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Configuration of SciTE under Linux
by Willi Egger 04 Jul '04

04 Jul '04

Dear Contexters As a bit of a newby on the Linux platform I can't get running everything as wanted. One of the problems I have is, that I am unable to compile a TeX source from within SciTE. I got the context.properties and the SciTEUsers.properties in my home directory. The other porperties files were copied into the SciTE directory. In SciteUsers.properties I have set the path to the location where the scripts are: path.context.rubyscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby path.context.perlscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/perl nevertheless the scripts are not found. I get the following error in SciTE: texexec --autopdf --pdf test.tex sh: line 1: texexec: command not found >Exit code: 127 On the other hand, running texexec test from the console does result in the expected test.pdf file. Is there anyone who has a clue how to solve this? Kind regards Willi

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Configuration of SciTE under Linux
by Willi Egger 04 Jul '04

04 Jul '04

Dear Contexters As a bit of a newby on the Linux platform I can't get running everything as wanted. One of the problems I have is, that I am unable to compile a TeX source from within SciTE. I got the context.properties and the SciTEUsers.properties in my home directory. The other porperties files were copied into the SciTE directory. In SciteUsers.properties I have set the path to the location where the scripts are: path.context.rubyscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby path.context.perlscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/perl nevertheless the scripts are not found. I get the following error in SciTE: texexec --autopdf --pdf test.tex sh: line 1: texexec: command not found >Exit code: 127 On the other hand, running texexec test from the console does result in the expected test.pdf file. Is there anyone who has a clue how to solve this? Kind regards Willi

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typescript question
by dr. Hans van der Meer 04 Jul '04

04 Jul '04

There is something I don't understand about the typescript business (using ConText version june 30, 2004): By calling \setupbodyfont[lbr] the following script (referred to als typescript number-1) in type-buy.tex (lines 161-170) is executed: \starttypescript [lbr] \usetypescript [serif,sans,mono,math,calligraphy,handwriting] [lucida] [name,special,\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [serif,sans,mono,math,calligraphy,handwriting] [default] [size] \usemathcollection[lbr] \usetypescript [all] [lucida] [\defaultencoding] \stoptypescript Also I have defined somewhere else a typescript (number-2): \starttypescript [Times] ... \stoptypescript WITHOUT the line "...[all]..." in typescript number-1 all goes well, lucida fonts result in the product. However, WITH the line "...[all]..." in typescript number-1 there is found the following match, as can be seen in the log (by setting \tracetypescriptstrue): >>> fonts : enter [Times] [] [] >>> fonts : check [all] [lucida] [texnansi] >>> fonts : matched Now that seems strange to me. I might be misunderstanding the typescript search mechanism, but why does it turn out that the search key [lucida] is ignored? Here it seems that after the [all] the following search keys are ignored, reducing the check to [all][][]; but why then bother giving these 2nd and 3rd key at all? But even if this behaviour is implied by giving the first search key as [all], it leads to wrong results. Because now the typescript number-2 is executed too, working havoc to the font setup. Is there someone who can enlighten me on these matters? Thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer

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tables
by dr. Hans van der Meer 02 Jul '04

02 Jul '04

Does someone knows where there is information on the table environment in ConTeXt? I have read the intro on ConTeXt and the pamphlets from the Pragma-site on tabulate and btable, but there seem to be a lot more options than can be found in these; I encountered something like \AR etc. whose effects I could not figure out with some tests. Also there is some mention of Wichura's manual. Is this somewhere to be found on the internet? Thanks in advance. Hans van der Meer

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math-lbr
by dr. Hans van der Meer 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Hi Hans, I get the impression that in math-lbr.tex the codes for blacktriangleleft and -right are interchanged. Having F0 where it should be F1 and vice versa. Imho it should be left = F0 and right = F1. Hans van der Meer

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bug in layers
by Hans Hagen 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Hi, If you think that in the current version layers are using too many resources, you're right and may patch: \def\checkproperty[#1]% {\bgroup \def\currentproperty{#1}% \csname\??py\s!check\currentproperty\endcsname \egroup} 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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Two texexec.ini files?
by Matt Gushee 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

I have noticed that the ConTeXt distribution contains both $TEXMF/context/config/texexec.rme and $TEXMF/scripts/context/perl/texexec.rme Are they both supposed to be used? What happens if they're not the same? Thanks. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee(a)havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)

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Can \note repeat its footnote?
by Stefan Wachter 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi all! The \note[xxx] command is used to reference a previously defined footnote. Is it possible that the previously defined footnote is repeated if a page break had occured between the \footnote[xxx]{bla bla bla} and the corresponding \note[xxx] command? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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arranging pages with transpparency color
by Vit Zyka 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi Hans and others, there is a problem with arranging pages with transparency color. See code: ------------------ \setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4] \setuparranging[2TOPSIDE] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[tcBlack][s=0, t=.5, a=normal] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \dorecurse{1}{Page \color[tcBlack]{\recurselevel}\page}% \dorecurse{4}{Page \recurselevel\page}% \stoptext -------------------- Acroread (win 6.0.1) is complaining on the resulting PDF obtaining by texexec --arrange The message from AR is: There was an error reading a page. There was a problem processing a document(14). From a previous version of AR I obtained more informative message: Could not find extended graphic state name Tr1 Necessary conditions: 1) transparent color on at least one page 2) arranging pages on sheets 3) number of pages exceeds one sheet Observation: If do not use switch --arrange and compile the file two times the error does not occure. (But the result is not correct due to missing table of content etc.) It seems to me the problem is with managing transparen resources from sheet to sheet. Vit Zyka

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textbackground
by dr. Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

Hans, I definitely see problems with the \starttextbackground[]-\stoptextbackground environment (discussed in the "displays"-brochure). When the textbackground falls at a page crossing -- i.e. starts at the top of a page -- the coloring extends backwards on the page just left. It can be remedied by putting a \null just in front of \starttextbackground. The extra vertical space this introduces just manages to constrain the background to its own page. However, this is not a general solution, on other places the extra vertical space is certainly not wanted. I cannot find the exact nature of the problem. I suspect it has to do with the \output-routines, but these are not my speciality, to say the least. So, not much help there, Also, the \starttextbackground does not respect footnotes, these are colored. In contrast, the old \startbackground-\stopbackground does respect footnotes. The coloring stops at the footnote and restarts at the next page. I should like that for \starttextbackground as well. Hans van der Meer

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