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Working with conditionals
by Cecil Westerhof 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

I have the folowing function for a title: \def\Title[#1]{ \testpage[10] \startalignment[center] { \blank[2*big] \switchtobodyfont[1.5em] \bf\em#1 } \blank \stopalignment } What I would like is that there is an optional second parameter. When it is there, it is used in the testpage command. Otherwise the default value is used. How would I do this? -- Cecil Westerhof

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How to use boxit MetaPost macros with ConTeXt minimals?
by Verhaag, G.C.H.M. 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi, I'd like to use the boxit MetaPost macros with ConTeXt minimals. Is there a way to tackle this or do I need the chart module for that. Am I right in saying that the boxit macros give more flexibility compared to the chart module? Or is it just a matter of taste? Regards, Gerard Verhaag

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How to get graph module (metapost) to work with ConTeXt minimals?
by Verhaag, G.C.H.M. 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi, This might not be the right place to ask this question, but want to give it a try anyway! I've installed the ConTeXt minimals (Mark IV!) recently, and running the command: context --version yields the following output: ... MTXrun | current version: 2010.07.30 11:35 Now I want to generate a few plots using the graph-module (by John D. Hobby) of MetaPost, which I used in the past to make high-quality plots. But when I add the following statement: input graph ; to the preamble of my MetaPost file and run the command: mpost plot.mp The run aborts with the following messages: >> texnum.mp >> texnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.17 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex, Transcript written on texnum.log. TeXExec | processing graphic 'texnum.mpx' TeXExec | runtime: 1.547143 >> texnum.mp >> texnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.17 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex, Transcript written on plot.log. So where to go from here? Do I need to install additional TeX related stuff to get it working? Anybody any suggestions, please? Thanks in advance! Regards, Gerard Verhaag P.S. By the way, if I use MetaPost within ConTeXt using: \loadmarkfile{m-graph} \starttext \startMPcode . /[MetaPost code] . / \stopMPcode \stoptext than everything works just fine!

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beta: graphictext (mkiv)
by Peter Rolf 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Hi, Using the following code \useMPlibrary[txt] \startMPpage graphictext "FOO"; \stopMPpage results in ! Undefined control sequence. \douseMPlibrary ...stprefix #1}\makeshortfilename [\truefilename {\f!metapos... \next1 #1,->\douseMPlibrary {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... l.1 \useMPlibrary[txt] ? This used to work (latest pdf is from 30.11.2010), but the macro \makeshortfilename is no longer defined in the latest beta (meta-ini.mkiv, line 853). Anyhow, I used an older backup of my tex tree to get around this. Peter

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Selecting pdf version
by Jean-Philippe Rey 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Dear all, I am looking for a way to choose the pdf version generated by ConTeXt. On my system, ConTeXt produces pdf 1.5 files, but my printshop doesn't like them and asks for pdf 1.4 files. Is there a way to tell ConTeXt to produce pdf 1.4 files ? Thanks, -- Jean-Philippe Rey Professeur - École Centrale Paris jean-philippe.rey(a)ecp.fr 92295 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex - France

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Fwd: setuptex.csh usage
by Patrick Gundlach 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hi Jon, you should post your question to the mailing list. Patrick > Von: Jon Crump <jjcrump(a)uw.edu> > Datum: 30. Dezember 2010 19:40:58 MEZ > An: gardeners(a)contextgarden.net > Betreff: setuptex.csh usage > > Hans, et alia, > > [MacOSX, 10.5.8, intel Core 2 Duo, ConTeXt ver: 2010.12.22 20:18 MKIV > fmt: 2010.12.23 int: english/english] > > I just spent a pointless half hour wondering why my tex files failed > in context when they worked just a few days ago, until I noticed that > context was calling the old texlive installation. I forgot that I had > used setuptex.csh to establish env vars for the running terminal > session and then later terminated it. I intend for the foreseeable > future to continue to use this convenience; I thank you for providing > it, and hope you do not discontinue it. > > I want to continue to use texlive both at the command line and with > some gui front-ends, and want to be able to keep the context minimals > separate. In my inexperience I perhaps am not seeing a more effective > way to do this, but your shell script works, and I hesitate to mess > about with what works. > > Many thanks for all your prodigious and impressive work, > > Jon

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multipage tables - vertical space
by Peter Van Kranenburg 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hello all, What's wrong with this multipage table? \starttext \setuptables[split=repeat] \placetable[split,here][tab:example]{Long Table Example}{\start \starttablehead \HL \VL \bf A \VL \bf B \VL\MR \HL \stoptablehead \starttabletail \HL \stoptabletail \starttables[|l|l|] \dorecurse{100}{\VL first \VL second \VL\MR} \stoptables \stop} \stoptext On each page, I get a vertical space above the footer. see: http://syrinx.knorrie.org/~pvk/tableproblem/tableproblem.pdf Using TeX Live 2009 for Mac OS X: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009) (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./tableproblem.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.08.19 17:10 MKII fmt: 2010.6.15 int: english/english Thanks in advance! Best, Peter van Kranenburg

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Escaping in LuaTeX
by Fulvio Satta 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

I have a problem with Lua and the "#" operator. If I execute the following code I receive an error. \def\luacode% {\startluacode local t = {1, 2, 3} tex.print(#t) \stopluacode} \starttext \luacode \stoptext ConTeXt give me the message: ! Illegal parameter number in definition of \luacode. <to be read again> t l.4 tex.print(#t ) And if I execute the "H" command I get: You meant to type ## instead of #, right? Or maybe a } was forgotten somewhere earlier, and things are all screwed up? I''m going to assume that you meant ##. I've tryed with ##t, whit \#t, with \string#t, with \ctxlua instread of \startluacode and \stopluacode, and I've obtained some other errors, but ConTeXt always give me an error. Maybe should I escape in another manner the "#" operator?

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Metric (TFM) file not found.
by Sam Qasbah 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hello. I downloaded showfont.pdf and I tried the first example: \starttext \definetypeface [zapf] [cg] [calligraphy] [chancery] \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg] \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte} \stoptext but I received the error message "metric file not found". This is the log file: ========================================== This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (TeX Live 2010) (format=cont-en 2010.12.28) 31 DEC 2010 18:37 entering extended mode restricted \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **04-fonts.tex \emergencyend (./04-fonts.tex ConTeXt ver: 2010.07.30 11:35 MKII fmt: 2010.12.28 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-def.mkii) (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkii) (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-one.mkii)) system : 04-fonts.top loaded (./04-fonts.top) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2->2:2 us-> ec:ec->3->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->4->3:3 de->ec:ec->5->3:3 da->ec:ec->6->2:2 sv->ec:ec->7->2:2 gb->ec:ec->8->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->9->2:2 fr->ec:ec->1 0->2:2 es->ec:ec->11->2:2 ca->ec:ec->12->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->13->2:2 it- >ec:ec->14->2:2 la->ec:ec->15->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->16->2:2 pt->ec:ec->17 ->2:2 ro->ec:ec->18->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->19->2:2 pl->ec:ec->20->2:2 pl->qx:qx->21- >2:2 cs->il2:il2->22->2:2 cs->ec:ec->23->2:2 sk->il2:il2->24->2:2 sk->ec:ec->25 ->2:2 hr->ec:ec->26->2:2 sl->ec:ec->27->2:2 tr->ec:ec->28->2:2 tk->ec:ec->29->1 :2 lt->l7x:l7x->30->2:2 agr->agr:agr->32->2:2 fi->ec:ec->33->2:2 hu->ec:ec->34- >2:2 ru->t2a:t2a->36->2:2 uk->t2a:t2a->37->3:3 loaded specials : dvips loaded \openout3 = `04-fonts.tui'. \openout0 = `04-fonts-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are enabled language : language en is active specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.mkii specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/texlive/2010/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) publications : file 04-fonts.bbl not found, waiting for bibtex systems : begin file 04-fonts at line 1 ! Font \*zapf12ptcgtfcg*:=TeXGyreChorus-MediumItalic at 12.0pt not loadable: Me tric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \definefontglobal ...dcsname \lastfontname \relax \expandafter \let \expanda... \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... ... l.3 \switchtotypeface [zapf] [12pt,cg] ? X Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 982 strings out of 456094 15626 string characters out of 2517944 4851573 words of memory out of 7259343 41916 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+200000 82418 words of font info for 37 fonts, out of 3000000 for 9000 396 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 38i,1n,61p,227b,542s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,50000s No pages of output. PDF statistics: 0 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607) 0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 500000) 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000) ========================================== Is there anyone who can help me? Many thanks. Sam Qasbah

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line numbers - method=page
by Daniel Schopper 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Dear all, on trying to reproduce the TEI to ConTeXt example on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TEI_xml I haven't been able to get the line numbering per page working right. I directly copy-pasted the relevant part of the seventh listing which goes like this: \setuplinenumbering[location=inner, step=5, method=page, style=\tfxx, align=left, distance=0.3em, width=0.3cm] - unfortunately to no avail. method=page isn't mentioned neither in the context manual nor in the wiki so I fear I'll have to find some workaround? Being a absolute newbie to ConTeXt I actually tried some primitive fiddling with variations of \setupheadertexts[\setcounter{linenumber}{0}] I'm using ConTeXt ver: 2010.07.30 11:35 MKIV fmt: 2010.12.31 which should be the newest version available on http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2010. Any kind of help is highly appreciated! Please forgive me if there has been already mentioned a solution on this list which I missed… Thanks in advance! Daniel

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