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Latex Fonts as per adobekb.tex
by Nigel King 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

I have been forced to redo my font allocations because of Gerbens i-installer for MacOSX no longer seems to allow texfont to work. fontroot is not set correctly and then when I put in the correct setting the font subpaths are not found even though they are clearly there. Patrick has lead me to the delights of Latex Fonts via his script adobekb.tex which works well for most of my existing documents. However, I have a small problem with graphs in metapost the following startup is used but the fonts for the scales do not come out. input metafun ; verbatimtex \usetypescriptfile[adobekb] \setupencoding [default=8r] \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript[times][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[times] \starttext etex input graph init_numbers (textext("$-$"), textext("$1$"), textext("${\times}10$"), textext("${}^-$"), textext("${}^2$")); Fe_base := textext("$10$") ; prologues:=2; Any help is most welcome -- Nigel

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Partially moving from LaTeX to ConTeXt
by Vittorio 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

At last, I 'almost' made up my mind about using ConTeXt to write generic document (for me and my daughters' school), report and manuals at work. The only snag at this very moment is that - being my Company M$-Windows addicted, specifically as far as Word is concerned - I don't know if there is any free software to translate a document from ConTeXt to word, even partially (something like the katex2rtf package for latex).

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latest Beta
by Guy Worthington 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

ConTeXt is barfing on my code : ----- %output=pdf %% chapter head layout \setupcolors[state=start] \setuplist[section] [style=boldslanted, align=right, interaction=all, symbol=1, width=1em, pagenumber=no, before=, after=] \setuphead[chapter] [header=empty, numberstyle=ChapterTitleNumberFont, textstyle=ChapterTitleTextFont alternative=command, command=\ContentsHead, page=right, after={\blank[2*big]}] \definefont[ChapterTitleTextFont][Serif at 24.9pt] \definefont[ChapterTitleNumberFont][SerifBold at 40pt] \def\ContentsHead#1#2% {\setupframed [frame=off]% \framed [width=\hsize,offset=overlay] {\placesidebyside {\doifelsenothing{#1} {\framed [width=.6\hsize]{}} % dummy {\framed [width=.6\hsize,offset=1em,strut=no,align=right, background=screen] {\vi In this chapter: \blank \placelist[section][criterium=chapter]}}} {\framed [width=.4\hsize,strut=no,align=left] %% Typeset Chapter Number {\hbox{\vbox to 24.9pt{% height ChapterTitleTextFont \vss #1}}} \vfilll} }% %% Typeset Chapter Title \llap{\lower24.9pt\hbox{#2\hskip0.5em}}} \showmakeup \starttext \chapter {Berend} \section {Botje} \section {Botje} \section {Botje} \stoptext ----- Attached is the log: This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.14159-1.10a-2.1 (Web2c 7.4.5) (format=cont-en 2003.3.20) 20 MAR 2003 16:54 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. **&cont-en tryOreillyHead.ctx (./tryOreillyHead.ctx{c:/Local/TeX/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.17 fmt: 2003.3.20 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout2 = `tryOreillyHead.tui'. system : tryOreillyHead.top loaded (./tryOreillyHead.top specials : loading definition file tpd (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 1815] \ifcsname <unprotect 5> <protect 5> <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `tryOreillyHead-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `tryOreillyHead-mprun.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mprun.mp'. pdftex : using map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : using map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : using map file: original-vogel-symbol.map color : system rgb is global activated check : missing or ungrouped '=' after 'textstyle' in line 21 (@@kocha pter) systems : begin file tryOreillyHead at line 46 ! Extra \else. \dodododosomekop ...section {#1}{#3}{#4}\fi \else \getvalue {\??ko #1\c!tuss... l.47 \chapter {Berend} ? exit Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 760 strings out of 67881 11732 string characters out of 747287 4407533 words of memory out of 5520295 30740 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 10582 words of font info for 35 fonts, out of 500000 for 1000 56 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000 31i,8n,26p,188b,301s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,5000p,200000b,40000s 0 PDF objects out of 300000 0 named destinations out of 131072 0 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536 No pages of output. ---- My attempt at trying at tracing the error have been futile.

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Caption size of math
by Mikael Persson 21 Mar '03

21 Mar '03

Hello everybody! I use a ConTeXt beta that is a week old or so on teTeX. When I change the caption size to small with \setupcaptions[style=small] I get small text as I want, but the size of math in captions are at the normal size. How should I do to get even the math in the smaller font? Here is a document that shows the problem. ==== start test document \setupcaptions[style=small] \starttext \input knuth \reservefigure[here][fig:lambdarmax]{A $\lambda$-$r_M$-diagram. The solution of equation (1) when $\lambda=3.5299$. When $\lambda=3.53$ se see that we don't get a solution.} \input knuth \stoptext ==== stop test document Thanks in advance, Micke P

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Correspondence Manual
by Victor Sanchez Urrutia 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Hello Hans and all, I cannot find the Correspondence manual at the Pragma site (xcorresp.pdf, I think, should be the name). Are those macros not available or out of date? -- --------------- Victor Sanchez Urrutia PhD Director de Sistemas de Información Promed S.A.

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Re: foonotes
by Magnus Lie Hetland 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de>: > > Magnus Lie Hetland <magnus(a)hetland.org> writes: > > >> could you send me the dvi (not pdf) file of the following output: > > > > Attached. > > the \tfx and \tfxx don't so anything (they are the same size as \tf). > > I have absolutely no idea how this can happen. It is far beyound my > knowledge of ConTeXt. You might think about > > a) trying typescript [times] instead of [palatino] (but I guess it > won't do anything better) Having to use times would certainly be a disappointment... :] > b) send the dvi file to the list and ask the list (= Hans ;-} ) OK... Attaching dvi file again, and Cc'ing the list. (I hope attachments are OK when they're as small as this?) The erroneous version comes from the Solaris installation (which isn't really mine). I ran the same code on the Linux installation, and there \tfx and \tfxx worked just fine. (Still a bit confused about such things as \ss and \sc here -- \ss seems to simply use Palatino, and \sc doesn't seem to produce small caps...?) > Patrick -- Magnus Lie Hetland "Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." http://hetland.org -- Indiana Jones

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Emacs color definitions for ConTeXt
by Peter Rolf 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Thanks to Hans and Giuseppe for your fast reply. For all emacs users I included a file, which contains the context color definitions of rgb.txt. Select the menu Edit->Text Properties->Display Colors and take a look. You may find it useful. Peter

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Floats in Columnsets
by Michal Kvasnicka 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Dear Sir Hagen, I know you are writing the complete manual for the columnsets, nonetheless I dare to bother you in advance. What are options for telling floats to what column, line and page they should go? I hade some examples from you, but I lost it when my harddisc crashed. Can you help me? Many thanks and greetings, Michal Kvasnicka

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Re: colors
by Magnus Lie Hetland 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Patrick Gundlach <pg(a)levana.de>: > > > Hello, > > for the colors, use \setupcolors[state=start] (plural). Ah -- right, thanks. It works now. There is a typo in the beginner's manual (the "excursion") on page 59 -- it says \setupcolor[state=start]. (On the previous page, the general form is mentioned as \setupcolors[...], but I simply copied the statement to my code.) > If you need, I can send you a small test document. No problem. I was simply mislead by the documentation ;) > Pat -- Magnus Lie Hetland "Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." http://hetland.org -- Indiana Jones

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reusing metapost graphics
by Matthew Huggett 20 Mar '03

20 Mar '03

Hi: I'm designing a year's worth of English lessons for some Japanese kids, and I'm using Metapost and ConTeXt to generate flashcards for vocabulary training. I have a few questions: (1) I want to keep my Metapost figures defined in a ConTeXt environment file so that I can recall them as I need in future lessons. Is there anything wrong with this approach? (2) How do I make a Metapost figure defined in a ConTeXt file reusable? Do I need to wrap the definition of the figure in a macro so that the figure is recreated everytime I need it? (3) With \useMPgraphic, is there any mechanism to scale the image as with \useexternalfigure? If this is all in the documentation, I apologize. (I would appreciate a pointer to the documentation though :-) )

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Umlaute, texnansi
by Raimund Kohl 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hello there, I accidently switched from SuSE to Debian (via Knoppix) and all of a sudden ran into problems. With: ----------------------------------------------- % interface=en tex=pdfetex output=pdftex \setupwhitespace[big] \mainlanguage[de] \enableregime[utf8] % \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \starttext Und jetzt auch gleich mal die Umlaute testen, sowie vielleicht Ähnlichkeit der Öffentlichkeit die auch mal beißen kann \stoptext ----------------------------------------------- the document will be processed ... without the german Umlaute (Ä, Ö etc). And if I uncomment \setupencoding[default=texnansi] texexec stops with the message: ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \setupencoding [default=texnansi] ? (./Context_text.tuo) (./Context_text.tuo) systems : begin file Context_text at line 6 Missing character: There is no Ä in font cmr12! Missing character: There is no Ö in font cmr12! Missing character: There is no ß in font cmr12! [1.1{/usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/pdftex.map}] systems : end file Context_text at line 11 ) -------------------------------------- What did I do wrong? ray

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Footnotes at the end of sentences
by Nigel King 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Style gurus, I am sure there are some experts here. At the end of a sentence I think it is normal for a footnote to be after the full stop. When this is done the spacing to the next sentence is not very large, it certainly doesn't look very good to my eye. ... End of sentence with footnote.\footnote{This is the footnote.} The next sentence..... What is the recognized way of sourcing this. TIA -- Nigel

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columnsets
by Patrick Gundlach 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hello, I have a question regarding columnsets: ================================================== \definecolumnset[two][n=2] %\setupcolumnset[two][1][width=4cm] %\setupcolumnset[two][2][width=8cm] \starttext \startcolumnset[two] \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumnset \stoptext ================================================== a) I keep getting a blank page after the columnset. How do I get rid of it? b) the setupcolumnset has some effect (making columns smaller) but they are both the same width. Why? Patrick

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\framed and \starttabulate
by Matthew Huggett 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hi: I wanted to use \framed {\starttabulate ... \stoptabulate } but when I tried it, TeX complained about groupings and missing parentheses. Is there a way to make this work? I switched to \bTABLE, and that worked, but \starttabulate is more convenient sometimes. Thanks Matt

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table and MPpositiongraphic
by Patrick Gundlach 19 Mar '03

19 Mar '03

Hello, while browsing thru the source and trying some examples, I can't sensible output of the following code. (No MP stuff is visible) %output=pdf \setupcolors[state=start] \def\cw#1{\color[green]{#1}} \def\TableShade#1#2% {\startMPpositiongraphic initialize_area(\MPpos{b:#1},\MPpos{e:#1}) ; show pxy; linear_shade(pxy,0,.4#2,.9#2) ; anchor_area(\MPanchor{b:#1}) ; \stopMPpositiongraphic} \dosetpositionaction{b:x}{\TableShade{x}{red}} \dosetpositionaction{b:y}{\TableShade{y}{green}} \dosetpositionaction{b:z}{\TableShade{z}{blue}} \starttext \starttable[|c|c|c|] \GFC[b:z] \cw{this is a small} \NC \cw{table} \NC in which we \NC \FR \NC \cw{will demonstrate} \GFC[c:y] \cw{that this} \GTC[c] \cw{positioning} \NC \MR \GSC[a:x] \cw{mechanism also} \GTC[b] \cw{works quite well} \NC in tables \NC \LR \stoptable \stoptext Any ideas how to get the MPpositiongraphic working? Patrick

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index term in term of a definition list
by Simon Pepping 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hi, It appears that Context cannot deal with an \index command in the term of a definition list: \startvariable{sarge\index{sarge}} De groene soldaat \stopvariable In XML documents this may occur: <varlistentry> <term>sarge <indexterm significance="normal"> <primary>sarge</primary> </indexterm> </term> <listitem> <para>De groene soldaat</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> Is it a fundamental problem to enable this in Context? If so I must find other solutions. Does Context have something for stacks? Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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linewidth/rulethickness/linethickness
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hello, looking at the newest beta (esp. plus-rul.tex), I wondered about the english translation of lijndikte. In mult-com.tex it is linewidth and(!) linethickness, in mult-con.tex it is rulethickness. Is it possible to agree on one name? Patrick

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dashed horizontal line
by Matthew Huggett 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hi all: I would like to draw a short horizontal line, somewhat like \hl[5] but dashed instead of solid. Is there a command for this? Thanks Matt

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Re: ConTeXt beta installation issue
by Gerben Wierda 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

On Monday, Mar 17, 2003, at 00:45 Europe/Amsterdam, Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > I've been using Simon's installer script successfully of late to > install betas, but just ran into the following error (see below). Any > ideas or suggestions? > > The command I used was: > > sudo perl install_context.pl --textree /Users/darcusb/Library/texmf > /Applications/Installers/ConTeXt/cont-tmf.zip > > I do note that the pdfetex.pool it says it can't open is in this > directory: > > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/ It is pdfetex that fails because it cannot find the pool file. Whatever install_context.pl does, it seems to override PATH (another pdfetex on your system is found, not likely) or KPSE settings from /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf in such a way that TeX stops working. Probably it tries to do some guessing itself instead of relying on existing settings. What might influence this is that my setup separates the texmf part that is related to binaries (like pool files that change when binary versions change) and the stuff that is the fondation (like ConTeXt, LATeX, etc). /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf starts with: > % Our directory setup as explained in > $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/README.gwtex > % TEXMFMAIN contains the TEXMF tree installed by make install of the > programs > TEXMFMAIN = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf > % TEXMFTE contains the main TEXMF tree from teTeX > TEXMFTE = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.tetex > % TEXMFGW contains GW specific defaults and additions > TEXMFGW = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.gwtex > % TEXMFLOCAL contains any local system TeXadmin overrides > TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOPARENT/share/texmf.local > % $VARTEXMF is where texconfig writes its local settings > VARTEXMF = $TEXMFLOCAL > % User texmf trees can be catered for like this... > HOMETEXMF = $HOME/Library/texmf > > % Our complete search path, the last three are searched through > % ls-R exclusively, which means that you have to run texhash > % after you have added, moved or deleted files in the tree > TEXMF={$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFGW,!!$TEXMFTE,!!$TEXMFMAIN} In this case, there is a valid TeX setup, though uncommon because the separation of texmf into texmf and texmf.tetex. I need this separation to be able to update programs and foundation separately. A new foundation (texmf.tetex + texmf.gwtex) does not touch anything related to the binaries (like pool files) in texmf. If you send me the script I can have a quick look at it. G Here is what which and kpsewhich should tell you in a standard setup % which pdfetex /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdfetex % kpsewhich pdfetex.pool /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.pool % kpsewhich cont-en.tex /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex

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Re: Font and index trouble (was Re: mathpple-a-like for ConTeXt?)
by Hans Hagen 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

At 09:50 PM 3/17/2003 +0100, you wrote: >[snip] > >By the way: In 3.1, it still seems that the space after \index{...} is >eaten. Is this the way it should? yes, since the index should precede the word it refers to and not get decoupled (i.e. a page break in between); an \index command will even hook into the next paragraph if needed 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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Margin rules
by Victor Figurnov 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

Hello, Hans! One year ago you and Giuseppe Bilotta talked about margin rules: GB>> You can set the level, but you cannot customize its GB>> color/position/etc, which is what I was talking about. HH> i can easily implement that (with cross page support and so), HH> but definitely not today; so put it on the wish list and HH> ask me again later Let me remind you of this topic, it is very necessary for me too. Or, may be, there is another way to draw vertical lines at left of some paragraphs with possibility of crossing page boundaries? Victor Figurnov

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Re: texexec not finding cont-en
by Gary 18 Mar '03

18 Mar '03

>> OK, thanks to a (completely independent) post that just came in, I see >> that >> I have a very old version of TeXexec. > >If you're referring to my post, I'd recommend Simon's script: > >http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/#installer > >I just place everything -- the script, the cont-tmf.zip file, and the >version of texexec he has on his site -- in one directory, and run the >script to install into my ~/Library/texmf directory. Works like a >charm. > >Bruce Tried it. Ran with no apparent problems. Same result. I've got something else to try ... -Gary

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lowerleftdoubleninequote
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hallo! 'lowerleftdoubleninequote' in german seems to be an double lowerleftninequote, whereas 'upperrightdoublesixquote' seems to be the ligature. Wolfgang

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Formula numbering and counter
by PIERRE LEDEVEDEC 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hi, I would like to change the numbering of several formulae as follows: <mathematical expression> (1.1) <mathematical expression> (1.2a) % here is <mathematical expression> (1.2b) % the problem <mathematical expression> (1.3) I don't know how to access the formula counter for the English interface of ConTeXt. (I only know that it is \formulenummer for the Dutch one.) Also, how do you control the counter incrementation to produce (1.2a), (1.2b) and the jump to (1.3) as automatic as possible ? (I know that I have to use \eqalignno and &(<macroformulanumber>) for the generation of the number.) Thank you in advance for your answers. Regards, Pierre.

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texexec not finding cont-en
by Gary 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

I know this has been asked before, but I'm not getting it. I'm installing ConTeXt on Linux (Mandrake 9.0) with teTeX. I've installed the default teTeX distribution that comes with Mandrake. I've installed the latest ConTeXt beta I've edited texexec.ini, commenting out the reference to l:/... I've edited ... what was it ... fmtedit?? darn, can't remember, but I uncommented two lines that refer to cont-en and cont-nl I've run texhash texexec --make en nl texhash I've added to PATH: /usr/share/texmf /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/config I've made cont-en.tex and cont-en.ini executable so far, so good. But texexec --pdf filename.tex returns with sh: line 1: cont-en: command not found so cont-en is either not on the path or not executable, right? Please be explicit: are we talking about cont-en.tex, cont-en.ini, or cont-en.tws? Where is the usual place to put it? When adding to path, is the shell environment PATH variable what's meant? or is there some way within ConTeXt to set a path? What else could be wrong? Gary

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Bug in latest beta
by Giuseppe Bilotta 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hello, just got 2003.03.17 and found a small bug: the "auto" keyword is put among constants, while it should go among variables ... -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Crash in landscape mode [MikTeX]
by Peter Rolf 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

If you use MikTeX and the 1.10b version of pdfetex, please try this out. If not, you are free to skip or read on :) I don't know why, but this simple piece of ConTeXt-code crashes with the version 1.10b of pdfetex. I use the lastest MikTeX version and the latest ConTeXt beta (13.03). The source worked fine with older versions of pdfetex and ConTeXt releases. All it does is placing two external A4-PDF's on a single landscaped A4 page. As an unregistered (private) user of MikTeX it seems my mail to their support got lost... I included all necessary files and the log-file. Peter

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Concrete and Euler
by Emil Hedevang Lohse 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hello, Is there an easy way to make ConTeXt use the Concrete Computer Modern font for normal text and the AMS Euler font for math -- like in Knuth's book "Concrete Mathematics"? -- Emil Hedevang Lohse <http://home.imf.au.dk/emil/> Alle spørgsmål er lige dumme. Og spørgsmålet "Kan ænder flyve?" er ikke dumt.

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(no subject)
by Coydell Rivers 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Someone please give me a heads up....on the below \definieerpapierformaat [CONTEXT] [hoogte=27cm, breedte=36cm] \stelpapierformaatin [CONTEXT] [CONTEXT] This gives a document size of ( 14.17 x 6.3 in ) The 6.3in is the problem, it is not a full page If you are able to get a full page, please send me the test code... Thanks

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new version, new manuals, new files
by Hans Hagen 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

Hi, I uploaded a new version (stable and beta are now the same). This version inclused a few patches/extensions discussed recently. There is quite some new support for side floats, column sets have become rather stable (a manual will follow soon). Although a lot of functionality is still 'my little secret' to be revealed when users request it, you can ready find some info in www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals.details.pdf so, this manual has now moved from temp. It has currently some 80+ pages, and will probably tripple in size over time. This manual provides you some info about how to apply the relatively new layer and related things. The idea is that this kind of detailed trickery and/or thinsg not related to structuring will be discussed in details.pdf, while the structuring ends up in the ref manual (i'll pick up that thread soon). I also updated www.pragma-ade.com/show-fil.pdf (made nicer, watch the new image archive), www.pragma-ade.com/show-man.pdf (more manuals, not all yet on the site but i need the file here and it gives you an idea of what is coming), www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf Next in my list of manuals is finishing the correspondence manual (letters and envelops and alike), the pstopdf manual, and a few more. Happy reading and contexing, 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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ConTeXt beta installation issue
by Bruce D'Arcus 17 Mar '03

17 Mar '03

I've been using Simon's installer script successfully of late to install betas, but just ran into the following error (see below). Any ideas or suggestions? The command I used was: sudo perl install_context.pl --textree /Users/darcusb/Library/texmf /Applications/Installers/ConTeXt/cont-tmf.zip I do note that the pdfetex.pool it says it can't open is in this directory: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/ Bruce ======================== Making formats for languages en nl TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' ... ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' failed ######################################################################## ####### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c for details. ######################################################################## ####### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context *cont-en.ini' failed ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-nl -progname=context *cont-nl.ini' ... ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? Error: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-nl -progname=context *cont-nl.ini' failed ######################################################################## ####### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c for details. ######################################################################## ####### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-nl -progname=context *cont-nl.ini' failed ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? TeX binary : pdfetex format(s) : en nl total run time : 8 seconds Failure executing texexec --make en nl

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fake columns -- ignore the last message
by Matthew Huggett 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

Sorry, The fake columns example works fine now. It appears I hadn't copied the example as exactly as I thought I had. Matt

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fake columns
by Matthew Huggett 16 Mar '03

16 Mar '03

Hi: I'm playing with fake columns as described on page 9 of details.pdf . I've copied the example exactly, but the text doesn't show up. \showgrid lets me see the columns, but the text that I want set in the columns is not there. Any ideas? Thanks Matt

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Font and index trouble (was Re: mathpple-a-like for ConTeXt?)
by Magnus Lie Hetland 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl>: > > At 11:56 PM 2/20/2003 +0100, Magnus Lie Hetland wrote: > > >I guess I'm just too green with ConTeXt, but I can't get this to > >work... Must i call \usetypescriptfile[somethingorother] first? > >(Actually, I get "undefined control sequence"...) > > What version do you run? Well, texexec --version returns 1.9. I'm using the version that comes with Gentoo Linux. I may well be missing something basic here -- I simply slapped your \usetypescript commands at the beginning of my ConTeXt file (before \starttext), and I get the following error messages: ! Undefined control sequence. <recently read> \usetypescript l.1 \usetypescript [berry][ec] ! Undefined control sequence. l.2 \usetypescript [palatino][ec] bodyfont : unknown variant palatino The commands were: \usetypescript[berry][ec] \usetypescript[palatino][ec] \setupbodyfont[palatino] Another thing that surprised me (not font-related) is that the \index command gobbles up the following space, even when I use braces; i.e. Foobar, babar\index{indexentry} krangas is typeset as Foobar, babarkrangas Is this normal behaviour? Must I manually insert a space there? > (let's move this discussion to the context list since it's not > related to pdftex) OK. > Hans -- Magnus Lie Hetland "Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist." http://hetland.org -- Indiana Jones

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m-bib question
by Bruce D'Arcus 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

IIRC, isn't it the case that texexec should take care of the bibtex run needed for mbib? Am finding I need to run bibtex before texexec to get it to work... Bruce

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module: t-layout now available
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Dear ConTeXt hackers, I have just uploaded a first version of my layout module. It displays the layout of the current page as well as some dimensions. Get it at http://levana.de/context/ Or directly at http://levana.de/context/layout/t-layout.tex An example pdf is at http://levana.de/context/layout/testlay.pdf Use it with \usemodule[layout] and show the layout with \layout Have fun and please don't hesitate to send comment. Patrick

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breaking text in mp code
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hello all, I try to get a label in metafun that is broken into two lines: some text the following \break is silently ignored. Putting the textext inside a vbox did not help. ================================================== % interface=en output=pdf \starttext \startMPcode label (textext("some\break text"),origin); \stopMPcode \stoptext ================================================== How do I get the some text in two lines? Patrick

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Newspaper in ConTeXt?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

I seem to recall from various discussions that ConTeXt has some features that would come useful to typeset newspaper and similar stuff (columnsets being one of them, IIRC). Are there example of their usage, and possibly some kind of manual? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Interactive TOC bug?
by varheit＠gmx.de 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Hi, In a larger project, I set up an interactive menu that links to the sections of the current chapter. Running out of screen estate, I changed the layout of the TOC to alternative=d. Now all I got was the error message at the bottom of this mail. The error message can be avoided, if the line ...interaction=all.. is commented. Also, keeping that line and using a different alternative=... works. This may be a bug. I searched the mailing list for this, without success. So I do apologize, if this problem had been discussed earlier. Vik \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \setuplist[chapter][interaction=all] \starttext \placecontent[alternative=d] \chapter{Donald} \input knuth \stoptext ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \makelijstelement \v!paginanummer {\dolistattributes {\v!hoofdstu... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \dosomelijstelement ...\translatednumber [#5]}}}}} }\donetrue \doifnothing {#... \dodolijstelement ...ment {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue l.8 ...pter}{1}{1}{Donald}{2::0:1:0:0:0:0:0::2}{2} -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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Problem with references
by Stefan Karlsson 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

I can't get references to work -- maybe I'm making some beginner's mistake. Anyway, the output from the following file contains "??" where the page numbers should have been: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \title [pointer1] {The title} Some text. \subject [pointer2] {A subject} Some more text. Bla, bla \at{page}[pointer1] bla bla bla \at{page}[pointer2]. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Note: I'm using the latest stable release (March 3, 2003). Best regards Stefan

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typesetting chapter--label for cross references
by Guy Worthington 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

I'd like to display a cross reference, using a en-dash to separate the chapter number from the text being cross referenced. In the example below, if you look at label attached to the example caption "A Sample XML file," you'll see that it is typeset as Example~1--1 however if you look at the cross reference to the example, it is typeset as Example~1.1 how do I change the period (.) separator in the cross reference to an en-dash separator (--). ----- \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, text=Example, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bychapter, style=italic, separator=--] \starttext \chapter{One} \in{Example}[ex:Simple-doc] has the chapter number separated from the example number by a period, and not an en-dash. \example[ex:Simple-doc] A Sample XML file \startXML <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="simple-doc.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> \stopXML \stoptext -----

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problem with tables
by Martin Kolařík 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Hi Hans, I've found the following problem after I instaled last beta. With my previous version (9,10/2002?) it worked fine. I can debug it on my side, but probably you find the cause and the solution more quickly: <...many lines of log...> ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \localwidth \ExpandBothAfter ...anded {\noexpand #1{#2 }{#3}}\@@expanded \inTBLcell ...width {\v!passend ,\v!ruim } {} {\scratchdimen \gettbla... \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> ...L \relax \ifdim \localwidth >\scratchdimen \settblaut \... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... \eTABLE ...{\row }{\col }}}\eTBL }\endTBL \egroup \egroup \popTBL ... l.409 } ? ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> > <argument> ... \relax \ifdim \localwidth > \scratchdimen \settblaut \c... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). <to be read again> > <argument> ... \relax \ifdim \localwidth > \scratchdimen \settblaut \c... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... \eTABLE ...{\row }{\col }}}\eTBL }\endTBL \egroup \egroup \popTBL ... l.409 } ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } <to be read again> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... ... l.409 } -------- 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 -------- 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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Mac input encodings
by Adam Lindsay 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Hi all, Prompted by this weekend's discussion of input regimes, I took a look at the one for the Mac's Western encoding (initiated by Michel Bovani), and hopefully revised it to be nearly complete for characters (missing four in the range 128-255). Mac users might like to take a look at this file, and verify that it does what I suggest. Usage: put the attached regi-mac.tex in your path, and either rebuild your format files (i.e., texexec --make ...), or explicitly \input this file in your source. Add the line "\enableregime[mac]" to your source. Type søme tèxt with «aççents» ånd öther odd characters. Does it work? Adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Re: [NTG-context] What DTD for a thesis
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

At 10:55 AM 1/20/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >I'm considering of writing a thesis using XML (instead of plain ConTeXt). >What DTD is best suited? The main point is good output, but I want to be >able to convert this document to e.g. HTML without too much hessle. > >I thought about using ContML + MathML, but I'd like to know whether you >have a better suggestion. contml sounds ok to me; we use it here in project for some big customers; if you need additional functionality, let me know ... [btw, there are xml interfaces for flowcharts, stepcharts, chemistry, units ...] 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: why btex...etex or textext() does not work?
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

At 10:39 AM 3/11/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > I bet you don't have \protectbufferstrue enabled in > > cont-sys.tex. Please double check and enable this option if disabled. > >Ou, yesss! Have I miss this switch in the documentation (metafun, ...) >or it is secret options with indent to inprove ConTeXt skils >by spending some days by searching the code? ;-) > >Thanks for the answer (to Patrick) and many thanks (to Hans) for >fascinating ConTeXt. It is only one sw I know to create document in the >form of dodecahedron (after glueing) with photo on every face with >semitransparent text along the curve to fit deaf place in the photo. sounds interesting, how about writing an article on that (the ntg maps is always looking for articles) (btw, anyone is invited to write articles) 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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textext
by Hans van der Meer 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Hi Hans I am placing metapost figures in the text: \placefigure{}{\startMPgraphic ...... label.top(textext("\tfx \#3"),z0) \stopMPgraphic\loadcurrentMPgraphic{}\placeMPgraphic} The \# macro disappears and nothing shows up in my figure. The same with other characters as \lbrace\rbrace. How come? Do I misunderstand something? It would be a pity if some characters could not be typeset in figures. Thanks for looking into it. Hans van der Meer

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FLOWcharts: stray arrows in clipped regions
by "Hüsing, Johannes" 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Dear all, when I process the file attached, I get arrows where they don't belong. Could somebody guide me to what I am doing wrong here? Groetjes Johannes

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naming relative paths within a project
by Guy Worthington 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

I've got a very short question, but coupled to a very long explanation, my question is: when referencing a component file from within a product file (and given that the component file is stored in the same directory as the product file, which is in a sub-directory below my project file) must I include the relative path of the component file from my project directory, through my sub-directories to my component file, or can I just refer to the component's filename. Now here is the actual example. I've done a little bit of ASCII artwork below showing the directory structure that I'm following. My artwork isn't the best, so I've also include some explanation. Project | ---- EnviromentPageLayout.tex (global environment file) | ---- Project.tex (project file) | |----| | FrontMatter (directory) | | | ---- EnvironmentFrontMatter.tex (local environment file) | | | ---- ProductFrontMatter.tex (product file) | | | ---- TitlePage.tex (component file) | | | ---- Contents.tex (component file) | | | ---- Preface (component file) | |----| | BodyMatter (directory) | | | ---- EnvironmentBodyMatter.tex (local environment file) | | | ---- ProductBodyMatter.tex (product file) | | | ---- Chapter01.tex (component file) | | | ---- Chapter02.tex (component file) | | |----| BackMatter (directory) | ---- EnvironmentBackMatter.tex (local environment file) | ---- ProductBackMatter.tex (product file) | ---- Appendix01.tex (component file) | ---- Index.tex (component file) In my Project directory I have two files: 1) EnvironmentPageLayout.tex If you are interested in an environment, the one I've based mine on is the one posted by David Arnold http://ml-archives.mini.pw.edu.pl/ntg-context/msg02853.html 2) Project.tex ---- %project file \startproject Project \environment EnvironmentPageLayout \product FrontMatter/ProductFrontMatter \product BodyMatter/ProductBodyMatter \product BackMatter/ProductBackMatter \stopproject ---

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Learning ConTeXt: \setupitemize
by Gary Pajer 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

I'm learning ConTeXt, and I've chosen to beat up on \setupitemize to see how things work. (If the answers to my question are in some doc somewhere, please tell me where it is!) Consider the file below. I expected to see a hairline above the second itemization, and indeed I do. But if I remove the "columns" specifier, the hairline does not appear. Is this the correct behavior, or a bug? Also: what does the keyword "beforehead" do? If I replace "before" with "beforehead" in the example, I get nothing. Is it in the docs somewhere? In the lists of keywords for many commands there are parameters listed that I can't figure out. Some of them seem to do nothing, but I always wonder if they only operate in conjunction with some other feature, or I haven't implemented them correctly. Some of them do something, but I can't figure out what the rule is. Is there a doc somewhere describing the keywords? Is it in the manual and I've missed it? Thanks, Gary Pajer ConTeXt 2003.3.9 / up-to-date MikTeX / Win98 ----------------------------------------- \setupitemize[1][n] \setupitemize[2][a][before=\hairline] % \starttext % \startitemize \item Level One % \startitemize \item first \item second \item third \stopitemize % \stopitemize \stoptext

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How to change linewidth of a frame?
by Maurice Diamantini 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Rebonjour! I'm trying to modyfy the title of my slides. So I tried this command (that I just pick on the ntg-context list, thank you :-) \setuphead[Topic] [textcommand=\doTitle] \def\doTitle#1{% \bgroup \setupframed [offset=0.3ex,linewidth=2pt,framecolor=red] \framed{\blue \ss #1}% \egroup% } But the linewidth as no effect (it is not in the documented \setuphead options, but a just try it. Also, is it possible to set the linestyle to "daashed" or something like that? -- Maurice.Diamantini(a)ensta.fr - ENSTA/LMA École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées http://www.ensta.fr/~diam

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