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SciTe setup
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi, A simple newbie 'abstract' question. How to setup fresh SciTe 1.73 installation to work with context scripts? And a more concrete one: how to load context.properties? Best, Vyatcheslav

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m-bib question: URL, DOI
by Tobias Burnus 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hello, I have a question regarding URLs and DOIs. I would expect that the attached example file would produce hyperlinks for the DOI and URL, but ConTeXt does not. Using \cite[doi] also produces the wrong output. For doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.566 I would expect 10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.566 and not: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.566 as output. In the reference list, the output is ok, but is no hyperlink. Whether \cite[doi][] should link to the item in the \completepublications list or to the webpage dx.doi.org and whether the link target should depend on \setupcite[interaction=start|stop], is not clear, both options have its merits. In addition, what is the way to insert "#" in URLs? If I don't protect them, I get a TeX error, if I use \# the backslash is printed, too. Tobias

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ConTeXt and vim spell check
by Robin Kirkham 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi, I'm using vim 7.0.17. When I edit a ConTeXt source file, it does the syntax highlighting correctly, but it won't do spelling error highlighting. It works for other filetypes (including LaTeX). Is there something extra needed in .vimrc? I have filetype plugin indent on syntax enable set spell spelllang=en_au Robin

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anaemic spacing around in-line typed text
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

The following look ugly because of anaemic spacing before and after typed text. \starttext The {\tt rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext How to fix it? Best, Vyatcheslav

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XML in ConTeXt (TeX -> XML)
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi, in the XML manual "example .pdf" the chapter "basic workflows" talks about TeX -> style -> XML : "we simply typeset XML. The typeset document (with lots of angle brackets) is then converted into raw text". That sounds like ... texmfstart texexec --xml --foo.tex ... but this also calls pdfetex and results in a pdf file. So what is actually meant by "we simply typeset XML"? Steffen

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TextMate bundle
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi (esp. Willi), I've uploaded the version 0.2 of my TextMate bundle. See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Bundle_for_TextMate and http://dl.contextgarden.net/support/ Direct download: http://dl.contextgarden.net/support/context-tmbundle.dmg Feedback welcome! Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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xetex problems
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hello out there, I feel stupid: the following file runs fine on live.contextgarden.net (xetex engine) \font\myfont="Iwona-Regular" \myfont \starttext Hello world! \stoptext but not on my local installation: texmfstart texexec --xtx simple TeXExec | processing document 'simple' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file simple.top TeXExec | using randomseed 769 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) entering extended mode (./simple.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.3.30 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded ..... (/opt/context/current/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,dpx loaded ) ! Font \myfont=Iwona-Regular not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. <to be read again> \myfont l.2 \myfont Any clue what could cause the trouble? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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fixme module?
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi, did any of the attendees of the ConTeXt user meeting finish the fixme module? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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How to indent a paragraph
by List Mail 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

I know this is a newbie question. However I have read the fine manual (see below), and I still don't know how to indent a paragraph under ConTeXt. The following code does NOT produce an indented paragraph. Can somebody tell me what's wrong? % Begin ConTeXt code \starttext \setupinterlinespace[2] \setupindenting[medium] The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stoptext % End ConTeXt code % processed using TeXExec version 6.2.0 Also, could somebody point me to where I can download the latest version of the ConTeXt manual. The best I could find using Google's filetype:pdf site:pragma-ade.com is a document named "cont-eni.pdf".

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Relationship among mptopdf, mpost and latex
by nicola 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Hi, some time ago I needed to include a png file into a MetaPost picture and I did it with the MetaFun macro externalfigure. I compiled the code with mptopdf and the result was fine. Since I had no previous experience with it, my code used LaTeX, not ConTeXt, for the labels. I have recently updated my distributions (TeX Live 2007 and gwTeX on Mac OS X) and the same code does not work any longer in either distribution. A minimal example reproducing the problem is as follows: verbatimtex %&latex \documentclass{article} \begin{document} etex beginfig(0); externalfigure "pic.png" scaled 15mm shifted origin; label.bot(btex $x$ etex, origin); endfig; end; The error mptopdf gives is: ! Undefined control sequence. l.44 \documentclass {article} as if the code were not interpreted as LaTeX code. I have tried the following two variants, but with no positive results: 1) I have used input TEX; TEXPRE("%&latex" & char(10) & "\documentclass{article}\begin{document}"); TEXPOST("\end{document}"); instead of the verbatimtex.. etex block, and label.bot(TEX("x_1"), origin); to draw the label. In this case, mptopdf does not complain, but I see '0' instead of the label in the output. 2) I have added input mp-tool; input mp-spec; to both the original code above and to variant 1) and I have typeset with mpost. The results are original code) the png picture is not shown in the output; variant 1) I get the error: ! Unable to make mpx file. l.3 btex x_1 etex So, I kindly ask someone to help me tidy things up. In particular: a) Is it possible to include the MetaFun macros when using mpost? b) Is it possible to use the %&latex syntax with mptopdf? Nicola

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Force all floats on opposite even pages
by Luuk Beurskens 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

Dear all, For the document I am currently working on I would like to have some control on the placing of the floats. What I would like is that all text is put on the odd pages (n), and that all floats are put on the opposite even pages (n-1). This can result in sub-optimal breaking of pages, but that depends on the ratio of the amount of floats versus the amount of text. Does anyone have an idea how to tackle this? Has something similar been done already? Thanks in advance for suggestions. Best regards, Luuk Beurskens The Netherlands

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Listing of typical beginner-questions
by Luuk Beurskens 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Dear all, Last weekend I had my first hands-on experience with Context. I was told that a listing of the type of problems that I encountered would have a certain value to the Context project. That's why below you'll find an overview of my beginner-questions, to some of which I already found answers. My aim is not to have all questions answered via the list, but rather to document them for later use in some kind of manual. For I know that finding the answers is mostly a matter of searching the documentation. Kind regards, Luuk Beurskens The Netherlands PS: I have been using Latex for some years. The questions below came up using a stand-alone Context environment in MS Windows. Q: Starting with Context, the use of which language is to be preferred for the commands? A: The English version is most commonly applied, even in the Netherlands Q: If one starts in a Context document in one language, can it be easily converted to another language (form English to Dutch or German, for example)? A: This is possible, but no ready-available tool exists. Q: Why does background=color not work inside \bTABLE ... \eTABLE? A: Put \setupcolors[state=start] in the beginning of the document Q: How to apply a background colour for the margin space? A: This is possible but not easy to explain. See info by Patrick Gundlach and the section Crossing Borders in the Metafun manual in chapter Pagebackgrounds by Hans Hagen. Q: Where to put the commands that apply to the whole document? Is there a 'preferred sectioning' of a Context source? A: Q: What is the equivalent of the Latex \begin{thebibliography} environment? A: Q: The command \setupwhitespace[big] doesn't have an impact on the paragraph spacing. What am I doing wrong? A: Q: Using \startcombination[*] it is possible to display several pictures into one figure. How could one achieve that several figures are treated as one picture, i.e. that they are all forced to be placed on one page? A: Q: One cell in a table (\bTABLE ... e\TABLE) should contain a unit (EJ for example) in square brackets: [EJ]. The result is that the respective row is not displayed at all. What is wrong? Could I possibly use the Latex equivalent \symbol{code}? A: Q: How can I change the fontsize inside a table? A: Q: How can I change the fontsize of an \inmargin? A: Q: How can I make a line in the header or footer of a document? A: Q: How can I define a fancy page numbering (i.e. large and coloured number)? A: Q: How to make sure that numbers in a colomn align correctly, for example: 9400 60 100 3 Inserting ~ works fine when using a proportional font. An extra difficulty occurs when the figures should be centered below the heading of the column. A: Q: a question related to the use of SciTE: changing the file scite.properties for a proportional fontsize doesn't work, although it is very well explained in the SciTE helpfile. What's the trick? A: Q: Installing the minimal context distribution on a Windows 98 machine gives problems when copying on harddisk E:. Running the batch-file cscite.bat results in the following message: "cscite root, e.g. cscite d:\copyofcdrom" (more info: C: exists but D: is a non-writable linux partition). On a different computer the same directory structure on C: didn't give this message and worked well. A:

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Descriptions and buffers.
by John R. Culleton 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

I used the description facility (both definition and use} within a buffer and it did not work. But I removed the passage from the buffer and it worked fine. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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figuretext environmnet
by Willi Egger 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi Hans, I ran into the following problem. \startfiguretext ... \stopfiguretext generates an error about undefined controlsequence \stopfiguretext ->\dostoptextfloat. ConTeXt ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.3.29 int: english/ english Willi Egger w.egger(a)boede.nl

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Hanging definition
by John R. Culleton 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

I want to create a definition that is set up similar to an itemize, or more particularly like page 180 in the Context Manual, third example from the top of the page. Here is what I have: ------------------------------------------------------ \definedescription[Stars] [width=broad,location=hanging,hang=broad,sample={***}] \Stars{*} Rounded to nearest \$100 \Stars{**} Provided by RBC Asset Management Inc. Actual fund return plus an additional 4.0\% annually \Stars{***} Back-tested return reduced by 4.0\% annually\par} --------------------------------------------------------- ... but each item is packed to the left and not blocked like an \item in a list. I want something like * foofoo ** foofoo *** foofoo..... foobar ...but I get * foofoo ** foofoo *** foofoo foobar -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Trouble with \usemodule[tikz]
by M.guravage 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

I recently experienced problems with TikZ after upgrading from ConTeXt - 2007.01.23 to 2007.03.19. Instead of looking at the differences between the two releases, I moved my original minimal ConTeXt distribution out of the way and re-installed the latest justtext.zip and linuxtex.zip. To this I added my own texmf-project tree which contains TikZ, and remade the formats. TeX stops at the first TikZ command complaining that it cannot find the tikz module: system : module tikz not found ! Undefined control sequence. l.6 \starttikzpicture I have checked the obvious like the TEXMFPROJECT environment variable and the ls-R files, but everything appears correct. Indeed, everything did run correctly with ConTeXt - 2007.01.23 and pdfTeX-1.40.1. I would be grateful if someone could suggest how I can track down this problem? Cheers, Michael PS: Here is a minimal example. % interface=en output=pdftex \usemodule [tikz] \starttext \input tufte \starttikzpicture \draw (-1.5,0) -- (1.5,0); \draw (0,-1.5) -- (0,1.5); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext % finis

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using Make for documents
by Sanjoy Mahajan 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

At the recent User Meeting, a few people were interested in how to use make to maintain complex documents. Here is version 0 of a step-by-step explanation: <http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/teaching/tex/> Comments welcome! The URL may change. I'll eventually put it on the wiki, or (since I prefer the GPL to the GFDL) put a link to it from the wiki once it's stable. -Sanjoy `A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the last extremes of injustice and oppression.' (Gibbon)

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Does \Level2Command work?
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi, in one of Luigi's "Grid-keeping table"-mail I saw the term "\setbox100". I didn't try that code, don't know what it means. But it gave me the idea: is it actually possible to use numbers in defining command's names? Something like this ... \setuphead[Level2] [header=empty,page=yes,numbercommand=\Level2Command,align=middle,alternative=paragraph,style=\Level2Style,before={\strut\blank[42pt]},after={\blank[12pt]}] \setuphead[Level3] [header=empty,page=yes,numbercommand=\Level3Command,align=middle,alternative=paragraph,style=\Level3Style,before={\strut\blank[42pt]},after={\blank[12pt]}] ... looks much clearer than using the numbers written out in letters. Steffen

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HZ and DVI
by Peter Münster 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hello, now I see, that my problem with HZ is only in DVI mode, PDFs are ok. Here my test file: \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono][handling][highquality] \setupalign[hanging,hz] \usetypescript[modern-base][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[modern] \starttext \input tufte \stoptext And here the errors: This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2007.01.08:1425' -> test.ps kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10+15 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10+15. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. dvips: Font ec-lmr10+15 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10+15.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10+15 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10+20 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10+20. dvips: Font ec-lmr10+20 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10+20.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10+20 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10-10 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10-10. dvips: Font ec-lmr10-10 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10-10.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10-10 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10-15 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10-15. dvips: Font ec-lmr10-15 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10-15.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10-15 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+240/1200 --dpi 1440 ec-lmr10-20 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr10-20. dvips: Font ec-lmr10-20 not found, characters will be left blank. dvips: Can't open font metric file ec-lmr10-20.tfm dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output. dvips: Checksum mismatch in ec-lmr10-20 <tex.pro><lm-ec.enc><texps.pro>. <lmr10.pfb>[1] TeXExec | runtime: 11.250944 Can anybody help please? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Semi-verbatim
by John R. Culleton 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

I have a situation where I wish to import a file and have the line endings and the spaces honored as in \typefile. But I want any font changes (e.g. \it) honored as well. I tried the plain TeX commands \obeylines and \obeyspaces. The line endings and typeface changes were honored but the spaces were not. Is there a convenient way to do this? I can preprocess the file through e.g. sed to patch in \crlf and hard spaces but this seems a bit clumsy. BTW this is text in columns. The length of every line is limited to 45 characters. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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gray scale conversion of colored text
by Peter Rolf 27 Mar '07

27 Mar '07

Hi, I currently have a problem with the conversion of some mp graphics into gray scale. The mp graphics themself look great, but *text is always converted to black*, regardless of its real color. Is there a way to fix this? Peter

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Long heading alignment
by Paul Schalck 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hello! First, I want to thank you all. It's my first post here, but I've read many of your emails before, and I've already found a lot of solutions for my problems in there. I'm using Context intensely since several months (before, I was Latex) and at the moment, I'm setting my first big document (400 pages, very boring) with it. My issue: I have a little problem with headings I can't solve by my own. It's rather simple: I would like to align headings that span across multiple lines on the left margin, like this: a) This is (not really) a very, very, very loooooooooooooooong title and not that way: a) This is (not really) a very, very, very loooooooooooooooong title The use of (\setuphead[section][command=\MySectionCommand] disables the standard alignment mechanism. I wonder if there is a simpler way to achieve this. Any ideas? Thank you very much! Scheeni Grieß (it's Alsatian German) Paul _______________________________________________________________ SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192

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capitals in heads
by Jörg Hagmann 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

I hope (I am sure) the meeting was a success. And I hope that you are still willing to answer a simple question: How can I get capitals in a head? The following didn't work: \setuphead[subsection][style=cap] %aborts compilation. (But "slanted" works) I also unsuccessfully tried "style=\cap" (or \kap etc.), "command= \cap" etc. (But style=\sc works. I don't want small caps, though). I also tried concocting my own \def, again without success. Thanks for your help, Jörg

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background example
by Patrick Gundlach 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hi, just if you are interested in a very old example on using backgrounds: http://dl.contextgarden.net/examples/page.pdf http://dl.contextgarden.net/examples/page.tex Please tell me if I'm using old syntax, so I can update the example. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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warning: XeTeX & broken typescripts (please wait with upgrading)
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Hello, While waiting for the train in Köln (just back from one of the best ConTeXt meetings ever ;), I decided to post this warning/explanation to the mailing list (before Hans gets back and blocks my account ;) For those who rely on (complex) XeTeX typescripts, please don't upgrade ConTeXt as long as you have a working version (if not, you can download and extract an older zip from https://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=14) Hans is currently working on a high-level user interface for typescripts in luatex, and the old behaviour has been slightly broken, mostly due to the fact that if one wants to support fonts that are not installed, the bracket notation has to be used, which doesn't fit well into the model (one would need to specify fonts in constructs such as [{{'[fontname]'}}]). Without rewriting some basic routins, the font definition would look really strange that way. Currently the format builds OK (it was completely broken for some time, but now you can at least work with it again), you can still select fonts with constructs like \font\a='TestFont/BI:mapping=tex-text' \a and you can also define synonyms like (I hope that I got it right this time) \definefontsynonym[MyFont][name:RealFontName][encoding=uc] % encoding will go (has gone?) away but typescripts don't really work the way that worked once. XeTeX typescripts have been relatively primitive so far: the syntax like \definefontsynonym [DidotItalic] ['Didot/I:mapping=tex-text:+dliga'] [encoding=uc] is not the best possible ansd will most probably not be supported any more. Instead, one would probably write something similar to \definefontsynonym [DidotItalic] [name:Didot] [features=dliga] % mapping=tex-text might be default but that's not the final word about it yet. Sadly Adam Lindsay (who created the whole machinery) doesn't have much time to work with ConTeXt, and I'm not really a TeXacker (if anyone else is willing to help, any help would be more than wellcome). I don't want to force too much the fix (it's better to have it implemented properly and to wait some more), although I hope that it won't take too much time to have it finished. I was silently hoping that Hans will finish the luatex OpenType support before the whole machinery could be backported to XeTeX, but sadly it was (unintentionally) broken before a good replacement could be provided. I would like to ask the ConTeXt-XeTeX users for understanding. I cross-posted that message, but in case that you would need to reply for some reason, please do so on the ConTeXt mailing list, not on the XeTeX one, since XeTeX itself has really nothing to do with the subject (apart from the slightly unfortunate syntax for selecting uninstalled OpenType font). Mojca

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test
by John R. Culleton 25 Mar '07

25 Mar '07

-- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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HelvNeue
by luigi scarso 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I'm a bit pressed by a work with HelveticaNeueLTStd . Is there anyone that has made a type script file for this family ? Thanks in advance luigi

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Indexing problem---not
by JOHN CULLETON 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I think the curious string of numbers mentioned earlier are actually related to footnotes. The author for whatever reason prefers endnotes instead of true footnotes, and specified them in a block after all the chapters. So I defined footnotes thus: \setupfootnotes[location=none] so that I could generate the endnote numbers thus \footnote{} at the correct places in the text. Apparently Context stores these blank footnotes up and puts them at the end, even though [location=none] is specified. {location=high] doesn't seem to help either. So I will force them onto a blank page and strip off that page. This problem arose when I added an index to the end so I fell into the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy. Sorry about that. The problem with page ranges in an index remains however. So I have come up with a kludge so that I can use my old reliable makeindex: \newwrite\ind \immediate\openout\ind=book.idx \input idx.tex \def\sidx#1{\write\ind{\\indexentry{#1}{\the\pageno}}} No one seems to be able to make eplain.tex work with Context so this is the best I can do in a hurry. John Culleton _________________________________________________________________ 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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header labels
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

Hi all, I've just hit some rather interesting interaction. I wanted my sections numbered A. Title, B. Title etc. This works, unless I choose language [deo]. Here's a short test document that demonstrates the behavior: \mainlanguage[de] \setupsection[section][conversion=A] \setuplabeltext[section={{},{.~}}] \starttext \section{Number One} dummy \section{Number Two} dummy \section{Number Three} dummy \stoptext If you replace language[deo] with language[de], things work as expected. Any explanation for this behavior? Best Thomas

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Re: [NTG-context] ! Unable to make mpx file.
by Steve MC Han 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

I was wondering if you could give me some direction. I'm having this error message in doing metapost. ! Unable to make mpx file. l.78 label.bot(btex $\hbox{\sf Rectangle}$ etex, (0,-.6u)); I looked through internet and found this site, http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2002/000272.html which describes exactly the same error messages. Is there any solution for this? I didn't have any problem with exactly the same file before installed TexLive 2007. If you have some solution to give, I would appreciate it very much. --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. --------------------------------- Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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ConTeXt release 2007.03.19
by Taco Hoekwater 23 Mar '07

23 Mar '07

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2007.03.19 As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Highlights: * Aditya's 'mathsets' modules in included in cont-ext.zip * The use of \setuphead[][numberwidth=...] * Named font styles can now also be 'sans' or 'sansbold' * The old marvosym metric file is included, fixing the 'MarvoSym' symbols and '\texteuro' bugs * Quoting of font files is changed so that hopefully XeTeX bare fontfiles are OK now. * For some other small changes, see the wiki page Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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figure bases (2nd)
by Peter Rolf 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

hi, i'm tired of fixing \dogetfigurefilename in every new version. i have already shown that there is something wrong with it in my mail from 17.01.2007 http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070117.153030.344c6989.en.html i don't say, that i understand the complex code for figure inclusion, but it is obvious that the following code is at least questionable. (taken from x-fig-00.tex and x-res-04.tex) \def\dogetfigurefilename#1% {\ifx\figurefilename\empty \bgroup \xdef\figurefilebasepath{#1}% \assignfullfilename{#1}\figurefilebase\to\filename \expanded{\processXMLfilegrouped{\filename.xml}}% \ifx\figurefilename\empty\else % ^^^^^^ % is already tested in the prior \ifx test; if it's not changed % in the meantime...(\filename?) % \globallet\figurefilebase\figurefilebase % ^^^^^^ % does *nothing* (\filename works for me) \fi \egroup \fi} i have worked with a patched version for the last two month and had no (more) problems with figure inclusion. without it the pdf figure base is not found, although the corresponding xml file (which is found) is in the same directory. any comments are welcome. greetings, peter

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XML compilation trouble
by Johannes Graumann 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hello, A document that compiled fine yesterday with 'texmfstart texexec --environment Labbook.tex Labbook.xml' today gives me this at the end of the log running by: xml : loading module ent (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/xtag-ent.tex)) * Any pointers as to what I'm screwing up? If I hit Ctrl-C and x, the process produces all text elements of the XML document pasted together ... 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\definedescription[...][inbetween=...] ?
by Peter Münster 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Hello, what is the meaning of the "inbetween" option to \definedescription ? In the following example, there seems to be no effect: \definedescription[Test][inbetween={\blank[5*big]}] \starttext \startTest{bla} bla \stopTest \startTest{bla} bla \stopTest \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\em in typing environment
by David Arnold 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

All, I have: \startMatlab function output=primary(input) statements---including subfunction calls % first subfunction function out=one(in) statements % second subfunction function out=two(in) statments \stopMatlab Where: \definetyping[Matlab] \setuptyping [Matlab] [before={\startframedtext[width=\textwidth, background=screen, backgroundscreen=0.9]}, after={\stopframedtext}, indentnext=no, color=darkred] I'd like to override the monotype and make one line emphasized, as in: \startMatlab function output=primary(input) {\em statements---including subfunction calls} % first subfunction function out=one(in) statements % second subfunction function out=two(in) statments \stopMatlab Which of course doesn't work but it does give an idea of what I want to try. Any ideas?

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Positioning graphics at positions on a page
by David Arnold 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

Hi, Measuring from the top left hand corner of US letter paper, I'd like to position four identical metapost graphics, centered at (2in,2in), (6in,4in), (2in,6in) and (6in,8in). The first entry in each pair is the amount I'd like to move to the right from the top left corner of the page. The second entry is the amount I'd like to move down from the top left corner of the page. Any ideas?

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mailing, Arkady Shraer предлагает Вам завести электронный адрес в почте Gmail.
by Arkady Shraer 21 Mar '07

21 Mar '07

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Re: [NTG-context] Equivalent to \settowidth
by Robin Kirkham 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

> From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> 2007/3/14, Robin Kirkham <robin.kirkham(a)csiro.au>: >>> >>> Is there a ConTeXt equivalent to LaTeX \settowidth{}, or better >>> still >>> some macro I can do things like >>> >>> \setupsomething[ >>> ... >>> width={\widthof{\bf sometext\emspace}}, >>> ...] > \def\setwidthof#1\to#2% > {\bgroup > \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% > \expanded{\egroup\def\noexpand#2{\the\wd\scratchbox}}} Thanks Wolfgang, Chen and Hans for your responses. I used Hans' one ... it seems to work. I'm actually trying to indent tables of contents by level. I want each indent to match the start of the heading text of the previous level, i.e., 1 Chapter 1.1 Section 1.1.1 Subsection 1.1.2 Subsection ... Title in other words, the indent is not quite a fixed width per level. The following complete example sort of does what I want (using Hans' \setwidthof) but it will fail when the section numbers have more digits than I have allowed for. I have a feeling I should be using \setupcombinedlist[content] [distance=1em] or something, but that puts an em space in front of unnumbered chapters (titles) as well. What I have done seems very ugly, surely there is a "proper" way? Robin % widthof macro from Hans \def\setwidthof#1\to#2% {\bgroup \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% \expanded{\egroup\def\noexpand#2{\the\wd\scratchbox}}} \setupcombinedlist[content][ alternative=c, aligntitle=yes] \setuplist[chapter][ alternative=b, style=bold] % calculate widths of numbers \setwidthof{\bf 9\emspace}\to\WDA \setwidthof{9.9\emspace}\to\WDB \setwidthof{9.9.9\emspace}\to\WDC \setwidthof{9.9.9.9\emspace}\to\WDD % calculate margins \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}}\to\MAB \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}9.9\emspace}\to\MAC \setwidthof{{\bf 9\emspace}9.9\emspace 9.9.9\emspace}\to\MAD \setuplist[chapter] [margin=0em, width=\WDA] \setuplist[section] [margin=\MAB, width=\WDB] \setuplist[subsection] [margin=\MAC, width=\WDC] \setuplist[subsubsection] [margin=\MAD, width=\WDD] \starttext \completecontent[criterium=all] \page \startfrontmatter \chapter{Unnumbered Chapter} \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \subsection{Subsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \chapter{Chapter} \section{Section} \subsection{Subsection} \subsubsection{Subsubsection} \chapter{Chapter} \stopbodymatter \stoptext

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otf files
by luigi scarso 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

I have a large list of otf files that i need to use inside a "legacy" context system texexec --version TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.3.2 mes: dutch I argue (by reading their AdobeFnt07.lst fonts list) hat I need to convert them to type 1 fonts. Which tool is better under linux ? (actually I'm thinking to fontforge) Thanks in advance luigi

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\chemical{} + \title{}
by Tobias Burnus 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi, I'd like to typeset a chemical compound in a \chapter. However, when I try so, all elements are shown in italics. Example: ------------------- \usemodule[chemic] \title{Chemical \chemical{La_{1-x}Ca_xCoO_3}} Chemical \chemical{La_{1-x}Ca_xCoO_3} \end ------------------- Any ideas? (In principle, the "x" in the subscripts should be italic, but I can use \it for this; as long as titles and non-titles are treated alike, I'm happy.) Tobias

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broken: noligature AND hyphenation
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Mar '07

20 Mar '07

Hi, just by chance I experienced that there seems to be a problem with ligatures and hyphenation in ConTeXt. This is the example: \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[mac] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \starttext Auflagen % the fl-ligature is wrong here Auf\-lagen % this is the right fl Auf\/lagen %this is the right fl 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auflagen % right hyphenation, but wrong ligature 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf\-lagen % but this kills the other hyphenation Aufla-gen 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf\/lagen % but this kills the other hyphenation Aufla-gen 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf"-lagen % this is used in (La)TeX, but doesn'T work in ConTeXt?! % the next wrong causes an error (but would be perfect: 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012 34567890 Auf"|lagen % this is used in (La)TeX, but doesn'T work in ConTeXt?! \stoptext What is needed is to ... 1) avoid the fl-ligature 2) preserve all the default hyphenation points In TeX (or only LaTeX?) Auf"-lagen or Auf"|lagen would do this. But what is the equivalent in ConTeXt? Steffen

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mplib
by Hans Hagen 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hoi, cstug 1000 euro, gust conversie van metatype1 naar mp++ dus nu nog 500 van tug lospeuteren 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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XeConTeXt and Euler
by nicola 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hi, I'm pretty new to ConTeXt, so please bear with me if the following has already been asked (I have not found any answer in the archives, though). My goal is to use an arbitrary text font together with the Euler math font. I am able to use a few combinations in ConTeXt, e.g. Palatino with Euler, without problems. But when I switch to XeConTeXt (to use my system's fonts), some Euler's math accents do not show up properly (\hat) or not at all (\acute, \grave, \bar, \breve, \dot, \ddot, \tilde, \check). I guess the problem is the different encoding (and possibly the use of virtual fonts), but I know that Euler works in XeTeX: is it possible to make it work in XeConTeXt? Below you find my sample code. Nicola %!TEX TS-program = XeConTeXt %!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode \definetypeface[Charis][rm][Xserif][Charis SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Doulos][rm][Xserif][Doulos SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Gentium][rm][Xserif][Gentium][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[Charis][mm][math][euler][euler] % encoding??? \definetypeface[Doulos][mm][math][euler][euler] \definetypeface[Gentium][mm][math][euler][euler] \startbuffer Unicode text works fine here, but formulas do not: \startformula \breve x^n + \bar y^n = \hat z^n. \stopformula \stopbuffer \starttext \switchtobodyfont[Charis] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[Doulos] \getbuffer \switchtobodyfont[Gentium] \getbuffer \showmathcharacters \stoptext \end

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\indenting... what's wrong?
by Helin Gai 19 Mar '07

19 Mar '07

Hi all, I was testing a very simple file: \setupindenting[15pt,yes] \starttext \indenting[next] This is a test this is a test this is a test this is a test \startformula a+b \stopformula \stoptext As soon as I put in the \indenting[next] command, the space before \startformula is eliminated. [I know the \indenting[next] is not useful here...] What's going on here? Thanks! Helin -- Helin (Colin) Gai Class of 2009, Duke University Box 96332 Durham, NC 27708 Phone: 919-943-6302 helin.gai at gmail.com hg9 at duke.edu

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textblocks in tables
by Bernhard Michael 18 Mar '07

18 Mar '07

Hi list After writing some documents in LaTeX I discovered ConTeX. It's a great macro package for TeX. It gives me the flexibility I missed with LaTeX. However it isn't that easy to start with :-) Especially when some advanced functionality is needed... I write a document where I have to describe requirements. I want to give these requirements a running number over all chapters and I also need to prioritise them. My idea is to describe the requirements in several chapter. At the end I want to list all the requirements together with their priority. I tried the following code but unfortunately it didn't work: \defineenumeration[Requirement][location=left,text=Req,width=broad,after={\blank[small]}] \defineblock[Requirement,Priority] \setupblock[Requirement][after=] \hideblocks[Priority] \starttext \chapter{Description of requirements} \beginRequirement \Requirement A requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority A \endPriority Description of the requirement. \beginRequirement \Requirement An other requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority C \endPriority Description of the requirement. \chapter{Additional requirements} \beginRequirement \Requirement An additional requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority B \endPriority Description of the requirement. \beginRequirement \subRequirement A sub requirement \par \endRequirement \beginPriority C \endPriority Description of the requirement. \chapter{Summary of requirements} % Here I would like to list all requirements with their priorities in a table % I tried something like this but it didn't work \reset[Requirement] \setupblock[Requirement][before=\HL\VL,after=] \setupblock[Priority][before=\VL,after=\VL\MR \starttable[|l|c|] \useblocks[Requirement,Priority] \stoptable \stoptext Is it possible to use text blocks within tables or does an other way exists to do the same thing? It doesnt have to be a table necessarily. I need some sort of compact listing. Thanks in advance for your help! Michael

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texshow does not read t-vim.xml
by Peter Münster 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Hello, it seems, that texshow does not read t-vim.xml. Is this normal? How can I change it? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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previous mail
by Hans Hagen 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Hi, sorry, the previous mail was for the ntg board, a request for sponsoring; anyway, it does not hurt to know of sponsoring needs -) for those who use tex commercially, at the tug page you can find a form for sponsoring tex activities -) Hans

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[Fwd: proposal for lua team member at tug07; luatex support]
by Hans Hagen 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Hoi, Hier is een verzoek van Karl Berry voor sponsoring van de Luatex auteur naar tug 2007. De reden dat aan dante relatief weinig wordt gevraagd is dat Dante is dat zij al Martin en Thanh (lid van pdftex team) sponsoren om naar tug 2007 en eurotex te gaan (deels uit de project, deels uit een gift). Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] Umlaut causes footnotline to jump
by Hans Hagen 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:19:50 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:00:05 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> as suggested, you may try to change the ht/dp ratio and cross your >>>> fingers that no ( ) are used (or math with superscript) >>>> >>>> >>> There is no math, that's for sure. But what do you mean by " that no >>> ( ) are used" ? >>> >>> >> there are normally the chars with most height and depth, so a few of >> them in different line are your worst nightmare when interlinespace >> is to little >> Hans >> > > > Hmm ... to avoid a nightmare, is there a chance to set something like > > setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt,height=.79,depth=.21] > > only locally, only for these footnotes affected? > > please wikify this: \starttext \hbox to \hsize \bgroup \showbaselines \showstruts \ruledvtop \bgroup \hsize.45\hsize \switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt] \begstrut \input tufte \endstrut \endgraf \egroup \hss \ruledvtop \bgroup \hsize.45\hsize \switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt,height=.79,depth=.21] \begstrut \input tufte \endstrut \endgraf \egroup \egroup \stoptext -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Umlaut causes footnotline to jump
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Hi, again, unfortunately close to the printing, we have found an insoluble ugly detail in the footnotes. There is a very strange thing with german umlaut (actually it took me 2 hours to see this point). Have a look at the example below: When you change the \"O to O the interlinespace snaps back to its correct value. But \"O (or Ü the same) does not always distort the interlinespace. It's just sometimes (and to me unpredictably...). As it is a quite striking feature it needs to be corrected -- but how?? \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[mac] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=12pt] \definepapersize[MyPage][width=15.7cm,height=23.2cm] \setuppapersize[MyPage][A4] \setuplayout [width=113mm,height=576pt, backspace=20mm,topspace=15mm, header=12pt,headerdistance=6pt, footer=42pt,footerdistance=0pt, location=middle,marking=on,grid=no] \def\setnotebodyfont {\let\setnotebodyfont\relax \restoreglobalbodyfont \switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=9.8pt]\parskip2pt} \starttext Test.\footnote{{\em R.~Schmidt}, Öff. Wirtschaftsrecht, AT, S.\,163; {\em Manssen}, in: v.\,Mangoldt|\,/\,|Klein|\,/\,|Starck, GG, Bd.\,1, Art.\,12 Abs.\,1, Rn.\,70; {\em Schliesky}, Offentliches \"O Wettbewerbsrecht, S.\,197; {\em Tsiliotis}, Wettbewerbsfreiheit, S.\,65, mit vielen weiteren Nachweisen.} \stoptext Steffen

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