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combined list and spacing
by Alexander Klink 24 Aug '03

24 Aug '03

Hi, I've defined a combined list as my table of contents as follows: \setuplist[artikel][alternative=c] \definecombinedlist[content][chapter,artikel] \placecontent Now that my document nears 75 pages, the list is too full to go on one page. So I thought I might get rid of the spacing between the next chapter and make the chapters bold instead. Could anyone be so kind and explain to me how I would do this? I've seen \setuplist in the manual but I couldn't figure out where the spacing part was. TIA, Alex

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LaTeXDB equivalent for ConTeXt ?
by Jules Colding 22 Aug '03

22 Aug '03

Hi, Is there anything like LaTeXDB: <http://privat.hgesser.com/software/latexdb/> in ConTeXt? The short story is that LaTeXDB makes it possible to include SQL queries in a LaTeX document. Best regards, jules

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Changing word spacing of \tt
by Mari Voipio 22 Aug '03

22 Aug '03

I'm using the standard POS fonts and I'm otherwise happy with whatever I get (TexLive7), but the word spacing is far too big when I use teletype font (in relation to \ss and \rm fonts). Tight spaces are not an option here, nor do I want to use the \setupspacing switch. Is there any way I can tell ConTeXt to use tighter spacing with \tt and defaul spacing otherwise? Greetings, Mari

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How do I use entities in DocBook in ConTeXt
by Guy Worthington 22 Aug '03

22 Aug '03

Although I use emacs as a text editor, I'm not confident in using utf-8 encodings. So if I can I'd prefer to use entities for the characters not defined in ASCII. How can I define entities such as "“" (for the left double quotation character) and "”" (for the right double quotation character) so as the context-processor can process them.

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\underbar not allowing line-breaking
by Duncan Hothersall 22 Aug '03

22 Aug '03

A quick question: \underbar is demonstrated in the manual as allowing lines to break normally (page 204). In my texts line breaks won't happen in an underlined phrase, meaning that they stick out into the right hand margin. Is this a known problem, or does it work for other people? Thanks Duncan dh(a)capdm.com

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a line under the header
by Helmut Schwertner 21 Aug '03

21 Aug '03

Hello, I would like to put a line (not [underbared]) under the header and above the footer. The line shouldn't be to thin (not so thin as \hairline) and it would be nice, if I could have a coloured line (grey, red, whatever). A small example, so something like this (best view with non proportional font): header pagenumber ------------------------------------------- text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text ----------------------------------------- footer footer Thanks for any help, best wishes, Helmut

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Font problem...
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 21 Aug '03

21 Aug '03

Hello, I have some problems with using fonts. In the ConTeX test file at the end, `charter' only works (a little) if I use the commented line `\definetypeface[charter][rm][serif][charter][default][encoding=ec]'... But, doing this, small-caps don't work anymore and, strangely, \tt neither! How does one use a font already described in the type-*.tex files? I tried with Utopia too but no luck. I read mfonts.pdf but I have not seen what I need. Thanks, Gilles. PS: TeXExec 3.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) ConTeXt ver: 2003.8.15 fmt: 2003.8.19 int: english mes: english %%%%%%%%%%% BEGIN TEST FILE HERE \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setupencoding[default=ec] \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript[charter][ec] %\definetypeface[charter][rm][serif][charter][default][encoding=ec] \setupbodyfont[charter,10pt] \startbuffer[tufte] \input tufte \stopbuffer \starttext \getbuffer[tufte] \blank {\it\getbuffer[tufte]} \blank {\bf\getbuffer[tufte]} \blank {\sc\getbuffer[tufte]} \blank {\tt\getbuffer[tufte]} \stoptext

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Floats that extend into the margin?
by Erik George Hetzner 21 Aug '03

21 Aug '03

Hello all, I am wondering if anybody has had any luck with making floats that extend into the margin? It's a pretty common effect and looks like: xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx PPPPPP xxxxxxxx PPPPPP xxxxxxxxxxxx Where x is the text and P is a picture. I am halfway there by specifying a negative "margin" in \setupfloats and using a "right" or "left" float. This gets the text in the proper position. What I need to do is to move the float a certain amount to the right or left. I have tried making a "top" specification of "\vbox\bgroup\hskip Xpc\bgroup\vbox\bgroup" in my \setupfloat definition (and a "bottom" definition to close the groups). Is this what "top" and "bottom" are for? I must admit that I am not familiar with ConTeXt's float mechanism. I hope that this is clear to people. Any help is welcome. Regards, Erik Hetzner

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texfont and font mechanism
by Henning Hraban Ramm 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

Digging deep... ;-) While playing with some freeware fonts by apostrophic labs, shy fonts et al., I recognized some limitations of ConTeXt's (or TeX's?) font mechanism. I know this was discussed earlier, but I can't remember/find and answer. I've an overcomplete font family like: \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Covington] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Covington-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlanted] [Covington-Rev-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [CovingtonSC] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Covington-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Covington-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldSlanted] [Covington-Rev-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldCaps] [CovingtonSC-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalicCaps] [CovingtonSC-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalicCaps] [CovingtonSC-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldSlantedCaps] [CovingtonSC-Rev-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlantedCaps] [CovingtonSC-Rev-Italic] You can see, there's SC for every normal font (okay, they're no real small caps, but the like). But I can't access them. There's not even a possibility to access bold caps, is it? Further, why there's only [OldStyle] instead [SerifOldStyle], [SerifBoldOldStyle] etc.? And why don't work these family options (Italics, Bold etc.) with handwriting style? (Some hand fonts have more than one style!) Next question: What does texfont's --expert switch do? Is there already any docs how to write VFs to use expert fonts? (Even for LaTeX, maybe I'd understand it anyway?) If I'd like to setup CE, Greek or Cyrillic fonts, what must I provide? Only an encoding? Is it possible with texfont? Regarding OpenType I'll first read Adam's MyWay. (More questions are in the queue...) Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Newbie wants to make long tables
by Thomas Schrader 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

Hi everybody, I'm wondering how to break up long tables over several pages, automatically placing continuing headers and footers. Thanks much for any help Thomas Schrader -- mailto laborator at web de

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TeXLive 8 and Context
by John Culleton 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

I downloaded the latest (well yesterday's) version of the install iso for TeXlive 8. It is still beta. Unlike TeXlive 7 Context did not work after install. The missing piece was the little script: /usr/TeX/bin/i386-linux/texexec So I copied that piece of code over from TeXlive 7 and waved my apprentice's wand over the system a few times, per the instructions in texexec.rme: cp ../texexec.rme texexec.ini texexec --verbose texexec --make fmtutil --all texhash (The last two just for a security blanket) ...and I now have Context up and presumably running correctly. So perhaps before TeXlive 8 becomes final final, someone should insert that little script where it belongs in the distro. To find the address for the beta google (groups ) under John Culleton and TeXlive. Someone was kind enough to give it to me. Unfortunately my internet connection is almost kaput thanks to that stupid Microsoft virus. I am connected but when I ping three packets I only get back one. This message may get there someday. Or maybe not. John Culleton John Culleton

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Hyphenate long URLs
by Tobias Burnus 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Hi, I want to hyphenate an long URL, I currentlty use: \def\gotoURL#1{\useURL[foo][#1]\goto{\url[foo]}[url(foo)]} For one URL there is unfortunally no '.' or '/' near by, and I get: | | http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CylindricalCoordinates | .html | | margin starts --->| page border ->| What I would like to see: | | http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Cylin | | dricalCoordinates.html | margin starts --->| page border ->| Note that there should _no_ hyphen be shown. How can I do so? Tobias

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Presentations
by Eduardo Cassiraga 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

%your log says: % % MP prueba-mpgraph.1] (./prueba.tuo) % system(mpost --alias=mpost --undump=metafun prueba-mpgraph)...disabled. % %which means that you should enable write18 in your local texmf.cnf file %(kpsewhich texmf.cnf will tell you where this file resides) % %Hans Hi; Thanks Hans. Unfortunately my system have not a file called texmf.cnf. Is this a MikTeX file or a ConTeXt file? Could I download it from some place? In which directory I must copy the file? 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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Re: Newbie Questions Okay
by Hans Hagen 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

At 08:15 15/08/2003 -0500, you wrote: >At TUG 2003 you showed us how to use use a color filled fullcircle as a >background. Is there a roundedrectangle. I've looked in the METAFun >documentation and can find nothing. I would like to make something like >the attached pdf and figured MetaFun can do that. \setupoutput[pdftex] \startuniqueMPgraphic{rounded} path p ; p := OverlayBox smoothed 2pt ; fill p withcolor OverlayColor ; draw p withpen pencircle scaled OverlayLineWidth withcolor OverlayLineColor ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[rounded][\uniqueMPgraphic{rounded}] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \framed [background=rounded, frame=off, framecolor=green, rulethickness=1pt, backgroundcolor=red] {test me} \stoptext >Is it okay to ask newbie questions on the mailing list. I have been >reading the list for about 10 days and see almost no newbies. Everyone >seems to be very expert. just go ahead and ask! 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 styles.
by Eduardo Cassiraga 18 Aug '03

18 Aug '03

Hi, I can't to generate correctly the presentations that include metapost graphics. Could somebody tell me where is the error, please? I send a zip file with the test file using the pre-02 style. Thanks a lot. 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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Sieve of Eratosthenes
by David Arnold 17 Aug '03

17 Aug '03

All, I thought this might be a cool little programming challenge that might even make the metafun manual, as technique employed might be unique. I'd like to talk about the Sieve of Eratosthenes in class next week, specifically to find the primes between 1 and 100. This involves listing the integers from 1 to 100 in a 10 by 10 array. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ... ... 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 1 is not prime and can be deleted from the discussion. They way the "sieve" works is to note that 2 is prime, but 4, 6, 8, etc, are not, because they are multiples of 2. The student now goes through the "sieve" crossing out all multiples of 2 (every other number). Then, 3 is a prime, and the student goes through the "sieve" crossing out every multiple of 3 (6, 9, 12, etc). Continue in this process, and the "sieve," when finished, will contain the primes from 1 to 100. Now, for my graphic requirements. 1. Make a grid 10 by 10 with gridlines. This will form 100 boxes to contain the numbers from 1 to 100. 2. Make the entire grid take up as much space as possible on us letter or a4 paper (for an overhead transparency). 3. Put the numbers centered in each "box" formed by the grid. Big numbers of course. Things to learn. 1. This might be a good example for outline fonts for Context users to study. So, setting up the fonts would be a cool example. 2. Would this be an array of boxes? 1 or 2-dimensional? 3. A nice loop for inserting the numbers automatically? 4. Thicker line styles and use of color? I'd love to see different approaches. A good opportunity to learn new technique and ideas for attacking this problem.

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typescripts
by Henning Hraban Ramm 16 Aug '03

16 Aug '03

Hello together! My typescripts are now online: http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=0-1-3&lang=en or directly: http://www.ramm.ch/fiee/texnique/material/typescripts.zip The archive contains only typescript files, no AFMs, PFBs, TFMs, VFs, MAPs or the like. Put them in texmf(-var|-local|...)/tex/context/user or in your project directory. Install the fonts with texfont (or with my also contained install-font.pl that calls texfont and does some other nasty work, but it's not very sophisticated, and you must edit the hardcoded TeXRoot yourself -- I know I should use kpsewhich, but...). All file names are supposed lowercase! (I had much problems with uppercase font names.) The archive contains typescripts for the huge (but not so beautiful) font families of URW with their spread from extra narrow to extra wide, and some other for ITC, Adobe and Linotype fonts. I tried to map all fonts to something reachable, e.g. if a family contained no italics, I mapped the next bolder font onto italics. Enjoy! Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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typescripts for free ;-)
by Henning Hraban Ramm 15 Aug '03

15 Aug '03

Hello! I hope not to get into your spam filter with a "for free" message! ;-) I thought after all that begging and getting help I should do a bit for the community... I made a lot of typescript for URW and Lino fonts. If anyone is interested, I'll put them on my homepage (not the fonts, only the typescripts). BTW: I'll drop my "ConTeXt cookbook" project. I've never enough time to care about it like it was needed. Sorry and and big thanks to all who helped until now! Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Re: [NTG-context] Aligned numbered math formulas
by David Arnold 15 Aug '03

15 Aug '03

Tobias, Very nice. Is there a setup that will typeset the labels as (1.1) and (1.1a)? At 08:49 PM 8/14/03 +0200, you wrote: >Hi all, > >On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, David Arnold wrote: >> May I ask how I can reference each of these equations separately in the >> text? That is, how can I give a different label to each equation in the >> alignment, then reference each one independent of the other? > >\placeformula[david] >\startformula\eqalignno{ > left & right & \formulanumber[david:a]{a} \cr > left & right & \formulanumber[david:b]{b} \cr >}\stopformula > >Well, \in[david] should give "1.1" while \in[david:a] should give "1.1a". > >Tobias > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >

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Re: [NTG-context] Aligned numbered math formulas
by David Arnold 14 Aug '03

14 Aug '03

All, I am following this thread and I can report the same result as Holger. \setupformulae[align=right] \starttext \placeformula[david] \startformula \eqalignno{% left & right & \formulanumber \cr left & right & \formulanumber \cr } \stopformula \stoptext Gives this result. ! You can't use `\halign' in math mode. \eqalignno ...displ@y \tabskip \centering \halign to \displaywidth {\hfil $\... l.10 } May I ask how I can reference each of these equations separately in the text? That is, how can I give a different label to each equation in the alignment, then reference each one independent of the other? Thanks. At 04:20 PM 8/14/03 +0200, you wrote: >Hi, > >On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Tobias Burnus wrote: >> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Holger Schöner wrote: >> > Thanks, Tobias! This works for me, if I place a "\placeformula" before >> > formulas enclosed by "$$". Funny, though, that I get an error if I instead >> > enclose the formula with "\startformula ... \endformula": >> Here it works with \startformula \stopformula [stop not end]. > >All right, I used \stopformula ... And I just found out the reason, it >seems: I used > > \setupformulae[align=right] > >Then, if I use $$ instead of \startformula, I get centered formulas anyway. >If I remove the \setupformulae, then I can also use \startformula ... > >So in the moment I have resolved to using centered formulae. > >Best regards, > >-- >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > >

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Re: [NTG-context] Aligned numbered math formulas
by Holger Schöner 14 Aug '03

14 Aug '03

Hi, On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Tobias Burnus wrote: > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Holger Schöner wrote: > > Thanks, Tobias! This works for me, if I place a "\placeformula" before > > formulas enclosed by "$$". Funny, though, that I get an error if I instead > > enclose the formula with "\startformula ... \endformula": > Here it works with \startformula \stopformula [stop not end]. All right, I used \stopformula ... And I just found out the reason, it seems: I used \setupformulae[align=right] Then, if I use $$ instead of \startformula, I get centered formulas anyway. If I remove the \setupformulae, then I can also use \startformula ... So in the moment I have resolved to using centered formulae. Best regards, -- 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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Aligned numbered math formulas
by Holger Schöner 14 Aug '03

14 Aug '03

Hello, For a publication I need to typeset a lot of math formulas. To make them as comprehensible as possible, I need a few specialties, and would appreciate any suggestions you can provide: 1) Some of the formulas should be numbered, some not; and at the same time I would like to align several of them. For alignment I seem to be able to use \eqalign (or \startalign ... \stopalign from the t-amsl.tex sent around here lately). But if I place a \placeformula in front of this, the whole aligned block only gets one number; I would need a number for every line (or even better: a possibility to state, which lines should be numbered, and which not). By looking into core-mat.tex I found the commands \formulanumber and \subformulanumber which I can add after each line, if I want it to be numbered. Unfortunately they only set numbers, if the whole aligned block also is numbered (by using \placeformula), and they furthermore do not put the number beside the right margin, as is done by \placeformula, but directly where the \formulanumber appears. How can I enable the numbers even when not using \placeformula (or when using \placeformula[-]), and how can it put the numbers next to the right margin? 2) What are the keywords "alternative" and "indentnext" in \setupformulae meant for? Is there any documentation available concerning math formulae, besides "ConTeXt, the manual"? 3) I'd like to be able to set more than one line below large math operators, e.g. something like \sum_{m: \\ 1 \leq m \leq M}. Unfortunately this does not work as expected (it seems to conflict with the \startalign block). Is there another possibility? 4) Using the alignment features (\eqalign or \startalign, \stopalign) I often have the problem, that the (quite space consuming) formulas all appear on the next page, separated from its introductory text. I would like to have either also the introductory text put onto the next page (but neither \page[no] between text and formulas, nor \page[preference] before the introductory text work), or alternatively, to be able to (automatically) break the formulas inside the alignment block (whether alignment is kept up or not between pages does not matter for me). Is there a solution for either way? I am using: ---------- This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00a-pretest-20011114-ojmw-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7) [...] ConTeXt ver: 2003.2.11 fmt: 2003.4.4 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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Aligned numbered math formulas
by Holger Schöner 14 Aug '03

14 Aug '03

Hello, For a publication I need to typeset a lot of math formulas. To make them as comprehensible as possible, I need a few specialties, and would appreciate any suggestions you can provide: 1) Some of the formulas should be numbered, some not; and at the same time I would like to align several of them. For alignment I seem to be able to use \eqalign (or \startalign ... \stopalign from the t-amsl.tex sent around here lately). But if I place a \placeformula in front of this, the whole aligned block only gets one number; I would need a number for every line (or even better: a possibility to state, which lines should be numbered, and which not). By looking into core-mat.tex I found the commands \formulanumber and \subformulanumber which I can add after each line, if I want it to be numbered. Unfortunately they only set numbers, if the whole aligned block also is numbered (by using \placeformula), and they furthermore do not put the number beside the right margin, as is done by \placeformula, but directly where the \formulanumber appears. How can I enable the numbers even when not using \placeformula (or when using \placeformula[-]), and how can it put the numbers next to the right margin? 2) What are the keywords "alternative" and "indentnext" in \setupformulae meant for? Is there any documentation available concerning math formulae, besides "ConTeXt, the manual"? 3) I'd like to be able to set more than one line below large math operators, e.g. something like \sum_{m: \\ 1 \leq m \leq M}. Unfortunately this does not work as expected (it seems to conflict with the \startalign block). Is there another possibility? 4) Using the alignment features (\eqalign or \startalign, \stopalign) I often have the problem, that the (quite space consuming) formulas all appear on the next page, separated from its introductory text. I would like to have either also the introductory text put onto the next page (but neither \page[no] between text and formulas, nor \page[preference] before the introductory text work), or alternatively, to be able to (automatically) break the formulas inside the alignment block (whether alignment is kept up or not between pages does not matter for me). Is there a solution for either way? I am using: ---------- This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00a-pretest-20011114-ojmw-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7) [...] ConTeXt ver: 2003.2.11 fmt: 2003.4.4 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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extra page when using alternative=doublesided and bodymatter (fwd)
by Tobias Burnus 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

Hello all, (2nd repost) I have the following problem: Using \setuppagenumbering[location={footer,right}] \startbodymatter \chapter{Hi} \stopbodymatter I always get 3 pages, but I want to have two: The recto (first page) with "Hi" and its verso (second page; backside of the first), I don't want to have an extra recto (third page)! Tobias

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some XML stuff (and bugs?)
by Martin Kolařík 12 Aug '03

12 Aug '03

Hi all, I have some problems with XML and ConTeXt, some of them are probably not implemented in ConTeXt yet. 1. XML contains <type><tag></type> I define \defineXMLargument [type] \type ConTeXt outputs <tag> It is interesting that inside \bTD..\eTD it is typeset correctly (<tag>). 2. Is there a way to get some piece of processed XML code into buffer (preserving blanks)? The first-approach solution of course does not work: \defineXMLenvironment [buffer] \startbuffer \stopbuffer never finds \stopbuffer. I suceed if \stopbuffer occured in XML code, but this is not the proper way :-). I also suceed when I defined \defineXMLenvironment [buffer] {\dostartbuffer [bname] [StartBuffer][/bufferdef>]} \relax and in the XML I wrote \</bufferdef>... So, how to implement somehow \defineXMLverbatim [buffer] ... which finds (and stops) reading on </buffer>? 3. if XML entity is placed before \par (e.g. in verbatim XML source, where an empty line occurs) ConTeXt fails with reading entity #2 parameter (Runaway? error). Maybe \long for \def\remapXMLentity should be used? 4. if I use <math><buffer/></math> it does not work -- <math> implementation using \XMLremapdata[mml] does not find any MML tag. Anyhow, I did not suceed with pre expansion of <buffer/> -- probably, if I am able to expand (get content of) <buffer/> (it contains MML tags) it would work. 5. some expansion stuffs, I expect it is a behaviour :-) but it would be pretty if it is possible. I did not suceed with using \getbuffer (aka all \process...buffer) in expanded environment. Simple use of \message{\getbuffer[somebuffer]} fails. If such expansion is possbile probably 4. would be solved too. Have a nice day and thank you, Martin -------- Martin Kolarik Moravske Pristroje, a.s., Masarykova 1148, Zlin 76302 tel. +420 603 498 498, fax +420 577 107 171 web: http://www.mii.cz -------- e-mail: kolarik(a)mii.cz e-mail: kolarik(a)click.cz tel. +420 603 535 593

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pagemark code works no more with arranging 3SIDE
by Henning Hraban Ramm 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hello esp. Hans! I told you more than once about my address book. ;-) You wrote this nice code for me, that calculates the first and last name on the page: --- \def\RegisterPageMark#1#2% #1=Class #2=Text {\iftrialtypesetting \else \doglobal\increment\MNamCounter% \textreference[#1:t:\MNamCounter]{#2}% \doifreferencefoundelse{#1:t:\MNamCounter} {\doifundefined{#1:f:\currentrealreference}% {\setxvalue{#1:f:\currentrealreference}% {\noexpand\in[#1:t:\MNamCounter]}} \setxvalue{#1:l:\currentrealreference}% {\noexpand\in[#1:t:\MNamCounter]}}% {}% \fi} \def\GetFirstOnPage#1{\getvalue{#1:f:\realfolio}} % #1=Class \def\GetLastOnPage#1{\getvalue{#1:l:\realfolio}} % #1=Class \setupheadertexts [][\GetFirstOnPage{MNam}--\GetLastOnPage{MNam}] \def\Name#1{\bf #1\RegisterPageMark{MNam}{\FirstNCharacters{4}{#1}}} --- It doesn't work with the arranging "3SIDE" or even "XY" with three pages on A4 landscape. The headers show only the dash. I can't tell how arranging is involved in this counter stuff. Is there a simple solution? Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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How can I use the lmodern fonts with context?
by Helmut Schwertner 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hello, what is to do if I want to use the Latin Modern Fonts with context? Today I have installed the LM package (0.86 of 04.08.2003) of the Latin Modern family of fonts in the PostScript Type 1 format under Miktex and it works with latex wonderful (and this fonts are wonderful too). Thanks, Helmut

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letter manual
by kopszak＠mnw.art.pl 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hello, Today I realized the last thing I use LaTeX for is writing letters (mainly because of old stylesheets I once produced). I would like to switch to ConTeXt obviously. Do I remember right that a letter manual was mentioned here some time ago? What happened to it? If it's not available could you mention any ConTeXt comands aimed at writing letters specifically? Piotr

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This is something Hans will love ...
by Giuseppe Bilotta 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hey Hans, this was just announced on comp.text.tex: > Name of contribution: PerlTeX > Name and email: Scott Pakin <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/perltex > Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex) and > LaTeX2e style file (perlmacros) that, together, give > the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of > Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes > indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX > thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's > programmability. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- So ... when are we going to have the same feature in ConTeXt? After all, we already need a wrapper script (texexec) to run it, right? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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MetaPost backgrounds
by Mikael Persson 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hi everybody! I had some problems with backgrounds in a table. I wanted just a horizontal line, but in different heights. The problem is that the line will always be in the middle of the cell if I don't add more graphics. See the example file below. Regards, Micke P \setupoutput[pdftex] \enableregime[utf] \setupbodyfont[7pt] % This works, but is not nice. \startuniqueMPgraphic{splittop} draw (0,0)--(OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight) withcolor white;%should not be necessary draw (0,0.725*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.725*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[splittop][\uniqueMPgraphic{splittop}] \startuniqueMPgraphic{splitmid} draw (0,0)--(OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight) withcolor white;%should not be necessary draw (0,0.5*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.5*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[splitmid][\uniqueMPgraphic{splitmid}] % This does not work, but I think it should \startuniqueMPgraphic{topsplit} draw (0,0.725*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.725*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[topsplit][\uniqueMPgraphic{topsplit}] \startuniqueMPgraphic{midsplit} draw (0,0.5*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.5*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[midsplit][\uniqueMPgraphic{midsplit}] \starttext % A working table \setupTABLE[width=2cm,height=2cm] \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR\bTD[background=splittop] Some text\par And some more text that will apear below the other text\eTD\bTD[background=splitmid] Some text above\par Some text below \eTD\eTR \eTABLE % A non-working table \setupTABLE[width=2cm,height=2cm] \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR\bTD[background=topsplit] Some text\par And some more text that will apear below the other text\eTD\bTD[background=midsplit] Some text above\par Some text below \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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No reference when 2UP-arranging pages
by Laurent Chéno 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

(* please excuse my poor english *) When I typeset this file : % ------- OK \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext This is a test. My \in{figure}{}[fig:test] stands \at{page}{}[fig:test]. \placefigure[page][fig:test]{A nice fig}{\framed{This is a figure.}} \stoptext \end %-------- I get the right result: "My figure 1 stands page 2." But when I typeset this one : % -------- WRONG \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext This is a test. My \in{figure}{}[fig:test] stands \at{page}{}[fig:test]. \placefigure[page][fig:test]{A nice fig}{\framed{This is a figure.}} \stoptext \end %----------- I get : "My figure ?? stands page ??." even after many compilation with texexec (or with texexec --final) Who can help me ? Thanks in advance, best regards, Laurent Chéno PS : I'm using TeXExec 3.1, pdfeTeX 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2003.7.23 -- Laurent Chéno, Paris - France <mailto:laurent.cheno@free.fr> fax : 01 53 01 28 36 http://pauillac.inria.fr/~cheno/

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Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset]
by Hans Hagen 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

At 10:54 09/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >All, > >In s-mag-01.tex, inbetween \startsetups[titlepage]...\stopsetups, you find >a pair > >\setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset] one can define multiple layouts and switch between them; reset reverts to the standard layout settings (global one) >Also, in the same area, there is a > >\flushlayer[makeup] > >command whose purpose I do not understand. Could someone explain the >purpose of these commands? it flushes any content collected in that layer 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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Re: [NTG-context] typescripttwo
by Hans Hagen 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

At 18:24 08/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >All, > >In this line: > >\definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] >[encoding=\typescripttwo] > >What does \typescripttwo do? if you say \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] then \typescripttwo == texnansi 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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Instructions for m-pstric
by John Culleton 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Since I was mentioned in the code for this module I make bold to ask this question =) Exactly how is this module employed to enable PStricks statements to be used in a Context job? Alternatively, in MPFun, how might one surround the text on a page by a border running symmetrically around the edge, a certain distance in from the page edges? I know how I would do it in PSTricks but not in Metapost/Metafun. A recent memoir by Norman Mailer has a broad gray border with a thin black border just inside it on the title page. Very spiffy. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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\setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset]
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

All, In s-mag-01.tex, inbetween \startsetups[titlepage]...\stopsetups, you find a pair \setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset] Also, in the same area, there is a \flushlayer[makeup] command whose purpose I do not understand. Could someone explain the purpose of these commands?

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Re: Simple test
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

Hans, comments below: > At 10:04 07/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>Hans, as a simple test, I tried saving the following as junk.mp. >> >>input mp-tool; >>beginfig(1); >>picture p; >>p:=textext.rt("Hello, world!"); >>endfig; >>end. >> >>However, >> >>C:\temp>mpost junk >>(junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) >> >> unknown picture p >> >> textext.rt >>! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). >><to be read again> >> ( >>l.7 p:=textext.rt( >> "Hello, world!"); > > you should use/load metafun -) But I have. Indeed, I completely updated Miktex, downloaded the latest Context, refreshed filename database, then ran: texexec --make --alone This rebuilds cont-en.efmt, cont-nl.efmt, and mptopdf.efmt. You can see they are new by their timestamps (08/07/2003 09:38 AM). Directory of C:\localtexmf\miktex\fmt 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> .. 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 909,544 pdflatex.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 437,192 omega.fmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 897,952 elatex.efmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 395,368 pdftex.fmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 926,688 lambda.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 416,704 etex.efmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 891,640 latex.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 376,968 plain.fmt 12/11/2002 11:05 PM 556,792 amstex.fmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 1,100 metafun.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 31,032 cont-en.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 32,231 cont-nl.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 5,373,040 cont-nl.efmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 3,809 mptopdf.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 322,768 mptopdf.efmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 5,319,424 cont-en.efmt 16 File(s) 16,892,252 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,959,424 bytes free The command texexec --make --alone also builds metafun.mem in this same directory. It has to be moved by hand to a different directory. C:\localtexmf\miktex\mem>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\localtexmf\miktex\mem 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> .. 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 99,480 plain.mem 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 106,240 mfplain.mem 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 506,752 metafun.mem 3 File(s) 712,472 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,959,424 bytes free But again, brand new. All databases are refreshed after this move. There are no other versions of these format files on my system (I checked). I've even tried texexec --make --alone --tex=pdfetex metafun and moved the resulting metafun.mem file over and refreshed the database. On this file: input mp-tool; beginfig(1); picture p; p:=textext.rt("Hello, world!"); endfig; end. I still get this error: C:\temp>mpost junk (junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) >> unknown picture p >> textext.rt ! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). <to be read again> ( l.7 p:=textext.rt( "Hello, world!"); ? I am aware of the new placement of /metapost/context/base. C:\texmf\metapost>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\texmf\metapost 10/07/2002 11:27 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:27 PM <DIR> .. 08/05/2003 03:30 PM <DIR> context 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> base 0 File(s) 0 bytes 4 Dir(s) 3,497,893,888 bytes free C:\texmf\metapost\base>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\texmf\metapost\base 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> . 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> .. 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 7,106 boxes.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 7,146 format.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 27,660 graph.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 4,280 marith.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 19,748 mfplain.mp 03/23/1997 01:16 AM 19 mpost.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 16,018 plain.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 1,098 rboxes.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 1,466 sarith.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 794 string.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 331 TEX.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 424 texnum.mp 01/24/1997 08:28 PM 230 troffnum.mp 13 File(s) 86,320 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,893,888 bytes free So, I am absolutely stumped. Is there anything else I can try?

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typescripttwo
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

All, In this line: \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] What does \typescripttwo do?

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Amazing!
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

All, By inserting this line in s-mag-01.tex: \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] Then using the Miktex package manager to install the pxfonts and txfonts, I can now compile this: \usemodule[mag-01] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext This is without any use of texfont.pl. Indeed, I've cleaned out my /localtexmf/fonts directories of all former experiments using texfont. Absolutely amazing. I've still a long way to go with fonts, but I am much improved.

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Simple test
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

At 09:19 08/08/2003 -0700, darnold(a)northcoast.com wrote: >C:\temp>mpost junk >(junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) this is just calling metapost with mp-tool you may try "input metafun" instead > >> unknown picture p > >> textext.rt >! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). ><to be read again> > ( >l.7 p:=textext.rt( > "Hello, world!"); >? texexec --mptex junk.mp or mpost -mem=metafun junk.mp or \starttext \startMPpage some code \stopMPpage \stoptext 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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merging pdf (repost)
by scarso luigi 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Hello, I use this code to merge file1.pdf, file2.pdf, file3.pdf in file4.pdf % format=english \definepapersize[A3large][width=320mm,height=450mm,offset=0pt] \setuppapersize[A3,landscape][A3large,landscape] \setuplayout [backspace=0pt,marking=on, height=middle,width=middle,location=middle, topspace=0pt, header=0pt, footer=0pt] \starttext'; \insertpages[file1.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages[file2.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages[file3.pdf][width=0pt] \stoptext where file1 is 481 031 bytes file2 is 1 277 167 bytes and file3 is 43 574 bytes. I expected ~2 Mbytes for file4.pdf but file4 is 10 601 693 bytes, ie ~five times the size expected. Why ? Thanks in advance luigi PS. I have a context distribution that is 1 year old, but i can't actually upgrade it (well, if I must do it, I will do !)

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Re: [NTG-context] texfont and type-tmf.dat
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

At 17:31 07/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >It's best to make personal adaptions in the tree texmf-local, as these >changes won't get overwritten when you install new releases of tex. here i use a font tree "tex/texmf-fonts" 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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Re: [NTG-context] Trouble with updated Context
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

At 18:14 07/08/2003 -0700, darnold(a)northcoast.com wrote: >All, > >I am having trouble getting the latest edition of Context to allow me to >work through the Metafun manual. i wonder if you have the right metafun texexec --make --alone will generate you an english and dutch interface as well as metafun and mptopdf formats 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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SS Font to go with Charter?
by John Culleton 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

I am setting up a book for a customer in Charter and I am wondering what Sans Serif font, preferably already part of TeXLIve distro, would go with Charter? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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new version
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Hi, Since it's tex live freezing time, I uploaded a new version. There ar enot that many changes (i moved a few things from cont-new/cont-loc to the core modules [cont-loc is my personal optimized code / new thingies file]). I also added type-akb (patricks adobekb) file to the distribution since we need it to get those free fonts working in tetex and derived systems (tex live is normally a bit more complete with regards to metrics). Be careful in using this typescipts: the metrics may not match the fonts and i dislike the idea of ps metric names and urw fots; Personally i always use the urw metrics and fonts and *always* embed them. I'll post a zip with additional font metrics later. To texexec, i added some cleverness to run xml files and i will add some morelater. Also, from now on (in order to avoid too many mails of users who forget to run mktexlsr) i now run mktexlsr before generating formats. [i hope that i got the miktex alternative well, i'll install miktex in a virtual machine later]. 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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new system modes
by Hans Hagen 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

Hi, The next version will have a new system mode, which can be used in conditional processing: \startmode[*first] ... \stopmode this mode is true in the first run and can be used like: \startmode[*first] \executesystemcommand{dowhatever test.tex x-test.tex} \stopmode \typefile{x-test.tex} an example of a preprocessor run, which only needs to be done once; this can be handy when one needs to preprocess to be included files. 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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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Problem running ConTeXt (cont-en.efmt not found..)
by Jules Colding 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 10:07, Jules Colding wrote: > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > From: Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de> > > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > > Subject: [NTG-context] Re: Problem running ConTeXt (cont-en.efmt not found..) > > Date: 06 Aug 2003 21:49:05 +0200 > > > > Jules Colding <JuBColding(a)yorkref.com> writes: > > > > Hi Jules, > > > > > "texexec --make en de dl" command, but that one fails with: > > > > > > ################# CUT ##################### > > > TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 > > > > > > fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. > > > fmtutil: no info for format `cont-de'. > > > fmtutil: no info for format `cont-nl'. > > > > There are probably two possible ways (I only use the fist alternative) > > > > 1) run > > texexec --make --alone en de dl metafun > > > > and copy the resulting efmt and mem files to the appropiate places. > > (texmf/web2c/) > > I did just that, but running texexec on test.tex gives: #################### CUT ######################## [JuBColding@apollo context]$ texexec test.tex TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test output : dvips interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-14h-released-20010417-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.3.1) Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.efmt'; will try `context.efmt'. I can't find the format file `context.efmt'! return code : 256 run time : 1 seconds total run time : 1 seconds [JuBColding@apollo context]$ #################### CUT ######################## So, what is wrong with my setup? Thanks, jules > (btw. what is dl?) dl is just a typo.. -- Jules Colding <JuBColding(a)yorkref.com> York Refrigeration

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Where's the pound (�) sign gone?
by Mark Ainsworth 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

Well after much playing with font settings I am still confused. Can anyone out there help. If I use: \setupoutput[pdftex] \usetypescript[berry][ec] \usetypescript[modern][ec] \setupbodyfont[modern,10pt] \starttext Where has the pound $\pound$ sign gone \stoptext Then the output doesn't contain any sign. If I then use: \setupoutput[pdftex] \usetypescript[berry] \usetypescript[modern] \setupbodyfont[modern,10pt] \starttext Where has the pound $\pound$ sign gone \stoptext I end up with a dollar ($) sign. So how can I get the good old British pound sign. (No I don't want to convert to Euros!) On another track, is there any way of getting pdftex to use the pfb concrete fonts, rather than the bitmap versions without a major hack of my map files? Has someone written a simple little routine to do the patching automatically. They print out ok, but the on-screen versions are really naff. Thanks Mark. begin 600 Mark Ainsworth.vcf M0D5'24XZ5D-!4D0-"E9%4E-)3TXZ,BXQ#0I..D%I;G-W;W)T:#M-87)K#0I& M3CI-87)K($%I;G-W;W)T:`T*3U)'.E-U;F1A;F-E($UU;'1I<')O8V5S<V]R M(%1E8VAN;VQO9WD@3'1D+@T*5$E43$4Z475A;&ET>2!-86YA9V5R#0I.3U1% M.T5.0T]$24Y'/5%53U1%1"U04DE.5$%"3$4Z/3!$/3!!#0I414P[5T]22SM6 M3TE#13HK-#0(a)*#$T.30I(#<Y,R`Q-C<-"E1%3#M(3TU%.U9/24-%.BLT-"`H M,30W-BD@-#`U(#<P,0T*5$5,.U=/4DL[1D%8.BLT-"`H,30Y-"D@-SDS(#$V M.`T*5$5,.TA/344[1D%8.BLT-"`H,30W-BD@-#`U(#<P,0T*0412.U=/4DL[ M14Y#3T1)3D<]455/5$5$+5!224Y404),13H[.T-H:6QT97)N($AO=7-E+#TP M1#TP05=A=&5R<VED92P[0VAE<VAA;2P[0G5C:W,L.TA0-2`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`<W5N9&%N8V4N8V]M#0I2158Z,C`P,C$Q,3-4,38S-C(U6(a)T*14Y$.E9# %05)$#0H= ` end

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Problems with m-bibtex
by Tobias Burnus 07 Aug '03

07 Aug '03

Hi, I've two problems with m-bib: a) I want to have the cites numbered by occurrence like this [1], [2], etc. I managed to get 1, 2, 3 etc. in the reference list but in the text I get [23], [5] etc. where this number is the number of occurrence in the .bib file. I used: \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \setuppublications[numbering=yes,refcommand=num] %,refcommand=number] b) I'm using \cite[reference1, reference2] but I get only [23], i.e. one reference shown in the text. In the reference list they appear both. Tobias

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New version of DocbookInContext uploaded
by Simon Pepping 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hi, I have uploaded a new version of DocbookInContext. It is now possible to reset attribute values to \undefined at the start of an element. part and chapter are now recognized as elements that may start a document. In addition this version has a number of smaller improvements. The release has been tested with the Context version of 4 March 2003. Known problem of this release: Sometimes Context inserts a spurious pagebreak; this seems to be connected with the use of backgrounds. I have noted a similar problem with the Index. You can find DocbookInContext at http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/ and at http://home.hccnet.nl/spepping/context/. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping new email: s.pepping(a)hccnet.nl new home page: http://home.hccnet.nl/spepping

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Problem running ConTeXt (cont-en.efmt not found..)
by Jules Colding 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hi, I just unzipped "cont-tmf.zip" in the /usr/share/texmf directory on a rh9. Now, the problem is that texexec can't find the cont-en.efmt or the context.efmt files. How are these generated? I have tried to issue a "texexec --make en de dl" command, but that one fails with: ################# CUT ##################### TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. fmtutil: no info for format `cont-de'. fmtutil: no info for format `cont-nl'. TeX binary : pdfetex format(s) : en de nl total run time : 3 seconds ################# CUT ##################### Thanks in advance, jules -- Jules Colding <JuBColding(a)yorkref.com> York Refrigeration

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