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Re: [NTG-context] itemize in blocks
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hi Bernd! > > what I am doing wrong with the following snipped? > > > > The \par in the \item does not work. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > \defineenumeration[question][location=top,text=Aufgabe] > > \defineblock[question] > > > > \starttext > > \chapter{Aufgaben} > > \beginquestion > > \question > > \startitemize[a] > > \item Zick > > > use: \crlf or \blank and not \par A better workaround would be \endgraf, but I think \par should work here, as it works in other situations outside the block-environment. I asked myself if this is a little bug or an error of mine. > use \par at the end of the question Why? ciao, Wolfgang

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Scite folding
by Idris Samawi Hamid 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Dear syndicate, Can Scite be configured for folding based on TeX keywords, or is that something that is hardwired in Scintilla/Scite? I would like to feed Scite all the \start-\stop's, {}, \bgroup-\egroup etc. I looked in the context properties files but did not find anything, and it's certainly not there by default Notepad++ (also scintilla-based) supports this through a nifty define-your-own-language dialog****, as well as global RTL (no interlinear bidi), but the developers are generally unresponsive to requests for help or guidance from end users (as opposed to serious programmers) so I am a bit hesitant about switching from WinEdt to Notepad++. Notepad++ also supports folding in TeX-mode for things like \chapter, \section (without ending tags; adopted from Visual TeX) but the dialog does not let me extend that for ConTeXt (\subject etc). Anyway, whatever you can tell me about Scite and folding would be a big help! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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OpenType in Windows
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hello, I heard that Mac users can typeset in ConTeXt with OpenType fonts. Is it possible on Windows platform? (either in MiKTeX or TeXLive?) Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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texexec.pl vs. .rb
by Tobias Burnus 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hi, the following command works with the PERL but not with the RUBY version. Is this option obsolete or simply not yet implemented: (texmfstart) texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=up test.pdf texexec: works texmfstart texexec: ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> a \@@ppoffset ->a 5a4 \calculatepaperoffsets ...lue {\??pp #1\c!offset } \divide \scratchdimen \arr... <argument> ...dth }\fi \calculatepaperoffsets {A4} \xdef \papersize {A4} \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \next1 #1,->\docommand {#1} \doprocesscommaitem ... l.3 \setuplayout Tobias

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module and def commands problem
by Bernd Militzer 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hi Taco, instead of writing a FixMe-module I just started to make my exam-module from 2003 a bit more international. As a first test I set up some commands in german and english see file p-testDE.tex running texexec test1.tex the output is ok but running texexec --mode=english test1.tex I get an error: system : module testDE loaded (./p-testde.tex) ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> ...st it} \subject {FixMe} \SchoolYear {2006/07} \question test i... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 l.53 } What is going wrong with my command-definations? I have no idea! What did I fail to do? Cheers, Bernd

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itemize in blocks
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Hallo, what I am doing wrong with the following snipped? The \par in the \item does not work. ------------------------------------------------------- \defineenumeration[question][location=top,text=Aufgabe] \defineblock[question] \starttext \chapter{Aufgaben} \beginquestion \question \startitemize[a] \item Zick \par % This \par does not work! Mehr Zick \stopitemize \endquestion \stoptext ------------------------------------------------------- Wolfgang

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natural tables - first row not gray
by MASON Peter J 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

G'day, firstly thanks for your contextgarden.net website and the "live-context" facility. I checked my results against it. Could I seek help on this please. I'm expecting rows 2-4 of the table resulting from the segment below to have odd columns in rows 2-4 with white-on-black but all columns are coming out as black-on-white. I also tried completely specifying it by supplying \setupTABLE[even][2-4] ... as well. Something obvious I expect, but I'm missing it. Thanks. \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \bTABLE \setupTABLE[first][first][align=middle, background=color,backgroundcolor=gray,foregroundcolor=black] \setupTABLE[odd][2,3,4][align=left,background=color,backgroundcolor=black,foregroundcolor=white] \bTR \bTD [nc=6] Prime Unit \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Plate: \eTD \bTD xxxxx \eTD \bTD State: \eTD \bTD sssss \eTD \bTD Type: \eTD \bTD ttttt \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Make: \eTD \bTD mmmm \eTD \bTD GCM: \eTD \bTD [nc=3] gggg \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Chassis: \eTD \bTD cccc \eTD \bTD GVM: \eTD \bTD [nc=3] vvv \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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spreading natural tables across the page
by MASON Peter J 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

I'm trying to have my tables extend across the full (\textwidth) of the page. In LaTeX I was using tabular*, specifying a \textwidth for width, and with approp use of @{\extracolsep\fill}} bu am not having any success. Basically, in ConteXT I want odd columns to act as labels and be tight fitting but even cols to be the values an NOT be tight-fitting, within a page-wide table, ie some tight, some not. As well, I' d like not to be explicitly specifying column width. I saw examples using option=stretch somewhere but am not able to get my use of same happening. As well, I' d like not to be explicitly specifying column width. Could a kind person please point me to an example of this usage. Thanks. IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment to it are intended only to be read or used by the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistaken transmission to you. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised alterations to this e-mail or attachment to it. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the RTA. If you receive this e-mail in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not the intended recipient.

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Makeindex and Context
by John R. Culleton 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

I like the extended feature set of makeindex so I creatred my own little routine to use it with Context on a recent project. Here is the code: \newwrite\ind \immediate\openout\ind=book.idx \def\sidx#1{\write\ind{\\indexentry{#1}{\the\pageno}}} It works fine from the indexing point of view. But if the \sidx{} tag is embedded in a paragraph then some extra space is left where the tag existed in the paragraph. I had to move all such tags to either the beginning or the end of the paragraph. What did I fail to do? -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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bookmark, underscore bug?
by Rick Rajter 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Hey all, I'm a new Context user, so forgive me if I do not have the standard formalities down... I have come across what I believe to be a bug with respect to filenames containing the underscore character '_' and the ability to generated pdf bookmarks (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Image:Acroread.png image if you're not sure what exactly the bookmarks are in a pdf format) If I use the simple example \setupinteraction[state=start] \placebookmarks[chapter,section,subsection] \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] \starttext \chapter{One} \section{demo} \stoptext The file new-file.tex and newfile.tex work properly, but the file new_file.tex does not. I'll gladly ignore for now and just use all alphnumerical letters... but I'm a big underscore user (as one can see from my email address), and would like to keep going that route if possible. Any information would be appreciated! Love the Context showcase demos... hope to build some of my own. -Rick

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