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kpse.rb bad guess for distribution (web2c vs miktex)
by George N. White III 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

I use MiKTeX's package manager to install updates on linux TeXLive. I put mpm in /opt/miktex/bin, which causes kpse.rb to deduce that distribution=miktex (rather than web2c). Here is a trivial patch that adds a test for mswin: $ diff -C 3 kpse.rb.orig kpse.rb *** kpse.rb.orig 2007-01-11 11:52:06.000000000 -0400 --- kpse.rb 2007-11-23 12:59:11.000000000 -0400 *************** *** 64,71 **** # @@distribution = 'miktex' if ENV['PATH'] =~ /miktex[\\\/]bin/o ! if ENV['PATH'] =~ /(.*?)miktex[\\\/]bin/i then ! @@distribution = 'miktex' unless $1 =~ /(texmf\-mswin[\/\\]bin|bin[\/\\]win32)/i end @@re_true = /yes|on|true|1/i --- 64,71 ---- # @@distribution = 'miktex' if ENV['PATH'] =~ /miktex[\\\/]bin/o ! if (Config::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin/) && (ENV['PATH'] =~ /(.*?)miktex[\\\/]bin/i) then ! @@distribution = 'miktex' unless $1 =~ /(texmf\-mswin[\/\\]bin|bin[\/\\]win32)/i end @@re_true = /yes|on|true|1/i -- George N. White III <aa056(a)chebucto.ns.ca> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

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backward compatibility
by Peter Münster 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Dear ConTeXt developers, With the new generation of ConTeXt, MKIV, would it be possible to drop backward compatibility at some places, where it was the only reason to keep some undesired behaviour? Examples: align=left|right or insertion of \dontleavehmode before \externalfigure and \framed Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Images centered on page : Solved
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Hello, Thank you all very much. I'm pleased with number and quality of solutions to my problem. The winner solution is provided by Wolfgang Schuster. Simple \centeredbox{} makes all the magic I need. I was also amazed with quick porting of my Lua code for batch image processing to native TeX script. I'm an imperative programmer to the marrow and never will be able to do such things. Luckily, now we have embedded Lua! Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Images centered on page
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Hello, How can I center the image on a page? I want images to cover the page completely, and since they have proper size (roughly A4), I only need them to be centered. Now they are stuck to the top, leaving a gap on bottom (and same for left-right). I have the following script (note my Lua trick to process images in a batch). Image names are "Image00001.png" and so on. %engine=luatex \setuplayout [footer=0mm, header=0mm, topspace=0mm, backspace=0mm, leftmargin=0mm, rightmargin=0mm, location=middle, height=fit, width=fit] \starttext \startluacode for n = 1, 9 do tex.print(string.format("\\externalfigure[Image%05d.png]", n)); end \stopluacode \stoptext Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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where is my installer? :)
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hello, Sorry for the question, but where people can find my installer? I've uploaded it to svn, but cannot find it at http://minimals.contextgarden.net/ and have no idea where it also might appear. If no one can find it, it is useless, isn't it? ;) Best regards, Vyatcheslav

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combination with an additional line centered in a placefigure?
by Peter Schorsch 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi, as soon I enter the cbox-line the combination is not longer centered. I tried to embed the combination in a cbox, but that had no effect. Has anyone a hint how to center the combination successfullly? \starttext \placefigure [force][fig:xy] {captiontext} {\startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[xxx][]}{} {\externalfigure[yyy][]}{} \stopcombination \cbox{\tfx Quelle: XY} } \stoptext Thanks, P.

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referencing footnotes in another place
by Andrea Valle 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Hi to all, the only thing I don't like in -TeX packages approach while writing is that I have to attach the footnotes to their indices. ConTeXt is so clever. Isn't there a way to store the footnotes in another place of the file (or in another file, that's the same) and referring to the in the text. When I have many footnotes in the source I get crazy to follow the body text. I mean, with an exemplum fictum This is my footnote\fn{myfn}, even if it's just my imagination so that there's a way to a have myfn = just a note Maybe with buffers? I'm an ignorant on the matter 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) -------------------------------------------------- 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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updatecontext woes
by Joel C. Salomon 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

I just tried running ctxtools --updatecontext on my minimal installation. It successfully downloads & extracts cont-tmf.zip, mktexlsr remakes all formats, then LuaTools and MtxRun start doing some configuration magic: LuaTools | old script C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-mswin/bin/luatools.lua LuaTools | new script C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/lua/luatools.lua LuaTools | old script content replaced by new content LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 1.627 seconds MtxRun | old script C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-mswin/bin/mtxrun.lua MtxRun | new script C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/lua/mtxrun.lua MtxRun | old script content replaced by new content LuaTools | loading C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | loading C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | preparing configuration in C:/Users/chesky/AppData/Local/Temp/luatex-cache/context/b208f38697f78de9cef2c42fc3caa621/trees/d885c87af9510561ed13a9578d2d9af5.tma ... (a few hundred more lines, until finally) (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/enco-mis.tex) (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/enco-ini.mkiv encoding : coding 032 is loaded (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/enco-032.tex) encoding : unknown coding 033 encoding : coding 037 is loaded (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/enco-037.tex))) (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/filt-ini.tex loading : Context Filter Macros (ini) ) (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/hand-ini.tex loading : Context Handling Macros (ini) handling : font handling def is loaded (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/hand-def.tex)) (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/regi-syn.tex loading : Context Regime Macros (synonyms) ) (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/lang-ini.tex loading : Context Language Macros / Initialization (C:/Users/chesky/Programs/context/tex/texmf-local/tex/context/base/lang-ini.mkiv ! LuaTeX error ...ontext/tex/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} ? Evidently something's gone wrong, and I have no idea what. I hope this is enough info to diagnose the problem. --Joel

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Last mkii ?
by luigi scarso 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Context 2007.08.07 The Mark IV release a few small bugfixes Context 2007.07.25 improved support for math over- ander underarrows a few small bugfixes Should we consider Context 2007.07.25 as last mkii ? Better, should we consider Context 2007.07.25 + pdftex 1.40.5 to be fronzen sooner or later , given that we already/will have mkiv + luatex ? -- luigi

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--updatecontext (downgrade)
by Steffen Wolfrum 22 Nov '07

22 Nov '07

Hi, I really enjoy writing sudo ctxtools --updatecontext in my Mac-terminal and without any hassle getting a clean updated ConTeXt! But what if I want to install an older version (either from ConTeXt- museum or a local repository). Is there a path option that I can add to the command above? Steffen

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