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Generating a list of items
by David 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

Hi all I'm teaching some classes this summer, and want to make myself a template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list of the materials I need to remember to bring. My intention is that I will only have to type the name of my materials once, while composing the plan itself, and have ConTeXt extract all the names and place them in a list in the same document. I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then while typing the main text of my plan be able to type \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have ConTeXt generate a list of all the items like this ... "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording" ... near the top of the page. I've tried using \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing a page number for each item and alphabetical headings as in an index. I would like to get a simple, numbered list of items. Can I tweak the \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I should try? Thanks David

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\TransparencyHack and luatex
by Peter Rolf 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

hi, luatex can't handle the page group entry from \TransparencyHack ( \doPDFpageattribute{/Group << /S /Transparency /I true /K true>>} ). when i try to include a pdf (made by luatex) which such an entry i get [..] luaTeX warning: PDF inclusion: Page Group detected which luatex can't handle. Ignoring it. >]) systems : end file anzeige_doc at line 315 )Type1: Could not open Type1 font: (null)MtxRun | loading configuration for r:/tex/texmf-context/web2c from r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/trees/afb193bfb83d30e68f95756e818645be MtxRun | loading configuration for r:/tex/texmf/web2c from r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/trees/b69cd8db662fdc8e4c09165909c3f8af MtxRun | run 1: luatex --fmt="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/formats/cont-en" --lua="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/formats/cont-en.lua" "./anzeige_doc" MtxRun | return code: 1 MtxRun | fatal error, run aborted --- the later error also appears, if i don't use \TransparencyHack. mh, donno. pdftex (1.40.8-beta-20080627-2.2) works ok and can also handle the page attributes from the hack. regards, peter

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Fonts (sorry) weird issue
by Diego Depaoli 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Minimals is installed in my $HOME File to build is located in a partition (/media/disk) shared between ubuntu and FreeBSD Now I'm on ubuntu from my $HOME texexec --xtx /media/disk/file.tex works from /media/disk texexec --xtx file.tex fails with ! Font \*fontin12ptsstfss*:=Fontin_Sans_R_45b:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep; a t 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. texexec --lua works when launched from both locations. Something is broken in fonts path detection? Regards -- Diego Depaoli P.S. my first booklet has been appreciated. With FontinSans 9pt I well balanced compactness and readability. I put Made with ConTeXt in front page. Thanks to all people who helped me.

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Re: [NTG-context] luatex feature question/request
by Marcin Borkowski 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi all, 3 months ago (on Friday, April 4) I asked about an option for luatex to automatically put ties before one-letter words. Hans asked me to remind about it in a few months, so I do it now;). (I can't answer in that thread since I delete old mails:( ). BTW, I guess such a feature might be also useful for other purposes. Anyway, I didn't read the ConTeXt list lately, but I'll soon start using it on a more regular basis, so expect many newbie questions... Thanks in advance:) -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) People can be divided into three groups: those who can count and those who can't.

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Fwd: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author
by Martin Schröder 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew(a)sil.org> Date: 2008/7/3 Subject: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex(a)tug.org> To the XeTeX user community: This note is to let you know that for personal reasons, I have submitted my resignation to SIL, where I have worked for a number of years and where XeTeX development has been hosted. I remain interested in and supportive of SIL's work with and for many communities around the world, but with effect from the end of July, I will no longer be working as a member of the organization. I intend to continue working on XeTeX, which has always been driven primarily by my own vision and interests, rather than initiated or managed by SIL, and on other projects and activities in the TeX world. So this should not have a major impact on development except for occasional spells of distraction as I make various transitions over the coming months. And I expect SIL will continue hosting the XeTeX subversion repository on scripts.sil.org, at least for the time being. As I move on from SIL, I will of course need to find other ways to earn a living. It's possible that someone among the XeTeX community knows the perfect role for me... if so, I'd appreciate hearing of it! You all know something of my interests and experience: TeX-related software development, typesetting (with an emphasis on "unusual" fonts and scripts; that's why XeTeX exists), OpenType and AAT font engineering, etc. In the immediate future, I hope to work on a couple of freelance projects in the font development and typesetting fields, but would also consider a longer-term position if the right opportunity comes along. I hope list members will excuse me for posting this personal, somewhat off-topic note. Feel free to ignore it, of course, but if anyone has responses or comments for me I'd be glad to hear them. Off- list replies (directly to me) are fine; let's not clutter everyone's mailboxes. Thanks for being such a great community of users and contributors. I look forward to continuing participation in this group for a long time to come. Jonathan

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Problem with usemodule[letter]
by Helmut Schwertner 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hello, when I try to use the module "letter" with the following example, I get the only this: : system : module letter loaded (c:/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/letter.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.13 \nopagenumbers I use texlive2007 (latest beta) under windows xp. What ist wrong, what can I do? Greetings, Helmut example: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \setupletter [fromname={Arthur Thor}, fromaddress={Hidden Street 2\\57895 Mysterytown}, backaddress={Arthur Thor, Hidden Street 2, 57895 Mysterytown}] \setupletter [toname={Mike Willson}, toaddress={Lindenstreet 12\\78569 TeX City}] \startletter [subject={Step by step guide to writing a letter}, opening={Dear Reader,}, closing={Greetings from the Author}] \input knuth \stopletter \stoptext

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Switching compression on breaks start/stopregister
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, there seems to be confusion with register entries vs. register ranges. Please have a look: \starttext KNUTH ONE entry \index{Knuth} \page \input knuth KNUTH START\startregister[index][knuthrange1]{Knuth} \input knuth KNUTH END\stopregister[index][knuthrange1] \dorecurse{10}{\input zapf } KNUTH START\startregister[index][knuthrange2]{Knuth} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth } KNUTH END\stopregister[index][knuthrange2] %\placeregister[index]% gives 1,2, 4-6 \placeregister[index][compress=yes]% gives 1-2, 4, 6 \stoptext Switching compression on breaks start/stopregister! Steffen

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Paragraph on the bottom of a page
by 302302 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi, how can I put a paragraph (or whatever else) on the bottom of a page? I mean I want to have a top of the page empty and the text should start somewhere below. If I try to use \vfill it works just in case I have some text in the top. Please can you help me? Thanks Czenek

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Generating a list of items
by David 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi all I'm teaching some classes and want to make a template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list of the materials I need to remember to bring. I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then while typing the main text of my plan be able to type \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have ConTeXt generate "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording" near the top of the page. I've tried \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing page numbers and alphabetical headings. I just want a numbered list of items. Can I tweak the \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I should try? Thanks David

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Couple of questions
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi, Firstly this is my first post :) (and it's going to be long), i've been using context for about a week or two and it's wonderful i like particularly like the approach of having everything built into the core. Just for reference i'm running fedora 9 64bit with texlive and i'm also new to TeX meaning that i've never bothered to study LaTeX thoroughly (as i was mainly concerned about just getting my content straight) and redefining macros was highly annoying, but things have changed now. Anyhow enough ranting i've got a few questions to ask. 1. CONTEXT, an excursion general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdfgeneral/manuals/ms-cb-en.pdf The Manual general/manuals/cont-enp.pdfgeneral/manuals/cont-eni.pdf It's in the details general/manuals/details.pdf i) when are the manuals going to be updated? ii) details.pdf looks very interesting, i assume it's not finished right? any status info? 2. CONTEXT MkII & MkIV general/manuals/mk.pdf i've slightly confused as to what LuaTeX is, could someone please explain it. from what i've gathered it seems like it supports the use of OpenType fonts natively like XeTex and it's going to be merged into pdfTeX? 3. Fonts general/manuals/mfonts.pdf and general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf Is is worth reading these manual since LuaTeX---as i've understood---is going to support them natively and i'm never going to have to install fonts again? 4. Typographic Programming general/manuals/style.pdf Any idea when the final release of this document is due, i'd like to make a print out. 5. Is there a book on ConTeXt, that is available for purchase from somewhere like amazon. if not does anyone know of a good (and cheap) printshop in London? I'd like to print out the manuals. 6. I forgot to ask, is there anything written about bibliography support? preferably through BibTeX. Thanks alot and great work

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