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texexec command line parameters (help)
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

I am experimenting with the various texexec command line options, but it is a bit confusing. I want to minimize the number of runs and suppress as much of the messages as possible. I tried (windows standalone context) : 1) texmfstart --pdf --runs=1 --silentmode texfile.tex This still gave 3 runs with all the Context messages displayed. After a bit of experimenting it turns out that I have to use 2) texmfstart --pdf texfile.tex --runs=1 --silentmode It works, but I am not sure what the correct way is for the other options. The manual mtexexec.pdf (a bit outdated) says I have to use method 1). Also the Wiki page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeXExec suggest method 1). Running texexec --help --all does not mention the order in which these parameters should be specified. TIA Wim Neimeijer

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metafun externalfigure macro with xetex
by Lutz Haseloff 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hi all, if i use the metafun macro "externalfigure" with xetex, there is a printed number (first externafigure prints a "1", the second a "2" right after the "1" and so on) in the lower left corner of the picture; the picture itself is shifted to the upper right, out of the bounding box. I have this effect with xetex 996p1, 997-dev, ConTeXt 17.04.07 and the newest beta. Pdftex in this case works very well. Is this a Bug in Xetex or in ConTeXt? Greetings Lutz

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itemize question
by Patrick Gundlach 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi, I am slightly confused with the second part of the following example. IMO only the 1st level should be packed, not the second. Patrick -------------------------------------------------- \starttext \setupitemize[2][packed] \startitemize [n] \item eins \item zwei \startitemize \item dies \item dies \item das \stopitemize \item und drei \stopitemize \setupitemize[1][packed] \startitemize [n] \item eins \item zwei \startitemize \item dies \item dies \item das \stopitemize \item und drei \stopitemize \stoptext

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Reset a setup directive
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi Folks, Is there a way to reset a \setupSomeThing[ ] directive? Consider for instance a complex setup for TABLES. Imagine I have used this setup for some parts of the document, but later on I want to have a radically different setup for TABLES, say. Is there a convenient way to do this as we can do with \reset[counter]. saji -- Saji N. Hameed APEC Climate Center +82 51 668 7470 National Pension Corporation Busan Building 12F Yeonsan 2-dong, Yeonje-gu, BUSAN 611705 saji(a)apcc21.net KOREA

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:: in xml?
by Christopher Creutzig 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Salvete, trying to typeset an unchanged old file with a more recent ConTeXt version, I keep running into problems. I have reduced the first of these (others may or may not be symptoms of the same, I'll see that later) to this input: \starttext \startXML <a>a::b</a> \stopXML \stoptext It seems the xml parser does something special with colons in the content of elements. I don't think it should and this is probably just a left-over from looking for xml namespaces, but that is just a guess. Regards, Christopher

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Bug in dowithpargument and paragraph ending in a macro
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi, Consider this: \starttext \section This is ok I like the loose format \section why \unknown This does not work \stoptext which gives ./test.tex:8: Paragraph ended before \nextpar was complete. <to be read again> \par l.8 I suspect you've forgotten a `}', causing me to apply this control sequence to too much text. How can we recover? My plan is to forget the whole thing and hope for the best. This seems to be a bug in dowithpargument. As a temporary workaround, I can just enclose the section in braces, but it will be nice if \dowithpargument behaves correctly in this situation. Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] How to make a figure not appear in the list of figures?
by Duncan Hothersall 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

> Hi Duncan, > > place the figure with the normal \placefigure command, process to whole > document, delete the unwanted figurelist entry in the tuo-file and > process > the document another time, you can add the --once option in the last run. > > Wolfgang Aah, nice workaround, thanks. That has got me sorted for today, though it would be great to understand, at a more leisurely pace, if there is a way to do this from within the .tex file. I was experimenting with wrapping the placefigure in something that stopped the list from being written, but didn't get anywhere. Anyway, thanks a lot, this has saved my bacon for today. :-) Duncan

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metafun externalfigure macro with xetex
by Lutz Haseloff 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Hi all, if i use the metafun macro "externalfigure" with xetex, there is a printed number (first externafigure prints a "1", the second a "2" right after the "1" and so on) in the lower left corner of the picture; the picture itself is shifted to the upper right, out of the bounding box. I have this effect with xetex 996p1, 997-dev, ConTeXt 17.04.07and the newest beta. Pdftex in this case works wery well. Is this a Bug in Xetex or in ConTeXt? Greetings Lutz

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typesetting jurisprudence
by Steffen Wolfrum 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Hi, it seems that the description of what I am looking for is unfortunately still not understandable. Thus I searched the internet for some on-line material to link to. Here is a link to a book typeset this way (but in LaTeX), showing a normal Index/Pagenumber register and als a Marginal number (Runner) register: http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/univerlag/2006/tfinke.pdf And I was looking at amazon's "search inside" for printed examples of what is meant, (unfortunately the most difficult thing (the TableOfContent with runner *and* pagenumber) I didn't find): http://www.amazon.de/gp/reader/344806159X/ref=sib_rdr_ex/028-7198302-388452… [this is an example for the usage of runner (number in outer margin)] http://www.amazon.de/gp/reader/344806159X/ref=sib_rdr_idx/028-7198302-38845… http://www.amazon.de/gp/reader/3899490193/ref=sib_rdr_ex/028-7198302-388452… [these are examples for a register linking to those runner numbers] Steffen

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CMYK and spot colour confusion
by Oliver Buerschaper 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Hi there, I'm trying to get to grips with all these colours in ConTeXt and MetaFun ... What I'd like to get is a document with CMYK and spot colours only, so here's my attempt: --- \enableregime[utf] \noheaderandfooterlines \setupcolors[cmyk=yes,rgb=no,spot=yes,state=start] \definecolor[PANTONE328CS] [c=1,m=0,y=.52,k=.11] \definecolor[PANTONE428CS] [c=0,m=.02,y=.09,k=.14] \definecolor[my_green] [PANTONE328CS][p=1] \definecolor[my_lightgreen] [PANTONE328CS][p=.5] \definecolor[my_grey] [PANTONE428CS][p=1] \definecolor[my_mediumgrey] [PANTONE428CS][p=.8] \definecolor[my_lightgrey] [PANTONE428CS][p=.5] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \starttext \section{CMYK colours} \startcolor[cyan] \input ward \stopcolor \startcolor[magenta] \input ward \stopcolor \startcolor[yellow] \input ward \stopcolor \section{Spot colours} \startcolor[my_green] \input ward \stopcolor \startcolor[my_lightgreen] \input ward \stopcolor \startcolor[my_grey] \input ward \stopcolor \startcolor[my_mediumgrey] \input ward \stopcolor \startcolor[my_lightgrey] \input ward \stopcolor \stoptext --- However, I encountered a few oddities. I could separate the channels c, m, y, k via texexec --separation=c file.tex etc. but on the individual channels c, m and y the black headings as well as all spot colours kept appearing. Shouldn't the cyan channel contain only cyan and nothing else? Also, I have no clue how to separate the spot colours ... Both texexec --separation=PANTONE328CS file.tex and texexec --separation=my_green file.tex spilled out tons of error messages. What could I improve to make this work? Cheerio, Oliver

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How to make a figure not appear in the list of figures?
by Duncan Hothersall 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Hi folks, This is probably a simple problem but I can't find an answer. I have a book with a list of figures and have been asked not to include in the list a figure which does not have a caption, even though it has a number. So the numbering needs to be sequential, but one of the figures needs not to appear in the list of figures. If I define a new float type Nolistfigure with, e.g. \definefloat[Nolistfigure][figure] then it uses its own number, so I get effectively in the text: Figure 4.11 Blah blah Nolistfigure 4.1 Blah blah Figure 4.12 when what I actually want is: Figure 4.11 Blah blah Nolistfigure 4.12 Blah blah Figure 4.13 And then in the List of Figures, I want Figure 4.11 Figure 4.13 Can anyone get me a quick pointer? As ever, this request has come on the release day for this job, so anyone able to help today would be fabulous... :-) Thanks. Duncan

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what about TeXML ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Hi, today, reading through the list archive, I discovered TeXML and the documentation of Paul Trembley. The way from TeXML to ConTeXt way clearly described, a connection between TEI (!) XML and TeXML was mentioned, and all in all it was recommended to be the link between XML and ConTeXt. Well, I have no skills in writing XSLT, thus I have no idea how to come from e.g. my TEI XML to TeXML (otherwise I would have probably tried to jump the gap directly) Does anybody know more? Does an appropriate XSLT for creating TeXML already exist? Thank you, Steffen

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Fullstop too close with charter
by Aditya Mahajan 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

Is there a problem with font metrics for charter? \definetypeface [mainface][rm][serif][charter][default] [encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 10pt] \starttext POMDP. Test \stoptext The dot is a bit too close to the P, almost touching the vertical line. Is there an easy way to correct this? Aditya

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Law/Jurisdiction typesetting
by Steffen Wolfrum 09 Jul '07

09 Jul '07

Hi, using ConTeXt more and more for typesetting books from the field of law/jurisdiction I came across some specifics that I just don't know how to do in our beloved application: 1) Paragraphs (not all) are labeled with numbers in the margin. These "paragraph numbers" are used in the table of contents in such way: you have the content's entry (eg the section heading), then the dots, then the corresponding paragraph number, then the corresponding page number. 2) Paragraphs (not all) are labeled with numbers in the margin. These "paragraph numbers" are used in a separate "paragraph register" in such way: you have the index entry (a law's number), space, then you have the corresponding paragraph number (the text paragraph where the index was used). [But of course there is also a "regular register" afterwards, containing alphabetical listed keyword index entries pointing to page numbers.] So, how can that be done?? Yours, Steffen

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Lilypond for a newbie
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

Hello, I saw some discussions of Lilypond here, but did not understand it. :) Please, tell me as for a newbie, how to use Lilypond with ConTeXt? I have some .ly files prepared and tested, but I know nothing better then to render them as .png and then include in a document as images. Thanks and best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Space betwenn graphics in a combination
by Steffen Fritzsche 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

Hi, is there a possiblity to adjust the space between graphics in a combination? In my case I have to graphics and I want a larger gap between them. Thanks in advance ... Steffen

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hyperlinks, don't fit to page
by Patrick Gundlach 07 Jul '07

07 Jul '07

Hi, yet another question... How do I make hyperlinks in the \completecontent for example to jump to the title? I have -------------------------------------------------- \setupinteraction [state=start,focus=standard] \mainlanguage[de] \starttext \setupcontent [alternative=c, interaction=all, ] \placecontent \chapter{Kapitel} \section{Abschnitt} \subsection{Unterabschnitt} \chapter{Anderes Kapitel} \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- which jumps right below the head. So it might be invisible. Patrick

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mag problem
by Patrick Gundlach 07 Jul '07

07 Jul '07

Hi, I try to use \mag in a document, but I fail: \mag=700 \starttext \input tufte \stoptext gives me ! Incompatible magnification (700); the previous value will be retained (1000). Any way to get \mag to work? Patrick

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appearance of \about
by Patrick Gundlach 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Hi, how do I change the appearence of \about? I don't like the quotation marks around the result of \about. TIA, Patrick

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Version Information on each page of text
by David Arnold 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Hi, I'd like to put the phrase "Version: Fall 2007" on each page of our intermediate algebra textbook. On even-numbered pages, I'd like to put it in the lower left corner of the page, in odd-numbered pages, I'd like it in the lower right corner of the page. I'd like it to be well below the area where footnotes are posted so as not to interfere with foonotes. Any suggestions?

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typescript / variants question
by Patrick Gundlach 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Hi, I use oldstyle digits with a typescript using variants such as "\Var[osf]" to get oldstyle digits. How do I get _all_ digits, including the page number in oldstyle? \setuppagenumbering[style={\Var[osf]}] would be a solution, but it looks more like a hack - I'd like to have a complete setup. This is my typescript: -------------------------------------------------- \starttypescript [map] [termes] [texnansi] \loadmapfile [termes.map] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [termes] [name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [TeXGyreTermes-Regular] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-RegularCaps] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [TeXGyreTermes-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldCaps] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [TeXGyreTermes-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalicCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-ItalicCaps] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalicCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalicCaps] \definefontsynonym [SerifRegularOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-RegularOsF] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldOsF] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalicOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-ItalicOsF] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalicOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalicOsF] \definefontvariant [Serif][osf][OsF] \definefontsynonym [SerifRegular] [Serif] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [termes] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-Regular] [TeXGyreTermes-Regular--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-RegularCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-Regular--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fsmcp] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-Bold] [TeXGyreTermes-Bold--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-BoldCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-Bold--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fsmcp] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-Italic] [TeXGyreTermes-Italic--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-ItalicCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-Italic--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fsmcp] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalic] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalic--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalicCaps] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalic--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fsmcp] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-RegularOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-Regular--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fonum] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-BoldOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-Bold--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fonum] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-ItalicOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-Italic--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fonum] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalicOsF] [TeXGyreTermes-BoldItalic--texnansi--Fkern--Fliga--Fonum] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [termes] \definetypeface [termes][rm][serif] [termes][default][encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript -------------------------------------------------- and this is my example file: -------------------------------------------------- \preloadtypescripts \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \usetypescriptfile[type-termes] \usetypescript[termes] \definetypeface [sample][rm][serif][termes][default][encoding=texnansi] \definebodyfontenvironment [termes][14pt][interlinespace=20pt] \setupbodyfont[sample,serif,14pt] \enableregime[utf-8] \setuptolerance [tolerant] \starttext \input tufte 0123456789 \Var[osf] \input tufte 0123456789 \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- Patrick

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Feature request.
by John R. Culleton 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

It would be neat if the texfont program, which generates so much else, could generate and install a typescript. -- John Culleton ATTN Publishers/authors: If you don't read you don't succeed. Free short list of publishing/marketing books. 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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Re: [NTG-context] Term "C++" in index
by Duncan Hothersall 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

A long long time ago, Hans said: > At 01:55 PM 10/31/2002 +0100, Matthias Heidbrink wrote:/ > >Hi, > > > >possibly a trivial question, but can't find it anywhere: > > > >How do I get the term "C++" into an index? Unfortunately ConTeXT > >interprets the "+" as a separator for indexed terms and I did not find a > >way to escape it > >that did not confuse the index mechanism./ > > \index[&Cplusplus]{C++} > \index[Cplusplus]{Cpp} > > So, the & as started signals texutil that that is the separator > instead of > + while the plusplus makes sure that the sorting is ok > > Hans The second part of this advice I assume is now just out of date, since it will simply produce a second index entry called Cpp. However, the first part *almost* works - it outputs an entry "C" with a subentry "+" (without the & you can't get a + out at all). What is the up-to-date workaround for this issue to let me get a single entry in the index that just says "C++"? Minimal test file is as follows: \starttext We are talking about \index[&Cplusplus]{C++}C++, the programming language. \placeindex \stoptext Thanks! Duncan

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acrobat reader does not open a pdf
by Olivier TURLIER 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Hi everybody, Acrobat reader 7 (linux) cannot open "doc-test-gobck.pdf" I usually include external documentation (catalogs, etc.) as a clickable link which open another doc. ("parent-doc-test.{tex,pdf}" --> "doc-test-gobck.{tex,pdf}") On those external doc, I put buttons for returning to the parent doc. I was making this thru variables for easy creation, and moreover for multiple page inserting. But now (context version: 2007.04.17) acrobat (linux/ubuntu feisty & acrobat reader 8 win xp) refuse to work (kpdf does !) Have you a better approach (for making those "sons" docs)? TIA for any answer olivier Turlier PS: attached archive is too big, so I've put it here : http://profteb.free.fr/tools/context/pb-external-doc/

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context on 64 bit does not find environment files
by Ole Schoening 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Dear group, my computer running Context changed to a 64-bit-machine. Since all my local files (including a minimal Context installation) were migrated, I tried to use this installation as usual. Even after rearrangement of paths and setup scripts this did not work properly since Context did not find environment files located upwards in the directory tree. I therefore tried to install the linux-64 minimal distribution according to the installation hints in the wiki. The same behaviour occured: environmentfiles are not found except if they are in the same directory like the context tex file. I was able to reproduce this on a second 64-bit computer. What can I do to solve the problem? Thanks in advance, Ole An example log file looks like (just the beginning until commands defined in the environment occur): This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2007.7.4) 5 JUL 2007 10:15 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/natural.tcx) **testtextfile.tex emergencyend (./testtextfile.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.04.03 13:01 MKII fmt: 2007.7.4 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout3 = `testtextfile.tui'. system : testtextfile.top loaded (./testtextfile.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `testtextfile-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are enabled systems : begin file envronmenttestfile at line 1 systems : end file envronmenttestfile at line 1 (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (/home/oschoeni/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) systems : begin file testtextfile at line 2 ! Undefined control sequence.

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Time to take over a ConTeXt project in Hamburg, Germany?
by Karsten Heymann 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Hi, I'm looking for someone to take over long-term support for a running (paid) ConTeXt project in Hamburg, Germany. I'm currently supporting a small scientific institution who does regular publications with context, but since I'm leaving university now and changing places to start a "real" full-time job, I (sadly) will have no more time to do so. The job consists of: * maintaining the layout files and do occasionally changes * maintaining their local context installation (minimal installation on Ubuntu 6.06) * providing simple linux/subversion/scite support (nothing complicated) * (optional) maintaining the existing Word-HTML to XML converter written in python If you * have some experience in using and configuring context (installing fonts, defining layouts, getting multi-column-grid layout looking nice) * can communicate in german * know how to use subversion * can start right now (or at least quite soon) * (optional) can provide occasional local support in Hamburg then please contact me for further information. Yours Karsten

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mathcal
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Hi all, With \usemodule[amsl], I get un error when using \mathcal: .............................. <recently read> \mathcal l.187 loterie $\mathcal {L}$, $R'$, sont égaux. .............................. Should it not supposedly work? (Context last version) tia, -- Jean

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metafun externalfigure macro with xetex
by Lutz Haseloff 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Hi all, if i use the metafun macro "externalfigure" with xetex, there is a printed number (first externafigure prints a "1", the second a "2" right after the "1" and so on) in the lower left corner of the picture; the picture itself is shifted to the upper right out of the bounding box. I have this effect with xetex 996p1, 997-dev, ConTeXt 17.04.07, the newest beta and ConTeXt 26.01.2007. pdftex works wery well. Is this a Bug in Xetex or in ConTeXt? Greetings Lutz

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bib module and urls
by Michael Green 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

The bib module has a problem with processing my bibliography files. Here is my amateur diagnosis. There are hundreds of entries in my bibliography file in which the % character is part of the url. When the bib module comes across a %, it ignores everything else on the line, including the closing brace, }. Bad things follow. Here's some evidence for my diagnosis. I tried editing the urls by replacing "%" with "\%". When the urls are written that way, everything works smoothly. But that is an undesirable solution. Among other things, it renders the url inaccurate. So, I have two questions: 1. Is that diagnosis correct? 2. What can I do about it (short of deleting the url field)? Thank you! Here is a minimal example (1 and 2) followed by the log entry (3). 1. The test document \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=biblio] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \starttext Adamson wrote an important paper \cite[Adamson:1987yq]. \completepublications \stoptext 2. The BibTeX entry %% Saved with string encoding Unicode (UTF-8) @article{Adamson:1987yq, Author = {Adamson, J. S. A.}, Date-Added = {2007-07-04 08:47:37 -0700}, Date-Modified = {2007-07-04 09:11:17 -0700}, Endnotereftype = {Journal Article}, Journal = {The Historical Journal}, Note = {0018-246X Article type: Full Length Article / Full publication date: Sep., 1987 (198709). / Copyright 1987 Cambridge University Press}, Number = {3}, Pages = {567-602}, Title = {The English Nobility and the Projected Settlement of 1647}, Url = {http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0018-246X%28198709%2930%3A3% 3C567%3ATENATP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X}, Volume = {30}, Year = {1987}} 3. The relevant part of the log system : module bib loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/bib/t-bib.tex \etallimitcounter=\count214 \etaldisplaycounter=\count215 \todocounter=\count216 \bibitemcounter=\count217 \bibitemwanted=\count218 publications : loading formatting style from bibl-apa (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/bib/bibl-apa.tex)) publications : loading formatting style from bibl-apa (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/bib/bibl-apa.tex) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./URLinBib.tuo) (./URLinBib.tuo) publications : loading database from URLinBib.bbl (./URLinBib.bbl) Runaway argument? k=Adamson:1987yq,t=article, a={{Adamson}},y=1987, u={http://links.jst \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \dostartpublication. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> \relax \dodoreadfile ...\preprocesssuffix \or \fi \relax \the \everyafterreadfile \doateverystarttext ->\the \everystarttext \global \everystarttext \emptytoks \starttext ->\doatever

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We have a problem --- Old file no longer compiles
by David Arnold 05 Jul '07

05 Jul '07

Hi, In setting out to update our intermediate algebra textbook for the fall semester (http://msenux.redwoods.edu/IntAlgText/) I've found that a file that would formerly compile under a previous version of context will no longer compile. Preliminaries $ ctxtools --contextversion CtxTools | context version: 2007.06.06 09:53 (/usr/local/gwTeX/ texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex) CtxTools | context version: 2007.06.06 09:53 (/usr/local/gwTeX/ texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex) Preliminaries $ texmfstart texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD The error message I receive is: textblocks : reading blocks from NumberSystemsExercises.tub (./NumberSystemsExercises.tub textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \relax \dogenfrac ...{\begingroup #4\endgroup #2#3\relax #5}} \mathematics #1->\relax \ifmmode #1 \else $#1$\fi l.216 $ \frac{81}{125} $ ? The point in the source that seems to cause the difficulty is: \noindent In \in{Exercises}[ex:secqu.9]-\in[ex:secqu.16], convert the given decimal to a fraction. % Exercise #9 \beginquestion \startquestion[ex:secqu.9] $0.648$ \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer \startanswer There are three decimal places, so $0.648=\frac{648}{1000}=\frac{81}{125}$. \stopanswer \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer \startanswer $\displaystyle \frac{81}{125}$ \stopanswer \endshortanswer Shortanswer and longanswer are blocks. Startanswer is an enumeration. I've tried this in other files and gotten similar errors, which seem to be tied to the frac command. Can anyone help?

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postponefootnotes
by Horacio Suarez 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

everybody can forget my last mail. I was crazy at that moment. anyway, it seems to be true that \postponefootnote afects text flow. I use \postponefootnote in a chapter and the next chapter text flow changes if I comment out or not \postponefootnote. There are 3 situations that affect in diferent way the text flow in the next chapter: Not to use \postponefootnote Use \postponefootnote before \bTABLE Use \postponefootnote after \bTABLE in a cell inmediatly before \footnote Is this correct? Thankyou for your patient -------------------- Horacio Suarez Editotrial Antropofagia www.eantropofagia.com.ar _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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postponefootnotes
by Horacio Suarez 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

hello all: If I use: \postponefootnotes a table \flushfootnotes to use footnotes in a table, works fine, but I have problems in the following chapters, the text flow diferent. Is the a way to "reset" \postponefootnotes? and is necesary? thankyou in advance. -------------------- Horacio Suarez Editotrial Antropofagia www.eantropofagia.com.ar _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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automatic oldstyle numerals
by Alan Bowen 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

I am using the Termes typeface in the TeXGyre distribution and should like to have all numerals print automatically as oldstyle numerals. Is there an explanation/demonstration anywhere of how to make this happen? I have searched the wiki and the archive, but have not yet been able to make anything work. Any tips or suggestions will be much appreciated. Alan

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pragma?
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hallo! I can not get pragma ade website any longer: (pragma-ade.com expired on 06/28/2007 and is pending renewal or deletion) Is there an other place to download a current beta? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize problem
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Should I downgrade to an older Context version, or is there a fix available ? TIA Wim > Hamid Kamrani wrote: >> This happens on live context too. Itemize starts with 0 in some >> situations. You can create the problem with:

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Post-processing ConTeXt's output for text search
by Piotr Kopszak 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hello list, I would like to implement online text search of a book I'm publishing with ConTeXt now, however, without making the book itself available online, something like the snippet view in text search on Google Books site. I don't even need snippet view, just page numbers would be sufficient for the beginning. I am not asking for complete solution, of course, rather an advice on direction in which to go. May first vague idea is following: to make queries fast I think it would be useful to obtain a list of words with numbers of pages on which they appear, something very similar to plain index. So perhaps it would be possible to force indexing engine to treat every word in text as if it was an argument of \index command and split out a list in text format which it would be easy to feed into a database. This is just a blind guess which is far from perfect by design, only something that seems easiest to implement. Please, tell me what other approaches would be more promising. Thanks in advance Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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Why does every new \setupTABLE add more whitespace to the left of table?
by Hamid Kamrani 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

What's the reaosn for this behaviour? Try: \starttext \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \stoptext

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Natural TABLE does not split with \placetable
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi, I am using Natural Tables to typeset a rather long table. If I embed the table within a \placetable[][]{}{\bTABLE \eTABLE}, I cannot get the table to spread over multiple pages. The table extends over multiple pages, if I do not embed it within \placetable. Can somebody help? I am using the latest version of context ( i believe ) : texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD saji -- Saji N. Hameed APEC Climate Center +82 51 668 7470 National Pension Corporation Busan Building 12F Yeonsan 2-dong, Yeonje-gu, BUSAN 611705 saji(a)apcc21.net KOREA

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whitespace in framedtext
by Hans van der Meer 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

I would like to shrink the whitespace at the top and the bottom of a framedtext. Like thus: not this but this ------------------------------ ------------------------------ | | | | | | | abcd | | abcd | | abcd | | abcd | | | | | ------------------------------ | | ------------------------------ I have tried a lot of things with [before, after, top, bottom]. Although [depthcorrection=off] shaves somewhat off the whitespace, it is not much nor am I sure if this is on the right track; and it is not parametrized. Someone knows the trick? Hans van der Meer

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Powerit Holdings, Inc., The Leader in Energy-Demand Management Systems, Completes Series A Financing Round - Joe Merlo
by paul.kholer paul.kholer 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Joe Merlo Powerit Holdings, Inc. the leading provider of intelligent, automated demand control & demand response systems for industrial and commercial buildings, today announced the successful completion of the company's "Series A" round of venture financing. Led by @Ventures with a $3.0 million investment, the $7.1 million round also included co-investor Expansion Capital Partners with $3.0 million and the balance from existing investors including Stellar Holdings and Company management. "This funding from @Ventures and Expansion Capital Partners, two recognized leaders in clean technology venture capital, will allow us to accelerate our growth and product offerings to meet the demands of a growing number of industrial and utility customers who need proven demand response and demand control energy management solutions to better control rising energy costs," said Claes Olsson, CEO of Powerit Holdings. Powerit Solutions is especially well-poised to support the growth of demand response services to the electric utility industry. Their primary product solution, the Energy Director, is based on the principal that the best, cleanest and most cost-efficient way to obtain needed power during times of peak usage is to leverage the hidden inefficiencies that cause high peak demand. The Energy Director system automatically predicts, regulates, and reduces demand by carefully lowering the consumption from selected loads with precisely-timed curtailment actions and manages these actions in a way that it limits any impact to productivity or building comfort. As such, it is a system that is distinctively tailored to enable industrial & commercial users to meet challenging power savings goals and has been approved for demand response (DR) incentive programs by public utilities which have strong interest in finding reliable cost-saving and demand-savvy solutions for those challenging sectors. According to Olsson, sixty percent of all energy in the domestic U.S. market is consumed by commercial and industrial buildings. "Powerit systems reduce demand charges on an ongoing basis between 10- and 40-percent and can allow those previously savings-challenged industrial manufacturing companies to participate in demand response programs," he said. "Do the math. The financial benefits, measured by dramatically reduced demand charges and the opportunity to participate in DR programs, are substantial, often creating a project payback in the range of 1 to 18 months, - not to mention the benefits to local energy utilities struggling to keep power to their customers during peak usage periods." As part of the financing, Marc Poirier, Managing Director, @Ventures and Bernardo Llovera, General Partner, Expansion Capital Partners will take seats on Powerit's Board of Directors. "Powerit's technologies are uniquely-suited to meet the demanding needs of large industrial electricity users," said Marc Poirier. "By deploying fully-automated intelligent systems to help companies reduce their energy bills without hindering productivity, Powerit delivers strong economic value to its customers. And by helping utilities manage their peak-demand periods without increasing internal capacity, Powerit helps address the increasing demand for electricity while minimizing carbon emissions and other environmental impacts associated with power generation," added Poirier. "The combination of Powerit's exceptional energy management and demand response solutions, and its proven leadership in high technology innovation, are strong indicators that the company will continue to excel," said Bernardo Llovera. "We are impressed with Claes Olsson's track record of driving growth in companies like Powerit." Evolution Capital Advisors, a boutique investment bank serving entrepreneurial stage companies in energy, information, communications, and media technology markets, served as advisor to Powerit on the transaction. About Powerit Holdings, Inc. Powerit Holdings, Inc. (Powerit) is a global leader in intelligent, energy-demand management. Through its wholly owned companies, Powerit Solutions in the U.S. and Diana Control in Europe, Powerit helps organizations manage and reduce peak energy demand - saving money and conserving energy without compromising production and processing operations or building comfort factors. The company has hundreds of installed systems globally, many in industrial sectors that have high-energy demand, including mechanical fabrication and manufacturing, agriculture and food products, petroleum and petrochemicals, forest products, and primary metals fabrication, as well as in commercial and recreational facilities. About Expansion Capital Partners, LLC: Founded in 2002, Expansion Capital invests venture capital exclusively into expansion-stage, Clean Technology enterprises. The firm targets companies that offer dramatic improvements in resource efficiency and productivity, while creating more economic value with less energy and materials, or less waste and toxicity. Clean Technology Fund II, LP, invests in US and Canadian enterprises with current customer revenues of $2-30 million, combined with solid prospects of attaining $30-$100 million of revenues within 3-5 years. The fund makes initial investments of $3 million to $7 million, with its three Partners taking active, value-add board roles. Expansion Capital has offices in San Francisco and New York. About Stellar Holdings, Inc.: Stellar Holdings is a private international real estate investment and development firm headquartered in Seattle. Founded in 1989, Stellar has seen exceptional growth and currently owns and manages a significant portfolio while engaging in development projects in the Pacific Northwest, Sweden and Poland. http://www.energyautomation.com/

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Index bug (urgent)
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Dear gang, Consider the following: ======================== \starttext \setupregister[index][n=1] \index{This is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, long entry}{This is a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, long entry} \index{U}{U} \placeindex \stoptext ======================== If we comment the \index{U}{U}, then, in the index, the previous indexed entry does not indent the second line. That is, if the very last entry in an index is long, then indentation of the second line is lost. Can this be fixed or is there a workaround? Best 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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Learn How Are Patches Used? - John Schrerer
by paul.kholer paul.kholer 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

John Schrerer Patch sizes vary and may be as small as some kilobytes or go as high as a hundred megabytes and higher ? the larger the size, the larger the change the patch is bound to do. Typically, when media, such as pictures and sounds, are changed or added instead of program, files become rather large. This is usually seen in patches designed to update or modify computer games. Unlike software designed for initial installation process, patches generally are faster to apply. Some patches may be acquired from the manufacturers and sent to users in diskettes or discs, while others may be downloaded through the Internet. Patches that are downloadable could take longer to acquire depending on the connection speed. Most patches that are designed for operating systems and software for computer servers are created to fix important holes in the security system. Some operating systems allow automatic update or semi-automatic updating that allows the continual feed of patches whenever there are changes done by their authors. A lot of people, especially those in the corporate world, decline getting totally automatic updates because there were many experiences of patches causing glitches. Some software experts also believe that allowing totally automatic updates may let software companies acquire limitless control over people?s computers. Thus, varying degrees of automation has been offered in relation to getting patches. The use of totally automatic updates is rather more popular for the consumers because most operating systems, Microsoft Windows in particular, have added them as a support tool. Its creators have also set the automatic updates for Windows as default. Some users, especially network system managers, are very wary about installing patches. They put off applying them until they have clear proof that the fixes are stable. Most large patches or those that promote sudden significant alterations are distributed first with limited availability as beta tests for qualified developers who would know what to do in case something wrong happens. http://www.videoprofessor.com

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columns
by Patrick Gundlach 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hi, in \setupcolumns, what is ntop=<number> and height=<dimension>? I've played with these parameters but couldn't see any effect. Is it possible that align=yes/no is incorrect? See http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/page-mul.tex?search=%40%40… (search for @@klalign) Patrick

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fancyhdr equivalent
by Peter I. Hansen 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Hello Just getting started with ConTeXt, and liking it so far :) However, I would like to use something similar to the LaTeX 'fancyhdr' package. I've been poking around trying to find such a thing and the closest I could get is: http://osdir.com/ml/tex.context/2001-10/msg00094.html I can't find it in the manual, so if it is built in maybe one of you guys can tell how to use it? Thanks, Peter

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize problem
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

To Aditya >It is possible that this change caused your existing setup to break. >Can you create a minimum example that exhibits the problem? Start with >Patrick's example, and start adding lines from your setup, so that the >problem reappears. That may help in figuring out if it is something >wrong in your setup, or a bug. I already provide a minimum example. Patrick just used my example on Context live where it works. On my system with the latest Context it does not. In addition, what could be wrong with my setup ? The setup is all Context and nothing special and the setup I am using, did not give me problems in the past. I will try to debug but I think it must be a bug with the latest Context. Kind regards Wim

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metafun/label: utf8 and spaces
by Patrick Gundlach 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Hi, is there any way to get utf-8 labels and without the 'strange' space glyph? -------------------------------------------------- \startMPenvironment[+] \enableregime[utf] \stopMPenvironment \starttext foobar baz äöß % <-- OK \startuniqueMPgraphic{bla} label("foobar baz äöß",(3cm,3cm)); % <-- broken draw btex foobar baz äöß etex % <--- OK \stopuniqueMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{bla} \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- Patrick

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frames and hyphenation
by Hans van der Meer 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

I encountered some strange thing with framedtext's in trying to define one where hyphenation is suppressed. The definition is: \defineframedtext[myblock][frame=off,style=\tt,width=0.8 \makeupwidth,before=\nohyphens] But then \startmyblock text \stopmyblock does not stop hyphenation. While \startmyblock\nohyphens text \stopmyblock stops it. Since I would like to have the myblock's all having suppressed hyphenation I am at a loss how to do it. Could it be that the \nohyphens in the "before" is overriden by something? It looks like, because setting lefthyphenmin and righthyphenmin zero at that point did not work either. By the way it is a bit difficult to give an exact example, because hyphenation so much depends on ones linesize and font dimensions. Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize problem
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

Patrick et al, I also tried it on live.contextgarden.net and there it works fine. But not with my Context. I have some definitions but they did not change for more than 6 months, and comparing my setups with some of my backups, nothing has changed. The only change is that I updated Context with ctxtools --update from the Scite menu. I don't know which of my definitions or setups could cause this. I am not using \setupitemize. I hope someone can help. Kind regards Wim

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graphic combinations captions
by Steffen Fritzsche 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Hallo, I have got a problem with my the captions of my graphic combinations. How can I adjust the font-size of the caption which goes under each graphic? Problem is, that my general graphic caption is a smaller font-size ... the detail captions seem to use the default document font-size. for placing the graphics I use following code ... \placefigure [here][fig:test1] {test1 label} { \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[leftTest]}{left test label} {\externalfigure[rightTest]}{right test label} \stopcombination } My captions are formatted with this command ... \setupcaptions [way=bytext, align=left, style={\switchtobodyfont[8pt]}] Thanks for your help! Steffen

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Itemize problem
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Hi, When I use \startitemize[n] \item One \item Two \stopitemize the list starts at 0 (zero) instead of 1 (one) I am using the standalone Windows version ConTeXt ver: 2007.06.26 23:21 MKII fmt: 2007.7.1 int: english/english Kind regards Wim

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