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no 'D' in math-eul.tex
by Johan Sandblom 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

In May I discovered that there was a typo in math-eul.tex rendering the lower-case 'd' an 'e'. Amazingly, the same problem occurs also for the upper-case 'D', and requires changing the line \definemathcharacter [D] [nothing] [mr] ["45] into \definemathcharacter [D] [nothing] [mr] ["44] Apparently this beautiful font is severely underused to allow this typo to survive! Regards, Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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running ConTeXt from the new DVD
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hello, I just got the new DVD, TeX Collection 2005, tried to run cdemo.bat and to compile one of the sample documents, but: >texmfstart newtexexec.rb --autopdf --pdf demo-tex.tex TeXExec | processing document 'demo-tex.tex' TeXExec | provide ctx file TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | tex engine: pdfetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en TeXExec | progname: context This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.5) \write18 enabled. I can't find the format file `pdfetex.fmt'! pdfetex: unrecognized option `--alias=context' pdfetex: unrecognized option `--undump=cont-en' TeXExec | runtime: 3.315 >Exit code: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------- texexec --make --all cannot be executed since the CD is not writable. Can this be overcome anyhow, is there a problem specific to my PC or is this distribution on DVD unusable as such? (I often have similar "format missing" problems when I update MikTeX but then the problem disappers when I reboot the computer - not that I understand why since I refresh the database and remake all the formats each time anyway.) Thank you, Mojca

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Weird things...
by Fabio Mancinelli 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi all... I would like to report a weird behavior when compiling the attached tex file... If I put the background layer definitions before the columnset definitions everything works well. \useexternalfigure[test][buttons][frame=true] \definelayer[graphics][x=0.5cm,y=2cm,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=graphics] \definelayerpreset[lefttop][corner={left,top},location={right,bottom}] \setlayer[graphics][preset=lefttop]{\externalfigure[test]} \definecolumnset[threecolumns][n=3,distance=12pt] \definecolumnsetspan[spantwo][n=2] \definecolumnsetspan[spanthree][n=3] \definecolumnsethsize{threecolumns}{1}{1}\OneColumn \definecolumnsethsize{threecolumns}{1}{2}\TwoColumns \definecolumnsethsize{threecolumns}{1}{3}\ThreeColumns If I put them after then I get an "ERROR: Bad character code (648)" \definecolumnset[threecolumns][n=3,distance=12pt] \definecolumnsetspan[spantwo][n=2] \definecolumnsetspan[spanthree][n=3] \definecolumnsethsize{threecolumns}{1}{1}\OneColumn \definecolumnsethsize{threecolumns}{1}{2}\TwoColumns \definecolumnsethsize{threecolumns}{1}{3}\ThreeColumns \useexternalfigure[test][buttons][frame=true] \definelayer[graphics][x=0.5cm,y=2cm,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=graphics] \definelayerpreset[lefttop][corner={left,top},location={right,bottom}] \setlayer[graphics][preset=lefttop]{\externalfigure[test]} I have spent one hour trying to figure out what was wrong with my file and only by hasard, after having done some experiments, I put the things in the "working" order. Why this happens? See you, Fabio

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Re: [NTG-context] smaller symbol
by Ciro Soto 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Thank you Taco and Mojca. I had tried with \guillemotright and \guillemotleft based on a latex manual I found in the web. Since it didn't work, I then tried the \ll and \gg combination. Thank you Taco for the right syntax of the keywords. Ciro On 12/27/05, Mojca Miklavec <mojca.miklavec.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On 12/26/05, Ciro Soto wrote: > > Invisible Friends: > > > > I am trying to use \ll and \gg instead of quotation marks. > > The problem is that they are too big for my taste. > > What would be the easiest way to make them, say 0.75\bodyfontsize ? > > I guess that \leftguillemot instead of "\ll" already solves the > problem, but if you really want to scale them, it's most elegant to do > it this way: > > \installlanguage > [es] > [leftquotation={\scale[height=.75ex]{\leftguillemot}}, > rightquotation={\scale[height=.75ex]{\rightguillemot}}] > % .75\bodyfontsize is way too big > % or the ugly \fakeleftguillemot instead of \leftguillemot, as Taco > proposed > > \mainlanguage[es] > \starttext > \quotation{To quote or not to quote,} that's the question! > \stoptext > > (Even if you don't need to scale them, this is the way how to get > guillemots instead of "double commas".) > > The only problem is that they're scaled so that baseline remains where > it is: quotation marks are placed too low because of that. So you > probably want to do raise them a bit as well: > \raise.25ex\hbox{\scale[height=.5ex]{\rightguillemot}} > > Mojca > -- "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them has a solution." from: "The Guitar Maker: An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." A novel by C. A. Soto Aguirre. http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com/

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smaller symbol
by Ciro Soto 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Invisible Friends: I am trying to use \ll and \gg instead of quotation marks. The problem is that they are too big for my taste. What would be the easiest way to make them, say 0.75\bodyfontsize ? thank you Ciro PS: thank you for the help with the upside down question marks...

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Passing text to Metapost functions
by David Arnold 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

All, I'd like to do something like this: create_axes(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,ux,uy)(x); Where x will be a label for my x-axis. But once in a while it might be t or u or some other thing such as "Days." I want to use it like this: beginfig(0); %initialize window parameters numeric xmin, xmax, xscl, ymin, ymax, yscl; xmin:=-5; xmax:=5; xscl:=1; ymin:=-5; ymax:=5; yscl:=1; %initialize scale numeric ux, uy; (xmax-xmin)*ux=4in; (ymax-ymin)*uy=3in; %create-axes function vardef create_axes(expr xxmin, xxmax, yymin, yymax, uux, uuy)(text xlbl)= drawdblarrow (1.05*xxmin*uux,0)--(1.05*xxmax*uux,0); label.rt(btex $xlbl$, (1.05*xxmax*uux,0)); drawdblarrow (0,1.05*yymin*uuy)--(0,1.05*yymax*uuy); enddef; create_axes(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,ux,uy)(x); endfig; end. Two questions: 1. How can I do this in plain metapost? 2. What would be the "Context Way?"

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Columns (text alignment)
by Fabio Mancinelli 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

Hi everybody. I am experimenting with ConTeXt and columns. I am creating a simple style and I setup 3 columns and redefined some heading (section, subsection, subsubsections). Now the problem is that the text at the end of the columns is not aligned (i.e., the columns end at different heights). I thought that this was due to the \blank commands that I specified as before and after parameters in the heading definitions, but even by using the flexible modifier doesn't change that behavior. I don't know where the problem is. The tex file is attached. Thank you, Fabio P.S.: By using the attached file, I cannot specify the position parameter for \placefigure. If I write \placefigure{Name}{\externalfigure[...} it works. \placefigure[btlr]{name}{\externalfigure[...} does not. Weird. P.P.S.: I was reading the columns.pdf "tutorial". I saw that a \definecolumnsethsize command is used but I haven't found any documentation about that command anywhere. I use width=2\textwidth which seems to produce the same effects (2 columns span).

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image command in Metapost
by David Arnold 27 Dec '05

27 Dec '05

All, In: def hlingrid (expr Min, Max, Step, Length, Width) text t = image ( for i=Min step Step until Max+grid_eps : draw (origin--(Width,0)) shifted (0,i*(Length/Max)) t ; endfor ; ) ; enddef ; What does the image command do? Where is it documented?

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spanish symbols for interrogation and exclamation
by Ciro Soto 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Hi team: How do I write the spanish interrogation symbol that is up-side down? also How do I write the spanish exclamation symbol that is also up-side down? thank you ciro

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Table of content
by Willi Egger 26 Dec '05

26 Dec '05

Dear ConTeXters, At the moment I am bit at a loss. I should prepare a document, wherein there will be a difference between one chapter title and the respective row in the table of contents. What it should become looks as follows: \chapter{This is the title of the chapter} In the table of contents it should show up as: Epilog: This is the title of the chapter So the question is, how to get the word Epilog into the table of contents in front of the chapter title, neatly aligned with the rest of the table of contents. Cheers Willi

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