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-, -- and --- in Context
by Maurício 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, TeX fonts have the known convention for -, -- and ---. How would be the proper way to get those characters in Context? Should I use Unicode characters? I know that, at least in my instalation, -- and --- work as in TeX, but I would like to know if Context has a different standard way to do that. Thanks, Maurício

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MetaPost 1.001 announcement
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

The MetaPost team is happy to announce a new release of MetaPost: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost 1.001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The sources and a win32 package can be downloaded immediately from https://foudnry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost/ The source package should compile normally on all systems that are capable of compiling a modern web2c-based TeX distribution. The win32 package is intended for texlive or a similar web2c-based installation, and has been tested only with TeXLive 2007. These executables will *not* work for miktex, sorry. Of course, we welcome any comments (either good or bad) that you may have. Simply replying to this message is fine, but see the bottom of the message for a more formal way to report bugs and feature requests. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new in version 1.001: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * The default cmyk 'black' color now uses only black, not all four ink colors (after a discussion on the mailing list). * Some issues were reported with the new turningnumber algorithm, all known problems are now fixed. * Gábor Braun discovered that mpost did not always download the font encodings into all the created output files. * Akira Kakuto and Hartmut Henkel found some small issues in mpto regarding trailing and leading whitespace. * A fix for the 'Helvetica' entries in trfonts.map was provided by Werner Lemberg, and Michail Vidiassov supplied two extra font entries for troff.map (Symbol and ZapfDingbats). Karl Berry provided the new file troff-updmap.map, to be used by the updmap tool in texlive. * Mpost now supports web2c's --output-directory option. * Any warnings about missing fonts and characters are now always written to the terminal as well as to the log. * Now that makempx is a C program, it needed a different install line in build.sh. Also, Olaf Mersmann contributed a patch to recognize 'gmake' in build.sh * Luigi Scarso found some typing errors in the web source that prevented clean weaving of the source. * Stephan Hennig fixed a number of problems in the manual (mpman.tex) and the introduction paper (mpintro.tex). He also wrote new sections on how to preview metapost graphics and on how to use metapost graphics inside other documents. On top of that, the manual is now hypertext-aware, and fixes for a whole series of small problems have been applied. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legal notice / license / bug reports ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost is a system for producing graphics developed by John Hobby at AT&T, based on Donald Knuth's Metafont. The MetaPost home page is http://tug.org/metapost. MetaPost and related programs are in the public domain. The MetaPost development project is currently hosted at Supelec, https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost; please report bugs and request enhancements through there if possible. Alternatively, you can reach us through the <metapost(a)tug.org> mailing list as well. Have fun! Taco Hoekwater, for the MetaPost team, November 14, 2007

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\quotation
by Idris Samawi Hamid 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Dear gang, This has bugged me for years but I never said anything since the workaround is so easy. OTOH I am working on something I'd like to share with others and an official solution would be better: \starttext \input knuth \startquotation \input knuth \stopquotation \input knuth \stoptext I. \start-\stopquotation surrounds the block quote in double-quotes marks. I don't know about other European languages but in English this is redundant; I've hardly ever seen block quotes use dbl-quote marks. We at least need a setup option to turn this off. II. There should be some default whitespace between the block quote and the surrounding text, just as \start-stopitemize has. Or at least this should be configurable in the setups. If these two are already there (not in the manual) then please let us know how to set this up. Otherwise could you add configuration options for this? FYI: Here is what I use =========== \definestartstop [quote] [before={\startnarrower[2*left,2*right]\blank[big]\noindenting}, after={\stopnarrower\blank[big]}] =========== Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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page backgrounds
by olivier Turlier 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi everybody, I try to draw several metapost page backgrounds (code found at http://melusine.eu.org/syracuse/poulecl/divers/papiers/ ) for manual sketchs on A4 paper. Obviously, it does'nt work, and I don't know why. TIA for any answers. Not so short examples are attached. -- olivier Turlier CRP La Rouguière 101 Bd des libérateurs 13367 MARSEILLE CEDEX 11 04 91 66 58 10

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space between last bodytext line and blackrule
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, in a layout with footnotes at the bottom of the page it happens sometime that the last bodytext line is moved to a new page although it *looks* as there would be enough space between the last bodytext line and the footnote's "blackrule". When printing the page and using the ruler you may find out that only 0.5mm is missing ... I know that there is a way to control the space between the blackrule and the first footnote's line: \def\MyRule {\blackrule[width=3cm,height=1mm] \vskip.5cm}% here this space is 0.5cm But how do I control the space between the *last bodytext line* and the blackrule?? Steffen

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rotate bug?
by Peter Rolf 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, This morning I used \rotate to correct some slightly sloped graphics and noticed a weird behavior. In case of the rotation angle interval (-1,0) the negative sign is simply ignored, so the rotation goes to the opposite direction. Donno if negative values for the rotation angle are allowed (they normally work). But it's easier to handle it this way (sign for direction of rotation). @Wolfgang: as workaround, only use positive values or add -360 ;) (and sorry for my wrong interpretation of your table mail) @Taco: are you still collecting the ConTeXt bugs? Best wishes, Peter \setuplayout[grid=yes] \starttext \showgrid \def\Foobar{\blackrule[width=\textwidth,height=0.5\lineheight]} \framed{\rotate[rotation=-0.5]{\Foobar}} % -0.x is not working (sign is ignored) \snaptogrid\hbox\bgroup \framed{\rotate[rotation=359.5]{\Foobar}} % ok \egroup \snaptogrid\hbox\bgroup \framed{\rotate[rotation=0.5]{\Foobar}} % ok \egroup \snaptogrid\hbox\bgroup \framed{\rotate[rotation=-359.5]{\Foobar}} % ok \egroup \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] TOC: alternatives (Was: continous chapter numbering)
by Jeff Smith 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

On Nov 13, 2007 4:51 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > % continue chapter numberind over parts > \setuphead[part][resetnumber=no] Thanks, that was simple in the end... Now, a real TOC question/problem. Reading through old posts and docs, I remain unconvinced as to what is the best solution between creating my own lists or customizing the standard Alternatives. But even then, is the latter possible? I only need to modify two slight details with alternative c (or b, not sure yet if I use the dots or not). When creating my own lists, I try to emulate alternative c but I still am not satisfied with what I come up with. First off, I don't want the chapter/section numbers to align on the left, I want them to indent with the text. Second, I don't want the chapter number in my section numberings. So, instead of the following (here I don't bother with the page numbers) : I Chapter One I-1 First Section I-1.1 First Subsection I-1.2 Second Subsection I-2 Section Section II Chapter Two II-1 First section II-1.1 First subsection II-2.1 Section subsection I'd like to have: I. Chapter One 1. First Section 1.1. First Subsection 1.2. Second Subsection 2. Section Section II. Chapter Two 1. First section 1.1. First subsection 2.1. Section subsection If I make my own lists, I don't know how to align the page number to the right, like alternative=b/c does, and I can't find how to have a linebreak with single linespacing after an entry (my document doesn't use single linespacing and so it interefered with my TOC explorations). Alternative=b/c does everything I need, minus the two details mentionned above. So, it would seem easier if I could just modify it. Is it possible? Thanks again! Jeff

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\setupnotes (Undefined control sequence ??)
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi, is the 'split' parameter not supported anymore? ! Undefined control sequence. l.6 \setupnotes [footnote][split=strict] ? Steffen ConTeXt ver: 2007.08.07 12:43 MKII fmt: 2007.11.14 int: english/ english

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modifying bib style files
by Andrea Valle 14 Nov '07

14 Nov '07

Hi to all, I'm tweaking with bib module. I saw that there are different possible style E.g. apa here: \setuppublications[alternative=apa,criterium=all] I'm not satisfied because I need Italian names (e.g. pag. instead of pages and so on) and plus the scientific bib style are typically different from the ones used in humanities. What have I to do to create a style file? My idea was to take one of the files indicated by Tacos' manual and modify it. If so, and then? Many thanks -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong) -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong)

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typesetting a bibtex file
by Andrea Valle 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

I have a biblio in bibtex format. I'd like to have it typeset by ConTeXt as a complete document, not as a consequence of refs in text (i.e. a need to have a biblio file) How can it be done? Many thanks -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong)

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