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Re: [NTG-context] margin text
by Robert Blackstone 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <luigi.scarso(a)gmail.com> wrote: (>> Is this normal?) > ....yes . > I have these line > \setuppapersize[A4][A3] > \setuplayout[location=middle] > right to show that default layout --- and it's the default layout from > 10years at least --- > perhaps is not adeguate to your needs; you need to setup* something. > > align (and ragged align) have always confused me, and I suspect that > here aligns are corrects. > > > > -- > luigi and <taco(a)elvenkind.com> wrote: (>> Is this normal?) > Yes, it is even a FAQ item. See here for why: > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Right_and_left > > In short: use flushleft or flushright. This gives the opposite behavior > of left and right, and avoids ambiguity. > > Best wishes, > Taco Thank you, Luigi and Taco, for your almost instantaneous replies. The answer to the left-right question, the recommended use of flushright and flushleft, is clear now. But the eccentricity of what apparently is the default layout is still a problem for me. What should I do to get the page in the middle of the paper so to speak, instead of shifted to the left, which happens with \setuplayout[location=middle]?? I tried specifying leftedgewidth but that does not change anything. Thanks in advance for any help. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Compiling under Windows (Visual Studio 2008)
by Graham Douglas 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hi I hope this message is not too off topic but I thought I would ask here first. I would very much like to (try...) to compile LuaTeX using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. But I'm not sure if this is likely to be enormously complex and maybe too difficult (for me, anyway). Does the list know it is possible to build LuaTeX under Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 --- if so, is this possible from Taco's source distribution without having to make substantial changes to anything. One small thing I can confirm is that Lunatic Python can be quite easily compiled to a Windows DLL to enable Python calls from Lua and hence LuaTeX on Windows. LuaTeX's support for exteral modules now makes it quite easy to do this. I can confirm this seems to work, although I've not really pushed it hard. The following very simple example does work. Inspiration for doing this is due to the intersting article by Luigi Scarso in the latest TUGBOAT. Here's a simple example (far away from the complexities of Luigi's work, but it shows the basic principle). This code is just quick hack to get it up and running. \directlua 0{ lib=package.loadlib('python.dll','luaopen_python') lib() pmw = python.globals() p=python.import('Image') im = p.open("c:\\logo.gif") r,s,t=im.format, im.size, im.mode tex.print(r,tostring(s),tostring(t)) sys = python.import("sys"); tex.print(tostring(sys.version_info)) } \stoptext Many thanks in advance to anyone who has time to share their expertise and insight on a Windows build. Why build it? Just as a way to learn more about how it works, that's it really. Warm wishes to all Graham

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CMap in MkII
by Vedran Miletić 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Can anyone confirm that CMap is still automatically included in MkII? Because copying of Croatian letters (čćđ) isn't quite working here. I'm more than willing to provide a minimal example if necessary. -- Vedran Miletić

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Re: [NTG-context] letter module not working
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Hallo Wolfgang, > > I have problems compiling this with > > ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.20 22:59 MKIV > > [...] > > > I can't reproduce this. Can you take a look at the end of the log > for > this information: > > correspondence : t-correspondence.tex: 2010.02.28 > correspondence : t-letter.tex: 2009.10.10 > correspondence : default.nli: 2010.02.28 > correspondence : dinb.nls: 2009.10.07 > correspondence : default.nls: 2010.02.28 > correspondence : label.nle: 2009.07.03 > correspondence : addrentry.nle: 2008.12.26 > correspondence : dina.nls: 2007.02.11 I forgot how to tell context to produce a verbose log, but the hint was right. I normaly install the letter module in a local tex tree, but have made an update before with call first-setup --extras="t-letter" and this has installed the letter module in the standard tree where it was not found. Sorry for this! Wolfgang

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margin text
by Robert Blackstone 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Hi all, This is a reaction to a post in another thread, setupinmargin failing, but it does not seem to directly concern the problem raised there (by Hans van der Meer). So I raise it as a new problem. I tried the code supplied by Luigi Scarso in ntg-context Digest, Vol 69, Issue 127, Message 1: \showframe \setuppapersize[A4][A3] \setuplayout[location=middle] \setupinmargin[left][align=left,foregroundcolor=red] \setupinmargin[right][align=right,foregroundcolor=blue] \starttext ABC\inright{\framed[width=10mm,height=5mm,foregroundcolor=red]{R1 }} %% override blue, but not for frame \inleft{\tfx A small note in this margin. But we need to setup something before \ldots } \stoptext A few things in the result surprise, and worry, me: 1, the actual text page does not coincide with (what I assume is) the reserved space on the A3-folio (that is, it partially falls outside the area with the green border). Thus in particular the left margin with its margin text falls partly outside this area (which is also clear when one uses \setuppapersize[A4][A4] in the preamble. ) The margin itself is, of course, wide enough to contain the margin note. Why is this and how can it be avoided? In fact this usually happens to me: the margins partly fall outside the page. Very annoying. 2, \setupinmargin[left][align=left,.. ] actually right-aligns the left margin note and vice versa. To left-align it I had to give \setupinmargin[right]. Seems odd to me. Is this normal? Since I frequently have to use margin texts I hope somebody can help me out. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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weird error: no return code
by Philipp A. 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

hi, the following document \usemodule[tikz] \starttext \stoptext yields the following error: ***** ***** ConTeXt output: ***** cd "/home/flyingsheep/Dokumente/LaTeX/ConTeXt/oma" ***** context --nonstopmode 'a4.tex' ***** This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.50.0-2010010505 \write18 enabled. (/home/flyingsheep/Dokumente/LaTeX/ConTeXt/oma/a4.tex ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.20 22:59 MKIV fmt: 2010.3.25 int: english/english system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkiv)) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : ConTeXt File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-def.mkiv) (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-lua.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.mkiv)) (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-otf.mkiv))) system : a4.top loaded (a4.top ) fonts : preloading latin modern fonts bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : language en is active (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/frontendlayer/t-tikz.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/basiclayer/t-pgf.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/basiclayer/t-pgfcor.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/systemlayer/t-pgfsys.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/utilities/t-pgfrcs.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/utilities/t-pgfmod.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfutil-common.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfutil-context.def) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfrcs.code.tex)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys.code.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeys.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgf.cfg) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-pdftex.def (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-pdf.def)) (a4.pgf)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsyssoftpath.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsysprotocol.code.tex)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcore.code.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmath.code.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathcalc.code.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathutil.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathparser.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathoperations.code.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathtrig.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathrnd.code.tex)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/math/pgfmathbase.code.tex))) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorepoints.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorepathconstruct.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorepathusage.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorescopes.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcoregraphicstate.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcoretransformations.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorequick.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcoreobjects.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorepathprocessing.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorearrows.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcoreshade.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcoreimage.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorelayers.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcoretransparency.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/basiclayer/pgfcorepatterns.code.tex))) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/modules/pgfmoduleshapes.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/modules/pgfmoduleplot.code.tex)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/utilities/t-pgffor.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/pgf/utilities/t-pgfrcs.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgffor.code.tex)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/tikz.code.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/libraries/pgflibraryplothandlers.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/modules/pgfmodulematrix.code.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/tikzlibrarytopaths.code.texMTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/home/flyingsheep/luatex-cache/context/6300afb4995fe38c77e9b86ed1ef1028/formats/cont-en" --lua="/home/flyingsheep/luatex-cache/context/6300afb4995fe38c77e9b86ed1ef1028/formats/cont-en.lui" --backend=pdf "./a4.tex" MTXrun | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted I am using TexLive 2009 full and therefore mkIV Can somebody help me?

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simple document layout setup
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

Hello, Is there a simple command to setup narrower document margins, without resorting to \setuplayout with numerical values? I think of MS Word 2007 settings. B.R. Vyatcheslav

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three problems
by Michael Saunders 25 Mar '10

25 Mar '10

1. central headers with margin overhanging: I find that the following line: \setupheadertexts[margin][\rlap{\getmarking[section]}\hfill][\hfill\llap{\getmarking[subsection]}] will set up a header nicely, overhanging the margins. To be clear, I meant that: the left header text begins at the leftmost extreme of the left margin and goes as far right as it needs to, even above the text area, and the right header text begins whereever it has to, even above the text, to end at the rightmost extreme of the right margin. On the other hand, this code: \setupheadertexts[\setups{text a}] \startsetups[text a] \rlap{\getmarking[section]}\hfill \hfill --center text here-- \hfill \hfill\llap{\getmarking[subsection]} \stopsetups can place a center header text. Is there a way to do both? 2. marginal notes with columns: If I have a two-column text with margins on either side, is there a way for \inmargin{} or something like it to place text in the margin next to the column where it occurs? I haven't been able to avoid it overprinting the text in the opposite column. 3. leftward protrusion: When I look at my output with \showgrid, it's clear that there is no leftward protrusion at all. Everything is flush with the margin, even 'T' and 'J'. I'm using: \definefontfeature[...][default][...,protrusion=quality,expansion=quality] \setupalign[hanging,hz]

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setupinmargin failing?
by Hans van der Meer 24 Mar '10

24 Mar '10

I tested margin notes and may have found a discrepancy with the (albeit old) manual. \setupcolors[state=start] \setupinmargin[][align=right,foregroundcolor=red] \starttext ABC\inright{\framed[width=10mm,height=5mm,foregroundcolor=red]{R1}} \inleft{L1} \stoptext This shows un uncolored "L1". But according to the manual there is a parameter choice as in \setupframed. This means for example colored contents with foregroundcolor. The code above leaves "L1" black, but does honor the color inside the framed. I also fail to see a difference between the align options right, middle, left. Something wrong? Or something not understood? ConTeXt ver: 2010.03.20 22:59 MKIV fmt: 2010.3.23 int: english/ english Hans van der Meer

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header in the middle on doublesided layout
by Mojca Miklavec 24 Mar '10

24 Mar '10

Hello, I would like to set a different header on left and right page, but I would like it to be centered on page. How do I do that? The command \setupheadertexts[a][b] puts "a b" on one page and "b a" on the other while \setupheadertexts[a][b][c][d] puts "a b" on one page and "c d" on the other. On single-sided layouts I could use \setupheadertexts[a] or \setupheadertexts[][a][] but using 6 parameters on double-sided doesn't work. I am now hacking with \setupheadertexts[\hbox{\kern-5mm\myheaderright}][][][\hbox{\myheaderleft\kern-5mm}] \def\myheaderright{\hbox to "textwidth+10mm"{...}} but that's a bit ugly. Mojca

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