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Re: [NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Ah, thank you. I hope it will be fixed soon.

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Re: [NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Hello, > I can confirm that this file fails with MKIV, but works fine with MKII. It > seems that supp-mps is not loaded under MKIV. does there exist a workaround for mkiv? I tried \usemodule[chemic] \input supp-mps \starttext \startchemical \chemical[SIX,B1..6,R1..6,RZ1..3][CH_3,CH_3,OH] \stopchemical \stoptext but then I get ! Undefined control sequence. \writecheckedMPgraphic #1->\ifgrTEXgraphic \global \MPTEXgraphictrue \else \... \startMPgraphic ...hic \writecheckedMPgraphic {#1} \stopwritingMPgraphic \getMPdrawing ...ic \MPdrawingdata \stopMPgraphic \loadcurrentMPgraphic {}\d... \@@endchemicalpicture ...raphictrue \getMPdrawing }\wd 2=\!!zeropoint \ht 2=... \stopchemical ...calpicture \@@endchemicalpicture \egroup \ifnum \chemicaldr... l.8 \stopchemical ? thank you for you answer, Philipp.

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Help with ConTeXt Minimals and ppchtex
by Philipp Moritz 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

Hello, I've got a problem with the chemic-module and ConTeXt Minimals. My OS is Ubuntu 7.10, I installed the Minimals as it is described in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals under "Quick Start". I got the error that is listed here: http://nopaste.ch/061d2c39cdda41c.html The user "mohbana" from the IRC directed me to the mailing-list, he already told me to rehash and do luatools --generate texmfstart texexec --make --all --luatex en texmfstart texexec --make --all --pdftex en texmfstart texexec --make --all --xetex en but nothing helped. I would be glad if you could help me, yours, Philipp.

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passing dimensions to metapost
by Thomas A. Schmitz 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi all, cleaning up the code in my module, I run into a very interesting problem. I want to pass a user-defined value to Metapost. Until now, the value "scale" had to be numeric, and I used it like this: draw fullcircle scaled \MPvar{scale}mm and Metapost was happy, and I was too. Now Aditya made the reasonable suggestion that users should be allowed to input any dimension and not be restricted to "mm." Easy enough. However, I also want a fallback just in case they input a number, in that case, I want to fall back to mm as a default. So I tried (after Taco's excellent explanation on the wiki): \expandafter\processaction\expandafter[\CVERscale]% [\v!unknown=>{\doifdimensionelse% {\CVERscale}% {\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=\CVERscale]}% {\doifnumberelse% {\CVERscale}% {\newdimen\CIscale \global\CIscale=\CVERscale mm {\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=\the\CIscale]}}% {\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=10mm\relax]% \message{Please give a proper value for the "scale" argument!}}}}, \v!default=>{\setupMPvariables[CircleSomething][scale=10mm \relax]}] So what I want: first check if \CVERscale is a dimension; if it is, assign it to the "scale" parameter. If it isn't, check if it is a number; if this is the case, append the unit "mm" to it and put it into a dimension register. If it isn't a number either, make the value sufficiently absurd for the user to realize and write a message to the terminal. This is all fine and dandy and works, sort of: it works perfectly with dimensions, but when I try with a number as input, it doesn't fall back to the unit "mm," but to "pt," AFAICS. That's nice too, but I have no clue why, and I would prefer mm. If it helps, I can try to give you a minimal test file tomorrow, but maybe somebody spots what I'm doing wrong? (I tried both with mkii and mkiv, and always get the same result.) All best Thomas

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Font fallbacks
by Wolfgang Schuster 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, the \definefontfallback commands use only the last setting in a comma seperated list. In this example only characters from 0x0071 to 0x0081 are set in bolditalic. \definefontfallback [whatever] [BoldItalic] [0x0041-0x0051,0x0071-0x0081] \definefontsynonym[SerifPlus][Serif][fallbacks=whatever] \definefont[MySerif][SerifPlus] \starttext \MySerif \dostepwiserecurse{65}{255}{1} {\char\recurselevel\hskip10pt plus 5pt\relax} \stoptext Wolfgang

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big are big with lucida
by Eric DÉTREZ 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hello The bigl, bigr ans so on are really BIG (huge even) when used with lucida. I think that math-lbr is guilty : it says ****************************************** \def\LBRbig {\@@dobig{8.20}} \def\LBRBig {\@@dobig{10.80}} \def\LBRbigg {\@@dobig{13.42}} \def\LBRBigg {\@@dobig{16.03}} \def\LBRbiggg{\@@dobig{17.72}} \def\LBRBiggg{\@@dobig{21.25}} ****************************************** Shouldn't it says ****************************************** \def\LBRbig {\@@dobig{0.920}} \def\LBRBig {\@@dobig{1.080}} \def\LBRbigg {\@@dobig{1.342}} \def\LBRBigg {\@@dobig{1.603}} \def\LBRbiggg{\@@dobig{1.772}} \def\LBRBiggg{\@@dobig{2.125}} ****************************************** ? There is a strange behavior : if I put \def\LBRbig {\@@dobig{0.930}} big is bigger than Big. How is this possible ?

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scite and lm
by Hans Hagen 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, in the minimals there is a ttf file: .../texmf-context/fonts/truetype/hoekwater/lm/LMTypewriter10-Regular.ttf you can copy that file to c:\Windows\Fonts then in in context.properties you can set if PLAT_WIN font.monospace=font:LMTypewriter10-Regular,size:14 font.errorfont=font:LMTypewriter10-Regular,size:12 if PLAT_GTK font.monospace=font:!lm mono 10 regular,size:14 font.errorfont=font:!lm mono 10 regular,size:12 and you get lm as editor font I don't know what is needed for linux. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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vertical position of framed sucks!
by Steffen Wolfrum 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi, in order to write a command=... for \setuphead I am fighting with the following \framed: \starttext \showframe \def\TestFrame% {\hbox to \hsize\bgroup% \tbox{\midaligned\framed[frame=on,align=middle,width=0.85\textwidth] {{\kern0.75em}Test}}% \egroup} \TestFrame %Test% <- \stoptext I only want the framed "Test" to be at the same vertical position as the plain "Test" (please compare). Just how??? Thanks, Steffen

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problem with frenchpunctuation
by Peter Münster 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hello, there is no space before the \type{}: % engine=luatex \setcharacterspacing[frenchpunctuation] \starttext «\type{bla}» \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Font questions once again...
by Marcin Borkowski 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi all! And once again I am asking obout fonts in ConTeXt... The point is that I am not sure whether anything has changed since I've asked for the previous time;). I mean, I'd like to give Mk IV a try. Most probably I will try to maintain two different TeX installations at the same time, so a third one (ConTeXt) won't be more trouble. This means that I will (most probably) install the Minimals so that they won't interfere with my TeXlives (one 2008 and one much older). So, the questions are: * Is TeX Gyre support already working in MkIV? * The page about Minimals on the wiki mentions LM, Antykwa Torunska, Iwona, Kurier, TeX Gyre, ams. Does this means they are available there? (And what about Antykwa Poltawskiego...?) * How do I switch to any of these fonts (I mean for the whole document)? * How do I (globally) change the size of the font? Thanks in advance for the answers; of course, I'll try to post them to the wiki as soon as I learn how to do these things. Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl)

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