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\whitespace vs \parskip
by John R. Culleton 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

I needed to decrease the spacing between paragraphs to fit everything in to a newsletter with limited page count. \parskip 3pt %works \setupwhitespace[3pt] %doesn't Comments? -- John Culleton The answers to all your publishing questions are found in the excellent books listed in the word-famous shortlist! http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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problems with project
by Wolfgang Zillig 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Hello, I'm setting up a structure for a project. Everything works fine when I compile the project file. When I compile one of the products I get output as well, but it includes automatically the "content" and all lists. The list of abbreviations and the index are included before the main text of this component starts. Why does this happen? I expected that only the environment file is loaded and nothing else. Any suggestion? Thanks a lot Wolfgang I have following files and structure (simplyfied) project: wooddoc.tex: \startproject wooddoc \environment environment \startfrontmatter \completecontent \product intro \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \product wood_anatomy \product wood_model \product wood_description_of_species \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter \completelistofabbreviations \completeindex[n=3] \stopbackmatter \stopproject product: wood_description_of_species.tex \startproduct wood_description_of_species \project wooddoc \chapter{Description of selected wood species} some text here \component wood_description_of_species/douglas_fir %and there are some more components \stopproduct component wood_description_of_species/douglas_fir.tex % is in a subfolder \startcomponent douglas_fir \project wooddoc \product wood_description_of_species \section{Douglas fir {(\it Pseudotsuga menziesii)}} here some text \stopcomponent

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Strange behavior with the X2 encoding
by Radhelorn 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hello! I'm expirementing with the fonts in ConTeXt and have a problem. \usetypescript [modern-base] [x2] \setupbodyfont [modern] \starttext Text. \stoptext When parsing this file ConTeXt outputs: ....... (/usr/local/tetex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/tetex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/tetex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex))) * Nor \end, nor \relax or \bye helps, on Ctrl-D I get: ! Emergency stop. <*> &cont-en .... T2{A,B,C} encodings works well. -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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Problems with the pscyr font package
by Radhelorn 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hello All! I'm fresh ConTeXt user, trying to move from LaTeX. And I have several problems with fonts in ConTeXt 2005.06.07 (teTeX-3.0). First of all: pscyr. It's a cyrillic type1 font package which works perfectly in LaTeX, but in Plain TeX and ConTeXt whitespaces between words disappear. My input files: Test font. \font\myfont=fcori6a \myfont Test of font. Some text to test it. \bye and ConTeXt: \mainlanguage[ru] \useregime[cyr] \enableregime[koi8-r] \definefontsynonym[somefont][fcori6a][encoding=t2a] \definefont[myfont][somefont] \starttext Test of text. \myfont Test of PSCyr text. \stoptext What I'm doing wrong? -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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Metapost question
by Tobias Burnus 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hello, does someone know how, if at all, one can printout some variable? Like Emean:=(2*Eone+Ezero+2*Etwo)/5.; label.urt(btex $A = x$ .... where x is the value of Emean? I frequently create some diagrams, modify them and then forget to change the label. (If one could set the number of digits, it would be even nicer.) Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] <mtext> formatting broken?
by Duncan Hothersall 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

> Hi Duncan, > > It probably doesn't help, but this still works: > > <mrow><mtext>vol</mtext><mo>×—</mo><msqrt> > > Sorry I cannot help any further. > > Taco Ah! You have indeed helped, by pointing out that I am failing to strip the mml: prefix from my mtext elements. Apologies for the noise - I couldn't see it for staring at it. Thanks Taco. Duncan

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<mtext> formatting broken?
by Duncan Hothersall 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hi all, quick query: In presentational mathml, the <mtext> element used to set its contents in roman font, with correct spacing for text. In recent and current (Live) ConTeXt this seems to be broken, and the contents of <mtext> elements come out in math italic with spaces ignored. Test file showing problem on Live: \usemodule[mathml] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext \startXMLdata <math display="block"> <mrow><mml:mtext>vol</mml:mtext><mo>×—</mo><msqrt> <mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo>-</mo><mi>T</mi><mo>)</mo> </mrow> </msqrt> </mrow> </math>\stopXMLdata \stoptext "vol" should be in roman, not math italic. Is there a quick fix? Thanks, Duncan

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Presentation Styles
by M.guravage 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hello, I recently prepared a presentation using pre-05. The Topics, represented as buttons in a column on the left, are now each preceeded by a number. This was not the case when I last used the style back in January. Interestingly, s-pre-05.tex has not changed since then. This behavior is the same on both the latest ConTeXt alpha and beta releases. I'd appreciate it very much if anyone could shed some light on why these numbers are appearing. Thanks in advance, Michael Guravage

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importing figures in metapost
by andrea valle 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hi to all, newbie here, so please pardon me if I'm asking obvious things. I'm a latex user, but I am fascinated by context. I've a project and I'd like to know if it's possible to do it in context. The idea is the following: I have to draw a directed graph representing relations between musical elements. My graph is made of nodes and links. Links are represented as arrows as usual, but they should include a label with text displayed near to each of them. Nodes should be blocks of musical notation. Now, I'm using lilypond to generate musical fragments (www.lilypond.org) Lilypond outputs ps, pdf and png also. For my project actually I am using the pgf package under latex. In this way I can create graphs: I can draw lines with arrows, I can give each vertex an xy pair of coordinates, and I can associate each vertex an external figure. But I'n not satisfied with the output, and I like very much context capabilties: more, metafun is amazing. Taking a look at the metafun doc, it seems to me that the drawing the edges should be a very simple task. But: is it possible to import an external figure inside metapost giving it a precise place in terms of xy coordinates? Thanks a lot -a-

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Problem with defineenumeration [number=no]
by Matthias Weber 14 Jun '05

14 Jun '05

Hello, if I'm not mistaken as usual, the number=no option of \ defineenumeration is broken in ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.08 fmt: 2005.6.13: \mainlanguage [en] \defineenumeration [test] [text=Test, number=no, location=hanging] \starttext \starttest What's that? \stoptext produces "ommandTest" instead of just "Test". Please advise. Matthias

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TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [PDF memory size
by Alan Bowen 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

I had been processing a rather complicated set of pages successfully until late this morning. Now I get this (edited) error message: ________________________ This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (format=cont-en 2005.6.10) 13 JUN 2005 13:34 entering extended mode (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en Geminus_Intro_c8.tex (./Geminus_Intro_c8.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.08 fmt: 2005.6.10 int: english mes: english ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [PDF memory size (pdf_mem_size)=65536]. If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 3111 strings out of 62015 51823 string characters out of 633399 4546524 words of memory out of 6074780 38469 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 508064 words of font info for 219 fonts, out of 2000000 for 2000 172 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000 78i,22n,104p,4501b,1458s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p, 200000b,40000s PDF statistics: 35 PDF objects out of 300000 3 named destinations out of 131072 65281 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536 ! ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file is not finished! ________________________ So, how may I increase pdf_mem_size and by how much should I do this? Thanks for any help! Alan Bowen

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Re: [NTG-context] importing figures in metapost
by andrea valle 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Thanks Mojca, (I put again the discussion on the list) > andrea valle wrote: >> Thanks a lot, >> It seems that it is exactly what I need,as I want to use pdfs. >> Actually I'm able to scale, but not to shift. > > I don't understand why not. Can you send an (non-working) example? > >> It seems to me that this: % 1 \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} externalfigure "mptext.pdf" xyscaled (10cm, 8cm) shifted (3cm, 6cm); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{dummy} \stoptext and % 2 \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} externalfigure "mptext.pdf" xyscaled (10cm, 8cm) shifted (3cm, 6cm); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{dummy} \stoptext ...have the same results. (these are my pdfs in output: http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/conTest.pdf http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/conTest1.pdf ) Where am I making a mistake? > > It is not extensively documented, it is only mentioned in metafun > manual (CTRL-F to search in Acrobat). Or, alternatively, you can take > a look at: > So, how do I know all the options I can use? Simply I can't? Best -a-

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Headers, footers, page numbering
by Keith McKay 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Dear All I have produced a nice little A5 pamphlet which I will be printing on A4 paper. I have had a lot of fun doing this and I am quite pleased that I was able to install fonts and fleurons which I needed in the process. However, I have a problem which I am having difficulty in solving. How can I stop the Header, footer and page number being printed on the first page? I have looked through the big Context manual but I can't figure it out. Any hints? Thanks Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.9 - Release Date: 11/06/2005

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Re: [NTG-context] importing figures in metapost
by andrea valle 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Thanks Mojca, (I put again the discussion on the list) > andrea valle wrote: >> Thanks a lot, >> It seems that it is exactly what I need,as I want to use pdfs. >> Actually I'm able to scale, but not to shift. > > I don't understand why not. Can you send an (non-working) example? > >> It seems to me that this: % 1 \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} externalfigure "mptext.pdf" xyscaled (10cm, 8cm) shifted (3cm, 6cm); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{dummy} \stoptext and % 2 \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummy} externalfigure "mptext.pdf" xyscaled (10cm, 8cm) shifted (3cm, 6cm); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{dummy} \stoptext ...have the same results. (these are my pdfs in output: http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/conTest.pdf http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea/conTest1.pdf ) Where am I making a mistake? > > It is not extensively documented, it is only mentioned in metafun > manual (CTRL-F to search in Acrobat). Or, alternatively, you can take > a look at: > So, how do I know all the options I can use? Simply I can't? Best -a-

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problem generating formatfiles after miktexupdate
by Wolfgang Zillig 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

Up to 10 minits ago I was using a (old) version of miktex. Then I started to update it. After the update I tried to generate the new format files but miktex hangs on cont-en. Any suggestions? Thanks Wolfgang Here some parts of the log: Creating "cont-en.efmt"... "pdfetex.exe" --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias cont-en *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in \pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm \pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in \input cont-en.tex \dump This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX) entering extended mode (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\cont-en.tex (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\context.tex (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\syst-pln.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\syst-prm.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\syst-etx.tex) (C:\texmf\tex\context\base\syst-omg.tex) ........ ....... ....... (C:\texmf\tex\context\patterns\lang-cz.hyp) language : patterns cz for cz loaded (n=15,e=ec,m=ec) (C:\texmf\tex\context\patterns\lang-cz.pat) language : hyphenations cz for cz loaded (n=15,e=ec,m=ec) (C:\texmf\tex\context\patterns\lang-cz.hyp) language : patterns sk for sk loaded (n=16,e=il2,m=il2) (C:\texmf\tex\context\patterns\lang-sk.pat ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pattern memory ops=2048]. l.2407 5zv4es[tcaron] No pages of output. Transcript written on cont-en.log. initexmf: pdfetex.exe failed on "cont-en.tex".

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Skrinking distance between bullet and text in itemize
by Nikolai Weibull 13 Jun '05

13 Jun '05

I’d like to have the bullet appear closer to the text being itemized inside a \startitemize. I changed the symbol being used to a \cdot and now the text appears to far away from the bullet itself. Is there a way to fix this? I figured that altering distance, width, and/or factor would have some effect, but albeit it remains unchanged. The bullet also appears inmargin, if that’s important. Thanks, 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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practex
by Hans Hagen 12 Jun '05

12 Jun '05

Hi, I'm off to practex now for a week but will keep reading mail (with delay) 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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space between rows?
by Paul Tremblay 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

Is there a way to put extra space bewteen rows with the standard Table module? Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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how to use caption with TABLE?
by Paul Tremblay 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

How does one use a caption with TABLE when making the table split across pages? I know how to create a multi-paged table: \bTABLE[split=repeat] % create the head \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTD State \eTD \bTD 3-year average(2001-2003) \eTD \bTD 2-year average(2001-2002) \eTD \eTR \eTABLEhead % create the body \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD Alabama \eTD \bTD 13.3 \eTD \bTD 13.5 \eTD \eTR But not how to put a caption on each page. Preferably, the caption should be different for the first and for the rest of the pages. For the first page, it should be "Title" and for subsequent pages it should be "Title (continued)". If it is not possible to have different captions for each pages, I can still hack the code so it will work by making two different tables. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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upshaped \textmu
by Peter Münster 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

Hello, I've just read Taco's comment on the new feature-requests-page on the wiki, and I wonder how it's done in LaTeX. Isn't there a possibility to use ec-encoding for the main-font, and for some exceptions such as \textmu another encoding? What happens with the following LaTeX-example? \documentclass{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}% Does "T1" mean the same as "ec" ? \usepackage{lmodern} \usepackage{textcomp} \begin{document} Textmu: \textmu \end{document} Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\startitemize[inmargin] as "standard"
by Nikolai Weibull 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

Is there a way to setup itemize so that inmargin is the standard, i.e., I don't have to write [inmargin] after all my \startitemize's?, 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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unic-033.tex and unic-034.tex
by Nikolai Weibull 11 Jun '05

11 Jun '05

I wrote the arrow parts of vector 033 as well. Works OK. Comments welcome. I'd personally enjoy both being included in ConTeXt at some point. For some reason one needs to do the "\numexpr(x+1) \unknownchar \or ..." trick for things to work. Why?, 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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How do Windows users call texexec etc.
by John R. Culleton 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

I have been using Linux since the days of Win 3.1. So I don't know what goes on in the MSWin world any more. Specifically I am writing a guide for typesetting beginners. What should I tell them is a good way to execute e.g., texexec from a Windows environment? Many of them are afraid of the command line. My instinct is to describe a Vim command such as :!texexec % or just give them a script to do that, but there may be a better alternative. Thoughts? -- John Culleton

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feature request: \setuplabeltext with ~
by Peter Münster 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

Hello, it would be nice, to have by default always a "~" at the end of the label-text instead of the normal space. Example: \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!figure=Abbildung~] instead of \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!figure=Abbildung ] Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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RE: [NTG-context] footnote text formatting
by Idris Samawi Hamid 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

Hi Hans, Looking back on this, is it possible to add a key like [notetextcommand=<command#1>] so that one can control things like indentation without resorting to redefining things?: \setupnote[endnote][location=none,margindistance=0em, notetextcommand=\hskip1.2em] seems nice... Best Idris >===== Original Message From "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> ===== >Idris, > >here's my hack for achieving this footnote format (which seems much >more common in the humanities than the default provided by ConTeXt): > >\def\NoteNumber#1{\hbox to 15pt{\hfill #1.}} > >\setupfootnotes[rule=off, > distance=-3em, > margindistance=-3em, > numbercommand=\NoteNumber] > >\def\MyFootnote#1{\footnote{\hskip4em #1}} ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] footnote text formatting
by Idris Samawi Hamid 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

Hi Thomas, Thnx so much for your help! After playing with your hack I found a simpler solution-) \setupnote[endnote][location=none,margindistance=0em] \def\MyEndnote#1{\endnote{\hskip1.2em #1}} There should be ConTeXt options that do this sort of thing, along the line of \setupitemize, which has e.g., an [atmargin] key. Thnx once again!! Best Idris >===== Original Message From "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> ===== >Idris, > >here's my hack for achieving this footnote format (which seems much >more common in the humanities than the default provided by ConTeXt): > >\def\NoteNumber#1{\hbox to 15pt{\hfill #1.}} > >\setupfootnotes[rule=off, > distance=-3em, > margindistance=-3em, > numbercommand=\NoteNumber] > >\def\MyFootnote#1{\footnote{\hskip4em #1}} ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] printing an envelope--solution.
by Vit Zyka 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

On Monday 30 May 2005 06:58 pm, John R. Culleton wrote: > Using my my Ricoh AP2600 printer I want to feed envelopes with > the narrow side first, which means the the print image must be > rotated 90 degrees. It is not clear how this can be done in What about something like: \definepapersize[env][width=4.25in,height=9.5in] \papersize[env][env] \setuplayout [topspace=1in,bottomspace=1in,backspace=1.5in,cutspace=.5in, header=0pt,footer=0pt,margin=0pt, width=middle,height=middle] \starttext \rotated [rotation=90] {\rbox{ Name\\ Street\\ State }}% \stoptext vit ---------------------------------------------------------------- <snip> Never mind. I did it in plain TeX with pstricks thus: ------------------------------------------------------------ \input pstricks \special{papersize=4.25in,9.5in} \voffset 4.5in \parindent 0pt \parskip 0pt \def\crlf{\hfil\break} \rput{90}{ \vbox{ John Culleton\crlf 2401 Haight Avenue\crlf Eldersburg, MD 21784 { \leftskip 3.75in \obeylines \input addr } } } \bye ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instead of printing a horizontal page and rotating the page I printed a vertical page and rotated the text within it. Still curious if there is a Context solution to this common problem. John Culleton _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context -- Vít Zýka --- http://typokvitek.com Automatic document typesetting Automaticka sazba dokumentu -- --

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tcsh
by Otared Kavian 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

Dear Contexters, Recently I upgraded to MacOS X 10.4 and after that ConTeXt didn't work: upon trying to typeset a file it says: tcsh: /sw/bin/init.csh: No such file or directory. and everything stops. This behaviour seems to be specific to ConTeXt, called from within TeXShop, since typesetting with Plain TeX or LaTeX works without problems. Also typesetting with ConTeXt from a command line interface works fine. Is this natural or I have messed up something? Thank you for your attention. Best regards: OK

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Re: [NTG-context] How do Windows users call texexec etc.
by Roef Ragas 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

>Thanks to all who responded. > >So there seems to be three candidates, Scite, TeXnicenter and >texmfstart. Does Scite require that the newbie user also install >and configure Ruby? Or is there an exe available that just runs? >I am reading the Steve Peter paper which seems to imply that Ruby >is required. > > Just download mswintex.zip from http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm Unzip, make a directory to drop everything into [I just made a C:\Context], and make a link to C:\Context\cstart.bat on your desktop: ready to go. This Scite-version is very well integrated with Context. Building is just a click [F7] away, Acrobat pops up automatically, etc. Don't know if you have to install Perl, I already had that. Good luck, __________________ www.roefragas.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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footnote text formatting
by Idris Samawi Hamid 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

Dear gang, Normally ConTeXt places the footnote number in the margin with the footnote text completely justified. How do I bring the footnote number just within the left margin (atmargin) and slightly indenting the first line (and only the first line) of the footnote? I have played with setupfootnotes to no avail, though I'm sure this must be trivial. Thnx in advance Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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[BUG] \setuphead style vs textstyle/numberstyle setting
by Nikolai Weibull 10 Jun '05

10 Jun '05

It seems that one can't retrieve the textstyle or numberstyle settings from a \setuphead when using \placeheadnumber, as suggested in details.pdf (the example file is more or less a rip-off of the suggested layout at the end of that document). One way to fix this is to use \headnumber[chapter] and put the style directives before it in the \hbox, but that's not really a solution, just a workaround. I've looked through the sources involved in this, but I haven't been able to find anything wrong. Please advice; I'm beginning to become unhinged over here..., 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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[ANN] Macros for displaying unicode vectors
by Nikolai Weibull 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

Here's a nice way to display the contents of a unicode vector, as rendered by ConTeXt: \def\unicodevectortablerow#1#2% {\NC \ss\ix\uchexnumber{\numexpr(#2-1)\relax} \VL \dorecurse{16} {\newcount\u \u=\numexpr(#1*256+(#2-1)+(\recurselevel-1)*16)\relax \utfunihash\u \VL}% \AR} % TODO: *{17}{c|} in format doesn't work \def\unicodevectortable#1% {\bgroup \Expand \placetable [] [] {Unicode Vector #1} \starttable[|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|] \NC\VL[3] \dorecurse{15}{\ss\ix\uchexnumbers{#1}\uchexnumber{\recurselevel}\NC} \ss\ix\uchexnumbers{#1}F\VL[3]\AR \HL[3] \dorecurse{15} {\glet\row\recurselevel \unicodevectortablerow{#1}{\row} \HL} \unicodevectortablerow{#1}{16} \HL[3] \stoptable \egroup} And then \starttext \unicodevectortable{34} \stoptext The \glet\row\recurselevel is terrible, but I couldn't come up with a better solution. Also, even though thrd-tab.tex suggests that one may write *{N}{FORMAT} in the template, that doesn't seem to work. Suggestions?, 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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E-mails from ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl
by Xiao Jianfeng 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

Hi, all I have received 10 identical E-mails from "ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl" to "undisclosed-recipients". All of these mails have no subject and have the same content "aaazzzaaazzzaaazzzaaazzzaaazzz". Can someone tell me what's the matter ? Are these just junk mail ? I'm really sorry if you received this e-mail twice. Thanks a lot. Xiao Jianfeng

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beta version / dvips
by Hans Hagen 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

Hi, The current beta (just uploaded) tries to satisfy dvips with regards to the map files; this means that pdftex, dvipdfmx and dvips all do thinsg automatically now; (the dvips alternative will be changed when map specials come available) so, we now have: texexec --ps somefile texexec --dpx somefile texexec --pdf somefile texexec --xtx somefile 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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newest version on teTeX-3.0
by Peter Münster 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Hello, does somebody already have some experience with the installation of the newest ConTeXt version (2005.06.03) on teTeX-3.0 ? With a minimal test-file (\starttext hello \stoptext) I have still two little problems: "texexec test" runs ok, but "dvips test" gives the following messages: This is dvips(k) 5.95a Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2005.06.03:2232' -> test.ps dvips: expected number in \printpaperwidth ,\printpaperheight, returning 10 dvips: expected units in \printpaperwidth ,\printpaperheight, assuming inches. dvips: expected number in \printpaperwidth ,\printpaperheight, returning 10 dvips: expected units in \printpaperwidth ,\printpaperheight, assuming inches. kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfzzz --bdpi 1200 --mag 1+0/1200 --dpi 1200 ec-lmr12 mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmr12. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. dvips: Font ec-lmr12 not found, characters will be left blank. <tex.pro>. [1] The problem with the \printpaperwidth etc is not so serious, since I can overwrite the \dosetuppaper macro: \definespecial\dosetuppaper#1#2#3{% \special{papersize=\the\printpaperwidth,\the\printpaperheight}} But for the ec-lmr12 problem, I would appreciate some help. I've already tried some commands like "updmap-sys --enable Map ec-public-lm.map" but without success. This is what I've done for the installation (as root): unzipping the cont-xxx.zip files in /opt/teTeX/texmf-dist then "mktexlsr" then "texexec --make --all" and at the end another "mktexlsr" TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: pdf bookmarks
by Brigitte und Stefan Bunzel 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Hi, I noted a strange effect with the pdf bookmarks. With this source: \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \definelist[level1] \setuplist[level1] %%[coupling=off] \placebookmarks[level1] \starttext Hi. \bookmark[level1]{A bookmark at level1} Hello on first page. \page Hello on second page. \stoptext I get a pdf output which has a duplicated bookmark and both bookmark refer to page two instead of page 1. Any idea what's the problem? Regards, Stefan

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Latest version + itemize
by Thomas A. Schmitz 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

The latest version (2005.06.03) seems to break some features of the itemize-environment. I can't get any of the converions 1-8 to work. Here's a minimal example: \starttext \startitemize[2] \item one \item two \stopitemize \stoptext For [1] and [2], I get empty boxes instead of a bullet and an em- dash, for other values, I get errors: ! Math formula deleted: Insufficient symbol fonts. \@@ss::medcircle ...e \onepoint \hbox {$\bigcirc $ }} \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \dosymbol ...fnosymbol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi <to be read again> ! Math formula deleted: Insufficient symbol fonts. \@@ss::medcircle ...e \onepoint \hbox {$\bigcirc $ }} \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \dosymbol ...fnosymbol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi <to be read again> \relax \dodosymbol ...name \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \dosymbol ...fnosymbol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi ... l.16 \item { \em Ovide moralisé} (mittelalterliche Allegorisierung der {\em ... ? Process aborted dodosymbol ...name \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \dosymbol ...fnosymbol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi ... l.14 \item Not sure what is causing this behavior, but the same document compiles fine with older versions. Best Thomas

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Necessary and optional comands for combinedcontent.
by John R. Culleton 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

There exist levels of commands: \definecombinedlist \setupcombinedlist They seem to have similar options. Are both required? If I define the list fully in \definecombinedlist what purpose does \setupcombined list serve in the ordinary case of a Table of Contents? A related question: can I place all the necessary parameters in the \completecontent command and do without the other two completely? -- John Culleton

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Chinese processing problem
by Xiao Jianfeng 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Hi, all, I just met some problems when processing Chinese in ConTeXt. Here is an example (attached files may provide detailed information): -------------------------------------------------------------- \loadmapfile[gbk] \usemodule[chinese] \setupbodyfont[gbkai,16pt] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext 北冥有鱼，\hfill其名为鲲。 \par {\switchtobodyfont[gbkai,44pt] 你好} \par \SimKaiTi 北冥有鱼，\hfill其名为鲲。 \stoptext -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I noticed that I cannot use \setupbodyfont[gbkai,16pt] (line 3)or \switchtobodyfont[gbkai,44pt] (line 10) to change font from SimSongTi(which is default) to SimKaiTi, but these two comands do have effect on the size of the font. But I can change the font using \SimKaiTi . 2. It seems that the command \hfill doesn't work at all. Can someone tell me where is the problem ? Any help will be appreicated! Thank you. Xiao Jianfeng

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texexec --version (2005.06.07) & mktextfm ec-lmr12 problem (teTeX 3.0)
by Tobias Burnus 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Hello, I just updated my teTeX to 3.0 (using RPMs) and to \def\contextversion{2005.06.07} Running texec --version calls mktextfm ec-lmr12 which fails. (I don't have ec-lmr12, should I have it? I have the following: /usr/share/texmf/fonts/afm/public/lm/lmr12.afm /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/lm/cork-lmr12.tfm /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/lm/qx-lmr12.tfm /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/lm/texnansi-lmr12.tfm /usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/lm/ts1-lmr12.tfm /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfb /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmr12.pfm) Tobias texexec --version out puts the following (only the first very few lines shown): TeXExec 5.4.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 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 7.5.4) 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.

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texutil and registers
by Hans Hagen 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

Hi, in the process of rewriting texexec into ruby i also rewrite texutil; some of the functionality in texutil is already moved (probably went unnoticed) to ctxtools; the graphics analyzer actually is also seperated in another tool, but yet undocumented (related to rlx libraries); this leaves handling the tui file; i will probably merge that part of the code into texexec which will speed up processing; from that moment texutil will be just a wrapper around calls to other tools (fallback). one of the more complex parts of texutil's tui handling is register sorting; i more or less got this done, and (at least i think) i can also handle the special tricks needed for czech; there will be a new interface to define sort rules; one of the tricky parts is handling encodings, but i may patch the context code for that; also, the sort-class based remap features will be available from within context so that one can tweak handling in determining the needed functionality, i'd like to know what things can end up in user's registers; if possible, i'd like to have (small) test files with sane cases (+ sort rules if needed) so that we can make a test bed 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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texsync'd linux ConTeXt png error
by Stuart Jansen 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

I'm using the latest texsync'd version of ConTeXt on 32bit and 64bit linux. Looks like either ConTeXt or pdfetex can't handle PNG's with an alpha channel. PNG image data, 8-bit/color RGB, non-interlaced <-- works fine PNG image data, 8-bit/color RGBA, non-interlaced <-- corrupt pdf PNG image data, 8-bit gray+alpha, non-interlaced <-- following error: --- libpng warning: Ignoring bad adaptive filter type libpng warning: Ignoring bad adaptive filter type libpng warning: Ignoring bad adaptive filter type --- repeated ad nauseum (To benefit anyone coming across this message in the archives:) As a work around, assuming you don't need the alpha, the image can be converted to RGB in The Gimp using Layers > Flatten Image. Alternatively, using Image Magick, the command would be convert image.png png24:image-new.png -- Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Guru Labs, L.C.

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Horizontal shifting gives overfull hboxes
by Nikolai Weibull 08 Jun '05

08 Jun '05

OK, not the first time I bring this up, and it’s not a serious issue, but it’s very irritating having overfull hboxes that are in all ways correct: \version[temporary] \definedescription [test] [location=left] \starttext \starttest{1 is 1} Solution: \placeformula[-] $$1 = 1$$ \stoptest \stoptext will give a very ugly black box to the left of the formula. Any way of solving this? Thanks, 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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Space in the module t-rsteps
by Mojca Miklavec 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Consider the following example in t-rsteps: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \usemodule[rsteps] \setupcolor[state=start] \definehead[Subject][subject] \setuphead[Subject][page=yes,style=\bfb] \starttext \StartSteps[Title] a\NextStep b \StopSteps \StartSteps[Title 2] a\FromStep[2]{b} \StopSteps \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% On the page 2, it typesets something like "a\par b" and on the page 4 it typesets something similar as "a\ b" instead of "ab" in both cases. My questions: #1. I don't completely understand the mechanism behind rsteps, but is there a way to supress the additional space introduced between successive steps? #2. How can I use \vfill (to write something on the bottom of the page)? #3. If I write The beginning \FromStep[2]{of a \dorecurse{20}{very }long sentence} than the spacing in the first part is affected by the TeX line-breaking algorithm (in slide 1 normal spacing is used and in slice 2 it is moved slightly to the left or to the right) The same goes for vertical alignment once the slide is full #4. How could I use \FromStep[x][reserve] outside the math environment? This could have solved the problem with the alignment under #3. Thank you, Mojca

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small bugfix: module t-rsteps, more than 9 slides not possible
by Mojca Miklavec 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

\FromStep[10] doesn't work in the following program: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \usemodule[rsteps] \setupcolor[state=start] \definehead[Subject][subject] \setuphead[Subject][page=yes,style=\bfb] \starttext \StartSteps[Title] a \FromStep[9]{b} \FromStep[10]{c} \StopSteps \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The problem lies in: \def\FromStep[#1]{% \steps@updatenumber#1% ... The second line should be \steps@updatenumber(#1)% otherwise \steps@Updatenumber becomes only 1 as input and typesets the zero on the document. In the same art some more lines are to be fixed. Mojca

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Problem with new cont-tmf
by François Fasoli 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

I have a problem with new cont-tmf : When I run old texexec --version I obtain the following and ConteXt runs very well TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeXk, 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) context : ver: 2005.01.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.29 mes: english cont-cz : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.29 mes: english cont-de : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.29 mes: english cont-it : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.29 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.29 mes: english cont-ro : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.29 mes: english cont-uk : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.3.29 mes: english total run time : 3 seconds After downloading new cont-tmf in texmf-dist I have the following result : Can't locate File/Temp.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:\MesPGM\TeXLive\xemtex\perl\ lib C:\MesPGM\TeXLive\xemtex\perl\site\lib .) at c:/MesPGM/TeXLive/texmf-dist/sc ripts/context/perl/texexec.pl line 53. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at c:/MesPGM/TeXLive/texmf-dist/scripts/contex t/perl/texexec.pl line 53. I have the same result with texexec --make --language=en I have a Windows XP system and TexLive 7 What is the problem ? Thanks.

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\type{...} introduces space
by Peter Münster 07 Jun '05

07 Jun '05

Hello, how could I get rid of the space before the \type-command please? Example: \starttext x\type{x}x \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\startitemize[beforehead=xxx]
by Peter Münster 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Hello, does somebody know how to get some space between two \head entries in the ConTeXt-way? I tried the following, but without success: \starttext begin \startitemize[packed][beforehead=\blank,headstyle=bold] \head head\par line \head head\par line \head head\par line \stopitemize end \stoptext Only with the following hack, I get the desired result: \starttext begin \startitemize[packed][headstyle=bold] \let\headO\head \def\head{\blank\headO} \head head\par line \head head\par line \head head\par line \stopitemize end \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Installing Truetype fonts in context.
by John R. Culleton 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

--Like a good little TeXer I have always avoided Truetype fonts. But now I have a situation where the customer is requesting it, and has provided the font. So I have tried to follow the instructinns in the pdftex manual as well as those in Texfont Explained manual. First I got apparently clean results but the font looks just like Computer Modern. The only error message I can see is one asking for a pfb file which of course I don't have. Then following an earlier post I tried something like this. The font is a Devangari font, or perhaps more properly a Western font that looks a bit like Devnagari script. Here is my run script: ----------------------------------------------------- ttf2afm -e 8r.enc -o ds_izmir.afm ds_izmir.ttf texfont --en=8r --ve=truetype --co=all --makepath --install cd /usr/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ cat *map >plus.map mv plus.map /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap updmap texhash ----------------------------------------------------------- With this run stream texfont has two complaints: first that it is an unknown vendor and second that it cannot find either a pfa or pfb file. There is a trick to it I am sure, and I am sure I do not know the trick. John Culleton The answers to all your publishing questions are found in the excellent books listed in the word-famous shortlist! http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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\goto a file in the parent directory
by Denis Pinsard 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Hello, Assume that 'target.pdf' is in the current directory, the parent directory and in the 'subdir' directory. \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \goto{GOTO}[target::] % Works \goto{GOTO}[subdir/target::] % Works \goto{GOTO}[../target::] % Doesn't work \stoptext Any help is welcome. -- Denis.

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