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style for section
by Thomas A. Schmitz 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi all, this sounds easy, but I can't seem to find a solution. I want my section headers to look like so: 1. April 4 Title of chapter i.e. have the title right aligned. I thought this should be as simple as \section{April 4 \hfill Title of chapter} but alas, no, it's always flush left. Is there an obvious solution I'm overlooking? Thanks Thomas

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How to split margin note to the next page?
by Zhichu Chen 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Hi, everybody Thank you for having helped me before, and I have a new problem here. When I was writing an article, I used margin to give some explanations. But the margin note is very very long, and eventually it appeares near the bottom of a page. So the output is awful, like: ======================= \starttext \input knuth\par \input knuth\par \inright{\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}}% \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext ======================= Can margin be splitted to the next page automatically? -- 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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Strange behaviour of \dorechecknextindentation inside float
by Aditya Mahajan 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi, Right now, indentnext key is ignored for floats. I was trying to test how to do it, but something strange is happening. I thought that the following two are equivalent: \def\sometopfloat [#1]{\someelsefloat[#1]} \placefigure[top]{top}{} \nonoindentation\autoindentation\dorechecknextindentation and \def\sometopfloat[#1]% {\someelsefloat[#1]% \nonoindentation\autoindentation\dorechecknextindentation} \placefigure[top]{top}{} The first one works fine, but the second does not. Can anyone explain what is going on here. Here is my test example: \setupindenting[big,yes] \def\sometopfloat [#1]{\someelsefloat[#1]} % This works \section {Test} \placefigure[top]{top}{}\noindentation \input tufte \placefigure[top]{top}{}\doindentation \input tufte \page % This also works \section {Test} \placefigure[top]{top}{} \nonoindentation\autoindentation\dorechecknextindentation \input tufte \placefigure[top]{top}{} \nonoindentation\autoindentation\dorechecknextindentation \input tufte \page % This does not work (why)? \def\sometopfloat[#1]% {\someelsefloat[#1]% \nonoindentation\autoindentation\dorechecknextindentation} \section {Test} \placefigure[top]{top}{} \input tufte \placefigure[top]{top}{} \input tufte \stoptext Thanks, Aditya

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ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 and including PDFs
by Alan Bowen 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

While running the latest ConTeXt, I get the following warning: [6.6] [7.7] ./Figure1a.pdf Error: PDF version 1.6 -- xpdf supports version 1.5 (continuing anyway) Warning: pdftex (file ./Figure1a.pdf): pdf inclusion: found pdf version <1.6>, but at most version <1.5> allowed <./Figure1a.pdf> It does not seem to have any observable impact on the typeset product however. Alan

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Test message
by John Culleton 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

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Bibtex: empty reference and reference-title / -data
by Henning Haeske 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi, maybe this is a stupid question, but I am "deadlocked" in this case. In the text I always getting an empty reference «()» and the listOfReferences has no title and looks also a little bit discontenting: 3 (2001). Leseverhalten in Deutschland im neuen Jahrtausend: Eine Studie der Stiftung Lesen. Spiegel Verlag und Stiftungs Lesen, Mainz, Hamburg, Deutschland I would like to get following results: A. Quellen Stiftung Lesen (Hrsg.): Leseverhalten in Deutschland im neuen Jahrtausend: Eine Studie der Stiftung Lesen aus: Schriftenreihe «Lesewelten», Band 3, Stiftung Lesen und Spiegel Verlag, Mainz, Hamburg 2001 Here is my tex-file (studie.tex) ------------------------------------------------------------- \mainlanguage[de] \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=studie,bibtex=bibtex8] \setupheadtext[de][pubs=Quellen] text text \cite[stl] text text \placepublications Here is my bbl-file (one book for the begining: but no author - only an editor)(studie.bbl): ------------------------------------------------------------- \setuppublicationlist[ criterium=all, totalnumber=1] \startpublication[ k=stl, y=2001, n=1, s=StL2001, t=book] \lang{de} \title{Leseverhalten in Deutschland im neuen Jahrtausend: Eine Studie der Stiftung Lesen} \series{Schriftenreihe: «Lesewelten»} \volumne{3} \pubyear{2001} \city{Mainz, Hamburg} \country{Deutschland} \edition{1.} \pubname{Spiegel Verlag und Stiftungs Lesen} \stoppublication Both files are in the same directory. When I am running texexec --xtx studie.tex it is showing stuff like this: hapter : 2 Textrepräsentation section : 2.1 Der Text ! Undefined control sequence. \pbdd-stl ...iftenreihe: «Lesewelten»} \volumne {3} \pubyear {2001} \city ... \dotypesetapublication ...mpty \getvalue {pbdd-#1} \ifcsname pbdt-#1\endcsnam... <argument> ...}\strut \dotypesetapublication {stl} \strut \outdented #1->\hskip -\hangindent #1 \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes <argument> ...dotypesetapublication {stl}\strut }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... ... l.49 ? and is waiting for input. Here I am answering with an return I it continues. I am happy for any hint. Thanks, H.

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additional footnote (quite late)
by Steffen Wolfrum 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi, sometimes – just before the printer heats up his machine – there is something important too add, but yet the footnote-numbering can't be changed anymore (see example below please): \starttext First sentence.\footnote{First footnote} Something added\footnote[-]{In-between footnote}. Second sentence.\footnote{Second footnote} \stoptext Do you know a reliable way to make footnote "In-between footnote" labeled "1a" (in text and page end)? Steffen

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hyphenation, paragraphs
by Jörg Hagmann 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi all, I have an appendix consisting of a long list of genetic defects, containing e.g. a number, the name of a disease, and the enzymes concerned. I tried to set that up as paragraphs: \defineparagraphs [mypar][n=3,before={\blank},after={\blank}] \setupparagraphs [mypar][1][width=.1\textwidth] \setupparagraphs [mypar][2][width=.3\textwidth] and \defineparagraphs [Two][n=2,distance=0.5cm] % tolerance= at this point? didn't make a difference \setupparagraphs [Two][1][width=.3\textwidth] % tolerance= at this point? didn't make a difference 2 pages of the outcome are shown on "www.ogbasel.ch/ appendix.pdf" (61KB). Do some words overlap, because ConTeXt doesn't know where to hyphenate funny words? (But Doli-chol, not a common word really, is hyphenated correctly). Or can it be corrected with "tolerance"? (I couldn't). Besides playing with tolerance, I tried: 1. Writing a hyphenation file containing: \hyphenation{Acyl-CoA-De-hy- dro-ge-nase} etc., then: \input FunnyHyphens.tex \starttext \input appendix \stoptext No effect. 2. Writing the unfamiliar words in the appendix with ||, |-|, or |\-| where hyphens might be placed. The latter introduces brakes, but without hyphens. the other two insert hyphens everywhere. It seems that I misunderstood what I dug out of the archives. Could somebody enlighten me? Thanks, Jörg.

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How to set page background?
by Zhichu Chen 02 Mar '07

02 Mar '07

Hi there, I know there is a command \setupbackgrounds[page][background=???], and I can use \defineoverlay[page][\useMPgraphic{page}], then use MetaPost to draw the page background. But I also use something like \setuppapersize[A7][A3] to compose the output, and it seems that the \setupbackgrounds command only affect on A7 sub-paper. I also noticed a command \setuplayout[marking=color]that really acts on the A3 paper rather than the subpaper. So I think there should be such a macro that handles the whole page's background. Can anyone tell me about it? Thanks. -- 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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TikZ for standalone ConTeXt
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hello, Since some people asked about how to "install" TikZ on standalone ConTeXt, here's a zip: http://modules.contextgarden.net/TikZ There is one little problem I experienced while testing though. xkeyval is located under tex/latex/, so it's not found by ConTeXt (at least not with the default settings of standalone). Suggestions? Should xkeyval be moved to /tex/context/xkeyval? Please let me know if you have any problems with it. Mojca (PS: I uploaded the version 1.10. Later on better support for XeTeX was added, perhaps some other issues were solved as well. I will probably try to fetch it from cvs one day, but if anyone needs newer version(s) sooner, let me know.)

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gnuplot & ConTeXt
by Mojca Miklavec 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Hello, I've put the gnuplot binary for windows on http://modules.contextgarden.net/gnuplot-win, just in case that anyone is interested (Firefox has problems displaying that page, but I didn't figure out whether the problem lies in the garden, firefox or on my computer). Some functionality and documentation is still missing, but the interface should be stable now. If anyone would like to suggest what the default settings for some options should be, feel free to comment. I'm not sure if the current settings are all sensinble and there might still be time to change some. Gnuplot 4.2 will probably be released very soon. The context terminal might have chances to be included in the "patchset 1", but the developers are reluctant to include it without any feedback from other users. Even a few comments like "it works for me" on http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1654807&group_id=2… or on the mailing list would probably help. There are known limitations (like "memory limit exceeded"), unimplemented features, but also bugs. So please report/email any bugs to me as soon as you find them. Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX problem again
by Jeong Dalyoung 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Dear Hans, I got the same problem with new ConTeXt update. ! Font \*12ptrmtfrm*=[ec-lmr12] not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed fo nt not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname ....... and there are map files of lm in the folder /fonts/map/dvipdfmx/ context/. Would you please say again "...just install the latest latin roman .. " in detail? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] how to put header like "Example 1.1" in frame?
by Jeong Dalyoung 01 Mar '07

01 Mar '07

Dear Aditya, Thank you for your help. [commnad=\inframed] worked fine. It remains to adjust the size of the frame because bottom line of the frame touch the words in the next line. Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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strange margin-behavior
by Henning Haeske 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi, Under latex I was using marginnotes quite intensivly (komascript). So I want this under context/xetex, too. For that I defined: \setuplayout[alternative=doublesided, margin=4cm, ....] and later in the text I am using: text text text \inmargin{abc} text text But instead of having the margin always at the outer side - I have the 4cm-margin always at the right site . The same strange behavior with the margintext. Instead of having the margin text always on the outer side - I have the margintext always on the left side. I am looking for a solution to have the 4cm-margin and the margintext always at the outer side. Ciao, H.

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(repost) How to put float caption header in margin?
by Robin Kirkham 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi all, I fear to re-post this request, but I've read (well, tried to read) page-flt.tex and I still am not certain what to do (or what to override) to do this. The <command> key of \setupcaptions is not useful, as it seems to pass the entire caption (including the header part) as a single argument: How can I put the header part only of a float caption (i.e., the "Figure 6" bit) in the left margin (so as to match \setupheads [alternative=inmargin]), but leaving the caption text part in the normal place? Robin

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boldmath greek doesn't work in mathalign
by Zulkifli Hidayat 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Helo, I want to have boldmath in mathalign environment. I use the small example below. I find that boldmath greek symbols don't appear correctly, more precisely, in the first column. What I have made wrong here? Any comments and suggestions are appreciated. TIA. Zulkifli \definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [math] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [rm] [serif] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [tt] [mono] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [ss] [sans] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [bfmath] [modern] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [bfmath] [modern] [default] \setupformulas [method=bold] \setupbodyfont [mainface,17.3pt] \starttext \startformula {\bfm \theta \varphi \hat{\theta} \beta \Theta} \stopformula \startformula \startalign \NC {\bfm \theta} \NC {\bfm \varphi \theta} \NR \NC \hat{\theta} \NC {\bfm \varphi \hat{\bfm \theta}} \NR \NC {\bfm \Theta} {\bf X} \NC {\bfm \varphi \Phi \Theta} \NR \NC {\bfm \beta} {\bf x}\NC {\bfm \varepsilon \zeta \beta} \NR \NC \beta \NC \varepsilon \zeta \NR \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext

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\frak (Fractur) in math mode
by Aditya Mahajan 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi Hans and Taco, Something seems to be broken with \frak. \frak does not work in math mode and works in text mode! For example $\frak ABC$ {\frak ABC} A workaround is to use \fraktur, which works fine in math mode, but it will be nice to remove this bug. Aditya

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ctags and ConTeXt
by Aditya Mahajan 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Hi, I am wondering how others manage a large list of reference labels in ConTeXt. I use Vim as an editor and it supports ctags. ctags is a utility that is basically for supporting tags in programs (initially only for C, and hence the name), but can be used relatively easily with LaTeX. Basically, ctags creates a tag file with the format <tag-name> <tag-file> <tag-regex> (for details see http://ctags.sourceforge.net/FORMAT) Suppose I have a bunch of references all starting from eq:. Then inside Vim, I can type eq: and press ^X^T for Vim to search for the tags file with everything starting with eq: and I get to see all of them in a pop up menu. I can choose which ever label I want and continue. Further I can press ^] on a tag, and Vim jumps to the location of the tag, something like a hyperlink within the editor. I find both these features very useful while working for files with more than 50 tags. Creating a tag file for LaTeX is easy, since in LaTeX all labels are created using \label{....}. So, you can instruct ctags (the program) to search the file for \label{...} and store the first argument to the tags file. However, taking this approach with ConTeXt is almost impossible. Since the label is tied to the environment that creates it, it is impossible to parse. There is no way a reg-ex can determine if mylabel in \startproblem[mylabel] is an optional argument or a label. So, the only way to really get the label is through TeX itself. The tui file has some information, but it can be very hard to parse. A typical tui file has enteries like c \mainreference{}{cite-nsf-193}{2--0-2-4-2-0-0-0--9}{11}{MarschakRadner:1972} c \mainreference{}{fnt:f:2}{2--0-2-4-1-0-0-0--8}{10}{} c \mainreference{}{sec:prelim}{2--0-2-4-1-0-0-0--8}{10}{{C.4.1}{Preliminaries}} where the first two are auto-generated, while I only want the user entered tags to be stored. Suppose, one is willing to have the extra overhead of parsing every mainreference in the tag file. I can get the first two pieces of information for the tag file, the name of the tag and the file that it is in. But how do I get a regex (or linenumber) of where the tag is located in the file, so that ^] takes me to that tag. I can not figure out a regex which will take care of every case. Is there some other way to proceed? What are those other numbers in \mainreferece, do they contain any information about the line in the source file that generated the tag. And more generally, what do others do to keep track of labels in large projects. Aditya

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how to put header like "Example 1.1" in frame?
by Dalyoung Jeong 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Deaer all, To give a numbering to the examples in a chapter, I tired the following: \defineenumeration[example] [location=serried, headstyle=bold, text=Example, way=bychapter, width=broad, number=yes, after=] To use \inframed, I am able to include "Example" inside the frame but not the numbers. Please tell me how to put the numbering in the frame too. Thank you. Regards, Dalyoung

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XeTeX problem again
by Oliver Buerschaper 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

Dear folks, I'm afraid I'm facing the XeTeX problem again after I updated ConTeXt to version 2007.02.21 :-( On a freshly installed MacTeX-2007 (which is TeXLive 2007 up to minor modifications) everything is fine. The ConTeXt version is 2007.01.12. Then I ran ctxtools which installed an updated ConTeXt in texmf-local (besides the folder 2007). Now the pdfTeX engine still works fine. However, XeTeX complained about the wrong format files. So I remade them with "texexec --make --xtx en nl". Later XeTeX spills out the following: --- TeXExec | processing document 'test.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | using randomseed 270 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 (./test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.21 11:55 MKII fmt: 2007.2.26 int: english/ english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/us! Font \*7ptmmmrrm*=[rm-lmr7] not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dodosetmathfamilyA ...amily \fontsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontbody ... \dosetmathfamily ...athfamily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \fontbody #3 \dodosetm... <inserted text> ...ptscriptface \c!mr \mrfallback \dosetmathfamily \mifam \t... \synchronizemath ...athfonts \the \mathstrategies \fi ... l.1 % XeTeX ? --- So I tried Taco's advice http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/ 20070130.082837.4bc51f61.en.html but even after copying the map files from dvips/lm to pdftex/context the command "ctxtools --dpx --force /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf- dist/" only returns "CtxTools | provide proper texmfroot". So I'm completely lost! Can anyone help? Oliver P.S. How can I get "texexec --make --all" to also make the XeTeX formats?

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Re: [NTG-context] Math Sets (ConTeXt port of braket.sty)
by Zulkifli Hidayat 27 Feb '07

27 Feb '07

> I uploaded the module to garden. I have only implemented scaling of > single vertical bar ("|"). braket.sty also allows scaling of double > vertical bar ("||") and only treating the first | to be special. These > are not implemented right now. In case someone needs them, let me > know. > > The module is available from > > http://modules.contextgarden.net/mathsets > > Aditya > I also need that. Thank you. Zulkifli

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Re: [NTG-context] I can't find the format file `cont-nl.fmt'!
by Jan de Ruijter 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 22:10 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > Jan de Ruijter wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-02-21 at 10:26 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > > > >> Jan de Ruijter wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 17:43 +0100, Willi Egger wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Just a shot... > >>>> > >>>> After installation you need to generate the formatfiles: (texmfstart) > >>>> texexec --make all > >>>> This will also update your database with the filenames. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> texexec --make --all > >> > > > > > > doesn't help. > > messages at the end of "texexec --make --all": > > > > > > TeXExec | > > TeXExec | tex engine path: /etc/texmf/web2c/pdftex > > TeXExec | mps engine path: /etc/texmf/web2c > > TeXExec | > > TeXExec | tex: 21/02/2007 18:02:22 > /etc/texmf/web2c/pdftex/mptopdf.fmt > > (240025) > > TeXExec | tex: 21/02/2007 18:02:19 > /etc/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt > > (6702026) > > TeXExec | tex: 21/02/2007 18:02:22 > /etc/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-nl.fmt > > (6615230) > > TeXExec | mps: 21/02/2007 18:02:22 > /etc/texmf/web2c/metafun.mem > > (477980) > > TeXExec | > > TeXExec | runtime: 6.296605 > > > > strange enough texexec can't find "cont-nl.fmt" !! > > > can you check what pdftex you have ? pdfetex (e!) is no longer around but your system can still kind of suggest that Hi Hans just starting pdftex gives the following message: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1 b.t.w I have knoppix 5.1.1 installed on my machine and after that I have installed context following the context-wiki for deb. I still haven't the faintest idea what to do now. can you please help me (not a linux and/or tex -guru) out? thanks, jan

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split footnote bug
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi, it seems this thread got lost. For it describes a quite ugly phenomenon I dare to post it again again. Please, have a look at this 3-page example: \newdimen\XVertikal \XVertikal=12pt \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=\XVertikal] \setuplayout [width=113mm,height=48\XVertikal, backspace=20mm,topspace=15mm, header=\XVertikal,headerdistance=0.5\XVertikal, footer=3.5\XVertikal,footerdistance=0pt, location=middle,marking=on,grid=yes] \showframe \showgrid \showgridboxes \showstruts \starttext \dorecurse{10}{\input ward\footnote{\input tufte \relax}} \stoptext On page 2 the bottom most line slips down lower than on the other pages. I observed this behavior in a 450 pages book and the amount the bottom line goes down when footnotes a split is always the same. Is this because of unhappy values in setuplayout or is it a bug? Steffen

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tree charts
by Idris Samawi Hamid 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Dear cabal, Do any of you have any examples of tree charts done in, say, MetaFun? Are there any macros, libraries etc. for easy tree charts in \ConTeXt? Example: http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~anne/Aufl-Bilder/D7Tree.jpg 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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Grid and footnotes
by Oliver Buerschaper 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Dear chaps, 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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Strange lucida bright math issue
by Helin Gai 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi all, After upgrading to TeXLive 2007, I'm experiencing a strange issue with Lucida Bright. It seems that none of the math font is working. The system keeps reporting "TFM file can't be found" even though it's there. The normal text (nonmath) -- roman/sans serif, etc., is working. What can I do now? Thanks in advance! 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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installationproblem with context-distribution: xetex not working
by Henning Haeske 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hello, I started this night the installation-instruction from: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_User_Installation and then i continued with: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/XeTeX texexec --pdf first.tex is working fine, but the xetex is not working: fonts : using map file: t5-public-lm [1.1] systems : end file first at line 10 ) (see the transcript file for additional information) stdin -> first.pdf [1 ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like a dvips format fotmap file. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ec-lmb10 LMRoman10-Demi "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="lm-ec.map", line=7. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like a dvips format fotmap file. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: lmbsy5 LMMathSymbols5-BoldItalic "enclmmathsy ReEncodeFont" <lm-mathsy.enc <lmbsy5.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="lm-math.map", line=7. ** WARNING ** Could not locate a virtual/physical font for TFM "ec-lmr12". ** WARNING ** >> There are no valid font mapping entry for this font. ** WARNING ** >> Font file name "ec-lmr12" was assumed but failed to locate that font. ** ERROR ** Cannot proceed without .vf or "physical" font for PDF output... Output file removed. I also tried fixing this with this note: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070130.082837.4bc51f61.en.html But I am still getting the same error messages.... My context-directories are having following structure: ../tex/texmf/... ../tex/texmf-local/.. ../tex/texmf-fonts/.. ../tex/texmf-extra/.. ../tex/texmf-linux/.. Is this structure ok? Looks a little bit different than it was with latex. I would be glad for any help to finilize my first step from latex to context. thanks in advance, H.

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Re: [NTG-context] Math Sets (ConTeXt port of braket.sty)
by Zulkifli Hidayat 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

> > Hi, > > I find myself writing a lot of probability expressions where I want > the delimiters to scale automatically, and | (conditional sign) to > scale automatically, and the spacing around | to be correct. In LaTeX, > I used to use braket package to do this. Since moving to ConTeXt, I > was doing this by hand, but wring a lot of > > \EXP\left\{ ... \,\middle\, ...\right\} and \Pr( ... \mid ...) > > soon became a pain to read and write. So (thanks to Taco's first hand > knowledge of why TeX is Turing complete), I have written the following > macros: > > \unprotect > \definesystemvariable {ms} % Math Set > > \def\mathsetmiddle{\,\middle\mathsetparameter\c!middle\,} > > \let\currentmathset\empty > \def\mathsetparameter#1% > > {\executeifdefined{\??ms\currentmathset#1}{\executeifdefined{\??ms#1}\empty}} > > \def\definemathset > {\dodoubleargument\dodefinemathset} > > \def\dodefinemathset[#1][#2]% > {\getparameters[\??ms#1] > [\c!text=,\c!left={\{},\c!right={\}},\c!middle=\vert,#2] > \setvalue{#1}{\dododefinemathset[#1]}} > > \def\dododefinemathset[#1]#2#% > {\begingroup > \def\currentmathset{#1} > \mathcode`\|32768 > \let|\mathsetmiddle > \def\mathsetarguments{#2} > \dodododefinemathset} > > \def\dodododefinemathset#1% > {\doifsomething{\mathsetparameter\c!text} > {\mathop{\mathsetparameter\c!text\mathsetarguments}} > \left\mathsetparameter\c!left#1\right\mathsetparameter\c!right > \endgroup} > > \protect > > which allows me to do > > \definemathset[EXP][text={\mfunction{E}}] > \definemathset[PR][text={\mfunction{Pr}},left=(,right=)] > > \starttext > > Correct spacing around the vertical bar. > \startformula > \EXP{f(X) | Y} = \sum_{x} f(x) \PR{x|Y} > \stopformula > > Correct scaling of delimiters (as correct as left and right give you) > > \startformula > \EXP{\sum_z f(X,z) | Y} = \sum_{x,z} f(x,z) \PR{x,z|Y} > \stopformula > > Correct handling of sub|/|super scripts > > \startformula > \EXP_X{f(X) | Y} = \sum_{x} f(x) \PR{x|Y} > \stopformula > > > Is there anyone else interested in this kind of stuff? I have not > ported all the features of braket.sty, but only those that I needed. > Other should not be too difficult to port. > > Hans and Taco: Does it make sense to add these to the core? If so, I > can polish the macros a bit (add a \setupmathsets command). > > Aditya > I think I will need it near in the future. Thanks for nice the nice works. Zulkifli

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how to use \startformula inside textext(...)?
by Mojca Miklavec 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hello, How can I do something similar to this? \starttext \startMPcode draw textext("\startformula" & "\sum_{i=0}^N i^2" & "\stopformula"); \stopMPcode \stoptext Thanks a lot, Mojca

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Fonts, typescripts and math ??
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hi, The following used to work \usetypescript[modern][default] \usetypescript[times][ec] \definetypeface[MyFace][rm][serif][times][default][encoding=ec] \definetypeface[MyFace][mm][math][modern][default][encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont[MyFace,10pt] \starttext $\dot{x}, \ddot{y}$. $\bar{z}, \Delta z$. \showmathcharacters \stoptext but now some math characters i.e \Delta are showing up us ` in the text. Also the \bar{z} renders as a bar through the z instead of above. I thought I understood the font selection mechanism, but now I am confused. I am using the latest Context (ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.20 12:00 MKII fmt: 2007.2.23 int: english/english) and also installed the latest Latin-Modern stuff as stated in the release notes. Kind regards Wim

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Feature request for font-ini
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hi Hans, Can the following be added to font-ini? \definealternativestyle [\v!boldsans,\v!sansbold] [\bf\ss] [] Writing \setuphead [section,subject] [textstyle=\bf\ss, numberstyle=\bf\ss] does not feel ConTeXtish :) Aditya

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simplecolumns
by Hans van der Meer 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

\simplecolumns have served me well. However, it seems a bit shy to respond to \setupcolumns (although in file page-mul.tex the definition of \setupcolumns preceeds that of \startsimplecolumns). For example, the following typesets 2 columns instead of 4; to set 4 columns \startsimplecolumns[4] is required. \starttext \setupcolumns[n=4] \startsimplecolumns \input tufte \stopsimplecolumns \stoptext Can someone tell me if \setupcolumns has any effect on the typesetting of simplecolumns? Which parameters of those on \setupcolumns are effective in simplecolumns? Not all do, as for example rule=on seems to have no effect. Hans van der Meer

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No TOC and other lists with \setuparranging
by Piotr Kopszak 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hello list, The following gives me TOC and list of defined heads called przepis at the end of the file: \definehead[przepis][section] \setuphead [chapter] [number=no] \setuphead [section] [number=no] \definepapersize[mysize][width=10cm,height=19cm] \setuppapersize[mysize][mysize] \setuplayout[backspace=17mm,location=middle,marking=on,] \starttext \startbodymatter \chapter{to start!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{dajemy dalej!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos warzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{Trzeci!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{To czwarty!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niewarzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niejagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \stopbodymatter \title{Spis tre\'sci} \placecontent \title{Spis przepisow} \placelist[przepis] \stoptext Whereas the following does not: \definehead[przepis][section] \setuphead [chapter] [number=no] \setuphead [section] [number=no] \definepapersize[mysize][width=10cm,height=19cm] \setuppapersize[mysize][A2] \setuparranging[2*8,rotated,doublesided] \setuplayout[backspace=17mm,location=middle,marking=on,] \starttext \startbodymatter \chapter{to start!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{dajemy dalej!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos warzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos jagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{Trzeci!} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos czosnkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos pieczarkowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{nie-Prawdziwy sos jogurtowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \chapter{To czwarty!} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niewarzywny} \dorecurse{5}{\input knuth \par} \przepis{Prawdziwy sos niejagodowy} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte \par} \stopbodymatter \title{Spis tre\'sci} \placecontent \title{Spis przepisow} \placelist[przepis] \stoptext I am using the latest Context (ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.21 11:55 MKII fmt: 2007.2.24 int: english/english). I would be very grateful for advice Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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FYI
by Idris Samawi Hamid 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Info for the gang: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=223940&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=t… (last paragraph) This does not affect me or many of us but it's good to know the vibes out there. 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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Limitation on natural tables.
by John R. Culleton 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

The fancy tricks one can to with Natural Tables seem to work within the body of the table where I don't need them but fail in the header area where I do need them. This example, takein from the wiki, works (of course.) \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] 2/3 \eTD \bTD[nr=3] 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE But if I convert the above data items to header items the run fails. Specifically the following fails: \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH[nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH[nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH[nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 1 \eTH \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \eTABlehead \eTABLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What did I miss? Here is the error message: bTR \bTH [nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH [nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH [nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \doTABLEhead. <inserted text> \par <*> tabletest.tex emergencyend ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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How to put float caption header in margin?
by Robin Kirkham 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

Hi all, How can I put the header part only of a float caption (i.e., the "Figure 6" bit) in the left margin (so as to match \setupheads [alternative=inmargin]), but leaving the caption text part in the normal place? Robin

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Natural table header limitation.
by JOHN CULLETON 25 Feb '07

25 Feb '07

The fancy tricks one can to with Natural Tables seem to work within the body of the table where I don't need them but fail in the header area where I do need them. This example, takein from the wiki, works (of course.) \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTR \bTD[nr=3] 1 \eTD \bTD[nc=2] 2/3 \eTD \bTD[nr=3] 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD 1 \eTD \bTD 2 \eTD \bTD 3 \eTD \bTD 4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE But if I convert the above data items to header items the run fails. Specifically the following fails: \setupTABLE[row][odd][background=color,backgroundcolor=red, width=.2\textwidth] \bTABLE[split=yes] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH[nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH[nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH[nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH[nc=3] 1/2/3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTH 1 \eTH \bTH 2 \eTH \bTH 3 \eTH \bTH 4 \eTH \eTR \eTABlehead \eTABLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What did I miss? Here is the error message: bTR \bTH [nr=3] 1 \eTH \bTH [nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH [nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \doTABLEhead. <inserted text> \par <*> tabletest.tex emergencyend ? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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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Question about defining a math macro
by Aditya Mahajan 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi, Can I define a math macro, say \EXP that does the following: 1) \EXP{something} gives me, say E(something) 2) \EXP_a^b{something} gives my E_a^b(something) That is, I want to write a macro that will only be used in the math mode, that does something with its argument. But, I also want it to handle _ and ^ if they are present. The only method that I can think of is to check _ or ^ with \ifnextcharacter and go through all 5 cases (nothing, only _, only ^, _ followed by ^, ^ followed by _) but this seems very inefficient. Is there a better way? Aditya

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breaking framed text across pages
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi, I'm struggling against framed text and is beaten again. If the text below doesn't fit the page, it goes below footer and stops pdf file without explanations. After many experiments I should note that frame text is not user-tolerant construction at all, unlike the whole Context is. :( \defineframedtext[assignment][rulethickness=0.7pt, corner=round, bodyfont=11pt, width=\textwidth] \startassignment Write an M-file which inputs matrixes $A$, $B$, initial $N$ and number of iterations, and which plots 3D bars. \startcolumns[n=3] \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \stopcolumns Find relative distribution (in percents) of population within age classes and store the result into new matrix $P$. Plot it too. \startcolumns[n=3] \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \par\thinrule \stopcolumns \stopassignment Best, Vyatcheslav

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ConTeXt release 2007.02.20
by geoff.moyle＠gmail.com 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Gday I am having a problem on mswincontext since this the update 2007.02.20. Even "hello world" will not compile. I am assuming the problem is the 7pt font. What do I need to do to correct the problem? Thanks texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf test.tex TeXExec | processing document 'test.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file test.top TeXExec | using randomseed 840 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.20 12:00 MKII fmt: 2007.2.24 int: english/english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont- new.mkii)) system : cont-old loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (c:/CONTEX~1/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded ! Font \*7ptmmmrrm*=rm-lmr7 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dodosetmathfamilyA ...amily \fontsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontbody ... \dosetmathfamily ...athfamily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \fontbody #3\dodosetm... <inserted text> ...ptscriptface \c!mr \mrfallback \dosetmathfamily \mifam \t... \synchronizemath ...athfonts \the \mathstrategies \fi ... l.1 \starttext ? regards Geoff

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Math Sets (ConTeXt port of braket.sty)
by Aditya Mahajan 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi, I find myself writing a lot of probability expressions where I want the delimiters to scale automatically, and | (conditional sign) to scale automatically, and the spacing around | to be correct. In LaTeX, I used to use braket package to do this. Since moving to ConTeXt, I was doing this by hand, but wring a lot of \EXP\left\{ ... \,\middle\, ...\right\} and \Pr( ... \mid ...) soon became a pain to read and write. So (thanks to Taco's first hand knowledge of why TeX is Turing complete), I have written the following macros: \unprotect \definesystemvariable {ms} % Math Set \def\mathsetmiddle{\,\middle\mathsetparameter\c!middle\,} \let\currentmathset\empty \def\mathsetparameter#1% {\executeifdefined{\??ms\currentmathset#1}{\executeifdefined{\??ms#1}\empty}} \def\definemathset {\dodoubleargument\dodefinemathset} \def\dodefinemathset[#1][#2]% {\getparameters[\??ms#1] [\c!text=,\c!left={\{},\c!right={\}},\c!middle=\vert,#2] \setvalue{#1}{\dododefinemathset[#1]}} \def\dododefinemathset[#1]#2#% {\begingroup \def\currentmathset{#1} \mathcode`\|32768 \let|\mathsetmiddle \def\mathsetarguments{#2} \dodododefinemathset} \def\dodododefinemathset#1% {\doifsomething{\mathsetparameter\c!text} {\mathop{\mathsetparameter\c!text\mathsetarguments}} \left\mathsetparameter\c!left#1\right\mathsetparameter\c!right \endgroup} \protect which allows me to do \definemathset[EXP][text={\mfunction{E}}] \definemathset[PR][text={\mfunction{Pr}},left=(,right=)] \starttext Correct spacing around the vertical bar. \startformula \EXP{f(X) | Y} = \sum_{x} f(x) \PR{x|Y} \stopformula Correct scaling of delimiters (as correct as left and right give you) \startformula \EXP{\sum_z f(X,z) | Y} = \sum_{x,z} f(x,z) \PR{x,z|Y} \stopformula Correct handling of sub|/|super scripts \startformula \EXP_X{f(X) | Y} = \sum_{x} f(x) \PR{x|Y} \stopformula Is there anyone else interested in this kind of stuff? I have not ported all the features of braket.sty, but only those that I needed. Other should not be too difficult to port. Hans and Taco: Does it make sense to add these to the core? If so, I can polish the macros a bit (add a \setupmathsets command). Aditya

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Yet another math symbol
by Oliver Buerschaper 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Hi all, I'm struggling to typeset the math symbol "identity" ... it looks like a "1" but with double vertical lines. Hints very welcome ;-) What if we put together an extensive table of all math symbols available in ConTeXt at some point? Oliver

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OpenType font problem
by Alan Bowen 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

A file that compiled properly last November now fails at the very end of processing with the error message [11.11] [12.12] [13.13] systems : end file Seneca_Demarcation at line 219 ){/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/fonts/enc/dvips/greek/agr-GFSD.enc}{/ Users/acbo wen/Library/texmf/fonts/enc/dvips/gfsdidot/a_gtdpuu.enc} !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file GFSDidot.otf): cannot open OpenType font file for r eading ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! TeXExec | runtime: 63.736925 I have copies of GFSDidot.otf located in ~/Library/texmf/fonts/type1/gfsdidot and ~/Library/texmf/fonts/type1/greek/gfsdidot Any suggestions about how to resolve this will be gratefully received. Alan

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Tracing layout in framed texts
by Idris Samawi Hamid 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Dear cartel, I would like to trace a layout within a framedtexts environment. That is, I would like to setup a layout within framed texts and get the equivalent of \showframe for those framed texts. Can it be done? The following is a test file: ========================= \setupframedtexts[location=middle] \setuplayout[width=middle] \starttext \input knuth \startframedtext \showframe % does nothing here \input zapf \stopframedtext \input knuth \stoptext ========================= 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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compiling complex file
by andrea valle 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

(I'm sorry, Hans, Taco, I' ve already sent it, always with some posting problems, so there are 2 posts to be approved by moderator: I tried to remove them but the process failed). Dear ConTeXter, I'm having some troubles in compiling a document. I'm writing a short book (a tutorial). I writing each chapter on a separate file, then I have a main file using this kind of structure \input stile ... \input 00.introduzione \page \input 01.scGrado0 \page \input 02.architettura ... Where \input is used to insert each chapter. Also, I'm using a sort of style file defining the setups, and I'm inputting it as the first line of my "main.tex" file. Some chapters contain long framed \type parts (it's a book on a programming language), filling an entire page. When I compile each chapter file, I have no problem. But I can't compile the main file. ConTeXt keeps on adding blank pages on blank pages (total is approx. 100 pages, I stopped ConTeXt at 635). I guess it could depend on framed \type but can't understand how to solve it. Here one of the most "difficult" files. By itself it compiles properly (perfectly...I like it). http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/03.oggetti.tex Here the compiled file (it uses a lot of images and other stuff so you can't compile it): http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/03.oggetti.pdf Here the style file: http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/stile.tex Here the main file: http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/main.tex Many thanks as usual -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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[Fwd: Re: I can't find the format file `cont-nl.fmt'!]
by Hans Hagen 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

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On tikz
by Idris Samawi Hamid 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

A note to the gang: Although the manual indicates otherwise the tikz module apparently needs the keyval package to work: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/xkeyval/ and the directory structure of the zip needs to be changed so that it's easier to install (just dumping into /texmf-local and running mktexlsr does not work). Maybe someone on the wiki can make ConTeXt packages? 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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strange text/math spacing
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi, I found a small but annoying thing about math. When I typeset in-line formula like '...a vector of $a_x$ is...', it creates too little space between 'of' and succeeding lowercase math symbol.Uppercase math symbol is treated right. I can leave it as it is, but it strange to me why TeX performs poor on that. (There too many 'of' for testing purposes). %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext In MATLAB, we can create the Leslie matrix using {\tt gallery('leslie', A, B)} command, where of $A$ is a vector of $a_x$ with dimensions of $[1:X]$ and of $B$ is a vector of \mathematics{b_x} with dimensions of $[1:X-1]$. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Best, Vyatcheslav

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tex live and context
by Hans Hagen 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hi, If you update your tex to the latest tex live cq. debian, also get the latest latin modern http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern/download (you don't need the context related zip there; i need that for older setups) TeX Live ships with incomplete map files. 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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Symbols
by Bernd Militzer 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hi all! in the past the following testfile works but now .... ! 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.20 ...n\dots\ \symbol[martinvogel 2][Telephone] % TEST \enableregime[il2] \mainlanguage[de] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \usetypescript[modern][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[modern,rm,12pt] % \starttext % Telephon\dots\ \symbol[martinvogel 2][Telephone] % \stoptext What have I to do? thanks for help Bernd

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