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XeTeX working on Windows as well !!!
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hello all, I have no idea when this came out, but it works like a charm! http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html I didn't try out ConTeXt + XeTeX yet (I only played with plain XeTeX a bit), but the fact that the distribution includes the latest ConTeXt (even more recent that the one on the pragma-ade.com, namely the version of 30th May :) and that it includes texmfstart.exe makes me feel that I'll love that Japanese TeX distribution! Mojca

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texsync --delete
by Peter Münster 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hello Hans, could you please add the option "--delete" to @@rsync in texsync.rb? I've just realised, that cont-lmt.zip no more exists, but texsync never deleted it on my hard-disk. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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MPinclusions strangeness with labels
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi all, I found something strange with a metapost file where I want to store various definitions for reuse in several tex files; here are example files: .......inc.mp............... numeric u; u=.8cm; path AX; AX = (10u,0) -- (0,0) -- (0,10u); picture cax; cax = thelabel(textext("Costs, prices") rotated 90,(-.3u,8u)); ............................ .......inc.tex.............. \setupoutput[pdftex] \startMPinclusions \input inc \stopMPinclusions \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{toto} drawdblarrow AX; % label.rt(textext("$3x^2+\pi$"), (5u,6u)); draw cax; \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[left]{bla.bla}{\useMPgraphic{toto}} \input dawkins \stoptext ............................ Now what happens? The label in the mp file "Costs, prices" is replaced by "unknown" in the pdf. But if I add a label in the startuseMPgraphic environment, (decommenting line 3 in it), then both labels appear!! I tried several other files, it seems to happen every time. Anything I'm doing wrong? tia -- Jean

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Using Ralph Smith's Formal Script font
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

How do I use Ralph Smith's formal script font [1] within context. I want to define a command like \mathrsfs{A} that will use A in this font. [1] http://www.ctan.org/info?id=rsfs Thanks Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Generating Module documentation
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi, How does one generate module documentation? I copied mult-ini.tex to a temp directory and did texmfstart texexec --modules mult-ini.tex but did not get any output. Looking into texexec.rb, I tried to recreate a temp file to generate the documentation. The following \usemodule[abr-01,mod-01] \def\ModuleNumber{1} \starttext \readlocfile{mult-ini.tex}{}{} \stoptext gives This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) (format=cont-en 2006.5.31) 5 JUN 2006 21:13 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) **f:/Research/real_time/examples/test2.tex \emergencyend (f:/Research/real_time/examples/test2.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.28 13:28 fmt: 2006.5.31 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex system : module newmat loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/m-newmat.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:3 nl->ec:ec->2->2:3 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:3 fr->ec:ec->4->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 de->e c:ec->6->2:3 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:3 it->ec:ec->8->2:3 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:3 pt->ec:ec->10->2:3 hr->ec:ec->11->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:3 pl->ec:e c->13->2:3 pl->qx:qx->14->2:3 cz->il2:il2->15->2:3 cz->ec:ec->16->2:3 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:3 sk->ec:ec->18->2:3 sl->ec:ec->19->2:3 en->ec:ec->21->2:3 uk->ec:ec- >22->2:3 us->ec:ec->23->2:3 agr->agr:agr->24->2:3 da->ec:ec->25->2:3 sv->ec:ec- >26->2:3 af->ec:ec->27->2:3 no->ec:ec->28->2:3 deo->ec:ec->29->2:3 es->ec:ec->3 0->2:3 ca->ec:ec->31->2:3 la->ec:ec->32->2:3 ro->ec:ec->33->2:3 tr->ec:ec->34-> 2:3 fi->ec:ec->36->2:3 hu->ec:ec->37->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout2 = `test2.tui'. system : test2.top loaded (./test2.top specials : loading definition file tpd (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `test2-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are enabled system : module abr-01 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-abr-01.tex check : logo AMSTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo CONTEXT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo ETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo LAMSTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo LATEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo MATHML replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAFONT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAPOST replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PDFETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PDFTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PICTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PPCHTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PRAGMA replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TABLE replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXADRES replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXEDIT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXEXEC replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXFORM replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXSPELL replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXUTIL replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo XML replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo XETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAFUN replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! ) system : module mod-01 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-mod-01.tex system : module mod-00 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-mod-00.tex system : module units loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/m-units.tex check : unit Angstrom replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! ) <test2-lang-a.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-a.tmp'. <test2-lang-b.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-b.tmp'. <test2-lang-c.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-c.tmp'. <test2-lang-d.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-d.tmp'. system : module int-load loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/x-set-11.tex system : module set-02 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/x-set-02.tex (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/mult-con.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Constants ) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/mult-com.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Commands )) debugger : message:: duplicate tag file in library setup of interface en glish debugger : message:: duplicate tag reference in library setup of interfa ce english ) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/interface/cont-en.xm l check : eachtexcommand stp:x:defineinteractionmenu replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : texcommand stp:y:defineinteractionmenu replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! )) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex ) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) color : system rgb is global activated color : color is converted to gray interaction : active ) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-new.tex) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) systems : begin file test2 at line 4 (./mult-ini.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Initialization ) systems : end file test2 at line 6 ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 5277 strings out of 220738 95875 string characters out of 1298206 3054069 words of memory out of 4496831 43886 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+100000 124827 words of font info for 62 fonts, out of 1000000 for 2000 232 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 58i,2n,55p,632b,1694s stack positions out of 10000i,500n,6000p,200000b,40000s PDF statistics: 1 PDF objects out of 300000 0 named destinations out of 131072 5 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 No pages of output. How does one generate documentation? Does it require some perl script? (I do not have perl in my path) Aditya

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Grouping with \dosingleempty
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi, I am confused why the following definition does not work as expected. \def\PM{\dosingleempty\doPM} \def\doPM[#1]{\iffirstargument P_{M_{#1}} \else P_{M_t}\fi} \starttext Why is $\widetilde \PM[T]$ not the same as $\widetilde P_{M_T}$ \stoptext Can I change the definition so that $\widetilede \PM$ is same as $\widetilde P_{M_t}$ and $\widetilede \PM[T]$ is same as $\widetilde P_{M_T}$ Thanks, Aditya

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I-installer tex install --- no ligatures
by David Arnold 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

All, I have a colleague who installed tex on his Mac using Gerben's i- installer, installing the files in the order defined on: http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/installing.html He did not install CB Greek, MusixTeX, or XeTeX, but all the other files on this page, he installed in the order given. Ligatures are missing. Can you help me advise my colleague? Anyone else have any font problems with the latest install of Getben's tex?

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Referencing examples with identical labels in different sections
by David Arnold 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

All, I have in my environment file: \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, text={\color[heavygreen]\bgroup\bold{Example}}, stopper={.\egroup}, style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, after=\blank] Now, I have a chapter with four sections. What can I do so that \startexample[exmpl:one] ... \stopexample in section one will be differentiated from \startexample[exmpl:one] ... \stopexample in section two? That is, a label in section two that refers to the exmpl:one will reference the exmpl:one in section one.

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a few questions on Arabtex
by R. Ermers 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Dear friends, I have been trying again to get Arabtex running. I got the most recent version of apatch.sty etc. There are some problems. Question 1. context gets stuck When using Arabtex with Context (which I prefer now), the run stops on a command in apatch, \hc, referring to hepatch. Arabtex works normally with Latex, though. I already asked Prof. Lagally, but he wrote me that he believes the bug is probably related to Context. Question 2. question mark The Arabic question mark does not work: \<zayd?> results in an error, I am not sure, but I believe the question mark is remapped to something else (perhaps something unicode-ish) which Arabtex cannot handle. Does anybody have a clue? Regards, Robert Ermers %%%%%%% Question 1 (17.09.2001))) (D:\tex\localtexmf\tex\arabtex\./apatch.sty ! Undefined control sequence. l.190 \hc % default Hebrew font ? (ArabTeX) version 3.11d (23.10.2003): second phase of patching) (D:\tex\localtexmf\tex\arabtex\./hepatch.sty 3.10- patches for Hebrew (17.09.2001))) (D:\tex\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (D:\tex\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) %%%%%%%Question 2 (D:\tex\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex) systems : begin file test at line 11 ! Argument of \unp@ck@token has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \putwordb@x ...ent \fi \setbox \wordb@x \hbox {#1} \put@word \a@@putword ...b@x {\xpa \arab@item \a@@word \@@ } \fi \a@spacetrue \xpa \a@s... \test@space ...space \nxp \next@token \a@@putword \xpa \kill@space \else \xp... <to be read again> ... l.14 \<frr.g ^gywbk?> ? Runaway argument? \sc@? \relax \else \ifx \sc@? -\set@skl \sk@B \else \ifx \sc@? |\set@skl \ETC. ! Paragraph ended before \unp@ck@token was complete. \setupoutput[pdftex] \usemodule[m][arabtex] %\usemodule[m][hebtex] \usetypescript[postscript] \switchtotypeface[postscript] \setarab \vocalize \newtanwin \accentshigh \ligsfalse \novocalize \starttext \<hwlndI> \<frr.g ^gywbk> %\<frr.g ^gywbk?> %Use this to test the question mark \startarabic qfA nbk_A mn _dkr_A .hbIbI wmnzl %hwlndI? %unmark this to test the question mark hwlndI" \stoparabic \stoptext

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texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Hi, when I try texmfstart whatever nothing happens. Shouldn't a warning or an error be given to say that texmfstart could not find 'whatever'. This will make it easier to detect typos while trying out commands by hand. I do get such a message when using texmfstart --verbose whatever, but I think that such a behaviour should be default. Hans, is it reasonable to define a method report_error(str) in class KpseRemote def report_error(str) $stderr.puts(str) end end and modify line 2110 of texmfstart.rb to def run(fullname) if ! fullname || fullname.empty? then %%% report("the file '#{$filename}' is not found") report_error("the file '#{$filename}' is not found") ..... Maybe there are other places also where an error report will be useful. Aditya

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Fwd: Math 120 textbook for Fall 2006
by David Arnold 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

All, I just received this from our disabled students' center. What is needed is a simple way to convert a Context document into a format that can be "read" by these MathML players. Are we anywhere close to such a conversion? Begin forwarded message: > From: "Love, Ken" <Ken-Love(a)Redwoods.edu> > Date: June 1, 2006 10:14:37 AM PDT > To: "Arnold, David" <David-Arnold(a)Redwoods.edu> > Subject: Math 120 textbook for Fall 2006 > > Hi Dave: > > A student with a reading disability has requested an alternate > version of the Math 120 textbook for Fall 2006. Jean Lawry told me > that the Math faculty is creating the book, to give to students on > a CD. I think that is just great! My task is to put that into a > format that the student can listen to. Assuming that your CD > doesn’t have all the info in audio files, one strategy is that I > can scan the print version (Jean said there will be one), and > extract the text. The problem—as with all Math books to this point— > is that the scanning software doesn’t do math. Tracey ordered the > site license for MathType, so I could re-create the math line by > line. Much easier for me would be if the equations are already in a > format that can be converted to be read by MathPlayer, such as > MathML. One option is a flavor of .tex that Scientific Notebook can > handle, that can be exported as .XHTML. Please give me a heads-up > on how you’re making the book, so I can plan ahead. > > > Thanks, > > Ken Love > > High Tech Center > > X4557 > > >

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Footnotes on wrong page
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

I wrote about this a few days ago, but did not get a response, perhaps because I included sample code. So...this time I am including the main part of my code so you can perhaps see what I am doing wrong. My problem is that many of my footnotes show up on the wrong page. Sometimes the text that references the footnote is at the bottom of a page, and the footnote number shows up with a small graphic arrow next to it. In these cases, the actual footnote text will show up on the next page. Also in this case, the footnote number with the footnote text will usually be labeled "1", even though the next footnote after it (the one that really belongs on that page) is numbered "1" also. Sometimes footnote numbers appear in the text even though there is no footnote on any page that has that number. Any help is appreciated. Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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Re: [NTG-context] Using doublesided and even blank page shows header
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

Thank you! I believe I understand, so I will try this out. Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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Using doublesided and even blank page shows header
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

I have the following in my environment setup: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location=] I am properly getting the doublesided page setup. Also, chapters begin only on odd pages, which is exactly what I want. However, when a chapter ends on an odd page, the next (even) page that I would like to be completely blank instead contains both the header and footer. I found one other thread in this forum that told how to make this extra even page totally blank. However, I am not an advanced ConTeXt user yet, and I did not understand how to implement the solution. Is there a simple explanation of how to eliminate the header and footer on this even page? Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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teTeX rpm
by Peter Münster 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Hello, I've written an rpm-spec file for teTeX. Please feel free to test it and to send me comments and/or patches! -> http://pmrb.free.fr/tmp/tetex-3.0-1.nosrc.rpm For those, who are interested, I could provide in a few days binary packages (about 117 MB) built on SuSE-Linux (9.0, 10.0 or 10.1). Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Treat last element in a commalist differently
by Aditya Mahajan 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Hi, I am trying to write a macro so that \SEQ X[1,2,3] expands to $X_1, X_2, X_3$ \SEQ X[1-N] expands to $X_1, \dots, X_N$ and \SEQ X expands to ${\bf X}$. So far I have \def\SEQ#1% {\dodoubleempty\doSEQ[#1]} \def\doSEQ[#1][#2]% {\ifsecondargument \mathematics{\processcommalist[#2]{\dodoSEQ{#1}}} \else \mathematics{\bold{#1}}\fi} \def\dodoSEQ#1#2% {#1_{#2},} \starttext \SEQ X[1,2,3] is part of \SEQ X. \stoptext There is an extra comma at the end. That is, \SEQ X[1,2,3] expands to $X_1,X_2,X_3,$ ^^^ How can I treat the last element of a commalist differently? Thanks, Aditya

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Font problems (Palatino)
by Johan Blixt-Dackhammar 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

When trying to typeset for example a document using the mag-01 module I get an error that from what I understand is font related. I'm using MacOS 10.4.6 (on intel), and I do have the Palatino font. Why do I get the error and how can the problem be resolved? ERROR MESSAGE############################## TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : magazinetest 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.tetex/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./magazinetest.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.5.13 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 878] system (E-TEX) : [line 933] ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 uk->default:default->2-> 2:2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2 :2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->default:default->7->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 it->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : magazinetest.top loaded (./magazinetest.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 2280] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) system : macros of module mag-01 loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/s-mag-01.tex specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> system (E-TEX) : [line 2280] \ifcsname <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded color : system rgb is global activated (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) 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Question about get commalist size
by Aditya Mahajan 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Hi, I tried an example from syst-gen.tex \def\dosomething#1{(#1=\commalistsize) } \getcommalistsize [\hbox{$a,b,c,d,e,f$}] \dosomething 1 \getcommalistsize [{a,b,c,d,e,f}] \dosomething 1 \getcommalistsize [{a,b,c},d,e,f] \dosomething 4 \getcommalistsize [a,b,{c,d,e},f] \dosomething 4 \getcommalistsize [a{b,c},d,e,f] \dosomething 4 \getcommalistsize [{a,b}c,d,e,f] \dosomething 4 \getcommalistsize [] \dosomething 0 \getcommalistsize [{[}] \dosomething 1 And it gives me (1=1) (1=6) (4=4) (4=4) (4=4) (4=4) (0=0) (1=1) Notice that \getcommalistsize[{a,b,c,d,e,f}] gives 6. Is this expected behaviour or a bug? Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] format generation -- again!
by Alan Bowen 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Using the latest version of Gerben’s i-Installer (expert mode), I completely erased teTeX, re-installed the 2005 x86pc version, and then re-installed the latest ConTeXt. cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/ grep agr cont-en.log produces encoding : coding agr is loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/enco-agr.tex) language : patterns for agr not loaded language : patterns for agr not loaded and no more, which means that the ancient Greek hyphenation patterns are not available, though they presumably should be since the files lang-agr.hyp and lang-agr.pat are in the right place, /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/. When I try to regenerate the formats using sudo ruby /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ texmfstart.rb texexec --make --all I get the error message language : patterns agr for agr loaded (n=24,e=agr,m=agr) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-agr.pat ! Nonletter. \rawcharacter ...r\or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \... l.37 α2Ϊ 1 ? So no Greek hyphenation. I am baffled. And Thomas cannot reproduce the problem at his end. So, if anyone has any suggestions they will be gratefully received. By the way, if it is at all relevant, I am running Mac OS X 10.4.6 on a Power Mac G4 450 MHz. Alan On May 31, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > Alan, > > I really have no idea what's wrong there, but it must be a > misconfiguration on your system. I just double-checked: wiped the > entire > TeX installation on my laptop. Reinstalled with Gerben's installer, > expert mode, texlive 2005. Everything fine. Run Gerben's Context > updater. I get version 2006-05-28, greek hyphenation is included. > To be > sure, I run texmfstart texexec --make --all afterwards, again, formats > are generated without any problem. That's all I can say: it's not a > ConTeXt problem and not a problem with Gerben's distribution; for the > rest, I really can't be of any help because I can't reproduce the > problem. My only guess would be: see if there's a directory "web2c" in > your ~/Library/texmf and if there is, try moving it out of the way, > but > this is just a far shot. > > Good luck > > Thomas > > > On Wed, 2006-05-31 at 06:46 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: >> It’s the file I was compiling in making the log from which the >> excerpt came. >> >> Alan >> On May 30, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 16:45 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: >>>> **&cont-en 2005-12-03_Lautner.tex >>>> (./2005-12-03_Lautner.tex >>> >>> What is this Lautner.tex thing? >>> >>> T. >>> >> >

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Page Numbers in TOC; setuplabeltext
by Neal Lester 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

In the table of context for my documents, I would like Chapters to have page numbers with alternative=c. However, my Appendices are not paginated so I do not want them to have page numbers in the TOC. Since (apparently), Appendix inherits from Chapter, each Appendix is listed in the TOC with leading dots and page number "0" regardless of what I put in \setuplist [appendix] when using \placecontent or \completecontent. So I tried creating my own head (based on title) and list. Placing this list under the TOC gives me the effect I want (Appendices are listed without dots or page numbers). Unfortunately, setuplabeltext doesn't seem to work on my newly defined head. I've tried all manner of variations like: \definelist [myappendixlist] \setuplist [myappendixlist] [pagenumber=no,alternative=b,label=yes,conversion=Character] \definehead[myappendix][title] \def\appendixlabel#1#2{Appendix #1: #2} \setuphead[myappendix][command=\appendixlabel] % \setuplabeltext [en][myappendix=Appendix~] \newcounter\myappendices \long\def\myappendix#1% {\ifhmode\unskip\fi \doglobal\increment\myappendices\relax \high{\myappendices}% \expanded{\writetolist[myappendixlist]{\myappendices}}{#1}} 1) Is there a way to suppress the display of Appendix page numbers in a TOC while retaining alternative=c for Chapters? 2) Assuming the answer to (1) is no, how do I enable display of labels in my custom defined head? Thanks, Neal

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Font size in FLOWchart module.
by John R. Culleton 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

I am using the flowchart module to create various goodies. What I don't know how to do is regulate the size of the font for the text that goes inside the little boxes. Any suggestions? - 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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Fonts problem
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Hi all, On a fresh installed done following (very exactly) http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation, I get the following message with this : ............................. \starttext àéèçù \oe \"a \stoptext ............................. kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ec-lmr12 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. xdvi: Can't find pixel font ec-lmr12; using cmr10 instead at 600 dpi. xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 224 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 233 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 232 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 231 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 249 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 247 not defined in font cmr10 xdvi-motif.bin: Warning: Character 228 not defined in font cmr10 Something's obviously missing in my install ... but what? tia -- Jean

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t-greek module and Latin Modern
by Alan Bowen 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Hans and all other font wizards— Thomas and I have been stumped by problem that arises when one re- installs Latin Modern (in order to get margin kerning) and uses the t- greek module. Thomas suspects that Latin Modern, being a "clone" of Computer Modern, comes in different design sizes and uses slightly different fonts for different sizes. This setup breaks when the t- greek module expects to have a completely scalable font. But this is only a guess, as he says. The problem may be described as follows: A. If I do not re-install Latin Modern (and thus forego margin kerning and so forth), there is no problem: I can vary the typesize of the footnotes and insert Greek at will. I use the following code for this: \setupencoding[default=ec] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \definebodyfont[10.5pt][rm][default] \setupbodyfont[modern,10.5pt] \setupfootnotes[conversion=numbers, way=bytext,location=page,rule=on,bodyfont=9.5pt,style=normal] \usemodule[t-greek] \setupfontsynonym[Alkaios][handling=grkpure] \setupfontsynonym[GreekOxoniensis][handling=grkpure] \setupgreek[font=Alkaios,altfont=GreekOxoniensis,scale=0.9] B. If I do reinstall the Latin Modern, I get “Arithmetic overflow errors” when there is Greek in the footnotes. My code for this is: \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \starttypescript[serif][default][size] \definebodyfont[10.5pt][rm][default] %<<< \definebodyfont[10.5pt][mm][default] \stoptypescript \setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=normal] \usetypescript[modern][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[modern,10.5pt] \setupfootnotes[conversion=numbers, way=bytext,location=page,rule=on,bodyfont=9.5pt,style=normal] \usemodule[t-greek] \setupfontsynonym[GreekOxoniensis][handling=greekpure] \setupfontsynonym[GreekDioxipe][handling=greekpure] \setupgreek[font=GreekOxoniensis,scale=1.15] \setupgreek[altfont=GreekDioxipe,scale=1.15] But remove the Greek from the notes and all is well. Note that inserting \definebodyfont[10.5pt,9.5pt][rm][default] at the line <<< (above) fails with the same error message even when there is no Greek in the footnotes. If you have any suggestions on this, we would be grateful to receive them. All best, Alan

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Want to turn off hyphenation in main text but on in footnotes
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Hello All, Is there a way to turn off hyphenation for the main body of my text, but enable it for the footnotes? Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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RLXTOOLS ?
by Michal Kvasnicka 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Good evening. How can I make RLXTOOLS to regenerate a figure when its dimensions in the TeX file are changed? (What I mean is this: For screen version of my documents I downscale JPGs to 100ppi. But it depends on the size given by the TeX file. So I'd like RLXTools to regenerate the figure when I change \externalfigure[bum.jpg][width=\textwidth] to \externalfigure[bum.jpg][width=\makeupwidth] for instance (while in columns).) How can I get force it to do it? Many thanks for you kind answer. And many thanks to Mr. Hagen for this wonderful tool -- it's much better than my semimanual use of Make. Yours Michal Kvasnicka

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Printing labels with ConTeXt
by Renaud AUBIN 31 May '06

31 May '06

Hi all, I need to print labels on this kind of paper: - A4 page with 24 labels (70mm x 36mm) - 3 columns and 8 rows - 4.5mm top margin, 4.5mm bottom margin I use: \definepapersize[DECAdry-70x36][width=70mm,height=36mm] \setuppapersize[DECAdry-70x36][A4] \setuppaper[nx=3,ny=8] \setuparranging[XY] I just need to know how to reserve a vertical white space (4.5mm) from the top of the A4 page and put all my labels side-by-side (vertically and horizontally). Renaud

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Docs package request
by Idris Samawi Hamid 31 May '06

31 May '06

Dear Hans, Would it be possible to add a complete documentation package zip to this page: http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm Basically it would just be the /ConTeXt/doc folder and nothing else. This is far easier for absolute beginners than navigating the website and playing with wget and getting the directory structure right etc. Right now I am telling interested parties to download mswincontesxt.zip, extract the docs directory, and fire up showcase.pdf. Having a docs zip package would make it even easier. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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two languages side-by-side
by Thomas Telkamp 31 May '06

31 May '06

I would like to set a text with two languages side-by-side, either on facing pages, or in two columns. There are some LaTeX packages available to do so, but how could this be best done in ConTeXt? Any help would be appreciated. regards, Thomas Telkamp

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missing fonts
by Hans van der Meer 31 May '06

31 May '06

I thought I had a fairly normal tetex tree with the latest lm fonts installed. Can someone guess why I am getting a host of missing font messages in a context run? Something in the wrong place or absent? The log contains: (./front.tex fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-public-lm fonts : using map file: texnansi-yandy fonts : using map file: texnansi-base (./syllabus-s.tuo) (./copyright.tex) [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/ texmf-local/fo nts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-empty.map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/ texmf-local/ fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-base.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/ dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/ dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmat11': font file missing ........ Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/ dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy6': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/ dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy8': font file missing .... and many more of these. Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart?
by Hans van der Meer 31 May '06

31 May '06

On May 23, 2006, at 11:05, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 5/21/06, Hans van der Meer <hansm(a)science.uva.nl> wrote: >> >> Since installing the last ConTeXt update I am aware of the message >> from >> texexec: >> warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead >> >> Good, I call: >> "texmfstart texexec --version" instead of "texexec --version" >> >> Result: >> -bash: texmfstart: command not found >> >> Is my system suddenly incomplete? >> I am using Mac OS X 10.4.6, the most recent development I would >> think. >> What happened and how can I get to the level of system support >> ConTeXt seems >> to expect of me? > > I don't know how it is on Mac. Under windows I have a binary (cont-win > on pragma download site), under Linux I create a file "texmfstart" > with > ruby /path-to-tex/texmfstart.rb $* > (or something similar) > > see also the new scripts/context/stubs/mac folder (I didn't check, I > only suppose that it's there) if anything there can help you. > > Mojca Putting the ruby script in the right path and giving it executing permissions solved most of the problem. However there is a warning message left: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 metapost : test-mpgraph format : metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.3) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) total run time : 0 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead [MP to PDF] (./test-mpgraph.1) (./test.tuo) Since this message results from the internals of "texmfstart texexec" it might be a leftover lonely "texexec" in the scripts. I tried to find it, but could not find my way around the ruby scripts. Hans van der Meer

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Learning
by Johan Blixt-Dackhammar 30 May '06

30 May '06

Hi, I'm trying to learn ConTeXt and has so far read parts of the manuals available on the website (http://www.pragma-ade.com) However, I feel that these manuals only give me a quite limited knowledge. Therefore I wonder if there are any chance that the source code for some advanced documents are available on the internet. Some of the really well designed manuals (eg. "XML in ConTeXt", "Charts in ConTeXt" and "ConTeXt - an excursion") or other documents with a high level of design. On to another subject, I'm having trouble using the chart module. I get no errors while typesetting, but the flowcharts doesn't show up. The only command that showed anything among the ones I tried was \FLOWchart[grid]. Has the commands changed since the chart manual("Charts uncovered") was written? -Johan

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xetex with i-installed tetex stymied
by Ulf Martin 30 May '06

30 May '06

Hi all! When trying out XeTeX following http://wiki.contextgarden.net/XeTeX I got this (I have a full teTeX installation + ConTeXt, etc. with i-installer on a Mac OS X 10.3.9 is from yesterday.): -- Command with output -- UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/ uma$ texexec --xtx main.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : xetex executable : xetex format : cont-en inputfile : main output : xetex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3) (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) ---! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) return code : 256 run time : 1 seconds total run time : 4 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead -- Running XeTeX on the input file in TeXShop yields: -- This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xetex.fmt fmtutil: no info for format `xetex'. I can't find the format file `xetex.fmt'! -- The input file was: -- \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[en] \starttext \title{The Main Title} Bla, {\bf bla}, blah!\footnote[fn01]{\language[de] Beispielfußnote} And some formula: $$ \int^\infty_0 e^{-x^2} dx.$$ \stoptext -- End -- Hope somebody has any idea on this. Bye and thanks to all for help! -- Ulf Martin

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Re: [NTG-context] t-greek module and Latin Modern
by Alan Bowen 30 May '06

30 May '06

Hans— Here is another error message that appeared in compiling a file that re-installs Latin Modern and uses Thomas’ module for ancient Greek. references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:1] references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:1] ! Font \nullfont has only 7 fontdimen parameters. <to be read again> \advance \dohighlow ...#2\textfont 2\else #3ex\fi \advance \scratchdimen #4ex \kern .... <argument> ...ednote \v!nextpage \v!previouspage } } \doifreferencefoundelse ...ferencefound #2\else #3 \fi \egroup \doresetgotowh... \gotobox ...2]} {\hbox {\unknownreference {#2}#1}} \referentieinfo {<} {#2}\eg... <argument> ...[\s!fnt :f:\internalfootreference ]} \fi \doifelse {\noteparame... ... l.39 \footnote{ \grk{>'alfa ka`i b~hta}.} ? The source file (below) was the same as before. The only change is that I am now using ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.28 13:28 fmt: 2006.5.30 Alan Source file: \enableregime[mac] \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono,mm][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \setupfootnotes[align={hz,hanging}] \setupencoding[default=ec] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \starttypescript[serif][default][size] \definebodyfont[10.5pt,9.5pt][rm][default] \definebodyfont[10.5pt,9.5pt][mm][default] \stoptypescript \setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=normal] \setupbodyfont[modern,10.5pt] \setupfootnotes[conversion=numbers, way=bytext,location=page,rule=on,bodyfont=9.5pt,style=normal] \usemodule[ancientgreek] [font=Alkaios,scale=0.9,altfont=GreekOxoniensis,altscale=0.9] \setupfontsynonym[Alkaios][handling=grkpure] \setupfontsynonym[GreekOxoniensis][handling=grkpure] \def\grk{\localgreek} \def\altgrk{\localaltgreek} \starttext \grk{>'alfa ka`i b~hta}. The cow flew over the Moon.% % \footnote{\grk{>'alfa ka`i b~hta}.} \stoptext

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Unicode and simplifiedcommands in bookmarks
by Daniel Wallin 30 May '06

30 May '06

How do I get both unicode characters and simplifiedcommands in PDF bookmarks? The code below produces an error: ! Improper alphabetic constant. <to be read again> \groupedcommand <argument> \ifnum `\groupedcommand =255 32\else `\groupedcommand \fi \utfdiv #1->\the \numexpr \ifcase \numexpr #1 \relax 0\else (#1-\utf@g )/\utf... \PDFunicodechar ...bers \@EA {\number \utfdiv {#1} }\@EA \lchexnumbers \@EA {... \nodoPDFuni ...ar {\ifnum `#1=255 32\else `#1\fi } \doPDFuni \bookmarktext ...nicodechar {246}ݧroupedcommand {\tt }{}{\unicodechar {229... ... l.18 \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[sv] \usetypescript[modern][ec] \setupbodyfont[10pt,rm] \setupinteraction[state=start] \appendtoks \let\groupedcommand\thirdofthreearguments \to \simplifiedcommands \unprotected \definealternativestyle [\v!mono] [\tt] [] \input spec-tst.tex \placebookmarks \starttext \chapter{åäö \mono{åäö} \bold{åäö}} \stoptext -- Daniel Wallin

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Index sorting for other languages that English
by Richard Gabriel 30 May '06

30 May '06

Hello Hans, after an upgrade I noticed thar the index sorting works even worse than before (tested on Czech, Chinese and Japanese, but probably related to non-ASCII characters in common). With TeXExec 5.4.3, all words beginning with national (accented) characters were put into a separate ("symbols") group and placed before "A". This was not good but more or less acceptable. With TeXExec 6.2.0, words beginning with accented characters are placed under certain unaccented letter. My colleague found out that these words are sorted according the first unaccented letter. This is unacceptable and unusable. We do a "work-around" so we try to avoid indexing words beginning with accented charaters. But it's impossible in many cases. I'd like to ask you to improve the index sorting. Could I help or contribute in some way? Attached is a testing file, which creates 2 indexes from various Czech words (covering the Czech alphabet). The index should be sorted exactly that way as the terms are written in the file. Thanks, Richard

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Re: [NTG-context] Space between footnote number and text
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 30 May '06

30 May '06

I felt a little bad about asking everyone else to do my work for me, so I did take a stab at solving my footnote line-break issue :). I came up with something that seems to work, but I'm not sure it is the simplest or best way to do it. Basically, I used something from your last post (the \specialcommand) to turn off the default footnote number completely and instead include the footnote number as part of the footnote text: % Create a counter that will act as our footnote labels \newcounter\MyFootnoteLabel % Create a special command to turn off the default footnote number \def\TurnOffDefFootNum#1{} % Set up footnoting in paragraph form (n=0) with no default footnote number \setupfootnotes[n=0,way=bypage,numbercommand=\TurnOffDefFootNum] % Create macro to replace standard footnote macro. This macro will include % the footnote number as part of the footnote text so that we can keep it from % getting split onto a different line from the footnote text \def\fnote#1{\footnote[\MyFootnoteLabel]{\note[\MyFootnoteLabel]~#1}\increment\MyFootnoteLabel} % Test with some output \starttext Now\fnote{Footnote number one} % is\fnote{Footnote number two} % the\fnote{Footnote number three} % time\fnote{Footnote number four} % for\fnote{Footnote number five} % all\fnote{Footnote number six} % good\fnote{Footnote number seven} % men\fnote{Footnote number eight} % to\fnote{Footnote number nine} % come\fnote{Footnote number ten} % to\fnote{Footnote number eleven} % the\fnote{Footnote number twelve} % aid\fnote{Footnote number thirteen} % of\fnote{Footnote number fourteen} % their\fnote{Footnote number fifteen} % country.\fnote{Footnote number sixteen} % \stoptext I put a non-breaking space in this example, but it seems to work with no space there as well. It is hard to get a number to split on purpose anyway, but I found that by successively adding "i" characters to any footnote text, I could eventually cause the next footnote to leave its number on one line and its text on the next. However, after the above, the first word of the footnote text seems to stay with the footnote number regardless, which is what I wanted. I would be interested in knowing though if there is a simpler solution. Also, any idea what might be causing some whole footnotes to appear on, say, page 11, when the text that references the footnote is on page 10? Is this something I just have to fix by tweaking my main text? Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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eqno not in math
by Hans van der Meer 29 May '06

29 May '06

Something strange occurs in math, doing: \placeformula\startformula H(K|M,C) = H(K|C) - H(M|C)\eqno{\hbox{(\in{}[eq:keyapp])}} \stopformula produces the following error: ------------------------------------ ! You can't use `\eqno' in math mode. <argument> \normalreqno {\doformulanumber [][][]{}} \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dostopformula ->\doplaceformulanumber \getvalue {\e!stop \formulaparameter ... l.20 \stopformula ------------------------------------ Why cannot \eqno be used in math mode? It is its raison d'etre! Plain TeX typesets the following input without problems: $$ a = b + c\eqno{(12)} $$ \end Strange enough the following does work as expected: \placeformula\startformula \eqalignno{ H(K|M,C) &= H(K|C) - H(M|C)&\eqno{\hbox{(\in{}[eq:keyapp])}}\cr } \stopformula Is this a little bug perhaps? Hans van der Meer

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Another texmfstart question
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi all, I just made on my linux-gentoo box a fresh install using (exactly) this howto: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation But using "texmfstart texexec toto" gives "texmfstart not found"; I tried with the full path of texmfstart.rb and get "permission denied"; so I go into the directory /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby and see that many scripts are not executable for others (regular users); so I say "chmod +x *" in that directory and then "texmfstart texexec toto" still doesn't work but it actually works with the full path; however my path is correctly set for context afaik. I tried to set $RUBYLIB to this directory but it doesn't change anything. TIA for any advice -- Jean

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Re: [NTG-context] Space between footnote number and text
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 29 May '06

29 May '06

Thank you for the response! Here is what I found. The code you suggested... \def\specialcommand#1{\high{#1}~~~} \setupfootnotes[n=0,numbercommand=\specialcommand] \setupfootnotedefinition[distance=0pt] ...actually produced *more* space between the footnote number and the text of the footnote. However, I removed the three tilde (~~~) characters and I got *no* space between the footnote number and text, which is what I wanted to achieve. A couple of other questions though: 1) My footnotes sometimes still "break" in that the footnote number will be at the end of a line and the footnote text at the beginning of the next line. I tried putting one of the non-breaking space (~) tilde characters back in, just to see if that would prevent the break. However, it *does not* prevent the break...the footnote number and text are still separated. Is there any way to force footnote numbers to be on the same line as the first word of the footnote? 2) Sometimes the last few footnote numbers in the body of my main text appear with a small arrow next to them. These footnotes end up on the next page of text rather than on the page where they are referenced. What is the best solution to this type of thing? 3) Is there a way to turn off hyphenation in the main body of my text, such as with "\nohyphens", but turn *on* hyphenation in the text of the footnotes. My main text is ancient Greek, while my footnotes are mostly English. The Greek is hard to read if it is hyphenated, but I get much better formatting in the footnotes if hyphenation is turned on. Thanks for the help. I am much closer to what I want now. Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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font oddities on mac with i-installer
by Ulf Martin 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi all! After having fallen back to LaTeX some time ago I thought I should give ConTeXt another try again. But... I just today updated my *entire* TeX installation (teTeX, ConTeXt, LaTeX, etc.) on a Mac OS X 10.3.9 using i-installer. So, I should have a state of the art installation. Now I have problems with the default fonts. That is, when trying to use good old Computer Modern fonts (which are the default but called "Latin Modern", or?) then umlauts, bold face etc. don't work. Also, when MetaFont renders math symbols they become pixelized and don't scale. Probably this is not surprising, since I get a lot of lines like this (the full texexec output is at the end of this mail): Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/ dvipdfm/context/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex8': font file missing Additionally, there is a mysterious line in the end: warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead Now, when I do UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/uma$ texmfstart texexec --pdf main I get a -bash: texmfstart: command not found Any ideas? I saw in the list that this kind of error seems to occur time after time with installations on various systems. I tired some if the proposed solutions but none of them seem to work (I might have overlooked others, though). My understanding is that it has something to do with the LM fonts but I don't understand that -- I never needed to dig into TeX font handling that deep... (LaTeX seems to run as smoothly as ever after the update). Thanks and Cheers! Ulf Martin. Source code (main.tex): ----------------------- \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[en] % I played around with these ones -- no difference: % This is from contextgarden % qv. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Encodings_and_Regimes#Typesetting_in_UTF-8 %\usetypescript[modern][ec] %\setupbodyfont[10pt,rm] % This is from a posting of Taco % qv. http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/015889.html %\usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] %\setupbodyfont[postscript,12pt] % Iterestingly, % Caris SIL *does* work % (and looks very nice, except for the math stuff!) % qv. http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/017095.html % (But for math stuff I prefer CM) %\usetypescriptfile[type-silcharis] %\usetypescript[SilCharis][ec] %\setupbodyfont[SilCharis,12pt] \starttext \title{The Main Title} Bla, {\bf bla}, blah!\footnote[fn01]{\language[de] Beispielfußnote} And some formula: $$ \int^\infty_0 e^{-x^2} dx.$$ \stoptext Command and output: ------------------- UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/uma$ texexec --pdf main TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : main 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 (./main.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.23 16:32 fmt: 2006.5.28 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : main.top loaded (./main.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : system commands are disabled (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/sort-new.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./main.tuo) (./main.tuo) systems : begin file main at line 19 (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) title : - The Main Title fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: 8r-base fonts : using map file: t5-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler fonts : using map file: original-public-lm [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-empt y.map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-ba se.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmat11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmbt11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeuat11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeubt11': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmat12': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xycmbt12': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeuat12': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-base.map): invalid entry for `xyeubt12': font file missing }{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/ec-public-lm.map }{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/ec-base.map}{/us r/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/8r-base.map}{/usr/loc al/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/t5-base.map}{/usr/local/te TeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-ams-base.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-ams-base.map): invalid entry for `lcircle10': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-ams-base.map): invalid entry for `lcirclew10': font file missing }{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-ams-eul er.map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-p ublic-lm.map Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy6': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy8': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmbsy9': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex7': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex8': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmex9': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmmib6': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmmib8': font file missing Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/con text/original-public-lm.map): invalid entry for `cmmib9': font file missing }] systems : end file main at line 25 ) </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmmi9.600pk> </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/lj four/public/cm/cmmi12.600pk> </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmsy9.600pk > </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmex10.720pk> Output written on main.pdf (1 page, 10457 bytes). Transcript written on main.log. return code : 0 run time : 1 seconds sorting and checking : running texutil TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 action : processing commands, lists and registers option : sorting IJ under Y option : converting high ASCII values input file : main.tui output file : main.tuo passed commands : 21 remapped keys : 0 register entries : 0 -> 0 entries 0 references synonym entries : 0 -> 0 entries embedded files : 1 remark : 'texutil' is now part of 'texexec' warning : use 'texmfstart texutil' instead total run time : 3 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead

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texmfstart with i-installed tetex
by Ulf Martin 29 May '06

29 May '06

Hi I am putting this under a new subject to distangle presumably distinct issues. Hans van der Meer schrieb: >> >> Additionally, there is a mysterious line in the end: >> >> warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead >> >> Now, when I do >> >> UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/uma$ texmfstart texexec --pdf main >> >> I get a >> >> -bash: texmfstart: command not found >> >> Any ideas? >> > > What I did was: > > 1. adding some aliases to the file .bashrc: > alias texmfstart=texmfstart.rb > alias texversion='texmfstart texexec --version' > etc., the first one being the important one. > 2. ensuring that the scripts are executable with: > cd .../texmf-local-..../context/ruby > (sudo) chmod -R a+x *.rb > execute this in terminal as a user with administrator priveliges. > > Hope this will help you on the way. Well sort of. I tried your way and got texmfstart.rb not found So it doen't seem to be on the path. Now if I call the ruby script directly, it bails out somewhere in the middle: UMac:~/Projekte/ConTeXt/ uma$ /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb texexec --pdf main /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb:977: nested method definition def the_same(filter,filename) ^ /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb:981: nested method definition def the_same(filter,filename) ^ (N.B. I have a yesterday i-installed full teTeX + ConTeXt + LaTeX + ... on a Mac OS X 10.3.9.) Bye & Thanks you for the help! -- Ulf Martin

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Making exams in Context
by Jorge Manuel de Almeida Magalhães 28 May '06

28 May '06

I need to prepare an exam. My choice is obviously ContexT, but I have some difficulty in generating multiple choice questions in random order. Each student will have one different exam. In Latex I use MUCH (http://fourier.math.uoc.gr/~mk/much/) Did you can tell me if it has a similar solution in ConTexT? Thanks Jorge

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/author parameters in Bib module
by "Guðmundur J. Kristjánsson" 28 May '06

28 May '06

Hi all. I´m a relative newbie in ConTEXt but have used LaTEX for a couple of years. I recently decided to write me master's thesis in ConTEXt and so far it has been sweet... I was looking into the Bib module and there is only one thing that I can't find in the documentation. What are parameters in the \author field? This is what I found in the documentation: \author[#1]{#2}[#3]{#4}{#5} AUTHOR The author of a standalone publication, like a monograph. What do #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5 stand for? If we look at the doc we get: \author[]{Taco}[T.]{}{Hoekwater} So we get: #2 = First name. #3 = Initial of first name? Middle name? #5 = Last name I have no idea what to do with #1 and #4. Thanks in advance... Best regards/Kær kveðja, Guðmundur J. Kristjánsson gjk(a)vitum.net | gjk(a)hi.is | Tel. +354-893-4444.

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Paragraph line breaking
by nico 28 May '06

28 May '06

Hello, I'm trying to tweak some parameters to avoid lines going into the margin when it contains long words. Using \setuptolerance[tolerant (or verytolerant)] helps much but sometimes it isn't enough. My questions are: - Using \filename doesn't hyphenate on backslash characters (which is interesting for Windows paths). Is is intended? - Is there a macro or something like this that I could put before the maybe too long word so that it breaks the line if the word doesn't fit in the line? - Is there a mechanism to define an arbitrary hyphenation pattern? - What are the other parameters I could try to avoid an overlong line? Looking at the style.pdf file, i don't realy know what is pertinent for my purpose. Thanks for any hint. Regards, BG

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Space between footnote number and text
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 28 May '06

28 May '06

Does anyone know of a way to get rid of the space between a footnote number and the footnote text? I am formatting my footnotes in paragraph form (n=0) and sometimes the footnote numbers actually appear at the end of a line with the text wrapped around to the beginning of the next line (which doesn't look very attractive). I would prefer there to be no space at all between the footnote number and the text, but if there has to be one, it seems like it should be a non-breaking space. Is there a way to "fix" this? Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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A question for you
by Idris Samawi Hamid 28 May '06

28 May '06

Dear fellow gangsters, I have a question for you all, recalling an exchange with John Culleton last fall: http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2005/013498.html In your views, what are the strengths and weaknesses of ConTeXt? For example, under what circumstances do you prefer to use a word processor (Word/OOo), a layout processor (InDesign), or just Plain(e)TeX over ConTeXt? (Actually the link above deals with Plain TeX but just in case you have anything to add). In Maps 33-2005 Taco did an article based on our answers to the question, "What do you do with ConTeXt"? I would like to see the answers to the _opposite_ question: Which typesetting tasks do you NOT do in ConTeXt, and what do you prefer to use for those tasks? A corallary question: What typesetting tasks do you find difficult-to-onerous in ConTeXt (even in nothing else is available)? Your insights will be very much appreciated. I for one look forward to the day ConTeXt takes over the world! Take care and all the Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Textext Question
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 27 May '06

27 May '06

Hello, I'm having some trouble with MPgraphics; here is a minimal example: ............................. \setupoutput[pdftex] \runMPgraphicstrue \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setupcolors[state=start] \startMPinclusions numeric u; u=.8cm; path AX; AX = drawdblarrow (10u,0) -- (0,0) -- (0,10u); \stopMPinclusions \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} pickup pencircle scaled 1mm; draw AX withcolor blue; label.rt(textext("$3x^2+\pi$"), (5u,6u)); \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[left]{bla.bla}{\useMPgraphic{dummy}} \input dawkins \stoptext ............................. After compilation with texexec I get "unknown" instead of the expected label. What is wrong with me? TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeXk, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2005.10.27 cont-en : ver: 2005.10.27 fmt: 2006.4.28 mes: english Thanks ia -- Jean

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notes on columnset typesetting (not only about)
by Vit Zyka 27 May '06

27 May '06

Dear ConTeXters, surprisingly, in this e-mail you will find any bug report! It is a summary of my experience with typesetting of a little complex book layout. I have finnished it during a one year long winning battle. Thank to everybody who helped, especially of course to Hans. Thank you very much! ------------------ Next text can show, what is in present ConTeXt (or a bit older one) possible and what is still problematic. Firstly, let us show some examples: - transparency frames ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-body1.pdf - two columnsets + marginals + figures + balancing ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-body2.pdf - two columnsets + page float ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-body3.pdf - three columnsets + floats ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-encyk.pdf - content ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-content.pdf - index ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-ex-index.pdf Legend for comming comments: + pros - cons ? dreaming about new feature ! attention = my (perhaps suboptimal) solution * note Comments: > grid + very powerfull and working support + works gracefully with columnsets and floats * avoiding orphans and widows was done manually by: = enlarging/decreasing figures = adding/removing (half)blank lines around heads ? if we want to do avoiding orphans and widows automatically, we would probably need the glue with DISCRETE STEP of stretch/shrink. Then we can say e.g. \let\bl=\baselineskip \setuphead [section] [before=\vskip1\bl plus1\bl withstep1\bl] to get vertical space before section head exactly 1 OR 2 \baselineskip height. Another solution with stepwise box: \vbox to2\bl plus2\bl withstep1\bl{\vfil heading \vfil} ! the only problem was in the table of contents + columns; from the first line there was a small shift between columns; perhaps \splittopskip? but setting it to large enough value does not solve it. > columnsets + very nice feature, really; after Hans improvement seems that some floats soes not dissappered now, but need to be carefull + floats insertion with specifying place ? for top float: automatically setting \placeongrid[{broad,high}] for bottom float \placeongrid[{broad,low}] to be vertically align with text on the rest of column(s) * balancing: only manually by setting: \setupcolumnsetlines[columnset_id][columnset_page][column][line] ! Not so painful if it not occures next: If there are many floats near balancing place they sometimes disappear or cause ignoring balancing - even if they can fit on the place. ? understand that automatical balancing with floats is extremly difficult * page floats: big improvements during the work. ! running marginal text continue through the page with only float = so you have to manually insert blank vertical margin on such place * header & footers: Hans did a new column marking: \getmarking[marking_id][column][last/first]. ! There are some problems [perhaps with expansion (different counter number and text)] if marking goes between two columnsets (framed chapters cross two cols in examples). = found acceptable hack but need more ivestigation on small examples for cleaning. > metapost inclusion + the most powerful, smooth and stable part of ConTeXt in my opinion (see random frames, circles with transparent graphics, lines with color shading) = if you have many (over 1024!) shadings (-> MP specials) do \settrue \manyMPspecials > index (register) + nice possibility to differentiate several groups (here 8 from which 4 have different visual marking of page number, see index example) - sorting: until this spring there was no satisfied backround for Czech sorting in newtexutil.rb till this spring. = I did dirty reimplementation of old texutil.pl for doing so * I have to have a look for new sorting now. - coupling: page numbers with group preserving (see example) = also in texutil.pl reimplementation > regime * my great discovery was that the regime IS \enableregime{latin2} % correct and NOT \enableregime{il2} % incorrect! > pseudo-small caps = http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Pseudo_Small_Caps > ... I provide the environment files (design definition) in case of somebody's interest. But suddenly they are very very very dirty. Partially due to my unsufficient ConTeXt knowledge, partially due to my despair during trying many ways to solve some problem, partially due to putting pathes to old ConTeXt (it was fresh of course when the work begins), ...: ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-env.tex (core) ftp://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/pub/cmp/users/zyka/vg-ex/vg05-mark.tex (markup) Best Vit

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Re: [NTG-context] Stuck in texmfstart
by Neal Lester 27 May '06

27 May '06

At 10:38 AM 5/26/2006, you wrote: >On 5/26/06, Neal Lester <neal(a)3dsafety.com> wrote: > > At 09:17 AM 5/26/2006, you wrote: > > >This morning, when I try to run texexec, texmfstart gets stuck in the > > >loop at line 262. > > > > Placing > > > > puts f > > > > below line 266 ( f.gsub(...) do > > > > prints: > > > > $TEXROOT/texmf/{-local,}/web2c/texmf.cnf > > > > (over and over again) > >Mine doesn't seem to enter this loop -- nothing is printed. The >above line looks >like the entry from texsetup with an extra "/": > >set TEXMFCNF=%TEXPATH%texmf{-local,}/web2c What I did is copy setuptex to /etc/profile.d/setuptex.sh and then hard coded the value of TEXROOT in setuptex.sh instead of having the script set it from the command line argument. echo $TEXMFCNF prints $TEXROOT/texmf{-local,}/web2c Neal

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new release
by Hans Hagen 27 May '06

27 May '06

Hi, Today i'll upload a new release. Highlights: - some fixes/extensions discussed the last few weeks - xetex support adapted to using xdvipdfmx - ctxtools --update which will update your local context - an update feature in scite (can be used a example for other editors) - an integrated mpto (more robust that the binary approach) (btw, use textext instead of btex .. etex when possible) Taco will undoubtely give mnore details later. Keep in mind that you need to change the stubs: - preferable use texmfstart to launch scripts - texmfstart itself can be stubbed if needed - there is a ../scripts/context/stubs path in the zip 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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