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definedescription and XML
by Johannes Graumann 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hello all, After a good break I'm back at my XML obsession and am running into the following issue: my environment-file contains these definitions \defineXMLnested [reagentlist] [sample=] {\definedescription[definition][width=broad,distance=1em,sample={\XMLop{sample}}]} {} \defineXMLnested [reagent] [label=] {\startdefinition{\XMLop{label}}} {\stopdefinition} but in use, the definition-label-width is optimized for every single case, rather than for the 'sample', meaning I get One xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twentyone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx rather than One xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twentyone xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Can anyone please enlighten me as to what I'm missing here? Thanks, Joh

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Problem using mptopdf with Metapost containing LaTeX
by Martin Buchmann 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi, I am not really a ConTeXt user but use the mptopdf script to convert my mp drawings directly into pdf which was working great in the past. Yesterday and the day before i updated my TeX system using Gerben's i-Installer to the new gwTeX foundation and to the latest ConTeXt beta and since then I get an error if my Metapost file contains LaTeX control sequences: > MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : running 'texexec --mptex ' > TeXExec | processing graphic 'mp-minimal.mp' > TeXExec | using internal mptotex converter > TeXExec | processing document 'mp-minimal-temp.tex' > TeXExec | no ctx file found > TeXExec | tex processing method: context > TeXExec | writing option file mp-minimal-temp.top > TeXExec | using randomseed 1177 > TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex > TeXExec | tex format: cont-en > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-rc4 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) > entering extended mode > (./mp-minimal-temp.tex > > ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II fmt: 2007.1.3 int: english/english > > language : language en is active > system : cont-new loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex > systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-new.mkii)) > system : cont-old loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex > loading : Context Old Macros > ) > system : cont-fil loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex > loading : Context File Synonyms > ) > system : cont-sys.rme loaded > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) > bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded > language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:3 uk->ec:ec->2->2:3 de->texnansi:tex > nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr->ec:ec->6->2:3 > es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it->texnansi > :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- >>13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16->2:3 sk->ec:ec > ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded > specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded > system : mp-minimal-temp.top loaded > (./mp-minimal-temp.top > specials : loading definition file dvi > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) > specials : tex loaded > specials : loading definition file ps > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) > specials : tex,postscript loaded > specials : loading definition file tr > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) > specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded > ) > systems : system commands are disabled > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) > systems : begin file mp-minimal-temp at line 42 > ! Undefined control sequence. > l.44 \documentclass > [12pt,a4paper]{article} > ? > ! Emergency stop. > l.44 \documentclass > [12pt,a4paper]{article} > No pages of output. > Transcript written on mp-minimal-temp.log. > TeXExec | runtime: 0.529086 > This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.5) > (/usr/local/gwTeX/texmf.pkgs/web2c/natural.tcx) > (mp-minimal.mp >>> mp-minimal.mp >>> mp-minimal.mpx > ! Unable to make mpx file. > l.9 label(btex > Test etex, (1,1) ); > Transcript written on mp-minimal.log. > TeXExec | runtime: 0.865779 > > MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : no filename matches mp-minimal Here is my minimal example: prologues:=2; verbatimtex \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article} \begin{document} etex beginfig(1); label(btex Test etex, (1,1) ); endfig; end I tried to understand which script is actual called when i call mptopdf but got kind of lost in the sequence of shell script calling ruby scripts calling perl scripts, etc. So, I wasn't able to find out the right command line options, etc. for making mpost aware of calling latex instead of tex. Can someone help me out here? Best regards Martin -- If you didn't get caught, did you really do it?

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Hello, on html and LaTeX
by mario 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

hello, my first post. I am looking for tools to convert Html to LaTeX. It has been suggestd to me that ConTeXt could be used to do so. Is it the case? If yes, how? Thanks Regards mario ps pls. cc to my personal address below too. -- mario <chiari.hm(a)flashnet.it>

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Re: [NTG-context] Help --- Arithmetic Overflow: Weird error
by David Arnold 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Mojca, Attached. Meanwhile, I guess I should try to update my Context and see if that makes a difference. I found that I needed to update my installer and now I am realizing that I am a bit behind the times. In trying Context Updater in the update i-installer, I get this message: "You are now installing in the location for de deprecated gwTeX 2003-2005 i-Package in part based on teTeX. This is probably not what you want. I suggest you make sure you have the gwTeX i-Package based on TeX Live installed. Then the best thing is to reset this i-Package to its default package properties. It will then pick up the new default location. Looks like it wants me to install the latest tex. Any advice? On Jan 3, 2007, at 6:01 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 1/4/07, David Arnold <dwarnold45(a)cox.net> wrote: >> Mojca, >> >> Mac OS X 10.4.8. >> >> Gerben's GWTeX. >> >> LinearFunctions $ texmfstart texexec --version >> TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD > > (I also use gwTeX here.) > > Can you send me complete file+logs? > > Mojca

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[Fwd: [pdftex] pdftex 1.40]
by Taco Hoekwater 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi, The next message probably also is interestering to a few of you that are not subscribed to the pdftex list. Best, Taco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [pdftex] pdftex 1.40 Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:56:59 +0100 From: Martin Schröder <martin(a)oneiros.de> To: PDF-TeX mailing list <pdftex(a)tug.org> http://sarovar.org/download.php/1139/pdftex-1.40.0.tar.bz2 http://sarovar.org/download.php/1140/pdftex-1.40.0.tgz http://sarovar.org/download.php/1141/pdftex-1.40.0.zip http://sarovar.org/download.php/1142/pdftex-1.30.6-1.40.0.diff.gz The pdfTeX team is happy to announce the release of a new stable version: =========================================================================== pdfTeX 1.40.0 =========================================================================== This is the announcement of pdfTeX 1.40.0, an extended version of TeX that can create PDF directly from TeX source files and enhance the result of TeX typesetting with the help of PDF. =========================================================================== Main changes of pdfTeX 1.40.0 =========================================================================== - pdfetex (as a separate binary/program) is gone; all extensions are now in pdftex. The make files still know about the target pdfetex, but it's just a copy of pdftex - The sources of TeX, eTeX and pdfTeX have been merged into one file pdftex.web and one change file pdftex.ch. The sources of TeX and eTeX distributed are just there for reference - New features: - pdfTeX can now generate PDF 1.5 object streams, which leads to smaller PDFs. This is controlled by setting \pdfobjcompresslevel to a value >0 (3 compress everything, 2 don't compress /Info, 1 also don't compress embedded PDFs) and works only with PDF >=1.5 - pdfTeX now supports another image file format: JBIG2 files (.jbig2) - the memory allocated for objects and destination names now grows dynamically - pdfTeX now generates smaller PDFs since for char positioning the width of chars (/Widths) is stored with more precision and so the chars must rarely be positioned separately - the PK resolution is now taken from the "pk_dpi" parameter in texmf.cnf if it has not been set in the format file or by the user - pdfTeX now removes the generated pdf in case of a fatal error - pdfTeX now sets /ModDate and /Trapped in the InfoDict by default (the values can be overridden with \pdfinfo) - the format of warnings and errors issued by pdfTeX has been changed and unified - the output of -version has been extended and now includes information about the libraries actually used, which can be handy when using shared libraries - rules and their positioning on the page are now inside a qQ group - New primitives: - pdfTeX can now handle colourstacks. - \pdfcolorstackinit A stack is initialized by \pdfcolorstackinit. It expands to the number of the new stack. The common case, the traditinal color stack is already initialized as first stack: \pdfcolorstackinit page direct {0 g 0 G} The keyword "page" means that this stack is page based. At the start of the new page, the current stack value is automatically set. - \pdfcolorstack \pdfcolorstack <stack number> push {<new color>} pushes the current value on the stack and sets the <new color>. \pdfcolorstack <stack number> pop pops and sets the current stack value. \pdfcolorstack <stack number> current sets the current stack value without changing the stack. This is useful for stacks that are initialized without keyword "page". Thus the page start setting can be set manually. \pdfcolorstack <stack number> set {<new color>} The current value is set to <new color>. - Transformation matrices can now be manipulated more cleanly: Currently matrix changes are done and hidden inside \pdfliteral nodes; pdfTeX doesn't parse its contents and does not know the new settings of the transform matrix. Thus the new primitives to save pdfTeX from parsing \pdfliteral contents and to notify pdfTeX about matrix changes to use them in calculating link and anchor positions. - \pdfsetmatrix{<a> <b> <c> <d>} is the equivalent to \pdfliteral{<a> <b> <c> <d> 0 0 cm} - \pdfsave is the equivalent to \pdfliteral{q} - \pdfrestore is the equivalent to \pdfliteral{Q} - \pdfprimitive\TeX-primitive executes the original \TeX-primitive even if the command has been redefined since. E.g. \let\relax\undefined\pdfprimitive\relax expands to \relax. \ifpdfprimitive\TeX-primitive is true if \TeX-primitive has its original meaning - \ifpdfabsnum and \ifpdfabsdim are like \ifnum and \ifdim, but don't care about negative numbers - shell escape: if the first character of a filename for \openin, \openout \input is a pipe symbol (|), the filename is assumed to be a request for a pipe to a command line that is given in the rest of the filename - draftmode: With \pdfdraftmode=1 or the commandline switch -draftmode pdfTeX doesn't write the output pdf and doesn't actually read any images, thus speeding up compilations when you know you need an extra run but don't care about the output, e.g. just to get the BibTeX references right - \pdfpxdimen (introduced in 1.30) is now a real dimension parameter. It allows one base dimensions on pixels. 1px defaults to 1bp (or 72dpi), but can be changed with the \pdfpxdimen primitive: \pdfpxdimen=1in % 1 dpi \divide\pdfpxdimen by 96 % 96 dpi \hsize=1200px Now \hsize is (1in/96)*1200 - \pdflastlink returns the object number of the last \pdfstartlink - \pdfsavepos now works in DVI mode - Fonts: - support for subfonts: This creates all needed map entries for subfonts automatically and handles Unicode mappings - ToUnicode entries for Type1 fonts (patch 580) - HZ: - added patch 462: HZ font expansion in autoexpand mode now produces smaller pdf files, as it works by modififying the text matrix for single fonts instead of embedding many expanded font versions. Therefore HZ now can be used also for TrueType fonts and even for non-embedded fonts (e.g. Times-Roman) - Bugfixes: - the PDF statistics in the log are now correct - added JFIF detection patch to writejpg.c (bug 548) - bugfix: invalid pdf created if font name contains space (509) - bugfix: truetype OS/2 v3 fonts (594) - bugfix: Type1C (CFF) fonts of embedded pdfs didn't get replaced For complete release notes see http://www.pdftex.org/NEWS =========================================================================== Legal notice / license =========================================================================== pdfTeX is copyright (c) 1996-2007 Han The Thanh, <thanh(a)pdftex.org> pdfTeX is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. For a complete README (with a full discussion of the license) please look at http://www.pdftex.org/README =========================================================================== The files / installation =========================================================================== You should first try to get a new version of pdfTeX through your distribution. If you want to compile it yourself, have a look at http://www.pdftex.org -- there you can find links to the pdfTeX sources on CTAN. And some useful documentation. =========================================================================== Mailing lists / web pages: =========================================================================== Mailing list: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex Related web pages: http://www.pdftex.org http://sarovar.org/projects/pdftex/ http://www.tug.org/tex-live/ http://www.tug.org/tetex/ http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes http://www.dante.de/ http://tug.org/ http://www.pragma-ade.com/ Have fun and a happy new year! Martin Schröder (martin(a)pdftex.org) for the pdfTeX team, January 2007 _______________________________________________ pdftex mailing list pdftex(a)tug.org http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdftex

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palet option in typing not working
by Berend de Boer 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi All (especially Hans :-) ), It seems user palets don't work (anymore?), just downloaded the new version but still has the same problem as the version I used before (aug 2006). Sample file: - -------------------------------------------------- % interface=en \setupbodyfont [postscript,16pt] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupalign [hyphenated] \definepalet [MYcolorpretty] [prettyone=colorprettyone, prettytwo=colorprettytwo, prettythree=colorprettythree, prettyfour=colorprettyfour] \setuptyping [TEX] [palet=MYcolorpretty] \starttext \startTEX \this \is \a \test \stopTEX \stoptext - -------------------------------------------------- As you will see, there are no colors anymore. My tex and context versions: This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 2007.1.4) 4 JAN 2007 20:14 entering extended mode ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.02 13:44 MK II fmt: 2007.1.4 int: english/english - -- Live long and prosper, Berend de Boer PS: This email has been digitally signed if you wonder what the strange characters are that your outdated email client displays. PGP public key: http://www.pobox.com/~berend/berend-public-key.txt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFFnKnoIyuuaiRyjTYRAv+VAJ0VIYai3VEQ+dJAAz2QSWFXJYXwLwCg6Pcx rA6PYx8/DeeCsLHXjLMGwdU= =8DU/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [NTG-context] cdwincontext
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

> Has anyone modified the batch file in cdwincontext so that it will > run on Windows98? If so, can I get a copy of the batch file? Yes, I have done this in the past. But I have updated my windows and deleted the old stuff. If nobody else has working files I can summarize, what I have done. Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] Help --- Arithmetic Overflow: Weird error
by David Arnold 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Mojca, Looks like I did it. Thanks for the help. All is well at the moment. On Jan 3, 2007, at 8:19 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 1/4/07, David Arnold <dwarnold45(a)cox.net> wrote: >> OK. >> >> I am starting anew. I uninstalled the old. >> >> Now, I do have some stuff in ~/Library/texmf, and I am at a point in >> the installation where I am getting this message: >> >> "I found (a) personal configuration file(s) for user(s): David >> Arnold. These users will not fully use system-wide settings and their >> TeX configuration is not fully covered by this system-wide >> configuration phase." >> >> I suspect they are related. >> >> However, I don't want to just "delete" these as some would be hard to >> recover. Can I put them in a tmp directory somewhere? And, after the >> installation completes, is thre a proper new place to move them to? > > I did > mv texmf texmf2 > You can recover them later if needed by copying single files or > folders back. In my case there were only format files. > > I had to do that because I got "format file mismatch" - there were > ConTeXt formats in there, but they were older as they should be. > Probably it would be OK if I just regenerated the formats again. Don't > bother too much. If something causes you troubles, just rename the > whole tree. > > Mojca

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Re: [NTG-context] Help --- Arithmetic Overflow: Weird error
by David Arnold 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Mojca, Well, I just finished installing gwtex, the newer version. It is in / usr/local/gwTeX. I am just finishing installing CM Super fonts. I'll then do Freetype, libwmf, and ImageMagick and ghostscript. Then I'll do the contextupdater. There's something about a preference pane but I haven't found that yet. At the moment, from my command line, I am finding the old tex. darnold $ which pdflatex /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/pdflatex Advice welcome as I proceed. On Jan 3, 2007, at 7:45 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 1/4/07, David Arnold <dwarnold45(a)cox.net> wrote: >> Mojca, >> >> What is "ctxtools --contextversion" > > It tells you the version of ConTeXt rather than the version of > texexec. > > Perhaps you need to use > texmfstart ctxtools --contextversion > (before upgrading) > > Evn if you uninstall tex.ii2, you can still install it agin if > something fails. The problem might be that if you don't uninstall > tex.ii2, context might install under tetex and then you won't be able > to update context itself (although the version should be OK) > > Mojca

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GWTEX -- Uninstall before installing the new?
by David Arnold 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

All, GWTeX has some serious updates. Should I uninstall the deprecated tex before installing the new? Or can they both be installed at the same time (in case the new doesn't work well with my old files).

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