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PhD Thesis in ConTeXt
by Piotr 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hello, I have spent some time with google in order to find an answer to the following questions. Unfortunatly, I was not satisfied with the answers, which I now hope to find here. It is my plan not to use the MS Office suite for the production of my PhD thesis (in chemistry). I have used Miktex some years ago during my studies for some project reports, and I remember beeing quite satisfied with the results. My Master thesis, on the other hand, I wrote in word.. and although I remember not having too many difficulties, there were some nasty obstacles to be overcome. Obstacles which I simply do not want to risk having repeated a second time on a much bigger scale. I this mailing list I read several reports of people who either had written their thesis in Latex or ConTeXt. There was a mention of Latex beeing designed for mathematic purposes, while ConTeXt was said to be better suited for the intergration of graphics or larger/more complex layout changes. 1) Finding the right context For now I had quite some difficulties to find that proper Latex distribution - a problem that actually led me to the existence of ConTeXt. I am wondering which latex distribution I should choose in order to work with ConTeXt? I am running Windows Vista (64-bit). Or is there a ConTeXt stand alone package that will absolutely satisfy my me in my needs? In principle, all I need is 2) The right editor What is the preferred editor for ConTeXt? for such a project? Is there any loss in functionality when using Texniccenter with ConTeXt than with MikTex instead? 3) I have seen some thesis templates/examples in this mailinglist. Can anyone point me to additional sources regarding the creation of a PhD Thesis with ConTeXt? What is the advantage over Latex, what are the disadvantages? Is there a win-win distribution somewhere on the table? 4) Has anyone used a typesetting suite like ContTeXt with CVS? 5) Is the ConTeXt reference system compatible with Endnote? Is there any point to have latex installed, when context can do the trick? Or lets ask the devils advocate the other way around: What is the point of installing context, when latex could do the trick? Apart that I have to re-learn latex anyway.. what is better with Context? Regards, Piotr Jakubowicz

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experimental repository in mtx-update
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

In mtx-update, there is --context=beta switch. What about --repository=experimental? And how these two interfere with each other? This is crucial for me to know to update the installer. Best, Vyatcheslav

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problem with defineitemgroup command
by Curious Learn 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I am trying to define an itemgroup to list the answers for multiple choice questions. When I try to change the stopper using the option stopper=), the list changes from an alphabetical one to a bulleted list. Please see the difference between "choices" and "options" below. \defineitemgroup[choices][levels=1] \setupitemgroup[choices][1][a,packed] \defineitemgroup[options][levels=1] \setupitemgroup[options][1][a,packed,stopper=)] \starttext \startchoices \startitem This is choice 1. \stopitem \startitem This is choice 2. \stopitem \stopchoices \startoptions \startitem This is option 1. \stopitem \startitem This is option 2. \stopitem \stopoptions \stoptext Q. How can I change the stopper in this itemgroup.

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latest beta - Math error
by Thomas A. Schmitz 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Sorry, I don't have a minimal example yet, but processing some of my xml files dies with this error: ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\crampedscriptscriptstyle is not set. \XML:ent:approx ->$\approx $ l.2 ≈ \xmlflush #1->\ctxlua {lxml.flush("#1")} \@@su:xml:content #1->\xmlflush {#1} \par l.1 \xmlsetup{292}{xml:content} \xmlfirst #1#2->\ctxlua {lxml.first("#1","#2")} ... or ! Math error: parameter \Umathquad\crampedscriptscriptstyle is not set. \mathematics #1->\relax \ifmmode #1\else $#1$ \fi \XML:ent:lt ...ies \string <\else \mathematics {<} \fi l.5 < \xmlflush #1->\ctxlua {lxml.flush("#1")} \@@su:xml:content #1->\xmlflush {#1} \par l.1 \xmlsetup{880}{xml:content} I haven't succeeded in narrowing down the error, but what does \Umathquad and \crampedscriptscriptstyle mean? I couldn't find it in the source. Thomas

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beta again
by Hans Hagen 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi, - the problem with creating formats is related to changes in texexec (and other rb modules) that rely on ruby 1.8 and had to be adapted to 1.9; because incompatibilities in library calls are nicely catched (begin .. rescue ... end) we never see problems unless we explicitly issue an error message or warning which in most cases is more bound to the expected behaviour than to the method missing ... as such, i would not be surprised if more problems show up, but on the other hand, in the end only texexec remains as ruby script - the problem with hz/protruding was due to a typo in one of the lua scripts but even then, the posted example would now show the effects as one has to explicitly turn it on: \setupalign[hz,hanging] i'll upload a new beta Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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beta / cjk
by Hans Hagen 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi, I added lang-cjk (replaces lang-chi and lang-jap for mkiv) wich still lacks korean labels. The conversion code from font-chi has been integrated in mkiv. \starttext \definefontfeature [chinese-traditional] [mode=node,script=hang,lang=zht] \mainlanguage[cn] \definedfont[adobesongstd-light*chinese-traditional] \startitemize[cn] \item 兡也包因沘氓侷柵苗孫孫財崧淫設弼琶跑愍窟榜蒸奭稽 \item 霄瓢館縲擻鼕〈孃魔釁〉佉沎岠狋垚柛胅娭涘罞偟惈牻荺 \item 傒焱菏酡廅滘絺赩塴榗箂踃嬁澕蓴醊獧螗餟燱螬駸礑鎞 \item 瀧鄿瀯騬醹躕鱕 \stopitemize \currentdate \stoptext (some files have been changed/renamed so luatools --generate (for mkiv) and mktexlsr (for mkii) are needed Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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beta release
by Hans Hagen 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi, As prelude to LuaTeX 0.40 there is now a beta 0.35. I uploaded a context beta that matches this version. The most important move is that we now have a new math subsystem. (Specially for Mojca: iwona seems to work ok). Apart from bringin unicode math this also gives a better performance. (Some info about what is involved can be found in mk.pdf on the website). There might be ommisions so when you run into one, just let us know. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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t-lettrine question
by Alan Stone 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi, Thanks a lot to Taco for the very handy lettrine module. How do you make it automatically drop cap the first word of each chapter ? -- Alan

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basic luatex/minimals problem
by Alan Bowen 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

I have been revising my notes for newbie Mac installation of the ConTeXt Minimals and was about to put them online when I discovered that, when I try to process a file using MKIV, it does not find my personal texmf folder (~Library/texmf). There is no problem when I process the same file using MKII. I am accessing MKIV by way of a ConTeXt-luaTeX engine in TeXShop: (#!/bin/bash export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-osx-intel/bin:$PATH export TEXMFCACHE=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-cache context "$1" Any suggestions or pointers will be much appreciated. Alan ************** My test file is: \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[en] \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono,mm][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \setupfootnotes[align={hz,hanging}] \setupencoding[default=utf] \usetypescript[fiee][sil-gentium] \setupbodyfont[sil-gentium,10.5pt] \usemodule[ancientgreek] [font=GreekGentiumAlt,altfont=GreekDioxipe,altscale=1.03] \starttext \localgreek{....} \stoptext ************** The console reads: This is luaTeX, Version snapshot-0.31.3 (unitest.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKIV fmt: 2009.2.19 int: english/ english system : cont-new loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont- new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont- new.mkiv) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/ base/cont-mtx.tex)) system : cont-fil loaded (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont- fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/Users/alancbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/cont-sys.tex (/ Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type- tmf.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/ base/type-siz.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/ tex/context/base/type-otf.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded specials : pdftex loaded language : language en is active system : unitest.top loaded (unitest.top) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/ context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf- context/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/ tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-otf.tex) (/Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type-tmf.tex) (/ Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/type- siz.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/ base/type-otf.tex) (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/ tex/context/base/type-pre.tex) system : module ancientgreek not found (unitest.tuo) (unitest.tuo) systems : begin file unitest at line 24 ! Undefined control sequence. l.28 \localgreek {....}

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\intertext{\ccaron} fails
by Mojca Miklavec 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hello (Hans, Aditya), I know that neither of you is interested in mkii at the moment, but there's a nasty bug that probably has a trivial fix in alignment environments. Unicode characters have some problems inside \intertext{...} \startformula\startalign \intertext{še če je že} \stopalign\stopformula I remember the same problem in \startcases in the past that got fixed. Thanks for considering, Mojca

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