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' doesn't make a prime in math mode
by Ricard Roca 07 May '07

07 May '07

Hi, In the lastest conTeXt, typing a ' in math mode typesets nothing and gives an error (undefined control sequence). You have to use ^\prime, instead. Thanks, Ricard Roca

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differences of perl/ruby texexec
by Henning Hraban Ramm 05 May '07

05 May '07

Ahoi! While processing my LilyPond/ConTeXt songbook, I experience still the same behaviour as in 2006-10: The checking, if a LilyPond buffer/temp file has changed, works only with the old Perl texexec, the recent Ruby version creates/processes the files only if they're missing completely and then still uncomplete: after 20-some songs, some buffers get dropped, so that LilyPond score and ConTeXt lyrics don't match. But I can't simply use the Perl texexec, because that doesn't create table of contents and references. Besides being much slower. Looks like the workaround of first Perl, then Ruby gives the expected result, but it's an annoyance. Maybe it's only a problem of the LilyPond module, but I guess the filechange check is somehow broken in the Ruby version. What details should I provide to track the problem down? Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)

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MetaPost question
by Tobias Burnus 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hi, I want to define a macro in MetaPost which does: def myfunc (expr x,y)(text t) = draw thelabel.rt (btex You passed \quotation{t} etex, (x,y)); where t in btex ... text is replaced by the argument. How to do so? Tobias

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hotkey and strut again
by Peter Münster 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hello, I'm using the following command for typesetting "hotkeys": \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[background=screen,offset=overlay, height=\lineheight,corner=00]{~#1~}} Now I realize, that with an argument without depth (\hotkey{Alt} for example), the text is not aligned. Same result with strut=no,yes,global. With strut=local the text without depth is well aligned, but no more the text *with* depth ("Space" for example). Here my test-file: \setupcolors[state=start] \def\Test#1{ \def\hotkey##1{\inframed[background=screen,offset=overlay, height=\lineheight,corner=00,strut=#1]{~##1~}} strut=#1: bla \hotkey{Alt} bla \hotkey{Space} bla\blank} \starttext \Test{no} \Test{yes} \Test{global} \Test{local} \stoptext Any hint is appreciated! Cheers, Peter P.S.: My workaround: \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[background=screen,offset=overlay, height=\lineheight,corner=00]{~\vphantom{Sp}#1~}} -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Typesetting musical scores
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hello, Is there a way to typeset (simple) musical scores with ConTeXt/XeTeX? I found Lilypond, but whether it is supported now is obscure. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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ConTeXt in Russian?
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hello, Is it possible to have Russian version of ConTeXt? Some people who I know could already start using the ConTeXt (instead of Word) for typesetting a scientific journal, but they are deterred by not knowing English.

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unsetting textstyle for one synonym
by Peter Münster 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hello, how could I cancel the textstyle=cap for just one synonym? Here an example to show what I want: \definesynonyms[Test][Tests][\Full] \setupsynonyms[Test][textstyle=cap] \Test{BLA}{This is B.L.A.} %\Test[CONTEXT]{{\nocap{\ConTeXt}}}{This is \ConTeXt}% does not work %\Test[CONTEXT]{{\tf\ConTeXt}}{This is \ConTeXt}% does not work \starttext \BLA\ and \CONTEXT. \stoptext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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mactex
by Andrea Valle 04 May '07

04 May '07

Hi, I was taking a look at the wiki. Personally I was not satisfied by the infos on context for macosx. Having a mactel everything worked in a breeeze with mactex http://www.tug.org/mactex/ So I was starting to put it on the top of the page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mac_Installation as the actual simplest way to have ConTeXt, just before GW (which is, helas, unmantained). Database being locked, I thought it was more fruitful to ask the macosx users opinion on the subject Am I missing something? 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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Latin Modern vs Ancient Greek module
by Alan Bowen 03 May '07

03 May '07

The problem is that I no longer seem to be able to produce footnotes when the bodyfont is Latin Modern and I am using the Thomas Schmitz’ ancientgreek module. The following works but only when the two lines installing the ancientgreek module are commented out. \usetypescript[lmodern][\defaultencoding] \starttypescript[serif][default][size] \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][rm][default] \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][mm][default] \stoptypescript \setupbodyfont[lmodern,rm,10.5pt] %\usemodule[ancientgreek][font=GreekOxoniensis,scale=1.15,% % altfont=GreekDioxipe,altscale=1.15] \setupfootnotes[split=verystrict] \setupfootnotes[conversion=numbers, way=bytext,location=page,rule=on,bodyfont=9.5pt,style=normal] \setupfootnotes[interaction=yes] \setupnotedefinition[footnote][indenting={big,yes}] \setupfootnotes[indenting=yes] \starttext Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Morbi commodo, ipsum sed pharetra gravida, orci magna rhoncus neque, id pulvinar odio lorem non turpis. Aliquam erat volutpat.% % \footnote{Vivamus luctus elit sit amet mi.} % \stoptext If these lines are not commented out, the error message is ! Font \nullfont has only 7 fontdimen parameters. <to be read again> \advance \dohighlow ...#2\textfont 2\else #3ex\fi \advance \scratchdimen #4ex \kern .... \dogotofixed ...c!color {#1\presetgoto }}}\else #1 \fi } \doifreferencefoundelse ...ce \ifreferencefound #2 \else #3\fi \egroup \dores... \gotobox ...2]} {\hbox {\unknownreference {#2}#1}} \referenceinfo {<} {#2}\egr... <argument> ...[\s!fnt :f:\internalfootreference ]} \fi \doifelse {\noteparame... ... l.29 \footnote{ Vivamus luctus elit sit amet mi.} I am running ConTeXt ver: 2007.04.17 12:51 MKII fmt: 2007.4.24 int: english/english. This is a new problem: it started wuite recently. And there is no problem if I use some font other than Latin Modern. Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

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CtxTools update problem solved
by Keith McKay 03 May '07

03 May '07

Thanks Peter, Zhichu and Syste I tried Peter's suggestion of renamining the gunzip file to unzip but got the output below. It didn't extract the cont-tmf.zip due to an invalid option but did continue on. So I tried Zhichu and Syste's suggestion and that worked great. Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. Best Wishes Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland, UK. >texmfstart ctxtools --update CtxTools | updating F:/isoimage/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-local CtxTools | fetching cont-tmf.zip CtxTools | extracting cont-tmf.zip unzip: invalid option -- o unzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93) usage: unzip [-acdfhlLnNtvV19] [-S suffix] [file ...] -a --ascii ascii text; convert end-of-lines using local conventions -c --stdout write on standard output, keep original files unchanged -d --decompress decompress -f --force force overwrite of output file and compress links -h --help give this help -l --list list compressed file contents -L --license display software license -n --no-name do not save or restore the original name and time stamp -N --name save or restore the original name and time stamp -q --quiet suppress all warnings -S .suf --suffix .suf use suffix .suf on compressed files -t --test test compressed file integrity -v --verbose verbose mode -V --version display version number -1 --fast compress faster -9 --best compress better file... files to (de)compress. If none given, use standard input. CtxTools | remaking formats TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | updating file database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path F:/isoimage/usr/local/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2c 7.5.5) (INITEX) \write18 enabled. <Very big snip of output> No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 02/05/2007 14:16

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