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Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX "hangs"
by Hans Hagen 27 May '06

27 May '06

Otared Kavian wrote: > > As told above, ConTeXt is called from within TeXShop, but doing > texexec eth-hans-2.tex --pdf > in a Terminal window gives the same result (I apologize for not being > still up dto date with texmfstart... :-) ) > > I wanted to let you know that I am gathering a number of issues or > ConTeXt things which do not work properly when ConTeXt is used > together with XeTeX. Should I send them directly to you and Taco or > post each problem separately on the list? > > > ok, what you see happen in 'non xetex context' is ok, \catcode`Ã°=\active \defÃ°{^^F0} will fail because pdftex is *not* utf and only sees 8 bit characters, so you can only set the catcodes 0-255 \catcode `<number>=<number> and in your case `Ã will become a number ° but ° not \bgroup \let\unicodechar\unicodenumber \catcodeÃ°=\active \defÃ°{^^F0} \egroup could work (watch out: no `) but again, \catcode<16 bit number> is not accepted by regular 8 bit tex so, a the moment, what you observe is ok; at the end of this year, in a 32 bit pdftex, things may work different 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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TABLE wishlist
by Johannes Graumann 27 May '06

27 May '06

Hello, I have finished my thesis using ConTeXt (with an XML only source - yeah ...). I found ConTeXt very usable, much more consistent in syntax than LaTeX (once one gets used to it) and up to the job ... the only thing that was not fixable is multipage table support with TABLEs. As pointed out earlier, there are issues with page breaking associated with it (see http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/page-overflow-preceeding-a-split-…) - despite a patch by Hans. If, at one point, one of the developers is going to put some work into TABLEs, I have two requests aside from a reliable splitting algorithm: 1) A clearer numbering scheme ("Table 25a" and "Table 25b" rather than "Table 25a" and "Table 26b") for split tables. 2) an option that allows to repeat the table header, but replaces the caption after the first part of the split table with a configurable string as "Continued from page xyz". Having these 2(3) additions would be a great boon to ConTeXt (I believe). When I find the time in the next couple of days I'll start to return some of the insights gotten from the newsgroup during the thesis writing process to the community via the wiki. Thanks for your help guys! And thanks for this great package! Joh P.S.: I'd still be able to sneak in a last minute page breaking fix till Tuesday ;0) JG

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format generation -- again!
by Thomas A. Schmitz 26 May '06

26 May '06

All, I just hit a snag in generating formats with --make --all. It works flawlessly on my computers running Mac OS X or linux, but ALan Bowen has a problem where .pat files with Unicode characters aren't recognized: (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-us.hyp) 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 ? I compared the cont-en.log of our computers; the only real difference is the beginning: My log: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) 26 MAY 2006 19:42 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) ***cont-en (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex Alan's log: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) 24 MAY 2006 06:40 entering extended mode ***cont-en.ini (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/config/cont-en.ini (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex Both have the latest release. So the only difference that really could matter: 1. older version of pdf(e)tex; 2. natural.tcx is not called. Can anybody help? I'm unable to reproduce the problem here; I can generate formats both with texmfstart texexec --make --all and with fmtutil-sys --byfmt cont-en. Best Thomas

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XeTeX "hangs"
by Mojca Miklavec 26 May '06

26 May '06

If I try to compile the folllowing code with XeTeX, it "hangs" (as if it was waiting for further input): \catcode`ð=\active \defð{^^f0} % only hangs for "F0", other numbers are OK \starttext ð \stoptext I didn't manage to test the same example with "plain" XeTeX (tetex is a bit misconfigured since the standalone ConTeXt is installed), but Jonathan says that it runs OK on his computer. Is my system broken again or are some other black forces working anywhere? Thanks, Mojca

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Stuck in texmfstart
by Neal Lester 26 May '06

26 May '06

This morning, when I try to run texexec, texmfstart gets stuck in the loop at line 262. It seems that in my thrashing around yesterday I made some transient change to the environment (I shut this system down at night). Any idea what that is? I also applied a kernel patch, so I suppose that could also be the problem. Neal

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What about Lua in pdftex ?
by luigi scarso 26 May '06

26 May '06

What about Lua in pdftex ?

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'Dot' after Float label Howto?
by Johannes Graumann 26 May '06

26 May '06

Hello, My proofreader wants the float labels ("Figure 2.5") to end with a dot as well (as in "Figure 2.5."). Can somebody please point me at how to achieve that? Thanks, Joh

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Dropped caps and line length
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

I am using dropped caps in my document, and I have noticed an occasional problem related to them. The problem is that in paragraphs that have dropped caps, an occasional line will run off into the right-hand margin instead of being hyphenated or wrapped around to the next line. I have to confess that I modified the DroppedString in supp-fun.tex (where \DroppedCaps is defined) to add the digits 0 through 9 so that I could have numbers as dropped caps. I thought at first that this might have caused the problem. However, I switched back to an original installation of ConTeXt and found that the problem occurred there too. This is especially pronounced with certain fonts. I also tried using the lettrine module to perform the dropped caps, but saw the same effect there. I will add also that I am using the t-ancientgreek module, and the text in question is polytonic Greek. Thanks in advance for any help offered. I am new to ConTeXt so if my questions are trivial, please pardon! 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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Footnote Formatting
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

I am new to ConTeXt and have two questions about footnote formatting. I have noticed that there is always a space between the footnote number and the actual text of the footnote. My first question is: How can I eliminate this space or at the very least replace the space with a non-breaking space. On my system, the footnote numbers sometimes appear at the end of a line while the footnote text wraps around to the next line. Also, I am formatting my footnotes with \setupfootnotes[n=0,...] so that they appear at the bottom of the page in paragraph form (i.e., not one footnote per line). Due to a section change in the document, I may restart footnote numbering at "1" in the middle of a page. When this happens, I would like to indent footnote #1 just like you would indent a paragraph. My second question is: Can this be done? Any help offered will be greatly 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] Installation Problem
by Neal Lester 26 May '06

26 May '06

At 09:52 AM 5/25/2006, gnwiii(a)gmail.com wrote: >When you run ". setuptex <your_texroot_path>" you should end up with > >TEXFORMATS='$TEXMFOS/web2c/{$engine,}' Ouch! I got bit by something left over from yesterdays failed attempt. Fixing that, everything is working. In Summary: How I installed Context in /usr/local on Redhat EL WS v4 using BASH: Verify that the native RedHat version of tetex is not installed on your system; it is not compatible with Contex: rpm -q tetex rpm -q tetex-afm rpm -q tetex-doc rpm -q tetex-dvilj rpm -q tetex-dvips rpm -q tetex-fonts rpm -q tetex-latex rpm -q tetex-xdvi If any of these packages are installed use rpm -e package-name to erase them. download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/justtex.zip download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/linuxtex.zip move both files to /usr/local cd /usr/local unzip justtex.zip unzip linuxtex.zip cd tex chmod +x setuptex (may not be necessary) ./setuptex /usr/local/tex (may want to add to .bash_profile or save the script as /etc/profile.d/setuptex.sh and hard coding the value of TEXROOT in the script.) mkdir $VARTEXMF cd texmf download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip mv cont-tmp.zip to the current directory ($TEXROOT/texmf) unzip -o cont-tmf.zip cd $TEXMFOS/bin chmod +x * chmod -x xpdfsuite.zip cd $TEXROOT texexec --make en de nl texexec --make metafun George, taco, thank you for the help. Neal

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Question about t-ancientgreek module
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

Hello, I have a question about the t-ancientgreek module for typesetting ancient Greek. I am using DroppedCaps (although I am dropping a numeral instead of a letter in a paragraph...I modified the DroppedString to contain the numerals 0-9) in a paragraph of ancient Greek typeset in the GreekGentiumAlt font. Most paragraphs look fine, but occasionally a word will extend out into the margin instead of being hyphenated or wrapped over into the next line. Here is a bit of sample code that shows this: % Use t-ancientgreek module for typesetting ancient Koine Greek \usemodule[ancientgreek][font=GreekGentiumAlt,scale=1] % Set up indentation parameters \setupindenting[medium] \indenting[always] % Set up inter-paragraph spacing \setupwhitespace[medium] % Set up macros to handle drop-cap chapter numbers \def\DropChapOne{\DroppedCaps{}{Serif}{3.8\baselineskip}{2pt}{2\baselineskip}{3}} \def\DropChap{\DroppedCaps{}{Serif}{2.3\baselineskip}{3pt}{1\baselineskip}{2}} % Set up book start macro...Syntax: book[Chapter][Verse]{Text} \def\book[#1][#2]#3{\par\DropChapOne{#1}\localgreek{#3}} % Set up chapter start macro...Syntax: chapt[Chapter][Verse]{Text} \def\chap[#1][#2]#3{\par\DropChap{#1}\localgreek{#3}} % Set up verse macro...Syntax: verse[Chapter][Verse]{Text} \def\verse[#1][#2]#3{\high{\tfxx \bf #2}\localgreek{#3}} \starttext \book[1][1]{Ὃ ἦí ἀð'' ἀñ÷ῆò, ὃ ἀêçêüáìåí, ὃ ἑùñÜêáìåí ôïῖò ὀöèáëìïῖò ἡìῶí, ὃ ἐèåáóÜìåèá, êáὶ áἱ ÷åῖñåò ἡìῶí ἐøçëÜöçóáí ðåñὶ ôïῦ ëüãïõ ôῆò æùῆò.} \verse[1][2]{Êáὶ ἡ æùὴ ἐöáíåñþèç, êáὶ ἑùñÜêáìåí, êáὶ ìáñôõñïῦìåí, êáὶ ἀðáããÝëëïìåí ὑìῖí ôὴí æùὴí ôὴí áἰþíéïí, ἥôéò ἦí ðñὸò ôὸí ðáôÝñá, êáὶ ἐöáíåñþèç ἡìῖí.} \verse[1][3]{Ὃ ἑùñÜêáìåí êáὶ ἀêçêüáìåí, ἀðáããÝëëïìåí ὑìῖí, ἵíá êáὶ ὑìåῖò êïéíùíßáí ἔ÷çôå ìåè'' ἡìῶí· êáὶ ἡ êïéíùíßá äὲ ἡ ἡìåôÝñá ìåôὰ ôïῦ ðáôñὸò êáὶ ìåôὰ ôïῦ õἱïῦ áὐôïῦ Ἰçóïῦ ÷ñéóôïῦ·}\stoptext Note also that some fonts show this problem while others do not. For instance, the Aristarcoj font does not show this problem. Also, if I remove the dropped cap numeral from any given paragraph, the problem does away. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong, or how I can correct this problem? Any help anyone is able to give will be greatly 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] Installation Problem
by Neal Lester 25 May '06

25 May '06

At 05:20 AM 5/25/2006, you wrote: >I don't get these sed errors using Fedora Core 4. I suspect these come >from mktexlsr. I have: >$ rpm -q sed >sed-4.1.4-1 >$ sed --version >GNU sed version 4.1.4 >$ which sed >/bin/sed The problem was in mktexlsr. I am running sed 4.1.2, but that apparently wasn't the problem. The problem was using the -a option to unzip. When I refreshed mktexlsr from the archive without the -a option (inadvertently) it worked fine. So now texexec --make en de nl texexec --make metafun Both seem to run fine (output attached in a separate post). But when I try texexec -pdf temp I get: TeXExec | processing document 'temp' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | nothing to process TeXExec | runtime: 0.001625

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\pagefigure does not increment page number
by Berend de Boer 25 May '06

25 May '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello All (probably Hans :-) ), \pagefigure does increment the page number. It doesn't place a page number, I can understand that. But why does it not increment the page number? Is that by design? I'm using the context release of 27 April 2006. Or should I upgrade? - -- Live long and prosper, Berend de Boer (PGP public key: http://www.pobox.com/~berend/berend-public-key.txt) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFEcmlLIyuuaiRyjTYRAlT2AKCMz5HY/GP69VZTMrvHTdpA5zxGfACgg+SK g7buT++bxNyaoyoElIUYAPs= =xP8u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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t-bib and explicitly italizising title parts
by Johannes Graumann 25 May '06

25 May '06

Hello, Is there any way using '\it' in the title of a bib-entry, so that ConTeXt/t-bib will hand it though into the bibliography listing? I have a lot of publications in my lists that contain species names in there titles, which are by convention typeset in italics. Thanks for any hints, Joh

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delays in mail
by pragma＠pi.net 25 May '06

25 May '06

Hi, Our dsl line is broken so expect delays in answering mail Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] Installation Problem
by Neal Lester 25 May '06

25 May '06

At 09:07 AM 5/24/2006, you wrote: >Hans mentioned the minimal context linux distribution. OK, I deleted everything I did yesterday and started over. This time I (think) I tried the minimal contex distribution. Things still aren't working. I am on Redhat Enterprise Linux v4. Thanks again for the help. - Neal Here is what I did today: download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/justtex.zip download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/linuxtex.zip move both files to /usr/local cd /usr/local unzip -a justtex.zip unzip -a linuxtex.zip Set up environment: export TEXROOT=/usr/local/tex export TMP=/var/tmp export TEXMFMAIN=$TEXROOT/texmf export TEXMFLOCAL=$TEXROOT/texmf-local export TEXMFFONTS=$TEXROOT/texmf-fonts export TEXMFEXTRA=$TEXROOT/texmf-extra export TEXMFPROJECT=$TEXROOT/texmf-project export TEXMFOS=$TEXROOT/texmf-linux export VARTEXMF=$TMP/texmf-var export TEXARCH=i686 # the results of uname -m export TEXUNIX=Linux # the results of uname -s export PATH=$TEXMFOS/bin:$PATH export HOMETEXMF=$HOME/Library/texmf export TEXMFCNF=$TEXROOT/texmf/web2c export TEXMF=$TEXMFMAIN export TEXMFDBS=$TEXMF export TEXFORMATS=$TEXMFOS/web2c export MPMEMS=$TEXFORMATS export TEXPOOL=$TEXFORMATS export MPPOOL=$TEXPOOL export RUBYLIB=$TEXMFLOCAL/scripts/context/ruby:$RUBYLIB export CTXMINIMAL=yes create the directory specified by $VARTEXMF cd $TEXMFOS/bin chmod +x * chmod -x xpdfsuite.zip download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip mv cont-tmp.zip to $TEXROOT/texmf cd $TEXROOT/texmf unzip -ao cont-tmf.zip copy texmf/context/config/texexec.rme texexec.ini texexec --verbose Output: TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | --check check versions TeXExec | --figures generate overview of figures TeXExec | --listing list of file content TeXExec | --make make formats TeXExec | --modules generate module documentation TeXExec | --mptex process mp file TeXExec | --mpxtex process mpx file TeXExec | --pdfarrange impose pages (booklets) TeXExec | --pdfcombine combine multiple pages TeXExec | --pdfcopy copy pages from file(s) TeXExec | --pdfselect select pages from file(s) TeXExec | --pdftrim trim pages from file(s) TeXExec | --process process file TeXExec | TeXExec | --help --all shows all switches texexec --make en de nl Output: TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | updating file database sed: -e expression #1, char 3: unterminated `s' command sed: -e expression #1, char 3: unterminated `s' command mktexlsr: /usr/local/tex/texmf/ls-R lacks magic string. Skipping... mktexlsr: Done. TeXExec | using tex engine pdfetex TeXExec | using tex format path /usr/local/tex/texmf-linux/web2c/pdfetex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/tex/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode ! I can't find file `cont-en'. <*> *cont-en Please type another input file name: I'm stuck because I can't find a file 'cont-en' either.

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Czech sorting
by Richard Gabriel 25 May '06

25 May '06

Hello Hans, I've prepared and tested the complete sorting rules for Czech. Could you please put them into sort-lan.tex? The rules are quite simple: - all accented letter shall follow the unaccented ones - "caron" letters (consonants) are placed into separate groups - "acute" and "ring" letters (wowels) are placed under the appropriate unaccented letters But I vitally need to fix the problem that the sorting doesn't work when using \setupregister[index][expansion=xml] otherwise it's still useless for me... :-( Many thanx, Richard -- \def\czsortdivisionch{ch} \def\czsortdivisionCh{Ch} \startmode[sortorder-cz] \exportsortexpansion{aacute}{a+1} \exportsortexpansion{Aacute}{A+1} \exportsortexpansion{ccaron}{c+1} \exportsortexpansion{Ccaron}{C+1} \exportsortdivision{c+1}{ccaron} \exportsortexpansion{dcaron}{d+1} \exportsortexpansion{Dcaron}{C+1} \exportsortdivision{d+1}{dcaron} \exportsortexpansion{eacute}{e+1} \exportsortexpansion{Eacute}{E+1} \exportsortexpansion{ecaron}{e+2} \exportsortexpansion{Ecaron}{E+2} \exportsortreduction{ch}{h+1} \exportsortexpansion{ch}{h+1} \exportsortreduction{Ch}{h+1} \exportsortexpansion{Ch}{h+1} \exportsortdivision{h+1}{czsortdivisionch} \exportsortexpansion{iacute}{i+1} \exportsortexpansion{Iacute}{I+1} \exportsortexpansion{ncaron}{n+1} \exportsortexpansion{Ncaron}{n+1} \exportsortdivision{n+1}{ncaron} \exportsortexpansion{oacute}{o+1} \exportsortexpansion{Oacute}{O+1} \exportsortexpansion{rcaron}{r+1} \exportsortexpansion{Rcaron}{R+1} \exportsortdivision{r+1}{rcaron} \exportsortexpansion{scaron}{s+1} \exportsortexpansion{Scaron}{S+1} \exportsortdivision{s+1}{scaron} \exportsortexpansion{tcaron}{t+1} \exportsortexpansion{Tcaron}{T+1} \exportsortdivision{t+1}{tcaron} \exportsortexpansion{uacute}{u+1} \exportsortexpansion{Uacute}{U+1} \exportsortexpansion{uring}{u+2} \exportsortexpansion{Uring}{U+2} \exportsortexpansion{yacute}{y+1} \exportsortexpansion{Yacute}{Y+1} \exportsortexpansion{zcaron}{z+1} \exportsortexpansion{Zcaron}{Z+1} \exportsortdivision{z+1}{zcaron} \stopmode

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problem with \setupitemize
by Peter Münster 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hello, "\setupitemize[packed][margin=3em]" does not work, but "\setupitemize[packed] \setupitemize[margin=3em]" works. Is this normal or a bug?` Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Textbackground overlapping
by nico 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hello, When the backgrounded stuff starts from one page up to the following, it doesn't take care about the bottom footnotes, so that they are covered by the background. Here is a small example: \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \definetextbackground[grayback] [background=color, backgroundcolor=ScreenGray, frame=on, strut=yes, width=broad, location=paragraph, framecolor=ScreenGray, leftoffset=\topskipgap, before=\blank, after=\blank, align=right] \starttext A footnote\footnote{Covered by the background, right?}. \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \starttextbackground[grayback] \input tufte \stoptextbackground \stoptext Regards, BG

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Installation Problem
by Neal Lester 24 May '06

24 May '06

I am trying to verify my installation. When I try to run texexec against the test file given in the installation instructions I don't get a dvi or pdf file. The output is: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing texformat path : .:{!!/home/neal/.texmf-config,!!/home/neal/.texmf-var,/home/neal/texmf,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist}/web2c/{$engine,} fixing engine variable : pdfetex total run time : 0 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead I have set the value for TeXFormatPath in texexec.ini but still get the fixing texformat path message. 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t-bib (extra special experimental version), XML and nocite
by Johannes Graumann 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hello, I'm trying to get my XML citation definitions, which look like so: <cite id="verma:04,mayor:05a,griffin:05" opt="no"/> to differentiate between "no" and t-bib options I hand into the "opt" flag like this: \defineXMLargument [cite] [opt=] {% \doifelse{\XMLop{opt}}{no} {% \expanded{\nocite[\XMLop{id}]}% } {% \expanded{\cite[\XMLop{opt}][\XMLop{id}]}% } } With this definition something like: <cite id="verma:04,mayor:05a,griffin:05" opt="authoryears"/> works just fine, but <cite id="verma:04,mayor:05a,griffin:05" opt="no"/> fails to show up in the biblist. I'm not sure whether this is related to the fact that I'm using an experimental t-bib version which Taco provided to enable correct chapter specific bibliographies. If you have any insight into what I'm doing wrong: please help. Joh

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Making posters with ConTeXT
by Jorge Manuel de Almeida Magalhães 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi I am trying to making a scientifique poster in Context. I need some suggestions, foreground an example, to start. Somebody has a nice example to share? What is the correct scales for the fonts? Have a nice day/night Thanks to all Jorge

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tabulation spacing
by andrea valle 24 May '06

24 May '06

Evidently I'm missing something. {\switchtobodyfont[14pt] \starttabulate \NR \NC {\bf FRAME} \NC {\bf 1} \NC {\bf 2} \NC {\bf 3} \NC $\ldots$ \NC\NR \NC bin: 1 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC bin: 2 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC bin: 512 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NR \stoptabulate } This seems to work, but I have a strange spacing between the first two columns and the last three ones. Could anyone explain to me why? Thanks a lot 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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Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi there, this is the only thing I could come up with, using manual page breaks and not using an area at all: Before \starttext, do \setupbackgrounds[page][background=pagegraphics] \definelayer[pagegraphics][x=0cm,y=0cm,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \useexternalfigure[pdf01][01-x3.pdf][scale=1000] Within the columnset, at the appropriate place do \page %if necessary, manual spacing adjustment on the last line of the prev. Page \setupheader[state=empty] \setupfooter[state=empty] \setlayer[pagegraphics][x=0mm, y=0mm]{\externalfigure[pdf01]} ~\page This is more or less ugly, since I have to break pages manually and maybe need to adjust spacing on the page before the image. But I'm used to it, that's the way I did it in LaTeX when I used the multicols package. I just thought there must be a more elegant solution within Context. I did try to place the background in the columnsetarea (which worked), but in there never got rid of the headers. Does anyone know if it's possible? Hans maybe? Because that would be the one thing I need. If it's not possible I'll just keep doing the LaTeX thing in Context, and have the advantage of column spans for introduction text as a bonus... Michael > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl > [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] Im Auftrag von Ehrt, Michael > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Mai 2006 09:54 > An: mailing list for ConTeXt users > Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement? > > Hi again, > > > Is there a way that gives more control over figure > placement within a > > columnset area? What I'd like to do is: > > > > - have a columnset area that covers a whole page > > - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page > (don't know > > how) > > - place an external figure on that page which is the same > size as the > > whole page, 210 by 297mm. > > > > What I tried so far is: > > > > \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] > > \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] > > \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,sta > > te=start] > > \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,sta > > te=start] > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] > > \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups > > \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups > > > I managed to clear headers and footers by using > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][{\page[no,blank]\setups{mypdf}}] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][{\page[no,blank]\setups{myjpg}}] > > But this has the problem that it clears ALL headers and footers on > subsequent pages. Trying to clear them using > \setupheader[text][state=empty] here didn't work. What I > actually looked > for was something like > > \adaptlayout[3,5][command={\setupheader[text][state=empty]\set > upfooter[t > ext][state=empty]}] > > But this doesn't exist. Also, changing the layout width is > not possible > with adaptlayout, which might fix the left-right-positioning... > > Does anyone know how to do it? > > Cheers > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi again, > Is there a way that gives more control over figure placement within a > columnset area? What I'd like to do is: > > - have a columnset area that covers a whole page > - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page (don't know > how) > - place an external figure on that page which is the same size as the > whole page, 210 by 297mm. > > What I tried so far is: > > \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] > \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] > \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,sta > te=start] > \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,sta > te=start] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] > \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups > \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups I managed to clear headers and footers by using \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][{\page[no,blank]\setups{mypdf}}] \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][{\page[no,blank]\setups{myjpg}}] But this has the problem that it clears ALL headers and footers on subsequent pages. Trying to clear them using \setupheader[text][state=empty] here didn't work. What I actually looked for was something like \adaptlayout[3,5][command={\setupheader[text][state=empty]\setupfooter[t ext][state=empty]}] But this doesn't exist. Also, changing the layout width is not possible with adaptlayout, which might fix the left-right-positioning... Does anyone know how to do it? Cheers Michael

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Framedtext left/right offset?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi, Is there a way to have \startcolumnsetspan[intro] \startframedtext[frame=off,bottomframe=on,topframe=on,offset=1ex] \it Some introduction text here \stopframedtext \stopcolumnsetspan without the offset to the left and right? There's no frame drawn to the left and right so I don't want the offset there. Since I couldn't find a way to get rid of the offset I'm currently using \startcolumnsetspan[intro] \hrule\vskip1ex \it \input knuth \vskip1ex\hrule\crlf \stopcolumnsetspan I know that the use of \vskip is not recommended (according to the manual), but this is the only way I found... Cheers Michael

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Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi everyone, Is there a way that gives more control over figure placement within a columnset area? What I'd like to do is: - have a columnset area that covers a whole page - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page (don't know how) - place an external figure on that page which is the same size as the whole page, 210 by 297mm. What I tried so far is: \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,state=start] \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,state=start] \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups The pdf is placed on page 3, left aligned at the text body, top aligned at the text body. Both is not what I want in this case. The jpg is placed on page 5, vertically centered which is ok, left aligned at the text body which is also not what I want. Headers and footers are not a problem this time, since the figure obscures them. But in the past I've had images slightly smaller than the text body, in which case I'd like to wipe out headers and footers on that particular page... Any ideas anyone? Cheers Michael

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\to broken in figure captions
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 May '06

23 May '06

A workaround: \starttext \def\myto{\to} \placefigure[abc]{ABC $n\myto1$.}{} \input tufte \stoptext

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figure directory is sort of searched
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 May '06

23 May '06

The figure searching code gets confused if a file of the same basename (but in a different directory) has already been loaded. Here is a minimal min.tex to show what I mean: \starttext \setupexternalfigures[directory={1}] \placefigure[here][ch1fig]{should be 1/fig-1.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-1.pdf]} \setupexternalfigures[directory={2}] \placefigure[here][ch2fig1]{should be 2/fig-1.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-1.pdf]} \placefigure[here][ch2fig2]{should be 2/fig-2.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-2.pdf]} \stoptext Probably it's a silly idea to use \setupexternalfigures within the body, but the same problem happens when using components (where each component's preamble has a similar line), where it makes more sense. Here is the directory structure (all the files are attached as a .tgz): min.tex 1/fig-1.pdf 2/fig-1.pdf 2/fig-2.pdf The final (third) figure is correctly found as 2/fig-2.pdf. But the second figure is reused from 1/fig-1.pdf because another fig-1.pdf has already been found: as 1/fig-1.pdf. Here is the relevant bit from the texexec output: <./1/fig-1.pdf> figures : dimensions of 1/fig-1.pdf loaded from figurefile itself (./min.tuo) (/home/sanjoy/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) floatblocks : 1 placed figures : figureobject fig-1.pdf is reused <===== The problem?? floatblocks : 2 placed <./2/fig-2.pdf> figures : dimensions of 2/fig-2.pdf loaded from figurefile itself floatblocks : 3 placed One part of ConTeXt does know the right figure path. A \getfiguredimensions[fig-1.pdf] after the second \placefigure will trigger a kpathsea search for 2/fig-1.pdf, which it finds. But it still loads 1/fig-1.pdf, which is why I've said 'sort of searched' in the subject line. -Sanjoy

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texmfstart?
by Hans van der Meer 23 May '06

23 May '06

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? Hans van der Meer

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texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF
by Tobias Burnus 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 produces: No pages of output. texmfstart texexec --pdf however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 bytes) Tobias

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Textbackground overlapping (2)
by nico 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, Sorry, just another overlapping case I should have put in the preceding mail: when a float cuts the backgrounded stuff, the float is backgrounded too. Maybe harder to fix. An example showing both cases (footnote + float): \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \definetextbackground[grayback] [background=color, backgroundcolor=ScreenGray, frame=on, strut=yes, width=broad, location=paragraph, framecolor=ScreenGray, leftoffset=\topskipgap, before=\blank, after=\blank, align=right] \starttext A footnote\footnote{Covered by the background, right?}. \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \starttextbackground[grayback] \input tufte \stoptextbackground \placefigure[top]{joke}{\framed[width=5cm]{Hi}} \stoptext Regards, BG

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corrupted .map files or MikTeX messing around?
by Mojca Miklavec 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, a friend sent me some currupted PDF files (produced by ConTeXt) yesterday: all the fonts were missing in the document. He installed the latest ConTeXt (unzipped cont-tmf) on top of MikTeX (and I was able to reproduce his problem). In MikTeX the file fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/ec-public-lm.map was used instead of fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-lm.map ec-public-lm.map looks like: ec-lmb10 lm-ec lmb10 ec-lmbo10 lm-ec lmbo10 ec-lmbx10 lm-ec lmbx10 ec-lmbx12 lm-ec lmbx12 while the other one reads: ec-lmb10 LMRoman10-Demi "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmb10.pfb ec-lmbo10 LMRoman10-DemiOblique "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmbo10.pfb ec-lmbx10 LMRoman10-Bold "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmbx10.pfb ec-lmbx12 LMRoman12-Bold "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmbx12.pfb So pdfTeX reported many arrors (see one of the recent threads "new release"): Warning: pdfetex (file original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font fil e missing ... Whose fault is it? MikTeX's pdfTeX using the wrong path & files or were the map files [unintentionally] changed in order to support XeTeX perhaps? Mojca

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Framedtext width
by nico 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, Is there a way (magical option) to have the framedtext width adapt to the environment width where it is put? I've tried width=broad, but it always uses the page \textwidth, even if the framedtext is in an item or something like this. There is the same behaviour for background too. An example: \setuplayout[middle] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineframedtext[mybox] [width=broad, frame=on, before=\blank, after=\blank] \starttext Here is an example: \startitemize[n] \item \input tufte \startmybox Some text in the box \stopmybox \input tufte \stopitemize \stoptext Regards, BG

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Background placement
by nico 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, The placement of backgrounded text is sometimes unexpected: it forces a page break even if there's much room in the page to put the whole thing. Searching in the mailing list I've found one thread about the subject (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20051205.090518.90cc69d4.en.html) but playing with \setupinterlinespace as suggested doesn't help. The problem often occurs just after a heading starting at the top of a page (section, enumeration title). Here is an example showing the behaviour: \setuplayout[middle] \setupcolors[state=start] % Background \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \setupbackground [background=screen, frame=on, strut=yes, width=broad, before=\blank, after=\blank, framecolor=ScreenGray, align=right] % Verbatim environment for programlisting \definetyping[programlisting] \setuptyping[programlisting] [bodyfont=small, before={\startbackground}, after={\stopbackground}] \starttext \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \section{joke} Here is an example: \startprogramlisting Some code \stopprogramlisting And the text continues... \stoptext Regards, BG

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Dropped Caps with Numerals
by jeffdod＠comcast.net 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to do dropped caps (in ConTeXt) but with numerals instead of letters. The standard DroppedCaps macro only seems to work with letters. Jeff Dodson

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Possible users meeting?
by Taco Hoekwater 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hi all, On the trip to (and from) Bachotek, Hans and I have discussed a great many topics related to ConTeXt. One of the things we discussed was this: If there is sufficient interest, we could organize a ConTeXt (mini)conference. Tentative programme: friday night : arrivals saturday : talks sunday : talks/tutorials/workshops monday morning : early departures monday : developer meetings & more tutorials We are thinking about spring 2007 (March or April). The meeting place would be the south of the Netherlands, close to Maastricht Aachen Airport. We cannot say how much it would cost without a better idea of number of attendees/programme, but we will try to keep the costs low. Some stuff we really want to know, so we can make a final decision: * are you interested in such a meeting? ("no" is also an interesting answer!) * would you be willing to give a talk or tutorial? (Hans and I cannot talk for three days straight) * are you happy with planning/programme? (any special requests about topics?) NOTE: In the interest of email traffic control we request that if you only reply "yes" or "no", then please reply to me *personally*, and no to the entire list. Thanks in advance. Greetings, Taco (also talking for Hans)

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Math encoding in XeTeX
by Ricard Roca 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hi, With ConTeXt and pdfTeX you can use \enableregime[utf] (utf8 encoding) with normal mode and math mode (no need to write \pm, \alpha or \times). But with ConTeXt and XeTeX you don't have to specify utf8 regime, because XeTeX can read utf8 directly. However, math mode in XeTeX is a different story ( 256 character tfm's are needed and so, and the encoding has to be ascii, so you have to write \pm, and ± doesn't work). It would be nice if utf8 regime (using uni-xxx files) could be enabled only for math mode when using XeTeX, and so you would be able to input unicode characters in all modes (normal and math). Thanks in advance, Ricard Roca

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slithering captions
by Sanjoy Mahajan 22 May '06

22 May '06

One weekend years ago I studied tex's insertions and learnt enough to write (i.e. hack) macros to produce a layout that I'm trying to reproduce using ConTeXt. I've figured parts of it out, no doubt the easier parts. The layout has a 4in text column and a 2.3in right margin for figures and captions. Experiments with setuplayout got those blocks working. But figures are to be placed according to their width. Three natural widths appear in the layout: 1. margin (2.3in) 2. text (4in) 3. text + margin (+ gutter) = 6.5in You can see the results of the plain-TeX implementation in the book chapters at <http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/mit/>. A figure is then placed in one of three ways: 1. width <= margin: margin float, with caption below it. One example is p.8 of chapter 1. 2. width <= text: float to top of page, with caption in the right margin. One example is p.7 of chapter 1. 3. width <= text + margin + gutter: float to top of page, bleeding into the margin, with caption below it in the margin. One example is p. 11 of chapter 1. So the first step in doing the placement automatically is to get the width of the figure. Assuming that I've done \useexternalfigure[fig_a][f-1.pdf] is there an easy way to get fig_a's dimensions? After using the figure, e.g. with \placefigure[margin][]{some caption}{\externalfigure[fig_a]} then \wd\floatbox has the dimension I need. Will another macro fill in \floatbox without doing the work of using the figure? I tried \dogetfiguresizetex but probably with wrong arguments. Another option was \newdimen\a \newdimen\b \newdimen\c \newdimen\d \dogetPDFmediabox{f-1.pdf}{\a}{\b}{\c}{\d} and then \c has the width, but without any scaling and only for pdf figures. Once I have the width, I can define \autofig and use it like so: \autofig{L}{caption} and \autofig will look up the width of the figure labeled L and do roughly: \placefigure[margin][]{caption}{\externalfigure[L]} % margin figures OR {\setupcaptions[location=middle] % for text figures \placefigure[top][]{caption}{\externalfigure[L]} } OR {\setupcaptions[width=2.3in,align=right] % for even wider figures \placefigure[top][]{caption}{\externalfigure[L]} } The next problem after finding the figure width is to find the right alternative to location=middle (which puts the caption to the left, whereas I wanted it in the margin and to the right). And, but this is trying to do too much at once, the next problem is that margin caption below the widest figures (case 3 above) shouldn't overlap other floats in the margin and also shouldn't count toward the figure's height in the text block. But maybe that's done automatically -- I'll make some experiments. Any hints greatly appreciated, and, once I get it working, I'll wikify the layout if there's interest. -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' - Bertrand de Jouvenal

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Re: [NTG-context] Tex Errors But Good PDF Output
by Browder, Tom 22 May '06

22 May '06

> -----Original Message----- > From: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl > [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] On Behalf Of Hans Hagen > Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 3:29 PM > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Tex Errors But Good PDF Output > > Browder, Tom wrote: > > I'm using definitions and abbreviations in section titles and get > > errors from TeX during processing (using texexec). If I ignore the > > errors and hit return repeatedly, eventually the process ends and I > > get an apparently good PDF file. > > Is there anything apparent I'm doing wrong? > can you make a small test file that fails? normally abbrev > etc should behave normally in bookmarks, as long as you > define them beforehand So far I've not been able to reproduce the problem with a small test file--but I'll send a test file later if I can reduce the problem input to a reasonable size or if I find another error which causes the problem. -Tom

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Text style in bookmarks
by nico 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hello, Is there a trick so that I can put styles like {\bf ...} or {\tt ...} in the headings without having any weird text in the bookmarks? Adding \bf or \tt as empty macros to the simplifiedcommands doesn't avoid the curly braces to appear (which is normal). Do I need to use something like \def\textbf#1{\def\textbf#1{\bgroup\bf #1\egroup} to have this working? Thanks for any hint. Regards, BG

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texmfstart problem
by Richard Gabriel 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hello Hans and others, I've got the following problem... I used to use such a command to compile my documents: texexec --format=cont-cz --mode=print file.tex After upgrade to latest ConTeXt (2006-05-17), I got a warning "Use 'texmfstart texexec' instead!". So I've changed my batch to call: texmfstart texexec --format=cont-cz --mode=print file.tex But it seems the --format switch is not processed correctly because the cont-en format is always used. On the other hand, the mode is passed correctly. Where's the problem? Thanks, Richard

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open math
by Hans Hagen 21 May '06

21 May '06

Hi, For those interested in mathml/openmath ... i've added some support for openmath -> mathml conversion to the distribution (there is some stuff in the manual svn repos as well). I dunno how many of you actually have used openmath. Anyhow, it makes a nice demo of applying ctx job description files (used for automatic preprocessing of the xml files to content mathml and such). http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mmoexamp.pdf 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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Problems when using columnset and certain fonts
by ME 21 May '06

21 May '06

Hi all, I'm currently playing with context columns / columnsets and several fonts. I've come across a strange problem with columnsets when using certain fonts. I first noticed it when I tried to use one of the Windows TTF fonts, Times New Roman. That's the one I've mainly used in the past with Latex. I've been through all the steps described in the wiki, the practex 2005/2 issue or Bill McClain's context/pdftex beginner's page to embed TTF into context. The problem I encountered was that typesetting with some fonts goes terribly berserk when switching between \tf and \it and back. I thought this was just 'me' because I don't know much about context yet, and integrating ttf is complicated. So I looked at http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=0-1-4 (it was mentioned in January in the 'Problems installing Gentium TTF' thread) which has some font definitions for context. I tested all of them and guess what, one of them shows the same problem. It's the phosphorus font, which I used to cook up a minimal example, just that anybody can test it without my own local font definitions, which may be wrong anyway. So here's my questions regarding this phenomenon. 1) Is it a problem with the font being used? (In this case there's probably no workaround and certain fonts simply can't be used). 2) Is it a problem with the font/typescript definition files? If so, how can it be fixed? (This would be my favourite, it would mean it can be fixed locally, althogh this also means I made a mistake somewhere :-)) 3) Is it a problem within the context columnset? (This I wouldn't like much since I couldn't fix it myself...) It would be nice if one of the wizards could look into this, because it puzzles me no end... I'm using miktex on windows xp sp2. For version information, the log file says: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.24 23:37 fmt: 2006.5.16 TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 Find the minimal example below. Thanks... Michael % start of example % interface=en output=pdftex \mainlanguage[en] % to test, download&install the phosphorus font from % http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=0-1-4 % without these five lines all three chapters % work with the default font setup \setupencoding[default=qx] \usetypescriptfile[type-apostrophe-phosphorus] \usetypescript[fiee][apostrophe-phosphorus] \setupbodyfont[apostrophe-phosphorus, rm, 12pt] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \setuptolerance[verytolerant] \pretolerance9999 \tolerance9999 \setuplayout[width=17cm] \setuplayout[margin=0cm] \setuplayout[backspace=2.4cm] \setuplayout[headerdistance=5pt] \setuplayout[header=17pt] \setuplayout[footerdistance=5pt] \setuplayout[footer=17pt] \setuplayout[location=doublesided] \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt,balance=yes] \starttext \showgrid %typesetting ok when using columns, \it and \tf \moveongrid[both] \startlinecorrection \chapter{test} \stoplinecorrection \startcolumns[n=3,distance=15pt,balance=no] \dorecurse{10}{\tf \input knuth \par \it \input tufte \par} \stopcolumns \page %typesetting ok when using columnset and not \it + \tf \moveongrid[both] \startlinecorrection \chapter{test} \stoplinecorrection \startcolumnset[test] \dorecurse{10}{\tf \input knuth \par \input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset\page %typesetting terribly wrong when using columnset, \it and \tf \moveongrid[both] \startlinecorrection \chapter{test} \stoplinecorrection \startcolumnset[test] \dorecurse{10}{\tf \input knuth \par \it \input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset \stoptext % stop of example

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Re: [NTG-context] error with new release
by Thomas A. Schmitz 20 May '06

20 May '06

Taco wrote > Hans Hagen wrote: > > Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > > >>When I regenerate the formats on my linux box with the latest > release, I > >>get this error: > >> > >>language : patterns pl for pl loaded (n=13,e=pl0,m=pl0) > >>(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/plhyph.tex > >>!Improper alphabetic constant. > >><to be read again> > >> \else > >>\utffouruniglph ...tf@c *(#1-\utf@f )+\utf@b *(`#2 > >> -\utf@g )+\utf@a > >>*(`#3-\ut... > >>l.189 ./sr/o > >> 2d5 > >> > >>Since nobody else complains, I guess this must be a misconfiguration > on > >>my side, but what could it be? > >> > > > > Loading the wrong pattern file, most likely. This plhyph.tex is > not one of Hans' files, it should have found lang-pl.pat instead. > Perhaps you have a file called 'aliases' somewhere that remaps > lang-pl.pat to the tetex-supplied plhyph.tex. Otherwise, something > is wrong with the search paths. > > Cheers, taco > Bingo, that was it. This is on Suse 10.1. by default, it ships with a cont-usr.tex in /etc/texmf/tex/context/config/ which takes precedence over everything else. And this file contains a couple of synonyms which seem pretty stale: %D Hyphenation patterns are normally sought in filed named %D \type {lang-xx.pat}. When present on the system, those %D patterns take precedence. (The next list is inspired on %D Thomas Esser's \TETEX\ distribution.) This list will be %D adapted to the actual situation. \definefilesynonym [lang-ca.pat] [cahyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-da.pat] [dkhyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-de.pat] [dehyphn.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-es.pat] [eshyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-fi.pat] [fihyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-fr.pat] [frhyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-hr.pat] [hrhyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-hu.pat] [huhyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-it.pat] [ithyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-la.pat] [lahyph7.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-no.pat] [nohyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-pl.pat] [plhyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-pt.pat] [pthyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-ro.pat] [rohyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-ru.pat] [ruenhyph.tex] % sic: ruen \definefilesynonym [lang-sl.pat] [sihyph.tex] % sic: sl/si \definefilesynonym [lang-sv.pat] [svhyph.tex] % was [sehyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-tr.pat] [tkhyph.tex] % was [trhyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-ua.pat] [ukrenhyp.tex] % sic ukren \definefilesynonym [lang-uk.pat] [ukhyph.tex] \definefilesynonym [lang-nl.pat] [nlhyphen.tex] % symbolic name, see below \definefilesynonym [lang-af.pat] [nlhyphen.tex] % symbolic name, see below \definefilesynonym [lang-en.pat] [ushyphen.tex] % symbolic name, see below \definefilesynonym [lang-us.pat] [ushyphen.tex] % symbolic name, see below %definefilesynonym [czhyph.pat] [czhyphen.tex] % safeguard %definefilesynonym [skhyph.pat] [skhyphen.tex] % safeguard \definefilesynonym [lang-cz.pat] [czhyphen.tex] % in a different part of the tree, sigh \definefilesynonym [lang-sk.pat] [skhyphen.tex] % in a different part of the tree, sigh %definefilesynonym [lang-cz.hyp] [czhyphen.ex] % in a different part of the tree, sigh %definefilesynonym [lang-sk.hyp] [skhyphen.ex] % in a different part of the tree, sigh \definefilesynonym [lang-deo.pat] [dehypht.tex] % old german patterns I removed this file, and format generation proceeded normally. But I guess that at every Suse update, it will be regenerated... Best Thomas

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Margin definition trouble.
by Johannes Graumann 20 May '06

20 May '06

Hello, I define my margins like so: % Papersize is 'letter' \setuppapersize[letter][letter] % CIT thesis regulations: 1 in margins, 1.5 in on the binding side % Johannes: no footer \setuplayout[ margin=1in, backspace=1.5in, footer=0in ] but the margins on top, bottom and right differ significantly from 1 in (ca. 1 in 3/16) and on the left from 1.5 in (ca. 1 in 11/16). This is in the printout. Do I have to go adjusting this arbitrarily, printing it and checking manually? Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Joh

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textbackground and margin
by Aditya Mahajan 19 May '06

19 May '06

Hi Hans, textbackground does not honour topoffset/bottomoffset at pagebreak. Is this by design? \definetextbackground [test] [ location=paragraph, rulethickness=1pt, leftoffset=1em, topoffset=5cm, bottomoffset=5cm] % For test purposes \starttext \starttextbackground[test] \dorecurse{15}{\input knuth \endgraf} \stoptextbackground \stoptext Is there some parameter to adjust the offset before and after a pagebreak. (I want them to be same as bottomoffset and topoffset.) Or should I take care of this in mpos:par:columnset with something like (pseudo code) if nofmultipars > 1 draw multipars[1] enlarge bottom by bottomoffset; for i = 2 upto nofmultipars: draw multipars[i] enlarge top by topoffset enlarge bottom by bottomoffset; endfor; endif; Or is there some easier way to just I influence boxfilloffset for do_draw_par in core-mp.tex? Thanks, Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Tex Errors But Good PDF Output
by Browder, Tom 19 May '06

19 May '06

I'm using definitions and abbreviations in section titles and get errors from TeX during processing (using texexec). If I ignore the errors and hit return repeatedly, eventually the process ends and I get an apparently good PDF file. I've included the log file--notice the complaints about undefined control sequences. I'm using a master tex file and \input the various chapters (I've turned off all but a couple of inputs for debugging). Is there anything apparent I'm doing wrong? Thanks so much. -Tom

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batch mode
by Aditya Mahajan 19 May '06

19 May '06

--batch --interaction=batch does not always process file in batch mode, while internally running mp. \starttext \startMPpage draw path ; \stopMPpage \stoptext texmfstart texexec.rb --batch --interaction=batchmode --pdf test should not stop at the error. However it does. Running ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.08 23:37. Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Framed in nested enumeration
by Aditya Mahajan 19 May '06

19 May '06

Hi, Inside a nested enumeration \frame[align=leftflush] does not work correctly. For example \defineenumeration [problem] [text=Problem, location=hanging, headstyle=\sc, % headcolor=brown, % before={\resetnumber[formula]\page[desirable]}, after=\blank, ] \defineenumeration [solution] [ text=Solution, number=no, % headcolor=darkblue, headstyle=bold, location=serried, width=broad, before=\blank, after=\blank, ] \starttext \startproblem \input knuth %A multi paragraph problem \startsolution A multi paragraph solution \leftaligned{In leftaligned works fine} \framed[frame=on,align=leftflushed,width=broad] { Inside framed does not} \startformula \stopsolution \stopproblem \stoptext Is there an option other than align=leftflushed for this kind of thing. Thanks, Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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