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cweb-scr.pdf
by John Luciani 25 Aug '07

25 Aug '07

Are the source files that were used to create cweb-scr.pdf on the http://www.pragma-ade.com site available for download? I am trying to get ConTeXt working on a cweaved TeX file and am getting an Undefined control sequence error. A working example (especially the source for the cweb-scr files) would be extremely useful. Thanks. (* jcl *) -- http://www.luciani.org

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dvips; hungarumlaut
by Istvan Hollerbach 24 Aug '07

24 Aug '07

Hi Evereybody, I have written a short tex file. Then I have made a dvi file by command: texexec --dvi proba.tex. A dvi and a ps files have been made. Dvi is ok, but ps not. I have deleted the ps file. In order to make a ps file I have inserted command: dvips proba.dvi. I have received an error message: This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) dvips: ! Couldn't find header file tex.pro. Note that an absolute path or a relative path with .. are denied in -R2 mode. and In document mp-cb-en.pdf on page 73 and in ms-cb-en.pdf on page 95 in the table hungarumlaut (\H{u}) does not appear correctly. Hungarumlaut is a doubleacute on o, O, u, and U. Hungarumlaut or doubleacute is used solely in Hungarian language. Best regards, Istvan

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TeX-Gyre package?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Dear Hans and gang, Has TeX-Gyre been released as part of MKIV yet? I was in the processing of updating my mswincontext distribution of 2007.08.07 and I noticed that cont-tmf does not contain the TeX-Gyre fonts. The reason I don't want to install the fonts from the official TeX-Gyre site is because, before the release of MKIV, I installed them (with the ConTeXt support files on that site of course) and they did not all work :-( So I'd prefer to install them from a single ConTeXt package/zip so that we could all have easier installation (just unzip) as well as a common benchmark, especially if things go wrong ;-) 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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changing typeface
by Istvan Hollerbach 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hi, Would somebody explain me in detail, how I can use for example typeface Times New Roman instead of Computer Modern? Which command to use and how? I need syntax in detail. Descriptions are obscure for me. I need codes in detail for fontnames too. Best regards, Istvan

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start/stop and sections
by Hans Hagen 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hi, There is now an experimental: % options : % dodo : listtext \setupsectionworld [chapter] [before after setups page text number label bookmark] \startsectionworld[chapter][text={Test}] \stopsectionworld Later I will adapt sectioning to working with variables (low level issue) but this is what I needed 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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Column enumerations start at zero
by M.guravage 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hi, I recently observed that column enumerations start at zero instead of at one. Has anyone else seen this? Here's a minimal example: % interface=en output=pdftex \starttext \startitemize[n, columns, three] \item foo \item bar \item hat \stopitemize \stoptext Is there a way to the initial counter value explicitly? So far my attempts with the setupitemize options have failed. Cheers, Michael PS: This is on Windows running the minimal ConTeXt distribution ver: 2007.07.03 19:38 MKII.

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No header text on last page
by Jeff Smith 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

Hello again everyone! I've searched the archive but couldn't find the solution to my current problem. In my document, the chapter name and number disappear from the header text on the last page. It's like the \getmarking doesn't work anymore and all I see is the period (.) that I use to separate the two info in the header text. The page number, for its part, is perfectly fine. I've made several tests and it's always the last page of the document, no matter the number of chapters. The problem is not an empty _page_ at the end of the document. I repeat it's a disappearing chapter name and number from the header. To make things easier, I attach a sample document with my current environment file and a dummy chapter. Just compile test.tex. What am I doing wrong? Thanks a lot for any help. It's always well appreciated. Jeff Smith

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setting up quotations
by frantisek holop 23 Aug '07

23 Aug '07

hi there, i have just finished reading the archives from the times when there was no \setupquotation only \setupquote i am glad that now a \setupquotation exists, but my problem seems to be that \setupquotation affects all quotations... consider the following example: \setupquotation [style=italic] \quote{I am \quotation{not} here,} he said, then he went on singing \startquotation Maybe I just want to fly\crlf I want to live I don't want to die\crlf Maybe I just want to breath\crlf Maybe I just don't believe\crlf Maybe you're the same as me\crlf We see things they'll never see\crlf You and I are gonna live forever\crlf \stopquotation all 3 quotations are in italics. i think this is incorrect... all 3 quoting styles have their place and function. \startquotation should have some \blank before and after, different margins, etc. that's what i want to set up with \setupquotation a lot of publisher make even typeset these in smaller fonts. how can i make this happen? this is really important for typesetting books, it is not? -f -- if you do nothing, how do you know when you're finished?

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mkiv update - section problem
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Hello, After updating I have the following problem. The first section sticks to contents. This effect was not present until update. %engine=luatex \starttext \placecontent \section{Background} Bla-bla-bla Bla-bla-bla \section{Features Overview} Bla-bla-bla \stoptext Best, Vatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] mkiv update - section problem
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Hello, Thank you all. I will try in a moment. A stupid question: should I update both context/current/cont-tmf.zip and context/current/cont-win.zip every time or only the first? -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] mkiv update - section problem
by luigi scarso 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

On 8/21/07, luigi scarso <luigi.scarso(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/21/07, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky <yatskovsky(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > After updating I have the following problem. The first section sticks to contents. This effect was not present until update. Sorry, you are rigtht, I have seen now. With last *zip things seem good. This is luaTeX, Version 3.141592-beta-0.11.0-2007082115 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2007.8.21) 21 AUG 2007 20:12 **t003.tex (./t003.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.08.21 17:57 MKIV fmt: 2007.8.21 int: english/english -- luigi ---------------------------------------------------------------- If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net

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font size > 12pt
by zs 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Hi, I would like to have font bigger than 12pt. When I try following, commented line causes error message "Math formula deleted: Insufficient symbol fonts." while compiled with luatex. Could you tell me why and how to fix it? Thanks ZS \starttext \setupbodyfont[rm,13pt] Some reaction O\low{2} $\rightarrow$ O\low{3}. %Some reaction\footnote{ O\low{2} $\rightarrow$ O\low{3} }. \stoptext

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MetaFun and different body font size
by Oliver Buerschaper 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Dear folks, I'm wondering how to communicate a different default bodyfont size to MetaFun ... consider this: --- \setupbodyfont[32pt] \starttext \input ward \startuseMPgraphic{test} draw unitsquare scaled BodyFontSize; draw textext.rt("Test"); draw btex \TeX etex xshifted 2*BodyFontSize; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{test} \stoptext --- Somehow MetaFun doesn't recognize the larger body font size :-( What can I do? Oliver

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MK IV & Lilypond
by David Wooten 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Greetings all, Has anyone had any luck getting the lilypond module to work with mkiv/ luatex engine? It fails for me (works fine with mkii/pdftex). I can send along some log info if others have found it to work. Regards, David

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Mysterious clipping for shaded MetaFun page background
by Oliver Buerschaper 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Dear folks, can anyone reproduce this? (Live ConTeXt on the garden seems to run into this \faststartcolor thing ... with pdfTeX.) Uncomment the page background overlay and the top bit of the frames' titles will be chipped off ... doesn't happen for the plain vanilla color background on my machine. --- \enableregime[utf] \setupcolors[state=start] \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[palatino,30pt] \startMPenvironment \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \switchtobodyfont[palatino,30pt] \stopMPenvironment \startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame} picture pic; path a,b; a := unitsquare xyscaled (OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight); pic := textext(\MPstring{FunnyFrame}); setbounds pic to (boundingbox pic) enlarged (BodyFontSize/5); pic := pic shifted (OverlayWidth/2,OverlayHeight+(ypart ulcorner pic)/2); drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled OverlayLineWidth withcolor OverlayLineColor); b := a topenlarged (ypart center pic-OverlayHeight); b := b smoothed BodyFontSize; fill b withcolor white; draw b; b := (boundingbox pic) smoothed (BodyFontSize/2); fill b withcolor yellow; draw b; draw pic withcolor black; setbounds currentpicture to a; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[FunnyFrame][\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}] \defineframedtext [FunnyText] [background=FunnyFrame, frame=off, rulethickness=3pt, width=\textwidth] \def\startFrame#1{% \setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{\hbox spread 1em{\hss\strut#1\hss}}% \startFunnyText} \def\stopFrame{\stopFunnyText} \startuniqueMPgraphic{shade} path p; p := unitsquare xyscaled (OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight); linear_shade(p,6,blue,white); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[shade][\useMPgraphic{shade}] %\setupbackgrounds % [page] % [background=shade] %\setupbackgrounds % [page] % [background=color, % backgroundcolor=blue] \noheaderandfooterlines \starttext \showframe \startFrame{Test 1} The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stopFrame \startFrame{Test 2} The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stopFrame \stoptext --- Cheerio, Oliver

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Learning ConTeXt
by Istvan Hollerbach 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hi Everybody, I want to learn ConTeXt, but 'cont-enp.pdf' and 'mp-cb-en.pdf' do not explain many things in detail, for example the parameters of command \setuplayout on the page 24 of cont-enp.pdf. Or am I careless? How shall I start to learn? And how shall I go on learning? Best regards, Istvan Hollerbach

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TEXapplication
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hallo, while playing with m-pstric I realized that there is an other problem. m-pstric uses the TEXapplication start/stop mechanism, but the resulting box has no extend. The commented version which does not make use of TEXapplication works ok. Wolfgang

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Uppercase Greek in large fontsize
by Shen Chen 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hi all, I had a problem with typesetting uppercase Greek in large fontsize. I am doing a screen presentation so I want to work with 18pt body font size. But uppercase greek letters all disappear whenever I use anything bigger than 12pt. All small case greek letter are fine, though. Wondering if there is a simple fix to it. Thanks a lot! \setupbodyfont[roman,18pt] \starttext Hello world! $$\delta \Delta \alpha \Alpha \gamma \Gamma $$ \stoptext Best regards, Shen Chen

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ConTeXt possibilities
by Istvan Hollerbach 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Dear Everybody, My name is Istvan Hollerbach. I am still looking at ConTeXt. Are usable with ConTeXt only modules found at http://modules.contextgarden.net/, or which usable are with plain TeX as well? I think of xypic for example. Can I write a document for example in Sanskrit? Being a beginner, of course I will neither use xypic for a some length of time, nor I will write a document in Sanskrit. I am only interested in possibilities compared to LaTeX. I write this mail again, because I have changed the reply-to. Best regards, Istvan Hollerbach

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the stolen comma
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hi, is this a known exception, or is it a nasty little bug? \starttext |ROTFL|, Rolling on the Floor, laughing. |ROTFL|; Rolling on the Floor, laughing. \stoptext (Or is only my machine refusing to show the first comma? As far as I have checked only commas are affected ... ) Steffen

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mkiv update
by Hans Hagen 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hi, I uploaded a new version (no minimals yet). There are also new binaries (or will be later today) that fix a couple of font issues. Later this week I will enable new color handling code. 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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ConTeXt possibilities
by Istvan Hollerbach 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Dear Everybody, My name is Istvan Hollerbach. I am still looking at ConTeXt. Are usable with ConTeXt only modules found at http://modules.contextgarden.net/, or which usable are with plain TeX as well? I think of xypic for example. Can I write a document for example in Sanskrit? Being a beginner, of course I will neither use xypic for a some length of time, nor I will write a document in Sanskrit. I am only interested in possibilities compared to LaTeX. Best regards, Istvan Hollerbach

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Re: [NTG-context] m-pstric
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

> > - If dvi is not the default, what is the right switch? > > ('texexec --dvi ...' has no effect) > > --dvi would have been more intuitive, but it's --dvips. That was the solution Thank you Mojca! Wolfgang

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starting out with MKiV -- oversized math fonts
by George N. White III 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

When I format the following example, based on the wiki, the math fonts don't match the body fonts. Note that "tex.print(c)" uses the body font and is small compared to the output from "tex.print("$...$")". The last line shows this is a math-mode issue, not really a problem with output from lua: % t-mkiv.tex -- test file for luatex and ConTeXt % see: <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mark_IV> % Compile: % texmfstart texexec --lua t-mkiv \starttext Using lua for a calculation: \startlua a = 1.5 b = 1.8 c = a*b tex.print(c) \stoplua \ctxlua{tex.print("$\string\\sqrt{2} = " .. math.sqrt(2) .. "$")} There is a problem with the size of math fonts: X$X$X or x$x$x. \stoptext -- George N. White III <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

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Bug with itemize[r] in mkiv
by Aditya Mahajan 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

With luatex, the following gives \starttext \startitemize[r] \item one \item two \stopitemize \stoptext ! LuaTeX error .../context/current/texmf/tex/context/base/core-con.lua:163: attempt to call field 'tolower' (a nil value). \romannumerals ...nvert.romannumerals(\number #1)} \actualitemnumber ...\currentitemnumber -1\relax } \fi \listitem ...alue {\@@localitemsymbol \itemlevel } \tempsymbol \getitemparame... \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \dolistitem ...evel \c!style \c!color {\listitem } \fi \fi }\ifconditional \f... \complexdoitemgroupitem ...obreak \fi \dolistitem \relax \ifconditional \pac... ... l.5 \item o ne Aditya

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techreport and bib
by Aditya Mahajan 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

Hi, I cannot understand why the pubname is not inserted in the following example. \usemodule[bib] \setuppublicationlayout[techreport]% {\insertauthors {} {,} {\insertthekey{}{,}{}}% \inserttitle {\space\quotation\bgroup} {,\egroup} {}% \insertbibtype {\space} {\insertvolume{,\space}{}{},} \insertpubname {,\space} {\insertcity{,\space}{}{}} {}% \insertpubyear {,\space\insertmonth{}{,\space}{}} {} {}% \insertnote {.\space} {.} {.}} \setuppublicationlist[samplesize={ABFG{\etalchar{+}}93},totalnumber=210] \startpublication[k=test,t=techreport, a={{Person}},y=1979a, n=42,s=So79a] \author[]{S.}[S.]{}{Person} \pubyear{1979\maybeyear{a}} \title{Some important work} \bibtype{Internal Pulication} \volume{ABC} \city{Some City} \pubname{Name of publication} \stoppublication \starttext Testing \cite[test]. \placepublications \stoptext The pdf looks like (notice no pubname and volume are inserted). Testing (Person, 1979a). Person, S., “Some important work,” Internal Pulication, ABC,, , Some City , 1979a. Thanks, Aditya

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m-pstric
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

Hallo, I tried the example in the module pstric, but it is not working. Running my 'tst.tex' loads the module and since it is in pdf-mode a line pstricks : using indirect method; enable write18 was written. But in 'tst-texapp.log' appears the same line: pstricks : using indirect method; enable write18 so 'tst-texapp.tex' was not run in dvi-mode and the pstricks macros are not loaded and \pspicture is unknown. \startTEXapplication has a line \executesystemcommand{texexec ...} So my question is: - Is dvi-mode the default for texexec? (I know it was, but there were some opposite remarks on the list) - If dvi is not the default, what is the right switch? ('texexec --dvi ...' has no effect) Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] MetaFont
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

> >>> But this does massivly restrict metafonts capabilities. Pens > for > >>> example are not allowed (Metafont with applied handbrake)! > >> I agree, metatype1 is not very easy to use if you are familiar > >> with > >> metafont already. For existing fonts, mf2pt1 is in general the > >> best > >> approach, I think. There is a (patched?) version out there that > >> delegates most the hard work to fontforge, and it's results are > >> normally > >> quite acceptable. > > > > There was once (1990) an article in TUGboat 11:4, pages 525-541 > > which discribes an patch to mf84. The patched mf could produce > type3 > > fonts. Should'nt it be possible to do the same for type1? > > Not without a lot of effort. Type3 fonts allow all sorts of stuff > that is illegal in Type1, like overlapping and mixing of strokes > and fills. The cases where fontforge is refusing, are cases which are best handeld inside metafont, where one has the knowledge: a.) elliptical curves, which are represented by polygons (lots of points and resolution depandend) and should converted to something smoother, and b.) short epicycles, which are also artifacts from penmotions, which can easyly be detected and replaced by an corner point. Wolfgang

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Possible bug in core-tab?
by Aditya Mahajan 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Hi Hans, || does not work with tables, and until now I thought that this was a limitation of tables. But upon reading core-tab, it appears that you make a lot of effort to make sure that || works correctly, but it does not. I think that this is due to a mistake in the definition of pushouterbarandquote. Currently it is defined as \gdef\pushouterbarandquote {\ifForgetTableBarAndQuote \let|\letterbar \let"\letterdoublequote \ifnum\catcode`\|=\@@active \let\outertablebar |\else\let\outertablebar \relax\fi \ifnum\catcode`\"=\@@active \let\outertablequote"\else\let\outertablequote\relax\fi \fi} Shouldn't it be the other way round? That is first save the current meaning of | and ", and then redefine it. So, \bgroup \catcode`\|=\@@active \catcode`\"=\@@active \gdef\pushouterbarandquote {\ifForgetTableBarAndQuote \ifnum\catcode`\|=\@@active \let\outertablebar |\else\let\outertablebar \relax\fi \ifnum\catcode`\"=\@@active \let\outertablequote"\else\let\outertablequote\relax\fi \let|\letterbar \let"\letterdoublequote \fi} \egroup This makes sure that || works correctly. The redefinition of " and | was added last November. http://foundry.supelec.fr/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/tex/context/base/core-… Aditya

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t-bib - publicationlist space between [111] and items // luatex // error for \currentdate [y, -, mm, -, dd]
by Tobias Burnus 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Hello, I use \setuppublications[numbering=yes,refcommand=num] and have more than 99 references. Thus in the reference list the "]" of "[111]" overlaps with the entry behind. I tried \setuppublicationlist with samplesize= and with distance=/width=, but this did not help. Any idea how to solve this (best would be of cause automatically). * * * I'm now trying to get LuaTeX running with a TeXLive2007 system and the current cont-tmf.zip. I did: - Compiled luatex and installed luatex - Created symbolic link from texluac to luatex - Set TEXMFCNF=<dir> to the directory which contains texmf.cnf Questions and problems: a) Where do I find mtxrun ? I found ./scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua, but lua ./scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua gives the error message: lua: ./scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua:3949: attempt to index global 'lua' (a nil value) The line is: if lua.bytecode then -- from 0 upwards b) If I run: texmfstart texexec --make --lua the metafun.mem is nicely generated but cont-* is not: LuaTools | version 1.1.1 - 2006+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT LuaTools | loading /home/tob/texmf/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration in /home/tob/luatex-cache/ [...] LuaTools | runtime: 0.29 seconds TeXExec | using tex engine luatex TeXExec | using tex format path /home/tob/texmf/web2c/luatex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en Error in lua file loading: ?:0: attempt to index global 'instance' (a nil value) [...] LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/home/tob/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \dump LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.3 seconds TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl Error in lua file loading: ?:0: attempt to index global 'instance' (a nil value) Which seems to be the same error as in (a). * * * Since the update of cont-tmf.zip, I get an error (pdfetex) for: \currentdate [y,-,mm,-,dd] \bye ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> { \convertnumber ... \s!default \fi \fi \endcsname { \number #2} Any idea what goes wrong here? Tobias

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inline diagrams/charts?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Hi there! A long time ago there was a discussion about some kind of tiny block charts that run within the text. Now I would need such for the summary of a poll. But I can't remember the name, and thus I can't find the thread and website. Can you help me? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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\enablemathpunctuation and luatex
by Peter Münster 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Hello, in the following example, the \in[test] command produces "??": %engine=luatex \enablemathpunctuation \starttext figure~\in[test] \placefigure[][test]{XXX}{XXX} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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An interview
by Otared Kavian 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi all, I just came across the following interview (dating back to April 2007) with Jonathan Kew, which I think may interest those who have not seen it: http://www.tug.org/interviews/interview-files/jonathan-kew.html Thank you Jonathan for your valuable contributions! Best regards: OK

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disabling reuse of figures
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Dear All, It is a rather strange problem, I am compiling a presentation file using ConText. I use the \startcombination enviroment to make a panel containing 4 plots. In the source file, I prescibe a different figure file (*.png) for each page. ConText is however reusing the first set of figures so that the panel in each page looks the same as in the first page. Is there a way to disable the "reusing of figures"? A minimal example is reproduced below. thanks for any suggestions. saji \input setups \starttext \startcombination[2*2] {\externalfigure[/apcc01/OPER/AFS/FIG/3-MON/MME_OUT/FORECAST/GAUS/2007/6/Monthly/JUN/Global/prec.png]} {\externalfigure[/apcc01/OPER/AFS/FIG/3-MON/MME_OUT/FORECAST/GAUS/2007/6/Monthly/JUN/Global/t850.png]} {\externalfigure[/apcc01/OPER/AFS/FIG/3-MON/MME_OUT/FORECAST/GAUS/2007/6/Monthly/JUN/Global/z500.png]} {\externalfigure[]} \stopcombination \page \startcombination[2*2] {\externalfigure[/apcc01/OPER/AFS/FIG/3-MON/MME_OUT/FORECAST/SCM/2007/6/Monthly/JUN/Global/prec.png]} {\externalfigure[/apcc01/OPER/AFS/FIG/3-MON/MME_OUT/FORECAST/SCM/2007/6/Monthly/JUN/Global/t850.png]} {\externalfigure[/apcc01/OPER/AFS/FIG/3-MON/MME_OUT/FORECAST/SCM/2007/6/Monthly/JUN/Global/z500.png]} {\externalfigure[]} \stopcombination \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] MetaFont
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

> > But this does massivly restrict metafonts capabilities. Pens for > > example are not allowed (Metafont with applied handbrake)! > > I agree, metatype1 is not very easy to use if you are familiar > with > metafont already. For existing fonts, mf2pt1 is in general the > best > approach, I think. There is a (patched?) version out there that > delegates most the hard work to fontforge, and it's results are > normally > quite acceptable. There was once (1990) an article in TUGboat 11:4, pages 525-541 which discribes an patch to mf84. The patched mf could produce type3 fonts. Should'nt it be possible to do the same for type1? Wolfgang

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Scite
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hallo! I had a little problems to install scite 1.74 for conTeXt under Windows. First, I tried to import both 'context.properties' and 'default.properties' in this order in 'SciteGlobal', but only the second(?) was imported. I tried to comment a few other imports, which I don't use, but Scite refuses to import context. Finally I imported 'context.properties' in 'default.properties'. That works! The CTX-tools redefine the keys Ctrl-B and Ctrl-E which normaly are used to insert abbreviations (which can be language-dependend now) and to find matching braces. I replaced the 'Open Logfile' with Ctrl- L (former Ctrl-E) and deleted the 'Check Text' entry completly, because I am calling ISpell with Ctrl-I therefore. It remains one problem: In the Scite console, the backspace key is not really working (the char is deleted only on screen, not in the buffer). Has anybody a solution? Wolfgang

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dejavu
by Hans Hagen 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi, it looks like the dejavy fonts have some features that go out of bounds; luatex is now made more robust for such errors and load the font ok now" due to mail problems, taco is not online and cannot upload the new beta today, will be mid week or so 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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\enablemathpunctuation and \setupindenting
by Peter Münster 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hello, the following file produces an error (! Missing number, treated as zero): \enablemathpunctuation \setupindenting[yes,small] \starttext test \stoptext But this works well: \setupindenting[yes,small] \enablemathpunctuation \starttext test \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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texlive-rpm on linux-x86_64
by Peter Münster 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hello, if you install the texlive-rpm from http://pmrb.free.fr/texlive/ on linux-x86_64, you should execute something like the following commands after installation: wget -O- http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/download.php/513/luatex-beta-0.10.2-linux-i58… | tar -xjf- -C/tmp cat /tmp/luatex >`which luatex` updateConTeXt.sh Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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luatools error message
by Hans van der Meer 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

On "luatools --generate" I get this error message: luac: ...bdbf68d574f1472c0c2a0dcccac69/trees/ 8380572d1d594c806eb224cb2d00c228.tma:20: unfinished string near ''Icon' This could be caused by the fact that my system (Macintosh OSX) here and there files with the name Icon? (the ? is part of the name) are sprinkled. I suspect the unfinished string is triggered by the trailing questionmark Is it harmful? Can this be prevented, acting on the maxim: "silence the compiler"? Hans van der Meer

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running luatex?
by Hans van der Meer 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

After some hassles (no problem with me, to be expected from something new as luatexbeta) I finally got as far as: compiling and installing luatex, luatools and friends. setting up shell variables. doing "texexec --make --all --luatex" Alas, mag12 tells about installing luatex, it does not tell me how to run things. I thought that "luatex --fmt=cont-en luatest1.tex" would work, but it gives me: This is luaTeX, Version 3.141592-beta-0.10.2-2007081511 (Web2C 7.5.6) I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! Now doing "luatools --ini --compile cont-en" tells me "Beginning to dump on file cont-en.fmt (format=cont-en 2007.8.15)" but even then I get: 126 ~/temp/luatex: luatex --fmt=cont-en luatest1.tex This is luaTeX, Version 3.141592-beta-0.10.2-2007081511 (Web2C 7.5.6) I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! And no better with: 127 ~/temp/luatex: luatex --fmt=cont-en.fmt luatest1.tex I did the example "luatools lmr12.afm" and it gave neatly "/usr/local/ texlive/2007/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/public/lm/lmr12.afm" but if I do "luatools cont-en.fmt" it just returns an empty message. How do I proceed? What am I missing here? Hans van der Meer

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mkiv
by Hans Hagen 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hi, Currently most mails on the list about mkiv and luatex concern installation and fonts. This is ok since quite some code is related to that. The next couple of months other (sub)systems will be activated (or discovered by users since quite some stuff is already there). - reading from other media: reading from zip files is possible, reading from e.g. http also if you have curl installed - color support: mkiv will use attributes; this works already on my machine; other features (outline) and such will follow this route - spacing, vertical as well as horizontal (inter character spacing, french punctuation), it's there but needs integration - indexing: is already using lua, needs to be tested and we need tables for languages - numbering lines etc: work in progress - verbatim: new pretty printers will show up (i expect users to step in once we have the api ready) - synchronization of text streams, multiple text streams etc ... work in progress - sectioning and list handling, needs some rework for mkii too - debugging and error handling: there (try \showdebuginfo \page or maybe \overloaderror \crap); we need a way to refresh browser windows automatically - runtime feature toggling and font extensions: work in progress - etc etc maybe we should set up a wiki page where users can make a wishlist for fundamental features cq. exploring features under construction 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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Crop marks fonts
by Pascal de Bruijn 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hi, When enabling crop marks, ConTeXt prints the page number in each corner. Is it possible to specify which font I want to use for that? Regards, Pascal de Bruijn

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Handling Docbook files
by John R. Culleton 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

I am trying to run a bunch of docbook files related to Krita. The convention in these files seems to be to prefix subordinate file names with an & character. If I run e.g, texexec index.docbook it blows up on the first such ampersand. I can of course edit all the files to replace & with \& but I wonder if there is a better strategy? I also tried the various "docbook2xxx" style utilities but they all failed to produce meaningful results. All I want to do is read the #$% files! Slackware linux, Texexec 6.2.0, pdfTeX 3.141592-1.40.3-2.2 -- John Culleton

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PDF TrimBox
by Thomas Telkamp 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hi, I'm trying to set the PDF TrimBox for every page in the document. \setupinteractionscreen[trimbox={[81.6378 96.9449 513.6378 744.9449]}] This indeed sets the TrimBox for every page, but it ignores my dimensions, and sets them to the page size. \pdfpageattr{/TrimBox [ 81.6378 96.9449 513.6378 744.9449]} Only applies to the first page, and \pdfpagesattr uses an inheritance that Acrobat doesn't understand (is it allowed?). How can I specify the TrimBox on every page? thanks, Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] MetaFont
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

> > Has anybody ever tried to rewrite metafont to produce type1 > fonts? > > Yes. The Gyre project is using an extended Metapost to generate > Type1 > and OTF fonts. > > Best > Martin > That's MetaType1? But this does massivly restrict metafonts capabilities. Pens for example are not allowed (Metafont with applied handbrake)! Wolfgang

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trouble generating mkiv format
by Hans van der Meer 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

On generating the format with "luatools --ini --compile --verbose cont-en" I got this error: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=93529]. It seems that the setting of TEXMFCNF given in mag12 (/tex/texmf- local/web2c) was insufficient for getting the setup parameters for TeX format generation. For my texlive setup I translated the mag12 entry into: TEXMFCNF="{/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c,/usr/local/texlive/ 2007/texmf/web2c}" But at least I needed: TEXMFCNF="{/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c,/usr/local/texlive/ 2007/texmf/web2c}" I hope others may profit from this observation. By the way, the following seems very strange as luatools tells me: LuaTools | loading /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | skipping /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf The name of the file in the context distribution however is "/usr/ local/texlive/texmf-local/web2c/context.cnf" but it is not searched for! COULD THIS BE A MISNOMER, either in a script or in the file name? Hans van der Meer

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MKIV: what about cont-en.fmt?
by Peter Münster 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hello, "texexec --make --all --luatex" creates cont-en.lua and cont-en.luc but no cont-en.fmt But "texexec --luatex test" seems to need an fmt-file: This is luaTeX, Version 3.141592-beta-0.10.2-2007081316 (Web2C 7.5.6) luatex: /opt/TeX-live/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/92a04c9ffb33efd4ef40317f33cfad27/formats/cont-en.fmt: No such file or directory LuaTools | running command: luatex --fmt="/opt/TeX-live/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/92a04c9ffb33efd4ef40317f33cfad27/formats/cont-en" --lua="/opt/TeX-live/texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/92a04c9ffb33efd4ef40317f33cfad27/formats/cont-en.luc" "test.tex" Where could be the problem? TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Problem with XML entities in titles
by Richard Gabriel 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hello Hans, I'd like to report a problem (bug) with XML entities in chapter or section titles. I've just upgraded to the recent ConTeXt version (2007.08.09) and started to get errors while processing the .tuo file. Please test the attached minimal example. During the second TeX run, I get the following error: --- cut --- (./test.tuo ! Misplaced alignment tab character &. <argument> This is a testing chapter \listtextcommand #1->\begstrut #1 \endstrut \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4}\dostopattributes <argument> ...ry {This is a testing chapter}} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... ... l.29 ...p;testing chapter}{2--0-1-0-0-0-0-0--2}{2} --- cut --- (find the complete log in attachment) Till today, I have been using ConTeXt version 2007.04.17 and it had worked fine! Thanks, Richard

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Re: [NTG-context] MetaFont
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

> >> I am still using MetaFont typefaces. > >> Will too LuaTeX support MetaFont as PdfTeX does? > > Yes (as Hans and Martin said already). But you really should > consider switching to outline fonts. I am looking for a good way to convert these fonts to type1, but textrace and mftrace don't run under windows and the results of mf2pt1 are not (yet) ok. I am working on this. Has anybody ever tried to rewrite metafont to produce type1 fonts? Wolfgang

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