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rtf to Context convertor.
by John R. Culleton 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

We have the program rtf2latex2e which works and is somewhat configurable. But it doesn't extend to a full Context convertor. Has anyone done any work in this direction? I am searching for something I could give to newcomers without involving them (or me) in compiling source code on a MSWin system. so an existing package that is fully configurable would be neat. A possibility would be some sort of word to XML to Context gyration. But the complexities daunt me already. -- John Culleton

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dvipdfmx support
by Hans Hagen 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hi, For those using dvipdfmx (e.g. with aleph) ther eis a new windows version at: http://www.metz.supelec.fr/~popineau/downloads/bin-dvipdfm-2005-05-07-win32… I patched spec-dpx, texexec and ctxtools to make working with it more comfortable - texexec understands the --dpx switch and will run dvipdfmx automatically (it also sets some env variables that are needed to isolate dvipdfmx and pdftex; awaiting a better solution in tds/kpse) (newtexexec also understand this and a bit more) - context will pass map file names to dvipdfmx in the same way as it does with pdftex (use \loadmapfile to load additional ones) - ctxtools can be used to convert pdftex map files into dvipdfmx ones (i may switch to some common format coded in xml that can be converted to either map format although before it comes to that pdftex/dvipdfmx/dvips may understand a common simple text format, work is in progress on that); another option is to use \loadmapline and make typescripts (and thereby get rid of mapfiles but i need to discuss that with mr. Adam Typescript Lindsay first -) usage: ctxtools --dpx e:/tex/texmf-local (--force to make it really happen) i uploaded yet another zip (i hope that this compensates Idris' experience with fonts in recent distribuitions -) 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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\stopbuffer in macro
by Peter Münster 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hello, how could I build some macros, that make usage of \startbuffer and \stopbuffer? Example: \def\startXXX[#1]{\doSomeMagicSetups{#1}% \startbuffer[...]} \def\stopXXX{\stopbuffer \doSomeSpecialWorkHere} And then: \startXXX[some options] some text \stopXXX TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter --------------------------------------------------- For those, who are interested, here in detail what I'm trying to do: I still like the LaTeX listings.sty package very much, but porting it to ConTeXt would be too much work for me. So why not using a wrapper? Somewhere in the PATH I put the file createListing.sh: #!/bin/bash echo '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{listings} \lstset{language=C++,tabsize=4}\pagestyle{empty} \begin{document}\begin{lstlisting}{}' >$1-lst-ltx.tex cat $1-lst.tmp >>$1-lst-ltx.tex echo '\end{lstlisting}\end{document}' >>$1-lst-ltx.tex latex $1-lst-ltx dvips -E -o $1-lst-ltx.eps $1-lst-ltx Then the ConTeXt-file: \starttext Here is a listing: \startbuffer[lst] #include <stdiostream.h> int main(){ return 0; } \stopbuffer \immediate\write18{./createListing.sh \jobname}% \externalfigure[\jobname-lst-ltx][] And here we go on... \stoptext But this would be much better: \def\startLST[#1]{\dosomesetups{#1}\startbuffer[...]} \def\stopLST{\stopbuffer\immediate\write18{./createListing ...}% \externalfigure[...][...]} And then: \startLST[some options for \lstset{}] some code \stopLST -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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changing natural table frame width
by Stuart Jansen 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

I'm trying to figure out how to increase the increase the size of the horizontal line after a row using natural tables. Is there any way to do the equivalent of: \HL % Table header \VL Column A \VL Column B\VL\SR \HL[4] -- Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Guru Labs, L.C.

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spurious text produced by TABLE
by Idris Samawi Hamid 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Dear posse, TABLE produces a spurious dot in the following (look closely at the center of the big box on the right). How can I get rid of this? If this is a bug, Is there a workaround? Best Idris ============================= % output=pdf interface=en \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \starttext \setupfloats[location=middle] \placetable [here][tab:sciences]{There is a spurious dot in the big box.} \starttable{|c|c|c|} \HL \VL {test} \VL \TWO{} \VL\FR \DL[1] \VL \VL\DR \VL {test} \VL \TWO{} \VL\FR \HL \stoptable \stoptext ============================= ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] Chinese in ConTeXt
by 常大鹏 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Xiao Jianfeng,您好！你可以看看这个帖子。　　http://www.ctex.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=23547 另外，安装字体的工具可以用xGBKFonts，它可以为你安装字体并处理LaTeX，ConTeXt的配置文件你可以看看它的作者李树钧的主页。http://www.hooklee.com/tex.html ======= 2005-05-29 16:49:52 您在来信中写道：======= >I started to use ConTeXt several weeks ago, and I like it very much :-) > >I met some problems when I tried to use Chinese in ConTeXt. I have tried >to setup Chinese fonts according to the manual "Chinese in ConTeXt" >(mchinese.pdf) which seems a little out-of-date. In the manual, programs > gbpfb/chpfb, and gbenc are used to perpare the Chinese fonts. But, I >chpfb is not shipped with trubolinux anymore . I have googled and >couldn't find these programs on the internet. > >Do someone have some experience of how to setup Chinese in ConTeXt? > >Thanks in advance! > >Best wishes. > >Xiaojf >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 致礼！常大鹏 changroc(a)163.com 2005-06-03

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update
by Hans Hagen 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hi, Well, after some bad hacking Adam, Patrick and me think that we got engine support working on all platforms. Interesting is that the problems for platforms -tetex and gwtex- were in different parts of the code, so there must be subtle differences in path settings (different kpse branches in texexec). The solutions had to do with chomping on the one hand and complex paths on th eother hand. Patrick, I hope that i didn't mess up the garden server in the process -) Uploaded. 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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I think there is a little mistake in "ConTeXt an excursion"
by Xiao Jianfeng 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

On page 22 of my "ConTeXt an excursion" (version May 27, 1999), it says: %-------------------------------------------------- \placefigure [here,force] [fig:canal] {The Hasselt Canals.} \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[Photo]} {a bitmap picture} {\externalfigure[Graphic]} {a vector graphic} \stopcombinatie %-------------------------------------------------- but this can not be complied -_- after a few tries, I think it shoud be like this: %-------------------------------------------------- \placefigure [here,force] [fig:canal] {The Hasselt Canals.} { \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[Photo]} {a bitmap picture} {\externalfigure[Graphic]} {a vector graphic} \stopcombination } %-------------------------------------------------- Note that there are { and } missing and a spell mistake. I do not intend to blame the author at all, and in fact, ConTeXt is really a good work! I just hope this can be of some help to some newbies like me, since i spent two hours to find out the soultion to combine two figures -_- xiaojf

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\definetyping[C][option=commands] and the tabulator
by Peter Münster 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hello, here is a typing-problem: \definetyping[C][option=commands] \starttext With option=commands the tabulator is reduced to one space: \startC #include <stdiostream.h> int main(){ return 0; /BTEX{\em unreachedCode;}/ETEX } \stopC \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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multi-paged table with "continued"
by Paul Tremblay 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

I need to create a multipage table that has the head on the top of each page. For the first page, the head should read "Table Appendix B.1: Stores in Country". For subsequent pages, I need to add the word continued: "Table Appendix B.1 (continued): Stores in Country" I notice that when I create tables with the standard Table module, it makes captions such as table1a title table1b title Instead of 1a and 1b, I need the word "continued." Is there a way to do this with Table, or should I use TABLE and try to set up something with \bTABLEnext? Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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buffers and mathml
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hi all, I hope not to be posing a silly question. I am trying something like: usemodule[mathml] \starttext \def\open {<} \def\close {>} \startbuffer \open math display="block"\close \open apply\close \open sin/\close \open apply\close \open plus/\close \open cn\close 2 \open /cn\close \open ci\close a \open /ci\close \open /apply\close \open /apply\close \open /math\close \stopbuffer \processXMLbuffer \stoptext But this does not pass to \processXMLbuffer the result of substituting commands \open and \close... how could this be achieved...? I know that I could have used myself the < and >'s instead of the ugly open and close but that is not my requirement. I tried defining a command \def\Wea { \open math display="block"\close \open apply\close \open sin/\close \open apply\close \open plus/\close \open cn\close 2 \open /cn\close \open ci\close a \open /ci\close \open /apply\close \open /apply\close \open /math\close } and then... \startbuffer \Wea \stopbuffer but that is plain wrong... thanks jima --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 2004/11/01

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long module-filenames
by Peter Münster 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hello, I would like to use module names with more than 8 characters. Is this possible, and if yes how? (Perhaps just redifining \dododousemodules?) Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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unwanted font replacement during inclussion
by Vit Zyka 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hi, I noticed the next strange behaviour. Let us create very simple file test.tex: ------------------ \font\bf=cmbx12 Normal text. \bf Bold text. \end ------------------ Now include this file by plain pdftex: ------------------ \pdfximage{test.pdf} \pdfrefximage\pdflastximage \end ------------------ Everything is correct. No let us try to insert the file by context: ------------------ \starttext %\font\bf=cmbx12 %Normal text. \bf Bold text. \pdfximage{test.pdf} \pdfrefximage\pdflastximage \stoptext ------------------ And that is!!! Text 'bold text' is typeset with totaly different font from cmbx12, so it is smashed by wrong metric! See the attached file. If I uncomment two lines, so the font cmbx12 is not only present in the included file, the result is correct. Where is the problem? Something mixing cm and lm? I though that included file comes with all font resources. Hmmmm, now I feel it is more pdftex-related then context-related question. vit (pdfetex v1.30) -- Vít Zýka --- http://typokvitek.com Automatic document typesetting Automaticka sazba dokumentu -- --

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Fwd: Context question
by Adam Lindsay 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Has anyone got a solution/approach/example at hand? ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Subject: Re: (Stupid) Context question Date Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 20:57 From: Musa Furber <musaf(a)runbox.com> To: Adam Lindsay <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> Something I cannot do with LaTeX that I would like to be able to do is have the text on the first page be single column and starting with the second page have the text be double column - even if the page transition is in the middle of a paragraph. Is this possible to do with ConTeXt? ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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textools ne woption
by Hans Hagen 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hi, Tonight I had to generate linux binaries (due to serious bug in the pdftex 1.21 that runs on the server; btw, generating 64 bits version fails somehow) and afterwards i had to merge the new files into my trees so .. i extendedtextools textools --merge oldroot newroot (trial run, add --force to really do it) like in textools --merge /tmp/tetex /data/tex/texmf-linux --force only newer files will be merged and some checking is done i'll upload this version asap since it's also handy for merging fabrice's new binaries 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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unwanted font replacement during inclussion
by Vit Zyka 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hi, I noticed the next strange behaviour. Let us create very simple file test.tex: ------------------ \font\bf=cmbx12 Normal text. \bf Bold text. \end ------------------ Now include this file by plain pdftex: ------------------ \pdfximage{test.pdf} \pdfrefximage\pdflastximage \end ------------------ Everything is correct. No let us try to insert the file by context: ------------------ \starttext %\font\bf=cmbx12 %Normal text. \bf Bold text. \pdfximage{test.pdf} \pdfrefximage\pdflastximage \stoptext ------------------ And that is!!! Text 'bold text' is typeset with totaly different font from cmbx12, so it is smashed by wrong metric! See the attached file. If I uncomment two lines, so the font cmbx12 is not only present in the included file, the result is correct. Where is the problem? Something mixing cm and lm? I though that included file comes with all font resources. Hmmmm, now I feel it is more pdftex-related then context-related question. vit (pdfetex v1.30) -- Vít Zýka --- http://typokvitek.com Automatic document typesetting Automaticka sazba dokumentu -- --

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[ANN] XEmTeX 0.5-RC0
by Fabrice Popineau 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to comp.text.tex as well. XEmTeX is a Windows integrated distribution of PDFeTeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, TeX4ht plus XEmacs playing the text editor. The version 0.5-RC0 is available for download. It fixes many bugs of the previous 0.5-beta2 version. You will find all details on:: http://www.metz.supelec.fr/~popineau/xemtex-1.html The page http://www.fptex.org/ has been redirected to the same location. Beware: it is required to uninstall any previous version before trying to install any new one. I will be glad to hear about comments and hints to make that could help to enhance this distribution. Best regards, -- Fabrice Popineau ------------------------ e-mail: Fabrice.Popineau(a)supelec.fr | The difference between theory voice-mail: +33 (0) 387764715 | and practice, is that surface-mail: Supelec, 2 rue E. Belin, | theoretically, F-57070 Metz | there is no difference !

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ConTeXt-XeTeX question
by Dalyoung 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

> > Hi all, > > I need some help. > > 1) Recently, I upgraded ConTeXt new version and got a problem in > compilation. However, after upgrading texexec and creating format > files, it is working fine with some warning messages as following: > > WARNING: Type1 font data returned by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in > the correct format required by the Adobe Type 1 Font Format > specification. > WARNING: Type1 font data returned by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in > the correct format required by the Adobe Type 1 Font Format > specification. > WARNING: Type1 font data returned by OFAStreamPSDownload isn't in > the correct format required by the Adobe Type 1 Font Format > specification. > > I don't know the causes of these warnings. I am using personal > script file for Korean, but there was no warning before in the same > condition. > > 2) I noticed some strange spaces. > > (a) between units and words > 1\Centi\Meter 인 --> output: 1cm 인 > > (b) between units and comma, units and units, but there is no > space between units and next words. > > 길이의 기본단위는 \Meter, 넓이의 기본 단위는 \Square\Meter, 그리 > 고 부피의 기본 단위는 \Cubic\Meter 이다. > output: 길이의 기본단위는 m , 넓이의 기본 단위는 m 2, > 그리고 부피의 기본 단위는 m 3 이다. > > Here 2 and 3 are written as superscript. > > Are these problems yielded from my personal font script file? > > Thank you for reading. > > Regards, > > Dalyoung

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new texexec
by Hans Hagen 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hi, After some patching and testing (thanks adam and others) i uploaded a new texexec; let's hope that this one works beter; 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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Math and MATHML problem
by Wolfgang Zillig 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Hello, I'm trying to typset some math. when I use \startbuffer ...here mathml ...\stopbuffer and a following \processXMLbuffer I get a nice centered formula. When I save that code to a file myeq1.xml and try to include it with \processXMLfile{myeq1.xml}I compillation stops at that point. \processXMLfilegrouped{myeq1.xml} produces a formula again but 2 additional symbold appear at the beginning of the formula. Questions: - What is my fault? - Whow can I set the alignment of formulas (ie leftaligned)? Thanks for any help \usemodule[mathml] \defineXMLentity [PartialD] {\getXMLentity{differentiald}} \starttext \startbuffer <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <mrow> <mi>q</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mfrac> <mrow> <mo>&PartialD;</mo> <mi>p</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>&PartialD;</mo> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> <mo>=</mo> <mo>&PartialD;</mo> <mfenced> <mrow> <mi>φ</mi> </mrow> </mfenced> <msub> <mi>p</mi> <mrow> <mi>v</mi> <mi>s</mi> <mi>a</mi> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mfenced> <mrow> <mi>θ</mi> </mrow> </mfenced> <mfrac> <mrow> <mo>&PartialD;</mo> <mi>φ</mi> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>&PartialD;</mo> <mi>x</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> </math> \stopbuffer \processXMLbuffer \stoptext

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printing an envelope.
by John R. Culleton 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

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 Context. Here is an example file: -------------------------------------- \setupoutput[pdftex] \definepapersize[env][width=9.5in,height=4.25in] \setuppapersize[env,rotated 90][env] \setuparranging[rotated] \starttext \startstandardmakeup John Culleton\crlf 2401 Haight Avenue\crlf Eldersburg, MD 21784 \blank \hskip 3in \vbox{ Independent Contract Services\crlf Landmark Community Newspapers\crlf Carroll County Times\crlf P.O. Box 346\crlf Westminster MD 21158 } \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext ------------------------------------------ It seems no matter what I do (and perhaps I am doing too much) I cannot create a pdf file that is rotated properly for this particular printer. It stubbornly insists in printing across instead of down. Any suggestions? -- John Culleton

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force columns smaller in Table
by Paul Tremblay 01 Jun '05

01 Jun '05

Is there a way to force colums to be narrower than the default in the Table (basic) table environment? The first line of my column is: Amount spent on store modernization by the chains The columns underneath are all single numbers, meaning they have huges spaces to the right: year Amount spent on store modernization by the chains === ================================================= 1933 33,000,000 1934 37,000,000 Do I have to use the more sophisticated TABLE module? (I hope not, because I have already laid out things with Table!) Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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FW: fleurons - reprise
by Keith McKay 31 May '05

31 May '05

Sorry. This time with the attachment. Keith -----Original Message----- From: Keith McKay [mailto:mckaymeister@gmail.com] Sent: 31 May 2005 20:16 To: 'ntg-context(a)ntg.nl' Subject: fleurons - reprise 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 -- 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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vertical shift in tabulate
by Peter 31 May '05

31 May '05

Hello, I have the following tabuation: \starttabulate[|l|p|l|] ... \stoptabulate In the third column I put just single words, but in the middle column whole paragraphs. I want the word in the third column to be vertically aligned with the lowest line of the paragraph in the middle column (like the html valign=bottom). I cannot find how to accomplish this. Maybe someone can give me a hint? tanks Peter

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Re: ConTeXt tool for enabling comments in PDF ?
by Joachim Schlosser 31 May '05

31 May '05

> Vit Zyka wrote (long long ago in January): >> how is that one calculated, imagine that in the %! fields you fill in >> placeholders like hereshouldgosomemagiccode, then one can run a script >> over the pdf, calculate that magic, and replace the string; maybe this >> can be hooked into xpdflib > Yes, I agree, postprocessing is possible. But I did not find any digest > computing alg in the range of C/C++ or Perl. Also do not known links to > xpdflib. > > Vit Zyka One can sign PDFs with iText (http://itextpdf.sourceforge.net/) Perhaps this helps a little bit further. I experimented a little bit, but my knowledge on PDF internas is not yet in a state that allows me to be quite creative here :-) Joachim -- Joachim Schlosser (The e-mail address is fully repliable.) http://schlosser.info

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placing figures left with no wrap
by Paul Tremblay 31 May '05

31 May '05

How can I place a figure to the left of the page *without* having any text wrap around it? If I use: \placefigure[here]{{\bf figure 1.1: }Woolworth store in Lexington}{\externalfigure[WWORIG ref]} I get a graphic that is centered. I want to push the graphic to the left of the page. The only way I know how to achive this right now is with: externalfigure[WWORIG ref] \par {\bf figure 1.1:} Woolworth store in Lexington \par But this method probably won't keep my captions and graphics together. If the graphic is placed at the bottom of the page, my caption will appear on the next page. Do I need to save the graphic as a buffer and then place the buffer? I coudln't find any directions on how to use buffer, though I swear I saw it on the wiki. Thanks Paul ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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Suppreesin section header
by John R. Culleton 30 May '05

30 May '05

For a particular section I wish to substitute a graphic for the section header, but have the TOC entry named as usual. Is there a way to say e.g., \section{foo} and have foo show up in the TOC but not as a section header? -- 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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place for feature requests / todo list
by Peter Münster 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hello, is there already some place, where feature requests are collected and/or a todo list? Perhaps something like bugzilla but simpler? If not, what do you think about a page on the wiki? TIA for your opinions, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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List of figures with shorter captions
by Tim 't Hart 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hello all, I'm busy with writing a paper for university and the teachers "ordered" me to include a List of Figures. So now I'm using \completelistoffigures to get the list of figures. However, my captions with the figures are quite long so I was wondering if it's possible to let ConTeXt write a different text to the List of Figures. I thought something similar was possible with the Table of Contents and the \chapter command, but I cannot remember how...maybe I imagined. So is it possible to write a different text to the LoF? I use \placefigure[here]{This is my very long caption} {\externalfigure[myfigure]} to place my figures in the text. I've experimented with using \writetolist[figure]{1}{short caption} to write a text to the LoF, but there are some problems with that method. (the figure can be placed on a different page than the \writetolist, and I'll need a way to stop ConTeXt writing the caption text to the list as well). Any ideas? My best, Tim

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Lettrine in ConTeXt
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de Sousa 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hi ConTeXters! I played a little with Taco's implementation of Lettrine and it worked nice, but the capital letter is always in CMR10. The option TextFont works fine, and one can change the font that comes after the dropped cap with commands like \sc (default), \it, \sl or \bf, but the option FontHook, which changes the font of the capital, doesn't seem to work when one uses, for example, \setuplettrine[Lines=3,TextFont=\it,FontHook=\bf,Findent=0pt,Nindent=0pt] . Did I miss something? Marcus Vinicius __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [NTG-context] Lettrine in ConTeXt
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de Sousa 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hi Taco! It works perfectly! Thank you. Marcus Vinicius --- Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> wrote: > > The problem is that FontHook has to redefine the > font synonym > 'LettrineFont'. You have to do it like this: > > \unexpanded\def\myfonthook > {\definefontsynonym[LettrineFont][SerifBold]} > > \setuplettrine[Lines=3,TextFont=\it, > FontHook=\myfonthook, > Findent=0pt,Nindent=0pt] > > Greetings, Taco > > (I'll send a new zip with included documentation > to Patrick soon) > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Vanishing footnotes inside \startpagenumbering ... \stoppagenumbering
by Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de Sousa 29 May '05

29 May '05

Hi ConTeXters! If you put a footnote inside \startpagenumbering \stoppagenumbering it will not appear. Any ideas? Minimal example below: ************************************ \setupoutput[pdf] \setuplinenumbering[start=1,step=5,style=\tfx] \starttext \startlinenumbering We to those beasts, that rapid strode along, Drew near, when Chiron took an arrow forth, And with the notch push'd back his shaggy beard To the cheek-bone, then his great mouth to view Exposing, to his fellows thus exclaim'd: ``Are ye aware, that he who comes behind Moves what he touches? The feet of the dead Are not so wont.�� My trusty guide, who now Stood near his breast, where the two natures join, Thus made reply: ``He is indeed alive, And solitary so must needs by me Be shown the gloomy vale, thereto induc'd By strict necessity, not by delight. She left her joyful harpings in the sky, Who this new office to my care consign'd. He is no robber, no dark spirit I. But by that virtue, which empowers my step To treat so wild a path, grant us, I pray, One of thy band, whom we may trust secure, Who to the ford may lead us, and convey Across, him mounted on his back; for he Is not a spirit that may walk the air.�� \footnote{Dante Alighieri, Inferno, Canto XII, Divina Comedia} \stoplinenumbering \stoptext __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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new release
by Adam Lindsay 29 May '05

29 May '05

Thanks from me, too, to Taco for the change summary... I notice this: >new typescript: optima (uses optima-nova & palatino & lmtt) Which is cool, but there's a free URW Optima clone available ("URW- Classico"), that potentially makes Optima available to everyone. It's slightly "buggy" as a font, but perfectly workable if you're not as demanding as Walter A. Schmidt. (No offense to him--he has to be demanding, given his role!) I can do a release of these fonts, once we figure out a few things: 1) what to call this family (optima? optima-nova? classico?), 2) how to package this up for people, and 3) where to put it. If you want an early play, you can download the fonts from <http:// www.artifex.com/downloads/>, with the urwfonts_t1-1.40 package. The following lines are from a batchfile for texfont. # urw optima --en=? --ve=urw --co=optima --ro=TEXMFLOCAL --pat=o004* --en=? --ve=urw --co=optima --ro=TEXMFLOCAL --pat=o00400[34]t --ca=* -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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dvi paper-size
by Peter Münster 29 May '05

29 May '05

Hello, here comes a feature request: Could ConTeXt add to the dvi-file information about paper-size, so that one does not need the -t option of dvips? This is done in LaTeX (+hyperref) by using something like \special{papersize=...} but I didn't get it working in ConTeXt... TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\textellipsis definition wrong
by Nikolai Weibull 29 May '05

29 May '05

I’m using 2005.01.31 and \textellipsis expands to \cdots, which isn’t what it’s supposed to do. It should be \ldots, or preferably just \dots. Or, if that’s not what you want to do, at least don’t use \textellipsis for U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS in unic-032.tex. 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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Handy font install script.
by John R. Culleton 29 May '05

29 May '05

The good news is that texfonts works as advertised, and the fonts can be used for any flavor of TeX except LaTeX which usually wants an .fd file. Even LaTeX users can use it if they are willing to use the old fashioned \font statement. I downloaded the sharefont and freefont collections for use with Gimp, but then had a need to use some of them with Context. Now there are dozens of fonts in each collection. So I wrote a wrapper script for texfonts to save time and errors. Here is my procedure (Slackware Linux computer, TeX installation taken from Slackware-current): 1. Create a subdirectory for each font or font family, and move all the files for the font/family to that subdirectory. 2. Run Ghostscript utility pf2afm on each font to create needed afm files (they don't come with.) 3. Modify updmap.cfg to accept a file called plus.map. 4.Move to the subdirectory, then run the following script makefonts, making up a foundry and family name appropriate to the font(s). The command is: "makefonts foundry family" ------------------------------------------------------- mkdir /usr/share/texmf-local/fonts/source/$1 mkdir /usr/share/texmf-local/fonts/source/$1/$2 cp * /usr/share/texmf-local/fonts/source/$1/$2/ texfont --en=8r --ve=$1 --co=$2 --ma --in cd /usr/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ cat *map >plus.map cp plus.map /usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap updmap texhash ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Modify the tex test file produced by texfonts to include near the end a \font statement and "The quick brown fox..." text in all caps and then in lower case. (Some of these fonts have no lower case.) 6. compile and inspect the test program. As always the script will have to be adapted to your particular installation. And I haven't bothered to figure out how to make it work in MSWin. The change I made in step 6 above might be worth doing in texfonts. Some donated fonts have problems with spacing between words, or even with the characters themselves. The generated afm files are also suspect in this regard. I hope this saves someone some time. John Culleton

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new version
by Hans Hagen 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi, I posted a new version of context. There are a few new things, like pattern snow being part of the zip, and runtime graphic conversions (more about that when i have more time); the next (main) release will probably have a new texexec (ruby version, smoother, faster, more clever, no ini file etc) btw, i need a miktex user who wants to test the ruby texexec version it's upto taco to write the usual announcement -) 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: Accents in MathML
by Duncan Hothersall 28 May '05

28 May '05

I said: > Interestingly, if I forget about unicode and use é instead of é, > then no matter what I put in the preamble I get the e with a guillemot > superimposed. So whatever is mapping é incorrectly seems also to be > mapping é incorrectly. Further testing suggests that my problem is this: Between \startXMLdata and \stopXMLdata, where MathML is being parsed directly by ConTeXt, I get the wrong results for accented characters within <mtext> elements. For example, I get an e character with a guillemot superimposed on top when I want an e with an acute accent. It doesn't seem to matter whether the markup is unicode é, the entity é, or the command \eacute. Similar problems happen with other accents I have tried. In the case of ñ the accent is almost right but comes out too big (looks like the maths version of the accent?). The following is my local test file, using unicode and comparing running text to <mtext> in MathML: -- \mainlanguage[es]\enableregime[utf]\useencoding[uc] \usemodule[mathml]\setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext Situación niños volúmenes sí interés: \startXMLdata <formula><math><mfrac><mrow><mtext>Situación niños volúmenes</mtext></mrow><mrow><mtext>sí interés</mtext></mrow></mfrac></math></formula>\stopXMLdata \stoptext -- The following is a non-unicode test file that will process on Live and exhibits the same errors in the MathML accent rendering. It uses entity references instead of unicode in the MathML, but because they map to the same thing the output is the same: -- \mainlanguage[es]\enableregime[utf]\useencoding[uc] \usemodule[mathml]\setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \startXMLdata <formula><math><mfrac><mrow><mtext>Situación niños volúmenes</mtext></mrow><mrow><mtext>sí interés</mtext></mrow></mfrac></math></formula>\stopXMLdata \stoptext -- I have a feeling I have made this more complex than it needed to be, but can anyone shed light on how to fix it? Thanks, Duncan PS Apologies for the nonsense Spanish content - it's just random words with accents.

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dvi support in latest version
by Peter Münster 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hello, thanks to Hans, I can use now the latest version to produce PDFs. This is what I do: texmfstart newtexexec --make --all mkdir /opt/teTeX/texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex mv cont-* mptopdf.* /opt/teTeX/texmf-var/web2c/pdfetex mktexlsr Now, "texmfstart newtexexec testfile" is producing a pdf and "texmfstart newtexexec --dvi testfile" is producing a dvi. But dvips has difficulties with this dvi-file: This is dvips(k) 5.95a Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2005.05.28:1404' -> testfile.ps 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><special.pro>. [1 dvips: Unknown keyword (object) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (@FDF::docuextgstates) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (<<) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (>>) in \special will be ignored dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing dvips: Unknown keyword (put) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (@catalog) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (<<>>) in \special will be ignored dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing dvips: Unknown keyword (docinfo) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (<</Trapped) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (/False>>) in \special will be ignored dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing dvips: Unknown keyword (docinfo) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (<</ConTeXt.Version) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword ((2005.05.25)>>) in \special will be ignored dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing dvips: Unknown keyword (docinfo) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (<</Title) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword ((testfile)) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (/Subject) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (()) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (/Author) in \special will be ignored dvips: Unknown keyword (()) in \special will be ignored dvips: more errors in special, being ignored . . . dvips: (perhaps dvips doesn't support your macro package?) dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing dvips: Could not find figure file pdf:; continuing ] There must be at least some problem with the Latin-Modern setup... testfile.tex ist just: \starttext hallo \stoptext Thanks in advance for any help! Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: ConTeXt tool for enabling comments in PDF ?
by Joachim Schlosser 28 May '05

28 May '05

> Vit Zyka wrote (long long ago in January): >> how is that one calculated, imagine that in the %! fields you fill in >> placeholders like hereshouldgosomemagiccode, then one can run a script >> over the pdf, calculate that magic, and replace the string; maybe this >> can be hooked into xpdflib > Yes, I agree, postprocessing is possible. But I did not find any digest > computing alg in the range of C/C++ or Perl. Also do not known links to > xpdflib. > > Vit Zyka One can sign PDFs with iText (http://itextpdf.sourceforge.net/) Perhaps this helps a little bit further. I experimented a little bit, but my knowledge on PDF internas is not yet in a state that allows me to be quite creative here :-) Joachim -- Joachim Schlosser (The e-mail address is fully repliable.) http://schlosser.info

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clip bug?
by Vit Zyka 28 May '05

28 May '05

Dear Hans, it seems to me that \clip was extended by the useful params left|right|top|bottomoffset. But they do not work: \starttext \clip [leftoffset=1cm,rightoffset=1cm,topoffset=2cm,bottomoffset=.5cm] {\externalfigure[cow]} \stoptext Thanks Vit

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Any PPCHTeX users out there?
by Rodolfo Medina 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi. Since the PPCHTeX mailing list (ntg-ppchtex(a)ntg.nl) seems to be inactive, I'm posting to the present list my PPCHTeX question. Suppose I have the following PPCHTeX code: \startchemical \chemical[SIX,ROT2,B,R36,RZ6][CH_3] \chemical[PB:RZ3,ONE,Z05,SB5,EP37,PE][O,H] \stopchemical . Now, if I want `size' to be `big' but `scale' to be `small', I just type: \startchemical[size=big,scale=small] et cetera, but then I have a problem: the two couples of electrons that are above and under the oxygen atom come much too close the oxygen atom, they come onto it. Is there any PPCHTeX user that knows if it's possible to avoid that, and how? Thanks indeed, Rodolfo

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[Q] Combining
by olibou＠free.fr 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hello, I initially was looking for having several multilign text box in a metapost. But I do not know how to it. I finally take the technic of "register" as explain in the "complex text in graphic" paragraph of the metafun manual. But then, I was to animate it in a presentation. I learn to animate with the "growing graphic" chapter. But I do not know how to combine register and animate. Does somebody has an example of doing so ... I will try to reverse engineer his source ;-) so he or she will not lose his time with me ? In case you like to reverse my source, I give it as a small example. In this example, I wish I could exchange "Bonjour" for a better and more complex text ;-) -- Oli

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Re: [NTG-context] Any PPCHTeX users out there? [solved]
by Rodolfo Medina 28 May '05

28 May '05

Rodolfo wrote: > Since the PPCHTeX mailing list (ntg-ppchtex(a)ntg.nl) > seems to be inactive, I'm posting to the > present list my PPCHTeX question. > > Suppose I have the following PPCHTeX code: > > \startchemical > \chemical[SIX,ROT2,B,R36,RZ6][CH_3] > \chemical[PB:RZ3,ONE,Z05,SB5,EP37,PE][O,H] > \stopchemical > > . Now, if I want `size' to be `big' but `scale' to be `small', >I just type: > \startchemical[size=big,scale=small] > > et cetera, but then I have a problem: the two couples of electrons that are > above and under the oxygen atom come much too close the oxygen atom, > they come onto it. Is there any PPCHTeX user that knows if it's > possible to avoid that, and how? The solution came from Hans Hagen, the author of PPCHTeX, who kindly provided himself some additional code. So, if anybody has the same problem, just write to me (or to Hans Hagen) and I will sent it to him/her. Thanks, Rodolfo

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finding cont-en.fmt
by Alan Bowen 27 May '05

27 May '05

I just updated to the latest versions of teTeX and ConTeXt via Gerben’s i-installer and now, when I run a file through ConTeXt, I get the following report: ________________________________ TeXExec 5.3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing texformat path : .:{/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local,!! /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/ texmf.tetex,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf}/web2c/{$ENGINE,}/{,}// 0 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : grktest 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) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c' is not writable. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.fmt'; will try `context.fmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `context.fmt'! return code : 256 run time : 3 seconds total run time : 4 seconds ___________________________________ According to the installer log, both cont-en.fmt and context.fmt were installed. I checked the list archive and see that two others had this problem about a month ago, but could not find any subsequent solutions. So, I would be most grateful for any pointers now. Cheers, Alan

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Re: [NTG-context] Supress chapter number in sections
by Duncan Hothersall 27 May '05

27 May '05

Randall wrote: > I'm bumping my last question here... As Duncan suggested, > > \setupsection[section-3][previousnumber=no] > > supresses the chapter section numbers in my section headings. Is > there an easy way to do likewise for the figure and equation numbers > such that the numbering does not include the chapter number? (Stirred into action by a namecheck :-)) This will change all numbering to just be sequential throughout a text, rather than run by chapter: \setupnumbering[way=bytext] Duncan

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PDF properties
by Mathias Bartsch 27 May '05

27 May '05

Hello to all of you! It would be nice to tune some properties of the generated PDF file, eg. the initial zoom factor, page view, ... Are there macros to get that done? Thanks in advance, best wishes Mathias Bartsch -- Universität Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg) | Tel: 0203-379-3476 FB Physik - Laboratorium. f. Festkörperphysik | Fax: 0203-379-2709 Lotharstr. 1, 47048 Duisburg

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arrows and other symbols
by Jörg Hagmann 27 May '05

27 May '05

Dear list members, When I needed arrows (e.g. for pyruvate ----> lactate or pyruvate <----> lactate I first tried on my own (\arrow, $\arrow$ $\ar$ etc.) without success. I then found "The comprehensive Latex Symbol List" by Scott Parkin and tried various combinations of \usemodule[modulename] and the commands listed, with our without $$. Some worked, some didn't. I do have what I need at the moment, but would like to know: 1. Is this the way to do it in Context? 2. Is there a recommended or particularly comprehensive module that covers a maximum number of symbols (I successfully tried "ams" and "wasysym" so far? 3. How do I find out what modules are available on my system? Thank you, Jörg PD Dr.med. Jörg Hagmann-Zanolari Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics DKBW, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 28 CH-4058 Basel Switzerland Phone +41 (0)61 6953049

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Re: [NTG-context] Supress chapter number in sections
by Duncan Hothersall 27 May '05

27 May '05

Randall Skelton wrote: > I've fiddled with almost every parameter in sethead but cannot seem to > find the correct one. I'd like to suppress the chapter numbers in a > relatively large document such that numbering of sections, tables, > figures and equations begins at 1 instead of 1.1. Is there a simple > way to do this? Hi Randall. It's a slightly confusing one - this behaviour is actually controlled via the \setupsection command, which deals with the high-level behaviour of sectioning commands like \chapter and (confusingly!) \section. The setup you want is \setupsection[section-3][previousnumber=no] The rationale is that \part is section-1, \chapter is section-2 and \section is section-3. See the manual entry for \setupsection for more info. Duncan

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Differnce between context and latex math
by Aditya Mahajan 26 May '05

26 May '05

Hi, I am trying to move from latex to context, but it seems that the defaults of both differ. Consider the following \defineenumeration [theorem] [ headstyle=bold, style=italic, location=hanging, text=Theorem, between=\blank ] \starttext \starttheorem This is a test \placeformula \startformula a = b \stopformula And the test continues. Notice that the equation number is in \type{\it} and not in \type{\upshape}. \stoptheorem \stoptext Notice that the equation number is italic. Compare this with something similar in latex \documentclass{article} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem} \begin{document} \begin{theorem} This is a test \begin{equation} a = b \end{equation} And the test continues. Notice that the equation number is in \verb|\upshape| and not in \verb|\it|. \end{theorem} \end{document} Here the equation number is in upshape. In latex equation numbers are always in upshape irrespective of the font type of the surrounding text. How can I get the same with context. Thanks -- Aditya Mahajan

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