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verses together
by Ciro Soto 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

I am writing a book with poems and need to maintain four, sometimes five, lines together in the same page. I don't know in advance which four lines will be split at the end of the page. How would I implement this? Using \testpage[n] works, only if I know in advance where the the split happens. thank you Ciro -- Links of your interest: http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/ http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com http://www.myspace.com/sotoaguirre

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First time user trying to get Context to work
by Harrie Frericks 14 Jul '09

14 Jul '09

This is my first post to the list. I'm a first time user and I'm very eager to give Context a try. However, so far I've been unable to get Context to work properly. Maybe someone can help. I'm using a standard Windows PC running XP SP2. I'm using the minimals version. There are no other Tex related packages on my system. Problem 1 (solved): Ruby error: no such file to load ubygems Solution: this error is caused by the environment variable RUBYOPT. When it is set, it is usually set to -rubygems. Unsetting this variable solves the problem. Suggestion: when running first-setup.bat this error is produced on the very first line. However, since there is a lot of text scrolling down the screen this error is easily overlooked. It may be a good idea to unset the RUBYOPT variable in this .bat file. It may also be a good idea to unset (and probably reset) this variable in the texexec.bat file before texlua is called. Problem 2 (not-solved) I'm getting the infamous error: I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! I searched this list and tried texexec --make --all This doesn't solve the problem. The problem is located in this part of the output: TexExec | using tex engine pdftex TexExec | using tex format path ./pdftex TexExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions TexExec | using mp engine mpost TexExec | using mps format path . TexExec | generating mps format metafun I then did some debugging on the tex.rb file and found the error is generated in the following piece of code starting at line 646: if texformats && texengine then report("using tex engine #{texengine}") texformatpath = if getvariable('local') then '.' else Kpse.formatpath(texengine,true) end # can be empty, to do report("using tex format path #{texformatpath}") Dir.chdir(texformatpath) rescue false if FileTest.writable?(texformatpath) then The last if fails and generates the error on line 679. I then checked for file permissions in the c:\context directory tree and found no problems there. My guess: the ./pdftex format path either doesn't exist or can't be found by tex.rb and this generates the error. The ruby scripts of Context are too large to do a full debug. I simply do not have the time for that. So, after several hours of hacking I hope someone can solve this problem, so I can finally give Context a try. Regards, Harrie Frericks The Netherlands

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from latex & pstricks to context
by R. Bastian 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Bonjour, i am transferring sources from latex to context. so i write separate files for every pstricks part and compile in a pdf-file (tex -> dvips -> epstopdf) with a script; finally the graphics go into the the text by \externalfigure ... 1. is there a better way ? 2. is there a way to translate Latex -> Context ? PS: i dont like metapost René Bastian --

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How to prevent empty page after MPpage?
by Mojca Miklavec 13 Jul '09

13 Jul '09

Hello, The following code works OK in mkiv, but in mkii it generates a spurious empty page at the end. How can I get rid of it? (I think that it used to work OK a while ago.) \def\startGNUPLOTpage% {\obeyMPlines\dostartGNUPLOTpage} \long\def\dostartGNUPLOTpage#1\stopGNUPLOTpage% {\startMPpage#1\stopMPpage} \starttext \startGNUPLOTpage draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopGNUPLOTpage \stoptext Thanks, Mojca

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expansion in xml section heads
by Thomas A. Schmitz 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

Hi all, I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but I'm still having trouble understanding the new structure code. Here is a small example: \startbuffer[test] <auth> <section> <title><emph>MyTitle</emph></title> <content> Hello world </content> </section> </auth> \stopbuffer \startxmlsetups xml:mysetups \xmlsetsetup{\xmldocument}{auth|section|title|content|emph}{xml:*} \stopxmlsetups \xmlregistersetup{xml:mysetups} \startxmlsetups xml:auth \xmlflush{#1} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:section \xmlflush{#1}\par \midaligned{\hl[5]} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:title \section{\xmlflush{#1}} \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:content \xmlflush{#1}\par \stopxmlsetups \startxmlsetups xml:emph {\bgroup\em \xmlflush{#1}\egroup} \stopxmlsetups \setuphead [section] [style=normal, number=no, expansion=yes, page=yes] \starttext \xmlprocessbuffer{main}{test}{} \stoptext The title is not properly expanded though I have expansion=yes in my setuphead. Am I doing something wrong? All best Thomas

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CTAN has a new package: ConTeXt Top Ten Commands
by luigi scarso 12 Jul '09

12 Jul '09

http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/context-top-ten/ -- luigi

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\index inserts whitespace
by Wolfgang Schuster 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

Hi, the \index command creates additional whitespace in the output. \starttext \section{Knuth} \input knuth \page \section{Tufte}\index{tufte} \input tufte \stoptext Wolfgang

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Mark IV Syntax highlighting support
by Renaud Aubin 11 Jul '09

11 Jul '09

Hi folks, Where to start with this topic (current state in Mark IV, roadmap, ...) ? Renaud

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colo-hex
by Peter Rolf 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

Hi, there is a small bug in colo-hex, which leads to slightly wrong colors (at max. -0.390625%). In line 41 of both mark related files there is \newdimen\hexcolorfraction \hexcolorfraction=\dimexpr(1pt/256) . This should be 255 (#fractions) instead of 256 (#values); I made the same error a quite while ago. If I patch the files, I get the correct color in case of mark ii, but mark iv still gives the wrong one (remade the formats). Mh, strange. Here the output of my beloved 'tabbyCalc' (result of operation is always in next line, which is then used for next operation): 1/255 0,0039215686*255 0,999999993 1/256 0,00390625*255 0,99609375-1*100 -0,390625 I attached a small test file, which hopefully 'shows' (depends on your monitor) the difference. The border line goes from the lower left to the upper right corner; you have to look 'closely'. :D I case of pdftex you can also peek into the eps file to see the color values (before and after patching). No such help for mkiv. I have no clue why mkiv still gives the wrong color... Best wishes, Peter \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[hex] %% fraction= 1/255*65536= 257.004 %\newdimen\hexcolorfraction \hexcolorfraction=\dimexpr1pt/255\relax% = 257sp \definecolor[testcolor] [r=0.87843,g=0.87451,b=0.89020] % RGB(224,223,227)) \definecolor[testcolorHEX] [h=E0DFE3]% same as HEX (currently transformed to RGB(223,222,226) ) \definecolor[testcolor] [r=1,g=1,b=1] % RGB(224,223,227)) \definecolor[testcolorHEX] [h=FFFFFF]% same as HEX (currently transformed to RGB(223,222,226) ) \startMPpage path p; p:= unitsquare xyscaled(5cm,5cm); fill (point 0 of p -- point 1 of p -- point 2 of p --cycle) withcolor \MPcolor{testcolorHEX}; % bottom right part of the square fill (point 0 of p -- point 3 of p -- point 2 of p --cycle) withcolor \MPcolor{testcolor}; % top left part \stopMPpage

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Font Path Problem.
by Stirling Westrup 10 Jul '09

10 Jul '09

I am running Debian amd64 (a mixed version system) and recently installed context. I am trying to get mkiv working, and so far it mostly is. The one problem I've run into is that I can't get it to recognize the extra truetype fonts I have in /usr/local/share/fonts. It only seems to see the ones that came with the installation. I've followed the various installation and setup documents as best I could but so far haven't had any luck. Here's a hopefully meaningful transcript below: $ env | grep -i "tex\|fontdir" TEXMFCACHE=/tmp TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts;/usr/local/share/fonts;/home/sti/.fonts $ ls /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex* /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-Bold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexBoldLining Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexBoldOldstyle Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConBlackLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConBlackOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCond-Black.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCondRegular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCondSerif-Black.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCondSerif.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexCond.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConRegLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConRegOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerBlackLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerBlackOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexConSerOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-ExtraBold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexExtraboldLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexExtraboldOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-ExtraBold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicBoldLining Bold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicBoldOldstyle Bold Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicExtraboldLining Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicExtraboldOldstyle Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicLightLining Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexItalicLightOldstyle Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-Light Italic.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexLightLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexLightOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/Triplex-Light.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifBoldLining Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifBoldOldstyle Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerif-Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifExtraBoldLining Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifExtraBoldOldstyle Bold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerif-ExtraBold.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifLightLining Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerifLightOldstyle Regular.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/TriplexSerif-Light.ttf $ luatools --generate LuaTools | loading /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/e027248d6557d124c703335e8a95ecd5.tma LuaTools | saving configuration in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/e027248d6557d124c703335e8a95ecd5.tma LuaTools | compiling configuration to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/e027248d6557d124c703335e8a95ecd5.tmc LuaTools | locating list of /home/sti/.texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /home/sti/.texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /home/sti/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /etc/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/share/texmf-texlive LuaTools | scanning path /etc/texmf LuaTools | 117 files found on 23 directories with 12 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /var/lib/texmf LuaTools | 66 files found on 18 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/local/share/texmf LuaTools | 338 files found on 98 directories with 23 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf LuaTools | 5213 files found on 258 directories with 84 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path /usr/share/texmf-texlive LuaTools | 26261 files found on 3052 directories with 1007 uppercase remappings LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/b8a1cf189bc82d8722e834ba72af3440.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/b8a1cf189bc82d8722e834ba72af3440.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/b8a1cf189bc82d8722e834ba72af3440.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/365395d0b7a55b76b7abe9a5d47c611d.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/365395d0b7a55b76b7abe9a5d47c611d.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/365395d0b7a55b76b7abe9a5d47c611d.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c136f4d84c0b9fde8e19a42543a2e07d.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c136f4d84c0b9fde8e19a42543a2e07d.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c136f4d84c0b9fde8e19a42543a2e07d.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c99fbb6307ce58c4c8d3687f791de5f6.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c99fbb6307ce58c4c8d3687f791de5f6.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/c99fbb6307ce58c4c8d3687f791de5f6.tmc LuaTools | preparing files for /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/9ea5cec901854e6fa728c2ba01c0bb52.tma LuaTools | saving files in /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/9ea5cec901854e6fa728c2ba01c0bb52.tma LuaTools | compiling files to /tmp/luatex-cache/context/c67bf06401a0e1a39f3ee04c60209dc5/trees/9ea5cec901854e6fa728c2ba01c0bb52.tmc LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.815 seconds $ mtxrun --script fonts --reload report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix otf report >> fontnames: 142 tree files identified, 436 hash entries added, runtime 0.23373603820801 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix ttf report >> fontnames: 17 tree files identified, 57 hash entries added, runtime 0.15961408615112 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix ttc report >> fontnames: 0 tree files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.15532112121582 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying tree font files with suffix afm report >> fontnames: 1046 tree files identified, 1873 hash entries added, runtime 0.28574800491333 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix otf report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.0090441703796387 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix ttf report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.000049 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix ttc report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.000047 seconds report >> fontnames: identifying system font files with suffix afm report >> fontnames: 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.000047 seconds $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern="Triplex" $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=".ttf" quasichanceryttf medium italic QuasiChanceryTTF Medium Italic qzcmi.ttf quasicourierttf bold QuasiCourierTTF Bold qcrb.ttf quasicourierttf bold italic QuasiCourierTTF Bold Italic qcrbi.ttf quasicourierttf regular QuasiCourierTTF Regular qcrr.ttf quasicourierttf regular italic QuasiCourierTTF Regular Italic qcrri.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf bold QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Bold qhvcb.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf bold italic QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Bold Italic qhvcbi.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf regular QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Regular qhvcr.ttf quasiswisscondensedttf regular italic QuasiSwissCondensedTTF Regular Italic qhvcri.ttf quasiswissttf bold QuasiSwissTTF Bold qhvb.ttf quasiswissttf bold italic QuasiSwissTTF Bold Italic qhvbi.ttf quasiswissttf regular QuasiSwissTTF Regular qhvr.ttf quasiswissttf regular italic QuasiSwissTTF Regular Italic qhvri.ttf -- Stirling Westrup Programmer, Entrepreneur. https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/77228 http://www.linkedin.com/in/swestrup http://technaut.livejournal.com

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