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Installation Problem
by Neal Lester 24 May '06

24 May '06

I am trying to verify my installation. When I try to run texexec against the test file given in the installation instructions I don't get a dvi or pdf file. The output is: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing texformat path : .:{!!/home/neal/.texmf-config,!!/home/neal/.texmf-var,/home/neal/texmf,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-config,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-local,!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf-dist}/web2c/{$engine,} fixing engine variable : pdfetex total run time : 0 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead I have set the value for TeXFormatPath in texexec.ini but still get the fixing texformat path message. The contents of cont-en.log are: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (format=pdfetex 2006.5.23) 23 MAY 2006 15:35 entering extended mode **cont-en --proxname=context temp (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex \maxdimen=\dimen10 \hideskip=\skip10 \centering=\skip11 \p@=\dimen11 \z@=\dimen12 \z@skip=\skip12 \voidb@x=\box10 \interdisplaylinepenalty=\count23 \interfootnotelinepenalty=\count24 \bigskipamount=\skip13 \medskipamount=\skip14 \smallskipamount=\skip15 \normalbaselineskip=\skip16 \normallineskip=\skip17 \normallineskiplimit=\dimen13 \jot=\dimen14 \mscount=\count25 \tabs=\box11 \tabsyet=\box12 \tabsdone=\box13 Runaway definition? ->\ifx \next ! Forbidden control sequence found while scanning definition of \sett@b. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \+ l.515 {\ifx\next\+ % ? \end Type <return> to proceed, S to scroll future error messages, R to run without stopping, Q to run quietly, I to insert something, E to edit your file, H for help, X to quit. ? ! Extra \else. l.517 \else ? ! Extra \fi. l.519 \fi ? ! Argument of \nxt has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } l.521 \nxt} ? Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \nxt was complete. <to be read again> \par <to be read again> } l.521 \nxt} ? ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-etx.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-omg.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-xtx.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-gen.tex <unprotect 254> loading : Context System Macros / General ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-ext.tex loading : Context System Macro's / Extras <unprotect 255>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-new.tex <unprotect 256>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-con.tex loading : Context System Macro's / Conversions <unprotect 257>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/syst-var.tex loading : Context System Macro's / Variables ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/math-pln.tex <unprotect 258>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-ini.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Initializations <unprotect 259>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-fil.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Files <unprotect 260>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-dir.tex <unprotect 261>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/mult-ini.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Initialization <unprotect 262>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/mult-sys.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / System <unprotect 263> interface : defining english interface interface : using english messages ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/mult-con.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Constants ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/mult-com.tex loading : Context Multilingual Macros / Commands ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/thrd-ran.tex <unprotect 264>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/thrd-trg.tex <unprotect 265>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-box.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Boxes <unprotect 266>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-mrk.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Marks <unprotect 267>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-vis.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Visualization <unprotect 268>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-fun.tex <unprotect 269> loading : Context Support Macros / Fun Stuff ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-eps.tex loading : Context Support Macros / EPS <unprotect 270>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.tex loading : Context Support Macros / PDF (2004.03.26) <unprotect 271>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-spe.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Specials <unprotect 272>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-mps.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-ini.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Initializations <unprotect 273>) loading : Context Support Macros / MetaPost Inclusion <unprotect 274>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-mpe.tex loading : MetaPost Special Extensions <unprotect 275>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-tpi.tex loading : Context Support Macros / TPIC Conversion <unprotect 276>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-mat.tex loading : Context Support Macros / Math <unprotect 277>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-ran.tex loading : Third Party Macros / Random Number Generation ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/supp-ali.tex <unprotect 278>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/typo-ini.tex loading : Context Typographic Macros (ini) <unprotect 279>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/verb-ini.tex loading : Context Verbatim Macros / Initialization <unprotect 280>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/core-var.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Variables <unprotect 281>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/core-ins.tex loading : Context Insertion Macros / General <unprotect 282>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/core-fil.tex loading : Context Core Macros / File Support <unprotect 283>) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/context/base/core-con.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Conversion Macros <unprotect 284> ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [save size=5000]. \setvalue ...xpandafter \def \csname #1\endcsname <argument> \setvalue {\??cv \v!characters } {\characters } \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dodefineconversion ...defineconversion [][#1][#2] \fi <to be read again> \defineconversion l.910 \defineconversion [\v!Characters] [\Characters] If you really absolutely need more capacity, you can ask a wizard to enlarge me. Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 5402 strings out of 97341 66180 string characters out of 1211535 78945 words of memory out of 1000000 6449 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 14794 words of font info for 50 fonts, out of 500000 for 2000 14 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000 14i,4n,15p,218b,5000s stack positions out of 1500i,500n,5000p,200000b,5000s No pages of output.

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t-bib (extra special experimental version), XML and nocite
by Johannes Graumann 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hello, I'm trying to get my XML citation definitions, which look like so: <cite id="verma:04,mayor:05a,griffin:05" opt="no"/> to differentiate between "no" and t-bib options I hand into the "opt" flag like this: \defineXMLargument [cite] [opt=] {% \doifelse{\XMLop{opt}}{no} {% \expanded{\nocite[\XMLop{id}]}% } {% \expanded{\cite[\XMLop{opt}][\XMLop{id}]}% } } With this definition something like: <cite id="verma:04,mayor:05a,griffin:05" opt="authoryears"/> works just fine, but <cite id="verma:04,mayor:05a,griffin:05" opt="no"/> fails to show up in the biblist. I'm not sure whether this is related to the fact that I'm using an experimental t-bib version which Taco provided to enable correct chapter specific bibliographies. If you have any insight into what I'm doing wrong: please help. Joh

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Making posters with ConTeXT
by Jorge Manuel de Almeida Magalhães 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi I am trying to making a scientifique poster in Context. I need some suggestions, foreground an example, to start. Somebody has a nice example to share? What is the correct scales for the fonts? Have a nice day/night Thanks to all Jorge

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tabulation spacing
by andrea valle 24 May '06

24 May '06

Evidently I'm missing something. {\switchtobodyfont[14pt] \starttabulate \NR \NC {\bf FRAME} \NC {\bf 1} \NC {\bf 2} \NC {\bf 3} \NC $\ldots$ \NC\NR \NC bin: 1 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC bin: 2 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC bin: 512 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NR \stoptabulate } This seems to work, but I have a strange spacing between the first two columns and the last three ones. Could anyone explain to me why? Thanks a lot Best -a- Andrea Valle DAMS - Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle(a)unito.it

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Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi there, this is the only thing I could come up with, using manual page breaks and not using an area at all: Before \starttext, do \setupbackgrounds[page][background=pagegraphics] \definelayer[pagegraphics][x=0cm,y=0cm,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \useexternalfigure[pdf01][01-x3.pdf][scale=1000] Within the columnset, at the appropriate place do \page %if necessary, manual spacing adjustment on the last line of the prev. Page \setupheader[state=empty] \setupfooter[state=empty] \setlayer[pagegraphics][x=0mm, y=0mm]{\externalfigure[pdf01]} ~\page This is more or less ugly, since I have to break pages manually and maybe need to adjust spacing on the page before the image. But I'm used to it, that's the way I did it in LaTeX when I used the multicols package. I just thought there must be a more elegant solution within Context. I did try to place the background in the columnsetarea (which worked), but in there never got rid of the headers. Does anyone know if it's possible? Hans maybe? Because that would be the one thing I need. If it's not possible I'll just keep doing the LaTeX thing in Context, and have the advantage of column spans for introduction text as a bonus... Michael > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: ntg-context-bounces(a)ntg.nl > [mailto:ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl] Im Auftrag von Ehrt, Michael > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 24. Mai 2006 09:54 > An: mailing list for ConTeXt users > Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement? > > Hi again, > > > Is there a way that gives more control over figure > placement within a > > columnset area? What I'd like to do is: > > > > - have a columnset area that covers a whole page > > - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page > (don't know > > how) > > - place an external figure on that page which is the same > size as the > > whole page, 210 by 297mm. > > > > What I tried so far is: > > > > \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] > > \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] > > \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,sta > > te=start] > > \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,sta > > te=start] > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] > > \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups > > \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups > > > I managed to clear headers and footers by using > > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][{\page[no,blank]\setups{mypdf}}] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][{\page[no,blank]\setups{myjpg}}] > > But this has the problem that it clears ALL headers and footers on > subsequent pages. Trying to clear them using > \setupheader[text][state=empty] here didn't work. What I > actually looked > for was something like > > \adaptlayout[3,5][command={\setupheader[text][state=empty]\set > upfooter[t > ext][state=empty]}] > > But this doesn't exist. Also, changing the layout width is > not possible > with adaptlayout, which might fix the left-right-positioning... > > Does anyone know how to do it? > > Cheers > > Michael > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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Re: [NTG-context] Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi again, > Is there a way that gives more control over figure placement within a > columnset area? What I'd like to do is: > > - have a columnset area that covers a whole page > - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page (don't know > how) > - place an external figure on that page which is the same size as the > whole page, 210 by 297mm. > > What I tried so far is: > > \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] > \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] > \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,sta > te=start] > \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,sta > te=start] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] > \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] > \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups > \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups I managed to clear headers and footers by using \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][{\page[no,blank]\setups{mypdf}}] \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][{\page[no,blank]\setups{myjpg}}] But this has the problem that it clears ALL headers and footers on subsequent pages. Trying to clear them using \setupheader[text][state=empty] here didn't work. What I actually looked for was something like \adaptlayout[3,5][command={\setupheader[text][state=empty]\setupfooter[t ext][state=empty]}] But this doesn't exist. Also, changing the layout width is not possible with adaptlayout, which might fix the left-right-positioning... Does anyone know how to do it? Cheers Michael

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Framedtext left/right offset?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi, Is there a way to have \startcolumnsetspan[intro] \startframedtext[frame=off,bottomframe=on,topframe=on,offset=1ex] \it Some introduction text here \stopframedtext \stopcolumnsetspan without the offset to the left and right? There's no frame drawn to the left and right so I don't want the offset there. Since I couldn't find a way to get rid of the offset I'm currently using \startcolumnsetspan[intro] \hrule\vskip1ex \it \input knuth \vskip1ex\hrule\crlf \stopcolumnsetspan I know that the use of \vskip is not recommended (according to the manual), but this is the only way I found... Cheers Michael

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Controlling figure placement?
by Ehrt, Michael 24 May '06

24 May '06

Hi everyone, Is there a way that gives more control over figure placement within a columnset area? What I'd like to do is: - have a columnset area that covers a whole page - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page (don't know how) - place an external figure on that page which is the same size as the whole page, 210 by 297mm. What I tried so far is: \definecolumnset[test][n=3,distance=15pt] \definecolumnsetspan[intro][n=2] \definecolumnsetarea[one][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=3,state=start] \definecolumnsetarea[two][fixed][x=1,y=1,nx=3,ny=46,page=5,state=start] \setupcolumnsetareatext[one][\setups{mypdf}] \setupcolumnsetareatext[two][\setups{myjpg}] \startsetups[mypdf]\externalfigure[01-x3.pdf]\stopsetups \startsetups[myjpg]\externalfigure[01.jpg]\stopsetups The pdf is placed on page 3, left aligned at the text body, top aligned at the text body. Both is not what I want in this case. The jpg is placed on page 5, vertically centered which is ok, left aligned at the text body which is also not what I want. Headers and footers are not a problem this time, since the figure obscures them. But in the past I've had images slightly smaller than the text body, in which case I'd like to wipe out headers and footers on that particular page... Any ideas anyone? Cheers Michael

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\to broken in figure captions
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 May '06

23 May '06

A workaround: \starttext \def\myto{\to} \placefigure[abc]{ABC $n\myto1$.}{} \input tufte \stoptext

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figure directory is sort of searched
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 May '06

23 May '06

The figure searching code gets confused if a file of the same basename (but in a different directory) has already been loaded. Here is a minimal min.tex to show what I mean: \starttext \setupexternalfigures[directory={1}] \placefigure[here][ch1fig]{should be 1/fig-1.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-1.pdf]} \setupexternalfigures[directory={2}] \placefigure[here][ch2fig1]{should be 2/fig-1.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-1.pdf]} \placefigure[here][ch2fig2]{should be 2/fig-2.pdf}{\externalfigure[fig-2.pdf]} \stoptext Probably it's a silly idea to use \setupexternalfigures within the body, but the same problem happens when using components (where each component's preamble has a similar line), where it makes more sense. Here is the directory structure (all the files are attached as a .tgz): min.tex 1/fig-1.pdf 2/fig-1.pdf 2/fig-2.pdf The final (third) figure is correctly found as 2/fig-2.pdf. But the second figure is reused from 1/fig-1.pdf because another fig-1.pdf has already been found: as 1/fig-1.pdf. Here is the relevant bit from the texexec output: <./1/fig-1.pdf> figures : dimensions of 1/fig-1.pdf loaded from figurefile itself (./min.tuo) (/home/sanjoy/texmf/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) floatblocks : 1 placed figures : figureobject fig-1.pdf is reused <===== The problem?? floatblocks : 2 placed <./2/fig-2.pdf> figures : dimensions of 2/fig-2.pdf loaded from figurefile itself floatblocks : 3 placed One part of ConTeXt does know the right figure path. A \getfiguredimensions[fig-1.pdf] after the second \placefigure will trigger a kpathsea search for 2/fig-1.pdf, which it finds. But it still loads 1/fig-1.pdf, which is why I've said 'sort of searched' in the subject line. -Sanjoy

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