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Units module - bug?
by Marcin Borkowski 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi, I see that the units module puts a nonstretchable/nonshrinkable space between the number and the unit. Is that ok? Perhaps the space should be thin (this is what Knuth recommends in The TeXbook, and I guess it looks nicer)? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) Niektórzy nie mówią tego, co myślą; Patrzą na świat przez czarne okulary. Ale ja wierzę, że nam się uda! (Chili My)

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Pagenumbering on the first page of a section/chapter/...
by Marcin Borkowski 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi, I'd like to define a section-like thing (with \definehead) in a way that prevents ConTeXt from putting the pagenumber on the _first_ page of this "section". How do I do this? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Updating LuaTeX after MacTeX-TeXLive 2008 (again)
by Otared KAVIAN 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Dear ConTeXters, I apologize for sending twice this message: since I did not receive it myself, I thought it has been lost… So here is my help request: I just updated my TeX installation with the latest MacTeX-TeXLive 2008, and since the version of LuaTeX included there was 0.25.0, I built a binary version LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.29.0-2008091817. Now the problem is that my usual procedure for generating mkiv doesn't work and I couldn't fix the problem… (That procedure used to work fine with the previous version of MacTeX-TeXLive 2008). More precisely mtxrun --selfupdate seems to work fine, but then luatools --selfupdate results in: LuaTools | to be replaced old script /usr/texbin/luatools LuaTools | unable to locate new script LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.082 seconds and the command luatools --generate apparently works fine, since there is no complaints, as far as I can see. Now when I issue the command: luatools --ini --verbose --compile cont-en luatools stops after executing some commands and finally I get: LuaTools | using lua initialization file cont-en.luc LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \\dump (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex ! I can't find file `context.tex'. l.16 \input context.tex Please type another input file name: If I do give a complete path for this file, that is /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/context.tex (or for another one /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/context.tex) again luatools complaints about not finding the file syst-pln.tex… and so on. I should say that I execute also the commands export TEXMFCACHE="/tmp" export TEXMFCNF="/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c/" export TEXMF="{/Users/kavian/Library/texmf,/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config,/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var,/usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local,/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist,/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf,/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local}" export LUAINPUTS="{/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base,/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/scripts/context/lua}" export OSFONTDIR="{/Users/kavian/Library/Fonts,/Library/Fonts}" export TEXMFSCRIPTS="{$TEXMF/scripts/context/,$TEXMF/tex/context/base}" before the above. Since I do most of the operations without really understanding what is going on, I am sure I am doing something wrong… But what? Thanks for your help… Best regards: OK

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[Linux] font name database
by Alan Stone 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi, I'm trying to get the list of currently known fonts through mtxrun --script fonts --list under SciTE/Ubuntu and get the following message ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/font-syn.lua:278: attempt to index field 'data' (a nil value) What's that ? -- Best, Alan > Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english * texexec --lua foo > Windows XP Home SP3 * ConTeXt ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20 int: english/english * texmfstart texexec --lua foo

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how to color footnote?
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

... while dealing with colored elements: having the footnote number (down in front of the footnote text) in dark green is not that bad, just, why can't it be colored in an other way? I tried in vain both in \setupfootnotes and \setupfootnotedefinition: numbercolor, color... Only \setupfootnotes[textcolor=magenta] affects the footnote number in the main text. But nothing changes in the footnote area. Does this make sense? Steffen

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Using not predefined font sizes
by Marcin Borkowski 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi, the manual says that if I use \switchtobodyfont[48pt] (with the size 48pt not previously defined, then the interline space and other parameters are taken from the nearest smaller body font environment is that is already defined (co-typography.pdf, p. 13). Then, why \starttext \switchtobodyfont[48pt] Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! \stoptext works the same as \starttext \definebodyfontenvironment[48pt] \switchtobodyfont[48pt] Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! Hello world! \stoptext i.e., correctly? I expected too small interline space in the former case, but it seems correct. (That's fine for me, obviously, but I'd like to understand that!) Cheers -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Re: [NTG-context] Updating LuaTeX after MacTeX-TeXLive 2008
by Robert Blackstone 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi Mojca, Thank you for your help. My problem is not over though, and a new problem has turned up. The first steps you described, In NTG-context Digest Vol 51, issue 81, message 8, worked, that is, with sudo. However, the last four commands, "texexec --make --all", "texexec --make --xtx --all", "luatools --generate" and "context --make", returned the usual error messages (with and without sudo and and issued from any directory along the path "/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/universal-darwin"): RBs-Powerbook:/ robert$ sudo texexec --make --all sudo: texexec: command not found RBs-Powerbook:/ robert$ sudo texexec --make --xtx --all sudo: texexec: command not found RBs-Powerbook:/ robert$ sudo luatools --generate LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.009 seconds RBs-Powerbook:/ robert$ sudo context --make sudo: context: command not found In addition another problem has turned up: I cannot use Context anymore, with TeXlive-2008 and TeXshop. When typesetting a file I get the following message: "/Users/robert/Library/TeXShop/Engines/context.engine: line 3: /usr/texbin/texmfstart: Permission denied" Line 3 of context.engine reads: texmfstart texexec --pdf --passon="-synctex=1" "$1" I already changed permissions of file texmfstart.rb to: Owner robert, Read & Write. It didn't help. When I choose TeXlive-2007 ConTeXt works OK. So, what could I do about these two problems (which may be unconnected)? Thanks in advance. Robert Blackstone

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Mk IV and TeXlive 2008
by Marcin Borkowski 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hey, sorry to ask about something which was discussed here and on the wiki - but I guess I need a clarification. The wiki says how to prepare Mk IV from TL 2008 to work. My questions are: * from an end-user point of view, is it *really* necessary to have MkIV upgraded always to the latest version? (I don't plan to use XML, I'm just a beginning user of ConTeXt; what I would like to use are tex-gyre fonts...) * if yes, how do I upgrade TL2008's MkIV? It would be much more convenient for me to use TL's ConTeXt - that's why I ask here... Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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Working with grids and Luatex
by holzminister 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hi! Is there a command to place text on the grid again, if it is shifted by a graphic or something like this? >>> \setuplayout[grid=yes] \showgrid \starttext \input knuth \framedtext [height=fit,autowidth=force,offset=0pt] { \externalfigure[cow][scale=830] } \input knuth \stoptext >>> Best regards, Eyke

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humble request: Minimals for linux ppc
by Piotr Kopszak 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Any chance for that in the near future? Otherwise, be warned :) I will probably flood the list with questions how to make texlive debian-lenny-ppc installation work with mkIV (Sadly new xml mkIV commands don't work on ppc, although they do on my other x86_64 linux box). Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw kle ---------------------------> http://okle.pl http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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