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Re: [NTG-context] Issues: framedtext and tables inside itemized list
by Eugene Toporov 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

Hi! On 8/24/05, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Eugene Toporov wrote: > > I have some issues with different things but both inside itemized lists: > > > > 1. Framed text width is calculated not as I expect. The sample below > makes > > framedtext box appear partially on right margin > > \textwidth is a constant that doesn't change when you enter a smaller box. > Do you want to get rid of the space left of the box or do you want to > have a frame, narrower than textwidth? I want the narrower frame with the right edge always at the same place. a) > \startitemize[n,packed] > \item A normal item paragraph, which normaly gets wrapped ok. > \stopitemize > \startframedtext[background=screen,frame=off,width=\textwidth] > Some listing as framedtext whose width seems calculated incorrectly. > \stopframedtext > \startitemize[n,packed,continue] > \item something else > \stopitemize I did not know about the startitemize's continue option. May be useful someday. So, thanks! b) You can access \leftskip to get idea how much space is left on the > left side, there is also a \hsize, but there must be some better solution. Will try playing with this if no other solutions. Thanks for your suggestions. Eugene

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latin modern / czech polish vietnamese
by Hans Hagen 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi, Currently plr and csr metrics are still used, but an alternative is to make those encodings regimes and use qx font encoding instead; that way we can drop quite some metric files. As far as i know il2 and pl0 are only used for computer modern. Concerning vietnamese ... may we assume that latin modern is used there (i.e. drop vnr)? 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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Local footnotes: note in caption, text below table
by Tobias Burnus 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hello, I'd like to have: TABLE 1.1: Some caption¹ -------------------------- table -------------------------- ¹ footnote text I tried \startlocalfootnotes[conversion=character,textstyle=\it] \placetable[][realSH]{Real... \footnote{Taken from...}} {\starttable[|c|c|c|c|] %.... \stoptable \placefootnotes} \stoplocalfootnotes But this fails. While I have a vague idea why it fails, I don't know the proper solution. Tobias

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bug in beta?
by Christopher Creutzig 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Salvete, I haven't found the time to follow the list lately, so my apologies if this has been mentioned before. (I did try looking in the archives.) Using ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.08 fmt: 2005.6.17 int: english mes: english I can't compile \starttext \startitemize[columns] \item a \item a \item a \item a \stopitemize \stoptext any longer: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \@col@-2-t \splitlastcolumn ...global \setbox \lastcolumnbox \vbox {\unvcopy \lasttopco... Christopher

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extra pages after backmatter
by Ciro Soto 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hello, I am getting 2 extra pages after the backmatter. Is there any way delete them? thank you Ciro ============ \starttex \starfrontmatter \input frontmatter.tex \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \input a_file.tex \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \input backmatter.tex \stopbackmatter \stoptext -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker: An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: October 2005.

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Re: blocks in itemize
by r.ermers＠hccnet.nl 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hi Olivier, Thanks for your reaction. My original proposal was: \startitemize \beginblockA \item Apple \endblockA \beginblockB \item Pomme \endBlockB \beginblockA \item Pear \endblockA \beginblockB \item Poire \endBlockB \stopitemize This does not work. The advantage of this setup is that in a bilingual document, printed separatedly, I have both languages underneath and thus more control than when I use separate itemize environments, such as proposed by Taco, and what I had thought of earlier: \beginblockA \startitemize .... \stopitemize \endblockA \beginblockB \startitemize .... \stopitemize \endblockB Nevertheless, if my proposal does not work, I guess I'll have to try it this way. Kind regards, Rob > Hi, > > > I might be wrong, but I think blocks are intended as buffered text. > This way it is not good to use > \item {block A}{bloc B} > and it is not good as well to use {\item block A} > {\item block B} > > > I think the only good way to use block is > {\startitemize > \item block A > \stoptitemize} > {\startitemize > \item block B > \stoptitemize} > were good means a natural utilisation of blocks. > > However, I certainly understand that the third solution is not practical > for your intended usage. > > Maybe a newif is more appropriate to your situation: > \newif\ifenlang and \ifenlang \else \fi switches, > or maybe even cases if you have more than one language. > > Just some thought hoping it helps, > Olivier > > >

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What's the easiest way to create numbered captions?
by Eugene Toporov 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Hello! I've faced a problem briefly discussed before... when the table (natural table) placed using sample below is not split to pages: \placetable[here][mytable1]{Table Caption}{ \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTR \bTH Header\eTH \eTR \dorecurse{150}{ \bTR \bTD row text \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE } Everything works fine if I do not use \placetable. But I do not have the numbered caption in this case and cannot reference this table in a link. Is there any other simple way to give tables (even not only tables) a caption with number? I almost made it using the numbered labels the like below: \definelabel[tableLable][text=Table,headstyle=boldslanted] \tableLable \em{ Table Caption} \reference[mytable1]{Table Caption} \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTR \bTH Header\eTH \eTR \dorecurse{150}{ \bTR \bTD row text \eTD \eTR} \eTABLE This way I can have numbered caption where I need, which is almost cool. But the problem is that I cannot create table link with text "Table N.NTable_Caption" \in{Table}[mytable1] gives the link like "Table Table_Caption" and I cannot add number there :( I hope I miss something really obvious, Thanks everyone in advance! -- Regards. Eugene Toporov

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Chinese in ConTeXt
by Xiao Jianfeng 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

I started to use ConTeXt several weeks ago, and I like it very much :-) I met some problems when I tried to use Chinese in ConTeXt. I have tried to setup Chinese fonts according to the manual "Chinese in ConTeXt" (mchinese.pdf) which seems a little out-of-date. In the manual, programs gbpfb/chpfb, and gbenc are used to perpare the Chinese fonts. But, I chpfb is not shipped with trubolinux anymore . I have googled and couldn't find these programs on the internet. Do someone have some experience of how to setup Chinese in ConTeXt? Thanks in advance! Best wishes. Xiaojf

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footnotes with one *
by Ciro Soto 23 Aug '05

23 Aug '05

I looked at two context manuals and can't find the setting to get footnotes with * instead of a letter or a number. I need 4 footnotes in 4 different pages, and I would like them all of them with one sigle * thank you Ciro ------------- * like this -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker: An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: October 2005.

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pdflatex and mpost -tex=latex
by David Arnold 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

All, Does anyone know if pdflatex -shell-escape filename automatically forces metapost to run with -tex=latex?

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Antwort: Re: [NTG-context] Image Database
by Jessica Holle 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Hi, thanks for the script :-) it works fine. But I've two questions. First: Must I compile the XML file to the PDF? Because wenn I've only the XML file my output when I use the database looks so: (././Figure-lib.xml) figures : figure Figure-lib can not be found And after I compiled a PDF like: texexec --pdf --use=fig-make Figure-lib.xml it look like: (././Figure-lib.xml) figures : figureobject Figure-lib.pdf is reused Second: When I compile this PDF I've a font problem... systems : begin file Figure-lib at line 333 (./Figure-lib.xml) (./Figure-lib.xml figures : figure inet can not be found (/usr/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: ec-urw-times fonts : using map file: original-youngryu-tx fonts : using map file: ec-urw-helvetica fonts : using map file: ec-urw-courier references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 120.95996 x 90.71997 (b x h) interaction : pdftex code inserted references : unknown reference [][begin] [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public-lm. map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map}{/ usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.ma p}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public- lm.map} Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open font map file {/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-youngryu- tx.map} Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-helvetica.map): cannot open font map file Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-courier.map): cannot open font map file ] figures : figure karte can not be found references : unknown reference [][Description] [2.1] <./back.jpg> figures : dimensions of ./back.jpg loaded from figurefile itself references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 355.5684 x 135.8676 (b x h) [3.1] <./rzv.jpg> figures : dimensions of ./rzv.jpg loaded from figurefile itself references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 118.94438 x 37.64063 (b x h) [4.1]) (./Figure-lib.xml subject : - Figure collection references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figure inet can not be found figures : figure inet can not be found references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figure karte can not be found figures : figure karte can not be found references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figureobject back.jpg is reused figures : figureobject back.jpg is reused references : unknown reference [][index] references : unknown reference [][list] interaction : aspect ratio 600.0 x 450.0 (b x h) [5.1] references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figureobject rzv.jpg is reused figures : figureobject rzv.jpg is reused ) [6.2] subject : - List of figures system : figurelist not found/processed [7.3] subject : - Index of figures system : figureindex not found/processed [8.4] systems : end file Figure-lib at line 381 ) )</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/txfonts/txsy.pfb>kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+14/72 --dpi 86 ptmr8r mktexpk: No such file or directory kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. Warning: pdfetex (file ptmr8r): Font ptmr8r at 86 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+52/72 --dpi 124 ptmb8r mktexpk: No such file or directory Warning: pdfetex (file ptmb8r): Font ptmb8r at 124 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+14/72 --dpi 86 ptmb8r mktexpk: No such file or directory Warning: pdfetex (file ptmb8r): Font ptmb8r at 86 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 0+63/72 --dpi 63 pcrr8r mktexpk: No such file or directory Warning: pdfetex (file pcrr8r): Font pcrr8r at 63 not found Output written on Figure-lib.pdf (8 pages, 20409 bytes). Transcript written on Figure-lib.log. I got an output but there are only points instead of the right font... What does help? Regards Jessica

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Re: [NTG-context] rotated accented character
by Hans Hagen 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Mojca Miklavec wrote: >So now that I have the properly rotated letter, is it possible to do >the following: > >% U0259 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA >\definecharacter schwa {\rotate[rotation=180,location=high]{\hbox{e}}} >\definecharacter schwagrave {\buildtextaccent\textgrave{\schwa}} >\schwagrave > > Hm, probably needed for old-slovenian or so: \starttext \unexpanded\def\topaccent#1#2#3#4#5% down right slantcorrection accent char {\dontleavehmode \bgroup \setbox0\hbox{#4}% \setbox2\hbox{#5}% \hbox to \wd2 \bgroup \hss\copy2\hss \hskip-\wd2 \hss\hskip#2\wd0\hskip-#3\fontdimen1\font\raise#1\hbox{#4}\hss \egroup \egroup} \def\buildtextgrave{\topaccent{0pt}{0}{15}{\textgrave}} \startencoding[default] \definecharacter schwa {\hbox{\rotate[rotation=180,location=high]{\hbox{e}}}} \definecharacter schwagrave {\buildtextgrave\schwa} \stopencoding test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave \sl test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave test test \ruledhbox{\schwa} test \schwagrave \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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new for french users
by Hans Hagen 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Hi, There are a couple of new features in the next version of pdftex. One of them is the ability to automatically add a kern before punctuation, which is important for french. So ... we can get rid of active : ; ! and ? characters which is a good thing. I'll upload a version that supports this. The handling is called prespacing and the values are experimental. A test could look like: \definefontsynonym[myfont][Serif][handling=prespacing] \definefont[whatever][myfont sa 1] \setupalign[spacing] % nospacing \whatever look at this: we now have a proper spacing feature and, hurray, get rid of active punctuation! but for document wide behaviour one should apply handling at the typeface level. You can turn it on/off with the setupalign command (or the align=... k/v in other commands) A windows test binary can be found at: http://pdftex.sarovar.org/djgpp/ just move the exe and pool file to the right place and make a format. 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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updating/installing context
by Jörg Hagmann 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

My (working) setup: TeXLive on MacOSX (full installation). This was installed following the instructions in http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html#install. (I only have a slow modem at home) I tried to update context, with the same instructions. 1. I unzipped the new version in texmf (is this correct?) and texhashed, edited etc. Running texexec --pdf myfile gave the errors shown below (see copy of messages). 2. I removed context and put it in texmf-dist (the original context seemed to be there?). Same result (see messages). 3. I then tried to install the minimal version from the pragma site (macostex.zip). There are no instructions and I spent hours trying to figure out what to do. I then found the following in the archives: ------------------- you can put the minimal context in for instance mkdir /mytex after that run . /mytex/setuptex /mytex make sure that the file in /mytex/texmf-linux/bin path have the x flag set texexec --make --all ----------------------- I tried that, assuming that Mac BSD is close enouth to Linux, but clearly this was written for somebody who knows much more than I do. I was told to provide a proper tex root (something/tex), and when I did (I think), I got a path containing //. Surely, it can't be that difficult to give step by step instructions to somebody with basic unix experience?! Thanks for your help, Jörg ----Messages--------------- TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : book output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (./book.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.19 fmt: 2005.8.21 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/TeX/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 (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-lmr12 mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.3) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base running `mf-nowin -ini -jobname=mf -progname=mf -translate-file=cp227.tcx mf.ini' ... This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.3) (INIMF) (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/cp227.tcx) (/usr/TeX/texmf-dist/metafont/config/mf.ini (/usr/TeX/texmf-dist/metafont/base/plain.mf Preloading the plain base, version 2.71: preliminaries, basic constants and mathematical macros, macros for converting from device-independent units to pixels, macros and tables for various modes of operation, macros for drawing and filling, macros for proof labels and rules, macros for character and font administration, and a few last-minute items.) (/usr/TeX/texmf-dist/metafont/misc/modes.mf) ) Beginning to dump on file mf.base (base=mf 2005.8.21) 2223 strings of total length 29887 11862 memory locations dumped; current usage is 3656&7844 1003 symbolic tokens Transcript written on mf.log. fmtutil: /usr/TeX/texmf-var/web2c/mf.base installed. kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmr12 ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ec-lmr12.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12' failed to make ec-lmr12.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.1 \enableregime [il1] ? ^Z [1]+ Stopped texexec --pdf book.tex luftmac:~/book/texbook hagmann$ less book.log luftmac:~/book/texbook hagmann$ texexec --pdf book.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : book output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) output format initialized to DVI entering extended mode (./book.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.19 fmt: 2005.8.21 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/TeX/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 (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/TeX/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-lmr12 mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.3) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmr12 ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ec-lmr12.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12' failed to make ec-lmr12.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.1 \enableregime [il1]

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Antwort: Re: Antwort: Re: [NTG-context] Image Database (font loading)
by Jessica Holle 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Works! You're great! thx Greetings Jessica

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blocks in itemize
by Rob Ermers 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Dear Contexers, I am setting up a complex bilingual document, which has to print one language at the time. Does anyone know how to use the wonderful blocks application in an itemize environment? I think the second block causes problems. Kind regards, Robert \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \defineblock[Nederlandsblok, Engelsblok] \hideblocks[Nederlandsblok] \starttext \startitemize \beginNederlandsblok \item Ik vraag me af of ze ook appels verkopen %NED \endNederlandsblok \beginEngelsblok \item I really wonder if they do sell apples %ENG \endEngelsblok \stopitemize \stoptext Contents of log file: systems : begin file tst at line 8 textblocks : Nederlandsblok hidden textblocks : Engelsblok typeset (./tst-texutil0.tmp) ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. <recently read> \egroup \closeblock ...pblock \doafterblock {Engelsblok}{} \egroup l.17 \endEngelsblok

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Antwort: Re: [NTG-context] Image Database
by Jessica Holle 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Hi, sorry, the output of my fontproblem wasn't right: It looks so: systems : begin file Figure-lib at line 333 (./Figure-lib.xml) (./Figure-lib.xml figures : figure inet can not be found (/usr/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: ec-urw-times fonts : using map file: original-youngryu-tx fonts : using map file: ec-urw-helvetica fonts : using map file: ec-urw-courier references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 120.95996 x 90.71997 (b x h) interaction : pdftex code inserted references : unknown reference [][begin] [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-empty .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-base .map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-public-lm. map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ec-base.map}{/ usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-ams-base.ma p}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public- lm.map} Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open font map file {/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-youngryu- tx.map} Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-helvetica.map): cannot open font map file Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-courier.map): cannot open font map file ] figures : figure karte can not be found references : unknown reference [][Description] [2.1] <./back.jpg> figures : dimensions of ./back.jpg loaded from figurefile itself references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 355.5684 x 135.8676 (b x h) [3.1] <./rzv.jpg> figures : dimensions of ./rzv.jpg loaded from figurefile itself references : unknown reference [][Description] interaction : aspect ratio 118.94438 x 37.64063 (b x h) [4.1]) (./Figure-lib.xml subject : - Figure collection references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figure inet can not be found figures : figure inet can not be found references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figure karte can not be found figures : figure karte can not be found references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figureobject back.jpg is reused figures : figureobject back.jpg is reused references : unknown reference [][index] references : unknown reference [][list] interaction : aspect ratio 600.0 x 450.0 (b x h) [5.1] references : unknown reference [][Figure] references : unknown reference [][GridPg] figures : figureobject rzv.jpg is reused figures : figureobject rzv.jpg is reused ) [6.2] subject : - List of figures system : figurelist not found/processed [7.3] subject : - Index of figures system : figureindex not found/processed [8.4] systems : end file Figure-lib at line 381 ) )</usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/txfonts/txsy.pfb>kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+14/72 --dpi 86 ptmr8r mktexpk: Running gsftopk ptmr8r 86 gsftopk(k) version 1.19.2grep: ptmr8r.log: No such file or directory mktexpk: `gsftopk ptmr8r 86' failed to make ptmr8r.86pk. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. Warning: pdfetex (file ptmr8r): Font ptmr8r at 86 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+52/72 --dpi 124 ptmb8r mktexpk: Running gsftopk ptmb8r 124 gsftopk(k) version 1.19.2grep: ptmb8r.log: No such file or directory mktexpk: `gsftopk ptmb8r 124' failed to make ptmb8r.124pk. Warning: pdfetex (file ptmb8r): Font ptmb8r at 124 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+14/72 --dpi 86 ptmb8r mktexpk: Running gsftopk ptmb8r 86 gsftopk(k) version 1.19.2grep: ptmb8r.log: No such file or directory mktexpk: `gsftopk ptmb8r 86' failed to make ptmb8r.86pk. Warning: pdfetex (file ptmb8r): Font ptmb8r at 86 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 0+63/72 --dpi 63 pcrr8r mktexpk: Running gsftopk pcrr8r 63 gsftopk(k) version 1.19.2grep: pcrr8r.log: No such file or directory mktexpk: `gsftopk pcrr8r 63' failed to make pcrr8r.63pk. Warning: pdfetex (file pcrr8r): Font pcrr8r at 63 not found Output written on Figure-lib.pdf (8 pages, 20409 bytes). Transcript written on Figure-lib.log. return code : 0 run time : 36 seconds sorting and checking : running texutil total run time : 36 seconds Hop somebody can help Regards Jessica

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CORRECTION: [NTG-context] mswincontext and dvipdfmx bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

[please use the following tex file instead] ============fig-test============== %output=dvipdfmx \starttext test \blank \externalfigure[534][width=2cm] %\externalfigure[534-b][width=2cm] %was just over the 40K list limit \stoptext =================================== Dear gang, I need your help. If anyone is using a recent mswincontext.zip, could you check the dvipdfmx executable with the attached test, spec, and eps file. The problem here is that dvipdfmx freezes when processing fig-test.dvi. I'm trying to determine if this is due to a misconfiguration on my part or whether this is a mswincontext problem. I HOPE it's an mswincontext problem because I have no idea where the misconfiguration can be. Note the modified spec-dpx file. Just place it in the working directory (per ChoF's instructions). I appreciate anyone's help: this is critical because I have a late journal issue that depends on the aleph-dvipfmx cycle. Thnx in advance and all the Best Idris >===== Original Message From Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof(a)ktug.or.kr> ===== >In my platform Mac OS X, your fig-test.dvi had no problem. I've >tested it >with DVIPDFMX-20050201, 20050627, 20050815. All three versions had no >problem. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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FWD: RE: dvipdfmx bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Dear gang, I sent a bug report to ChoF, but the bug was actually in ConTeXt so I forward ChoF's answer, in case anyone else needs it. Thanks again, ChoF! Best to all Idris >===== Original Message From Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof(a)ktug.or.kr> ===== On Aug 20, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > I'm presently editing the latest issue of my academic journal, > which depends > on the aleph-dvipdfmx cycle (used for the last three issues). > Unfortunately, > the latest dvipdfmx (from the latest ConTeXt distribution) freezes > on figures. > Enclosed is a sample file, the figure (eps), and the dvi file. It's the problem of spec-dpx.tex in the ConTeXt distribution. One solution might be change the file as follows: 1. Comment out the line 119 as follows: %\definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handlepdfimage} % unstable 2. After the line 119 put the following codes. \def\handleepsimage#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9% {\PointsToWholeBigPoints{#7}\width \PointsToWholeBigPoints{#8}\height \special {PSfile="#1"\space llx=\EPSllx\space lly=\EPSlly\space urx=\EPSurx\space ury=\EPSury\space rwi=\width0\space rhi=\height0}} \definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handleepsimage} Another solution is to update spec-dpx.tex and DVIPDFMx if you can compile it by yourself. 1. Download http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/snapshot/current/ dvipdfmx-20050815.tar.gz 2. You can download the updated spec-dpx.tex at http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/contrib/context/spec-dpx.tex 3. Compile dvipdfmx-20050815. Note that the updated spec-dpx.tex works with DVIPDFMx version 20050815 or later. Best, ChoF. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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rotated accented character
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hello, I would like to define an accented rotated character e, "schwagrave". The following definition fails because of two reasons: - rotate rotates around the middle of the baseline (I would like to place the rotated e at the same place where it was before) - buildtextaccent doesn't like the box produced by rotation %----------------------------------------------------------% % U0254 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O \definecharacter openo {\rotate[rotation=180]{c}} % U0259 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA \definecharacter schwa {\rotate[rotation=180]{e}} \definecharacter schwagrave {\buildtextaccent\textgrave{\schwa}} 1\openo 2\schwagrave 3 %----------------------------------------------------------% In the second example I would like to rotate the accent to produce some other glyphs used in our phonetics: %----------------------------------------------------------% \definecharacter textinvertedbreve {\rotate[rotation=180]{\textbreve}} \def\buildtextbottominvertedbreve {\bottomaccent{.25ex}{0}{5}{\textinvertedbreve}} % U0217 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH INVERTED BREVE \definecharacter uinvertedbreve {\buildtextaccent\textinvertedbreve u} % U0216 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH INVERTED BREVE \definecharacter Uinvertedbreve {\buildtextaccent\textinvertedbreve U} % spoken u, not in Unicode \definecharacter uinvertedbrevebelow {\buildtextbottominvertedbreve u} 1\uinvertedbrevebelow 2\uinvertedbreve 3\Uinvertedbreve 4 \it 1\uinvertedbrevebelow 2\uinvertedbreve 3\Uinvertedbreve 4 %----------------------------------------------------------% Any suggestions? Thank you, Mojca

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Lists moved to the right
by David Antos 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hello, in ConTeXt 2005.08.19, lists are typeset moved slightly to the right, it seems that an extra space appeared in the macros. I've tested it with alternative=d. BTW, is there an "official" place for reporting bugs? I've a feeling that I've seen some Mantis or Bugzilla running, but I lost my bookmark and it's really well hidden :-) Thanks, D.A. -- Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. -- Albert Einstein

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RE: [NTG-context] RE: font loading
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

>===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Here is an example anyone can run: it gives similar pdfetex errors (Font >> texnansi-lmbx12 at 60 not found) This file worked with the older ConTeXt: > >It gave me errors until i added: > > \loadmapfile[texnansi-public-lm] > >then it ran perfectly. The main point behind all of this is that >there are no longer any "preloaded" map files. It could be that >the problem is that \autoloadmapfiletrue doesnt work any longer? Is there a general workaround or do we have to await Hans's return (in which case I may have to go back to my old context from spring :-<) Thanks for your help Taco! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: font loading
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hi Taco >===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >Without the actual typefaces I can only guess, but have you tried > > \loadmapfile[original-ams-euler] > >(or even \loadmapfile[context-base]) > >lines like that are in the newer cont-sys.rme file, but chances are >that your local cont-sys.tex doesn't have them yet. In any case, you >should check for major differences between your local config files >and the distributed .ori ones Ok, I have cont-sys.rme/tex/ori. Which one of these three governs the system? In any case, both .ori and .tex have the same mapfiles loaded, including euler etc. Here is an example anyone can run: it gives similar pdfetex errors (Font texnansi-lmbx12 at 60 not found) This file worked with the older ConTeXt: ================type-test.tex================= %% font mapping \starttypescript [serif] [test] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym [LMRSerif] [texnansi-lmbx12][encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript %% general names \starttypescript [serif] [test] [name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [LMRSerif] \stoptypescript %% font sizes \starttypescript [serif] [test] [size] \definebodyfont [4pt,5pt,6pt,7pt,8pt,9pt,10pt,11pt,12pt,14.4pt,17.3pt] [rm] [tf=Serif sa 1] \stoptypescript %% hanging \starttypescript [serif] [hanging][test] \setupfontsynonym [Serif] [handling=normal] \setupfontsynonym [SerifCapt] [handling=normal] \stoptypescript %% final typefaces \starttypescript[LMRTest] \definebodyfontenvironment [LMRTest] [default] [interlinespace=2.8ex] \definetypeface [lmrtest] [rm] [serif] [test] [test] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript ============================================== test file: ================fonttest.tex================== % output=pdf interface=en \usetypescriptfile[type-test] \usetypescript[LMRTest] \setupbodyfont[lmrtest,10pt] % \loadmapfile[original-base.map] \starttext \dots ABCD \stoptext ============================================== Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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ConTeXt in MikTeX distribution
by jjgod 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hello, I've just updated my MikTeX distribution, which use a 2005-07-12 version of context package. Since then MikTeX could not generate the cont-en format file, when I use texexec --make en, it reports TeX capacity not enough, so I have to modify the localtexmf/miktex/config/miktex.ini file, change |trie_op_size from 2048 to 4096. The second problem is about texfont. When texfont installing Type1 fonts, it use '-p' option of afm2tfm to collect some infomation, but it seems in the afm2tfm source code of MikTeX, -p only works when libkpathsea enabled, otherwise afm2tfm will crash. (without kpathsea support, afm2tfm will only looking for .enc in current directory instead of the directory configured in miktex.ini. Some users in this mail-list may have reported this problem). Current afm2tfm executable file from MikTeX was compiled without libkpathsea support, so when texfont tries to || my $command = "afm2tfm \"$file\" -p texnansi.enc texfont.tfm"; afm2tfm crashed and texfont failed to collect infomation into the $cleanfont variable. So I suggest the maintainer of context avoid using the -p option, it seems ||afm2tfm \"$file\" texfont.tfm| | does the same job in this piece of code. Another problem is that some font vendor distribute their font files in captial letters, such as BIRKA___.PFB, it cause the copy_files routine in texfont.pl failed to copy those pfb files to correct texmf directory. Regards, jjgod. |

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dvipdfmx
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Dear crew, Ok, I've got things working so far on the upgrade; the engine path works and I can use one command for both aleph and pdfetex; hooray! but... Default dvipdfmx configuration is not right. Consider the following three scenarios: 1. ==============test-upgrade.tex================ % output=dvipdfmx \starttext Test \stoptext ============================================== gives ============================================== texexec test-upgrade TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test-upgrade output : dvipdfmx interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) : test-upgrade.dvi -> test-upgrade.pdf [1 ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: rsfs7 rsfs5 <rs fs7.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-base.map", line =3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ec-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <ec-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-public-lm.map", line= 1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ucrb8t NimbusMonL-Bold <ec.e nc <ucrb8a.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: lasy5 LASY5 <lasy5.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-ams-base.map", line=1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: cmb10 CMB10 <cmrm.enc <lmb10. pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-public-lm.map", line=68. ** WARNING ** Could not locate a virual/physical font for TFM "ec-lmr12". ** WARNING ** There are no valid font mapping entry.... ** ERROR ** Cannot continue... Output file removed. ============================================== 2. Now if I use the following DVIPDFMX.EXE -f context-base.map.dvipdfmx test-upgrade I get a pdf file but still =============================================== C:\docs\Projects\Introislam\test>DVIPDFMX.EXE -f context-base.map.dvipdfmx test -upgrade test-upgrade.dvi -> test-upgrade.pdf [1 ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: rsfs7 rsfs5 <rs fs7.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-base.map", line =3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ec-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <ec-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-public-lm.map", line= 1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ucrb8t NimbusMonL-Bold <ec.e nc <ucrb8a.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: lasy5 LASY5 <lasy5.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-ams-base.map", line=1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: cmb10 CMB10 <cmrm.enc <lmb10. pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-public-lm.map", line=68. ] 2927 bytes written =============================================== 3. Finally, even compiling a total arabic document with no lmr at all gives me an ok arabic pdf, but I still get =============================================== testarabic.dvi -> testarabic.pdf [1 ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: rsfs7 rsfs5 <rs fs7.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-base.map", line =3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ec-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <ec-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-public-lm.map", line= 1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ucrb8t NimbusMonL-Bold <ec.e nc <ucrb8a.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="ec-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: qcrb <qcr.enc <qcrb.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="qx-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ucrr8v VnNimbusMonL-Regu "T5Encoding ReEncodeFont" <t5.enc <ucrr8v.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="t5-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: ucrb8r NimbusMonL-Bold <8r.e nc <ucrb8a.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="8r-base.map", line=3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: lasy5 LASY5 <lasy5.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-ams-base.map", line=1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: euex10 EUEX10 <euex10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-ams-euler.map", line=1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: cmb10 CMB10 <cmrm.enc <lmb10. pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="original-public-lm.map", line=68. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: texnansi-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regula r <texnansi-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="texnansi-public-lm.map", line=1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: qx-lmb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <qx-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="qx-public-lm.map", line= 1. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: vnb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <t5-lm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="t5-public-lm.map", line= 3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: plb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <plrm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="pl0-public-lm.map", line =3. ** WARNING ** This .map file looks like using dvips format. ** WARNING ** -- Current input buffer is: csb10 LMRomanDemi10-Regular <csrm.enc <lmb10.pfb ** WARNING ** -- Reading fontmap file stopped at: file="il2-public-lm.map", line =3. ] 3151 bytes written =============================================== Advice please-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Dense Encoding - Comments wanted
by Adam Lindsay 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hi all, On Hans's suggestion, I've been working on a "dense" character encoding that does away with combining accents and extraneous symbol-like characters in favor of fully accented characters. <http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/dense.pdf> This encoding is sort of based on the EC encoding, but adds (to the best of my knowledge) support for Romanian, Maltese, Welsh, Lithuanian, and Latvian. The punctuation that I kept was "typographic" in nature, that would fall within a normal text flow, especially those affected by ligatures and/or kerns. The typographic symbols were left out, including monetary symbols. I reckon these could be called as symbols from another encoding. The general intent here is to have strong support for (latin script) modern European languages, in the context of Unicode input. I concentrate on letters, in order to give as good kerning as possible with a 256 character subset. The letters are fully composed, to help hyphenation within TeX. Note that the encoding can't handle general transliteration or other "academic" uses. So with those goals in mind, does anyone notice their favorite *letter* missing? Is there essential punctuation missing? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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mswincontext and dvipdfmx bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Dear gang, I need your help. If anyone is using a recent mswincontext.zip, could you check the dvipdfmx executable with the attached test, spec, and eps file. The problem here is that dvipdfmx freezes when processing fig-test.dvi. I'm trying to determine if this is due to a misconfiguration on my part or whether this is a mswincontext problem. I HOPE it's an mswincontext problem because I have no idea where the misconfiguration can be. Note the modified spec-dpx file. Just place it in the working directory (per ChoF's instructions). I appreciate anyone's help: this is critical because I have a late journal issue that depends on the aleph-dvipfmx cycle. Thnx in advance and all the Best Idris >===== Original Message From Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof(a)ktug.or.kr> ===== >In my platform Mac OS X, your fig-test.dvi had no problem. I've >tested it >with DVIPDFMX-20050201, 20050627, 20050815. All three versions had no >problem. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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[st]cedilla vs. [st]commaaccent
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hello, After Hans/Taco succesfully fixed the \dstroke problem (and it already seemed that I will stop annoying for a while ;), I noticed another strange behaviour after the discussion on tex-font mailing list. (Adam: the discussion seems to have brought some benefit after all :) Can someone take a look into the difference between [st]cedilla and [st]commaaccent? I have a strange feeling that something is wrong in the way ConTeXt renders them. \tcedilla, \scedilla both expand into what should be \tcommaaccent and \scommaaccent. The four definitions in enco-def.tex are OK: \definecharacter Scedilla {\buildtextcedilla S} \definecharacter scedilla {\buildtextcedilla s} \definecharacter Tcedilla {\buildtextcedilla T} \definecharacter tcedilla {\buildtextcedilla t} ... but they are lost somewhere. I don't know where they turn into "commaaccent"-ed ones if texnansi encoding is used (in ec endoding they are present and (wrongly?) mapped to [st]commaaccent). But these four definitions are probably strange: \definecharacter scommaaccent {s\quoteright} \definecharacter Scommaaccent {S\quoteright} \definecharacter tcommaaccent {t\quoteright} \definecharacter Tcommaaccent {T\quoteright} Is there a good way to render (=fake) them properly? If yes (I think they are properly faked at some place already, at least in texnansi if nowhere else), than also kcommaaccent, lcommaaccent, ncommaaccent and rcommaaccent can be added to these four definitions (gkommaaccent seems to be slightly different). One question arises however. In Unicode reference it states that tcedilla is a deprecated glyph in Romanian and that tcommaaccent should be used instead. It seems that ConTeXt does exactly that at the moment (Adobe screwed up in their glyph list anyway), but in my opinion \tcedilla should stand for "t with cedilla" no matter what is deprecated and what not. Let's not repeat the Adobe's mistake! It should be documented somewhere (in the wiki?) that if someone insists in automatically mapping tcedilla to tcommaaccent, this can be done in a few lines, but this should not be the default behaviour. We can perhaps map \c{t} or "t to tcedilla if needed instead? (I may be wrong here - I'm ignorant in this field.) This *does* "break backward compatibility" in a way, the documents using tcedilla/scedilla/... won't be the same any more if files are fixed, but I don't believe that anyone wants to follow the way thing are solved in LaTeX and ask the users to use \twithrealcedilla or something similar instead. I tried to figure out if any language uses "tcedilla" and I didn't find any useful information about that yet (except, if I understood correctly, sometimes in Romanian->English transliterations). So I ask myself: why do cp1250 and iso latin2 have tcedilla instead of tcommaaccent if nobody uses the first one??? Btw: in anco-ans.tex, \textcedilla maps to character 184 "instead of" character 24. With \definetypeface[antykwa][rm][serif][antykwa-torunska][default][encoding=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[antykwa] this fails because texnansi-antt.enc has a .notdef at slot 184 (perhaps this .enc file could be "fixed" as well, if I may call that "fixing"). It would be great if someone from Romania or Turkey would be reading that and could say a word about it. All the information I have are the (fuzzy) standards, full of mistakes, which "cannot easily be fixed". Mojca

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setuplist
by Olivier 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hi, Does anyone know about a way to "reset" the state in a combined list. Let me illustrate with an example: \setuplist[chapter][alternative=f,margin=0cm,distance=0cm,before=,after=] \setuplist[section][alternative=b,style=bold,width=5mm,margin=0mm,distance=0mm] \setuplist[subsection][alternative=c,style=normal,margin=5mm,width=7mm,distance=2mm] \chapter{A} % not indented in toc \section{1} \subsection{a} \section{2} \chapter{B} % indented as a section in toc \section{1} \subsection{a} \chapter{C} % indented as a subsection Thanks, Olivier

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RE: dvipdfmx bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

Hi ChoF, >===== Original Message From Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof(a)ktug.or.kr> ===== >One solution might be change the file as follows: > >1. Comment out the line 119 as follows: > >%\definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handlepdfimage} % unstable > >2. After the line 119 put the following codes. > >\def\handleepsimage#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9% > {\PointsToWholeBigPoints{#7}\width > \PointsToWholeBigPoints{#8}\height > \special > {PSfile="#1"\space > llx=\EPSllx\space lly=\EPSlly\space > urx=\EPSurx\space ury=\EPSury\space > rwi=\width0\space rhi=\height0}} > >\definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handleepsimage} I did this, regenerated the formats, but it still does not work. My dvipdfmx comes from mswincontext 16-08-05, but checking the properties of the dvipdfmx executable indicates that it was created on 08-03-05. Maybe it's too old. Anyway, hopefully someone can help with an up-to-date executable! Best Idris > >Another solution is to update spec-dpx.tex and DVIPDFMx if you can >compile >it by yourself. > >1. Download http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/snapshot/current/ >dvipdfmx-20050815.tar.gz > >2. You can download the updated spec-dpx.tex at > >http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/contrib/context/spec-dpx.tex > >3. Compile dvipdfmx-20050815. Note that the updated spec-dpx.tex works > with DVIPDFMx version 20050815 or later. > >Best, ChoF. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: dvipdfmx bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

Dear Knights of the TeX Table, If there is anyone out there who can compile the latest dvipdfmx for windows and post it/send it to me I would be very grateful! Best Idris >Another solution is to update spec-dpx.tex and DVIPDFMx if you can >compile >it by yourself. > >1. Download http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/snapshot/current/ >dvipdfmx-20050815.tar.gz > >2. You can download the updated spec-dpx.tex at > >http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/contrib/context/spec-dpx.tex > >3. Compile dvipdfmx-20050815. Note that the updated spec-dpx.tex works > with DVIPDFMx version 20050815 or later. > >Best, ChoF. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: dvipdfmx bug
by Idris Samawi Hamid 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

Thank you, ChoF, for your quick reply. I do not know how to compile dvipdfmx so I will try your changes to spec-dpx.tex. Maybe Fabrice can compile the latest dvipdfmx for windows? Question: how do I determine the version number of my dvipdfmx? My present one came from the context distribution of 16-08-05? All the best Idris >===== Original Message From Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof(a)ktug.or.kr> ===== >On Aug 20, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >> I'm presently editing the latest issue of my academic journal, >> which depends >> on the aleph-dvipdfmx cycle (used for the last three issues). >> Unfortunately, >> the latest dvipdfmx (from the latest ConTeXt distribution) freezes >> on figures. >> Enclosed is a sample file, the figure (eps), and the dvi file. > >It's the problem of spec-dpx.tex in the ConTeXt distribution. > >One solution might be change the file as follows: > >1. Comment out the line 119 as follows: > >%\definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handlepdfimage} % unstable > >2. After the line 119 put the following codes. > >\def\handleepsimage#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8#9% > {\PointsToWholeBigPoints{#7}\width > \PointsToWholeBigPoints{#8}\height > \special > {PSfile="#1"\space > llx=\EPSllx\space lly=\EPSlly\space > urx=\EPSurx\space ury=\EPSury\space > rwi=\width0\space rhi=\height0}} > >\definefileinsertion{dpx}{eps}{\handleepsimage} > >Another solution is to update spec-dpx.tex and DVIPDFMx if you can >compile >it by yourself. > >1. Download http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/snapshot/current/ >dvipdfmx-20050815.tar.gz > >2. You can download the updated spec-dpx.tex at > >http://project.ktug.or.kr/dvipdfmx/contrib/context/spec-dpx.tex > >3. Compile dvipdfmx-20050815. Note that the updated spec-dpx.tex works > with DVIPDFMx version 20050815 or later. > >Best, ChoF. ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] changing from oldstyle to upright
by Idris Samawi Hamid 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

>===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >> Switching to oldstyle is easy: >> But how do I locally switch back to upright? Declaring > >I don't think you can, actually. There are no metric files >for oldstyle in the latin modern distribution, only an encoding >vector (and .map). So once a map/encoding is defined for a given font/tfm set it cannot be changed by declaring another map; interesting. >The reverse of the old oldstyle trick should work though: > > \def\liningfigures#1{\mathematics{#1}} Yes! I should have thought of that! As always, thnx a million! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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changing from oldstyle to upright
by Idris Samawi Hamid 20 Aug '05

20 Aug '05

Dear consortium, Switching to oldstyle is easy: \usetypescript [modern][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [map] [latin-modern-os] [\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont [modern] But how do I locally switch back to upright? Declaring \usetypescript [map] [latin-modern] [\defaultencoding] does nothing. Basically I want to have something like \def\UP{\switchtobodyfont[lmrup]} for local effects. I tried \definetypeface [lmrup] [rm] [serif] [latin-modern] [default] [encoding=texnansi] to no avail as well. Test file attached Thnx in advance! Idris =========================test-os============================ % output=pdf interface=en \usetypescript [modern][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [map] [latin-modern-os] [\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [map] [latin-modern] [\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont [modern] %\definetypeface [lmros] [rm] [serif] [latin-modern-os] [default] [encoding=texnansi] %\switchtotypeface [lmros] [12pt,rm] %\definetypeface [lmrup] [rm] [serif] [computer-modern] [default] [encoding=\defaultencoding] \starttext 1234 \usetypescript [modern][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [map] [latin-modern] [\defaultencoding] 1234 \stoptext ============================================================ ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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help with layouts
by Boris Pedrofiets 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hello, I'm really interested in de context concept. I see several impressive layouts at de pragma-ade site. As a newbie I find it difficult to create such layout. Can anyone point me some good examples? thanks p. _________________________________________________________________ Speel online games via MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/

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bug in latest release
by Hans Hagen 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi, There is a bug in the latest type-syn.tex: \starttypescript [serif] [modern,computer-modern-vari,latin-modern-vari] [name] => \starttypescript [serif] [modern-vari,computer-modern-vari,latin-modern-vari] [name] (no need for format generation) 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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font loading
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi Taco, >===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >> There is apparently something wrong with the indenting mechanism in the >I've verified this bug, but will probably have to wait until Hans is >back (i don't understand his changes to \setupindenting) Ok, but is there at least a workaround for the problems loading the math and other default fonts? This is really critical: >===== Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ===== Another bug/feature: Something has apparently changed in the way fonts/maps are loaded. The following used to work, now does not ==================== % output=pdf interface=en \usetypescriptfile[type-mpoow] \usetypescript[MinionProOptow] \setupbodyfont[minionprooptow,10pt] \starttext \dots \stoptext ==================== The typescript file is my own, but the following line is relevant: ===================== \definetypeface [minionprooptow] [mm] [math] [euler] [default] [encoding=texnansi,rscale=0.89] ===================== When I process this the log gives ===================== Warning: pdfetex.exe (file eurm10): Font eurm10 at 64 not found ===================== Second: why doesn't the ellipsis use the main text font? I guess that \dots is obtained from the math font, but in running text this makes no sense. Shouldn't ConTeXt define \dots with respect the text font? Or does it use something other than \dots? [update: I used a chardef, but doesn't ConTeXt have a more general ellipsis command?] Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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bug in indentation
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Dear knights, There is apparently something wrong with the indenting mechanism in the latest context: I have to invoke indenting twice to cut it on (uncomment the second \setupindenting): ============================ % output=pdf interface=en \setupwhitespace[none] \setupindenting[medium,next] % does not indent %\setupindenting[medium,next] % need both to indent \definestartstop [quote] [before={\startnarrower[1*middle]\blank[big]}, after={\stopnarrower\blank[big]}] \starttext \input knuth \startquote \input knuth \stopquote \input knuth \stoptext ============================ log verifying version ============================= This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 2005.8.18) 18 AUG 2005 21:47 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en testblank.tex (./testblank.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.15 fmt: 2005.8.18 int: english mes: english ============================= Similarly, if I want a local exception to the indentation I need something like \start\setupindenting[none]\setupindenting[none] <paragraph> \stop Also, dropped capes does not work well when indentation is on, calling for the local exception above. Finally, \indenting and \noindenting don't work like they used to: bug or feature? I actually spent hours trying to debug a huge manuscript (with messed up now fixed indentation) before finally realizing and isolating the problem. Upgrading ConTeXt is always an adventure... Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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off to china
by Hans Hagen 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi, I'm off to tug 2005 in china now, so expect less answers from me for a while 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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TOC bug or feature?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi Hans, Did u intentionally make the option [sectionnumber=yes] the default for \placelist[]? This seems rather strange and arbitrary (chapter and subsection are not affected)... Unfortunately, adding sectionnumber=no, also kills the sectioning numbers on the left of the titles... I need the sectioning labels in the left of the TOC but not in the page numbers... Best Idris =======placelist.tex======= % output=pdf interface=en \definecombinedlist[summary][chapter,section,subsection][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [summary]\setupcombinedlist [summary][alternative=c, textstyle=\tfa\tf, % sectionnumber=no, interaction=all] \starttext \chapter{Test1} \section{test1} \subsection{test1} \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par\ } \chapter{Test2} \section{test2} \subsection{test2} \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par\ } \chapter{Test3} \section{test3} \subsection{test3} \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par\ } \chapter{Test4} \section{test4} \subsection{test4} \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par\ } \page \placesummary[criterium=all] \stoptext ===================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] upgrading to latest ConTeXt
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Another bug/feature: Something has apparently changed in the way fonts/maps are loaded. The following used to work, now does not ==================== % output=pdf interface=en \usetypescriptfile[type-mpoow] \usetypescript[MinionProOptow] \setupbodyfont[minionprooptow,10pt] \starttext \dots \stoptext ==================== The typescript file is my own, but the following line is relevant: ===================== \definetypeface [minionprooptow] [mm] [math] [euler] [default] [encoding=texnansi,rscale=0.89] ===================== When I process this the log gives ===================== Warning: pdfetex.exe (file eurm10): Font eurm10 at 64 not found ===================== Second: why doesn't the ellipsis use the main text font? I guess that \dots is obtained from the math font, but in running text this makes no sense. Shouldn't ConTeXt define \dots with respect the text font? Or does it use something other than \dots? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] upgrading to latest ConTeXt
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== >>Is engine path working? Is there one command to generate both aleph and >>pdfetex formats or do I have to do this separately? >> >> >should work automatically 1. Can I do something in e.g. texexec.ini so that texexec --make generates both pdfetex and aleph formats? Right now I still have to compile the aleph format separately. 2. Also: Although the tex engine per se is no longer needed, we still need to be able to e.g., aleph --ini *plain \dump right now some files (like manfnt) are missing from the distribution. It's very important to be able to compile aleph in plain fmt for testing purposes (it's how i found at least a couple of context-aleph bugs, for ex.). Best Idris Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] dvipdfmx
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

During processing, I get 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: texnansi-base fonts : using map file: qx-base fonts : using map file: t5-base fonts : using map file: 8r-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler fonts : using map file: original-public-lm fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm fonts : using map file: qx-public-lm fonts : using map file: t5-public-lm fonts : using map file: pl0-public-lm fonts : using map file: il2-public-lm Is this where dvipdfmx is running into difficulty? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Aleph reminder
by Idris Samawi Hamid 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Dear syndicate, For those using aleph and ConTeXt: upon upgrading don't forget to comment all extra_mem_bot.context = lines in texmf.cnf, both in \texmf and \texmf-local, otherwise aleph will crash on e.g. over/underfull boxes. If Giuseppe reads this: the main XeTeX developer believes he found the source of this bug (and a fix->)... Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] upgrading to latest ConTeXt
by Idris Samawi Hamid 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== >>System complains that pdfetex.dll cannot be found. Sure enough, there is no >>such dll in the distribution. >just use the old pdfetex and pdfetex.pool (i'll fix the mswin zip files One more question: I have a lot of private/generated stuff in texmf-local and texmf-fonts, much of it generated by texfont etc. Is it safe (after backup) to just drop the new C:/ConTeXt on top of the older one? Is engine path working? Is there one command to generate both aleph and pdfetex formats or do I have to do this separately? Any other upgrade tips are appreciated! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Image Database
by Jessica Holle 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

I've some questions about the Image Database. I found no answers in the xfigure.pdf. Can I generate the xml file automaticly? I can use xmltools --dir --pattern=/home/tralal/*.jpg --output=tralala.xml but then in the xml file doesn't stad figure, there is file. so this doesn't work I think. Must everything be in the same folder? the xmlfile, the images and my document I'm writing? Or can I specify a directory in the xmlfile? So that the images can be on an other folder than the xmlfile? Must the xmlfile be in the same directory than my document?

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upgrading to latest ConTeXt
by Idris Samawi Hamid 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Dear gang, Have not updated in a while, noticed a new mswincontext.zip, now trying to upgrade to the latest. First thing: System complains that pdfetex.dll cannot be found. Sure enough, there is no such dll in the distribution. 2. Can I go back to the last mswincontext and just use cont-tmf, or are there some new features in the latest mswincontext that we need? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Uppercase in headers
by Olivier 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Hi, I would like to set the headers all caps, but not the title of the section in the body text. This setting %\setupheader[text][style={\WORD}] % <- does not work \setupheadertexts[text][\setups{run:left}][][][\setups{run:right}] \startsetups run:left \CapHeadFont\pagenumber\qquad\WORD{\getmarking[section]} \stopsetups eats the section title in the headers. What should I do to get it right? Thanks, Olivier

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[Fwd: [NTG-context] Re: ec encoding and tcaron]
by Hans Hagen 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Hi Jacko, There is some confusion about tcaron. The problem si that when another name is used, am2tfm cannot create proper small caps when there is no matching upper/lowercase slot. What do you advice in this. Should the ec enc file be changed? 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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alpha version
by Hans Hagen 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Hi, For those interested in sorting registers ... ... the alpha release has sort-* files in it. For the moment you need to load: \readfile{sort-ini}{}{} After that mainlanguage[sl] \starttext test \index {aa1} test \index {ab1} test \index {aa2} test \index {ab2} test \index {aa10} test \index {aa8} test \index {aa9} test \index {aa11} test \index {aa10} test \index {cccc} test \index {\ccaron ccc} test \index {\cacute ccc} test \index {caaa} test \index {\ccaron aaa} test \index {\cacute aaa} \placeindex \stoptext will adapt itself to the language. Sort orders are defined in sort-lan.tex. You need to run 'newtexexec' (ruby reimplementation of texexec), which uses the texutil module/class instead of the program (faster). The reimplementation of texutil permits user plugins and such (more about that later). I need more info on sort order about for instance czech and german and ... 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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