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definewhitespace
by frantisek holop 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

hi there, i am in 2 column mode and i can't seem to make setupwhitespace work. i would like to put some really small whitespace between paragpraphs. so for it's 1 or 0. either a fixed amont of space, or none. the docs say: \setupwhitespace[...] ... none small medium big line fixed fix dimension but the source defines these in cont-spa.tex: \definewhitespacemethod [\v!fix] {} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!fixed] {\witruimteflexibelfalse} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!flexible] {\witruimteflexibeltrue} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!line] {\ctxparskip \baselineskip} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!halfline] {\ctxparskip.5\baselineskip} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!none] {\ctxparskip \zeropoint} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!big] {\ctxparskip \bigskipamount} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!medium] {\ctxparskip \medskipamount} \definewhitespacemethod [\v!small] {\ctxparskip \smallskipamount} is flexible for the dimension mode? what do fix and fixed mean? (halfline is undocumented?) does `dimension' mean i can simply give it a tex dimension? e.g. \setupwhitespace[4pt] ? thanks for helping out a tired texer :D -f -- forecast for tonight: dark all night.

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most recent context and luatex for linux
by Lutz Haseloff 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

Hi all, if i try to "texexec --lua --make --all" i get following error message: -------------------------- (/usr/share/context/texmf-local/tex/context/base/lang-ini.mkiv ! LuaTeX error ...re/context/texmf-local/tex/context/base/lang-ini.lua:9: attempt to index global 'lang' (a nil value). \ctxluabytecode ...ode " .. "#1" .. str) end end } \registerctxluafile ...{\the \luabytecodecounter } \fi \fi l.16 \registerctxluafile{lang-ini}{1.001} ? -------------------------- line 9 in lang-ini.lua is: -------------------------- if lang.use_new then lang.use_new(true) end -------------------------- I use luatex 11.2 beta (self compiled). The error occurs in normal context and in the beta. Greetings Lutz

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starttabulate vs starttable
by frantisek holop 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

hi there, please consider the following minimal examples: \starttext \starttable[|l|l|l|] \NC MidE \VL early ModE \VL ModE \NC \SR \HL \NC ge:s \VL gi:s \VL geese \NC \FR \NC na:m \VL ne:minimal \VL name \NC \MR \NC mi:s \VL mays \VL mice \NC \LR \stoptable \starttabulate[|l|l|l|] \NC MidE \NC early ModE \NC ModE \NC \NR \HL \NC ge:s \NC gi:s \NC geese \NC \NR \NC na:m \NC ne:minimal \NC name \NC \NR \NC mi:s \NC mays \NC mice \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext the tabulate example is basicly the same without the vertical lines, which it seems like it can't do, i get an ! Undefined control sequence. but \HL seems to work (and \VL not). tabulate is very lightly documented so i am not sure which table command works there and which not. i'd like to use tabulate instead of table because of the spacing. i dont need to stretch the content like table does. this is a small inline "table" between 2 paragpraphs, tabulate seems more elegant to me here. Han, it would be nice if tabulate could handle VL, that would make tabulate even more useful. pretty please :D -f -- what we do not understand we do not possess. -- goethe

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\usepackage{pslatex} equivalent for context
by frantisek holop 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

hi there, i was wondering if there was a quick and dirty equivalent for latex's \usepackage{pslatex} http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pslatex/#jh1c2c136f7e9809d…: This is a small package that makes LaTeX default to `standard' PostScript fonts. It is basically a hacked merger of times.sty and mathptm.sty, from the psnfss suite of packages. You must have installed standard LaTeX (LaTeX2e) and psnfss PostScript fonts to use this package. thanks. -f -- en taro adun

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Re: [NTG-context] numbered subitems
by Alan Bowen 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, Aditya— This works perfectly (after changing the Yen-signs for backslashes). It behaves as expected when adapted and will be a great help in producing a number of the TOCs that are on my horizon. Many thanks for your time and help! All best, Alan > On Oct 1, 2007, at 8:11 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >> Hi Alan, >> On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Alan Bowen wrote: >>> 1. History >>> 1.1 Pre-Greek (Babylonian and Egyptian) sundials >>> 1.2 Greek and Roman sundials >>> 1.3 Byzantine sundials >>> is the goal. Sadly, adding “serried” destroys the indentation of the >>> subitems. >> I could not find a clean way to do this. So, I redefined >> ¥checkforrepeatedlistitem. Hans, isn't there a clean way to do this? >> ¥setupitemize[1][fit,broad] >> ¥setupitemize[2][width=2em] >> ¥setupitemize[each][n] >> ¥def¥checkforrepeatedlistitem >> {¥ifnum¥itemlevel=¥plusone >> ¥initializeboxstack{item}% >> ¥fi >> ¥ifconditional¥repeatlistitem >> ¥savebox{item}{¥itemlevel}{¥hbox{¥copy8}}% >> ¥setbox8¥hbox %to ¥wd8 >> {¥setbox¥scratchbox¥hbox >> {¥scratchcounter¥itemlevel >> ¥advance¥scratchcounter¥minusone >> ¥dorecurse¥scratchcounter{¥foundbox{item} >> {¥recurselevel}}}% >> ¥ifnum¥itemlevel>¥plusone >> ¥ifdim¥wd¥scratchbox>¥zeropoint >> %¥hskip-¥dimen2 >> ¥box¥scratchbox >> ¥fi >> ¥fi >> ¥box8 }% >> ¥fi} >> ¥starttext >> ¥startitemize[repeat] >> ¥item item 1 >> ¥startitemize >> ¥item item 1.1 >> ¥item item 1.2 >> ¥item item 1.3 >> ¥stopitemize >> ¥item item 2 >> ¥startitemize >> ¥item item 2.1 >> ¥item item 2.2 >> ¥item item 2.3 >> ¥stopitemize >> ¥item item 3 >> ¥startitemize >> ¥item item 3.1 >> ¥item item 3.2 >> ¥stopitemize >> ¥stopitemize >> ¥stoptext >> Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] LuaTeX on Mac OS X
by Dalyoung Jeong 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Thomas, Mojca, and Otared, Thank you for the instructions. I think that I followed the instructions of installation without problems. But I have a problem running luatools. A few week ago, I succeeded running luatools --generate, but not luatools --ini --... after making .luatex containg variables like TEXMF, TEXMFCNF, etc. I removed gwTeX and reinstalled MacTeX, I did the same steps of installation and I got the errors. At this time, even "luatools -- generate" didn't run correctly. It is ooking for the wrong folder. I tried "setuptex"(copy setuptex to the binary, and chmod 755 to run), but it asked me to "provide a proper tex directory like / something/tex" It seems to me that luatools are not able to get the texlive home dirextory. I may try once more using another mac because sometime it behaved differently. Thank you for your concern. Best regards, Dalyoung

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\enableregime[cp1250] and missing upper Greek letters in math mode.
by context＠fr.pl 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hello, Years ago I installed TeXLive with ConTeXt - it works fine until I reinstalled my Windows and changed drive structures. So, I wanted to refresh my installation with newest MikTeX. After that I have a problem with polish fonts - in older version I have used: % --translate-file=cp1250pl \setupbodyfont[plr,12pt] \mainlanguage[pl] \language[pl] and it worked fine. But with current installation I have missing polish characters (all) within these settings. After hours of searching the web I have found setting: \enableregime[cp1250] and it works. Almost. I have found that using with \setupbodyfont[plr,12pt] makes replacing of polish character ± -> ¼ (at least). If I remove \setupbodyfont[plr,12pt] I have problem with upper Greek letters in math mode - all are missing. With setting above is fine (except this ±-¼ problem). If any thread with the same problem? I could see similar posts but I am not sure if root of the problem is the same - sometimes proposed solution is quite complicated for not advanced user ;) Maybe some polish user more familiar with ConTeXt had the same problems and can help? ;) PS. Of course I have made: texexec --make en texexec --make --language=pl --bodyfont=plr en after installation -- best regards ml.

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LuaTeX on Mac OS X
by Otared Kavian 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Dear Dalyoung, Like many other ConTeXt users I followed up the many threads about how to install, successfully, LuaTeX. In particular I was interested in your experience since I had more or less the same problems as the ones you described in your latest messages on the list. Now my question is: did you succeed to install and use LuaTeX on Mac OS X? --- If yes, could you please describe how you did proceed? --- If no, this means we have to wait more for our salvation... Thanks for your attention and best regards: OK

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[OT] texbytopic
by luigi scarso 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

A must-to-have http://www.mail-archive.com/ctan-ann@dante.de/msg01325.html -- luigi ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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

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Problem with generated PDF
by Maurício 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Hi, I'm trying to send my resumé to people I know as a PDF file created using Context (the minimal version on Pragma site, running on Ubuntu linux). However, many of them (but no all) say they can't open the file. What are the possible causes for that, except e-mail problems? Thanks, Maurício

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