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Re: [NTG-context] texfont and type-tmf.dat
by Nigel King 15 Oct '03

15 Oct '03

Hi, I am posting this message I posted to the 'OS X TeX' group earlier this year relating to the same issue that Mathew is raising. I had no luck then but am hoping for more success now there are two of us. Hans says 'this is under discussion now with thomas/staszek/etc: has to do with urw metrics not being in tetex by default (they are on tex live)' However, Gerben's i-Installer installs them here in a different location than normal. (I think these are the only pair of files that are necessary for utmb8a to work.) /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/afm/urw/times/utmb8a.afm /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/type1/urw/times/utmb8a.pfb I believe that the problem is merely with texroot as I state below. Further evidence for this is that it nearly all worked before Gerben rearranged the directories. Earlier message....... Hi, Some of my previous font problems here were due to not enabling all of the font map file in the final configuration of the install. I think someone else had the same problem. Adobekb.tex is now helping me well, however I am finding it necessary still to run with the Context font system for some documents for the moment, and for this texfont has to run to create the various font files. Running the single command texfont --en=8r --ve=urw --co=courier --so=auto Should work but returns processing aborted : unknown tex root /sw/share/texmf/ Clearly texroot is set incorrectly so forcing that texfont --en=8r --ve=urw --co=courier --so=auto --fontroot=/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/ Should work but returns processing aborted : unknown subpath ../fonts/afm/urw/courier And yet /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/afm/urw/courier/ucrb8a.afm Exists This process worked in the v2 version of the i-installer indeed still works when reinstalled. I am presuming that the new problem is because of the texmf.tetex that the texfont perl script is now not able to understand. Perl is beyond my small brain! Any help much appreciated -- Nigel

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uncompatibility?
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Hi all! I've installed TeX based on tl8 which is used paralely with based on tl7. Attached ZIP contains TeX code and two outputs with logs; tl7 and 8, which are quite different... There are some warnings in newer one (about doubled map entries) but shouldn't play a role here. Thanks for any hints! Regards, Pawe/l

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Re: font mystery
by Thomas A.Schmitz 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Maybe one further element that would suggest Context is using a cached copy of the tfm-file instead of the newly created file: when I move the file Myfont.tfm out of the $home/texmf/fonts/tfm directory, pdftex gives me the expected error "! I can't find file `Myfont'." However, Context will still happily produce output--with an outdated copy of the tfm! So context must be caching it somewhere, and I need to flush that cache. Anyone an idea how this can be done? Thanks Thomas

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TeX Live 2003 miseries.
by John Culleton 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

I installed the latest version of TeXLive 2003 (the so-called demo version) and did the fmtutil and texhash bit. When I ran a job for a customer, texexec hung up at the point where a graphic was being loaded. So I went back to last year's texlive in a terrible hurry. That worked fine. Earlier, when TeXLive 2003 was still in beta they left out texexec altogether. Has anyone else tried Context using graphics on TeXLive 2003? I hate to report a bug to Tug if my experience is unique. OTOH if the iso image is defective in some way I do need to let someone know pronto. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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Re: Overfull boxes using m-cweb
by Edwin Wisse 14 Oct '03

14 Oct '03

Patrick Grundlach wrote: >>I am running into overfull boxes when including a weaved cweb file into >>a context document. >> >I don't really understand your question. You have overfull boxes in >your TeX run. That is a "normal" TeX feature. They can usually be >avoided. But in your case I guess that it is something which you >cannot avoid. But how should we know? I guess that the cweb module is >not that commonly used. So you might be better of and supply a >minimal (!) but complete (!) example. > Hi, Thanks for your answer. My problem is the fact that line breaks look fine in the "normal" part of the document but in the weaved (cweb) part line breaking goes wrong. Many words extend into the right margin. I have a weaved cweb file called assignment.tex. It is included in the main document using the standard cweb module in Context: --------------------------------------------- \usemodule[cweb] ...and.... \processCWEBsource assignment --------------------------------------------- To give you an idea what assignment.tex looks like: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % \input cwebmac \N{1}{1}Dr Snow map display package. This display program is a Unigis assignment for the application development module. This is a small application which loads file with point and line data and displays it in a window. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nothing surprising there. The output looks fine, except for the words extending into the right margin. The problem only occurs in the weaved part of the document so it is a safe bet it is somehow caused by the cweb macros Edwin

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m-cweb.tex tolerances and penalties
by Edwin Wisse 13 Oct '03

13 Oct '03

Hello, I've used the m-cweb module to put a weaved program source in a document. I noticed that this results in an awful lot of overful boxes. Anyone with similar experiences? What can I do about it? Regards, Edwin

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\inmargin{} problems with typsetting inmargin texts
by Willi Egger 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

Hi all, I got a text, where the left i.e. the inner margin is small (.8cm) and the right margin is larger (1.7cm). This layout is intended for a doublesided print. On different places I have to insert a \inmargin{\bf Let op!} (i.e. pay attention). The strange thing is, that on lefthandpages the inmargin text is typset in the left (outer) margin but it is typeset on two lines, indicating that the measures of the leftmargin of the righthandpage is used. - Is this a normal behaviour or otherwise how can I instruct ConTeXt to use the whole width of the left i.e. outer margin? Thanks for advising Willi

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\usepath[...] \usesubpath[...] ???
by Bernd Militzer 12 Oct '03

12 Oct '03

Hi Hans, thanks for Your help, but I am sorry \usepath[...] \usesubpath[...] do not work in that way I thought. I start in /home/bmi/import/TestConTeXt/blocks/ with four files: demo.tex = the project-file eniro.tex = the enviroment student.tex = a data-file with two text-blocks test.tex = a work-file, which will use text-blocks from student.tex all things are pretty good -- in test.tex I can use the text-blocks from student.tex (student.tub). When I separate the dat-file = student.tex and the work-file work-file = test.text in different subdirs it ist not possible to use the text-blocks form student.tex in test.tex ~/import/TestConTeXt/blocks/data/student.tex with all help-files -- all things are ok ~/import/TestConTeXt/blocks/work/test.tex running texexec test.tex, no text-block from student.tex In file test.tmp: % test.top \unprotect \setupsystem[\c!gebied={/home/bmi/}] \setupsystem[\c!n=1] \setupsystem[inputfile=test.tex] \protect How have I to set up the path? \usepath[/import/TestConTeXt/blocks/] or \usepath[/home/bmi/import/TestConTeXt/blocks/] ??? \usesubpath[dat, work] or \usesubpath[dat/, work/] ??? I have no idea -- please give me a hint to stop my frustation! thanks Bernd

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: texfont and type-tmf.dat
by George White 10 Oct '03

10 Oct '03

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > [...] > According to to the statements from Walter Schmidt, a TeX font expert > (perhaps I should say *the* TeX font expert?) in > http://tug.daimi.au.dk/archives/tex-fonts/msg01328.html > > \quote{% .... > Note, however, that embedding of URW's fonts, while using the > (PSNFSS) Adobe Base35 metrics, will _not_ lead to any bugs! > The character metrics are matching! Differences in the > "character bounding boxes" are irrelevant for the advance widths! > The only drawback is, that you cannot access those glyphs that > are in the URW fonts, but not in the Adobe fonts. Indeed, this > could be overcome by providing particular metrics and VFs for > the URW fonts -- see below. } Hans has demonstated that even the Adobe fonts don't have the same metrics. It should also be noted that in practice, if you don't embed fonts, you will often get font substitutions in the PS rasterizer (e.g., ghostscript defaults will use URW fonts where the file requests a Base35 font, current acrobat reader will use Arial where the file requests Helvetica, some printers with clone interpreters (many recent HP models) use "clone" fonts. There are several versions of the URW fonts in use now: two ghostscript versions, and a number of versions with additional glyphs distributed with linux (and I am told that the software used to create the recent versions may have tampered with the metrics for glyphs that were not changed). If you embed the URW fonts using the original URW names it is clear which fonts are to be used. This discourages people from "optimizing" your files by stripping out the fonts. For archival EPS figures it makes sense to go further and replace fonts with outline paths. In this way the figures should remain useful even after the fonts are no longer supported by the available rasterizers. -- George White <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca> <gnw3(a)acm.org> 189 Parklea Dr., Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia B3Z 2G6

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combination figures
by Ed L Cashin 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

Hi. I have the following code in my source, to try to get a combination of two figures in one: \placefigure {10,000 random|-|value pixels added} \startcombination[2] {\externalfigure[noise1][height=.4\textwidth]}{image 1} {\externalfigure[noise2][height=.4\textwidth]}{image 2} \stopcombination ... but I get an error, so I am probably doing something wrong. The whole log is below. My context version is pretty new, as the transcript shows. Thanks for any advice! <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 7:2-it-2 2-nl-2 l oaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : p.top loaded (./p.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex systems : please update your pdfTeX binaries specials : loading definition file fdf (/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 1907] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) (./p.tuo) systems : begin file p at line 6 section : 1 Image Conditioning subsection : 1.1 Noise addition ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \let \noshowargumenterror ->\let \expectedarguments \noexpectedarguments \dodoubleempty #1->\noshowargumenterror \doifnextcharelse [{\dodoubletestemp... l.27 \startcombination [2] ? ! Emergency stop. <to be read again> \let \noshowargumenterror ->\let \expectedarguments \noexpectedarguments \dodoubleempty #1->\noshowargumenterror \doifnextcharelse [{\dodoubletestemp... l.27 \startcombination [2] ! ==> Fatal error occurred, the output PDF file not finished! Transcript written on p.log. return code : 256 run time : 1 seconds total run time : 1 seconds make: *** [p.pdf] Error 1 Compilation exited abnormally with code 2 at Thu Oct 9 11:19:52 -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin(a)uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/

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first attempt to run mp
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 09 Oct '03

09 Oct '03

Hi all! I've just made a quick test -- running metapost with ConTeXt. The sample code was just: \starttext The simplest metapost code sample \startMPgraphic fill unitsquare scaled 123 withcolor (.2,.3,.4) ; \stopMPgraphic \stoptext which looks ok, right? And of course mpost creates nice navy square from that code. But running texexec --automprun sample.mp cause a serious system error; ''There is a problem with mpost.exe and bla bla bla''. Smart and clever' windows XP try to report that problem to microsoft. The problem occur just after terminal says This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mpgraph.mp and after that system display an error box. As manual says I 've made some changes in texmf.cnf: openout_any = a shell_escape = t allow_multiple_suffixes = f What should I do next to catch 'serious system error' while running metapost code included in tex code? Is the problem comonly known? Thanks, Pawe/l

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persisent default font
by Pawel Jackowski na WP 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Hi all! I came across the same problem twice in different operating systems, so... As I wrote about two weeks ago, I 've generated context format with command texexec --make --language=pl,en,de --bodyfont=plr en expecting to have format 'cont-en.efmt' (with english interface) which includes polish and english hyphenation patterns, with PL as default language and PLR as default font. LOG file created during format creation shows what I would expect: \unprotect \installlanguage[\s!pl][\c!status=\v!start] \installlanguage[\s!en][\c!status=\v!start] \installlanguage[\s!de][\c!status=\v!start] \setupcurrentlanguage[\s!pl] \definetypescriptsynonym[cmr][plr]\definefilesynonym[font-cmr][font-plr] \protect \endinput The thing I can't understand is that when I compile any file (like 'Hello wórld!\end') log file says: language : language en is active and Missing character: There is no ˇ in font cmr12! and so on. Encodings doesn't matter in this case. The point is why cmr12, not plr12 is used and why english language, not polish is active? Oh, by the way; how can I change default TeX machine for ConTeXt? I mean how to change it using still 'texexec' command (not 'any_tex_machine &cont-en.efmt')? And another question; how to generate *.fmt format (for TeX, not for eTeX) with 'texexec --make' command? If one use fmtutil there is fmtutil.cfg file which allows user to map formats with engines. But where can I set it for 'texexec --make'? Thanks for any hints, Pawe/l

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(can be better done global) ???
by Steffen Wolfrum 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Hi, when defining an unusual size for my footnotes \setupfootnotes[bodyfont=8.5pt, ... ] I get an amazing amount of messages bodyfont: bodyfont XXpt is defined (can be better done global) with XX being various sizes. Which makes processing real slow... What is meant by "global defining"? Where should I write a "global" definition and how does it look like? Sorry, but I really have now idea. Thank you, Steffen

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Odp: Re: [NTG-context] The smallest instalation for work with ConTeXt and MetaFun (TeXLive8) ?
by ^Nitram^ 08 Oct '03

08 Oct '03

Hi, [cut] >> What may be wrong ? [cut] > Does it help you ? I'm a little 'confused' in installation of ConTeXt now ;) Yours advices (and texmf.cnf from Hans) didn't works on my mobile machine with previous (recommended) installation. But today I tried install it on other computer and I: - get 'generic basic' type of installation (with pictex(2) and langpolish) - without any changes - works fine, but no polish characters and metapost - make plr fonts and metafun format - fine, but no metapost - uncomment \useMETAFUNformattrue, \reuseMPslotstrue, \runMPgraphicstrue, \runMPTEXgraphicstrue, \runutilityfiletrue in texmf/tex/context/base/cont-sys.ori and copy to cont-sys.tex - everything works fine ;) So, I will check it on my second computer - soon I will be expert in ConTeXt instalation ;))) PS. Thanks to everybody who helps me in my first steps in ConTeXt - tomorrow I send the link to (early beta version ;) visual creators of tables and flowcharts in ConTeXt... -- Best regards Martin

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schema/dtd for x-contml.tex
by Patrick Gundlach 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

Dear ConTeXt users, is there a DTD or a RELAX NG schema for x-contml available? Patrick -- You are your own rainbow!

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Re: Where to go?
by Hans Hagen 07 Oct '03

07 Oct '03

At 02:39 07/10/2003, you wrote: >Hi, > >You probably hate emails like this but I've just started to try and >use context, I've read the minstall.pdf, and started reading a few >other pdfs, but I can't get started. > >texexec --verbose --make en > >produces... > >/usr/bin/fmtutil --byfmt cont-en > >fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. > > TeX binary : pdfetex > format(s) : en > >Where can I go for a little help to get it running? I'm sure its just >some small glitch. there is a mailing list in your case, i think that you need to run fmtutil --edit and uncomment the context lines, as an alternative, you can try texexec --make --alone Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] RME and INI
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Hi again October 06, 2003 9:18 AM Pawel wrote: > Hi all! > > TEXEXEC documentation and self documented 'texexec.rme' file says that it > should be copied to 'texexec.ini'. First of all; I have two 'texexec.rme' in > TeX tree; first in > > ...TeX/context/config > > the second in > > ...TeX/context/perltk Of course should be '...TeX/texmf/context/config' and '...TeX/texmf/context/perltk' respectively. Sorry for that. Monday, October 06, 2003 11:17 AM Patrick Gundlach: > What system are you using? I'm using the same TeX installation for both windows and linux (common texmf tree and binaries based on TeXLive7 distribution). The main adventage is that I come across each problem only ones :-) October 06, 2003 11:37 AM George N. White III: >Did you run mktexlsr? Ok, sorry for that stupid mistake. After updating base, 'texexec.ini' is taken into account insead of 'texexec.rme'. But I still can't get an idea of copying '.rme' to '.ini' since '.rme' file can be read as well. Is that an easy way to save orginal config file untouched? The reason I'm so persistant to solve that (probably not crucial) problem is that I'm still spying another problem -- generating format with proper default font information (as described in details in other threads). I thought that texexec config file(s) may be important at that point. But after copying 'texexec.rme' to 'texexec,ini', changing some defaults, like set FmtLanguage to pl set FmtBodyFont to plr and updating ls-R, the problem still appear, means that format generated with proper command texexec --make --language=pl,en --bodyfont=plr en doesn't use the proper default font.... So I'm afraid it's not the solution. Thanks anyway, Pawe/l

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flowcharts: self-reference
by Henning Hraban Ramm 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

I'm (mis)using ConTeXt flowcharts for drawing support maps "which device stands where". I don't know how to draw further elements (walls etc.), but that's not that important at the moment. To show the "user side" of a device I'd like to draw an arrow to it. It works with a self-connection on left, top or right, but not at the bottom of a box. \startFLOWcell \name {cRIP} \location {1,1} \text {my RIP} \connection[rr] {cRIP} % works \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {pCtP} \shape {15} \location {1,2} \text {my CtP} % \connection[bb] {pCtP} % [bb] to self doesn't work, but [tt], [ll] or [rr] does \stopFLOWcell With [bb] I get the following MP error: This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.3.7x) (c_av-mpgraph.mp >> 0 ! Improper transformation argument. <to be read again> ; connect_bottom_bottom->...points[4]shifted(dsp_x); if.dsp_y<0:xypoints[2]:=xy... l.291 connect_bottom_bottom(2,1,0) (2,1,0) ; Hans? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Re: Footnotes
by Steffen Wolfrum 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Hi, Albrecht Kauffmann <alkauffm(a)rz.uni-potsdam.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > does anyone know how to expand the distance between the last text line on > a page and the first footnote? > > With many thanks for any hint > Albrecht you can use the rule option: \def\MyRule{\blackrule[width=0.5\textwidth,height=0.4pt]\blank[15pt]} \setupfootnotes[rule=\MyRule] Steffen

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Bookmark question -- solved, apologize
by Michal Kvasnicka 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Good evening. I apologize for my last question. I solved as soon as I posted the question. I tried the primitive solution {\catcode`\"=12 \placebookmarks[chapter,title,somestuff,section,subsection] } And it works! Apologize again. Michal Kvasnicka

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Bookmarks question
by Michal Kvasnicka 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Good evening. I dare to ask one more question: For many years I use a dirty approach to typesetting quotes. I the document I simply type "words in quotes", and then I switch the quotes to be an active character with some macros. But this brings a lot of garbage to bookmarks. Now it even makes an error with the new version of ConTeXt (ver: 2003.8.21). Can I temporaryly switch quotes to category 12 (just for bookmark processing)? How? With many thanks Michal Kvasnicka P.S. My code is like this: \chardef\clqq=254 \sfcode254=0 \lccode254=0 \chardef\crqq=255 \sfcode255=0 \lccode255=0 \catcode`\"=\active \def\firstquote{\clqq\let"=\secondquote} \def\secondquote{\crqq{}\let"=\firstquote} \let"=\firstquote The error message is this: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=3000]. "->\clqq \let " =\secondquote "->\clqq \let " =\secondquote "->\clqq \let " =\secondquote "->\clqq \let " =\secondquote "->\clqq \let " =\secondquote "->\clqq \let " =\secondquote ... l.156 ...ional Banking"}{2::0:A:2:5:0:0:0::64}{66}

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Bug in interaction mechanism?
by Michal Kvasnicka 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Good morning. I'm sorry I bother you all again with the same thing, but it seems to me unexplained. (Well, at least I think so. I have some problems with my mail some weeks. Anyway, I wasn't able to find any answer in ConTeXt-archives.) The problem is this: It seems that I can't set both interaction-color and the interaction-text together. The following code: \definecolor[interactioncolor][r=0.25882, g=0.25098, b=0.56078] \setupinteraction[state=start, focus=standard, style=, color=interactioncolor] \setupcombinedlist[content][interaction=text] brings strange error messages: ! Use of \@@lititleinteractie doesn't match its definition. \doifvalue ...f \!!stringa {\csname #1\endcsname } \edef \!!stringb {#2}\ifx ... \dosomelijstelement ... #1\c!interactie }\v!tekst {\setlistparameter {#1}\c!... \dodolijstelement ...ment {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue l.8 ...y{title}{3}{}{Úvod}{3::0:3:0:0:0:0:0::2}{4} If I comment the \setupcombinedlist line, all works well. I use ConTeXt version ver: 2003.8.21, but the same bug (?) was even is some older versions. With many greetings and thanks Michal Kvasnicka P.S. If the problem was already solve, please don't stone me (and send me the solutions). I really tried to find it in archives.

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(OT) Berliner TeX-Stammtisch
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Ahoi, the main part of this message is in german, since it is mainly directed to people from Berlin/Germany. It is an invitation to the monthly meeting of the local TeX-user group. In the last weeks i often have seen here mail-adresses that indicate that some of you are living in Berlin. Perhaps you are interested in meeting other TeX-users. Currently ConTeXt plays a minor role in these meetings, but if you join us this can change with your help ;-) Jens FWD of german invitation posted to d.c.t.t and TeX-D-L: Liebe TeXnikerinnen und TeXniker. Am 9. Oktober um 19 Uhr trifft sich wieder einmal der Berliner TeX-Stammtisch. Somit möchten wir alle TeX-Begeisterte aus Berlin und Umland zu einem TeXnischen Abend einladen. Wir treffen uns im Hausprojekt K9, Kinzigstraße 9, 10247 Berlin Klick: http://www.BerlinOnline.de/citymap/explorer?ADR_ZIP=10247&ADR_STREET=Kinzig… Dort treffen wir uns im sogenannten "Größenwahn". Dieser Veranstaltungsraum befindet sich in der ersten Etage im Hinterhaus; also über den Innenhof gehen und dann links hinter der Remise die Freitreppe nutzen -- schon ist man da. An diesem Abend werden aktuelle Entwicklungen und Pakete aus dem TeX-, LaTeX- und MetaPost-Umfeld vorgestellt oder besprochen, an deren Entwicklung Mitglieder des Stammtischs beteiligt sind. Es bleibt dann natürlich noch genug Zeit, andere Dinge zu besprechen oder für diverse Probleme nach Lösungen zu suchen. Happy TeXing! für den Berliner TeX-Stammtisch Rolf Niepraschk <Rolf.Niepraschk(a)ptb.de> Jens-Uwe Morawski <morawski(a)gmx.net>

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Re: [NTG-context] RME and INI
by George N. White III 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Pawel Jackowski na Onet wrote: > Hi all! > > TEXEXEC documentation and self documented 'texexec.rme' file says that it > should be copied to 'texexec.ini'. First of all; I have two 'texexec.rme' in > TeX tree; first in > > ...TeX/context/config > > the second in > > ...TeX/context/perltk > > Files looks to be identical but and the second location has a priority. But > which location is more convenient for texexec config file? You should put 'texexec.ini' in a "local" tree, e.g., texmf-local, so it is easy to find when you upgrade, e.g., "texmf-local/context/config" > The second question is WHY I have to copy 'texexec.rme' to 'texexec.ini'? If > I do so and change some settings in 'texexec.ini' and than run > 'texexec --verbose', I can see that settings are still taken from > 'texexec.rme'. Could You tell me what is the point in copying RME to INI and > when INI file is used instead RME? Did you run mktexlsr? What do you get from: 'kpsewhich -progname=context -format="other text files" texexec.ini'? -- George N. White III <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca>

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RME and INI
by Pawel Jackowski na Onet 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Hi all! TEXEXEC documentation and self documented 'texexec.rme' file says that it should be copied to 'texexec.ini'. First of all; I have two 'texexec.rme' in TeX tree; first in ...TeX/context/config the second in ...TeX/context/perltk Files looks to be identical but and the second location has a priority. But which location is more convenient for texexec config file? The second question is WHY I have to copy 'texexec.rme' to 'texexec.ini'? If I do so and change some settings in 'texexec.ini' and than run 'texexec --verbose', I can see that settings are still taken from 'texexec.rme'. Could You tell me what is the point in copying RME to INI and when INI file is used instead RME? Thanks, Pawe/l

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The smallest instalation for work with ConTeXt and MetaFun (TeXLive8) ?
by ^Nitram^ 06 Oct '03

06 Oct '03

Hi, Anybody has an experience with TeXLive (8 or 7) - what is the smallest installation type for working with ConTeXt and (absolutely necessary) MetaFun - I tried 'generic basic' and 'generic recommended' but I can't make MP graphics - I have a problem with it again ;( Of course 'full' installation works fine, but I have no idea what I need in smaller installation to working fine... Probably I forgot change something (again) in config files - in log I have: This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2c 7.5.2) (format=cont-en 2003.10.6) 6 OCT 2003 04:15 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. ... \openout0 = `_back-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `_back-mprun.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mprun.mp'. ... [MP to PDF] (./_back-mpgraph.1) [2.2] \openout5 = `_back-mpgraph.mp'. mpost -progname=mpost -mem=metafun _back-mpgraph system()...disabled. ... and no graphic in pdf. But when I run mpost _back-mpgrapg.mp I have _back-mpgraph.1 file and another run of context includes graphic (this one) to pdf. What may be wrong ? -- Best regards, Martin

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Re: texshow (was: keywords)
by Steffen Wolfrum 05 Oct '03

05 Oct '03

Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban(a)fiee.net> wrote: > Am Freitag, 03.10.03, um 16:59 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Hans Hagen: > > >> But where can I find "texshow"? Do you also have an URL? > > > > on your disk -) > > did you try >texshow ? > > BTW: On MacOS X one can use texshow only with X11 (there's no Perl/Tk > for Aqua). > Is there a way to increase font size? It's unreadable small (only on > X11/OSX, Win and Lin are ok). > I guess there's some standard X11 parameter? OK, use only with X11. So I started X11 and entered texshow in xterm: Can't locate Tk.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk/ /System/Library/Perl/darwin /System/Library/Perl /Library/Perl/darwin /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/darwin /Network/Library/Perl .) at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk//cont_set.pm line 59. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk//cont_set.pm line 59. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk/texshow.pl line 57. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk/texshow.pl line 57. Does anybody has an advice on how to use actually texshow? Steffen

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Figures enlargement
by free 05 Oct '03

05 Oct '03

Hi, Now I'm trapped in ConTeXt, I wish to reproduce a nice feature : when we mouse clic on a small (ex: 0.25\textwidth) picture, this one gets bigger (ex : 1\textwidth). It's for an A4 portrait double columns technical paper. Thanks for the tip. olivier Turlier

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Footnotes
by Steffen Wolfrum 05 Oct '03

05 Oct '03

Hi, Just in case some one is interested in detailed footnote problems: In the last time I was fiddling a lot on the problem of setting up footnotes - the task was to have different defined font and interlinespace sizes for text as well as for footnotes. The first solution that I constructed with commands and keywords from the manual (and etexshow) seemed to give the desired result: \setupbodyfont[10pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=15pt] \definefont [FNfont][Serif at 8pt] \def\FNstyle{\FNfont\setupinterlinespace[line=15pt]} \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=] \setupfootnotedefinition[style=\FNstyle] \starttext \input tufte \footnote{\input knuth } \input tufte \footnote{\input knuth } \stoptext But it just worked OK for *normal* sizes. When set to extreme values it begun to show strange phenomena (see the distances over and under each first line of a footnote): \setupbodyfont[4pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=45pt] \definefont [FNfont][Serif at 4.5pt] \def\FNstyle{\FNfont\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]} \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=] \setupfootnotedefinition[style=\FNstyle] \starttext \input tufte \footnote{\input knuth } \input tufte \footnote{\input knuth } \stoptext After re-combining the different option and command for setupfootnotes and setupfootnotedefinition without improvement, I started to search through the source files and found the very interesting command \setfootnotebodyfont. With this command a setup can be written that works, finally: \setupbodyfont[4pt] \setupinterlinespace[line=45pt] \definefont [FNfont][Serif at 4.5pt] \def\setfootnotebodyfont{\FNfont\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]} \setupfootnotes[numbercommand=] \setupfootnotedefinition[style=\FNfont] \starttext \input tufte \footnote{\input knuth } \input tufte \footnote{\input knuth } \stoptext Maybe this helps someone. Steffen P.S. If there is still need for improvement, please correct.

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Again: (can be better done global) ???
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

Sorry, maybe the last mail was a bit confusing. So I make another try - hopefully clearer: The problem was when defining an unusual size for my footnotes > \setupfootnotes[bodyfont=8.5pt, ... ] I get an amazing amount of messages > bodyfont: bodyfont XXpt is defined (can be better done global) with XX being various sizes. Which makes processing real slow... So the original question is: What is meant by "global defining"? Where should I write a "global" definition and how does it look like? On this, Hans gave me the advice: > \setupbodyfont [...] : global settings, document level, main text as well as headers footers etc > \switchtobodyfont[...] : local, inside a box or in page stream, but no headers etc I was not sure how to use this for footnotes, so I asked: > Well, yes - I use setupbodyfont for defining the main text > \setupbodyfont[AGaramondOldStyle,10.5pt] > But what would be the syntax when I want to define the main text's *and* the footnote's font with setupbodyfont?? > It's not \setupbodyfont[AGaramondOldStyle,10.5pt,8.8pt] ? And then Hans wrote: > \setupfootnotes[bodyfont=8.8pt] % or [bodyfont={whatever,you,want,10pt}] But this is the initial problem (see top here). The circle is closed... Does this mean there is actually no answer to my problem? Thank you for assistance, Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] texshow (was: keywords)
by George N. White III 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > OK, use only with X11. > > So I started X11 and entered texshow in xterm: > Can't locate Tk.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk/ /System/Library/Perl/darwin /System/Library/Perl /Library/Perl/darwin /Library/Perl /Network/Library/Perl/darwin /Network/Library/Perl .) at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk//cont_set.pm line 59. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk//cont_set.pm line 59. > Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk/texshow.pl line 57. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/perltk/texshow.pl line 57. > > Does anybody has an advice on how to use actually texshow? Tk.pm is a perl module. It was missing on SGI Irix too. Perl has a tools to automate the installation of modules, but you may need some libraries as well (Tk/Tcl, compression, etc.) which can either be installed under Perl or for use with other applications. You will need the developer tools if you build the module from sources. -- George N. White III <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca>

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Re: keywords
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 13:12 03/10/2003, you wrote: > > >But where can I find "texshow"? Do you also have an URL? > > on you disk -) > > did you try >texshow ? I tried to try - but failed. I tried commandline, tex file ... Sorry, but do you also have an explanation or example how to use "texshow" Should I spray the word "texshow" on the wall? Steffen

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Re: keywords
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Oct '03

04 Oct '03

Hi, Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum <st.wolfrum(a)estfiles.de> writes: > > > [...] > > > - always surprised by the amount of unexpected keywords... > > you know about the reference (setup-en.pdf..) and (e)texshow? > > > Patrick Sure, the reference I konw, as many other manuals in http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/ . But where can I find "texshow"? Do you also have an URL? etexshow doesn't make sense for me as I am used to work with Alpha and jEdit. Steffen

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Context Ruby scripts
by Matthew Huggett 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Hi : Where can we get the ruby scripts that are mentioned in the new SciTE stuff? Matt

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lines in tabulate tables
by Ed L Cashin 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Hi. I have two questions, really. I know that I can get a horizontal line with \ML in a tabulate table. \HL doesn't seem to work for me, though. ecashin@marblerye tmp$ cat test.tex \starttext \starttabulate \NC hi \NC there \NC \NR \HL \NC yo \NC there \NC \NR \ML \NC whassup \NC there \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext ecashin@marblerye tmp$ texexec --pdf test < /dev/null TeXExec 3.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-13d-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.1) entering extended mode (test.tex[/opt/teTeX-1.0.7/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg] ConTeXt ver: 2003.8.21 fmt: 2003.9.12 int: english mes: english ... The resulting test.pdf has only one horizontal line. It's above "whassup there". My second question is how do I make vertical lines in tabulate tables? -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin(a)uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/

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Re: (can be better done global) ???
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Hi, Steffen Wolfrum <st.wolfrum(a)estfiles.de> wrote: > Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > > > At 14:22 01/10/2003, you wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >when defining an unusual size for my footnotes > > > > > >\setupfootnotes[bodyfont=8.5pt, ... ] > > > > > >I get an amazing amount of messages > > > > > >bodyfont: bodyfont XXpt is defined (can be better done global) > > > > > >with XX being various sizes. Which makes processing real slow... > > > > > >What is meant by "global defining"? > > >Where should I write a "global" definition and how does it look like? > > > > > >Sorry, but I really have now idea. > > > > \setupbodyfont [...] : global settings, document level, main text as well > > as headers footers etc > > \switchtobodyfont[...] : local, inside a box or in page stream, but no > > headers etc > > > Well, yes - I use setupbodyfont for defining the main text > > \setupbodyfont[AGaramondOldStyle,10.5pt] > > But what would be the syntax when I want to define the main text's *and* the footnote's font with setupbodyfont?? > > It's not \setupbodyfont[AGaramondOldStyle,10.5pt,8.8pt] ? > At 22:47 02/10/2003, you wrote: ... > >It's not \setupbodyfont[AGaramondOldStyle,10.5pt,8.8pt] ? > > \setupfootnotes[bodyfont=8.8pt] % or [bodyfont={whatever,you,want,10pt}] > > > > Hans Oh Hans! Now we are running in circles. Have a look at the beginning of this thread: exactly this is the problem ... Steffen

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Re: (can be better done global) ???
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Oct '03

03 Oct '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 14:22 01/10/2003, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > >when defining an unusual size for my footnotes > > > >\setupfootnotes[bodyfont=8.5pt, ... ] > > > >I get an amazing amount of messages > > > >bodyfont: bodyfont XXpt is defined (can be better done global) > > > >with XX being various sizes. Which makes processing real slow... > > > >What is meant by "global defining"? > >Where should I write a "global" definition and how does it look like? > > > >Sorry, but I really have now idea. > > \setupbodyfont [...] : global settings, document level, main text as well > as headers footers etc > \switchtobodyfont[...] : local, inside a box or in page stream, but no > headers etc Well, yes - I use setupbodyfont for defining the main text \setupbodyfont[AGaramondOldStyle,10.5pt] But what would be the syntax when I want to define the main text's *and* the footnote's font with setupbodyfont?? It's not \setupbodyfont[AGaramondOldStyle,10.5pt,8.8pt] ? Steffen - always surprised by the amount of unexpected keywords...

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ConTeXt updates & Gentoo
by Gour 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

Hi! Is there any user here using ConTeXt within Gentoo distribution? I'm interested regarding the update process since there is no separate ebuild for ConTeXt package, how do you keep pace with the rapid development. Is it better to switch to TeX Live instead of teTeX? Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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Re: inserting other pdf's
by Steffen Wolfrum 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > Hi, > > >> \startpagefigure[...][...] \stoppagefigure > > > > what is the meaning of the [...] > > \startpagefigure[.#1.][.#2.] \stoppagefigure So in order to insert a whole PDF do I have to use something like \startpagefigure[appleblossom][page=1]\stoppagefigure \startpagefigure[appleblossom][page=2]\stoppagefigure \startpagefigure[appleblossom][page=3]\stoppagefigure \startpagefigure[appleblossom][page=4]\stoppagefigure ... or is there also a nice keyword for "insert all pages"? Steffen

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\chapter with \vbox?
by Michal Kvasnicka 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

Dear friends. I want to typeset a document on a grid. Moreover I want to typeset each chapter heading on a separate page this way: \blank[5*line] ... here is motto... \vfil ... here is the chapter title and chapter number... \blank[5*line] I must include it in a \vbox. I tried \vbox to \textheight, but now the motto doesn't fit to a grid. How could I do it? Many thanks for your help. Michal Kvasnicka P.S. My chapter setting is like this: \setuphead[chapter] [page=, style={\ss\bfe\setupinterlinespace[line=\NormalBaselineskip]}, numberstyle={\ss\bff\setupinterlinespace[line=\NormalBaselineskip]}, before={\page\setuplayout[footer=0pt]\page[right]}, after={\page\setuplayout[footer=3\NormalBaselineskip]}, command=\MyChapterCommand] \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2{% \vbox to \textheight{% \setupinterlinespace[line=\NormalBaselineskip]% \blank[5*line,force]% \startnarrower[left,right]% \leavevmode{\rm\tf\em\the\mottotoks}\par \stopnarrower \vskip0pt plus 1filll \hbox to \textwidth{\hss\vbox{\hsize=0.8\textwidth \startframedtext [width=0.8\textwidth,align={left,broad}, offset=1.5ex, background=color, backgroundcolor=black] {\setupinterlinespace[line=28pt]\white #2}% \stopframedtext}} \kern-\baselineskip \vbox to 0pt{% \vss \hbox to \hsize{% \hss\bff #1% {\setbox0=\hbox{#1}\ifdim\wd0=0pt\else \hbox to0pt{.\hss}\hskip0.8\textwidth\strut\hskip2.5mm\fi}% } } \blank[4*line,force] } \global\mottotoks={} } If trying the code, you must either define \ss\bfe and \ss\bff fonts, or remove them.

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Re: Additional text in chapter titles.
by Steffen Wolfrum 02 Oct '03

02 Oct '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> wrote: > "^Nitram^" <nitram(a)emil.teleton.pl> writes: > > > How I can do somethink like that: > > > > Chapter 1 > > Chapter title > > > > (but in the \completecontent should be only Chapter title) > > Does mag-0001.pdf help you (ConTeXt magazine #1 about hiding parts in > section titles.) > > > If not, please provide a minimal testfile. > > Patrick I have read that the magazine can be found at www.pragma-ade.com/temp/mag-0001.pdf but there is no mag at all. Do you know where it can be read? Steffen

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How change separator between two authors?
by ^Nitram^ 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi, I use your bib module but in case of two authors I need comma as separator between them instead of 'and'. How can I change it? And additionally how can I do list of publications like that: [1] Entry ... [10] Entry (entry numbers aligned to right with []) instead of 1 Entry ... 10 Entry (entry numbers aligned to left) ?... -- Best regards, Martin

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Re: inserting other pdf's
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > At 21:55 30/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi, > >I want to Know if it's possible to add others pdf files to a former one > >resulting from a ConteXt compilation. > > > >It's because I make technical drawings with Autocad wich are printed (at > >the right scale !) to a pdf file (By Distiller or Amunyi converter), and I > >want those in more general (text+drawings) documents. > > pdftex (and therefore context) can include pdf's and even specific pages > from a pdf: > > % output=pdftex > > \starttext > > \externalfigure[somefile.pdf][ppage=2] > > \stoptext When I tried it it looks to me as these pages were placed like figures - sure, externalfigure o) But is there also a command to *add* other pdfs? Given that they are the same size. Not certain pages, but the whole thing just stuck together. Do you have an idea? Steffen

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extra page in pdf
by Gonçalo Morais 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hello again: When I compile my context documents with the command: texexec --pdf myfile usually I will have an extra empty page as the last page of the document. How can I cut it out or avoid it? thanks in advance Gonçalo -------------------------------------------- IPLNet WebMail http://www.mail.ipl.pt -------------------------------------------- "Campus Virtual" do IPL - Aguarda aprovação! http://www.net.ipl.pt/index.html#WIRELESS --------------------------------------------

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Why is there 1pt space between footnotes?
by Steffen Wolfrum 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi, I am almost sure that I tried every possible combination of commands and options, but still there seems to be a minimal distance between footnotes that can't be erased. My idea was just to have small footnotes without any extra distance between them. But there always was about 1pt or 2pt distance. Anybody an idea? Thank you, Steffen

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Additional text in chapter titles.
by ^Nitram^ 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi, How I can do somethink like that: Chapter 1 Chapter title (but in the \completecontent should be only Chapter title) by typing only \chapter{Chapter title} - I tried with command#1#2 but I couldn't put Chapter title in new line and I couldn't do it only for numbering chapters. -- Best regards, Martin

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Line in headers ?...
by ^Nitram^ 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hi, How I can make line under text in headers like that: pagenumber section title | chapter title pagenumber --------------------------- | ---------------------------- odd and even page in ascii art ;) I have \setupheadertexts[text][pagenumber][section][chapter][pagenumber] and I tried use style=\Command for \setupheader where Command is framed with bottom frame but there are problems with aligment - is it other way to do it ?... -- Best regards, Martin

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Converting ConTeXt to HTML or RTF
by Frank 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hello, I would like some advice on what conversion works best from ConTeXt files to either RTF or HTML so that non ConTeXt users can use my texts. Thanks in advance, Frank

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symbols in context
by Gonçalo Morais 01 Oct '03

01 Oct '03

Hello all! I would like to know how I type the symbol in math mode that in LaTeX is written by $\mathcal{A}$. Thanks in advance Gonçalo -------------------------------------------- IPLNet WebMail http://www.mail.ipl.pt -------------------------------------------- "Campus Virtual" do IPL - Aguarda aprovação! http://www.net.ipl.pt/index.html#WIRELESS --------------------------------------------

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scite
by Hans Hagen 30 Sep '03

30 Sep '03

Hi, If you are in search for an editor: http://www.pragma-ade.com/scite/wscite.zip http://www.pragma-ade.com/scite/cscite.zip The first file has windows binaries, the second a few properties files; the context specific properties files will also be in the distribution. The tex/mp lexers are already in the official scite distribition but i fixed/adde a few things, so this version is newer. I can generate linux binaries later if there is a need for them. The cscite zip also has a preliminary (installation) manual. 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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