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metafun: problems, problems & problems again
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hello, This metafun will soon drive me crazy. 1. I can't make textext work Once upon a time I only had problems in MikTeX, now standone is causing me problems as well. I have: - write18 / -shell-escape enabled - \runMPgraphicstrue \runMPTEXgraphicstrue \useMETAFUNformattrue \protectbufferstrue enabled (I don't know where to look further). But I still get no figures at all under MikTeX and "undefined" labels with the standalone. 2. mptopdf doesn't work under MikTeX (as already mentioned), but that's not so critical since I can still use texmfstart or write my own .bat file to run it 3. metafun reformats the whole metapost source (including that in verbatin) and so you can never predict what will come out; often the TeX commands fail to work and while it's possible to easily debug plain metapost sources, metafun swallows most of the error warnings somehow, so you don't get any output, but no error reports either. 4. I have problems with \loadfontfilesoncetrue. I searched through mailing list archives and found out that that problems was already present in 2002 and that someone solved it by deleting all ConTeXt files from MikTeX. I don't understand why since I have fresh MikTeX distribution on the computer, but I'll try that. 5. I hoped to be able to use gnuplot with context terminal, but the file I produced crashes pdfetex 1.30.3--2.2 (in stand-alone distro). 1.21a under MikTeX doesn't crash, but since there is no output it might be that the older version never gets to the point where it would crash. A very rare event. The files that make the pdftex crash are located here: http://pub.mojca.org/gnuplot/pdftex-crash/ Thanks a lot for any help & suggestions, Mojca

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links down
by andrea valle 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hi to all, I'm having many of these while searching for sample in contextgarden: request http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mag-0001.pdf cannot be honored Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Re: [NTG-context] Context Bibtex Bug?!?
by Hans Hagen 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Taco Hoekwater wrote: ... forwarded mail ... >> to ntg-context, since my subscribe request didn't get accepted by a >> moderator until now (sent one week ago). > > Hans, can you check please? weird, there were some 10 subscriptions and lots of pending mails and i didn't get a message from mailman (maybe for a week) but did get them fro other lists; maybe some spam filtering? if someone smells problems ... let me know 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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bib module bug?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Dear Taco and the rest of the gang, There seems to be a problem with the \cite when encountering \penalty1000: ConTeXt ver: 2006.01.28 10:09 fmt: 2006.1.29 In the following example if you uncomment %\def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{\cite[alternative=authoryears,left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}][#1]} Then you will get the error: ========================================= ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \penalty \nonbreakablespace ->\penalty \!!tenthousand \ <argument> ...=authoryears,left={}, right={, vol.~ 2, p.~605--6)},inbetween={... \expanded ...\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1 }\@@expanded \docite ...on [\csname @@pv#2compress\endcsname ]} [ \v!yes =>\bibcitecompre... l.52 ...eauthoroutpage[jamil04][vol.~2, p.~605--6] . I ? ======================================== This used to compile just fine. I am now in the terrible position of having to make last-minute editorial changes to a manuscript I sent to the publishers months ago, and at the same time be on the guard for new ConTeXt errors! :-(( I switched all my bib macros (like \citeauthoroutpage) to the \cite style of the above definition, and I really don't want to change back to the \setupcite style and have to debug this all over again... Thank you in advance for your help!! Best Idris ============================================ % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] % #1 = firstname, #2 = von, #3 = surname, #4 = inits, #5 = junior \def\invertedshortauthor#1#2#3#4#5% {\bibdoif{#2}{#2 }% #3% \bibdoif{#5}{ #5}% \bibdoif{#4}{, #4\unskip}}% \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \setupcite[authoryears][inbetween={ }] \setupcite[year][inbetween={ }] \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{% {\setupcite[authoryears][left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}]% \cite[authoryears][#1]% }% } \def\citeauthoroutpage[#1][#2]{\cite[alternative=authoryears,left={}, right={, #2)},inbetween={ (}][#1]} \startpublication[k=jamil04, t=phdthesis, a=Al-Jamil, y=2004, s=] \author[]{Tariq}[]{}{Al-Jamil} \title{Cooperation and Contestation in Medieval Baghdad (656/1258--786/1384): Relationships Between Shii and Sunni Scholars in the Mad\=ina\~tu \~a\~l-Sal\=am} \pubname{Princeton University (PhD. Dissertation)} \pubyear{2004} \stoppublication \starttext An entry recorded in the work of the eighth century Sunni{} biographer and chronicler, Ab\=u~Bakr ibn A\.hmad ibn Qad\=i \v Suhba\~h, demonstrates the ambiguous nature of religious identity and affiliation as it was constructed in contemporary sources from the period. Ibn~Qad\=i \v Suhba\~h's narrative proceeds as follows: \footnote{\citeauthoroutpage[jamil04][vol.~2, p.~605--6]. I have been unable to confirm this entry in the two Sunni{} biographies mentioned in the text, Ibn~Rajab and Ibnu~\~al-Fuwat\~i. It is also worth noting that Ibn~Q\=ad\=i \v Suhba\~h was writing about events taking place in Baghdad from Damascus. Perhaps, the geographical distance from of the author from the events and sites being described is worthy of consideration. } \stoptext ============================================

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Heading next to figure
by Volker Mische 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hi! I hope this message won't be double posted, as I tried to send it already when i wasn't a member of this list. I have a floating figure (\placefigure) on the right side of the page. Now I'd like to have some text with headings (\subject in my case) next to it. The problem is, that the headings start below the figure, and not next to it. Is there a way to avoid that spacing and have the headings next to the figure? -Volker.

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Use of | doesn't match its definition.
by Peter Münster 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hello, the following test-file produces the error "Use of | doesn't match its definition." \setupoutput[pdf] \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[section] \starttext \section{bla|-|bla} \stoptext My workaround: \setupoutput[pdf] \setupinteraction[state=start] \def\myHyphen{|-|} \appendtoks \def\myHyphen{-} \to \simplifiedcommands \placebookmarks[section] \starttext \section{bla\myHyphen bla} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Gnuplot - suggestions wanted
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

I've put some preliminary version of "context terminal" for gnuplot on http://pub.mojca.org/gnuplot/. Since the conversation about possible improvements of the terminal would be a bit too much off-topic for this mailing list, you can join the brainstorming area on http://groups.google.com/group/gnuplot-context. If any gnuplot user is interested in the way that ConTeXt could communicate with gnuplot, feel free to write suggestions on that list or to me personally. There's still much to be done, most notably handling text, 3D plotting, color palettes as well as the ConTeXt-side of support (direct inclusion of those graphics into documents & some \setupGNUPLOT[... = ...]), but for 2D plots it's already useful. If you want to try it, you can get source from https://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=2055, add context.trm (you get it on the link posted above) into term/ folder, add #include "context.trm" to src/term.h and try to compile from within src folder. I've also uploaded a windows binary, but I don't give any warranty for it (I'll upload a slightly fixed version soon). Mojca

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interaction and hyphenation
by Peter Münster 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hello, how could I get hyphenated interaction texts? Example with overfull \hbox: \setupinteraction[state=start] \definereferenceformat[inFig][text=Abbildung] \starttext \placefigure[][fig1]{bla}{bla} \dorecurse{58}x, siehe \inFig[fig1]. \stoptext Thanks in advance for any help! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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for peter
by Hans Hagen 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hi, please mention your email address when submitting a bug in the collector % to be added to cont-new.tex \def\dealwithmathtextencoding {\expanded{\everyhbox{\the\everyhbox\noexpand\fastenableencoding{\currentencoding}}}% \def\dealwithmathtextencoding{\let\characterencoding\nocharacterencoding}% \dealwithmathtextencoding} % to be replaced in cont-new \appendtoks \dealwithmathtextencoding \to \everymathematics % and to be tested 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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Force an indent
by David Arnold 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

All, How can I force an indent on my last paragraph? My attempt below does not work. I don't really want to redefine any setups, I just want an indent this one time. %output=pdf \starttext Again, we choose to multiply the fours, then the result by the square root of three. That is, \placeformula[-] \startformula 4(4\sqrt3) =16\sqrt3. \stopformula \indent By induction, we can argue that that the associative and commutative properties will allows us to group and arrange the product of more than three numbers in any order that we please. \stoptext

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Context 2006.02.15 released
by Taco Hoekwater 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '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 2006.02.15. The total set of distributed files now consists of eight files; the zip containing a repackaging of cont-lmt.zip and the zip containing pattern files have been deleted. The zip with windows font support has merged with the remaining zip with font metrics. 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 2006.02.03): * newtexexec has a new switch --keep, that uses <tt>.keep</tt> as extension for temporary files * texmfstart has a new switch --showenv, that dumps the runtime environment. * There is now some support for intelligent spaces after logos, use \setupsorting[logo][next=\autoinsertnextspace] * Trailing empty lines in verbatims can be typeset using \setupverbatim[empty=all] * demo code is added to many presentation styles Interesting bugfixes: * \startitemize[start=2] * unintentionally numbered math displays * strechted-out math in short figure captions. ***This fix may change linebreaking in other center-ed paragraphs!*** * wrong extra space after \quote and \quotation * \type{\iffalse} (and other if... tests) Happy TeXing, Taco

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gnuplot mode
by Renaud AUBIN 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hi all, I'm trying to use the gnuplot mode (texlive+ ConTeXt 2006.02.03) and the command texexec --pdf --mode=demo m-gnuplot results in a m-gnuplot.pdf where only the png is correctly displayed... All the m-gnuplot-gnuplot-*.pdf are unknown... I assume I have missed something... But what ? Cheers, Renaud

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framedtext white above
by Hans van der Meer 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

In framedtext I see some whitespace just below the topframe and the first row of text. At the bottom this is not the case, the textbottom and framebottom are close together. Here is a minimal example, the whitespace is just above the first row of b's How can I get rid of the white on the top? \starttext \startframedtext[depthcorrection=off,offset=0pt,strut=no]% bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb\crlf bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb \stopframedtext \stoptext depthcorrection does the trick for the bottom. I see no further changes when I add "linecorrection=off" too (not sure what it does). yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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Sections with additional dot: a little request
by Mojca Miklavec 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Hello Hans, The sections in Slovenian have to be numbered wih dots at the end: 1. Introduction 2. Contents 2.1. Subsection 2.1.1. Subsubsection 2.1.2. Subsubsection 2.2. Subsection 2.3. Subsection 3. Bibliography rather than 1 Introduction 2 Contents 2.1 Subsection 2.1.1 Subsubsection 2.1.2 Subsubsection 2.2 Subsection 2.3 Subsection 3 Bibliography There are many commands in ConTeXt which support "delimiter" key, but here the delimiter already stands for the dot delimiting subsequent numbers in this case. There's a possible solution listed on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Dotted_number_in_caption, ie: \def\Dot#1{#1.} \setuphead[section][numbercommand=\Dot] \setuplist[section][numbercommand=\Dot] \setuplist[subsection][numbercommand=\Dot] \setuplist[subsubsection][numbercommand=\Dot] but this cannot be built into "languagespecifics" as such since it interferes with user-defined "numbercommands" (if the user defines his own numbercommand, the dot would disapear). This is low-priority (can be circumvented and done properly if needed), but I would be very glad if an additional keyword & its setting could make its way into "languagespecifics" once in the future if possible. LaTeX people did that (not aplicable to ConTeXt at all): \renewcommand\thepart {\@Roman\c@part} \renewcommand\thesection {\@arabic\c@section.} \renewcommand\thesubsection {\thesection\@arabic\c@subsection} \renewcommand\thesubsubsection{\thesubsection.\@arabic\c@subsubsection} \renewcommand\theparagraph {\thesubsubsection.\@arabic\c@paragraph} \renewcommand\thesubparagraph {\theparagraph.\@arabic\c@subparagraph} \renewcommand\appendix{\par \setcounter{section}{0}% \setcounter{subsection}{0}% \renewcommand\thesection{\@Alph\c@section.}} Also, Part 1 may be written as "1. poglavje" (with dot) or "Poglavje 1" (without dot), so there has to remain an option to remove a dot only for a certain title if necessary. The only online reference I know (list of mistakes in babel) is written in Slovenian http://nl.ijs.si/gnusl/tex/tslovene/slolang/node98.html-l2#SECTION000203140… but I guess that the content can at least partially be evident from the TeX sources. Once again the same comment as the last time with itemizing. If this will ever be implemented and added, it will change the behaviour (and break the old behaviour in a way), but I guess that there are not so many people typesetting Slovenian in ConTeXt yet. There will be less harm if a few old documents are fixed than if tons of other newer documents are typeset wrong. Thanks a lot, Mojca

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interaction between boldmath and text-mode
by Peter Münster 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Hello, strange interaction between \boldmath and \textmu: %% To get upshaped \textmu: \usetypescript[modern][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[modern] %% Defining boldmath: \definetypeface[boldmath][mm][boldmath][modern] %% To get bold everywhere: \def\myBF{\boldmath\rm\bf} \starttext {\myBF bla $bla$ \textmu} % \textmu is slanted here Workaround: {{\myBF bla $bla$} \bf\textmu} \stoptext No a big problem, since there is a workaround, but strange for me... Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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How to \bf for math?
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Hello, What exactly is the ConTeXt alternative to LaTeX's \mathbf (switch to bold or bold italic math fonts)? (Btw: is it better to use bold or bold italic for typesetting vectors? We use "overrightharpoonup", so I don't know what an international standard says.) I understand the main commands for switching the font in text (rm, tt, ss for family and tf, sl, it, bf, bs, bi, sc + an optional x/xx/a/b/c/d), but I didn't understand yet what to use for math. ~~~ As an intermezzo: is there any way to ger small caps slanted? \sc will do the small caps, but \sl switches to normal slanted font (no small caps) again. I suppose that the current model (set of current font definitions) doesn't account for the possibility of using small caps slanted or small caps bold (slanted). Is there any elegant way to do that, for example by defining new commands such as \scbf, \scit, \scbi [+ xx/x/a/b/c/d]? (I can still use other tricks to get those fonts, but some general scheme for using them could be useful for others as well.) ~~~ I tried to use the examples described in mfonts.pdf, but I can't get those examples working. (I probably used too few definitions when more definitions are required at once to make the examples work.) I also tried the command from one of Adam's articles, \def\mfunction#1{{\em#1}}, to get italic euler math font, but without success. I managed to use "bold math" as a whole (on the example of iwona which has different weights of math fonts): \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-iwonahz] \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 \definetypeface [iwona] [mm] [math] [iwona-heavy] [default] But I can't get ant further than that, so that I could switch between "thin" and "bold". I tried \starttypescript [boldmath] [iwona-heavy] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRomanBold] [Iwona-Math-Letters-Heavy] ... \starttypescript %[boldmath] [iwona-heavy] [default] \definebodyfont [boldmath] [mm] [(bf)mr=MathRomanBold mo 1, ...] ... and different settings in starttypescript/definebody font ... but no success at all. I would like to create some definitions, so that I could easily say (write a command) "I want the light version for regular math and the regular font for bold math" or "I want the regular version for regular and the heavy version for bold math". Thanks a lot for help, Mojca

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fields (widgets) in PDF layer
by Peter Rolf 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Hi all! I've searched for an answer some time ago http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20051230.132510.4dba9fed.en.html Meanwhile I've solved the problem and the solution is quite simple. Only some minor changes are needed, to bound the state of fields to the state of their surrounding PDF layer. I attached a 'small' example file and two diff files for patching. So what is this good for? For example think about multilayered control fields (stack), which appear in the form of a tabular box (one tab active at a time). Every tab can contain any kind of interactive field. No more mouse interaction (and ugly gfx glitches) with hidden fields, if the surrounding PDF layer is switched off. To Hans: - Dunno if the name \currentPDFlayer is o.k., or if there is a better place for it's (re)initialisation. - The fields are still active (only hidden), if the outer layer is deactivated (nested). Is the outer layer not part of the child layers OCMG? Reading the PDF reference manual is much harder than reading your sources... So it's up to you, if and how this is added. Greetings, Peter

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alignment
by Hans van der Meer 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

There is something I do not understand with alignment. My idea was to put a small text in the middle of the line. The minimal example below does center he first but not the second alignment. Is this intentionale or an unforseen interaction between alignment and framed? \starttext \startalignment[middle] middle? yes! \stopalignment \startalignment[middle] \framed{middle? no!} \stopalignment \stoptext yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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math tests - subformula ref's and symbols \oiint \oiiint like in Latex AMS
by Wim Neimeijer 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Hi, I am using Context for the second time now and I am investigating the pro's and con's before migrating my Latex documents to Context. So far I am really impressed with Context capabilities. Now I am testing some of the math I typeset with Latex to determine whether or not to use Context. In Latex I am using the ams math packages and knowing that there is a amsl module for Context I did some test such as \def\wdiv{{\rm div} \:} \def\rot{{\rm rot} \:} \placeformula[eqn1] \startformula \eqalignno{ \wdiv \vec{E} & = \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_{0}} &\formulanumber{.a} \cr \rot \vec{B} & = \mu_{0} \:\vec{j} &\subformulanumber{.b} \cr \wdiv \vec{B} & = 0 &\subformulanumber{.c} \cr \rot \vec{E} + \frac{\partial \vec{B} }{\partial t} & = 0 & \subformulanumber{.d} \cr} \stopformula How can I refer to these subformulas in my running text ? As I am typesetting a lot of math in my physics doc's I use a lot of integration symbols amongs others. In Latex I use \oint, \oiint and \oiint, even a quadruple int to indicate space - time integrals. Even I defined a tex command for the surface integral. I also found the Context \showmathcharacters which gave me most of the math symbols from the amsl module. However I did not found alternatives for \oiint, \oiiint unfortenately. I discovered the \definemathsymbol in several context tex files, I was wondering if it is possible to setup my own \oiint, \oiiint, \oiiiint ... symbols ? If yes, my problem is I can't find any docu's on the usage of \definemathsymbol ? Any help appreciated Kind regards W.Neimeijer

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figure as "figura"
by andrea valle 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Dear all, using \placefigure I obtain in output the caption with "Figure x. etc" I'm currently writing in Italian, so I need to have "Figura" in place of "Figure". What have I to do? Thanks a lot -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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Follow up: "Quote before chapter?"
by David Wooten 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Greetings, Having come to the same problem, I am curious whether a solution presented itself to Gerben's inquiry. Fri Mar 11 10:30:45 CET 2005: > I can make it more difficult even. I would like a chapter to start on > an odd (right side) page but when there is a quote that comes with the > chapter I want to have that appear on the opposing side. > > G Many thanks! David

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unic-037
by luigi scarso 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

I'm working on unicode vector 37 (I'm using http://bibliofile.duhs.duke.edu/gww/fonts/Unicode.html ) Since I'm a novice in this area, any suggestion is welcome. Thanks in advance luigi

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pdfstartview
by Peter Münster 17 Feb '06

17 Feb '06

Hello Taco, in the collector item 80, I was perhaps not clear enough. In fact, I'm just looking for the ConTeXt-way to do the same as the following in LaTeX: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[pdfstartview=FitBH,pdfpagemode=FullScreen]{hyperref} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \newpage \section{bla} \end{document} That is: - when starting acroread, the view is "minwidth" - and the mode is "FullScreen" - and when clicking on a reference, the zoom-level does *not* change Since this is possible with LaTeX, I believe that it should be also possible with ConTeXt, for example like this: \setupoutput[pdf] \setupinteraction[state=start,startfocus=minwidth] \setupinteractionscreen[option=max] \starttext \completecontent \page \section{bla} \stoptext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Fonts problems
by Michal Kvasnička 16 Feb '06

16 Feb '06

Good afternoon. I apologize that I bother you once more, but I'm getting desperate. :-( I have still problem with fonts in ConTeXt---perhaps I'm not able to install it well. I use ConTeXt ver: 2006.02.03 21:00, pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4), tetex-3.0-13 under SuSE Linux 9.2 (the tetex is grabbed from Suse 9.3). I tried to copy all files where I thought they should have been, texhashed, and build formats. Now, some things work, but not all of them, and not in an expected way. Problem 1: I expect that a following file should typeset "tufte" in Latin Modern font. \setupoutput[pdf] \starttext \input tufte \stoptext ConTeXt loads some map files (/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map /dvips/context/original-empty.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ori ginal-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-public-lm.map}{/usr /share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dv ips/context/8r-base.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/context/t5-base.map}{ /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map}{/usr/share/tex mf/fonts/map/dvips/context/original-ams-euler.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/d vips/context/original-public-lm.map}), but it clearly isn't able to find the right one, since it writes this error message: kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 ec-lmr12 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ) Warning: pdfetex (file ec-lmr12): Font ec-lmr12 at 72 not found I can correct it when I add one more file: \loadmapfile[psclean.map] But I was told that I should omit this line. What's the problem? How can I correct it? Problem 2: Let's suppose I add into the previous file this B\"oh-Bawerk then the letter \"o is missing (a white space is on its place). Isn't there a bug in the Latin modern fonts/virtual fonts/metrics, or whatever? Moreover, gv views the hyphen over the "h" and "B" letters. (Acrobat Reader 7 view it all right.) How is that possible. Problem 3: Some fonts are not used properly. The following file \setupoutput[pdf] \loadmapfile[psclean.map] \usetypescript[ppl] % working pos \switchtobodyfont[ppl,10pt] \starttext \input tufte\par \stoptext works well. It works even if I change "pos" to "ppl", "ptm", "phv", or "tim". It works even when changed to "pcr", but the text is ragged. When changed to "con", "bookman", or "iwona", it does nothing---the text is typeset in Latin Modern. When changed to "ant", I get this error message: kpathsea: Running mktextfm sy-anttrz /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation y- for sy-anttrz. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input sy-anttrz This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea: Running mktexmf sy-anttrz ! I can't find file `sy-anttrz'. I think I have installed all these fonts (instead of Adobe fonts I have URW ones). What's wrong. Problem 4: From what afm files were the tfm metrics for Times, Helvetica, and Palatino generated? Accents are positioned in a strange way and after a tquoteright is a strange hole (bad kerning). A long time ago I've generated myself tfm metrics from afm files of URW fonts, and they look much better. Were these afm files used, or were used some afm metrics of fonts that do not include accented letter, i.e. are those letters just TeX-based composites? Problem 5: How can I switch back to CS fonts? (Well, I know I bother you all, but I still do not like Latin Modern fonts.) :-( I thought that something like this could work, but it doesn't: \setupoutput[pdf] \loadmapfile[psclean.map] \loadmapfile[/usr/share/texmf/dvips/context/original-public-csr.map] \starttypescript [serif] [computer-modern] [il2] \definefontsynonym [cmb10] [csb10] [encoding=il2] \definefontsynonym [cmbsy10] [csbsy10] [encoding=il2] ... \stoptypescript \usetypescript[computer-modern][il2] \switchtobodyfont[computer-modern,10pt] \starttext \input tufte \stoptext How can I do it? I apologize for so many questions. Many thanks for your help. Your thankful Michal Kvasnicka

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using symbols in MetaFun
by Mojca Miklavec 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Hello, I have a "conversion" defined in the following way: \usesymbols[jmn] \defineconversion [gnuplot] [$\bullet$, $\circ$, $\star$, x, {\symbol[navigation 1][NextJump]}] I would like to use these symbols in a macro draw_symbol(x,y,number) so that draw_symbol(0,0,3) would draw a star in the origin. The problem is that I don't know: - how to use symbol sets inside MetaFun (verbatimtex \usesymbols[jmn] etex doesn't work here) - how to enable label(btex \convertnumber{gnuplot}{5} etex, (x,y)) to work properly in metafun (no luck with verbatimtex ... etex again) Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks, Mojca

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OpenType and XeConTeXt
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

Hi, using ConTeXt with XeTeX seems to be an nice option for us MacOSX users. But I get always confused with the names for these rich features like Style Option, Ligatures, Variants. I mean: how do I know how many variants and style options a font has and how they and their ligatures etc. want to be called? In plain ConTeXt (for the 255 characters) we can use \showfont[...] and \showcharacters in order to know how to call the specific characters/glyphs. But what about OpenType? Peeking at the LaTeX side of XeTeX, I saw that they have created a packages called fontspec which seems to give better access to all (?) if these options. What about us? Is there help also for XeConTeXt? Thank you, Steffen

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combinations and captions
by Hans van der Meer 15 Feb '06

15 Feb '06

The setup of captions (\setupcaptions) seems to be independent of the captions in the members placed within \startcombination ... \stopcombination. I have a feeling that these captions also can be generally setup, but I cannot find the corresponding macros. Someone who can point me to these? yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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Including bitmapped fonts
by Michal Kvasnička 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Good evening. I typeset one of my documents in Computer Modern Concrete. I use text ghyphs from CM-Super family, but there are no mathematical fonts there, so I have to use old Metafont version of Concrete Math.Now, if I include it in plain TeX, pdfetex bitmaps it with the resolution 600 dpi. When I try the same from the ConTeXt, I get this error message: Warning: pdfetex (file xccmi10): Font xccmi10 at 50 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 ccr10 mktexpk: Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 72; ignoring mode. mktexpk: Can't guess mode for 72 dpi devices. mktexpk: Use a config file, or update me. I tried to find in what configuration file it is mismatched, but I completely failed. I even don't know if it's ConTeXt problem, or a problem of my distribution. Now, I use the last ConTeXt (downloaded and installed today) :-) and teTeX tetex-3.0-13 from SuSE Linux 9.3 under SuSE 9.2. Many thanks for any hint. Yours Michal Kvasnicka P.S. If anybody knows where can I get math fonts for Concrete, please tell me.

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audio files in pdf
by andrea valle 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Dear all, In the next weeks I will make some presentations in which I will use audio examples. More my course on audio will start soon. Obviously, I want to use context. How can I link to audio files? I tried once but wasn't able to get any result. Could anyone post a little code snippet to exemplify? (Or maybe send me a link to existing resources) Thanks a lot as usual Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Re: [NTG-context] [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Am 12.02.2006 um 18:54 schrieb Jonathan Kew: > On 12 Feb 2006, at 5:33 pm, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> again, after an i-installer update, my ConTeXt-XeTeX typesetting >> failed. Probably I'd never understood how to make the required >> formats (what command, what order) properly... >> > > Did you reinstall XeTeX after updating the TeX package? I assume > so, just checking.... Yes, this was the order: .FreeType 2 .libwmf .Ghostscript 8 .ImageMagick .FontForge .TeX .ConTeXt-Updater .XeTeX > >> Can someone please tell me what's the right way >> for using ConTeXt-XeTeX and ConTeXt-pdfeTeX? > > ....and if it looks simple and robust and I can understand it, I > guess I could try adding this to the XeTeX installation scripts. > I've never had the time to really look into ConTeXt, but it'd be > nice if it could "just work" for people. After an i-installation running ConTeXt (by pdfeTeX) works right out of the box (without any commandline action), same for plain XeTeX (plainTeX by XeTeX?). But running a ConTeXt document by XeTeX fails: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : xetex format : cont-en inputfile : text output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3) (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) ---! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) return code : 256 run time : 1 seconds total run time : 1 seconds Someone knows what to do? Steffen

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FatalError: Your format does not match the base files!
by andrea valle 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

Thanks hans and Luigi for the hints on audiofiles. Sorry for late reply but I was out of home. In any case, I wasn't able to test because running context (as usual, from inside texshop) I obtain always this: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./test.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.10.27 fmt: 2005.11.9 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex FatalError : Your format does not match the base files! FormatVersion : 2005.10.27 FilesVersion : 2006.01.28 10:09 return code : 0 run time : 1 seconds sorting and checking : running texutil TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 action : processing commands, lists and registers option : sorting IJ under Y option : converting high ASCII values error : empty input file test total run time : 2 seconds I create this minimal file, and that's the same. Macosx 10.3.9 here, I also update via Gerben's distro, but that's the same. It seems that it depends on format discrepancies. Uh? Thanks a lot -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Re: [NTG-context] Table column format
by Elliot Clifton 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

On 08/02/06, Hans Hagan wrote: > > Regardless of the table column format I specify, paragraphs remain > > justified this is not what I want. > > > hm, can you give an example of usage? > > Hans \starttable[|l p(2cm)| l p(5cm)] \NC System1 \NC SubsystemA, SubsystemC, SubsystemD, SubsystemE, SubsystemF, etc. \AR \NC System2 \NC SubsystemA, SubsystemC, SubsystemD, SubsystemE, SubsystemF, etc. \AR \NC System3 \NC SubsystemA, SubsystemC, SubsystemD, SubsystemE, SubsystemF, etc. \AR \stoptable It works this sample text but doesn't work actual text I want to use. I do not want to post this information in a public forum, can I sed it to you personally? Elliot

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Equation Numbering bug?
by Aditya Mahajan 13 Feb '06

13 Feb '06

I do not understand why the second equation is numbered \starttext \placeformula \startformula \startalign[n=2] \NC a \NC = b \NR \NC c \NC = d \NR[+] \stopalign \stopformula Some text to separate equations \startformula e = f \stopformula \stoptext I can get rid of the numbering by placing a \placeformula[-] in the begining. But, it should not be numbered by default. Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Reconfigure mpgraph
by Sebastian Sturm 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Hi, I'd like to use the Metapost graph module together with the Euler math fonts. Unfortunately, mpgraph seems to expect its label font to have the decimal dot at position 46/2E, whereas according to \showfont the eurm10 dot is at position 58/3A. This results in Metapost omitting all dots from the tick mark labels. Is there an easy way to reconfigure mpgraph (I looked at the source code, but that seems very confusing to me) to look for its dots at the other position? Best regards, Sebastian Sturm

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formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Hi, again, after an i-installer update, my ConTeXt-XeTeX typesetting failed. Probably I'd never understood how to make the required formats (what command, what order) properly... Can someone please tell me what's the right way for using ConTeXt-XeTeX and ConTeXt-pdfeTeX? Thank you, Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] ToC problem
by Elliot Clifton 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Taco Hoekwater wrote > Can you try \noexpand\nomarking ? > > (I'll double-check tomorrow) Thanks, that works. Elliot

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Dense encoding, part II
by Mojca Miklavec 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Hello, The fact that all Polish fonts (lm, iwona, kurier, antt) now ship with el-* files makes me wonder: is there time to do the next step and finish the second encoding with symbols? Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] ToC problem
by Elliot Clifton 12 Feb '06

12 Feb '06

Hi Taco, thanks for the start/stopArticle macro. Is there any way to make it work with \nomarking? I need to be able truncate headings. Elliot

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Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 20, Issue 20
by Elliot Clifton 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

On 08/02/06, Hans Hagan wrote: > > Regardless of the table column format I specify, paragraphs remain > > justified this is not what I want. > > > hm, can you give an example of usage? > > Hans \starttable[|l p(2cm)| l p(5cm)] \NC System1 \NC SubsystemA, SubsystemC, SubsystemD, SubsystemE, SubsystemF, etc. \AR \NC System2 \NC SubsystemA, SubsystemC, SubsystemD, SubsystemE, SubsystemF, etc. \AR \NC System3 \NC SubsystemA, SubsystemC, SubsystemD, SubsystemE, SubsystemF, etc. \AR \stoptable It works this sample text but doesn't work actual text I want to use. I do not want to post this information in a public forum, can I sed it to you personally? Elliot

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Identifying context files
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

I use (g)vim to edit both context and latex files. Unfortunately, both of them usually have *.tex extension. This mean that detecting filetype from extension is not possible, so one should look into the contents of the file to see if it a context file or not. I am planning to submit a ftdetect for context to vim. Right now, I check if the first six lines of the file contain any of '\\start\|\\enablemode\|\\unprotect\|\\setvariables\|\\module\|\\usemodule' and if so, set the filetype to context, otherwise it is set to tex (that loads latex plugins). This works for my context writing style. I would like to know about other people's preference. 1. Do you write some keyword unique to context in the first few lines of the file. Should I also check the last few line lines. 2. Are there any other keywords that you will like to include. 3. Is it enough to check the first 6 line or should I check more. I do not want to check more lines as this will make the detection slower (by a few mili secs). Thanks, Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Implementing xspace
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Feb '06

11 Feb '06

Hi, There was some discussion about this in the past (2002) http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20020117.124319.5d0f9b9e.en.html which Hans concluded by saying <quote> it should hook into processsynonym but in such a way that it does not break other code because synonyms are used (here) for more purposes then you want to know. </quote> Is there any update on this? I would really like something like xspace to be integrated with abbreviations and \cite. -- Aditya

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garden down
by Patrick Gundlach 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Hi, contextgarden.net is currently down, my provider is working on bringing it up again. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Movies
by Hans van der Meer 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

In my presentation sheets I want to put some movies (quicktime or mpeg4 and the like). I did do what is in the manual but somehow it stopped working for me in Adobe Reader (7.0.5 Mac)(not sure why, might be newer final cut pro, might be something else). So I thought: perhaps somewhat more control exercised over the contents of the pdf objects might help. The manual has not much more on movie inclusion therefore I searched through the source. In cont-new.tex I found things like % \useexternalrendering[example-5][video/quicktime] [p1000726.mov] and maybe that is what I was looking for. I adapted the movie name and tried to test with the example given in cont-new.tex (starting at line 1581) and --lo and behold-- now got a playing movie. But, with: \definerenderingwindow [movie] [background=color,backgroundcolor=gray, openpageaction=StartCurrentRendering, closepageaction=NextPage]% StopCurrentRendering] I now get the opening frame of the window on all pages of the sheets instead of only on the one containing the movie. How can I change that to an appearance on that specific page only? In the menu only the Startbutton worked. The buttons were set with: \def\renderingmenu[#1]% {\hbox {\setupbuttons[width=2.5em]% \button{\symbol[StartMovie]} [StartMovie{#1}]\enspace \button{\symbol[StopMovie]} [StopMovie{#1}]\enspace \button{\symbol[PauseMovie]} [PauseMovie{#1}]\enspace \button{\symbol[ResumeMovie]}[ResumeMovie{#1}]}} I changed the part "Rendering" from the example to "Movie" as there are keys PauseMovie etc. in mult-con.tex. As said, only StartMovie reacted as expected. Is there some -- how rudimentary it may be -- documentation about this? Where do I look for it? yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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Animations (with javascript)
by Renaud AUBIN 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Hi all, Considering pdfclock.pdf and euro-anim.pdf, I would try to make a similar animation, i.e. with a kind of time step but I can't find the source (euro-anim isn't auto-incremented since it recquire clicks). Is there someone who know how to do this ? Cheers, Renaud

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hanging in captions
by Peter Münster 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Hello, it seems, that hanging in captions does not work: \starttext \input tufte \placefigure{\input tufte }{\framed[width=\textwidth]{bla}} \page \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono,mm][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \setupcaptions[align={hz,hanging}] \definebodyfont[12pt][rm,ss,tt,mm][default] \setupbodyfont[12pt] \input tufte \placefigure{\input tufte }{\framed[width=\textwidth]{bla}} \stoptext Could someone help please? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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chinese with utf in context
by Lutz Haseloff 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Hi all, with the context from 03.02.06 only the punctuation symbols from the unicode range 30 will be printed. The symbols from the range FF (f.i. FF0C: FULLWITH COMMA, FF1A: FULLWITH COLON...) and from the range 20 (203B: REFERENCE MARK...) are printed as small black squares. If i convert the file to gbk all symbols will be printed right. If needed i can prepare testfiles in gbk and utf encoding. Greetings Lutz

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Table column format
by Elliot Clifton 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Hi, In a message from 1999 Hans said it is possible to control a paragraph's text alignment in a table with \pr \pl \pc. Regardless of the table column format I specify, paragraphs remain justified this is not what I want. Any ideas? Thanks, Elliot

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line with height=0 in TABLE
by Peter Münster 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hello, I would like to have a line with zero height in a TABLE, but it seems to be more difficult, than I thought: \starttext \setupTABLE[r][2][height=0pt,offset=0pt] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD bla \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD bla \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext There is still some height in line 2... How could I get rid of this please? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] ToC problem
by Elliot Clifton 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Taco Hoekwater, wrote: > > My mistake, sorry. > > You need and \expanded around the call to \Article, because > otherwise the macro names \ArticleAuthor etc. end up in the > list instead of their content. So please change that line to: > > \expanded{\Article{\ArticleTitle -- \ArticleAuthor}} > > (you have to delete the current .tuo file also to make the > error go away) > It works now. Thanks. Just what I wanted. Elliot

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Re: [NTG-context] ToC problem
by Elliot Clifton 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hi Taco, Thanks for the suggestion. It looks good. I set up a test document, and cut and pased your example. Alas, it won't compile. Output from texexec: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \ArticleTitle -- \ArticleAuthor \listtextcommand #1->\begstrut #1 \endstrut \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes <argument> ... {\ArticleTitle -- \ArticleAuthor }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... ... l.16 ...- \ArticleAuthor }{2::0:2:0:0:0:0:0::1}{1} Any idea what's wrong? Thanks for your help. Elliot

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