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xml misc
by Andrea Valle 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

Hi to all, I' ve started playing with xml --> context. I've read the docs but even if I am able to do some very basic operation I'm in troubles doing my first real experiment. I've already generated a book from the collection of html help files of the SuperCollider language using a cumbersome python script. But I was guessing that probably using xml mapping would make my life easier. An example file to be processed is here: http://supercollider.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/supercollider/trunk/ build/Help/Style%20Guide/Documentation%20Style%20Guide.html?view=log The html is w3c compliant and being automatically generated seems to be consistent. I'm able to do easily stuff like this, which is a promising start: \startenvironment scEnv \enableregime[utf] \defineXMLenvironment [body] \starttext \stoptext %\defineXMLenvironment [style] \starthiding \stophiding \defineXMLcommand [p] \par \defineXMLgrouped [b] \bf \stopenvironment But: 1. how do I simply skip undesired tags? The \start-\stophiding trick (which in any case does not work: why?) was a hack in order to not typeset the stile tags 2. how can i map class attributes in order to specify for each of them e.g fontname, points, color, indenting? Thanks as usual Best -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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Fatal format file error; I'm stymied
by Ernesto Schirmacher 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

After many years as a LaTeX user I'm attempting to switch over to ConTeXt. I recently upgraded my operating system to Ubuntu 7.10 (on an AMD64 machine) and got the TeXLive and ConTeXt packages from the Ubuntu repositories. I tried compiling a very simple document: \starttext Hello this is \ConTeXt. \stoptext using the command: texexec simple.tex and got the following output on my terminal: TeXExec | processing document 'simple.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file simple.top TeXExec | using randomseed 898 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %$-line parsing enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) ---! cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) TeXExec | runtime: 0.177424 Clearly something is not working properly and I suspect the incompatibility between This is pdfTeXk... and ---! cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex is the source of all trouble here. Could someone please point me in the right direction to resolve this? Thanks in advance, Ernesto

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Screen not wanted
by Hans van der Meer 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

I have prepared a movie in one of the presentation styles and set this ready in the followwing way: \defineoverlay [name] [{\framed[height=\overlayheight, width=\overlaywidth,% background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow]% {\midaligned{title text}}}] \Subject {\renderingmenu[film]\qquad\color[darkgray]{$15^\prime 12$}} \midaligned{% \framed[offset=0pt, strut=no, background={foreground,name}]% {\placerenderingwindow[movie][film]} }% The problem is this: In the upper left corner the word "Screen" is placed and I cannot get rid of it. Searching in the sources did not reveal enough to spot a macro putting it there. The strange thing is that this happens in both the TeXShop previewer and in Apple's Preview application but not in the Adobe version 8.1 reader, GraphicConverter and Safari (I am working on MacOSX 10.4.10). Does someone know its origin? Does it occur on other PC types as well or is it typical for MacOSX? Or is it something in the pdf that shows up under certain circumstances? Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] Notepad++ colour settings
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

>> I have downloaded the latest Notepad++ and ConTeXt settings as suggested >> by Professor Hamid and I'm enjoying the experience of using them! >> >> However, I do not really like the colour scheme and tried to alter the >> background colours by editing "Application >> Data/Notepad++/UserDefineLang.xml", shutting down Notepad++ and starting >> up again (via Npp.bat), but no change. I also tried editing the "tex" >> entry in "Application Data/Notepad++/stylers.xml", but no joy. >> I tried going to menu item Settings - Style Configurator, but Context >> isn't in the list of languages. >> >> How can I alter the default colour settings for ConTeXt, please? > > Use the User Define Language dialog (the button to the left of the red-dot > button) > > http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/UserLanguageDefineSystem-HOWTO.php > > Choose ConTeXt and adjust anything you like (including color)! > > Also, in Settings - Style Configurator, configure Global Styles. > There is also a Global Override option. > > So there is a global color scheme and a language-specific one. > > Best wishes > Idris Idris, Thanks for your help. I was able to change the foreground colours from the "User Define" dialogue, but the background colour never changed. Thanks to your pointer, I eventually found the global override for the background colour under "Settings - Styler Configurator - Global Styles - Global Override". Regards, Richard

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Problems with diagrams
by Geoffrey Martin 04 Nov '07

04 Nov '07

Does anyone have any suggestions on processing docs with many commutative diagrams in ConTeXt. Depending on the method (I have used xypic and dcpic) I can do between 6 and 8 diagrams in a doc before ConTeXt crashes reporting pdftex: Assertion failed, and Window reporting and access error. I am running MikTeX under Windows 2000. It looks like memory problems but I would like to be sure. I have not been able to find a system requirements for ConTeXt, Also, in the process of trying to work around this difficulty I have noted that ConTeXt is able to run the diagram making plain tex macros in eplain and taylor. Thanks you any info you can provide] Geoffrey Martin University of Toledo

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How to prevent a page break?
by Maurício 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Hi, How do I prevent a page break between two paragraphs (actually, between a paragraph and an item list that follows it)? I found '\page[no]' in the documentation, but I don't know if that's the standard way to do that. Thanks, Maurício

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40e NTG bijeenkomst Utrecht
by Willi Egger 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Beste leden, beste TeX gebruikers, De aankomende NTG-bijeenkomst is op 9-11-2007. De bijeenkomst begint om 10 uur. Zoals eerder medegedeeld heeft de dag geen thema. Het programma bestaat uit een update op het LUATEX-project verzorgd door Hans Hagen en Taco Hoekwater. Verder zal Johann de Moor zijn ervaringen als alfa met Latex uit de doeken doen. Het wordt beslist weer een interessante dag, die je niet mag missen. De bijeenkomst is in het Buys Ballot laboratorium (BBL), onderdeel van het Fysica-complex, op de 4e verdieping. Voor de route zie http://www.cs.uu.nl/docs/reach/ en http://www1.phys.uu.nl/faculteit/fysicacomplex/ Parkeren is het makkelijkst op het Princetonplein. Willi Egger Secretaris NTG

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Notepad++ colour settings
by richard.stephens＠converteam.com 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

I have downloaded the latest Notepad++ and ConTeXt settings as suggested by Professor Hamid and I'm enjoying the experience of using them! However, I do not really like the colour scheme and tried to alter the background colours by editing "Application Data/Notepad++/UserDefineLang.xml", shutting down Notepad++ and starting up again (via Npp.bat), but no change. I also tried editing the "tex" entry in "Application Data/Notepad++/stylers.xml", but no joy. I tried going to menu item Settings - Style Configurator, but Context isn't in the list of languages. How can I alter the default colour settings for ConTeXt, please? Richard Stephens

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MathML in Metafun
by Maurício 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Hi, Is it possible to use MathML inside a Metapost or Metafun label? Thanks, Maurício

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New build problems
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

Hello New context build is not friendly at all: "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc00000022)" windows fatal error is displayed twice. Here is the log: G:\rsync\win\texmf-win>texexec --make --luatex TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | updating file database TeXExec | using tex engine luatex TeXExec | using tex format path ./luatex TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path . TeXExec | generating mps format metafun TeXExec | TeXExec | mps engine path: . TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 70.969 Sure, I still have to play with env variables (nearly all of them require updating when migrating to new build). Where the LUAINPUT var should point to? And why it is not found in setuptex.bat? Is it needed at all? Best, Vaytcheslav

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