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Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext.zip and pdfTeX 1.20b ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Hi Hans, happy new year! When do you think you could provide us a mswincontext.zip that includes pdfTeX 1.20b ? Steffen Willi Egger <w.egger(a)boede.nl> wrote: > Hi Steffen, > > if my installation is not yet outdated: > > This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2c 7.5.3) > ConTeXt ver: 2004.12.06 > > then the annswer is no. > As you can see my installation based on mswincontext.zip is just 3 weeks > old. > > Kind regards Willi > > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am thinking about downloading the big complete mswincontext.zip > > (context/install/mswincontext.zip). > > > > Does it also include pdfTeX 1.20b ? > > > > I just want to be sure before starting a day long 56k-modem-download. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Steffen P.S. Happy new year!

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Sidebars and versals Oh my!
by John Culleton 03 Jan '05

03 Jan '05

Been working my way through the examples in the Columns Manual, the Details Manual etc. and had some thoughts on additional features. Versals come in many different flavors, of which the conventional dropped cap is just one. Even that facility could use a tweak. Conventionally, to provide a transition from the dropped cap to the normal text, the rest of the first word, or the next two or three words, or sometimes the entire first line is put in a small caps typeface. I cobbled up my own macro for this for a particular book I typeset: \def\drop#1#2{% \noindent {\head #1} \vskip -20pt \noindent \hangindent=1.7em \hangafter=-2 {\sc #2} } But this is not the only type of versal. Sometimes a large capital letter (perhaps in italics) is centered on the top of the textblock thus: \def\drop#1#2{\noindent\hglue .4\hsize{\tfd#1}{\sc#2}} Now there are other variations seen in fine books, such as a dropped initial cap partly or completely protruding into the left margin, often colored gray. The first macro above could be modified for a specific case. A general macro is more challenging. A matter of continuing interest is the sidebar, which can be placed in the outer margin, or flush left or right in a paragraph, or partly protruding into the outer margin. Usually these sidebars will have a gray background and often have a border. It appears that creating the sidebar separately as a pdf graphic and then importing and placing it would be the easiest way home. Context already has mechanisms for flowing or wrapping text around a graphic. How well the wraparound feature works when more than one short paragraph is involved I have not tested yet. In any case I will continue to explore these layout features, and if anything interesting shows up I will share. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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mswincontext.zip and pdfTeX 1.20b ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 02 Jan '05

02 Jan '05

Hi, I am thinking about downloading the big complete mswincontext.zip (context/install/mswincontext.zip). Does it also include pdfTeX 1.20b ? I just want to be sure before starting a day long 56k-modem-download. Thank you, Steffen P.S. Happy new year!

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Re: context, foxet, fonts!
by Hans Hagen 31 Dec '04

31 Dec '04

Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > I just installed the latest tex and context stuff via Gerben's > installer. However, when I try to run foxet, I get a ton of missing > font errors like this: > > ranscript written on mfput.log. > grep: utmri8t.log: No such file or directory > mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; > input utmri8t' failed to make utmri8t.tfm. > ! Font \*5ptrmsl*=utmri8t at 5.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not i learned that tetex (used in gwtex) does not longer distribute those metrics, which is disturbing because their tfm metrics *do* differ from their adobe counterpart, and simply mapping the the u* onto the p* files gives different results; anyhow, you may try: \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] 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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\coupledocument
by Willi Egger 31 Dec '04

31 Dec '04

Hi, At the moment I am trying to achieve an interactive document, where the sectionheading of the paper-version are linked to corresponding sectionheading in the screen document. The code is based on an example as provided by David Arnold. In the attached example I do not get interactivity with coloured sectionheadings. When compiling the original example from David then I get only interactive jumps from the sectionheadings in the paper-version to the screen document. But there is no way to jump back to the paper-version i.e. the interactivity is not active in the screen document. It seems, that there is something broken in the \coupledocument command? Thanks for any suggestions Willi texexec --mode=paper --suffix="-p" linked-file texexec --mode=screen --suffix="-s" linked-file texexec --mode=paper --suffix="-p" linked-file texexec --mode=screen --suffix="-s" linked-file % Minimal file for testing interactive links between % paper- and scree-versions of the same document % CONTEXT file % filename: linked-file.tex % Sample is based on code provided by David Arnold % Willi Egger % 31-12-2004 \setupoutput[pdftex] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupinteraction [state=start, color=lightblue] \setuplist [content] [alternative=a, interaction=pagenumber] \startmode[screen] \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setupinteraction [state=start, page=yes] \coupledocument [alternative] [\jobname-p] [section,subsection] [Alternative Version: paper version] \setuphead [section,subsection] [file=alternative] \stopmode \startmode[paper] \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \setupinteraction [state=start] \coupledocument% [alternative] [\jobname-s] [section,subsection] [Alternative version: screen document] \setuphead [section,subsection] [file=alternative] \stopmode \starttext \completecontent \page \section[sect:one]{Tufte One} \input tufte \page \section[sect:two]{Tufte Two} \input tufte \page \section[sect:three]{Tufte Three} \input tufte \page \section[sect:four]{Tufte Four} \input tufte \stoptext

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Mac testers wanted
by Adam Lindsay 30 Dec '04

30 Dec '04

Hi all, Sorry, but I'm announcing another Mac-only thing to the ConTeXt list. I'd like a few testers on an export script. OmniOutliner Pro makes for an interesting structured editor, and I've written an export plug-in that outputs ContML code that can easily be run through ConTeXt. I could use a couple savvy MacOSX ConTeXters to help verify it's behaving as expected and that it's usable. It means running a (99% stable) beta application (OOPro) that won't be free in the long term, so if that offends your sensibilities, turn away now... (My plug-in and ConTeXt module will be free, of course.) If you're interested in helping out, though, please send me a message off-list, and make sure you have OmniOutliner Pro beta installed: <http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnioutliner/beta/pro/> I'll be sending out a package in a few days. Thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Hyphenation peculiarity.
by John Culleton 30 Dec '04

30 Dec '04

I noted that context seems to be most reluctant to hyphenate. So I ran a test file through plain tex, pdftex and Context and checked the results. Context hyphenated less than the other two. The manual does not say much about hyphenation. I am using a fresh TeXLive install. Here is the top part of the log----------------------------------------------- This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.20a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.3) (format=cont-en 2004.12.28) 28 DEC 2004 17:14 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. (/usr/TeX/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **&cont-en hypph.tex (./hypph.tex ConTeXt ver: 2004.11.17 fmt: 2004.12.28 int: english mes: english language : language en is active Here is the test file-------------------------------------------- \hsize 2in \input knuth.tex \bye It seems to act as if the hyphenation dictionary weren't here. If I put in a discretionary hyphen Context will use it. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

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Re: [pdftex] swf objects in pdflatex
by Hans Hagen 30 Dec '04

30 Dec '04

Peter Schröder wrote: > Does anyone have experience (success or horror stories) regarding the > inclusiong of flash content in pdf files? http://www.pragma-ade.com/itdemos/internal/media/mediashow.pdf it runs ok in acrobat 6, but somehow not in (at least my installation of) acrobat 7, so there is some horror story attached: my experience is that much of this functionality in acrobat ends up in there untested (I will look into a 'way around 7' later) this is the source file: <?xml version='1.0' ?>   <rl:resourcelibrary xmlns:rl='http://www.pragma-ade.com/xml/schemas/reslib.rng'> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 1'> <rl:name>Quicktime Movie</rl:name> <rl:mime>video/quicktime</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.mov</rl:file> <rl:picture>self</rl:picture> <rl:width>8cm</rl:width> <rl:height>6cm</rl:height> <rl:text>This movie was made while waiting for a plane transfer in San Francisco on the way back from TUG 2003 on Hawaii to Europe. Pier 39 is located is the Bay Area.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 2'> <rl:name>Shockwave Simulation</rl:name> <rl:mime>application/x-shockwave-flash</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.swf</rl:file> <rl:picture>self</rl:picture> <rl:text>This simulation is made by Johan Jonker. This kind of animations goed under the names Flash and Shockwave.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 3'> <rl:name>Smil Presentation</rl:name> <rl:mime>application/smil</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.smi</rl:file> <rl:picture>self</rl:picture> <rl:text>Here we see a one-picture slide show coded in SMIL. This picture is a downsampled 8 bit PNG version of the high resolution 24 bit JPEG graphic; the viewer cannot handle the original.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> <rl:mediaclip label='sample 4'> <rl:name>MP3 Soundtrack</rl:name> <rl:mime>audio/mpeg</rl:mime> <rl:file>mediashow.mp3</rl:file> <rl:picture backgroundcolor='black'>mediashow.jpg</rl:picture> <rl:text>This is the soundtrack to a movie made at Pier 39 in San Francisco. The quality is rather low because no high end equipment was used. We compensate this by showing a high res graphic.</rl:text> </rl:mediaclip> </rl:resourcelibrary> 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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\setuphead for chapter
by VnPenguin 29 Dec '04

29 Dec '04

Hi all, I'm trying to define chapter style like the following: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Chapter 1 This is the name of chapter ------------------------------------------------------------------ But I can't found the option of \setuphead which allows me insert a "new line" (and a vertical space) between chapter number and chapter name yet. Any help will be appreciated, Thanks in advance, Quy NGUYEN-DAI -- http://vnoss.org/forum/

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pdfTeX questions
by Peter Münster 28 Dec '04

28 Dec '04

Hello, I have some questions concerning pdfTeX, the following example illustrates the problems: \setupoutput[pdftex] \enableregime[il1] \pdfinfo{ /Title (\"Ubung) /Author (Münster) } % neither \"U nor ü work \pdfcatalog{ /PageMode /FullScreen } % this works well \pdfdest num 1 fitbh % I would like to get the same result as in LaTeX with % \hypersetup{pdfstartview={FitBH}} \starttext some text \externalfigure[example][width=5cm] some text, jpeg-figure is shifted down and to the left. The file example.jpg is attached. The versions: pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) ConTeXt ver: 2004.3.16 fmt: 2004.5.18 int: english mes: english \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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