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bib module not to break page?
by Zhaopeng Xing 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi, I am using the bib module in context. The problem is that \completepublications always starts a new page to place reference list. Is there any configuration available such that not to break pages between main part and the reference? Thanks. -- Zhaopeng XING Tinbergen Institute

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linear_shade and xetex
by Aditya Mahajan 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi, linear shading in MP does not work with xetex. Consider \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startMPcode path p ; p := unitsquare xyscaled (5cm,5cm) ; linear_shade(p,1,red, blue) ; \stopMPcode \stoptext This runs fine with pdftex and luatex, but with xetex I get ! Undefined control sequence. \@MPSK@@MPSK@30 ->\startMPshading {14}\setMPshadingcolors {4}{5}{6}{9}{10}{1... \handleMPspecialcommand ... \MPspecial \endcsname \fi \ifcase \inlineMPspeci... \dohandleMPspecialcomment ...ndleMPspecialcommand \donetrue \doresetMPstack ... l.20 ...1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 141.73225 141.73225 1 30 It is more than simply supp-mpe not being loaded. If I add \input supp-mpe, then I get [MP to PDF] (./test-mpgraph.1 ! Undefined control sequence. \MP special 30 ...6}{9}{10}{11}\immediate \pdfobj {<</FunctionType 2 /Domain... \handleMPspecialcommand ... \MPspecial \endcsname \fi \ifcase \inlineMPspeci... \dohandleMPspecialcomment ...ndleMPspecialcommand \donetrue \doresetMPstack ... l.20 ...1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 141.73225 141.73225 1 30 ? x Thanks, Aditya

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XeTeX old style numerals
by Mohamed Bana 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Hi guys, Why doesn't this definition use the old style numerals that come with the font? It seems to use the latin modern font when I try to use \os. Small caps are working fine. I'd like all the numbers in the document to be typeset in old style numerals unless I tell it otherwise, btw how do I achieve the latter? As in break out of onum and typeset in the normal numbers? I'm using TeXlive 2008 on vista, the pdf reports that I'm using XeTeX version; 2008.05.21 15:21. \definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Minion Pro] % i've also tried %\definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Warnock Pro] \definetypeface[myface][ss][Xsans][Myriad Pro] \definetypeface[myface][tt][Xmono][Consolas] \setupbodyfont[myface, 11pt] Pdf; http://filebin.ca/rpctwz/testbackup.pdf or http://filebin.ca/rpctwz Thanks :) Mohamed % file % engine=xetex \definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Minion Pro] % i've also tried %\definetypeface[myface][rm][Xserif][Warnock Pro] \definetypeface[myface][ss][Xsans][Myriad Pro] \definetypeface[myface][tt][Xmono][Consolas] \setupbodyfont[myface, 11pt] \starttext \title {Introduction} \startlines 123456789 {\os 123456789} \stoplines {\sc On the \CONTEXT\ mailing list, occasionally a user asks if we can post a complete document with the associated style. One reason for not honouring this request is that we want users to cook up their own styles. Besides that, there are a couple of styles in the regular \CONTEXT\ distribution.} {\it When browsing through this document, a \CONTEXT\ user may wonder what style was used to achieve its look and feel. We hope that while reading the text and playing with the examples, the reader will accomplish the skills to define more than just simple layouts.} {\sl When browsing through this document, a \CONTEXT\ user may wonder what style was used to achieve its look and feel. We hope that while reading the text and playing with the examples, the reader will accomplish the skills to define more than just simple layouts.} {\it\sc This document is not easy reading. Occasionally we spend some time explaining features not described in the manuals. The design of this document is to a large extent determined by its purpose, and as a result not always functional. Also the order of presenting features, tips and tricks is kind of random and unstructured. The idea is that the visual effects will draw you to the right trick. Also, if you realy want to benefit from these features, there is no way but to read the whole story.} {\bf In spite of all its shortcomings, I hope that you enjoy reading this (yet unfinished) manual. Keep in mind that this manual is far from finished.} {\bi In spite of all its shortcomings, I hope that you enjoy reading this (yet unfinished) manual. Keep in mind that this manual is far from finished.} {\ss\sc In spite of all its shortcomings, I hope that you enjoy reading this (yet unfinished) manual. Keep in mind that this manual is far from finished.} \stoptext

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installing latest beta (Minimals)
by Alan Bowen 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

My attempt to update my ConTeXtMinimals using ./first-setup.sh failed. The message reported was: mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - none ! LuaTeX error ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-tex.lua: 322: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'total' (a nil value). <*> ...texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-nl.tex \dump ? Alan

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Reading the source...?
by Marcin Borkowski 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hi, assume that I would like to read some parts of the ConTeXt source (to learn something interesting, to learn how to do that-and-that in ConTeXt, or just for fun;)). Where do I start? I mean: what is the non-terribly-difficult way for the beginner? I have rather good expertise in plain TeX and also some in LaTeX (if this helps). Thanks in advance -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) - Is it a Perl program or a Perl script? - Well, a script is what you give the actors. A program is what you give the audience. (Larry Wall)

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Inleft text not verticaly aligned
by Eric DÉTREZ 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hello I tried to get some sections without any title and with numbering in the margin. Here is an example of a try I made : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \def\CommandQS#1#2{\inleft{\bf \currentheadnumber}} \setuphead[section][alternative=text, command=\CommandQS ] \starttext \section{} $\displaystyle {4 \over \displaystyle {1 \over 3}}$. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Unfortunately the numbering is aligned with the bottom of the line, not the base line. Is there any cure to this ? Eric DÉTREZ Lycée Faidherbe Lille Maths PC* : http://sites.google.com/site/pc1faidherbe/ Info MP-MP* : http://sites.google.com/site/infofaidherbe/

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Labelling figures
by Wolfgang Schuster 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hi, what is the best method to add labels to a figure; I want them not only on the figure but their position should be relative to the figure size. I tried start/stopfigure (mentioned as outdated in the source) but the label is not shown. \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \starttext \startfigure[kuh][cow] \referring(1,1)(1,1)[r:horn] \stopfigure \externalfigure[kuh] \stoptext After this I tried collector and got with a little extra and a box and to dimens what I wanted but it's not very elegant. \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \starttext \newbox\labelbox \setbox\labelbox\hbox{\externalfigure[cow]} \newdimen\labelwidth \labelwidth \wd\labelbox \newdimen\labelheight \labelheight\ht\labelbox \definecollector[label][state=repeat] \setcollector[label]{\box\labelbox} \setcollector[label][x=.65\labelwidth,y=.75\labelheight]{udder} \placefigure {A labelled cow} {\flushcollector[label]} \stoptext Figurelabel as described in the label manual [1] seem to be the perfect solution but the module was finished :-( Is there not better way to achieve what I want and do I have to live with my second method or could I hope for the future. [1] http://pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/mlabels.pdf Greetings Wolfgang

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Arabic script bug in MKIV
by Mehdi Omidali 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi everyone At last I could install minimal context to use the latest luatex (0.30.1) with latest cont-tmf release. Thanks. I don't know if the following is a luatex or Context bug. Sorry if here is not the right place to report this. After compiling the following lines I faced two problems in the output. 1- In the first line words get mixed. 2- In the second line only 456 appeared but it should be 0123456789. The second problem occurs for the specific font that I have used and I can resolve it by using another font. The problem is that in the font, the character ۱ for example is assigned to two unicode characters, one for U+0661 (arabic digit one) and also for U+06F1 (farsi digit one). But MKIV doesn't know this approach. In fact, only digits 4,5, and 6 are different in farsi and arabic so they appeared in the output correctly. XeTeX knows this kind of character assignment. The font can be downloaded from http://irmug.org/portal/index.php?name=Downloads&req=getit&lid=48 Thanks. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \definefontfeature [persian] [mode=node,language=dflt,script=arab, init=yes,medi=yes,fina=yes,isol=yes, liga=yes,dlig=yes,rlig=yes,clig=yes, mark=yes,mkmk=yes,kern=yes,curs=yes] \starttypescript [serif] [persian] \definefontsynonym [Farsi-Light][name:XB Niloofar.ttf][features=persian] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [serif][persian][name] \usetypescript[serif][persian] \definefontsynonym [Serif][Farsi-Light][features=persian] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [Farsi] \definetypeface[Farsi][rm][serif][persian][default] \stoptypescript \def\FarsiGlobalDir {\pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT\pardir TRT\textdir TRT} \definestartstop [farsidocument] [commands={\usetypescript[Farsi]% \setupbodyfont[Farsi,12pt]% \FarsiGlobalDir}] \starttext \startfarsidocument ایضاً این هم همین طور است. ۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹ \stopfarsidocument \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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height of balanced columnset?
by Jelle Huisman 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi all, Is there a way to get the value of the height of a columnset after it is balanced? I'm looking for some sort of "\columnsetheight" that I can reuse as height=\columnsetheight in a \framed command in a layer. Hope this makes sense, or is the content of a layer supposed to be static? Thanks, Jelle

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Re: [NTG-context] new beta
by Yanrui Li 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

I compiled LuaTeX #1563 and used it instead one in new beta. Now new beta can works. In addition, I'm very sorry that my email always break away from thread because I have no idea how to use the maillist. I will solve it lately. -- Best wishes, Li Yanrui

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