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bug in latest ConTeXt?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 Jul '04

07 Jul '04

Hi syndicate, I have found a serious problem in the latest ConTeXt: when using \rotate[]{}, \raise does not seem to work probably. Consider the following example, simplified from a larger macro: =============test-rotate-c.tex================ \def\cupd{\leavevmode\rotate[rotation=180]{c}} % ConTeXt dependent! \def\HAMZAH{\leavevmode\raise.9ex\hbox{\txx\cupd}{}} \def\AYN {\leavevmode\raise.9ex\hbox{\txx c}{}} \def\'{\HAMZAH} \def\`{\AYN} \starttext \`ish\=a\' \stoptext ============================================= In ConTeXt-2003.2.11, both the `c' and the rotated `c' appear at the same height. In the latest ConTeXt the rotated `c' is not as high as the normal `c'. Please advise;-) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Templates or Examples for Magazine Layout
by Gary Hoffman 06 Jul '04

06 Jul '04

Is anyone aware of any templates or examples where ConTeXt is used to create a magazine layout (ala QuarkXPress or InDesign)? Thanks. Gary Hoffman

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poster, howto for beginner
by Eros Albertazzi 06 Jul '04

06 Jul '04

I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions, can be framed (i.e. boxed) and putted on the page in row and colum, equally distibuted or not. A loose layout wish can be the attaced one. Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner document to start from? How ConText is suited for this purpose and popular for this goal? Regards. |--------------------------| | title | |--------------------------| | | | |-------| |-------| | | | title | | title | | | | text | | fig | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | title | | title | | | | more | | fig | | | | tex | | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | |--------------------------|

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basic graphics
by Idris Samawi Hamid 06 Jul '04

06 Jul '04

Hi crew, In the ConTeXt documentation the basic graphics commands are not documented, like \rotate[]{}, which I discovered combing the /context/base files. Can a list of similar commands be provided? At least those commands which are analogous to LaTeX's graphix.sty? I need an, e.g., \mirror command which inverts its argument along the horizontal or vertical axis. Is this already there? All the best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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poster, howto for beginner
by Eros Albertazzi 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions, can be framed and putted on the page in row and colum, equally distibuted or not. A loose layout example can be the attaced one. Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner document to start from? How ConText is suited for the purpose and popular for this goal? Regards. -- Eros Albertazzi CNR-IMM, Sez. Bologna Via P.Gobetti 101 I-40129 Bologna, Italy Tel: (+39)-051-639 9179 Fax: (+39)-051-639 9216 |--------------------------| | title | |--------------------------| | | | |-------| |-------| | | | title | | title | | | | text | | fig | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | title | | title | | | | more | | fig | | | | tex | | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | |--------------------------|

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poster, howto for beginner
by Eros Albertazzi 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions, can be framed and putted on the page in row and colum, equally distibuted or not. A loose layout example can be the attaced one. Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner document to start from? How ConText is suited for the purpose and popular for this goal? Regards. -- Eros Albertazzi CNR-IMM, Sez. Bologna Via P.Gobetti 101 I-40129 Bologna, Italy Tel: (+39)-051-639 9179 Fax: (+39)-051-639 9216 |--------------------------| | title | |--------------------------| | | | |-------| |-------| | | | title | | title | | | | text | | fig | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | title | | title | | | | more | | fig | | | | tex | | | | | |-------| |-------| | | | |--------------------------|

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definetypeface usage
by dr. Hans van der Meer 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Trying to findout how ConTeXt's font mechanism works, I come to following question: From the brochure "Fonts in Context" (mfonts.pdf) I have picked up the notion that exercising a call to \definetypeface gets fonts in working order (see the examples there on font specifiers "funny" and "whow", for example, and the resulting typeface collection). Also in file type-exa.tex there is a typescript [postscript] where \definetypeface is exercised, seemingly to bring a matched series of times, helvetica and courier into existence. However, the usage of the postscript fonts via \setupbodyfont[pos] seems to be completely unconnected with this script (I traced the typescript checking). Neither can I find somany calls to \definetypeface (and its derivatives \dodefinetypeface and \dododefinetypeface); it seems they are barely used in the code. So, the questions are: - Does \setupbodyfont[pos] results in the scaled font set as given in type-exa? - Or does \definetypeface belong to an alternative/obsolete font definition scheme, totally unrelated to the definitions called up in the scripts in type-pre.tex, type-syn.tex, and other friends? - In preparing font scripts, can I therefore totally ignore \definetypeface or will that be disastrous for the result? If somebody would be so kind to enlighten me... Hans van der Meer

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Known nath bugs?
by SebastianSturm＠t-online.de 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Hello all, is there a list of know nath bugs somewhere on the web? I tried to find one using Google, but unfortunately without success. The reason I'm asking this is that I'm encountering some problems with the module and would like to know if they are common or if it's related to my configuration. First of all, using the units module together with nath doesn't seem to work - for instance, $1\Micro\Coulomb$ works as expected without nath, but produces the error message "Please don't say \def cs{...}, say \def\cs{...}" when used together with nath. I also thought that delimiters like ( or [ should automatically adjust to the formula they contain, but (\sum_{something} \frac{something}{something}) only produces standard parentheses. Commands like \lbrace or \lbrack work as expected, though. If these problems are unknown, I can post a small example file and my logfile. Best regards, Sebastian

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was: Configuration SciTE under Linux
by Willi Egger 05 Jul '04

05 Jul '04

Hi, yesterday I posted my problems configuring SciTE under Linux. Thanks to the tip of Hraban I came to the following solution: In the SciTEUser.porperties file setup the paths to the perl and ruby scripts. Do not forget the slash at the end of the line. path.context.rubyscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby/ path.context.perlscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/perl/ In the context.properties file change the menu issues as follows: name.context.concheck=ruby $(path.context.rubyscripts)concheck.rb name.context.texexec=perl $(path.context.perlscripts)texexec.pl --autopdf name.context.texshow=perl $(path.context.perlscripts)texshow.pl name.context.texutil=perl $(path.context.perlscripts)texutil.pl name.context.examplap=ruby $(path.context.rubyscripts)texmfstart.rb --file=examplap.pdf --program=context --browser name.context.showcase=ruby $(path.context.rubyscripts)texmfstart.rb --file=showcase.pdf --program=contextname.context.concheck=ruby $(path.context.rubyscripts)concheck.rb So may be that there is still a better solution to this. Any comment is welcome. Kind regards Willi

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About \seeregister
by Nikolai Weibull 04 Jul '04

04 Jul '04

Hi, I have a question about \seeregister: It seems that the definition in cont-enp.pdf would want you to write \seeindex{DFA}{finite automaton+deterministic} if you have had \index{finite automaton+deterministic} already, but instead you're fourced to write it as \seeindex{DFA}{deterministic finite automaton} for it to come out sort of right. Is this how I'm supposed to be using \seeregister? nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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