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Question and Answer Blocks -- Feed back in one or two column mode.
by David Arnold 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

All, If we have about 45 question blocks and accompanying answer blocks, how can we typset some of the answer blocks in two column mode, other of the answer blocks in one column mode, and the rest back in two column mode. We don't mind manually editing a file to accomplish this.

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Misplaced \noalign
by Peter Münster 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

Hello, after update to version 2006.07.14, I get the following error: ! Misplaced \noalign. \TABLEnoalign ->\noalign \bgroup \let \noalign \relax \let \next = \insertTABLEtail ->\TABLEnoalign {\global \settrue \preventTABLEbreak \globa... \stoptable ->\insertTABLEtail \globalletempty \@@TABLEhead \globalletempty \... l.4 \stoptable with this example file: \starttext \starttable[|l|l|] \NC bla\NC bla\NC\AR \stoptable \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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tracingmacros
by Hans van der Meer 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

Usually I employ \tracingmacros=1 in order to find nasty problems in my macros. Font operations then produce a lot of noise in the log. Is it possible to shutdown these selectively? Hans van der Meer

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colored box background
by Hans van der Meer 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

Say I have a box, e.g. \setbox\thebox=\vbox{....} with dimensions \wd \thebox etc. What then is the most efficient and economic (in terms of complexity and speed) way to generate a colored background for it? I know I can use \framed, but this I wish to avoid because it seems overly complex for this simple task and may have side effects in terms of alignment issues. Is the best perhaps using a metapost graphic? and if so, what is best MPgraphic, useMPgraphic, reuseMPgraphic, etc.? Hans van der Meer

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pre-announce new version
by Taco Hoekwater 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hi all, Hans has made a new ConTeXt release today, but I've run out of time for the announcement. Hopefully later tonight, but otherwise you'll have to wait 'til tomorrow. If you want to have a sneak peak: the detailed change page on the wiki is already finished: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.07.13 Have fun, Taco

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fyi
by Hans Hagen 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

On Monday July 24 an update of the mail server will take place, starting at 14.00 (till midnight). 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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Version Numbers in Download File Names
by Matthias Wächter 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hi! Pardon me for requesting more support from pragma-ade prior to ever using the mailing list for general support questions. Maybe I should post this one directly to Hans but others might be interested in this issue as well. Despite my little but growing knowledge of Context I am currently evaluating its suitability for document building in our company (our workflow is currently Latex-based). A prime aspect of our company's work is to follow well-defined processes, and as part of that, we have to be able to refer to specific versions of applications that are used in the development of our projects. When used, this would apply to Context as well. Obviously, downloading from pragma-ade gives version numbers only on the entry pages like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm next to the links to the files, but the package files themselves like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip don't have versioned names (not mentioning that Context and its modules actually _do_ report version numbers as dates upon use). Is there a strong motivation against having versioned package file names, possibly with some months/years of history? Has this support feature ever been considered by pragma-ade or asked for by their (non-)paying customers? Or is this archive available but I am unable to find it? ;) Just an example: Instead of http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip use a browseable directory like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/ containint files like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/cont-tmf-20060518.zip http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/cont-tmf-20060601.zip http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/cont-tmf-20060629.zip and possibly set /context/current/cont-tmf.zip as an internal file system link to the latest file in /context/archive/ for those interested only in the latest version. The proposed method could be applied to all other download files as well. That way and as long as the archive files are available, a precise version of Context could be fetched from pragma-ade's server without maintaining a local versioned archive of cont.tmf.zip etc. Referral to a specific version of Context would be a lot easier, and documenting the tools used for a project would be a lot simpler. A common understanding of a Context version, reflected in its package file name, would reduce the effort of those responsible for local version control and install package maintenance. Thanks, - Matthias

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ConTeXt + XeTeX + Adobe Bembo Std = ???
by Paul Hoffman 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

I've been trying to figure out how to use Bembo Std (an OpenType font from Adobe) in ConTeXt + XeTeX. The example on the _Fonts in XeTeX_ page in the wiki works fine except for small caps, which (not surprisingly) don't show up in this first attempt: \definetypeface[bembo][rm][Xserif][Bembo Std] \setupbodyfont[bembo] \starttext Bembo {\bf Bembo} {\it Bembo} {\sc Bembo} Bembo. \stoptext Small caps are present in the font (feature "smcp" according to otfinfo), as this minimal example shows: \definetypeface[bembo][rm][Xserif][Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text;+kern;+onum;+liga] \setupbodyfont[bembo,11pt] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \def\it{\definedfont["Bembo Std-Italic:mapping=tex-text;+kern;+onum;+liga"]} \def\bf{\definedfont["Bembo Std-Bold:mapping=tex-text;+kern;+onum"]} \def\sc{\definedfont["Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text;+smcp;+kern;+onum"]} \starttext Bembo {\bf Bembo} {\it Bembo} {\sc Bembo} Bembo. \stoptext But that's a hack. So I create a file "type-bembo.tex": \starttypescript[bembo][uc] \definetypeface [bembo] [rm] [serif] [Bembo Std] [default] [encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboRegular]["Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text"] [encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboItalic] ["Bembo Std-Italic:mapping=tex-text"][encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboBold] ["Bembo Std-Bold:mapping=tex-text"] [encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboCaps] ["Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text;+smcp"] [encoding=uc] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][bembo][name] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [BemboRegular] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [BemboItalic] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [BemboBold] \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps] [BemboCaps] \definefontsynonym[SerifSlanted] [BemboItalic] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic] [BemboBold] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldSlanted][BemboBold] \stoptypescript And a test file in the same directory as the typescript file: \usetypescriptfile[type-bembo] \usetypescript[bembo][uc] \setupbodyfont[bembo,11pt] \starttext Bembo {\bf Bembo} {\it Bembo} {\sc Bembo} Bembo. \stoptext Now I get small caps all right, but everything's in Computer Modern. :-( What am I doing wrong? Changing the double quotes in the typescript to single quotes doesn't make any difference; not does omitting the quotes or omitting the space in "Bembo Std". Here's the output from texexec --xtx --version: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 tex : XeTeX, 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3) context : ver: 2006.03.31 23:47 cont-en : ver: 2006.03.31 23:47 fmt: 2006.4.3 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.03.31 23:47 fmt: 2006.4.3 mes: dutch Thanks in advance, Paul. -- Paul Hoffman <nkuitse(a)nkuitse.com> http://nkuitse.com/ http://hoffmancommapaul.com/

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\endproof
by David Arnold 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

All, I'd like to have a little \endproof or \endexample mark to put at the end of proofs or examples. I'd like to have something a little fancier than just a little square or diamond. Has anyone done anything like this, maybe with overlays and metafun, that they'd like to share?

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Bold in math mode
by David Arnold 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

How do I get a bold x in math mode?

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Typing some blocks in single column, some in two columns.
by David Arnold 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

All, We have a bunch of questions and answers in blocks. \beginquestion \startquestion \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer \startquestion \stopquestion \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer \startquestion \stopquestion \endshortanswer The difficulty is some long answers are to complex to typeset in two column mode, but then some will fit in two column mode quite nicely. We'd like to use two column mode when we can. When we are typsetting the longanswer, we have a good idea whether its bound for one or two column mode. We might have 8 longanswers that will fit in two column mode, followed by 10 that have to be typeset in single column mode, followed by the rest in two column mode. So, is it possible to "tag" a longanswer block for single or two column typsetting? If so, as the blocks are read back in, is there someway to read the tag and make a decision to switch to one or two column mode? Thanks.

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minor console file queries
by Alan Bowen 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

I processed a file using texmfstart texexec. In the console file, I see the lines (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/type-alanmodern.tex) (/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/third/greek/type-agr.tex)) check : missing or ungrouped '=' after 'location' in line 106 (@@td) and > User file 'cont-sys.tex' not found, 'cont-sys.rme' has been used instead. < • Where do I check for the missing or ungrouped `='? The problem does not appear to be in my source file or in my environment file. • Is ConTeXt looking for a 'cont-sys.tex' in my own ~/Library/texmf tree? Neither issue seems to have any impact on the output. So I am just asking out of curiosity. Cheers, Alan

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positiongraphics
by Hans van der Meer 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

First everything is OK and then suddenly I start getting errors in (metafun) position graphics: ! Missing `)' has been inserted. <to be read again> ; l.118 ...926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt,72.9016pt); The mpgraph.mp file says at this point: PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));; What is happening? Hans van der Meer

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Need a couple of refresher examples.
by David Arnold 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

All, Could someone give a couple of snippets of code, (1) that would over a Metapost ellipse around a chapter head and number, and another that would overlay a pair of Metapost lines underneath chapter head and number. Looking for examples to study to get my skills back. Thanks.

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slightly OT: presentation tool
by Thomas A. Schmitz 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

As the subject line says, this is slightly OT, but it may be of interest to some. If you produce your presentations in ConTeXt and want to show the resulting pdf, you have to use a pdf-viewer. I just hate Adobe Reader with its bloat and its intrusiveness; other solutions (such as evince and xpdf on linux) had smaller problems as well. I have recently found a relatively small python solution that i like a lot; I hasten to add that I'm in no way affiliated with the developers; I just have installed it and use it a lot. It's called keyjnote; it's free (as in beer), and it offers a lot of nice eye-candy during presentations of pdf-files such as nice transitions, a sorted view that shows all slides in one window and lets you choose one, and the possibility to highlight parts of the screen with your mouse pointer. There are some disadvantages: it has a lot of pythonish dependencies (on OS X, I could install them via darwinports, but it's a lot more difficult on most linux distros), it needs opengl support, and a reasonably fast machine. But it costs nothing to just have a look at it: http://keyjnote.sourceforge.net/ And I find that it makes presentations done in ConTeXt look even better! Well, if you come to Epen, you'll see yourself ;-) Best Thomas

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texexec --nokeep ?
by Peter Münster 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hello, texexec generates now files with extension .mp.keep. And texutil --purgeall does not delete them. Is there an option for texexec not to generate those files or an option for texutil (or ctxtools) to delete them? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Install minimal context distribution
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Dear Context-ers, I would like to install the minimal context distribution, but have no idea of which zip files to download and how to configure the system. I have seen that there are many zip files in the "Pragma" website : justtex.zip, cont-bas.zip, cont-tmf.zip, linuxtex.zip. Any advice on setting up a minimal system to use Context will be appreciated. Thanks, saji -- Saji N. Hameed, Assistant Researcher, Tel:808 9569534 International Pacific Research Center, email:saji@hawaii.edu 2525 Correa Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/~saji

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hyphenation of urls in french docs
by Taco Hoekwater 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hi (mostly for Hans), Is there a clean way to get around this problem: \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \starttext \hyphenatedurl{http://somewhere.to/go} \stoptext It gives: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \discretionarytoken because of the active : , but I am not sure what is the best fix.

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Common counter for enumerations, way=bysection
by David Arnold 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

All, 2 questions: (1) why don't my chapter numbers turn off, and (2), why doesn't the counter start over in the new section? \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \def\N{{\Bbb N}} \def\W{{\Bbb W}} \def\Z{{\Bbb Z}} \def\Q{{\Bbb Q}} \def\R{{\Bbb R}} \defineenumeration [definition] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Definition, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Example, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \defineenumeration [theorem] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Theorem, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \defineenumeration [property] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headstyle=bold, text=Property, stopper=., right=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank after=\blank, way=bysection, chapternumber=no, number=yes] \definenumber[CommonCtr] \setupnumber[example][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[theorem][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[property][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[definition][number=CommonCtr] \setupnumber[formula] [number=CommonCtr] \setuphead [subsection] [number=no] \starttext \chapter[sec:first]{First} \section[section:numbers]{Number Systems} \input tufte \startdefinition Now is the time \stopdefinition \startdefinition Now is the time \stopdefinition \placeformula[eq:1] \startformula f(x)=x^3 \stopformula \starttheorem[thm:one] A fine time. \stoptheorem \placeformula[eq:1] \startformula f(x)=x^3 \stopformula \startexample[exmpl:one] fine example \stopexample \startproperty A list. \stopproperty \section[section:two]{Section Two} \input tufte \startdefinition Now is the time \stopdefinition \stoptext

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Footnotes and spacing.
by Elliot Clifton 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hi, I'm having trouble with footnotes. How can I add space between each note? I've tried using \setupfootnotes[after=\blank], but it doesn't work? I'm not sure how one can control the spacing between blocks of text anyway, as I'm still a ConTeXt newbie. :-) Elliot

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texgyre - first release
by Hans Hagen 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hi, At http://www.gust.org.pl/e-foundry/tex-gyre/ you can fetch the first release of the texgyre collection. This font project aims at merging the existing free fonts (now spread over original, quasi and vn collections). The first stage is a mere merge and as with latin modern, the authors will converge to a stable consistent set of fonts. So ... go ahead and become a tester. Integration in context is rather easy. (1) fetch the two zips (base and hh) from the website mentioned (2) put the atteched file in your context/base path (3) run mktexlsr After that, the following should work: \starttext \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \showfont[Serif] \stoptext so, the magic is in the small typescript file: \usetypescriptfile[type-gyr] this will overload existing definitions. The nice thing is that this project will make many font problems (mostly related to missing files) go away because the names fit context, and the amount of files is reduced enormously (only 4 type 1 files, no virtual fonts, etc) All popular encodings are supported The pagella (based on palladio) also has cyrilic, but we need to figure out a way to integrate this (should be easy) Vietnamese users: please check if things work ok, these fonts contain work done by Han The Thanh and the fonts will eventually replace his variants Polish and neighbouring users: these fonts will replace the quasi variants. Keep in mind that this is the first version. The shapes will be improved over time. Even more: all fonts eventually will have math companions as well as (in open type) features. This project is substantially funded by the tex user groups (cstug, dante, gust, ntg, tugindia, tug). We hope to involve more user groups in the next stage (math, extensions, etc) so feel free to contact us. On behalf of ythe user groups the project is coordinated by Jerzy while the dev team is lead by Jacko. The next few years more fonts will be released. At the next bachotek [eurotex organized by pl/cs] there will be the first formal releases + presentations about them, so better be there ... 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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Disappearing chapter numbers
by David Arnold 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

All, We are wondering why we don't get a chapter number in our header in what follows. However, if we change \setupheadnumber[chapter][-1] \setupheadnumber[chapter][0], we do get a chapter number in the running head. \setupheadnumber[chapter][0] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \def\headerskip{\hskip 1em} \def\headermarkleft{% \bold{\pagenumber} {\sc\headerskip Chapter \headnumber[chapter]\headerskip\getmarking [chapter][current]}} \def\headermarkright{% {\sc\headnumber[section]\headerskip\getmarking[section][current] \headerskip} \bold{\pagenumber}} \setupheadertexts [\headermarkleft] [] [] [\headermarkright] \setuppagenumbering [state=start, alternative=doublesided, location=, way=bytext] \chapter[chap:0]{Preliminaries} \input knuth \section{Intro to Whales} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \section{Intro to Penguins} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth\par} \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End:

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symb-eur and dvi
by Peter Münster 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hello, I'm quite sure, that this had worked some months ago, even in dvi/ps mode: \usesymbols[eur] \starttext \texteuro \stoptext But now, I get nothing at the place of the euro-symbol. What could have been changed in the meantime? TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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How ConTeXt manages section's label at the bottom of a page ?
by Renaud AUBIN 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi all, Considering this piece of code: \section{A title of section} Here we have some texts.... resulting to the following theoretical situation before correction: at the bottom of the page 1: A title of section at the top of the page 2: Here we have some texts.... Is ConTeXt smart enough to apply this kind of correction during processing: page 1: whatever before \section call page 2: A title of section Here we have some texts.... Apparently, Taco told me on #context that this is the case... But in fact, I have this kind on problem with a \subsubsection call. If it is implemented, can we fine-tune the behaviour of the correction. For example, Considering a section label followed by only two lines of text, can we push this label+text to the newt page ? Cheers, Renaud

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Losing our hang
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, why do we lose our hang in the second question? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=100, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \placeformula[-] \startformula f(x)=x^2 \stopformula An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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sample={99}
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, Was I surprised to find that my numbering went to multiples of 2 when I added the option sample={99}. Is this a bug? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=2, sample={99}, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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Chapter/section text inmargin
by Jason Knight 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

I'm attempting to do some formatting similar to Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style and am getting a bit stymied, where section titles are in the margin right next to the text. Here's what I've got so far in ConTeXt (and it gets me close): \setupheads[sectionnumber=no] \setuphead[chapter][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\tfa,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] \setuphead[section][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\tfa,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] \setuphead[subsection][textcommand=\inmargin,style=\scx,before=\nowhitespace,after=\nowhitespace] This places the chapter/section/subsection titles in the margin alright, but it is still above the text it refers to. How do I get it alongside? Thanks for your help! Jason Knight -- Jason Knight Systems-Analyst-at-large "They fix 'em, I break 'em. Thus, analysis."

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Nailed references with our strategy
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, thought we had a good strategy for defining our own counter, but we don't have references now. Any ideas? \newcounter\NonFigCounter \define\UpdateNonFigCtr{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCounter} \setuplabeltext[example=Example \NonFigCounter.] \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, distance=1em, headcolor=green, headstyle=bold, text=\labeltext{example}, stopper=., style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, after=\blank\UpdateNonFigCtr, way=bysection, number=no] \starttext \startexample[exmpl:one] blah, blah, blah \stopexample In \in{Example}[exmpl:one], we see that, ... \stoptext

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!?!? -what's up?
by andrea valle 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi. I can't find a more clever subject. Sorry. I typeset two days a LaTex file for academic research using TeXShop. Now, two days later without using again ConTeXT, it seems I'm not able to use it anymore. No output at all. No pdf. So, I updated via Gerben's i-installer to ConTeXt stable and I have this, which is what I obtained before updating plus the last warning line. I tried with many files and that's the same. This is the minimal one \starttext test \stoptext It gives the following TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : testpdftex output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./testpdftex.tex return code : 11 run time : 4 seconds total run time : 6 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead I guess it's a question of TeXShop preferences, but I really don't know. Many, many thanks in advance Best -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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Linux upgrade
by John R. Culleton 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

I have been working with two versions of TeX, neither one of which is new enough to accomodate all the latest Context bells and whistles. I tried downloading context.zip and installing it on my standard /usr/share/texmf tree. No joy. I get messages telling me to use the texmfstart command instead. This is as I recall a Windows thingie. So next I tried linux binaries only. Still no joy. Let me start all over. Assuming a working TeX installation (either tetex or texlive 2005) what incantation must I perform to upgrade to the latest stable Context and what specific zip file should I use? It appears that Context is set up primarily for Windows but I use Slackware Linux 10.2. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf

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conversion and formulas
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi, I have a presentation in which only a few numbered formulas so I wanted to number them as (*) (**) etc. The only way I could get that to work was \setupnumber[formula][conversion=set 1] The natural \setupformulas[conversion=set 1] does not work Why isn't conversion inherited from \setupformulas? Can this be added to core-mat.tex? \definenumber % \definelabel [\v!formula] [\c!text=\v!formula, \c!way=\@@fmway, \c!blockway=\@@fmblockway, \c!location=\v!intext, \c!conversion=\@@fmconversion] %%% New Aditya

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Left justify numbers on left margin edge
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, Why is it I cannot get my numbers to abut up against the left margin edge? They are always a few points indented. \setuplabeltext[question=] \defineenumeration [question] [text=\labeltext{question}] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=broad, hang=1, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \starttext \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stoptext

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What to do with math-ext.tex
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, I have a file in my document directory called math-ext.tex. Isn't this part of the core now? Can I get rid of it? It starts out like this: %D \module %D [ file=math-ext, %D version=2006.01.14, %D title=\CONTEXT\ Math Macros, %D subtitle=Extra Macros, %D author={Hans Hagen \& Taco Hoekwater}, %D date=\currentdate, %D copyright=\PRAGMA] %C %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for %C details. %M \ifx\startalign\undefined \input math-ext.tex \fi % some simple math constructs (based on user requests) % % preliminary \unprotect % adapted stuff % we need to make this plain code a bit more 'readable' \def\openup {\afterassignment\dopenup\scratchdimen=} \def\dopenup {\advance\lineskip \scratchdimen \advance\baselineskip \scratchdimen \advance\lineskiplimit\scratchdimen} \def\jot{.25\bodyfontsize} % plain tex: 3 pt (todo: better name) \newif\ifdt@p \def\displ@y % \presetdisplayspacing or so {\global\dt@ptrue \openup\jot \mathsurround\zeropoint \everycr{\noalign{% \ifdt@p \global\dt@pfalse \ifdim\prevdepth>-\thousandpoint \vskip-\lineskiplimit \vskip\normallineskiplimit \fi \else

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symbolset
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

How do I see all symbols in a symbolset. With \starttext \showsymbolset[uni] \showsymbolset[nav] \stoptext I get a blank page. Aditya

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definetypeface vs math symbols
by Ralf Schmitt 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hi all, what is the correct way to use another font in context? We use definetypeface and setupbodyfont (without really knowing what's going on...just copied from some example we found). When I uncomment the font statements in the following example, the Sigma symbol becomes a little circle and the the bar is rendered through z not above it? TIA, - Ralf \starttext %\definetypeface [charter] [rm] [serif] [charter] [default] [encoding=ec] %\definetypeface [charter] [tt] [mono] [charter] [default] [encoding=ec] %\setupbodyfont [charter, 9pt] $ \Sigma $ $ |z|=|\bar{z}| $ \stoptext

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Common counter
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

All, How do you get two enumerations to use a common counter? This didn't work. \setupoutput[pdf] \newcounter\NonFigCtr \define\nctr{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCtr \color[red]{[\NonFigCtr]}} \defineenumeration [remark] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Remark, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \defineenumeration [definition] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Definition, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \starttext \startremark Foo \stopremark \startdefinition Foo \stopdefinition \stoptext

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Stopper not working
by David Arnold 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Hans et all, I don't get my period after item numbers with this file: \setupoutput[pdf] \setuplabeltext[question=] \defineenumeration [question] [location=inleft, text=\labeltext{question}, headcolor=green] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, headcolor=green, stopper=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \starttext \startquestion Foo \stopquestion \startquestion Bar \stopquestion \startquestion Baz \stopquestion \stoptext

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alignment
by Hans van der Meer 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Question: Why does this gives an error \midaligned{% \starttabulate[|r|c|l|] \NC abc \NC : \NC PQR \NC\NR \NC def \NC : \NC XYZ \NC\NR \stoptabulate } ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \vskip \whitespace ...\parskip >\zeropoint \relax \vskip \parskip \fi \dofinalstarttabulate ...efloat \else \whitespace \getvalue {\??tt \currentt... <to be read again> \NC l.22 \NC abc \NC : \NC PQR \NC\NR Without the \midaligned the tabulate works out ok. Hans van der Meer

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Size of Heading
by Helin Gai 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi! I have a question concerning the size of headings. When I say \setuphead[section][numberstyle={\switchtobodyfont [12pt]}], I found that the resulting head number is actually bigger than 12pt. How do I fix that? Thanks a lot!! Colin

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clipping problem
by Peter Rolf 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi, I have some png-graphics, where several (equal sized) icons are arranged in array form. When I cut out an icon, I get the icon gfx plus a very small part from the surronding icon(s). The attached file shows, that the same problem occurs when using a vector based graphic. Normally I use imagemagic to seperate such files into single gfx, so this is not a serious problem for me. But if this is a bug, it should be fixed (or if I have missed something, let me know). Greetings, Peter % interface=en output=pdftex % Time-stamp: <Montag, 03 Juli 2006 21:04:46; cliptest.tex> % \setupcolors[state=start] \startreusableMPgraphic{cliptest} path p ; u:= 64bp ; p:= unitsquare xyscaled(u,u) ; fill p withcolor green ; fill p xshifted u withcolor blue ; fill p xshifted 2u withcolor green ; fill p yshifted u withcolor blue ; fill p shifted (u,u) withcolor red ; fill p shifted (2u,u) withcolor blue ; fill p shifted (0,2u) withcolor green ; fill p shifted (u,2u) withcolor blue ; fill p shifted (2u,2u) withcolor green ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \starttext \reuseMPgraphic{cliptest} \blank \setupclipping[nx=3,ny=3] \clip[x=1,y=1]{\reuseMPgraphic{cliptest}} \blank \clip[x=2,y=2]{\reuseMPgraphic{cliptest}} \blank \clip[x=2,y=3]{\reuseMPgraphic{cliptest}} \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: "" %%% End:

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Strange behaviour of widetilde
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Why does \enableregime[utf] \starttext $\widetilde ñ$ %This is greek rho (does not paste properly on email %client \stoptext give this error \AMSwidetilde ...ox \scratchbox \hbox {$\m@th #1$} \ifdim \wd \scratchbox >2e... l.3 $\widetilde - ü$ ? while \widetilde {ñ} and \widetilde\rho work fine. Aditya

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Numbering
by David Arnold 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

All, Let's say I have some enumerations that are numbered, for definitions, examples, theorems, etc. Let's say I want everything in a section numbered consecutively, except figures. So, numbering would proceed like this: Definition 1.1 Where the first number is the section number. Now, by "consecutive," I mean: Definition 1.1 f(x)=3x+2 (1.2) Example 1.3 Definition 1.4 Definition 1.5 f(x)=x^2 (1.6) Figure 1 Example 1.7 Example 1.8 Definition 1.9 Figure 2 etc. Hope this give the right idea. Question: What would be the "Context Way" to go about this?

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Placing table of contents in a frame
by Frank 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

I'm trying to move a newsletter from a DTP program to ConTeXt. In this layout we have a blue column on the left side of the page with a table of contents. I played around with the framed command and layers, but did not find a way to put the TOC in a frame at a specific location. What would be a ConTeXt way of doing this? Regards, Frank

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Tough one to debug in figure library
by David Arnold 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

All, In my figure library, I had: <figure> <file>section5figs-mpgraph.6</file> <label>sec5scaling5 </label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> In my source, I had: \startbuffer[table] \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[column][each][align={middle,lohi}] \setupTABLE[row][first][topframe=on,bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][2][leftframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][last][leftframe=on,rightframe=on] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD $x$ \eTD \bTD $y=f((1/2)x)$ \eTD \bTD $(x,f((1/2)x))$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $-4$ \eTD \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $(-4,0)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $-2$ \eTD \bTD $2$ \eTD \bTD $(-2,2)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $(0,0)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $2$ \eTD \bTD $-2$ \eTD \bTD $(2,-2)$ \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD $4$ \eTD \bTD $0$ \eTD \bTD $(4,0)$ \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \startbuffer[figure] \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[sec5scaling5]}{(a)} {\getbuffer[table]}{(b)} \stopcombination \stopbuffer \placefigure [][fig:scaling5] {The points in the table are points on the graph of $y=f((1/2)x)$.} {\getbuffer[figure]} I got messages that the figure sec5scaling5 could not be found. Whew! Long time trying to figure out what was wrong. Checked the usual dumb things I do, but finally, I changed: <figure> <file>section5figs-mpgraph.6</file> <label>sec5scaling5 </label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> to: <figure> <file>section5figs-mpgraph.6</file> <label>sec5scaling5</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> See how I closed up the space? Figure now found!

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Difficulties using the r module
by Matthew Routley 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Johan, > It appears R is not found. Is it on the path? Does it have the same > name on the Mac? Yes, R is in the bath and is found in /usr/bin/R which is a link to /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/R. Thanks for your help with this. Take care, Matt -- Matthew Routley http://matt.routleynet.org

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enumerations and fomrula with same counter
by David Arnold 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

All, Let me adjust my previous post with this request. How can I get my enumerations and my formulae to use the same counter? All, How do you get two enumerations to use a common counter? This didn't work. \setupoutput[pdf] \newcounter\NonFigCtr \define\nctr{\doglobal\increment\NonFigCtr \color[red]{[\NonFigCtr]}} \defineenumeration [remark] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Remark, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \defineenumeration [definition] [location=serried, width=broad, text=Definition, headstyle=bold, inbetween=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bysection, number=nctr] \starttext \startremark Foo \stopremark \placeformula[eqa;one] \startformula f(x)=x^2 \stopformula \startdefinition Foo \stopdefinition \stoptext The goal is to have these come out: Remark 1. f(x)=x^2 (2) Definition 3. A second goal is to include the section number. Remark 5-1. f(x)=x^2 (5-2) Definition 5-3.

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Re: [NTG-context] Placing table of contents in a frame
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

Frank ... forgot to mention that you may need to typeset on a grid when using the following way. \setuplayout [grid=yes] saji .... > Frank, > > I am also trying to do a similar project. My way not be a good one, but > here is how I am trying to do it. > > Basically, I use columnsets (see manual columns.pdf from PRAGMA) to > typeset my newsletter. I am using a 3 column layout and want a column > containing the "Table of Contents" on the right side (3rd column). > > > \definecolumnset[example][n=3] > \setupcolumnsetlines[example][1][3][-50] % From Page 1, Column 3, > % remove 50 lines > % I will put the TOC on > % Column 3 > > \starttext > > \startcolumnset[example] > \placefigure[fxtb:3*1]{none}{\framed[frame=off, > height=5cm, > width=\textwidth, > background=color, > backgroundcolor=yellow]{\blue\txx\placecontent}} > \input Newsletter_Final > > \stopcolumnset > > \stoptext > > Saji > ..

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Re: [NTG-context] Placing table of contents in a frame
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

Frank, I am also trying to do a similar project. My way not be a good one, but here is how I am trying to do it. Basically, I use columnsets (see manual columns.pdf from PRAGMA) to typeset my newsletter. I am using a 3 column layout and want a column containing the "Table of Contents" on the right side (3rd column). \definecolumnset[example][n=3] \setupcolumnsetlines[example][1][3][-50] % From Page 1, Column 3, % remove 50 lines % I will put the TOC on % Column 3 \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \placefigure[fxtb:3*1]{none}{\framed[frame=off, height=5cm, width=\textwidth, background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow]{\blue\txx\placecontent}} \input Newsletter_Final \stopcolumnset \stoptext Saji .. > I'm trying to move a newsletter from a DTP program to ConTeXt. In this > layout we have a blue column on the left side of the page with a table > of contents. I played around with the framed command and layers, but > did not find a way to put the TOC in a frame at a specific location. > What would be a ConTeXt way of doing this? > Regards, > Frank

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Stopcolumns New Page?
by David Arnold 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

All, Why is it when I stop two column mode I get a page break with the following? \defineenumeration [question] [text=,] \setupenumerations [question] [location=left, width=fit, distance=1em, hang=1, margin=0pt, headcolor=green, right=., way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \setupcolumns[page=no] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \noindent Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their county. \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \startquestion An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several computer platforms. \stopquestion \stopcolumns \stoptext

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MyriadPro?
by Michal Kvasnicka 07 Jul '06

07 Jul '06

Good evening. I tried to use MyriadPro font (associated with Linux version of AdobeReader 7.x). First I've converted it to .afm/.pfb through FontForge (with default setting since I don't know how to use it). Then I've generated metrics and the rest TeX stuff with texfont---I've used lm-ec encoding. (I know that this way I loose all those wonderful features of Profi fonts---I don't care, I simply like basic look of the font.) All worked well in ConTeXt---until I found that Czech letters (those with acutes and carons and rings) are present only in the Regular font, not in the Bold and Italic. Can you explain me 1) how is it possible, and 2) how to use this font to typeset Czech documents (i.e. to get a full ec-encoded fonts from it)? Can I expect the same kind of problems with MinionPro as well? Many thanks for your answers. I wish you nice summer. Michal Kvasnicka

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