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headertext + cap/uppercased problem
by Tobias Burnus 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Hello, (partially this is a resent.) I have a problem forcing captial letters for the header(texts). I tried (a) \kap in \setupheadertexts, but then \getmarking gets not expanded (I only get 'CHAPTER :' which looks rather strange) (b) Using \uppercased in \setupheadertext produces an error (c) Using \setupheader[style=kap] or style=\uppercased produces errors Tobias * * * I use \setupheadertexts [][{\it\getmarking[sectionnumber]~~~\getmarking[section]}] [{\it Chapter \getmarking[chapternumber]: \getmarking[chapter]}][] which works well. Adding \setupheader[style=cap] (or style=\uppercased) I get the following error. Any idea why? Tobias ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \vskip \doplacelayouttextline ...\scratchpagebox }\vskip -#2\relax \fi \gettextboxes ...eropoint \the \headertextcontent \vskip \hoofdhoogte \fi \v... \@@lymethodenormal ...interlineskip \gettextboxes \dostopattributes \egroup ... \buildpagebody ...?ly \c!methode \v!normaal }}#1#2 \ifcase \pageornamentstate... ... l.78 \page[right]

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ?? (another problem)
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Ah OK. But as far as I see the "command=" overwrites other possible settings like margin etc. Do I have to include these descriptions in \MyNoteList in a more TeX way? For example: How do I set the notes with size 10pt, interlinespace 11pt, a margin 2cm and after space \blank? Maybe you could give me an example for the code needed here? Thank you, Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 14:37 11/01/2004, you wrote: > >A big problem is that the \MyNote notes seem to be not "brakeable" > > > >If such a note is half a page long and all the notes are set at the end of > >the text > >it happens quite often that there is half a page empty (because the next > >note is too long). > > > >Do you also have a clue for this? > > \definelist[MyNoteList] > > \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{#1\quad#2\endgraf} > > \setuplist > [MyNoteList] > [criterium=text, > alternative=command, > command=\MyNoteList] > > \newcounter\MyNotes > > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} > > \starttext > > \dorecurse{10}{test \MyNote{Whow, another note \input tufte }\endgraf} > > \page \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] > > \stoptext > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Re: [NTG-context] typearea
by Hans Hagen 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Hi, I need the more or less official character frequency tables of languages other than dutch (for german probably including capitals) http://www.pragma-pod.com/downloads/koma/komacalc.pdf (we may find a few more methods) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl 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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Fwd: [OS X TeX] latest pdfsync.sty
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Hi Hans, ------- Begin Forwarded Message ------- Subject: [OS X TeX] latest pdfsync.sty From: Jérôme Laurens <jerome.laurens(a)u-bourgogne.fr> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <MacOSX-TeX(a)email.esm.psu.edu> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:16:03 +0100 Please find at <http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/pdfsync.html> an official page for pdfsync related stuff. People using pdfsync should pay attention to the eventual modificationsof the layout, os tiny as can be. These must be considered as bugs and reported as such. The latest version is 0.5 and includes the $\sin$ and $\notin$ fix by J.-L. Varona It seems that Hans Hagen is writing a version for context. I don't have myself enough time to adapt pdfsync to plain right now. Yours ----------------------------------------------------- Please see <http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/> for list guidelines, information, and LaTeX/TeX resources. -------- End Forwarded Message -------- Is there already a working version? Steffen

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Where's the visual online flowchart interface?
by Henning Hraban Ramm 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Hello! Someone made this nice toy to design flowcharts online. But I can't find the link anywhere. Would you please...? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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irregular typesetting area
by Ole Schoening 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Dear Contexers, I would like to repeat my question (see below) because I neither got an answer nor found a solution on my own. I believe that \defineoverlay cannot produce a solution for my problem because this command puts pictures in a different layer and so the main text is not affected (i.e. text is printed on top of underlying pictures). Are there any hints available? Ole I'm trying to produce an irregular (more than 4 corners) typesetting (main text) area of the following shape: ... (header) .... _____________________________________ ( logo / | ... text area ... | overlay background) | | ________________________| | | | ... ... | | | | | ________________________| | |(logo | | /overlay background) | ... text area ... | |___________________________________| The reason of this wish is not to overwrite the displayed logos or overlay pictures, which are used to form a common layout for a brochure. Btw., the orientation of the logos / pictures changes from even to odd pages. The measures of the logos / pictures prohibit a solution just by putting them in the header or footer. Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance, Ole

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headertext + cap/uppercased problem
by Tobias Burnus 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Hi, I use \setupheadertexts [][{\it\getmarking[sectionnumber]~~~\getmarking[section]}] [{\it Chapter \getmarking[chapternumber]: \getmarking[chapter]}][] which works well. Adding \setupheader[style=cap] (or style=\uppercased) I get the following error. Any idea why? Tobias ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \vskip \doplacelayouttextline ...\scratchpagebox }\vskip -#2\relax \fi \gettextboxes ...eropoint \the \headertextcontent \vskip \hoofdhoogte \fi \v... \@@lymethodenormal ...interlineskip \gettextboxes \dostopattributes \egroup ... \buildpagebody ...?ly \c!methode \v!normaal }}#1#2 \ifcase \pageornamentstate... ... l.78 \page[right]

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footnotes are lost!! endnotes don't work ? (URGENT)
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Hi, as the commands "location=text" and "\placefootnotes" seemed to be unproblematic I decided to edit a book in ConTeXt with footnotes as endnotes - at the end of each chapter. Unfortunately there seems to be a bug: My first chapter has 57 footnotes. The first 17 footnotes fit (touching the bottom edge) on the first page (after the chapters end) and the following 40 are lost! Is this a known bug? Does anybody know what to do? Thank you very much, Steffen P.S. This is urgent - because when endnotes doesn't work properly I can't make the book in ConTeXt and so I have a big problem ...

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Now s-pre-04
by Eduardo Cassiraga 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Hi: Thank you very much Hans! Pre-03 style running wonderfully. Now I am trying to run pre-04 but I have some problem with fonts (I suspect). Can you help me, please? Here the log file. Thanks in advance. Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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Strange reference (\in ...) problem
by Tobias Burnus 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Hello, I have \startcomponent foo \placeformula[eq:bdy:elf:Csigma-def] ... \informula[eq:bdy:elf:Csigma-def] % this works \stopcomponent \startcomponent bar \informula[foobar] % refers also to an eq. in 'foo' and works \informula[eq:bdy:elf:Csigma-def] % this one does not \stopcomponent I defined \def\informula[#1]{(\in[#1])} in *.tuo I have \mainreference{}{eq:bdy:elf:Csigma-def}{1::0:2:3:1:0:0:0::17}{23}{2.22} and in the log I get: references : unknown reference [][q:bdy:elf:Csigma-def] This is with ConTeXt ver: 2004.1.2 and also with ver: 2004.1.13. Any ideas? Tobias

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\enableregime, \setupbodyfont and the amsl module
by Giuseppe Bilotta 14 Jan '04

14 Jan '04

Hi Hans and all, a user on it.comp.software.tex just noticed a funny interaction between the amsl module and an appropriate choice of fonts and encodings. The following minimal test file shows the problem: \setupbodyfont[ber,pos] \usemodule[nath] \enableregime[il1] \starttext \`e è un'attività \stoptext Notice that accented letters come out like letters with two commas below. The amsl module has to resort to this trick: %D Font Stuff %D %D First of all, we need Fraktur to be loaded correctly, something %D which ConTeXt doesn't do by default (at least by now) %D Can't find a better, faster, cleaner way to do it; %D it should probably be added to ConTeXt default for AMS, anyway \definebodyfont [12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt] [mm] [mc=eufm10 sa 1] \definebodyfont [8pt,7pt,6pt] [mm] [mc=eufm7 sa 1] \definebodyfont [5pt] [mm] [mc=eufm5] %D to make sure they get loaded, we make a font change %D we restore rm afterwards, not having a way to decide which one %D was active (anyway, rm is a pretty safe bet when loading %D a module \dots) \switchtobodyfont[mm] \switchtobodyfont[rm] So I *know* where the problem comes form, but I don't know how to fix this. Can anybody come up with a sensible solution? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Wrapping around footnotes
by William D. Neumann 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

I'm preparing a paper in two column format, and I'm having issues with footnotes in one column affecting the text in the other column because the text in the other column stops at the same spot as the text in the column with the footnote rather than typsetting down to the bottom of the page. For example, I am currently getting: blah, blah, blah1 yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer ------ 1 footnote text here. footnote text here. footnote text here. Instead of this (which I want) blah, blah, blah1 yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer blah, blah, blah yammer, yammer, yammer ------ yammer, yammer, yammer 1 footnote text yammer, yammer, yammer here. footnote yammer, yammer, yammer text here. yammer, yammer, yammer footnote text here. yammer, yammer, yammer How can this be done? I've tried playing with the various setup commands for columns and footnotes, but nothing seems to work. Any help is appreciated. William D. Neumann --- "Well I could be a genius, if I just put my mind to it. And I...I could do anything, if only I could get 'round to it. Oh we were brought up on the space-race, now they expect you to clean toilets. When you've seen how big the world is, how can you make do with this? If you want me, I'll be sleeping in - sleeping in throughout these glory days." -- Jarvis Cocker

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Re: [NTG-context] \reference[mark]{(\the\equationnumber)}
by Hans Hagen 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

At 13:56 13/01/2004, you wrote: >Hi all, > >in a former paper I used > >\newcount\equationnumber >\equationnumber=0 >\def\eq{\advance\equationnumber by 1}%Formelzähler erhöhen >\starttext >\eq\reference[a]{(\the\equationnumber)} >$$a\eqno(\the\equationnumber)$$%an equation \expanded{\reference[a]{(\the\equationnumber)}} or \setupreferencing[expansion=command] test file: \starttext \setupreferencing[expansion=command] \typefile{\jobname.tuo} \textreference[x]{\the\pageno} \stoptext

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new version
by Hans Hagen 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi, I uploaded a new version with a couple of patches discussed previously Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl 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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Presentation s-pre-03
by Eduardo Cassiraga 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi, I am trying to compile a simple presentation using the s-pre-03 context's style whitout success. The .tex and .log file are as attach in this mail. Can somebody help me, please? Thank you very much. Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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Texutil
by Willi Egger 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Dear Hans, I am trying to convert a couple of EPS pictures into PDF files. Viewing those figures in gostview shows their content on screen as expected. Unfortunately the conversion with texutil results in some of the files in a rotation of 90 degrees. I tried to tweak texutil.pl with adding a line to the $GSCommandLine $GSCommandLine = "-q " . ... "-dAutoRotatePages=/None " . ... I also tried to put there ... "-dPDFSETTINGS=/printer " . ... But the figures remain rotated. - Do you have a clue how to prevent this? If you edit texutil.pl would you then have also look at the code line 2079: Report ( "PdfFile", "$FileName".".pdf" ) ; instead of Report ( "PdfFile", "$SuppliedFileName" ) ; Kind regards Willi

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midaligned tabulate?
by Patrick Gundlach 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi, I just wonder how to center a table.... -------------------------------------------------- \starttext \startalignment[middle] this is centered? \stopalignment \startalignment[middle] \starttabulate[|l|l|] \FL \NC Platz 1--12 \NC Block A\NC\NR \NC Platz 7--18 \NC Block B\NC\NR \NC Platz 13--24 \NC Block C\NC\NR \NC Ab Platz 19 \NC Block D\NC\NR \LL \stoptabulate \stopalignment \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- Patrick -- Es wird kein Wunder geschehen

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columnset error
by Patrick Gundlach 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi out there, what is wrong with the following code? \starttext \definecolumnset[twocol][n=2] \startcolumnset[twocol] \dorecurse{10}{\section{hello} \dorecurse{8}{\input tufte \par}} \stopcolumnset stoptext it gives me: !: Missing number, treated as zero. --- TeX said --- <to be read again> \@@vn-footnote \doflushsavednotes ->\ifvoid \currentsaveins \else \insert \currentnoteins {... \next1 ...doprocessnotes {\doflushsavednotes }{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax footnote, linenote \doprocesscommalist ...aitem \gobbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance ... \OTRSETflushsavednotes ... \else \flushsavednotes \fi ConTeXt ver: 2004.1.2 fmt: 2004.1.7 int: english mes: english Patrick

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Reducing fontsize for some equations (\startformula), how done best
by Tobias Burnus 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hi, I have several equations. But for some of them (lengthy and uninteresting calculations) in the appendix the default fontsize is too big. What is the best way (command) to reduce their size consistently? Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ?? (another problem)
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

A big problem is that the \MyNote notes seem to be not "brakeable" If such a note is half a page long and all the notes are set at the end of the text it happens quite often that there is half a page empty (because the next note is too long). Do you also have a clue for this? Thank you, Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 01:09 10/01/2004, you wrote: > > >OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" > >everything works fine. > > > >I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just > >continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. > >But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. > > > > > >Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? > > Why not use the following mechanism: > > \starttext > > \definelist[MyNoteList] > > \newcounter\MyNotes > > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} > > \dorecurse{1000}{test \MyNote{Whow, another note}\endgraf} > > \page \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] > > \stoptext > > You can format the list any way you like, e.g.: > > \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{#1\quad#2\endgraf} > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text,command=\MyNoteList] > > also, you can now cal lthem per chapter, > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=chapter] > > etc > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ??
by Steffen Wolfrum 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

OK, but what should I do if I have a \MyNote in a \MyHeading ? See error-log below: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument>) systems : end file SetupEnvironment at line 3 structure : begin of sectionblock frontmatter title : - \headtext {content} (./HSLN_1.tuo ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> Influences in the 20th century\MyNotes {: an introduction} \limitatetext ...it \empty \normallimitatetext {#1 }\leftlimit {#3}\else \spe... \lijsttekstcommando #1->\begstrut #1 \endstrut \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes <argument> ...entury\MyNotes {: an introduction}}} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 ... l.8 ...: an introduction}}{1::0:0:0:1:0:0:0::7}{1} ? Influences in the 20th century\MyNotes {: an introduction} \sanitizePDFdocencoding ...docencoding \edef #2{#1 } \doPDFinsertbookmark ...oding #3\to \bookmarktext \scratchcounter #4\advance... \doplacebookmarks ...okmarkelement \flushbookmark \egroup \else \expanded {\... <to be read again> \par l.238 ? Thank you, Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 01:09 10/01/2004, you wrote: > > >OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" > >everything works fine. > > > >I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just > >continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. > >But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. > > > > > >Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? > > Why not use the following mechanism: > > \starttext > > \definelist[MyNoteList] > > \newcounter\MyNotes > > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} > > \dorecurse{1000}{test \MyNote{Whow, another note}\endgraf} > > \page \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] > > \stoptext > > You can format the list any way you like, e.g.: > > \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{#1\quad#2\endgraf} > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text,command=\MyNoteList] > > also, you can now cal lthem per chapter, > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=chapter] > > etc > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Re: [xsl] Telling parser to ignore DTD
by Joerg Heinicke 13 Jan '04

13 Jan '04

Hello Manny, we don't have a solution for this, we have the same problem. With a doctype-system, which Xalan can't find, Xalan throws an exception. It doesn't validate the XML against the DTD, but it MUST find it. Until now we solved the problem with an empty DTD-file at the place, where the file is searched. If you found a solution or anybody knows one, we would appreciate to get to know it. Regards, Jo

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ?? (another attempt)
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

Hi, still searching for a working solution how to deal with my 757 footnotes I tried to avoid the error by using buffers. But again: ! Dimension too large. Is there really no way of emptying that "cache" - and maybe split it in footnote 1-350 and footnote 351-757? Thank you, Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 01:09 10/01/2004, you wrote: > > >OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" > >everything works fine. > > > >I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just > >continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. > >But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. > > > > > >Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? > > Why not use the following mechanism: > > \starttext > > \definelist[MyNoteList] > > \newcounter\MyNotes > > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} > > \dorecurse{1000}{test \MyNote{Whow, another note}\endgraf} > > \page \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text] > > \stoptext > > You can format the list any way you like, e.g.: > > \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{#1\quad#2\endgraf} > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=text,command=\MyNoteList] > > also, you can now cal lthem per chapter, > > \placelist[MyNoteList][criterium=chapter] > > etc > > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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german sharp s in Metapost Labels
by Lutz Haseloff 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

Hi all, if i use another Font as cmr to typeset labels in MetaPost the german sharp s is typeset with wrong width. The same text direct typeset by tex (pdfetex) without MetaPost looks right. Is this a bug in tex or in metapost (i dont believe) or is it a font problem? Greetings Lutz My File: \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppagenumbering[state=stop] \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] \starttext \startMPgraphic verbatimtex \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] etex; draw fullcircle scaled 4cm; label(btex Hans Maaß, Berlin etex(center currentpicture)); \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic \placeMPgraphic Hans Maaß, Berlin \startMPgraphic verbatimtex \usetypescript [berry][ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [mm] [math] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont [palatino, 10pt, rm] \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] etex; draw fullcircle scaled 4cm; label(btex Hans Maaß, Berlin etex(center currentpicture)); \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic \placeMPgraphic \usetypescript [berry][ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \definetypeface [palatino] [mm] [math] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont [palatino, 10pt, rm] Hans Maaß, Berlin \startMPgraphic verbatimtex \setupencoding [default=ec] \usetypescript[berry][ec] \definetypeface [postscript] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=..9] \definetypeface [postscript] [tt] [mono] [courier] [default] [rscale=1.1] \setupbodyfont [postscript, 11pt] \useencoding[win] \mainlanguage[de] etex; draw fullcircle scaled 4cm; label(btex Hans Maaß, Berlin etex(center currentpicture)); \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic \placeMPgraphic \setupencoding [default=ec] \usetypescript[berry][ec] \definetypeface [postscript] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=..9] \definetypeface [postscript] [tt] [mono] [courier] [default] [rscale=1.1] \setupbodyfont [postscript, 11pt] Hans Maaß, Berlin \stoptext

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Mac Way: Apple Symbols
by Adam Lindsay 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

Hi again. The Mac-specific followup to the Unicode Symbols My Way is now up on my site. http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/ This Mac-specific My Way documents some fonts available exclusively on MacOSX 10.3, "Panther," and makes them available to Mac users with fairly minimal installation effort. I do not distribute the fonts themselves. These include Mac-specific support files for the below Unicode Symbols package. It depends on Mac fonts, but might be interesting to other folks. If anyone finds this useful or interesting, I could use some help completing the naming of the other symbols. adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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Number formating in MetaFun
by Nigel King 12 Jan '04

12 Jan '04

For the MetaFun Experts, Section 9.2 of the MetaFun manual gives vlogtext.bot(0, 10, 9, 10cm, "@3e") ; The formating of the numbers is controlled by "@3e". I have been trying to find the command which control this number formating without success. Please could somebody point me in the right direction. TIA Nigel King

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Argument of \next1 has an extra }.
by Peter Münster 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Hello, I would like to write a twoside document with a title page, so I wrote the following file: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \startstandardmakeup bla \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext But when processing \stopstandardmakeup, I get the error "! Argument of \next1 has an extra }." ConTeXt ver: 2003.12.12 Could someone help please? TIA, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ------------------------------------ Film Search site: http://f-s.sf.net/

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unicode and out-of-box usability
by Adam Lindsay 11 Jan '04

11 Jan '04

Hi, folks, I've been struggling through, trying to learn Unicode in ConTeXt. It's been instructive, at least. (Hope to make a MyWay about it...) There are a few weird things that made it difficult to learn, and I was wondering if someone could help explain why things are the way they are. In unic-ini: \chardef\utfunihashmode=0 % 1 = enabled Actually, if I understand things correctly, '1' means "disabled", which is what I preferred, having not yet created any unicode vectors. So the internal documentation there seems wrong, and I would argue the default case (0) makes it harder for beginners. More confusingly, in font-uni: \def\enableunicodefont#1% {\definefontsynonym[\s!Unicode][\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!file}]% \def\unicodescale {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!schaal}}% \def\unicodeheight {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!hoogte}}% \def\unicodedepth {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!diepte}}% \def\unicodedigits {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!conversie}}% \def\handleunicodeglyph {\getvalue{\??uc#1\c!commando}}% %%%%%%%%%%% NEXT LINE \enableregime[unicode]% the following \relax's are realy needed \doifvalue{\??uc#1\c!interlinie}\v!ja\setupinterlinespace\relax \getvalue{\??uc#1\c!commandos}\relax} The \enableregime[unicode] runs in direct opposition with the \enableregime[utf] that normally goes at the start of (some of my) documents. As it stands, with the regime hard-coded, users have to put an \enableregime[utf] *after* the font declaration. That's awkward. The last proposed change/complaint is back in unic-ini, and came from my attempts to match the main body font with the unicode font. \def\utfunifontglyph#1% {\xdef\unidiv{\number\utfdiv{#1}}% \xdef\unimod{\number\utfmod{#1}}% \ifnum#1<\utf@i %%%% \unicodeasciicharacter\unimod \char\unimod % \unicodeascii\unimod \else\ifcsname\@@univector\unidiv\endcsname \csname\doutfunihash{\unidiv}{#1}\endcsname \else % so, these can be different fonts ! \unicodeglyph\unidiv\unimod % no \uchar (yet) \fi\fi} Basically, I'd like to use the \unicodeasciicharacter hook with this definition: \def\unicodeasciicharacter{\uchar{0}} (I'm not certain the above is release-quality code, but I've been testing it with a stripped down \utfunifontglyph that should be functionally equivalent.) Working with the unicode code makes me appreciate that it's really powerful part of ConTeXt. Thanks, Hans! gelukkig nieuwjaar, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ??
by Steffen Wolfrum 10 Jan '04

10 Jan '04

Hi, when using \setupfootnotes[way=bychapter,location={text,none}] I get the following ERROR: <snip> ! Dimension too large. <recently read> \@@vn+footnote \placenotesasnone #1->\ifdim \ht #1 >\zeropoint \noteparameter \c!voor \setno... \dodoplacenotes ...tesintext \localpostponednotes \fi \fi \else \ifdim \ht \... \next1 #1,->\doprocessnotes {\dodoplacenotes }{#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \doplacenotes ...2} \processnotes \dodoplacenotes \egroup ... l.8315 ? H I can't work with sizes bigger than about 19 feet. Continue and I'll use the largest value I can. <snip> OK, I have more than 700 footnotes - but when using "location=page" everything works fine. I was trying to find whether there is something missing when I just continue, and I found the TableOfContent is cut. But the text and the footnotes as well seem to be OK. Is there a patch helping me to avoid this error? Thank you, Steffen

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bold small caps
by Peter Münster 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

Hello, I just tried the Latin Modern font, but there are no bold small caps available, as in the EC fonts. Is it possible to add EC support to ConTeXt? TIA for any hint, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ------------------------------------ Film Search site: http://f-s.sf.net/

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extended ascii characters
by Gonçalo Morais 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

I would like to know how I may use extended ascii characters in context, for example character number 167. Thanks in advance Gonçalo -------------------------------------------- IPLNet WebMail http://www.mail.ipl.pt -------------------------------------------- "Campus Virtual" do IPL - Já Aceite ! http://www.net.ipl.pt/index.html#WIRELESS --------------------------------------------

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arabtext in Context
by R. Ermers 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

Hi Context users, A number of flaws in the ArabicTeX support for ConteXt (working under Miktex) have kept me from migrating to Context thus far. I guess I am not the only one. I sincerely hope that they can be fixed! Kind regards. Robert Ermers

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Re: footnotes are lost!! endnotes don't work ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 09 Jan '04

09 Jan '04

Uff ... Hans, thank you very much for this super-fast help! This was really first aid. Steffen Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 18:23 09/01/2004, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >as the commands "location=text" and "\placefootnotes" seemed to be > >unproblematic I decided to edit a book in ConTeXt with footnotes as > >endnotes - at the end of each chapter. > > > >Unfortunately there seems to be a bug: > >My first chapter has 57 footnotes. > >The first 17 footnotes fit (touching the bottom edge) on the first page > >(after the chapters end) > >and the following 40 are lost! > > > >Is this a known bug? > > > >Does anybody know what to do? > > For the moment use: > > \setupfootnotes[location={text,none}] > > \starttext > > \dorecurse{100}{test \footnote{test} \endgraf} > > \placefootnotes > > \stoptext > > else the notes get boxed and treated as a whole (so that they can have > backgrounds and so). > > Hans

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Problems with pagenumbering using frontpart/bodyart/...
by Holger Schöner 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hi, I think that I either found a bug, or am using some commands in an invalid way. What do you think about the following code: \setuplayout[location=duplex] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuppagenumbering[way=bytext,partnumber=no] \startsectionblockenvironment[frontpart] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,left={--~},right={~--}] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] % \setuppagenumber[number=1] % *1 \setuppagenumber[number=0] % *2 \stopsectionblockenvironment \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] % *2 \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] % *2 \setupsectionblock[appendixpart][page=no] % *2 \setuphead[part][placehead=yes,alternative=middle,number=no,ownnumber=no,resetnumber=no] \definepagebreak [chapter] [yes,header,footer,right] \setuphead [part,chapter,title] [page=chapter] \starttext \startfrontmatter \title{abstract} \completecontent \page[yes,header,footer,left] % *2 \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter{Introduction} \chapter{Algorithms} \chapter{Discussion} \stopbodymatter \startappendices \chapter{Appendices} \stopappendices \stoptext I want to exclude only unmarked lines and those have a "*1" in their comment, but not the lines marked with "*2" at the end. Unfortunately then the empty page between the contents and the chapter introduction is not (as intended) completely emtpy, but has a page number: "-iv-". To avoid this I am using (following a tip posted here some months ago, I think) the lines \setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] \setupsectionblock[appendixpart][page=no] Unfortunately, now (and this, I think, is the bug) the last chapter or title before the end of the frontmatter (in this case the table of contents) does no longer receive roman page numbers, but already the normal ones (and page numbering also starts at this chapter, not with the "Introduction"). To compensate for this I am currently using a workaround (all the lines marked with "*2" instead the one marked with "*1"), basically avoiding the described effect by forcing a page break (found using trial and error such that it works regardless of the length of the table of contents). Can I somehow get rid of these workarounds, without the otherwise empty pages being numbered? Unfortunately, pages 6, 8, 9 still are numbered, although otherwise empty (and the last two are unnecessary anyway), but I guess the problem is the same as for the pages between frontmatter and bodypart. (Probably fiddling with the backmatter and using some forced page breaks could solve those as well.) I am using: ConTeXt ver: 2003.10.5 fmt: 2003.10.19 int: english mes: english -- Holger F. Schoener TU Berlin; Dept. IV: EE and Computer Science hfsch(a)cs.tu-berlin.de http://www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~hfsch/ Rooms FR2525 Tel: +49-30-314-73115, Fax: -73121 Office FR 2-1 Franklinstr. 28/29, D-10587 Berlin, Germany

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educational quiz check-in boxes
by olivier Turlier 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hi ConTeXers, Does anybody can show me a minimal but complete example of a quiz, using java, since I feel too old (big/wrong excuse!) for trying to understand javascript. My aim is to introduce a short auto-evaluation test after a theorical course + examples, in an interactive form (no server side storage of the results), in the way of acrotex package. I will share it (in french!), once working, on the the ConTeX ploned site. Thanks a lot. olivier Turlier

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how to produce an irregular typesetting area
by Ole Schoening 08 Jan '04

08 Jan '04

Hallo all, I'm trying to produce an irregular (more than 4 corners) typesetting (main text) area of the following shape: ... (header) .... _____________________________________ ( logo / | ... text area ... | overlay background) | | ________________________| | | | ... ... | | | | | ________________________| | |(logo | | /overlay background) | ... text area ... | |___________________________________| The reason of this wish is not to overwrite the displayed logos or overlay pictures, which are used to form a common layout for a brochure. Btw., the orientation of the logos / pictures changes from even to odd pages. The measures of the logos / pictures prohibit a solution just by putting them in the header or footer. Does anyone have an idea how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance, Ole P.S.: Thanks a lot for this great software !

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ConTeXt at San Francisco conference?
by karl＠freefriends.org 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Dear ConTeXt folks, The TeX Users Group is sponsoring a user-oriented regional conference on the practical uses of TeX, July 19-22, 2004 in San Francisco. For the sake of publicity and announcements, we were wondering if there is sufficient interest in ConTeXt to list it as a conference topic. The primary topics of the conference will be LaTeX and AMS-LaTeX. However, we do want to include other TeX documentation systems, so that TeX users will be aware of and know how to use other tools. In previous TUG conferences Hans Hagen has held workshops on ConTeXt, which have been well-received. Some preliminary information is available at http://tug.org/practicaltex2004. We would like to hear from anyone who would like to attend, as either a speaker or delegate. Please reply to conferences(a)tug.org if you are interested. Thanks! Karl Berry (current TUG president, in this, um, context :)

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texexec --arrange and texexec --noarrange
by Willi Egger 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Hi Contexters, Recently I tried to arrange pages of a document with texexec --arrange jobname In my environment file I setup the following: \setuppapersize[A5,portrait][A4,landscape] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={footer}] % Arranging: \setuparranging[2UP] Of course I can comment the line of the arranging and just uncomment it for a single run hereafter to produce a PDF-file with arranged pages. When using texexec --arrange this should happen automatically. I realize, that the system is halted after systems: end file jobname at line 47 textblocks: writing textblocks to jobname.tub It looks like texexec is waiting for an input.... An identical situation occurs when issueing texexec --noarrange jobname Am I doing something wrong or is there a bug in texexec? Kind regards Willi texexec --noarrange

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Classroom templates?
by Tyler Eaves 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Does anyone have any templates useful for typesetting class notes or homework (For tuning in, not handing out). I'm a Comp Sci student, and last semester I used LaTeX for this with a couple of templates I found. Wondering if anyone had anything similar for ConTeXt. I'd be happy to share the LaTeX files if anyone's interested.

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page arrangement
by Vit Zyka 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Hallo ConTeXt list members, I'd like to arrange A5 landscape pages to A4 in this order ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- | 1 | | 2 | | 5 | | 6 | | 9 | | 10 | ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- | 3 | | 4 | | 7 | | 8 | | 11 | | 12 | ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- for doublesided printing. I'd tried to set \setuparranging[2DOWN] or \setuparranging[2TOP] but it is not desired arrangement. I also experimented with \pusharrangedpage... \poparrangedpages... \handlearrangedpage... macros but I wasn't succsessful. Please, can somebody help me? Send answer also to my private address vit.zyka(a)seznam.cz since my dial up connection due to long time traveling does not enable to be member of the lively conference. Thanks, Vit Zyka

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Text Editor for ConTeXt
by Gary Hoffman 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

I am looking for a text editor for use with ConTeXt that is comparable with those available for Latex (e.g. Kile (http://kile.sourceforge.net/) and TeXnicCenter(http://www.texniccenter.org/front_content.php)) The archives refer to ConTEXT, SciTE and Emacs. Only Emacs with the context.el plug-in appears to compare with Latex editors. However, context.el conflicts with my installation of Emacs (which includes the Auctex package) and will not load. Are there any other editors that are recommended? Any other suggestions? Thank you. Gary Hoffman -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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Perl scripts almost unusable under Win32 MiKTeX
by Giuseppe Bilotta 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

Recent ConTeXt updates have rendered some Perl scripts (texshow.pl & modules) unusable under MiKTeX because they heavily rely on web2c methods to find binaries and complementary files. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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m-BibTeX problems
by Tobias Burnus 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

Hi, I have some strange bibTeX problems. a) I try to show DOI references in the publication list, therefore I created the macro \gotoDOI{} and modified \setuppublicationlayout[article]. As long as I don't use \setupinteraction[state=start], the DOI is hyphenated. Using \setupinteraction[state=start], the DOI is no longer hyphenated. Calling \gotoDOI directly, works (both cases), but with interaction enabled the DOI is printed in bold and with wide spacing after the possible line break points ("10. 1103" instead of "10.1103"). See attached files. Run them (with m-bib installed) as: texexec --once --pdf test; bibtex test; texexec --pdf test b) I'd like to see that I can click on the number in [4] and jump to the entry in the publicationlist: It is much more fun to read an article, thesis, etc. when one can click on the reference instead of searching for the reference list (going back is less important; after all, 'Go to previous view' exists). c) Someone should write a texutil plugin which automatically runs bibtex if necessary. I tend to forget this. (I will look into this as soon as I have time, i.e. probably in March.) Tobias

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VTeX
by Peter Münster 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

Hello, is it possible to get work ConTeXt and VTeX together? It's interesting because of free EC fonts in type 1 format in the VTeX-Linux distribution. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ------------------------------------ Film Search site: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Here's a strange one for Metapost gurus
by David Arnold 04 Jan '04

04 Jan '04

All, I've run across an interesting bug that I haven't seen before. In the attached Metpost file, if I delete the last figure (beginfig(8)...endfig), the file compiles. However, with beginfig(8)...endfig, the file gives this error: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] >> path >> pen ! Not implemented: penoffset(path)of(pen). <to be read again> ; pen_pickup_->...part.penoffset.left.of.currentpen; pen_bot:=ypart.penoffset.r... <to be read again> ; l.499 pickup pencircle scaled 2pt; ? As the code in beginfig(8)...endfig is a simple copy and paste of the code in beginfig(1)...endfig, this is perplexing to say the least. If in beginfig(8)...endfig, I replace the lines %draw pendulum length pickup pencircle scaled 2pt; draw A--E; pickup defaultpen; with: %draw pendulum length draw A--E withpen pencircle scaled 2pt; Now the file will compile. This is strange indeed! Any ideas?

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extensie pl
by Wilfried Van Hirtum 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Als ik aan de dos-prompt typ: texexec voorbeeld dan krijg ik de foutmelding "texexec wordt niet herkend als een interne of externe opdracht, programma of batchbestand" met texexec.pl voorbeeld lukt het wel. Ik ben overigens een absolute beginner in context. Ik vind op het net echter nergens een echte beginnershandleiding die alles van naaldje tot draadje uitlegt. Het lijkt een wereldje waar je zelf alles moet uitzoeken. Is dit zo? Wilfried Van Hirtum --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003

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style questions
by Janko Hauser 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Hello everybody, Over the last days I started to write a "Requirement" document. I started from the example documents provided at the fiee-site, which are a big help. I use this as an exercise to see, what markup is actually needed in the content, to transform from XML documents later on. First some things I already solved, but want to ask, if it was in the right way. 1. I want to mark some words consistently and used the \definesynonyms command for this, although I only use the second form. \definesynonyms[glossar][explanation][\infull] \glossar [ZOPE] {\em Zope} {Web Applikationsserver} Is there a better way to style words consistently? I find it difficult to distinguish between \ZOPE\ and \ZOPE, especially for the possible later translation from XML. 2. In the example there is an indirection for the section definitions. \definehead [Topic] [chapter] \definehead [Nopic] [title] Later on the newly defined headers are styled. But they are used as the only headers throughout the document. So why not style the original ones? 3. I have defined colored header bars in the following ways. \setuphead [subject, Subject,section] [command=\mysec, page=no, continue=no, style={\ss\bs}, color=black] \def\mysec#1#2{\framed[width=\textwidth, corner=round, radius=0.05em, background=color, backgroundcolor=HKS5, framecolor=HKS5]{\startnarrower[1*left,1*right] #2 \hfill #1 \stopnarrower}} They are spanning the complete textwidth. What I now want is to have a smaller textwidth, but the bars should remain broader, as broad as the header and footer lines. Any hints? 4. How to deal with metadata, like author, version, last modified and so. Would you recommend to use buffers for this? This information is probably used on the title page and the footer of each page. Ok, now a real question. I want to style the actual requirements in form of a papercard, whith their actual status at the top. This would be an new definition with 2 or 3 arguments. But the requirements should also be enumerated. How can one build such an environment? Derive somehow from \defineenumeration? --------------------------------------------------------------- |ReqNbr | Title | status | date| --------------------------------------------------------------- | longer text .... with paragraphs and pagebreaks | --------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for the ascii-art (cough :-). These cards should be able to span more than one page. In the light of this a table with running heads would also be an option, right? Thanks for this great package, it is a lot of fun and full of gems. TIA, __Janko

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Draw grid
by David Arnold 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Hans, This sample code will give you an idea of my last feature request for mp-tool. Often, I will design my schematic on graph paper, then start to code. But there are times when I like to work interactively, write a little code, test to see what I get, adjust, ... When I am in that mode, a grid is "very" helpful. Once I am through with adjustments, I simply comment out the line " drawgrid(0,0,20,10,1u,1u);". My drawgrid routine was stolen from the schema.mp file and adjusted for a quick fix (I am writing for a deadline again), but it works. But it would be nice if something like this were in mp-tool. Turn on your numbered grid, work interactively, turn it off when done. Very nice. Happy New Year! input mp-tool def drawgrid(expr xo,yo,nx,ny,sx,sy)= begingroup save cpen,result; pen cpen; picture result; cpen:=pencircle scaled 1pt; result:=nullpicture; for x=0 upto nx: for y=0 upto ny: addto result doublepath (x*sx,y*sy) withpen cpen; endfor endfor defaultfont:="cmr7"; defaultscale:=7pt/fontsize defaultfont; for x=0 upto nx: addto result also thelabel.bot(decimal(x),(x*sx,0)) withpen cpen; endfor for y=0 upto ny: addto result also thelabel.lft(decimal(y),(0,y*sy)) withpen cpen; endfor; draw result; endgroup enddef; beginfig(6); %initialize scale numeric u; 1u=0.25in; drawgrid(0,0,20,10,1u,1u); %draw line for measurement later draw (0,0)--(10u,0); %draw base for pivot path base; base:=unitsquare xyscaled (4u,1u); base:=base shifted (8u,-2u); stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) base withcolor white; draw (8u,-1u)--(12u,-1u); %draw pivot path tri; tri:=(-1,-1)--(0,1)--(1,-1)--cycle; tri:=tri scaled u; tri:=tri shifted (10u,0); fill tri withcolor 0.85white; %initialize pendulum path pend; pend:=(9.5,-0.5)--(10.5,-0.5)--(10.5,10.5)--(9.5,10.5)--cycle; pend:=pend scaled u; draw pend; %draw pivot point drawdot(10u,0) withpen pencircle scaled 6pt; %draw spring block left path left; left:=(2,9)--(3,9)--(3,11)--(2,11)--cycle; left:=left scaled u; stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) left withcolor white; draw (3u,9u)--(3u,11u); %draw spring block right path right; right:=(17,9)--(18,9)--(18,11)--(17,11)--cycle; right:=right scaled u; stripe_path_a(withcolor black)(draw) right withcolor white; draw (17u,9u)--(17u,11u); %spring path spring, link; link:=(0,0)--(0.25,0.5)--(0.75,-0.5)--(1,0); spring:=link; for k=1 upto 2: spring:=spring--(link shifted (k,0)); endfor spring:=spring scaled u; %left spring draw (3u,10u)--(5u,10u); draw spring shifted (5u,10u); draw (8u,10u)--(10u,10u); %right spring draw (10u,10u)--(12u,10u); draw spring shifted (12u,10u); draw (15u,10u)--(17u,10u); %draw spring contact point drawdot(10u,10u) withpen pencircle scaled 6pt; %label springs label(btex $k$ etex, (6.5u,11u)); label(btex $k$ etex, (13.5u,11u)); %label some measurement lengths pair A, B, C, D, E; A:=(1u,0); B:=(1u,10u); C:=(5u,0); D:=(5u,5u); E:=(10u,5u); drawdblarrow A--B; label.lft(btex $L$ etex, 0.5[A,B]); drawdblarrow C--D; draw (0,10u)--(2u,10u); label.lft(btex $L/2$ etex, 0.5[C,D]); draw (4u,5u)--(6u,5u); drawdot(E) withpen pencircle scaled 6pt; label.top(btex cm etex,E shifted (0,5)); endfig;

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Context update
by R. Ermers 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Dear friends, First of all, I would like to wish all of you a happy new year! The update of the most recent Context package (04.2.1.) + subsequent installation with Miktex (MiKTeX 2.1) does not work out on my system (Win 98). Miktex does not complete the installation of the context en and nl formats. The error messages follow below. Could anyone help me out? Thanks in advance! Kind regards, Robert Ermers ++++++++++++ Installation with Miktex, error messages in log file: system (E-TEX) : [line 473] \ifcsname ! Undefined control sequence. \@@su:*reset ->\widowpenalties \minusone \clubpenalties \minusone \in... \dosetups ...\csname \??su :#1\endcsname } \relax \next2 #1,->\dosetups {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...bbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \c... \@@su:*default ...msetupsprefix \s!reset ] \widowpenalty \defaultwidow... \dosetups ...\csname \??su :#1\endcsname } \relax ... l.2084 \setdefaultpenalties % will happen later in \setuplayout No pages of output. Transcript written on cont-en.log. INITEXMF: pdfetex.exe failed on cont-en.tex ++++++++++++ Installation with the command: texexec --make --alone en nl or texexec --make -- alone en results in this error message: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=470502]. \setvalue ...er \def \csname #1\endcsname \@@expanded ...nded \setvalue {17.3pttttf} {\xxdododefinefont {1}{17.3... \dododododefinebodyfont ...scratchtoks }}} \else \global \letbeundefin... \next4 ...odefinebodyfont {tt}{17.3pt}{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax tf=cmtt12 sa 1, sl=cmsltt10 sa 1, it=cmitt10 sa 1 \doprocesscommalist ...obbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.405 ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [pool size=470502]. \setvalue ...er \def \csname #1\endcsname \@@expanded ...nded \setvalue {17.3pttttf} {\xxdododefinefont {1}{17.3... \dododododefinebodyfont ...scratchtoks }}} \else \global \letbeundefin... \next4 ...odefinebodyfont {tt}{17.3pt}{#1} \doprocesscommaitem <argument> \relax tf=cmtt12 sa 1, sl=cmsltt10 sa 1, it=cmitt10 sa 1 \doprocesscommalist ...obbleoneargument #1 ,]\relax \global \advance \... ... l.405

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update succeeded
by R. Ermers 03 Jan '04

03 Jan '04

Dear Friends, In the mean time I have also updated miktex. Now everything seems to work fine. Sorry for bothering you. Robert Ermers

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