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Re: [NTG-context] bib module: multiple bibs
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

>1. Does t-bib now support multiple bibliographies? For past issues of the >journal, I had to define a new bib-env file for each article that required a >bibliography, otherwise the bibliography of, say, article two would include >the bibliography for article one. Is there a general solution for this? Just to be clear: What I had to do before was make duplicates of the bib module: m-bib2.tex, m-bib3.tex,..., m-bib<n>.tex, where <n> is the number of articles needing bibliographies. Then, for each m-bib<n>.tex, I replaced each [pubs] with another name like [pubst] (for m-bib2), [pubstt] (for m-bib3), [pubsttf] (for m-bib4), and so forth. (I don't know dutch, but I guessed that \definieerlijst[pubs] was the key list-governing macro->) This was the only way I could get multiple bibliographies in one document. Isn't that just insane?-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

I thought it was my macro but the following fails also: ========================================== \starttext \dots as Afghani points out \cite[year][afghani60]. \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ========================================== Best Idris ========================================== ========================================== Another issue: My definition for \citeyear crashes. This used to work-) \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } log: ========================================== ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. \p!doifinstringelse ...tringelse \@EA ##\@EA 1#1## 2##3\war {\unless \if ##2@... \rawdodoifinsetelse ...ingelse \@@@instring {,#1,} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments .. \addtocommalist #1#2->\rawdoifinsetelse {#1}#2 \resetglobal {\dodoglobal \ede... \donormalbibauthoryear ...yauthor }\thebibauthors \@EA \doglobal \@EA \addto... \next1 #1,->\donormalbibauthoryear {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... .. l.24 \dots as Afghani points\citeyear[afghani60] ========================================== See attached test file test-bib-year.tex. Best Idris =============test-bib-year.tex=============== % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[big] \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[autohang=yes] \setuppublications[numbering=no] \setuppublications[criterium=cite] \setuppublications[sorttype=bbl] \setuppublicationlist[totalnumber={},samplesize=,author={\invertedauthor}] \def\citeyear[#1]{% {\cite[year][#1]% }% } \input test-bib.bbl \starttext \dots as Afghani points out\citeyear[afghani60]. \cite[afghani60] \section{References}{\tfx\setupinterlinespace {\placepublications}} \stoptext ======================================== ==============test-bib.bbl============== \startpublication[k=afghani60, t=book, a=Afgh\=an\=i, y=1960, s=] \author[]{Sa\high{c}\=id}[]{}{Al-Afgh\=an\=i} \title{Asw\=aqu \~al-\high{c}Arab f\=i \~al-J\=ahiliyya\~h wa \~al-Isl\=am} \pubname{D\=aru \~al-Fikr} \city{Damascus} \pubyear{1960} \stoppublication ======================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Foxit pdf tools
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

Dear gang, FYI: I just came across this alternative to Adobe Reader for Windows. Maybe it has features useful to some of us (e.g., it's very small)... http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php They have some other pdf products too: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products.htm Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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using 1 layout on several documents
by Boris Pedrofiets 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

Hi, I made a layout that I want to use for several documents. What is the best way to handle this, without placing a copy of the layout description in every file? Thanks for helping! Boris _________________________________________________________________ Vind alles terug op je PC: MSN Search Toolbar http://toolbar.msn.nl/

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Re: [metapost] MPtoPDF problem
by Mojca Miklavec 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

2005/9/30, Mau <mvs1952(a)yahoo.it> wrote: > Hi! > > I have been using MPtoPDF (included in the MikTeX distribution, under > Win2K) to convert mp output to pdf. Everything went smoothly until > the end of July. Now it seems that MPtoPDF cannot produce any output. > I suspect some problems with a newer version installed automatically > from MiKTex distribution (MPtoPDF 1.3?) > > My command line is: > > C:\texmf\miktex\bin\mptopdf.exe %n > > where %n is a parameter for the name of the mp file I am working on. > > Does anyone have the same problem? > > Thanks, > Maurizio Problems confirmed. I used mptopdf in August and it worked at that time. I last updated ConTeXt (the package containing mptopdf) on 5th September (version 2005-07-27). This is the whole output when mptopdf is run for a simple mp file: ------------------------------------------------------- E:\Temp>mptopdf filename -fmt=mptopdf: unknown option MPtoPDF 1.3 : filename.* is converted to filename-1.pdf ------------------------------------------------------- The last statement doesn't hold (no file created at all). "filename.1" is OK and mptopdf also works perfectly with the standalone ConTeXt distribution, but not under MikTeX. The funny part is also this one (from mptopdf.pl): if ($miktex) { $command = "pdfetex -fmt=mptopdf" } -fmt doesn't seem to exist in MikTeX (any more?). I tried pdfetex --help, but didn't find any useful switches to compensate for "-progname=context" except "-alias", but I didn't know how to use it. I'm a bit lost. I noticed that the MikTeX package repository was updated in the last days, so I tried to update the system (for the first time in my life I've chosen to update only the context.cab since I'm working on modem), but now the most crucial parts keep crashing (initexmf, kpsewhich, ...), so I that I can't even work any further and thus can't check yet if the new package brings any changes or not. Mojca

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Foxit pdf tools
by Idris Samawi Hamid 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

Dear gang, FYI: I just came across this alternative to Adobe Reader for Windows. Maybe it has features useful to some of us (e.g., it's very small)... http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php They have some other pdf products too: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products.htm Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Q: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Thumb_index
by Alexander Lazic 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

Hi, please can anybody help me about the following error, sorry i don't know what the error can be :-( I have used the code fro: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Thumb_index --- TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : thumb_index output : pdftex interface : en options : color current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) entering extended mode (./thumb_index.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2005.8.2 int: english mes: english language : language en is active . . layout : calculating backgrounds ! Undefined control sequence. \@@suthumbs ->\definemeasure [thumbheight][\dimexpr \paperheight /\NOfChapte... \executedefinedoverlay ...x {\the \everyoverlay #2 }}\dimen 0\wd \scratchbox ... \dodobackgroundbox ...4}{\dimen 6}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} }}}\wd \extraframebox \zer... \rawprocesscommaitem ...commalevel \endcsname {#1} \expandafter \rawprocessco... \rawprocesscommalist ... \rawprocesscommaitem #1,] ,\global \advance \commale... \dobackgroundbox ...st [#2]\noexpand \docommando } \box #1\hss }} ... l.45 \chapter{second} \dorecurse{10}{\input davis } ? No pages of output. --- Greetings al ;-)

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Beta bib module release
by Taco Hoekwater 01 Oct '05

01 Oct '05

Hi, I have prepared a beta release of the bibliography module, and uploaded it as http://tex.aanhet.net/bib/m-bib-beta-20050927.zip Because it is only a beta, I have not fixed the documentation yet. The differences between this version and the one in the ConTeXt distribution are outlined below. I know that the wishlist is quite long, and there are even still bugs I have not looked into, but I have to release *something* otherwise nothing will ever happen. Somehow I never seem to get around to working on the module. :-( Comments (and testfiles) are welcome, and feel free to update the wishlist on the wiki : http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User:Taco/Bib Happy TeXing, Taco ============================================== Bugfixes: * The extra spaces in the output of authors and editors inside the publication list should be gone. * \newbibfield now works as advertised * It is possible to use context commands with the same name as a bib fieldname inside the arguments of the fields. This now compiles correctly: \startpublication[k=garden,t=misc,a={Wiki people}] \thekey{Wiki people} \title{The \type{\ConTeXt} garden} \note{See also \useurl[pedia]{http://wikipedia.com}\url[pedia]} \url{http://wiki.contextgarden.net} \stoppublication New features: * Two new styles are now part of the distribution: bibl-apa-de.tex and bibl-ssa.tex * \cite now accepts \setupcite arguments in the optional argument, so you can do stuff like \cite[right={, chapter 5)}][key] The commands \cite[alternative=author][key] and \cite[author][key] are equivalent * The bibtex fields URL and LASTCHECKED have been added to the bst files. * Two new \setupcite arguments 'andtext' and 'otherstext' have been added, and the language-dependancy of the bst files has been removed. * There is a new type of \citation: \cite[url][key] It does not do any kind of interaction, if you want that you have to wrap the \cite in another command. Internally, this uses the new 'u=' argument to \startpublication. * Also, \cite[doi][key] now actually does generate the doi in the text (this uses the 'o=' argument to \startpublication) * Finally, you can get selected data bits from a publication by using \getcitedata [url] [garden] to \gardenlink (in this case, \gardenlink will be \def-ed to the value of the \url{..} field in the bib item with label 'garden'). Discontinued: * I have removed t-bibltx.tex. All it did was define the \newcommand command, and you are better off using the new latex emulation module for that. * I dropped support for the INSTITUTE field in bibtex (it was never actually used anyway)

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Problems with \setupindenting in the new ConTeXt version
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de So 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

I downloaded today the ConTeXt version, and updated it, but the command \setupindenting stopped to function... Marcus Vinicius __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

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\setupfootnotes (double-spacing)
by Alan Bowen 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Is there a general way to double-space the text of footnotes using \setupfootnotes or some other ConTeXt command? I have checked the manuals, core-not.text, and the wiki but have not seen one yet. \baselineskip=2/bodyfontsize works well with the body text, but does not affect the footnotes; and I have not been able to figure out how to adapt it for \setupfootnotes. Thanks for any help. Cheers, Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] DOC/RTF to ConTeXt via XML
by Duncan Hothersall 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

> No need for rtf. That would loose lots of information anyway, wouldn't it? RTF can capture everything that .doc can (MS update it every time they rev the .doc format), and it has the advantage that it is defined in a spec with a grammar, which means that importing routines (like the one in OO.o) tend to be better than for the binary .doc format. So I would usually use .rtf as the Save As... from Word, rather than relying on OO.o's reverse engineering of the .doc format. Others' experiences may vary, of course, and perhaps I do an injustice to OO.o's Word imports, which have certainly improved. But RTF is a fairly safe bet, and additionally it is 'human readable' so that helps debugging. >>\startHans >>converting open office xml is not always easy; stay away from tab's and use >>high level constructs as much as possible >>\stopHans I would add to this - make sure you use either OO.o 1.1.5 or a 2.0 Beta, since earlier versions used a file format which was a lot trickier to post-process (problems with conflating styles into paragraph formats). >>Once I get a sane xml file (this seems to be the biggest problem) what is the >>best tool to convert this to ConTeXt? Well you might not need to - remember that ConTeXt can process XML natively now, which is why I suggested you look at the DocBook-in-ConTeXt project, which uses this feature. You wouldn't necessarily have to use the DocBook standard, but you could use the principles of that project to define a nice output from your own (simple) brand of XML. Duncan

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t-rsteps and starttyping
by Peter Münster 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hello, could somebody help me with the following problem please? With the following test file, I get the error "ERROR: Illegal parameter number in definition of \verbatimline." \usemodule[rsteps] \starttext \StartSteps \starttyping hallo \stoptyping \NextStep hallo \StopSteps \stoptext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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RE: [NTG-context] DOC/RTF to ConTeXt via XML
by Idris Samawi Hamid 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hi Christopher, Duncan, Hans, and Adam, Thank you so much for your detailed comments and suggestions. Again, I'm completely new to xml and feel like a fish out of water. OTOH I use sooo much time just manually extracting text (with innumerable transliteration diacritics) and then copying-pasting to WinEDT that I am willing to explore the xml approach if it can be made sane enough... >===== Original Message From Christopher Creutzig <christopher(a)creutzig.de> ===== >Duncan Hothersall wrote: >> Well, XSLT seems to have been designed, and certainly tends to be >> implemented, as a tool for simple transformations of small XML chunks. > > No, xslt is a tool for arbitrary xml -> xml conversions (and a little >more than that). Ok, you guys have lost me now-) Maybe the best thing to do is try something practical: take an average word article and see what's involved in converting it to ConTeXt. From what I gather so far the process goes something like doc => rtf rtf => OO.o OO.o => xml But here things get dicey because \startHans converting open office xml is not always easy; stay away from tab's and use high level constructs as much as possible \stopHans Question: Will a proper doc (or OO.o) template solve this problem or is this a post-OO.o-processing problem no matter what I do beforehand? >From this discussion it seems that I (as an xml ignoramous) would be better off converting to ConTeXt code rather than processing pure xml blocks (but maybe I'm wrong). Once I get a sane xml file (this seems to be the biggest problem) what is the best tool to convert this to ConTeXt? We are all extremely busy, of course, but if anyone finds this interesting I can send a sample doc article from my journal. Maybe we can do a MyWay or something to document this process for ourselves and others, as well as find the most practical approach to creating a sane workflow. Besides, this kind of project seems to be exactly the kind of thing to illustrate the full power of ConTeXt. This is a mid-term project so no urgency (I'll keep copying and pasting for now->) Thanks again you all for your advice. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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bug in \seeindex
by Thomas A. Schmitz 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

The code in \seeindex has a bug. There was something in the mailing list about a year ago (2004-06-21), but as far as I can see, the patch Hans proposed then has been integrated into core-reg.tex. Here's a minimal test file: \starttext This \index{this} and \index{and} that \seeindex{this}. \placeindex \stoptext And the error log: ! Argument of \@@filterlevelpart has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doifprevlevelelse ...tor \@@filterlevelpart [#1]} \edef \@@tocsectiontype {\... \dosetpageregisterpage ...->\doifreglevelelse [#5] {\dodosetpageregisterpage ... l.46 ...isterpage{index}{,}{3}{2::0:0:0:0:0:0:0}{} Unfortunately, the bug messes up the .tui file, so even if you delete the \seeindex command, the file will not compile unless you delete the .tui manually. Ideas, anybody? Best Thomas

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RE: [NTG-context] DOC/RTF to ConTeXt via XML
by Idris Samawi Hamid 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Hi Duncan, I know little about xml and virtually nothing about Word (except that it's crap) so please forgive me if this is a stupid or clueless question-) >But you should also explore DocBook-in-ConTeXt, which >uses ConTeXt's native XML processing capabilities. Is it possible to create a Word template that is isomorphic with a DocBook format? Adam (privately) suggested hiring someone to write a structured format for authors. Is that where docbook comes in? Basically, authors in the humanities use Word and it's virtually a lost cause getting them to switch to anything else, even free tools like OO.o (let alone ConTeXt). It would have to be someting where I could do word=>docbook=>ConTeXt. <Sigh> Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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presentation in ConTeXt and XeTeX
by 정 달영 28 Sep '05

28 Sep '05

Dear all, I tested presentation mode with "pre-green" module and it worked fine. I also tested the same file with the addition of few lines which set my personal font script for XeTeX-ConTeXt. \usetypescriptfile[type-xkor] \usetypescript[myface] \switchtobodyfont[Myface, 12pt, rm] Save the file(utf-8) and compiled it and I got errors: (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex) (/Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf/tex/xetex/type-xkor.tex) (/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-dis.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) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-xtx.tex) (/Users/dalyoung/Library/texmf/tex/xetex/type-xkor.tex)) (./context- pre.tuo) Runaway argument? {^^G^^[⻊\usedmapfile {=}{original-base}\usedmapfile {=}{ec-public-l \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \thisisbytesequence. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> \relax \dodoreadfile ...normalinput \readfilename \relax \the \everyafterreadfile \doutilities ...textension }\donothing \donothing \the \everyafterutilityrea... <argument> ...pass }\jobname \empty \relax \relax \ifx \twopassdata \empty \... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 ... l.20 \starttext ? x No pages of output. Is there a way to use presentation module in ConTeXt-XeTeX environment using my fonts? Thank you. Dalyoung

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Re: [NTG-context] DOC/RTF to ConTeXt via XML
by Duncan Hothersall 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Slightly OT, sorry: >>OpenOffice.org does allow you to attach an XSLT stylesheet to an export >>process which therefore allows you to do a (limited) transformation from >>the visual markup which is its native format to a more structured one > > Why „limited“? Well, XSLT seems to have been designed, and certainly tends to be implemented, as a tool for simple transformations of small XML chunks. Obviously complex transformations can be constructed from a bunch of simple transformations, but there comes a point when you should really just use a better tool - though these tend to cost serious money (e.g. OmniMark). Also, most XSLT implementations use the DOM model, which is fine for a 50Kb file but will be incredibly resource-hungry if you're processing files of 5Mb. At that point you want a streaming model, and for a streaming model you want a better suited language than XSLT. As I say, horses for courses. For article-length pieces and simple transforms, XSLT might suffice. > Also, don't limit your authors to Word. Offering Word is obviously a > requirement, but if you go the way through OOo, there would be no point > in not offering an OOo template file. If you are using a standard xml > format, such as (a subset of) DocBook or TEI, you probably should accept > articles in that format, too. And, of course, ConTeXt. Absolutely; particularly if you can offer authors an incentive or direct benefit from adopting OO.o, such as speed of turnaround of proofs, etc.

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interaction in \cite
by Adam Duck 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Hello ConTeXters, I do not want to ask too much, especially as Taco already mentioned he'll be doing a patch for the BibTeX-module... But how do I setup interaction in \cite? \setupinteraction[state=true] works for \at, \in and in the contents but not for \cite. As I weren't able to find it in the documentation nor in the archives, I'll try here. Thx in advance, Adam.

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DOC/RTF to ConTeXt via XML [was: Re: ConTeXt to RTF Conversion]
by Idris Samawi Hamid 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Thank you so much, Christopher, for your detailed answer! >===== Original Message From Christopher Creutzig <christopher(a)creutzig.de> ===== >Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Would it be possible to define an xml format for the journal so that I >> could more easily process both ConTeXt/LaTeX articles as well as the >> docs and rtfs I generally receive? Is this more work than it's worth? >> It's a humanities journal, so little-to-no math. > If your most pressing problem is the variety of data formats you >receive articles in, then no, xml won't help. You'd still need some way >of transforming the articles to the format of your choice. That being >said, XML may be a very good intermediate step from Word or rtf to >ConTeXt, if only because OpenOffice has pretty advanced import filters >and stores its data in a straightforward xml format that should be easy >to transform, assuming you start with a sufficiently rich set of >predefined formats and somehow get people to either use them (fat >chance, I know) fat chance, perhaps, but maybe...(see below) >or have them be sufficiently different that you can >automatically or at least semi-automatically classify the author's >formatting to your presets. In really simple cases (e.g., pure prose) >you may get away with accepting HTML and converting that. Paul Tremblay's pages seem very useful in this regard: http://getfo.sourceforge.net/context_xml/contents.html Question: Is it possible to design a doc or rtf template that Open Office can convert to a sane, consistent xml format? If the Tremblay approach is rich enough, that would solve a lot of problems! Here is my idea: 1. Give each author a doc/rtf template for formatting their article; 2. Use OpenOffice to convert to xml; 3. Use the Tremblay method (have not tried it yet) to process this in Context. Question: Does the entire journal have to be in programmed in xml or can ConTeXt process xml locally? For example, I may have my own article done in COnTeXt mixed with other articles done in rtf=>xml. Any other advice (and/or pitfalls to watch for) would be appreciated. This sounds very promising! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] DOC/RTF to ConTeXt via XML
by Duncan Hothersall 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

> Question: Is it possible to design a doc or rtf template that Open Office can > convert to a sane, consistent xml format? OpenOffice.org does allow you to attach an XSLT stylesheet to an export process which therefore allows you to do a (limited) transformation from the visual markup which is its native format to a more structured one which you would need. But the biggest challenge is that all wordprocessors are designed for visual editing, meaning that there are, for example, 15 or so different ways to get a bulleted list in Word, creating 15 or so different RTF constructs, and coping with this can be a nightmare. > If the Tremblay approach is rich > enough, that would solve a lot of problems! Here is my idea: > > 1. Give each author a doc/rtf template for formatting their article; > 2. Use OpenOffice to convert to xml; > 3. Use the Tremblay method (have not tried it yet) to process this in Context. The FO approach (Paul Tremblay's focus) is one way to process XML to paginated output, but there are many others. Personally I don't like the FO approach, for a variety of reasons, but I'm sure others have had success with it. But you should also explore DocBook-in-ConTeXt, which uses ConTeXt's native XML processing capabilities. And don't rule out using a separate scripting language to convert XML into ConTeXt as a batch process, since that will give you the ultimate flexibility in accessing all of ConTeXt's abilities. > Question: Does the entire journal have to be in programmed in xml or can > ConTeXt process xml locally? For example, I may have my own article done in > COnTeXt mixed with other articles done in rtf=>xml. You can just put XML into \startXMLdata ... \stopXMLdata blocks. I do this for MathML processing within a larger ConTeXt document. > Any other advice (and/or pitfalls to watch for) would be appreciated. This > sounds very promising! Horses for courses. It's possible to get sucked into things like an FO implementation or an XML conversion and find that you have spent months perfecting it and it only shaves half an hour off your production time! Also, you do tend to have to make compromises in design if you want to be able to process directly from XML. But if you have sufficient throughput and an appropriate design, it can be a real boon. Hope that helps. Duncan

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[dev-context] RE: [NTG-context] footnote numbering
by Idris Samawi Hamid 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

should be of interest to Albrecht and others... >===== Original Message From "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >{Title\footnote{test}} % 1 >{Title\footnote{test}} % 2 >\incrementnumber[footnote] >Test\footnote{test} % 4? Here is the trick: ================================================ % output=pdf interface=en \setupfootnotes[way=bytext] % the key \starttext {Title\footnote{test}} % 1 {Title\footnote{test}} % 2 \incrementnumber[footnote] %\setupnumber[footnote][start=3] % or %\setnumber[footnote]{3} % or Test\footnote{test} % 4? \stoptext ================================================ best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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footnote bug
by Hans Hagen 27 Sep '05

27 Sep '05

Hi, Just collect the 'real bugs' and i'll look into it asap; i'm away for a few days (dante meeting and such) and will pick up that thread afterwards. 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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Cont 2005.08.31: problem with vietnamese utf8
by VnPenguin 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Hi all, Just build teTeX 3.0, updated pdftex, ConTeXt and VnTeX on my FreeBSD 6.0-BETA5 box. I follow step by step the description at page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TeTeX_3.0_installation Now I have: > texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2005.08.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.9.25 mes: english total run time : 1 seconds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I do a small test with Vietnamese UTF-8 input and the PDF is very strange: accented characters were modified all, see the shot http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/test/test-vn.png In the log file I see: ... fonts : using map file: t5-public-lm [1.1{/usr/local/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty.map}{ /usr/local/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base.map}{/usr/l ocal/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public-lm.map}{/usr/local/sh are/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-lo cal/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-loca l/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map}{/usr/local/share/texmf-local /fonts/map/pdftex/context/t5-base.map} Warning: pdfetex (file t5-urw-palatino.map): cannot open font map file ==> I can not found this map file in teTeX's and ConTeXt's installation :( The ConTeXt code & output files of the test: http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/test/ The latest release of VnTeX is 3.01: http://vntex.org . I dont know if it has some things related to ConTeXt's PDF. Anyone could help me please, Thank you so much, Quy NGUYEN DAI -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community

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i18n in BibTeX
by Adam Duck 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

So, I've stumbled across a problem: if you have only two authors in a BibTeX entry, cont-au.bst sets "AuthorA and AuthorB" which is -- IMHO -- unaccaptable for a german document. I had to manually edit cont-au.bst and change a line in FUNCTION {format.lab.names} { 's := s #1 "{vv~}{ll}" format.name$ s num.names$ duplicate$ #2 > { pop$ " et~al." * } { #2 < 'skip$ { s #2 "{ff }{vv }{ll}{ jj}" format.name$ "others" = { " et~al." * } { " and " * s #2 "{vv~}{ll}" format.name$ * } if$ } if$ } if$ "{" swap$ * "}," * } from "and" to "und". Is there a cleaner way? If I typeset an english document now, I'll get an "und"... bye, Adam.

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bugs?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Dear gang, A couple of apparent bugs, apparently related: [ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.15 fmt: 2005.8.20 int: english mes: english] ================================================== % output=pdf interface=en \starttext Test.\footnote{Test} Test.\footnote{Test} \stoptext ================================================== The footnote numeral `1' is indented further than the footnote numeral `2'. Similarly: ================================================== % output=pdf interface=en \useURL [Pragma1] [http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm] [] [{\sc Pragma}] \useURL [Pragma2] [http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm] [] [{\sc Pragma}] \starttext \Context\ can be downloaded from \from[Pragma1]. \Context\ can be downloaded from \from[Pragma2]. \stoptext ================================================== The first `Pragma' is indented further than the second. Please advise. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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`\Context' bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Dear gang, Another apparent bug: [ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.15 fmt: 2005.8.20 int: english mes: english] ================================================== % output=pdf interface=en \starttext \Context\ \stoptext ================================================== The first letter of the logo is roman; the rest of the logo is typewriter. Why? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] footnote numbering
by Idris Samawi Hamid 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

>can someone tell me, how to set the counter of footnotes (e.g., one back, >or to zero)? Play with this: ============================================== % output=pdf interface=en \starttext Test.\footnote{Test} Test.\footnote{Test} \resetnumber[footnote] Test.\footnote{Test} Test.\footnote{Test} \incrementnumber[footnote] Test.\footnote{Test} Test.\footnote{Test} \decrementnumber[footnote] \decrementnumber[footnote] \decrementnumber[footnote] Test.\footnote{Test} Test.\footnote{Test} \stoptext ============================================== Hans, can one add an option like \decrementnumber[2][footnote] to subract 2 instead of declaring the command three times? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] hyperlink references
by Idris Samawi Hamid 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Hi Albrecht, >is it possible to insert hyperlink references in ConTeXt, in analogy to >the \href command in LaTeX? You may play with this: ================================================ % output=pdf interface=en \useURL [Pragma] [http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm] [] [{\sc Pragma}] \useURL [Pragma2] [http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm] [] [{\tt http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm}] \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinteraction[state=start,color=darkgreen] \starttext \Context\ can be downloaded from \from[Pragma]. \Context\ can be downloaded from \from[Pragma2]. \stoptext ================================================ Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] hyperlink references
by Idris Samawi Hamid 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

>===== Original Message From Albrecht Kauffmann <alkauffm(a)rz.uni-potsdam.de> ===== >Hi all, > >is it possible to insert hyperlink references in ConTeXt, in analogy to >the \href command in LaTeX? > > >With many thanks in advance >Albrecht > > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: TeX --> LaTeX
by Maurice Diamantini 25 Sep '05

25 Sep '05

In article <43315a5f$0$19280$626a14ce(a)news.free.fr>, Seb <s-loulou(a)laposte.net> wrote: > Bonjour ! > > je suis habitué à TeX, mais j'aimerais passer à LaTeX car certaines > macros comme minipage me plaisent particuleirement ainsi que les liens > hyperref, prosper ... Si tu es habité à TeX, et que tu cherche quelque chose de plus évolué (mais avec compatibilité ascendante), qui conserve la philosophie TeX au niveau des commande (commandes fréquentes courtes, pas d'abus d'accolades,...), et qui soit à la fois plus puissant tout en restant cohérent et sans devenir une usine à gaz de packages incompatibles entre eux, je te conseille de regarder ConTeXt. C'est un format "concurrent" à LaTeX. ConTeXt qui représente à mon sens l'arlésienne "LaTeX3"... Sauf que ConTeXt est plutot équivalent à "LaTeX" + "LaTeX compagnon" + "LaTeX graphique compagnon" (prosper + ...) Pour donner une idée, les environnements latex s'expriment par \begin{toto) \end{toto} en context ça donne : \starttoto \stoptoto sauf toutes les commandes hérite d'un comportement par défaut qui peut être modifier par des option du type [key1=val1,..] (à la pstricks) L'environnement toto ci-dessus dispose donc automatiquement d'une commande : \setuptoto[key1=val1,...] Voilà, tout n'est pas rose cependant, et le bouquin de référence n'est pas encore commercialisé. Pour en savoir plus : http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ Il y a aussi une mailing list très actives (et ractive) Bonne lecture, -- Maurice, P.S. regarge aussi la doc de Metafun une extension de Metapost pour faire les dessins qui est directement intégrée à ConTeXt) > Maintenant, je trouve que c'est nettement moins souple que le TeX : par > exemple , > > --> comment changer l'entete et le pied de page ? > > --> comment changer le style d'un environnement par exemple si je veux > que section ne soit plus en gras mais souligné ou en petites capitales ... > > > merci de vos precisions, > > Seb.

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about test file for Chinese
by Dalyoung 25 Sep '05

25 Sep '05

Dear all, I read an instruction of using a Chinese truetype font in the ConTeXt wiki. In the step 9, there is a mention about "test file from Lutz", but there is no attached file. (It is a mail from Xiao Jianfeng on 06/06/2005) Does someone have this test file? I'd like to know how to define typescript in this case. Thank you. Dalyoung

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TeX + Metapost syntax highlighting in Vim
by Mojca Miklavec 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

In case someone finds this experimental piece of code for highlighting metapost inside ConTeXt useful, put: " ConTeXt augroup filetypedetect au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.tex setfiletype context augroup END somewhere to your filetype.vim (probably after TeX) and move the attached file to syntax\context.vim. If you have something like \startMPpage draw ... \stopMPpage, it will do the syntax highligting for metapost inside the \start-\stop pair. There are still some "bugs" present (see comments in file), but I don't know how yet to get rid of them. I downloaded SpellChecker and SuperTab (autocomplete) today from the vim website and it works great! (see http://contextgarden.net/Vim and feel free to add any useful stuff there) I was astonished as I saw autocomplete work. There are only a couple of lines with an extraordinary functionality. I think that if someone writes a good script to convert texshow to vim syntax highlighting script, than autocomplete will be able to provide good hints for all the existing commands in ConTeXt and the corresponding parameters. I'll try to see what I can do, but please don't excpect any results too soon. Mojca " Vim syntax file " Language: ConTeXt " Maintainer: Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec(a)guest.arnes.si> " Installation: " To automatilcally load this file when a .tex file is opened, add the " following lines to ~/.vim/filetype.vim: " " augroup filetypedetect " au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.tex setfiletype context " augroup END " " You will have to restart vim for this to take effect. In any case it " is a good idea to read ":he new-filetype" so that you know what is going " on, and why the above lines work. " Adapted from eruby by Michael Brailsford (Thanks for the idea!) " " This is just a testing version. " TODO: " - adapt tex.vim for plain TeX + ConTeXt support only (no LaTeX!!!) " - add MetaFun support on the top of Metapost " - add all the possible \start ... \stop delimiters which switch the " syntax highlighting to MetaFun, XML, JavaScript, ... " if version < 600 syntax clear elseif exists("b:current_syntax") finish endif "Source the tex syntax file runtime! syntax/tex.vim "Set the filetype to tex to load the tex %??? ftplugins set ft=tex unlet b:current_syntax " Put the metafun syntax file in @metafunTop " " TODO: should be changed to metafun once the support is there " javascript should probably be adapted to PDF specification too, but it " changes in every version anyway and doesn't work either " syn include @metafunTop syntax/mp.vim " for some reason I can't make both metapost and javascript working at the same time "syn include @javascriptTop syntax/javascript.vim syn region metafunBlock matchgroup=metafunDelim start=#\\startMPpage# end=#\\stopMPpage# keepend contains=@metafunTop " TODO: \startuseMPgraphic{the name} - "the name" has to be catched and " typeset in ConTeXt, not in metapost!!! " \start..MP.. may not be inside comments!!! syn region metafunBlock matchgroup=metafunDelim start=#\\startMPinclusions# end=#\\stopMPinclusions# keepend contains=@metafunTop syn region metafunBlock matchgroup=metafunDelim start=#\\startMPgraphic# end=#\\stopMPgraphic# keepend contains=@metafunTop syn region metafunBlock matchgroup=metafunDelim start=#\\startuseMPgraphic# end=#\\stopuseMPgraphic# keepend contains=@metafunTop syn region metafunBlock matchgroup=metafunDelim start=#\\startreusableMPgraphic# end=#\\stopreusableMPgraphic# keepend contains=@metafunTop syn region metafunBlock matchgroup=metafunDelim start=#\\startuniqueMPgraphic# end=#\\stopuniqueMPgraphic# keepend contains=@metafunTop syn region metafunBlock matchgroup=metafunDelim start=#\\startMPrun# end=#\\stopMPrun# keepend contains=@metafunTop " comments have to be added, \startJScode{name}, "name" has to be catched and " typeset in ConTeXt, not in javascript syn region javascriptBlock matchgroup=javascriptDelim start=#\\startJScode# end=#\\stopJScode# keepend contains=@javascriptTop syn region javascriptBlock matchgroup=javascriptDelim start=#\\startJSpreamble# end=#\\stopJSpreamble# keepend contains=@javascriptTop hi link metafunDelim texSTatement hi link javascriptDelim texSTatement let b:current_syntax = "context" " vim: set ts=4 sw=4:

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Where to find documents?
by jjgod 24 Sep '05

24 Sep '05

Hello, I'm wondering where to find documents about \starttypescript and \definetypeface. I searched in mtexfonts.pdf, mfonts.pdf, mp-cb-en.pdf, cont-enp.pdf, no explainations, only a few examples, so what are those arguments for? Regards, Jjgod.

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt to RTF Conversion
by Duncan Hothersall 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

> - xml in not an input format but (a well structured) interchange > format. XML is a very good master format from which to derive all outputs. For example, I receive wordprocessor files from academics and convert them to XML by a combination of automated processes and hand-tagging. The XML is then stored and maintained as the master version of that document, and when we need to produce a new release in HTML, PDF or eBook, a new style of PDF, a text version optimised for screen-readers, etc. we take a snapshot of the latest XML and run it through batch production processes - including ConTeXt for the typesetting side of things. That might be overkill for small projects (we're currently holding 25 million words in XML), but the principle applies no matter what size of content you have. Duncan

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Antwort: Re: [NTG-context] XML
by Jessica Holle 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

There I don't find something which helps me. The input must not be only XML. In can also be CVS or something else... thx Jessica

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LaTeX \newcommands in ConTeXt.
by Brooks Moses 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

I've recently been doing a little work on implementing a few LaTeX kernel bits in ConTeXt, to simplify porting LaTeX code over. It's now at a point where a few of the pieces might actually be useful, and certainly to a point where some comments would be welcomed, so I've put up a version of it online, in this directory: http://dpdx.net/context/latex-compat/ What you'll find there is a fair number of module files, along with a couple of "latextest" files that I've been using to try out the results. latextext.tex is to be compiled in ConTeXt; latextext-latex.tex is to be compiled in LaTeX for purposes of comparison. In any case, I think the implementation of \newcommand (and its relatives) is about up to "beta" level. Ditto with LaTeX lengths. And there's a working LaTeX-like counter implementation, based on ConTeXt counters underneath. (It's not yet hooked into ConTeXt's counters for footnotes and equations and pages, though; I'm not really sure how to do that.) Also, environments are working, in a sort of hackish way. The "array" environment works, but again a bit hackish; I'm planning to clean that up soon, so both of those will get major revisions. I'd particularly appreciate any comments on the \newcommand and counters implementations -- those are in the t-ltcmds and t-ltcnts modules, though \newcommand also depends on t-lterrs and t-ltbase. - Brooks

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More problems installing OpenType fonts
by Emil Hedevang 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hello I am trying to follow the instructions in the article "OpenType installation basics for ConTeXt", but the generated map file does not contain anything but commented lines. I have tried searching the web for a solution but I did not find any, so I hope you can help me. My computer is running Mac OS X 10.4, and I have tried doing exactly the same thing (installed the same software) on the university's computers running RedHat Linux with the same negative result. Please ask me to provide any information you like. Thanks, Emil Here are all the details. (1) These are the fonts I want to try to install: [~/antykwa] ls AntykwaTorunska-Italic.otf AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf (2) These are the versions of the tools I use: [~/antykwa] texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2005.08.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.9.19 mes: english total run time : 2 seconds [~/antykwa] otftotfm --version otftotfm (LCDF typetools) 2.34 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Eddie Kohler This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty, not even for merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. (3) This is the output I get when I run the suggested command in the article: [~/antykwa] texfont --ma --in --ve=public --co=torunska --lcdf --pre --va=liga,kern TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 mktexlsr: Updating /Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. encoding vector : texnansi encoding variant : liga,kern vendor name : public source path : . font collection : torunska texmf font root : /users/emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local pdftex map file : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern ./*.afm locating afm files : using otf files converting : ./AntykwaTorunska-Italic.otf to ./ AntykwaTorunska-Italic.pfb converting : ./AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf to ./ AntykwaTorunska-Regular.pfb copying files : afm copying files : pfb copying : AntykwaTorunska-Italic.pfb copying : AntykwaTorunska-Regular.pfb copying files : otf copying : AntykwaTorunska-Italic.otf copying : AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf no map file at : /Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map font identifier : AntykwaTorunska-Italic -> text -> tfm processing files : otf -> tfm + enc I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. updmap: This is updmap, version 1107552857 updmap: using transcript file `/Users/Emil/.texmf-var/web2c/updmap.log' updmap: initial config file is `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' updmap: configuration file updated: `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' font identifier : AntykwaTorunska-Regular -> text -> tfm processing files : otf -> tfm + enc I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. updmap: This is updmap, version 1107552857 updmap: using transcript file `/Users/Emil/.texmf-var/web2c/updmap.log' updmap: initial config file is `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' updmap: configuration file updated: `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' updating map file : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map generating : ls-r databases mktexlsr: Updating /Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. (4) This is the output I get when I texexec the test file: [~/antykwa] texexec --pdf --mode=compact --once texnansi-LIGA-KERN- public-torunska.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska output : pdftex interface : en options : once current mode : compact This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.9.19 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/Users/Emil/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 (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- exa.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- syn.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- enc.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- dis.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- siz.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- map.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- spe.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2- >2:2 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 fr->ec:ec->4->2:2 de->texnansi:texnansi->5- >2:2 de->e c:ec->6->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:2 it->ec:ec->8->2:2 pt- >texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:2 pt->ec:ec->10->2:2 hr->ec:ec->11->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->12- >2:2 pl->ec:e c->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 sl->il2:il2->18->2:2 sl->ec:ec->19->2:2 en->ec:ec->21- >2:2 da->ec:e c->22->2:2 sv->ec:ec->23->2:2 af->ec:ec->24->2:2 no->ec:ec->25->2:2 deo->ec:ec- >26->2:2 uk->ec:ec->27->2:2 us->ec:ec->28->2:2 es->ec:ec->29->2:2 ca- >ec:ec->30 ->2:2 la->ec:ec->31->2:2 ro->ec:ec->32->2:2 tr->ec:ec->33->2:2 fi- >ec:ec->35->2 :2 hu->ec:ec->36->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.top loaded (./texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec- fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) system : module fnt-01 loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-fnt-01.tex color : system rgb is global activated ) systems : begin file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska at line 7 (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/font- run.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/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: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-public-lm fonts : using map file: texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska [1.1{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/ context/origina l-empty.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/ pdftex/context /original-base.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/ map/pdftex/ context/ec-public-lm.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ fonts/map/p dftex/context/ec-base.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ fonts/map/ pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/ texmf-local /fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map}{/Users/Emil/local/ tetex/share /texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public- torunska.map}] [2.2] [3.3] systems : end file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska at line 35 ) </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless/public/test/texnansi-LIGA-KERN- AntykwaTorunsk a-Regular--base.72pk>kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 -- mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunska-Italic--base mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for texnansi-LIGA-KERN- AntykwaTorunska-Italic--base. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. Warning: pdfetex (file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunska-Italic-- base): Font t exnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunska-Italic--base at 72 not found {/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/ec- lm.enc}</Users /Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmtt10.pfb> Output written on texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.pdf (3 pages, 127668 bytes ). Transcript written on texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.log. return code : 0 run time : 7 seconds total run time : 8 seconds (5) Finally, here is the content of the generated map file: [~/antykwa] cat ~/Local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/ context/texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map % This file is generated by the TeXFont Perl script. % % You need to add the following line to your file: % % \pdfmapfile{+texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map} % % In ConTeXt you can best use: % % \loadmapfile[texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map]

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formatting \note output
by Alan Bowen 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Though I have asked this question before and there was no response, I thought I would ask the following once more (before going through my source files and making the changes by hand). Does anyone know how to modify or adapt \note so that the output is a footnote number in normal/body text format---e.g., “(ref.\ \note [lemur])” becomes “(ref.\ 9)”---rather than a superscripted numeral? Thanks for any help. Alan

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utf-based lang-* files?
by Christopher Creutzig 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Salvete, while I am aware that my Japanese is ages away from creating anything releasable, I thought about creating a lang-jap.tex file for my personal use (and maybe for having it corrected by someone actually speaking the language). Now, checking lang-chi.tex, I find it is encoded in a way I don't really want to copy. I'd much rather write the whole file in “proper” utf-8. Is it possible to simply enclose the file in a \startregime[utf]...\stopregime pair or do I risk havoc by doing this? (Should I start with this project, I'll have more questions, such as: How do I make a unicode character such as 。active, for good line breaks?) Christopher

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Block of text with natrual width but right-aligned
by Giuseppe Bilotta 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I have a few lines that I need to push towards the right maring. The lines should all have their natural width, and be all left-aligned to the left of the block, but the block itself should be right aligned. Like the following First line of text | Second line of text | One more line of text| How do I achieve this? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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ConTeXt to RTF Conversion
by Louis F.Springer 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

What are the options for conversion from ConTeXt to other formats, if any? I'm particularly interested in rtf and/or html. Lou

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XML
by Jessica Holle 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi, I've a question. Is it possible to fill a table or a document in ConTeXt with content from a XML file? Where do I find documentation about this? I didn't find something in the PDF's Thx Jessica

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Number of rows in tables
by Otared Kavian 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi everyone, In the process of learning the table mechanism I followed the discussions on the list, but could not figure out whether it is possible to create a table with a given number of rows. For instance, is it possible to add something to Mojca's solution for cells with backgrounds (see below) to have a table with (for example) 15 rows? Something like \setupTable[number_of_rows=15,number_of_columns=4] Thanks for your insight: OK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mojca's solution \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % row 1 \setupTABLE[r][1] [style=bold,background=color,backgroundcolor=green,align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=3cm] % column 1 \setupTABLE[c][3][width=2.75cm] % column 3 \setupTABLE[c][4][width=7cm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Name \eTD \bTD Location \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \bTD Signature \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD\strut \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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RE: [NTG-context] ConTeXt to RTF Conversion
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi, >===== Original Message From "Pr. Erich Fickel" <efickel(a)iglide.net> ===== >andrea valle wrote: >> I've asked too, but it seems that that there are none to rtf. >> This lack of conversion is a problem for me. > >Would it be possible for you to use any of the software that converts >PDF to RTF? Write in Context. When you need RTF you convert the PDF to >RTF instead of the TEX. Only works for the most trivial of documents, and if you have lots of accents and diacritics u r up the creek-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: Disappearing characters
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

I said: > \starttypescript [TESTfonts] > \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \stoptypescript I realise that by adding ---- \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [tt] [mono] [modern] [computer-modern] [encoding=\typescripttwo] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [mm] [math] [modern] [computer-modern] [encoding=\typescripttwo] ---- to that typescript, I can stop the Deltas disappearing; however, it would be really helpful if someone can tell me why I only need to do that for font sizes below 12pt?! Thanks, Duncan

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Number of rows in tables
by Otared KAVIAN 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi everyone, In the process of learning the table mechanism I followed the discussions on the list, but could not figure out whether it is possible to create a table with a given number of rows. For instance, is it possible to add something to Mojca's solution for cells with backgrounds (see below) to have a table with (for example) 15 rows? Something like \setupTable[number_of_rows=15,number_of_columns=4] Thanks for your insight: OK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mojca's solution \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % row 1 \setupTABLE[r][1][style=bold,background=color,backgroundcolor=green,align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=3cm] % column 1 \setupTABLE[c][3][width=2.75cm] % column 3 \setupTABLE[c][4][width=7cm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Name \eTD \bTD Location \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \bTD Signature \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD\strut \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Disappearing characters
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hello all. I have a file test-fonts.tex which just combines Palatino and Helvetica into one typescript: ---- \loadmapfile[context-base] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \starttypescript [TESTfonts] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface [TESTCombo] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript ---- And I have a simple test file which tries that typescript out: ---- \usetypescriptfile[test-fonts.tex] \usetypescript[TESTfonts][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,14pt] \starttext Palatino? Normal \Delta, Maths \mathematics\Delta, Greek \greekDelta\par Palatino? Normal \delta, Maths \mathematics\delta, Greek \greekdelta\par {\ss Helvetica? Normal \Delta, Maths \mathematics\Delta, Greek \greekDelta\par Helvetica? Normal \delta, Maths \mathematics\delta, Greek \greekdelta\par} \stoptext ---- With the line '\setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,14pt]' everything works well, but when I change it to '\setupbodyfont[TESTCombo,10pt]' the Delta signs disappear! (The lowercase deltas remain - weird?) I am really confused (and it took ages to understand what was happening, since the disappearing Greek originally occurred in a 700 page book...). When comparing the log files for each version, the broken one (10pt) has the line: ---- Warning: pdfetex.exe (file c:\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/urw/palatino/uplr8a.pfb): glyph `uni20AC' undefined ---- whereas the working one (14pt) doesn't, and instead has: ---- {c:\tex\texmf-local/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/cmrm.enc}<c:\tex\texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr10.pfb> ---- So, it seems to be something to do with a missing switch to the font which contains the \Delta character, but why should it only happen at smaller font sizes? Experimentation suggests that 12pt and below has this problem, and over 12pt the problem disappears. Thanks to anyone who can explain and help me to fix it. Duncan

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Newbie question: background color in single table row
by The Wizard 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

All - I have a simple table which looks like this: \placetable[here]{none} \starttable[|c w(3.0cm)|c|c w(2.75cm)|c w(7.0cm)|] \HL \VL \bf Name \VL \bf Location \VL \bf Date \VL \bf Signature \VL \AR \HL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \AR \HL \stoptable I would like to add a background color to the first row only. I tried \CL[colorname], \BR[colorname] and neither gets quite what I want. Is there a simple way to set the background color for only the first row? I have only just started using ConTeXT, never used TeX or LaTeX before, so I'm still trying to understand everything I read in the manuals, and searching the list archive. I can not seem to make the more HTML-ish tables work the way I want (e.g, \bTABLE...\eTABLE) so I'd like to be able to get where I want to go using the table I have. -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell Powered by Solaris 10_x86/Evolution 1.4.6

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Bold next table row?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 20 Sep '05

20 Sep '05

Is there a way to enforce the next table row (in \starttable...\stoptable) to be in bold? I know I can change the color with \\CL[color] ... -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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pdfetex warnings and lmr
by Otared KAVIAN 19 Sep '05

19 Sep '05

Hi all, I just upgraded to the latest ConTeXT (ConTeXt ver: 2005.09.14 fmt: 2005.9.19 int: english mes: english) and now I cannot typeset anything... For instance the following minimal example results in an empty PDF: \starttext This is a test. \stoptext The log file says among other things: Warning: pdfetex (file lm-ec.enc): cannot open encoding file for reading </usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/public/lm /lmr12.pfb): character 46 is mapped to .notdef and a few other warnings about characters 49 and so on. Since I have been away from the follow up of the changes occured for a while, can anyone give a clue? Thanks in advance: OK

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