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still waiting for mswincontext
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Hello, Let me ask a few questions: 1) When "big things" will be regenerated? I'm still waiting for mswincontext with updated binaries. 2) What is the difference between mswincontext and mswintex packages? 3) If someone made mswincontext to work with latest updates, can he or she post how? After September 10 update of cont-tfm my installation produces broken pdfs, and even getting latest luatex from sourge didn't help. Best regards, Vaytcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] still waiting for mswincontext
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

Hello, > So what environment variables can I set globally to avoid the need for > running setuptex.bat? Personally I came to the following set of vars (for luatex): PATH = G:\rsync\windows\texmf-mswin\bin; OSFONTDIR = %WINDIR%\Fonts TEXMF = {g:\rsync\windows\texmf,g:\rsync\windows\texmf-local} TEXMFCACHE = %WINDIR%\Temp TEXMFCNF = G:\rsync\windows\texmf{-local,}/web2c LUAINPUTS = .;$TEXMF/tex/context/base;$TEXMF/scripts/context/lua I use this set at the moment and luatex works (though, I use little features). Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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Page numbers at empty pages and then empty header
by Gerhard Kugler 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

Hi in a thread "Page numbers at empty pages" in the beginning of September I got a solution for the empty pages. But if I want empty headers at the beginning of the chapter it does not function: \setuphead[chapter][header=empty] \setuphead [chapter] [page=yes, before={\ifodd\realpageno\else\page[empty]\fi}] How can I combine these two options? Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut Bensheim (Germany) http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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Completelistoffigures, help needed!
by G.C.H.M. Verhaag 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

Dear ConTeXt Users, Last week I posted a completelistoffigures question, but unfortunately nobody responded to it! That's why I give it another try, because I don't know how to tackle this problem. I'd like to generate a list of figures that only have a caption description, but no figure (\setupcaptions[...,number=no,....]) number. Using the setupcaptions command in the preamble with the number=no option yields only the title Figures of the list of figures, nothing more! However, when I change the number option of the setupcaptions command to yes, the list is generated correctly. But I don't want a figure number to appear in the caption of a figure! The figures appear throughout a book I'm currently writing using ConTeXt. Is there a way to accomplish the desired effect using the completelistoffigures command? Please can anybody give a hint! Thanks! Regards, Gerard

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no hyphenation for a single word
by Gerhard Kugler 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Hi, how can I turn off the hyphenation for a single word? Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut Bensheim (Germany) http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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SciTE under Windows and Metapost
by Michal Kvasnička 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Good morning (or whatever you have in Europe now). Two or three week ago I've installed the minimal ConTeXt distribution under Windows. My first use of TeX under Windows, many thanks for the distribution, it's great! However, when I try to compile a metapost/metafun source from the SciTE editor, it fails. It tries to run mpost directly, and it's not found. I can run texmfstart texexec --mptex ... in the SciTE's command promt, and it works, but it's annoying. Can I somehow reconfigure the SciTE to run the metapost properly (I mean to run texexec --mptex)? Many thanks. Michal Kvasnicka P.S. Hans, would it be possible to add the Metafont into the minimal distribution? I like it so much I'd like to make it my major distribution even in Linux, but I need the Metafont since from time to time I still use some bitmapped font (like Concrete Math). Many thanks.

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luatex "success story"
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hello all, Let me share my luatex "success story". I teach computer science, and current topics I deliver are Numbering Systems and Data Representation. Yesterday, I needed to prepare about twenty test papers with 10 questions per a paper. Examples: "1. convert Dec 36 into Hex", "2. convert Bin 10010101 into Dec", etc. The wording of every question has not to be changed through papers, only numbers had. Instead of filling in numbers manually, I took more intelligent approach and (with Hans' help) wrote simple lua scripts to generate random numbers right inside my document: % question involving random decimal number Convert \ctxlua{n=math.random(30,60) ; tex.print(n) ;}\low{10} into Bin. % question involving random binary number Convert \startluacode for c = 1, 16 do n = math.random(0,1) tex.sprint(n) end \stopluacode\low{2} into Hex. and so on... I specified the lower and upper limits as two arguments of random function, and that was very easy indeed. Then I copied my finished test text and pasted it many-many times. (It was probably not very wise approach, but I'm not familiar with looping TeX commands at the moment.) Luatex did the rest of the job perfectly, and in minute I had test papers with identical questions but all different figures! I only had to cut papers apart and hand out to my students. Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Arabic/English typesetter needed.
by John Culleton 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

A poster on the self-publishing list is looking for a typesetter who can handle a dual language book, Arabic and English. I don't qualify :<) This list with its international membership seemed a good place to inquire. If interested please drop me a line and I will forward to the other poster. -- John Culleton http://wexfordpress.com http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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How to include animation into pdf
by WN 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Hello All, I made a little animation with Asymptote (http://asymptote.sourceforge.net) which is self contained in a single pdf. The reason of using Asymptote is, that it produces a single pdf without having to combine the resulting pdf's files myself. I now want to include this animation into my main document with the help of \externalfigure[animation.pdf] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \externalfigure[animation.pdf] \stoptext Alas I don't see my animation, to be honest I did not expect it to work, but I thought I give it a try. Thanks Wim

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Re: [NTG-context] still have a problem in using luatools
by Dalyoung Jeong 28 Sep '07

28 Sep '07

Dear Hans, It says nothing. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% dalyoung$ luatools --variables dalyoung$ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Just blank lines for other options, like --expansions, -- configurations, --show-path, etc. I copied /texmf-local/scripts/context/lua/luatools.lua to /usr/texbin/ luatools. If there is nothing wrong, I'll try once more after reinstalling MacTeX again. Thank you Best regards, Dalyoung

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luatex for random numbers
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hello friends, I have a small but urgent question. How to call luatex commands in the document? (I heard there were some recent changes.) More specifically, how to generate integer random numbers in given range? I'm preparing a quiz on numbering systems for my students on tomorrow, so your fast help would be greatly appreciated! :) Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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still have a problem in using luatools
by Dalyoung Jeong 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hi, Again I'd like to ask you some help. Since I have no idea what is wrong in my TeX(gwTeX), I tried from the beginning. I removed installed gwTeX, and reinstalled MacTeX-2007 package. I checked the followings: $ kpsewhich texmf.cnf /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf $ kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMFCNF' {/usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/powerpc-darwin,/usr/local/texlive/2007/ bin,/usr/local/texlive/2007}{,{/share,}/texmf{-local,}/web2c}:/. $ kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMF' {/Users/dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-config,/Users/ dalyoung/.texlive2007/texmf-var,/Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf,!!/usr/ local/texlive/2007/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf- var,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/../ texmf-local,!!/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist} I also copied luatex and mtxrun in the folder /usr/texbin. texexec --make --all {--pdftex, --xetex} worked fine and make formats properly. After that I run "luatools --generate", then it is not working properly. The messages are $ luatools --generate LuaTools | skipping /usr/texbin/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | skipping /usr/texbin/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.03 seconds I don't know why it is looking for texmf.cnf under the binary folder(/ usr/texbin). Would you please tell me what is wrong in my installation? Thank you for your help. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] got win mimimals at last
by Hans Hagen 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > Hello Hans, > >> not by luatex, but by mkiv ... kpse is not used at all, some day mkiv >> will use its own configuration files, currently, if you change a cfn >> file (or add files ot the tree) you need to run luatools --generate > > But what for I could change a cnf file if it is ignored by mkiv? it's not ignored, if you do luatools --generate, it is read, converted into a lua table, adapted a bit, saved in the cache, and read each run > And what luatools --generate does? Does it perform a subset of texexec --make --luatex functions, or makes something slightly different? I always run the latter command to resolve any problem. :) it replaces kpsewhich + some more (you can run/generate formats, where it will take care of bootstrapping issues) what the --generate does ... well, it tells you ... creating file databases, preparing configurations, storing them for fast access, etc (the same code is used in mkiv, but there we also can access other resouces like zip files) LuaTools | loading c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-mine/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7cc bb5039.tma LuaTools | saving configuration in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5 039.tma LuaTools | compiling configuration to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7cc bb5039.tmc LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-project LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | locating list of c:/data/develop/tex/texmf LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | 4939 files found on 276 directories with 62 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | 6349 files found on 355 directories with 3 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | 58 files found on 117 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path c:/data/develop/tex/texmf LuaTools | 59048 files found on 5112 directories with 2079 uppercase remappings LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/9d7d4301715a734deee39f8c8235fb6e.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/9d7d4301715a734deee39f8c8235fb6e.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/9d7d4301715a734deee39f8c8235fb6e.t mc LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/e2b439093637a43a1e06dad11b9acfd4.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/e2b439093637a43a1e06dad11b9acfd4.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/e2b439093637a43a1e06dad11b9acfd4.t mc LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/04ba8d80d787b2df2d374aa2eb175600.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/04ba8d80d787b2df2d374aa2eb175600.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/04ba8d80d787b2df2d374aa2eb175600.t mc LuaTools | preparing files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/30c7af0b47d2e1295ccf508a92e2b307.t ma LuaTools | saving files in c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/30c7af0b47d2e1295ccf508a92e2b307.tma LuaTools | compiling files to c:/temp/luatex-cache/context/36cfaf81cc343ab858e892f7ccbb5039/trees/30c7af0b47d2e1295ccf508a92e2b307.t mc ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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got win mimimals at last
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

Hello, Hurray!!! The recent Windows minimals work fine for me! Thank you, Mojca, for showing a hidden place in the garden! :) And my a kind of installer works too, how nice! :))) A few words about my 'installer' (maybe someone is interested). It does the same job as setuptex.bat, but sets variables globally by writing into registry instead of dos box. So I can call binaries from any application and it all works!. (Remark: merely setting the PATH variable is not enough, dozen other are needed. Vars were typically defined in texmf.cnf files, but I was surprised to find that those files are explicitly ignored by luatex. ) My next step is to create 'real' installer for Windows. I've discussed this idea several times here and feel that people need it (I do :) My vision of the installer is: install-and-forget on any Windows machine. Target audience: novices. It will include mimimal distribution (56Mb), install or require Ruby too (not included in minimals?). This installation will NOT be able to coexist with MikTeX or TeXLive, because settings will clash. That's all news and thank you all!! Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Unicode error in embedded metapost
by Maurício 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

Hi, This small piece of code gives me a wrong result: \startuseMPgraphic{teste} z7 = (5cm,0); label.lrt("Pontão",z7); \stopuseMPgraphic I just have to change 'btex Pont\~ao etex' for 'Pontão' and everything goes fine. Best, Maurício

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starttabulate questions
by frantisek holop 26 Sep '07

26 Sep '07

good evening, all the examples in the manual use \NC before \NR is this a necessity? what is the logics behind this? is it more like an ending to the previous \NC ? \starttabulate[|l|l|l|] \NC A. \NC This Perfect Day \NC Ira Levin \NC \NR \NC B. \NC Opstaan op Zaterdag \NC Jan Gerhart Toonder \NC \NR \NC C. \NC Tot waar zal ik je brengen \NC Anton Koolhaas \NC \NR \NC D. \NC The City And The Stars \NC Arthur Clarke \NC \NR \stoptabulate please consider the following minimal example: \starttext \starttabulate \NC column 1 \NC \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \NC \NR \stoptabulate \starttabulate \NC column 1 \NC \input tufte \input tufte \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext if i don't put something between the two tabulates, they behave just like one, as if i didn't seperate them, they show up on the same page. am i missing something? -f -- illiterate? write for a free brochure!

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Publication layouts
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Hello All, I am using the bib module to generate references. The manual tells me that the publication layouts are defined in the bibl-xxx files. I've got several of these (bibl-ams.tex, bibl-apa.tex, bibl-num.tex etc) so how do I tell which one is being used? (They all look the same to me!) My supplementary question is: why doesn't the layout for a "book" type print out the "edition" which I have defined in the publication definition? I really want to change the layout of the "book" type to include the edition immdiately after the title in the same font. Thanks, Richard Stephens

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presentation `s-pre-13' conflicts with `rsteps' module?
by Ruini Xue 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

hello, I am making a presentation with `s-pre-13', and it seems module `rsteps' conflicts with it. use the example in t-rsteps.tex, but replace `pre-original' with 's-pre-13'. % <<<<BEGIN mini example \usemodule [pre-writing] \usemodule [rsteps] % interaction menu example: % page number with alphabetic subpage number \startinteractionmenu[bottom] \placelist[chapter] [alternative=bottom,criterium=all,pagenumber=no] \\ \pagenumber{\characters\subpagenumber}/\lastpagenumber \stopinteractionmenu \setupcolors[state=start] \SetupSteps[defaultsection=Subject] \starttext \startstandardmakeup \bfc Raw Steps Module \blank[big] \tfb Usage Examples \stopstandardmakeup \StartSteps [Simple stepping (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] First step. \NextStep Second step. \NextStep Third step. \AllSteps All steps. \StopSteps \StartSteps[Fancy stepping (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] \startitemize \OnSteps[1-3,5]{\item Steps 1, 2, 3 and 5.} \OnSteps[2-...]{\item From step 2.} \OnSteps[3] {\item Step 3.} \OnSteps[...-4]{\item Up to step 4.} \stopitemize \StopSteps \StartSteps[Highlighting (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] \startitemize \item \HighlightSteps[1,4] {Step 1.} \item \HighlightSteps[2] {Step 2.} \item \HighlightSteps[3] {Step 3.} \item \HighlightSteps[4] {Start over from Step 1.} \stopitemize \StopSteps \StartSteps[Equations] \placeformula[eq:divu] \startformula \vec\nabla\cdot\vec u = 0 \stopformula \placeformula[eq:NS] \startformula \frac{D\vec u}{Dt} = \OnSteps[2-...][reserve]{-{\red \frac1\rho \vec\nabla p}} \OnSteps[3-...][reserve]{+\;{\green \vec g}} \OnSteps[4-...][reserve]{+\;{\blue \frac1\rho \vec\nabla\cdot S}} \stopformula Incompressibility (\in{eq.}[eq:divu]). Momentum transport (\in{eq.}[eq:NS]): \startitemize \OnSteps[2-...]{\item {\red Pressure gradient}} \OnSteps[3-...]{\item {\green Gravity}} \OnSteps[4-...]{\item {\blue Stress (viscous, turbulent, Maxwell)}} \stopitemize \StopSteps \stoptext %>>>>END mini example The error is: [1.1] ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \@@koSubjectsection \countervalue #1->\ifcsname #1 \endcsname \csname #1\endcsname \fi \determineheadnumber ...@sectionvalue {\@@sectie } }\egroup \doStartSteps ...eheadnumber [\steps@sectiontype ] \xdef \steps@sectionnumber... l.45 \StopSteps btw, please cc the replay to me, since I do not subscribe the list. Best Ruini

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colors in luatex
by Thomas A. Schmitz 25 Sep '07

25 Sep '07

Hi, this minimal example compiles fine in mkii: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \starttabulate \startcolor[red] \NC One \NC A \NC \NR \NC Two \NC B \NC \NR \stopcolor \NC Three \NC C \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext With mkiv, I get this error: ! Missing \endgroup inserted. <inserted text> \endgroup <to be read again> \endtemplate <template> \endtemplate \tabulatenormalcolumn #1->& \iftabulateequal \tabulateequalpos \else \tabulat... \tabulatecontent ->\par \startcolor [red] \NC One \NC A \NC \NR \NC Two \NC ... \fulltabulatecontent ...dcontent \tabulatecontent \tabulatetailcontent \remo... ... l.13 \stoptabulate Bug, or anything wrong with the code? Thomas

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externalfigure and uppercase extensions
by Santy, Michael 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hans, You asked me to remind you this week to look into problems externalfigures and filenames with uppercase extensions. Have you gotten a chance to look into the problem? Cheers, Mike

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making formats troubled
by Hans van der Meer 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

In This Way #12 of august 2007 I read on page 1: Since you update, make sure to remake the pdfTeX and XeTeX formats: texexec --make --all --pdftex I updated to 2007-09-10 and then an error with message: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.5 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) \write18 enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode ! I can't write on file `cont-en.log'. (Enter the null string to re-try, or <eof> to exit Default file extension is `.log') Where is it that the file cont-en.log will be written? And how can I change this location systematically (or can it be changed) to a place under my home directory? Maybe the problem is that I install my formats locally under a user name not being super user or system administrator (just a simple security precaution). Is the texexec script assuming here write rights need not in generally be granted to the script executing user? If so, can the script be adapted. By the way, cont-tfm.zip comes with script files not having a+x executing rights. It is a bit of nuisance to change these everytime an update comes along -- quite frequently thus. Is it possible to change this? Hans van der Meer

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split table widows/orphans and splitting threshold
by Santy, Michael 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Hello, I'm using ConTeXt as part of a XML -> PDF workflow for technical documentation. These documents often have large tables, so I am using "placetable[split]" for table placement. While placetable[split] works as advertised, the output quality often suffers. One of the issues that I've found is that you'll often see a table with one row on a separate page from the rest of the table. Is there any way to control table orphans and widows such that there will never be just one (or some arbitrary number) rows of a table split across a page. Another feature that I think would be useful is the ability to set a split threshold for a table. In my use, tables that are less than 1/3 to 1/2 page should probably be included as a float (i.e., not split), whereas tables larger than this would benefit from being split. Is it possible to add a new placement option for tables that includes a splitting threshold? I would add this as part of my XML->TeX transform, but I don't think the rendering path has enough information to know how large table rows will be when rendered. Any thoughts? Cheers, Mike

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rsteps module conflicts with s-pre-13?
by Ruini Xue 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

hello, I am making a presentation with `s-pre-13', and it seems module `rsteps' conflicts with it. use the example in t-rsteps.tex, but replace `pre-original' with 's-pre-13'. % <<<<BEGIN mini example \usemodule [pre-writing] \usemodule [rsteps] % interaction menu example: % page number with alphabetic subpage number \startinteractionmenu[bottom] \placelist[chapter] [alternative=bottom,criterium=all,pagenumber=no] \\ \pagenumber{\characters\subpagenumber}/\lastpagenumber \stopinteractionmenu \setupcolors[state=start] \SetupSteps[defaultsection=Subject] \starttext \startstandardmakeup \bfc Raw Steps Module \blank[big] \tfb Usage Examples \stopstandardmakeup \StartSteps [Simple stepping (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] First step. \NextStep Second step. \NextStep Third step. \AllSteps All steps. \StopSteps \StartSteps[Fancy stepping (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] \startitemize \OnSteps[1-3,5]{\item Steps 1, 2, 3 and 5.} \OnSteps[2-...]{\item From step 2.} \OnSteps[3] {\item Step 3.} \OnSteps[...-4]{\item Up to step 4.} \stopitemize \StopSteps \StartSteps[Highlighting (step \noexpand\CurrentStepNumber)] \startitemize \item \HighlightSteps[1,4] {Step 1.} \item \HighlightSteps[2] {Step 2.} \item \HighlightSteps[3] {Step 3.} \item \HighlightSteps[4] {Start over from Step 1.} \stopitemize \StopSteps \StartSteps[Equations] \placeformula[eq:divu] \startformula \vec\nabla\cdot\vec u = 0 \stopformula \placeformula[eq:NS] \startformula \frac{D\vec u}{Dt} = \OnSteps[2-...][reserve]{-{\red \frac1\rho \vec\nabla p}} \OnSteps[3-...][reserve]{+\;{\green \vec g}} \OnSteps[4-...][reserve]{+\;{\blue \frac1\rho \vec\nabla\cdot S}} \stopformula Incompressibility (\in{eq.}[eq:divu]). Momentum transport (\in{eq.}[eq:NS]): \startitemize \OnSteps[2-...]{\item {\red Pressure gradient}} \OnSteps[3-...]{\item {\green Gravity}} \OnSteps[4-...]{\item {\blue Stress (viscous, turbulent, Maxwell)}} \stopitemize \StopSteps \stoptext %>>>>END mini example The error is: [1.1] ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \@@koSubjectsection \countervalue #1->\ifcsname #1 \endcsname \csname #1\endcsname \fi \determineheadnumber ...@sectionvalue {\@@sectie } }\egroup \doStartSteps ...eheadnumber [\steps@sectiontype ] \xdef \steps@sectionnumber... l.45 \StopSteps btw, please cc the replay to me, since I do not subscribe the list. Best Ruini

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waiting for mswincontext
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

Hello, Waiting impatiently for updated mswincontext. Would it be available from Pragma tomorrow or when? Best, Vaytcheslav

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style= in \placeindex
by Jörg Hagmann 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Hi, How can I get capital AND colored character headings in the index (style=...)? I can get either one with style={\WORD} and style={\color[red]} in \placeindex (or \setupregister), but all my attempts at combining them (using different ways of grouping) failed. Thanks, Jörg

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Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions
by Edd Barrett 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Hi there, I am new here, so greetings. My name is Edd and I am experimenting with context as a replacement for pdflatex when I do my dissertation next year. I am using texlive 2007 on OpenBSD which includes context. I am probably now going to ask some really dumb questions.. Here goes. --- A) I am trying to get a logo to appear in the top left of every page. I have already discovered that I can include a graphic like so: \externalfigure[shift] This works just fine However if I try to define a logo like so: \definelogo[logo][top][left] [command={\externalfigure[shift]}, state=start] I am presented with this error: layout : calculating logospace <./shift.png> figures : dimensions of shift are determined externally (./template.tuo ! Undefined control sequence. l.11 \t hisissectionseparator{-} Specifying a height and width does not help either. --- B) Is there an equivilent to the RCS package for latex. Basically it parses version control tags from CVS/RCS. --- C) Is there a book on context (apart from the PDF on the main website). What other documentation exists. I have already found contextgarden and that has proven very useful. Thanks -- Best Regards Edd --------------------------------------------------- http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett

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Spacing between formula and texts
by Zhichu Chen 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi, I happened to review the output of my article and found one thing which is not perfect for me. The spacing between a formula and its upper texts is not treated well when I tuned with some indent things. Here is my test file ======================================== \usemodule[units] \setupindenting[big] \indenting[always,next] % no, not, yes, always, never, first, next % \setupformulas[spacebefore=5em] \starttext Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, I love the following formula: \placeformula[-] \startformula 6.670 \times 10^{-11} \Newton \Times \Square \Meter \Per \Square \Kilo \Gram \stopformula which is very cool. which is very cool. which is very cool. which is very cool. which is very cool. % \showmathcharacters \stoptext ======================================== I'm really uncomfortable with that, and I want to solve it by myself. When I looked up the indent macros in core-spa.tex, how complex is that. So I just hope you guys could help me. -- Best Regards Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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+ as plain vanilla math character
by Oliver Buerschaper 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Dear all, I'm wondering how to typeset a sequence of pluses such that each plus is placed with "normal" math character spacing around it ... In this snippet I guess a plus (or at least the majority of pluses) is simply treated as a binary operator with appropriate spacing: --- \def\ket#1{\lvert#1\rangle} \starttext Note the spacing in \startformula \startmathalignment \NC\ket{+}\NR \NC\ket{++}\NR \NC\ket{+++}\NR \NC\ket{++++}\NR \NC\ket{000}\NR \stopmathalignment \stopformula \stoptext --- Cheerio, Oliver

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merging data from four files in one document
by Jelle Huisman 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hi all, I try to merge data from four files in one document. The source files are simple text files, each with 420 numbered lines of text. I have created a simple natural table with cells for the different pieces of data. I would like to make one document with 420 tables, each with the right data from the four source files (so Table 1 with data from line 1 from file One and line 1 from file Two and line 1 from file Three and line 1 from file Four, and next Table 2 with data from line 2 from file One and line 2 from file Two et cetera...) What is the best way to automate this process? Thanks, Jelle

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2UP arranging spoils the table of contents and index
by Liesbeth van der Plas 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Dear context group members, The 2UP arranging spoils the table of contents and the index. Deleting the second rule gives a content and index, including the second rule gives only the titels 'content' and 'index'. \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{hfdst 1}Dit is een verhaaltje.\index{verhaaltje} \chapter{hfdst 2} \chapter{hfdst 3} \chapter{hfdst 4} \completeregister[index] \stoptext -- liesbethvanderplas(a)gmail.com www.wiskunde-interactief.nl

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register: spurious space & one more entry level ask
by Vit Zyka 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Dear ConTeXters, there are 3 topics dealing with register (index): 1. [Spurious space] There are entries like \registerpage{index}{,}{5}{2--1-1-0-1-0-0-0--1}{2} in a *.tuo file. Since the definition (core-reg.tex) \def\dosetpageregisterpage#1#2#3#4#5#6% {\doifreglevelelse[#5]% {\dodosetpageregisterpage{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6}}% {}} there will be a spurious space between page number like Entry 23 , 67 instead of Entry 23, 67 Solution: \def\dosetpageregisterpage#1#2#3#4#5#6% {\doifreglevelelse[#5]% {\dodosetpageregisterpage{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6}}% {}\ignorespaces} Test file: -------------- \starttext Text\index{test}. \page[yes] Paragraph\index{test}. \placeindex \stoptext -------------- 2. [feature request] Current register implementation enable upto three entry level (\index{level 1+level 2+level 3}). My custommer require 4 levels. Please could the entry number be extended? 3. [not important, just for info] Formating of the register entries is not much user friendly. See \hangindent1em in a following definition: \def\dosetpageregisterentrya#1#2% {\flushseenregisterpage \edef\currententrylevel{1}% \global\let\c!entryb\relax \global\let\c!entryc\relax \gdef\c!entrya {\iffirstregisterentry\else\endgraf\fi % new \global\firstregisterpagetrue \hangindent1em\noindent\c!entryreference \dohandlepageregisterentry{#1}{#2}% \global\firstregisterentryfalse \global\firstsubentrytrue \global\firstsubsubentrytrue}} So, when one want the change formating he has to redefine this definition. It is against a ConTeXt spirit. Best Vit

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indent and blank question
by frantisek holop 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

hi there, i am working on a book format document using: \setupindenting[medium,yes] so the parapgrahps have no whitespace between but the first line of the next paragraph is indented. as is customary, i would like to start a new "part" (lacking a better word) of the same chapter without a title, unrelated to the previous text but not warranting a new chapter. some books put some symbols inbetween these "chapter parts" like three stars or something. if a put a \blank and start a new paragprah, it gets indented. i know i can use \noindent to get what i want, but my question is, is there something more "automatic", a space command which makes the next paragraph unindented or something? or for example if i wanted to put the 3 stars there, could i redefine subject or subsubject to output these _and_ make the next paragprah unindented? -f -- the golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.

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externalfigure rotation
by Santy, Michael 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hello, I'm looking to rotate an externalfigure inside of its bounding box in increments of 90 deg. Its real easy with 0 and 180, you can just do: \externalfigure[blah.pdf][width=5.0in, height=2.0in] \rotate[rotation=180]{\externalfigure[blah.pdf][width=5.0in, height=2.0in]} Both commands result with an image that is 5.0in wide and 2.0in tall. But the problem comes when rotating a externalfigure at 90 and 270 degrees (or more generally, anything besides 0 and 180). The rotation is applied to the whole bounding box instead of rotating the picture within a bounding box. The following images will be rendered 2.0in wide and 5.0in tall. \rotate[rotation=90]{\externalfigure[blah.pdf][width=5.0in, height=2.0in]} \rotate[rotation=270]{\externalfigure[blah.pdf][width=5.0in, height=2.0in]} Are there any plans to add support for specify an externalfigure's rotation within its bounding box, similar to this: \externalfigure[blah.pdf][width=5.0in, height=2.0in, rotation=90] Cheers, Mike

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Re: [NTG-context] externalfigure rotation
by Santy, Michael 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

> Hi Mike, > > you can control the rotation placement with the location key and the > value middle for location seems to be what you want but the the result > looks to me weird or broken and tried to fix this with the new value > center, you can see the results in small example below. I really appreciate the response, but I'm afraid I don't understand how it addresses my question. I'm not having trouble with the rotation pivot point (i.e., placement), but instead the order in which rotation and scaling are applied to a figure. I am wanting to rotate a figure within a defined bounding box. Mojca was kind enough to point out the following technique. \scale[width=5in, height=2in]{\rotate[rotation=90]{\externalfigure[yourfig]}} It creates a bounding box 5 inches wide and 2 inches tall, rotates the figure 90 degrees and scales the image to fit in the 5x2" bounding box. This approach meets my needs except that the scaling is applied non-isomorphically if both dimensions are specified for the bounding box. I'm now trying to figure out how to optionally scale the image to fit the bounding box while keeping the same aspect ratio. Any thoughts? Cheers, Mike

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Re: [NTG-context] waiting for mswincontext
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Thank you, Hans and Mojca, for replies. The story started in Septemper, 10, when I updated cont-tmf files for my mswincontext. I did it many times (once there was new update available) but this time I'm gone into trouble. Context started producing broken pdfs for every document with third-party font. I spent many days in trying hard to fix the issue, but nothing was helpful. I was suggested many ideas from the community, until Hans and Taco noticed that "the latest cont-tmf is not in sync with binaries"! How could I ever know that, if these files were posted on current CONTEXT distribution page? My further attempts to update luatex binary alone did not succeed. I was very angry. Now I wait till Owners "regenerate the big things" and I can get proven worked version for Windows. Hope it will be soon. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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"Best Wiki Contributor" & "Best Garden Design": competition & call for sponsors
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Dear ConTeXt-ers, I've been thinking for a long time (even before the first ConTeXt user meeting) to organize a little competition to: - promote more wiki/texshow contributions - renew the complete garden design I'm ready to provide the first prize: - free participation at the ConTeXt conference (Bohinj, sLOVEnija, 20.-25. August 2008) - and perhaps TeX user groups could offer one-year membership for some? But now I need: - your ideas and opinions about other prizes and rules - any sponsors / companies who are willing to donate other prizes *** CALL FOR SPONSORS *** If you're working in a company which works with ConTeXt, and you would be ready to help sponsoring that competition by providing prizes for best contributors/designers or for Patrick's work on the garden, please let me know. We could put logo of your company on the garden page(s) and announce that you have helped us. The details could/should be negotiated later, but please let me just know about it if anyone is interested in it ... (If anyone is interested in looking for sponsors, you're welcome as well.) *** BEST GARDEN DESIGN *** We have: wiki: - http://wiki.contextgarden.net source browser: - http://source.contextgarden.net texshow: - http://texshow.contextgarden.net mail archive (not really to be considered for redesign): - http://archive.contextgarden.net context live: - http://live.contextgarden.net modules and articles: - http://modules.contextgarden.net & http://articles.contextgarden.net download area (not so critical for redesigning): - http://dl.contextgarden.ne meeting page (unfinished and not-yet-announced): - http://meeting.contextgarden.net google custom search: - try to put some search string in the second box on the left on wiki Patrick did a great job provide all the functionality on the garden, but we would like to provide some nice and consistent design for all of these modules. Patrick could probably apply the design by himself (or someone could help him), so the most important thing would be: find color & image combinations which would look nice on all modules and promote ConTeXt. My first idea was to offer a free context conference to the "best wiki contributor". Hans suggests the same prize for best garden design. However: - to have one or to have two such prizes doesn't make sooo big difference that this would be unaffordable, but I still cannot afford to provide unlimited free conference fees before I know if I will be able to get enough local sponsors to cover all the costs - the designer could be just anyone, not necessary interested in ConTeXt, and not necessary interested in comming to the ConTeXt conference at all To determine the winner, we could post all the submissions to the mailing list and ask for general opinions + have a jury (Hans, Taco, Patrick + some other volunteers/professional designers). I would also suggest that someone would make a poster asking for contributors, which could theoretically be hung up even on public places (I can imagine hanging one at our facult for design for example). My questions: - what do you think the most appropriate prize should be? - how long should we wait? - what to do if we don't find a suitable design? - etc. etc. *** BEST WIKI CONTRIBUTOR *** I'm looking for your ideas here. We certainly need: - more, better and better organized contents on the garden - basically the whole texshow in empty - new test files The problem is that: - texshow has problems (problems parsing the strings, no authentification, no nice overview of modifications, etc.) - texshow needs better support for common attributes (think of style=bold|slanted|italic|... which has the same arguments on more places) - there should be an easier way to submit and test testcases than the current contexttest project on supelec We should support continuos work. For example by announcing best monthly contributor, and also to make the job of the jury easier (whoever the jury would be). Other questions: - what if there will be noone to deserve the prize? - what if there will be three people with approximately the same big efforts? (I don't fear that, but we should write some basic rules to avoid problems later) - what if that person won't be able to attend the meeting? The wiki competition will probably close in June. I don't know about the other one. ++++++++++++++++++++ I'm simply looking for ideas at the moment, I will announce the competition when I will have a more clear idea what exactly to announce. Anyone who would like to help "organizing" the cometition: you're welcome to help! Mojca

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\MPcolor bug with LuaTeX
by Wolfgang Schuster 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Hi, colors defined in gray values give a inverted output in MetaPost with the \MPcolor macro. The output in the text is fine and the red and cyan circles in the MetaPost graphics are also correct but the gray circle has the value s=0.1 and not s=.9 as defined in the colo-rgb file. \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \color[gray]{Gray} \color[red]{Red} \color[cyan]{Cyan} \startMPpage fill fullcircle scaled 4cm ; fill fullcircle scaled 4cm shifted (5cm,0) withcolor \MPcolor{gray} ; fill fullcircle scaled 4cm shifted (2*5cm,0) withcolor \MPcolor{red} ; fill fullcircle scaled 4cm shifted (3*5cm,0) withcolor \MPcolor{cyan} ; \stopMPpage \stoptext Wolfgang

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placing movies
by Hans van der Meer 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Placing a movie with the following code places the static overlay a bit (too far) to the right, spilling it on the right side out of the frame: \useexternalrendering[sharkfilm][video/quicktime][shark.mp4] \defineoverlay [shark][{\externalfigure[shark-film][width=\overlaywidth,type=jpg]}] \starttext ... \midaligned{%\framed[offset=0pt, strut=no, background= {foreground,shark}]% {\placerenderingwindow[movie][sharkfilm]}}% Is there some spurious space in the code? Perhaps a missing % at the end of a line? I could not spot the culprit in the code, but I might have been looking in the wrong places. Then as an additional question: When running the movie a thin white frame line appears around it. I find it annoying but did not find out how to get rid of it. Nor have I been able to change the background color locally (when leaving out the external figure in the overlay) or get rid of the text "Screen" that appears. I found a macro \setuprenderingwindow but did not find out about the settings it understands. Can someone enlighten me? Hans van der Meer

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section title: alignment
by Jörg Hagmann 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Dear list members, My section titles have a gray background of textwidth, as follows: \def\SectionCommand#1#2{\framed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,% align=right,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray]{#1\quad#2}} \setuphead[section][command=\SectionCommand,numbercolor=red] That works, except when section titles are longer than textwidth: in that case, the second line is aligned with the number, not the text. How can I get correct alignment? I tried to include \starttabulate \NC #1 \NC #2 \NC\NR \stoptabulate in SectionCommand, but then the background extends too much above and below. I'm sure there is an easy solution? Thanks a lot, Jörg Minimal example: \setupcolors[state=start] \def\SectionCommand#1#2{\framed[frame=off,width=\textwidth,% align=right,background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray]{#1\quad#2}} \setuphead[section][command=\SectionCommand,numbercolor=red] \starttext \section{A very long title, longer than the width of the text and therefore needing a second line} \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Recommendations for Speed?
by Duncan Hothersall 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Taco said: > Duane Johnson wrote: > >> 1. Is there a way to keep TeX in-memory (i.e. as a server or daemon >> process) so that it doesn't have to load and reload fonts and the >> environment? Our system makes repeated requests for typeset >> documents and we are wondering if there's a way to remove the >> overhead of re-running pdftex. >> > > No, there is not (at least not using any of the 'stock' tex > distributions). The one thing you could do is preload the fonts > and modules you need into the format file, but setting this up > is not completely trivial either. > Indeed not trivial. But something I played with once upon a time for much the same purpose. You should take a look at Jonathan Fine's TeX daemon project texd (http://sourceforge.net/projects/texd) if you haven't already - it runs as a pipe (unix) and only loads formats once; it would take a little bit work to get it going reliably with ConTeXt, especially to do so in a way that is easily updated when a new ConTeXt is released, and I'm not sure if Jonathan is still actively working on the project. But it demonstrates an effective approach, which works with Plain (and LaTeX I think). Duncan

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Interactive slides---hidden field on every page
by Michal Kvasnička 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Good morning or whatever you have now in Europe. It seems that my mail have come to the list, so I dare to repost it: I'm preparing my slides. Every slide is divided to three parts (backgrounds): text, header, and bottom. I've got the navigation buttons in the bottom. Now I'd like to add one more button that would open a field on the current page---a field containing the list of content. I'd like it to go to the \Topic I want to discuss and disappear. I tried this: \definefield[Content][check][HelpSetup][content][content] \setupfields[reset] \setupfield[HelpSetup] [width=fit,height=fit,frame=off,option={readonly,hidden}] % \definesymbol[content][\SomeContentText] \def\SomeContentText{% \startframedtext [width=\textwidth, height=fit, frame=on, background=color, backgroundcolor=tmava,framecolor=svetla]% \placecontent} \stopframedtext } % \setupbackgrounds [text] [%backgroundoffset=10pt,%.5cm, background={contentmenu,nextpage}] % \defineoverlay [ContentOnOff] [{\goto{\framed[width=\overlaywidth,height=\overlayheight,frame=off]{\hss}}% [JS(Toggle_Hide{Content})]}]%\overlaybutton{JS(Toggle_Hide{Content})}] % \startinteractionmenu[bottom] \setupinteraction [color=svetla, contrastcolor=black] \hbox to 600pt{% \raise0.4em\hbox{% \framed[width=3em, height=0.7em, frame=off, background={PageCounter,ContentOnOff}]{}} \hss \interactionbuttons[frame=off, width=8em] [firstpage, previouspage,nextpage, lastpage, PreviousJump,NextJump]% \hbox to 1cm{\hss}% \hbox to 44mm{% \interactionbuttons[frame=off][CloseDocument]\hss}% } However, it doesn't work: 1. The list of content is placed only on one page, not at all of them as I would like. 2. The field supposed to show/hide it isn't clickable---it isn't interactive, and does nothing. 3. I use \Topic and \Subject as heads, and I don't know how to put them to the list of content. Can you possibly help me to solve this problem? Sincerely yours Michal Kvasnicka

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Greek in luatex
by Thomas A. Schmitz 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Hi all, I've been experimenting with my Greek stuff in luatex, and I think I'm making nice progress. Things pretty much work with Unicode input, and as soon as the kerning problem is solved, I'm very optimistic. Two questions came up for me; I assume the answers are straightforward, but couldn't find anything: 1. How can I remap single characters? Let's say that we have a Unicode character in the input stream that maps to 0x03c3, but I want it remapped to 0x3f2, how can this be achieved? 2. Similarly: if I want to support the legacy input method babel, I need to remap the input stream to the Greek characters (question 1) and also need to feed the font some ligature rules, such as: the combination >a needs to be combined into the character 0x1f00. What would be the syntax and the way to do this? All best Thomas

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Recommendations for Speed?
by Duane Johnson 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Hello, I've been perusing the list archives for a couple of days now, and reading up on articles (such as Hans' regarding optimizing in TeX and eTeX) to find guidance on a handful of decisions. Our company makes a web-based publishing solution called MemoryPress.com that uses conTeXt for on-demand creation of PDFs which are then converted to jpeg format for display in a web browser. We are currently looking into ways to speed things up and since many of you are far more qualified than I am in this area, I wondered if you might advise me on the following: 1. Is there a way to keep TeX in-memory (i.e. as a server or daemon process) so that it doesn't have to load and reload fonts and the environment? Our system makes repeated requests for typeset documents and we are wondering if there's a way to remove the overhead of re-running pdftex. 2. Among the many different command-line TeX options, what might optimize for speed? I've done some rudimentary benchmarking and found that executing etex (without conTeXt) is much faster than texexec, and wondered if there is any advice in this area. Is there any way to shave off some of the overhead of using conTeXt? 3. I've noticed that there is some kind of caching going on (tui/tuo files?) that helps speed things up after the first run. How can I best take advantage of this facility? What kinds of things will require TeX to start from scratch, vs. use some or all of this cached information? 4. Are there any other areas I should consider when looking for ways to use TeX as an on-demand typesetting engine? Thank you, Duane Johnson Programming Manager FamilyLearn

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XeTeX after ctxtools in MacTeX was: xetex and external pdf stretching
by Andrea Valle 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Thanks Mojca, Yes, having the standard mactex I had an old ConTeXt version. On 13 Sep 2007, at 14:47, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > ctxtools --updatecontext Done it. Now I'm using: texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 texec --check 2007.09.13 21:15 I've made also: texexec --make --all (and nothing more) While using texexec I'm having no problem. ConTeXt ver: 2007.09.13 21:15 MKII fmt: 2007.9.14 int: english/ english But with the --xtx flag texexec is now raising a fatal error now: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2007.9.4 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII FilesVersion : 2007.09.13 21:15 ? Many thanks -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong)

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Re: [NTG-context] need help for the installation of luatools
by Dalyoung Jeong 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Dear Thomas, I found the folder /usr/local/Build/powerpc/TeXLive.2006. I remembered that I have tried to install TeX using the source before. When I open terminal, .luatex in not implemented yet and "texexec -- make --all --pdftex" run without any errors. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% texexec --make --all --pdftex TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | updating file database mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.gwtex/ls-R... ... mktexlsr: Done. TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf/web2c/ pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) ... %%%%%%%%%%% As you see in the above output, it uses the searching method 'kpsewhich' and '/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx' But after running 'source ~/.luatex', it used the same searaching path but different path for format and engine paths as following even though I removed /usr/local/Build folder. However, to run 'luatools --generate', I need to run .luatex. Still, I have a problem in 'luatools --ini --compile...'. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% texexec --make --all --pdftex TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | updating file database ... TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /usr/local/Build/powerpc/TeXLive.2006/ texmf/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en ... TeXExec | tex engine path: /usr/local/Build/powerpc/TeXLive.2006/ texmf/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | mps engine path: /usr/local/Build/powerpc/TeXLive.2006/ texmf/web2c ... %%%%%%%%%%%% So I think that .luatex change the setting for the ConTeXt. I attached .luatex file which shows the TDS in my mac. By the way, what is 'whence'? It is a unknown cmd in my machine. and how to remove '/usr/local/Build/...' from the engine path? Thank you for your help. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Windows Installer for MsWinContext
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

Hello, I'm back with my idea of installer for mswincontext distribution. I successfully use my local (post-install) version , which simply sets env. vars, but I feel there is need for more. Anticipating new mswincontext build, I can implement the installer for it using free Inno Setup software. The controversy is about setup file content. I see it as whole mswincontext, because it is declared as minimal distribution (so, nothing can be thrown away). However, I was suggested on this list to make some parts downloadable on demand, so I need to ask: what parts to make? In general, I believe that if classical Windows installer for ConTeXt were available, it would gain more popularity and appreciation. Of course, I'd like to hear from Hans and Taco what they think about it, and whether they dare to facilitate this. Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX patch
by Andrea Valle 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

Really thanks a lot Mojca for the help. I replaced the two files, I found two copies of font-ini.tex and replaced them all. Then: texexec --make --all texexec --make --all --xetex (I guess the first is useless if I execute the second, isn't it?) YES! Alleluja, alleluja, it works, no complaining, with the test file: %\enableregime[utf] \setuppapersize[S6][S6] %\setupbodyfont[ss, 12pt] \definetypeface[Optima][rm][Xserif][Optima] \setupbodyfont[Optima] \starttext \startitemize \item nome dell'insegnamento (es. $\to$ Storia del cinema) \item settore scientifico-disciplinare (SSD, es. $\to$ l-art/06) \item numero di crediti (cfu, es. $\to$ 10) \stopitemize La votazione è irrilevante. Queste informazioni vanno inserite in un file di testo in una forma simile: \stoptext And works also with my photobook which now compiles exactly like this: http://www.cirma.unito.it/research/alternando/photo/photoBookX.pdf \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \define[1]\Capt{{\darkred \switchtobodyfont[8pt] #1}} \definetypeface[Optima][rm][Xserif][Optima] \definetypeface[Skia][rm][Xserif][Skia] \setupbodyfont[Optima] \setuplayout[ topspace=0.75cm, bootmspace=0cm, headerheight=0cm, footerheight=0cm, ] %\setupbodyfont[roman, 70pt] \setupheads[sectionnumber=no] %\enableregime[mac] \mainlanguage[it] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \definelayer [mybg] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight ] \definelayer [mybg2] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight ] \definelayer [mybg3] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight ] \definelayer [mybg4] [x=0mm, y=0mm, width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight ] \setlayer [mybg] [x=0\paperwidth, y=0\paperheight] {\color[lightgray]\externalfigure[alternando] [height=1\paperheight,width=1\paperwidth]} \setlayer [mybg2] [x=0\paperwidth, y=.45\paperheight] {\color[darkred]\externalfigure[hbar] [height=.1\paperheight,width=\paperwidth]} \setlayer [mybg3] [x=.9\paperwidth, y=0\paperheight] {\color[lightgray]\externalfigure[vbar] [height=\paperheight,width=.05\paperwidth]} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg] \startstandardmakeup \strut \vfill {\color[darkred] {\tfc Alternating from 1 to X $\to$ homage to A e B} \crlf {\tfb A photo documentation} \vfill \setupbodyfont[Skia] il guardaroba della mente \hfill Oratorio di San Filippo \hfill 20/06/03 } \stopstandardmakeup \setupbodyfont[Optima] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg2] \section{Design/Test} \page \setupbackgrounds[page][background=mybg3] \startcombination[2*2] {\externalfigure[test/cubes2][height=.5\textheight ]}{\Capt {Make it simple: use wooden cubes on a plane}} {\externalfigure[test/testing1][height=.5\textheight ]}{\Capt{If the plane is transparent, a webcam can be used}} {\externalfigure[test/testing2][height=.5\textheight ]}{\Capt{In the lab: analog cubes and digital signals}} {\externalfigure[test/testing3][height=.5\textheight ]}{\Capt{What's going on up there? extracting the parameters}} \stopcombination \page [snip] \stoptext More, it works fast: runtime: 14.904212 Wow Best -a- On 16 Sep 2007, at 12:06, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Oh, and try to patch this file as well. > > Mojca > <type-otf.tex> -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong)

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bib module fails to produce publication list under certain conditions
by Jesse Alama 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

I recently came across an unusual error with the bib module: depending on the section structure of a document, the publication list is sometimes not produced. I've attached a simple document and a one-entry bib file that illustrates the error. If either the second section of the subsection is commented out, the publication list is produced; if both are uncommented, the publication list is not produced. What might be going on? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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pdfopen pdfclose
by Idris Samawi Hamid 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

Hi Hans and gang, For a future ConTeXt, would it be possible to add support for the --back option for pdfopen/pdfclose? See http://magic.aladdin.cs.cmu.edu/2005/07/15/pdfopen-and-pdfclose/ This will allow you to automatically return to the page of the pdf you were working on at the moment you close it. There are some caveats for working with mutiple pdf's but it's a nice feature to have. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid 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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\framed alignment in natural tables
by Olivier 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

Hi all, Is this normal behavior to have the framed text in \bTABLE \bTR \bTD[width=4cm,align=middle] \framed[width=2cm]{test} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE not aligned? If yes, what is a natural way to center the framed text in the cell? Thanks, Olivier

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