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next version
by Hans Hagen 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Hi, The next release will -apart from bug fixes and a few new things as well as the bib module- also miss a few things: the interface setup files, we now definitely move to the xml variants; as a result, texshow has been swapped for taco's texshow which handles the xml files directly; this is all part of a cleanup. The alpha relese already has these changes. Expect also cleanup in the font area: - csr/plr/aer/vnr will be dropped in favor of lmr (also makes minimals smaller) - i consider run time map entries instead of file based ones - some unused macros will be removed btw, there is a new 'manual': tiptrick.pdf; will be extended over time 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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\setuppagenumbering
by Willi Egger 16 Jan '05

16 Jan '05

Hi After downloading the latest release, after updating the pdfetex binaries, making the engines running again ... This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.1.15 int: english mes: english I need to use \setuppagenumbering[way=bychapter] According to the new syntax given in TeXshow it is now \setuppagenumbering[way=bycd:chapter] Unortunately this results in the following message: ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \@@bybycd:chapter <argument> ...stringelse .\csname \currentsection \c!number \endcsname \@@@i... \expanded ...\long \xdef \@@expanded {\noexpand #1 }\@@expanded \p!doifinstringelse ...{\pp!doifinstringelse #2#1} @@\war \dodoifinstringelse ...tringelse \@@@instring {#1} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments ... \dodochecknummer ...up \doifinstringelse {.0}{.#2} {\doifnot {#3}\v!by {\set... ... l.13 ^^I\chapter[Ch-Test]{Test} See also the attached minimal testfile bycd.tex Am I missing something? Kind regards Willi % Bug? % CONTEXT file % filename: bycd.tex % Willi Egger % 15-01-2005 \setuppagenumbering[way=bycd:chapter] \starttext \dorecurse{3}[% \chapter[Ch-Test]{Test} \input tufte } \stoptext

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Re: [metapost] shading in meta[post/play] & PDF
by Laurence Finston 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Laurence Finston wrote: > > If you mean my spheres, that's an artefact of the PNG graphics. Actually, I think it may be because of the high magnification I used in order to get the glyphs to be a reasonable size when viewed using a browser. It would probably work better to make the characters bigger in the first place. It might also be because browsers display graphics with low resolution. I don't know much about browsers, though, so this is just a hypothesis. I'll see if I can improve this when I revise the font. Laurence Finston http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/LDF.html

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html to context
by ishamid 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Hi gang, Have any of you guys a script or something to convert simple html to ConTeXt? There are apparently a couple of html2latex converters out there but is there anything for ConTeXt? Best Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\bTABLE .. \eTABLE
by Willi Egger 15 Jan '05

15 Jan '05

Hi, Hm, I am puzzled. When running the attached minimal file with This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2c 7.5.2) ConTeXt ver: 2004.6.21 fmt: 2004.6.22 int: english mes: english There is a pdf with the expected one-cell table. Otherwise running the file with This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.05 fmt: 2005.1.5 int: english mes: english or running the file with This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.13 fmt: 2005.1.15 int: english mes: english The following message is displayed: ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \@@tblprefix \c!each \v!each \getvalue #1->\csname #1 \endcsname \setupTBLcell ...e {\@@tblprefix \c!each \v!each } \getvalue {\@@tblprefix \c... \handleTBLcell ...ox \hbox {\setupTBLcell {#1}{#2} \localframed [\@@tbl \@@tb... <inserted text> ...bl \begintblrow \makeTBL {1}{1} \nexttblcol \endtblrow \en... \endTBL ...x {\trialtypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktb... ... l.14 \eTABLE Kind regards Willi % Bug? % CONTEXT file % filename table.tex % Willi Egger % 15-01-2005 \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Document: \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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Problem with \button
by François Fasoli 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

I have found the following somewhere in the documentation. \button{...}[the chapter on whatever] \button{...}[otherdoc::some topic] \button{...}[previouspage] \button{...}[PreviousJump] I have tried them : all run very well except \button{...}[otherdoc::some topic] How can I replace some topic to indicate a chapter in otherdoc or a page ? Thank you.

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New release
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Hi all, Hans has issued a new release of ConTeXt yesterday (2005.01.13). Highlights: * The distribution now contains Taco's bib module and related files * The TeXShow program now uses the XML versions of the interface definition files, the .tws variants have been removed * Math font definitions (esp. lucida/euler) are completed and improved, resulting in more robust mixed math usage More details on the Wiki, http://contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Greetings, Taco

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3D MetaPost tool:3DLDF
by Tobias Burnus 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Hi, 3DLDF might be interesting to some of you. I have not tested it, but it seems to use a similar language to MetaPost (but with 3D coordinates) and generates real MetaPost. http://www.gnu.org/software/3dldf/ | My primary purpose in writing 3DLDF was to make it possible to use MetaPost for | three-dimensional drawing. I've always enjoyed using MetaPost, and thought it was | a shame that I could only use it for making two-dimensional drawings. 3DLDF is a | front-end that operates on three-dimensional data, performs the necessary | calculations for the projection onto two dimensions, and writes its output in the form | of MetaPost code. | | While 3DLDF's data types and operations are modelled on those of Metafont and | MetaPost, and while the only form of output 3DLDF currently produces is MetaPost | code, it is nonetheless not in principle tied to MetaPost. It could be modified to | produce PostScript code directly, or output in other formats. It would also be possible | to modify 3DLDF so that it could be used for creating graphics interactively on a | terminal, by means of an appropriate interface to the computer's graphics hardware. Tobias

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Re: [NTG-context] \godown to an absolute position
by Duncan Hothersall 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

Hans wrote: > quick and dirty: > > \setuphead[chapter][before=\vbox to 10cm\bgroup,after=\vss\egroup] > > \starttext > > \chapter{test} \input tufte > \chapter{test\endgraf test} \input tufte > > \stoptext > > there are other solutions (synchronizing stuff) but that's more complex Great! This solution worked for me. I have added it to Sample Macros in the Wiki. Thanks, Duncan

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ConTeXt dont work with fonts after last miktex update
by matthias.c.schmidt＠t-online.de 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

After the last update ConTeXt has problems with fonts unter miktex. from the log: [1.1{original-empty.map}{texnansiOSFSC-adobe-cronospro.map Warning: pdfetex (file texnansiOSFSC-adobe-cronospro.map): invalid entry for `texnansiOSFSC-raw-CronosPro-Bold': invalid font file name the entry in the map-file: texnansiOSFSC-raw-CronosPro-Bold 4 < CronosPro-Bold.pfb texnansiOSFSC.enc Before update all worked fine. Nothing has changed. The .enc files are under fonts/enc and in the miktex.ini the path is set on it (under pdfetex). ConTeXt/pdfetex don't find any font file (but under LaTeX all is o.k.). I red that there are have to changed any variables, but I don't know how I have to do this under miktex (miktex.ini looks well for paths). Why it doesn't work now? Thanks in advance, Matthias

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