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modules
by Hans Hagen 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi, In order to be able to generate new zips i'd like the modules in the wiki to be tds compliant as soon as possible. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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doifempty
by Bernd Militzer 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi all, after I defined \def\VariA{} \def\VariB{with Text} \doifemptyelse{\VariA}{empty}{not empty}\crlf \doifemptyelse{\VariB}{empty}{not empty} both results are "not empty"! what do I wrong? thanks for help Bernd

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Problem with external graphics
by The Wizard 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

All - I am experiencing some strange behavior with external graphics. I use one file to setup all the graphics for later inclusion. All that is in the file is a bunch of "\useexternalgraphics" statements, so I can reference the graphics by name later. The problem comes when I try to use "\placefigure" instead of "\externalfigure". Here is an example: Figure setup: \useexternalfigure[Figure 1][Figure1][scale=520,type=pdf,factr=broad] % This sets up the file 'Figure1.pdf' for later inclusion If I then reference it using \externalfigure[Figure 1] the figure is included at the spot following the text, and fits on the remainder of the page, which is what I want. But if I try to add a caption to it by using \placefigure [force][] {} {\externalfigure[Figure 1][Figure 1]} the figure gets the caption, but always is placed on the top of the following page. Why is this? -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell

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completecontent, completeindex
by David Arnold 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

All, If you use \completecontent or \completeindex, how do you manipulate the heads of these constructs? Can I change the text of the header, Contents to Table of Contents? Can I change the color? Can I change the font size and style? Can I suppress the headertext? Somewhat like \setuphead[chapter] [header=high]? Can I do other stuff I normally do with heads? Can I flush the head to the right edge of the page?

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Subsection header last item on a page
by David Arnold 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

All, A subsection head should not be the last item to appear on a page. What setting should prevent this?

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core-buf from Hans
by David Arnold 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hans, Taco, et al, This is a FYI. After updating my Context through Gerben's site: chapter2 $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 cont-en : ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 fmt: 2006.8.9 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 fmt: 2006.8.9 mes: dutch total run time : 2 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead I still had to replace core-buf with the one Hans sent me in order to get our figures to show up in our second chapter.

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m-bib module
by simon.laplace＠garrulus.com 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi there, I have just installed the latest version of m-bib. Where I had before a citation "alpher and bethe" with \cite[author] for a bib-item with two authors I get only the first now. What has to be changed in order to get two authors in the text while for more than two there will be "alpher et al."? Thanks for a reply Simon

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How to align graphics at text edge?
by The Wizard 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

All - Thanks to some help from Hans, I have a very clean setup which creates a "standard" cover for my project documents. It has a long colored swirl the length of the page, two logos (mine and the customers') and a title. The code looks like this \startsetups[titlepage] \setuplayout[page] \startstandardmakeup \setlayer[page] [preset=lefttop] {\externalfigure[wp_cover_art_blue.pdf][height=\paperheight]} \setlayer[page] [preset=righttop,y=.01\paperheight,x=.01\paperwidth] {\externalfigure[customer-logo.pdf][height=.1\paperheight]} \setlayer[page] [preset=righttop,y=.08\paperheight,x=.01\paperwidth] {\externalfigure[my_logo_blk.pdf][height=.1\paperheight]} \setlayer[page][preset=middle] {\definedfont[SansBold at 22pt]\color[sunblue]\setupinterlinespace \framed[align=flushleft,frame=off]{\getvariable{document}{title}}} \tightlayer[page] \stopstandardmakeup \setuplayout \setuppagenumber[number=2] \doifmodeelse{twosided} { \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,alternative=doublesided, location=,state=start] } { \setuppagenumbering[conversion=romannumerals,alternative=singlesided, location=,state=start] } \doifmode{twosided} {\page[yes,right]} \stopsetups and is invoked in the document as \setups[titlepage] Now, I am trying to figure out how to get the two logo graphics to align to the right edge of the printable page, but I can't seem to find the right "key" to the \externalfigure call. I have looked at the wiki, and through the manuals, but I don't seem to be able to find what I want. Any ideas? -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell

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t-lilypond: no longer needs eps step?
by David Wooten 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Greetings, I've just noticed that in the development branch change log [1] of LilyPond (2.9) the following notice has been posted about the LaTeX module lilypond-book: "lilypond-book now includes support for PDFTeX." I'm curious as to whether that means "Generating a pdf directly always creates a whole page, so we generate eps first." might no longer be necessary? [1] http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html

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updating ConTeXt with ctxtools
by Alan Bowen 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Gerben’s iInstaller does not seem to be picking up new versions any more, so I tried texmfstart ctxtools --update What I got in response was kpsewhich: option `--expand-var' requires an argument CtxTools | updating CtxTools | unable to change to and a return to the prompt. I checked the man page for ctxtools, but the --updatecontext option does not seem to include any further options. So what am I missing? I am running CtxTools | version 1.3.3 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD context version: 2006.07.22 18:35 Best, Alan

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