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Server Mirror
by Corin Royal Drummond 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Corin said: >> I'm a Linux system admin, and web developer, so I could help with > > troubleshooting, upgrades, hosting (have my own shared server), Arthur responded: > The problem is really hosting. For some reason, the machine, a > virtual server with approximately 20GB disk space, stops responding I'd certainly be happy to setup a US mirror with some help from you and Patrick. I'm not sure from your message whether the Context Garden itself is 20GB huge for some reason, or if the virtual server has 20GB of stuff from multiple customers clogging it up. I have Site5's Juggernaut plan, which gives me 1,500GB and 15TB of bandwidth a month. Hosting is cheap here. I think I paid a hundred dollars for a year. Can host unlimited websites & domains Since I can't get to the Wiki today, I don't know what software it's running. If you let me know I'll start looking into it's requirements. Cheers, Corin Royal Drummond

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further stubs
by Peter Münster 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Hello, I suggest putting 3 further stubs into .../scripts/context/stubs/unix : 1.) luatools: #!/bin/sh texmfstart luatools.lua "$@" 2.) mtxrun: #!/bin/sh texmfstart mtxrun.lua "$@" 3.) context (same file as .../scripts/context/lua/context): #!/bin/sh mtxrun --script context $@ This has 2 advantages: - you can put .../scripts/context/stubs/unix in your PATH - you can type "texexec file" for MKII and "context file" for MKIV (same for MS-Win of course) What do you think? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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patch for m-chemic.tex
by Peter Münster 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Hello, What about the integration of this patch from Wolfgang Schuster into the distribution: - Forwarded message from Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> - Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:57:37 +0100 From: Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] \chemical and MKIV On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Peter Münster <pmlists(a)free.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > The following test-file produces an error: > > % engine=luatex > \usemodule[chemic] > \starttext > \chemical{CO_2} > \stoptext This is tooo long. \usemodule[chemic] is enough to produce the error with mkiv. Replace the following lines in m-chemic \ifx\beginpicture\undefined \let\normalgrid\grid \let\normalaxis\axis \input pictex.tex \relax \let\pictexgrid\grid \let\pictexaxis\axis \let\grid\normalgrid \let\axis\normalaxis \fi with \ifx\beginpicture\undefined \let\beginpicture\relax \fi and the module works. Wolfgang ----- End forwarded message ----- -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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bug in modes
by Hans van der Meer 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

The following works mirabile dictu: \enablemode[b,c] \startallmodes[b,c] \type{\startallmodes[b,c]} done \stopallmodes \startnotallmodes[c] \type{\startallmodes[b,c]} not done \stopallmodes % <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< But the following gives an error: \enablemode[b,c] \startallmodes[b,c] \type{\startallmodes[b,c]} done \stopallmodes \startnotallmodes[c] \type{\startallmodes[b,c]} not done \stopnotallmodes % <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Runaway argument? \type {\startallmodes [b,c]} not done \stopnotallmodes \blank \par \stoptext ! File ended while scanning use of \dostopallmodes. <inserted text> \par <*> testmodes.tex \emergencyend I guess the pairing of \startnotallmodes with \stopnotallmodes is at fault. In core-var.tex 234-235 I see: \long\def\dostartnotallmodes[#1]% {\docheckforallmodes\dostopallmodes\donothing{#1}} should be: \long\def\dostartnotallmodes[#1]% {\docheckforallmodes\dostopnotallmodes\donothing{#1}} I checked this patch: ConTeXt ver: 2008.03.24 23:24 MKII fmt: 2008.3.29 int: english/english Hans van der Meer

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Wiki
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Hi all, Is the contextgarden down? I only get a blank page today. My firefox has been upgraded yesterday but works as usual for other sites. -- Jean

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setuparranging issue
by Andrea Valle 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Hi to all, I have an A5 paper size to be printed on an A4. Substantially, I'd like to have 2 pages on a paper sheet. Now, I can use \setuparranging[2*2]. Works fine if I want to print, cut and bind. 4 1 2 3 But I'd like also to have another option, simply a sequence of pages (for screen reading, printing and binding without cutting) This: 1 2 3 4 Sorry, I guess it's really easy, but cannot figure out... Thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " Think of it as seasoning . noise [salt] is boring . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring . F(noise, blah) can be really tasty " (Ken Perlin on noise)

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Minor error in code, core-tab.tex
by David 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Hi I was reading core-tab.tex on http://source.contextgarden.net/core-tab.tex (trying to learn a little...) Sorry I have no line numbers, but about two-thirds of the way down that file, by chance I think I found an error: \bgroup \catcode`\|=\@@other \gdef\@@otherbar {|} \catcode`\"=\@@other \gdef\@@otherquite {"} \catcode`\|=\@@active \gdef\@@useotherbar {\let|\@@otherbar} \catcode`\"=\@@active \gdef\@@useotherquote{\let"\@@otherquote} \egroup The second \catcode line contains \gdef\@@otherquite, which I'm almost positive should be \gdef\@@otherquote . I hope this helps. David

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chapter heads not in bold
by Andrea Valle 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Hi to all, Sorry if it's stupid. In a large environment file I have this: \definetypeface[tSCIRMA][rm][Xserif][Palatino] \definetypeface[tSCIRMA][tt][Xmono][LM Typewriter Regular] \definetypeface[tSCIRMA][ss][Xsans][Lucida Grande] \setupbodyfont[tSCIRMA, 11pt] \setuphead[chapter] [before={\startframedtext[width=local, foregroundcolor=cirmaBlue, background=color, backgroundcolor=bgGrey, framecolor=cirmaOrange,offset=.25cm, rulethickness=0.05cm ]},after={\stopframedtext\blank[.25\textheight]\rm}, style=\ss\tfd ] Chapter heads results in bold, but I don't want it. What should I set? Many thanks -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " Think of it as seasoning . noise [salt] is boring . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring . F(noise, blah) can be really tasty " (Ken Perlin on noise)

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Applelaserwriter 360 - Any suggestion for good replacement?
by Giulio Bertellini 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Dear Context List users: in the old days the AppleLaserwriter 360 was an exceptional printer with very good Postscript support for the Basic postscript fonts. I am now at a loss in deciding which Laser printer to purchase in a reasonable price range with postscript support, a reasonable amount of ram and network support. I would welcome hints from List users as to their recommendations and suggestions, also from the TeX and Context point of view. Color support is not the most important factor, while graphics is. Giulio Bertellini

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description fails on \if
by Hans van der Meer 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

There is the following problem on code that did work around july 2007, but no longer under the current context version (2008-03-11). Define a description, I did: \definedescription[answerblock][% \c!margin=\v!no,\c!location=\v!left,% \c!headstyle=\@@exmintrostyle,\c!style=\@@exmstyle,% \c!before=,\c!inbetween=,\c!after=,% \c!hang=\@@exmhang,\c!width=\questionblockwidth,% \c!text=\placeanswerstart] Typeset with this description inside the following macro: \def\shortanswer#1\par{% \par % be sure to end paragraph here \answerblock{}% % {} needed here in description call \ifanswers #1\else\dotfill\strut\fi % <<<<<< crashing on this if \par % final \par of description ... \par } The above code crashes with: ! Incomplete \ifx; all text was ignored after ... After some detective work in which Wolfgang Schuster had a large share and has found the most elegant workaround, the addition of a \relax just after the description call prevents the error: \def\shortanswer#1\par{% \par % be sure to end paragraph here \answerblock{}% % {} needed here in description call \relax % <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< \relax prevents crash on if \ifanswers #1\else\dotfill\strut\fi \par % final \par of description ... \par } The way \relax stops the error reminds me of the \relax that one places after a number in order to separate that from the code following. I did compare core-des.tex, both the last version and the archived from 2007-04-17. But I must admit, I did not succeed finding a clue among the differences about what could have happened. The code is a bit too intricate to just jump in and pinpoint the culprit -- at least for me. Allthough Wolfgang's workaround saves the day, I feel this problem deserves solving inside ConTeXt, not outside it. Someday somewhere another person will stumble on the same problem -- a situation that can and should be avoided, in my view. Therefore I explain the problem here as fully as possible hoping someone knowledgeable with descriptions <<we might need to fall back to Taco or Hans>> will find the best remedy. Hans van der Meer

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