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install PGF/Tikz for ConTeXt minimals
by Aric Bills 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hello, I just installed ConTeXt Minimals under SuSE Linux 11. I'd like to install PGF/Tikz; I've downloaded version 2.0 and un-tarred it, but I have no idea where to copy the files to or what command to issue (a la texhash) to make ConTeXt aware of them. Any directions on how to proceed would be much appreciated! Aric

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trouble starting context
by Jesse Alama 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

I just downloaded the TeXLive 2008 developer snapshot and wanted to try out LuaTeX. Unfortunately, I can't even get started: $ context dissertation.tex MtxRun | unknown script: context I ran luatools --generate before doing this. What's odd is that mtx-context can be found: $ luatools mtx-context.lua LuaTools | error unable to locate texmfcnf.lua LuaTools | loading configuration for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/web2c from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/ae181585be5454a57ae25fb95c3ccbef LuaTools | locating list of /Users/alama/.texlive2008/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /Users/alama/.texlive2008/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /Users/alama/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist LuaTools | loading files for /Users/alama/texmf from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/ac3eee35b5b23b98b43e5c7003a4bbe4 LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/8d010c969467b901b6bcb91f6f471f8b LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/54c38668678471591609fbe0217efe48 LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/982f3cc39ab8256ee0595931d5cfd085 LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/1f08e3a96247a4bd25d903ca1cb00c0e LuaTools | loading files for /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist from /Users/alama/luatex-cache/context/79597d0cc507e8e510dd517f8850b2ca/trees/4eb9551710f45f305daf928a0f6f4fb0 LuaTools | LuaTools | /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.118 seconds What might be going on? Thanks, Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama(a)stanford.edu)

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Re: [NTG-context] Fedora 9 (Linux) Installation
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Thanks Taco, downloading the new zip seems to have some effect. It seems like I've made some progress. $ source ~/.context_env $PWD/tex Setting "/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex" as TEXROOT. Before I do the rest, should I do $ texexec --make --alone or $ texexec --make (as per Han's recommendation?) And $ mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-context/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. On Jul 7 2008, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > abbg770(a)city.ac.uk wrote: > >> > >> a. source ~/.context_env $PWD/tex => results in nothing. > > > > What happens if you run the following command manually? > > > > $ source $(HOME)/tex/setuptex $(HOME)/tex > > > > (assuming you unpacked directly in your home) > > Does (or rather "did") this even work in the old minimal distribution? > I think that I had to CD to $HOME/tex and source setuptex from there. > > Mojca > > PS: these big zips are (or at least used to be) a bit outdated. A > slightly newer (unofficial) version is here: > http://minimals.contextgarden.net/pragma/ > http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context(a)ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : > https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : > http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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interactive reference in footer
by Alan Stone 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Hi, How do you set an interactive link (hyperlink) to the table of contents in a footer ? I tried with \setupfootertexts[-1-][\but[toctoc]][-4-][-3-] and \reference[toctoc] % \ref[toctoc] gives the same error \placecontent This gives the following compile error: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \but [toctoc{}{}{} \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \dosingletexts ...atetexts {#1#2#5}{#6{}{}{}}}}}}} \egroup <argument> ...?tk \v!footer \v!text \c!righttext } \@@nmpos {\getvalue {\??tk... \dododoplacelayouttextline ...#2 #3}\hbox to #1{#4 }\stoplayoutcomponent \get... ... l.45 \chapter{Chapter Testing} ? ! Emergency stop. <argument> \but [toctoc{}{}{} \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \dosingletexts ...atetexts {#1#2#5}{#6{}{}{}}}}}}} \egroup <argument> ...?tk \v!footer \v!text \c!righttext } \@@nmpos {\getvalue {\??tk... \dododoplacelayouttextline ...#2 #3}\hbox to #1{#4 }\stoplayoutcomponent \get... ... l.45 \chapter{Chapter Testing} ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Alan P.S. The "TeX for the Impatient" book mentions... an undefined control sequence, is one of the most common ones you can get. If you respond to the prompt with another '?', TEX will display the following message: Type <return> to proceed, S to scroll future error messages, R to run without stopping, Q to run quietly, I to insert something, E to edit your file, 1 or ... or 9 to ignore the next 1 to 9 tokens of input, H for help, X to quit. sciTE exits the code after an emergency stop, so how do you enable it to accept the above mentioned '?' prompt response ?

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Re: [NTG-context] Fedora 9 (Linux) Installation
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 07 Jul '08

07 Jul '08

Still fails with the same error; [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file first.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1222 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.142191 The exact command I executed was; $ source ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex The link to the installation guide; http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_User_Installation---there was a typo on the previous link. I've attached the log aswell appending it to the message, forgive me, I'm pretty new to mailing lists. === ENTIRE LOG === source ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ echo '#!/bin/bash' > ~/.context_env [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ cat tex/setuptex >> ~/.context_env [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ chmod 755 ~/.context_env [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ echo "source ~/.context_env $PWD/tex" >> ~/.bashrc [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ source ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/context-installation-directory/tex [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec --make --alone TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | updating file database mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format mptopdf ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | generating mps format metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INIMP) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/metafun.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-tool.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-spec.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-core.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-page.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-text.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-txts.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-shap.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-butt.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-char.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-step.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grph.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-figs.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grid.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-form.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/marith.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)))) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-func.mp) ) Beginning to dump on file metafun.mem (mem=metafun 2008.7.6) at most 3039 strings of total length 40265 48346 memory locations dumped; current usage is 12622&35523 1762 symbolic tokens Transcript written on metafun.log. TeXExec | TeXExec | tex engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | mps engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | TeXExec | mps: 06/07/2008 23:26:19 > /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/metafun.mem (481604) TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 0.348835 [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec --check TeXExec | current distribution: web2c TeXExec | context source date: unknown TeXExec | format path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | start of analysis TeXExec | end of analysis TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | TeXUtil | version 9.1.0 - 1997-2005 - PRAGMA ADE/POD TeXExec | CtxTools | version 1.3.3 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file first.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1222 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.142191 ======= On Jul 6 2008, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > Hi, > > > What happens if you run the following command manually? > > > > $ source $(HOME)/tex/setuptex $(HOME)/tex > > small typo, I'd guess: > > $ source ${HOME}/tex/setuptex ${HOME}/tex > > ($() is command substitution ${} is var-expansion - I know you know it) > > Patrick > -- Thanks Mohamed Bana

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Generating a list of items
by David 06 Jul '08

06 Jul '08

Hi all I'm teaching some classes this summer, and want to make myself a template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list of the materials I need to remember to bring. My intention is that I will only have to type the name of my materials once, while composing the plan itself, and have ConTeXt extract all the names and place them in a list in the same document. I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then while typing the main text of my plan be able to type \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have ConTeXt generate a list of all the items like this ... "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording" ... near the top of the page. I've tried using \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing a page number for each item and alphabetical headings as in an index. I would like to get a simple, numbered list of items. Can I tweak the \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I should try? Thanks David

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\TransparencyHack and luatex
by Peter Rolf 05 Jul '08

05 Jul '08

hi, luatex can't handle the page group entry from \TransparencyHack ( \doPDFpageattribute{/Group << /S /Transparency /I true /K true>>} ). when i try to include a pdf (made by luatex) which such an entry i get [..] luaTeX warning: PDF inclusion: Page Group detected which luatex can't handle. Ignoring it. >]) systems : end file anzeige_doc at line 315 )Type1: Could not open Type1 font: (null)MtxRun | loading configuration for r:/tex/texmf-context/web2c from r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/trees/afb193bfb83d30e68f95756e818645be MtxRun | loading configuration for r:/tex/texmf/web2c from r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/trees/b69cd8db662fdc8e4c09165909c3f8af MtxRun | run 1: luatex --fmt="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/formats/cont-en" --lua="r:/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/c9b9f3f1764157bd10c7a40fc8d4e5b9/formats/cont-en.lua" "./anzeige_doc" MtxRun | return code: 1 MtxRun | fatal error, run aborted --- the later error also appears, if i don't use \TransparencyHack. mh, donno. pdftex (1.40.8-beta-20080627-2.2) works ok and can also handle the page attributes from the hack. regards, peter

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Fonts (sorry) weird issue
by Diego Depaoli 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Minimals is installed in my $HOME File to build is located in a partition (/media/disk) shared between ubuntu and FreeBSD Now I'm on ubuntu from my $HOME texexec --xtx /media/disk/file.tex works from /media/disk texexec --xtx file.tex fails with ! Font \*fontin12ptsstfss*:=Fontin_Sans_R_45b:+liga;+kern;mapping=tlig;+trep; a t 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file or installed font not found. texexec --lua works when launched from both locations. Something is broken in fonts path detection? Regards -- Diego Depaoli P.S. my first booklet has been appreciated. With FontinSans 9pt I well balanced compactness and readability. I put Made with ConTeXt in front page. Thanks to all people who helped me.

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Re: [NTG-context] luatex feature question/request
by Marcin Borkowski 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi all, 3 months ago (on Friday, April 4) I asked about an option for luatex to automatically put ties before one-letter words. Hans asked me to remind about it in a few months, so I do it now;). (I can't answer in that thread since I delete old mails:( ). BTW, I guess such a feature might be also useful for other purposes. Anyway, I didn't read the ConTeXt list lately, but I'll soon start using it on a more regular basis, so expect many newbie questions... Thanks in advance:) -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) People can be divided into three groups: those who can count and those who can't.

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Fwd: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author
by Martin Schröder 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew(a)sil.org> Date: 2008/7/3 Subject: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex(a)tug.org> To the XeTeX user community: This note is to let you know that for personal reasons, I have submitted my resignation to SIL, where I have worked for a number of years and where XeTeX development has been hosted. I remain interested in and supportive of SIL's work with and for many communities around the world, but with effect from the end of July, I will no longer be working as a member of the organization. I intend to continue working on XeTeX, which has always been driven primarily by my own vision and interests, rather than initiated or managed by SIL, and on other projects and activities in the TeX world. So this should not have a major impact on development except for occasional spells of distraction as I make various transitions over the coming months. And I expect SIL will continue hosting the XeTeX subversion repository on scripts.sil.org, at least for the time being. As I move on from SIL, I will of course need to find other ways to earn a living. It's possible that someone among the XeTeX community knows the perfect role for me... if so, I'd appreciate hearing of it! You all know something of my interests and experience: TeX-related software development, typesetting (with an emphasis on "unusual" fonts and scripts; that's why XeTeX exists), OpenType and AAT font engineering, etc. In the immediate future, I hope to work on a couple of freelance projects in the font development and typesetting fields, but would also consider a longer-term position if the right opportunity comes along. I hope list members will excuse me for posting this personal, somewhat off-topic note. Feel free to ignore it, of course, but if anyone has responses or comments for me I'd be glad to hear them. Off- list replies (directly to me) are fine; let's not clutter everyone's mailboxes. Thanks for being such a great community of users and contributors. I look forward to continuing participation in this group for a long time to come. Jonathan

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