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Tables --- what is current recommendation?
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, There's a nice summary of Tables on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview I'm wondering. If one is starting anew with Context, what would users recommend as the best choice of table environment? What choice would I make if I have no need of backward compatibility and am starting on a fresh document?

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textbackground > bug
by Hans van der Meer 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Something strange happens with textbackground (again, I am afraid). I defined: % Java typesetting with background. \definetyping[JAVA] \setuptyping[JAVA][option=JV, before={\bgroup\setupinterlinespace[line=2.2ex]% \testpage[1]\starttextbackground[code]}, after={\stoptextbackground\egroup}] Then I typeset some text: \startJAVA public void setUserManager( UserManager um ) { ...... \stopJava If this falls precisely at the start of a new page I get the following error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.17 \s tartpdffontresource[ec] Forcing the typesetting to run further the output contains the rest of the source of macro \startpdffontresource[ec] . I.e. the output then shows (the \s has disappeared): tartpdffontresource[ec] /CIDInit /ProcSet findresource begin ... --------- and goes on until (the last part of the macro "end end \stoppdffontresource" not appearing) ... CMapName currentdict /CMap defineresource pop Hereafter typesetting is resumed. >>>Introducing something that puts another line of text at the top of the page results in normal typesetting.<<< Further experiment replacing "\startJava" by "\starttextbackground[somecolor]" leads to the same error. Therefore I suspect it has something to do with the output routine where \s is taken as the next macro. A simpe experiment (\def\s{something}) shows that indeed a macro \s is executed. Is someone here messing up the catcode's of the letters? It is of cource very annoying if one constantly has to shift textmaterial up and down to move it away from page breaks! yours sincerely, dr. H. van der Meer

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cont-fr interface ?
by Renaud AUBIN 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi all, I know that ConTeXt supports some interfaces like de, ro, cz, nl, etc. but it seems that nobody has developed a french interface. Am I right ? Since I'm just a user, it's difficult to me to apprehend how much work is needed to write such interface. I'm ready to do this work but I surely need some advice in order to begin. Cheers, Renaud

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Metafun example doesn't work
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, I've always wondered why this Metafun manual example doesn't work. \startMPgraphic draw unitsquare xscaled 5cm yscaled 1cm withpen pencircle scaled 2mm withcolor .625 red; \stopMPgraphic \hbox\bgroup \loadcurrentMPgraphic{width=5cm,height=1cm}\placeMPgraphic\quad \loadcurrentMPgraphic{width=8cm,height=1cm}\placeMPgraphic\egroup

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including swf files?
by Patrick Gundlach 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi, out of curiosity: how do I include a swf file into a pdf? So I can click on 'play' (or wherever) to start it? I have seen x-res-50.tex and created a PDF file using the example, but I'd like to have such an animation within my other documents. Does anybody know why acroread 7/mac asks for media player for flash? I have done all updates for my mac (10.4.3, qt 7). Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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How to upgrade ConTeXt on a pre-installed version coming with tetex-3.0?
by R S Ananda Murthy 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hello, I am using Slackware 10.2 which comes with tetex-3.0. In this, I want to upgrade ConTeXt to the latest version. How to do this? Thanks for your help, Anand

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Need to compile individual components with proper numbering, etc.
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, With the structure (posted below for completeness), I will need to compile the individual components (small chunks to post online for students with modems). I know this is possible, with say texexec section1. However, if that is section1.tex of chapter8.tex, then I will need the run to produce all of the correct numbering of examples, equations, definitions, etc. I am hoping this is possible with this structure. Comments? All, I have files: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/book.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/bookenv.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/chapter1.tex ... ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter8/chapter8.tex I also have: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/section1.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/section2.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/section3.tex And similar files for each of the eight chapters. Here is my project file: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/book.tex %output=pdftex \startproject book \environment bookenv \product chapter1/chapter1 \product chapter2/chapter2 \product chapter3/chapter3 \product chapter4/chapter4 \product chapter5/chapter5 \product chapter6/chapter6 \product chapter7/chapter7 \product chapter8/chapter8 \stopproject %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End: Here, for example, is my ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/chapter1.tex \startproduct chapter1 \project book \startbodymatter \chapter[chap:1]{Functions} \input zapf \component section1 \component section2 \component section3 \stopbodymatter \stopproduct %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End: As an example of a section, consider ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/ chapter1/section1.tex %output=pdf \startcomponent section1 \project book \product chapter1 \section[sec:1]{The Function Concept} \input knuth \stopcomponent %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End: This look OK to folks? Will I get in trouble with this plan?

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Legal Project Structure
by David Arnold 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

All, I have files: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/book.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/bookenv.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/chapter1.tex ... ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter8/chapter8.tex I also have: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/section1.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/section2.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/section3.tex And similar files for each of the eight chapters. Here is my project file: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/book.tex %output=pdftex \startproject book \environment bookenv \product chapter1/chapter1 \product chapter2/chapter2 \product chapter3/chapter3 \product chapter4/chapter4 \product chapter5/chapter5 \product chapter6/chapter6 \product chapter7/chapter7 \product chapter8/chapter8 \stopproject %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End: Here, for example, is my ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/chapter1.tex \startproduct chapter1 \project book \startbodymatter \chapter[chap:1]{Functions} \input zapf \component section1 \component section2 \component section3 \stopbodymatter \stopproduct %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End: As an example of a section, consider ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/ chapter1/section1.tex %output=pdf \startcomponent section1 \project book \product chapter1 \section[sec:1]{The Function Concept} \input knuth \stopcomponent %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End: This look OK to folks? Will I get in trouble with this plan?

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Story of a newbie looking for a table
by Jérôme Laurens 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi (bis) I'd like to share my newbie experience about tables. With iPages, the ''fabulous, marvelous, amazing, simple" word processor from apple, It took me more or less half an hour to design and fill a table, with fixed width colored cells and so on. Unfortunately, once I saved the document, iPages could no longer open it anymore... :-( I then spent a pair of pair of hours (minus half an hour) to try to repair things... with no success. With ConTeXt, I spent a pair of pair of hours (minus half an hour) trying to design my table, and less than half an hour to fill it. Now the work is complete. :-) But I am not really satisfied, I feel frustrated because I have the impression that it took me too much time. It appears that neither texshow nor garden did help me. So I digged into standard Google, and it pointed me to the context mailing list archive, finally pointing me to the name of the right manual at pragma ADE. Fortunately, this up-to-date manual was online . Once, my work was complete, I understood that the Google search on context garden wiki was limited to context garden... I then found that some information I was missing about tables was on the context garden tabulate page...:-/ But I have the impression that the manuals do contain much more than available on contextgarden. So, is it possible to have the Google search engine at context garden also look into the manuals? Moreover, how do you formulate a request in standard google? Adding the "ConTeXt" key word does not lead to accurate results.

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trouble with typescripts
by Thomas A. Schmitz 18 Dec '05

18 Dec '05

Hi all, I have a specific problem with a typescriptfile that may be of general interest (the problem, not the typescript). I have collected a number of font definitions into one file and have observed that certain fonts cannot coexist. One small example: \starttypescript[greekcanonica] % font definitions \stoptypescript \starttypescript[GreekCanonica] \definetypeface[MyGreekCanonica] \stoptypescript and \starttypescript[greekcardo] % font definitions \stoptypescript \starttypescript \definetypeface[MyGreekCardo] \stoptypescript cannot be defined in the same typescriptfile. If I comment A out, B will work; it A is uncommented, ConTeXt will complain about missing font definitions for B. So I would suspect that in processing typescripts, names are somehow truncated to 9 or less characters. So these questions arise: 1. Can this be changed? (We had a similar behavior with names of modules, which was changed a while ago, I think.) 2. Is there a workaround? Is it possible to add other parameters to the \definetypeface[] line? Best Thomas

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