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proper filereading
by Hans van der Meer 24 Mar '08

24 Mar '08

What is the proper way in ConTeXt to include a file? Just "\input filename" ignores the \enableregime[] setting and thus mistreats accented characters. \usemodule[] shows the same behaviour. Hans van der Meer

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Command \NN in table?
by Morgan Brassel 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Hi, I'm currently trying to typeset tables of digits. I read in This Way #3 that the tabulate environment has digits support with \NN. Would it be possible to had the same feature in the table environment? By the way, I'd like to congratulate Hans for the \digits command: it really saved me so much time! It don't need to retype numbers from my numerical outputs anymore. And I can switch very easily from english to french number format. It's great! Best wishes, Morgan

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Clash in itemize options?
by Morgan Brassel 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

Hi everyone, I am wondering about the effects of the 'margin=yes' option in itemize environments. It seems to be incompatible with the 'packed' option. In the following example, the third itemize doesn't get packed, even if the 'packed' option is present. Is it a feature? In this case, how can I modify the margin without introducing vertical spaces? Best regards, Morgan \starttext One \startitemize[packed] \item text \item text \stopitemize Two \startitemize[margin=yes] \item text \item text \stopitemize Three \startitemize[margin=yes, packed] \item text \item text \stopitemize \stoptext

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getbuffer now fails
by Hans van der Meer 23 Mar '08

23 Mar '08

I had this code working (it was in an article I submitted for NTG-MAPS a while ago, july 2007). Now this same code gives an error on getbuffer. What happened to getbuffer? Is it possible a \fi has disappeared in the getbuffer code between now and last july? Is there a quick patch because now I get stuck on work that has to be finished. The error message from TeX: ! Incomplete \ifx; all text was ignored after line 6. <inserted text> \fi <to be read again> \relax \dodoreadfile ...d \relax \fi \dodoreadfileindeed \relax \the \everyafterrea... \mkdobuffer #1->\beginrestorecatcodes #1 \endrestorecatcodes \dodobuffer ...dcsname \else #2\fi }\mkdobuffer #1 \popmacro \currentbuffer \dodogetbuffer ...}\dobuffer {16}{#2}\mkgetbuffer \getvalue {\??bu #1\c!after } ... l.111 \question[number=1][buffer]{\getbuffer} The relevant part of the code, not working is the call to \@exmbuffer: ... \doifelse{#2}{\v!buffer}% {\def\filename{buffer}\def\thefile{#3}\let\@@exminput\@exmbuffer}% {.....}% \@@exminput\thefile \endgroup} % reading the file better outside the doif \def\@exminput#1{\input#1\relax} \def\@exmbuffer#1{#1} Help is appreciated. Hans van der Meer

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texexec s-pre-04.tex
by Pau Amaro-Seoane 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Hi, I am a total newbie to ConTeXt; I have been "playing" with it since yesterday. I am trying to modify a bit s-pre-04.tex but I have realised that I cannot even compile it! http://source.contextgarden.net/s-pre-04.tex texexec s-pre-04.tex will yield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (.....) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) color : mpcmyk color space is supported color : mpspot color space is supported color : system rgb is global activated interaction : active system : mark Topic defined [chapter] system : mark Topicnumber defined [chapternumber] system : mark Nopic defined [title] system : mark Nopicnumber defined [titlenumber] system : mark Subject defined [section] system : mark Subjectnumber defined [sectionnumber] ) *^Cx ! Interruption. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is that? Thanks, Pau

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ConTeXt Float Positioning (Figures and Tables) After Paragraph
by Dietrich Rordorf / MDPI 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Dear ConTeXt Collegaues, Float Positioning (Figures and Tables): Explained at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Floating_Objects place[here] will preferably place the float "here" (usually the ConTeXt code for the figure/table is placed at the end of a paragraph which refers to this figure/table). However, if it does not fit onto the page, it will be moved to the top of the next page. This is not always wonderful, as it splits paragraphs into two parts (the paragraph starts on page n-1, then the float is placed on top of page n, and the same paragraph continues on page n, after the float). This is very annoying to read, as you expect the paragraph text to continue when you turn, or in the digital, pdf-world, move to the next page. Is there any possibility to automatically place floats after/before a paragraph without splitting a paragraph into two parts? Instead of moving the float to the top of page n, ConTeXt should first try to place it on the top of the paragraph which refers to it, if the float still does not fit, ConTeXt should try to place it after the next paragraph, but not in the middle of a paragraph. We have been using ConTeXt on an experimental workflow to produce scientific journal articles. A sample PDF produced with ConTeXt can be found at the http://www.mdpi.org/marinedrugs/papers/md6010025.pdf link. Please note the figure/table placement. These floats have been placed manually. Looking forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, Dietrich -- Mr. Dietrich Rordorf MDPI Center Matthaeusstrasse 11 CH-4057 Basel Switzerland E-mail: rordorf(a)mdpi.org Skype: d.rordorf Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 (office) Tel. +41 76 561 41 83 (mobile) Fax +41 61 302 89 18

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On compiling latest luatex
by luigi scarso 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

ctangle is needed to compile latest luatex . It's not a problem, but justtex.zip and linuxtex.zip from pragma don't have ctangle (maybe in minimals ?) , so they are a bit incomplete. -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Compiling error \subpagenumber
by Willi Egger 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Hi, I got a series of files, which are organized in a project-structure. With the following versions I get the desired output: ConTeXt ver: 2007.12.18 19:11 MKII fmt: 2008.3.19 int: english/english ConTeXt ver: 2008.01.11 12:09 MKIV fmt: 2008.1.11 int: english/english Since the update lately the project does not compile anymore: ConTeXt ver: 2008.03.11 23:55 MKII fmt: 2008.3.15 int: english/ english Undefined controlsequence <write> ...ubpage }{\newnofsubpages }{\oldsubpage} <inserted text> }\endwrite \actualshipout ... \box \postponedcontent \box 0}} \else \message {[\ifarrang... \myshipout ... \fi {\thisisrealpage \realfolio #1} \gotonextrealpage \aftersh... \dofinaloutput ...agebody #1#2\setpagecounters }}} \fi \the \everyaftershipou... \finaloutput ...EAEAEA \dofinaloutput \fi \fi #1#2 \resetselectiepagina \incr... ... l.84 \stopfrontmatter Hans, could you have a look into this? Kind regards Willi

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MKIV: context.tex not found
by Peter Münster 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Hello, Any news about this one? Am I the only one having this problem? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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externalfigure sizing problem
by Santy, Michael 20 Mar '08

20 Mar '08

Hello, I've noticed that the images included with externalfigure appear at about 95% of their specified size on a printed page. The example below can be compiled on contextgarden to replicate the behavior. This problem is nothing new and has existed for at least a couple of months. Is there something that I'm not specifying correctly, or it this a bug? Thanks, Mike \starttext \placefigure{6.0in x 3.0in}{ \externalfigure[blah.jpg][width=6.0in, height=3.0in] % Comes out 5.6in x 2.8in } \placefigure{15.0cm x 9cm}{ \externalfigure[blah.jpg][width=15.0cm, height=9cm] % Comes out 14.1cm x 8.45cm } \stoptext

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