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texshow-web
by Patrick Gundlach 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hi there, I've updated texshow-web. It's a complete rewrite. This is now database driven and I have tried hard to preserve all comments and examples from the old texshow-web. Please report any errors (preferrable include me in cc: if you post them on the list). Please fill in descriptions for the commands! Other contexters will find this useful. You can now use most of the mediawiki wiki markup for editing the descriptions. See the help page for more information. Patrick (I almost forgot the url: <http://texshow.contextgarden.net>) -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Rescaling pages
by Olaf Mersmann 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hi List, I have a booklet typset on A5 paper with an A5 pagesize (one page per sheet). The printer-shop wants the pages enlarged to A4, so that they can scale them back down to A5 and imposition 2 on an A4 sheet. Don't ask me why they want this. I don't know. Is it possible to easily do this from within context or what are my options? Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, Olaf

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Metapost/Metafun/Tex/Context question
by WN 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hi all, I am trying to do the following in Metapost but my new math symbol is not recognized. Context knows about it but Tex does not. How can I make this work ? Kind regards Wim Neimeijer % ================= Test code ======================== \loadmapfile[original-youngryu-tx.map] \definebodyfont [28pt,24pt,18pt, 17.3pt,14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt,8pt,7pt,6pt,5pt,4pt] [mm] [ mc=txexa sa 1] \setupbodyfont [11pt] \definemathsymbol [varointctrclockwise] [op] [mc] ["2B] [mc] ["2C] \starttext \startformula \varointctrclockwise_{\gamma} f(z) \: dz = 0 \stopformula \startMPcode picture p ; path q; numeric u; u := 1cm; p := btex $\varointctrclockwise_{\gamma} f(z) \: dz = 0$ etex; p := p scaled 0.15cm; draw p; \stopMPcode \stoptext =============== Log file ============================== >texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf testvaroint.tex TeXExec | processing document 'testvaroint.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file testvaroint.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1260 TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en TeXExec | progname: context This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./testvaroint.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.07.14 12:08 fmt: 2006.7.14 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:3 nl->ec:ec->2->2:3 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:3 fr->ec:ec->4->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 de->e c:ec->6->2:3 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:3 it->ec:ec->8->2:3 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:3 pt->ec:ec->10->2:3 hr->ec:ec->11->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:3 pl->ec:e c->13->2:3 pl->qx:qx->14->2:3 cz->il2:il2->15->2:3 cz->ec:ec->16->2:3 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:3 sk->ec:ec->18->2:3 sl->ec:ec->19->2:3 en->ec:ec->21->2:3 uk->ec:ec- >22->2:3 us->ec:ec->23->2:3 agr->agr:agr->24->2:3 da->ec:ec->25->2:3 sv->ec:ec- >26->2:3 af->ec:ec->27->2:3 no->ec:ec->28->2:3 deo->ec:ec->29->2:3 es->ec:ec->3 0->2:3 ca->ec:ec->31->2:3 la->ec:ec->32->2:3 ro->ec:ec->33->2:3 tr->ec:ec->34-> 2:3 fi->ec:ec->36->2:3 hu->ec:ec->37->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : testvaroint.top loaded (./testvaroint.top specials : loading definition file tpd (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) systems : system commands are enabled (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo) (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./testvaroint.tuo) (./testvaroint.tuo)TeXExec | processing graphic 'testvaroint-mpgraph' TeXExec | using internal mptotex converter TeXExec | processing document 'testvaroint-mpgraph-temp.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | writing option file testvaroint-mpgraph-temp.top TeXExec | using randomseed 447 TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en TeXExec | progname: context This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./testvaroint-mpgraph-temp.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.07.14 12:08 fmt: 2006.7.14 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:3 nl->ec:ec->2->2:3 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:3 fr->ec:ec->4->2:3 de->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 de->e c:ec->6->2:3 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:3 it->ec:ec->8->2:3 pt->texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:3 pt->ec:ec->10->2:3 hr->ec:ec->11->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->12->2:3 pl->ec:e c->13->2:3 pl->qx:qx->14->2:3 cz->il2:il2->15->2:3 cz->ec:ec->16->2:3 sk->il2:i l2->17->2:3 sk->ec:ec->18->2:3 sl->ec:ec->19->2:3 en->ec:ec->21->2:3 uk->ec:ec- >22->2:3 us->ec:ec->23->2:3 agr->agr:agr->24->2:3 da->ec:ec->25->2:3 sv->ec:ec- >26->2:3 af->ec:ec->27->2:3 no->ec:ec->28->2:3 deo->ec:ec->29->2:3 es->ec:ec->3 0->2:3 ca->ec:ec->31->2:3 la->ec:ec->32->2:3 ro->ec:ec->33->2:3 tr->ec:ec->34-> 2:3 fi->ec:ec->36->2:3 hu->ec:ec->37->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : testvaroint-mpgraph-temp.top loaded (./testvaroint-mpgraph-temp.top specials : loading definition file dvi (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-dvi.tex) specials : tex loaded specials : loading definition file ps (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-ps.tex) specials : tex,postscript loaded specials : loading definition file tr (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tr.tex) specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded ) systems : system commands are enabled (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (f:\context\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) systems : begin file testvaroint-mpgraph-temp at line 39 ! Undefined control sequence. <recently read> \varointctrclockwise l.45 $\varointctrclockwise _{\gamma } f(z) \: dz = 0$% ?

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tempdir support in texexec.rb
by Matthias Wächter 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hi, Naively, I thought that the --tempdir option would allow the 'temporary' files created/updated at a run of texexec be written to whatever is given as --tempdir=/dir/, but it doesn't work, the files remain in the current directory. Additionally, --output seems to disallow the output be put into another directory (it's always put into `pwd`). Is there a (better?) way to specify where these files should go? What I'd expect is a directory layout like the following: files/ onesource.tex env.tex othersource.tex project.tex out/ project.pdf tmp/ project.tmp project.log project.tui project.tuo mpgraph.mp project-mpgraph.mp as a result of $ cd files/ $ texexec --pdf --tempdir=tmp --output=out/project.pdf project Is /me the only one who desires such a split? - Matthias

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switching font encodings
by Mojca Miklavec 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hello, I have to print plenty of utf-8-encoded entries from a database. I will probably output entries as \contestant{name}{country}{code}, for example \contestant{Đức Đặng}{VNM}{1} I have defined \def\contestant#1#2#3{...#1...} But what's the easiest way to change the encoding to t5 if the country code is VNM and to some other encoding if country code is RUS, SER (or one of other countries using Cyrillic)? I'll probably use \usetypescript[antykwa-torunska][ec] % for most of entries \setupbodyfont[antykwa] I wanted to use XeTeX, but that I figured out/remembered that XeTeX doesn't yet support inclusion of images which I need for this document. Thanks a lot, Mojca (I need this pretty soon.)

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linear_shade not working any more
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Hello, It seems to me that the following code worked in some beta 2 weeks ago: \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor [BgColor1] [white] \definecolor [BgColor2] [r=0.7,g=0.7,b=1] \starttext \startMPcode path p; p := unitsquare scaled 3cm; linear_shade(p,0,\MPcolor{BgColor2},\MPcolor{BgColor1}); \stopMPcode \stoptext But with 2006.07.14 I get: This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2c 7.5.3) (shading-mpgraph.mp >> (1,0,0) ! Isolated expression. <to be read again> ; scaledgray->begingroup.red; endgroup l.286 ...(scaledrgb(0.7,0.7,1,1)),(scaledgray(1,1) )); ? Any suggestions about what could go wrong? Thank you, Mojca

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prevent hyphenation (flush left)
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Hello, I urgently need to have my \framed texts left-justified (no hyphenation and nothing may go over the right border) I know that it must be trivial, but I assume that explicit \exhyphenpenalty=10000 \hyphenpenalty=10000 are replaced inside \framed anyway. Thank you, Mojca

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strange font switching (bug?)
by Mojca Miklavec 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Hello, can anyone explain this weird behaviour? The accents on the second page are broken (setting bodyfont to 7pt at the beginning works OK and using other sizes works as well.). \setupbodyfont[8pt] \startsetups{img} \switchtobodyfont[7pt] \stopsetups \starttext \ccaron\scaron\zcaron \page \setups{img} \ccaron\scaron\zcaron \stoptext Thank you very much, Mojca

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A page for figures ?
by Renaud AUBIN 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Hi all, I would reserve a page for several figure (i.e. \placefigure). \placefigure[page] reserve ONE page for ONE figure... Can \placefigure reserve a page for several figures with an option I don't know yet ??? Since I assume \placefigure can do that for me, I don't want to use \placefigure[page]{none}{\startcombination...\stopcombination}... ;) TIA Renaud

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2006.07.13 release notes (MP-related)
by Renaud AUBIN 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Hi all, First, I don't understand this part of the release notes: "supp-mps.tex: * \startuseMPgraphic and \startusableMPgraphic no longer have an argument" Does it mean that we don't have to use \startuseMPgraphic{myMPgrapharg} ... \stopMPgraphic with any myMPgrapharg ? I assume I've missed something... :-\ Second, what's the difference between staticMPfigure and staticMPgraphic and how (and where) can we use it ? Some advice are welcome in this part because I use a lot of MPgraphic and I'm really interested to use staticMPXXX if I can save some processing time... ;) Last but not least: I've posted some days ago a thread "[NTG-context] A page for figures ?"... This problem is always topical... Cheers, Renaud

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