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Setting up examination sheets
by Otared Kavian 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Dear Hans Van der Meer, Looking for a nice way to set up examination sheets with ConTeXt I found your hvdm-exm module very interesting, but unfortunatley I could not typeset a short test file extracted from your MAPS article Exam papers: posing questions to students which dates from 2006. Is there an updated version of your module usable with mkiv, or have you other solutions for setting up problems sheets? Thanks in advance: OK

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startquotation and stopquotation in latest beta
by Vedran Miletić 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Hi, I'm getting ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. on this: \starttext \startquotation test \stopquotation \stoptext with mtx-context | current version: 2011.12.19 01:47 Vedran Miletić

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Broken textbackground
by Otared Kavian 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Dear Hans, For your information it seems that in the latest beta, textbackground is broken: minimal example below, and the output can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4316076/textbackground-bug.pdf Best regards: OK %%% begin textbackground-bug.tex \starttext \definetextbackground[test][backgroundcolor=lightgray] \starttextbackground[test] \input ward \input ward \stoptextbackground \stoptext %%% begin textbackground-bug.tex

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Undefined control sequence
by Kip Warner 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Hey folks, As of today's nightly build, my typesetting won't compile anymore. The following is the console output: $ context Source/Handbook.tex --result="Avaneya Project Crew Handbook.pdf" --purgeresult resolvers | resolving | loading configuration file 'selfautodir:/share/texmf/web2c/contextcnf.lua' resolvers | resolving | loading configuration file '/usr/share/texmf/web2c/contextcnf.lua' mtx-context | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/kip/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/kip/.texmf-var/luatex-cache/context/e570cb3e0e3ab0118ca08dd148bbec7d/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend="pdf" "Source/Handbook.tex" \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.71.0-2011101421 (rev 4358) \write18 enabled. resolvers > resolving > loading configuration file '/usr/share/texmf/web2c/contextcnf.lua' (Source/Handbook.tex ConTeXt ver: 2011.12.16 17:07 MKIV fmt: 2011.12.16 int: english/english system > cont-new.mkiv loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv system > beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.mkiv ) system > Handbook.top loaded (Handbook.top) fonts > latin modern fonts are not preloaded languages > language en is active {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/mkiv-base.map} fonts > preloading latin modern fonts (second stage) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv) files > readfile > asked name: 'loc', not found {/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-rm.map} fonts > defining > forced type afm of stmary10 not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'stmary10' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font LMMath7-Regular subfont 9 with name stmary10.afm at 458752 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of stmary10 not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'stmary10' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font LMMath9-Regular subfont 9 with name stmary10.afm at 589824 is skipped, not found fonts > defining > forced type afm of stmary10 not found fonts > defining > font with asked name 'stmary10' is not found using lookup 'file' fonts > virtual math > loading font LMMath12-Regular subfont 9 with name stmary10.afm at 786432 is skipped, not found fonts > fallback modern rm 12pt is loaded (Source/Environment.tex resolvers > modules > loaded: 'units' (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/m-units.mkiv< + /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/x-mathml.lua>) resolvers > modules > loaded: 'simplefonts' (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.tex) ! Undefined control sequence. l.136 \setmainfont [Ubuntu] ? I'm not sure why it is bailing now, since I still have the same Ubuntu font installed (haven't changed that). I also have \usemodule[simplefonts] specified in the environment file, and nothing really has changed other than the version of ConTeXt. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com

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(exuberant) ctags and ConTeXt
by Chris Lott 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Does anyone have a current working configuration for exuberant-ctags (I'm using it in vim) to work with ConTeXt? The ctags FAQ shows how to do it for LaTeX with regexes in a configuration file... http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/extend.html I can hack away at those, but in case anyone has done this already I wouldn't have to reinvent that particular wheel. c -- Chris Lott <chris(a)chrislott.org>

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itemize
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi, With the latest beta \setupitemize[2][packed,joinedup] gives check > missing or ungrouped '=' after 'packed' in line 2 (@@opitemize:2:) Aditya

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simplefonts broken?
by Pablo Rodríguez 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi there, after upgrading TL2011 today and having installed a new version of simplefonts, I cannot get this sample working: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] \starttext \TeX \stoptext The error I get reads: ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on line 2 in file a.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 1 \usemodule[simplefonts] 2 >> \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] 3 \starttext 4 \TeX 5 \stoptext 6 7 \setuppapersize[A4] 8 \setuppagenumbering[alternative=singlesided,location=middle] 9 \starttext 10 \showlayout 11 \dorecurse{4}{\input dawkins \par \input knuth \par} 12 \stoptext <recently read> \setmainfont l.2 \setmainfont [TeX Gyre Pagella] I don't know whether this happens because I'm not using the latest beta, but many TL2011 users will face the same situation. I had to restore the package to its previous version? Would you be so kind to test it, Wolfgang? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Right float and grid
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

When using right float with grid, paragraphs do not wrap correctly arround the figure. Consider the following example and compare the output with and without \setuplayout[grid=on] \setuplayout[grid=on] \starttext \startplacefigure[location={right,none}] \externalfigure[cow][width=0.3\textwidth] \stopplacefigure \input knuth \stoptext Aditya

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ConTeXt-- does it make sense for my needs?
by Chris Lott 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Many years ago I used LaTeX quite a bit for academic work, including a fair amount of Memoir class. Back then ConTeXt was quite new, so I didn't mess with it much. Now I'm back and sick of Word/etc for the documents I need to produce as print/pdf and for interaction with colleagues. What I can't figure out is if ConTeXt makes the most sense... and if it does, I have a few questions... 1) My work is primarily in the humanities and end-user technologies, with small amounts of coding. So mathematics isn't an issue. I do a fair amount of highly academic writing (aka: many sections, citations [handling this in a sensible way is really important], footnotes) with the occasional need for charts, graphs, and photos. In other words, I'm not doing the kind of layout one might associate with InDesign or the like. I also write many paper letters (personal), poetry, fiction, essays, and the like. 2) That said, I (obviously) have a keen interest in typography, and that includes wanting to use some particular typefaces... I've paid good money for many of them, so why not? 3) PDF is my primary medium of exchange, though I would like to efficiently exchange docs with colleagues, which might mean getting them into something they can open with their beloved Microsoft Word... is there an RTF output for ConTeXt? this isn't super-high on my list, but it would be nice. 4) How about X/HTML? this is my lowest level need but, again, it would be nice. 5) I generally use a Mac for everything, but I am pretty comfortable in the shell. I've done a bit of programming in PHP. I don't mind monkeying around, and I am interested in creating layouts that suit my needs, but digging into internals is not for me. I used Emacs extensively for years, now using mostly Vim (MacVim) and a variety of GUI editors depending on what I had for breakfast that day. So, do you think ConTeXt makes more sense than LaTeX? And *what* is the deal with xetex? It seems to be the easiest way for accessing all my fonts, but it also hasn't been updated for years and, since it is tied to an old version of ConTeXt (as far as I can tell) it doesn't seem like much of a winner. Finally, if ConTeXt is the way to go, are there any fairly comprehensive materials in one place for learning to use it? What I find on the wiki seems to go from basic to advanced without a lot of in between, and what I find on the web seems a bit fragmented. but at this point my head is in a whirl, so I might just be missing some obvious material. Thanks in advance... c -- Chris Lott

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Layer preset: leftbottom
by Andreas Harder 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi Hans, it seems that the layer preset "leftbottom" is broken. \definelayer[page] [width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setlayer [page] [preset=leftbottom] {\red TEST} % error % \setlayer [page] [preset=rightbottom] {\red TEST} % OK \setupbackgrounds[page][background=page] \starttext \page[empty] \stoptext Regards Andreas

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