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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with Figures (Fixed)
by skhilji＠tampabay.rr.com 19 Jul '04

19 Jul '04

----- Original Message ----- From: Henning Hraban Ramm <hraban(a)fiee.net> Date: Saturday, July 17, 2004 9:08 am Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Problem with Figures (Fixed) > > > That's because you use \placefigure - it must know what your > figure is. > In this case, this bug or typo ought to be fixed in the beginner's manual.

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How to use m-cweb module
by skhilji＠tampabay.rr.com 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

I was looking at the CWEB demo off the pdfTeX page. Can someone please tell me how I would use the m-cweb package on TeX, the program web file. The first step would be to create the tex file itself using 'weave tex.web' Than I suppose I have to create an input file for conTeXt. What would be the contents of this file and mods do I have to make to tex.tex before I run it through texexec? Also I am interested in the screen optimized version of it. Salman

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Problem with Figures
by Salman Khilji 17 Jul '04

17 Jul '04

From the beginner's manual, I created the following: \starttext \useexternalfigure [Photo][hass03g] [width=.4\textwidth] \useexternalfigure [Graphic][gracht] [width=.4\textwidth] \placefigure [here,force] [fig:canal] {The Hasselt Canals.} \startcombination[2*1] {\externalfigure[Photo]} {a bitmap picture} {\externalfigure[Graphic]} {a vector graphic} \stopcombinatie \stoptext I typed the input file exactly as in the manual. I am getting the following error: ! Missing { inserted. <to be read again> \let \noshowargumenterror ->\let \expectedarguments \noexpectedarguments \dodoubleempty #1->\noshowargumenterror \doifnextcharelse [{\dodoubletestemp... l.13 \startcombination [2*1] ?

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fighting with footnotes
by ishamid 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

Dear posse, I am having trouble with footnotes. For an article, I want some footnotes to be symbolized by \ast, \dag, etc, but without affecting the numbering of regular footnotes. For example, the title of article may have a footnote symbolized by \ast, but the first footnote in the main text should still be symbolized by `1' (then `2', etc). I tried localfootnotes but I could not get them placed in the footer at the bottom of the page. [location=page] did not help. Related question: can't I just specify a footnote outside the counting mechanism with any symbol I want at any point in the text, without disturbing the regular counted footnotes? I'm also confused by the conversion key. page 93 of the documentation reads: "With the variable conversion you set up the type of numbering. You may even use your own character, for example an emdash (keyed in as ---Â)." But if I do, e.g., conversion={---}, TeX complains of course. What am I missing? Related questions: Where are the conversion keys set 2, set 3, etc. documented? How can I reset the numbering if I make local changes? For example, I am using regular default footnotes, then I switch to conversion=set 2, then I want to reset to the default footnotes without losing my numbering. I thought that [n=0] etc. might help but that key seems to affect the paragraph formatting of the footnotes, not the numbering. I tried using \start-\stop but that does not isolate the counting mechanism apparently. Fighting TeX is really frustrating sometimes, and I'm sure the answers are really simple... Best Idris

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a problem with \defineprotrudefactor
by Bill McClain 16 Jul '04

16 Jul '04

After a long lull, I have installed a recent Context (ver: 2004.6.30) and find that my typescripts that do margin kerning are having trouble. Invoking a typescript that uses \defineprotrudefactor will cause the job to stop; I don't see any error messages. When the problem line is commented out the job completes. I've attached a minimal example. -Bill -- Sattre Press Curiosities of the Sky http://sattre-press.com/ by Garrett Serviss info(a)sattre-press.com http://sattre-press.com/csky.html

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could be interesting for xml adicts
by Hans Hagen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi, I'm going to SF now, the practical tex conference, so don't expect to much input from me for a week. Some time some after i'm back, i will add basic support for xml formatting objects to the context distribution. Because this is not of interest to everyone, especially not if you want high quality output and/or control etc etc i've set up a dedicated list for this http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/foxet So, feel free to join. There will not be much trafic in the beginning because i want to start discussion when those who are interested are on the list. And yes, there will be a paper and a screen manual (sample attached). And no, i will not code the documents in xml -) The basic idea is the following: x-fo.tex : base module x-fe.tex : a few basic extensions x-fd.tex : definitions (fonts, color) and later: x-fx.tex : more interesting extensions and maybe on your own machine: x-fu.tex : user extensions The x-fx is something we have to discuss on the list since we need format specs for that. For those not interested, you may consider xml-fo support to be yet another graphic format since one day or the other you may end up with placed xml-fo (tex and xml-fo can therefore be used mixed). 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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[Fwd: Please forward]
by Hans Hagen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

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example online
by Hans Hagen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hi, I got the example service running on the new NTG server: http://www.ntg.nl:8061/exalogin There are a few nice things there, like fonttest, pstopdf, mathml, and of course impose, the page imposition interface Because the server is being set up, the service may not always be available. In you get in by http://www.ntg.nl:8061/login you will get a login screen, just hit submit then since there are no special projects installed. 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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Enhanced Enumeration?
by Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

Hello, i'm currently writing a script on biosignal analysis. And therefore i need such things as definitions, lemmas, theorems, remarks and so on. One can easily define numbered versions of these using \defineenumeration. But i need two extra fetures: first: Some theorems have names, some not. Is it possible to introduce a new optional argument to the enumeration (a 'named enumeration')? Something like \startTheorem[Shannon Sampling Theorem] You have to select $f_s\ge2 f_h$. \stopTheorem to get Theorem 1.1: (Shannon Sampling Theorem) You have top select fs\ge fh. Nevertheless it should be possible to label the theorem: \startTheorem[thm:shannon][Shannon Sampling Theorem] You have to select $f_s\ge2 f_h$. \stopTheorem \in{Theorem}[thm:shannon] we have seen.... Second: Is it possible to generate a content list of all named theorems? Thanks a lot in advance richard rascher-friesenhausen -- ============================================================================== Dr. Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen MeVis -- Centrum fuer Medizinische Diagnosesysteme und Visualisierung GmbH Universitaetsallee 29 D-28359 Bremen email: richard(a)mevis.de ==============================================================================

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Beginner problem with Itemize
by Salman Khilji 15 Jul '04

15 Jul '04

I am trying to run the following example from the beginner's guide: \starttext Hasselt lies in. \startitemize \head kraamschudden \hfill (child welcoming) When a child is born \head nabuurschap (naberschop) \hfill (neighbourship) Smaller communities. \stopitemize \stoptext I get the following error: systems : begin file new at line 1 ! Argument of \complexdoitemgrouphead has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \doattributes ...A \csname #1#2\endcsname \fi {#4} \dostopattributes \complexdoitemgrouphead ...leur {\ignorespaces #2} }\iftextitems \removeunwan... l.11 ? salman@linux:~/Softdev/ConTeXt> pdftex --version pdfTeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159-1.10b kpathsea version 3.4.5

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