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Problem with presentation module(s)
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 09 May '08

09 May '08

Hi all, I wanted to use a presentation module today, but it failed with my up-to-date minimals install (mkiv). I ended up on live-context trying: \usemodule[pre-14] \starttext Salut Nivers! \stoptext Also tried pre-01. Both fail with pdftex, xetex and luatex on the web + at home. Anything I miss? -- Jean

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French typesetting?
by Oliv 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi, I'm new with ConTeXt. However, during my University years, I frequently used LaTeX. As I'm mostly writing in French, I'd like to know how to configure ConTeXt for the French typesetting. I've already tried the \mainlanguage [fr] switch but this doesn't seem to be enough. For example, it does not insert automatically a small space before the !?: punctuation symbols. So I'm looking for something more complete, like the Babel French or French LE packages worked with LaTeX. Thanks in advance for your help! Oliv

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[OT] discover
by luigi scarso 08 May '08

08 May '08

http://www.megite.com/discover/ Try metapost... -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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some bugs in tracker can be closed
by Peter Münster 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hello, Perhaps these bugs can be closed now: 53, 56, 60, 61, 65, 82 and 84 Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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withshade (mlib)
by Peter Rolf 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hi, there are some problems in combination with the 'withshade' operator in mlib. this must be patched in mp-mlib.mp (':=' instead of '='; too much lua ;) vardef define_circular_shade (expr a, b, ra, rb, ca, cb) = _defined_cs_ := _defined_cs_ + 1 ; _defined_cs_pre_ [_defined_cs_] := "cs" ; _defined_cs_post_[_defined_cs_] := "0 1 " & decimal shadefactor & " " & colordecimals ca & " " & ddecimal (a shifted shadeoffset) & " " & decimal ra & " " & colordecimals cb & " " & ddecimal (b shifted shadeoffset) & " " & decimal rb ; _defined_cs_ enddef ; vardef define_linear_shade (expr a, b, ca, cb) = _defined_cs_ := _defined_cs_ + 1 ; _defined_cs_pre_ [_defined_cs_] := "ls" ; _defined_cs_post_[_defined_cs_] := "0 1 " & decimal shadefactor & " " & colordecimals ca & " " & ddecimal (a shifted shadeoffset) & " " colordecimals cb & " " & ddecimal (b shifted shadeoffset) ; _defined_cs_ enddef ; i still get an error after this patch, because '_defined_cs_' is not increased somehow (donno why, not my day; cleared mem, remade formats). _defined_cs_pre_0 is of course undefined. [..] report >> mp terminal: ! Missing argument to withshade. <to be read again> define_linear_shade <*> ...,1cm); fill p withshade define_linear_shade (p,1,red,blue); ; >> unknown string _defined_cs_pre_0 ! Improper type. <to be read again> withpostscript withshade->...fined_cs_pre_[(EXPR0)]withpostscript ._defined_cs_post_[(EXPR0)] <to be read again> define_linear_shade <*> ...,1cm); fill p withshade define_linear_shade (p,1,red,blue); ; >> _defined_cs_post_0define_linear_shade ! Improper type. <to be read again> ( <*> ...1cm); fill p withshade define_linear_shade( p,1,red,blue); ; ! Extra tokens will be flushed. <to be read again> ( <*> ...1cm); fill p withshade define_linear_shade( p,1,red,blue); ; report >> mp error: unknown, no error, terminal or log messages [..] here the test code: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \null \startMPcode path p; p:= unitsquare xyscaled(10cm,1cm); fill p withshade define_linear_shade(p,1,red,blue); \stopMPcode \stoptext

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problem with columns and TABLE
by Peter Münster 08 May '08

08 May '08

Hello, In the following example, the bottom of the table is outside the page. How could this be solved? \starttext \input tufte \startcolumns[2] \bTABLE[split=yes] \dorecurse{50}{\bTR\bTD bla\eTD\eTR} \eTABLE \stopcolumns \stoptext TIA for any help! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Arranging into Signatures?
by Michael.Urban＠jpl.nasa.gov 07 May '08

07 May '08

(I am still using mkii, which I suspect may matter in this case) I am able to produce rather nice booklets on US Letter paper, printing double-sided two-up pages that fold into a booklet and using texexec --arrange to make it work properly. For documents longer than about 32 pages, it isn't really practical to fold in half. What would y'all recommend if I want to arrange the pages into signatures, each containing about 32 pages, that can then be somehow bound together? An external PDF rearranger might be an option, I suppose.

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TOC columns
by Paul Gideon Dann 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hi there, I've got a table of contents for a document that's split into two large sections. I'm trying to display a centered heading for each section, and subsections listed in two columns underneath each section heading. Hopefully this illustrates something of what I'm trying to achieve: \midaligned{Section1} \startcolumns[n=2] Subsection1 ... \stopcolumns \midaligned{Section2} \startcolumns[n=2] Subsection1 ... \stopcolumns Does anyone know how to automate this for a table of contents? Thanks for any help :) Paul

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processing xml
by Roger Mason 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hello, I have a document converted from rtf to xml that I'd like to attempt to typeset using Context. As a starting point I tried to follow the procedure in a document from the wiki: mag-0008-1.pdf "Dealing with XML". Having copied the first example document and stylesheet from that article and generated sample-1.fx, I run: texexec --pdf --use=fx --xml sample-1.fx but it ends with: (/usr/local/context_minimal/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex (/usr/local/context_minimal/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.mkii)) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded system : module fx not found ) systems : system commands are enabled ) * I installed the minimal today from the wiki to be up to date before posting. Probably something has changed in the four years since mag-0008-1.pdf was written. If some kind soul would point me in the right direction I'll be very grateful. Roger

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How to define my own list entry?
by Zhichu Chen 07 May '08

07 May '08

Hi everybody, I'm just writing a module to typeset the traditional Chinese books. Here is the thing: I use page-arrangement to put like 15 pages on one page or actually 30 pages on one page in a double-sided mode (I mean page 1 and page 2---which contain 15 mini-pages each---are on the same page), and yes I want to make a table of contents and some PDF bookmarks. But having searched the list, I find that I should use texexec --arrange file.tex to compile the file and get the real page number. That's not what I want. Because if I get one chapter on the second page, the page number is 31 rather than 2 which I really want it to be. And so do the bookmarks behave. If I click the bookmark of the first chapter, it will go to the 31st page of the PDF file if it has page 31. I don't really like the mess. I know it's normal, but I would like to know if there's any way to write the page counters I defined to the .tui or .tuo file so that I can totally handle them and display them on the contents and make the bookmarks not crazy any more. -- Best Regards Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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