntax… – siros 2008-02-24 15:57 An XSLT setup can be made for any TeX derivative, since they all rely on a plain text document format. I am not too familiar with the ConTeX syntax, but I suspect most of it would be quite similar to LaTeX, and that the preamble stuff would be the biggest changes. – Fletcher Penney 2008-02-25 22:55

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Trouble with + as a reference
by Aditya Mahajan 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Hi, Something has changed in the reference mechanism, and + is no longer ignored as a reference. For example, \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \placeformula[+] \startformula E = mc^2 \stopformula \placeformula[+] \startformula E = mc^2 \stopformula \stoptext gives [1.1pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the same identifier (name{+}) has been already used, duplicate ignored \actualshipout ... \box \postponedcontent \box 0}} \else \message {[\ifarrang... \myshipout ... \fi {\thisisrealpage \realfolio #1} \gotonextrealpage \aftersh... \dofinaloutput ...agebody #1#2\setpagecounters }}} \fi \the \everyaftershipou... \finaloutput ...EAEAEA \dofinaloutput \fi \fi #1#2 \resetselectiepagina \incr... \sidefloatoutput ...e \else \finalsidefloatoutput \global \sidefloatvsize \n... <argument> ...\fi \else \the \defaultstreamoutput \fi ... l.12 \stoptext Aditya

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Fill-in-the-blanks forms.
by John Culleton 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

I understand these can be created in LaTeX with Hyperref and some other packages plus some java script code. Is there a Context method available? -- 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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old-style numerals and .
by Jesse Alama 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

I tried switching to nice old-style numerals for a table of contents, and found to my chagrin that the periods in the numbers, such as the "." in "2.3", get typeset as triangles. You can see the result (verified on the live context in the garden) with \starttext {\os 2.3} \stoptext What's going on? How can I get periods rather than triangles? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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[OT] Metapost wiki
by luigi scarso 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Just to propagate informations. From http://tug.org/pipermail/metapost/2008-February/001215.html """ Well the wiki is now setup. http://metapost.tlhiv.org Anonymous users can't edit pages, but anyone (for now) can create an account. I've themed it so that it doesn't look like everyone else's wiki. Anyone that would like to start adding content is free (and encouraged) to do so. I too plan on adding some stuff soon myself. Troy http://metapost.tlhiv.org """ -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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bib module and pdftex 1.40.7: Virtual memory exhausted using MiKTeX-2.7
by George N. White III 27 Feb '08

27 Feb '08

Consider the trivial test file: ------------------------------------- % example from: <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography> % Format using: % $ texexec --once t-cont % $ bibtex t-cont % $ texexec t-cont \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=xampl] \starttext As \cite[article-full] already indicated, bibtex is a \LaTeX-centric program. \completepublications \stoptext ------------------------------------- Following instructions: ------------------------------------- > texexec --once bibdemo TeXExec | processing document 'bibdemo' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | writing option file bibdemo.top TeXExec | using randomseed 595 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.7 (MiKTeX 2.7) entering extended mode (bibdemo.tex ConTeXt ver: 2008.01.28 21:28 MKII fmt: 2008.2.18 int: english/english [....] Output written on bibdemo.pdf (2 pages, 42919 bytes). Transcript written on bibdemo.log. pdftex: Virtual memory exhausted while trying to reserve 8 bytes for table ???. TeXExec | runtime: 2.828 ------------------------------------------- I don't see this on my linux machines with older versions of ConTeXt and pdftex. Simple LaTeX documents and ConTeXt documents that don't use the bib module don't give the error, so it looks like the bib module reveals a bug in pdftex-1.40.n, for some n larger than 3. -- George N. White III <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

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Bug in core-spa.tex
by Aditya Mahajan 26 Feb '08

26 Feb '08

Hi Hans, Currently \setupindenting[reset] gives an error. This is because of a typo in core-spa.tex. This is the corrected definition. \defineindentingmethod [\v!reset] {\indentfirstparagraphtrue \parindent\zeropoint%AM was \zerocount \chardef\indentingtoggle\zerocount} Aditya

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