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Duplicate names in figure libraries
by David Arnold 04 May '06

04 May '06

Hans et al, I have two figure libraries, figlibSection1.xml and figlibSection2.xml. In the first, I have: <figure> <file>sec1rat1.png</file> <label>rat1</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> In the second, I have: <figure> <file>section2figs-mpgraph.1</file> <label>rat1</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> Now, section1.tex does: \usefigurebase[figures/figlibSection1] And later: \startbuffer[figure] \startcombination[3*1] {\externalfigure[rat1][width=.2\textwidth]}{(a)} {\externalfigure[rat2][width=.2\textwidth]}{(b)} {\externalfigure[rat3][width=.2\textwidth]}{(c)} \stopcombination \stopbuffer \placefigure [][fig:rat] {The calculator attempts to draw a continuous function when it shouldn't.} {\getbuffer[figure]} Section2.tex does: \usefigurebase[figures/figlibSection2] And later: \placefigure [][fig:rat1] {The numerator is zero at $x=-2$. This is an $x$-intercept of the graph. The denominator is zero at $x=3$. This is a vertical asymptote of the graph.} {\externalfigure[rat1]} All is fine if I compile section1.tex and section2.tex separately. But I have chapter6.tex with: \startproduct chapter6 \project book \startbodymatter \setupheadnumber[chapter][5] \chapter[chap:6]{Rational Functions} \component chapter6/section1 %Introducing Rational Functions \component chapter6/section2 %Zeros and Asymptotes \stopbodymatter \stopproduct When I compile this, the rat1 in section2.tex uses the rat1 meant for section1.tex instead. Any I can fix this other than giving unique names to everything?

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Synonyms and XML - HOWTO?
by Johannes Graumann 04 May '06

04 May '06

Hello, I'm trying to get the following to work: \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] \defineXMLargument [abbrev] [short=,full=] {\expanded{\abbreviation{\XMLop{short}}{\XMLop{full}}}} \defineXMLargument [abbreviations] {\completelistofabbreviations} \starttext \startXMLdata <abbreviations/> Blabla short<abbrev short="short" full="slightly longer short"/>. \stopXMLdata \stoptext But I don't succeede: the synonym is not put out. Any ideas on what I'm screwing up? Joh

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separating layout from content: section blocks?
by Andrew D. Crouse 03 May '06

03 May '06

To whom it may concern, I have a large document with several distinct pieces. Each piece has different layout requirements. I can setup the layout before each piece, but I would prefer to separate the layout from content. Currently what is the best way to do this? I have tried defining section blocks and then specifying the layout for the section blocks between \startsectionblockenvironment [mySectionBlock] and \stopsectionblockenvironment commands. I have also tried the project, product, component, environment structure from the manuals. I have not had success with either method. I would be very interested to know the approach taken by more experienced users. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Andrew Crouse

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Accessing local files to launch helper progam using \useURL and \from
by Matthias Weber 03 May '06

03 May '06

Dear all, I am trying to us \useURL and \from with mixed success to access a local file so that it will be opened by a helper program. Both the program and the file to be opened by it reside in my local file system. Here is a small example: \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction [state=start,color=blue] \useURL[cycloids][{file://3dxm/cycloids.stng}][][3DXM] \starttext \inmargin{\from[cycloids]} In this section, we study curves that are obtained by tracing a point on a fixed circle while it is rolling along another circle. \stoptext cycloids.stng is a file, that, when double-clicked, starts a program it is associated with. For trying, you can replace it by any other file that uses a special application to go with. Unfortunately, this *only* works with the pdf viewer in TeXShop (I am on a Mac). Preview doesn't do anything but beep, and Acrobat 6 offers a few choices, none of which is to open a helper application. Does anybody know if there is another way of launching helper applications when accessing documents? Also, while at it: When accessing local files, the URL appears to be absolute. Is there a way to use URLs relative to the location of the PDF that is referencing the URL? Thanks, Matthias

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Mixing fonts ?
by WN 03 May '06

03 May '06

I am trying to learn more about font switching (read the font manuals but to no avail). The thing I am trying to do is : * For normal text I want to use the Times-Roman font * For math's I want to use a different font, i.e. Computer Modern I think I have to work with typescripts and use combinations of \setupbodyfont but I cannot work out the proper combination. Thanks for any help Regards Wim

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ConTeXt minimal distribution + bibtex
by Piotr Kopszak 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hello, I am trying to setup bibtex with ConTeXt minimal distribution but with no success yet. Is there any recommeded way to do it? Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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TABLE + \rotate problem
by Karsten Heymann 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hi, Why is the "Low Tech" typeset as it is below? Additionally: How can I align it to the lower end of the table? Any hints appreciated, Karsten % \setupcolors[state=start] \showframe \starttext \rotate[rotation=90,location=broad]\bgroup \framed[width=\textheight,height=\textwidth,background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.9] {\placetable{My Caption}{% \bTABLE \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD[nr=7] \rotate[rotation=90]{Low Tech}\eTD \bTD \bf Herstellung von Waren (gesamt) \eTD \bTD 15--37 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Herstellung von Nahrungsmitteln und Getraenken \eTD \bTD 15 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Tabakverarbeitung \eTD \bTD 15 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Herstellung von Textilien, Bekleidung, Leder und Lederwaren \eTD \bTD 15 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Herstellung von Holz- sowie Kork- und Flechtwaren \eTD \bTD 15 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Herstellung von Papier, Zellstoffen, Papierprodukten, Verlags- und Druckerzeugnissen \eTD \bTD 15 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Sonstige Produktion (a.n.g), Recycling \eTD \bTD 15 \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE}} \egroup \stoptext % -- | ~ Karsten Heymann ~ | Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel | | Fon: +49 431 880-1186 | Netzwerkteam des Ökologiezentrum | | Fax: +49 431 880-4083 | http://www.ecology.uni-kiel.de | | ----- Selbständiger EDV-Dienstleister im Auftrag des ÖZK ----- |

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some basic TABLE questions
by Karsten Heymann 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hello, it would be very kind if someone could answer the following questions about the possibilities of TABLE: - there some semi-automatic way of splitting tables on multiple pages if those tables are in landscape mode (which I achieve by putting them into a \rotating{}-Command)? - How do I add a caption to (portrait) multipage TABLEs? \placefigure obviously doesn't work. Any help would be very much appreciated! Yours, Karsten -- | ~ Karsten Heymann ~ | Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel | | Fon: +49 431 880-1186 | Netzwerkteam des Ökologiezentrum | | Fax: +49 431 880-4083 | http://www.ecology.uni-kiel.de | | ----- Selbständiger EDV-Dienstleister im Auftrag des ÖZK ----- |

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Page overflow just before Split TABLE
by Johannes Graumann 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hello (Hans especially ;0), I made split TABLEs work with the following patch from Hans below. Got it to work beautifully, but there's a major problem: the page just before the split table 'overflows' on the bottom (see http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/page-overflow-preceeding-a-split-…) Any hints on how to remedy this are greatly appreciated ... Joh % Fixing multipage table according to Hans Hagen: \unprotect % in core-ntb : we check the flag \def\splittblbox#1% {\ifinsidesplitfloat \donetrue \else\ifinsidefloat \donefalse \else \donetrue \fi\fi \ifdone \executeifdefined{splittblbox\tbltblsplitmethod}\splittblboxa{#1}% \else \notsplittblbox{#1}% \fi} % in page-flt : we add a flag \newif\ifinsidesplitfloat % will become chardef \def\dosplitfloat[#1]#2% nog dubbele refs {\ifinsidecolumns % tzt ook nog figuren splitten % not yet supported \else \bgroup \insidefloattrue \insidesplitfloattrue \getparameters[\??si][#1]% \resetnumber[\??si]% \def\floatcaptionsuffix{\convertednumber[\??si]}% \TABLEcaptionheight\@@silines\lineheight % brrr \simplifypagebreak % \page becomes \goodbreak \dowithnextbox {\forgetall \dontcomplain \doloop {\setbox2\vsplit\nextbox to \lineheight \setbox2\vbox{\unvbox2} \ifdim\ht2>\lineheight \incrementnumber[\??si]% \ifcase\rawnumber[\??si]\or \ifdim\nextboxht=\zeropoint \let\floatcaptionsuffix\empty \fi \fi \bgroup #2{\unvbox2} \egroup \ifdim\nextboxht>\zeropoint \page \decrementnumber[\floatcaptionnumber]% \fi \fi \ifdim\nextboxht>\zeropoint\else \expandafter\exitloop \fi}% \egroup} \vbox \fi} \protect % beware: you need to set the splitmethod to b (boxed split)

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lb bar/Unicode 2114 symbol
by Johannes Graumann 02 May '06

02 May '06

Hello, I'm using the following encoding commands \usetypescript[modern-base][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[12pt,modern] and was wondering whether someone knows an elegant way to get the pound sign 'lb bar' (unicode #2114, html ℔). My current hack looks like this: \def\lbbar% {% \raise.28em\hbox{--}% \kern-.535eml% \kern-.1emb% } but I'm underwhelmed by the thinness of the bar ... Thanks for any insights, Joh

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Fat lines in tables?
by Robert Engelhardt 01 May '06

01 May '06

Hello, how can I create lines with different widths using the "\DL" command as I do with "\HL[<factor>]" oder "\VL[<factor>]"? With "\DL" the <factor> is interpreted as a number of columns, not as a multiple of the default linewidth. So how to make thick lines in that case? Thanks and regards, Robert

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Need a dot after float caption number (\floatcaptionsuffix)
by Jyrki Ruuskanen 01 May '06

01 May '06

I need a dot after float caption number. Page-flt.tex has a variable called \floatcaptionsuffix which can do this. Still, this should really be handled by a parameter in \setupcaptions, for example "separator" (which seems to be unused at the moment). I edited page-flt.tex like so: 1423c1423 < \hbox{\doattributes{\??kj#1}\c!headstyle\c!headcolor{\strut#2 \@@kjkjseparator}}% --- > \hbox{\doattributes{\??kj#1}\c!headstyle\c!headcolor {\strut#2\floatcaptionsuffix}}% 1824d1823 < \def\@@kjkjseparator {\getvalue{\??kj#4\c!separator}}% Which gives me the dot with \setupcaptions[separator=.]. Jyrki Ruuskanen

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Table of contents and List of figures
by WN 01 May '06

01 May '06

Question 1) : In my document I am using \setupcombinedlist[content][alternative=c,aligntitle=no,width=4em] and now I want to use the same layout for the list of figures but there is not something equivalent like \setupcombinedlist[figure][alternative=c,aligntitle=no,width=4em] Question 2): In my document I am also using \part and in the TOC the part number prefixes the pagenumber like Deel I Klassieke Elektrodynamica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1 1 De Maxwell vergelĳkingen in vacuüm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3 1.1 Inleiding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10 1.2 Behoud van lading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20 1.3 Energie en impuls van het elektromagnetische veld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–35 I want to get rid of the partnumbers which are prefixed to the pagenumbers so my TOC looks like Deel I Klassieke Elektrodynamica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 De Maxwell vergelĳkingen in vacuüm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1 Inleiding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1.2 Behoud van lading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1.3 Energie en impuls van het elektromagnetische veld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 How can one achieve this in Context ? Kind regards Wim

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XeTeX & ConTeXt running on Linux!!!
by Mojca Miklavec 01 May '06

01 May '06

After a couple of hours (read as: beers) of sticking their heads together, the most prominent minds of the World found a way to make it work: XeTeX finally works with XeTeX, even with MetaFun graphics! Tested on SuSe 10.0 with rpm packages downloaded from SIL + the newest tfm + some patches that Hans applied and will probably make it into the distribution soon.

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error with \hyphenation after update
by Peter Münster 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Hello, this used to work about 3 weeks ago. With version 2006.04.27, I get an error: \enableregime[il1] \hyphenation{Di-sul-fid-brücken} \starttext Error: \type{Improper \hyphenation will be flushed.} \stoptext Could you help please? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\typefile with a file in \usepath fails
by nico 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Hello, \typefile does not output a file not in the current directory but available from a path defined by \usepath. It sounds like a bug since the file is actually found; if not, a message telling that the file does not exist would be printed. Example: \usepath[/path/to/my/file] \typefile{filebasename} Regards, BG

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Conforming xml
by David Arnold 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

All, does this look right? Seems like I ought to have some closing stuff, but it compiles with texexec just nicely. <?xml version='1.0'?> <?context-directive job module fig-make ?> <figurelibrary language="en"> <description> <organization>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</ organization> <project>Intermediate Algebra Text</project> <product>Chapter 2</product> <comment>Figures for Section 1</comment> </description> <figure> <file>section2figs-mpgraph.1</file> <label>sec1onea</label> <copyright>College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department</copyright> <comment></comment> </figure> </figurelibrary>

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NTG-bijeenkomst 12/13 mei
by Willi Egger 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Beste TeX genieters, Hier volgt het programma voor onze bijeenkomst op 12 en 13 mei a.s. in Den Helder en TeXel. Begin van het colloquium om 13:00 Bezoekadres: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine Het Nieuwe Diep 8 1781 AC Den Helder tel: 0223-657514 (Onderofficier van de Wacht) De routebeschrijving staat onderaan in het mail! Locatie: Grote collegezaal, gebouw "Enys House" Vrijdag middagprogramma: 13:00 tot ca 16:00 Hendri Adriaens: TeX, een introductie Taco Hoekwater: Methoden om XML te verwerken met TeX Hans Hagen: Context, een voorbeeld (xml,pdf) en integratie van beeldmateriaal in TeX Borrel na sluiting colloquium tot 17:15 Boottocht door de haven en overvaart naar TeXel BBQ ... Zaterdag programma In de ochtend houden we de ledenvergadering. Mojca Miklavec: GNUPLOT & ConTeXt: new friends & nice graphs Taco Hoekwater: De geboorte van een nieuw TeX font Hans Hagen: Update op de laatste project-nieuws Oscar Boot: Met XML van Database naar LaTeX (Demo)(Vervolg op de lezing van Frans Absil op Terschelling) Discussie: XML wat moeten/kunnen we ermee? Sluiting van de bijeenkomst ca 15:00 Vervoer naar het veerboot, overtocht 16:00 Voor geinteresseerden die zich nog niet hebben opgegeven is het belangrijk dat we uiterlijk tot 30 april de aanmeldingen binnen moeten hebben. Dit is in verband met ons gastheer, die een en ander georganiseerd moet krijgen. Er zullen aan deze bijeenkomst geen of amper kosten verbonden zijn! Wij verheugen ons op je komst! Vriendelijke groeten Willi Egger Secretaris NTG Route binnen Den Helder (komend vanaf Alkmaar) Rijdend langs het Noordhollandskanaal blijft u rechtdoor rijden tot het eerste kruispunt met stoplichten in de stad. Daar gaat u rechtsaf over de brug en meteen weer linksaf, langs de visafslag; rechtdoor blijven rijden tot u over brug van het sluisje rijdt. Daarna direct linksaf, voor de ingang van het KIM naar het parkeerterrein (of een afslag later voor ingang hoofdgebouw).

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ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released
by Taco Hoekwater 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. The current release has version 2006.04.27, and it is on the wiki as http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.04.27 The most important news items are (I guess) * the addition of some modules to cont-ext.zip: - t-construction-plan - t-degrade - t-french * Support for leftpage and rightpage floats. * Of course, there are also a number of bugs fixed. Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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Breaking large equations across pages
by Aditya Mahajan 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Pagebreak of formula across pagebreaks is broken in the new release (ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 15:59). Consider \starttext \placeformula \startformula \startalign \dorecurse{50} {\NC a \NC = b \NR[+]} \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext (This used to work earlier, I can not test this, but I have document where the display broke across pages. Can somewith with an old ~ Mar, 2006 release test this?) Also, is it possible to have more control over where the display breaks. With latex, I can force equation break by using \allowdisplaybreaks[1|2|3|4] \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \allowdisplaybreaks %<------------ Try with and without this. \begin{document} \begin{align} a &= b \\ % Paste the above line 50 times a &= b \end{align} \end{document} Ideally, context should also provide something configurable. Maybe, it should be part of \setupformulas[displaybreak=tolerant|verytolerant|strict|verystrict] Also there should be something like \NC .... \NR \allowdisplaybreak[yes|no|disable...same meaning as in \page[....] \NC ..... \NR to have more control over the pagebreak. Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Part and pagenumbers
by Johannes Graumann 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hello, Whe I use \part, the pagenumbers switch to 'partno.-reset_pageno.' Can somebody please point out to me how to just have my pre-'part' page numbering run on? Thanks, Joh

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mswincontext problems
by Taco Hoekwater 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but Olivier tells me he also had problems installing the latest mswincontext, so I hope another someone who uses Windows98 can testrun the installation. I got all sort of errors from command.com (syntax error, out of environment space, command not found, permission denied), and the wiki page is definately incomplete so I could not really debug. In the end, I basically gave up. Cheers, taco

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Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems
by wwl＠musensturm.de 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

> Hi all (esp. windows users), > > Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context > using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so > I could not install linux on it ... ). > > It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the > shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but Olivier tells me > he also had problems installing the latest mswincontext, so > I hope another someone who uses Windows98 can testrun the > installation. > > I got all sort of errors from command.com (syntax error, > out of environment space, command not found, permission > denied), and the wiki page is definately incomplete so I > could not really debug. In the end, I basically gave up. > I had problems too! First of all 'command.com' is the wrong command prozessor for the used batch-files. You should have 'cmd.exe'. Wolfgang

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bachotek
by Hans Hagen 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Hi, Tomorrow morning Taco and I will start our 1200 km drive to Bachotek (gust tex conference) so for about a week we will be mostly off line. 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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make array of tables
by Dalyoung Jeong 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Dear all, I'd like to display several tables of the same size in an 3*2 array form. I tried the commands \placetables and \startcombination like in thd dispaly of figures, but it didn't work. My only solution is to use \startcolumns right now. Is it possible to use \startcombination in some way? Or, is there any way to perform such a display? Thank you for reading. Dalyoung

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generating formats with newtexexec
by Thomas A. Schmitz 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

I'm having a slight problem with generating the formats when I use newtexexec. texmfstart newtexexec --make --all I get the expected output without any errors, e.g.: ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.18 22:36 fmt: 2006.4.19 int: english mes: english Beginning to dump on file cont-en.fmt (format=cont-en 2006.4.19) 41222 strings of total length 690675 555192 memory locations dumped; current usage is 255&551843 38558 multiletter control sequences \font\nullfont=nullfont 0 words of font info for 0 preloaded fonts 232 hyphenation exceptions Hyphenation trie of length 98729 has 4367 ops out of 35111 117 for language 37 31 for language 36 13 for language 34 31 for language 33 26 for language 32 21 for language 31 29 for language 30 207 for language 29 220 for language 28 265 for language 27 127 for language 26 60 for language 25 80 for language 24 181 for language 23 224 for language 22 181 for language 21 71 for language 19 248 for language 18 248 for language 17 63 for language 16 63 for language 15 194 for language 14 194 for language 13 194 for language 12 19 for language 11 7 for language 10 7 for language 9 35 for language 8 35 for language 7 235 for language 6 235 for language 5 88 for language 4 88 for language 3 265 for language 2 265 for language 1 No pages of output. Transcript written on cont-en.log. But cont-en.fmt is never actually written to the disk. I searched high and low, but the only cont-en.fmt is the "old" one, written on Apr. 17; the same for cont-en.log. Generating the formats with texexec --make --all works. Is there anything I'm missing? Best Thomas

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solved - making array of tables
by Dalyoung 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Sorry again. I copied and pasted the codes in mp-cb-en.pdf and run it. It worked fine. Hence I modified the codes using my data and it also worked fine. I compared the structures of the codes in the documents and mine. The only difference is the blank lines between ............ \stoptable}{talbe 1} \starttable[...... and it was the cause of the trouble. The other day, I had a trouble in using \head because I didn't insert blank line, but today, I made another problem because inserting a blank line. Anyway, it is good to know ConTeXt better. Thanks for reading. Dalyoung

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Cranky booklet layout.
by John R. Culleton 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

First I built a letter-on-tabloid booklet like this: \definepapersize[tabloid][width=11in,height=17in] \setuppapersize[letter][tabloid] \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] \setuplayout[width=7in,location=doublesided,backspace=0.73in, topspace=.0in,height=10.3in] This worked pretty well. For the next iteration I wanted to reduce the size by one half, in other words a half letter sheet on a letter sheet. I came up with this: \definepapersize[halff][width 5.5in,height=8.5in] \definepapersize[ful][width 8.5in,height=11in] \setuppapersize[halff][ful] \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] Now no amount of fiddling with \setuplayout parameters seems to place the logical pages correctly on the paper. If I use no such parameters whatever the entire physical page image seem to slide toward the bottom of the piece of paper. As a result the bottom logical page slides halfway off the page. Can anyone spot an obvious goof? John Culleton -- 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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spurious line break in \switchtobodyfont
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Hello, there is a misterious linebreak in the second example: abc\switchtobodyfont[ss]def abc\switchtobodyfont[,,ss]def Is this ConTeXt's fault or mine? Mojca

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\to broken in figure captions
by Sanjoy Mahajan 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

In inline math, \to works fine (produces a right arrow), but in a figure caption all hell breaks loose. The culprit may be this redefinition of \to in enco-ini.tex: $ find texmf -name '*.tex' |xargs egrep -n '\\((e|g|)def|let)\\to\b' texmf/tex/context/base/core-pos.tex:642: %\edef\to {\POSprefix#1}% texmf/tex/context/base/enco-ini.tex:1565: {\appendtoks\let\to\everylowercase texmf/tex/context/base/enco-ini.tex:1570: {\appendtoks\let\to\everyuppercase [context : ver: 2006.04.17 23:14] This test file: \starttext \placefigure[abc]{ABC $n\to1$.}{} \input tufte \stoptext produces lots of errors beginning with ERROR: Missing control sequence inserted. --- TeX said --- <inserted text> \inaccessible <to be read again> 1 \convertargument #1\to #2->\dodoglobal \edef #2 {\detokenize {#1}} <argument> ABC $n\to 1 $. \docompletefloat ... \doglobal \convertargument #6 \to \asciititle \ifnofloat... <argument> ...abc}{figure}{ABC $n\to 1$.}\nextbox \else \docompletefloat {fi... ... l.2 \placefigure[abc]{ABC $n\to1$.}{} \input tufte

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\k in inline math
by Sanjoy Mahajan 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

\starttext $\k T$ \stoptext The above test file, to my surprise, compiled fine. [In Plain TeX I usually define \k as \kappa, but I had forgotten to carry over that definition.] The pdf output showed a T with little hook as a subscript. I can redefine \k as \kappa, but that might overwrite an important definition. However, I can't figure out where \k is defined. With \tracingmacros=1, the log had: \k ->\dohandleaccent {k} but lots of grepping in the context sources only produced: texmf/tex/context/base/mult-ini.tex:71:\def\k!prefix!{k!} \def\l!prefix!{l!} \def\m!prefix!{m!} -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' - Bertrand de Jouvenal

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verb-c and tabulator width
by Peter Münster 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Hello, thanks to Nikolai for the verb-c module! One (probably there will come more) question: How could I adjust the width of the tabulator? It seems to be always one space inside \startC...\stopC : \usemodule[verb-c] \chardef\spacespertab=4 \starttext \starttyping int main(){ int i; } \stoptyping \startC int main(){ int i; } \stopC \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Table width trouble
by nico 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Hello, I come back with that damn table test case. With release 2006.04.22: - it works fine when the column width is passed as table option, - it's wrong when the width is passed via a column setup only, - it works ok when both table and column option are passed, and it's the column option that is used (which is the expected behaviour). - it's ok when no width specified at all. \starttext \startbuffer \bTR \bTD[nc=2] A \eTD\bTD x \eTD \bTD[nc=2] B \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD X \eTD \bTD[nc=3] C \eTD \bTD x \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[nc=2] D \eTD \bTD x \eTD \bTD[nc=2] E \eTD \eTR \stopbuffer % ok \bTABLE[frame=on,width=3em] \getbuffer \eTABLE % nok, messy table \bTABLE[frame=on] \setupTABLE[c][each][width=3em] \getbuffer \eTABLE % ok, width=3em for each column \bTABLE[frame=on,width=0.1pt] \setupTABLE[c][each][width=3em] \getbuffer \eTABLE % ok \bTABLE[frame=on] \getbuffer \eTABLE \stoptext Regards, BG

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Register with numeric values
by luigi scarso 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

I'm using register with numeric values, eg \defineregister[MyReg][MyRegs] \starttext 123\MyReg[123] 345\MyReg[345] aaa\MyReg[aaa] \page \placeMyReg \stoptext but there aren't head as for entry 'aaa'. I'm looking into core-reg, but I've not ideas. luigi

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Typo in core-mat.tex
by Christopher Creutzig 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Salve Hans, \def\leqalignno#1% {\prepareleqaligno should be \preparealignno, with two n. Best regards, Christopher

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continued examples
by Christopher Creutzig 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Salvete, after a long time I got back to some ConTeXt file I had been working on and found that the following construct does not work (I assume it never did): \defineenumeration[example] [sectionnumber=chapter, text=Example, location=hanging, way=bychapter] \starttext \startexample Let $a=1$, $b=2$ \stopexample Something more generic \startexample[continue] Then, $a+b=3$. \stopexample \stoptext I would like the second example to come out as "Example 1 (cont.)". I must confess I did not quite understand which part of \dododefineenumeration actually defines \startexample ... Any ideas? Regards, Christopher

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itemize and vertical spacing
by Olivier 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Dear all, To put vertical space in an itemized construction is easy via \startitemize[inbetween={\blank[30pt]}] \item first % a 30pt vertical space will be inserted here \item second % a 30pt vertical space will be inserted here \item third % a 30pt vertical space will be inserted here \item fourth \stopitemize But, now assume I want to typeset the list in two columns: \startitemize[inbetween={\blank[30pt]}] \item first \item second \item third \item fourth \stopitemize the vertical space is discarded, whereas I would like to get the following result \startitemize[inbetween={\blank[30pt]}] \item first \item second % a 30pt vertical space will be inserted here \item third \item fourth \stopitemize Is there a way to achieve this? Thanks, Olivier

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Quick Metapost question
by Olivier 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Hi all, I'm looking for an equivalent of \externalfigure[width=1mm] but for \reuseMPgraphic. Something like \reuseMPgraphic[width=1mm]{my-mp-drawing} There is always the way of tracking the generated file and including it with exernalfigure, but this is not very convenient since the numbering is subject to change. Is there an easy way to achieve rescaling of such Metapost figures? Thanks, Olivier

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Entries in \completelistoffigures - HOWTO?
by Johannes Graumann 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hello, I read out figures from my XML source by the following code: \defineXMLenvironment [figure] [width=\textwidth] [location=here] { \bgroup \defineXMLsave[floattitle] \defineXMLsave[caption] \defineXMLsave[graphic] } { \placefigure [\XMLpar{figure}{location}{}] [\XMLpar{figure}{label}{unknown}] {{\bf\XMLflush{floattitle}} \XMLflush{caption}} % {\externalfigure[\XMLflush{graphic}][width=\XMLval{figure:width {\XMLop{width}}{}]} {\externalfigure[\XMLflush{graphic}][width=\XMLpar{figure}{width}{}]} \egroup } My problem now is, that when calling '\defineXMLargument [listoffigures] {\completelistoffigures[criterium=text]}' I get figure numbers and pages, but no text. How can I show 'floattitle' in the TOF? Thanks, Joh

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ConTeXt 2006.04.24 released
by Taco Hoekwater 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip The current release has version 2006.04.24 A very short list of changes is given below. As usual, there is an html page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes New features since 20006.03.25: * The latest version of the bib module is included * Cont-ext.zip updated, now also contains f-urwgothic * Support for ancient greek * A regime definition for windows codepage 1250 * Some extra unicode support (tables 32,33,251) * Improvements to register sorting together with newtexutil * Textools now helps create module packages * Colors can inherit from palette colors * Support for buffer nesting * Modules can now be loaded with arguments * New math environments: \startintertext and \startsubstack * Linenumbering improved/extended * Marginfloat placement improvements * Gravitation&levitation of top and bottom floats * Texexec now supports a separate beta tree (for ConTeXt testers) * Float combinations * \symbol{whatever} is now also allowed * The Context version is now given in the PDF Creator field * Pretty typing of C code * Some natural table extensions Bugs fixed since 20006.03.25: * Textext() now works together with newtexexec. * Overlong MetaPost lines are automatically split now * Formula referencing and formulanumber placement problems * Active french punctuation was inactive * Accents in MetaPost picture labels did not work * Spaces in urls were ignored sometimes * Better subsentence handling * Better roundtripping of 8bit characters * Two small bugs in itemizations * Local and non-spacing footnotes had display problems * Textbackground had problems next to pagebreaks * And more ... Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater

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ConTeXt + asymptote
by Renaud AUBIN 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi all, I like metapost but, according to the following mail (on the metapost ML): [metapost] MP vs. Asymptote I don't want to start a flame, but since someone posted a message some time ago mentioning Asymptote I got curious and I have to say that I was very impressed, even if I still have some problems with it. However, it seems a net improvement over MP, or not? Is there anyone with an informed opinion over Asymptote? Might Asymptote be the killer of MP? Cheers, (and always thanks for the help I got here now and then...) Maurizio _______________________________________________ metapost mailing list http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/metapost I wonder if someone has already tried to use asymptote with ConTeXt... IMHO, this doesn't seem obvious at all but I'm maybe wrong... Cheers Renaud

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Arranging pages
by Renaud AUBIN 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi all, I'm working on my wedding's "Menu" with ConTeXt (I have started ConTeXt and metafun when making my wedding invitations ;) and already succeed to produce nice booklets) Considering two pages A and B, I would obtain: AB on the same page with setuparranging I obtain 0A B0 with 0 an empty page I have "succeeded" (is it really a success !!!) to obtain 00 AB using \page[even] and \page[yes] (I have to precise here that we would not to print a "booklet" for practical reasons) It's ok if I use --pages=2 but I feel frustating because I feel that it could be really simple to do what I wanted, i.e.: AB !!!!!!! I know that it could be done with overlay but I assume that there is a much simplier solution to this simple problem... Cheers Renaud

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Split TABLE plea.
by Johannes Graumann 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hello, Please have a look at the attached monster of a table - not very pretty to begin with - but I'll have to deal. Despite the patch from Hans the file includes, I'm unable to break the thing onto multiple pages. Can somebody please have mercy and nudge me into the right direction with this? Joh

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General Float Placement Question
by Randall Skelton 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi all, Is it possible to combine placement attributes when specifying a floating figure or table? \placefloat[.1.][ref,..]{.2.}{.3.} .1. left right here top bottom inleft inright inmargin margin page opposite always force tall .2. text .3. text In my case, I'd like to ensure that figures in a double-sided document appear together, with the first on the left page and the second on the right. What I have reads: \placefigure [90,opposite] [Fig:a] {Figure a caption goes here} \externalfigure[a][width=0.8\makeupheight]} \placefigure [90] [Fig:b] {Figure b caption goes here} \externalfigure[b][width=0.8\makeupheight]} For the first figure, will a location of [90,opposite] ensure a rotated left-page figure? Likewise, is it possible to ensure that the second figure is forced to the next right page? Cheers, Randall

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update
by Hans Hagen 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi, i'll upload a version that - supports some more TABLE width situations (earlier patch) - fixes the background problem (please test) - hopefully fixes the n=0 footnote problems - fixes a seldom occuring secction head problem (years old) for practical purposes this is a current and not a beta (i need to generate minimals for a project tomorrow) 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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textbackground exceeds its scope
by Aditya Mahajan 25 Apr '06

25 Apr '06

Hi, I have encountered a really strange bug in textbackground. Occasionally, textbackground colors the whole page instead of just the text between \starttextbackground and \stoptextbackground. This happens only when I am using module mag-01 and have \setuptyping[style=\ttx\setupinterlinespace] set. Attached is the minimal example that I could make. Tested with beta ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.18 22:36 fmt: 2006.4.23 int: english mes: english For this test, ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.10 20:04 fmt: 2006.4.23 does not give any problem, but similar problem occurs at some other place. If it is important, I can try to make a minimal file to reproduce the problem with latest stable release. Thanks, Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Latest build of Context and the Polish-fonts
by Willi Egger 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hi, tonight I installed the todays built of Context in a minimal tree. - No problem so far! Bases on the recent discussions concerning a glyph I fetched the latest font-zips from the polish site. After installing everything it appeared, that a wrong set of mapfiles for iwona is loaded. I found that the correct version of the typescript is in the type-map.tex already. So what needs to be done is to switch from the set map-files like "iwona-rm.map" to "rm-iwona.map". Further I believe that there might still be a bug in the encoding (?) for the heavy variants: If I compile the attached file, I find that "sin^2" is regular instead of heavy. - (Heavy for the text is not setup, so it comes out as roman-regular fall back i.e. latin-modern.) Thanks Taco for this test utility! Willi % Test file for Iwona Math by Taco Hoekwater \setupoutput[pdftex] \loadmapfile[iwona-texnansi.map] \loadmapfile[sy-iwona.map] \loadmapfile[rm-iwona.map] \loadmapfile[mi-iwona.map] \loadmapfile[ex-iwona.map] \starttypescript [math] [iwona-light] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Light] [rm-iwonal] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-LightItalic] [mi-iwonali] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Light] [sy-iwonali] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Light] [ex-iwonal] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Regular] [rm-iwonar] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-RegularItalic] [mi-iwonari] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Regular] [sy-iwonari] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Regular] [ex-iwonar] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona-medium] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Medium] [rm-iwonam] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-MediumItalic] [mi-iwonami] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Medium] [sy-iwonami] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Medium] [ex-iwonam] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona-heavy] [default] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-Heavy] [rm-iwonah] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Letters-HeavyItalic] [mi-iwonahi] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Heavy] [sy-iwonahi] \definefontsynonym [Iwona-Math-Extension-Heavy] [ex-iwonah] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [iwona-heavy] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [Iwona-Math-Letters-Heavy] \definefontsynonym [MathItalic] [Iwona-Math-Letters-HeavyItalic] \definefontsynonym [MathSymbol] [Iwona-Math-Symbols-Heavy] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Iwona-Math-Extension-Heavy] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [iwona,iwona-light,iwona-heavy,iwona-medium] [texnansi,ec,8r,uc] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][rm][serif][modern] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][ss][sans] [\typescriptone] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][tt][mono] [modern] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface[\typescriptone][mm][math] [\typescriptone] [default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[iwona][texnansi] \usetypescript[iwona-light][texnansi] \usetypescript[iwona-medium][texnansi] \usetypescript[iwona-heavy][texnansi] \def\test#1% {\switchtobodyfont[#1,ss]\noindent \ss #1 $$\int_{0}^{\infty} \sin^2 x {\rm d}x = \sqrt{1/\alpha \cup\beta}$$\blank\input ward} \setupbodyfont[iwona,ss,12pt] \starttext This is iwona, \fontname\font \blank \test{iwona-light} \blank \test{iwona} \blank \test{iwona-medium} \blank \test{iwona-heavy} \stoptext

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Bijeenkomst 12/13 mei a.s: presentatie Mojca Miklavec
by Willi Egger 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

We hebben Mojca Miklavec bereid gevonden, mee te doen aan ons bijeenkomst in Den Helder / TeXel. Zij zal daar een presentatie geven over GNU-plot en de integratie hiervan met TeX. Dit is een project, dat door haar getrokken wordt. Ik heb haar gevraagd, wat de reiskosten zijn. Het vliegticket hiernaartoe en de terugreis met de trein naar Ljubliana is 100 + 80 Euro. Ik stel voor, dat we haar die kosten vergoeden. Willi

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eurotex
by Hans Hagen 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hi, For those who consider going to eurotex (hungary) ... early bird registration (cheaper) is possible till the end of this month 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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Re: [NTG-context] linenotes/footnotes
by Thomas A. Schmitz 24 Apr '06

24 Apr '06

Hans Hagen wrote: > it actually is (and has been present for a while) > > n=0 should do that but a few days ago i found out that it got > broken when i implemented multiple notes, i'll send you the latest > core-not file > > Hans > How could I ever doubt it? :-) But the patch isn't quite working, now notes are typeset on top of each other. Thanks Thomas

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