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\typefile problem
by Tobias Burnus 25 Mar '06

25 Mar '06

Hello, I have: ConTeXt ver: 2006.03.23 09:57 fmt: 2006.3.23 int: english mes: english and get this cryptic error message. I'm positiv that it used to work with an older version. Any ideas? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (./texexec.tuo) (/system/home/tob/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> f \currenttyping ->f ile \checkverbatimfileline ...enumber <\currenttyping \c!start \else \ifnum \ver... \presetnormalverbatimline ...\doflushverbatimline \global \chardef \verbatim... \readline ...line \else \presetnormalverbatimline \fi \fi \fi \fi \handlever... \processfileverbatim ...expandafter \readline \fi \closein \verbatiminput \e... ... l.39 \typefile{/dev/shm/tmp_0.9.xtls} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobias

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What is the third parameter in \useURL for?
by John R. Culleton 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

For \useURL the first parameter identifies the statement, the second defines the url, the third is usually blank and the fourth gives the text to appear in the clickable area. What is that third parameter for? -- 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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More on margin figs
by David Arnold 24 Mar '06

24 Mar '06

Hans et al, Maybe I am missing the point, but this example has output that is unexpected. There's a huge block of whitespace, that coincidentally continues to the bottom of the caption on the margin fig. Is this correct behavior? I thought if I put a margin fig out there, then the text should flow uninterrupted. %output=pdf \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium,yes] \definereferenceformat[infigure][text=Figure] \defineenumeration[definition] \useMPlibrary[dum] \starttext Readers will note that each object in the domain is paired with one and only one object in the range, as seen in the mapping diagram of \infigure[fig:graphmap]. \placefigure [inright][fig:graphmap] {A mapping diagram for $f$.} {\externalfigure[graph1][width=\marginwidth]} Thus, we have two representations of the function $f$, the collection of ordered pairs \in[collection], and the mapping diagram of in \infigure[fig:graphmap]. A third representation of the function $f$ is the graph of the ordered pairs of the function, shown in the Cartesian plane in \infigure[fig:graphmap2]. \placefigure [][fig:graphmap2] {A graph of the function $f$.}{\externalfigure[graph2]} When the function is represented by an equation or formula, then we adjust our definition somewhat. \startdefinition[def:graf] The graph of $f$ is the set of all ordered pairs $(x,f(x))$ so that $x$ is in the domain of $f$. In symbols, \startformula \hbox{Graph of $f$}=\big\{(x,f(x)):\,\hbox{$x$ is in the domain of $f $.}\big\}. \stopformula \stopdefinition This last definition is most easily explained by example. So, let's define a function $f$ that maps any real number $x$ to the real number $x^2$; that is, let $f(x)=x^2$. Now, according to \in{Definition}[def:graf], the graph of $f$ is the set of all points $(x,f(x))$, such that $x$ is in the domain of $f$. \stoptext

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New tree in minimal context
by Mikael Persson 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Hello all, I am trying the minimal ConTeXt distribution. Ok, so I downloaded justtex.zip and linuztex.zip to /tex... and followed the instructions and all worked out well. However, I have another tree I want to use aswell, say /usr/local/texmf-wolfram. However, when I add entries in one of the following: /tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf /tex/texmf-local/web2c/context.cnf like: TEXMFWOLFRAM = /usr/local/texmf-wolfram and then add to TEXMF the TEXMFWOLFRAM TEXMF = {!!$TEXMFCONFIG,!!$TEXMFVAR,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!$TEXMFSYSVAR,!!$TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFDIST,$TEXMFWOLFRAM} the new tree is still not found when doing a mktexlsr. It just shows: mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-linux/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. So, where should I add a new tree? (is it possible in the minimal version?) The procedure I did above worked well for TeXLive 2004. Best regards, Mikael Persson

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crossref in bibtex
by Ulf Martin 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Dear ConText Users Being an age-old LaTeX user I thought I should give ConText a try. But then I stumbled over the first problem when trying to use BibTeX: Crossrefs don't seem to work properly. - the work that uses a crossref is listed incompletely in the publication list - the crossref'd work itself isn't included at all. I haven't found a solution on the web. * * * Details. I have a source file (cut for the relevant parts): -- start of content.tex -- \environment mainsetup \version[concept] \starttext Es wird eine \quotation{Übersichtliche Darstellung} angestrebt (vgl. \cite[wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen]\ §~132, S.~304f.). \completepublications \stoptext -- end of content.tex -- The setup file is in the directory above (for use in multiple docs, as suggested in the ConText documentation): -- start of mainsetup.tex -- \enableregime[utf] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=aps] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setupbibtex [database={~/Textsammlung/Central}, sort=author] \setupheadtext[de][pubs=Literatur] \startenvironment mainsetup \setupbodyfont[11pt] \mainlanguage[de] \stopenvironment -- end of mainsetup.tex -- The relevant part of the Central.bib is this (in this order, BibTeX expexts uses of crossrefs to appear before the resp. crossref'd entry): -- start of Central.bib -- @STRING{cy-fm = "Frankfurt (Main)"} @STRING{pb-skp = "Suhrkamp"} @STRING{wittgenstein = "Wittgenstein, Ludwig"} @incollection{wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen, Crossref = {wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe}, Edition = 11, Note = {Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte}, Pages = {225-580}, Title = {Philosophische Untersuchungen}, Volume = 1, Year = 1997 } @book{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe, Address = cy-fm, Author = wittgenstein, Booktitle = {Werkausgabe}, Isbn = 3518099884, Publisher = pb-skp, Title = {Werkausgabe}, Year = 1984 } -- end of Central.bib -- The PDF output file after % texexec --pdf content % bibtext content % texexec --pdf content yields something like (characters may be distrupted due to conversion from UTF-8): -- start of content.pdf rendered as plain text -- Es wird eine "Übersichtliche Darstellung" der relevanten Begriffe angestrebt (vgl. [1] § 132, S. 304f.). Literatur 1 L. WittgensteinIn [??], p. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte. -- end of context.pdf -- A hint to the solution for an expert could be the bbl file. Note that the order of the entries is turned around: -- start of content.bbl -- \startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe,t=book, a={Wittgenstein},y=1984, n=141,s=Wit84] \author[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein} \pubyear{1984} \title{Werkausgabe} \isbn{3518099884} \city{Frankfurt (Main)} \pubname{Suhrkamp} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=wittgenstein-1997-philosophische-untersuchungen,t=incollec% tion, a={Wittgenstein},y=1997, n=140,s=Wit97] \artauthor[]{Ludwig}[L.]{}{Wittgenstein} \pubyear{1997} \arttitle{Philosophische untersuchungen} \crossref{wittgenstein-1984-werkausgabe} \pages{225-580} \pages{225-580} \pubname{Suhrkamp} \note{Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte} \stoppublication -- end of content.bbl -- So: - The reference as such is found correctly. - The entry in the References has <note> and <pages> but not <title>, <edition> and <volume>, and <year>. - The crossreference is not properly processed. (and, actually, multiple pages should produce "pp." not "p.") It should be something like 1 L. Wittgenstein (1984) Werkausgabe. Frankfurt (Main): Suhrkamp. 2 L. Wittgenstein (1997) Philosophische Untersuchungen. In [1], Bd. 1, S. 225-580. Text neu durchgesehen von Joachim Schulte. (If ordered by author first, then year. Note also that in \language[de] "vol." should be "Bd." and "p." be "S.".) Coding for all files is UTF-8, things works as it they should in LaTeX. Any ideas of what to do or hints where to find more info? * * * Additional question: what is the best way to generate the bbl file in the project directory? (I use "Central.bib" for all my documents). Using % texexec mainsetup in the projects directory produces many unnecessary files (e.g. a dvi file) as it is only meant as a setup file. * * * I general, I like ConText. Strangely, it plays well with my mindset, as does the whole layout orientation with my taste. However, proper bibliography processing is a "killer feature" for me -- I have virtually no document whithout references. (I wonder, what the direction of the ConText development here is; arguably, odd old BibTeX has reached an end of its history and support for more modern and complete, e.g. XML-based formats would be preferable (say, MODS) -- considering the seeminly nice XML support that is already there.) Cheers & Thanks in advance! Ulf Martin

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Unwanted indenting on first line of bibtex entries
by Mikael Persson 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Hello, I get a small indentation for the entries in the bibliography, but only on the first line! I am right now running the minimal ConTeXt distr, but it was the same with newest ConTeXt on a TeXLive 2004... Example: \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[ alternative=num, refcommand=num, numbering=yes, ] \setupbibtex[ database=fejk, ] \starttext Bla bla \cite[ab,akgl,kato]. \placepublications[criterium=artikel] \stoptext The files are available at http://www.math.chalmers.se/~mickep/bibproblem/ Especially the resulting pdf is at http://www.math.chalmers.se/~mickep/bibproblem/bibprob.pdf My guess is that there is a \setupbib... something to get the entries without the indentation on the first line. Best regards, Micke P

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Dirty trick
by Antoine Junod 23 Mar '06

23 Mar '06

Hello list, I've got a piece of code that is absolutely aful. Unfortunately (sic) it makes what I want. \defineparagraphs[p][n=2,before={},after={}] \setupparagraphs[p][1][width=.2\textwidth,style=bold] \definetyping [code] \setuptyping [code] [margin=.23\textwidth,before={},after={\vskip-10pt}] \startp Operation: \p AuctionClient::providePersData($p$: Person)\stopp \startp Description: \p Fournit les données personnelles nécessaires à la création d'un compte, encapsulées dans un objet $p$.\stopp \startp Messages: \p{\tt auctionServer\^{}createAccount(p: Person);}\stopp\startcode sender^message(msg: String); sender^requestPersData() \stopcode \startp Pre: \p {\tt true}\stopp \startp Post: \p{\tt if (self.checkPersData(p))}\stopp\startcode then self.auctionServer.createAccount(p) and not(sender.message('Malformed personal data')) and not(sender.requestPersData()) else not(auctionServer^createAccount(p)) and sender^message('Malformed personal data') and sender^requestPersData() endif \stopcode \blank How could I improve that? I've tried a lot of different things but the main problem is that i can't type in verbatim mode because i'm in reduced horizontal mode. Thanks a lot for you help -AJ p.s.: the whole tests documents are there: http://www.tots-ns.net/tests/conception/test.tex http://www.tots-ns.net/tests/conception/test.pdf

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Figure [left]
by David Arnold 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

All, Both this: %output=pdf \starttext We use the notation $(2,4)$ to denote what is called an {\em ordered pair}. If you think of the positions taken by \placefigure [left][fig:ordpair] {}{\externalfigure[section1figs-mpgraph.1]} ordered pairs $(4,2)$ and $(2,4)$ in the coordinate plane (see \in{Figure}[fig:ordpair]), then it is immediately apparent why order is important. The ordered pair $(4,2)$ is simply not the same as the ordered pair $(2,4)$. \stoptext And this: %output=pdf \starttext We use the notation $(2,4)$ to denote what is called an {\em ordered pair}. If you think of the positions taken by \placefigure [left][fig:ordpair] {}{\externalfigure[section1figs-mpgraph.1]} ordered pairs $(4,2)$ and $(2,4)$ in the coordinate plane (see \in{Figure}[fig:ordpair]), then it is immediately apparent why order is important. The ordered pair $(4,2)$ is simply not the same as the ordered pair $(2,4)$. \stoptext Lead to the same attached result. This is not the behavior expected. Any ideas?

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Unexplained blank page when using textblocks
by David Arnold 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

All, I am using: tmp $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.03.20 10:19 cont-en : ver: 2006.03.20 10:19 fmt: 2006.3.21 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.03.20 10:19 fmt: 2006.3.21 mes: dutch total run time : 3 seconds I get a blank page 2 (except for subsection title) for the following source. Thought you'd like to be aware of this. %output=pdf \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupcolumns [verytolerant,distance=4em] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineenumeration[question] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineenumeration[answer] \setupenumerations [answer] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineblock[question,answer] \hideblocks[answer] \chapter{First Chapter} \dorecurse{1}{\input tufte\par} \section{First Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \subsection{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion[ex:1] What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt\pi$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion In exercise~\in[ex:1], we found $\sqrt{\pi}$. What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \subsection{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer][criterium=section] \stopcolumns \section{Second Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \subsection{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $2\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{2\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $2\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{2\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $2\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{2\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $2\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{2\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \subsection{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer][criterium=section] \stopcolumns \section{Third Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \subsection{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $3\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{3\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $3\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{3\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $3\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{3\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $3\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{3\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \subsection{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer][criterium=section] \stopcolumns \section{Appendix} \setupenumerations[answer][sectionnumber=yes] \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer][criterium=chapter] \stopcolumns \stoptext

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Location of page numbers
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de So 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hi! How is it possible to put page numbers in the middle of the page in the margins? Thanks in advance for you help. Marcus Vinicius --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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Install mess (Type3 Fonts)
by nico 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

I know, I shouldn't have updated the context distrib, but I did... Of course, I add problems with missing fonts, and installed the lm fonts from CTAN. Now texexec can compile again. But the fonts used are now horrible, producing fuzzy letters. Can anyone give me some hints to fix this buggy install? If it can be of some help here is a log of a program I compiled. This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (format=cont-en 2006.3.20) 21 MAR 2006 01:48 entering extended mode (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en programlisting.001.tex (./programlisting.001.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.03.20 10:19 fmt: 2006.3.20 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- > 13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 > sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout2 = `programlisting.001.tui'. system : programlisting.001.top loaded (./programlisting.001.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `programlisting.001-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. (/usr/home/ben/project/docbook/db2tex/dbcontext/context/style/patch-fig.tex) (/usr/home/ben/project/docbook/db2tex/dbcontext/context/style/patch-verb.tex) color : system rgb is global activated interaction : active (./programlisting.001.tuo) system : chapter,section,subsection not found/processed (./programlisting.001.tuo) system : chapter,section,subsection not found/processed (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo ) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo ) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo) (./programlisting.001.tuo ) systems : begin file programlisting.001 at line 79 (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: 8r-base fonts : using map file: t5-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler fonts : using map file: original-public-lm interaction : pdftex code inserted [1.1{/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/context/original-empty.map}{/u sr/local/share/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/context/original-base.map}{/usr/local /share/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-public-lm.map}{/usr/local/share/te xmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-base.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/fonts /map/dvips/context/8r-base.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/con text/t5-base.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original -ams-base.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/context/original-ams -euler.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips/context/original-public -lm.map}] structure : begin of sectionblock frontmatter title : - \headtext {content} (./programlisting.001.tuo) system : part,chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection,subsubsubsectio n,subsubsubsubsection not found/processed structure : end of sectionblock frontmatter [2.1] structure : begin of sectionblock bodymatter [3.2] structure : end of sectionblock bodymatter [4.3] systems : end file programlisting.001 at line 163 [5.4] ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 1599 strings out of 60268 30985 string characters out of 606682 4539377 words of memory out of 5531657 38709 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+100000 131450 words of font info for 65 fonts, out of 500000 for 2000 192 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000 44i,18n,49p,246b,915s stack positions out of 1500i,500n,5000p,200000b,5000s PDF statistics: 22 PDF objects out of 300000 1 named destinations out of 131072 5 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536 </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless/public/lm/ec-lmtt10.600pk> </var/tmp/tex fonts/pk/modeless/public/lm/ec-lmr12.1037pk> </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless/pub lic/lm/ec-lmr12.600pk> </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless/public/lm/ec-lmbx12.1244p k> Regards, BG

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footnotes in margin
by Alex Lubberts 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

Hi, Does anybody know if it is possible to place footnotes in the margin? If so, how? TIA, Alex Lubberts

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Context 2006.03.20 released
by Taco Hoekwater 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '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 2006.03.20 10:19. 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 major features since 2006.02.15: * Thanks to changes in the ruby kpathsea library implementation, texmfstart-driven scripts should be a bit faster. * Sidefloats next to section titles are now possible * A few extra options for \startlinenumbering * New options for \useexternalfigure: xscale and yscale Bug fixes since 2006.02.15: * A set of smaller and bigger bugs in the two-column routines * the mptopdf macros were broken outside of context proper (mptopdf, latex) * some smaller things Happy TeXing, Taco

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fakewords
by David Arnold 21 Mar '06

21 Mar '06

All, What does \fakewords{100}{200} do? What's the 100 represent? What's the 200 represent?

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MathML test suite feedback
by nico 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hello, I've compiled with ConTeXt a large excerpt from the MathML 2.0 Test Suite (http://www.w3.org/Math/testsuite) and I encountered the following problems (test cases attached): - Percentage in tag attributes are not correctly handled (seem to be seen as tex comments) and make context crashes. - mfenced with empty separators doesn't work. - Using different brackets in <mo> doesn't work. - I don't know if it's a local install problem, but some fonts are not found when using UTF encoding. This said, only 6% (41/657) of the tests fails, which is an excellent rate. BTW, if someone is interested in the big context file containing all the tests, just tell me. I can also send the perl script used to generate this doc. Regards, BG

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sources of the manaul
by stappers＠stappers.nl 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 05:17:46PM -0500, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, frantisek holop wrote: > > > > i think i have read something about this issue, but i don't remember > > where or when :) > > You can check out the manual sources from the svn respository > svn://ctx.pragma-ade.nl/manuals Is there a "read-only account" available? When doing a check out, how much data will be transferred? (So I can estimate the download time (or reconsider doing it ;- )) > If you prefer to browse them online they are available at > http://context.aanhet.net/svn/ Or is that the "read-only account"? (Is `svn checkout http://context.aanhet.net/svn/ context-manual` the way to go ? ) Cheers Geert Stappers

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Question and Answer blocks -- by section
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, Almost what I want. But I just want to unhide the blocks for the section at the end of each section. What is the best strategy here. Should I just make a set of blocks with different names for each section? %output=pdf \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineenumeration[question] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineenumeration[answer] \setupenumerations [answer] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}, way=bysection, sectionnumber=no] \defineblock[question,answer] \hideblocks[answer] \chapter{First Chapter} \dorecurse{1}{\input tufte\par} \section{First Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \section{Second Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \section{Third Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \stoptext

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Question and answers
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, I have: \defineenumeration[questions][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[questions][before={\unnumberedsubsection{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \defineenumeration[answers][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[answers][before={\unnumberedsubsection{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \def\placeanswers{\startanswers\doifmodeelse{short}{\selectblocks [shortanswer][criterium=section]}{\selectblocks[longanswer] [criterium=section]}\stopanswers} \defineenumeration[question][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations[question][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[subquestion][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subquestion][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[answer][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations[answer][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[subanswer][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subanswer][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineblock[question,shortanswer,longanswer] \hideblocks[shortanswer,longanswer] I put a \placeanswers at the end of each section, but the numbering is contiguous across sections. For example, section 1 might end with exercise #15, then section 2 begins with exercise #16. How can I reset the numbers to start with #1 in section 2?

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Q about mathml || tex-native?
by Alexander Lazic 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi, i plan to write a math-booklet and have a question about the math-modules in contex. What is the preferd way to deal with math in contex? MathML (xml-way) or \*formula (tex-way, from my point of view) I'am plan the outputs to pdfs. There are some complex (integrals, complex numbers, ...), formulas and electionical circuits figures. I'am not sure what is the 'best' way ;-) Please can you tell me your thoughts and opinions ;-) Thanks && regards Alex

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Figure libraries
by Willi Egger 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi Hans, It seems that the figurelibrary mechanism is (still, previous post on 19-9-2005) broken. TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) ---> context : ver: 2005.11.30 (This is the latest version downloaded on 19-03-2006) cont-en : ver: 2005.11.30 fmt: 2006.3.19 mes: english (The texexec --version reveals that the versionnumber in context has not been adjusted since the version 2005-11-30) Referencing by "label" the picture is not found. Referencing by page the wrong page is found. Referencing the last picture in the file: a fatal error occurs, that the page does not exits. Please refer to the attached example files. Could you please take a look at this matter? Kind regards Willi % Testfile selecting pictures from a figure-library % CONTEXt file % filename: testfig.tex % Willi Egger % 18-09-2005 \setupoutput[pdftex] \mainlanguage[de] \usemodule[fig-base] \usefigurebase[test-lib] \starttext \placefigure [here] [fig:ord1898] {Ordonnanzeisen 1898 $\rightarrow$ referenced by \quotation{label}} {\externalfigure[ord1898][width=0.45\makeupwidth]} \placefigure [here] [fig:hinterhufwinkel2] {Ordonnanzeisen 1898 $\rightarrow$ referenced by page } {\externalfigure[test-lib][page=3,width=0.45\makeupwidth]} % \placefigure % [here] % [fig:u-flaeche-trab] % {Unterst\"utzungsfl\"ache im Trab $\rightarrow$ referenced by \quotation{label}} % {\externalfigure[u-flaeche-trab][width=0.45\makeupwidth]} % \placefigure % [here] % [fig:schmieden2] % {Unterst\"utzungsfl\"ache im Trab $\rightarrow$ referenced by page} % {\externalfigure[test-lib][page=8,width=0.45\makeupwidth]} \stoptext

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\resetquestion
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, How come \resetquestion in this source does not work as advertised in the manual? I also tried \setquestion{0} to no avail. %output=pdf \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineenumeration[question] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}] \chapter{First Chapter} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{First Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \section{Second Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \resetquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \section{Third Section} \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \stoptext

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Installation: TeX-Live
by Jeffrey Drake 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

i resolved my problem before about accessing the wiki by making a copy of everything while at a friends house. So any information leading to a conclusion is at least a week old. I am on a linux install (SuSE 10.0) and the wiki indicates to install ConTeXt in the location '/usr/TeX/texmf'. Even before this step it says to setup the fonts for ConTeXt use: cd /usr/TeX/texmf/context/data sudo texfont type-tmf.dat --en=texnansi --fontroot=/usr/TeX/texmf --install --makepath But TeXLive 2005 (where I did install ConTeXt - but want to update it) that I am using does not have a 'texmf/context' directory. However, there is a 'texmf-dist/context' directory. I need some guidance to make sure this is the proper directory or not. The only other thing I note in the TeXLive docs: For texmf: This tree (texmf) is for the support files and documentation of the programs in TeX Live. It does not include the TeX formats and packages themselves. Another criteria: everything that can be classified automatically by Fabrice's tpm-factory goes in texmf-dist. If not, it goes in texmf. For texmf-dist: This tree (texmf-dist) is for the formats (plain, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and all the rest) and all the packages, together with their documentation and sources. Most everything used in day-to-day TeXing, except the binaries themselves. Another criteria: everything that can be classified automatically by Fabrice's tpm-factory goes in texmf-dist (or texmf-doc). If not, it goes in texmf. And yet another: texmf-dist should be distribution-independent, so that, in theory, it could be used by distributions other than TeX Live. So, no web2c/kpathsea-specific files. Thank you for all assistance, Jeffrey Drake

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assembling typescript
by Karsten Heymann 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, after Patrick Gundlach convinced me at DANTE 2006 to switch the small scientific magazine project I'm currently working on for a client from LaTeX co ConTeXt, I'm now preparing a sample document for my client to convince him, and for that I need your help :) I've spent the last two weeks getting in touch wich context and I must say I'm really impressed, nice work! First challenge is that the document fonts are URW GaramondNo8 for the text and Bitstream Futura (really: Bitstream Geometric 211) for the headings. I managed quite easyly to install them with texfont and the instructions from the contextgarden wiki[1] and compile the sample document with either font family. But now I'm trying to (1) understand the typescript files and (2) build an own typescript putting those fonts together. This is what I have so far: \usetypescriptfile[type-ugm] \usetypescriptfile[type-bfu] \starttypescript [ifa][texnansi] \definetypeface [ifa] [rm] [serif] [garamond] [default] ~ [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [ifa] [ss] [sans] [futura] [default] ~ [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [ifa] [tt] [mono] [modern] [default] ~ [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[ifa][texnansi] %\ifa \starttext \ss \input knuth \rm \input knuth \stoptext (type-ugm.tex and type-bfu.tex are attached). What happens is: When I compile the file a is it is set in computer modern. To enable my fonts I have to comment out \starttypescript, \stoptypescript and \usetypescript and enable \ifa. How do I activate my fonts via a typescript. Yours, Karsten [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/URW_Garamond -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEHXoGKLkXHxOeP2ERAoLUAJ41I6/BTzzb9IHVDSu4rNLOyb+lEQCeJCmw AxeVTdOqaAwkFeOQTtPis6g= =nWCx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Multi-page tables
by Randall Skelton 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

Hi all, I'm having a bit of trouble getting multiple page tables to work when also using \placetable for captions. Essentially, I want: (1) Captions and the ability to reference with \in[]. (2) Alignment within a cell at a decimal point. (3) Span multiple pages with header/footer. I think I would prefer to use the standard 'TABLES' method but it looks like item 2 is only supported in natural tables? Below are two examples. I don't get page breaks in either case and the table runs off the bottom of pages 2 and 3. Thanks, Randall \definepapersize [width=8.5in, height=11in] \setupcaption[table] [location=top] \starttext \section{Testing} This is a silly table test. \placetable[page][tbl:sample] {Sample table caption goes here} {\start \switchtobodyfont[small] \starttablehead \HL \VL command \NC meaning \NC $\lambda$ (deg.) \VL\SR \HL \stoptablehead \starttabletail \HL \stoptabletail \starttables[|c|l|c|] \VL \tex{NC} \NC next column \NC 1.15 \VL\FR \VL \tex{HL} \NC horizontal line \NC 10.20 \VL\MR \VL \tex{VL} \NC vertical line \NC -14.30 \VL\MR \VL \tex{NR} \NC next row \NC -100.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{SR} \NC single row \NC 2.35 \VL\MR \VL \tex{FR} \NC first row \NC 159.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{MR} \NC middle row \NC -1.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{LR} \NC last row \NC nr \VL\MR \VL \tex{NC} \NC next column \NC 1.15 \VL\MR \VL \tex{HL} \NC horizontal line \NC 10.20 \VL\MR \VL \tex{VL} \NC vertical line \NC -14.30 \VL\MR \VL \tex{NR} \NC next row \NC -100.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{SR} \NC single row \NC 2.35 \VL\MR \VL \tex{FR} \NC first row \NC 159.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{MR} \NC middle row \NC -1.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{LR} \NC last row \NC nr \VL\MR \VL \tex{NC} \NC next column \NC 1.15 \VL\MR \VL \tex{HL} \NC horizontal line \NC 10.20 \VL\MR \VL \tex{VL} \NC vertical line \NC -14.30 \VL\MR \VL \tex{NR} \NC next row \NC -100.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{SR} \NC single row \NC 2.35 \VL\MR \VL \tex{FR} \NC first row \NC 159.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{MR} \NC middle row \NC -1.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{LR} \NC last row \NC nr \VL\MR \VL \tex{NC} \NC next column \NC 1.15 \VL\MR \VL \tex{HL} \NC horizontal line \NC 10.20 \VL\MR \VL \tex{VL} \NC vertical line \NC -14.30 \VL\MR \VL \tex{NR} \NC next row \NC -100.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{SR} \NC single row \NC 2.35 \VL\MR \VL \tex{FR} \NC first row \NC 159.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{MR} \NC middle row \NC -1.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{LR} \NC last row \NC nr \VL\MR \VL \tex{NC} \NC next column \NC 1.15 \VL\MR \VL \tex{HL} \NC horizontal line \NC 10.20 \VL\MR \VL \tex{VL} \NC vertical line \NC -14.30 \VL\MR \VL \tex{NR} \NC next row \NC -100.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{SR} \NC single row \NC 2.35 \VL\MR \VL \tex{FR} \NC first row \NC 159.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{MR} \NC middle row \NC -1.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{LR} \NC last row \NC nr \VL\MR \VL \tex{NC} \NC next column \NC 1.15 \VL\MR \VL \tex{HL} \NC horizontal line \NC 10.20 \VL\MR \VL \tex{VL} \NC vertical line \NC -14.30 \VL\MR \VL \tex{NR} \NC next row \NC -100.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{SR} \NC single row \NC 2.35 \VL\MR \VL \tex{FR} \NC first row \NC 159.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{MR} \NC middle row \NC -1.00 \VL\MR \VL \tex{LR} \NC last row \NC nr \VL\LR \stoptables \stop} \section{Natural Testing} This is a silly natural table test. \placetable[page][tbl:naturalSample] {Sample table caption goes here} {\start \switchtobodyfont[small] \bTABLE[split=repeat, splitmethod=a] % Outside border \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[column][first][leftframe=on] \setupTABLE[column][last][rightframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][first][topframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] % Heading line bottom rule \setupTABLE[row][first][bottomframe=on] % Alignment \setupTABLE[column][1][width=2.5cm,align=middle] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=2.5cm,align=right] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=2.5cm,alignmentcharacter={.},aligncharacter=yes,align=middle] % Header \bTABLEhead \bTR\bTD command \eTD\bTD meaning \eTD\bTD $\lambda$ (deg.) \eTD\eTR \eTABLEhead % Body \bTABLEbody \bTR\bTD \tex{NC} \eTD\bTD next column \eTD\bTD 1.15 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{HL} \eTD\bTD horizontal line \eTD\bTD 10.20 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{VL} \eTD\bTD vertical line \eTD\bTD -14.30 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NR} \eTD\bTD next row \eTD\bTD -100.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{SR} \eTD\bTD single row \eTD\bTD 2.35 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{FR} \eTD\bTD first row \eTD\bTD 159.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{MR} \eTD\bTD middle row \eTD\bTD -1.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{LR} \eTD\bTD last row \eTD\bTD nr \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NC} \eTD\bTD next column \eTD\bTD 1.15 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{HL} \eTD\bTD horizontal line \eTD\bTD 10.20 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{VL} \eTD\bTD vertical line \eTD\bTD -14.30 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NR} \eTD\bTD next row \eTD\bTD -100.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{SR} \eTD\bTD single row \eTD\bTD 2.35 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{FR} \eTD\bTD first row \eTD\bTD 159.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{MR} \eTD\bTD middle row \eTD\bTD -1.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{LR} \eTD\bTD last row \eTD\bTD nr \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NC} \eTD\bTD next column \eTD\bTD 1.15 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{HL} \eTD\bTD horizontal line \eTD\bTD 10.20 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{VL} \eTD\bTD vertical line \eTD\bTD -14.30 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NR} \eTD\bTD next row \eTD\bTD -100.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{SR} \eTD\bTD single row \eTD\bTD 2.35 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{FR} \eTD\bTD first row \eTD\bTD 159.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{MR} \eTD\bTD middle row \eTD\bTD -1.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{LR} \eTD\bTD last row \eTD\bTD nr \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NC} \eTD\bTD next column \eTD\bTD 1.15 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{HL} \eTD\bTD horizontal line \eTD\bTD 10.20 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{VL} \eTD\bTD vertical line \eTD\bTD -14.30 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NR} \eTD\bTD next row \eTD\bTD -100.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{SR} \eTD\bTD single row \eTD\bTD 2.35 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{FR} \eTD\bTD first row \eTD\bTD 159.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{MR} \eTD\bTD middle row \eTD\bTD -1.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{LR} \eTD\bTD last row \eTD\bTD nr \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NC} \eTD\bTD next column \eTD\bTD 1.15 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{HL} \eTD\bTD horizontal line \eTD\bTD 10.20 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{VL} \eTD\bTD vertical line \eTD\bTD -14.30 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NR} \eTD\bTD next row \eTD\bTD -100.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{SR} \eTD\bTD single row \eTD\bTD 2.35 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{FR} \eTD\bTD first row \eTD\bTD 159.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{MR} \eTD\bTD middle row \eTD\bTD -1.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{LR} \eTD\bTD last row \eTD\bTD nr \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NC} \eTD\bTD next column \eTD\bTD 1.15 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{HL} \eTD\bTD horizontal line \eTD\bTD 10.20 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{VL} \eTD\bTD vertical line \eTD\bTD -14.30 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{NR} \eTD\bTD next row \eTD\bTD -100.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{SR} \eTD\bTD single row \eTD\bTD 2.35 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{FR} \eTD\bTD first row \eTD\bTD 159.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{MR} \eTD\bTD middle row \eTD\bTD -1.00 \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD \tex{LR} \eTD\bTD last row \eTD\bTD nr \eTD\eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stop} \stoptext

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And finally, resetting blocks?
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, The reset mechanism doesn't seem to work as advertised in the manual. %output=pdf \starttext \setupindenting[medium,yes] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineenumeration[question] \setupenumerations [question] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[answer] \setupenumerations [answer] [location=inleft, text={\color[blue]\bgroup}, stopper={.\egroup}] \defineblock[question,answer] \hideblocks[answer] \chapter{First Chapter} \dorecurse{1}{\input tufte\par} \section{First Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \section{Second Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \reset[question,answer] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \section{Third Section} \dorecurse{2}{\input tufte\par} \section{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2] \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \beginquestion \startquestion What is the square root of $\pi$? \stopquestion \endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer $\sqrt{\pi}$ \stopanswer \endanswer \stopcolumns \section{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2] \selectblocks[answer] \stopcolumns \stoptext

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End of chapter solutions
by David Arnold 20 Mar '06

20 Mar '06

All, Again, I have: \defineenumeration[questions][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[questions][before={\unnumberedsubsection{Exercises} \startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \defineenumeration[answers][location=serried,text=\blank] \setupenumerations[answers][before={\unnumberedsubsection{Answers} \startcolumns[n=2]},after=\stopcolumns,number=no] \def\placeanswers{\startanswers\doifmodeelse{short}{\selectblocks [shortanswer][criterium=section]}{\selectblocks[longanswer] [criterium=section]}\stopanswers} \defineenumeration[question][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations[question][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[subquestion][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subquestion][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[answer][location=inleft,text={\color[heavygreen] \bgroup}] \setupenumerations[answer][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineenumeration[subanswer][location=hanging,text={\color [heavygreen]\bgroup},conversion=characters] \setupenumerations[subanswer][stopper={.\egroup}] \defineblock[question,shortanswer,longanswer] \hideblocks[shortanswer,longanswer] How can I adjust this so that my questions start from #1 at the beginning of each section? Then, how can I place the solutions at the end of the chapter like this? Section 1 1. 2. 3. Section 2 1. 2. 3. Section 3 1. 2. 3. Thanks. I am in need of fresh ideas.

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Changing font size
by David Arnold 19 Mar '06

19 Mar '06

All, I have this: \startMPpage %figure library name: sec3q1 %initialize window parameters numeric xmin, xmax, xscl, ymin, ymax, yscl; xmin:=-10; xmax:=10; xscl:=1; ymin:=-200; ymax:=200; yscl:=20; %initialize number of points numeric num_points; num_points:=200; %initialize dimensions of image numeric width, height; width=1.5in; height=1.5in; %create the grid create_grid(xmin,xmax,xscl,ymin,ymax,yscl,width,height); boolean lbl_scl; lbl_scl:=false; %create the axes create_axes(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,width,height,lbl_scl)("$x$")("$y$"); %draw the function drawfcn("x","(x+6)*(x-1)* (x-5)",xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,width,height,num_points,xmin,xmax) withcolor blue ; %initialize scale numeric ux, uy; (xmax-xmin)*ux=width; (ymax-ymin)*uy=height; %define polynomial vardef f(expr x)= (x+6)*(x-1)*(x-5) enddef; %label extrema dotlabel.top(btex Local Maximum etex, (-3.2,f(-3.2)) xyscaled (ux,uy)); dotlabel.bot(btex Local Minimum etex, (3.2,f(3.2)) xyscaled (ux,uy)); \stopMPpage What I'd like to do is typeset those "Local Maximum" and "Local Minimum" in the defaultfont at a size 2 pts smaller than the default. Any easy way to do this?

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wiki link doesn't work
by Jelle Huisman 18 Mar '06

18 Mar '06

Hello, The 'Web resources' page on the wiki has a link to an interface that "can be used to generate sheets with labels (stickers) or other grid oriented content." It links to http://www.pragma-ade.com/labels.html, but that link doesn't work. Is this interface available elsewhere, or can I find the TeX-source somewhere in the ContextGarden? Yours, Jelle

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chinese labels
by Lutz Haseloff 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi Hans, Hi all, I would like to typeset chinese labels with metapost. My code is: ------------- \starttext \startMPpage verbatimtex \enableregime[utf] \usemodule[chi-00] etex; label(btex ? etex,(0,0)); \stopMPpage \stoptext ------------- It results in the errormessage: ! Argument of \dodoubletestempty has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doifnextcharelse ...token =#1\def \!!stringa {#2} \def \!!stringb {#3}\futur... <argument> ...mtex \enableregime [utf] \usemodule [chi-00] etex; label(btex ... \writecheckedMPgraphic ...icfalse \edef \ascii {#1 }\convertcommand \ascii \t... \startMPgraphic ...hic \writecheckedMPgraphic {#1} \stopwritingMPgraphic ... l.8 \stopMPpage ? Thanks for any help Lutz

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pretty typesetting for matlab files
by Aditya Mahajan 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

Hi, I was trying to define a pretty printing environment for matlab files. The basic requirements that I have are % Numbers should be highlighted in a different color % Identify floating point numbers 1.1 and 1e-3. % Identify brackets % ()[]{} % Identify Punctuation % ,;<=> ... % Identify Operators % ^ + - / * .^ .* % Idenfity strings (enclosed in ' ' and " ") % Identify lines starting with % as comments. Show them % a different color. Identify %{ ... %} blocks as comments % identifiers function return case if else elseif do for while end % variables gt,lt,gt,lt,amp,abs,acos,acosh,acot,acoth,acsc,acsch, [snip].... a huge list The syntax is similar to both perl and MP. I had a look at the verb-*.tex files and tried to write verb-matlab. My attempt is attached. However, it does not work correctly. There are somethings that I could not figure out. 1. How to change the comment identifier. Matlab uses % as line comments and %{ .... %} as block comments. 2. For some reason Matlab variables are not recognized. 3. The punctuations are not identified. 4. '...' is not recognized as a string. The ' is output as a right quotation mark and not _neutral_ '. What would be a good way to include tex commands in the comments? Matlab recognizes %% as a special comment (begining of a cell). Is it possible to somehow translate %% into \MATLABcell, which is \bf by default but the behaviour can be changed if desired? See attachment verb-matlab.tex for my attempt and test.tex for an example. Thanks Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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display math overcrowded with $$..$$
by Sanjoy Mahajan 17 Mar '06

17 Mar '06

The following file produces a overcrowded displayed formula (the integral sign almost touches the line of text below it): \starttext $$\ln(1+x)=\int_1^{1+x}{dt\over t}$$ is very useful. The logarithm is the area of regions A and B. \stoptext But if I use \startformula..\stopformula instead of $$..$$, then the spacing is fine. I make the pdf file with 'texexec --pdf try.tex' and see the problem on my laptop (Debian testing/unstable i386, teTeX 3.0-14 + cm-super font package): texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.2.18 mes: english I thought a conTeXt upgrade might fix it, but I haven't (yet!) won the battle with teTeX and map and encoding files. However, the live ConTeXt (2006.02.15) on the Wiki displays, no pun intended, the same spacing problem. Should I not use $$..$$ for display math? I'm learning context as I convert my plain tex + eplain files. The Wiki page on Math <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Math> says that context inherits its math from plain TeX, which implies that $$ should work. However, no examples on the page use $$, so maybe I shouldn't be so presumptuous. Although I'd like $$..$$ and \startformula..\stopformula to be equivalent, I can write a script to convert plain TeX $$..$$ constructions to \{start,stop}formula -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.

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typing and linenumbering
by nico 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hello, I would like to print some listings, with their line numbers. To achieve this I use the following combination on framedtext, typing and linenumbering stuff. The output is pretty as I wish, but unfortunately the line numbers are *not* the numbers of the listing lines, but the numbers of the lines once wrapped in the frame. In the example below the first line is very long (the "blah blah" line), but in the output it is shown as 4 lines (with 4 line numbers). Is there a way to achieve this in a more integrated way with the typing environment? The other side effect of the method used is that it changes the linenumbering behaviour outside the typing environment. I tried the "reset" option, but it doesn't change the intext location. Is there a possibility to come back to default settings? Last but not least, is it possible to customize the wrapping behaviour so that an arbitrary command can be called before the cut, and another command after the cut? What I would like to have is {\space\wrapsign} before the cut and an indentation after the cut to show that the line is wrapped. Thanks for any hints. % listing frame \defineframedtext [framelisting] [background=screen, frame=off, strut=yes, offset=2mm, width=broad, framecolor=black, align=right] \definetyping[prog] \setuptyping[prog] [bodyfont=small, before={\setuplinenumbering[style=small,step=2,start=3,location=intext] \startframelisting\startlinenumbering}, after={\stoplinenumbering\stopframelisting}] % after={\stoplinenumbering\setuplinenumbering[reset]}] \startprog first line: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah second line third line last line \stopprog Regards, BG

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Problem with typescripts - oldstyle numbers
by Thomas A. Schmitz 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

I just realized the pattern in a somewhat unexpected behavior in a typescript. It defines several instances of Adobe Caslon (with or without certain ligatures, oldstyle, proportional numbers etc.). I want typewriter and math from Latin Modern. In the end, the typefaces are defined: \starttypescript [Caslonpnum] \definetypeface [MyCaslonpnum] [rm] [serif] [caslonpnum] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [MyCaslonpnum] [tt] [mono] [modern] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \stoptypescript Here's the catch: as soon as I add a definition for a math font: \definetypeface [MyCaslonpnum] [mm] [math] [modern] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] oldstyle figures will always be taken from the math font. If I delete this line from the typescript, I get the oldstyle figures from the font defined as [OldStyle]. Looks like a bug to me. Or am I misunderstanding something? Thomas

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how to produce text with facing translation?
by Thomas A. Schmitz 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi all, I think I remember some of you already had experience with this, and I'd be grateful for a few hints that can get me started: as a textbook for a class I'm teaching, I want a booklet that will have Greek text with facing German or English translation. For the setup, I was thinking of \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuparranging[2*2] What would be the best way to achieve this? A few requirements: 1. The left-hand pages will have the Greek text, the right-hand pages the German translation. 2. In general, the German translation will be somehwat longer than the original, so I need to be able to insert manual breakpoints, but I want these breakpoints to occur in midparagraph so the last line of the page isn't truncated. 3. Would it be possible to have two sets of footnotes, one for the text, one for the translation? 4. I guess that I'll need to use a grid to make ligns align, right? Any help, as always, will be appreciated. Best Thomas

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Colors and images Context
by luigi scarso 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

2 questions for colors 1) Does ConTeXt offer complete color gestion as pdf spec 1.6 or there are some features not implemented ? 2) Preparing a pdf with bitmap colored images for offset press (ie covers for manuals): are png or jpeg an optimal solution or tiff is better ? RGB or CMYK ? Thanks in advance luigi

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new version of the bib module released
by Taco Hoekwater 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi, Some of you may be interested to know that I have released a new version of the bib module. See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User:Taco/Bib for details. Cheers, Taco

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question about figures and labels
by WN 16 Mar '06

16 Mar '06

Hi, I am trying to reference the 2 subfigures in my text , something like Some text .... \placefigure[][figuur7]{Centrifugale kracht $\vec{F}_{F}$ en centripetale kracht $\vec{F}_{c}$} { \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[Drawings/figuur7a]} {} {\externalfigure[Drawings/figuur7b]} {} \stopcombination } In \in{figure}[figuur7a] and \in{figure}[figuur7b] one can see ......... ...... But I don't know how to setup the labels figuur7a, figuur7b ? I cannot find anything related on Wiki or in this newsgroup, I think it should be possible with Context ? Kind regards Wim Neimeijer

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mixed colors in TABLE
by olivier 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Hi Everybody, I'm in front of a unresolvable pb (for the moment !) : compilation aborts with following file, apparently for a color problem. the (not so minimal and not working) exemple : \setuppapersize [A4,landscape] [A4,landscape] \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor[bgnd][black] \definecolor[TitleColor][yellow] \definecolor[SubTitleColor][green] \definecolor[TextColor][white] \setupbackgrounds [paper][paper] [background=color,backgroundcolor=bgnd] \starttext \startbuffer[caracteristiques] \bTABLE[frame=off,width=.45\paperwidth] % \setupTABLE[r][1][topframe=on,rulethickness=1em,rulecolor=\TitleColor] \setupTABLE[c][1][style=\bfb,color=\SubTitleColor] %foreground=color,foregroundcolor=\SubTitleColor \setupTABLE[c][2][style=\bfa,color=\TextColor] %foreground=color,foregroundcolor=\TextColor \bTR \bTD Famille : \eTD \bTD Bombacaceae \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Origine : \eTD \bTD Costa Rica \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Température mini : \eTD \bTD 7°C voire moins, mais à cette température l'arbre perd ses feuilles.\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Généralités : \eTD \bTD arbre tropical pachycaule, feuilles palmées, fleurs blanches avec aigrettes en forme de plumeau, floraison d'avril à juillet, gros fruits ronds, excellente plante d'intérieur. N'entre pas en dormance. \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Exposition : \eTD \bTD mi-ombre \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Atmosphère : \eTD \bTD humide (soucoupe remplie de pouzzolane mouillée et vaporisation à l'eau tiède) \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Arrosage : \eTD \bTD abondants et généreux en été (mais laisser sécher entre 2 arrosages), ne pas trop arroser en hiver Engrais : normal \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Substrat : \eTD \bTD moitié terreau plante verte, moitié sable \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stopbuffer \startalignment[center] \hbox \bgroup \ignorespaces \externalfigure[Pachiraaquatica.jpg][width=.5\paperwidth] \unskip \quad \ignorespaces \getbuffer[caracteristiques] \unskip \egroup \stopalignment \stoptext and the answer from texmfstart newtexexec.rb --autopdf --pdf pachira-quest.tex (texexec 5.4.3, texutil 9.0.0, context ver: 2006.02.08) : [snip] systems : begin file pachira-quest at line 20 <pachira-quest-caracteristiques.tmp> figures : figure Pachiraaquatica can not be found (c:\mytex\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.t ex) (./pachira-quest-caracteristiques.tmp ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \bgroup \switchtocolor [#1]->\bgroup \startcolor [#1]\aftergroup \stopcolor \aftergr... \doifcolorelse ...\ifcsname \??cr \currentpalet #1 \endcsname \currentpalet \... \dodoglobalstartcolor ...fcolorelse \@@askedcolor {\ifpermitcolormode \docol... \doglobalstartcolor ...else \dodoglobalstartcolor \fi \else \dodoglobalstart... \BeforeGroup ->\bgroup \startcolor [\tbltblcolor ] \bgroup \aftergroup \After... ... l.13 \eTABLE ? TeXExec | runtime: 2.704 Thanks for any answer -- olivier Turlier

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Fonts: Margin kerning: quotes not hanging?
by David Wooten 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

Greetings ConTeXters, I've noticed recently that quotation marks (single + double), as well as parens, and perhaps others are not undergoing the expected margin kerning adjustments. Expected being those that are assigned to them in hand-def.tex. Punctuation like . , ; - -- --- all kern as expected. Is hand-def.tex just an example file? While I expect I'll have to make fine tuning adjustments in my font's own typescript file, where should I make overall adjustments? (e.g. I pretty much always want quotes to hang.) I'm using Adobe Minion Pro in this case, if this makes a difference. Thanks very much, David

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figure placement
by M.guravage 15 Mar '06

15 Mar '06

I am typesetting a small book and have run into two difficulties placing figures, which are constrained to even, i.e. left hand, blank, pages. The first place figures appear are opposite each new section. I coerce this with the following commands: \page[left] \noheaderorfooter \placefigure \page \section This scheme works when the previous section ends on an odd page, but when the section ends on an even page, \page[left] correctly inserts two blank pages, but the first, instead of being blank, retains a \vrule\pagenumber in the running head. It is little work to remove these artifacts with Acrobat, but I prefer these headers were empty. The second place figures appear is within sections. I use the same set of commands, which places the figures where I wish, but each figure must be placed precisely at the bottom of an odd page. This looks OK if the bottom of the page coincides with the end of a paragraph, but otherwise the last line is not flush right. I am looking for a solution that says, 'place this figure on the next blank even page disturbing the text flow as little as possible.' I have tried postponing, but without success. The attached archive includes a test file, an empty graphic and the pdf result. The ninth page shows the recalcitrant \vrule\pagenumber, and the eleventh page shows the result of splicing a figure in mid-paragraph. Any suggestions how to resolve these issues would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Michael A. Guravage

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TeX capcity excedeed with metafun
by andrea valle 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hi to all, I'm plotting 10,000 little squares thus exceeding TeX capacity. I was going to modify context.cnf (everything works with 5,000 squares). In particular, I'm on macosx 10.3 with Gerben's distro. I am editing this file: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/context.cnf 1. is it correct? 2. Above all, I'am obtaining: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=8000000]. Here's the log: If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 1108 strings out of 60272 18484 string characters out of 602115 8000001 words of memory out of 8000000 38234 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 75018 words of font info for 37 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000 192 hyphenation exceptions out of 5000 36i,2n,31p,223b,477s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,40000s PDF statistics: 0 PDF objects out of 300000 0 named destinations out of 131072 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 No pages of output. But in context.cnf I have: main_memory.context = 2000000 main_memory.mpost = 3000000 main_memory.metafun = 3000000 Now, I added one 0 to all these params, thus decuplicating the values, but nothing changes. ? Many thanks as usual for any hints 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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\setupfootnotes[split=?] query
by Alan Bowen 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

No luck last time, so I will send this out once more: Currently I have \setupfootnotes[split=verystrict] and I am still getting one footnote call that occurs on the last line of page n where the note itself appears on page n+1. Is there a way to prevent this by assigning split= a number? If so, what numerical value will work? Or is there another setting? Thanks for any help. Cheers, Alan

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Font question mfonts.pdf manual
by WN 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hi, I am reading the mfonts.pdf manual to understand more about Context font mechanism. In section 10 Math collection, Hans writes "Math is a complicated matter and therefore we will not spend that many words on the gory details .. ..... More information can be found in the documentation of the math module" First question is : Why do you not spend more words on this subject ? I suppose a lot of Latex users are possibly interested in using Context for their math typesetting but not knowing all the gory details, will complicate matters and hinder a possible conversion from Latex to Context. Second question is : where can I find the documentation of the math module ? Is it in PDF or do I need to consult math-ini.tex ? Kind regards Wim Neimeijer

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Manual
by Jeffrey Drake 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

I have heard a bit of talk about 'if the manual is updated' or some such like that. I was going to have the manual printed in a book so I have a hardcopy. Is the manual still current and relevant that it would be worth it? - Jeff

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Chapters with parts
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de So 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Hi! I'm typesetting a book with chapters with parts, such as: Chapter 25-I Chapter 25-II Chapter 25-III Chapter 25-IV Chapter 26 Chapter 27-I How can I achieve this in ConTeXt? Thanks in advance for any help! Marcus Vinicius --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.

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PDF links behaviour
by nico 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

In the PDF documents, when I click on an cross-reference link (it can be a page number from the table of content, or anything done with \in[]) I jump to the related page (that's ok) but the document view is automatically changed to 'Fit in Window' whatever the view initially was (e.g. 'Fit Width'). Is it possible to change this behaviour? I would like to have the same behaviour than with latex, that is, the document view doesn't change when clicking on a link. I guess it's possible to achieve this with ConTeXt, but I haven't found any information about configuring this. Regards, BG

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table-caption: centred or not??
by Peter Münster 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Hello, how are the rules, that determine if the caption is centred? Here my test-case, "ok" means: this is how I like it and "not ok" means, I don't like it: \setupcaptions[width=\makeupwidth] \def\MyTable#1{\placetable{\dorecurse{#1}{bla }}{\starttable[|c|] \NC This is a table.\NC\AR\stoptable}} \starttext \MyTable{2} % ok \MyTable{10} % not ok \MyTable{30} % ok \setupcaptions[align=middle] \MyTable{2} % ok \MyTable{10} % ok \MyTable{30} % not ok \stoptext What should I do, to get 3 times "ok" ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Context Garden
by Jeffrey Drake 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Is there any downloadable copy of the Context Garden site that is not on the Context Garden website? At my school unfortunately we don't seem to be able to get through to context garden wiki. But trying to get into ConTeXt would likely be much smoother with access to the information. Any help is appreciated. Jeff

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Re: [NTG-context] [XeTeX] no space after item no.
by Adam Lindsay 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Dalyoung Jeong wrote: > Dear all, > > Yesterday, I made a short text including itemized list more than 10. > I have run it using XeTeX+ConTeXt and got a nice pdf file except one thing. > > there is no space between item no and the sentence. > > I tested the same file using ConTeXt(Mac Os Roman encoding), and have no > problem at all. > There are spaces after item no less than 10. > > Should I set something in XeTeX-ConTeXt? Dalyoung, This is much more a ConTeXt issue than a XeTeX issue. I *think* it comes up with XeConTeXt because the CJK font has (relatively) wider roman characters than with roman fonts. Anyway, here are two different approaches. You can either correct it per item group (making it broad or a multiple thereof), or across all itemizes (insert whatever width that makes you happy). \starttext \startitemize[n,2*broad] \dorecurse{13}{\item item } \stopitemize % or: \setupitemize[width=2.5em] \startitemize[n] \dorecurse{13}{\item item } \stopitemize \stoptext Hope that helps! -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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externalfigure and width/height scaling
by nico 13 Mar '06

13 Mar '06

Hello, I am new to ConTeXt, so please be patient with my newbie questions. Looking at the \externalfigure capabilities, I haven't found any option allowing to scale only one dimension (or scale both dimensions in an anamorphous way). Am I right, and if so what is the best method to perform this? I thought about using the \getfiguredimensions macro to get the natural dimensions, and then use something like width=0.2\imgwidth,height=0.8\imgheight, but it is a pity that the externalfigure interface does not allow this directly (something like wscale and hscale options). Regards, BG

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