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embedding 3d pdf
by Michail Vidiassov 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Dear All, since ConTeXt lacks support for embedding 3D models (U3D or PRC) into PDF (btw, is pdf annotations support in context/luatex combination fit for end-user or is "in transition"?) I have tried to embed some 3D PDFs from http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/gallery/3D%20graphs/ and http://www.iaas.msu.ru/tmp/u3d/pdf/ using \externalfigure[3dpf.pdf] \startpagefigure[3dpdf.pdf]\stoppagefigure \copypages[3dpdf.pdf][n=1] but only the preview (flat) images show up, not the 3D model, that must appear after clicking on it in Adobe Reader. File size shows that the 3D annotation data was not taken from the 3D PDF file into ConTeXt output. Any advice on possible workarounds? Any hope for ConTeXt fixes? Or making a link to an external PDF file is the only option for now? Sincerely, Michail PS. I have seen the code from Renaud AUBIN in the "U3D (embedded 3D objects)" thread, http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/020220.html but it is too ugly and old a hack to start any work from.

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PDF bookmarks appear twice
by Andrey Riabushenko 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

I have found similar issue was discussed in this list, but it doesn't contain a suitable solution for me These command work just fine to add bookmark for every part, chapter and etc. \setupinteraction [state=start] \setupinteractionscreen [option=bookmark] \placebookmarks [part,chapter,section,subsection] [chapter] But I want to add three additional bookmarks (without adding them to the contents): title page, resume(second page), contents. I have defined it the following way: \definemakeup[Titlepage][pagestate=start, page=right] \definemakeup[Resume][pagestate=start, page=right] \definestartstop[Abstract][before={\page[blank,right] \midaligned{\bf Abstract}\startnarrower[2*middle]}, after={\stopnarrower\blank[big] }] \starttext \startTitlepagemakeup \bookmark[chapter]{Title page} \tfd Title page \\ \stopTitlepagemakeup \startResumemakeup \bookmark[chapter]{Resume} \startAbstract Abstract paragraph full of text \stopAbstract Author name \stopResumemakeup \title{Contents} \bookmark[chapter]{Contents} \placecontent[interaction=all] \stoptext In this case bookmarks appear twice in the bookmark menu. If I use \bookmark{} without [chapter] the bookmarks do not appear at all. I have tried to put bookmarks out of start/stop environments but it didn't help. How to work around this issue?

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Unicode and BibTeX
by Khaled Hosny 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

I'm trying to typeset an Arabic book with Arabic bibliography, I'm using bib module, but bibtex doesn't support unicode. Any workaround or another alternative? Regards, -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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Looks like a bug in \typefile[option=LANG]
by Andrey Riabushenko 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

I have defined a new float environment for source file listings. \definefloat [listing] [listings] \definetyping[listing][numbering=file] \placelisting[lst:set]{Example of set tree} { \typefile[listing][option=C]{set.cpp} } It works just as expected. Then I have tried to change standard color palet with my own palet. \definepalet[corp-pretty][prettyone=corp-color-darkblue, prettytwo=corp-color-blue, prettythree=corp-color-lightblue, prettytwoone=corp-color-grey, prettyfour=corp-color-green, prettyfourone=corp-color-green, prettyfourtwo=corp-color-green, prettyfourthree=corp-color-green, prettyfourfour=corp-color-orange, prettysixone=corp-color-orange, prettysixtwo=corp-color-orange prettyeight=corp-color-orange, prettynine=corp-color-orange] \definefloat [listing] [listings] \definetyping[listing][numbering=file, palet=corp-pretty] \placelisting[lst:set]{Example of set tree} { \typefile[listing][option=C]{set.cpp} } The colors did not appear, in the texexec output I got lots of errors like color : TEXcorp-pretty:prettythree is not defined color : TEXcorp-pretty:prettythree is not defined color : TEXcorp-pretty:prettyone is not defined color : TEXcorp-pretty:prettytwo is not defined color : TEXcorp-pretty:prettythree is not defined color : TEXcorp-pretty:prettyfour is not defined NOTICE \typefile LOOKS FOR PALET "TEXcorp-pretty" and not "corp-pretty" as I have defined. There is some bug or "feature" that makes an implicit assumption of the palet prefix name - TEX. I have managed to make it work by definition a palet with name TEXcorp-pretty and still passing as palet option of \definetyping the name corp-pretty, but it is a ugly hack.

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kurier font?
by Yue Wang 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi, \usetypescript[iwona][ec] \setupbodyfont[iwona,ss,12pt] works fine. however, if i change iwona to kurier, it will give me lmodern. why? Yue Wang

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create and grade multiple choice exams with MUCH an ConTeXT
by batela 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Dear Sirs, For create and grade my MCQ (multiple choice quiz) I use the MUCH command that in had found at http://fourier.math.uoc.gr/~mk/much/. this is a very useful command for create and grade quizzes. Actually my main propose is use MUCH with context (or luatext). I prepare my exams in this way: Each question = one file Question example: """"" Today is: . 31 December --- the true question is the first . 25 December . 13 Mars . """"""""""""""""" In the test-description I include my specifications. And them I do: much create test-description A mc-outfile.tex is created. Now I do: pdflatex exam.tex for making the pdf file with all exams. If you can help I would use ConTeXT to prepare the pdf file. The migration should be very easy. I think there is necessary to define in context several commands like: \newcommand{\mcglobalheader} \newcommand{\mcpaperheader} \newcommand{\mcpaperfooter} \newcommand{\mcquestionheader}{\noindent{\bf Question \mcquestionnumber}: } \newcommand{\mcquestionfooter}{} In the file questions (mc-output.tex). """""""" mc-output.tex """""""""""" \mcglobalheader \def\mcserialnumber{500} \mcpaperheader \def\mcquestionnumber{1} \mcquestionheader How many circular orderings of the numbers $0,1,\ldots,10$ are there? (Two circular orderings which differ only by a rotation are not considered different.) \\ {$A$}: $10!$ \ \ {$B$}: $3^{11}$ \ \ {$C$}: $11!$ \ \ {$D$}: $9!$ \ \ \mcquestionfooter \mcpaperfooter %%%%% another exam \def\mcserialnumber{501} \mcpaperheader \def\mcquestionnumber{1} \mcquestionheader In how many ways can we select, from a set of 20 people, a committee of 3 different persons with a chair, secretary and member? \\ {$A$}: $20\cdot19\cdot18$ \ \ {$B$}: $\frac{20!}{3!}$ \ \ {$C$}: $20^3$ \ \ {$D$}: $3^{20}$ \ \ \mcquestionfooter \mcpaperfooter %%%%%%%%%%% Thanks a lot for your support. Happy New Year to all Jorge

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Newcomer bibliography question
by Andrey Riabushenko 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Happy New Year, I am trying to create style skeleton for my reports in ConTeXt. Aw test case I decided to add my bibliography from previous articles written in LaTeX. I have tried this bibliography with plain bibtex, natbib, biblatex with no problems. With ConTeXt bib module I get bunch of errors. I am using latest ConTeXt minimals on FreeBSD. I am adding the bibliography like this: \usemodule[bib] \setuppublications[alternative=apa, refcommand=authoryears, numbering=yes, criterium=all] \setupbibtex[database=report, sort=author] \completepublications[criterium=all] I can't figure out on my own what is wrong with my bibliography (attached). title : - References ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup <argument> ...typesetapublication {garch}\strut }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... \dodolistelement ...ement {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue ... l.86 \completepublications[criterium=all] ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup <argument> ...pesetapublication {calvet2}\strut }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... \dodolistelement ...ement {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue ... l.86 \completepublications[criterium=all] ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup <argument> ...pesetapublication {calvet3}\strut }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... \dodolistelement ...ement {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue ... l.86 \completepublications[criterium=all] ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup <argument> ...otypesetapublication {arch}\strut }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... \dodolistelement ...ement {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue ... l.86 \completepublications[criterium=all] ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup <argument> ...setapublication {mad-optim}\strut }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... \dodolistelement ...ement {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue ... l.86 \completepublications[criterium=all] ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \endgroup <argument> ...esetapublication {accuracy}\strut }} \egroup \ifdim \wd 4=\zero... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dosomelistelement ...hss \dostoplistattributes }} \endgraf \nointerlineskip ... \dodolistelement ...ement {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue ... l.86 \completepublications[criterium=all] ? P.S. By the way. Is it possible to supply multiple sorting criteria? Possible like this, \setupbibtex[database=report, sort={author,year,title}] ^^^^^^^^^^^^

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Re: [NTG-context] specific document layout with ConTeXt
by Brecht Machiels 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

Hello, A big thanks to both Aditya and Wolfgang for their example styles/documents. This will help me (and perhaps also others) get familiar with ConTeXt much faster than any manual could. Aditya, could you also post a document that uses the IEEE module? It is not clear to me how I should specify the title, for example. Wolfgang's module looks very clean and is even somewhat similar to the way Lout's report class can be configured by means of the parameters. This, I like alot and is basically what I was looking for in ConTeXt. Unfortunately there is no small caps included in URW Times. I have tried installing the Gyre fonts, but that was not very successful. What is the easiest way to end up with a SC Times font? Or should I just fake it using a construct simular to what is described in http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2006/020929.html? This will not allow me to specify it as a style to \setuphead however, I assume? Kind regards, Brecht PS. Sorry for not properly replying to the thread. But I only subscribed just now and Mailman does not support retrieving old messages...

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forcing chapter pagenumber
by Hans van der Meer 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

On pages starting a chapter the pagenumbering is suppressed. However I want to tur it on. The sensible choice on \setuphead[chapter] seems page=yes but that doesn't change a thing. I see no other options of this sort. How do I accomplish pagenumbering on chapter pages? (ConTeXt ver: 2008.10.31) Hans van der Meer

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manual metapost
by Hans van der Meer 29 Dec '08

29 Dec '08

MISSING TARGET Makeing in the metapost/manual directory (metapost-1.102) after a distclean reports missing target: make: *** No rule to make target `grdemo.pdf', needed by `pdf'. Stop. This is strange because I have an older manual set with the same Makefile that typesets ok. MISSING [pdftex] Makeing other manual parts like mpboxes.pdf have their figures missing allthough the .mps files are generated. In mpboxes I had to add [pdftex] to \usepackage{graphics} because \usepackage[pdftex]{graphics} was needed. Can this be fixed in all files of the distribution? DISAPPERARED FILE I noticed that with respect to the earlier distribution the followings file has disappeared in the metapost-1.102 distribution: mpintro.tex But adding it didn't change a thing. met vriendelijke groet Hans van der Meer

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