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We have a problem --- Old file no longer compiles
by David Arnold 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi, In setting out to update our intermediate algebra textbook for the fall semester (http://msenux.redwoods.edu/IntAlgText/) I've found that a file that would formerly compile under a previous version of context will no longer compile. Preliminaries $ ctxtools --contextversion CtxTools | context version: 2007.06.06 09:53 (/usr/local/gwTeX/ texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex) CtxTools | context version: 2007.06.06 09:53 (/usr/local/gwTeX/ texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex) Preliminaries $ texmfstart texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD The error message I receive is: textblocks : reading blocks from NumberSystemsExercises.tub (./NumberSystemsExercises.tub textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset textblocks : shortanswer loaded and processed textblocks : shortanswer loaded and typeset ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> \relax \dogenfrac ...{\begingroup #4\endgroup #2#3\relax #5}} \mathematics #1->\relax \ifmmode #1 \else $#1$\fi l.216 $ \frac{81}{125} $ ? The point in the source that seems to cause the difficulty is: \noindent In \in{Exercises}[ex:secqu.9]-\in[ex:secqu.16], convert the given decimal to a fraction. % Exercise #9 \beginquestion \startquestion[ex:secqu.9] $0.648$ \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer \startanswer There are three decimal places, so $0.648=\frac{648}{1000}=\frac{81}{125}$. \stopanswer \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer \startanswer $\displaystyle \frac{81}{125}$ \stopanswer \endshortanswer Shortanswer and longanswer are blocks. Startanswer is an enumeration. I've tried this in other files and gotten similar errors, which seem to be tied to the frac command. Can anyone help?

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postponefootnotes
by Horacio Suarez 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

everybody can forget my last mail. I was crazy at that moment. anyway, it seems to be true that \postponefootnote afects text flow. I use \postponefootnote in a chapter and the next chapter text flow changes if I comment out or not \postponefootnote. There are 3 situations that affect in diferent way the text flow in the next chapter: Not to use \postponefootnote Use \postponefootnote before \bTABLE Use \postponefootnote after \bTABLE in a cell inmediatly before \footnote Is this correct? Thankyou for your patient -------------------- Horacio Suarez Editotrial Antropofagia www.eantropofagia.com.ar _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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postponefootnotes
by Horacio Suarez 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

hello all: If I use: \postponefootnotes a table \flushfootnotes to use footnotes in a table, works fine, but I have problems in the following chapters, the text flow diferent. Is the a way to "reset" \postponefootnotes? and is necesary? thankyou in advance. -------------------- Horacio Suarez Editotrial Antropofagia www.eantropofagia.com.ar _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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automatic oldstyle numerals
by Alan Bowen 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

I am using the Termes typeface in the TeXGyre distribution and should like to have all numerals print automatically as oldstyle numerals. Is there an explanation/demonstration anywhere of how to make this happen? I have searched the wiki and the archive, but have not yet been able to make anything work. Any tips or suggestions will be much appreciated. Alan

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pragma?
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hallo! I can not get pragma ade website any longer: (pragma-ade.com expired on 06/28/2007 and is pending renewal or deletion) Is there an other place to download a current beta? Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Itemize problem
by w.neimeijer＠hccnet.nl 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Should I downgrade to an older Context version, or is there a fix available ? TIA Wim > Hamid Kamrani wrote: >> This happens on live context too. Itemize starts with 0 in some >> situations. You can create the problem with:

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Post-processing ConTeXt's output for text search
by Piotr Kopszak 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hello list, I would like to implement online text search of a book I'm publishing with ConTeXt now, however, without making the book itself available online, something like the snippet view in text search on Google Books site. I don't even need snippet view, just page numbers would be sufficient for the beginning. I am not asking for complete solution, of course, rather an advice on direction in which to go. May first vague idea is following: to make queries fast I think it would be useful to obtain a list of words with numbers of pages on which they appear, something very similar to plain index. So perhaps it would be possible to force indexing engine to treat every word in text as if it was an argument of \index command and split out a list in text format which it would be easy to feed into a database. This is just a blind guess which is far from perfect by design, only something that seems easiest to implement. Please, tell me what other approaches would be more promising. Thanks in advance Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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Why does every new \setupTABLE add more whitespace to the left of table?
by Hamid Kamrani 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

What's the reaosn for this behaviour? Try: \starttext \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \startbuffer \start \setupTABLE[frame=on] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \setupTABLE[c][1][align=right] \bTABLE\bTR\bTD text \eTD\eTR\eTABLE \stop \stopbuffer \framed[offset=overlay]{\getbuffer} \stoptext

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Natural TABLE does not split with \placetable
by Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi, I am using Natural Tables to typeset a rather long table. If I embed the table within a \placetable[][]{}{\bTABLE \eTABLE}, I cannot get the table to spread over multiple pages. The table extends over multiple pages, if I do not embed it within \placetable. Can somebody help? I am using the latest version of context ( i believe ) : texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD saji -- Saji N. Hameed APEC Climate Center +82 51 668 7470 National Pension Corporation Busan Building 12F Yeonsan 2-dong, Yeonje-gu, BUSAN 611705 saji(a)apcc21.net KOREA

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whitespace in framedtext
by Hans van der Meer 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

I would like to shrink the whitespace at the top and the bottom of a framedtext. Like thus: not this but this ------------------------------ ------------------------------ | | | | | | | abcd | | abcd | | abcd | | abcd | | | | | ------------------------------ | | ------------------------------ I have tried a lot of things with [before, after, top, bottom]. Although [depthcorrection=off] shaves somewhat off the whitespace, it is not much nor am I sure if this is on the right track; and it is not parametrized. Someone knows the trick? Hans van der Meer

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