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Compatiblity option in pdf
by John Culleton 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

I created a short document http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf using Context and with a clickable TOC and one thumbnail. The thumbnail was created with the Han The Thanh pdftex macro code I mentioned recently. Some users view it fine, others with earlier versions of Acrobat Reader have problems. A friend ftom the InDesign/Distiller world suggests that I recreate the pdf with the compatibility option turned on. Does this suggestion have any meaning in the Context/pdftex world? Can interested readers read the above url OK? -- John Culleton Want to know what I really think? http://apps.wexfordpress.net/blog/ And my must-read (free) short list: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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Pesky list problem
by john＠wexfordpress.com 22 Oct '07

22 Oct '07

I tried building my own TOC as follows: ... \definelist[subject][alternative=a] \definelist[subsubject][alternative=a] \definelist[subsubsubject][alternative=a] \definecombinedlist[foo] [subject,subsubject,subsubsubject] [level=subsubsubject,criterium=local] \setupcombinedlist[foo] \starttext \title{Annotated Booklist} ... \placelist[foo] \subject{Top Choices} \subsubject{General Publishing} .... This set of commands stops with errors. What stupid thing did I do this time? -- John Culleton -- John Culleton Precision Typesetting Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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Pstricks and overlays, LuaTeX and Pstricks
by Ioannis Thavoris 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Is it possible to create overlays using ConTeXt with Pstricks ? Any example? Will MarkIV-LuaTeX support Pstricks? Thank you in advance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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LuaTeX and Unicode Math
by Mojca Miklavec 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hello, While trying to convert some stuff from HTML to PDF (using LuaTeX) I have noticed some minor problems: unicode math characters work OK in text mode (under assumption that the font has them), but not in math mode. In pdfTeX they work OK in both cases. (That behaviour is expected, but not necessary desired.) Is there any cure to it? % in LM, most characters are not present in otf fonts, so with LM this wouldn't work at all. Iwona is slightly better in that respect. \beginOLDTEX \enableregime[utf-8] \usetypescript[iwona][ec] \endOLDTEX \beginNEWTEX \usetypescript[iwona] \endNEWTEX \setupbodyfont[iwona] \def\testA{(φ)} % 03c6 \def\testB{(・)} % 00b7 \def\testC{(≤)} % 2264 \starttext \testA\testB\testC\crlf $\testA\testB\testC$ \stoptext I could/should solve the problem with better handling of xml entities or with fallbacks (if φ is not present in font, use \phi etc.), but I don't know how to do either of them. I would normally say something like \chardef`φ=\active \defφ{\phi} to solve the problem, but that doesn't work when doing XML conversion. Thanks, Mojca

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currentheadnumber / doif.. problem
by Peter Schorsch 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi, I tried to get the full present heading-number. If I am using currentnumber the result is only the last part of the heading-number. So I tried do implement a function like this: \def\presentheadnumber% {\doifelse{\headnumber[section]}{}% {\headnumber[chapter]}% {\headnumber[section]}% } but always the else-part is executed. I also tried to use doifemptyelse, doifnumber etc.. but as soon i am using headnumber[...] only the else-part will be executed. Can anyone help me with this problem? Or am I going a complete wrong way? Thanks

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slanted and extended fonts in XeTeX
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

To all XeTeX enthusiasts, I have just figured out (after Jonathan's post on the XeTeX mailing list) that the new XeTeX supports some interesting features. You can check it out (it might be that it only works with ConTeXt 2007.09.28 and XeTeX 0.997): \definefontfeature [slantedandextended] % cloned from the rest of XeTeX, not really needed [method=node,script=latn,language=dflt,liga=yes,onum=yes,kern=yes, slant=0.25,extend=1.5] \definefontsynonym [myfont] [file:texgyrepagella-regular][features=slantedandextended] \starttext \definedfont[myfont] This is slanted and extended \stoptext This specific font doesn't need that feature, but there might be others :) Mojca

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encoding/compiling issues (macosx)
by Andrea Valle 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

Hi to all, we (I and Miriam, who is in CC, but she should be now on the list) are setting up our ConTeXt installation in order to (re-)typeset the academic journal we are editors. We are both on macosx: the idea is to use XeTeX. I installed on Miriam's macbook mactex, and I also have updated it from the mactex site. Exactly like mine. We're experiencing this problem: we have an utf 8 text and I'm compiling with no problem on my machine. On Miriam's one 1. if we compile with ConTeXt-pdftex (specifying the regime) we are having little black boxes near the non-ascii char (i.e. an accented glyph is rendered as non accented glyph + box) 2. if we compile with XeConTeXt the resulting pdf simply skips the accents (e.g an accented glyph is rendered non accented) More: We can't do ctxtools --updatecontext it complaint it cannot fetch the zip Differences: 1. I am on macbook pro, she's on macbook (both on 2007 intel) 2. I'm using the English version of the macosx system, she's using the Italian one. 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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problems with luatex
by Hans Hagen 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Hi, there has been reported problems with luatex and mem settings; this is a result from a problem in the path interpreter and is fixed in a next release (i cannot release now due to fundamental changes in luatex) a temp solution is to make sure that TEXMFCNF is a simple path (no {} mess) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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9pt with \setupbodyfont[10pt,rm]: bug or feature?
by Vit Zyka 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Hi, I have discoverered some inconsistent behaviour: This is OK: \usetypescript[modern][ec] \setupbodyfont[11pt,rm] % also 12, 14, 8pt, ..., but not 10pt! \starttext \aacute---\switchtobodyfont[9pt]\aacute \stoptext This is also OK: \usetypescript[modern][ec] \setupbodyfont[modern,10pt,rm] \starttext \aacute---\switchtobodyfont[9pt]\aacute \stoptext But this is wrong \usetypescript[modern][ec] \setupbodyfont[10pt,rm] \starttext \aacute---\switchtobodyfont[9pt]\aacute \stoptext Why? Vit

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System commands are disabled
by Leo 14 Oct '07

14 Oct '07

Hi there, I have the following code from ConTeXt wiki. I tried it in http://live.contextgarden.net/ and the output is correct. But when I tried it in the ConTeXt from TeXLive 2007, the metapost graph is not displayed in the final pdf file. Any ideas? --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{return} drawarrow (0,0)-- (1EmWidth,0)-- (1EmWidth,-.5ExHeight)-- (.5EmWidth,-.5ExHeight) ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \definesymbol[return][\reuseMPgraphic{return}] \setupcolors[state=start] \def\vcrlf{\symbol[return]\crlf\strut\kern1em\strut\ignorespaces} \setuptyping[option=commands] \starttyping test test test /vcrlf test test \stoptyping \setuptyping[option=color] \installnewpretty r \vcrlf \starttyping test \test{test} %%\ r test test \stoptyping \stoptext --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- -- .: Leo :. [ sdl.web AT gmail.com ] .: [ GPG Key: 9283AA3F ] :. Use the most powerful email client -- http://gnus.org/

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