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texsync --delete
by Peter Münster 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hello Hans, could you please add the option "--delete" to @@rsync in texsync.rb? I've just realised, that cont-lmt.zip no more exists, but texsync never deleted it on my hard-disk. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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MPinclusions strangeness with labels
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi all, I found something strange with a metapost file where I want to store various definitions for reuse in several tex files; here are example files: .......inc.mp............... numeric u; u=.8cm; path AX; AX = (10u,0) -- (0,0) -- (0,10u); picture cax; cax = thelabel(textext("Costs, prices") rotated 90,(-.3u,8u)); ............................ .......inc.tex.............. \setupoutput[pdftex] \startMPinclusions \input inc \stopMPinclusions \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{toto} drawdblarrow AX; % label.rt(textext("$3x^2+\pi$"), (5u,6u)); draw cax; \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[left]{bla.bla}{\useMPgraphic{toto}} \input dawkins \stoptext ............................ Now what happens? The label in the mp file "Costs, prices" is replaced by "unknown" in the pdf. But if I add a label in the startuseMPgraphic environment, (decommenting line 3 in it), then both labels appear!! I tried several other files, it seems to happen every time. Anything I'm doing wrong? tia -- Jean

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Using Ralph Smith's Formal Script font
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

How do I use Ralph Smith's formal script font [1] within context. I want to define a command like \mathrsfs{A} that will use A in this font. [1] http://www.ctan.org/info?id=rsfs Thanks Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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Generating Module documentation
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi, How does one generate module documentation? I copied mult-ini.tex to a temp directory and did texmfstart texexec --modules mult-ini.tex but did not get any output. Looking into texexec.rb, I tried to recreate a temp file to generate the documentation. The following \usemodule[abr-01,mod-01] \def\ModuleNumber{1} \starttext \readlocfile{mult-ini.tex}{}{} \stoptext gives This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) (format=cont-en 2006.5.31) 5 JUN 2006 21:13 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) **f:/Research/real_time/examples/test2.tex \emergencyend (f:/Research/real_time/examples/test2.tex ConTeXt ver: 2006.05.28 13:28 fmt: 2006.5.31 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (e:\isoimage\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 (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex system : module newmat loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/m-newmat.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 \openout2 = `test2.tui'. system : test2.top loaded (./test2.top specials : loading definition file tpd (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `test2-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. systems : system commands are enabled system : module abr-01 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-abr-01.tex check : logo AMSTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo CONTEXT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo ETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo LAMSTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo LATEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo MATHML replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAFONT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAPOST replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PDFETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PDFTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PICTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PPCHTEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo PRAGMA replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TABLE replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXADRES replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXEDIT replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXEXEC replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXFORM replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXSPELL replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEXUTIL replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo TEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo XML replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo XETEX replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : logo METAFUN replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! ) system : module mod-01 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-mod-01.tex system : module mod-00 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-mod-00.tex system : module units loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/m-units.tex check : unit Angstrom replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! ) <test2-lang-a.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-a.tmp'. <test2-lang-b.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-b.tmp'. <test2-lang-c.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-c.tmp'. <test2-lang-d.tmp> \openout4 = `test2-lang-d.tmp'. system : module int-load loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/x-set-11.tex system : module set-02 loaded (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/x-set-02.tex (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/mult-con.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Constants ) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/mult-com.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Commands )) debugger : message:: duplicate tag file in library setup of interface en glish debugger : message:: duplicate tag reference in library setup of interfa ce english ) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/interface/cont-en.xm l check : eachtexcommand stp:x:defineinteractionmenu replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! check : texcommand stp:y:defineinteractionmenu replaces a macro, use CAPITALS! )) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex ) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) color : system rgb is global activated color : color is converted to gray interaction : active ) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-new.tex) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-def.tex) (e:\isoimage\usr\local\context\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./test2.tuo) (./test2.tuo) systems : begin file test2 at line 4 (./mult-ini.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Initialization ) systems : end file test2 at line 6 ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 5277 strings out of 220738 95875 string characters out of 1298206 3054069 words of memory out of 4496831 43886 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+100000 124827 words of font info for 62 fonts, out of 1000000 for 2000 232 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 58i,2n,55p,632b,1694s stack positions out of 10000i,500n,6000p,200000b,40000s PDF statistics: 1 PDF objects out of 300000 0 named destinations out of 131072 5 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 No pages of output. How does one generate documentation? Does it require some perl script? (I do not have perl in my path) Aditya

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Grouping with \dosingleempty
by Aditya Mahajan 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

Hi, I am confused why the following definition does not work as expected. \def\PM{\dosingleempty\doPM} \def\doPM[#1]{\iffirstargument P_{M_{#1}} \else P_{M_t}\fi} \starttext Why is $\widetilde \PM[T]$ not the same as $\widetilde P_{M_T}$ \stoptext Can I change the definition so that $\widetilede \PM$ is same as $\widetilde P_{M_t}$ and $\widetilede \PM[T]$ is same as $\widetilde P_{M_T}$ Thanks, Aditya

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I-installer tex install --- no ligatures
by David Arnold 06 Jun '06

06 Jun '06

All, I have a colleague who installed tex on his Mac using Gerben's i- installer, installing the files in the order defined on: http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/installing.html He did not install CB Greek, MusixTeX, or XeTeX, but all the other files on this page, he installed in the order given. Ligatures are missing. Can you help me advise my colleague? Anyone else have any font problems with the latest install of Getben's tex?

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Referencing examples with identical labels in different sections
by David Arnold 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

All, I have in my environment file: \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, width=broad, text={\color[heavygreen]\bgroup\bold{Example}}, stopper={.\egroup}, style=slanted, inbetween=\blank, after=\blank] Now, I have a chapter with four sections. What can I do so that \startexample[exmpl:one] ... \stopexample in section one will be differentiated from \startexample[exmpl:one] ... \stopexample in section two? That is, a label in section two that refers to the exmpl:one will reference the exmpl:one in section one.

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a few questions on Arabtex
by R. Ermers 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Dear friends, I have been trying again to get Arabtex running. I got the most recent version of apatch.sty etc. There are some problems. Question 1. context gets stuck When using Arabtex with Context (which I prefer now), the run stops on a command in apatch, \hc, referring to hepatch. Arabtex works normally with Latex, though. I already asked Prof. Lagally, but he wrote me that he believes the bug is probably related to Context. Question 2. question mark The Arabic question mark does not work: \<zayd?> results in an error, I am not sure, but I believe the question mark is remapped to something else (perhaps something unicode-ish) which Arabtex cannot handle. Does anybody have a clue? Regards, Robert Ermers %%%%%%% Question 1 (17.09.2001))) (D:\tex\localtexmf\tex\arabtex\./apatch.sty ! Undefined control sequence. l.190 \hc % default Hebrew font ? (ArabTeX) version 3.11d (23.10.2003): second phase of patching) (D:\tex\localtexmf\tex\arabtex\./hepatch.sty 3.10- patches for Hebrew (17.09.2001))) (D:\tex\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-exa.tex) (D:\tex\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-syn.tex) %%%%%%%Question 2 (D:\tex\texmf\tex\context\base\./type-akb.tex) systems : begin file test at line 11 ! Argument of \unp@ck@token has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \putwordb@x ...ent \fi \setbox \wordb@x \hbox {#1} \put@word \a@@putword ...b@x {\xpa \arab@item \a@@word \@@ } \fi \a@spacetrue \xpa \a@s... \test@space ...space \nxp \next@token \a@@putword \xpa \kill@space \else \xp... <to be read again> ... l.14 \<frr.g ^gywbk?> ? Runaway argument? \sc@? \relax \else \ifx \sc@? -\set@skl \sk@B \else \ifx \sc@? |\set@skl \ETC. ! Paragraph ended before \unp@ck@token was complete. \setupoutput[pdftex] \usemodule[m][arabtex] %\usemodule[m][hebtex] \usetypescript[postscript] \switchtotypeface[postscript] \setarab \vocalize \newtanwin \accentshigh \ligsfalse \novocalize \starttext \<hwlndI> \<frr.g ^gywbk> %\<frr.g ^gywbk?> %Use this to test the question mark \startarabic qfA nbk_A mn _dkr_A .hbIbI wmnzl %hwlndI? %unmark this to test the question mark hwlndI" \stoparabic \stoptext

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texmfstart fails silently on incorrect input
by Aditya Mahajan 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Hi, when I try texmfstart whatever nothing happens. Shouldn't a warning or an error be given to say that texmfstart could not find 'whatever'. This will make it easier to detect typos while trying out commands by hand. I do get such a message when using texmfstart --verbose whatever, but I think that such a behaviour should be default. Hans, is it reasonable to define a method report_error(str) in class KpseRemote def report_error(str) $stderr.puts(str) end end and modify line 2110 of texmfstart.rb to def run(fullname) if ! fullname || fullname.empty? then %%% report("the file '#{$filename}' is not found") report_error("the file '#{$filename}' is not found") ..... Maybe there are other places also where an error report will be useful. Aditya

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Fwd: Math 120 textbook for Fall 2006
by David Arnold 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

All, I just received this from our disabled students' center. What is needed is a simple way to convert a Context document into a format that can be "read" by these MathML players. Are we anywhere close to such a conversion? Begin forwarded message: > From: "Love, Ken" <Ken-Love(a)Redwoods.edu> > Date: June 1, 2006 10:14:37 AM PDT > To: "Arnold, David" <David-Arnold(a)Redwoods.edu> > Subject: Math 120 textbook for Fall 2006 > > Hi Dave: > > A student with a reading disability has requested an alternate > version of the Math 120 textbook for Fall 2006. Jean Lawry told me > that the Math faculty is creating the book, to give to students on > a CD. I think that is just great! My task is to put that into a > format that the student can listen to. Assuming that your CD > doesn’t have all the info in audio files, one strategy is that I > can scan the print version (Jean said there will be one), and > extract the text. The problem—as with all Math books to this point— > is that the scanning software doesn’t do math. Tracey ordered the > site license for MathType, so I could re-create the math line by > line. Much easier for me would be if the equations are already in a > format that can be converted to be read by MathPlayer, such as > MathML. One option is a flavor of .tex that Scientific Notebook can > handle, that can be exported as .XHTML. Please give me a heads-up > on how you’re making the book, so I can plan ahead. > > > Thanks, > > Ken Love > > High Tech Center > > X4557 > > >

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