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showsymbolset
by Vit Zyka 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hello, I have done symbol definition file for AquaMints font. When I want to prepare overall symbol table I noticed problem in \showsymbolset definition (no table, no symbol is shown). It tests \doifsymbolsetelse{#1}. It is defined \def\doifsymbolsetelse #1{\doifdefinedelse{\??ss*#1}} but greping ss* gives me no place where \??ss*#1 is defined (perhaps should be in \startsymbolset?). Minimal example: \starttext \showsymbolset[astronomic] \symbol[astronomic][Moon] \stoptext Thanks, vit -- ======================================================= Ing. Vít Zýka, Ph.D. TYPOkvítek database publishing databazove publikovani data maintaining and typesetting in typographic quality priprava dat a jejich sazba v typograficke kvalite tel.: (+420) 777 198 189 www: http://typokvitek.com =======================================================

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line break
by Jörg Hagmann 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hullo all, Maybe somebody can help me with this: I have a paragraph and an image in the outer margin, sticking slightly into the text area. On the opposite side, in the inner margin, I have two letters. What happens is that after the \inothermargin command I get a line break (not a new paragraph, but a line break). When I remove the image, the line break disappears. This is the code: \placevignette{}{\externalfigure[di_B12_marg][width=4cm]} Die Resorption des {\em wasserlˆslichen} Vitamins B\low{12} (= Cobalamin, s. Formel) f‰llt aus dem Rahmen: B\low{12} wird nur als Komplex mit dem \quotation{Intrinsic Factor}, einem Glycoprotein aus den Belegzellen des Magens, {\em im Ileum} aufgenommen (Intrinsic, weil der Faktor aus dem Kˆrper stammt -- dazu passend bezeichnet man B\low{12} auch als \quotation{Extrinsic Factor}).\inothermargin{\ssd Pa} Vitamin B\low{12} wird von Bakterien synthetisiert und stammt ausschliesslich aus tierischer Nahrung; Veganer/innen, die nicht nur auf Fleisch, sondern auch auf Eier und Milchprodukte verzichten, besitzen einen entsprechend niedrigen Vorrat des Vitamins. H‰ufigste Ursache f¸r die {\em perniziˆse An‰mie}, die klassische B\low{12}-Mangelkrankheit, ist allerdings nicht eine Fehlern‰hrung, sondern eine verminderte Resorption im Ileum, entweder weil dessen Schleimhaut entz¸ndet ist (Sprue), oder weil eine erkrankte Magenschleimhaut zuwenig Intrinsic Factor produziert. I call this type of figures vignette and defined it as follows: \definefloat[vignette][figure] \setupfloat[vignette][leftmargindistance=- \outermargintotal,rightmargindistance=- \outermargintotal,default={outer,none,low}] \setupcaption[vignette][number=no] Thanks for your help, Jörg

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bug / feature portal
by Hans Hagen 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

Hi, in addition to the wiki there is now a portal for tracking bugs and feature requests http://context.literatesolutions.com/ this is *not* a replacement for the wiki, which is and will be the primary place for on-line user support etc etc. Although the portal is mainly meant for those involved in the development and therefore is moderated, it is open for anyone who wants to contribute in bug reports and feature requests. It's still somewhat experimental and we're trying to figure out the best way to deal with things like bugs (without too much overhead for the developers). In due time there will also be some additional resources for the purpose of history. 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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Making texshow easier to edit
by Nikolai Weibull 21 Jul '05

21 Jul '05

The following things would make editing the texshow wiki a lot easier to edit: * Preview displays of changes * Easy cross-referencing between commands * Not putting everything inside <pre>...</pre> tags When making changes, having a preview display makes it easier to decide on what works and what doesn't before "commiting". I added documentation to the \quote command and thought that having links to \setupquote and \setuplanguage would be helpful. I had to create <a href>-type tags for this with long-winded query-strings. It would be much easier to have some automatic cross-referencing going on (a la WikiWords perhaps, but using \ as a signal?). When everything is put inside <pre>...</pre> tags, line-breaks become significant, which makes it very hard to tell where to break a line. It would be much better if the browser could decide this for itself. Anyway, I think that texshow is a great utility and hopefully more commands will be described and commented upon. For me to continue doing this, I'd probably have to have the above features available before I did so, nikolai -- Nikolai Weibull: now available free of charge at http://bitwi.se/! Born in Chicago, IL USA; currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden. main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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[BUG] unic-032.tex 0x2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS definition wrong
by Nikolai Weibull 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

\textellipsis usually expands to \cdots and that's fine, but \textellipsis shouldn't be used in unic-032.tex for 0x2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS, as this codepoint is for a symbol of dots on the base-line, not in the center. I've posted about this previously, but got no response. Anyway, I've attached a patch that fixes the problem. I don't know if using \dots instead is the best solution, though, so further discussion may be necessary?, nikolai -- Nikolai Weibull: now available free of charge at http://bitwi.se/! Born in Chicago, IL USA; currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden. main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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Enumeration numbering broken
by David Antos 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Hello, in the following example, I'm pretty sure that it should produce Lemmas and Theorems numbered continuously (i.e., one common counter for both of them) and moreover, the numbers should (due to bychapter) be preceded by chapter number. In ConTeXt 2005.06.27, the enumerations are counted separately and chapter number prefix is missing. Interestingly, if Lemma and Theorem blocks are swapped, they become really Theorem 1 and Lemma 2. The chapter number is still missing. Has the mechanism been changed or am I doing anything wrong? *** \defineenumeration [Theorem] [text=Theorem~, way=bychapter, inbetween=\noindent] \defineenumeration [Lemma] [Theorem] [text=Lemma~] \starttext \chapter{chapter} \startLemma This should be Lemma 1.1 \stopLemma \startTheorem This should be Theorem 1.2 \stopTheorem \stoptext *** Thanks, D.A. -- Many rewrites, a hard-drive crash, a laptop being stolen, a couple of corrupted filesystems and one broken screen later, here it is. -- Rusty Russel: Linux 2.4 Packet Filtering HOWTO

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Not possible to redefine inbetween in \definedescription
by Radhelorn 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Hello All! I think that I've found a bug in descriptions. It seems that it is impossible to redefine inbetween option -- it always produces a \blank. Try this: \definedescription[desc][before=before,after=after,inbetween=inbetween,location=top] \desc{test} test I've fixed it this way: --- core-des.tex.orig 2005-06-14 06:56:00.000000000 +0400 +++ core-des.tex 2005-07-14 15:26:20.000000000 +0400 @@ -372,7 +372,8 @@ \c!indenting,\c!indentnext,\c!align,\c!text,\c!distance,\c!command]% \getparameters[\??dd#1] [\s!do\c!state=\v!stop,\s!do\c!command=\normal@@descriptionhandler,\c!level=,#2]% - \doifvalue{\??dd#1\c!location}\v!top{\doassign[\??dd#1][\c!inbetween=\blank]}% + \doifvalue{\??dd#1\c!location}\v!top{% + \doifnotvalue{\??dd#1\c!inbetween}{\doassign[\??dd#1][\c!inbetween=\blank]}}% \setvalue {#1}{\dodoubleempty\@@description[#1]}% \setvalue{\e!start#1}{\dodoubleempty\@@startdescription[#1]}% \setvalue{\e!stop #1}{\@@stopdescription{#1}}}% And when using commands with brackets in argumets like: \definedescription[desc][before=\blank[small]] ConTeXt will give many errors, so arguments needs to be grouped (before={\blank[small]}). Is this intentional? Thanks for your time. -- Radhelorn <radhelorn(a)mail.ru>

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context-doc inclusion in miktex
by piskala upendran 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

hi all, The miktex under windows XP does not include the context-doc.cab files. It is not listed in the package manager also. Is it TDS problem? can you help? cheers, upendran __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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footnote within \startlines \stoplines
by Charles Doherty 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

Dear Hans, Example 1 below causes TeX to hang and I have to abort the TeX run whereas Example 2 works when I omit \startlines / \stoplines and use \crlf. I have included the console readout for Example 1 below. I can get by with Example 2 but I thought I should let you know. Thanks again, Charlie Doherty \starttext Example 1 And here is the sentence before \startnarrower[2*left,2*right] \startlines A Somonour was ther with us in that place, That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe. As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, With scalled browes blake and piled berd. Of his visage children were aferd.% \footnote{Burgess, A., \slanted{The Riverside Chaucer}, p.\ 33 (623--628). From this point on, any further references to \slanted {The Canterbury Tales}, will be made from this edition and line numbers only will be provided.} \stoplines \stopnarrower And here is the one after Example 2 And here is the sentence before \startnarrower[2*left,2*right] A Somonour was ther with us in that place, \crlf That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face, \crlf For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe. \crlf As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe, \crlf With scalled browes blake and piled berd. \crlf Of his visage children were aferd.% \footnote{Burgess, A., \slanted{The Riverside Chaucer}, p.\ 33 (623--628). From this point on, any further references to \slanted {The Canterbury Tales}, will be made from this edition and line numbers only will be provided.} \stopnarrower And here is the one after \stoptext TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : linetest output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./linetest.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.27 fmt: 2005.7.14 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->ec:ec->1->2:2 uk->ec:ec->2->2:2 de- >texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 fr- >ec:ec->6->2:2 es->ec:ec->7->2:2 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 pt->ec:ec->9->2:2 it- >texnansi :texnansi->10->2:2 it->ec:ec->11->2:2 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:2 nl->ec:ec- >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 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:2 pl->ec:ec->19->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : linetest.top loaded (./linetest.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) (./linetest.tuo) Process aborted ******************* Charles Doherty, Early Irish History, School of History, John Henry Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 Tel: +353 1 716 8381

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presentations in ConTeXt
by Thomas A. Schmitz 20 Jul '05

20 Jul '05

I've decided to bite the bullet and do my presentations in ConTeXt this term. So far, I'm quite satisfied. I've done only very basic stuff so far (if you're interested, you can have a look at http:// www.uni-bonn.de/www/Philologie/Personal/Schmitz/Dateien.html ), but I like the result. The background is just a pdf-image that I created with metapost and reused as a page background (I found this was faster and easier than recalculating it every time...) Things I would like to know: I like the idea of having the small bar showing at which place in the presentations we are (such as in pre-colorful). I'd like it very minimal, though: maybe just grey squares, with the current position being white or yellow. I have a hunch that this could be achieved with \setupinteractionbar, but this command is a bit underdocumented. Hints, anybody? I am still at a loss how to achieve one thing in ConTeXt that was pretty easy in Keynote or (shudder) Powerpoint: When I wanted to highlight something on a map or a picture, I would just draw a red circle around it. What would be the proper way to do this in ConTeXt? Adding a layer with a red circle drawn in Metapost, then positioning it by trial and error? Or can anyone point to a better solution? And lastly: I have never seen transitions working on OS X (both Apple's Preview and Adobe Reader 7.0). Can anybody confirm that they got this working on other systems? Sorry for the long post. I'm hoping for some enlightenment. Best Thomas

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