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Problems with font encodings
by Stefan Ohletz 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, I'm working on some XSL stylesheets for translating XML documents into Context. Although I've read the document "Fonts in Context" and understood that one could use typescripts for managing fonts, in the context of my stylesheets I'd rather like to stick to the \definebodyfont command, because so far it works and I'm a bit confused about all those indirections one has to use when defining typescripts. The only thing which doesn't seem to work are font encodings. Please, take a look at the following document: %-------------------------------------------- \enableregime[il1] \mainlanguage[de] \language[de] \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \definefontsynonym[NewCenturySchoolbook][pncr8r][encoding=texnansi] \definebodyfont[4pt,5pt,6pt,7pt,8pt,9pt,10pt,11pt,12pt,14.4pt,17.3pt][rm] [tf=NewCenturySchoolbook sa 1] \definefont[nctr][NewCenturySchoolbook at 10pt] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \starttext {\nctr \showcharacters} {\showcharacters} \stoptext %-------------------------------------------- Defining the font "directly" with \definefont leads to a texnansi-encoded table of characters, so that I could use the special German umlaut characters (which is my intention, of course). The definition of the font with \definebodyfont produces a default-encoded table with characters, which are *not* texnansi-encoded, because all the umlaut characters are missing. At least using Windows XP, TexLive 2004 distribution (MikTeX). I don't understand why this happens for two reasons: 1. Both commands (\definebodyfont and \definefont) use the same synonym for the font, with an explicitely defined texnansi-encoding. 2. The default encoding of the whole document was set to texnansi. It is getting even more disturbing when I'm setting the body font size to 12pt. (Using the command \setupbodyfont[12pt]). Then both tables are showing a texnansi-encoded font. What has font size to do with encodings? Since I don't want to use a body font size of 12pt in all of my documents, only to be able to use German umlaut characters, any hints to what I'm doing wrong here would be appreciated very much. Thanks in advance, Stefan Ohletz

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Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
by VnPenguin 20 Feb '05

20 Feb '05

Hi, I'm preparing a document and I would like to product several versions PDF with different fonts. I dont know how to organize it : is there simple structure "if-then-else" ? could I use ConTeXt's "mode" or "environment" for this goal ? Any idea or example is very appreciated. Thank you in advance, Q.

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Which version is best for MSWindows users.?
by John Culleton 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I am writing some e-books on free software. I am recommending TeX (of course) and Context instead of LaTeX. The vast majority of my readers will be using some flavor of MSWindows. Unfortunately there have been problems in synchronizing Context releases and Miktex releases, in re. hyphenation and fonts in general. I need to recommend a download package for readers who will be newcomers to the world of TeX. Which is the safest pointer? I see Miktex as a possibility but also the stripped versions of the TeX distribution maintained on the Context site. So how would you start an absolute newbie to e.g., Context and pdfetex? Where would you point them for their first download? -- John Culleton

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Navigation of pragma-ade.nl site.
by John Culleton 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

I had problems recently navigating the pragma-ade site. I use Slackware Linux but I also have Win 2000. Unfortunately the browsers haven't kept up with pdf navigation of sites, except for Internet Explorer. The others I tested, Konqueror, Opera, Mozilla, Lynx etc. cannot navigate the site because they use external plugins for interpreting pdf code, and the environment for those interpreters is local to my computer and not to pragma-ade.nl. (Lynx of course doesn't have pdf facilities at all.) It is possible to navigate through many Context pdf pages using the forward and back buttons as suggested by Hans but this facility is not universal. Formerly the pages gave a choice between html navigation and pdf navigation. If it is not feasible to restore this dual pattern then perhaps we need to find another solution. Even Windows user often do not want to use IE on line because of security reasons. And of course many present/potential Context users may have Linux or OS X as their base systems. If a change is made in this direction I would be happy to run my various browsers against the Pragma site to make sure everything works as expected. -- John Culleton

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Simple itemize format that eludes me
by cormullion 19 Feb '05

19 Feb '05

This should be simple, but my brain is currently clogged from reading too many ConTeXt manuals, so please help! I’m trying to make a simple format that I’ve used elsewhere. The first part of each item (a kind of \head) is not indented, but the remaining paragraph(s) of that item are. For example: LONG_UGLY_STRING_LIKE_THIS A few sentences, indented somewhat from the left margin, that relate to the long ugly string above. The indentation allows the reader to scan the ugly strings (which might well be in alphabetical order. ANOTHER_LONG_UGLY_STRING_LIKE_THIS A few sentences, indented somewhat from the left margin, that relate to the long ugly string above. The indentation allows the reader to scan the ugly strings (which might well be in alphabetical order. I just can’t persuade my understanding of ConTeXt facilities to do this for me... :-)

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reference error with startproduct
by Peter Münster 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hello, when I compile the following product, I get this error: "unknown reference [][bla]" \startproduct product \project project \section[bla]{bla} test: \in[bla] \stopproduct This is the project file: \startproject project \useencoding[ffr] \mainlanguage[fr] \product product \stopproject Could someone help please? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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bib module: \cite with page numbers
by David Munger 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hello, Is it possible to get page numbers (or a chapter number) displayed in a citation, e.g. \cite[authoryears]{pp. 163-170}[davidson2001] and see \cite[authoryear]{chap. 3}[davidson2001] would format as: (Davidson, 2001, pp. 163-170) and see Davidson (2001) chap. 3 Thanks for any clue, David

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Several questions about format generation
by Stefan Wachter 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hi all, in the diverse documentation about ConTeXt installation I find the instruction "texexec --make ... --language ..." for generating format files. Several questions arise: 1. What is the consequence of selecting specific languages after the --make option? Have the generated formats the same functionality, i.e. do they differ only in the user interface? In particular, do the different formats have the same hyphenation capabilities? 2. In the "How to install ConTeXt" manual I read that the "nl"-format is needed for some postprocessing features built in texexec. Is this still valid? The TeXLive distribution of 2004 contains only the cont-en.fmt file. 3. Is using the --language xy option equivalent to the using the \mainlanguage[xy] macro? 4. In case that several format files exist: which one is selected by texexec? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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Choosing an encoding - what are the consequences?
by Stefan Wachter 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

Hi all! I am on the burdensome path to understanding font handling in ConText. Now I wonder what the consequences are with choosing certain encodings. For example if I choose "8a" encoding (called "Adobe standard encoding"): 1. There are lots of empty slots in this encoding. What does ConText do if a symbol that is to be typeset is not contained in an encoding? 2. Can I ommit the 8a encoding in map files when PDF documents are generated (because it is the Adobe standard encoding)? 3. Somewhere I read that "texnansi" is a preferred encoding. Why? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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URL to d-en-all.pdf
by John Culleton 18 Feb '05

18 Feb '05

I want to point people to the d-en-all.pdf example on the pragma-ade.nl site. Unfortunately the navigation of the site is now all pdf based and my browsers don't handle that well. Can someone either give me the URI for d-en-all.pdf or tell me how to navigate pragma-ade.nl in html only? -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book packagers/coaches/consultants: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf Printers who are SPAN sponsors: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/printers.pdf

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