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under/over runs with odd and even pages
by Paul Tremblay 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

I am getting under and overruns when I define odd and even pages. The problem seems to be that when paragraph runs from and odd to an evne page, it retains its formating that it had on the odd page. And this is also true for a paragraph that starts on an even page and runs to an odd page. So if the odd page is really wide, and the even page is narrow, the paragraphs starts on the odd page fitting perfectly, and then when it starts on the odd page, it overflows. Likewise, when a paragraph starts on a narrow, even page, it retains its narrowness at the start of an odd page, producing an underfill. So what is wrong with my code? \showframe \definelayout[1][ leftmargin=33mm, rightmargin=33mm, cutspace=50mm, backspace=50mm, height=fit, width=fit, ] \definelayout[even][ rightmargin=25mm, cutspace=40mm, leftmargin=20mm, backspace=35mm, height=fit, width=fit, ] \definelayout[odd][ leftmargin=25mm, rightmargin=35mm, cutspace=50mm, backspace=40mm, height=fit, width=fit, ] \setuplayout Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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Microtype & ConTeXt question
by Gerben Wierda 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

http://mail.rna.nl/~gerben/microtype.tiff contains an image of a margin of a piece of text I just have typeset with ConTeXt. I was wondering about two things: 1. How does one set up the use of margi kerning in ConTeXt given that my ConTeXt (without me having selected it myself) uses Latin Modern? I have tried adding \usetypescript [serif,sans,mono] [hanging] [thanh] to my environment file. 2. If you look at the image (link above) you see that there is no margin kerning there. Also I was wondering if margin kerning would make not only the . protrude but also the slanted f protrude negatively. G

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batch download from pragma
by Idris Samawi Hamid 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Dear musketeers, How can I download all of the manuals and magazines from http://www.pragma-ade.com/overview.htm in batch, say, as a single zip file, or otherwise all at once? (I use Windows for now). Is there an ftp site? Some other way (perhaps using wget.txt)? Best to all Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Line break after unit or \cite command
by Michael Fuchs 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi! I have some problems using units or cite commands in combination with line breaks. Using: ... energies up to 3 \EVolt were measured .... will produce no whitespace between "eV" and "were" ... energies up to 3 eVwere measured ..... In order to get the space correct between the unit and the following word I inserted a "~" to ensure the space. But this will not force the line break between the unit and the following word when it is necessary. In that case hypphenation will be used after the first syllable. I encountered the same effect using the \cite command to reference bib-items but not to reference tables or pictures with the \in command. How can I create a space after the unit and have correct line breaking at the same time? Thanks Michael

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Re: [NTG-context] Renaming spot colours
by Duncan Hothersall 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hans wrote: > The problem is in the space in the name; since this name is used all over the > place, an internal cleanup will not help, so this is why we have (yes, > undocumented, so ... add to the wiki) > > \setupcolors[rgb=no,cmyk=no,spot=yes,state=start] > > \definecolor[IFSbluebase] [c=1,m=.56,y=0,k=.18] > > \doregisterspotcolorname{IFSbluebase}{PANTONE 294CV} ... Thank you Hans! Works beautifully. I have added a section about spot colours, including this info about mapping them, to the wiki. I hope no-one objects to the British spelling in that section :-) Duncan

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Why I needed \parbox and why does \framed not work here?
by Gerben Wierda 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

I am trying to convert to ConTeXt and I have a text with a lot of truth tables using a \ttable and \xttable command I defined. I ported these to ConTeXt but I can't get the \parbox -> \framed to work. % Example document with truth tables starts here \usemodule[bib] % defines \newcommand \newcommand{\operand}[1]{{\sc #1}} \newcommand{\ttvalue}[1]{{\sc #1}} \newcommand{\xttable}[7]{\starttable[|c|c|c|]\HL % #1 \NC #2 \NC #1 \operand{#3} #2 \SR\HL \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{#4} \FR % \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{#5} \MR % \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{false} \NC \ttvalue{#6} \MR % \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{true} \NC \ttvalue{#7} \LR\HL % \stoptable} \newcommand{\ttable}[5]{\xttable{a}{b}{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}} \starttext Looks fine:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{Statement X}{Statement Y}{$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } This doesn't work:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{Some sort of longer statement}{Another sort of longer statement}% {$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } This doesn't work either:\blank \midaligned{% \xttable{\framed[width=2cm,frame=off]{Some sort of longer statement\par}}{\framed[width=2cm,frame=off]{Another sort of longer statement\par}}{$\Rightarrow$}% {unknown}{unknown}{invalid (false)}{valid (true)} } \stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi Patrick, I was using the code that you have posted \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] \starttext foo \stoptext But it doesn't work on live.contextgarden.net ?! Steffen Patrick Gundlach <patrick(a)gundla.ch> wrote: > Hi, > > [...] > > > $ grep phvr8r `kpsewhich pdftex.map` > > phvr8r NimbusSanL-Regu "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <uhvr8a.pfb > > phvr8rn NimbusSanL-ReguCond "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc > > <uhvr8ac.pfb > > OK, that looks fine. Please post your logfile and make sure it runs ok > on live.contextgarden.net > > Patrick

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hi, Patrick Gundlach <patrick(a)gundla.ch> wrote: > Hello, > > >> do you have psfnss (LaTeX) installed? > > > Yes, sure. As part of Gerbens "2004 stable". > > But this doesn't seem to be enough. > > OK, it looks as if you have problems with mapfiles: > > > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open font map file > > >{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-youngryu- > > tx.map} > > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-helvetica.map): cannot open font map file > > > > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-courier.map): cannot open font map file > > ] > > systems : end file helve at line 25 > > ) > > Warning: pdfetex (file phvr8r): Font phvr8r at 86 not found > > > Perhaps Gerben knows what is going on here. What is the output of the > shell command: > > grep phvr8r `kpsewhich pdftex.map` > > Patrick $ grep phvr8r `kpsewhich pdftex.map` phvr8r NimbusSanL-Regu "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <uhvr8a.pfb phvr8rn NimbusSanL-ReguCond "TeXBase1Encoding ReEncodeFont" <8r.enc <uhvr8ac.pfb Steffen

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Layout questions
by Marcin Borkowski 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Hello! OK, thank you for your answers to my questions. Now another bunch, this time I started reading the section on layout in the manual. When using \setuppapersize with one argument, does it imply that the default value of the second parameter is equal to the first one? If I use both, does it imply that the "smaller" page (determined by the second argument) is centered on the real paper (with size defined by the first arg)? What do the options "offset" and "scale" for \definepapersize mean? Are there any other options other than these two and "height" and "width"? Thanks in advance and greetings -- Marcin Borkowski

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Learning ConTeXt, typical hurdle
by Gerben Wierda 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Maybe I should start a blog somewhere... Anyway, I have started my "conversion to ConTeXT" project. So, I used the fiee perl script to set up my project. Then I started to fill things in. Everything is still in one directory (I do not understand directory searching in ConTeXt yet and I haven't seen a example for a book project). So, I have a project file: =============================== % output=pdf interface=en \usemodule[bib] \startproject project_teoada \environment env_teoada % \showlayout % \showgrid % \showbodyfontenvironment \product prd_book \stopproject =============================== A product file: =============================== \startproduct prd_book \project project_teoada \startfrontmatter \component c_introduction \stopfrontmatter \component c_chapter1 \component c_chapter2 \component c_chapter3 \component c_chapter4 \component c_chapter5 \component c_chapter6 \component c_chapter7 \startbackmatter \component c_appendixa \component c_appendixb \stopbackmatter \stopproduct =============================== I defined a description environment to replace LaTeX's description. In the environment file: =============================== \startenvironment env_teoada \project project_teoada \definedescription [description] [location=hanging, margin=standard, headstyle=bold] \definestartstop [descriptions] [before=\blank\startpacked, after=\stoppacked\blank] \stopenvironment =============================== And I put some info in c_introduction.tex. There I used the description thingy: =============================== \startcomponent c_introduction \product prd_book \project project_teoada \starttext \chapter[h:guide]{Guide} \startdescriptions \description{Chapter \in[h:ch1]} Bla bla \description{Chapter \in[h:ch2]} Bla bla \stopdescriptions \stoptext \stopcomponent =============================== Now, this fails. Why? I was completely stumped. I get an error message I do not understand: references : unknown reference [][h:ch2] ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. \stopdescriptions ->\dostopattributes \egroup \getvalue {\??be descriptions\... <argument> Bla bla \stopdescriptions \@@stopdescription {description}\stoptext \dodowithpar ...cription}[]{Chapter \in [h:ch2]}#1 \@@stopdescription {descri... l.14 ? x Now what turns out to solve this? Empty lines before \description and \stopdescriptions Though I like ConTeXt if I look at certain design aspects, behaviour that depends on whitespace before a command frightens me. G

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