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Background for current page only
by Khaled Hosny 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

How to set a background for the current page only? \setupbackgrounds sets backgrounds for all pages, I don't seem to find a way to turn it on/off for certain pages (\setupbackgrounds[state=start/stop] has no effect). Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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[OT] adobe_reader_91_for_linux
by luigi scarso 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

http://blogs.adobe.com/acroread/2009/03/adobe_reader_91_for_linux_and.html -- luigi

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MkIV typescripts for free fonts by exljbris
by Henning Hraban Ramm 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

Some time ago there was a thread on this subject. I adapted the typescript to work with the latest release of exljbris free fonts. Enjoy! Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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\restoreglobalbodyfont messes up superscripts
by Michael Bynum 04 Apr '09

04 Apr '09

I was originally trying to make the font inside a table smaller, and when I was trying things out, I ran into a problem with \restoreglobalbodyfont changing the font size of my superscripts from what it was before the command was issued. I really just want to make the font inside my table smaller, but I don't know how to "turn off" a formating command like \tfxx. I originally thought that was what \par was for, but it doesn't seem to do anything. I then tried \restoreglobalbodyfont, but started running into my issues. Can anyone give me any help with this issue? Mike ------------------------------------------------------------ test.tex -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \starttext Sample Text\high{TEST} \tfxx \placetable[here]{} \starttable{|c|c|} \HL \NC test \NC test \NC\FR \NC test \NC test \NC\LR \HL \stoptable \par Sample Text\high{TEST} \restoreglobalbodyfont \par Sample Text\high{TEST} \stoptext

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Metapost labeling question. Please help
by Curiouslearn 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hi, I want the labels as (0.5,0.55,0.6,0.65,0.7,...,1) or (0.50,0.55,0.60,0.65,0.70,...,1). Either of these two is fine. I tried the following code for this. \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{labeltest} numeric rmin,rmax; rmin := 0.5; rmax := 1; ux := 25cm; uy :=10cm; % draw axes draw (rmin,0)*ux -- (rmax+0.1,0)*ux; draw (rmin,0)*ux -- (rmin*ux,(1.1)*uy); for x = 0.5 step 0.05 until 1.1: label.bot(textext(decimal(x)),(x*ux,x*uy)); endfor; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{labeltest} \stoptext I get (0.5,0.55, 0.6,0.65001,0.70001,0.75002,...,1.00003) instead. I don't understand why I get more than 2 digits after 0.6. Is there a way to restrict the number of digits after the decimal point. Thanks very much.

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right/left only background offset?
by Khaled Hosny 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Is there a way to typeset a paragraph with background extending only in the margin? I used the following setup, but I don't want the background to extend in the top/bottom (or at least minimize it), any ideas? \setupcolors[state=start] \setupbackground [background=color, backgroundcolor=green, frame=on, backgroundoffset=.5cm]%, %leftoffset=0cm,rightoffset=0cm] \starttext \startbackground \input tufte \stopbackground \input tufte \stoptext Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer

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Typesetting C code
by zikmua1＠fel.cvut.cz 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Can someone help me with typesetting C code. I tried typeset JAVA code with followed command \startJV import java.text.DateFormat; public class MainClass(){ } \stopJV and output was OK. I use predefine typing environment (verbatim) If I use predefine environment for C code, \startC #include <stio.h> int main(){ return 0; } \stopC the compiler report error. Please, can you help me with typesetting C code. Thanks very much.

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Strange extra page with xetex ...
by Markus Hubig 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hi @all, when i'm using XeTeX (texexec --xtx bla.tex) to create my document I'm getting an extra first page aug PDF output containing the chars "sss e" ... I'm using ConTeXt Minimals (TeXExec | version 6.2.1 - 1997-2009 - PRAGMA ADE/POD). Is this a known Problem? Is there a fix for it? I'm not having this Problem when using LuaTeX or pdfTeX ... Markus -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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updating ConTeXt (MacTeX)
by Robert Blackstone 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > ..... > > ConTeXt should work now (i.e. at this moment in this shell window) > ..... > > Are there any remaining problems? > > I'll change the Wiki now. > > > Greetlings from Lake Constance! > Hraban Hello Hraban, No remaining problems, at least not with installing Minimals. Your instructions are beautifully clear. Everything works now. Thank you very much. Robert Blackstone

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Affiliation change
by Taco Hoekwater 03 Apr '09

03 Apr '09

Hello everybody, This message is to inform you all that as of today, I am no longer an employee of Elvenkind BV, the company where I have worked for during the past years. Working for Elvenkind has been a pleasure, but it has always been hard for Elvenkind to find enough commercial projects to employ me in. Even the recent (much appreciated!) funded TeX-development projects simply do not generate enough revenue for Elvenkind to make it viable to keep me as an employee in the current economic climate. This is not the best time to be out of a job, but nevertheless I have decided to try to make the most of it an attempt to make an old dream happen: being my own boss. Since quite some time already I have had a private company called Bittext that I use for various bits and pieces that simply did not fit in with Elvenkind's company strategy (its original intent was to place my font development work in that company, but it has also been used as the company behind organizing the ConTeXt Epen meeting in 2007, for example). For the development of luatex and metapost, I do not expect that much to change compared to the current situation: Hans and I will continue to write funding proposals and we hope that enough of those will be granted so that I can keep that development work going much like it is. (about a 50% commitment working on these two programs in an average working week). However, for ConTeXT and other TeX-related things, the situation is a bit more problematic. Pragma ADE does not have money to fund any projects, even if I managed to find something to excite Hans that he couldn't do faster himself ;). To find the missing source of income, I intend to start giving commercial ConTeXt courses and I plan to start selling manuals via lulu. Perhaps there is a bit of consultancy that can be found as well, and I will try to regain some of my old mathematical typesetting clients. But I fear that even all of that together will generate enough income for me to continue developing modules and offering help for free. Therefore, the planned bib module replacement will be released as commercial software, and support for other ConTeXT stuff (like the current bib module) will become a paid service. Probably via a subscription website, that will (for example) also host my release notes. I am brooding on other ConTeXt module ideas that people may be willing to pay for, and I will finish the font projects that are still on my disk for sale via my website. This April (until around BachoTeX) I will still be busy preparing the luatex and metapost binaries for the TeXlive 2009 deadline, but after that I will likely drop offline for a while, creating the Bittext website ( http://www.bittext.com ) and figuring out things like how to be on the receiving end of Lulu and PayPal. Well, that is about all I wanted to say right now. I am quite apprehensive about how this news will fall in the ConTeXT community, but I see no other way. And I must admit that at the same time I am quite excited about being "in control of my own destiny", as they say! Best wishes to all of you, Taco

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