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grid and \definelayout
by Wolfgang Schuster 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Hi, I tried to enable the grid with the \definelayout command. This seems to be not possible and can only be done with the \setuplayout command. The reason is that I set up the layout in one of my modules with a own setup command and the current setup option is choosen by a keyword, e.g. \setupmymodule[firstpage][..,..=..,..] creates \definelayout[firstpage] with the comma seperated list between the second brackets. Is it there something build in that im unable to find and if not is it possible to include this, because I try to avoid adding another option that is neccessary to enable/disable the grid. Wolfgang

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How to include unicode characters in a comment?
by Zhichu Chen 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Hi When I'm using ======================= \setupinteraction [state=start] \enableregime [utf] \usemodule [chi-00] \starttext \startcomment[中文] 中文 \stopcomment 中文 \stoptext ======================= and use Adobe Reader v7 to view the output file. The comment only shows lookaheaduchar{78}{45} and something like that. I hope someone can give me a hand. Thanks. By the way, can I change the icon of the comment? It's too large for me. -- Sincerely yours, Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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texmfstart/pdftex parameters
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi all, is there a way to pass parameters from texmfstart texexec to pdftex? I'd like to call pdftex with -file-line-error and -halt-on-error. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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index questions - again
by Thomas A. Schmitz 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi, I'm sorry, this is the third time I'm asking this question, but I haven't been able to solve this, and the book is going to the publisher next month, so it's kind of urgent (I will sulk in Epen if this doesn't work :-) 1. I need to define a special type of register that will typeset page ranges in bold. I have a subindex that does that for single entries: \setupregister[index][imp][pagestyle=bold] which I invoke like \index[imp::]{modernity} and it works. How can I have the same thing for ranges? 2. Another index question: I have several seeindex entries. They work, but the publisher doesn't want a linebreak, and they want "see" in italics. SO instead of lisible see readerly they want lisible *see* readerly Can this be configured, or can I hack core-reg.tex (and how?). Best, and thanks Thomas

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marvosym and TexLive2007
by luigi scarso 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

A problem with marvosym. In TeXLive2005 root@luigi-laptop:/opt/texlive/2005# find . -iname "*fmvr*" ./texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/marvosym/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/fmvr8x.afm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvri8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvri8x.tfm it's ok. In TeXLive2007 root@luigi-laptop:/opt/texlive/2007# find . -iname "*fmvr*" ./texmf-dist/doc/latex/marvosym/mac/oztex/tex-font/misc/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/fmvr8x.afm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/original/fmvri8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvr8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/source/fonts/eurofont/marvosym/tfmfiles/yandy/fmvri8x.tfm ./texmf-dist/tex4ht/ht-fonts/alias/marvosym/fmvri8x.htf ./texmf-dist/tex4ht/ht-fonts/unicode/marvosym/fmvr8x.htf It's not ok. I have done installation with scripts (for 2005 and 2007) with full-schema. (of course no problem to fix it in my installation) luigi

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folder for formats
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi there, what is the suggested folder for the format files? web2c/<engine>/...fmt? Or web2c/...fmt? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Equivalent to \settowidth
by Robin Kirkham 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi all, Is there a ConTeXt equivalent to LaTeX \settowidth{}, or better still some macro I can do things like \setupsomething[ ... width={\widthof{\bf sometext\emspace}}, ...] Cheers, Robin

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Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) in tables
by Aditya Mahajan 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi, I get underfull \vbox badness 10000 in start/stoptable. Is this a false alarm, or am I doing something wrong? \starttext \starttable[|ls(1em)|l|p(5cm)|c|] \HL[3] \BL[4] \SR \NC \ReFormat[cB] {Forward Channel} \NC \ReFormat[cB] {Backward Channel} \NC \ReFormat[cB] {Equivalent System } \NC \ReFormat[cB] {Literature } \NC \SR \HL[2] \NC Noiseless \NC Noiseless/Useless \NC Real-Time source coding \NC [7] \NC \FR \NL \NC Noisy \NC Noiseless \NC Real-Time joint source-channel coding over DMC with noiseless feedback \NC [5] \NC \MR \NL \NC Noisy \NC Useless \NC Real-Time joint source-channel coding over DMC with no feedback \NC [2-3,5] \NC \LR \HL[3] \stoptable \stoptext This gives Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) detected at line 19 \vbox(43.40007+0.0)x142.26378 .\vbox(8.26648+0.0)x142.26378 ..\hbox(8.26648+2.33331)x142.26378, glue set 0.88643 ...\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0 ...\*12ptrmtfrm* R ...\*12ptrmtfrm* e ...\*12ptrmtfrm* a ...\*12ptrmtfrm* l ...etc. ..\penalty 2100 ..\glue(\baselineskip) 3.8669 ..\hbox(8.26648+2.33331)x142.26378, glue set 0.35889 ...\*12ptrmtfrm* c ...\kern-0.3264 ...\*12ptrmtfrm* h ...\*12ptrmtfrm* a ...\*12ptrmtfrm* n ...etc. ..\penalty 2000 ..etc. Underfull \vbox (badness 10000) detected at line 24 \vbox(43.40007+0.0)x142.26378 .\vbox(8.26648+0.0)x142.26378 ..\hbox(8.26648+2.33331)x142.26378, glue set 0.88643 ...\hbox(0.0+0.0)x0.0 ...\*12ptrmtfrm* R ...\*12ptrmtfrm* e ...\*12ptrmtfrm* a ...\*12ptrmtfrm* l ...etc. ..\penalty 2100 ..\glue(\baselineskip) 3.8669 ..\hbox(8.26648+2.33331)x142.26378, glue set 0.35889 ...\*12ptrmtfrm* c ...\kern-0.3264 ...\*12ptrmtfrm* h ...\*12ptrmtfrm* a ...\*12ptrmtfrm* n ...etc. ..\penalty 2000 ..etc. Lines 19 and 24 are end of rows. What is happening here? Aditya

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Line spacing in footnotes
by Oliver Buerschaper 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Hi all, is there a way to influence the linespacing of the footnote block? I'd like to typeset it in 9pt/11pt while the main text is set to 12pt/ 14.5pt (using an OpenType font) ... Any help highly appreciated! Thanks, Oliver

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Grid and footnotes [repost]
by Oliver Buerschaper 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Hi all, I'd like to bring this issue up again because I didn't get any replies about two weeks ago (also I'm getting closer to handing things in to the printhouse) ... so comments, ideas, suggestions, solutions etc. very welcome ;-) Consider the following: --- \setuplayout [lines=41, grid=no] \starttext %\showframe[text] \showgrid \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\footnote{This is some text} \par} \section{Test} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\footnote{This is some text} \par} \stoptext --- As long as the grid is turned off, the footnote block perfectly aligns with the bodytext frame. However, turn the grid on and the footnote block suddenly jumps about a line downwards. What's going on here? Best wishes, Oliver

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A doubt while compiling modules
by luigi scarso 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

With $>texmfstart texexec --pdf --modules font-chi I have font-chi.pdf and no errors. But, the cover is... well, white: ie there are no more 'random box' I was used to see. Nothing to wrong "di per se" (time to make pdf is lesser so it's good), but I usually see it as a configuration error. (see www.logosrl.it/context/modules/2007-02-21/singles/font-chi.pdf ) I use last pdftex, last lm fonts, last context distro. luigi PS [OT] font-chi has some chines fonts (cfr www.logosrl.it/context/modules/chinesecontext.zip) Is there any example of arabic under base/ ?

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Re: [NTG-context] ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file ... not found
by Mojca Miklavec 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

On 3/9/07, Akira Kakuto wrote: > Hi Mojca, > > > Well, OK, that's understandable. That's just an accidental mix-up with > > otf files in ConTeXt. Line 73 of font-ini.mkii should read > > \def\fontfilesome#1{"#1"} > > instead of > > \def\fontfilesome#1{"[#1]"} > > Please check my previous mail with care > \def\fontfilesome#1{"#1"} > should be > \def\fontfilesome#1{#1} > (note that there is no quotation). > > If you use \def\fontfilesome#1{"#1"}, XeTeX tries to find > OpenType or TrueType font #1 by using fontconfig, and fails. I was blindly looking to the right point, but didn't notice the most obvious thing. I'm sorry for the noise and thanks for pointing this out again. Hans, can you please replace the following block of code in font-ini.mkii? (Please also include lm-ec.map into the ConTeXt zip if possible - you may throw it out again as soon as the typescripts for OpenType LM are ready.) \def\fontfilename#1{"#1"} \def\fontfilefile#1{"#1"} \def\fontfilesome#1{#1} % I don't know about the two above, but " doesn't work \beginXETEX \def\fontfilename#1{"#1"} \def\fontfilefile#1{"[#1]"} \def\fontfilesome#1{#1} \endXETEX Or perhaps: \def\fontfilename#1{"#1"} \def\fontfilefile#1{"#1"} \def\fontfilesome#1{#1} \beginXETEX \def\fontfilefile#1{"[#1]"} \endXETEX Mojca

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\lcd
by David Arnold 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

All, In Context, how do I make a mathop for lcd? I want to typeset the following in math mode. \lcd(8,12)=24

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Page quadruple not working
by Aditya Mahajan 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Why does \page[quadruple] not work? \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer] \starttext this is a test \page[quadruple] test \stoptext Aditya

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How to align baselines?
by Helin Gai 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Hi all, I have some difficulty lining up the baselines of two frames... Here's what I did: \hbox to\hsize{% \setupframed[frame=off]% \vtop{chapter \switchtobodyfont[20pt] 1}\quad% \vtop{\framed[width=6cm,align=right]{Test}} Any idea what's going wrong here? Thanks a lot! 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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How to put all floats in margin without any drawbacks?
by Zhichu Chen 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Hi everyone, I just wrote a small test file: =========================== \starttext \dorecurse{10}{\placefigure[inright]{}{}}\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\endgraf} \stoptext =========================== You can see that the in-margin figures do push the main texts away. How can I do with that? If you get any suggestions, please let me know. Thank you. -- Sincerely yours, Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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reset command for natural tables.
by JOHN CULLETON 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Sometimes when I combine different pieces of the same document the natural tables settings for one chapter will mess up tables in another chapter. I am looking for a generic \setupTABLE [reset] type command to put everything back to default values. Since there is no manual for natural tables, only examples, I don't know where to find this information. 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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\externalimage at the start of line
by Dean 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

I've just started using ConTeXt and I have run into a small problem that may be a bug. I'm trying to include a graphics file inline with text. For my page headers, I need the image to appear at the start of a line. If I use the following commands: \externalimge[logo] Some text here It gets rendered as <logo> Some text here I'd like to get <logo> Some text here \externalimage works fine in other places where there is some text preceding it, but I need to have the case where no text preceeds it. I image there are some workaround to this, but as I am fairly new to ConTeXt I am not sure the best way to go about it. If anyone could help me solve this, I would appreciate it. Thanks, Dean

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ConTeXt meeting programme
by Taco Hoekwater 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Hello everybody. Below you will find the final programme of the ConTeXt User meeting that will take place at the end of this month. I am posting this message because I know some people cannot commit themselves too far ahead of time, and we can still allow for one or two extra participants, so last-minute registration is still possible until the day after tomorrow, at http://context.aanhet.net/epen2007/index.htm Happy TeXing, Taco = ConTeXt User Meeting Programme = == Friday March 23 == 12:00 Start of arrivals 19:00 Dinner 20:00 Taco Hoekwater Tutorial: Writing a ConTeXt module == Saturday March 24 == 08:00 Breakfast 09:00 Taco Hoekwater A short history of ConTeXt 09:30 Mari Voipio ConTeXting in Windows - a user's view 10:15 Patrick Gundlach, ConTeXt integration in the 'Textmate' editor 10:30 Break 11:00 Patrick Gundlach Creating a Pdf document, the hard way 11:30 Thomas A. Schmitz Classical greek with ConTeXt 12:00 Idris Samawi Hamid A short introduction to Critical Editions 12:15 Idris Samawi Hamid and Thomas A. Schmitz Discussion: Steps needed to expand ConTeXt to the demands of Critical Edition typesetting 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Sanjoy Mahajan Typesetting a physics textbook with ConTeXt 14:30 Mojca Miklavec Discussion: Documentation 15:30 Break 16:00 Willi Egger Tutorial: Page layout and arrangements, posters 18:30 Dinner 20:00 Hans Hagen Tutorial: XML == Sunday March 25 == 08:00 Breakfast 09:00 Idris Samawi Hamid Oriental TeX 09:30 Duncan Hothersall Using ConTeXt as part of a larger system 10:00 Duncan Hothersall Discussion/workshop: ConTeXt as part of a larger system 11:00 Break 11:30 Hans Hagen and Taco Hoekwater Luatex and ConTeXT MK IV preview 12:00 Sanjoy Mahajan Discussion: Quality assurance and Testing 12:45 Lunch 14:00 Hans Hagen and Taco Hoekwater Tutorial: Working with Lua and ConTeXt MK IV 16:00 Break 16:30 Arthur Reutenauer An introduction to OpenType fonts 17:00 Hans Hagen and Taco Hoekwater Tutorial: Fonts in ConTeXt MK IV 19:00 Buffet dinner == Monday March 26 == 08:00 Breakfast 10:00 End of departures

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\texteuro does not work
by Bernd Militzer 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Hi all, \starttext 5,00\,\texteuro \stoptext does not work any more. What have I to do? Bernd here the message from contextgarden systems : begin file texweb at line 2 ! Font \thedefinedfont=fmvr8x at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fou nd. <recently read> \scaledfont \symbolicsizedfont ...ntfontbodyscale \scaledfont \thedefinedfont \getglyph #1#2->{\symbolicfont {#1} \doifnumberelse {#2}\char \donothing #2} \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \donormalsymbol ... {#1}{#2}{\dodosymbol {#1}{#2}} \else \edef \currentsymbol... l.5 5,00\,\texteuro ? ! Emergency stop. <recently read> \scaledfont

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vertical interactionbar?
by Johan Sandblom 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

I am trying to make a presentation with a progress bar. I want it along the right edge of the screen. I remember seeing something like that but cannot find it now, and all the alternatives for interactionbar seem to require a horizontal one. How can I make a vertical progress bar? Regards, Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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caption for code listings
by Steffen Fritzsche 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

hi, I'm currently writing my diploma thesis with context. I already read the wiki and searched the manuals but I didn't find something like a common practice for defining new caption types. My problem: I have a lot of code listings and I want to define a custom caption type (named listing) and aggregate them into a own register. I already set up a new register with \defineregister [listing][Listing] and it is also possible to place listings in this register with \placelisting{ \startJV ... \stopJV } but how can I add a custom caption to this listing? I'm thinking of something like \placefigure. Or perhaps I must just setup placelisting. Any Idea? Thanks in advance! Steffen

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caption for code listings
by Steffen Fritzsche 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

hi, I'm currently writing my diploma thesis with context. I already read the wiki and searched the manuals but I didn't find something like a common practice for defining new caption types. My problem: I have a lot of code listings and I want to define a custom caption type (named listing) and aggregate them into a own register. I already set up a new register with \defineregister [listing][Listing] and it is also possible to place listings in this register with \placelisting{ \startJV ... \stopJV } but how can I add a custom caption to this listing? I'm thinking of something like \placefigure. Or perhaps I must just setup placelisting. Any Idea? Thanks in advance! Steffen

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previous mail
by Hans Hagen 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hi, The previous mail was actually for the ntg board but let's summarize it .. - i was at the dante meeting: interesting (also socially) but less attendents than usual (45) ... a pattern that is seen with more user group meetings ... user groups meetings are important for discussing dev issues, distributions, tutorials, etc - mplib project ... this is a new activity (subproject) in the luatex project ... programming in the the luatex project is financed as part of the oriental tex project; the mp lib project has a budget of 12KEUR and Dante is funding half of it; other user groups will be asked for a contribution too ... of course any financing of such activities is welcome - there was also a presentation of the gyre project ... halfway this year we will have all 8 fonts of the first stage ... after that ... math - dante members will receive Hermann Zapfs new book (looks real nice) .. so if you're not a member ... bad luck - there was a nice and impressing talk by Richard Hirsh about mpost; will end up as article in user group journals; some great animations too (will probably on line at dante site) - so ... consider coming to user group meetings 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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figure occupies space into next page
by Gerhard Kugler 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hi, I have set a figure at left side. It approaches the botton of the page. The first line of the next page starts at the mid as if the rest of the figure would be there: ----------------------- | | text text text text text | figure | text text text text text | | text text text text text | | text text text text text | | text text text text text ----------------------- -------------automatic page break---------------- text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text How can I prevent this behavior? My command is simply: \placefigure [left][fig:gub3]{Das Relationsnetzwerk}{\externalfigure[gub3][width=0.45\textwidth]} Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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figure occupies space into next page
by Gerhard Kugler 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hi, my first try to send was not successful, so I repeat: I have set a figure at left side. It approaches the botton of the page. The first line of the next page starts at the mid as if the rest of the figure would be there: ----------------------- | | text text text text text | figure | text text text text text | | text text text text text | | text text text text text | | text text text text text ----------------------- -------------automatic page break---------------- text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text How can I prevent this behavior? My command is simply: \placefigure [left][fig:gub3]{Das Relationsnetzwerk}{\externalfigure[gub3][width=0.45\textwidth]} Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about context
by Robin Kirkham 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hi Wolfgang, Many thanks for you help. I solved this problem by simply \setuplayout[% ... , leftedge=20mm, rightedge=20mm] \setupheader[after=\hrule] It seems that if you give only one argument to \setupheader, it applies to the whole header, including the left and right edges. So, I just extend the edges off the page (or anywhere I need -- I don't use the edges for anything else). I'll use your \vrule idea to control the line thickness, although the \hrule default is about right anyway. Thanks, Robin >> Moreover, how do you get a rule in the header that extends from the >> left of the left margin, right across to the right of the right >> margin (including the gaps in between)? >> >> On 06/03/2007, at 10:00 PM, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: >> >>> From: Oliver Buerschaper <oliver.buerschaper(a)mpq.mpg.de> >>> Date: 6 March 2007 9:19:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about context >>> >>>> And another question (in other topic): how we can do lines at >>>> header and >>>> footer like fancyheaders in latex? >>> >>> For your headers try this: >>> >>> \setupheader >>> [text] >>> [after=\hrule] > > Hi Robin, > > I tried to make something working and came to the following three > methods to draw a rule under the header at the whole pagewidth. > > If you use ConTeXts default layout with different margins you should > use bigger values for the rulewidth than only pagewidth. > > \setuplayout[location=middle,cutspace=\backspace,width=middle] > %\setuppapersize[A5][A4] > %\showframe > > \startuseMPgraphic{headerrule} > setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled (\the\paperwidth,\the > \headerheight); draw (0,0)--(\the\paperwidth,0); > \stopuseMPgraphic > > \defineoverlay > [headerrule] > [\useMPgraphic{headerrule}] > > \defineoverlay > [headerrule] > [\vrule height\headerheight width0pt% > \vrule width\paperwidth height 0.4pt\relax] > > \defineoverlay > [headerrule] > [{\framed[width=\paperwidth,height= > \headerheight,frame=off,bottomframe=on]{}}] > > \setupbackgrounds > [header] > [text] > [background=headerrule] > > \starttext > > \input knuth > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang

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thispagestyle
by hector 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

Hello I'm a new user of context, but i'm a user latex some years ago. Y have some questions about context. In this moment i want know what is the context command for the latex command thispagestyle, for example \thispagestyle{empty}? Thanks -- héctor

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new problem (context update and miktex)
by R. Ermers 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

Dear All, I still have a large problem with the newest context update which is incompatible with the latest MikTeX installation. Many files are not regularly processed anymore. Does anybody have any suggestions as to how to clean up the right Context files and reinstall an older version? I prefer not to make a mess of my Miktex installation. Latex still works. Thanks in advance, Robert This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.5) (preloaded format=cont-en 2007.3.4) 9 MAR 2007 18:00 entering extended mode **facturen.tex \emergencyend (facturen.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.12.20 23:52 MK II fmt: 2007.3.4 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded ("D:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MiKTeX\2.5\tex\context\b ase\cont-new.tex" FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2006.12.20 23:52 MK II FilesVersion : 2007.02.21 11:55

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printing problem
by Alan Bowen 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

I have a 24 page PDF file produced using ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.21 11:55 MKII and the latest TeXShop. I can only print pp. 1-3 of this file with TeXShop. Acrobat Pro, however, has no trouble printing the entire file (mercifully—this paper is for a conference for which I leave tomorrow) and TeXShop has no problem with my other files, some of which are quite long. So I do I figure out what the problem is? It seems to be with the file, but I have no idea what. The encoding is hardly weird or unusual. Though I can print the thing, the problem is still somewhat pressing. I sent the file to two people who usually have no difficulty with my PDFs. But this time one could not open the file—it was reported as damaged. Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about context
by Robin Kirkham 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

Hi all, Moreover, how do you get a rule in the header that extends from the left of the left margin, right across to the right of the right margin (including the gaps in between)? Cheers, Robin On 06/03/2007, at 10:00 PM, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > From: Oliver Buerschaper <oliver.buerschaper(a)mpq.mpg.de> > Date: 6 March 2007 9:19:23 PM > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about context > >> And another question (in other topic): how we can do lines at >> header and >> footer like fancyheaders in latex? > > For your headers try this: > > \setupheader > [text] > [after=\hrule]

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\sf and bigggg fonts
by Xan 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

Hi, Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf and I get an error. Strange because \sl, \bf, etc exist And another question: how to make very big fonts (for example: 60pt) in text and mathematical mode? I just want to change the font temporally (and don't touch \setupbodyfont) Thanks in advance, Xan.

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New style alternative for \cite?
by Oliver Buerschaper 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

Hi Taco, I'd like to typeset my references in a sort of "authortitle" citation style in the main text (actually hidden away in footnotes, so the final length of the phrase is not an issue): T. Hoekwater, ConTeXt Publication Module How could this be done? After a quick glance at the module's source I figured this might take me weeks if not months to work it out myself :-( Thanks for your help and best wishes, Oliver

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ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file ... not found
by Mojca Miklavec 09 Mar '07

09 Mar '07

Hello, Here's the same error report that has been discussed on(off?) the list already, but there has been no resolution so far. Should I ask the XeTeX mailing list? With texexec --xtx whatever I get: (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded ! Font \*12ptrmtfrm*=[ec-lmr12] not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi Well, OK, that's understandable. That's just an accidental mix-up with otf files in ConTeXt. Line 73 of font-ini.mkii should read \def\fontfilesome#1{"#1"} instead of \def\fontfilesome#1{"[#1]"} So I fix the error, remake the formats with texexec --xtx --make en but when I run a document I get ! Font \*12ptrmtfrm*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. which really *is* strange, if nothing else because \font\a=ec-lmr12 works OK with plain XeTeX. The most weird part is that Akira claims that fixing that solved the problem on his computer, while the problem remains on my computer (both under standalone in Windows and gwTeX on mac), and other users complain as well. What could be the main reason for failure? One additional thing to consider is that one also needs these files: http://dl.contextgarden.net/misc/lm-maps.zip (for some reason they're in TeXLive, but not in gwTeX, and Gerben doesn't accept user requests any more) but that doesn't make any difference. (Btw: could these files please be added to standalone ConTeXt or to cont-tfm.zip? Not necessary all of them, but lm-ec.map could save a whole lot of troubles to XeTeX users.) The following issues dozens of errors first, but it works. \font\a=ec-lmr12 \starttext \a abc \stoptext If I delete "\a", it breaks (doesn't show anything). It looks as if map files would be loaded too late during format generation (or not at all), but I'm really clueless about what to do. Mojca PS for Hans - once again, here are the three possibilities for different font types: 1.) standard TeX fonts - no difference \font\a=ec-lmr12 2.) any font installed on the system - referenced by name, can switch to bold/italic/old style "automatically" \font\b="LM Roman12 Regular/B" 3.) open type fonts that reside anywhere in the texmf tree - using brackets \font\c="[lmroman12-regular]" And an example of more complex usage (for which you claimed that it should be moved to optional parameters). \definefontsynonym [DidotCaps] ['Didot:mapping=tex-text; Letter Case=Small Capitals;Ligatures=!Common Ligatures'][encoding=uc] It might be a good idea to have an extra parameter (additional optional brrackets) for letting the system know that we're dealing with an installed font (which means that one could automatically support bold/italic/bolditalic and add "mapping=tex-text" option to it).

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Re: [NTG-context] lm update+ gyre and ctxtools doesn't work
by Dalyoung Jeong 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

Dear Taco, I have installed following map files in the folder /usr/local/gwTeX/ texmf.texlive/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ The map files are {cs-lm.map, ec-lm.map, el-lm.map, ..., texansi-lm.map, ts1-lm.map} which is included in the new version. I put those files only in the folder. Does it cause the problem? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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spread box contents [trying again]
by Idris Samawi Hamid 08 Mar '07

08 Mar '07

Hi gang, Did not get any feedback, I'll try again: ================================== Date: 2007-03-02 07:34 -700 Hmm, no reply yet, maybe the following is more interesting: On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:30:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid.at.remove.this.colostate.edu> wrote: > How can I evenly spread the contents of a box or column-row? In PlainTeX > there is > > \hbox{Here\hfill is\hfill an\hfill evenly\hfill spread\hfill line.} > > but there must be a better (read "ConTeXt-") way. I looked into thisyears > ago and may have found the answer; but I've forgotten it... =================================== \starttext \defineparagraphs[TwoColumns][n=2,distance=2cm] \setupparagraphs[TwoColumns][each][width=5cm,tolerance=stretch] \setupframedtexts[frame=off] \startframedtext[middle] \startalignment[middle] \startTwoColumns \hbox spread \textwidth{Here is the first line 1a} \TwoColumns Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill first \hfill line \hfill 1b \stopTwoColumns \startTwoColumns Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill second \hfill line \hfill 2a \TwoColumns Here \hfill is \hfill the \hfill second \hfill line \hfill 2b \stopTwoColumns \stopalignment \stopframedtext \stoptext ============================== How can I get the first column right? Note that, according to the manual, \textwidth gives the width of a column but in this case it apparently gives a full \hsize. RELATED QUESTION: How can I control the distance between rows? I do not want any extra whitespace between rows (i.e., except the normal interparagraph space). Please advise! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Streams
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi, Does anyone have one or more samples using the m-stream module? If so, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'ld share it/them with me! (trying to model some issues related to parallel texts...) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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printing problem (defined)
by Alan Bowen 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

I apologize if this amounts to hijacking a thread. The problem Using TeXShop (latest) I can produce but not print a PDF file that has both the TeX Gyre Bonum from GUST and the GreekKerkis font from Thomas Schmitz' ancient Greek module. This file will, however, print with Acrobat Pro 7 and 8. The problem is not with the fonts themselves—test documents with only Bonum or GreekKerkis behave as they should. The practical solutions are obvious. But if there is something I can do to facilitate a fix for this, please let me know. Alan PS I will be away from my setup for a week starting in about 5 hours. A.

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Some questions about context
by Xan 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Hi, I'm new user of context. I gone from latex, which I use in the last 5 years intensively I read your wiki but I don't find some answers to my wishes. Basically I want to know what are the equivalent of latex commands/packages in context. Can you help me in thay?. Thanks in advance.... so let's go: 1) The first question is about landscape mode and xdvi. In latex, if we want landscape, we put: \documentclass[a4paper,10ptt,landscape]{article} but when we see .dvi in xdvi, xdvi does not detects automatically that it's in landscape mode. For that, we have to put: \usepackage[dvips,...]{geometry} now the xdvi show .dvi in landscape mode The question is, how we get the same in context?. If we put: \setuppapersize[A4,landscape][A4,landscape] the xdvi program does not detect that .dvi is in landscape mode. Is there an equivalent command of geometry that allow that? 2) In latex there is the fancyhdr package that allows to put lines at bottom and at top of the page and put right and left headings and footers like: \rhead{Hello} .... What is the equivalent in context? 3) Is there an equivalent to the package lastpage in context? So can we put [number of page]/[total number of pages] at the bottom of the page? 4) How can we create new counters in context? Like latex \newcounter{mycount} 5) In mathematics, in context there are three modules: "nath", "amsl", "new math", according to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math What are these features and limitations? What is the "best"? 6) Is there an equivalent module of xyfig? 7) Is there an equivalence of amssymbols?. How can I display for example $x \leadsto \int_a^b \arcsin (x+\cos \alhpa)$? 8) How can we do a "minipage" in context? 9) Can you tell me some link about babel and hipernation? Thank you very much, Xan.

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Re: [NTG-context] lm update+ gyre and ctxtools doesn't work
by Dalyoung Jeong 07 Mar '07

07 Mar '07

Dear all, After updating ConTeXt to the newest version, I still have font error which was not the problem in the previous version. After downloading new version of LM fonts, I copied the files in the corresponding folder under .../gwTeX/texmf.texlive/. To use them in XeConTeXt, I tried "ctxtools --dpx --force /usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.texlive", Then it asked to use proper texmfroot tree like "CtxTools | proper texmfroot". Does someone have any idea to resolve this problem? Thank you for reading. best regards, Dalyoung

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Theorems, etc with ConTeXt
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi, (This post actually belongs to dev-context, but I do not know if everyone interested in this reads dev-context, so I am posting it to this list). I have been looking at what is the best way to do theorems etc with ConTeXt. There are ways to handle most of the requirements, but some of them are not possible out of the box with ConTeXt. I have searched the archives and this questions about theorems and proofs keep on coming on and off. I want to see what is the requirements for theorems, what all is possible right now, and what needs to be done. Below I am writing my requirements of theorem. Does anyone have anything more to add? 1. They should be numbered, it should be possible to control the numbering mechanism, for example way=bysection, bychapter, etc. > Can be done using enumerations. 2. It should be possible to have two different types of theorems have the same number. For example, \definetheorem[theorem] \definetheorem[lemma][number=theorem] should follow the same number as theorems. > Is possible using enumerations 3. It should be possible to get a list of theorems. It should be possible to say which types of theorems go to the list and which do not. > Is possible using enumerations 4. The theorem should have a title. The title should be optional. > Is partially implemented 5. There should be a mechanism to do end-of-proof marks. The end-of-proof marks should also work with itemizations, and formulas. > Not implemented at all. 6. Anything more...? Requirement 4 is not completely implemented. With \defineenumeration[theorem][title=yes] I always have to give a title. Normally, while writings theorems, there are only a few theorems that have a title. The rest of them do not. Right now, I can work around this restriction, by either having two different theorems (titledtheorem and nontitledtheorem) or always adding {} at the beginning of each theorem. I want the behaviour closer to title=maybe. I do not understand why \@@startdescription contains \dowithwargument{\@@startsomedescription{#1}[#2]} I would prefer it to contain \dosinglegroupempty{\@@startsomedescription{#1}[#2]} (well this will of course not work, but I hope the idea is clear) So that I can do \defineenumeration[theorem][title=yes] \starttheorem A silly theorem not worth a title \stoptheorem as well \starttheorem {My Fancy Theorem} A fancy theorem that needs to be given a title \stoptheorem I do not think that changing this will break anything. I am not even sure why dowithwargument is there. I cannot imagine anyone writing \startthoerem Title this is a theorem \stoptheorem instead of \starttheorem {Title} this is a theorem \stoptheorem The title also needs some more attributes. Right now, only titlestyle, titlecolor and titledistance are there. To be more flexible, you would also need something like titleleft, and titleright, which should not be too difficult. The last things, that is the end of proof marker, is right now not possible in ConTeXt. There are a lot of things that need to be taken care of while having a end-of-proof marker: basically, you need to ensure that there is no page break between the proof and the marker. Also the marker needs to be moved up or down, depending on how the proof ends. At the very least, ConTeXt should have something that ensures that the end of proof marker does not go onto a page of its own. Finally, my question is: Does it make sense to include all these functionality into enumerations, or have them in a separate module? Aditya

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quotation
by Jörg Hagmann 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi, I need guillemots instead of lowerleftdouble- and upperrightdoublequotes in the German environment. On my minimal installation (Linux) I managed to change that by editing the cont-sys.tex file in texmf-local/tex/context/user. At work, on a Mac with gwTeX, nothing I tried had any effect: editing the cont-sys.tex file (in texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user) copying cont-sys.tex to texmf.texlive/tex/context/user editing the lang-ger.tex files (in texmf.pkgs or texmf.texlive) Thanks for the help, Jörg PS 1: I didn't forget texhash PS 2: It's the first time I have to use the German environment. Are lowerleftquotes and quotations really still used? To me they look strange -- at least in a scientific text. And my publisher doesn't want them either (ok, he is Swiss).

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An Index problem (repost II)
by luigi scarso 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

I have the following \starttext %%\placemaincontent \chapter{AAA} \section{Hause one} Foo one \page \section{Hause two} Foo two \page \section{Hause three} Foo three \page \section{Hause four} Foo four\page \section{Dog boo} Koo \page \section{Dog foo} Boo \page \section{Money ba} Boo \page \section{Mail bee} Ugh \page \stoptext In main content I should like to have \bf{AAA} %% no problem here \bf{HAUSE} one ..... page x Hause two ..............page x Hause three............page x Hause four ..............page x \bf{DOG} boo ...........page x Dog foo.....................page x \bf{MONEY} ba.........page x \bf{MAIL} bee.............page x ie, the very first word in bold face and upper case, the following in normal face if and only of the very first word was equal to the first word of actual item (I know, it's strange). Many thanks in advance luigi

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Headers for natural tables.
by JOHN CULLETON 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

I hve determined by trial and error that the multiline feature [nr=2] of Natural Tables does not work well, if at all, in the TABLEhead area. But the TABLEhead area is necessary for readable split tables. Currently I use single lines in the header area and suppress some of the rules to create a multiline effect thus: \bTABLE [option=stretch,split=repeat] \setupTABLE[r][1][height=0cm,width=0cm,frame=off] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=1.7in] \setupTABLE[r][2][bottomframe=off] \setupTABLE[r][3][topframe=off] \bTABLEhead \bTR %dummy row \bTH \eTH \bTH \eTH \bTH \eTH \eTR \bTR %first visible row \bTH {\bf Investment} \eTH \bTH {\bf Portfolio } \eTH \bTH {\bf Average Stock } \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH {\bf Category} \eTH \bTH {\bf Allocation} \eTH \bTH {\bf Market Exposure} \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead ... This example also uses the (apparently) obligatory dummy row as described by others. Natural Tables have been around for a while. It is unfortunate that no one has come up with a real manual for these tables. All that exists are "learn by example" documents, which do not describe limitations such as the one I worked around in the above code. 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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An Index problem (repost)
by luigi scarso 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

I have the following \starttext %%\placemaincontent \chapter{AAA} \section{Hause one} Foo one \page \section{Hause two} Foo two \page \section{Hause three} Foo three \page \section{Hause four} Foo four\page \section{Dog boo} Koo \page \section{Dog foo} Boo \page \section{Money ba} Boo \page \section{Mail bee} Ugh \page \stoptext In main content I should like to have \bf{AAA} %% no problem here \bf{HAUSE} one ..... page x Hause two ..............page x Hause three............page x Hause four ..............page x \bf{DOG} boo ...........page x Dog foo.....................page x \bf{MONEY} ba.........page x \bf{MAIL} bee.............page x ie, the very first word in bold face and upper case, the following in normal face if and only of the very first word was equal to the first word of actual item (I know, it's strange). Many thanks in advance luigi

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free space under floatings
by Gerhard Kugler 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi, I have 2 juxtaposed figures which cover 2 thirds of the page. I want to continue with the text on this page, but it remains empty. There takes place a pagebreak. I have tried: \setupcombinations[after=\page[no] but without effect. A hint? Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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Can not set body font
by Paul Jones 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hello, I am having a problem setting up a body font since updating my tex system to texlive 2007. The file below worked fine on my old tetex system, but alas the body font will no longer change. No matter what I do, I get the default roman font instead of the one I specify. The Chapter font is the correct font (bickham), but the body font is not. Based on this I think I have the font installed correctly. Can anyone see what I am missing. Why can I not change the body font? %output=pdftex \resetmapfiles \loadmapfile[texnansi-familylearn-bickham] \definefontsynonym[BodyFont][texnansi-pbir8a][encoding=texnansi] \definebodyfont[default][rm][tf=BodyFont sa 1] \setupbodyfont[default, rm] \definefont[ChapterFont][BodyFont at 48pt] \setuphead[chapter][style=\ChapterFont] \starttext \chapter{Bickham Chapter} Hello in Bickham font. \stoptext Thanks, paul

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An Index problem
by luigi scarso 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

I have the following \starttext %%\placemaincontent \chapter{AAA} \section{Hause one} Foo one \page \section{Hause two} Foo two \page \section{Hause three} Foo three \page \section{Hause four} Foo four\page \section{Dog boo} Koo \page \section{Dog foo} Boo \page \section{Money ba} Boo \page \section{Mail bee} Ugh \page \stoptex In main content I should like to have \bf{AAA} %% no problem here \bf{HAUSE} one ..... page x Hause two ..............page x Hause three............page x Hause four ..............page x \bf{DOG} boo ...........page x Dog foo.....................page x \bf{MONEY} ba.........page x \bf{MAIL} bee.............page x ie, the very first word in bold face and upper case, the following in normal face if and only of the very first word was equal to the first word of actual item (I know, it's strange). Many thanks in advance luigi

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Chapters without page breaks
by Kumar Appaiah 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

Dear ConTeXt users, I was wondering whether there was a simply way to avoid a page break after \chapter. It'd be nice, since I am writing a small report. I did try \setupsectionblock, but didn't quite get it. Could you please suggest the "right way"? Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

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lm update+ gyre
by Hans Hagen 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

a) Latin Modern: from v. 1.010 to v. 1.010x, http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern b) a pre-release of TeX Gyre Heros v. 0.991, http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre; Note -- it is the first member of the TG family containing 8 fonts i.e., 4 normal and 4 condensed fonts -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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