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typing midaligned
by Peter Münster 09 May '06

09 May '06

Hello, such things are really easy and straightforward with LaTeX (parbox and minipage), but with ConTeXt I have still a lot of difficulties. This is what I do to align some typing in the middle: \starttext \input tufte \setuptyping[before=\vskip-\lineheight,after=\vskip-0.13\lineheight] \startalignment[middle] \dontleavehmode \framed[align=lohi,frame=off]{% \starttyping bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla \stoptyping } \stopalignment \input tufte \stoptext The result is correct, but can't this be done much easier? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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TeXUtil fatal error ?!
by Renaud AUBIN 09 May '06

09 May '06

Hi all, I have upgraded to the latest release and I'm not sure if this problem is due to this update but I obtain at compilation: Transcript written on prd_phd.log. TeXUtil | parsing file prd_phd.tui ------> TeXUtil | fatal error in plugin processor MySynonyms (wrong argument type nil (expected Regexp)) TeXUtil | shortcuts : 0 TeXUtil | expansions: 0 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 12 TeXUtil | commands: 1918 TeXUtil | synonyms: flowchart 1 TeXUtil | synonyms: unit 5 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved TeXExec | runtime: 66.441343 The pdf looks good... An idea ? Cheers, Renaud

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\setuppapersize and \startMPpage
by Johan Sandblom 09 May '06

09 May '06

Dear expertise, I have the following: \definepapersize[thesis][width=169mm, height=239mm] \setuppapersize[thesis][A4] \setuplayout [location=middle, marking=on] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided, location=marginedge, state=stop] \starttext % Title page \startMPpage % Some metafun \stopMPpage % Some text \stoptext The resulting pdf has a smaller first page (thesis size) while the rest are A4 with the thesis pages place centrally. I would like to see the title page placed on an A4 sheet as well. What am I doing wrong? Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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problem using \usepackage{m-metapo}
by Luis A Escobar 09 May '06

09 May '06

I do not know if it is proper to post this question to this list but a miktex-user suggested to send it to you because there were not suggestioned solutions on that list. My apologies if I am sending this to the wrong list. This is the problem I am new to MiKTeX and I am have not been able to solve a problem that arises when I try to use the m-metapo package. Here is a simple example \documentclass{article} \usepackage{m-metapo} \begin{document} Why this error? \end{document} This is the error I get (C:\MiKTeX\Main\tex\context\base\supp-mis.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Miscellaneous (2004.10.26) ) loading : Context Support Macros / MetaPost Inclusion ! Undefined control sequence. \startMPinclusions ->\dosingleempty \dostartMPinclusions l.245 \startMPinclusions \stopMPinclusions ? The relevant part of the log says \MPextensions=\toks18 ! Undefined control sequence. \startMPinclusions ->\dosingleempty \dostartMPinclusions l.245 \startMPinclusions \stopMPinclusions ? r OK, entering \nonstopmode... ! Use of \dostartMPinclusions doesn't match its definition. l.245 \startMPinclusions \stopMPinclusions If you say, e.g., `\def\a1{...}', then you must always put `1' after `\a', since control sequence names are made up of letters only. The macro here has not been followed by the required stuff, so I'm ignoring it. I have wasted hours on this stupid thing. I would greatly a hint to solve this. I have a large number of metapost graphs that I used through the m-metapo package Thank you for any help Luis A. Escobar Louisiana State University

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Itemize in two columns
by WN 09 May '06

09 May '06

I want to use the itemize command to produce the following list, but I don't know if this is possible at all. *a)* bla bla * b) *bla bla *c)* bla bla *d)* bla bla *e)* bla bla instead of a) bla bla d) bla bla b) bla bla e) bla bla c) bla bla Kind regards Wim

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bug in mptopdf?
by Peter Rolf 09 May '06

09 May '06

Hi, I get the following error with the newest context (09.05.2006): ------- 1 output file written: testbrief-mpgraph.1 Transcript written on testbrief-mpgraph.log. [MP to PDF] (./testbrief-mpgraph.1)This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2c 7.5.3) (testbrief-mpgraph.mp ! Extra tokens will be flushed. <to be read again> numeric resetspotcolors->numeric .spotcolorhash[][]; <scantokens> resetspotcolors ; resetcmykcolors ; add_special_signal ; spe... <to be read again> ; endfig->scantokens.extra_endfig; shipit;endgroup l.160 endfig ; ? ------- No problems with the version from 27.04.2006. The mp-file is attached. Calling 'mptopdf *filename*' results in the same error. Greets, Peter mpgraph:=1; randomseed:=2648; _special_div_ := 10000; if unknown context_tool: input mp-tool; fi; if unknown context_spec: input mp-spec; fi; if unknown context_grph: input mp-grph; fi; graphictextformat:="context"; graphictextdirective "\global \loadfontfileoncetrue \usetypescriptfile [type-adobe-copperplate] \usetypescript [Copperplate] \usetypescriptfile [type-monotype] \usetypescript [ArialMT] \loadmapfile [texnansi-bitstrea-zapfhumanist.map] \usetypescriptfile [type-bitstrea-zapfhumanist] \usetypescript [ZapfHumanist] \setupbodyfont [ZapfHumanist,12pt]"; string contextversion; contextversion:="2006.05.08 23:37"; if not known _data_prefix_: string _data_prefix_,_data_suffix_; fi; _data_prefix_:="testbrief-mpd-"; _data_suffix_:=".mpd"; boolean collapse_data; collapse_data:=true; _data_suffix_:=".mpd"; color OverlayColor,OverlayLineColor; def initialize_form_numbers = do_initialize_numbers; enddef; vardef ForegroundBox = unitsquare xysized(HSize,VSize) enddef ; vardef PageFraction = if 3>1: (1-1)/(3-1) else: 1 fi enddef ; if unknown context_page: input mp-page; fi; boolean PageStateAvailable,OnRightPage,InPageBody; PageStateAvailable:=true; path PlainTextArea; if unknown context_core : input mp-core.mp ; fi ; ; defaultfont:="texnansi-zapfhumanist-roman"; defaultscale:=12.0pt/10pt; cmykcolors:=true; spotcolors:=true; OverlayWidth:=469.47046pt ; OverlayHeight:=681.80237pt ; OverlayDepth:=681.80237pt ; OverlayColor:=(0,0,0); OverlayLineWidth:=0pt ; OverlayLineColor:=(0,0,0); BaseLineSkip:=15.8592pt; LineHeight:=15.8592pt; BodyFontSize:=12.0pt; TopSkip:=12.0pt; StrutHeight:=11.41864pt; StrutDepth:=4.44055pt; CurrentWidth:=469.47046pt; CurrentHeight:=681.80237pt; EmWidth:=12.0pt; ExHeight:=5.664pt; PageNumber:=1; RealPageNumber:=1; LastPageNumber:= lastpage; prologues:=2; HSize:=469.47046pt; VSize:=681.80237pt; OnRightPage:=true; InPageBody:=false ; def LoadPageState = OnRightPage:=true; OnOddPage:=true; RealPageNumber:=1; PageNumber:=1; NOfPages:=3; PaperHeight:=845.04684pt; PaperWidth:=597.50787pt; PrintPaperHeight:=845.04684pt; PrintPaperWidth:=597.50787pt; TopSpace:=48.08513pt; BottomSpace:=74.26172pt; BackSpace:=68.57115pt; CutSpace:=59.46626pt; MakeupHeight:=722.7pt; MakeupWidth:=469.47046pt; TopHeight:=0.0pt; TopDistance:=0.0pt; HeaderHeight:=0.0pt; HeaderDistance:=0.0pt; TextHeight:=681.80237pt; FooterDistance:=25.03842pt; FooterHeight:=15.8592pt; BottomDistance:=0.0pt; BottomHeight:=0.0pt; LeftEdgeWidth:=0.0pt; LeftEdgeDistance:=0.0pt; LeftMarginWidth:=75.58197pt; LeftMarginDistance:=11.99829pt; TextWidth:=469.47046pt; RightMarginDistance:=11.99829pt; RightMarginWidth:=75.58197pt; RightEdgeDistance:=0.0pt; RightEdgeWidth:=0.0pt; InnerMarginDistance:=11.99829pt; InnerMarginWidth:=75.58197pt; OuterMarginDistance:=11.99829pt; OuterMarginWidth:=75.58197pt; InnerEdgeDistance:=0.0pt; InnerEdgeWidth:=0.0pt; OuterEdgeDistance:=0.0pt; OuterEdgeWidth:=0.0pt; PageOffset:=0.0pt; PageDepth:=0.0pt; LayoutColumns:=1; LayoutColumnDistance:=0.0pt; LayoutColumnWidth:=469.47046pt; enddef; ResetTextAreas; ; SaveTextAreas; ResetTextAreas; ; ; PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((0pt,0pt)--(0pt,0pt) shifted (0pt,0pt)); local_multi_par_area:=false; ; let mprunend = end ; beginfig(1); begingroup newnumeric u ; newpicture tb,p ; interim bboxmargin:= .3pt ; interim defaultscale:= .3 ; u:= 2.54/7.2 ; p:=dashpattern(on 2.5mm off 2.5mm); draw (origin--(PaperWidth,0)) dashed p withpen pencircle scaled .2mm withcolor (scaledrgb(.9373,.6471,0,1)) ; tb:= thelabel.top(decimal(roundd(142.26378pt*u,2)) &" mm", (2mm,0)) ; fill bbox tb withcolor transparent(1,.7,(scaledgray(1,1))) ; draw tb ; endgroup endfig; let end=mprunend; end. end

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mail server problems
by Hans Hagen 09 May '06

09 May '06

Hi, Last night there were problems with the ntg mail server (disk space). It looks like the list works again now so if you lost postings, resent. 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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White space around synonyms
by Johannes Graumann 08 May '06

08 May '06

Hello, please take a look at the output of the code appended. I'm plagued by incorrect white space around the output: to much before and after the expanded '\infull' and short versions. How to remedy that? Thanks ... it sure took me a while to find the '\executeifdefined' tidbit ... Joh % setup 'synonymes' list called 'abbreviations' \definesynonyms[abbreviation][abbreviations][\infull] % give out in the list the ones used \setupsynonyms[abbreviation][criterium=used] % <abbreviations/> calls the completelist as a 'chapter' \defineXMLargument [abbreviations] {\expanded{\completelistofabbreviations}} % abbreviations are defined as follows \defineXMLenvironment [abbreviationdev] [key=] { \defineXMLsave[short] \defineXMLsave[full] } { \abbreviation [\XMLop{key}] {\XMLflush{short}} {\XMLflush{full}} } % abbreviations are recalled like this (short version is the default) \defineXMLargument [abbreviation] [key=,opt=short] { \doifelse{\XMLop{opt}}{full} {\infull{\XMLop{key}}} {\executeifdefined{\XMLop{key}}} } \starttext \startXMLdata <abbreviationdev key="id"> <short>short</short> <full>full description of ``short''</full> </abbreviationdev> <abbreviations/> Blabla <abbreviation key="id" opt="short"/>. More blabla <abbreviation key="id" opt="full"/>. \stopXMLdata \stoptext

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Minion/Myriad
by Michal Kvasnicka 08 May '06

08 May '06

Good evening. I've found there are some nice Minion/Myriad fonts included in the Acrobat Reader 7.x for Linux, and that they include glyphs needed for the typesetting Czech. But I don't know how to handle .otf fonts. I know there are some huge manuals on this topic, but I'm really short of time. So I dare to ask one lazy question: Does anybody here have all the necessary files (typescripts, metrics, virtual fonts, .otf translated to .pfb etc)? Would he be so nice to zip and send it to me? (Perhaps with a sample file showing how to use it?) I'd be really thankful for that. (I know it's not a great reward.) Your sincerely lazy being short of time :-) Michal Kvasnicka

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Footnotes lost in description terms
by nico 08 May '06

08 May '06

Hello, When some footnotes are put in description terms, their number appears in the terms but their text don't appear at the bottom of the page. Is it a known limitation? Here is an example: \definedescription[descr][ headstyle=bold,style=normal,align=left,location=hanging, width=broad,margin=1cm] \setupwhitespace[medium] \starttext Here is a footnote\footnote{In a simple paragraph}. \startdescr{This\footnote{A footnote} term contains\footnote{Another one} a footnote} This is a shorter item label, and some text\footnote{What about this?} that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented. \stopdescr \startdescr{This\footnote{More footnotes} term contains\footnote{Another again} a footnote} This is a shorter item label, and some text that talks about it. The text is wrapped into a paragraph, with successive lines indented. \stopdescr Here is a footnote\footnote{After the descriptions}. \stoptext Regards, BG

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