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\unknown
by Idris Samawi Hamid 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi Hans... \unknown is cryptic; why not just... \ellipsis? That's what it is after all, and it's immediately obvious, easier to remember, etc....-) (at least as an official synonym...) Note that you could also have \setupellipsis: '...' is the most prevalent but not the only form it can take. '***' and \emdash are apparent alternatives... Bringhurst's discussion on ellipsis rules might help with creating typographical options... French and English have different rules, for example... ...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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Pagebreak only after stanzas
by Bert Trüger 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi, i am a fresh convert to Context from Latex and deeply impressed by it's ability to set multiple pages on one page, even doublesided ones. For setting a collection of poems I use \obeylines and \smallskip to arrange them on the page. Pagebreaks should only be possible between stanzas at the \smallskip-mark. Could somebody tell me, how to achieve this? Thanks in advance Chris

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arxiv.org: submitting ConText documents
by Sanjoy Mahajan 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Here is the (just tested!) procedure to submit ConTeXt documents to arxiv.org and also provide source. Suppose that document.tex is the source file, and has fig.mp as the figure file that produces fig.1, etc. 1. Generate document.ps using texexec --dvi --nobackend document.tex dvips -Ppdf document.dvi -o document.ps /* the -o in case of stupid systems that send the output to lpr by default */ 2. Make a directory src/ with document.tex and fig.mp. Then make a .tgz file for uploading. It is produced from this file structure document.ps src/ fig.mp document.tex e.g. by tar -czvf arxiv.tgz document.ps src/ 3. arxiv.org will generate PDF from the PS using ghostscript, so make sure that ps2pdf on document.ps produces a working PDF. 4. If all is well, upload arxiv.tgz as your submission using the usual arxiv.org submission (or replacement) procedure. Ideally you'll do step 4 at least 15 minutes (ideally an hour) before the 4pm (US Eastern) weekday deadline, so that you get back the submission date and preprint number from arxiv, leaving time for step 5 5. Incorporate the preprint number (or URL) and submission date into your document and produce an arxiv stampline along the left. Then remake document.ps and arxiv.tgz in step 2, and replace the previous submission with the new arxiv.tgz. 6. Check that all is well. When the paper becomes official (8pm US Eastern time), users should get three choices for format: PS (what you provided), PDF (generated by arxiv.org from the PS), and 'Other formats', which will offer an option to download source. Of course, all of the remaking should be done by a Makefile. You can see <http://www.arxiv.org/abs/0704.1854> for an example with a Makefile. All of the above is wikified at <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Posting_on_arxiv.org> -Sanjoy `Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien)

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texexec+mpost cmr10 vs CMR10 trouble using dvips backend
by Sanjoy Mahajan 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

A font-embedding issue puzzles me. First I make a metapost figure that uses plain tex for the label, so it uses cmr10. Then I include it in a context document to get a .ps file. The problem is that the label shows up in Courier (which ghostscript uses when it cannot find the font, I think). Here is the test.tex \starttext \externalfigure[fig.1] \stoptext and this fig.mp beginfig(1) label(btex hello etex, origin); endfig; end The commands are: mpost fig texexec --ps test gv test.ps The resulting fig.1 has these lines: %*Font: cmr10 9.96265 9.96265 65:912 ... (hello) cmr10 9.96265 fshow and test.ps has %%DocumentFonts: LMRoman12-Regular CMR10 But there's no cmr10 (lowercase) embedded in test.ps. If I generate test.pdf directly (with texexec test), then all is well. Is there a magic option or map file line that I need? [ConTeXt ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.4.12] Thanks for any suggestions! The reason I'm using dvi and ps is that arxiv.org cannot handle ConTeXt submissions directly. A workaround recommended by the arxiv.org maintainers is to submit document.ps with all the source files in a separate directory (but it won't let you submit document.pdf with all the source files, a behavior that the admins say is a bug or 'oddity' but not one that they'll fix soon). -Sanjoy `Intellectual property is intellectual theft.'

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Footnotes in columns
by Aditya Mahajan 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

I am writing a two column document using \startcolumns .... \stopcolumns. Now, by default, a \footnote in columns spans the whole text width. I want the footnote to appear at the bottom of the column where it was called. How can I do that. Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] \cite customisation
by Paul Schalck 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

I found the solution, it’s very easy: I have to modify manually the s={} entry of my .bbl file and with setuppublications[refcommand=short], it works fine! Sorry for the noise P _______________________________________________________________ SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192

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\cite customisation
by Paul Schalck 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hello! Using the bib module for Context for the first time, I wonder if there is a way to change the \cite definition in order to get something like this: \cite[a_schm:73] --> "A. Schmitt, Entrückung" (author name with initial, short title -- the real title is much longer) as it is common in the humanities, at least in Germany. I didn't find anything in that direction in former posts, I hope I haven't missed anything, and hacking the t-bib.tex file is nothing I can manage by myself. Have a nice week! P _______________________________________________________________ SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! http://f.web.de/?mc=021192

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xml problem
by Bernd Militzer 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi Hans, first thanks for your help at Epen, but reading the different documents I could not find out how to define a macro to get the value of a specific element of an xml-file. Running your example I get all elements. For example: I wont to get the value of the first name for <person pid="66"> \def\getFirstName#1{{\enableXML\getvalue{person:#1}}} % what is here to change? Thanks for help again Bernd

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Re: [NTG-context] page numbering in words?
by Robin Kirkham 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi all, There are still a few problems with \numstr when you get beyond the hundreds. Perhaps this is unlikely when it is a page number, but I was interested in using this macro for contracts, where an amount of money is often written out in words. \input numstr.tex \starttext \numstr{-1}\par \numstr{0}\par \numstr{101}\par \numstr{1001}\par \numstr{1000001}\par \numstr{1200021} \stoptext This produces output: null null one hundred and one one thousand one one millionone one million two hundred thousand twenty-one which should be: minus one zero one hundred and one one thousand and one one million and one one million, two hundred thousand and twenty-one In English, the tens/units (if not zero) should be preceded by "and" if the number exceeds 100 (so 101 is correct in the above output). This applies whether the tens/units is truly tens/units, or is a thousands or millions multiplier (120000 = "one hundred and twenty thousand"). The use of a comma after millions and sometimes thousands is helpful but not essential, and it only appears in certain cases. I'll have to think a bit more about a rule for that! The use of a hyphen between tens and units ("twenty-one") is not incorrect but is nowadays probably regarded as a little old-fashioned (but personally, I like it). Best, Robin > Date: 2007-03-29 17:38 +1000 > To: mailing list for ConTeXt users > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] page numbering in words? > cormullion.at.remove.this.mac.com wrote: > > On 2007-03-28, at 16:49.0, Zhichu Chen wrote: > > > >> I modified Wolfgang's macro as the attached file. But I'm really > >> not a native American, so there must be some special rules that > >> I've ignored. Wish you good luck. > > > > Yes - this works great now. Thank you for sorting out the TeX code, > > which is like no other language I know ;-). I've changed only one > > spelling (fourty -> forty) and the rest looks perfect. > > It would be nice if someone (one of the module tutorial attendants :-) > could wrap this command in a module for the contextgarden page. > > Cheers, > Taco >

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Hanging punctuation is impressive
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 15 Apr '07

15 Apr '07

Hello, I've just read a about hanging punctuation in Hans' Typographic Programming manual. It is very impressive; now I understand one more cause why Word documents look so ugly. :) Unfortunatelly, I cannot try those examples by myself, since I run TeXLive2007 that don't have Palatino font preinstalled and I'm confident only with MiKTeX in font installing issues. Is it possible to use this feature with XeTeX? Or should I impatiently wait for LuaTeX? -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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