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newbie ConTeXt question
by jazz_johnson＠verizon.net 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Hi: I'm trying to setup a simple (for now) letterhead like the following. Is there a way to automatically adjust the horizontal spacing between the \vbox{} \cbox{} \lbox{} so that if I change the document margins, the center box is automatically centered? I've tried putting in \hfill's without luck. \startenvironment \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[height=9in, header=1.0in, footer=0in, topspace=1in, backspace=1.33in, %the backspace includes the margin location=middle,marking=on] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=singlesided] \noheaderandfooterlines \setupbodyfont[cmr,12pt] \usesymbols[mvs] \setupsymbolset[martinvogel 2] \def\MyLetterhead% {%\showboxes \vbox{%\showboxes \hbox{%\showboxes \vbox{\hsize 3in \tfa Your neighborhood\crlf \scd{Company Store}} \lbox{\hsize 3.0in \txx \setupinterlinespace \it Our Friendly Motto} } \setupinterlinespace[line=.25ex] \hbox{ \vbox{ \setupinterlinespace[height=.5,top=.5,line=.1ex] \hsize 6.0in \thinrules[n=1, rulethickness=1.5pt] \crlf \thinrules[n=1, rulethickness=0.7pt]} } \hbox{ \tfx \setupinterlinespace[reset,medium] \vbox{ \hsize 1.5in \it www.mydomain.net\crlf email(a)mydomain.net\crlf contact(a)mydomain.net} \cbox{ \hsize 2.3in \symbol[star]~Va~\symbol[star]~Md~\symbol[star] \crlf \symbol[Telephone] (555)123-4567 \crlf \symbol[Faxmachine] (555)987-6543} \lbox{ \hsize 2.0in 1234 Main St.\crlf P.O. Box 123\crlf City, State 12345} } } \setupinterlinespace[reset] } \definelogo[Mylogo] [header] [left] [command=\MyLetterhead, state=stop] \stopenvironment

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new current
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

Hi, Taco and I spent some time tracing the 'file not found problem' and eventually we zoomed in to the extent that Taco located a dislectic typo. We are still puzzled why it worked in some cases, and mostly influenced the minimals Anyhow, I made new zips ... 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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New context release
by luigi scarso 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

New official release http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm (yes, I'm not sleeping...:) ) -- luigi it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

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Font question
by Marcin Borkowski 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hi all! I'm going to start using ConTeXt; I've been planning to do so for a few years, but now I finally have Internet access at home, so it's easier for me to look things up in the wiki (or ask here;)). I have two questions. The first one is connected with fonts. I can't understand ConTeXt's font mechanism, which seems way too complicated for me; could anyone just tell me how I can switch to, e.g., Antykwa Poltawskiego (I'm Polish, so I'd like to use it;)) or, say, Pagella? Of course, I'd also like to be able to typeset Polish texts with them; will \enableregime[utf-8] \mainlanguage[pl] be enough (apart, of course, from adapting ConTeXt to Polish typography customs, like dots after chapter numbers etc.)? I think that that's what the wiki lacks: a beginner's guide on _using_ fonts (not _installing_ them or _messing_;) with them). If someone enlightens me on this, I could write something on the wiki about it. And the second, a bit "philosophical" question: the official manual is not so new. How do I learn ConTeXt best? I mean, are changes to the user interface since 2001 so big that I could run into troubles using the manual? Or are there some changes which make something easier/possible which was difficult/impossible at the time or writing the manual - how do I learn about these? And last but not least - Hans, thanks for such a great TeX macro package! Yours -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) It is impossible to split a cube into two cubes, a fourth power into two fourth powers and so on. I've found a remarkable proof of this fact, but unfortunately it's too long to fit into the signature.

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texshow out of sync?
by Peter Münster 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Hello, What about merging the 2 texshow databases (web and perl), and then maintaining only one unique database? I've just seen, that for example the command "\setupdescriptions" has more options in the perl-database and more descriptions in the web-database... Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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why minimals fail on windows
by Mojca Miklavec 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I think that I have found the culprit why the installer for minimals fails on windows. If one tries to install minimals to some location with uppercase letters in folder names, rsync fails to create new folders at that location. So if Hans installs them to top folder, it works fine for him, but when I have tested them in "Temp" or "Documents and Settings, it faild". I will try to "CD" to the desired location and then use relative paths instead of absolute ones. rsync on windows is a complete mess ... Mojca

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unable to make format after upgrade
by zs 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi all, I tried to update my installation using svn version of luatex and context from: http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/beta/cont-tmf.zip Running "texexec --make --all --luatex" gives me this error message: LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua="cont-en.luc" "/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex" \\dump (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex) (/opt/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/luat-env.tex ! LuaTeX error [string "luas[0]"]:1: attempt to call field 'luafilechunk' (a nil value). \ctxluabyteload ...nvironment.luafilechunk("#1") } \ ...fproductionrun \else \ctxluabyteload {#1}{#2} \fi \global \everyloadluac... l.167 \registerctxluafile{luat-env}{1.001} Pdftex and xetex formats are generated without any trouble. Could you give me a hint? Thanks ZS

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XeTeX: faked bold & slanted + request for ppc users
by Mojca Miklavec 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I just wanted to let you know that XeTeX now supports both faking bold and slanted (and the binaries on the garden minimals have that feature already). It's generally a bad idea to use it, but in case that you need it only for small portions of text (if you really have no other way out), it could be handy. (Slanted is less evil to use than "bold".) The plain syntax is: \font\a="Gentium" \font\b="Gentium:slant=0.2" % better: \font\b="Gentium/I" \font\c="Gentium:embolden=2" \font\d="Gentium:embolden=2;slant=0.2" Some time ago I have posted an example of the (current?) ConTeXt way to use it: \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 Also, I would be greatful if any mac ppc user could provide feedback whether the cross-compiled xetex binaries on http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/bin/xetex/osx-ppc/bin/ work ok. Thanks, Mojca

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bibl-apa bug?
by Randall Skelton 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hi Taco, I just noticed that my reference list has a quirk with the inproceedings entries reading: Author, A and Author, B. (2000). Article title. In Editor, A., Editor, B. and Editor, C., editors, Title of book, pages 1-10. Publisher. Note that it should read "... In Title of book, editors Editor, A., Editor, B. and Editor, C, ..." My bib entry reads: @inproceedings{Test:2000, Author = {Author, A. and Author, B. and Author, C}, Booktitle = {Title of book}, Pages = {1-10}, Title = {Article Title}, Publisher = {Publisher}, Editor = {Editor, A. and Editor, B. and Editor, C.}, Year = 2000} I believe the bug is in bibl-apa.tex \setuppublicationlayout[inproceedings]{% \insertauthors{}{ }{}% \insertpubyear{(}{). }{}% \insertarttitle{\bgroup }{\egroup. }{}%% \inserttitle {In \inserteditors{}% {, editor\ifnum\getvalue{editor@num}> 1 s\fi, }% {}% \bgroup\it}% {\egroup \insertseries {\insertvolume{, number }{~in }{ }}% {}% {}% \insertchap{\unskip, }{ }{ }% \insertpages {\unskip, pages~} {\insertcity{, }{. }{. }} {\unskip. }% \insertorganization {}% {\insertpubname{, }{. }{. }}% {\insertpubname{}{. }{}}% was {, }{. }{} }% {In \insertcrossref{}{}{}% \insertchap{\unskip, }{ }{ }% \insertpages{\unskip, pages~}{. }{\unskip. }% }% \insertnote{ }{.}{}% }

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MKIV format generation with context-beta: context.tex not found
by Peter Münster 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Hello, I've just tried the beta version too, and I get another error (very early): \input context.tex : cannot find input file context.tex My command: texexec --make --all --luatex What could be the reason for this problem? Details: * no such problem with context-current * no such problem with MKII * luatex version: This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.23.0-2008031013 * environment: - TEXMF={/home/peter/.texlive2008/texmf-config,/home/peter/.texlive2008/ texmf-var,/home/peter/texmf,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-config,!!/opt/TeX- live/texmf-var,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-local, !!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-context,!!/opt/TeX-live/texmf-dist} - TEXMFCACHE=/opt/TeX-live/texmf-var - TEXMFCNF=/opt/TeX-live/texmf/web2c * regeneration of luatex-cache does not help (luatools --generate) * "luatools --find-file context.tex" finds the right file: /opt/TeX-live/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex TIA for any hints! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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