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new feature / manual
by Hans Hagen 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi, There is a new feature + manual, for those who love obscure mechanisms. http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xmanipulate.pdf Even if you dislike manipulations ... the manual mixes iwona and the new condensed latin modern monospace font. The preprocess feature is only supported by newtexexec. If you want to automatically run newtexexec instead of texexec, you need to set the environment variable TEXMFSTART_MODE to 'experimental' assuming that you use texmfstart as stub; for those who are not familiar with that: windows: texexec.bat @echo off texmfstart texexec.pl %* unix: texexec (shell script) #!/bin/sh texmfstart texexec.pl $@ (using texmfstart is a guarantee against changes in the policies of distributions with regards to scripts) Anyhow, the new feature concerns - preprocessing of files (e.g. recode for tex files or xslt-ing for xml files) - graphic manipulations (downsampling and beyond) 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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Table problem with ConTeXT 2005.11.16
by The Wizard 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

All - Just downloaded and installed 2005.11.16, and now a document which built fine under the 2005.10.27 version breaks. The code which fails is a simple table \starttext \placetable[here]{none} \starttable[|l|l|l|p(7.0cm)|] \HL \VL \bf Revision \VL \bf Date \VL \bf Author \VL \bf Description \VL \AR \HL \VL 0.9 \VL 11/04/2005 \VL Mark Almeida \VL Initial draft, for review and comment \VL \AR \HL \stoptable \stoptext The errors I get from texexec look like this floatblocks : 1 placed ! Undefined control sequence. \OTRONEsomeherefloat ...\dorechecknextindentation <argument> ... \placesomeherefloat [\v!here ,here] \else \dosavefloat \fi \fi \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \dogetfloatbox ... \floatmethod \floatmethod }[#1] \fi \docompletefloat ...egroup \dofloat {#4}{}{#6}{#1} \else \doglobal \convertar... <argument> ...}{table}{here}{table}{none}\nextbox \else \docompletefloat {ta... ... l.9 \stoptable ? Anyone got any ideas? -- Mark Almeida mark.almeida(a)sun.com Solutions Architect (707)398-9524/x81132 Sun Client Solutions (707)429-0341 Home Office (707)480-5038 Cell Powered by Solaris 10_x86/Evolution 1.4.6

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manuals
by Hans Hagen 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi, The following manual source trees are now available: allkind (some) columns (whole manual) details (whole manual) lua (experimental) magazines (all) metafun (whole manual) some of them use independent pdf files (as image) which need to be processed using the provides ruby 'runtools' script [runtools is my way of making it platform independent] some manuals may use commercial fonts when run here some manuals assume that you have texnansi metrics around [use texfont] don't redistribute manuals that you compiled yourself (i'd hate to run into manuals with the wrong fonts or errors dur to misconfigurations) we still need to figure out a way to deal with comments, additions, corrections, etc Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] Debian Install
by Jessica Holle 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hi, in the evening I want to install ConTeXt on my home system. It's Debian testing. It,s easy to install in debian I see. With apt-get it works. But now my question. In you documentation in the wiki is written that ConTeXt should be installed in ~/texmf But the structure is another as when I do it to /usr/local/teTeX . Must I do softlinks to this path to get context to work? Or do I only install teTeX like in the documentation and then install ConTeXt to /home/$USER/texmf and it works? Greetings Jessica

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Context 2005.11.16 Released
by Taco Hoekwater 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-tmf.zip If you have not updated your Latin Modern fonts in the past month, then you will need to fetch the latest redistribution of the LM fonts as well: http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-lmt.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-lmt.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-lmt.zip The current release has version 2005.11.16. As usual, there is a page with more detailed release notes available on the Wiki, see: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2005.11.16 New features compared to the 2005.11.15 version: * As of this version, ConTeXt has a new zip archive: http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/current/cont-ext.zip http://context.aanhet.net/context/current/cont-ext.zip http://mirror.contextgarden.net/context/current/cont-ext.zip This zip contains a selected set of the third-party stuff from the http://modules.contextgarden.net site. (currently, it contains only the 'ConTeXt Lettrines' module) Bugs fixed compared to the 2005.11.15 version: * some ongoing bugfixes to the new ruby scripts * \sqrt can now again be used in ToCs and captions (etc.) * \type can again be used in subcaptions of \startcombination * Some visualization macros no longer causes an eternal loop Happy TeXing, Taco Hoekwater PS Today's Motto: A release a day keeps the bit-rot at bay ;-)

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URLs and online contents with BibTeX in ConTeXt
by Giuseppe Bilotta 17 Nov '05

17 Nov '05

What is the preferred way to insert URLs and references to online contents with the bibtex module for ConTeXt? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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turquoise
by Idris Samawi Hamid 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Dear syndicate, This is a good standard color to add to the distribution: I got the following experimental cmyk values from a google search http://www.google.com/search?hs=gp9&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=opera&rls=en&… There is apparently no standard in this regard, and I would like to get suggestions for a better turquoise. Best Idris ==========turquoise.tex=============== \setupoutput[pdftex] \definecolor[turquoise][c=.71,m=0,y=.07,k=.12] % 71%, 0%, 7%, 12% \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext {\tfc\turquoise This is turquoise} \stoptext ===================================== -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Drawing oriented paths in MetaFun
by Giuseppe Bilotta 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Does MetaFun provide some macro to draw oriented paths? I would like it to basically add a small arrow *in the middle* of the path? Such a macro draworiented somepath somespecs ; would have to act like drawarrow firsthalf(somepath) somespecs ; draw secondhalf(somepath) somespecs ; Is it available already, or should I roll my own? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Color Separation with external figures and spot colors
by Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds) 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Hi All, Does anyone know if/how I can take a grayscale JPG external figure and assign it to a spot colour channel. The Color Separation manual gives the following example: \externalfigure[graphic][split=c] for assigning such an image to the Cyan channel but I want to say something like: \definecolor [Spot1] [c=1,m=.05,y=0,k=.47,e=PANTONE 308 CV] \definecolor [Spot2] [c=.69,m=.07,y=0,k=0,e=PANTONE 298 CV] . . \externalfigure[graphic][split=Spot1] Is this possible? Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer :) Mark Pearson. ********************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may be subject to legal privilege, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error or think you may have done so, you may not peruse, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the original e-mail from your system. Computer viruses can be transmitted by e-mail. Recipients should check this e-mail for the presence of viruses. The Capita Group and its subsidiaries accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. ***********************************************************************************

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Re: bold math not mathitalic
by Hans van der Meer 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

I am trying to define bold math myself, but encounter a problem with the typescripts. Further probing into this matter (previous mail, see below) shows that the typescript delineated by ****'s is NOT USED AT ALL! (Calling \setupformulas[method=bold] makes no difference). It therefore does not seem a problem in the math family assignments in font-bfm.tex, as I first suspected. Is there some special invocation needed for hooking up a user defined font set into $\bfmath ...$? If have looked into font-bfm.tex and font-ini.tex but could not figure it out. Clearly I am misunderstanding the inner workings here, but I have no clue in which direction to look. > I am using the follwing (extracted) typescript lines for math in > the lucida fonts: > > \starttypescript [luc] > \definetypeface [luc][mm][math][lucidayy][default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \definetypeface [luc][mm][bfmath][lucidayy][default] > [encoding=texnansi] > \stoptypescript > > \starttypescript [math] [lucidayy] [default] > \definebodyfont [default] [mm] > [mr=MathRoman mo 1, mi=MathItalic mo 1, ....] > \stoptypescript > ************************************************************************ ****** > \starttypescript [bfmath] [lucidayy] [default] > \definebodyfont [default] [mm] > [mrbf=MathRomanBold mo 1, mibf=MathItalicBold mo 1, ....] > \stoptypescript ************************************************************************ ****** > \starttypescript [math] [lucidayy] [name] > \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [LucidaBright] > \definefontsynonym [MathItalic] [LucidaNewMath-AltItalic] > \stoptypescript > > \starttypescript [math] [lucidayy] [texnansi,ec,8r] > \definefontsynonym [LucidaBright] [hlhr8y] > [encoding=texnansi] > \definefontsynonym [LucidaNewMath-AltItalic] [hlcrima] > \stoptypescript > > \starttypescript [bfmath] [lucidayy] [name] > \definefontsynonym [MathRomanBold] [LucidaBright-Demi] > \definefontsynonym [MathItalicBold] [LucidaNewMath-AltDemiItalic] > \stoptypescript > > \starttypescript [bfmath] [lucidayy] [texnansi,ec,8r] > \definefontsynonym [LucidaBright-Demi] [hlhb8y] > [encoding=texnansi] > \definefontsynonym [LucidaNewMath-AltDemiItalic] [hlcdima] > \stoptypescript > > Typesetting: > \starttext > \usetypescript[luc][texnansi]\setupbodyfont[luc,10pt]\lucidatrue > {$\sqrt{a^2 + b^2} = c + \mf\sin{}x\quad {\ma NZRC}$}\crlf > \stoptext > Gives me for the variables neatly LucidaNewMath-AltItalic. *** Changing the fonts in the above typescript does work *** > > But typesetting > \starttext > \usetypescript[luc][texnansi]\setupbodyfont[luc,10pt]\lucidatrue > {$\bfmath\sqrt{a^2 + b^2} = c + \mf\sin{}x\quad {\ma NZRC}$}\crlf > \stoptext > Gives me LucidaBright-Demi instead of LucidaNewMath-AltDemiItalic. > Everything else however (even the blackletters from ma) are in the > correct bold math font. > The font must be present, because substituting MathItalicBold for > MathItalic in the [math] script proves that. *** But not coming from my typescript I conclude from several experiments *** Hans van der Meer

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