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TABLE wishlist
by Johannes Graumann 26 May '06

26 May '06

Hello, I have finished my thesis using ConTeXt (with an XML only source - yeah ...). I found ConTeXt very usable, much more consistent in syntax than LaTeX (once one gets used to it) and up to the job ... the only thing that was not fixable is multipage table support with TABLEs. As pointed out earlier, there are issues with page breaking associated with it (see http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/page-overflow-preceeding-a-split-…) - despite a patch by Hans. If, at one point, one of the developers is going to put some work into TABLEs, I have two requests aside from a reliable splitting algorithm: 1) A clearer numbering scheme ("Table 25a" and "Table 25b" rather than "Table 25a" and "Table 26b") for split tables. 2) an option that allows to repeat the table header, but replaces the caption after the first part of the split table with a configurable string as "Continued from page xyz". Having these 2(3) additions would be a great boon to ConTeXt (I believe). When I find the time in the next couple of days I'll start to return some of the insights gotten from the newsgroup during the thesis writing process to the community via the wiki. Thanks for your help guys! And thanks for this great package! Joh P.S.: I'd still be able to sneak in a last minute page breaking fix till Tuesday ;0) JG

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format generation -- again!
by Thomas A. Schmitz 26 May '06

26 May '06

All, I just hit a snag in generating formats with --make --all. It works flawlessly on my computers running Mac OS X or linux, but ALan Bowen has a problem where .pat files with Unicode characters aren't recognized: (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-us.hyp) language : patterns agr for agr loaded (n=24,e=agr,m=agr) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-agr.pat ! Nonletter. \rawcharacter ...r\or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \or \... l.37 α2Ϊ 1 ? I compared the cont-en.log of our computers; the only real difference is the beginning: My log: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0-beta-20060213 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) 26 MAY 2006 19:42 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) ***cont-en (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex Alan's log: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (INITEX) 24 MAY 2006 06:40 entering extended mode ***cont-en.ini (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/config/cont-en.ini (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex Both have the latest release. So the only difference that really could matter: 1. older version of pdf(e)tex; 2. natural.tcx is not called. Can anybody help? I'm unable to reproduce the problem here; I can generate formats both with texmfstart texexec --make --all and with fmtutil-sys --byfmt cont-en. Best Thomas

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XeTeX "hangs"
by Mojca Miklavec 26 May '06

26 May '06

If I try to compile the folllowing code with XeTeX, it "hangs" (as if it was waiting for further input): \catcode`ð=\active \defð{^^f0} % only hangs for "F0", other numbers are OK \starttext ð \stoptext I didn't manage to test the same example with "plain" XeTeX (tetex is a bit misconfigured since the standalone ConTeXt is installed), but Jonathan says that it runs OK on his computer. Is my system broken again or are some other black forces working anywhere? Thanks, Mojca

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Stuck in texmfstart
by Neal Lester 26 May '06

26 May '06

This morning, when I try to run texexec, texmfstart gets stuck in the loop at line 262. It seems that in my thrashing around yesterday I made some transient change to the environment (I shut this system down at night). Any idea what that is? I also applied a kernel patch, so I suppose that could also be the problem. Neal

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What about Lua in pdftex ?
by luigi scarso 26 May '06

26 May '06

What about Lua in pdftex ?

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'Dot' after Float label Howto?
by Johannes Graumann 26 May '06

26 May '06

Hello, My proofreader wants the float labels ("Figure 2.5") to end with a dot as well (as in "Figure 2.5."). Can somebody please point me at how to achieve that? Thanks, Joh

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Dropped caps and line length
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

I am using dropped caps in my document, and I have noticed an occasional problem related to them. The problem is that in paragraphs that have dropped caps, an occasional line will run off into the right-hand margin instead of being hyphenated or wrapped around to the next line. I have to confess that I modified the DroppedString in supp-fun.tex (where \DroppedCaps is defined) to add the digits 0 through 9 so that I could have numbers as dropped caps. I thought at first that this might have caused the problem. However, I switched back to an original installation of ConTeXt and found that the problem occurred there too. This is especially pronounced with certain fonts. I also tried using the lettrine module to perform the dropped caps, but saw the same effect there. I will add also that I am using the t-ancientgreek module, and the text in question is polytonic Greek. Thanks in advance for any help offered. I am new to ConTeXt so if my questions are trivial, please pardon! Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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Footnote Formatting
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

I am new to ConTeXt and have two questions about footnote formatting. I have noticed that there is always a space between the footnote number and the actual text of the footnote. My first question is: How can I eliminate this space or at the very least replace the space with a non-breaking space. On my system, the footnote numbers sometimes appear at the end of a line while the footnote text wraps around to the next line. Also, I am formatting my footnotes with \setupfootnotes[n=0,...] so that they appear at the bottom of the page in paragraph form (i.e., not one footnote per line). Due to a section change in the document, I may restart footnote numbering at "1" in the middle of a page. When this happens, I would like to indent footnote #1 just like you would indent a paragraph. My second question is: Can this be done? Any help offered will be greatly appreciated! Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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Re: [NTG-context] Installation Problem
by Neal Lester 26 May '06

26 May '06

At 09:52 AM 5/25/2006, gnwiii(a)gmail.com wrote: >When you run ". setuptex <your_texroot_path>" you should end up with > >TEXFORMATS='$TEXMFOS/web2c/{$engine,}' Ouch! I got bit by something left over from yesterdays failed attempt. Fixing that, everything is working. In Summary: How I installed Context in /usr/local on Redhat EL WS v4 using BASH: Verify that the native RedHat version of tetex is not installed on your system; it is not compatible with Contex: rpm -q tetex rpm -q tetex-afm rpm -q tetex-doc rpm -q tetex-dvilj rpm -q tetex-dvips rpm -q tetex-fonts rpm -q tetex-latex rpm -q tetex-xdvi If any of these packages are installed use rpm -e package-name to erase them. download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/justtex.zip download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/install/linuxtex.zip move both files to /usr/local cd /usr/local unzip justtex.zip unzip linuxtex.zip cd tex chmod +x setuptex (may not be necessary) ./setuptex /usr/local/tex (may want to add to .bash_profile or save the script as /etc/profile.d/setuptex.sh and hard coding the value of TEXROOT in the script.) mkdir $VARTEXMF cd texmf download http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip mv cont-tmp.zip to the current directory ($TEXROOT/texmf) unzip -o cont-tmf.zip cd $TEXMFOS/bin chmod +x * chmod -x xpdfsuite.zip cd $TEXROOT texexec --make en de nl texexec --make metafun George, taco, thank you for the help. Neal

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Question about t-ancientgreek module
by jeffdod＠netzero.net 26 May '06

26 May '06

Hello, I have a question about the t-ancientgreek module for typesetting ancient Greek. I am using DroppedCaps (although I am dropping a numeral instead of a letter in a paragraph...I modified the DroppedString to contain the numerals 0-9) in a paragraph of ancient Greek typeset in the GreekGentiumAlt font. Most paragraphs look fine, but occasionally a word will extend out into the margin instead of being hyphenated or wrapped over into the next line. Here is a bit of sample code that shows this: % Use t-ancientgreek module for typesetting ancient Koine Greek \usemodule[ancientgreek][font=GreekGentiumAlt,scale=1] % Set up indentation parameters \setupindenting[medium] \indenting[always] % Set up inter-paragraph spacing \setupwhitespace[medium] % Set up macros to handle drop-cap chapter numbers \def\DropChapOne{\DroppedCaps{}{Serif}{3.8\baselineskip}{2pt}{2\baselineskip}{3}} \def\DropChap{\DroppedCaps{}{Serif}{2.3\baselineskip}{3pt}{1\baselineskip}{2}} % Set up book start macro...Syntax: book[Chapter][Verse]{Text} \def\book[#1][#2]#3{\par\DropChapOne{#1}\localgreek{#3}} % Set up chapter start macro...Syntax: chapt[Chapter][Verse]{Text} \def\chap[#1][#2]#3{\par\DropChap{#1}\localgreek{#3}} % Set up verse macro...Syntax: verse[Chapter][Verse]{Text} \def\verse[#1][#2]#3{\high{\tfxx \bf #2}\localgreek{#3}} \starttext \book[1][1]{Ὃ ἦí ἀð'' ἀñ÷ῆò, ὃ ἀêçêüáìåí, ὃ ἑùñÜêáìåí ôïῖò ὀöèáëìïῖò ἡìῶí, ὃ ἐèåáóÜìåèá, êáὶ áἱ ÷åῖñåò ἡìῶí ἐøçëÜöçóáí ðåñὶ ôïῦ ëüãïõ ôῆò æùῆò.} \verse[1][2]{Êáὶ ἡ æùὴ ἐöáíåñþèç, êáὶ ἑùñÜêáìåí, êáὶ ìáñôõñïῦìåí, êáὶ ἀðáããÝëëïìåí ὑìῖí ôὴí æùὴí ôὴí áἰþíéïí, ἥôéò ἦí ðñὸò ôὸí ðáôÝñá, êáὶ ἐöáíåñþèç ἡìῖí.} \verse[1][3]{Ὃ ἑùñÜêáìåí êáὶ ἀêçêüáìåí, ἀðáããÝëëïìåí ὑìῖí, ἵíá êáὶ ὑìåῖò êïéíùíßáí ἔ÷çôå ìåè'' ἡìῶí· êáὶ ἡ êïéíùíßá äὲ ἡ ἡìåôÝñá ìåôὰ ôïῦ ðáôñὸò êáὶ ìåôὰ ôïῦ õἱïῦ áὐôïῦ Ἰçóïῦ ÷ñéóôïῦ·}\stoptext Note also that some fonts show this problem while others do not. For instance, the Aristarcoj font does not show this problem. Also, if I remove the dropped cap numeral from any given paragraph, the problem does away. Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong, or how I can correct this problem? Any help anyone is able to give will be greatly appreciated! Jeff Dodson _____________________________________________________________________ Call Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere in the World - FREE! Free Internet calling from NetZero Voice Visit http://www.netzerovoice.com today!

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