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Language issues
by Mats Broberg 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Dear listmembers, When setting a language (in this case Swedish) for a document, is there something else one is supposed to do than putting \language[sv] on a single line somewhere before \starttext? I get overfull, non-hyphenated lines in the section I am typesetting. Best regards, Mats Broberg

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XeConTeXt set up issue
by Mark Smith 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

Apart from my reference numbering problem with the bib module, everything was working OK. So, I decided it was time to have a go with "XeConTeXt". I was following Adam's instructions here: <http://contextgarden.net/XeTeX> Checked: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/config:texexec.ini for: for tetex set TeXPassString to -progname=context for tetex set TeXVirginFlag to -ini OK. Just to be safe ran: texexec --verbose texexec --make texhash No problems so far. Then: sudo texexec --make --xtx en gave: TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 TeX hash binary : mktexlsr comment : hashing may take a while ... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.91 (Web2C 7.5.3) (INITEX) (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) entering extended mode (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/cont-en.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/context.tex (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-pln.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-prm.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-etx.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-omg.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/syst-xtx.tex ! I can't find file `xplain.tex'. l.21 \input xplain.tex Please type another input file name: xplain.tex is indeed nowhere to be found I reinstalled TeX then XeTeX and then ConTeXt from Gerben's and Jonathan's i-Packages choosing "2004 Stable" for TeX and "beta" for ConTeXt. Went through the same procedure. Same result. How to proceed ? [Just to test, I then ran: texexec --xtx mySampleFile.tex and got: TeXExec 5.2.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : xetex format : cont-en inputfile : /Users/Mark/mySampleFile output : xetex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.91 (Web2C 7.5.3) (WARNING: translate-file "natural.tcx" ignored) ---! cont-en.fmt was written by pdfetex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) which probably corresponds to the fact that <cont-en.xfmt> was not generated in: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/ I suppose ? because the texexec --make --xtx en couldn't complete ?] Any ideas ? (As I say, everything else seems to be working ('part from that bib module problem I mentioned in a separate post) wtia, mark.

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Re: [NTG-context] Extending into the margin
by Duncan Hothersall 08 Mar '05

08 Mar '05

I asked about a mechanism to allow tables to extend into the outer margin, in a double-sided layout. Hans said: > see the manual "details.pdf" Thanks - I think I now almost understand how I would do this for *floats*, but... my question was (perhaps) simpler - I'm just talking about fixed blocks of text in the main flow. In fact, things that must not float from where they are called. I can't see how to apply details.pdf to something that isn't a float, and it strikes me that the answer might be simpler? So is there any way of saying: -- Right hand page -- Some running text at normal width. A wider block of text which runs into the outer margin(in other words, extends right on right-hand pages and left on left hand ones). Back to running text at normal width. -- -- Left hand page -- Some running text at normal width. A wider block of text which runs into the outer margin(in other words, extends right on right-hand pages and left on left hand ones). Back to running text at normal width. -- Thanks again for any pointers. Will put the solution on the wiki once found! Duncan dh(a)capdm.com

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pdf image & setupbackground command
by VnPenguin 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hi all, I used a one-page pdf like background image. The size of paper is A4 (210x297mm). The size of my pdf image is a little bigger (220x311mm). For the cover, when I used: \useexternalfigure[cover][cover-1005-4][width=220mm] \defineoverlay[cover][{\externalfigure[cover]}] \starttext \setupbackgrounds[page][background=cover] \startstandardmakeup Text of cover \stopstandardmakeup ... \stoptext I got a perfect cover. But when I use the same pdf for the page, I got a background which is smaller than the page and there is a black border (see http://phoc.homeunix.net/pub/page.png) \useexternalfigure[mypage][page-1005-2][width=220mm] \defineoverlay[mypage][{\externalfigure[mypage]}] \starttext \setupbackgrounds [page][background=mypage] \chapter{foo} \section{bar} abc abc \stoptext Any ideas for help ? Thank you in advance, Q.

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automatic width in \setupTABLE
by Peter Münster 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hello, is there a possibility, to get automatic column widths with natural tables, and specifying only the total table width as with SetTableToWidth{...} ? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Bad page breaks!
by G.C.H.M. Verhaag 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Dear ConTeXt-users, I'm trying to typeset a small book using ConTeXt (TeXLive 2004), and use the following setup: \setupbodyfont[rm,12pt] \definepapersize[BOOK][width=140mm,height=210mm] \setuppapersize[BOOK][A4] \setuplayout[ [topspace=24mm, header=8mm, headerdistance=10mm, backspace=19.5mm, leftmargin=15.5mm, rightmargin=23mm, footerdistance=5mm, footer=4mm, height=fit, width=fit, marking=on, location=middle] Page breaks are usually calculated automatically by TeX, but I notice that in my case they turn out to be very bad. A lot of pages are involved, so I wonder how this can be improved? Sometimes even 3 lines could be added without any difficulty to a page by TeX before inserting a page break! I've tried to use \adaptlayout but it doesn't seem to work, no effect! Has it perhaps something to do with the setup I use? Regards, Geert -- Geert C.H.M. Verhaag St. Jorisstraat 29 5954 AN Beesel NETHERLANDS Tel.: (+31)-774742493, E-mail: verhaaggchm(a)ision.nl

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Current text width?
by Duncan Hothersall 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Hello all. The following code (tested at contextgarden) illustrates my current problem: -- \definetextbackground[TestBackground] [leftoffset=1em,rightoffset=1em,topoffset=8pt, bottomoffset=8pt,frame=on,location=paragraph] \starttext \starttextbackground[TestBackground] Some text first, which behaves perfectly, and then a table: \vbox{\bTABLE \setupTABLE[column][1][width=0.3\textwidth] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=0.7\textwidth] \bTR\bTD I was hoping\eTD \bTD that this table would make itself narrower according to the background offsets, like the text does. But it doesn't.\eTD\eTR \eTABLE} \stoptextbackground \stoptext -- The key is in the spec for column widths. I would like all the widths to be specified proportionally, but I need the right hook. I have tried \textwidth and \makeupwidth but neither seem to recognise the offsets introduced by the background. What I'd really like is a generalised solution, so that all tables just work no matter where they occur. So - is there a parameter which represents the current width of the layout area, taking into account itemisations, textbackgrounds and anything else? Thanks. [And thanks Hans for the earlier reference to details.pdf, which I am still trying to understand in order to allow my tables to extend into the margin. I'm working on it!] Duncan dh(a)capdm.com

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Problem with Natural Tables
by luigi.scarso 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

I find problems with this piece of code ( texexec -v: TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004) \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD one \eTD \bTD two \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD three fout five six seven eight nine \eTD \bTD ten \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext The log say ! 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 \makeTBL {1}{2... \endTBL ...x {\trialtypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktb... ... l.5 \eTABLE

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csr fonts in last ConTeXt
by Michal Kvasnička 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

Good evening. A couple of days ago I have reinstalled my computer and installed the newest ConTeXt as well (TeXExec 5.2.4, ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.31). I found that it could work under SuSE Linux 9.2 -- teTeX distribution. But I also found that there is a change with csr fonts -- it is (at least in the Czech interface) substituted with cmr fonts. What's the reason? How could I change it againt to csr? (cmr fonts don't have accented letters.) Many thanks for your help. Your sincerely Michal Kvasnicka

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creating horizontal space
by Paul Tremblay 07 Mar '05

07 Mar '05

I am trying to create horizontal space in a footer and am having not luck. Here is what I have tried; \definetext[chapStart8Footer][footer][\vbox{ {\hspace{2em} skip} space Interestingly, the \hfill command works here, but \hspace doesn't. Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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