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BibTeX module (convert 'and others' to 'et~al.')
by Michael Fuchs 07 May '05

07 May '05

Hi! Is there a possibility to create 'et~al.' in a listed publication in the publication list? In my bbl file there is an entry: \startpublication[k=Assafiri:2003mv,t=article, a={Assafiri et~al.},y=2003, n=49,s=Ass03] \artauthor[]{Y.}[Y.]{}{Assafiri} \artauthor[]{}[]{}{others} \pubyear{2003} \arttitle{{Double $\pi^0$ photoproduction on the proton at GRAAL}} \journal{Phys. Rev. Lett.} \volume{90} \pages{222001} \stoppublication In the publication list this will be: Ass03 Assafiri, Y. and others, (2003). Double ... photoproduction on the proton at GRAAL. Phys. Rev. Lett., 90:222001. I would like to replace "and others" by "et~al.". Best regards Michael

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RE: FWD: [NTG-context] \inmargin, \setupindenting, and overfull boxes
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 May '05

07 May '05

Hi Taco and all, I found a temporary solution: Given a \start-\stopnarrower environment like =============================================== \definestartstop [quote] [before={\startnarrower[1*middle]\blank[big]}, after={\stopnarrower\blank[big]}] =============================================== Then the following will avoid the overfull box: =============================================== \let\normalinmargin\inmargin \def\inmargin#1{{\parindent0pt \normalinmargin{#1}}} \def\INMARGIN#1{\advance\leftskip by -2\parindent \inmargin{#1} \advance\rightskip by -2\parindent} =============================================== Of course this solution is not general, and depends on the actual setup of \start-\stopnarrower. The general problem with \inmargin appears to be that all parindents need to be reset. I could not find a correct way to incorporate my solution above into Taco's original definition. If any of you have a better idea, please let me know! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: FWD: [NTG-context] \inmargin, \setupindenting, and overfull boxes
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 May '05

07 May '05

>===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Hi Taco, >> >> Ok your hack works for small files but in my larger work this is causing TeX's >> capacity to overload (indeed, I don't think I've run into this particular >> overload message before; does the `255' signify some ceiling here?): > >The definition is not recursive, but it should not be executed more >than once because it saves the definition of \inmargin. Perhaps >you have the \let line inside another macro or inside a buffer that >is called more than once something similar. I placed your definition in a \start-\stopenvironment file. The \inmargins are in \product files each of which calls the environment file in its preamble. If I compile just one product (say the second \product from the project), there appears to be no problem. But if I compile the entire project, TeX chokes on that same product. Do you think this may be the problem? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: FWD: [NTG-context] \inmargin, \setupindenting, and overfull boxes
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 May '05

07 May '05

Hi Taco, Ok your hack works for small files but in my larger work this is causing TeX's capacity to overload (indeed, I don't think I've run into this particular overload message before; does the `255' signify some ceiling here?): ======================================================= ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [grouping levels=255]. \normalinmargin #1->{ \parindent 0pt \normalinmargin {#1}} \normalinmargin ...indent 0pt \normalinmargin {#1} } \normalinmargin ...indent 0pt \normalinmargin {#1} } \normalinmargin ...indent 0pt \normalinmargin {#1} } \normalinmargin ...indent 0pt \normalinmargin {#1} } \normalinmargin ...indent 0pt \normalinmargin {#1} } ... ===================================================== Although if I implement this manually it does not overload TeX: =================================================== \setupoutput[pdftex]% \setupindenting[medium] %\let\normalinmargin\inmargin %\def\inmargin#1{{\parindent0pt \normalinmargin{#1}}} \starttext \input knuth {\parindent0pt\inmargin{This is a test.}} \stoptext =================================================== Something about that pseudo-recursive definition I suppose? It may take a while for me to narrow this new problem down to a small file, but I can privately send you the larger files if you care to look at this. Thnx 4 all your help. Best Idris >===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >Hi Idris, > >It's definately a \parindent, but I cannot figure whence it came. >Anyway, if you need an immediate fix, the following hack works: ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Bookmarking a \title
by John R. Culleton 06 May '05

06 May '05

Let me try again. How do I bookmark a \title? -- John Culleton The answers to all your publishing questions are found in the excellent books listed in the word-famous shortlist! http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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\inmargin, \setupindenting, and overfull boxes
by Idris Samawi Hamid 06 May '05

06 May '05

Dear cartel, Here is one for you-) If you uncomment the \setupindenting you will get an overfull hbox; a real nuisance when you have dozens of \inmargin's... Awaiting advice:-) Best Idris ====================================== \setupoutput[pdftex]% %\setupindenting[medium] \starttext \input knuth \inmargin{This is a test.} \stoptext ======================================== ================log===================== systems : begin file test at line 5 (c:\CONTEXT\tex\texmf-local/tex/context/sample/knuth.tex) Overfull \hbox (17.62474pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 7--7 [][] \hbox(10.41603+4.05064)x0.0 .\hbox(0.0+0.0)x17.62474 .\hbox(10.41603+4.05064)x0.0 ..\rule(10.41603+4.05064)x0.0 ..\glue 0.0 plus 1.0fil minus 1.0fil .\penalty 10000 .\glue(\parfillskip) 0.0 plus 1.0fil .\glue(\rightskip) 0.0 =========================================== ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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BibTeX problem (all refs are [??])
by Tobias Burnus 06 May '05

06 May '05

Hello, I've the feeling that I miss something obvious, but currently t-bib does not work at all; I mean tex runs and bibtex happily creates the .bbl file, but I get "cite argument myReference unknown". I have: texexec : TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) context : ver: 2005.01.06 cont-en : ver: 2005.01.06 fmt: 2005.1.8 mes: english And t-bib.tex claims "version=2005.01.04". In the TeX file: \usemodule[bib] \setupbibtex[database=JHund] \setuppublications[alternative=aps] \setuppublications[numbering=yes,refcommand=num] ... \cite[phd:Haverkort:2005] ... \placepublications In the log file: publications : loading database from JHund.bbl (./JHund.bbl) systems : begin file JHund at line 8 publications : warning: cite argument phd:Haverkort:2005 unknown on 61 But: grep phd:Haverkort JHund.bbl \startpublication[k=phd:Haverkort:2005,t=phdthesis, Any ideas? Tobias

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Search Path
by Randall Skelton 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hi all, I've become rather confused on how ConTeXt searches paths so I made a quick example... Attached is ConTest.zip which expands to a trivial directory layout for a project. ConTest/env_test.tex ConTest/prd_one ConTest/prd_one/cmp_aaa ConTest/prd_one/cmp_aaa/cmp_aaa.tex ConTest/prd_one/cmp_aaa/tbl_aaa.tex ConTest/prd_one/cmp_bbb ConTest/prd_one/cmp_bbb/cmp_bbb.tex ConTest/prd_one/prd_one.tex ConTest/prd_two ConTest/prd_two/cmp_ccc ConTest/prd_two/cmp_ccc/cmp_ccc.tex ConTest/prd_two/cmp_ddd ConTest/prd_two/cmp_ddd/cmp_ddd.tex ConTest/prd_two/prd_two.tex ConTest/prj_test.tex My problems: (1) I generally like to keep tables, figures and even some complicated equations in separate input files so that I can easily move the files between different projects (i.e. papers for publications, internal docs, grant applications, etc). More often than not, my 'tbl_*' files are symlinks. In this example I use: \input tbl_aaa.tex within the file cmp_aaa.tex to illustrate my problem. Namely, I cannot find the file tbl_aaa.tex when generating either prj_test.tex or prd_one.tex? I've tried a variety of commands in place of input, including the various readfile commands but nothing I've tried can make ConTeXt find this file. (2) Can someone please explain what \usepath[] and \usesubpath[] are for and what the difference between the two is? I've read many messages that refer to these but have yet to find a true example showing their use. Their names suggest they may be useful in the case but as the attached files suggest, I've been unable to figure out what to do with them. (3) I've largely switched over my figures to using the image database (aka resource libraries?). Is it currently possible to create databases of equations and/or tables? Many thanks and have a good weekend, Randall

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Using fonts of an existing TeX-Installation
by Tobias Hilbricht 05 May '05

05 May '05

Dear readers of this list, I have a working recent (La)TeX and ConTeXt installation. I have added several commercial PostScript fonts and can use them with (La)TeX. The font files of those fonts are in directories under texmf-local/fonts (afm, tfm, vf, type1), that is, as suggested by TeXFont manual for ConTeXt. However, following the TeXFont manual for ConTeXt, do I have to reinstall them from scratch for ConTeXt starting with the pfb- and afm-files from texmf-local/fonts/source, or can I use the already distributed pfb- and afm-files? Does a reinstallation interfer with the existing font installation for (La)TeX? Thanks for helpful hints in advance Yours sincerely Tobias Hilbricht -- Dr. Tobias Hilbricht Linopus Satz und Grafik www.linopus.de

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\setupMMLappearance
by Duncan Hothersall 05 May '05

05 May '05

Hello MathMLers. I just discovered the very promising \setupMMLappearance command, which looked like it held the answer to one of my most niggling of problems with display MathML processing - the fact that in a tabular layout using <mtable> I couldn't make the left-hand-side right-aligned, the middle (equals sign) centred and the right-hand-side left-aligned. The default layout has all columns centred. So having looked through the sources I tried \setupMMLappearance[mtable][alternative=b] and to my joy the horizontal alignment seemed to be perfect. But... the vertical spacing seems to have changed as well. There is now just a bit more vertical space between the rows, which throws my existing pagination out of whack, and also looks ugly. I think I reached my limit on understanding the sources, so I wonder if someone could help by telling me if there are any other options for the magical \setupMMLappearance command which might help, or indeed any other fine-tuning commands for MathML layout. One other thing I'd really like to be able to do is have the entire equation aligned on the left rather than centred in the text flow. Is there an option for that? Thanks very much to anyone who can help. Duncan

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