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rulethickness in \setupTABLE
by Peter Münster 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hello, I have 2 rows, and I would like to have a thick rule on the top and the bottom of the table, and in the middle a thin rule. I do this the following way: \starttext \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[r][1][topframe=on,rulethickness=1pt] \setupTABLE[r][2][topframe=on,rulethickness=0.3pt,offset=0pt,height=0pt] \setupTABLE[r][3][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD bla \eTD \eTR \bTR \eTR \bTR \bTD bla \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Is there a cleaner way to achieve this? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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starttyping
by Hans van der Meer 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Found something annoying with \starttyping...\stoptyping. I wanted side by side two framed texts in verbatim, one of them one line longer than the other. Of course they should align there lines. To accomplish this I put a blank line at the end of the shortest text. Alas, \starttyping does not honor a blank line at the end, although it does honors blank lines inbetween. I am inclined to call this a bug. Below a minimal example showing the blank line in between but not the one at the end. The ContextWiki site gives the same result. \starttext \startframedtext[strut=no,offset=0pt] \starttyping before blank line after blank line blank line follows \stoptyping \stopframedtext \stoptext yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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extra space after \quote, \quotation
by Alan Bowen 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

\quote and \quotation generate an unwanted space after the closing quote or quotation mark. To see the problem, try \starttext (\quote{Hello world!}) (\quotation{Hello world!}) \stoptext Is this old news or an artefact of recent changes? Best, Alan

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math in figure-caption
by Peter Münster 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hello, here is too much space around the equal-sign in the caption: \starttext bla $x=5$ bla \placefigure{bla $x=5$ bla}{bla} \stoptext Could someone help? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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texmfstart.exe vs. texmfstart.rb
by Hooman Javidnia 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

Hi Hans and Taco, Thanks to all your guidance and a lot of trial and error, now I have a SciTE under windwos XP which works. There is one strange feature though. I had to put the .exe version of texmfstart into the scripts ruby scripts folder so that my files get compiled. SciTE can't understand that texmfstart.rb is there and ruby is installed. Before I copy the .exe version to this directory, I could run all texmfstart commands from the command line without any problem, but from within SciTE the commands won't run. What is the difference between the two versions? And why SciTE can't understand that ruby scripts are in system path and run them? Best regards, -h

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

06 Feb '06

I found the cause of the problem there was a problem with the value I was passing to \chapter{} that prevented the chapter title from being shown in the ToC. I've a second ToC related question. Is it possible to more text to a ToC entry? As I want to list both chapter titles and the author. Something like: [chapter-title][author].....................................[page no.] Elliot

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Want all my *.1 *.2 .... *.30 files
by David Arnold 06 Feb '06

06 Feb '06

All, With the wincontext installed, I run: texexec section1figs and I wind up with only section1figs-mpgraph.1. I want all of them. What switch should I throw at texexec. My source looks like: \startMPpage ... \stopMPpage \startMPpage ... \stopMPpage etc. David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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write18
by David Arnold 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Gerben, With a default install of Context, I don't believe write18 is enabled nor run time development of Metapost graphics. Do you do any of that? If so, what configuration steps do you take? David

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Section Numbering
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Well this should be very easy to do in context, but I can not seem to find the right switches. For a document that I am writing, I want section and subsection numbers to display as follows A. Section 1 A-1 Section 1, subsection 1 B. Section 2 and so on. What is the magic command? Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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ToC Problem
by Elliot Clifton 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Hi, Article names are not displayed in my ToC, the seperators and page numbers do appear though. I set upmy heads, lists, and contents as follows: \definehead[Article][chapter] \setuphead[Article][number=no] \definelist[Article][alternative=c, criterium=all] \definecombinedlist [MyContent] [Article] [level=Article, placehead=yes, criterium=all, alternative=c] The list will render correctly but not the ToC. I could use the list rather than the combined list, but I want get combined list working as I have yet to have any success with them whem using my own heads. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks, Elliot

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eqalign
by David Arnold 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Taco, Hans, et al, I'm hesitant to upgrade as I have several hundred eqalign groups in my work. Can you tell me if this now works in the new version? %output=pdf \starttext \placeformula[-] \startformula \eqalign{ f(x)&=x^2-2x-3\cr f(x)&=(x-3)(x+1)} \stopformula \stoptext

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Two questions: Bib module and Headers
by Miguel Queiros 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

Hi, I'm using Bib module and bibtex to create my bibliography. I would like to order it by author name, and I'v tried it using: \setupbibtex[database=opensource-educacao,sort=author] But didn't get the desired result. Should I be using anything else ? And now for the header question: I'm using the following code to change the font size of my header from 12pt to 10pt. \setupheadertexts[][\setups{ta}] \startsetups[ta] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \getmarking[chapter] \stopsetups Using \setupbodyfont[10pt] in this case is the best solution ? Thank you, Miguel Queirós

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Context 2006.02.03 released
by Taco Hoekwater 04 Feb '06

04 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 2006.02.03. 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 major features since 2006.01.12: * Support for typesetting in japanese * A set of new higher-level math commands (alignments and arrays) * Support for fonts with kerns around quotation characters Bug fixes since 2006.01.12: * mptopdf now behaves correctly on cygwin * fix for (page) floats in columnsets mode * lots of small fixes Happy TeXing, Taco

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Configure Scite
by David Arnold 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

All, How do you configure Scite to go to the error? Pressing "e" currently dumps me into Notepad. Or is there other functionality I am missing? David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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SciTE and TeXLive
by Hooman Javidnia 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi, Are the SciTE configuration files on Windows only supposed to work with MikTeX or do they work with other implementations as well? Do I have to copy all language .properties files even though I am going to use only English? Do I have to modify any .properties files, if I want to load only cont-en-scite.properties? Sincerely, Hooman Javidnia, Ph.D. Candidate Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng. The University of Western Ontario

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Scite and wrapping
by David Arnold 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi, What tips can folks give me about wrapping in Scite? A. Starting with a blank document. B. Starting with a document that is not wrapped (lots of long lines). In particular, is there a way to wrap a document while still preserving stuff like: \placeformula[-] \startformula \eqalign{ f(x)&=x^2-2x-3\cr f(x)&=(x-3)(x+1)} \stopformula David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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Building formats from within Scite
by David Arnold 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

All, Hans tells me that I can rebuild formats from within Scite, but I cannot figure out how? David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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japanese & ConTeXt
by Renaud AUBIN 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi all, Is ConTeXt ready to typeset japanese ? Cheers, Renaud

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MnSymbol + Minion?
by Randall Skelton 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Just curious if anyone is currently playing with Adobe Minion and MnSymbol in ConTeXt? http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/mnsymbol.html http://home.vr-web.de/was/mathfonts Cheers, Randall

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Paragraph itemization
by Aditya Mahajan 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

How can one do paragraph itemization in context. I want \startitemize[r][left=(,right=),stopper=] %paragraph option somehow \item The first thing, \item the second thing, and \item finally, the last thing. \stopitemize to come up as (i) The first thing, (ii) the second thing, and (iii) finally, the last thing. Being lazy, I want to ConText to do the numbering for me :-) Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Removing headers with chapter headings
by Elliot Clifton 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

I setup chapter headings as: \setuphead[chapter][header=none] I want the effect of header=none only on the chapter page, but it persists across all subsequent pages. How can I reset the header to sate=normal for pages after my chapter. pages. Note: chapter pages are not blank --- they contain bodytext Elliot

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ConTeXt Chat: minihowto #context
by Renaud AUBIN 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi all, If you read regularly this ML, you know that there is a #context irc chan. I have made a small step by step #context howto for those who navigate with firefox on contextgarden: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Chats It takes "30sec" to achieve... So, see you soon on #context ! Cheers, Renaud

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bug in today's release
by Thomas A. Schmitz 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Sorry it's me again who's breaking the bad news... Today's release seems to have a bug; newtexexec won't run. Here's the output I get: newtexexec.rb beredsamkeit.tex TeXExec | processing document 'beredsamkeit.tex' TeXExec | provide ctx file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb: 1249:in `processfile'TeXExec | option 'filename' is set to 'beredsamkeit.tex' TeXExec | option 'mainlanguage' is set to 'standard' TeXExec | option 'bodyfont' is set to 'standard' TeXExec | option 'language' is set to 'standard' TeXExec | option 'engine' is set to 'standard' TeXExec | option 'distribution' is set to 'web2c' TeXExec | option 'texformats' is set to 'standard' TeXExec | option 'mpsformats' is set to 'metafun' TeXExec | option 'progname' is set to 'context' TeXExec | option 'interface' is set to 'standard' TeXExec | option 'runs' is set to '8' TeXExec | option 'backend' is set to 'standard' : undefined local variable or method `verbose' for #<TEX:0x27d9a4> (NameError) from /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ base/tex.rb:826:in `processtex' from /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ base/tex.rb:823:in `each' from /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ base/tex.rb:823:in `processtex' from /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ newtexexec.rb:65:in `process' from /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ newtexexec.rb:55:in `main' from /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ newtexexec.rb:632:in `send' from /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby/ newtexexec.rb:632 Any obvious fix? Best Thomas

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BIB Module + Bibtex + Cite + Uppercase and Lowercase
by Miguel Queiros 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hello, I'm using the BIB module, and a Bibtex bib file, and I'm facing the following problem: I need to have the Bibliography generated so that the author name is typeset with uppercase so I'm using something like: @Misc{iosn:free_open_source_education, author = {Tan Wooi \uppercase{Tong}}, title = {{\underbar{Free/Open Source Software Education}}}, [...] } But when using \cite I need the author name to be typeset in lowercase like this: Tong (2004). I tried using \Word{\cite[authoryear][iosn:free_open_source_education]\} but I got an error. Does anyone knows how can I get it right ? Thank you! Miguel Queirós

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ConTeXt + FEATPOST
by Renaud AUBIN 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hi all, I'm trying to use FEATPOST with ConTeXt so I have used in my product the following code: \startuseMPgraphic{simplefeatpost} input featpost3Dplus2D; cartaxes(1,1,1); draw tropicalglobe(5,black,1,blue); \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[here][fig:featpost]{featpost}{\useMPgraphic{simplefeatpost}} but I obtain the following error althought the pdf output is correct... (/usr/local/texlive/2005/texmf-dist/metapost/featpost/featpost3Dplus2D.mp Preloading FeatPost macros, version 0.6.7) >> vacuous ! Improper `addto'. <to be read again> withpen draw->...:also(EXPR0)else:doublepath(EXPR0)withpen .currentpen.fi._op_ <to be read again> ; l.124 draw tropicalglobe(5,black,1,blue); Seems to be a problem between ConTeXt and FEATPOST... In my opinion, it's a problem due to the fact that featpost use the type 'color' for 3D coordinates. I will try to see if I can solve this problem by myself but if you have already encountered it, you know what to do... ;-) Cheers, Renaud

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Style won't load
by Elliot Clifton 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

I've written a new style but it won't load with \usemodule[race]. Error: system : module race not found File: s-race.tex File is in the search path How can I get this style to load? Do I have to register it with ConTeX? If so, how do I do that? Thanks in advance, Elliot

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page float in columnset
by Vit Zyka 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hi wizards, let me go back to columnsets. I try to place a float spanning the whole page area. When doing that the running text placing exactly one page is completely and forever lost! Please see example: ----------------------------------------- \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \starttext \startcolumnset \dorecurse{4}{#1 --- \input knuth \blank\endgraf} \placefigure[here]{none}{% \framed [width=\makeupwidth,height=\textheight,offset=overlay] {Page float.}} \dorecurse{10}{#1 --- \input knuth \blank\endgraf} \stopcolumnset \stoptext ------------------------------------------- Switching here -> page, tops, ... does not solve the problem. The similar behaviour is observed when a float has one column width and fit the whole column height. Is there some solution or another way how to do that and preserve the text? Thanks Vit

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definebodyfont vs. definebodyfontenvironment
by Thomas A. Schmitz 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Dear wizards of ConTeXt, may I bother you with a small question about my typescripts (yes, that is a minor obsession with me...). I have two fonts defined in typescripts, font bar is scaled at a certain factor to match the size of font foo. If I specify an "unusual" size for the bodyfont (say 19.5pt), I have to put these lines in my preamble: \definebodyfontenvironment[19.5pt] \starttypescript [serif] [default] [size] \definebodyfont [19.5pt] [rm] [default] \stoptypescript and I get the output I want, but alas, not in the footnotes: there, font bar is not scaled. Would it help to add the size of the footnote font in these definitions explicitly? And what would this size be (I thought it was "small" which should default to 19.5/1.2=13.83, but adding 13.8pt didn't work)? I tried to read font-ini.tex, but this line {\doifdefined{\s!default########1####1} made my head explode... Thanks, and best Thomas

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Short greek quote in otherwise english text
by Matthias Weber 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hello, I'd like to include a short quote in classical greek with all diacritics in a ConTeXt document which is otherwise plain english. What is a good way of doing this? Do I need to change the encoding? Thanks, Matthias

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loadfontfileoncetrue
by David Arnold 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

All, I have a friend who is trying to compile one of my figure files and he crashes with the following error (winxp miktex 2.4): Anyone have any ideas? TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 unknown file type: texmfscripts kpsewhich: unrecognized option `--engine=pdfetex' fixing texformat path : Usage: kpsewhich [OPTION...] [FILENAME] This program tries to locate a TeXMF related file. Options: -alias=APP Pretend to be APP. -help Print this help screen and exit. -file-type=FILETYPE Use the search path for FILETYPE. -must-exist Make sure the file exists; run the package installer if necessary. -show-path=FILETYPE Show the search path for FILETYPE. -start Start associated program if file was found. -version Print the version number and exit. fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : section1figs output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) entering extended mode (section1figs.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.10.27 fmt: 2006.1.10 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (C:\texmf\tex\context\user\cont-sys.rme (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-enc.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-dis.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-siz.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-map.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-spe.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:2 uk->ec:ec->2->2:2 de->texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->ec:ec->7->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 pt->ec:ec->9->2:2 it->texnansi :texnansi->10->2:2 it->ec:ec->11->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:2 nl->ec:ec- > 13->2:2 cz->il2:il2->14->2:2 cz->ec:ec->15->2:2 sk->il2:il2->16->2:2 > sk->ec:ec ->17->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:2 pl->ec:ec->19->2:2 pl->qx:qx->20->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : section1figs.top loaded (./section1figs.top specials : loading definition file tpd (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) color : system rgb is global activated (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) (./section1figs.tuo) systems : begin file section1figs at line 69 systems : randomizer starts with 1480761165 [MP section1figs-mpgraph.1] fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-public-lm [1.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.2] (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\pdfr- ec.tex) [2.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.3] [3.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.4] [4.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.5] [5.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.6] [6.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.7] [7.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.8] [8.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.9] [9.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.10] [10.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.11] [11.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.12] [12.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.13] [13.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.14] [14.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.15] [15.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.16] [16.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.17] [17.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.18] [18.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.19] [19.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.20] [20.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.21] [21.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.22] [22.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.23] [23.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.24] [24.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.25] [25.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.26] [26.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.27] [27.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.28] [28.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.29] [29.1] [MP section1figs-mpgraph.30] [30.1] systems : end file section1figs at line 1264 [flush and process section1figs-mpgraph.mp afterwards] ) Output written on section1figs.pdf (30 pages, 12801 bytes). Transcript written on section1figs.log. return code : 0 run time : 5 seconds generating graphics : metaposting section1figs-mpgraph.mp TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 unknown file type: texmfscripts metapost to tex : section1figs-mpgraph 'mptotex' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. metapost : section1figs-mpgraph format : metafun (section1figs-mpgraph.mpC:\texmf\miktex\bin\mpto.exe "C:\Book\IntAlgText\trunk\c hapter3\figures\section1figs-mpgraph.mp" >> "C:\DOCUME~1\Cricket\LOCALS~1\Temp\m pxB0EE.tmp\mpx314.tex" tex C:/DOCUME~1/Cricket/LOCALS~1/Temp/mpxB0EE.tmp/mpx314.tex This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (C:/DOCUME~1/Cricket/LOCALS~1/Temp/mpxB0EE.tmp/mpx314.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \global \loadfontfileoncetrue %

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setupframedtexts
by Hans van der Meer 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

I guess I am getting a left margin when I enclose some text in a \framedtext and want to get rid of it. The manual gives as settable parameter "margin = standard,yes,no. However there is no visible effect when using "margin=no" in the setup. Inspecting the code for setupframedtexts I could not foun something like \c!margin. Is this an obsolete parameter? Or will it be implemented. yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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How can I reset the height of a row in \bTABLE..\eTABLE?
by Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds) 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

Hello All, The example below shows two tables. The first table has the height of its 1st row explicitly set, which then carries over to the second table causing the content to overflow the boundaries of the table. My question: Is there a way to either a) reset the row height for the second table using something like \setupTABLE[r][1][height=auto] or b) set the minimum height of a row e.g. \setupTABLE[r][1][minheight=3ex] so that the height is able to expand if necessary? I found a macro named \resetallTABLEparameters but it doesn't seem to have the desired effect. Thanks in advance, Mark Pearson \starttext \setupTABLE[r][1][height=1.5\lineheight] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Cell 1 \eTD \bTD Cell 2 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \blank[2*big] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD This is a table cell with a long section of text in it which I sincerely hope is going to force the table to resize accordingly \eTD \bTD This is another table cell with some text in it too \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext ********************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may be subject to legal privilege, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error or think you may have done so, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the original e-mail from your system. Computer viruses can be transmitted by e-mail. Recipients should check this e-mail for the presence of viruses. The Capita Group and its subsidiaries accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. ***********************************************************************************

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Still problem with \eqalign :(
by Matthias Weber 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

After downloading the release from yesterday, simple \eqalign's seem to work, but I run into problems with \starttext \placeformula[-] \startformula \eqalign{ c:[-1,1] &\to R^2 \cr t&\mapsto \left\{ \eqalign{ -(t^2,0) \qquad&\text{if $t\in[-1,0]$} \cr (0,t^2) \qquad&\text{if $t\in[0,1]$} } \right. } \stopformula \stoptext Log file below. Matthias 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: 2006.01.31 16:39 fmt: 2006.2.1 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de- >texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr- >ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it- >texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16- >2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : test.top loaded (./test.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./ test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./test.tuo) (./ test.tuo) (./test.tuo) systems : begin file test at line 1 ! Incomplete \ifnum; all text was ignored after line 15. <inserted text> \fi <to be read again> \endtemplate <template> {}}$\hfil \endtemplate <argument> ...mathalignmentparameter \c!distance & \tabskip \zeropoint \to \s... \ydorecurse ...el \let \recurselevel \!!plusone #2 \@EA \let \@EA \recurselev... \buildeqalign ...e \scratchtoks \the \!!toksb }}}} \expanded {\scratchtoks {\... ... l.15 } ? Process aborted

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hyphenation exceptions
by Peter Münster 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

Hello, I don't want to tell TeX about hyphenation exceptions in the text, only once for all in an environment file. How can I do this with words like "DNA-Fragmente" or "$\beta$-Verknüpfung" ? \hyphenation{...} does not seem to work here, and I don't want to write DNA-Frag\-men\-te nor $\beta$-Ver\-knüp\-fung in the text. TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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publications doesn't appear in the toc
by Renaud AUBIN 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

Hi all, I use : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeXk, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.01.28 10:09 cont-en : ver: 2005.10.27 fmt: 2005.12.2 mes: english total run time : 2 seconds with m-bib-beta-20051123b and my problem is that: % in environment \setupheadtext[fr][pubs=Bibliographie] % in a product \startfrontmatter ... \completecontent[alternative=c,criterium=all,interaction=all] ... \stopfrontmatter ... \startbackmatter % in a product \completepublications[criterium=all,interaction=all] \stopbackmatter doesn't give any "Bibliographie" entry when I call \completecontent I have read the bib user manual. It is said that the normal behavior of \completecontent + \completepublications gives an entry in toc... Cheers, Renaud

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music!
by andrea valle 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Dear list, I've finished my first complete score created with lily + context. It will be (should be) performed by the percussionist of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Rai (the National Television Orchestra) on february . (Apart from the music....) Wow, everybody seeing it and used to Finale, Sibelius, etc, is deeply impressed. Me too, I have happily to say. Here you can see it: http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/Iscrizioni/pdf/iscrizioni.pdf ConTeXt is obviously mentioned in the credit box. Many thanks to the community for support 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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Still problem with \eqalign
by Matthias Weber 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Using the iinstaller CoNtExt version of today which contains the newest (?) core-mat.tex with the fixed \eqalign, I still run into a problem with a standard \eqalign like \starttext \placeformula[-] \startformula \eqalign{ c:[0,2\pi] &\to R^2 \cr t &\mapsto (a\cos(t), b\sin(t)) } \stopformula \stoptext ---> ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). <to be read again> { \eqalign ...ildeqalign \null \,\vcenter {\openup { .25\bodyfontsize } \mathsur... l.124 } ? Matthias, desolate :)

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\startalign problem
by Sebastian Sturm 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Hello, using the latest 2006/1/29 version of i-Installer's ConTeXt package, I get an error message reading ! Missing \endgroup inserted. <inserted text> \endgroup <to be read again> \halign \aligneqalignno ->\prepareeqalignno \halign \ifcase \eqalignmode \or to \dis... <to be read again> x for the very simple input file \starttext \startformula \startalign x \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext. Examples included in core-mat also won't compile. The last i-Installer distribution (don't remember the release date) didn't show this behaviour. Best regards, Sebastian Sturm

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\showbodyfont
by andrea valle 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Hi to all, I started taking a look to fonts. Actually installation is out of my possibilities but I won't give up so easily... In any case, I was trying to understand which fonts are actually available on my context installation. How do I make \showbodyfont display all available families? Directly: are there other ways to explore available fonts? Thanks a lot Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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IRC & contextgarden
by Renaud AUBIN 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hi all, In your opinion, what's the best place in contextgarden to put a #context minihowto section ? Cheers

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Re: [NTG-context] font encodings (glyph lossed with Gentium in T5)
by VnPenguin 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

On 1/21/06, Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban(a)fiee.net> wrote: ... > Ok, Gentium is now online including t5 encoding. (That's not yet > mentioned on the page.) > Just tested your package. I loss a glyph which I dont know the name. Its shot is at : http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/shots/gentium-dd.png It seems that you use Gentium 1.01. With Gentium 1.02 in my box, I could use this glyph no problem (the shot was done with Gentium 1.02 in Leafpad editor). I try to replace your ttf by 1.02 release by modifying map file. But this does not help. Maybe we need to recreate files with 1.02 ? Thank you, -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community

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footnotes
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

At the end of the text (or chapter) the last batch of footnotes is not always placed, not even when an index follows. They must be forced with \placefootnotes. It happened both with footnotes bytext and bychapter. Is this the normal behaviour? Must I end (for footnotes bychapter) each chapter with \placefootnotes? yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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Problem with German quotes and kerning
by Thomas A. Schmitz 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hi all, this seems to be a general TeX-problem, not ConTeXt specific, but I'm not sure I understand the details. Here's the problem: when I use mainlanguage[de], I can type "` to get German opening quotes, \quotedblbase „. However, this characters needs some (a lot of) kerning when it comes before, e.g., W or V; it is too far away from the following character. Most font-designers don't care about German typography, so I tried and added the kerning manually. But this works only if I input the character directly via the keyboard or via the symbolic name, it does not work with "` (nor with \quotation{ }); language German seems to make the ` active. In emacs, I find "` the most convenient way to input German quotes. Is there a way to have kerning with this input, or do I have to change my habits? Best Thomas

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request about combinations
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

A modest request, that is probably in principle not too difficult to fulfil. With many commands (\framed for example) I can do a setup for general behaviour and do something special at the actual call. Like this: \setupframed[options...] \framed[individual options ...] It would be pleasant if I could do the same with combinations, but there I do not get to work a similar behaviour: \setupcombinations[align=middle,location=top] \startcombination[2*1][location=middle] Is it an option for Hans to build this into the code? It would also make ConTeXt's behaviour more regular if every command that has a \setupcommand[options] would always allow \command[options]. If some have it and some not it "strains the brain". yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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setuptyping
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

I get some unexpected results with setuptyping. According to the manual the style-parameter has options normal, bold, small, etc. But if I use them I get the option back. The only thing that seems to work is style=command. Example: \setuptyping[style=bold] \starttext \starttyping abcd \stoptyping \stoptext Results in typeset text "boldabcd" yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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setupindenting and formula
by Renaud AUBIN 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hi all, I use \setupindenting[medium,yes] in my document. When I use: ________________________________________________________________________________ \placeformula[GiPivel] \startformula \frac{\overrightarrow{G_iP_i}}{\Delta T} = \frac{d_i.\vec{y_i} + \delta_i.\vec{t_i}}{\Delta T} = -\dot{\theta_i}.\vec{z_i} \wedge l_i.\vec{x_i}+ V_i.\vec{x_i} = -\dot{\theta_i} l_i.\vec{y_i}+ V_i.\vec{x_i} \stopformula Test sentence to check indenting. ________________________________________________________________________________ The test sentence is not indented... Consequently, I have tried: ________________________________________________________________________________ \indent Test sentence to check indenting. ________________________________________________________________________________ Unfortunately, the test sentence isn't indented... To indent or not to indent, that is the question !!! ;-) Renaud

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eqalign name clash
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

I am afraid that the update of today (28-1-2006) also has generated a problem. This used to work (just a plaintex \eqalign) \starttext \placeformula\startformula \matrix{a&b\cr c&d\cr} \eqalign{ a &= b\cr pq &= t+1\cr } \stopformula \stoptext I see in core-mat.tex a macro \eqalign#1 (line 1514). It is new I think, but its name CLASHES with the standard TeX \eqalign math macro. I do not think that wise and had to comment it out in my working copy. Everything being fine again after that. yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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error in patterns treatment?
by Hans van der Meer 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Installing the latest context release (cont-tmf only) I now get the following errors when generating the format: (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/tex/context/patterns/lang-de.pat ! Nonletter. l.113 .ge5r[ odiaeresis] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/tex/context/patterns/lang-de.pat ! Nonletter. l.140 .k[ udiaeresis]5ra etc. The same occurred with the french patterns, others I did not test. Changing back to context version of 16-1-2006 brought everything back to normal. Has something in the system changed? yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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texexec --version
by Peter Münster 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hello, "texexec --version" creates always the files texvers-mpgraph.mp and mpgraph.mp. Is this really necessary? It's not a real problem, since I can make a script "texversion.sh": #!/bin/sh texexec --version rm -f texvers-mpgraph.mp mpgraph.mp Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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no overfull hbox warning
by Peter Münster 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Hello, unfortunately there is no overfull \hbox warning message, when the line is too long in a section title or a float caption: \starttext \section{\dorecurse{100}x} \placefigure{\dorecurse{100}x}{bla} \stoptext In general, I think there should be more error- or warning-messages in ConTeXt, so that one can grep the output for the words "error" or "warning" to test if all is ok. Quite often, you see a problem only in the pdf-file, but there is no warning message in the output (font issus for example). In this area, LaTeX is much better... Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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