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Re: total with of TABLE ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 23 Apr '05

23 Apr '05

Hi Luigi, luigi.scarso <luigi.scarso(a)logosrl.it> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > > For example: > > > > I'd like to set a "total width" that fits both tables > > without specifying also the 2nd and 3rd column: > > > > \setupTABLE[totalwidth=10cm,offset=5pt] > > > > \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,align=left] > > \setupTABLE[column][5][width=1cm,align=middle] > > .... > > > Try > > \bTABLE[option=stretch] > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \eTABLE > > \blank > > \bTABLE[option=stretch] > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cccccccccccccccc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR > \eTABLE > > luigi Try yourself: \setupTABLE[offset=5pt] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,align=left] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=1cm,align=middle] \bTABLE[option=stretch] \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \blank \bTABLE[option=stretch] \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cccccccccccccccc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \eTABLE Not much left of those defined spaces, right? Steffen P.S. And what has your proposal to do with the idea of setting a "total width"?

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TeX Showcase updated
by Gerben Wierda 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

I have finally gotten around to adding a few entries to the TeX Showcase at http://tug.org/texshowcase (some were submitted 2 years ago and at that time put in a To Do mailbox because I was to busy studying, I am reasonably ashamed it took me so long to catch up) The added entries (some are really impressive) are: - cover.tex (tiling with pstricks) - program_sample.tex (uses ConTeXt & XeTeX, very cutting edge ;-) - scorecard.mp (very nice metapost project) - cave.pdf (also very nice) - poster.tex (for a linguistics conference) - 0309Newsletter.tex (your basic newsletter, but not in Quark or whatever) - learning_early.tex (screen document) - LM-Volume-manuscript.tex (hyperref showcase) Given the number of additions, I decided to make an announcement of it and spam it on the lists I am on.... G

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Re: [dev-context] Re: new beta Re: Context index and sorting question
by Vit Zyka 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

> in a similar fashion, much texutil functionality is already present in > ctxtools, which is a prelude to rewriting texutil i.e. a new sorting / > index etc mechanism (maybe xml based) Great Hans you are thinking about (Czech:) sorting. How do you want to implement national deviations? For an example I attache brief Czech sorting rules overview (please see section 3). vit

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Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug?
by Johan Sandblom 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Outstanding, thank you! -- 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Vit Zyka <vit.zyka(a)seznam.cz> Date: Friday, April 22, 2005 8:25 pm Subject: Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug? > luigi.scarso wrote: > > Johan Sandblom wrote: > > > >> The following code compiles flawlessly but the pdf that is > generated > >> opens with the error "Could not find the Extended Graphics State > named > >> 'Tr1'." > > See the thread > http://archive.contextgarden.net/search/20031231.230000.00000000@sb:arrangi… > > vit > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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PracTeX Journal Number 2 out
by Adam Lindsay 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Hey all, The second issue of the beginner-oriented PracTeX Journal is out now: <http://tug.org/pracjourn/> There are a couple ConTeXt font articles, Steve Peter's usual column on ConTeXt editing environments, and other interesting items across the TeX spectrum, including a nice introduction to XML for TeXers. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Another plant in the garden: modules
by Patrick Gundlach 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Dear ConTeXters, I have planted a small bush in the garden, which is called 'modules'. I collect third party modules and put them in one place. One of the things the authors (and of course all ConTeXt users) will hopefully get soon is an automatic synchronization with CTAN. I am in contact with the CTAN maintainers about that. The service will grow during the nice summer months, so please send me all the modules that you have on your hard disks but never published yet. You can find it at <http://modules.contextgarden.net>. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net

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euro question
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Simple and perhaps one hundred times answered but, how can I make the euro symbol in ConTeXt ? thanks for being there, ji --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 2004/11/01

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arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug?
by Johan Sandblom 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

The following code compiles flawlessly but the pdf that is generated opens with the error "Could not find the Extended Graphics State named 'Tr1'." in Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux (and Windows for that matter). Earlier readers give less informative messages but in all cases the pdf has almost entirely empty pages. If the second line is uncommented (so there is no arranging) there is no problem. If the color is non-transparent, there is no problem. If the table needs less than 4 sheets to be arranged on, there is no problem. Is this known, expected, fixable? Johan \setuppapersize [A6][A4] \setuparranging [2*4, doublesided] %\setuppapersize [A6][A6] \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor[tgray][s=.8, t=.5, a=1] \starttext \bTABLE[split=repeat, frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=tgray] \dorecurse{200}{\bTR\bTD 1\eTD\bTD 2\eTD\eTR} \eTABLE \stoptext -- 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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Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug?
by Johan Sandblom 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

Mine is TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) context : ver: 2005.03.16 cont-en : ver: 2005.03.16 fmt: 2005.4.22 mes: english on linux Did you compile the document with texexec --arrange --pdf ? The --arrange flag is necessary to get indices and tocs in arranged documents, which I have in the file the problem was exposed. 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "luigi.scarso" <luigi.scarso(a)logosrl.it> Date: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:42 pm Subject: Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug? > Johan Sandblom wrote: > > >The following code compiles flawlessly but the pdf that is > generated opens > >with the error "Could not find the Extended Graphics State named > 'Tr1'.">in Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux (and Windows for that > matter). Earlier readers > >give less informative messages but in all cases the pdf has almost > entirely > >empty pages. If the second line is uncommented (so there is no > arranging) > >there is no problem. If the color is non-transparent, there is no > problem.>If the table needs less than 4 sheets to be arranged on, > there is no problem. > > > >Is this known, expected, fixable? > > > >Johan > > > >\setuppapersize [A6][A4] \setuparranging [2*4, doublesided] > >%\setuppapersize [A6][A6] > >\setupcolors [state=start] > >\definecolor[tgray][s=.8, t=.5, a=1] > >\starttext > >\bTABLE[split=repeat, frame=off, background=color, > backgroundcolor=tgray]>\dorecurse{200}{\bTR\bTD 1\eTD\bTD 2\eTD\eTR} > >\eTABLE > >\stoptext > > > > > > > I have made it with > TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 > > texexec : TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 > texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 > tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) > context : ver: 2005.01.13 > cont-en : ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.3.7 mes: english > cont-nl : ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.3.7 mes: dutch > under linux > and I see no problems with xpdf, acrobat5 and acrobat 7. > > luigi > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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proposed convention for variation switching [wasRE:inheriting ...
by Idris Samawi Hamid 22 Apr '05

22 Apr '05

>===== Original Message From "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> ===== >I don't have time to really delve into the implementation details, but it >looks like the difference is that ConTeXt isn't so responsive with user- >defined alternatives with more than two characters. Compare the stripped >down version with your own. Your \scsb has been changed to \SB, effectively. Hmm, I was a little worried at first about >2-char switches at first, till I noticed that type-siz.tex uses some four-letter switches as well, e.g. ============line-575============== \definebodyfont [12pt] [mm] [mrbf=xcmb12, exbf=cmex10 at 12pt, mibf=cmmib10 at 12pt, sybf=cmbsy10 at 12pt] ===================================== So I assumed that such a scheme would work. My suggestion: Either a) the \*a(b)(c) etc mechanism needs modification to accomodate >2-char switches, or b) an official 2-char switching convention for dealing with semibold and the standard five variants of small caps in ConTeXt is needed. Ideally users should not have to define switches for these standard variants anyway. Here is an idea (further discussion needed): a) Let's assume no change to the ConTeXt internals to accomodate >2-char switches. b) There are twelve basic style variants in a professional modern serif font (math, greek, etc excluded): six for lower case and six for small caps. On this basis, here is my suggestion for an official ConTeXt convention for professional fonts: %% lowercase % medium \tf % semibold \sb % bold \bf % italic \it % semibold italic \st % bold italic \bi %% small caps % medium \TF % semibold \SB % bold \BF % italic \IT % semibold italic \ST % bold italic \BI The small caps versions are identical to the lowercase versions, with the difference that the small caps versions use caps. This serves as a mnemonic device. We also need some long-winded control sequences: \definestyle [semiboldroman,semibold] [\sb][] \definestyle [semibolditalic] [\st][] \definestyle [smallcapssemibold,semiboldsmallcaps] [\SB][] \definestyle [smallcapsbold,boldsmallcaps] [\BF][] \definestyle [smallcapsitalic,italicsmallcaps] [\IT][] \definestyle [smallcapssemibolditalic,semibolditalicsmallcaps][\ST][] \definestyle [smallcapsbolditalic,bolditalicsmallcaps] [\BI][] An identical or similar analysis may work for sans-serif, but I have to check... Thank you very much for pinning down the source of this! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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