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Figures protruding into the margin in double-sided document
by Tim Eyre ティム 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

I am composing a double-sided document with wide outer margins to allow space for figures. One type of figure is in-line with the text and protrudes into the wide margin. This is easy to do on left-hand pages by saying \setupfloats[location=right] and on right-hand pages by saying \setupfloats[location=left]. Is there any way to automate this so that inserting a new page does not mean I have to fix all the figures? I tried using a macro along the lines of \ifoff\pageno\\setupfloats[location=right]\else\\setupfloats[location=left]\fi but the asynchronousness of output routines means that the page number is usually wrong. Any help much appreciated. Tim

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Quotation nesting is broken
by Mike Bird 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

\starttext \quotation{This \quote{works} as expected.} \startquotation Closing double-quote is \quote{broken} here. \stopquotation \stoptext --Mike Bird

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database
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Hallo! I tried some examples with m-database and Mojca's 'My Way' and had some problems ==========Example-1=============================================== \defineseparatedlist[NaturalTable][separator=comma,%quotechar={"}, before=\bTABLE, after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR, last=\eTR, left=\bTD, right=\eTD] \startseparatedlist[NaturalTable] Of,course ,it is! \stopseparatedlist ================================================================== This example does only work as expected if one explicitly gives quotechar. So what is the default quotechar? Can anybody explain the above behaviour? ==========Example-2=============================================== \def\Whatever#1#2#3{[#1][#2][#3]\endgraf} \defineseparatedlist[CSVX][command=\Whatever, separator={,}, % quotechar={"}, first=\bTR,last=\eTR, left=\bTD,right=\eTD, before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE] \startCSVX eins,"und, zwei",drei one,two,three \stopCSVX ================================================================== If I give an command (\Whatever) then the options 'first', 'last', 'left', 'right', 'before' and 'after' are ignored. That's ok, I think! But if I uncomment the quotechar option, then the options 'left' and 'right' are no longer ignored. Commenting them out or settings like 'left=' etc. are not working. What I am doing wrong here? ==========Example-3=============================================== \processquotedlist(){,}{"}\command(a=>b=>c=>d) ================================================================== Does not work for me. Can anybody give an example? '\processseplist' does not work too. There has to be an '%' in front of 'raw'!

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Preventing page break
by Elliot Clifton 24 Jan '07

24 Jan '07

Hi In my double sided layout how can I stop ConTeXt from adding an empty page when a section ends. Thanks, Elliot

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XeTeX questions
by Thomas A. Schmitz 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

I'm trying (once again) to find out if learning something about XeTeX is worth the trouble. So far, I haven't seen any compelling reason, but I'd like to experiment a bit more. Here are two questions I have run into: 1. in the wiki pages "Talk:XeTeX," there's this anonymous piece of wisdom: Referencing fonts by filenames (just a note from the XeTeX mailing list as a reminder for later) in texmf.cnf: OPENTYPEFONTS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/opentype//;c:/Resources/Fonts// Then \setromanfont{[KalligraphiaLTStd.otf]} Is this possible or usable in ConTeXt? I have lots of OpenType fonts in ~/texmf/fonts/opentype, but not installed as system fonts, and would like to see whether they can just be used with XeTeX as with vanilla pdftex. texmf.cnf is set up accordingly, but so far, I haven't had any success. 2. When generating the formats, texexec complained about "unknow control sequence" because of lines 25 and 26 in syst-xtx.tex \setcclcuc 201C 201C 201C \setcclcuc 201D 201D 201D I had to comment out these lines to generate the formats (this is with a texlive2007 snapshot of last week and the latest ConTeXt). Is this a known bug? All best Thomas

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Long and short captions
by Robin Kirkham 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi again, Is there a way in ConTeXt to have "long" and "short" versions of a figure caption, as one can in LaTeX? The "long" caption is placed with the figure, the short one for the list of figures. Thanks, Robin

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Columns and components
by Jeff Smith 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi! I'm toying with a complex document environment involving multiple components, both in order to learn in general and to accomplish particular objectives. So I want a 2-column layout for all the document, which is made up of a bunch of components appended one after the other in a continuous fashion. The way I thought to acheive that is, instinctively, to use \startcolumns in my product file, before declaring the various components. However, when I do this, the use of \stopcolumns at the end doesn't work. The document does compile (with columns) when I don't use the stop command, but when I do, there is an error: ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. \stopcolumns ...idecolumnsfalse \endgroup \egroup l.12 \stopcolumns What is the proper way of doing this? The thing is, I need to balance my columns, and balancing doesn't work with no \stopcolumns. Thanks! Jeff

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Default preference for float location
by Robin Kirkham 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi, I'd like to set up floats (figures, tables, etc) so they float to the bottom of the page, by default (as if you always wrote \placefigure [bottom][...]{}{}). There does not seem to be an option to \setupfloats[] that will do this, or have I missed something? Robin

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Figures protruding into the margin in double-sided document [sovled]
by Tim Eyre ティム 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello all, I found the solution to this in a 2006 thread entitled "layout question". What I needed was: \definefloat[textmarginfigure][textmarginfigures] \setupfloat[textmarginfigure][location=inner] \placetextmarginfigure{<figure>} Tim

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Index formatting: column leaks over page margin
by cormullion＠mac.com 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

I have a tiny problem with the formatting of an index placed with \completeindex. When there are more than 14 or so page numbers for an entry and the entry is in the right hand column, the numbers leak over the page boundary. I haven't done any special formatting for these index pages - is there a command that says keep the columns for a \completeindex less than x cm wide or something?

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Figures (images) at a special position
by Claudia Lanzl 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello, I have a question on (absolute) positionning of figures/images. I try to position my images in that way shown in the layout in this attachment (hope I can post images this way?). I try to do it with the following lines: \useexternalfigure[pic01][pic01] \useexternalfigure[pic02][pic02] \useexternalfigure[pic03][pic03] \useexternalfigure[pic04][pic04] \useexternalfigure[pic05][pic05] \placefigure[left][]{none} { \startcombination[2*3] %\startcombination[2*2] %the following 3 lines don´t work! %probably I can not use \placeexternalfigure in the \startcombination !??? {\placeexternalfigure[left] {Caption} {\externalfigure[pic01.jpg]}} {\externalfigure[pic02.jpg]}{} {\externalfigure[pic03.jpg]}{Caption} {\externalfigure[pic04.jpg]}{} {\externalfigure[pic05.jpg]}{} \stopcombination } So if I position the images with {\externalfigure[pic0001.jpg]}{} and so on, I don´t get the layout I want to have. I found floating objects, can I use these to position the pictures in the way I want to? ANY COMMENT IS USEFUL! Thank you very much!

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get XML data and put it in a table
by Claudia Lanzl 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hello again, yet another problem.... :( I have got the following table: \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\ss Name } \eTD \bTD FAMILY NAME \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD {\ss Role} \eTD \bTD ROLE \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD {\ss E-Mail} \eTD \bTD E-MAIL \eTD \eTR \eTABLE and want the first coloumn to be always the same. The 3 attributes of the second one (FAMILY NAME, ROLE, E-MAIL) should come from an XML-file. So how do I get the attributs out of the file to the special position in the table? I think this can not be difficult, but it didn´t want to work. Do I have to go step by step through my document, and ignore those tags I don´t want to get? I would like to say: \defineXMLenvironment[user] \defineXMLenvironment[name] \defineXMLignore[display] \defineXMLargument[family] and save this result in a variable. Hm, I simly don´t know... do I have to group it? The XML-file looks s.th. similar to that: <user status="published" type="author" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" <name> <display> Reiner Ittinger </display> <family> Ittinger </family> <given> Reiner </given> </name> <organisation> <role> Student </role> </organisation> <contact> <emails> <email> ittinger(a)fha.de </email> </emails> </contact> </user> Thank you for your help and comments, tired Claudia

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pdfetex 1.40.1 + ghosscript problem?
by Michal Kvasnicka 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Good evening. Excuse me this off-topic, I don't know where should I ask. I've installed pdfetex 1.40.1 to be able to use hz-algorithm with truetype fonts. Both my AdobeReader 7.x, and xpdf under SuSE Linux 10.1 view the output pdf file all right. But my gv viewer based on ghostscript (version 8.15 (2006-04-19)) dies if I try to view the output file with it. When I convert the pdf file to postscript using AdobeReader, it doesn't die but view the document incorrectly (strange letters appears where they are not supposed to be). Can anybody tell me what's wrong, and if there is a ghostscript version capable to view the output of pdftex 1.40.1? Without it it is useless for me. :-( Many thanks for your kind help. Michal Kvasnicka

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Imposition struggles
by Willi Egger 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

Help! I need to get a book on paper... Using: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.18 12:57 MKII fmt: 2007.1.19 int: english/english Problem: By means of veroffset and horoffset the arranged pages should be placed in the center of the sheet. However, depending on the number of pages, the last sheets get typeset wronlgy (shifted unexpectedly to the left). Please try the attached sample file. Willi % TEST imposition % Problems: % option "cutspace" in \setuplayout is not honored % option ver/horoffset do unexpected shifts of the pages on the sheet % % By means of ver/horoffset the pages should be put centered on the sheet, in order % to be able to fold and cut the sheets. % Context file % filename: imposition-test.tex % Willi Egger % 20-01-2007 \mainlanguage[nl] \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[palatino, rm, 11pt] % Data for the setup of the layout % Relation between height and width of the PAGE 3 : 2 % Kanon 12 % Paper height (A - D) 200 mm % Paper length (A - B) 267 mm % Inner margin 11 mm % Top margin 17 mm % Outer margin 22 mm % Lower margin 33 mm % Height typesetting area 150 mm % Width typesetting area 100 mm \definepapersize[Test][height=200mm, width=137.5mm] %incl. 4 mm bindingcorection \setuppapersize[Test][A4,landscape] \setuplayout [% % cutspace=5mm, veroffset=5mm, horoffset=-11mm, topspace=17mm, backspace=15mm, %incl. 4 mm bindingcorrection leftmargin=10mm, margindistance=1mm, width=100mm, header=0pt, headerdistance=0pt, footer=1.5\bodyfontsize, footerdistance= 3\bodyfontsize, height=167mm, marking=on] \setuppagenumbering[location={footer,right},alternative=doublesided] \setuparranging[2*2*4] \setupitemgroup[itemize] [1] [symbol=2, before={\blank[small]}, inbetween={\blank[small]}, after={\blank[small]}] \starttext % \dorecurse {30}{% This works as expected! \dorecurse {35}{% \subject{A text by Ward} \input ward \subject{A text by Louis Couperus} Overglanzende mooi was Emeralda, schitterend schoon als geen vrouw in het rijk, geen prinses in andere rijken. Zij was heel groot en vorstelijk van gestalte; zij liep heel recht en fier en trotsch; zij wàs heel trotsch, want na den dood van den koning zoû zij heerschen op den troon van het Rijk van het Verleden. IJverzuchtig op al de macht, die haar deel zoû zijn, wees zij af alle de prinsen, die dongen om hare hand. Zij sprak nooit anders dan om te bevelen, en alleen voor haar vader boog zij het hoofd. Zij droeg altijd zwaar brokaat, zilver- of goud-, en bezaaid met gesteente, en lange mantels van ruischend sindaal met breed hermelijn omzoomd; een diadeem van de eêlste juweelen flonkerde steeds in haar rossiggoud haar, en ook haar oogen waren juweel: twee prachtige groene smaragden, waarin een zwarte karbonkel was de pupil; en men fluisterde geheimzinnig, dat haar hart was geslepen uit én enkelen reuzerobijn \unknown \startitemize \item First item \item Second item \item Third item \stopitemize} \stoptext

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cont-tmf.zip
by Willi Egger 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

Hi, Is there anybody who is willing to provide me with the last version of cont-tmf.zip of 2006? - Attach it please to an offline mail. Thanks! Willi

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Are before=command parameters expanded?
by Mike Bird 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

I noticed some strange behavior which resulted from the fact that the before value is expanded in \setupfootnotes. For example, the following test case will break if \noexpand is removed: \setupfootnotes[before=\noexpand\undefined] \starttext \stoptext Is this the intended behavior or is this a bug? Thanks, --Mike Bird

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Module `database' and UTF8?
by Michal Kvasnicka 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

Good evening. I apologize that I bother you now so much with my own problems but I have to rewrite some of my macros right now for some reason. I found there is a great `database' module. I tried it with ConTeXt version 2007.01.12 15:56, perl TeXExec 5.4.3, and pdfetex 1.40.1 under SuSE Linux 10.1. I use input encoding regime utf8, and fonts in ec-lm encoding. I set it this way: \defineseparatedlist[CSV] [separator=tab,%{,}, %quotechar={"}, before=\bTABLE, after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR, last=\eTR, left=\bTD, right=\eTD] And call it with \processseparatedfile[CSV][file.csv]. It works well with words without accents. If there is an accented letter in the file.csv, it failes with this error message: ! Argument of \utftwouniglph has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \dodoprocessseplist #1#2 ->\edef \!!stringa {#1} \ifx \edef@relax \!!stringa ... <argument> PŘÍJMY leden únor březen duben květen červen červenec srpe... \doprocessseplist ...elax ->\dodoprocessseplist #1 \relax \relax \relax \end \doprocessseparatedfileline ...plist \line \relax \else \expanded {\processq... ... Can you help me to make it work? Many thanks. Yours Michal Kvasnicka

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setup linecorrection
by David Arnold 20 Jan '07

20 Jan '07

All, How do you set up: \startlinecorrection[blank] \midaligned{\getbuffer[table]} \stoplinecorrection so ensuing lines are not indented?

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translation question
by Frans Goddijn 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Note: this is not about ConTeXt (I have used ConTeXt but not actively these days) but I'm sending in this question as per suggestion to me by Hans Hagen. Sarah, the daughter of a friend, is studying at Carnegie Mellon University where she's designing games with a group called the Game Creation Society. One of the games produced popped up on a Czech download site with a Czech text and Sarah and her group would like to know what the text means... Any Czech here who'd care to translate or give a general impression in English of what the text says? Hans Hagen said there might me. Thanks for your time, Frans frans(a)goddijn.com www.rijksbinnenhaven.nl /// Sarah writes: This is about one of the GCS games... It's been put up on some free game downloading site, and he found a different foreign website that has it on it. "Power Monkey je novinkou z dílny týmu Game Creation Society. Jejich díla je tøeba brát smrtelnì vážnì už jen proto, že jde o seskupení profesionálních vývojáøù, kteøí se ve volném èase baví tvorbou nezávislých titulù. Konkrétnì tenhle je roztomilou arkádou s opièkou v hlavní roli. Jako každá správná opice, má i tahle velice ráda banány. Nìjaký dobrodinec jí pøitom poházel po dvou na zaèátku dostupných úrovních spoustu kusù lahodného žlutého ovoce. Úkolem hráèe tedy není nic jiného, než se jimi proskákat a všechny banány v èasovém limitu sežrat. Povede-li se dokonèit dva poèáteèní levely, otevøe se ještì bonusový tøetí. Power Monkey se hraje dokonale pohodovì. Èas, který je na jednotlivé levely nasazen, není úplnì benevolentní, napodruhé èi nejpozdìji napotøetí už ale vìtšina hráèù úroveò dokonèí. K ovládání slouží základní kombinace WASD a myši, celkový dobrý dojem pak dotváøí audiovizuální zpracování, možná ne dokonalé, rozhodnì ale roztomilé a zejména v lesním levelu velmi stylové. Power Monkey je zkrátka pìkná 3D arkáda, jež potìší zejména mladší hráèe. "

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Another \setuparranging
by Michal Kvasnicka 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Good evening. Is there any SIMPLE way to add one more arranging scheme to \setuparranging command? I regularly typeset some document on a piece of paper that is 1/3 of A4, and want to print it in such a way that three of them are positioned side to side on one A4 paper. I've been doing it with pstops utility. Isn't there a simple way how make \setuparranging command to do it? And one more related question: Usually the document has just one page, so in the print version there are three same pages side to side to each other. Any hint how to do it? Many thanks for your help. Michal Kvasnicka

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[Fwd: Re: Latest ConTeXt and lmmi7]]
by Hans Hagen 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

lm and gyre news ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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error: the file 'texexec' is not found
by Bob Reynolds 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Hi, I just updated my TeX (and ConTeXt) tree, based on the linuxtex.zip file at http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm, at /usr/local/share/tex from about the August version and after a few minor tweaks I've got it working. No other TeX stuff is installed on my Gentoo system. One big problem: all of a sudden, I need to run "source /usr/local/share/tex/setuptex" or else a command like "texmfstart texexec --color 'story.tex'" exits with an error message "the file 'texexec' is not found". This breaks the Kile program that I use to write and compile TeX files. Is there any way to get this or something similar that's not in a bash environment to just work? Thank you very much, Bob ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367

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ConTeXt release 2007.01.18
by Taco Hoekwater 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Hi all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2007.01.18 A very short list of changes is given below. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Two important caveats apply to this release: * ConTeXt has switched to Latin Modern for the base math fonts as well. If this gives you problems with missing metrics, then your latin modern font package needs to be updated. In case your TeX installation does not have an easy update solution, the LM package is on CTAN: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/lm/ * ConTeXt has switched to pdftex 1.40. Unfortunately, due to changes in pdftex, it is not possible to support both 1.40 and 1.30 reliably at the same time, so if you normally use pdftex, you have to upgrade pdftex as well as context. In case your TeX installation does not have an easy update solution, the pdftex 1.40.1 distribution is available in source from here: http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex Alternatively, you could temporarily use XeTeX instead of pdftex. If you cannot solve or work around the two above issues, you should not update to the new ConTeXt. New features (compared to 2007.01.02): * Complete support for pdftex 1.40 * Swich to Latin Modern Math * Support for TeXGyreSchola fonts * Support for pdftex 1.40's draft mode (texexec --draft) * The scripts texmstart, texexec and texsync return exit codes now * The vim-based syntax highlighting module is added to cont-ext.zip Bugfixes: * A math display error message from 2007.01.02 is fixed * The unicode map file loading was broken in non-pdftex * texexec's --passon switch is re-instated * The Adobe euro font map file is now usable by dvips as well Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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footnotes and footnote markers on SPREAD
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Hi, there seems to be a rule that footnotes and footnote markers have to be kept on the same page -- even if there stays a lot of white space at the bottom. Is there also a kind of penalties to modify the rule like this: Keeping on the same page would be best, but on the same SPREAD is fine enough?! Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] Latest ConTeXt and lmmi7
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

On 18 Jan 2007 at 15:20, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin_modern > gets a > Resource not found > message. (Is there another source?) Thats a typo at that web-site: take 'latin-modern' not 'latin_modern'! but there is no aktuall lm to download at the moment Wolfgang

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Keeping section heading with following text?
by cormullion＠mac.com 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

The other minor problem I had is that in one place i got a subsection heading at the bottom of one page and the text that follows it on the top of the next page. Is there some setting I can make which stops this happening?

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grid versus whitespace
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Hi, please have a look at following example: \starttext \setupwhitespace[5pt] \setuplayout[grid=no] \showstruts \showgrid \showgridboxes \setuphead[section][grid=fit] \section{Heading One} \input tufte \input knuth \stoptext For the section is too high, I set grid=yes which gives the desired section distance. But now the whitespace 5pt between the regular paragraphs gets lost! Is there a way to have both: section grid snapping *and* regular whitespace? Steffen

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Latest ConTeXt and lmmi7
by Alan Bowen 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

The latest ConTeXt (ver: 2007.01.18 12:57 MKII fmt: 2007.1.18 int: english/english) will not process my files. The log file has: ... (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) kpathsea: Running mktextfm lmmi7 /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation mm for lmmi7. /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/ local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/map/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input lmmi7 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf lmmi7 ! I can't find file `lmmi7'. <*> ...e:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input lmmi7 ... grep: lmmi7.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input lmmi7' failed to make lmmi7.tfm. I installed it just as I have previous versions. Alan

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GFS Fonts, especially GFS Bodoni, Didot and Porson
by Bert Trüger 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Hi, a few days ago Alan Bowen wrote about his problem using GFS Bodoni. I'm looking for GFS fonts. The link http://www.greekfontsociety.org/pages/en_typefaces.html seems to be dead. So can anybody provide me with these fonts or send me a working link? It would help a lot if he could add all the needed afm, vf, map etc. files to use them with context. Thanks in advance Chris

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Working with environments and projects
by Jeff Smith 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Hi all! I'm trying to work with environements, projects, products and components. I have the following setup, involving juste one component at the moment: The component file is named acoustique.tex: \startcomponent acoustique \product prd_articlesdemo \project project_dhfq2 [some text] \stopcomponent Then, in the same folder, there's the product file: \startproduct prd_articlesdemo \project project_dhfq2 \component acoustique \stopproduct Then, in the same folder, there's the project file: \startproject project_dhfq2 \environment env_dhfq2 \product prd_articlesdemo \stopproject Then, in a folder above my working folder, there's the environment file: \startenvironment env_dhfq2 [too much stuff to paste here] \stopenvironment Now when I compile either the component or the product, I get: TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | nothing to process What I am doing wrong? Is it right not to use \starttext ... \stoptext here? Thanks! JFS

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website
by Hans Hagen 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Hi The website is off line today because we're updating the operating system. Hans

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bug in figure database
by Peter Rolf 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Hi Hans, I'm currently building up a new tree, based on your minimal system. Everything works fine, except figure inclusion from data bases. I finally traced it down to the following typo(s) (x-fig-00.tex | x-fig-04.tex) : \def\dogetfigurefilename#1% {\ifx\figurefilename\empty \bgroup \xdef\figurefilebasepath{#1}% \assignfullfilename{#1}\figurefilebase\to\filename \expanded{\processXMLfilegrouped{\filename.xml}}% \ifx\figurefilename\empty\else \globallet\figurefilebase\figurefilebase ^^^^ should be \filename, else the path to the database pdf is missing \fi \egroup \fi} Greetings, Peter

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Re: [NTG-context] placepublications in combination with ownnumber=yes
by M.J. Kallen 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Taco, thanks for the reply. I tried 'criterium=local' and it does not make a difference. Maarten-Jan ----- Original Message ---- From: Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:32:30 PM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] placepublications in combination with ownnumber=yes M.J. Kallen wrote: > Hi Taco and everyone else, > > working with \placepublications[criterium=cite] inside sections, I > noticed that the behavior is not the same when using a section with > ownnumber=yes. The local list of publications does not appear in the > latter case. I've made a sample test.tex and test.bib file to > demonstrate this. It seems like this is the same behaviour as trying > to use \placepublications[criterium=cite] inside a \subject, i.e. > nothing appears. Is this behavior as expected? You can try you luck with \placepublications[criterium=local], see if that does something, but the behaviour is actually "as expected", yes. It is unlikely that I will ever truly fix this, because it wouls require a rather large rewrite. Best, Taco _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/

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placepublications in combination with ownnumber=yes
by M.J. Kallen 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Hi Taco and everyone else, working with \placepublications[criterium=cite] inside sections, I noticed that the behavior is not the same when using a section with ownnumber=yes. The local list of publications does not appear in the latter case. I've made a sample test.tex and test.bib file to demonstrate this. It seems like this is the same behaviour as trying to use \placepublications[criterium=cite] inside a \subject, i.e. nothing appears. Is this behavior as expected? Greetings, Maarten-Jan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396546091

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texexec --mode=xxx --mode=yyy
by Peter Münster 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Hello, is it possible to make "texexec --mode=xxx --mode=yyy" behave the same as "texexec --mode=xxx,yyy" ? I need it, because I have a server that automatically generates pdf-files via "texexec --mode=xxx ..." and the rest of the command-line can be anything found in the tex-fileheader (for example another --mode=yyy). Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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problem with undefined control sequence
by Peter Rolf 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Hi, this used to work. % - - - - - - - - \setupoutput[pdftex] \def\startTODO{% \inleft{\bf TODO:}\setupitemize[before={\blank[small]}]% \startitemize[4,packed,inmargin,joinedup]} \let\stopTODO\stopitemize \starttext \startTODO \item foo \item bar \item 2000 \stopTODO \stoptext % - - - - - - - - With the current ConTeXt (12.01.07) and pdftex 1.40.1 I get this error message: [..] (r:/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (r:/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (r:/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-def.tex) systems : begin file itemize at line 9 ! Undefined control sequence. \initializenextposition ...dosetpositionpapersize {\printpaperwidth }{\print... \setposition ...ing \else \initializenextposition \def \currentposition {#1}... \dopositionmarginbox ...argin :\currentmarginpos } \ifcase \marginrepositionm... \dodoinmargin ...ftmarginblock \fi ]\next {#3}{#6} \rawpagereference \s!mar {... \startTODO ->\inleft {\bf TODO:} \setupitemize [before={\blank [small]}]\star... l.11 \startTODO ? ____ Same on contextgarden. Greetings, Peter

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Unicode Character Problem
by Johannes Graumann 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Hello, I'm having trouble defining a new unicode character: 'versuch.tex' reads: \defineXMLentity [\#9633] {\symbol[8]} 'versuch.xml' reads: □ Trying to compile this like so: texmfstart texexec --environment=versuch.tex versuch.xml Yields the error below. What am I doing wrong (this works for other things like '\defineXMLentity[\#8211]{--}')? Thanks for your insights! Joh kpathsea: Running mktexmf UnicodeRegular25 ! I can't find file `UnicodeRegular25'. <*> ...mag:=1; nonstopmode; input UnicodeRegular25 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...mag:=1; nonstopmode; input UnicodeRegular25 Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: UnicodeRegular25.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input UnicodeRegular25' failed to make UnicodeRegular25.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \unicodefont=UnicodeRegular25 at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <recently read> \bodyfontsize \unicodeglyph ... \currentfontscale \bodyfontsize \unicodestrut \unicodefont... \uchar ...+\unicodetwo \relax \handleunicodeglyph \endgroup l.1 □

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Columns page-break problem
by Michal Kvasnicka 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Good morning. I've just installed new ConTeXt (ver. 2006.08.08 21:51), and use perl TeXExec (ver. 5.4.3). Now my old macros using the columns environment have stopped working properly. Even when I type (n being a number) \startcolumns \dorcurse{n}{\input tufte} \stopcolumns a the page is broken after the \stopcolumns sometimes even when only 50-80 % of the page is filled ("a" is in the next page). In my previous installations (I haven't upgraded for a long time) it worked perfect. What's wrong? Was something changed? Haven't I installed the ConTeXt properly? What should I do? Your sincerely Michal Kvasnicka

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How should I config the ConTeXt in order to use utf-8 encoding chinese characters?
by Hongyi Zhao 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Dear all Now I can use the GBK encoding chinese characters in my ConTeXt, but if I want to use the utf-8 encoding chinese characters in my tex files, this is, I want the tex source file encoded by UTF-8, how should I config the ConTeXt. BYW, all the chinese fonts needed have been installed correctly by me, including the TTFs and the corresponding Type1 fonts. Thanks --- Hongyi Zhao (赵弘毅) GnuPG DSA: 0xD108493B 老子道德经：第十七章太上，不知有之；其次，亲而誉之；其次，畏之；其次，侮之。信不足焉，有不信焉。悠兮，其贵言。功成事遂，百姓皆谓：“我自然”。

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multiple bibliographies
by Charles Doherty 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Dear Thomas, Aditya, Taco, I am trying to produce a book-list for class using Taco's bib module. I would like to produce a separate list for each lecture / topic: Title of Lecture paragraph giving a synopsis of topic list of books/articles and this repeated for x number of lectures. I discovered a thread in the ConTeXt users mailing list for September last for something like this. Has there been a solution? If it would do what I want I would be grateful for a sample or instructions. I am using the latest bib module. Thanks, Charlie Doherty

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Overfull \hbox query
by Alan Bowen 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

I have been processing a number of files using the same environment file. Each time, early in the log file I get the very same message: ... (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) Overfull \hbox (13.2pt too wide) detected at line 63 [] system : module ancientgreek loaded (/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/third/greek/t-ancientgreek.tex loading : module ancientgreek ... The problem is that I can see no evidence in the document of an overfull \hbox. Moreover, if I change the font from SIL-Gentium to Latin Modern, the message goes away, though it returns once more if I use GFSDidot say (only the line number differs). Can anyone explain what is happening or suggest how I may proceed to determine what is happening and why? Alan

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Error with --modu for core-mis
by luigi scarso 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

If someone compile this $>texmfstart texexec --pdf --modu core-mis then he should be send to me (luigi.scarso at gmail.com) core-mis.tex Thanks in advance luigi

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texexec ruby problem
by Michal Kvasnicka 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Good morning. I've just installed new ConTeXt (ver: 2006.08.08 21:51) under SuSE 10.1 Linux. I tried to make ruby version of texexec working, but I failed. When I try to run it, I get this error message: /usr/share/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:10:in `require': no such file to load -- base/switch (LoadError) from /usr/share/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texexec.rb:10 Can you tell me what package should I install? And is there any difference between the perl and the ruby texexecs? Your sincerely Michal Kvasnicka

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Another question about oldstyle numbers
by Helin Gai 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Hi, This is a question I posted before, which hasn't been resolved yet... When I use \setuphead[section][numberstyle=os], the dot in the section number becomes a triangle... One fix is to say [numberstyle=sc], but is an alternative available? Thanks! Sincerely, 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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Dynamic Elements on Layer
by Helin Gai 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Hi, I'm still trying to place my running heads into the margin, 5 cm away from the top. My new attempt is to use layer: \definelayer[colin][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,x=0mm,y=0mm] \setlayer[colin][x=5cm,y=3cm]{\framed{\getmarking[chapter][current]}} \setupbackgrounds[page][background=colin] But it doesn't seem to work either. Does anyone know why it is? Many thanks! Sincerely, 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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\to in footer?
by andrea valle 14 Jan '07

14 Jan '07

Hi to all, I wanted to use in footer an arrow so I went with: \setupfootertexts[$\to$ help] It raises an error. I solved with $\rightarrow$, but I was curious about this fact Why does it happen? many thanls -a- 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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ConTeXt 2007.01.12 problem
by Alan Bowen 14 Jan '07

14 Jan '07

Processing a file that used to typeset successfully now gets the error message: ! Undefined control sequence. \initializenextposition ...dosetpositionpapersize {\printpaperwidth } {\print... \setposition ...ing \else \initializenextposition \def \currentposition {#1}... \dopositionmarginbox ...argin :\currentmarginpos } \ifcase \marginrepositionm... \dodoinmargin ...ftmarginblock \fi ]\next {#3}{#6} \rawpagereference \s!mar {... \do@@description ... \copy \fi \@@descriptionbox } \@@dodescription \dodogotopar ...ceto \fi }{\footnotereferenceto }} \BeforePar \emptytoks ... Is there a fix for this? Best, Alan

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rotate a TABLE
by Gerhard Kugler 14 Jan '07

14 Jan '07

Hi, I want to rotate a TABLE (to landscape) within a normal (portrait) text. The TABLE covers one page. Which commands or options in commands do I have? Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de

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Re: [NTG-context] rightframe=on
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 14 Jan '07

14 Jan '07

Hallo! > > % a lot of weird corners > > > > in core-rul ... > > Hallo! > > I played a little with this and found some artefacts in the arc > with > rulethickness=2pt or 4pt (3pt is ok). > > \framed[corner=14, > frame=on, > framecolor=darkred, > rulethickness=2pt]{\tttf TEST MORE~} > Can nobody else see, that the two strokes building the frame do not match at some pointsizes? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] rightframe=on
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 14 Jan '07

14 Jan '07

> Is it on windows? It seems -- unless your tests too are on linux Yes, it is on windows (Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 and 7.0.9) I tried with ghostscript 8.53, and all is ok. Don't know what with AcroRead 8. Wolfgang

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