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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt to RTF Conversion
by Duncan Hothersall 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

> - xml in not an input format but (a well structured) interchange > format. XML is a very good master format from which to derive all outputs. For example, I receive wordprocessor files from academics and convert them to XML by a combination of automated processes and hand-tagging. The XML is then stored and maintained as the master version of that document, and when we need to produce a new release in HTML, PDF or eBook, a new style of PDF, a text version optimised for screen-readers, etc. we take a snapshot of the latest XML and run it through batch production processes - including ConTeXt for the typesetting side of things. That might be overkill for small projects (we're currently holding 25 million words in XML), but the principle applies no matter what size of content you have. Duncan

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Antwort: Re: [NTG-context] XML
by Jessica Holle 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

There I don't find something which helps me. The input must not be only XML. In can also be CVS or something else... thx Jessica

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LaTeX \newcommands in ConTeXt.
by Brooks Moses 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

I've recently been doing a little work on implementing a few LaTeX kernel bits in ConTeXt, to simplify porting LaTeX code over. It's now at a point where a few of the pieces might actually be useful, and certainly to a point where some comments would be welcomed, so I've put up a version of it online, in this directory: http://dpdx.net/context/latex-compat/ What you'll find there is a fair number of module files, along with a couple of "latextest" files that I've been using to try out the results. latextext.tex is to be compiled in ConTeXt; latextext-latex.tex is to be compiled in LaTeX for purposes of comparison. In any case, I think the implementation of \newcommand (and its relatives) is about up to "beta" level. Ditto with LaTeX lengths. And there's a working LaTeX-like counter implementation, based on ConTeXt counters underneath. (It's not yet hooked into ConTeXt's counters for footnotes and equations and pages, though; I'm not really sure how to do that.) Also, environments are working, in a sort of hackish way. The "array" environment works, but again a bit hackish; I'm planning to clean that up soon, so both of those will get major revisions. I'd particularly appreciate any comments on the \newcommand and counters implementations -- those are in the t-ltcmds and t-ltcnts modules, though \newcommand also depends on t-lterrs and t-ltbase. - Brooks

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More problems installing OpenType fonts
by Emil Hedevang 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Hello I am trying to follow the instructions in the article "OpenType installation basics for ConTeXt", but the generated map file does not contain anything but commented lines. I have tried searching the web for a solution but I did not find any, so I hope you can help me. My computer is running Mac OS X 10.4, and I have tried doing exactly the same thing (installed the same software) on the university's computers running RedHat Linux with the same negative result. Please ask me to provide any information you like. Thanks, Emil Here are all the details. (1) These are the fonts I want to try to install: [~/antykwa] ls AntykwaTorunska-Italic.otf AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf (2) These are the versions of the tools I use: [~/antykwa] texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2005.08.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.9.19 mes: english total run time : 2 seconds [~/antykwa] otftotfm --version otftotfm (LCDF typetools) 2.34 Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Eddie Kohler This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty, not even for merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. (3) This is the output I get when I run the suggested command in the article: [~/antykwa] texfont --ma --in --ve=public --co=torunska --lcdf --pre --va=liga,kern TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 mktexlsr: Updating /Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. encoding vector : texnansi encoding variant : liga,kern vendor name : public source path : . font collection : torunska texmf font root : /users/emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local pdftex map file : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map source path : . processing files : all on afm path locating afm files : using pattern ./*.afm locating afm files : using otf files converting : ./AntykwaTorunska-Italic.otf to ./ AntykwaTorunska-Italic.pfb converting : ./AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf to ./ AntykwaTorunska-Regular.pfb copying files : afm copying files : pfb copying : AntykwaTorunska-Italic.pfb copying : AntykwaTorunska-Regular.pfb copying files : otf copying : AntykwaTorunska-Italic.otf copying : AntykwaTorunska-Regular.otf no map file at : /Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map font identifier : AntykwaTorunska-Italic -> text -> tfm processing files : otf -> tfm + enc I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. updmap: This is updmap, version 1107552857 updmap: using transcript file `/Users/Emil/.texmf-var/web2c/updmap.log' updmap: initial config file is `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' updmap: configuration file updated: `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' font identifier : AntykwaTorunska-Regular -> text -> tfm processing files : otf -> tfm + enc I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. I had to round some heights by 16.0000000 units. I had to round some depths by 2.5000000 units. updmap: This is updmap, version 1107552857 updmap: using transcript file `/Users/Emil/.texmf-var/web2c/updmap.log' updmap: initial config file is `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' updmap: configuration file updated: `/Users/Emil/.texmf-config/web2c/ updmap.cfg' updating map file : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map generating : ls-r databases mktexlsr: Updating /Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. (4) This is the output I get when I texexec the test file: [~/antykwa] texexec --pdf --mode=compact --once texnansi-LIGA-KERN- public-torunska.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska output : pdftex interface : en options : once current mode : compact This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.9.19 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- exa.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- syn.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- enc.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- dis.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- siz.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- map.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- spe.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type- akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns nl->texnansi:texnansi->1->2:2 nl->ec:ec->2- >2:2 fr-> texnansi:texnansi->3->2:2 fr->ec:ec->4->2:2 de->texnansi:texnansi->5- >2:2 de->e c:ec->6->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->7->2:2 it->ec:ec->8->2:2 pt- >texnansi:texna nsi->9->2:2 pt->ec:ec->10->2:2 hr->ec:ec->11->2:2 pl->pl0:pl0->12- >2:2 pl->ec:e c->13->2:2 cz->il2:il2->14->2:2 cz->ec:ec->15->2:2 sk->il2:il2->16- >2:2 sk->ec: ec->17->2:2 sl->il2:il2->18->2:2 sl->ec:ec->19->2:2 en->ec:ec->21- >2:2 da->ec:e c->22->2:2 sv->ec:ec->23->2:2 af->ec:ec->24->2:2 no->ec:ec->25->2:2 deo->ec:ec- >26->2:2 uk->ec:ec->27->2:2 us->ec:ec->28->2:2 es->ec:ec->29->2:2 ca- >ec:ec->30 ->2:2 la->ec:ec->31->2:2 ro->ec:ec->32->2:2 tr->ec:ec->33->2:2 fi- >ec:ec->35->2 :2 hu->ec:ec->36->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.top loaded (./texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec- fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) system : module fnt-01 loaded (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/s-fnt-01.tex color : system rgb is global activated ) systems : begin file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska at line 7 (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/font- run.tex) (/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/tex/context/base/pdfr-ec.tex) fonts : resetting map file list fonts : using map file: original-base fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm fonts : using map file: ec-base fonts : using map file: original-ams-base fonts : using map file: original-public-lm fonts : using map file: texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska [1.1{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/ context/origina l-empty.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/ pdftex/context /original-base.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/ map/pdftex/ context/ec-public-lm.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ fonts/map/p dftex/context/ec-base.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/ fonts/map/ pdftex/context/original-ams-base.map}{/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/ texmf-local /fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-lm.map}{/Users/Emil/local/ tetex/share /texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public- torunska.map}] [2.2] [3.3] systems : end file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska at line 35 ) </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless/public/test/texnansi-LIGA-KERN- AntykwaTorunsk a-Regular--base.72pk>kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 -- mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72 texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunska-Italic--base mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for texnansi-LIGA-KERN- AntykwaTorunska-Italic--base. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. Warning: pdfetex (file texnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunska-Italic-- base): Font t exnansi-LIGA-KERN-AntykwaTorunska-Italic--base at 72 not found {/Users/Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/enc/dvips/lm/ec- lm.enc}</Users /Emil/local/tetex/share/texmf-local/fonts/type1/public/lm/lmtt10.pfb> Output written on texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.pdf (3 pages, 127668 bytes ). Transcript written on texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.log. return code : 0 run time : 7 seconds total run time : 8 seconds (5) Finally, here is the content of the generated map file: [~/antykwa] cat ~/Local/teTeX/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/pdftex/ context/texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map % This file is generated by the TeXFont Perl script. % % You need to add the following line to your file: % % \pdfmapfile{+texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map} % % In ConTeXt you can best use: % % \loadmapfile[texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map]

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formatting \note output
by Alan Bowen 23 Sep '05

23 Sep '05

Though I have asked this question before and there was no response, I thought I would ask the following once more (before going through my source files and making the changes by hand). Does anyone know how to modify or adapt \note so that the output is a footnote number in normal/body text format---e.g., “(ref.\ \note [lemur])” becomes “(ref.\ 9)”---rather than a superscripted numeral? Thanks for any help. Alan

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utf-based lang-* files?
by Christopher Creutzig 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Salvete, while I am aware that my Japanese is ages away from creating anything releasable, I thought about creating a lang-jap.tex file for my personal use (and maybe for having it corrected by someone actually speaking the language). Now, checking lang-chi.tex, I find it is encoded in a way I don't really want to copy. I'd much rather write the whole file in “proper” utf-8. Is it possible to simply enclose the file in a \startregime[utf]...\stopregime pair or do I risk havoc by doing this? (Should I start with this project, I'll have more questions, such as: How do I make a unicode character such as 。active, for good line breaks?) Christopher

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Block of text with natrual width but right-aligned
by Giuseppe Bilotta 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

I have a few lines that I need to push towards the right maring. The lines should all have their natural width, and be all left-aligned to the left of the block, but the block itself should be right aligned. Like the following First line of text | Second line of text | One more line of text| How do I achieve this? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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ConTeXt to RTF Conversion
by Louis F.Springer 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

What are the options for conversion from ConTeXt to other formats, if any? I'm particularly interested in rtf and/or html. Lou

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XML
by Jessica Holle 22 Sep '05

22 Sep '05

Hi, I've a question. Is it possible to fill a table or a document in ConTeXt with content from a XML file? Where do I find documentation about this? I didn't find something in the PDF's Thx Jessica

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Number of rows in tables
by Otared Kavian 21 Sep '05

21 Sep '05

Hi everyone, In the process of learning the table mechanism I followed the discussions on the list, but could not figure out whether it is possible to create a table with a given number of rows. For instance, is it possible to add something to Mojca's solution for cells with backgrounds (see below) to have a table with (for example) 15 rows? Something like \setupTable[number_of_rows=15,number_of_columns=4] Thanks for your insight: OK %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Mojca's solution \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext % row 1 \setupTABLE[r][1] [style=bold,background=color,backgroundcolor=green,align=middle] \setupTABLE[c][1][width=3cm] % column 1 \setupTABLE[c][3][width=2.75cm] % column 3 \setupTABLE[c][4][width=7cm] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Name \eTD \bTD Location \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \bTD Signature \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD\strut \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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