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indentaion
by Hans Hagen 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Hi, In the process of fixing odd/even indentation (handy for verse) i also cleanup the code a bit. I'm wondering if we can make \setupindenting and \indenting equivalent. Is anyone using \indenting[no] to suppress the next indentation? 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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\placecontent problems
by Idris Samawi Hamid 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

[Dear syndicate: I sent this Saturday with no response yet. Sorry 4 being a pest, but I've got to get this (much-delayed) book to the publisher this week; hope someone can help...:-)] Dear gang: I have a \placecontent-type problem. I want to collect all the subsections and subsubsections of the main bodymatter of a book into a list, then place that list into an appendix (conversion=Characters): \definecombinedlist[synopsis][subsection,subsubsection][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [synopsis][alternative=c,textstyle=\tf] There are two problems: 1. If I place the content list within a chapter, the list disappears. It works if I place it before the chapter heading. Thus, I need a way to do \placesynopsis beneath a chapter heading; 2. \start-\stopappendices begins a new sectionblock, therefore \placesynopsis does nothing, even if I do not place it within a chapter/appendix. Thus (assuming we can solve problem 1) I need a way to change the conversion to Characters on the fly within the bodymatter sectionblock. I need, e.g. 1. A Chapter 2. Another Chapter A. An Appendix within the same sectionblock. Is this possible? I notice that conversion=Characters appears to be defined for the global sectionblock, but not for local headings. It would be nice if I could do something like \definehead[appendix][chapter] \setuphead[appendix][conversion=Characters] with the first instance of \appendix starting with `A' (i.e., decoupled from the chapter numbers). See the attached file for some experiments. Best Idris ======================================================== \setupoutput[pdftex]% \definecombinedlist[summary][chapter][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [summary][alternative=c,textstyle=\tf] \definecombinedlist[synopsis][subsection,subsubsection][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [synopsis][alternative=c,textstyle=\tf] \starttext \startbodymatter \placesummary \page \placesynopsis \chapter{This is a test.} \subsection{This is a subtest.} \subsubsection{This is a subsubtest.} \chapter{This is another test.} \subsection{This is another subtest.} \subsubsection{This is another subsubtest.} \chapter{Synopsis} \placesynopsis \stopbodymatter \startappendices \placesynopsis \chapter{Synopsis} \placesynopsis \stopappendices \stoptext ============================ 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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Re: [NTG-context] \setuphead command
by Elena Fraboschi 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Hi nikolai, Many thanks for the hint in re right and left. (The next one to ask about this, I'll relieve you from the burden of having to answer and will answer it myself! :-)) So I now have only two questions left unsolved, which are (1) any ConTeXt command to gobble-up unwanted vertical space before a section header, when the section header appears right at the top of a new page? (2) any ConTeXt way to do a \setuphead such that the text following the header will be run-in text? Many thanks. Best, elena P.S. ok ok, I'll try to adopt your way of writing square bracketted expressions...

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Re: [NTG-context] \setuphead command
by Elena Fraboschi 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Dear All: I amhaving my own private warfare with the \setuphead command, and I wonder whether anyone can give me a hint. I have three problems, which I describe in detail below. They are: (1) how to setup run-in text after a subhead, (2) how to align the section, subsection, ... headers left or right (I am not talking of the running heads here) (3) vertical whitespace before a section header when it falls at the beginning of a new page What is *not* wanted :-) ==================== If the solution is use command=\mycommand, fine, I can do that. just please tell me that that's the only solution. I really am not asking about how to write a "Plain" or "LaTeX" command. Rather, what I'd like to know is if there is a ConTeXt-ish way to do these things, and by that I mean [something=something]. Description of my problems ========================== (1) At the Indiana Univ. Math. J. we use three levels of headings, let's call them \section, \subsection, and \subsubsection. The last two use run-in text. In Plain, the corresponding command might be something like this: \def\mysubsection#1{\vskip14pt\indent{\tenbfsl#1}.~} The outcome is this: My cat Inca. Inca is a beautiful black cat though she is now approaching her "golden" years. I could not come up with a [...=...] way to do run-in text after a heading. The only thing I did not try is something that occurred to me while walking to work - would this work? \setuphead[subsection][ after={\blank[none]} ] (2) Horizontal alignment. This problem is almost funny. Consider these two setups: \setuphead[section][ align=middle ] \setuphead[subsection][ align=left, ] The section will appear just fine, centered between the left and the right margins. The subsection head will appear flush RIGHT! If, instead, you write \setuphead[subsection][ align=right, ] the subsection head will appear flush LEFT. Hmmm... Hans, are you dyslexic? :-) (just in case, here comes another one :-)) I was able to obtain a subsection header as I wanted it by writing \setuphead[subsection][ align=left, command=\doglobal ] The problem is that, even though it works, I do not want to learn ConTeXt the wrong way. I do not want to "hack" it if there are set, orthodox ways to do what I want to do. (3) Plain TeX had some setup commands (have to re-acquaint myself with The TeXBook - have not done Plain in years) such that you could insert vertical whitespace before a section (subsection...) header, as wanted, but if in the course of writing that section header happened to fall at the top of a new page, then the vertical whitespace before it would be gobbled up. The reason is very simple: you do not want to have a "ragged top". My question is this: Is there any built-in thing like that in ConTeXt? Is there a command to "gobble up" vertical whitespace when a page break sends a heading to the top of the next page? Many thanks for any and all help. Best, elena (I wore thin the LiveContext interface this weekend - what a great thing to have!)

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Re: [NTG-context] \setuphead command
by Elena Fraboschi 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Dear all: I just conducted some follow up experiments on my previous questions, and found out that... (1) In re producing run-in text following a subsection header: neither [after={\blank[none]},] nor [after=\nowhitespace,] have any impact: I still get the subsection header on one line, and the text on the next line. (2) In re horizontal alignment, I guess there is some sort of inheritance going on here? In the setup below, I had hoped to obtain the section header in the middle, and the subsection header flush left, since "subsection" had not be re-defined at all. However, once I define section to be [align=middle,], the remaining headers follow suit, even when no \setuphead command is written for them: \setuphead[section][ align=middle, ] \starttext \section{Will this work?}Hello world! So here comes a subsection that, not having been defined, would ideally display at the default location, which is flush left. \subsection{Is this flush left?}No, it isn't. \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] bug / feature portal
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Still not accessable - though the site learnt English meanwhile (see below). Steffen Site error This site encountered an error trying to fulfill your request. The errors were: Error Type AttributeError Error Value portal_transforms Request made at 2005/07/25 06:38:24.765 GMT-4 Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> wrote: > Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > > > in addition to the wiki there is now a portal for tracking bugs and > > feature requests > > > > http://context.literatesolutions.com/ > > > > I tried to place a request there: > http://context.literatesolutions.com/forums/context/forum_add_topic_form > > but was rejected by a (German?) error message: > > > > Site Fehler > > Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Die Fehlermeldung lautet: > > Fehlertyp > AttributeError > Fehlerwert > portal_transforms > Anfrage erfolgt um > 2005/07/24 10:57:37.342 GMT-4 > > > > > Something wrong at the server side? > > Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] aquamints symbols
by Henning Hraban Ramm 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

> can some native >english sea wolf check the symbol names >Especially I not sure with appropriateness of fattree, seaegg, and geoarrow. I'm no native either, but... fattree is some palm. tortle -> turtle seaegg is a sea urchin shell (I guess) geoarrow is a wind rose (compass card, compass rose) sadmaur: I'd call this a mask Hraban

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Re: [NTG-context] bug / feature portal
by Steffen Wolfrum 24 Jul '05

24 Jul '05

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > in addition to the wiki there is now a portal for tracking bugs and > feature requests > > http://context.literatesolutions.com/ I tried to place a request there: http://context.literatesolutions.com/forums/context/forum_add_topic_form but was rejected by a (German?) error message: Site Fehler Es ist ein Fehler aufgetreten. Die Fehlermeldung lautet: Fehlertyp AttributeError Fehlerwert portal_transforms Anfrage erfolgt um 2005/07/24 10:57:37.342 GMT-4 Something wrong at the server side? Steffen

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\placecontent problems
by Idris Samawi Hamid 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

Dear gang: I have a \placecontent-type problem. I want to collect all the subsections and subsubsections into a list, then place that list into an appendix (conversion=Characters): \definecombinedlist[synopsis][subsection,subsubsection][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [synopsis][alternative=c,textstyle=\tf] There are two problems: 1. If I place the content list within a chapter, the list disappears. It works if I place it before the chapter heading. Thus, I need a way to do \placesynopsis beneath a chapter heading; 2. \start-\stopappendices begins a new sectionblock, therefore \placesynopsis does nothing, even if I do not place it within a chapter/appendix. Thus (assuming we can solve problem 1) I need a way to change the conversion to Characters on the fly within the bodymatter sectionblock. I need, e.g. 1. A Chapter 2. Another Chapter A. An Appendix within the same sectionblock. Is this possible? I notice that conversion=Characters appears to be defined for the global sectionblock, but not for local headings. It would be nice if I could do something like \definehead[appendix][chapter] \setuphead[appendix][conversion=Characters] with the first instance of \appendix starting with `A' (i.e., decoupled from the chapter numbers). See the attached file for some experiments. Best Idris ======================================================== \setupoutput[pdftex]% \definecombinedlist[summary][chapter][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [summary][alternative=c,textstyle=\tf] \definecombinedlist[synopsis][subsection,subsubsection][textstyle=\tf] \setupcombinedlist [synopsis][alternative=c,textstyle=\tf] \starttext \startbodymatter \placesummary \page \placesynopsis \chapter{This is a test.} \subsection{This is a subtest.} \subsubsection{This is a subsubtest.} \chapter{This is another test.} \subsection{This is another subtest.} \subsubsection{This is another subsubtest.} \chapter{Synopsis} \placesynopsis \stopbodymatter \startappendices \placesynopsis \chapter{Synopsis} \placesynopsis \stopappendices \stoptext ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] Texfont / OTF / Font installation.
by Adam Lindsay 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

Cool. I'm glad it was that easy. David Wooten said this at Fri, 22 Jul 2005 17:01:59 -0700: >Adam & Hans, > >Thanks once again---you'd think I'd know by now to check the updates. >Now at 5.4.2, and working fine. > >Regards, >Dave > >On Jul 22, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Adam Lindsay wrote: > >> David Wooten said this at Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:10:45 -0700: >> >>> ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.4.3 int: english mes: english >> >> David, >> It looks like you're using an older ConTeXt. I made some bug fixes in >> TeXfont in June, and Hans silently updated TeXfont (different, but >> still >> v2.2.1) in a subsequent release. >> >> I'd say update to a new version, as a first step. I made a mistake in >> keeping track of names internally, and your sort of font name >> problem is >> fairly indicative of that issue. >> >> Hans suggestion of changing to lower-case font names probably won't >> hurt, either. >> >> Good luck! >> adam > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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Texfont / OTF / Font installation.
by David Wooten 23 Jul '05

23 Jul '05

Greetings all (esp. Adam ;), I'm experimenting a bit again with texfont. I'm having trouble getting DTL's Haarlemmer OTF to work. For starters, one file: H022X13D.otf (which is Haarlemmer Regular): --------- texfont --fo=MyFontRoot --ma --in --ve=dtl --co=haarlemmer --lcdf -- pre --va=liga,kern,onum TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 mktexlsr: Updating MyFontRoot/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. encoding vector : texnansi encoding variant : liga,kern,onum vendor name : dtl source path : . font collection : haarlemmer texmf font root : MyFontRoot pdftex map file : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using otf files converting : ./H022X13D.otf to ./H022X13D.pfb copying files : afm copying files : pfb copying : H022X13D.pfb copying files : otf copying : H022X13D.otf extending map file : MyFontRoot/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer.map font identifier : DTLHaarlemmerDOT-Regular -> text -> tfm processing files : otf -> tfm + enc I had to round some heights by 10.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 4.0000000 units. I had to round some heights by 10.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 4.0000000 units. updating map file : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer.map generating : ls-r databases mktexlsr: Updating MyFontRoot/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. ------- following that, trying ------- texexec --pdf --mode=compact --once texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl- haarlemmer.tex TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer output : pdftex interface : en options : once current mode : compact This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.4.3 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 878] system (E-TEX) : [line 933] ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (MyFontRoot/tex/context/extensions/cont-sys.tex system : macros of module plus loaded (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/m-plus.tex (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/plus-rul.tex loading : Context Plus Macros / Ruled Content Handling )) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 uk- >default:default->2-> 2:2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr- >texnansi:texnansi->5->2 :2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->default:default->7->2:2 it- >texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 it->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer.top loaded (./texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 2280] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) system : macros of module fnt-01 loaded (/usr/local/TeTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/s-fnt-01.tex color : system rgb is global activated ) fonts : using map file: texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl- haarlemmer.map fonts : using map file: texnansi-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: all-base.map fonts : using map file: original-public-vnr.map fonts : using map file: original-public-csr.map fonts : using map file: original-public-plr.map fonts : using map file: original-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler.map fonts : using map file: original-ams-cmr.map fonts : using map file: texnansi-base.map fonts : using map file: t5-base.map fonts : using map file: qx-base.map fonts : using map file: 8r-base.map fonts : using map file: ec-base.map fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: original-base.map systems : begin file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-dtl-haarlemmer at line 7 kpathsea: Running mktextfm texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea: Running mktexmf texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D ! I can't find file `texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D'. <*> ...ode; input texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ode; input texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D' failed to make texnansi-LIGA- KERN-ONUM-H022X13D.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \**WhateverFont**=texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D at 10.0pt not loadabl e: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \dododefinefont ...ontspec {#2}\rawfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \redodefinefont #1#2#3->\dododefinefont {#1}{#2} \doifsetupselse {#3} {\setup... <argument> ...egular\quad texnansi] \WhateverFont \setupinterlinespace \show... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 l.9 ...texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM-H022X13D][texnansi] ? --------- Curiously (it seems to me), while there is no texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM- H022X13D.tfm file, there is a texnansi-LIGA-KERN-ONUM- DTLHaarlemmerDOT-Regular.tfm file. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Many thanks, David Wooten

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Position Box On Bottom Right Side
by Christoph Czarnetzki 22 Jul '05

22 Jul '05

Hello! i want to put a box on the right, bottom side of my initial page. Its like \blank[10*big,force] but without the 10! Lets say i got three lines, then the third line should be the last line on this page. I thought aboud a \vbox with frame=off, which contents are \startalignment[left] and in a \startlines environment. As special i want to put a \hairline in that, with \textwidth length. Other things went very quickly, but this one seems very tricky... :-( ... for me. :-) Thanks for Help! Christoph

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pararaph indent in footnote
by Alan Bowen 22 Jul '05

22 Jul '05

How does one get ConTeXt to indent and space paragraphs in footnotes according to the same rules as the body text? I have checked the manual but do not see how to adapt \setupfootnotes to do this, and my attempts thus far with \setupfootnotedefinition have not been unsuccessful either. Thanks for any help or pointers. Alan

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Proper kerning of quotations in German
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hello, I already noticed that English quotations are much better kerned than the German (also Slovenian) ones, today I also came across two articles about this. http://www.harald-harders.de/latex/lm-kerning-092.pdf http://www.dante.de/dante/events/eurotex/papers/TUT09.pdf If I understood it properly, the problem should have been addressed and solved already. Is there already any ConTeXt support for it? German/Slovenian/... can use either guillemots or normal quotation marks, so if the user wants to use guillemots (which are not the default), a simple mechanism has to exist, where the kerning is updated automatically when switching. Mojca

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi, I'm currently uploading a beta with the most recent discussed fixes / extensions. The questiosn with regards to verse/poems triggered me into looking into the lines mechanism and i found out that the odd/even indentation was broken. As a result i rewrote part if the indenter. So, the following should work ok \setupindenting[medium] \setuplines[indenting=no] \startlines first second third fourth \stoplines \setuplines[indenting=yes] \startlines first second third fourth \stoplines \setuplines[indenting=odd] \startlines first second third fourth \stoplines \setuplines[indenting=even] \startlines first second third fourth \stoplines -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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problem with MPpath (concat)
by Peter Rolf 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hello all, the following mp-snippet ... gsave newpath 4.5 21.1875 moveto 3.7973 20.87306 3.16096 20.42763 2.625 19.875 curveto 1.91222 19.14006 1.3963 18.23721 1.125 17.25 curveto [0.99834 0.5764 -0.05766 0.09985 0 0] concat stroke grestore ^^^^^^^^ 0.123 0.018 0.007 setrgbcolor ... leads to ... Transcript written on window-mpgraph.log. [MP to PDF] (./window-mpgraph.1 ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> [ \@@MP41 ->[ 0.99834 \presetMPconcat ->\dimen 0=\gMPs 1 \onepoint \dimen 2=\gMPs 2\onepoint \dimen... \handleMPpathconcat ->\presetMPconcat \PDFcode {\gMPs 1 \gMPs 2 \gMPs 3 \gMP... \dohandleMPpathB ...catMPpath \handleMPpathconcat \else \ifx \somestring \PS... l.148 ...9834 0.5764 -0.05766 0.09985 0 0] concat stroke grestore ? pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.0-rc3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) ConTeXt ver: 2005.07.20 fmt: 2005.7.20 MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.3) I hope this information is enough (else I'm really in trouble to generate a minimal example). Greetings, Peter

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aquamints symbols
by Vit Zyka 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi, before exhibiting AquaMints symbol set support (recently mentined here by Jonh C. as free font from www.galapagosdesign.com) can some native english sea wolf check the symbol names in http://typokvitek.com/tmp/aquamints.pdf Especially I not sure with appropriateness of fattree, seaegg, and geoarrow. Thanks vit -- ======================================================= Ing. Vít Zýka, Ph.D. TYPOkvítek database publishing databazove publikovani data maintaining and typesetting in typographic quality priprava dat a jejich sazba v typograficke kvalite tel.: (+420) 777 198 189 www: http://typokvitek.com =======================================================

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showsymbolset
by Vit Zyka 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hello, I have done symbol definition file for AquaMints font. When I want to prepare overall symbol table I noticed problem in \showsymbolset definition (no table, no symbol is shown). It tests \doifsymbolsetelse{#1}. It is defined \def\doifsymbolsetelse #1{\doifdefinedelse{\??ss*#1}} but greping ss* gives me no place where \??ss*#1 is defined (perhaps should be in \startsymbolset?). Minimal example: \starttext \showsymbolset[astronomic] \symbol[astronomic][Moon] \stoptext Thanks, vit -- ======================================================= Ing. Vít Zýka, Ph.D. TYPOkvítek database publishing databazove publikovani data maintaining and typesetting in typographic quality priprava dat a jejich sazba v typograficke kvalite tel.: (+420) 777 198 189 www: http://typokvitek.com =======================================================

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line break
by Jörg Hagmann 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hullo all, Maybe somebody can help me with this: I have a paragraph and an image in the outer margin, sticking slightly into the text area. On the opposite side, in the inner margin, I have two letters. What happens is that after the \inothermargin command I get a line break (not a new paragraph, but a line break). When I remove the image, the line break disappears. This is the code: \placevignette{}{\externalfigure[di_B12_marg][width=4cm]} Die Resorption des {\em wasserlˆslichen} Vitamins B\low{12} (= Cobalamin, s. Formel) f‰llt aus dem Rahmen: B\low{12} wird nur als Komplex mit dem \quotation{Intrinsic Factor}, einem Glycoprotein aus den Belegzellen des Magens, {\em im Ileum} aufgenommen (Intrinsic, weil der Faktor aus dem Kˆrper stammt -- dazu passend bezeichnet man B\low{12} auch als \quotation{Extrinsic Factor}).\inothermargin{\ssd Pa} Vitamin B\low{12} wird von Bakterien synthetisiert und stammt ausschliesslich aus tierischer Nahrung; Veganer/innen, die nicht nur auf Fleisch, sondern auch auf Eier und Milchprodukte verzichten, besitzen einen entsprechend niedrigen Vorrat des Vitamins. H‰ufigste Ursache f¸r die {\em perniziˆse An‰mie}, die klassische B\low{12}-Mangelkrankheit, ist allerdings nicht eine Fehlern‰hrung, sondern eine verminderte Resorption im Ileum, entweder weil dessen Schleimhaut entz¸ndet ist (Sprue), oder weil eine erkrankte Magenschleimhaut zuwenig Intrinsic Factor produziert. I call this type of figures vignette and defined it as follows: \definefloat[vignette][figure] \setupfloat[vignette][leftmargindistance=- \outermargintotal,rightmargindistance=- \outermargintotal,default={outer,none,low}] \setupcaption[vignette][number=no] Thanks for your help, Jörg

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bug / feature portal
by Hans Hagen 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi, in addition to the wiki there is now a portal for tracking bugs and feature requests http://context.literatesolutions.com/ this is *not* a replacement for the wiki, which is and will be the primary place for on-line user support etc etc. Although the portal is mainly meant for those involved in the development and therefore is moderated, it is open for anyone who wants to contribute in bug reports and feature requests. It's still somewhat experimental and we're trying to figure out the best way to deal with things like bugs (without too much overhead for the developers). In due time there will also be some additional resources for the purpose of history. 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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Making texshow easier to edit
by Nikolai Weibull 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

The following things would make editing the texshow wiki a lot easier to edit: * Preview displays of changes * Easy cross-referencing between commands * Not putting everything inside <pre>...</pre> tags When making changes, having a preview display makes it easier to decide on what works and what doesn't before "commiting". I added documentation to the \quote command and thought that having links to \setupquote and \setuplanguage would be helpful. I had to create <a href>-type tags for this with long-winded query-strings. It would be much easier to have some automatic cross-referencing going on (a la WikiWords perhaps, but using \ as a signal?). When everything is put inside <pre>...</pre> tags, line-breaks become significant, which makes it very hard to tell where to break a line. It would be much better if the browser could decide this for itself. Anyway, I think that texshow is a great utility and hopefully more commands will be described and commented upon. For me to continue doing this, I'd probably have to have the above features available before I did so, nikolai -- Nikolai Weibull: now available free of charge at http://bitwi.se/! Born in Chicago, IL USA; currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden. main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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[BUG] unic-032.tex 0x2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS definition wrong
by Nikolai Weibull 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

\textellipsis usually expands to \cdots and that's fine, but \textellipsis shouldn't be used in unic-032.tex for 0x2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS, as this codepoint is for a symbol of dots on the base-line, not in the center. I've posted about this previously, but got no response. Anyway, I've attached a patch that fixes the problem. I don't know if using \dots instead is the best solution, though, so further discussion may be necessary?, nikolai -- Nikolai Weibull: now available free of charge at http://bitwi.se/! Born in Chicago, IL USA; currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden. main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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Enumeration numbering broken
by David Antos 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Hello, in the following example, I'm pretty sure that it should produce Lemmas and Theorems numbered continuously (i.e., one common counter for both of them) and moreover, the numbers should (due to bychapter) be preceded by chapter number. In ConTeXt 2005.06.27, the enumerations are counted separately and chapter number prefix is missing. Interestingly, if Lemma and Theorem blocks are swapped, they become really Theorem 1 and Lemma 2. The chapter number is still missing. Has the mechanism been changed or am I doing anything wrong? *** \defineenumeration [Theorem] [text=Theorem~, way=bychapter, inbetween=\noindent] \defineenumeration [Lemma] [Theorem] [text=Lemma~] \starttext \chapter{chapter} \startLemma This should be Lemma 1.1 \stopLemma \startTheorem This should be Theorem 1.2 \stopTheorem \stoptext *** Thanks, D.A. -- Many rewrites, a hard-drive crash, a laptop being stolen, a couple of corrupted filesystems and one broken screen later, here it is. -- Rusty Russel: Linux 2.4 Packet Filtering HOWTO

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Not possible to redefine inbetween in \definedescription
by Radhelorn 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Hello All! I think that I've found a bug in descriptions. It seems that it is impossible to redefine inbetween option -- it always produces a \blank. Try this: \definedescription[desc][before=before,after=after,inbetween=inbetween,location=top] \desc{test} test I've fixed it this way: --- core-des.tex.orig 2005-06-14 06:56:00.000000000 +0400 +++ core-des.tex 2005-07-14 15:26:20.000000000 +0400 @@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ \c!indenting,\c!indentnext,\c!align,\c!text,\c!distance,\c!command]% \getparameters[\??dd#1] [\s!do\c!state=\v!stop,\s!do\c!command=\normal@@descriptionhandler,\c!level=,#2]% - \doifvalue{\??dd#1\c!location}\v!top{\doassign[\??dd#1][\c!inbetween=\blank]}% + \doifvalue{\??dd#1\c!location}\v!top{% + \doifnotvalue{\??dd#1\c!inbetween}{\doassign[\??dd#1][\c!inbetween=\blank]}}% \setvalue {#1}{\dodoubleempty\@@description[#1]}% \setvalue{\e!start#1}{\dodoubleempty\@@startdescription[#1]}% \setvalue{\e!stop #1}{\@@stopdescription{#1}}}% And when using commands with brackets in argumets like: \definedescription[desc][before=\blank[small]] ConTeXt will give many errors, so arguments needs to be grouped (before={\blank[small]}). Is this intentional? Thanks for your time. -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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context-doc inclusion in miktex
by piskala upendran 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

hi all, The miktex under windows XP does not include the context-doc.cab files. It is not listed in the package manager also. Is it TDS problem? can you help? cheers, upendran __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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footnote within \startlines \stoplines
by Charles Doherty 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Dear Hans, Example 1 below causes TeX to hang and I have to abort the TeX run whereas Example 2 works when I omit \startlines / \stoplines and use \crlf. I have included the console readout for Example 1 below. I can get by with Example 2 but I thought I should let you know. Thanks again, Charlie Doherty \starttext Example 1 And here is the sentence before \startnarrower[2*left,2*right] \startlines A Somonour was ther with us in that place, That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe. As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, With scalled browes blake and piled berd. Of his visage children were aferd.% \footnote{Burgess, A., \slanted{The Riverside Chaucer}, p.\ 33 (623--628). From this point on, any further references to \slanted {The Canterbury Tales}, will be made from this edition and line numbers only will be provided.} \stoplines \stopnarrower And here is the one after Example 2 And here is the sentence before \startnarrower[2*left,2*right] A Somonour was ther with us in that place, \crlf That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, \crlf For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe. \crlf As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, \crlf With scalled browes blake and piled berd. \crlf Of his visage children were aferd.% \footnote{Burgess, A., \slanted{The Riverside Chaucer}, p.\ 33 (623--628). From this point on, any further references to \slanted {The Canterbury Tales}, will be made from this edition and line numbers only will be provided.} \stopnarrower And here is the one after \stoptext TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : linetest output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./linetest.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.27 fmt: 2005.7.14 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:2 uk->ec:ec->2->2:2 de- >texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 fr- >ec:ec->6->2:2 es->ec:ec->7->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 pt->ec:ec->9->2:2 it- >texnansi :texnansi->10->2:2 it->ec:ec->11->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:2 nl->ec:ec- >13->2:2 cz->il2:il2->14->2:2 cz->ec:ec->15->2:2 sk->il2:il2->16- >2:2 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:2 pl->ec:ec->19->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : linetest.top loaded (./linetest.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) Process aborted ******************* Charles Doherty, Early Irish History, School of History, John Henry Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 Tel: +353 1 716 8381

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presentations in ConTeXt
by Thomas A. Schmitz 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

I've decided to bite the bullet and do my presentations in ConTeXt this term. So far, I'm quite satisfied. I've done only very basic stuff so far (if you're interested, you can have a look at http:// www.uni-bonn.de/www/Philologie/Personal/Schmitz/Dateien.html ), but I like the result. The background is just a pdf-image that I created with metapost and reused as a page background (I found this was faster and easier than recalculating it every time...) Things I would like to know: I like the idea of having the small bar showing at which place in the presentations we are (such as in pre-colorful). I'd like it very minimal, though: maybe just grey squares, with the current position being white or yellow. I have a hunch that this could be achieved with \setupinteractionbar, but this command is a bit underdocumented. Hints, anybody? I am still at a loss how to achieve one thing in ConTeXt that was pretty easy in Keynote or (shudder) Powerpoint: When I wanted to highlight something on a map or a picture, I would just draw a red circle around it. What would be the proper way to do this in ConTeXt? Adding a layer with a red circle drawn in Metapost, then positioning it by trial and error? Or can anyone point to a better solution? And lastly: I have never seen transitions working on OS X (both Apple's Preview and Adobe Reader 7.0). Can anybody confirm that they got this working on other systems? Sorry for the long post. I'm hoping for some enlightenment. Best Thomas

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\normalnextrandom+\setupindenting
by Peter Rolf 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Hi Hans, in both new versions (13.7. and beta 19.7.) I get the error ... ! Undefined control sequence. \nextrandom ->\bgroup \normalnextrandom \gdef \nextrandom {\ifcase \randomse... \getr@nval ->\nextrandom \ranval \randomi \advance \ranval \minusone \divide... \getrandomcount ...\!!countb \!!counta \getr@nval \advance \ranval #2#1\ranval \getrandomnumber ...count \scratchcounter {#2}{#3} \edef #1{\the \scratchcoun... \setMPrandomseed ...\localMPseed \zerocount {4095} \writeMPgraphic {randomsee... \openMPgraphicfile ...iteMPgraph \setMPrandomseed \fi ... ---------------- In the new beta \setupindenting[\bodyfontsize] is broken ... Symbole : Lade Symboldatei uzd ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \bodyfontsize \executeifdefined #1->\ifcsname #1 \endcsname \expandafter \firstoftwoargumen... \docomplexsetupindenting ...eifdefined {\??in :#1} {\edef \currentindentation... \next1 #1,->\docomplexsetupindenting {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \complexsetupindenting ...docomplexsetupindenting \toggleindentation l.65 \setupindenting[\bodyfontsize] As always I'm not sure, if it's my crude context installation or a bug :) Greetings, Peter

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Paragraph internal graphic/layout inquiry.
by David Wooten 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Greetings all, Mr. Tufte has an interesting example from da Vinci: http:// trichotomic.net/Leonardo.jpg (76k). Is this type of layout currently possible (or perhaps a better question, wieldy) within ConTeXt? Kind regards, David Wooten

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Footnote Follies
by John R. Culleton 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

Just finished a highly formatted job for a customer. Something occurred that isn't supposed to happen with Tex. The reference number for a footnote was on page "a" and the footnote itself was on page "a+1." As it happened the footnote was placed at the end of a paragraph and the paragraph ended in a left parens. So I had: blah blah blah.)\footnote{text of note} Also \goodbreak and \clubpenalty 10000 in combination still do not prevent all orphan (club) lines. Perhaps there is a magic Context incantation that I missed. -- John Culleton

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Re: [NTG-context] indentaion
by Steffen Wolfrum 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

> > Is anyone using \indenting[no] to suppress the next indentation? > > I used to in the very early beginnings. But very quickly i got lazy > and reverted to using \noindent instead. I wouldn't mind having it > go away or changing. > > Taco same for me Steffen

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colorizing item numbers
by Jason Knight 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

I'm new to ConTeXt and puzzling over a text I'm trying to set a text where item numbers (or letters, or symbols for that matter) need to be either color or grayscale. Here's what I'm thinking, though, obviously the code doesn't work: \startitemize[\color[darkred]{n}, packed, inmargin] . . . \stopitemize Any ideas? Thanks! -- Jason Knight Systems-Analyst-at-large "They fix 'em, I break 'em. Thus, analysis."

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keyboard style tilde
by Stuart Jansen 19 Jul '05

19 Jul '05

How do I get a keyboard style tilde? As in: ~sjansen The tilde character is roughly aligned with the middle horizontal part of the s. \~ and \lettertilde produce a tilde that has been raised so that it can be used as an accent. I don't want that. -- Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Guru Labs, L.C.

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horoffset + itemize + positiongraphics = misaligned graphics
by Stuart Jansen 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

I'm working on a rather complex document containing frequent use of positional graphics. Unfortunately, I've discovered what I expect will be a pretty nasty problem to fix. When I combine horoffset, startitemize, & positiongraphics the graphics are placed in the wrong spot. I've managed to cook up the simple test case below which demonstrates the problem. =============== \setuplayout[ horoffset=.5cm ] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineoverlay [backgraphics] [\positionoverlay{backgraphics}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=backgraphics] \newcounter\CurrentCallout \startMPpositiongraphic{mypos:line} path p ; initialize_box(\MPpos{\MPvar{from}}) ; p := lrxy..urxy..ulxy..cycle ; p := center p shifted (-.5cm,0mm) -- center p ; pickup pencircle scaled 2pt ; drawarrow p withcolor red ; anchor_box(\MPanchor{\MPvar{from}}) ; \stopMPpositiongraphic \def\myitem% {\doglobal\increment\CurrentCallout\item \hpos{myitem:b:\CurrentCallout}{\strut} \startpositionoverlay{backgraphics} \setMPpositiongraphic{myitem:b:\CurrentCallout}{mypos:line} \stoppositionoverlay} \starttext \startitemize[n,serried] \dorecurse{30}{\myitem\input tufte } \stopitemize \stoptext =============== -- Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Guru Labs, L.C.

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control text color of \about[], \at[]
by VnPenguin 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Hi, I would like to control the text color of command \about[], \at[]. Already search around mailing list archive but it not helps. Thank you, -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community

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Translation of the manual ConTeXt ...
by VnPenguin 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Hi all, I would like to know the status of translating idea which found here: http://contextgarden.net/Revision_and_translations_of_%E2%80%9CConTeXt%2C_a… There are some students in our community in summer holidays :) So if it's possible, I would like to start the vietnamese translating job :) Is there the manual's source for this job ? Thank you, -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community

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how to number poetry?
by Paul Tremblay 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

What is the best way to number lines of poetry? 1 This is the first line This is the second line ... 5 this is the fifth ... 10 this is the tenth. I can supply the number myself. I really don't want the numbers in the margin. Instead, I want the whole poem indented right, with the numbers left of the indent. I have tried using tabulate, but tabulate doesn't let me control the space between "lines," or really cells. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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miktex
by Hans Hagen 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Hi, I'm trying to make texexec more miktex aware and run into a problem >pdfetex --alias=context -initialize *cont-en ! I can't read TEX.POOL. does anyone know what is wrong here? (btw, Christian Schenk now provides a bin only zip so that i can make minimals for testing which makes it easier for me to answer miktex related questions) 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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Re: try compiling Tex showcase source : program_sample.tex
by olivier Turlier 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Christopher Creutzig wrote: >> olivier Turlier wrote: >> > >>>> I've tryed to compile whithout success. > >> >> >> The files are deliberately incomplete. ...generate the output, is more than a simple texexec. :-) >> >> >> Regards, >> Christopher Hi Christopher, I was trying to compile Program-sample.tex because I find the transparent white frame over the grey background very nice to see for a pure electronic pdf. In the same range, the vit Zyka font demo catalog (http://typokvitek.com/stormcontext/) push hard the limit of those transparent overlays that I'm still in quest to reproduce. Salutations -- Olivier TURLIER

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RFE: Better error messages for \usemodule
by Brooks Moses 17 Jul '05

17 Jul '05

Just now, I was trying to figure out how to write a module that ConTeXt would load. Should be simple, right? I wrote a file called "t-mymodule.tex", put it in a directory next to a test file that had the line "\usemodule[mymodule]", and tried processing it. After scratching my head over "no macros found in module mymodule", I decided to try replacing the line with "\input{t-mymodule}". This produced the very cryptic result of a "I can't find the file 't-mymodule'. Please type another filename:" error. However, simply using "t-mymodule" as a replacement filename worked fine. Eventually, after much consternation, I tracked the problem down to the fact that ConTeXt truncates input file names to 8 letters. Thus, my \usemodule command was looking for files called "t-mymodu" and so forth. Given the amount of trouble that I had with figuring that out, I'd like to suggest the following enhancement: can the "no modules found in..." and "I can't find the file..." errors be adjusted so that they give the shortened file name that ConTeXt is actually looking for, rather than the long file name? I would also tend to suggest that "no macros found in module..." is a fairly misleading error message anyway, since it seems to imply that the module file itself was found. It is particularly unclear given that it _doesn't_ show up if the module file exists but contains no macros! - Brooks

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"Escaping" tabulate
by Radhelorn 17 Jul '05

17 Jul '05

Hello! I'm expirementing with tabular layouts and have many problems with tabulate. For example I want to make tabulate header of description but ConTeXt gives me errors about missing } and such. I is possible to make tabulate "one big letter" as in LaTeX and manipuate it as a whole? I haven't any luck with combinations of vbox/hbox. Maybe there is ConTeXish way to do this? -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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tweaking underlining
by Stuart Jansen 16 Jul '05

16 Jul '05

Reading the list archives, it looks like there are certain advantages, to performing underlining according to my example below: ===== \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[underline][location=text,alternative=1,background=,frame=off] \definestartstop [underline] [before={\starttextbackground[underline]}, after=\stoptextbackground] \starttext \startunderline{}http://gurulabs.com/\stopunderline \stoptext ===== I would like to tweak this a little however. Specifically, I'd like to change the color of the line and move it down a point or two. In one thread, Hans hinted how to do this: > you can redefine the metapost graphic, the main thing there is that > you draw/fill something related to the multipar paths; it takes a bit > of experimenting, but after a while you start seeing possibilities. > See plus-rul.tex for an example of such a graphic. I think I've tracked this reference down to the definition of mpos:par:columnset, but at this point am lost as to how to proceed. Metapost is still beyond me. Any hints would be much appreciated. -- Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Guru Labs, L.C.

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Problem with \vec in zfaqcmrm font
by Radhelorn 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Hello! Sorry for being so active lately but I've run into problem after problem... This formula $\vec{}\vec a\vec A$ fives first vector at baseline, second a little higher and third somewhere at the middle of letter A. \showfont shows nice vector at 7e in right position but \showmathcharacters shows vec at baseline. I'm using zfaqcmrm from pscyr package. I don't know where to start looking for source of problem. Is there a way to manualy adjust vector position? Other symbols seem to work well -- problem just with \vec. In LaTeX all works well too. Thanks for your patience. -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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Bold Greek Math with Fourier Font
by Randall Skelton 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Hi all, Does anyone know how to setup fourier to have boldfaced symbols (both greek and roman) using the Fourier font? I've read through the "Mixed Normal and Bold Math" doc, but I cannot seem to get bold to work at all with the Fourier font. Heck, I cannot even get the boldmath definition to stop substituting with cm! I've changed 'tex/context/base/type-syn.tex' and 'tex/context/base/type-enc.tex' to provide boldmath/bfmath definitions as below. Despite 3 hours of fiddling, I'm getting substitution with computer modern when I try and the boldmath definition in test.tex (below). I hope this isn't a case of me not reading the docs carefully enough... Any and all help greatly appreciated. Cheers, Randall %%%%% START tex/context/base/type-enc.tex ... % Fourier (Utopia) \starttypescript [math] [fourier] [default,ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Letters] [futr8t] %\definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Letters] [futmi] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic] [futmii] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Symbols] [futsy] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Extension] [fourier-mex] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [boldmath,bfmath] [fourier] [default,ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Letters-Bold] [fourier-mlb] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic-Bold] [fourier-mlitb] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Symbols] [futsy] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Math-Extension] [fourier-mex] \stoptypescript % fourier virtual fonts: % futb8c.vf futbi9d.vf futc9c.vf futr8t.vf futri8t.vf futroorn.vf futsi9e.vf % futb8t.vf futbi9e.vf futc9d.vf futr9c.vf futri9c.vf futrorn.vf futso9c.vf % futb9c.vf futbo8c.vf futc9e.vf futr9d.vf futri9d.vf futs9c.vf futso9d.vf % futb9d.vf futbo8t.vf futcorn.vf futr9e.vf futri9e.vf futs9d.vf futso9e.vf % futb9e.vf futbo9c.vf futmi.vf futrc8t.vf futro8c.vf futs9e.vf futsoorn.vf % futbc8t.vf futbo9d.vf futmib.vf futrc9d.vf futro8t.vf futsc9d.vf futsorn.vf % futbi8c.vf futbo9e.vf futmii.vf futrc9e.vf futro9c.vf futsc9e.vf futsy.vf % futbi8t.vf futboorn.vf futmiib.vf futrd8t.vf futro9d.vf futsi9c.vf % futbi9c.vf futborn.vf futr8c.vf futri8c.vf futro9e.vf futsi9d.vf % map file has: %fourier-bb Fourier-Math-BlackBoard <fourier-bb.pfb %fourier-mcl Fourier-Math-Cal <fourier-mcl.pfb %fourier-mex Fourier-Math-Extension <fourier-mex.pfb %fourier-ml Fourier-Math-Letters <fourier-ml.pfb %fourier-mlit Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic <fourier-mlit.pfb %fourier-mlb Fourier-Math-Letters-Bold <fourier-mlb.pfb %fourier-mlitb Fourier-Math-Letters-Bold-Italic <fourier-mlitb.pfb %fourier-ms Fourier-Math-Symbols <fourier-ms.pfb \starttypescript [serif] [fourier] [ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Regular] [futr8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Slanted] [futro8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Italic] [futri8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-RegularCaps] [futrc8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Bold] [futb8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-BoldSlanted] [futbo8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-BoldItalic] [futbi8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-BoldCaps] [futbc8t] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Regular-Expert] [futr9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Slanted-Expert] [futro9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Italic-Expert] [futri9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-RegularCaps-Expert] [futrc9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Semi-Expert] [futs9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-SemiSlanted-Expert] [futso9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-SemiItalic-Expert] [futsi9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-SemiCaps-Expert] [futsc9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Bold-Expert] [futb9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-BoldSlanted-Expert] [futbo9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-BoldItalic-Expert] [futbi9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Black-Expert] [futc9e] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Regular-OldStyle] [futr9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Slanted-OldStyle] [futro9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Italic-OldStyle] [futri9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-RegularCaps-OldStyle] [futrc9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Semi-OldStyle] [futs9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-SemiSlanted-OldStyle] [futso9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-SemiItalic-OldStyle] [futsi9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-SemiCaps-OldStyle] [futsc9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Bold-OldStyle] [futb9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-BoldSlanted-OldStyle] [futbo9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-BoldItalic-OldStyle] [futbi9d] [encoding=ec] \definefontsynonym [Fourier-Black-OldStyle] [futc9d] [encoding=ec] \stoptypescript ... %%%%% END %%%%% START tex/context/base/type-syn.tex ... \starttypescript [math] [fourier] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [Fourier-Math-Letters] \definefontsynonym [MathItalic] [Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic] \definefontsynonym [MathSymbol] [Fourier-Math-Symbols] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Fourier-Math-Extension] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [fourier] [name] % todo \definefontsynonym [OldStyle] [Serif-OldStyle] % strange, no oldstyles \definefontsynonym [Fraktur] [eufm10] \definefontsynonym [Blackboard] [msbm10] \definefontsynonym [Gothic] [eufm10] \definefontsynonym [Calligraphic] [eusm10] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [boldmath] [fourier] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [Fourier-Math-Letters-Bold] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic-Bold] \definefontsynonym [MathSymbol] [Fourier-Math-Symbols] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Fourier-Math-Extension] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [bfmath] [fourier] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [Fourier-Math-Letters-Bold] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Fourier-Math-Letters-Italic-Bold] \definefontsynonym [MathSymbol] [Fourier-Math-Symbols] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Fourier-Math-Extension] \stoptypescript ... %%%%% END %%%%% START test.text \definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [fourier] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono] [fourier] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [fourier] [default] \definetypeface [mainface] [mm] [math] [fourier] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [rm] [serif] [fourier] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [tt] [mono] [fourier] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [ss] [sans] [fourier] [default] \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [fourier] [default] \switchtobodyfont[mainface] \starttext This is a silly test that is taking way too long! \startformula[mainface] x = \Gamma + \Delta + \alpha + \delta + \zeta \stopformula \startformula[boldmath] x = \Gamma + \Delta + \alpha + \delta + \zeta \stopformula \stoptext %%%%% END

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Font installation help
by Arun Swarup 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Hi, Can anyone tell me what the problem is when i try to install the Type1 fonts? [http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2005/011889.html] thank you, -arun -- _________________ There is no spoon! __________________

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fleurons - reprise
by Keith McKay 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Thanks to Hans and Adam for the helpful advice. The code from Adam looked a bit daunting to me as a learner at first but when I changed [pzdr] to [uzdr] it worked fine. I attach the output from Adam's code which also includes his query about symb-run in a previous message. Hope this is of use. From the further discussion between them I hope I didn't open a can of worms. One last question. I did a search on the web for fleuron fonts and came up with a few interesting hits. To use these in Context is it a case of following the 'Texfont explained' and 'Fonts in Context' manuals? I think I have seen some 'My Way' (or is it 'This way'... well, 'Whatever way' ;>) ) on the Wiki about this as well. I realize this is not a trivial pursuit for a beginner but I would like to give it a try. Are there any pitfalls to look out for or should I just dive in? Thanks Keith Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.0 - Release Date: 30/05/2005

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Setting up chapter.
by John R. Culleton 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

I am trying to set up chapter heads a certain way and my code keeps getting uglier. Here are the specs: 1. Chapter number centered, with decorations on either side. 2. Chapter title centered below chapter number. 3. Additional decoration centered below chapter title. 4. Both number and text show up in TOC in normal Context manner. Can this be done easily using the normal chapter macro or should I do it all from scratch? (If I roll my own I worry about getting info to the TOC.) -- John Culleton

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aligning of tables and tabulate
by Radhelorn 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Hello! Maybe this is a stupid question, but according to manual this should align tables right: \starttext \setuptabulate[align=right] some text before \starttabulate[|l|l|] \HL \NC test \NC test \NR \NC test \NC test \NR \HL \stoptabulate in the middle \setuptables[align=right] \starttable[|l|l|] \HL \NC test \NC test \NC\AR \NC test \NC test \NC\AR \HL \stoptable after after \stoptext I've tried left, right, middle, center... to no effect. Both tables remain left aligned. Thanks for your patience. -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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Font installation help
by Arun Swarup 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

hi, this, seems to be my problem, when i try to install an OpenType font http://www.geocities.com/arunswarup/error.txt when i tried to install a Type1 Font, the following error messages were shown http://www.geocities.com/arunswarup/error1.txt http://www.geocities.com/arunswarup/error2.txt -arun __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Font installation help
by Arun Swarup 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Hi, I have some problems when i _try_ to install new fonts. I use the TeXLive 2003 inst on Windows XP I referred to 2 documents viz. "TeXFont explained" and http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html And, i got thoroughly confused as the methods, in both docs failed :(( please direct me to appropriate resources and also, please maintain a newbie forum it is so embarassing to ask such questions, while the rest of you do some _real_ ConTeXt -arun __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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