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horoffset
by Thomas Lohmann 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Hello all, just a short question. I have used \setuplayout[horoffset=-0.4cm] to correct the printing area of my laserprinter. But this is not possible for doublesided documents, made with \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided], because this changes the direction of the offset from page to page. Is there an other command? Or can I use \setuppapersize for that purpose? Thanks for your help, Greetings Thomas Lohmann

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(no subject)
by Mike Aizatsky 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

Hi! Is there a way to produce a page-breakable framed text? I've already spent several hours on this and still can't find the solution. Or, may be there's a better way to achieve the effect, shown in the sample? Sample: % interface=en output=pdftex \defineframedtext[procedure][frame=off, leftframe=on, rulethickness=.4mm] \def\StartProcedure{\startnarrower[2*left] \startprocedure \startitemize[n]} \def\StopProcedure{\stopitemize \stopprocedure \stopnarrower} \def\Step{\item} \starttext \dorecurse{20}{Some Text. Some Text. Some Text. } \StartProcedure \dorecurse{10}{ \Step\dorecurse{20}{Some Text.} } \StopProcedure \dorecurse{20}{Some Text. Some Text. Some Text. } \stoptext ===== MA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools

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90° rotation + landscape
by Peter Rolf 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

Hello list, I want to setup an evelope and the whole output should be rotated by 90° (this is the way my printer gets them). ___ | || ________ | | | -- | | | |_____--_| ||__| normal layout 90° rotated output (paper and content) The resulting pdf looks like this (square paper format): ______ | | | | | | | ||_____| Here is a minimal example: % interface=en output=pdftex \definepapersize[C65] % standard C65 evelope [width=229mm, height=114mm, ] \setuppapersize[C65][C65, landscape, 90] \starttext \tfc 90° rotation for printer. \stoptext Have I missed something or is this a bug in \dodosetuppapersize? Any help welcome, Peter

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hyperlinks in PDF
by Alan Bowen 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Using the \setupinteraction and \useURL commands, I can now generate active blue email links my PDFs—which is very cool. The downside is that my footnote numbers (both in the text and below) are now blue too. I can go two ways with this. One way would be to set the footnote links to toggle between the footnote call in the text and the footnote itself. The other would be to prevent ConTeXt from treating the footnote numbers as links. I have no idea about how to do either and would be grateful for suggestions for either strategy, though my preference would be for the first (assuming that it is possible). As it is now, clicking on the footnote call in the text changes the magnification so that the whole page fits on the screen, which is not all that desirable under the present circumstances. Alan

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web site
by Hans Hagen 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Hi, Tomorrow evening the website will be down for some 10 hours due to moving the server to another location. Sorry. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Gray bars on Windows 98se
by John Culleton 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

I am creating an e-book following closely the example program d-en-all.pdf. The color scheme is taken from the orignal without change. On my Slackware Linux box the reulting PDF file shows correctly, black type on a light gray background. But when I look at it on a Windows 98 SE machine (I have two such) using Acrobat Reader 5.05 each line of text has darker background than the page as a whole, as if each line on the page had been marked with a highlighter. On Linux (also Acrobat Reader 5.05 or thereabouts) no such banding occurs. It displays correctly using Xpdf as well. I will post the (incomplete) e-book on http://wexfordpress.com/tex/book.pdf if anyone wants to try viewing it on their own OS and version of Acrobat Reader. The pertinent source is contained in my macros.tex file as follows: ------------------------------- \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setuplayout [header=0cm, topspace=.5cm, backspace=2cm, margindistance=.5cm, margin=1cm, rightmargin=0cm, rightedge=2cm, edgedistance=.5cm, width=fit, footer=1cm, height=middle] \usetypescriptfile[type-charter] \usetypescript[Charter] \setupbodyfont[MyCharter,14pt] \setupwhitespace[line] \setuphead [chapter] [alternative=inmargin, number=no, ownnumber=yes, after={\blank[3*medium]}] \setupfootertexts [text] [chapter][chapternumber] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuptyping [option=tex] \setupinteraction [% %openaction={firstpage,FitHeight} state=start, style=, color=blue, contrastcolor=, menu=on, title=Free Authoring Software: From Premise to PDF, author=John Culleton] \setupinteractionscreen[option=max] \definecolor [DarkGray] [s=.6] \definecolor [MediumGray] [s=.8] \definecolor [LightGray] [s=.9] \setupinteractionmenu [right] [background=color, backgroundcolor=LightGray, frame=off, state=start] \startinteractionmenu[right] \but [content] contents \\ \but [NextPage] next \\ \but [PreviousPage] previous \\ % \but [sample] sample \\ \but [PreviousJump] back \\ \but [ExitViewer] exit \\ \vfill \stopinteractionmenu \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=color, backgroundcolor=MediumGray] \setupbackgrounds [text][text] [background=color, backgroundcolor=LightGray, backgroundoffset=1.25mm] \setuplist [chapter] [alternative=f, after=, before=] \setuptyping [before=, after=] \definefont [VeryLarge] [SansBold at 72pt] \definefont [RatherLarge] [RegularBold at 30pt] \definefont [Large] [RegularBold at 24pt] \def\tm{\char153\ } ----------------------------- Any suggestions welcomed :-| -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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Vertical alignment of marginal material
by Jonathan Nicholl 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

> Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 10:14:38 +0100 > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] alignment of marginal material > Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > At 21:40 22/02/2004, Jonathan Nicholl wrote: >> I am trying to write a macro which places a picture in the margin. I >> would >> like the centre of the picture to be aligned vertically with the >> centre of >> the paragraph in which I call the macro. The following works in >> simple cases: >> >> \def\hazard#1{% >> \setbox0=\vbox{#1}% >> \inleft [low] {% >> \framed% >> [height=\ht0,% >> top=\vss,% >> bottom=\vss,% >> frame=off]% >> {\externalfigure [sharp turn sign]}% >> }% >> #1}% >> >> If I type something like >> >> \hazard{…paragraph text…} >> >> this produces what I want. But it breaks down with mathematics. >> >> \hazard{% >> \startformula >> …mathematics… >> \stopformula >> } >> >> produces the picture aligned with the bottom of the mathematics. >> >> A solution to this problem escapes me. Can anyone suggest an improved >> macro? > > Here is my 10 minute solution ... if i'm in the mood i can make an > option of it Maybe other people would like some support for this kind of thing. Certainly I would find it useful if, when I wrote `\inmargin…' somewhere inside a paragraph, I could specify an option to determine the vertical alignment of the marginal material. Suppose `top' aligned the top of the marginal material with the top of the paragraph, `mid' the middle of the marginal material with the midpoint of the paragraph, and `bot' the bottom of the marginal material with the bottom of the paragraph. That would be good. > \newcounter\CurrentFigPar > > \def\StartFigPar#1% > {\doglobal\increment\CurrentFigPar > \placefigure > [leftmargin,line,none]{} > {\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{#1}% > > \ifnum\MPp{figpar:b:\CurrentFigPar}=\MPp{figpar:e: > \CurrentFigPar}\relax > \scratchdimen\MPy{figpar:b:\CurrentFigPar}% > \advance\scratchdimen-\MPy{figpar:e:\CurrentFigPar}% > \advance\scratchdimen-\ht\scratchbox > \advance\scratchdimen\lineheight > \else > \scratchdimen\zeropoint > \fi > \vbox{\vskip.5\scratchdimen\box\scratchbox}}% > \indent\hpos{figpar:b:\CurrentFigPar}{\strut}\ignorespaces} > > \def\StopFigPar > > {\removeunwantedspaces\hpos{figpar:e:\CurrentFigPar}{\strut}\endgraf} > > \starttext > > \input tufte > > \StartFigPar{\externalfigure[cow.pdf][width=1cm]} \input tufte > \StopFigPar > > \input tufte > > \stoptext=20 Thank you very much indeed, Hans. This puts cow.pdf in the right place in the margin. One problem remains. Surrounding a paragraph by \StartFigPar…\StopFigPar often messes up the inter-paragraph vertical spacing. In particular, surrounding \startformula…\stopformula by \StartFigPar…\StopFigPar introduces big spaces above and below the mathematics. Is there a simple way to stop this? It would be good if introducing a few \StartFigPar…\StopFigPar pairs to a document had no effect at all on the main body of the document, and just put figures in the margin. ----------------------- Jonathan Nicholl Department of Philosophy King's College London

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manual on style design
by Hans Hagen 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Hi, I'm working on a new manual. Some content and a rough outline can be found at: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/style.pdf Just to get an idea (let me know if you miss topics that fit in that approach) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(no subject)
by Vit Zyka 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Hallo, it seems to me that text surrounding is ignored for floats inside columns, see the code below. Am I right? Vit Zyka ---- \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \placefigure[left,none]{}{\framed[width=1cm,height=3ex]{!}} \input knuth \stopcolumns \stoptext ----

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multi media
by Hans Hagen 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Hi, If you have acrobat 6 installed, you can try: http://www.pragma-ade.com/itdemos/internal/media/mediashow.pdf This file accesses - a movie - a flash - a smil - a mpeg however, - the smil does not work on a distance (probably bug in acrobat, resources are not picked up) - the smil does not work stand alone on a mac - the shockwave does not work on a mac (which associates the suffix/mime to quicktime) on windows, things seem to work ok in standalone as well as when served on localhost with url's; on macosx, a full screen startup looks rather strange (not centered, funny top bar) you can download http://www.pragma-ade.com/itdemos/internal/media/mediashow.zip to test it locally (8 meg file). If you're on linux or mac, try this on a xp machine. The files has - roll over buttons (not that new, was already present) - navigational layers (also not new, already present as well) - multimedia support The next release will support multimedia (a bit more than shown here). I have a separate demo file for that (still pondering how to distribute it). I'll see if I can write a My Way this week. Beware: multimedia support combined with other features is not always that stable in acrobat (apart from some bugs). Given that you have an xml file describing you media, texexec --use=med-show --pdf thatfile.xml will do the trick (in my version -) This is a first step towards a multimedia server/client based on pdf. So, if an able mac user is willing to write an xslt script for converting those itunes export files into a reslib format ... (now patrick is supposed to say: yes -) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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alignment of marginal material
by Jonathan Nicholl 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

I am trying to write a macro which places a picture in the margin. I would like the centre of the picture to be aligned vertically with the centre of the paragraph in which I call the macro. The following works in simple cases: \def\hazard#1{% The argument is the text of the paragraph \setbox0=\vbox{#1}% I do this to work out the height of the paragraph \inleft [low] {% \framed% [height=\ht0,% This makes the height of the frame equal to the height of the paragraph top=\vss,% bottom=\vss,% These two lines centre the picture in the frame frame=off]% {\externalfigure [sharp turn sign]}% }% #1}% It goes wrong if you replace #1 with \box0 If I type something like \hazard{…paragraph text…} this produces what I want. But it breaks down with mathematics. \hazard{% \startformula …mathematics… \stopformula } produces the picture aligned with the bottom of the mathematics. A solution to this problem escapes me. Can anyone suggest an improved macro? Best wishes, Jonathan ----------------------- Jonathan Nicholl Department of Philosophy King's College London

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boldsymbol workaround
by David Munger 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Hi all, I've just found a little workaround for using boldsymbols. It works even with the nath module. It's probably not the best way of doing it, but since it does the trick for me, I guess it might useful to other ConTeXters. Here it is: \define[1]\boldsymbol{{\hbox{\formula{\bfm #1}}}} I also have to: \definebodyfont [17.3pt,14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt,8pt,7pt,6pt,5pt,4pt] [mm] [mrbf=cmbx10 sa 1, exbf=cmex10 sa 1, mibf=cmmib10 sa 1, sybf=cmbsy10 sa 1, mabf=msam10 sa 1] \setupformulae[method=bold] Then, I may define very handy commands like \define\grad{\boldsymbol{\nabla}} \define[1]\vec{\boldsymbol{#1}} \define[1]\unitvec{\hat{\vec{#1}}} and formulas like this typeset perfectly: \[ \grad h = a \unitvec{n} \]

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XY arrangement
by Willi Egger 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Hi Hans, I should print on a sheet of etiquettes made by Avery. The topspace as the bottomspace is 15 mm the left and right non printable area is 7 mm. On the rest of the printing area there are 21 etiquettes with a horizontal distance of 3mm. There is no vertical gap in the columns of etiquettes. I setup the XY arrangement. The etiquettes look o.k. The problem is, that Context ignores the topspace and backspace as setup in \setuppaper. For your reference I add a minimal example. Could you please have a look why the mentioned parameters are ignored? Thanks, kind regards Willi \setupoutput[pdftex] \usetypescript[modern][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[modern,ss,10pt] \setupcolors[state=start] %Avery etiket 38.1 x 63.5 mm topspace 15 mm, % bottomspace = 15 mm, margin 7 mm both sides, % 21 etikettes per sheet \definepapersize[Etiket][height=38.1mm,width=63.5mm] \setuppapersize [Etiket][A4,portrait] \setuppaper [topspace=15mm, backspace=7mm, % cutspace=7mm, dx=3mm, dy=0mm, nx=3, ny=7, margin=7mm, width=196mm, height=267mm] \setuplayout [topspace=4mm, backspace=4mm, margin=0mm, width=55.5mm, height=30mm, header=0mm, footer=0mm] \setuparranging[XY] \definelayer[Etiket][width=\textwidth, height=\textheight] \setupframedtexts[frame=off,width=\textwidth,align=middle] \startbuffer[Logoinhalt] Place of logo \stopbuffer \showframe \starttext \dorecurse{21}{% \setlayer [Etiket] [preset=righttop,location={left,bottom}] {\bfb Productname} \setlayer [Etiket] [preset=leftbottom,location={right,top}] {\switchtobodyfont[7pt]\getbuffer[Logoinhalt]} \placelayer[Etiket]} \stoptext

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Two questions about \subject vs \section
by Duncan Hothersall 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Hello all. I have a series of documents which use \section to create a numbered heading and \subject to create an unnumbered one. I would like the unnumbered headings (the \subjects) to do put the titles in the running heads and in the tables of contents, like the \sections do. I have experimented with \setuphead but can't see how this can be done? A related question which might help me answer the first - where would I find the default settings for things like \chapter and \subject, so that I can see how they are originally set up and therefore how to make them behave differently? The tex/context/base/*.tex files don't seem to contain \definehead commands for these, so I assume they must be done in a different way internally? Thanks for any help. Duncan dh(a)capdm.com

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unwanted pagebreak
by R. Ermers 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

Dear Contex'ers, Does anyone know how I can prevent the occurrence of a pagebreak after: \section, \subsection, ... (followed by \startitemize) \head (in an itemization) I do not want to have to check all the section headings and put \page[no] before the heading. Kind regards, Robert Ermers

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Re: [NTG-context] floats in column sets [was: (no subject)]
by Christopher G D Tipper 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

>> yes; see columns.pdf for the many figure options in column sets >> >> Hans > I find myself with a similar problem with floats not working. Could I have a link to > 'columns.pdf'. I have searched the website, but no joy. I reply to my own message because I have found columns.pdf in tex/sources/user, but this is meaningless to me. Are there some undocumented \placefigure switches I need to know about? Christopher

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caption alignment
by Henning Hraban Ramm 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Ahoi! I thought \setupcaptions[align=right] would cause left aligned captions, but they stay centered. \setupcombinations[align=right] works -- even if I think, combination captions should be affected by \setupcaptions also... Ergo: - How do I get left aligned captions? - Is it possible to set up normal and combination captions together? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Unicode garbage in table of contents
by David Munger 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hello, I'm using \enableregime[utf] in the preamble and unicode characteurs in the document are typeset correctly. But, in the table of contents and in the index, they are replaced with their hex codes with some garbage. Anything I might be doing wrong? David

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Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 10:45 20/02/2004, you wrote: > >"a secret feature" - great! > > > >So, sometimes it really is worthwhile to ask the same question twice :o) > > well, that way you learn more tricks on the way Yes, that's right. Those quick hacks on the way are often surprising little lectures. > >By the way: Any news from the placefigure-cookery? > > no > > Hans Hm, that's a pity. But I keep on asking for it if you don't mind? Steffen

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\setupsection ... works how?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hi there, while replying to a post on comp.text.tex I made the interesting discovery that \setupsection[section-2][conversion=Romannumerals] cannot be replaced by \setupsection[chapter][conversion=Romannumerals] even though chapter is section-2 ... why is it? Shouldn't it be possible to use those names? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

"a secret feature" - great! So, sometimes it really is worthwhile to ask the same question twice :o) Thank you very much Hans Steffen By the way: Any news from the placefigure-cookery? Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 21:55 18/02/2004, you wrote: > >Hi friends, > > > >there are for sure more sophisticated and more urgent problems, > >but my question to me is really a big problem. > > > >Isn't there anybody that knows a command or a work-around that could help? > > Hm, for some time there is a secret feature in cont-new.tex which i still > have to finish: > > \starttext > > \start > \setupparagraphintro[reset,first][\hangafter-2 \hangindent2em FIRST] > \input ward \blank \input ward \blank > \input ward \blank \input ward \blank > \stop > > \page > > \start > \setupparagraphintro[reset,next][\hangafter-2 \hangindent2em NEXT] > \input ward \blank \input ward \blank > \input ward \blank \input ward \blank > \stop > > \page > > \start > \setupparagraphintro[reset,each][\hangafter-2 \hangindent2em EACH] > \input ward \blank \input ward \blank > \input ward \blank \input ward \blank > \stop > > \stoptext > > The next option only works when you have the following patch in > cont-new.tex (Search for original): > > \def\dosetupparagraphintro[#1][#2]% > {\processallactionsinset > [#1] > [ \v!reset=>\global\chardef\everyparagraphintro\zerocount > \global\everyfirstparagraphintro\emptytoks > \global\everynextparagraphintro \emptytoks, > \v!eerste=>\global\chardef\everyparagraphintro\plusone > \doglobal\appendtoks#2\to\everyfirstparagraphintro, > \v!volgende=>\ifcase\everyparagraphintro\global\chardef\everyparagraphintro\plusone\fi > \doglobal\appendtoks#2\to\everynextparagraphintro, > \v!elk=>\ifcase\everyparagraphintro\global\chardef\everyparagraphintro\plustwo\fi > \doglobal\appendtoks#2\to\everyfirstparagraphintro > \doglobal\appendtoks#2\to\everynextparagraphintro]} > > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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strange dependency between cbox and whitespace?
by Stefan Wachter 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hi all! I came across the following behaviour: cboxes seem to suppress white space in certain conditions. In the following example there is no whitespace output between paragraph no. 2 und 3. Yet, if I change \setupwhitespace to 'none' or if I do not enclose the paragraphs in cboxes then the whitespaces between the paragraphs appear as expected. Does anyone know a workaround for this 'strange' behaviour of cboxes? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupinteraction[openaction={firstpage,FitHeight},state=start] \setupwhitespace[small] \setupblank[100pt] \def\Para#1{\cbox{#1 \dorecurse{10}{this is some paragraph text}}\par} \starttext \Para{1} \blank[big] \Para{2} \blank[medium] \Para{3} \blank[small] \Para{4} \stoptext

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aligned equation numbers in nath
by David Munger 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hi Giuseppe, I know it's still work in progress, but could you suggest me some workaround in order to number individual aligned equations in nath? Maybe some \label command that would work like this way: \[ \startalign x^2 + y^2 &= a^2 \\ \label[eq:bogus] a^2 &= R^2 \stopalign \] In \in{equation}[eq:bogus], blah blah No matter wether the other aligned equations are numbered or not. All I wish is to be able to refer to a single equation. Or maybe there is a way to set a kind of anchor? \[ x^2 + y^2 \setanchor= a^2 \] \placeformula[eq:bogus] \[ a^2 \getanchor= R^2 \] so that both equal signs be aligned. Something like this would be very nice. Thanks in advance, David

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blank page in doublesided mode
by Alan Bowen 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

In doublesided mode ConTeXt seems to insert a blank page at the end of a document when there is an odd number of printed pages. I have checked the English documentation and so far I have only found out how to force a page in order to produce an even paged document. I have yet to come across anything that seems to show how to stop ConTeXt from adding a blank page. Any pointers will be very gratefully received. Alan

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bfmath in nath
by David Munger 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hello, The following outputs a nice bold displayed omega (the first one), and a thin normal inline one (the second one): \usemodule [nath] \setupbodyfont [12pt] \definebodyfont [12pt] [mm] [mibf=cmmib10 sa 1] \starttext \[\bfmath \omega\] $\bfmath \omega$ \stoptext Note that replacing nath with amsl in \usemodule[nath] results in two bold omegas, so the problem has to be in t-nath.tex. Btw, this nath module is very useful to me. If I'd be able to do some debugging into it, I sure would. Could you please point me to some ConTeXt hacking references? Thanks in advance, David

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How to setup german documents?
by Stefan Wachter 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hi all! I have a very basic question which occupies me for more than a week now: How to setup documents for german language properly, such that: 1. the used input encoding is ISO-8859-1, 2. german special character are available, and 3. german hyphenation patterns are used. The setup shown below does not work: TeX is not able to hyphenate "Änderungsabnahme" and the \quotedblbase symbol is broader than its counterpart the \quotedblleft symbol. Thanks for your attention and help, --Stefan \setupoutput[pdftex] \enableregime[il1] \usetypescript[times][ec] \mainlanguage[de] \starttext äÄöÖüÜß quotedblbase: \quotedblbase quotedblleft: \quotedblleft \showhyphens{Änderungsabnahme} \stoptext

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Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

Hi friends, there are for sure more sophisticated and more urgent problems, but my question to me is really a big problem. Isn't there anybody that knows a command or a work-around that could help? Thank you very much, Steffen Steffen Wolfrum <st.wolfrum(a)estfiles.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I know there is \starthanging xxxx \stophanging and \hangafter=1 \hangindent=1em xxxx. > Both commands need to be added to each affected paragraph again and again, right? > > Is there a way to have this hanging first line for a series of paragraphs - with just a kind of > > > \starthangingarea > > aaaaaa > > bbbbbb > > cccccc > > \stophangingarea > > > > In cases like bibliographies and alike this would speed up work a lot!! > > Thank you very much, > > Steffen Wolfrum > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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newbie question about xml
by Thomas A.Schmitz 19 Feb '04

19 Feb '04

It would be wonderful if I could find an easy way to translate my ConTeXt source-files to html. So I was wondering if going via xml would be a viable method. Unofrtunately, I know next to nothing about xml. I played a bit with Emacs nxml mode and tried to understand "xml in context," but a couple of stupid questions remain: 1) even with specialized tools like onyx or Emacs xml mode, will writing these source files ever be as easy as writing TeX-source? Is it worth the extra effort? 2) Can anybody point me to an example document written in xml that can be processed by ConTeXt? 3) If I understand "xml in context" correctly, one has to specify quite a few of the xml commands in a dtd so ConTeXt understands them. I had a look at x-contml.tex to see what such definitions should look like. So I wonder: if I have to tell ConTeXt about these commands anyway, wouldn't it be easier to simply write a perl script that does these conversions and translates TeX into xml? Sorry if these are dumb questions, but these are my very first attempt at xml. All best Thomas

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Re: Again: "hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hi Patrick, this indeed was a VERY quick hack! But just was I was looking for. Once again thank you very much for you help, Steffen Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Very quick hack: > > \starttext > \def\hangover{\hangafter=1\hangindent=1em }% sorry for the stupid macro name > > \definestartstop[hangingarea] > [before={\bgroup\appendtoks\hangover\to\everypar}, > after=\egroup] > > \starthangingarea > \input tufte > > \input tufte > > \stophangingarea > > \input tufte > \stoptext > > > > Patrick > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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problems with / bugs in naturals tables?
by Stefan Wachter 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Hi all! I try to use ConTeXt to set tables specified with the CALS table model. Everything that is needed for this task is provided by the natural tables. Yet, the results are rather unsatisfactory. In particular I encounter the following problems: 1. The table header that is to be repeated after every page break includes a lot of whitespace. This white space is not contained in the provided input. 2. The frames of cells are extended bellow the bottom margin if there is a nr-attribute greater than one and a page break is necessary. In order to illustrate these problems, I attach a ConTeXt file and the produced pdf. Does anyone know about these problems? Is there a workaround? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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t-nath difficulty
by Gary Pajer 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

I'm taking a look at nath (via t-nath). Here's the very first thing I tried: In the following code, the first formula typesets as I want, and the second doesn't. But the syntax in the second looks correct. Bug or feature? or setup problem? \usemodule[nath] \starttext $ y = (1 + \frac{}{a}{b}) $ $ y = (1 + \frac{a}{b}) $ \stoptext

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live ConTeXt
by kopszak＠mnw.art.pl 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

Good evening, As there are plenty of live linux distributions on CDs I was wondering if there is one that includes ConTeXt. It should be relatively easy to make one based on KNOPPIX (my computer is too weak though). Please, let me know if you find one. Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/

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RE: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so many trees
by "Höppner, Dierk" 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

I would second that. I can use it in computer program documentation for many different things. Greetings Dierk > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas A.Schmitz [mailto:thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:18 AM > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so > many trees > > > Sorry for going back to an older thread, but I don't think > the question > was answered properly. Alexander Klink wanted to know how to typeset > "{" and "}". Suggestions were "\type|{| and \type|}|" or "$\{$ and > $\}$". Neither of which is satisfactory, because it will typeset them > either in typewriter or in math font. We had a discussion > about similar > questions a while ago. I still think we should have "\{" and > "\}" for > this kind of thing. As long as this isn't available, I see no better > solution than "\getglyph{Serif}{123}" and > "\getglyph{Serif}{125}" vel. > sim. For those of us working in the humanities, these curly > braces are > sometimes necessary (e.g., in critical editions), and having them in > typewriter or math fonts isn't acceptable. So may I continue my rally > for \{ etc.? > > All best > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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RE: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so many trees
by "Höppner, Dierk" 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Hello Tobias and Alexander, both works. Thank you. I didnt know that I can use '|' instead of '{'}. But one thing does not work: {\bf $\{$} does not print the '{' bold faced :-( Is there a workaround for this problem? Greetings Dierk Höppner > -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias Burnus [mailto:tobias.burnus@physik.fu-berlin.de] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:04 PM > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so > many trees > > > Hello, > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:29:48PM +0100, Alexander Klink wrote: > > > How do I print '{' and '}'. You may answer with RTFM but > please name the M > > > and page! > > what about \type|{| and \type|}| (just like \verb in LaTeX)? > Or $\{$ and $\}$ which uses the math font instead of the typewriter > front. > > Regards, > > Tobias > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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Error with XML and JS
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Hello, Continuing the ConTeXt exploration with Hans's help: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg01784.html> I'm trying to combine Hans's JS programming with XML processing but an error pops up: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% javascript : loading script set fld (/Users/gpl/texmf/tex/context/base/java-fld.tex ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \unhbox \leavevmode ->\unhbox \voidb@x \fakeunderscore ->\leavevmode \hbox {\setbox \scratchbox \hbox {(}\scratchdi... \_...fmmode \mathunderscore \else \textunderscore \fi \XML:ent:tex-underscore ...tterunderscore \else \_ \fi \ascii ->Sanitized\getXMLentity {tex-underscore} TeX\getXMLentity {tex-unders... ... l.115 \stopJSpreamble %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% with the attached TeX file. There's some kind of interaction between the two modes. Without \start(stop)XMLdata, it works. Thanks for your time, Gilles, preparing the next demo of ConTeXt in June (Paris). :-)

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proportional column widths in natural tables?
by Stefan Wachter 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

Hi all! Is there a possibility to specify proportional column widths when using natural tables? E.g. If i want to set column 1 and 2 to have 2/7 and column 3 3/7 of the available broadth. \setupTABLE[column][1][width=2*] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=2*] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=3*] Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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How to access special quotationsmarks and the euro symbol
by Stefan Wachter 15 Feb '04

15 Feb '04

Hi all, can anyone tell me how the following unicode characters can be accessed with ConTeXt? “ - left double quotation mark „ - double low 9 quotation mark In LaTeX I used the \grqq- and \glqq-macros. In addition, I have difficulties in accessing the Euro character. The proposed method \usesymbols[euro] and the later use of \euro or \texteuro does not work. I get the message \definedfont=eurose at 14.39996pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. What steps do I have to perform in order to install that font correctly? Thanks for your attention and effort, --Stefan

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how to get bottom-vertical-alignment in (natural) table cells?
by Stefan Wachter 15 Feb '04

15 Feb '04

Hi all! I try to set a simple table that show the different horizontal and vertical alignment capabilities (see below): horizontal: left, middle, right vertical: top(?), lohi, bottom(?) Yet, the bottom alignment does not work. The texts in the third column that should be placed at the bottom appear at the top of their cell. Does anyone know how bottom alignment in table cells can be accomplished? Many thanks for your attention. --Stefan \bTABLE[width=3cm,height=3cm] \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD[align={right,top}] top \eTD \bTD[align={right,lohi}] middle \eTD \bTD[align={right,bottom}] bottom \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[align={middle,top}] top \eTD \bTD[align={middle,lohi}] middle \eTD \bTD[align={middle,bottom}] bottom \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[align={left,top}] top \eTD \bTD[align={left,lohi}] middle \eTD \bTD[align={left,bottom}] bottom \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE

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numexpr in etex / bug ?
by Hans Hagen 14 Feb '04

14 Feb '04

Hi, A numexpr either ends with a \relax or is delimited by () So, the following works as expected: \number\numexpr(1) test but ... the following gives an error message: \number\numexpr(1) /test so, the expr parser looks beyond the ) which is rather strange; bug or feature? (those expr are behaving a bit strange anyway) Hans PS. for those using etex primitives, recently i ran into a bug in \lastnodetype (resulting in incorrect return values or funny side effects), this is already corrected (by fabrice/olaf) in the yet to come versions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Not seeing the wood because of so many trees
by "Höppner, Dierk" 13 Feb '04

13 Feb '04

Hello, just a short and simple question with hopefully a quick answer: How do I print '{' and '}'. You may answer with RTFM but please name the M and page! Thanks and sorry for the simple question. greetings Dierk Höppner Technische Informationsbibliothek Universitätsbibliothek Hannover (TIB/UB) EDV / DOD Operating Welfengarten 1b, 30167 Hannover Tel.: 0511/762-4067, Fax: 0511/762-5881 Mobil: 0163/762 4067 E-Mail: dierk.hoeppner(a)tib-hannover.de http://www.tib.uni-hannover.de

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"hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi, I know there is \starthanging xxxx \stophanging and \hangafter=1 \hangindent=1em xxxx. Both commands need to be added to each affected paragraph again and again, right? Is there a way to have this hanging first line for a series of paragraphs - with just a kind of \starthangingarea aaaaaa bbbbbb cccccc \stophangingarea In cases like bibliographies and alike this would speed up work a lot!! Thank you very much, Steffen Wolfrum

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load order?
by Adam Lindsay 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi. Who's familiar with initialisation file loading order? I define some generic formatting options in cont-loc (because it's loaded by default, it doesn't get overwritten, and I use it on several machines). I successfully use them by adding a command at the start of tex source files. I'd like them to be choose-able for any file from the command line with (I presume) a mode. I've tried this in cont-loc and cont-sys, but it doesn't have an effect. \doifmode {atl} {\LocalSetup[interaction,sansheadings]} Where should I put it? Is it maybe a grouping issue? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Update Problem
by Stefan Wachter 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi all. I try to update teTeX 2.0.2 to the current context distribution (cont-tmf.zip of 2004-1-13). After updating I can not process my old files. I get the following error message: ! Undefined control sequence. \@@toks ->\everyTEXinputmode Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thank you for your attention, --Stefan These are the steps took to update ConTeXt: 1.I deleted all context subdirectories in the tetex/share/texmf directory. 2. I unpacked the cont-tmf.zip file into that directory. 3. I run texhash. 4. I created the formats by "texexec --make nl en de".

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using \localenvironment
by Mari Voipio 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

I've finally managed to set up my first project (a project file, an environment file, a product file and two components). It works quite reasonably, but only until I try to introduce a local environment that would only apply to this product (and not the 3-4 others I expect this project to contain at a later date). I do not understand how to make it work. First I tried to make a local environment as a part of my environment file, like this: \startlocalenvironment[gl-01] \setupheadertexts[Start-up instructions][GL-01] \stoplocalenvironment If I understand correctly, I could implement this local environment by adding the command \localenvironment[gl-01] somewhere - but where: in the project file before or after the name of the product in question or in the product file somewhere? I also tried making a separate file gl-01_env.tex which says \startlocalenvironment \setupheadertexts[Start-up instructions][GL-01] \stoplocalenvironment Now it could be implemented by giving the command \localenvironment gl-01_env but again, I'm at loss as to where the command should be given. An additional problem seems to be that my ConTeXt is old enough (if it ain't broke, don't fix it - so updates are pending) to be subject to missing English synonyms; however, the fix suggested in <http://ml-archives.mini.pw.edu.pl/ntg-context/msg06984.html> (using Dutch equivalents for some commands) doesn't seem to work for me, possible because of the problems above; I haven't yet managed to figure out which command goes where. I would be grateful indeed if I got a simple example on how to implement one local environment to one product and another one to another product. Or, if there's another manual for the project structure (not the beginner's manual or the big one, both have the same text without any examples, neither has definitions on the localenvironment commands), just give me a pointer...

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can TeX do That?
by Adam Lindsay 10 Feb '04

10 Feb '04

As a follow-up to yesterday's question from an ex-FrameMaker user, William Adams posted the following response to Hans's response: ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Can Tex do That? From: "William F. Adams" <wadams(a)atlis.com> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 11:15:07 -0500 I've been very busy at work lately (but finally finding (some) time to work on TUG2003 and my paper ;) The answers received here and on TeXHaX are quite good though, so I didn't feel (too) guilty about not answering. Did want to comment on this: On Monday, February 9, 2004, at 10:41 AM, Adam Lindsay quoted Hans Hagen saying: > - i still have to find something that cannot be done in tex (apart from > page by page made up documents but that's a different game anyway) Actually, when automated layout styles break down here or simply won't raise up to the customer's quality expectation here at work, doing such on a case-by-case, page-by-page basis is the raison-detre (sorry, not sure 'bout the funny French accents ;) for my employment here. Doing such manually / by hand in TeX is the first line of defence and is usually where things are held at (picking spreads to run long / short is a good example as is forcing float placement), but at need we'll fall back on tweaking things w/ Enfocus PitStop or (re)creating a section in FreeHand or Illustrator. This is usually done in the final moments of a project when time is tight and there's no payoff for doing things programmatically (most of our books are one-offs and the designer was _not_ paid extra for series use) A question I've not seen asked is, did you trouble to tag your documents w/ SGML? If so, you're a good ways toward re-use / switching to a formatting engine like TeX. If not, what's your budget? My suggestion would be to set up LaTeX documentclass packages for all the documents which you create, then use LyX for editing all of your text source (and rtf2latex to pull in Word .docs from the un-washed masses), w/ a .layout file for LyX which calls your documentclasses, things should, ``just work'' at that point except for the odd special case which will require manual tweaking (can be done as ERT (evil red text --- raw LaTeX code) inserted into the text). There was a very nice presentation at TUG2003 on doing this sort of switch, but the company bought the code and it wasn't released. Can't resist pointing out though that John Warnock swore up and down that for so long as he was in charge at Adobe after their purchase of Frame Corp. Adobe would do FrameMaker (nominally he's not in charge of day-to-day operations these days). William -- William Adams, publishing specialist voice - 717-731-6707 | Fax - 717-731-6708 www.atlis.com ----------------- End Forwarded Message -----------------

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Fwd: MacOSX-TeX Digest #923 - 02/08/04
by Adam Lindsay 09 Feb '04

09 Feb '04

Hi folks. The below email showed up recently on the MacOSX/TeX list, and I thought it might be worthy of some ConTeXt-centric discussion. ---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Subject: MacOSX-TeX Digest #923 - 02/08/04 Date Sent: Sunday, 8 February 2004 20:00 From: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <MacOSX-TeX(a)email.esm.psu.edu> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <MacOSX-TeX(a)email.esm.psu.edu> Subject: Can Tex do That? From: "Roland Schoettle" <rolands(a)otii.com> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:41:51 -0800 Greetings, I hope someone on this list can help me. In particular I have been told I should ask William Adams for assistance. In the event he is not active on this list, I would be grateful if this message were relayed to him. I am a disappointed FrameMaker user. Initially we used Frame on PCs with good result. Our business is now moving away from the Windows platform. Before committing to our last Frame upgrade, Adobe assured us Frame would be available for OSX. (At one point they went so far as to promise Linux support and even released a Linux beta). It is now apparent Adobe will not support OS X (or Linux) and has in fact recommended "upgrading" to InDesign. We have looked at InDesign and believe it to be significantly inferior for our requirements. However good, InDesign cannot do many FrameMaker functions such as footnotes, autoflow of text and paragraphs, math symbols, cross-referencing, etc. Further, Adobe is blatantly unsympathetic. I have used Tex in the very distant past and recall it had tremendous capability but never tried using it for the many complex graphics applications which now are prerequisites for business. I would like to try Tex again, but thought it best to ask if Tex can now be used to create reasonably complicated color product brochures. The goal would be to produce brochures, newsletters, business proposals, and also "publish" data from databases that look as if from a high-end layout package such as Quark Express or something similar. Can Tex be easily used for these type of functions? Your help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Roland Schoettle ----------------- End Forwarded Message ----------------- -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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ex-files style
by Michal Kvasnicka 06 Feb '04

06 Feb '04

Good morning. I found on the Pragma web the `ex-files.pdf' file. I extremely like its look. Is somewhere a presentation style similar to it? Many thanks. Michal Kvasnicka

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How to produce PDF links with custom action?
by Stefan Wachter 06 Feb '04

06 Feb '04

Hi all! Does ConTeXt allow to create links with custom actions? I have a working LaTeX / PDF-TeX solution which I am not able to port to ConTeXt. The following PDF-TeX code contained in a LaTeX file produces the desired PDF-Code. \\pdfstartlink attr{/Border [ 0 0 0 ]} user{/Subtype/Link/A << /S /AVDP_Action /AVDP_Param (../../nach-dateipfad.pdf 1)>>} here is a link \\pdfendlink Yet, if I include the same lines of code in a ConTeXt file then no link is generated. Thanks for you attention, Stefan

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Mail Transaction Failed
by berend＠pobox.com 05 Feb '04

05 Feb '04

The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment.

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Status
by pragma＠wxs.nl 05 Feb '04

05 Feb '04

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