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Another plant in the garden: modules
by Patrick Gundlach 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Dear ConTeXters, I have planted a small bush in the garden, which is called 'modules'. I collect third party modules and put them in one place. One of the things the authors (and of course all ConTeXt users) will hopefully get soon is an automatic synchronization with CTAN. I am in contact with the CTAN maintainers about that. The service will grow during the nice summer months, so please send me all the modules that you have on your hard disks but never published yet. You can find it at <http://modules.contextgarden.net>. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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euro question
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Simple and perhaps one hundred times answered but, how can I make the euro symbol in ConTeXt ? thanks for being there, ji --- 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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arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug?
by Johan Sandblom 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

The following code compiles flawlessly but the pdf that is generated opens with the error "Could not find the Extended Graphics State named 'Tr1'." in Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux (and Windows for that matter). Earlier readers give less informative messages but in all cases the pdf has almost entirely empty pages. If the second line is uncommented (so there is no arranging) there is no problem. If the color is non-transparent, there is no problem. If the table needs less than 4 sheets to be arranged on, there is no problem. Is this known, expected, fixable? Johan \setuppapersize [A6][A4] \setuparranging [2*4, doublesided] %\setuppapersize [A6][A6] \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor[tgray][s=.8, t=.5, a=1] \starttext \bTABLE[split=repeat, frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=tgray] \dorecurse{200}{\bTR\bTD 1\eTD\bTD 2\eTD\eTR} \eTABLE \stoptext -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" -- Bertrand Russell

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Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug?
by Johan Sandblom 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Mine is TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) context : ver: 2005.03.16 cont-en : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.4.22 mes: english on linux Did you compile the document with texexec --arrange --pdf ? The --arrange flag is necessary to get indices and tocs in arranged documents, which I have in the file the problem was exposed. Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" -- Bertrand Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: "luigi.scarso" <luigi.scarso(a)logosrl.it> Date: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:42 pm Subject: Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug? > Johan Sandblom wrote: > > >The following code compiles flawlessly but the pdf that is > generated opens > >with the error "Could not find the Extended Graphics State named > 'Tr1'.">in Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux (and Windows for that > matter). Earlier readers > >give less informative messages but in all cases the pdf has almost > entirely > >empty pages. If the second line is uncommented (so there is no > arranging) > >there is no problem. If the color is non-transparent, there is no > problem.>If the table needs less than 4 sheets to be arranged on, > there is no problem. > > > >Is this known, expected, fixable? > > > >Johan > > > >\setuppapersize [A6][A4] \setuparranging [2*4, doublesided] > >%\setuppapersize [A6][A6] > >\setupcolors [state=start] > >\definecolor[tgray][s=.8, t=.5, a=1] > >\starttext > >\bTABLE[split=repeat, frame=off, background=color, > backgroundcolor=tgray]>\dorecurse{200}{\bTR\bTD 1\eTD\bTD 2\eTD\eTR} > >\eTABLE > >\stoptext > > > > > > > I have made it with > TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 > > texexec : TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 > texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 > tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) > context : ver: 2005.01.13 > cont-en : ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.3.7 mes: english > cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.3.7 mes: dutch > under linux > and I see no problems with xpdf, acrobat5 and acrobat 7. > > luigi > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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proposed convention for variation switching [wasRE:inheriting ...
by Idris Samawi Hamid 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

>===== Original Message From "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >I don't have time to really delve into the implementation details, but it >looks like the difference is that ConTeXt isn't so responsive with user- >defined alternatives with more than two characters. Compare the stripped >down version with your own. Your \scsb has been changed to \SB, effectively. Hmm, I was a little worried at first about >2-char switches at first, till I noticed that type-siz.tex uses some four-letter switches as well, e.g. ============line-575============== \definebodyfont [12pt] [mm] [mrbf=xcmb12, exbf=cmex10 at 12pt, mibf=cmmib10 at 12pt, sybf=cmbsy10 at 12pt] ===================================== So I assumed that such a scheme would work. My suggestion: Either a) the \*a(b)(c) etc mechanism needs modification to accomodate >2-char switches, or b) an official 2-char switching convention for dealing with semibold and the standard five variants of small caps in ConTeXt is needed. Ideally users should not have to define switches for these standard variants anyway. Here is an idea (further discussion needed): a) Let's assume no change to the ConTeXt internals to accomodate >2-char switches. b) There are twelve basic style variants in a professional modern serif font (math, greek, etc excluded): six for lower case and six for small caps. On this basis, here is my suggestion for an official ConTeXt convention for professional fonts: %% lowercase % medium \tf % semibold \sb % bold \bf % italic \it % semibold italic \st % bold italic \bi %% small caps % medium \TF % semibold \SB % bold \BF % italic \IT % semibold italic \ST % bold italic \BI The small caps versions are identical to the lowercase versions, with the difference that the small caps versions use caps. This serves as a mnemonic device. We also need some long-winded control sequences: \definestyle [semiboldroman,semibold] [\sb][] \definestyle [semibolditalic] [\st][] \definestyle [smallcapssemibold,semiboldsmallcaps] [\SB][] \definestyle [smallcapsbold,boldsmallcaps] [\BF][] \definestyle [smallcapsitalic,italicsmallcaps] [\IT][] \definestyle [smallcapssemibolditalic,semibolditalicsmallcaps][\ST][] \definestyle [smallcapsbolditalic,bolditalicsmallcaps] [\BI][] An identical or similar analysis may work for sans-serif, but I have to check... Thank you very much for pinning down the source of this! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Will the real palatino please stand up?
by John R. Culleton 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

In the typescript file type-syn.tex the palatino font is defined four times, twice for math and twice for serif. The headers in each pair are identical, e.g.: \starttypescript [serif] [palatino] [name] Assume I want to use the second serif typescript, the one that uses the Palladio fonts. Using the \usetypescript statement, how do I specify that particular script? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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Re: total with of TABLE ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

For example: I'd like to set a "total width" that fits both tables without specifying also the 2nd and 3rd column: \setupTABLE[totalwidth=10cm,offset=5pt] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,align=left] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=1cm,align=middle] \bTABLE \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \blank \bTABLE \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cccccccccccccccc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \eTABLE Steffen

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Re: total with of TABLE ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

luigi.scarso <luigi.scarso(a)logosrl.it> wrote: > Hans Hagen wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm fighting deadlines right now, but later i'll try to get a look at > > the current table thread (maybe someone can summarize the problem) > > > > Hans ... > > So the problem seem to be > "Can I set the total width of a TABLE using a macros like > \setupTABLE[tablewidth=10cm] ?" ... > luigi Yes, this is what I was/am looking for: Setting up the width of an entire table. (Without having to specify the width of columns or cells.) Steffen

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Turning off background(s)
by John R. Culleton 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

I wanted the title page to have a yellow background so I used: \setupbackgrounds[page][state=start,background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] before \starttext. After that one page I wanted to go back to no background, but I am having trouble turning it off. Here is some of my code: --------------------------------- \setupbackgrounds[page][state=start,background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] \starttext \startfrontmatter \startstandardmakeup ...(title page stuff) \stopstandardmakeup \setupbackgrounds[page][state=stop] ------------------------ I get one white page and then everything goes back to yellow again. How do I turn off the yellow background permanently? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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Re: [NTG-context] total with of TABLE ?
by Duncan Hothersall 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Luigi wrote: > \SetTableToWidth{10cm} \starttable[|c|c|c|]...\stoptable set width to > 10 cm, but if I don't care about cell I can have an overfull box. > > So the problem seem to be "Can I set the total width of a TABLE using > a macros like \setupTABLE[tablewidth=10cm] ?" > > To solve this problem, I usually set every cell width using > \setupTABLE[x][n][width=..]; > > > But with \setupTABLE[tablewidth=...] I will avoid to specify every > single cell width, and the TABLE will find the right dimensions. > > I will look into core-ntb.tex. > > luigi If you want your TABLE to find natural column widths to fit the content, use [option=stretch] on the \bTABLE command. (NB it doesn't work as an option to \setupTABLE, only on the actual \bTABLE.) Then, assuming you don't need splitting over pages, you can set your TABLE inside a vbox to define its width. (If you do need splitting, try putting the TABLE into a textbackground - with no background color set unless you want it - and set the width and/or margins of that?) Hope that helps. Duncan

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total with of TABLE ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Hi, a quite basic question, nevertheless I couldn'T find an answer: How do I determine the total with of a TABLE? I though it should be ... \setupTABLE[width=\textwidth] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \eTABLE ... but this means that all column's INDIVIDUAL width=\textwidth ! But what about the TOTAL width - regardless of the individual column's width? Steffen

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RE: [NTG-context] proposed convention for variation switching [wasRE:inheriting ...
by Idris Samawi Hamid 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

>===== Original Message From Vit Zyka <vit.zyka(a)seznam.cz> ===== >Adam Lindsay wrote: >> >> It's not that I'm trying to rain on your parade, it's just that I've lost >> a bit of enthusiasm for standardisation. ok, but this is my take: although I can find workarounds that work for me, next month other some users will have to go through the same pain as I did, which seems to me to be a waste of collective energy. A standard solution for the 12 or so common variants of professional fonts just makes things easier for others, which is part of the whole ConTeXt philosophy (or so I thought). Everybody should not have to go through more than the minimal energy and time writing typescripts and defining font sizes. A standard convention will ensure some consistency and predictability. >I generally agree with Adam, fonts are very varios. But the next Idris >idea is nice. More intuitive then \sc, \bc, \ic, and \bic. I would vote >for it, but ... at least \sc needs some backward compatibility :-( Let's keep \sc. After all, ConTeXt already contains many redundancies (and that's a good thing imho->) >>>%% small caps >>>% medium \TF >>>% bold \BF >>>% italic \IT >>>% bold italic \BI Let's keep the semibold options: medium, semibold, and bold form a common spectrum _within_ many a professional font family. If we as users and writers of typescripts can agree on a common framework, it is perhaps more likely that the developers will implement it. My sole interest here is saving future users as much pain and frustration as possible. And I want to see more and more future users, including those with little technical facility. Fonts carry more _standard_ options than before: I don't think that updating to 12 standard style switches from 7 should be such a big deal:-) >Another discussion proposal: I will get the rest font families from >Storm to make the support complete. So I will have to solve many similar >problems with naming conventions. So I am interesting about some >recommendations. What way to solve via >A) variants via \Var[...] >B) \tf, \bf, ... switches, >C) different font family. > >For now I am using: >A) for extended glyph definitions and old style digits {Var[os]} (if >they are not default in the font - in that case there might be reverse >normal style digit variant \Var[ns?]). >B) standard 4 + small caps + symbols/ornaments designed to the font {\sy} >C) condensed, extended, medium, ... >Some comments? If pdfeTeX ever incorporates aleph's features this would all be much easier-) Till then... Not sure I fully understand but here are some comments: For A) If there is a global issue (like oldstyle) that covers all font variations, then your Var[#1] idea sounds nice. One could even do that with small caps for professional fonts but those are so ubiquitous that an exception would be in order for them (so small caps should always have a switch); (I think that \Var[up] (for upright figures) is more intuituve that \Var[ns]), at least in English:-))) B) Again, for a comprehensive framework we should keep semibold (and perhaps add light), for a total of 6(7)+symbols/ornaments; C) If an option like condensed is global over all style variants, then it should go in \Var[#1]. If it is local and is a common feature of professional fonts (like semibold), then we need a local switch framework, in which case the switch mechanism needs to be improved so that user-defined switches work in harmony with the predefined ones in every relevant respect. These are not final thoughts, but the beginnings of what could develop into a coherent framework for weights and style variation. I truly hope we can come to a common undestanding for the sake of future neophytes. ADDENDUM: Proposed framework: Global options across all style variants and weights should go into something like Vit's \Var[#1] or a separate font-definition typescript. For local options we can go on indefinitely but if we have to stop somewhere then we should by default have at least: % lowercase light \lf medium \tf semibold \sb bold \bf lightitalic \lt italic \it semibold italic \st bold italic \bi % small caps light \LF medium \TF semibold \SB bold \BF lightitalic \LT italic \IT semibold italic \ST bold italic \BI for a total of 16 simple and easy to remember switches, which should be rich enough to accomodate most professional modern fonts in \definebodyfont. Less common weights etc. can mostly be defined in terms of the standard 16 in \definebodyfont, then used as \Var. Of course the user can still define his/her own, but the idea is to make the most convenient reasonable framework to cover the most-often encountered situations. I think that the above 16 strikes a reasonable balance between the mundane and the esoteric. Sorry for the verbosity. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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inheriting size characteristics
by Idris Samawi Hamid 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Dear fellow knights, Given predefined switches like \tf and \bf, one inherits the size characteristics of the one already declared. But for user-defined switches this does not work. The following minimal files (typescript and test) is a bit long, but it accurately illustrates the problem and uses the default fonts. My user-defined switch works, but does not inherit from, e.g., \tfc. But \bf does inherit. What am I missing? Thnx in advance Idris ======================type-lmtest=================== \definestyle[smallcapssemibold,semiboldsmallcaps][\scsb][] \starttypescript[serif] [lm][default] \definefontsynonym [LM] [texnansi-lmr12] \definefontsynonym [LMBold] [texnansi-lmr12] \definefontsynonym [LMSemiboldCaps] [texnansi-lmr12] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif] [lm] [name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [LM] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [LMBold] \definefontsynonym [SerifSemiboldCaps][LMSemiboldCaps] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif] [lm] [size] \definebodyfont [20.7pt,24.9pt,17.3pt,14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt,8pt] [rm] [tf=Serif sa 1, bf=SerifBold sa 1, scsb=SerifSemiboldCaps sa 1, scsba=SerifSemiboldCaps sa a, scsbb=SerifSemiboldCaps sa b, scsbc=SerifSemiboldCaps sa c, scsbd=SerifSemiboldCaps sa d] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[LMtest] \definebodyfontenvironment [lmtest] [default] [interlinespace=2.8ex] \definetypeface [lmtest] [rm] [serif] [lm] [lm] [encoding] \stoptypescript ==================================================== ====================test-lm.tex===================== % output=pdf interface=en \usetypescriptfile[type-lmtest] \usetypescript[LMtest] \setupbodyfont[lmtest] \starttext \tfc This is a test of Minion~Pro Opticals. 123467689 \bf This is a test of Minion~Pro Opticals. 123467689 \scsb This is a test of Minion~Pro Opticals. 123467689 \stoptext ==================================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re:[NTG-context] proposed convention for variation switching [wasRE:inheriting ...
by Idris Samawi Hamid 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

>On this basis, here is my suggestion for an official ConTeXt convention for >professional fonts: I forgot to mention one of the most important advantages of implementing an official ConTeXt standard (aside from inheritance): There will be no need to define \*a--\*d, \*x, and \*xx in user-defined typescripts, saving much time, space and debugging;-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: total with of TABLE ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

... sorry, it should not read *determine*, but *define* !! I want to DEFINE the total with of a TABLE But what is the keyword for this purpose with \setupTABLE? Steffen >Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:47:46 +0200 >To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >From: Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> >Subject: total with of TABLE ? >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Hi, > >a quite basic question, nevertheless I couldn'T find an answer: > >How do I determine the total with of a TABLE? > >I though it should be ... > >\setupTABLE[width=\textwidth] > >\bTABLE >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR >\eTABLE > >... but this means that all column's INDIVIDUAL width=\textwidth ! > >But what about the TOTAL width - regardless of the individual column's width? > >Steffen

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Re: How to insert a full page pdf
by olivier Turlier 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

> > >John R. Culleton wrote : I need to insert some example pages from one document into another. Both are 8.5 x 11. > As a low end user, I've tryed numerous solutions, those ones below are working in evey cases for me, hope same for you : inserting all the 25 pages of a 25 pages pdf : \getfiguredimensions[25pages.pdf] \dorecurse{\noffigurepages}{\externalfigure[25pages.pdf][width=\textwidth,height=\textheight,offset=-1cm][page=\recurselevel]} inserting one (the 16th) page of a 25 pages pdf : \getfiguredimensions[25pages.pdf] {\externalfigure[25pages.pdf] [width=\textwidth,height=\textheight,offset=-1cm][page=16]} -- Olivier TURLIER Formation & Métiers CRP La Rouguière 101 Bd des libérateurs 13367 MARSEILLE cedex 11 tel : 04 91 18 56 00 fax : 04 91 45 14 48

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New MyWay from Idris about installing Minion Pro Expert font
by Patrick Gundlach 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

Hello ConTeXters, Idris Samawi Hamid has allowed me to store his interesting new MyWay titled 'Installing Expert Fonts: Minion Pro' on garden and post this announcement. You can find it at <http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/> as well as the source file. Enjoy it and big thanks to Idris for this MyWay! Patrick (I'll update the wiki page now) -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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OpenType installation basics for ConTeXt
by David Wooten 21 Apr '05

21 Apr '05

Greetings all, and esp. Adam :) Been toying with Adam Lindsay's recent PracTeX Journal guide for installing OpenType. The sample with torunska works (though the noted GPOS errors are there) up to the point where I issue the command: texexec --pdf --mode=compact --once texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.tex Whereupon I receive the following (I've cut it perhaps too severely, let me know what more would be helpful to see): [ v. much cut out ] systems : end file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska at line 63 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunskaMe d-Regular mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunskaMed-Regular. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ) Warning: pdfetex (file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunskaMed-Regular): Font tex nansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunskaMed-Regular at 72 not found kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunskaMe d-Italic mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunskaMed-Italic. [ cut: same for each font variant ] Output written on texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.pdf (17 pages, 364611 byte s). Transcript written on texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.log. return code : 0 run time : 51 seconds total run time : 52 seconds --- Each of the named variants seems to have been installed correctly in tetex.local, and I did texhash, etc. Thanks very much, David Wooten

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Hi, There is a new beta as well as a new magazine: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-0010.pdf concerning the beta, i hope that engine path support is now better in texexec; there is also a new version of pstopdf (for the moment called newpdftops); when inkscape is installed (v 0.41) you mag give svg to pdf a try concerning on the fly conversion ... i need to make a new manual (or magazine) explaining it first; among the new things is 'typescript definitions in your source file' (makes sense for small typescripts, not for large ones); see cont-sys.rme for a new option (\preloadtypescripts; it burns some memory but it's faster) 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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How to insert a full page pdf.
by John R. Culleton 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

I need to insert some example pages from one document into another. Both are 8.5 x 11. I have read the old posts about \startTEXpage etc. and looked at the source code. But I still have a few questions: 1. Can I select e.g., just page 2 from the external document to insert in my document? How? 2. Does Context automatically bump its page counter to compensate for the inserted page or pages, or do I have to adjust it after each such insertion? TIA John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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storm font
by Vit Zyka 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Hallo ConTeXters, I filally prepared first version of Storm fonts support. For now next 10 families are included: Lido, Aichel, Dynamo RE, Biblon, Libcziowes, Preissig (text+antikva), Preissig1918, Solpera, Serapion, Tyfa (text). Lido is free for non-commertioal use, so you can play with. Since now OpenType and TrueType versions of Lido are available from www.stormtype.com but unfortunately no Type1 version, I included Type1 to this distrib (see its licence). There is a catalog: http://typokvitek.com/stormcontext/stocat-prj.pdf Files: stormcontext.zip support itself stormcontext-lido.zip support only for Lido font stormcontext-cat.zip catalog and its sources storm-lido.zip Type1 Lido: read the licence before installing! http://typokvitek.com/stormcontext/index.html I would like to incorporate the distr to the garden, but I believe it needs some file/dir name changes. Suggestions are welcomed. vit

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how to control placement of floats
by Paul Tremblay 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

The manual and others have given good advice on how to do the most basic placment of floats, such as forcing it onto a new page. How does one get even more control. For example, if I want a particular table to have 2 inches of space from the left margin, or if I want to center my figures. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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looking for document ...
by Paul Tremblay 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

About a week ago I came across a very nice and interesting document in ConTeXt, and now for the life of me I can't fine it and want to. I believe the author is someone on this mailing list. The example was a book on astronomy or physics. The author described himself as a serious book maker. The actual book itself was set with very narrow pages with scholarly notes. There were two pages from the book. The second pages started with a graphic. Sound familiar? Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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TABLE: spacing, before/after
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Hi, three questions: - How can I control horizontal spacing of columns in natural tables? - What about vertical spacing? - How can I insert material after/before each cell, something like \setuptable[row][first][before=bla bla] ? Thanks, -- Eckhart

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Strange behaviour of width parameter in \setuplayout (Was: Floating table caption extends textwidth)
by Michael Fuchs 20 Apr '05

20 Apr '05

Hi! I have problems creating a "multi-line" caption for a floating table. If the caption is too long it will extend the defined text width. The following example shows this problem. I was able to find out, that this problem only appears if the variables "width" in the "setuplayout" command was used to define the textwidth. If you comment the line containing the "width" parameter (see comment in example) the caption will not extend the table. Regards Michael Example: -------------- \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuplayout[ backspace=25mm, cutspace=25mm, width=16cm, % <-- COMMENT THIS TO SEE THE EXAMPLE WORK footer=10mm, footerdistance=5mm, bottom=5mm] \starttext \placetable[here][tab:Referenz] { \input tufte } { \setupTABLE[x][1][width=4cm, align=middle] \setupTABLE[x][2,3,4,5][width=3cm, align=middle] \bTABLE \bTR \bTH Anzahl \eTH \bTH Daten \eTH \bTH MC \eTH \bTH Daten \eTH \bTH MC \eTH \eTR \eTABLE } \stoptext

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is there a way to control kearning and word spacing
by Paul Tremblay 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

I know that ConTeXt does a good job kearning and determing spaces between words. However, is there a way to actually specify different kearning and word spacing than the default? Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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RE: [NTG-context] bug in \setuphead?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== >> \appendix{Test} > >shouldn't that be \appendix{MyOwnNumber}{Test} I get it now-) It's amazing how one can try 101 things and still miss the obvious... Now that I can handle this manually, what I really want to do is have the first \appendix start with the numeral 1, after following previous sections. I seem to remember doing this once before; don't know why I can't seem to get it right this time. The following still inherits the section numeral from \section: how do I reset it to 1? (I also tried lots of other options but, as usual, I must be missing the obvious again->) =================================================== % output=pdf interface=en \definehead[appendix][section] \setuphead [appendix][continue=no] \setupheadnumber [appendix][1] \setuplabeltext[appendix=Appendix~] \starttext \section{Test} \appendix{Test} % should be 1 \appendix{Test} % should be 2 \stoptext =================================================== BEst Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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bug in \setuphead?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Dear gang, The [ownnumber=yes] option overflows ConTeXt's memory, and I have not found an adjustment to texmf.cnf to fix it (mswincontext 3-16, 2005). I increased the param and stack sizes by an entire order of magnitude. Other options such as [ownnumber=no] work fine. This bug is not benign:-) Please advise... Best Idris ======================= % output=pdf interface=en \definehead[appendix][section] \setuphead [appendix][ownnumber=yes] \setuplabeltext[appendix=Appendix~] \starttext \appendix{Test} \stoptext ======================= log: ======================= systems : begin file test5 at line 7 ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [parameter stack size=6000]. \previoussection #1-> \csname \??se #1\c!before \endcsname \countervalue #1->\csname #1 \endcsname \@@longsectionnumber ...?se \previoussection {#1}} >\zerocount \csname \previ... \finalsectionnumber ...alue {\@@sectie \c!number } \fi \fi \@@shortsectionnumber ...1\c!ownnumber \endcsname \fi \@@longsectionnumber ...\@@shortsectionnumber {#1} \fi ... l.9 \appendix{Test} If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. ======================= ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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inheriting size characteristics
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

An error, but does not affect the problem (forgot the `=default'): \definetypeface [lmtest] [rm] [serif] [lm] [lm] [encoding=default] Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] oldstyle figures
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

>===== Original Message From Eckhart Guthöhrlein <eckhart.guthoehrlein@uni- >> should do everything you need: since u're not mixing text in \digits do you >> really need a global math font reencoding? > >In principle yes. For example, $f(x)=3x+7$ should come out with oldstyle >figures, if these are used by default, shouldn't it? No, I don't think so (see below) >Btw, striving for good typography, in which cases should oldstyle >figures *not* be used? I am no typography expert, but I think that old style figures are, generally speaking, inappropriate for math mode. The various heights, etc. make more work for the brain in complicated mathematics expressions. I can't recall ever seeing good mathematics/physics done in old style figures. OS numerals are actually _text_ figures, as Bringhurst points out. In my own academic journal there is little to no math, but when someone mentions, e.g., the version of a computer program, I put the version number in upright figures, thought the rest of the journal is in os figures. That's my two cents, for what it's worth:-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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texexec in a shell script
by Robert Ullrey 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

I know someone out there has the answer to this. If I run texexec through a shell, even with the full path to texexec, I get an error, "/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/texexec: line 1: sed: command not found `.pl' not found." Running Google with the error shows that it is quit common, but I could not find a good fix. I guess kpsewhich gets lost in the shell because the shell needs full paths the whole way through the command. Has anyone written a shell to get texexec --pdf ? Thanks Robert

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Re: [NTG-context] oldstyle figures
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 at 16:30:04-0600, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >So, how to tell \digits to use oldstyle > >figures, and/or how to make them the math mode default? > > Since it switches to math mode, one has to reencode the math fonts, i guess. > In the meantime: > > \def\OSdigits#1{\digits{\os#1}} > > \OSdigits{1234} Unfortunately not. It works in text mode, but produces a bunch of errors in math mode. \digits doesn't seem to like \os in its argument. This definition works here for now: \def\OSdigits#1{\ifmmode{\os\digits{#1}}\else\digits{\os#1}\fi} > should do everything you need: since u're not mixing text in \digits do you > really need a global math font reencoding? In principle yes. For example, $f(x)=3x+7$ should come out with oldstyle figures, if these are used by default, shouldn't it? Btw, striving for good typography, in which cases should oldstyle figures *not* be used? Best regards, -- Eckhart

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Another verbatim bug?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Dear gang, \type and \start-\stoptyping produce different results in the following instance: ======================= % output=pdf interface=en \starttext \type{texfont --help} \starttyping texfont --help \stoptyping \stoptext ======================= The bug is apparently in \type: it only generates one dash. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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how to create subscripts and superscripts
by Paul Tremblay 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Can someone tell me how to create subscripts and superscripts? I both looked in the main document and searched the the wiki garden and did not find anything. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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urw garamond [was RE: [NTG-context] oldstyle figures
by Idris Samawi Hamid 19 Apr '05

19 Apr '05

Hi Ciro >===== Original Message From ciro(a)kavyata.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ===== >Hi Idris, >this didn't work for me: >\usetypescript [URWGaramond][\defaultencoding] >\usetypescript [map] [latin-modern-os] [\defaultencoding] >\setupbodyfont [urwgaramond,11pt] >\starttext >123456 >\stoptext I guess I'm not clear: Does URW Garamond have old style figures? If not, then do you really want use Latin Modern oldstyle figures? Also, why no \usetypescriptfile line? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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oldstyle figures
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Hi all, is there a way to set up oldstyle figures as the default? I have found some stuff searching the archive, but it doesn't really help me to get along. And does it work with the \digits command? Greetings, -- Eckhart

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Re: [dev-context] new beta
by Adam Lindsay 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Hans Hagen said this at Mon, 18 Apr 2005 18:15:21 +0200: >I uploaded a new beta. In other new release news, Mac OS X's latest incremental update (10.3.9) includes Safari 1.3, which renders the Pragma site (more) correctly, now. :) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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justification
by Jörg Hagmann 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Dear list members, After months of trying to figure out what TeX, ConTeXt etc is and how to install everything needed I finally produced my first document. I was thrilled when I saw real pdf pages with footnotes and all! However, I noticed the following problem (no doubt the first of many to come): justification on the right is far from perfect - there are lines sticking out. After going through the manual, I decided that "\setuptolerance[horizontal,verystrict]" in the setup area should do the trick, but it didn't. Any suggestions? (I set up ConTeXt on two Macs, once with teTeX and once with TeXLive, and on a Mac running Mandrakelinux and teTeX - the result was the same (same lines sticking out) on all of them). I am currently writing a textbook and I am looking forward to using ConTeXt. 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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paragraph numbering
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

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bug with \setupsynonyms
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Hi, formatting synonyms with \setupsynonyms does not work when these are part of e.g. section headers. Example: \abbreviation{XYZ}{whatever} \setupabbreviations[textstyle=bold,synonymstyle=slanted] \starttext This should be bold/slanted: \XYZ/\infull{XYZ}. And it is. \section{This ist not: \XYZ/\infull{XYZ}} \stoptext I think this is not as it should be. Greetings, -- Eckhart

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Western transliteration of Sanskrit
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Hi, I'd like to have a table with all available commands (like \d{..} for macron) that support diacritic signs needed for western transliteration of Sanskrit. Especially the dot above an n or m: In an old TUGboat article (Volume 20 (1999), No. 2) that I found by Google I read that the dot above an n should be "n (Vulthius). But here it stays the " (like the German Umlaut). Anybody knows more? Steffen

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custom verbatim inside tabulate
by Hartmut Henkel 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

Hi, is there a way to use a custom verbatim inside a tabulate environment? See the problem: \starttext \definetype [esctype] \setuptype [esctype] [option=commands,escape=@] \def\currenttex{3.141592} \def\currentpdftex{1.21b} It works here: \esctype {This is pdfeTeX, Version @currenttex-@currentpdftex} \starttabulate[|p|] \esctype {This is pdfeTeX, Version @currenttex-@currentpdftex} \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext Regards, Hartmut

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section title in second line
by Steffen Wolfrum 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

Hi, probably a silly question - nevertheless I couldn't find the answer yet. I'd like to have a section title like this: Chapter 1 This the the chapters title What command gives me this linebreak?` Sorry, Steffen

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RE: [NTG-context] superior footnotes
by Idris Samawi Hamid 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

Hi Paul, >===== Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ===== >Here is an example from my webpage. Url? >\setupfootnotes[way=bytext, conversion=characters] > >% set the number manually >% the next footnote will be *3* >\setnumber[footnote]{2} > >The twelve labors of Hercules\footnote{Hercules had to perform 12 >near-impossible tasks to become a god} were trifling in comparison >with those which my neighbors have undertaken; <snip> >\setupnumber[footnote][start=45] >test \footnote{test} test Thank you very much for forwarding this information. I really appreiate it. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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ConTeXt logo adaptation
by Idris Samawi Hamid 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

Dear musketeers, My favorite ConTeXt logo (from cont-log), \def\Context {{C\kern -.0667em\getscaledglyph{.8}\empty{O\kern -.0667emN\kern -.0549emT\doifitalicelse{\kern-.1em}{\kern-.1667em}\lower.5ex\hbox {E}\doifitalicelse\empty{\kern-.11em}X\kern-.055emT}}} does not adapt to the surrounding typeface. Try ======================= \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \switchtotypeface[palatino] \starttext I love \Context\ very much! \stoptext ======================= And the logo remains in lmr. I can work around this: ======================= \def\Context {C\kern -.0667em{% \switchtobodyfont[small]% \getscaledglyph{.7}{}% this calls lmr O\kern -.0667emN\kern -.0549emT\doifitalicelse{\kern-.1em}{\kern-.1667em}\lower.5ex\hbox {E}\doifitalicelse\empty{\kern-.11em}X\kern-.055emT}} ======================= but a universal solution for cont-log is needed. Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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superior footnotes
by Idris Samawi Hamid 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

Dear posse, 1. With footnotes, is there yet a way to define the starting numeral-mark? Say, I want my first footnote incremented so that the first notemark is , not `1' then `2', but `1234' then `1235', etc. 2. I tried a workaround: ======================= \defineconversion[set1234][1234] \setupfootnotes [conversion=set 1234] ======================= but a spurious numeral `1' gets typeset alongside the notemark. What am I missing? Finally, the ConTeXt footnote mechanism does not (afaik) take into account superior numerals. We need a setup option, e.g. ======================= \setupfootnotes [numeral=superior]%inferior, normal, with % normal as default ======================= to cut off the mechanism for automatically raising and reducing the size of the numeral (\high I presume). Yes, there is the empty (text)command=<empty> trick, but to use superior numerals all this should not be necessary. Thnx as always Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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dvips and ConTeXt
by Idris Samawi Hamid 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

Has anyone succeeded in getting dvips working for Latin Modern? If I install lmr to psfonts.map (with updmap) ======================= ec-lmr12 LMRoman12-Regular <ec-lm.enc <lmr12.pfb %etc. ======================= and do =========test-lmr========= % output=dvi interface=en \starttext This is a test of dvips and Latin Modern. 1234 \stoptext ======================= dvips does not complain: ======================= This is dvips(k) 5.94b Copyright 2004 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2005.04.16:1112' -> test-lmr.ps <texc.pro><ec-lm.enc><texps.pro>. <lmr12.pfb>[1] ======================= but ghostview does not display anything. On the other hand, dvips seems to work with fonts (like urw Garamond) that contain only 256 characters. Now e.g. lmr12.pfb contains more (which is why we can get e.g. old style numerals without virtual fonts there), but it seems to be at the cost of dvips (based on my experiments and investigations). (Thank goodness dvipdfmx still works!) Is dvips obsolete as far as ConTeXt is concerned? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] Possible bug in verbatim
by Idris Samawi Hamid 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

Hi Willi >===== Original Message From Willi Egger <w.egger(a)boede.nl> ===== >Hi Idris, > >Asking for brace-trickery ... > >What about: \textbraceleft\type{A}\textbraceright Wow! that's ingenious;) Thank you Willi, Taco, and Hans for your help on this. best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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chancery font
by Enrique Laya 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

Hola Ciro. No se si te llega este mensaje. Muchos saludos a ti y a Nazareth. Enrique Laya ExcelTec, C.A. Torre Domus. Piso 9- Of. 9C. Sabana Grande. Caracas 1050 Tel 794 09 33 Fax 793 87 02 email elaya(a)excel-tec.com

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paul tremblay's pages
by Ciro Soto 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

I wonder what happened with the nice pages in http://www.geocities.com/paulhtremblay/context_xml/page2.html they are gone now... and no re-direction exists. Ciro -- ======================================= "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker, An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. Pub. Date: October 2005.

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