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a footnote bug?
by esther+steffen 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

Hi, when setting the \setupfootnotedefinition with location=margin, or location=inleft there is always a little distance between footnote number and footnote text. Neither width nor distance can affect it. Does this distance cannot be adjusted? Thank you, Steffen Wolfrum

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defining a frame with embedded typing
by Floris van Manen 18 Aug '04

18 Aug '04

how would i define a frame with the typing environment embedded. the way i thought to solve it does *not* work (of course) \def\startTTinput% {\startframedtext[width=\makeupwidth,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.8] \starttyping } \def\stopTTinput% {\stoptyping\stopframedtext} or do i have to look for a solution in a different direction? thanks! % f

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and Aleph
by Steffen Wolfrum 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > >ever so often I read mails by Giuseppe or Idris on Aleph. > >Now I also saw that there is a context-manual on aleph. > >Does this mean I can use the examples mentions there under ConTeXt? > > > >Running an alephtest.tex file ... > >\start \textdir TLT\relax \setups[ward] > >\start \textdir BLB\relax \red \setups[ward] > >\stop \setups[ward] > >\stop > >... tells me that "\textdir" is an "Undefined control sequence" > > > > > >What is missing? > > > > > probably aleph -) > > texexec --make --alone --tex=aleph > > texexec yourfile --tex=aleph --output=dpx > > (or first line of file: % tex=aleph output=dvipdfmx) > > > Hans So I execute sudo texexec --make --alone --tex=aleph and try % tex=aleph output=dvipdfmx \start \textdir TLT\relax \setups[ward] \start \textdir BLB\relax \red \setups[ward] \stop \setups[ward] \stop But that gives me only: TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : aleph format : cont-en inputfile : aleph output : dvipdfmx interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 sh: aleph: command not found return code : 32512 run time : 0 seconds total run time : 1 seconds What else is missing? Steffen

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Cannot TeX this
by Salman Khilji 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Why can't I process the following from the manual? \def\HeadTitle#1#2% {\hbox to hsize {\hfill % \framed[height=1cm,width=2cm,align=left]{#1}% \framed[height=1cm,width=4cm,align=right]{#2}}} \setuphead[subsection][command=\HeadTitle] \starttext \subsection{Test}{Test} This is a test \stoptext

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ConTeXt and Aleph
by Steffen Wolfrum 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

Hi, ever so often I read mails by Giuseppe or Idris on Aleph. Now I also saw that there is a context-manual on aleph. Does this mean I can use the examples mentions there under ConTeXt? Running an alephtest.tex file ... \start \textdir TLT\relax \setups[ward] \start \textdir BLB\relax \red \setups[ward] \stop \setups[ward] \stop ... tells me that "\textdir" is an "Undefined control sequence" What is missing? When I installed ConTeXt I executed the following command lines: mv /Users/steffen/Desktop/cont-tmf.zip /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local rm tex/context/base/* rm metapost/context/base/* unzip -a -L -o cont-tmf.zip cp /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/config/texexec.rme /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/config/texexec.ini cp /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex sudo mktexlsr sudo fmtutil --all sudo texhash Do I have to add/change something in order to use ConTeXt and aleph? As you see I don't know where to start. Apologies if even my question are wrong! Thank you, Steffen Wolfrum (I am running the latest contextbeta under MacOS X)

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Re: .tex sources for ConTeXt's documentation
by Hans Hagen 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Flavio Ribeiro wrote: > Hello, > > Do you distribute .tex sources for ConTeXt's documentation? I'd like > to learn from them, but I can only find PDFs on your web site. we only distribute documented source code and styles; also, it's not that simple to cook up a file structure that has all that stuff and be able to work in it comfortable as well (the documentation directory structure is different from the documentation source structure, and often there are additional resources like graphics and such, so putting things in a distribution is a tough job; maybe some time ... for the moment, take a look at the pdftex manual (sources available) and the s-* and x-* styles there's also the wiki where users share things ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net 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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Some problems with framing typed text.
by Brooks Moses 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

In the document I'm working on, I'd like to put some typed code bits in frames, to get an appearance sort of like the code excerpts on the ConTeXtWiki. However, I've found myself needing to do a couple of rather ugly hacks to get that to work right, and I'm hoping for some suggestions on how to avoid that. Here's what I have so far: \def\typebufferframed[#1]{% \vskip\parskip \framed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=on, strut=yes, offset=2mm, width=broad, framecolor=black, align=right]% {\vskip -11mm\typebuffer[#1]\vskip -5mm}} \starttext Plain text before the code. \startbuffer[ex1] This is an example. \stopbuffer \typebufferframed[ex1] Plain text after the code. \stoptext The hacks that I'd like to get rid of: It would be nice not to have to put the code in a buffer before typing it, since in general I only use these once. However, if I put \starttyping and \stoptyping inside a framed command (even if I don't encapsulate it in another function) it breaks, and putting \startframedtext in the before= command and \stopframedtext in the after= command of \setuptyping also doesn't work. The spacing, when I do things the way that I'm doing them, is all wrong. The \vskip\parskip at the top is reasonably ok (although a bit annoying), but I'd really like to figure out how to get rid of the large negative \vskip's inside the frame. Thanks! - Brooks

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vertically centred
by Peter Münster 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hello, how could I centre vertically a table or a vbox? In other words, how to do the same as the following LaTeX code in ConTeXt? \documentclass{article} \begin{document} a box with a table: \fbox{\begin{tabular}[c]{l}1\\2\\3\end{tabular}}\par a mid-aligned parbox: \parbox[c]{1em}{1 2 3} \end{document} I tried with \vbox to 0pt{\vss ... \vss}, but then the vertical dimension gets lost... A related question: where are the differences between \framed[align=low,high,lohi]{...} ? TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Re: [NTG-context] no graph after compilation
by Duncan Hothersall 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Eros Albertazzi wrote: >Patrick Gundlach wrote: >> >> But unzipping it on top of the texlive was not the very best idea I'd >> guess. > >I agree... but be aware that in >http://contextgarden.net/Linux_Installation this is just what is >suggested As the author of that page I should respond! First of all, as the name suggests, it's about a Linux installation, and this is a Windows installation. I have no experience at all of Windows installs, and nothing on that page should be applied to Windows unless you know that it works there too. I don't. Second, the reason I make that recommendation is that in my set up, that is what works best. (Essentially that page is a copy of my own readme file which reminds me how to set up my server again after it crashes...) Replacing the files removes any doubt about versions of files being used, and forces one to review and understand the file structure and changes between versions. I always diff the complete fileset first to see what's changed. Perhaps a Windows_Installation page will be the result of the process you are going through. :-) Duncan

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automatic page sizes?
by Christopher Creutzig 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Dear everyone, I do know that this question has been answered here before, but I've not been able to find it in the archive (and my personal copy got lost when the harddrive of my previous laptop went berserk). How do I make ConTeXt emit a pdf file where each page is just as long as necessary for the text on it, up to say 1 meter? Page breaks would usually, but not always, be initiated by some macro or other; footers are not used (yet?). Regards, Christopher Creutzig

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