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calling texmfstart from perl in context distribution
by David Arnold 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

All, I have cdwincontext installed and I am trying to run texmfstart from a perl script on windows. I tried associating file extension .rb with the ruby that comes with the context distro. Am I missing something here? #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $os; if ($^O =~ /darwin/i || $^O =~ /linux/i) { $os = 'nix'; } else { $os = 'win'; } my $TMS; if ($os eq 'nix') { $TMS='/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ texmfstart.rb'; } elsif ($os eq 'win') { $TMS = 'c:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local\scripts\context \ruby\texmfstart.rb'; } opendir my $dirH, '.'; while ($_ = readdir $dirH) { next if $_ =~ /^\.+/; next unless $_ =~ /^section\d+figs\.tex$/; for my $run ('first','second') { print "Processing file $_ ($run run)\n"; `$TMS texexec $_`; } } closedir $dirH;

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title of combinedlist
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

Hi, how do I define the title of a combined list? -> completecontent has a predefined title (Content or Inhalt): how to change this? -> my own defined combined lists don't show any title: where to define and how to show up? Steffen

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Bug with type << .. >>?
by Aditya Mahajan 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

Isn't \type<<..>> be supposed to be equivalent to \type{..} ? \title{some \type{thing} } works perfectly but \title{some \type<<thing>>} gives ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup <argument> ...head \endgraf \fi \dostopattributes \dostopattributes \@@ko::normal ...box {\localheadsetup \noindent #2 }\fi \doplaceheadtext ...attributes \dostopattributes } }\fi \endheadplacement {#1... \dodododoconstructhead ...arking [#1\v!number ]{}} \writesection {#1}{-}{#4}\... l.3 \title{some \type<<thing>>} Is this a bug? Aditya

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regexp for matching entire footnotes
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

Hi, I have to find (highlight) footnotes with the entire footnote being marked/highlighted. Constructing a regexp for this is far beyond what I can write, that's why I frankly ask for help here: The problems are the (potentially) nested pairs of curled brackets (like for \index, \emphasize etc etc) ... \footnote{Vgl. zur Historie \it{Name}, „Staatssekretär\index {Staatssekretär}} ... as the found string shouldn't stop at the first "}" that was found. Somebody knows a syntax that ignores curled bracket pairs *included* in footnotes and really matches the entire note? Steffen

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How to achieve: (a) sectiontitle
by Steffen Wolfrum 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

Hi, I am confused about the ")" and setupsection or setuphead: What I need is a section that looks like this a) text b) text and a section like this (aa) text (bb) text The conversion is clear but what about ")", resp. "(" before and ")" after the sectionnumber. How and where is this called? Steffen

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sorting commalist?
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jul '06

30 Jul '06

In the article "Context System macros, part1: general macros" there are all sorts of interesting and useful macros. Among these I have set my eye on the processing of commalists. Question: is there a context macro that takes a commalist (either in a token register or \the\tokenregister form) that returns a sorted commalist (ascending or descending doesnt matter to me for the moment). If someone will be so kind to point one out to me. A scan through the sources didn't bring an obvious candidate to my attention although I feel there must be one, but I may overlooking it. Hans van der Meer

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\Word and friends
by Hans van der Meer 29 Jul '06

29 Jul '06

After \def\Example{example} \Word{\Example} gives example So I need \expanded{\Word{\Example}} to get Example but \WORD{\Example}} does give EXAMPLE I did not expect that. Is this the intended behaviour? Hans van der Meer

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definesynonyms
by Bernd Militzer 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

Hi all, for a large ancestor-project I defined a set of informations for a lot of persons like you can see below. QUESTION: how many synonyms can I max. define? I need about 4000 defs. or has someone a better idea to handle those informations. thanks for help! Bernd % --> snip % \definesynonyms[PID][PIDs][\doGetPID] \PID{Fam268} {Rudolph} \PID{Nam268} {Rudluffen} \PID{Vor268} {Adam} \PID{Ruf268} {Adam} \PID{Geb268} {k.A.} \PID{GebOrt268} {Oberkoskau} \PID{Tau268} {19. Mai 1725} \PID{TauOrt268} {Unterkoskau} \PID{Hei268} {17. November 1755} \PID{HeiOrt268} {Willersdorf} % \PID{Amt268} {} % \PID{AmtOrt268} {} \PID{Tod268} {14. Februar 1781} \PID{TodOrt268} {Oberkoskau} \PID{Alt268} {55 Jahre, 9 Monate, 3 Tage} \PID{Urs268} {nach dreitägiger Krankheit} \PID{Grab268} {14. Februar 1781} \PID{GrabOrt268} {Unterkoskau} \PID{Ber268} {Müller} \PID{Zus268} {Besitzer der Obermühle} % \PID{Fam2112} {Militzer} \PID{Nam2112} {Mielitzer} \PID{Vor2112} {Adam} \PID{Ruf2112} {Adam} \PID{Geb2112} {k.A.} \PID{GebOrt2112} {Unterkoskau} \PID{Tau2112} {16. November 1670} \PID{TauOrt2112} {Unterkoskau} \PID{Hei2112} {21. Mai 1694} \PID{HeiOrt2112} {Unterkoskau} % \PID{Amt2112} {} % \PID{AmtOrt2112} {} \PID{Tod2112} {27. Juni 1699} \PID{TodOrt2112} {Unterkoskau} \PID{Alt2112} {28 Jahre, 6 Monate, 21 Tage} \PID{Urs2112} {k.A} \PID{Grab2112} {k.A.} \PID{GrabOrt2112} {Unterkoskau} \PID{Ber2112} {k.A.} \PID{Zus2112} {Epidemie im Jahr 1699, da viele Todesf‰lle} % % % Familienname, Vorname(n) (000) \def\getPID#1{\doGetPID{Fam#1}, \doGetPID{Vor#1}~(#1)} \def\titPID#1{{\it \doGetPID{Fam#1}, \doGetPID{Vor#1}~(#1)}} % für Überschriften \def\getPIDGeb#1{\doGetPID{Fam#1}, \doGetPID{Vor#1}~(#1) -- Geburt} \def\getPIDHei#1{\doGetPID{Fam#1}, \doGetPID{Vor#1}~(#1) -- Heirat} \def\getPIDTod#1{\doGetPID{Fam#1}, \doGetPID{Vor#1}~(#1) -- Tod} % \def\getGeburt#1{\doGetPID{Geb#1}} % Geburtsdatum \def\getGebOrt#1{\doGetPID{GebOrt#1}} \def\getTaufe#1{\doGetPID{Tau#1}} % Taufdatum \def\getTauOrt#1{\doGetPID{TauOrt#1}} \def\getHeirat#1{\doGetPID{Hei#1}} % Kirchliche Heirat \def\getHeiOrt#1{\doGetPID{HeiOrt#1}} \def\getAmt#1{\doGetPID{Amt#1}} % Standesamtliche Heirat \def\getAmtOrt#1{\doGetPID{AmtOrt#1}} \def\getTod#1{\doGetPID{Tod#1}} % Sterbedatum \def\getTodOrt#1{\doGetPID{TodOrt#1}} \def\getUrsache#1{\doGetPID{Urs#1}} % Todesursache \def\getAlter#1{\doGetPID{Alt#1}} % Alter bei Tod \def\getGrab#1{\doGetPID{Grab#1}} % Datum des Begräbnisses \def\getGrabOrt#1{\doGetPID{GrabOrt#1}} \def\getBeruf#1{\doGetPID{Ber#1}} % Beruf \def\getZusatz#1{\doGetPID{Zus#1}} % Zusatzinformation % % Vorname(n) Familienname \def\getNamen#1{\doGetPID{Vor#1}~\doGetPID{Fam#1}} \def\titNamen#1{{\it \doGetPID{Vor#1}~\doGetPID{Fam#1}}} % \def\getNameN#1{\doGetPID{Vor#1}~\doGetPID{Fam#1}~(#1)} \def\titNameN#1{{\it \doGetPID{Vor#1}~\doGetPID{Fam#1}}~(#1)} % % % Familienname \def\getFamilie#1{\doGetPID{Fam#1}} \def\titFamilie#1{{\it \doGetPID{Fam#1}}} % Geburtsname (exakte Schreibweise) \def\getExakt#1{\doGetPID{Nam#1}} \def\titExakt#1{{\it \doGetPID{Nam#1}}} % Vorname \def\getVor#1{\doGetPID{Vor#1}} \def\titVor#1{{\it \doGetPID{Vor#1}}} % \def\getRuf#1{\doGetPID{Ruf#1}} \def\titRuf#1{{\it \doGetPID{Ruf#1}}} % % \starttext Testtext\crlf \getNamen{2112}\ starb am \getTod{2112} im Alter von \getAlter{2112}n in \getTodOrt{2112}. \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Magazine layout
by Fidel Viegas 28 Jul '06

28 Jul '06

Hi Aditya, >Vit Zyka posted some notes on an impressive book layout that he did a >while ago. >http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20060525.084738.3f1d8e4a.en.html<http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20060525.084738.3f1d8e4a.en.html> Thanks for the pointer. That is a good example. >The magazines use s-mag-01.tex for layout. Most magazines of pragma >website have the "source code" at the end of the magazine. The sources >of the magazines and context manuals are available at the svn >repository. You can browse it at >http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals<http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals> >or download the manuals from svn://ctx.pragma-ade.nl/manuals I din't know of this repository. I tried to search all over the site but couldn't find it. So, once again thanks for the pointer. I think that now I have some good material I can study. All the best, Fidel.

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section versus subject
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hi, maybe another quite ... basic question: What's wrong about \subject? I assumed that the only difference between \section and \subject is numbering or not. But why does \subject not appear in the TOC (see below)? \starttext \definecombinedlist[content] [section,subject] \completecontent \page \section{section} \subject{subject} \stoptext Thanks, Steffen

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Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt
by David Wooten 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Greetings all, I've been itching to stop using "Illustrator" and other programs to make the charts and graphs I wish to include in my ConTeXt-generated documents, and would like to get some advice on the matter. There is a special (albeit not well furnished) place in my heart for Tufte's /"Visual Display of Quantitative Information/", so I suppose I am always leaning towards that philosophy of chart-making. I came across Jean-luc Doumont's article /"Drawing effective (and beautiful) graphs with TeX*" [1]/, in which he refers to his macro package called JLdraw---and shows some pretty examples. JLdraw was in fact never generally released, although when I contacted him he was happy to send along the macro package. In beginning to tinker with them, I have not had much luck getting them to work within ConTeXt, undoubtedly due to my persistent naiveté. Thus I'm curious as to what others use... is R an efficient method to produce elegant charts? Is straight MetaPost preferable? Many thanks, David [1] http://www.tug.org/TUG99-web/pdf/doumont2.pdf

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setuplabeltext bug ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hi, the label is killed when changing new (de) german to old (deo) german: \mainlanguage[de]%de=new, deo=old \starttext \setuplabeltext[de][chapter=Chapter] \chapter{Text} \stoptext Right? Steffen

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keepblocks
by David Arnold 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

All, Can anyone explain what this is supposed to do? \keepblocks

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underbar and hyphenation
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hello, is there any way to make hyphenation work when using \underbar? Thanks, Mojca

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centered headertexts ??
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hi, apologies, I guess this one is a pretty easy question, but after trying (almost) every combination I gave up... How do I get xxx and yyy set in the header's center?? \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location= {header,marginedge}] \setupheadertexts[][xxx][yyy][] \starttext \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \input knuth \input tufte \input knuth \stoptext As always, thank you very much, Steffen

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setupitemize confusion
by Steffen Wolfrum 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hi, both paragraph should be indented 12 pt. But there are different: \starttext \startitemize[width=12pt] \sym{\endash}\input tufte \stopitemize \setupitemize[width=12pt] \sym{\endash}\input tufte \stoptext How do I make the second the same as the first? Steffen

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core-buf.tex?
by David Arnold 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

All, In looking at core-buf.tex to see if I could find anything about subblocks, I came across at line 518: \def\setblocklevel#1% sign {\global\advance\blocklevel #11 \ifcase\blocklevel\doingblocksfalse\else\doingblockstrue\fi} Is that 11 correct?

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gnuplot in ConTeXt
by Dalyoung Jeong 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Dear all, I have installed gnuplot and others(aqua term, x11). I tested the minimal sample file in ConTeXt Wiki. In the wiki page, there is a command like \startGNUPLOTgraphics{sin} plot sin(x) \stopGNUPLOTgraphics but there is an error message like l.6 \startGNUPLOTgraphics {sin} ? x If I changed \startGNUPLOTgraphics{sin} to \startGNUPLOTgraphic{sin}, then the error is disappeared but the output showed only texts but not graph. Only a grey box is appeared. Would you please show me an example in detail? Thank you for reading. Dalyoung

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Magazine layout
by Fidel Viegas 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hello folks, I am new to ConTeXt, but I am a long time LaTeX user. I wanted to create a magazine with ConTeXt, and I was wondering if anyone has examples of magazines besides the ones that are presented in the site. Also, where can I get the full source of the magazines found in the Pragma ADE site, so that I can study them properly? I would appreciate the help. Thanks in advance, Fidel.

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Success and a question.
by John R. Culleton 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

I successfully updated to the latest cont-tem zip but it wasn't easy. Karl Berry suggested the following: cd $TMPDIR dir=`pwd` wget http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip cd /wherever/texmf-dist unzip -t $dir/cont-tmf.zip >/tmp/z unzip -q $dir/cont-tmf.zip rm web2c/natural.tcx mv web2c/context.cnf ../texmf/web2c # [stuff to update the repository] I did the above with embellishments. Since I have had continual trouble, even when I reloaded texlive 2005, I started with a new partition (Slackware 10.2) and a fresh texLIve installation. I followed the Berry routine. At the end I did: texhash fmtutil --all texhash (One cannot do texhash too often.) I tested this on a known file and it worked. Now I went to my production partition, wiped out the "2005" directory and copied the 2005 directory from my test partition. After the usual texhash and fmtutil bowing and scraping I now have an up-to-date context installation that seems to work OK. Now for the question: When I process a tex file with texexec I get a pdf file and a warnig message that says "warning use tekmfstart texecec instead." Well the bare texexec seems to work OK but the command; texmfstart texexec book.tex exits immediately with no output. Am I using texmfstart correctly? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Re: [NTG-context] [off-list, urgent] Index design
by Hans Hagen 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi Hans, > > sorry for contacting you off-list. But the publishing-house I am > working for at the moment needs to know the answer to my "Index > design" question today. > > They have a series of books with a given index (register of keywords) > designed as described below. > This design was set in the past with 3B2, and now is the question: is > it also possible to set it (in this strange way) with ConTeXt? > > > Please see my description below (hope gets it's clear): > > Is it possible, in an index, not to have single letters as separators > (here "a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of > the first entry with "a" or "w" set bold? > > See this minimal example: > > \setupoutput[pdftex] > > \starttext > \chapter{First Chapter} > Some text...\index{word} > > \section {First Section} > Some text...\index{word} > Some text...\index{another entry} > Some text...\index{ansi} > Some text...\index{another entry} > > \page[yes] > \completeindex > > \stoptext > > > > Here I would like to have only the first letter of the index entries > "another" and "word" in the index to be set bold. > > Y inofficial hook; remind me when the time is there that you need it because it needs to be hooked in somewhere else \unprotect \def\dosetpageregisterentrya#1#2% {\edef\currententrylevel{1}% \global\let\c!entryb\relax \global\let\c!entryc\relax \gdef\c!entrya {\iffirstregisterentry\else\endgraf\fi % new \global\firstregisterpagetrue \hangindent1em\noindent\c!entryreference \dohandleregisterentry{\executeifdefined {\??id#1\c!deeptextcommand}\firstofoneargument{#2}}% \global\firstregisterentryfalse \global\firstsubentrytrue \global\firstsubsubentrytrue}} \def\HowUgly#1{\doHowUgly#1\relax} \def\doHowUgly#1#2\relax{\iffirstregisterentry{\bf#1}\else#1\fi#2} \setupregister[index][indicator=no,deeptextcommand=\HowUgly] \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} Some text...\index{word} \section {First Section} Some text...\index{word} Some text...\index{another entry} Some text...\index{ansi} Some text...\index{another entry} \page[yes] \completeindex \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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indentnext for footnotes wanted
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, I need an indentnext=auto for footnotes having more than one paragraph. But the assumed command don't work - see below. Someone knows the solution? \setupheads[indentnext=auto] \setupindenting[small,yes] \setupitemize [indentnext=auto] \setuptyping [indentnext=auto] \setupformulas[indentnext=auto] \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=\quad] \setupfootnotedefinition[distance=1em,location=serried,indentnext=yes] \starttext text\footnote{\input knuth\par \input knuth\par } \stoptext Thank you, Steffen

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mails
by Hans Hagen 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, Sorry if i'm a bit slow with answering mails ... it's pretty warm here (and noisy since we need to open the server room door to get rid of the heat) 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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indented footnotes
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, I want my footnotes (bottom page) to be indented first line. So I tried this \setupfootnotes[indentnext=yes,numbercommand=\hskip1em\high] \setupfootnotedefinition[indentnext=yes,distance=0.5em,location=serried] But "\hskip1em" is now the distance to the right corner of the footnote's number. So the space before "999" is smaller than "1". But what is the syntax if the indent should be like in plain paragraphs: always the same? Steffen

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a new MyWay: really simple way to create tables
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, There's a new tiny piece of documentation about how to create simple tables in a simple way using comma/space/tab-separated values. For example, you can copy-paste some data from Excell and use it directly without having to add all those \NC or \eTD\bTD inbetween. You can also use '&' as a separator and imitate LaTeX way of creating tables. Comments & feedback wellcome. Mojca Just as a warning: There are two bugs left: utf-8 handling (if you don't need TeX commands in the data, you can circumvent that by using quotechar=whatever) and the last cell in the row may not be empty (you can probably put a \strut there if necessary). (Two other bugs were fixed in Taco's version, but I didn't check if it is already part of the new distribution or not.)

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How to place figures & captions to some non-standard places?
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, Is it possible to do the following with ConTeXt? 1. Figure is \textwidth wide, the caption is placed in the margin right or left to the figure (depending on left/right page) 2. Figure is less than \textwidth wide, it's placed on the inner side of "text", caption is on the outer side (top/middle or bottom-aligned, depending on user specification) 3. Figure is wider than textwidth, it's centered on "text+margin", caption below the figure (taking the same width as the figure itself) 4. figure and caption are both in the margin (outer or inner side of margin, depending on user request), caption takes all the available width of the margin 5. almost the same feature as \startfiguretext, except that the figure extends to the outer part of the margin, while texts floats around the figure (still only max. \texwidth wide). (It does not need to be automatic, just that it could be specified for a single figure where to place it and where to place the caption.) Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] [off-list, urgent] Index design
by Hans Hagen 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi Hans, > > sorry for contacting you off-list. But the publishing-house I am > working for at the moment needs to know the answer to my "Index > design" question today. > > They have a series of books with a given index (register of keywords) > designed as described below. > This design was set in the past with 3B2, and now is the question: is > it also possible to set it (in this strange way) with ConTeXt? > > > Please see my description below (hope gets it's clear): > > Is it possible, in an index, not to have single letters as separators > (here "a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of > the first entry with "a" or "w" set bold? > > See this minimal example: > > \setupoutput[pdftex] > > \starttext > \chapter{First Chapter} > Some text...\index{word} > > \section {First Section} > Some text...\index{word} > Some text...\index{another entry} > Some text...\index{ansi} > Some text...\index{another entry} > > \page[yes] > \completeindex > > \stoptext > > > > Here I would like to have only the first letter of the index entries > "another" and "word" in the index to be set bold. since tex is programmable, things like this are doable; of course the question is "what tweaks are needed"; anyhow, it should not be a show-stopper 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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scaling reusableMPgraphic & some ConTeXt programming
by Mojca Miklavec 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, the answers to these three questions are most probably one-liners, but I don't know which ones ;) 1. How can I scale (an already defined) reusableMPgraphic? Simplified example of what I currently (want to) have: % how should I change this definition? \def\usemygraphic[#1][#2]{\reuseMPgraphic{#1}} \usemygraphic[name][width=.7\textwidth] 2. I have several graphics defined as \startGNUPLOTgraphic[1][name] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625red; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[2][name] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625green; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[3][name] draw fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625blue; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[1][othername] fill fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625red; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic \startGNUPLOTgraphic[2][othername] fill fullcircle scaled 3cm withcolor .625green; \stopGNUPLOTgraphic and a pretty stupid definition: \long\def\startGNUPLOTgraphic {\dodoubleargument\dostartGNUPLOTgraphic} \long\def\dostartGNUPLOTgraphic[#1][#2]#3\stopGNUPLOTgraphic % [number][name] {% add to counter to note the nuber of the graphic % define a new counter for the first time when you use it \doif{#1}{1}{\doglobal\newcounter\abc}% counter name has to depend on #2 \doglobal\increment\abc % assigning the value #1 to it would also be OK \startreusableMPgraphic{gpg:#2:#1}#3\stopreusableMPgraphic} How can I give a better name than \abc to the counter (the name should depend on #2 in order to be unique)? 3. I would like to change \usemygraphic, so that \usemygraphic[othername] or \usemygraphic[othername][height=5cm] would resolve to \dorecurse{2}{\useMPgraphic{gpg:othername:\recurselevel}} and \usemygraphic[name][n={1,3},width=8cm] (syntax might be different if necessary) to \reuseMPgraphic{gpg:name:1} \reuseMPgraphic{gpg:name:3} (with proper scaling if possible). How should I start? Thank you a lot for any hints, Mojca Miklavec

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U3D (embedded 3D objects)
by Matthias Weber 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hello, is there support for .u3d files in ConTeXt available or planned? This would take advantage of Acrobat 7 support for these 3D data files. There is a LaTeX package (http:// www.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/movie15/) that does that, and it even works on my Mac. Thanks, Matthias

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setupnarrower with em or quad
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

Hi, I need a \setupnarrower with quad or em distance. But both... \setupnarrower[left=\quad and \setupnarrower[left=\em ... don't work. Someone knows the right syntax? Thank you, Steffen

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ConTeXt and cmyk
by Renaud AUBIN 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hi all, I have reproduced a logo http://www.uvsq.fr/guide/charte/index.html (see attachment for the resulting metapost code). What's the best method to define colors according to this web page ? My understanding is: - for printing, the use of \setupcolors[cmyk=yes,mpcmyk=no,conversion=no] is the best, - for display rendering, the use of \setupcolors[cmyk=yes,mpcmyk=yes,conversion=yes] is the best. Am I right ? Renaud

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Index design
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

[apologies for re-posting but the ntg-server seemed to be down?] Hi, in a index is it possible not to have bold letters as separators ("a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of the first entry with "a" or "w" bold? See this minimal example: \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} Some text...\index{word} \section {First Section} Some text...\index{word} Some text...\index{another word} Some text...\index{another word} \page[yes] \completeindex \stoptext Here I would like to have only the first letter of the index entries "another" and later "word" in the index to be set bold. (Hope you understand what I mean...) Thanks, Steffen

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Context 2006.07.24 released
by Taco Hoekwater 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hello 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 2006.07.24 This is a bugfix release that fixes a number of small problems. As usual, there is an html page with detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.07.24 Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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Hitting 'e' for error in Scite?
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hans et all, How do I set up scite that comes with context so that when I hit 'e' in the console window, I am taken to the line of the error in Scite?

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spell checking in scite
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hans et al, How do I set up spell checking in the Scite that comes with my context distribution?

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Index design
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi, in a index is it possible not to have bold letters as separators ("a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of the first entry with "a" or "w" bold? See this minimal example: \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} Some text...\index{word} \section {First Section} Some text...\index{word} Some text...\index{another word} Some text...\index{another word} \page[yes] \completeindex \stoptext Here I would like to have only the first letter of the index entries "another" and later "word" in the index to be set bold. (Hope you understand what I mean...) Thanks, Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] XY and papersize
by Matt Claus 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

To summarize, Taco kindly solved this problem after exchanging some messages with me off list - thank you Taco. The key is, when using a papersize other than the A4 default with XY, it is necessary to first explicitly set the appropriate papersize. This enables the XY calculations to expand properly. For example: \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuppapersize [XY][letter] \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=10,dx=2mm,dy=0mm,topspace=5mm,backspace=5mm] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{30}{test} \stoptext This is a very handy way to generate a centered layout for labels of any size. The spacing between the labels is easily controlled with dx and dy. Thanks for the help solving this, Matt

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Re: [NTG-context] modes with Scite
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hans, I thought Shift+F8, paramters, would have something to do with adding options at the command line, but it did not work with --mode=short. ---- Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > dwarnold45(a)cox.net wrote: > > All, > > > > I am using the Scite editor provided by one of the Context dristributions. > > > > Is there a way to include modes with one of the various compiling commands? > > > no, but you can > > (1) temporary put \enablemode[...] at the to of the file > (2) use a separate file where you set the mode, and load the file > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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sorting list
by Hans van der Meer 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Some things I do not understand about sorting: This is the example: \def\sortprocess#1{{\bf #1}} \definesorting[city][cities][\callupcities] \setupsorting[city][criterium=all,command=\sortprocess] \city{Londen} \city{Berlijn} \city{New York} \city{Parijs} \city{Amstelveen} \placelistofcities \callupcities question 1. The manual states (p.163) "When we add a command in the third argument during the definition of the sorted list we may recall sorted list with this command." However \callupcities gives me this error: Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \callupcities was complete. <to be read again> \par question 2. The command \sortprocess does work, the items are in bold. But they now are typeset next to one another instead of each one on a line by itself, as occurs without command=\sortprocess on the setup. Hans van der Meer

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setuphead and command
by Hubertus Schmidt 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi all, I'm stuck. I try to something like this: \def\CommandHeader#1#2#3{ {\framed[frame=off,bottomframe=on, topframe=on,align=right,width=\textwidth] {\tbox{\hskip14pt\indent{\type{#2}}\index{#2}\hskip3cm{\it #3} }} } \definehead[Command][subject] \setuphead[Command][command=\CommandHeader] \starttext \Command{{def}{Define Variable}} \Command{{tsolve}{solve differential equation}} \stoptext It's supposed to look like ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ def Define Variable ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ whereas "def" should be indexed and "Define Variable" should be indented... The document is supposed to become a program manual and I wanted it to look like this one: http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/fullrefman.pdf How would you do the alphabetic sorting of the commands? Manually like the solution above or with something like "definesorting"? Is there a good way doing this? Thanks a lot Hubertus

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XY and papersize
by Claus, Matt - eSpeed 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hello - I recently discovered Context so let me first of all say a big thank you to Hans for creating such an amazing piece of software and making it available. Now, the question - this works exactly as I expect: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setuppapersize [XY][A4] \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=10,dx=0mm,dy=0mm,topspace=5mm,backspace=5mm] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{15}{test \recurselevel \page} \stoptext However, when I change A4 to letter the output seems to introduce some "dy". I experimented with some other paper sizes including defining my own and see inconsistent results. Can anyone point out what I'm doing incorrectly? Thank you very much for any assistance, Matt \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \setuppapersize [XY][letter] \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=10,dx=0mm,dy=0mm,topspace=5mm,backspace=5mm] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuparranging [XY] \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{15}{test \recurselevel \page} \stoptext CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail, including its contents and attachments, if any, are confidential. If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender and immediately delete it. You may not disseminate, distribute, or forward this e-mail message or disclose its contents to anybody else. Copyright and any other intellectual property rights in its contents are the sole property of eSpeed, Inc. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Although we routinely screen for viruses, addressees should check this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. We make no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our customers and business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). For further important information, please see http://www.espeed.com/full-disclaimer.html

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Margin Kerning Problem
by Helin Gai 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi, I used the following code to set up margin kerning: \setupfontsynonym[cmr10][handling=hz] \setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=hz] \usetypescript[cmr] \setupbodyfont[cmr,10pt] \setupalign[hz,hanging] Can someone please tell me what is going wrong? Thanks!! Colin

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Setting to help with overflow in Metapost
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

All, This code is causing an overflow. Isn't there a setting that will allow bigger numbers? I am not looking for more code and/or rescaling code, but a setting that I know is there that will allow larger numbers. %mode=short \startcomponent section1exercises \project book \product chapter5/chapter5 \usemodule[newmat] \usemodule[math=ext] \usemodule[fig-base] \usefigurebase[figures/figlibSection1] \setupheadnumber[chapter][6] \setupheadnumber[section][1] \def\qor{\quad\text{or}\quad} \def\qqor{\qquad\text{or}\qquad} \def\qand{\quad\text{and}\quad} \def\qqand{\qquad\text{and}\qquad} \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[gridlines][s=0.7] \startMPinclusions color mygridcolor; mygridcolor=\MPcolor{gridlines}; color gridlines; gridlines:=\MPcolor{gridlines}; def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef; def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef; def opendot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor red; enddef; def filleddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaled 4pt shifted pos withcolor red; enddef; \stopMPinclusions \startuseMPgraphic{55_grid} for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{55_xy_axes} drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (0,5u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{1010_grid} for k=-10u step 1u until 10u: draw (k,-10u)--(k,10u) withcolor gridlines; draw (-10u,k)--(10u,k) withcolor gridlines; endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{1010_xy_axes} drawdblarrow (-10u,0)--(10u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (10u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (10u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-10u)--(0,10u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,10u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (0,10u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{1010_xy_axes_ti} drawdblarrow (-10u,0)--(10u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (10u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (10u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx -10$ etex, (-10u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-10u)--(0,10u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,10u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (0,10u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx -10$ etex, (0,-10u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{05_grid} for k=0 step 1u until 5u: draw (k,0)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; draw (0,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{05_xy_axes} drawarrow (0,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (5u,0)); drawarrow (0,0)--(0,5u); label.top (btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 5$ etex, (0,5u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \startquestions % Exercise #29 \beginquestion \startquestion[ex:secqu.29] $p(x)=-x^6-4x^5+27x^4+78x^3+4x^2+376x-480$ \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer \startanswer %\startlinecorrection[blank] %\midaligned{\externalfigure[q25v][width=0.4\textwidth]} %\midaligned{\externalfigure[q25][width=0.4\textwidth]} %\stoplinecorrection \stopanswer \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer \startanswer Note that the leading term $-x^6$ (dashed) has the same end-behavior as the polynomial $p$. \startbuffer %initialize scale and draw axes numeric u; 20ux=2in; 10000uy=2in; drawdblarrow (-10ux,0)--(10ux,0); label.rt(btex $\tfx x$ etex, (10ux,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx -10$ etex, (-10ux,0)); label.bot(btex $\tfx 10$ etex, (10ux,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5000uy)--(0,5000uy); label.top(btex $\tfx y$ etex, (0,5000uy)); label.lft(btex $\tfx -5000$ etex, (0,-5000uy)); label.lft(btex $\tfx 15$ etex, (0,5000uy)); %leading term vardef lead(expr x)= -1*x*x*x*x*x*x enddef; %polynomial vardef p(expr x)= -1*x**6-4*x**5+27*x**4+78*x**3+4*x**2+376*x-480 enddef; %path p_lead path p_lead; p_lead:=(-4.1352,lead(-4.1352)); for x=-4.1352 step .1 until 4.1252: p_lead:=p_lead--(x,lead(x)); endfor; p_lead:=p_lead--(4.1252,lead(4.1252)); p_lead:=p_lead xyscaled(ux,uy); draw p_lead dashed evenly withcolor red; %path p_p path p_p; p_p:=(-6.5009,p(-6.5009)); for x=-6.5009 step .1 until 5.3356 : p_p:=p_p--(x,p(x)); endfor; p_p:=p_p--( 5.3356 ,p(5.3356)); p_p:=p_p xyscaled(ux,uy); drawdblarrow p_p withcolor blue; label.rt(btex $\tfx p(x)=-x^6-4x^5+27x^4+78x^3+4x^2+376x-480$ etex, (5.3356 ,p(5.3356 )) xyscaled(ux,uy)); \stopbuffer \startlinecorrection[blank] \midaligned{\processMPbuffer} \stoplinecorrection \stopanswer \endshortanswer % Exercise #30 \beginquestion \startquestion[ex:secqu.30] $p(x)=2x^4-3x^3+x-10$ \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer[-] \startanswer \stopanswer \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer[-] \startanswer \stopanswer \endshortanswer \stopquestions \placeanswers\kern0pt \stopcomponent

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Toggle output window open and closed in Scite
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

All, Anyone know how to toggle the output window open and closed in Scite?

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modes with Scite
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

All, I am using the Scite editor provided by one of the Context dristributions. Is there a way to include modes with one of the various compiling commands?

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Russian hyphenation how to use?
by Arkady Shraer 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hello, Recently, I made lang-ru.hyp and lang-ru.pat files from TeX's ruhyphal.tex . I read Hans' "Hyphenation patterns" and didn't understand how to use my patterns to enable hyphenation (btw, in manual used key --patterns but in current ctxtools used --patternfiles) What I've done: 1. Created lang-ru.hyp (UTF-8) and lang-ru.pat (UTF-8) from TeX's ruhyphal.tex by hands (ctxtools generated patterns, but russian and ukrainian didn't) 2. Copied files to directory with other languages' patterns 3. texexec --make --all (get an error while compiling lang-cyr.tex ..... undefined sequence) 4. in tex file used \language[ru] 5. Still don't have my text hyphenated. What I do wrong? Should I upgrade my ConTeXt to recent version?

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Fleurons
by Keith McKay 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Dear All I am in the process of learning the wonders of Context and enjoying the challenge. My Context is the stand alone version for Windows which I downloaded from the Pragma site. I'm getting used to using the Scite editor although it was a little difficult in the beginning. Just now I'm putting together some short stories and am having fun playing about with layout and using different kinds of fonts. Also I'm reading 'The Elements of Typographic Style' by Robert Bringhurst which is absolutely superb! I would never have thought that a book on typography would be so easy to read. In Bringhurst's book he mentions fleurons - "A horticultural dingbat" which I would like to access. I have looked through the Context manuals but with no success. Could someone give me some hints? Thanks Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 27/05/2005

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Re: [NTG-context] Question on Itemize
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

width is the size of the box containing the item number distance is the distance between the item number box and the beginning of the text of the item. ---- Helin Gai <hg9(a)duke.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to play with \setupitemize, and I can't figure out what the > key "distance" actually does. > For example, the following two lines seem to produce the same effect: > > \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=15pt] > \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=5pt] > > Can someone please give me a hint? > Thanks! > > Colin > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Question on Itemize
by Helin Gai 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hi, I tried to play with \setupitemize, and I can't figure out what the key "distance" actually does. For example, the following two lines seem to produce the same effect: \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=15pt] \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=5pt] Can someone please give me a hint? Thanks! Colin

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How to update ConTeXt
by Arkady Shraer 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hello, I just downloaded file cont-tmf.zip from pragma-ade site. Can I update my ConTeXt with the contents of the archive or I have to do other manipulations? I'm using tetex distribution in Ubuntu 6.06.

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