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How to check the version ConTEXt that is installed on my system?
by R S Ananda Murthy 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Hello, Please tell me how to check the version of ConTEXt that is installed on my system. I am running Slackware 10.1. Thanks, Anand

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Multiple image directories
by Gerben Wierda 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

I tried to use two image directories, but that does not work. Can I do something like that? E.g. \setupexternalfigures[directory=../images,directory=../ mp,maxwidth=\textwidth] G

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\= in tables
by Idris Samawi Hamid 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Just in case this was missed-) On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:05:19 -0700, <ishamid(a)lamar.colostate.edu> wrote: Dear cartel, \= does not work in tables (I think that the TABLE macros define \= differently; why on earth would someone do that?!?). Is there a workaround? Idris =========================== % output=pdf interface=en \starttext \setupinterlinespace \setupfloats[location=center] \placetable [here][tab:test]{Test.} \starttable{|c|c|} \HL \VL macron ({\=a}) \VL accents ({\=a}) \VL\FR \HL \VL do not ({\=a}) \VL work ({\=a})\VL\NR \HL \VL in ({\=a}) \VL tables ({\=a}) \VL\LR \HL \stoptable \stoptext =========================== log: =========================== systems : begin file test4 at line 3 ! Misplaced \omit. \!ttLongHrule ->\omit \span \omit \span \!ttShortHrule l.11 \VL macron ({\= a}) \VL accents ({\=i}) \VL\FR =========================== -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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\typebuffer with typing name
by Vit Zyka 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Hi everybody, please consider: ----------------------------------- \definetyping[TEX] \setuptyping[TEX][option=TEX] \starttext \startbuffer[A] \somemacro[bla][obla=vbla] \stopbuffer \typebuffer[A] \stoptext ----------------------------------- It works perfectly. I would like to type buffer with options for typing, e.g. \typebuffer[A][TEX] but the second param is ignored. It seems to me, the definition of \typebuffer is preprepared for that, but not finnished. Or is there some solution that I omitted? (It is not crutial since I solved it by calling \typefile[TEX][]{\jobname-A.tmp} ) Thanks vit

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bibmodule: two small questions
by Thomas A.Schmitz 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

I've been playing with Taco's bibmodule, and I'm absolutely thrilled how easy it is to customize things. Once you've groked how things work, you can simply copy code from bibl-apa.tex and modify, it's just wonderful (OT: what does "apa" stand for in this abbreviation? For me, it's the American Philological Association, but I guess that's not meant here.) I even managed to typeset the numbers of my bibliography flushright in a \hbox and was very proud of myself. Two small questions remain: 1. Is there a general option to have the publicationlist typeset in a smaller font size? The default seems to be the general bodyfont, but I couldn't see where this could be modified. 2. The space between the items does not follow the normal interlinespace, but is fixed to a somewhat smaller value, which looks a bit bizarre. Is there any way to modify this behavior. But these are just cosmetic flaws, overall, the module works wonderfully. Very impressive! Best Thomas

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Greek in ConTeXt
by Thomas A.Schmitz 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

Gang, during the last weeks, I've been working on two modules to support ancient (polytonic) Greek. THey are finished now and will be ready for download at Patrick's site soon. They require the latest ConTeXt beta 2005.03.16 (actually, some parts from these modules have been integrated into the main distribution). Moreover, I've written a MyWay about the process. Even if you're not particularly interested in Ancient Greek (rumor has it that some people might not be), this may be useful for you as it explains how I enabled support for Unicode TrueType fonts and utf-input, so this should be valid for other Unicode vectors as well. Patrick has agreed to host this MyWay at his site: http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/GreekInContext.pdf Hope this will be useful to some of you! Best wishes Thomas

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Problem with \type in captions
by Nikolai Weibull 30 Mar '05

30 Mar '05

\starttext \placefigure {\type{0|}} {} \stoptext gives me ! Argument of \next has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } <argument> ...p {\strutdepth }\begstrut \type {0|} \endstrut \endgraf \doattributes ...sname #1#2\@EA \endcsname \fi {#4 }\dostopattributes \putcompletecaption ...trut #3\endstrut \endgraf } \fi \dostopattributes \docheckcaptioncontent ...ecaption {#4}{#2}{#3}{0} }\ifdim \wd \tempcaptionbo... ... l.4 {} Remove the 0 and it works fine. Is there a quick fix?, nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: minimalistic.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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RE: [NTG-context] footnote placement
by Idris Samawi Hamid 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

>\setupnote[endnote][location=none] > >\starttext > >\dorecurse{100}{test \endnote{eee}\endgraf} > >\page > >\placenotes[endnote] > >\stoptext For the record, this also works:-) %\setupnote[endnote][location=none] \setupfootnotes[location=none] \starttext \dorecurse{14}{\ReadFile{tufte}\footnote{\ReadFile{tufte}}\par} \page %\placenotes[endnote] \placefootnotes[location=none] \stoptext It seems that \endnote is also new; nice-) Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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RE: [NTG-context] footnote placement
by Idris Samawi Hamid 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== > \starttext >> \startbuffer[tufte] >> \input tufte >> \stopbuffer >> \startbuffer[knuth] >> \input knuth >> \stopbuffer >> \dorecurse{100}{test \footnote{\typebuffer[knuth]} \endnote{eee}\endgraf} > >it's \getbuffer else you indeed get a verbatim buffer (which is what type does); > >\dorecurse{100}{test \footnote{\input knuth } \endnote{eee}\endgraf} So \endgraf (or \par) is needed here; I should have guessed-) >also works; put a space or \relax after \input, else tex keeps scanning; >alternatively use \ReadFile{knuth} or \readfile{knuth}{}{} I definitely prefer the \ReadFile option. I could not find it (or \readfile{}{}{}) in ConTeXt Commands or texshow; must be new... What's the difference between these two commands? Also: given the ConTeXt philosophy, shouldn't there be a non-cryptic replacement for \par or \endgraf, something like \paragraph or \endparagraph? Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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how to place figures next to each other
by Peter 29 Mar '05

29 Mar '05

Dear list, How can I place two figures next to each other without using a \startcombination ... \stopcombination group? I now have this, but it is not what I want: \gebruikexternfiguur[kortoctaaf][cekort][type=eps,hoogte=30mm] \gebruikexternfiguur[gebrokenoctaaf][gebroken][type=eps,hoogte=30mm] \plaatsfiguur [hier] [fig:klavieren] {Enkele varianten van het groot octaaf} {\startcombinatie[2*1] {\kortoctaaf}{kort octaaf} {\gebrokenoctaaf}{gebroken octaaf} \stopcombinatie} I want to have the two figures numbered as seperate, independent figures, but when using a combination, the whole combination is treated as one figure and gets only one number and one label. XXXX XXXX X X X X XXXX XXXX fig.n fig.n+1 I've consulted the manuals and searched the list archives, but I have not found a solution. tnx in advance, Peter van Kranenburg

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