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Test whether variable has been set
by Elliot Clifton 27 May '07

27 May '07

Hi, How can test whether a variable has been set? I couldn't find any reference to this in the wiki? TIA, Elliot

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Multiple Search/Replace in one script?
by Steffen Wolfrum 26 May '07

26 May '07

Hi, I am looking for a way to automate (and also archive) my most common ten or twenty search/replace runs. I have to admit, I have no idea about scripting. But I guess there should be a way in Applecript/Perl/Rupy/Whatever to write down several entries with... ... what should be the search string ... what should be the replace string ... what kind of search should be opeated (regulr expression, case sensitive, etc.) Any recommendations? Steffen

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Ubuntu edgy/feisty: texlive and context packages
by Sanjoy Mahajan 25 May '07

25 May '07

I made texlive and context packages for Ubuntu edgy (6.10) and feisty (7.04). They are compiled on edgy (in a clean chroot) and should work on both. I haven't tested them on an edgy system, but I use them on my feisty laptop with no problems so far. Let me know of any problems. Here are the two lines for /etc/apt/sources.list (which supercede the ones in my last email): deb http://web.mit.edu/download/sanjoy/texlive-backports/ edgy/ deb-src http://web.mit.edu/download/sanjoy/texlive-backports/ edgy/ Then apt-get install context or apt-get install context context-doc-nonfree context-nonfree Would many users would like packages for Ubuntu dapper (6.06)? I'm not optimistic whether the backport from gutsy will work that far back, since library versions get farther apart. But if there's interest, I'll try it. -Sanjoy

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Header height & multipage Text.
by iscope GmbH // Oliver Siegemund 25 May '07

25 May '07

hi, we have a dokument with a multipage Text. For this dokument we set a firstpage Header and a header for all following Pages. This Headers had different heights. The problem is, the height off the text. It is at all pages the same, so on the second Page and all following the Text is placed higher but it does not fill the Page till footerheight. We've tried setting the textheight in the second Header bigger but without effects. An Example ist attached. Can someone help us? Thanks Oliver -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ::iscope gmbh osnabrück, berlin, lingen ::oliver siegemund, servertechnik / php - programmierung ::kollegienwall 17 ::49074 osnabrück ::tel 0541 350286-0 fax -5 ::osiegemund@iscope.de ::http://www.iscope.de || http://produkte.iscope.de

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Draw chess board
by Zhichu Chen 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi I love chess games, especially one kind of them which is generally called Go. I know there is some file can store each details in one game: http://www.red-bean.com/sgf/ AFAIK, there is no module available to draw chess in ConTeXt now. I wanna do this by using MetaPost and fieldstack. But I don't know how to tell metapost the details of the sgf file. Can anyone give me a suggestion? BTW, I don't like the name. It's invented by acient Chinese and it's called Weiqi. I think we can call it Siege Chess in English. -- Best Regards Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] Manual hyphenation
by Elliot Clifton 24 May '07

24 May '07

On 2007-05-23 17:28 -400 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: >\document\-ation I've tried that. Unfortunately it only seems to work if hyphenation turned on. Elliot

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Re: [NTG-context] Latin Modern bug in lm-texnansi-os.enc
by bop＠bop.com.pl 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi, > On the ConTeXT mailing list, Idris posted some messages because he was > trying to use oldstyle numerals in the latest Latin Modern release, > and was experiencing two pretty big problems: > > * really bad kerning around the oldstyle numerals We would be grateful if we could get more details (which font, which tfm, which encoding, pdftex or tex/dvips, on the screen or on the paper, etc.) My first guess is that proportional figures were used with tabular metrics... > * pdftex generated errors for the typewriter fonts, complaining > "glyph `one.oldstyle' undefined" etc. Yeah... This is the result of our decision to comply with the currently obeying naming conventions (better to say: fashion). The oldstyle figures that appear in ts1 (text companion) encoding are actually *.taboldstyle; the names *.oldstyle are reserved for proportional glyphs. We included also proportional oldstyle figures in LMs (and in the TeX Gyre fonts). > The implementation of 'automatic' oldstyle numbers in ConTeXt uses a > set of encoding files that used to ship with LM (lm-xxxxxx-os.enc). > By way of a map file fragment, this allows to switch the fonts > 'en masse' from lining to oldstyle (and back) without the need for > special metric files, which is a pretty nice feature. Don't understand -- the vertical oldstyle digits, in general, have different metric data (tabular digits differ only with respect to vertical dimensions). So, the replacement of the encoding implies the replacement of TFMs. Or I misundersood something. > Those encoding files now apparently obsolete: they still refer to > glyphs named e.g. `one.oldstyle', whereas in the current release of > the LM fonts it really should be `one.taboldstyle'. Yes, as I explained above. > While writing a bug report, I noticed that these encoding files are no > longer in the font distribution No. We have a lot enough of TFMs and I'd be reluctant to add more. The only resort I can see is to use OTFs... > Is this trick to get oldstyle now officially unsupported? Rather not, I've just learned about it. ;-) > because there are no oldstyle-using TFM files in the LM > distribution either ... There are. As I mentioned, ts1 encoding contains oldstyle tabular figures. Perhaps accessing them needs other tricks, but as long as 256-glyph fonts are to be used, some glyphs must be accessed clumsily. e.g., proportional digits (normal and oldstyle). Cheers -- Jacko

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Text following columns sometimes pushed into next page
by Elliot Clifton 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi, I'm typesetting a journal in two columns. I want the correspondence address to come at the bottom of the last page outside of the columns. As in: ---------------------------- ####### ####### ####### ####### ####### ####### Addresss ---------------------------- But even when there is room the address is often put on the next page. If possible (i.e. if there's space) I need ConTeXt to keep the address on the same page. Is it possible to do that? Here's an example: \setuptolerance [verystrict] \showframe %\setuppagenumbering [location=inleft, alternative=doublesided] \definelayout[test][% backspace=1in, cutspace=0.8in, width=middle, header=5mm, headerdistance=10mm, topspace=20mm, footer=5mm, footerdistance=10mm, bottomspace=15mm, height=middle, ] \setuplayout[test] \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth} \stopcolumns %following line outside of columns often (but not always) pushed into the next page, even when there's room for it. \blank Address for correspondence: address ... \stoptext This has been annoying me for a while so your help is appreciated. TIA, Elliot

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Re: [NTG-context] Creating PDF files which are editable in Adobe Reader
by Elliot Clifton 24 May '07

24 May '07

Alas, as has already been said, the LiveCycle feature is proprietary and not free. So you won't be able to use it from ConTeXt. One alternative on Windows maybe Foxit PDF Reader which is available for free, and can do some of what you want with low-cost add-ons. http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php The 'pro-pack' allows annotation: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/addons.htm#advanced And there is also a Foxit PDF editor as well, but that is more expensive. You might also look at PDFill http://www.pdfill.com/ Of course neither solutions is as convenient or as effective as being able to send annotatable and fill-able files to anyone with Adobe Reader. But this software may still be of interest. Elliot

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metafun.mem on texlive
by Andrea Valle 24 May '07

24 May '07

Hi to all, I have to extended the memory used by metafun. On my old PPC macosx with gwtex it was here: The right metafun.mem (the effective one with TeXShop): /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/ Now, I have texlive, but cannot find that file. (I tried a find form bash, but no way) Any help is much appreciated Thanks Best -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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