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context installation on Windows XP
by Philip Brown 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

I am having touble installling CONTEX (and metafun) on Windows XP. I downloaded and installed Texlive. I am able to run Latex and some other programs, but I tried various ways, unsuccesfully, to run context. For example I tried running texmfstart texexec.rb hello.tex and some other combinations, and nothing happened. I went to the PRAGMA-ADE website and downoaded cont-tmf into the texmf-local directory and unzipped it. Then I tried texexec -make -all and a few other combinatins and nothing happened. I have Perl v5.10 installed, and I use editor EMACS with AUCTEX assistance would be much appreciated, Philip Brown

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figure captions in the margin
by Richard Weickelt 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Hello, I want to have captions for figures, listings and other stuff inside the document margin. I saw that someone asked a very similar question 3 years ago: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20061025.211202.c2e04f8c.en.html > > Does somebody know whether it is possible and how it is possible to > > place the caption of a figure in the margin? > > > yes, actually i implemented this last week but i need to update the > details manual; captions can go in margins, hang in centered figures, there > is support for all kind of inner/outer alignments etc Hans said, that he had already implemented that feature, but in fact it still doesn't work. So the code \setupcaptions[location=outermargin] \starttext \placefigure{Caption}{\framed{Figuur}} \stoptext still prints no caption at all. I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and ConTeXt from the repositories. Is this version too old? Thank You. Richard ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: [NTG-context] How to Determine the Current File Name and Line Number in the ConTeXt Source?
by Tad Ashlock 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hans Hagen wrote: > Tad Ashlock wrote: > > Is there a convenient way within a Lua block to determine the current > > file name and line number of the source file being processed by ConTeXt? [snip] > i have no time now to figure out while filenames are not known but > here's a (wikifyable) hack: [snip] > line = status.linenumber, > file = status.filename From the luatex 0.40.6 sources (luatex/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/lua/lstatslib.c): ---------------------------------------------------------- /* hack, I really should implement the makecstring */ char *getfilename(void) { integer t; t = get_current_name(); if (t > (1 << 21)) return makecstring(t); else return xstrdup(""); } ---------------------------------------------------------- Looks like we're always getting the xstrdup() branch of the conditional. Hans, would you like me to submit this as a luatex bug? Tad

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Module installation
by Wolfgang Schuster 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Installation of modules ======================= Basics –––––– The installation of extra files in TeX (called modules in ConTeXt) can be hard for people how are new in TeX or aren't interested in TeX programming themselve. According to the TDS (TeX directory structure) and the ConTeXt developers user written files reside under the path $TEXMF/tex/context/third/<modulename>/<files> in the private TeX directory ($TEXMF), private directories can have the names • texmf-local • texmf-extra • texmf-project but there existence depend on the TeX distribution and texmf-local is the most common one. Installation by hand –––––––––––––––––––– When you want to install a new module which is available as file only create the subdirectories in the way described above and place the file there, for modules which are available as zip files with precreated subdorectories you can unzip the archive in the top-level directory (e.g. texmf-local/) and all files are on the correct place. After the files are placed at the right place you have to update TeX's database to let it know where it can find the files, this is done for MkII with mktexlsr (command name depends on the TeX distribution) and for MkIV with context --generate ConTeXt minimals –––––––––––––––– Users of the ConTeXt minimals dont't have to download the module files and unzip them in the local directory because they can use the 'first-setup' for this. To install for example the simpleslides modules you write first-setup.sh --extras="t-simpleslides" To install more modules at the same time write first-setup.sh --extras="t-simpleslides,t-french" The complete list of availables modules in minimals is: • f-urwgaramond • f-urwgothic • t-account • t-algorithmic • t-bib • t-bnf • t-chromato • t-cmscbf • t-cmttbf • t-construction-plan • t-degrade • t-fixme • t-french • t-games • t-gnuplot • t-layout • t-letter • t-lettrine • t-lilypond • t-mathsets • t-simplefonts • t-simpleslides • t-taspresent • t-tikz • t-typearea • t-typescripts • t-vim TeX Live –––––––– # description required The following modules are available: • context-account • context-bnf • context-chromato • context-construction-plan • context-degrade • context-french • context-games • context-gnuplot • context-letter • context-lettrine • context-lilypond • context-mathsets • context-simpleslides • context-taspresent • context-typearea • context-vim

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[Fwd: trying to run ontext]
by Hans Hagen 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

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simplefonts?
by Andrea Valle 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

Hi, I'm installing minimals on my new macbook, and luckily, my instructions on wiki still works :) I've been able to build the font tree and I've seen with great pleasure that there's a simplefonts module. If I run from minimals this (from wiki): \usemodule[simplefonts] % load the module \setmainfont[Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font \starttext \rm\tf roman \it italic \bf bold \bi bolditalic \sc smallcaps \stoptext I have ! Undefined control sequence. <recently read> \setmainfont l.2 \setmainfont [Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font ? ! Emergency stop. <recently read> \setmainfont l.2 \setmainfont [Delicious] % set Delicious as main (serif) font ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! MTXrun | run 1: luatex --fmt="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf- cache/luatex-cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a/formats/ cont-en" --lua="/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache/luatex- cache/context/aac20ce207a097b4b480d7b5eb76554a/formats/cont-en.lui" -- backend=pdf "/Users/andrea/Desktop/test.tex" MTXrun | fatal error, return code: 1 Have I to install simplefonts? (How?) Thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanderaalle/ --> http://www.youtube.com/user/vanderaalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." (Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski)

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pdf with password/security
by Ciro Soto 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Hi all, I am planning to offer a poetry book in electronic format as well as paper format. How would I produce the pdf file with security/password using context? 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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[OT] pelgrimage-to-pragma
by luigi scarso 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/tools/pelgrimage-to-pragma Is it Hans's library ? I don't remember.... -- luigi

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bold math
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Hello Hans, I wanted to use \definetypeface [boldmath] [mm] [boldmath] [latin-modern] [default] \starttext $\boldsymbol θ$ \stoptext but it seems to fail in mkii and has no influence in mkiv. (The workaround in mkii is to use \theta instead of θ, in mkiv it makes no difference.) 1. Is there any simple patch that could make θ work in mkii? (I'm working with mkii at the moment) 2. I have no idea what to do in mkiv case. Some of symbols (including bold greek) exist is the same font, some don't and might require another ("bolder") font. Maybe fixing the behaviour of \boldsymbol and a few mappings for greek could be enogh to start with. I have tried to enter "MATHEMATICAL BOLD ITALIC SMALL THETA" directly with LM, but it didn't work (probably there are some mappings still missing, but it's a bit uncomfortable to type proper mathematical symbols anyway as editor is somehow lacking the characters and keyboard would have to be reconfigured heavily). Mojca

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Unwanted empty last page in doublesided document
by B. Tommy Jensen 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

I am using Context mkII and have the following challenge: I am using a doblesided layout and want to have an even total number of pages. The last chapter should have an empty trailing page (if necessary) to add up to the right number. The problem is that I always get an ODD number of pages, and there are _two_ empty last pages at the end of the document. I have tried \installpagebreakhandler with no effect. The attached sample shows the problem - two empty pages at end. I would have expected the document to stop at page 10, but there is an empty page 11 as well. Does anyone have a clue here? Regards, Tommy Jensen Sample text follows: \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \startbodymatter \chapter[]{Kap 1} \chapter[]{Kap 2} \chapter[]{Kap 3} \chapter[]{Kap 4} \chapter[]{Kap 5} \stopbodymatter %----------------------------------------------------------------------------- % Necessary to suppress emtpy last page in doublesided pagenumbering mode (no effect!) \installpagebreakhandler{last}{} \stoptext

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