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Latest Context version ?
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Hi, I was looking on the Context Wiki and Pragma to check whether the Context version I am using is still up to date. I am using Context version 2007.06.06 09:53. But on Pragma in the download area the main Context distribution has a date/timestamp 2007-04-17 14:03. On the Context Wiki on the Release Notes page it also mentions Context 2007.04.17. How can I have a newer Context version, which apparently does not exist ? Kind regards Wim

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columns/blank=
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Hi, what is the rationale behind \setupblank[\@@klblank]% \ifdim\ctxparskip>\zeropoint\relax \setupwhitespace[\@@klblank]% \fi in page-mul.tex (columns)? It seems to me that blank=line inside a startcolumn does not work if ctxparskip = 0pt, which is the default. So when I'd like to have setupwhitespace[line] to get paragraphs separated by blank lines inside a column, I have to do this some other way?!? Patrick

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chapter names in header
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Hi, what is wrong with -------------------------------------------------- \setuppagenumbering[location=] \starttext \setupheadertexts[text][section][chapter] \dorecurse{8}{\chapter{chapter - \recurselevel} \input tufte \dorecurse{8}{\section {section - \recurselevel} \input knuth \input knuth } } \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- ?? The header looks strange - example: on page four I'd expect 'section 4' and 'chapter 1' in the head. Patrick

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Latest Context version
by WN 01 Jul '07

01 Jul '07

Hi, I was looking on the Context Wiki and Pragma to check whether the Context version I am using is still up to date. I am using Context version 2007.06.06 09:53. But on Pragma in the download area the main Context distribution has a date/timestamp 2007-04-17 14:03. On the Context Wiki on the Release Notes page it also mentions Context 2007.04.17. How can I have a newer Context version, which apparently does not exist ? Kind regards Wim

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white around descriptions
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

I find a get a lot of whitespace around my defined descriptions. Setting \setupdescriptions[\c!before=,\c!inbetween=,\c!after=] does not much help. Is there something else that can be done. Preferably without resorting to wild guesses like "before=\godown[-10pt]" or the like. Or is there something else I fail to see. A sample of the code involved(don't mind the \@@exm.. parameters, they are defined elsewhere, annotationtext is a token register): \definedescription[annotationblock][margin=no,location=top,width=broad,% before=,inbetween=,after=\strut,% headstyle=\@@exmintrostyle,style=\@@exmstyle,% text=\placeannotationstart] \def\annotation#1\par{\global\annotationtext={#1}}% \long\def\startannotation#1\stopannotation{\global\annotationtext={#1}}% %....................................................................... % placing the annotation indicator in the annotationblock description \def\placeannotationstart{% no white above and below rule \vboxinsideframedtext{% \setuptextrules[style=\@@exmintrostyle]% \textrule{\WWord{\Note}}}} Hans van der Meer

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Wrong SRA3 papersize ?
by luigi scarso 30 Jun '07

30 Jun '07

In page-lay.tex \definepapersize [SRA3] [\c!width=320mm,\c!height=450mm] maybe is wrong. It should be \definepapersize [SRA3] [\c!width=450mm,\c!height=320mm] See http://www.theearthpaper.net/paper-sizes.html but need a confirm -- 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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inmargin
by Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

I was thinking that things placed in the margin (\inmargin,\inright, \inleft) would not take up vertical space, but it seems to do just that inside an itemize. Example: \starttext \textwidth=4cm \hairline %(1) \startitemize[n,joinedup] \item abc \item cde \stopitemize \hairline %(2) % This seems to me the logical place for the remark. \startitemize[n,joinedup] \inright{pqr} % < squeezing spaces does not help \item abc \item cde \stopitemize \hairline %(3) \startitemize[n,joinedup] % But it has to be placed here to get the result wanted. \item abc \inright{pqr} \item cde \stopitemize \hairline \stoptext I wanted a remark in the right margin logically applying to the itemize as a whole. Placing it as in (2) looked the right way, but then the next item is placed lower on the page. That becomes a problem when a nested itemize is put there resulting in an empty line at the first itemmarker. Placing the \inright on the first item of the inner itemize seems an illogical place to me. It is, of course, not really problem because trial (3) shows how to avoid this. Still the question remains if there is some misbehaviour here in either the code for \inright or for \itemize? Therefore I am pointing this out just in case it might reveal a more or less subtle bug too more wiser ConTeXt-brains then mine. Hans van der Meer

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Labels in figures with wrong bounding box
by nicola 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

Hi, I am typesetting a document with XeConTeXt, containing many MetaPost figures. All the labels in the figures are typeset using \sometxt{} and sometxt(). For some reasons, in the final document some of them appear horribly stretched or shrinked as if their bounding box has not been computed correctly (even after typesetting the document n times). I have absolutely no clue why that happens, but I imagine it is some strange interaction in the environment file, because if I typeset any of the problematic figures by itself in a different document with a minimal environment everything is fine. My environment file is quite long and I cannot find a short example showing the problem. The deformed labels seem to be always among those written by \sometxt (but not all of them are wrong!), while those written using sometxt() seem always ok. What may it depend upon? Nicola PS: I am aware of the interaction between sometxt() and \sometxt: I would like to point out that the labels are *not* messed up: they are the correct labels, just appearing deformed.

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using a symbol from the wasy physics symbol set
by Jesse Alama 29 Jun '07

29 Jun '07

I'd like to use the symbol varangle from the wasy physics symbol set. In my file I've got \usesymbols[was] \showsymbolset[wasy physics] $\symbol[varangle]$ In the PDF that's generated, I see the symbols in the wasy physics symbol set just fine, but following the symbol set table, I just see an OE ligature glyph. What might be going on? And is there any way I can use \varangle rather than \symbol[varangle] ? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu) *65: "thesis" is allowed only inside a proof

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Texfont feature request.
by John R. Culleton 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Texfont is an awesome program. I just created a free and legal Bitstream Charter pseudo small caps font. (The real thing costs money so I can't redistribute it free.) But I have two problems with it in practice. 1. It is designed to work with typescripts. But when I need to use the font with e.g., pdftex I have to use updmap anyway. That means among other things I have to search for the generated map file, determine its name, and add it to updmap.cfg. And even with Context sometimes a typescript is overkill. 2. When I want to distribute a demonstration app in source code format using that font, I have to collect all the generated bits and pieces and put them in the same directory as the app. That will work. But where are all the bits and pieces? More searching. Now here is my request: add a switch that eliminates the movement of bits and pieces elsewhere so that the map file, the tfm files, the vf files etc. are all collected in the current directory. AFAIK such an app would compile and use the special font. -- 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

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MetaPost question
by Tobias Burnus 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hello, I try to print a periodic table in MP+TeX, but I get the following error if I uncomment the "%" lines; I fail to see my error. Is there any trick to debug this? The error is: ! mpx file ended unexpectedly. l.3186 <- line number depends on which line is outcommented Thanks, Tobias % Run as: TEX='texmfstart texexec --dvi --batch --once' mpost input mp-tool ; % some initializations and auxiliary macros input mp-spec ; verbatimtex \enableregime[utf] etex; verbatimtex \input periodaux etex; def element(expr y, x, Sym, Z, M, name, altname, conf) = draw thelabel.rt (Z, (x-1mm,-y+15mm)); draw thelabel.lft (Sym, (x+14.9mm,-y+15.3mm)); draw thelabel.bot (name, (x+6.75mm,-y+13mm)); draw thelabel.bot (altname, (x+6.75mm,-y+10.9mm)); draw thelabel.bot (M, (x+6.75mm,-y+8.8mm)); draw thelabel.bot (conf, (x+6.75mm,-y+6.7mm)); draw (x+0,-y+0)--(x+15mm,-y+0mm)--(x+15mm,-y+18mm)--(x+0mm,-y+18mm)--cycle; enddef; dx=15mm; dy=18mm; beginfig(1) draw thelabel.bot (btex \tfa Periodic Table etex, (8.5*dx,0*dy)); element(1*dy, 1*dx, (btex \pSym{H} etex), (btex \pZ{1} etex), (btex \pM{1.00794} etex), (btex \pName{Hydrogen} etex), (btex \pAltName{Wasserstoff} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s$} etex)); element(1*dy, 18*dx, (btex \pSym{He} etex), (btex \pZ{2} etex), (btex \pM{4.002602} etex), (btex \pName{Helium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Helium} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^2$} etex)); element(2*dy, 1*dx, (btex \pSym{Li} etex), (btex \pZ{3} etex), (btex \pM{5.3917} etex), (btex \pName{Lithium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Lithium} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s$} etex)); element(2*dy, 2*dx, (btex \pSym{Be} etex), (btex \pZ{4} etex), (btex \pM{9.3227} etex), (btex \pName{Beryllium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Beryllium} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s^2$} etex)); element(2*dy, 13*dx, (btex \pSym{B} etex), (btex \pZ{5} etex), (btex \pM{10.811} etex), (btex \pName{Boron} etex), (btex \pAltName{Bor} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s^22p$} etex)); element(2*dy, 14*dx, (btex \pSym{C} etex), (btex \pZ{6} etex), (btex \pM{12.0107} etex), (btex \pName{Carbon} etex), (btex \pAltName{Kohlenstoff} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s^22p^2$} etex)); element(2*dy, 15*dx, (btex \pSym{N} etex), (btex \pZ{7} etex), (btex \pM{14.0067} etex), (btex \pName{Nitrogen} etex), (btex \pAltName{Stickstoff} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s^22p^3$} etex)); element(2*dy, 16*dx, (btex \pSym{O} etex), (btex \pZ{8} etex), (btex \pM{15.9994} etex), (btex \pName{Oxygen} etex), (btex \pAltName{Sauerstoff} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s^22p^4$} etex)); element(2*dy, 17*dx, (btex \pSym{F} etex), (btex \pZ{9} etex), (btex \pM{18.9984032} etex), (btex \pName{Fluorine} etex), (btex \pAltName{Fluor} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s^22p^5$} etex)); element(2*dy, 18*dx, (btex \pSym{Ne} etex), (btex \pZ{10} etex), (btex \pM{20.1797} etex), (btex \pName{Neon} etex), (btex \pAltName{Neon} etex), (btex \pConf{$1s^22s^22p^6$} etex)); element(3*dy, 1*dx, (btex \pSym{Na} etex), (btex \pZ{11} etex), (btex \pM{22.989770} etex), (btex \pName{Sodium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Natrium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s$} etex)); element(3*dy, 2*dx, (btex \pSym{Mg} etex), (btex \pZ{12} etex), (btex \pM{24.3050} etex), (btex \pName{Magnesium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Magnesium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s^2$} etex)); element(3*dy, 13*dx, (btex \pSym{Al} etex), (btex \pZ{13} etex), (btex \pM{26.981538} etex), (btex \pName{Aluminium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Aluminium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s^23p$} etex)); element(3*dy, 14*dx, (btex \pSym{Si} etex), (btex \pZ{14} etex), (btex \pM{28.0855} etex), (btex \pName{Silicon} etex), (btex \pAltName{Silizium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s^23p^2$} etex)); element(3*dy, 15*dx, (btex \pSym{P} etex), (btex \pZ{15} etex), (btex \pM{30.973761} etex), (btex \pName{Phosphorus} etex), (btex \pAltName{Phosphor} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s^23p^3$} etex)); element(3*dy, 16*dx, (btex \pSym{S} etex), (btex \pZ{16} etex), (btex \pM{32.065} etex), (btex \pName{Sulfur} etex), (btex \pAltName{Schwefel} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s^23p^4$} etex)); element(3*dy, 17*dx, (btex \pSym{Cl} etex), (btex \pZ{17} etex), (btex \pM{35.453} etex), (btex \pName{Chlorine} etex), (btex \pAltName{Chlor} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s^23p^5$} etex)); element(3*dy, 18*dx, (btex \pSym{Ar} etex), (btex \pZ{18} etex), (btex \pM{39.948} etex), (btex \pName{Argon} etex), (btex \pAltName{Argon} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ne]$3s^23p^6$} etex)); element(4*dy, 1*dx, (btex \pSym{K} etex), (btex \pZ{19} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Potassium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Kalium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$4s$} etex)); element(4*dy, 2*dx, (btex \pSym{Ca} etex), (btex \pZ{20} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Calcium} etex), (btex \pAltName{} etex), (btex \pConf{Calcium} etex)); element(4*dy, 3*dx, (btex \pSym{Sc} etex), (btex \pZ{21} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Scandium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Scandium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d4s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 4*dx, (btex \pSym{Ti} etex), (btex \pZ{22} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Titanium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Titan} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^24s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 5*dx, (btex \pSym{V} etex), (btex \pZ{23} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Vanadium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Vanadium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^34s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 6*dx, (btex \pSym{Cr} etex), (btex \pZ{24} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Chromium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Chrom} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^54s$} etex)); element(4*dy, 7*dx, (btex \pSym{Mn} etex), (btex \pZ{25} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Manganese} etex), (btex \pAltName{Mangan} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^54s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 8*dx, (btex \pSym{Fe} etex), (btex \pZ{26} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Iron} etex), (btex \pAltName{Eisen} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^64s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 9*dx, (btex \pSym{Co} etex), (btex \pZ{27} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Cobalt} etex), (btex \pAltName{Kobalt} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^74s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 10*dx, (btex \pSym{Ni} etex), (btex \pZ{28} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Nickel} etex), (btex \pAltName{Nickel} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^84s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 11*dx, (btex \pSym{Cu} etex), (btex \pZ{29} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Copper} etex), (btex \pAltName{Kupfer} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s$} etex)); element(4*dy, 12*dx, (btex \pSym{Zn} etex), (btex \pZ{30} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Zinc} etex), (btex \pAltName{Zink} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 13*dx, (btex \pSym{Ga} etex), (btex \pZ{31} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Gallium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Gallium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s^24p$} etex)); element(4*dy, 14*dx, (btex \pSym{Ge} etex), (btex \pZ{32} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Germanium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Germanium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s^24p^2$} etex)); element(4*dy, 15*dx, (btex \pSym{As} etex), (btex \pZ{33} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Arsenic} etex), (btex \pAltName{Arsen} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s^24p^3$} etex)); element(4*dy, 16*dx, (btex \pSym{Se} etex), (btex \pZ{34} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Selenium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Selen} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s^24p^4$} etex)); element(4*dy, 17*dx, (btex \pSym{Br} etex), (btex \pZ{35} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Bromine} etex), (btex \pAltName{Brom} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s^24p^5$} etex)); element(4*dy, 18*dx, (btex \pSym{Kr} etex), (btex \pZ{36} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Krypton} etex), (btex \pAltName{Krypton} etex), (btex \pConf{[Ar]$3d^{10}4s^24p^6$} etex)); %element(5*dy, 1*dx, (btex \pSym{Rb} etex), (btex \pZ{37} etex), % (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Rubidium} etex), % (btex \pAltName{Rubidium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr}$5s$} etex)); element(5*dy, 2*dx, (btex \pSym{Sr} etex), (btex \pZ{38} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Strontium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Strontium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$5s^2$} etex)); element(5*dy, 3*dx, (btex \pSym{Y} etex), (btex \pZ{39} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Yttrium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Yttrium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d5s^2$} etex)); element(5*dy, 4*dx, (btex \pSym{Zr} etex), (btex \pZ{40} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Zirconium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Zirkonium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^25s^2$} etex)); element(5*dy, 5*dx, (btex \pSym{Nb} etex), (btex \pZ{41} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Niobium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Niob} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^45s$} etex)); element(5*dy, 6*dx, (btex \pSym{Mo} etex), (btex \pZ{42} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Molybenum} etex), (btex \pAltName{Molybd\"an [Kr]$4d^55s$} etex), (btex \pConf{s} etex)); element(5*dy, 7*dx, (btex \pSym{Tc} etex), (btex \pZ{43} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Technetium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Technetium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^55s^2$} etex)); element(5*dy, 8*dx, (btex \pSym{Ru} etex), (btex \pZ{44} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Ruthenium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Ruthenium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^75s$} etex)); element(5*dy, 9*dx, (btex \pSym{Rh} etex), (btex \pZ{45} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Rhodium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Rhodium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^85s$} etex)); element(5*dy, 10*dx, (btex \pSym{Pd} etex), (btex \pZ{46} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Palladium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Palladium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^{10}$} etex)); element(5*dy, 11*dx, (btex \pSym{Ag} etex), (btex \pZ{47} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Silver} etex), (btex \pAltName{Silber} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^{10}5s$} etex)); element(5*dy, 12*dx, (btex \pSym{Cd} etex), (btex \pZ{48} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Cadmium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Cadmium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^{10}5s^2$} etex)); element(5*dy, 13*dx, (btex \pSym{In} etex), (btex \pZ{49} etex), (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Indium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Indium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr]$4d^{10}5s^25p$} etex)); %element(5*dy, 14*dx, (btex \pSym{Sn} etex), (btex \pZ{50} etex), % (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Tin} etex), % (btex \pAltName{Zinn} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr}$4d^{10}5s^25p^2$} etex)); %element(5*dy, 15*dx, (btex \pSym{Sb} etex), (btex \pZ{51} etex), % (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Antimony} etex), % (btex \pAltName{Antimon} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr}$4d^{10}5s^25p^3$} etex)); %element(5*dy, 16*dx, (btex \pSym{Te} etex), (btex \pZ{52} etex), % (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Tellurium} etex), % (btex \pAltName{Tellur} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr}$4d^{10}5s^25p^4$} etex)); %element(5*dy, 17*dx, (btex \pSym{I} etex), (btex \pZ{53} etex), % (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Iodine} etex), % (btex \pAltName{Iod} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr}$4d^{10}5s^25p^5$} etex)); %element(5*dy, 18*dx, (btex \pSym{Xe} etex), (btex \pZ{54} etex), % (btex \pM{} etex), (btex \pName{Xenon} etex), % (btex \pAltName{Xenon} etex), (btex \pConf{[Kr}$4d^{10}5s^25p^6$} etex)); element(6*dy, 1*dx, (btex \pSym{Cs} etex), (btex \pZ{55} etex), (btex \pM{132.90545} etex), (btex \pName{Cesium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Cesium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$6s$} etex)); 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element(6*dy, 14*dx, (btex \pSym{Pb} etex), (btex \pZ{82} etex), (btex \pM{207.2} etex), (btex \pName{Lead} etex), (btex \pAltName{Blei} etex), (btex \pConf{[Hg]$6p^2$} etex)); element(6*dy, 15*dx, (btex \pSym{Bi} etex), (btex \pZ{83} etex), (btex \pM{208.98038} etex), (btex \pName{Bismuth} etex), (btex \pAltName{Bismut} etex), (btex \pConf{[Hg]$6p^3$} etex)); element(6*dy, 16*dx, (btex \pSym{Po} etex), (btex \pZ{84} etex), (btex \pM{(209)} etex), (btex \pName{Polonium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Polonium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Hg]$6p^4$} etex)); element(6*dy, 17*dx, (btex \pSym{At} etex), (btex \pZ{85} etex), (btex \pM{(210)} etex), (btex \pName{Astatine} etex), (btex \pAltName{Astat} etex), (btex \pConf{[Hg]$6p^5$} etex)); element(6*dy, 18*dx, (btex \pSym{Rn} etex), (btex \pZ{86} etex), (btex \pM{(222)} etex), (btex \pName{Radon} etex), (btex \pAltName{Radon} etex), (btex \pConf{[Hg]$6p^6$} etex)); element(7*dy, 1*dx, (btex \pSym{Fr} etex), (btex \pZ{87} etex), (btex \pM{(223)} etex), (btex \pName{Francium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Francium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Rn]$7s$} etex)); 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element(8.3*dy, 9*dx, (btex \pSym{Eu} etex), (btex \pZ{63} etex), (btex \pM{151.964} etex), (btex \pName{Europium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Europium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^76s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 10*dx, (btex \pSym{Gd} etex), (btex \pZ{64} etex), (btex \pM{157.25} etex), (btex \pName{Gadolinium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Gadolinium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^75d6s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 11*dx, (btex \pSym{Tb} etex), (btex \pZ{65} etex), (btex \pM{158.92534} etex), (btex \pName{Terbium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Terbium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^96s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 12*dx, (btex \pSym{Dy} etex), (btex \pZ{66} etex), (btex \pM{162.500} etex), (btex \pName{Dysprosium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Dysprosium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^{10}6s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 13*dx, (btex \pSym{Ho} etex), (btex \pZ{67} etex), (btex \pM{164.93032} etex), (btex \pName{Holmium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Holmium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^{11}6s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 14*dx, (btex \pSym{Er} etex), (btex \pZ{68} etex), (btex \pM{167.259} etex), (btex \pName{Erbium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Erbium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^{12}6s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 15*dx, (btex \pSym{Tm} etex), (btex \pZ{69} etex), (btex \pM{168.93421} etex), (btex \pName{Thulium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Thulium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^{13}6s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 16*dx, (btex \pSym{Yb} etex), (btex \pZ{70} etex), (btex \pM{173.04} etex), (btex \pName{Ytterbium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Ytterbium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^{14}6s^2$} etex)); element(8.3*dy, 17*dx, (btex \pSym{Lu} etex), (btex \pZ{71} etex), (btex \pM{174.967} etex), (btex \pName{Lutetium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Lutetium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Xe]$4f^{14}5d6s^2$} etex)); element(9.3*dy, 4*dx, (btex \pSym{Th} etex), (btex \pZ{90} etex), (btex \pM{232.0391} etex), (btex \pName{Thorium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Thorium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Rn]$6d^27s^2$} etex)); element(9.3*dy, 5*dx, (btex \pSym{Pa} etex), (btex \pZ{91} etex), (btex \pM{231.03588} etex), (btex \pName{Proactinium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Proactinium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Rn]$5f^26d7s^2$} etex)); element(9.3*dy, 6*dx, (btex \pSym{U} etex), (btex \pZ{92} etex), (btex \pM{238.02891} etex), (btex \pName{Uranium} etex), (btex \pAltName{Uranium} etex), (btex \pConf{[Rn]$5f^36d7s^2$} etex)); 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endfig; end.

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Handling projects
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hello, Thank you for the new beta. I have a question about project handling. I often make the same mistake -- press compilation shortcut when a NOT main file is active. So I obtain a broken pdf and have to delete it manually. Is ConTeXt so clever to distinguish between auxiliary and main files, and use the main when I ask to compile an auxiliary? I saw some commands like \startenvironment, maybe they can help? My main currently looks like \usemodule[env.tex] \starttext \usemodule[CADD0.tex] \usemodule[CADD1.tex] \stoptext Best, Vyatcheslav

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Semibold font definition
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hello, I have another question too. I have a bunch of Adobe Caslon Pro font files in OTF format. In addition to Normal, Italic, Bold, and BoldItalic versions, there are Semibold and SemiboldItalic. How to make use of two latter in XeTeX (e.g, for section captions)? Now I simply have \definetypeface [myface][rm][Xserif] [Adobe Caslon Pro] \setupbodyfont [myface, 11pt] Best, Vyatcheslav

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question about macro's
by Jelle Huisman 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hello, I try to create a macro for processing a document tagged with some non-standard tags, like: \TAGc The title of this chapter \TAGs Here starts a new section with a lot of bla bla bla text. More bla bla. And yet another piece of bla bla. To process the tags I have defined some macro's, like this one: \def\TAGc#1 {\dosomething{#1} % the \dosomething has to do with fonts etc. \dosomethingelse} However, when I typeset the document this macro only works with the first word of the line tagged with \TAGc. Is it possible to tell the macro to process the whole line? (changing my source document is no option.) Many thanks, Jelle

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 36, Issue 52
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hello, Thank you for the new beta. I have a question about project handling. I often make the same mistake -- press compilation shortcut when a NOT main file is active. So I obtain a broken pdf and have to delete it manually. Is ConTeXt so clever to distinguish between auxiliary and main files, and use the main when I ask to compile an auxiliary? I saw some commands like \startenvironment, maybe they can help? My main currently looks like \usemodule[env.tex] \starttext \usemodule[CADD0.tex] \usemodule[CADD1.tex] \stoptext Best, Vyatcheslav

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lis of figures
by Horacio Suarez 28 Jun '07

28 Jun '07

Hello all: I have a book with 15 text chapters, after, a part with 24 pages for ilustrations with is own list of figures and then two more text chapters. I have then a Table of contents at the beggining of the book and one list of figures almost in the end. My list of figures is empty. I have only the head (Ilustraciones, in this case). Is a structure related problem? or what? Is necesary some kind of definelist for the figures? Help! i need somebodys help!! Thankyou -------------------- 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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How to align numerals in lists on the dot or paranthesis that follows the numeral?
by Hamid Kamrani 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

At least in the U.S., it is the rule and a strict requirement to typeset vertical lists in such a way that the numerals align on the dot or parenthesis following the numeral. (even the daily violation of the rule by some of the most widely used word processors such as MS Word has not changed this old-aged convention.) I feel it must be possible in ConTeXt to do this because it is such a basic requirement and ConTeXt is used professionally. However, it's not the default behavior and I don't know which options will achieve it. (And if by any chance, this is not yet possible in ConTeXt, can anyone suggest a workaround for this, in ConTeXt of course. It is the default behavior in both LaTeX and eplain. Compare (eplain): \numberedlist\listcompact \li The first item. \li The second item. \li The third item. \li The fourth item. \li The fifth item. \li The sixth item. \li The seventh item. \li The eighth item. \li The ninth item. \li The tenth item. \endnumberedlist and (LaTeX) \begin{enumerate} \item The first item. \item The second item. \item The third item. \item The fourth item. \item The fifth item. \item The sixth item. \item The seventh item. \item The eighth item. \item The ninth item. \item The tenth item. \end{enumerate} with (ConTeXt) \startitemize[n,packed][stopper={.}] \item The first item. \item The second item. \item The third item. \item The fourth item. \item The fifth item. \item The sixth item. \item The seventh item. \item The eighth item. \item The ninth item. \item The tenth item. \stopitemize Thanks, -Hamid

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new t-layout module
by Patrick Gundlach 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

Hi, after having a bug report in my inbox for more than 3 and 1/2 years, I've updated the 'show layout' module. You won't get any "these paths don't intersect" errors anymore. At least you shouldn't. http://modules.contextgarden.net/t-layout Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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beta 06-25
by Thomas A. Schmitz 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

Hi Hans, did you maybe forget to include some files in the current beta? I only see the pattern files and some documentation, but nothing in tex/ context/base. Or am I missing something? Best Thomas

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metafont suffix problem
by Hans van der Meer 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

My knowledge of MetaPost falls short. I hope someone will be able to help me with the following problem: This is a macro along the line of the mode_def definition (see the MetaFont book, Appendix B). def count_ suffix $ = $ := incr counter_; countnames_[$] := str$; enddef; called from some other macro, abbreviated: def defineCount(expr xyz) suffix name = begingroup % among other statements count_ name; endgroup; The problem is that I would like to modify the contents of 'name' before it is used in 'count'. I tried several solutions as for example: save name; string newname; newname := str name & "extension"; count_ newname; but then newname is not accepted. The error message is: >> unknown string newname ! Equation cannot be performed (unknown string=numeric). and occurs count_->(SUFFIX0):=incr.counter_; countnames_[(SUFFIX0)]:=str (SUFFI... Directly changing name (because assignment to a suffix is possible): name := str name & "extension"; gives a similar error. Nor did encapsulating of 'defineCount' with an outer calling macro where the extension as added work for me. Hans van der Meer

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referencing figures with \in
by Hans van der Meer 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

I used to place references to figures and tables in the following way: \placefigure[][fig:myfig]{Title}{\useMPgraphic{myfig}{parameters}} \in{figure}[fig:myfig] This however printed a dot instead of the expected "figure #". Changing to \at{figure}[fig:myfig] again printed the correct reference. Looking further into this I found: \meaning\in --> \protected macro:->\dohandlemathtoken {in} \meaning\at --> macro:->\dohandlecommand {at} Still, the ConText manual tells me that \in{.1}{.2.}[ref] (with {.2.} optional) should work. In file core-ref.tex at line 2118 (2007-04-17 version) I find: %\def\in% % {\ifmmode % \expandafter\donormalin % \else % \expandafter\doinatreference\expandafter\currenttextreference % \fi} But I am definitely not in math mode when calling \in. I did some further experimentation but nothing helped. Has something changed here or is there something I do obviously wrong? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Context in TechnicCenter
by Hans Hagen 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Liesbeth van der Plas wrote: > > Als nieuw lid en nog niet eens Tex-gebruikster probeer ik, na > installatie van MiKTEX, TechnicCenter, Ghostscript en GSvieuw m.b.v. de > proTEXt- cd, een eerste ConTeXt-bestandje aan de praat te krijgen (LaTeX > lukt al wel). > > Volgens Steve Peter, > The PracTEX Journal, TPJ 2005 No 02, 2005–04–15, Rev. 2005–04–17 > http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/peter/peter.pdf > <http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/peter/peter.pdf> > moest ik een nieuw Output Profile definieren. > Voor het pad naar de compiler heb ik > C:\ProgramFiles\MidTeX2.5\miktex\bin\texexec.exe ingevuld (of moet dit > texmfstart.exe zijn?) > > Tot slot moet ik /_*Command line arguments to pass to the compiler*_/ > opgeven. > De aanwijzing van S.Peter zegt me echter niets: > > *you can add any switches you use for texexec* * or **texmfstart** , > such as ** --pdf* . > > > Bij LaTeX -> PDF is de commandregel: *-interaction=nonstopmode "%pm"* > Wat moet dit zijn bij ConTeX -> PDF ?? > En wat moet ik invullen bij ConText -> PS? ik heb je mail naar de context lijst geforward 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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Setting background for entire header
by Aditya Mahajan 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Hi, I want to set the background of the entire header (from left edge of the paper to the right edge). As far as I could tell, there is no way to coax setupbackgrounds to do this. I can do this using layers or abuse the margin and offset keys of framed to make it cover the remaining area, but is there really no direct way to do this? Here is my attempt so far. \setupbodyfont[14pt] \setuppapersize [S6] [S6] \setuplayout [topspace=0cm, top=0cm, topdistance=0cm, header=3\lineheight, headerdistance=0.5\lineheight, height=middle, footerdistance=0.5\lineheight, footer=2\lineheight, bottomspace=0cm, bottom=0cm, bottomdistance=0cm, backspace=1cm, leftmargin=.5cm, leftmargindistance=.15cm, width=middle, cutspace=.5cm, rightmargin=.25cm, rightmargindistance=.15cm, grid=yes, ] \setupcolors[state=start] %%%% What should go here??? \setupbackgrounds[header][background=color,backgroundcolor=blue] %%%% \starttext test \stoptext Aditya

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Notepad++ format files
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Hello, Someone promised to provide ConTeXt formats for Notepad++ some time ago. Is this affort alive? I use the app a lot but it is tailored for LaTeX. It is unjust. BTW, Notepad++ is based on the SciTE editor. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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intdenting a chorus
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Hello, And how to indent a chorus block? My naive \definestartstop[chorus][before={\startlines[indenting=2em]}, after=\stoplines] doesn't work. -- Best, Vyatcheslav mailto:yatskovsky@gmail.com

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preventing page break in verses
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Hello, I have a simple question about verses. How can I prevent a verse to be breaked across pages? Now I use: \definestartstop[verse][before=\startlines, after=\stoplines] -- Best, Vyatcheslav

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Context en TechnicCenter
by Liesbeth van der Plas 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Beste mensen, *Hoe krijg ik een ConTEXt file aan de praat in in TEXnicCenter (geïnstalleerd met de protext-cd)? * Na de installatie van MiKTEX, TEXnicCenter, Ghostscript en GSview with the Protext-cd, lukt het me wel een Latex file te compileren, maar Context niet. Noch het artikel van Steve Peter ( http://www.tug.org/pracjourn/2005-2/peter/peter.pdf ), noch het verhaal op http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Configure_TeXnicCenter_for_ConTeXt helpt me uit de brand. In de nieuwste Maps schrijft Frans Goddijn een stukje over MikTEX, maar over Context heeft hij het helaas niet. Paul Blaga schreef me: -for the compiler C:\texmf\miktex\bin\texexec.exe -for the command line arguments: --nonstop --interface=nl --pdf "%nm" For me, it works. Bij mij werkt dit ook niet. Er wordt geen pdf of ander file gemaakt en in het Output Profile staat één regel: *Latex result: 0 Error(s), 0 Waring(s), 0 Bad Box(es), 0 Page(s)* * Steve Peter zegt:* * **For the command-line arguments, you can add any switches you use for **texexec **or **texmfstart**, such as **--pdf**. Use the arrow button to the right of the text box to select a placeholder for the file (for example **%pm **will pass the entire path of the file,along with the extension).* * *Dingen als:: *-interaction=nonstopmode "%pm" --nonstop --interface=nl --pdf --ps "%bm" * Werken ook allemaal niet. Ik denk dat mijn informatica/windows kennis hier echt te kort schiet. Heeft iemand een idee? Liesbeth van der Plas -- liesbethvanderplas(a)gmail.com www.wiskunde-interactief.nl

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horizontal list turns into vertical list in framedtext. A bug or feature?
by Hamid Kamrani 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

I am just wondering if this is a bug or feature or some lack of understanding on my part. The horizontal list turns into a vertical list inside a framedtext environment. The same happens in a background environment. \starttext \startframedtext[width=\textwidth] \startitemize[5, columns, four] \item Excellent student \item Good student \item Mediocre student \item Poor student \stopitemize \stopframedtext \stoptext -Hamid

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PDF appearance tuning
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hello, Sorry for a trivial question, but I cannot figure out how to tune appearance of my generated PDF. I want the default scaling to be "Page Fit" and bookmarks being showed. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] cannot generate cont-en format
by In Hee Park 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Thanks all, Taco, Mojca, and Hans! I tried your suggestions and finally decided to install TeXLive with ruby, which let me compile tex files and get pdf output. Thanks again! _____________ In-Hee Park [2007-06-24.Sun.10:03am] Mojca Miklavec wrote `Re: [NTG-context] cannot...' Also, be aware that the TeX distribution coming with your linux is ancient (most probably teTeX). pdfTeX version is very old and you might not be able to run the latest ConTeXt. SuSE distributes ConTeXt as well, although it's probably an old one. In any case you will have to update LModern fonts as well once you manage to do mktexlsr and build the formats. You might also experience problems with ruby vs. perl binaries. See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation#Install_a_Latin_Modern… and pay extra attention to "ruby scripts". Installing TeXLive might be another option though. Mojca On 6/21/07, In Hee Park <ipark(a)chemistry.ohio-state.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to ConTeXt and really wish to shift to it from LaTeX. > > I was trying to install ConTeXt archive (cont-tmf.zip) on my > SuSe-10.1 linux machine, first unzip it to my texmf directory, > then add context.map to the pdftex.cfg file. Finally I got > stuck into generating cont-en.fmt format file. > > ===== > suse:/usr/share/texmf# texexec --make en > > TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 > > TeX hash binary : mktexlsr > comment : hashing may take a while ... > mktexlsr: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... > mktexlsr: /usr/share/texmf/ls-R lacks magic > string. Skipping... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Done. > assuming engine : pdfetex > This is pdfeTeX, Version > 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (INITEX) > \write18 enabled. > (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) > entering extended mode > ! I can't find file `cont-en'. > <*> *cont-en > ===== > > Could you help me on that issue? Thanks in advance. > > _____________ > In-Hee Park > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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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Vertical spacing
by Jeff Smith 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Hello list! I'd like to be able to add vertical spacing before a chapter title on the first page of a chapter, and also I want to control spacing before and after section titles with something different than the \setupwhitespace value, which I want to keep for default spacing between paragraphs. How does one achieve this? I've tried using \blank with after= and before= parameters in \setuphead, but to no avail! Thanks all for your help, as always. Jeff

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cannot generate cont-en format
by In Hee Park 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Hello, I am new to ConTeXt and really wish to shift to it from LaTeX. I was trying to install ConTeXt archive (cont-tmf.zip) on my SuSe-10.1 linux machine, first unzip it to my texmf directory, then add context.map to the pdftex.cfg file. Finally I got stuck into generating cont-en.fmt format file. ===== suse:/usr/share/texmf# texexec --make en TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 TeX hash binary : mktexlsr comment : hashing may take a while ... mktexlsr: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: /usr/share/texmf/ls-R lacks magic string. Skipping... mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. assuming engine : pdfetex This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (INITEX) \write18 enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode ! I can't find file `cont-en'. <*> *cont-en ===== Could you help me on that issue? Thanks in advance. _____________ In-Hee Park

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Label loops within a XeConTeXt document
by nicola 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Hi, given the following XeConTeXt document (I use ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12): \definetypeface[MyMainFace][rm][Xserif][Charis SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[MyMainFace][mm][math][euler][euler] \setupbodyfont[MyMainFace,10pt] \startuseMPgraphic{foo} for i = 0 upto 10: % Draw a label at position (i*cm,0) endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \midaligned{\useMPgraphic{foo}} \stoptext is it possible to replace the comment with an instruction (or a macro), such that I do not get compilation errors and I get consistent font usage? I have tried the following possibilities: a) label("test",(i*cm,0)); % Complains about missing metrics for font b) label(\textext{test},(i*cm,0)); % Ditto c) label(btex test $x$ etex,(i*cm,0)); % Results in wrong font d) label(\sometxt{test},(i*cm,0)); % Ok, right font, but loop is ignored The best option to my knowledge is \sometxt, but I have read that it cannot be used in loops. Before I start unrolling all the loops in my figures 1) is it possible to specify the fonts in an MPenviroment? If so, how? 2) is there some hack, maybe along the lines of the following (not working) example? vardef prepare(expr n) = save s; string s; s = ""; for i = 0 upto n-1: s := s & "label(\sometxt{test},(" & decimal(i) & "*cm,0));"; endfor; s enddef; scantokens(prepare(10)); Nicola

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Macro with suffix
by nicola 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Hi, I have read http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/3540, but why does the following \appendtoks \let\#\hashletter \to \everyMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{foo} vardef foo@\#(expr x) = enddef; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{goo} \includeMPgraphic{foo} foo.foo(1); \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{goo} \stoptext gives the error: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> vardef foo@\# (expr x) = enddef; \handleuseMPgraphic #1#2#3->#3 <argument> \includeMPgraphic {foo} foo.foo(1); \writecheckedMPgraphic ...icfalse \edef \ascii {#1 }\convertcommand \ascii \t... \startMPgraphic ...hic \writecheckedMPgraphic {#1} \stopwritingMPgraphic \handleuseMPgraphic ...MPgraphic #3\stopMPgraphic \ifMPrun \else \loadMPgrap... ... Nicola

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Wierd problem.
by John R. Culleton 23 Jun '07

23 Jun '07

On another list a listmate proposes to print a book in two copies side by side. The page size is 5.5 x 8.5 in. He wants to print two copies on his laser printer. He wants two impressions of page one side by side on letter paper, with two copies of page two on the reverse side etc. for 200 pages. Then he will guillotine the stack making two copies of the book. But wait, it gets worse. He is not resetting the book but has a pdf file as his source. I and others suggested the usual bit of using PSUtils to set four pages per sheet and folding them etc. but he doesn't want to get into folding. He has a guillotine and a binder. He doesn't have a folder. So, given a pdf file of a 5.5 x 8.5 book as a starting point, is there a sensible way to massage the pdf or its PS equvalent in a way to give him what he wants? He is on an Ubuntu system. He asked his question on the Scribus list. -- 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

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Figure references problem with \setuparranging
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 22 Jun '07

22 Jun '07

Hello, After I uncomment the code below, my figure references are broken -- \in gives ?? instead of figure numbers. \setuppapersize [A5][A4,landscape] %\setuparranging % [2SIDE] I have found some solutions in the mail archive, but even if I comment, build, and then uncomment back \setuparranging, I still get ??. I also don't understand how to use --pdfarrage option, it seemingly does nothing alone. Is there any proven solution? And can this problem be solved on regular basis? Publishing A5 pages per one A4 is a normal practice in my university. BTW, I use XeTeX. -- Best, Vyatcheslav

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Chinese, cyrillic questions
by Tobias Burnus 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hello all, I have a document which which is predominately English, but contains (currently) also 8 Chinese characters and 2 Cyrillic words (in the Acknowledgement section). First, regarding Chinese: I use: \enableregime[utf] \useencoding[cyr] \usemodule[chinese] \mainlanguage[uk] \language[uk] I would expect having mainlanguage != chinese would turn all enummerations to arabic numbers. However, I still have -, =, etc. in the table of contents, in enumberation etc. Is there a simple command to turn this off? Secondly, regarding Cyrillic: Currently, I follow loosely wiki.contextgarden.net and use \useencoding[cyr] \definetypeface [russian] [rm] [serif] [computer-modern] [default] [encoding=t2a] \def\RuText#1{{\switchtobodyfont[russian]#1}} On my system (TeXLive 2007 as provided by SUSE) bitmap fonts are used as the seemingly needed cm-super fonts are not included; the system, however, has cmcyr type 1 fonts. As true ignoramus regarding fonts in TeX and the dozens of Cyrillic encodings, I failed to use them instead. Tobias <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/ignoramus.html>

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Howto have page size to fit with image size
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

Hi all, I want to produce a unique metapost image which should be alone on its page and its file, and I want to have a page the size of the image, whichever this size is. I tried this: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuplayout[width=fit,height=fit] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} fill fullcircle scaled 5cm withcolor red ; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{dummy} \stoptext But the setuplayout options don't seem to provide what I want. Thank for any hint to have the page size automatically ajust. -- Jean

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Multiline footer
by Renaud Aubin 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

Hi folks, I need to define a multiline footer for a document of mine. I have searched the garden without results. Considering \input knuth as a "disclaimer", here is a non working sample to improve: \setupfootertexts[] \setupfootertexts[\setups{text a}] \startsetups[text a] \input knuth \stopsetups TIA Renaud

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New My Way for Math
by Aditya Mahajan 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Hi, I have converted my article comparing latex and context math capabilities into a my way. It is available from http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/context-latex-math.pdf This article was originally published in Maps, which is a publication for NTG. I will update article when some of the misfeatures of the current math implementation are sorted out. Aditya

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goto and open file
by Alan Bowen 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Please excuse the Mac centric formulation of my question. If Folders B and C are in Folder A, is there a way to insert a link in a PDF file in Folder B that will go to a PDF file Folder C and open it? Thanks for any help or suggestions. Alan

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Struggling with XeTeX
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Hello Hans, I've updated original TeXLive2007 distribution to the latest cont-tmf beta, by copying \web2c into TeXLive2007\texmf folder and every other stuff into TeXLive2007\texmf-dist folder. Then I rebuilded the format files for both context and xetex (texexec --make en, then texexec --xtx --make en). Now xetex doesn't see the font that it previously did. The setting \definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Adobe Caslon Pro] now gives This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2007.6.18) 18 JUN 2007 20:20 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) **FMHelp.tex \emergencyend (./FMHelp.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.06.06 09:53 MKII fmt: 2007.6.18 int: english/english ... ! Font \*myface212ptrmtfrm*:='"mapping=tex-text at 12.0pt"' not loadable: insta lled font not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 36, Issue 34
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Hello, A more advanced question. With default settings, ConTeXt is prone to start new page for the itemization that doesn't fit. That is, ... %previous text Compared to the manual drafting, computer-aided drafting has the following advantages: \startitemize[packed] \item Errors and changes can be erased very simply, and without leaving any trace on the drawing. \item Small details can be enlarged to the limit of computer's accuracy, and can thus be comfortably worked on. \item Items that appear many times on the drawing (e.g., electronic com-ponents) need only be drawn once, and then can be rapidly copied as many times as required. \item Drawing can be drawn at exact scale; when the drawing is ready to go onto paper, the computer scales it to fit the page. \item Related items on the drawing can be grouped on layers, which can be activated or deactivated at will for plotting or display. \item Corporate standards are easily imposed by using drawing templates. \stopitemize ... In this excerpt the first paragraph is left alone with much space below it and the list is placed on the next page. How to teach the ConTeXt to be more space-economical? Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Struggling with XeTeX
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hello, Taco and Hans, thank you both very much. You are not less but genius. :) The patch from Taco runs smoothly. Now all system fonts I'm using are found without complaints. (BTW, I've never considered TeX seriously without XeTeX. System font support is Must Have for a Windows-minded user like me). The beta ceased creating those annoying .rli files, and now says 'dimensions of myfig.png loaded from figurefile itself'. Great! I even don't need ImageMagic anymore. Thank you and keep your good work! -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 36, Issue 32
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hello Hans, I've updated original TeXLive2007 distribution to the latest cont-tmf beta, by copying \web2c into TeXLive2007\texmf folder and every other stuff into TeXLive2007\texmf-dist folder. Then I rebuilded the format files for both context and xetex (texexec --make en, then texexec --xtx --make en). Now xetex doesn't see the font that it previously did. The setting \definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Adobe Caslon Pro] now gives This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2007.6.18) 18 JUN 2007 20:20 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) **FMHelp.tex \emergencyend (./FMHelp.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.06.06 09:53 MKII fmt: 2007.6.18 int: english/english ... ! Font \*myface212ptrmtfrm*:='"mapping=tex-text at 12.0pt"' not loadable: insta lled font not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... Best, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Newbie question about \XeTeXpicfile
by Hans Hagen 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > Hello Hans, > >>> Sorry for a newbie question. I wonder how to insert figures so that they are equally spaced from both the previous and next paragraphs. Now the figure is glued to the previous paragraph. If it possible, please suggest a document-wide solution (maybe new user command?). > >>> Prev Text. Prev Text. Prev Text. Prev Text. > >>> \XeTeXpicfile "myfigure.png" > >>> Next Text. NextText. Next Text. > >>> And is it wise to use \XeTeXpicfile command at all ? Will \externalfigure take the place of it in the nearest release, won't it? > > >> the most recent xetex driver filesd hould be ok in this respect > > > Sorry, but in what respect? And I don't know where to look for the latest driver. :( > > I only know that when I used \externalfigure with XeTeX in TeXLive 2007, it launched external tool to calculate each image dimensions. The compilation process became veeery slow (first time), but then, when an image happened to be updated, the corresponding .rli file was not, and I had to manually delete it. It is ridiculous. I found that \XeTeXpicfile does its job well without ImageMagic, and that is encouraging. you need the version from the website; something was changed recently 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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Newbie question about \XeTeXpicfile
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hello, Sorry for a newbie question. I wonder how to insert figures so that they are equally spaced from both the previous and next paragraphs. Now the figure is glued to the previous paragraph. If it possible, please suggest a document-wide solution (maybe new user command?). Prev Text. Prev Text. Prev Text. Prev Text. \XeTeXpicfile "myfigure.png" Next Text. NextText. Next Text. And is it wise to use \XeTeXpicfile command at all ? Will \externalfigure take the place of it in the nearest release, won't it? -- Best, Vyatcheslav

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Why \setupinterlinespace needs [line]?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hello, I wonder why one must provide the line argument for \setupinterlinespace? \setupinterlinespace[line=4ex] IMHO, it is a tautology. The texshow says that \setupinterlinespace[4ex] (or \setupinterlinespace[big] ) is enough, but I cannot make it work. Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Compiler plugin for vim
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hi, I have uploaded a context compiler plugin for vim at <http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1925>. With this, you can do :make filename (which can often be shortened to :mak %) and, if there are errors in the file :cl will show the list of errors. You can jump to the next or previous error with :cn and :cp. If there is no error, :cl will display the number of pages of pdf output and the time taken by texexec. See :he quickfix for more details on using compiler plugins in vim. Aditya

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texlive-context problem on Ubuntu
by Majukatur 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

I'm having problems running ConTeXt on my Kubuntu 7.04 (Feisty). I have installed the texlive and texlive-context packages from the ubuntu repository with apt-get. $ sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-context Everything fine up to this point. Then I tested the principal programs: $ tex --verbose $ latex --verbose $ texexec --verbose I've made page-tests with TeX and LaTeX without problems, but with ConTeXt the "thing" is different. texexec is installed on the system, but when I try to build a test-page (a very simple one) texexec fails. The code of my test file is the same I have found on the ConTeXt Wiki: hello.tex: \starttext Hello World \stoptext That's all. The resulting screen is too long to post it here, but the last lines show this: . . . ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.1 \starttext ? As you can see, texexec have problems finding the \starttext definition, I supose that this is related with the system paths, I've expended some time (several hours indeed) trying to figure out what the problem is and trying to fix it. I modify the texexec.ini with my system's texlive paths, and I've followed the instructions I've found on the ConTeXt Wiki but all was in vain. I get suscribed to this mailing list with the hope that somebody could tell me what's wrong and how can I fix this problem. thank you very much

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