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test for (negative) number
by Peter Rolf 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hi, I used '\doifnumberelse' to validate some macro parameters (angle). Sadly it does not work with negative numbers. Is there a similar macro, that also supports negative values? Example: \doifnumberelse {45}{yes}{no}% yes \doifnumberelse{-45}{yes}{no}% no Greetings, Peter

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Runtime Error (TeXLive and ConTeXt )
by Hrothgar Boyce 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

TeXLive Version: 2012 ("--all" updated to August 20th, 2012) Platform: CYGWIN_NT-6.0 1.7.16(0.262/5/3) 2012-07-20 22:55 The attempted command which ends in an error is: texexec -o pdf 659-water-stations.tex This results in: "PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (zlib library version does not match - header: 1.2.5, library: 1.2.7)" However /usr/include/zlib.h is for version 1.2.7, not the 1.2.5 mentioned in the error message. Any idea of how to fix this, so I can run ConTexT? Thanks for any and all help.

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How to know in which page I'm?
by Xan 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Hi, I want to print a message depending if the page is even or odd. In pseudocode: \if \inpage.\iseven { This page is even } \else { This page is odd } How can I do that in ConTeXt? Thanks in advance, Xan. PS: Please, CCme

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Problem with SETUPTEX and KSH93
by Alessandro Perucchi 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >Can you please try again? > >Mojca Hello Mojca, thanks :-) it works wonderfully! Now, I don't have to patch setuptex each time I'm updating ConTeXt :-D Sincerely yours, Alessandro

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Problem with SETUPTEX and KSH93
by Alessandro Perucchi 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Hello, I'm new to ConTeXt, and I find it great! I've done the standalone installation on my Linux box. For many reasons, I don't use bash, but ksh since all my customers are using ksh as there shell. Nevertheless, the setuptex is not working for me. Of course it works if I say . ~/context/tex/setuptex ~/context/tex But I would like to have it in the short form: . ~/context/tex/setuptex So for that in ksh, I needed to correct the setuptex like that: line 99: if [ z"$BASH_SOURCE" != z ]; then SCRIPTPATH="$BASH_SOURCE" else if [ z"${.sh.version}" != z ]; then SCRIPTPATH="${.sh.file}" else SCRIPTPATH="$0" fi fi And now, it works for ksh93, and all the other shells should be unaffected. Would it be possible to correct it? Or if someone has a better idea, then I'm also ok, as long as it works for ksh. Sincerely yours, Alessandro Perucchi

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EuroTeX 2012 / 6th ConTeXt Meeting reminder
by Taco Hoekwater 20 Aug '12

20 Aug '12

Hi all, Invitation ========== This is a reminder that EuroTeX 2012, the sixth ConTeXt meeting, the NTG najaarsbijeenkomst, and Dante's Herbsttagung will all be held together at the same time and place in Breskens, the Netherlands, on October 8 - October 12 The organisation of the conference is a joint effort of the NTG, Dante and the ConTeXt Group. Theme ===== Breskens is a small beach town that lives mostly off tourism, and people on vacation tend to do slightly odd, relaxing things that they do not normally have time for. Combining these two, the motto of this conference is: Recreational uses of TeX We already have quite some interesting talks, but we are still accepting new proposals. Registering =========== Please note that registration will be possible until SEPTEMBER 10, and that there can be no late registrations for this conference. So if you wish to attend, you have only three weeks left to fill in your registration! See http://www.ntg.nl/eurotex2012/ for additional details, including abstracts and the registration form. The programme promises to be quite interesting, so we hope to see you there! On behalf of the organising committee, Taco Hoekwater PS Please forward this message to whoever seems appropriate to you.

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running context mcommon.tex
by john Culleton 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

Downloaded and installed context minimal in my user directory. Ran setuptex mktexlsr texexec --make --alone and so on. Now I want to process the manual mcommon.tex. I tried context mcommon.tex. I got lots of messages but no pdf file. In the same directory I ran context mreadme.tex and that processed ok. Do I need some special parameter for mcommmon.tex? I tried some --mode parameters but none seemed to help. I also have a texlive install but I thought setuptex took care of that. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Police Procedural and Expose: "Death Wore Black" "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

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Project & automatic lookup for included directories
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

Hello, I have a product file which includes an environment file placed two directories up. What is the default lookup of \environment? I thought it were at least one level up, but I'm not sure. My code so far is: ---- \usepath[{.,..,../..}] \environment _e-Geom.mkiv % In fact in '../../_e-Geom.mkiv' \startproduct * AAA \section{SSS} \stopproduct ---- The code works; but what members in '\usepath[{.,..,../..,../../..}]' are really necessary (so what lookup is performed automatically? - '.' = the current directory? and/or '..' = the parent directory?)? Suppose having 3 files: _e-Geom.mkiv ../_e-Geom.mkiv ../../_e-Geom.mkiv Which of them will be used when I write '\environment _e-Geom.mkiv' and a) I specify explicitly \usepath[{../..}]? b) I don't use '\usepath'? TIA. Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Footer text style
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

Hello, I'm struggling a bit with setting font style for page footer: ---- \setuppagenumbering [location={footer,middle}, ] \setupfooter[text][style=\bfc] \starttext \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth\page} \stoptext ---- Why the footer is not bold and big ('\bfc')? - How to make it '\bfc'? TIA. Lukas (ConTeXt ver: 2012.08.02 10:55 MKIV fmt: 2012.8.3 int: english/english) -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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MetaPost Page height
by Troy Henderson 19 Aug '12

19 Aug '12

The follow code produces a PDF whose page height is too large (i.e., is not tight enough around the graphic). How can I get this the height to be as tight as the width? \startMPpage bboxmargin:=0; label(btex foo etex,origin); \stopMPpage Thanks in advance, Troy Henderson

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