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by Hans Hagen 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

heeft iemand een eps (in kleur) van het ntg logo? 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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texexec is very coy
by Sanjoy Mahajan 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

When texexec doesn't find a program or a file, it doesn't complain loudly. In this output from a recent run extra program : dvipos z total run time : 3 seconds texexec went looking for 'dvipos'. I didn't suspect any problem since I didn't know that it wasn't installed (and hadn't heard of it until a few hours ago). An error message like this would be useful:: extra program : dvipos z ERROR: Could not run 'dvipos' total run time : 3 seconds Perhaps at the end of the run repeat all those error msgs (otherwise they gets buried in all the output). A similar message would be useful when the tex file itself doesn't exist: $ texexec nosuchfile.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex total run time : 1 seconds Eventually I learnt that a run time of 1 second meant I'd mistyped the file name, but a message would be useful (and more helpful than prompting for the correct filename: I like Unix programs to not ask questions). -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' - Bertrand de Jouvenal

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XML and Multipage table
by Johannes Graumann 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

Hello, Does anybody have an insight into why a table created with the following mapping rule for XML code does not present it's caption and is not split? Thanks Joh \defineXMLnested [table] {\bgroup \defineXMLsave[caption] \defineXMLsave[header] \defineXMLsave[body] %\defineXMLnested[header]{\bTABLEhead} {\eTABLEhead} %\defineXMLnested[body] {\bTABLEbody} {\eTABLEbody} \placetable [\XMLpar{table}{location}{here}] [\XMLpar{table}{label}{unknown}] {\XMLflush{caption}} \bgroup \setupTABLE[frame=off,split=repeat,style={\switchtobodyfont[small]\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex]}] \framed[frame=off,topframe=on,bottomframe=on,offset=none,rulethickness=0.75pt] \bgroup \bTABLE[distance=7.5pt] \bTABLEhead \XMLflush{header} \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \XMLflush{body} \eTABLEbody \bTABLEfoot\eTABLEfoot } {\eTABLE \egroup \egroup \egroup}

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Miktex woes
by David Arnold 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

All, A colleague of mine did an update of his miktex. Now his context won't work with this error: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 warning : texexec.ini not found, try 'texexec --verbose' TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 current path : C:/Book/IntAlgText/trunk/chapter3 locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.ini on scripts locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.ini elsewhere locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.rme on scripts locating ini file : kpsewhiching texexec.rme elsewhere locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path warning : texexec.ini not found, did you read 'texexec.rme'? This was working before the Miktex update. Miktex has a texexec.exe in a bin/ file. That's the one being used, but we cannot find any instance of texexec.ini in the miktex tree. I don't think Miktex uses the ini file. Anyone know what's going on here? Alternatively, could I get a suggestion for a good miktex installation of context using the zip file from Pragma?

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XML floating figure and width.
by Johannes Graumann 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

Hello, My XML mapping rule for a floating figure looks (thanks to Hans' help) as follows: \defineXMLenvironment [figure] [width=] [location=here] { \bgroup \defineXMLsave[caption] \defineXMLsave[graphic] } { \placefigure [\XMLpar{figure}{location}{}] [\XMLpar{figure}{label}{unknown}] {\XMLflush{caption}} {\externalfigure[\XMLflush{graphic}][width=\XMLpar{figure}{width}{}}]} \egroup } I want to make it possible to call '\textwidth' from the XML code. '<figure width="\textwidth">' does not work and does not make much sense when using the XML with something else but ConTeXt, so I want to implement a mapping of 'max' to '\textwidth'. I looked up some code Hans gave me for lists and came up with the following: \mapXMLvalue {figure:width} {max} {\textwidth} \defineXMLenvironment [figure] [width=] [location=here] { \bgroup \defineXMLsave[caption] \defineXMLsave[graphic] } { \placefigure [\XMLpar{figure}{location}{}] [\XMLpar{figure}{label}{unknown}] {\XMLflush{caption}} {\externalfigure[\XMLflush{graphic}][width=\XMLval{figure:width {\XMLop{width}}{}]} \egroup } This works great when saying '<figure width="max">', but I loose the possibility of giving absolute values for 'width' - as in '<figure width="10cm">'. Any hints on how to get the 'max' option while retaining compatibility with absolute values? Thanks, Joh

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Context Release 2006.04.12 is available
by Taco Hoekwater 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hi all, The new release is available for download. If there are no fatal problems, this will go to CTAN tomorrow. If that is te case, then a more formal release will follow at that time. Preliminary remarks are on the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Cheers, Taco

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Natural tables: how to adjust row height/vertical spacing?
by Mari Voipio 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

This may almost be a FAQ question, but I just cannot find the answer in the wiki nor in mailing list archives: How do I adjust row height/vertical spacing in natural tables? In my old tables (\starttable etc.) the trick was \noalign{\vskip-6pt} but this one doesn't work with my natural tables. In Word I'd just adjust linespacing and paragraph spacing in the table, but that obviously isn't the soluction in ConTeXt - or at least I don't seem to understand enough to get it to work. Any ideas of what to do? I like natural tables, but if vertical spacing isn't adjustable, I'll have to stick to my old alternatives, tables and tabulate. If somebody gives me a working solution (that's simple enough that I manage to implement it), I promise to wikify it for future use... Mari (with lots of specifications and parts lists to fit into tables in small print...) ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Inconsistent behaviour of placefigure[left] for math and text
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hi, When I use \placefigure[left] with some test, the text wraps around the figure. But if the paragraph, contains some formula, it does not wrap even after the figure is complete. How can I prevent such a behaviour. Example \startbuffer[figure] \placefigure [left] {}{} \stopbuffer \startbuffer[test] \dorecurse{3}{\input knuth} \stopbuffer \startbuffer[mathtest] \dorecurse{3}{ This is a dummy paragraph to support a little bit of math to show the trouble with placefigure \startformula a = b \stopformula This is a dummy paragraph to support a little bit of math to show the trouble with placefigure This is a dummy paragraph to support a little bit of math to show the trouble with placefigure} \stopbuffer \starttext \getbuffer[figure] \getbuffer[test] \page \getbuffer[figure] \getbuffer[mathtest] \stoptext Thanks, Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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chapter with letters rather than numbers?
by Johannes Graumann 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hi, How would I use \setuphead[chapter] to have consecutive letters rather than numbers assigned to chapters (in my appendix)? Thanks for any hint, Joh

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\bigr bracket missing in antykwa
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hi, \bigr\} does not give me anything while using antykwa fonts. \big\} also does not work. \right\} works correctly. Is there something missing in the typescripts? I have no idea on how fonts work, so can not debug the problem. \usetypescript [antykwa-torunska][ec] \setupbodyfont[antykwa, 11pt] \starttext $\bigl\{ a \bigr\}$ \blank $\big\{ a \big\}$ \blank $\left\{ a \right\}$ \blank \stoptext ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.07 11:24 fmt: 2006.4.9 int: english mes: english No warning message is generated in the log file. Aditya -- Aditya Mahajan, EECS Systems, University of Michigan http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam || Ph: 7342624008

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