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Bistream Charter without any tfm files default font for MAPS style
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

Hello, Dick just asked me about a problem he experiences with some documents that he ships with MacTeX. One of them is Hans' article using MAPS style. It fails to work with both LuaTeX and pdfTeX. The first one because of that footnote definition and the second one because of Charter being the default font, something like: % type-one.mkii \starttypescriptcollection[charter] \starttypescript [serif] [charter] [ec,texnansi,8r] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Roman] [\typescriptthree-bchr8a] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Italic] [\typescriptthree-bchri8a] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Bold] [\typescriptthree-bchb8a] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Charter-BoldItalic] [\typescriptthree-bchbi8a] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Slanted] [\typescriptthree-bchr8a-slanted-167] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Charter-BoldSlanted][\typescriptthree-bchb8a-slanted-167] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Roman-Caps] [\typescriptthree-bchr8a-capitalized-800] [encoding=\typescriptthree] \loadmapfile[\typescriptthree-bitstrea-charter.map] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif] [charter] [name] \definefontsynonym [Serif] [Charter-Roman] \definefontsynonym [SerifItalic] [Charter-Italic] \definefontsynonym [SerifBold] [Charter-Bold] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldItalic] [Charter-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym [SerifSlanted] [Charter-Slanted] \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldSlanted] [Charter-BoldSlanted] \definefontsynonym [SerifCaps] [Charter-Roman-Caps] \stoptypescript \stoptypescriptcollection % maps style \starttypescript [map] [texnansi] \definetypeface[map][rm][serif][charter][default][encoding=\typescripttwo] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[map][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[map] \starttext test \stoptext Of course no given distribution provides "texnansi-bchb8a" and other tfm files at the moment, so the sample documents that Dick is providing are broken. I think it is a very bad idea to ship two broken documents as "see, here are two documents to show you what you can(not) do with ConTeXt". And then it breaks the very first moment when people try to compile it, give up, and never test ConTeXt again. On one hand we could replace the sample documents (looking for suggestions), but I think that those Charter definitions should really be replaced or fixed. What is the best way to do that? I'm not even sure where they came from except that Hans probably used texfont.pl one day to prepare tfm files ... TeX Live contains bchb8r CharterBT-Bold " TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont " <8r.enc <bchb8a.pfb bchbi8r CharterBT-BoldItalic " TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont " <8r.enc <bchbi8a.pfb bchbo8r CharterBT-Bold " .167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont " <8r.enc <bchb8a.pfb bchr8r CharterBT-Roman " TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont " <8r.enc <bchr8a.pfb bchri8r CharterBT-Italic " TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont " <8r.enc <bchri8a.pfb bchro8r CharterBT-Roman " .167 SlantFont TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont " <8r.enc <bchr8a.pfb and on my hard drive I have /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/bitstrea/charter/bchb8a.afm /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/fonts/afm/mathdesign/mdbch/bchb8a.afm but the font is not even closely covering EC and there are no texnansi tfm files in TeX Live. Taco - is the font actually used in MAPS? Mojca

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problem with switchtobodyfont
by Brian Landy 06 Jun '12

06 Jun '12

Hi, I decided to give the latest minimals a test (I had been using 2012.01.16, updated to 2012.06.05 today), and noticed that switchtobodyfont no longer seems to work properly. Here is a small example: \starttypescript [cleartype] \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [rm] [serif] [constantia] [default] \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [ss] [sans] [calibri] [default] \stoptypescript< \usetypescript[cleartype]% \starttext {\switchtobodyfont[cleartype,serif,24pt]should be serif\par} {\switchtobodyfont[cleartype,sans,24pt]should be sans\par} \stoptext The problem appears to be applying in a font size the first time the font is loaded. For example, adding this line works: % typescript \starttext {\switchtobodyfont[cleartype,serif]\switchtobodyfont[24pt]} % new line {\switchtobodyfont[cleartype,serif,24pt]should be serif\par} {\switchtobodyfont[cleartype,sans,24pt]should be sans\par} \stoptext The point sizes have to match for this to work. It also works to add in \setupbodyfont[cleartype]; however, this isn’t helpful if there are multiple typescripts to use in the same document. I didn’t notice any mention of this in the list (apologies if I overlooked it) so assume this is a bug? Thanks! Brian

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A problem with arranging pages
by Marcin Borkowski 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hi, I'm preparing a leaflet in ConTeXt. The leaflet is typeset in a landscape orientation on an A6 sheet, and it is going to be printed 8 times on an A3 sheet. My problems are: 1. How to achieve such an effect using \setuparranging? \setuparranging[2*8] didn't work for me. (I'm using MkIV; below is a minimal example showing my problem.) \setuppapersize[A6,landscape][A3] \setuparranging[2*8] \starttext \dorecurse{15}{\input knuth } \stoptext 2. I'd like to get crop marks, in this case short (5mm) lines showing where to cut the sheet, located near the borders, but *within* the printable area. How to achieve this? Thanks in advance -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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request for two typical ConTeXt documents for newbies for MacTeX
by Mojca Miklavec 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello, I have a tiny request. Can someone please suggest/provide a few typical ConTeXt documents, something that shows what ConTeXt can do, and/or is easy to understand at the same time. Dick includes those documents into MacTeX. Last year Hans sent a MAPS article describing LuaTeX tricks, but given some problems in MAPS style the document doesn't even typeset, but even after those problems are fixed, it would be nice to include a simple self-explanatory document showing off some functionality that is easy to achieve in ConTeXt (little & understandable code) and more difficult in pdfLaTeX. Basically anything to impress and keep a curious newbie. Mojca

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Error message (cont-yes.mkiv)
by Wolfgang Schuster 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hi, the new error message in the last beta isn’t very helpful. Example: \starttext \undefined \stoptext Terminal output: ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 2 in file /Users/wolf/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-yes.mkiv: Undefined control sequence ... 1 %D \module 2 >> %D [ file=cont-yes, 3 %D version=2012.06.01, 4 %D title=\CONTEXT\ Miscellaneous Macros, 5 %D subtitle=Startup Stub, 6 %D author=Hans Hagen, 7 %D date=\currentdate, 8 %D copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}] 9 %C 10 %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is 11 %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for 12 %C details. l.2 \undefined ? Wolfgang

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high signs
by Hans Hagen 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hi, For those who deal with elementary math ... a couple of extra characters are provides (only in real math fonts): \setupbodyfont[xits] \starttext $\utfchar{"207A} 10$ $\utfchar{"207B} 10$ $\utfchar{"208A} 10$ $\utfchar{"208B} 10$ $\positivesign 10$ $\negativesign 10$ \stoptext (a prelude to more) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Math & other issues for TL 2012
by Mojca Miklavec 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello, With TL freeze that is probably going to happen tomorrow (plus a few days of grace period): what is the current state of problems with math fonts, and possibly any other issues (apart from the known crash on mipsel & armel)? Is there anything else that doesn't work in minimals, but should be high on priority list to fix? Mojca

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placecontent after section command
by Jan Pohanka 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello, This example works as expected \starttext \subject{Contents} \placecontent \section{One} \section{Two} \stoptext but when I replace \subject with \section like this \starttext \section{Contents} \placecontent \section{One} \section{Two} \stoptext the contents are not printed out... This behavior is same in MKII and MKIV. regards Jan -- Tato zpráva byla vytvořena převratnou poštovní aplikací Opery: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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Alignment in \framed
by Marcin Borkowski 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hi, I'd like to have a big \framed with a small text, positioned at the bottom left corner. I tried something like this: \starttext \framed[width=100mm,height=100mm,align={bottom,left}]{text} \stoptext but "text" appears in the exact opposite corner. What am I doing wrong? TIA -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

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mtx-epub.lua
by Andy Thomas 05 Jun '12

05 Jun '12

Hello all, while working on my ebook, I found the following issues in mtx-epub.lua. Once a successful run is done, there is no need to try the other zippers. It also gives error messages, although everything is already done. Fix is attached. Then, I got confused about the error messages appearing 3 times and found an issue in texlua of TL2011 (beta-0.70.1-2011062107) as well as the newest standalone (beta-0.70.2-2012052309). Consider the following example: print(os.execute("abcxyz")) This gives in Lua 5.2: sh: abcxyz: command not found nil exit 127 But in texlua it does: sh: abcxyz: command not found 32512 This breaks the if conditional which becomes true, although there is no abcxyz command. If there are if statements such as this one in other places, they would not work as intended either. Andy 274,279c274,281 < if os.execute(format(zipper.uncompressed,epubfile,"mimetype")) then < os.execute(format(zipper.compressed,epubfile,"META-INF")) < os.execute(format(zipper.compressed,epubfile,"OPS")) < done = zipper.name < else < list[#list+1] = zipper.name --- > if not done then > if os.execute(format(zipper.uncompressed,epubfile,"mimetype")) then > os.execute(format(zipper.compressed,epubfile,"META-INF")) > os.execute(format(zipper.compressed,epubfile,"OPS")) > done = zipper.name > else > list[#list+1] = zipper.name > end

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