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beta: warning messages
by Peter Rolf 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hi Hans, looks my knowledge of TeX is holey like a Leerdammer. Can you tell me why you fire a warning for already defined, non-global allocated registers? Some of them make sense here but even a grouped (and local allocated) register gives such a warning. warning : \count \OLDpdfcompresslevel is already defined (\relax it first) \def\disablePDFcompression% {\bgroup % \let\OLDpdfcompresslevel\relax \newcount\OLDpdfcompresslevel \OLDpdfcompresslevel\pdfcompresslevel \pdfcompresslevel\zerocount\relax} \def\allowPDFcompression% {\pdfcompresslevel\OLDpdfcompresslevel\egroup} - Peter

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Module taspresent
by Curious Learn 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

As mentioned on the wiki, I tried to install taspresent module by running ./first-setup.sh --extras="t-taspresent" in the terminal. A lot of things happened and then I ran luatools --generate and then context --make. Then I tried to compile the file \usemodule[taspresent][style=blackblue] \starttext This is a presentation \stoptext This gives me just a plain page with the line "This is a presentation". The log window says that "module taspresent not found". Before I did all the above, I also installed taspresent manually in the ~/Library/texmf/tex/context/taspresent folder. I downloaded the .zip file from ctan and unzipped it inside the taspresent folder mentioned above. Still no success. How do I use taspresent? Thanks very much.

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math problems
by Mohamed Bana 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

hi guys, i generally use this file to test if math is "working", with the recent update i get a lot of errors such as; ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> $ \@@dobig ...o #1\bodyfontsize {}\right .\n@space $ }} \@mt@defaultBigl ...\puremathcomm {open}{\Big {#1} } l.99 \pauli = \dirac^2 = \Bigl( \sum_{j=1}^2 \sigma_j\big(-i\PD{}{x^j}-a_j\bi... ? with texlive 2008 it works just fine, i've attached the output of the TL2008. i'm certain that the same file was compiling just fine with (i think) luatex 0.31 (or pre 0.31). the content is from Mikael Persson's thesis. Mohamed

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switching layouts for a float
by Corin Royal Drummond 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi Friends, Still working on having a travelogue with a text column on one side, and then a plate of color photos on the opposite page. Floats are working well for this with \startcombination[2*2]. My problem is that the text pages, have a wide margin to accommodate marginal graphics, and I don't know how to switch to a wide layout with tiny backspace and margin just for the combination floats. I'm trying: ... \definepapersize[wide][width=9in, height=7in] \setuppapersize[wide][wide] \setuplayout [location=middle, marking=on, topspace=.5cm, height=6.5in, width=4.5in, margin=3.5in, backspace= 2cm, footer=.9cm, header=.9cm] \definelayout [photopage][width=7.5in, margin=.5cm, backspace=1.5cm, ] ... \starttext ...lots of text in chapters... \setuplayout[photopage] \placefigure{none} {\startcombination[2*2] {\externalfigure[yucatan1][width=.5\textwidth]}{A old church on the way from Merida to Celestun} {\externalfigure[yucatan2][width=.5\textwidth]}{A gorgeous decaying hacienda} {\externalfigure[yucatan3][width=.5\textwidth]}{Typical Yucatecan thatched adobe dwelling} {\externalfigure[yucatan4][width=.5\textwidth]}{Thached house detail} \stopcombination} \setuplayout[reset] ...more text in chapters... \stoptext I suspect that this doesn't work because of the nature of floats, but then how to slap the float into a new layout setup with appropriate margins? Thanks, Corin Royal Drummond

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TeXshop instructions on Context Minimals (Mac installation)
by Curious Learn 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hello, I installed the stable version of Context Minimals and then followed the instructions given on the Context Minimals/Mac Installation page. When I choose ConTeXt-MKIV as my engine and try to typeset the document I get the following error. Users/Name/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-MKIV.engine does not have the executable bit set. This is when only "pdftex" is selected in the dropdown "Typeset" menu. It is true that the instructions on Context Minimals/Mac Installation page say that "Context" should also be selected in this dropdown "Typeset" menu. But if I try to do that, the engine automatically switches to "Context" that existed in the Engines menu, before I installed Minimals and before I added Context-MKII and ConTeXt-MKIV engines. This "ConTeXt engine is MKII. Can someone please help with this? Thanks.

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mkiv
by Hans Hagen 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi, I want to switch to the new structure code in mkiv. This can result in some temporary problems (probably mostly commands that i forgot to port) but i need the switch in order to be able to optimize and cleanup that code. So best make a copy of your minimal. 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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current fontsize in both marks
by Peter Rolf 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi, for my overprinting macro I need the actual font size (no overprinting if size is greater 23pt). After searching and a lot of tries I found \scaledfont (mkii) and \somefontsize (mkiv), which seem to show the right values. Both macros are bound exclusively to only one mark. Is there a better (more generic and mark independent) way? Peter -- "Es ist doch ein Trost, das Geldgier manchmal blöd macht." - Kottan in "Kottan ermittelt", Folge 9: "Die Einteilung" -

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Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile
by Lutz Haseloff 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi all, shame on me :-( The tikz problem solution was by: >From adityam at umich.edu Sat Mar 7 21:42:27 2009 From: adityam at umich.edu (Aditya Mahajan) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:42:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NTG-context] luatex tikz problem Wolfgang and Aditya, please excuse my wrong citation. Lutz

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Let's Polish the math!
by Marcin Borkowski 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi, how to do this: here in Poland we have some conventions as for typesetting math; for example, we don't use \leq, but \leqslant; we don't write "tan" for tangent, but "tg"; we don't write "arcsin", but "arc\,sin"; etc. Would it be possible to have such typographic conventions (I could provide a more comprehensive list, of course) enabled by \mainlanguage[pl]? A related problem is dashes; where the English use an em-dash without any spaces, the Polish use an en-dash with spaces of around 0.2em (the left one "unbreakable", i.e., with \penalty10000). Also, we put periods after section numbers, so no "1.2 Section", but rather "1.2. Section". What is the ConTeXt way to have such things for different languages? Regards -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) This program is written in Perl. While stronger people find reading Perl code character-building, it should not be shown to people in their formative years. The author will not accept any responsibility for any moral grief caused. (The McKornik Jr. Public License)

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pinyin in context
by Bill Long 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

I input pinyin above Chinese character in bellow way: ------------------------------------------- \documentclass{article} \usepackage[overlap, CJK]{ruby} \usepackage{pinyin} \usepackage{CJK} \begin{CJK*}{UTF8}{song} \begin{document} \renewcommand{\rubysep}{.3ex} \renewcommand{\rubysize}{.5} \ruby{静}{\jing4} \ruby{夜}{\ye4}\ruby{思}{\si1} \end{CJK*} \end{document} ------------------------------------------------ but it has poor line break, Does contex support pinyin ? and how to implement? Thanks. -- 卷829_3 【怀香炉峰道人】贯休常思峰顶叟，石窟土为床。日日先见日，烟霞多异香。冥心同槁木，扫雪带微阳。终必相寻去，斯人不可忘。

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