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Minimals and FreeBSD [almost-panic]
by Mojca Miklavec 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

Hello guys, esp Yue and Diego, while trying to update binaries from TeX Live repository ... I have discovered that FreeBSD has disappeared completely (http://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/bin/) http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2009-October/023003.html What has happened to the binary builders? Mojca (Sorry, but I'll be "saving the world" tomorrow. If any file disapears by then ... please wait patiently.)

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Interletter spacing
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello, I asked this question long time ago, but cannot find the answer. How can I make interletter spacing a bit bigger? (I mean spacing between letters in words. And other characters too) \stretched fills the hbox and makes text really ugly. I need only a gentle stretching, without full justification. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Bib: Cite with alternative=data fails
by Andreas Schneider 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

In the context minimals' bib mod, \cite[alternative=data][...] fails with the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. \@@pvdatainbook ... }{\egroup . }{\insertcrossref { in~}{}{. }}} {\insertseri... \dotypesetapublication ...ve {\getvalue {pbdt-#1}} \fi \egroup \next1 #1,->\dobibdata {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... \bibdataref ...e \processcommalist [#1]\dobibdata \bibalternative \v!right \docite ...alue {bib\@@currentalternative ref}[#2] \else \processcommalist [#... l.158 ...alternative=data][lippe_evolutionre_2006] Is that still supposed to work and/or is there another alternative to display the full citation info? Btw. the current beta minimals don't contain the bib documentation (at least there is no PDF regarding bib in my whole context tree). Thanks in advance, Andreas Schneider.

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Re: [NTG-context] answers (cumulative reply :)
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Thank you, friends, for answers. To Hahns: Can I make $$ envinroment behave like \startformula? In other words, to redefine $$ to be substituted by \start-stop formula? Writing \startformula and \stopformula every time is too verbose. To Mojca: OK, the current solution works for me. Don't want to complicate it further, just want to point out that Knuth compatibility is broken :) To Wolfgang: \setuplabeltext[ua][figure=Рис. ] works fine indeed. But how to make it numbered by subsection? Thanks again Vyatcheslav

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Drawing interpolation curve in MP
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello, I have a crazy idea: can I draw 2nd order curve in metapost, provided that I know coordinates of 3 points: begin, center, end? And place markers onto those points. Regards, Vyatcheslav

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\placefigure setups
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello, Sorry for another newbie question, but how can I setup \placefigure so that its caption appeared as "Рис. 1.1"? That is, with "Рис." prefix and numbered by subsection? Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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Why formulas have space before but don't have space after
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hello everyone again, There is a problem I encounter every time I use math and which drives me mad. Why formulas have space before but don't have space after? What is the most elegant way to dial with it? In the following example, the expression is glued to the text that follows (which is certanly unwanted): Допустимо нам поставлена задача з'єднати три точки на площині, що не лежать на одній прямій. Найпростішим рішенням такої задачі буде з'єднати послідовно дані точки відрізками прямих ліній, причому крива, при такому рішенні, буде апроксимуватися ламаною лінією. Рівняння прямих, що приходять через дві задані точки, як відомо, мають вигляд: $$(х−х_1)/(х_2−х_1)=(у−у1)/у2−у1),$$ де (х1, у1), (х2, у2) -- декартові координати першої і другої точок, відповідно. Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] How to make an accent
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

On 01.11.2009 13:00, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > If there is no suitable letter in Unicode you may: > - try to use Unicode accent combining characters and complain if it doesn't work > - this used to work not so long ago (well, during BachoTeX Hans has > fixed it), but the second example behaves weird again: > \buildtextaccent\textcircumflex{y} > \buildtextaccent\textcircumflex{\schwa} > so try with your letters and report if you stumble into problems problems. > Thanks. But before i try something weird, i want to explain. I need an accent to indicate where pronunciation stress is. Is happens on Cyrillic "а" letter: Апроксимація (approximation) So my goal is not to form a special letter, but to show a linguistic feature of the word. Maybe we have better way to do this? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Setup math for times typescript
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

On 01.11.2009 9:39, ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl wrote: > It should have been like in TeX Gyre (type-tmf.tex): > > \starttypescript [myfont] > \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] > \definetypeface [\typescriptone] [mm] [math] [times] [default] > \stoptypescript > > \usetypescript[myfont] > \setupbodyfont[myfont,20pt] > > unless something is interfering ... (I didn't try type-win.) > OK, after playing with it, I get the the math (at least greek and latin letters). But why are they not slanted? Please see the attachment. Source for the formula is $$(х−х_1)/(х_2−х_1)=(у−у1)/у2−у1),$$ Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] Suppress section numbering for first section
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Thank you Aditya, this works. And I had this solution in mind too, just was not sure that is is good to mess subjects with sections ) >> How to suppress numbering solely for Introduction section? Strange, but my >> > elegant solution does not work: >> > >> > \section[number=no]{INTRO} >> > \subject{Intro} ?? > > Best wishes, Vyatcheslav

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