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texmfstart?
by Hans van der Meer 23 May '06

23 May '06

Since installing the last ConTeXt update I am aware of the message from texexec: warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead Good, I call: "texmfstart texexec --version" instead of "texexec --version" Result: -bash: texmfstart: command not found Is my system suddenly incomplete? I am using Mac OS X 10.4.6, the most recent development I would think. What happened and how can I get to the level of system support ConTeXt seems to expect of me? Hans van der Meer

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texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF
by Tobias Burnus 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 produces: No pages of output. texmfstart texexec --pdf however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 bytes) Tobias

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Textbackground overlapping (2)
by nico 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, Sorry, just another overlapping case I should have put in the preceding mail: when a float cuts the backgrounded stuff, the float is backgrounded too. Maybe harder to fix. An example showing both cases (footnote + float): \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \definetextbackground[grayback] [background=color, backgroundcolor=ScreenGray, frame=on, strut=yes, width=broad, location=paragraph, framecolor=ScreenGray, leftoffset=\topskipgap, before=\blank, after=\blank, align=right] \starttext A footnote\footnote{Covered by the background, right?}. \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \starttextbackground[grayback] \input tufte \stoptextbackground \placefigure[top]{joke}{\framed[width=5cm]{Hi}} \stoptext Regards, BG

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corrupted .map files or MikTeX messing around?
by Mojca Miklavec 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, a friend sent me some currupted PDF files (produced by ConTeXt) yesterday: all the fonts were missing in the document. He installed the latest ConTeXt (unzipped cont-tmf) on top of MikTeX (and I was able to reproduce his problem). In MikTeX the file fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/ec-public-lm.map was used instead of fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-lm.map ec-public-lm.map looks like: ec-lmb10 lm-ec lmb10 ec-lmbo10 lm-ec lmbo10 ec-lmbx10 lm-ec lmbx10 ec-lmbx12 lm-ec lmbx12 while the other one reads: ec-lmb10 LMRoman10-Demi "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmb10.pfb ec-lmbo10 LMRoman10-DemiOblique "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmbo10.pfb ec-lmbx10 LMRoman10-Bold "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmbx10.pfb ec-lmbx12 LMRoman12-Bold "enclmec ReEncodeFont" <lm-ec.enc <lmbx12.pfb So pdfTeX reported many arrors (see one of the recent threads "new release"): Warning: pdfetex (file original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font fil e missing ... Whose fault is it? MikTeX's pdfTeX using the wrong path & files or were the map files [unintentionally] changed in order to support XeTeX perhaps? Mojca

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Framedtext width
by nico 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, Is there a way (magical option) to have the framedtext width adapt to the environment width where it is put? I've tried width=broad, but it always uses the page \textwidth, even if the framedtext is in an item or something like this. There is the same behaviour for background too. An example: \setuplayout[middle] \setupcolors[state=start] \defineframedtext[mybox] [width=broad, frame=on, before=\blank, after=\blank] \starttext Here is an example: \startitemize[n] \item \input tufte \startmybox Some text in the box \stopmybox \input tufte \stopitemize \stoptext Regards, BG

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Background placement
by nico 23 May '06

23 May '06

Hello, The placement of backgrounded text is sometimes unexpected: it forces a page break even if there's much room in the page to put the whole thing. Searching in the mailing list I've found one thread about the subject (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20051205.090518.90cc69d4.en.html) but playing with \setupinterlinespace as suggested doesn't help. The problem often occurs just after a heading starting at the top of a page (section, enumeration title). Here is an example showing the behaviour: \setuplayout[middle] \setupcolors[state=start] % Background \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \setupbackground [background=screen, frame=on, strut=yes, width=broad, before=\blank, after=\blank, framecolor=ScreenGray, align=right] % Verbatim environment for programlisting \definetyping[programlisting] \setuptyping[programlisting] [bodyfont=small, before={\startbackground}, after={\stopbackground}] \starttext \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \input tufte \section{joke} Here is an example: \startprogramlisting Some code \stopprogramlisting And the text continues... \stoptext Regards, BG

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Dropped Caps with Numerals
by jeffdod＠comcast.net 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to do dropped caps (in ConTeXt) but with numerals instead of letters. The standard DroppedCaps macro only seems to work with letters. Jeff Dodson

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Possible users meeting?
by Taco Hoekwater 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hi all, On the trip to (and from) Bachotek, Hans and I have discussed a great many topics related to ConTeXt. One of the things we discussed was this: If there is sufficient interest, we could organize a ConTeXt (mini)conference. Tentative programme: friday night : arrivals saturday : talks sunday : talks/tutorials/workshops monday morning : early departures monday : developer meetings & more tutorials We are thinking about spring 2007 (March or April). The meeting place would be the south of the Netherlands, close to Maastricht Aachen Airport. We cannot say how much it would cost without a better idea of number of attendees/programme, but we will try to keep the costs low. Some stuff we really want to know, so we can make a final decision: * are you interested in such a meeting? ("no" is also an interesting answer!) * would you be willing to give a talk or tutorial? (Hans and I cannot talk for three days straight) * are you happy with planning/programme? (any special requests about topics?) NOTE: In the interest of email traffic control we request that if you only reply "yes" or "no", then please reply to me *personally*, and no to the entire list. Thanks in advance. Greetings, Taco (also talking for Hans)

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Math encoding in XeTeX
by Ricard Roca 22 May '06

22 May '06

Hi, With ConTeXt and pdfTeX you can use \enableregime[utf] (utf8 encoding) with normal mode and math mode (no need to write \pm, \alpha or \times). But with ConTeXt and XeTeX you don't have to specify utf8 regime, because XeTeX can read utf8 directly. However, math mode in XeTeX is a different story ( 256 character tfm's are needed and so, and the encoding has to be ascii, so you have to write \pm, and ± doesn't work). It would be nice if utf8 regime (using uni-xxx files) could be enabled only for math mode when using XeTeX, and so you would be able to input unicode characters in all modes (normal and math). Thanks in advance, Ricard Roca

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slithering captions
by Sanjoy Mahajan 22 May '06

22 May '06

One weekend years ago I studied tex's insertions and learnt enough to write (i.e. hack) macros to produce a layout that I'm trying to reproduce using ConTeXt. I've figured parts of it out, no doubt the easier parts. The layout has a 4in text column and a 2.3in right margin for figures and captions. Experiments with setuplayout got those blocks working. But figures are to be placed according to their width. Three natural widths appear in the layout: 1. margin (2.3in) 2. text (4in) 3. text + margin (+ gutter) = 6.5in You can see the results of the plain-TeX implementation in the book chapters at <http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/sanjoy/mit/>. A figure is then placed in one of three ways: 1. width <= margin: margin float, with caption below it. One example is p.8 of chapter 1. 2. width <= text: float to top of page, with caption in the right margin. One example is p.7 of chapter 1. 3. width <= text + margin + gutter: float to top of page, bleeding into the margin, with caption below it in the margin. One example is p. 11 of chapter 1. So the first step in doing the placement automatically is to get the width of the figure. Assuming that I've done \useexternalfigure[fig_a][f-1.pdf] is there an easy way to get fig_a's dimensions? After using the figure, e.g. with \placefigure[margin][]{some caption}{\externalfigure[fig_a]} then \wd\floatbox has the dimension I need. Will another macro fill in \floatbox without doing the work of using the figure? I tried \dogetfiguresizetex but probably with wrong arguments. Another option was \newdimen\a \newdimen\b \newdimen\c \newdimen\d \dogetPDFmediabox{f-1.pdf}{\a}{\b}{\c}{\d} and then \c has the width, but without any scaling and only for pdf figures. Once I have the width, I can define \autofig and use it like so: \autofig{L}{caption} and \autofig will look up the width of the figure labeled L and do roughly: \placefigure[margin][]{caption}{\externalfigure[L]} % margin figures OR {\setupcaptions[location=middle] % for text figures \placefigure[top][]{caption}{\externalfigure[L]} } OR {\setupcaptions[width=2.3in,align=right] % for even wider figures \placefigure[top][]{caption}{\externalfigure[L]} } The next problem after finding the figure width is to find the right alternative to location=middle (which puts the caption to the left, whereas I wanted it in the margin and to the right). And, but this is trying to do too much at once, the next problem is that margin caption below the widest figures (case 3 above) shouldn't overlap other floats in the margin and also shouldn't count toward the figure's height in the text block. But maybe that's done automatically -- I'll make some experiments. Any hints greatly appreciated, and, once I get it working, I'll wikify the layout if there's interest. -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' - Bertrand de Jouvenal

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