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reverse order sorting
by Vit Zyka 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Dear Hans and ConTeXters, I go back to this question since it was not answered: > is possible to change sorting order (e.g. sort in reverse order: not A, B, C but C, B, A) in the > mechanism: > > ----- > \definesorting[address][addressbook] > \setupsorting[address][criterium=all] > \address{A} > \address{C} > \address{B} > \placelistofaddressbook > ----- I was looking for something like 'reverse=yes' in \setupsorting definition and texexec perl sort function calling, but it seemed to me, it has not been implemented yet. Am I right? I still do not have insign to setup option passing and parsing mechanism in ConTeXt macros, but who knows, the implementation might be very easy. I would need it for sorting simple scoring points. Using external (Perl or XSLT) engine ia like a hammer to mosquitos. I can solve to problem by forward sorting and TeX macro language but Perl solution is more effective. Thank you Vit Zyka

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Installing 3rd-party metapost macros
by SebastianSturm＠t-online.de 05 Mar '04

05 Mar '04

Hello all, I'm still new to ConTeXt, so this might seem trivial to you... As I would like to create circuit diagrams without leaving TeXShop, I downloaded and installed the mpcirc Metapost macro package. When trying to compile, however (using \startMPinclusions input mpcirc; \stopMPinclusions), ConTeXt fails with an error message saying " TeXExec 4.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 metapost : mpgraph format : metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.5.2) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/cp8bit.tcx) (mpgraph.mp (mpcirc.mp (ttex.mp) (circlib.mp >> circlib.mp >> circlib.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.39 def Eplus_ = btex $+$etex enddef; Transcript written on mpgraph.log. error in metapost run : mpgraph.mp:39" Enabling \write18 and changing the MPXcommand to texexec --mptex didn't help. I would be very grateful if someone could tell me how to get mpcirc (and maybe even featpost) up and running. I'd also like to know how to enable margin kerning (I tried \setupalign[hanging], didn't work). BTW, I'm running the latest i-installer version of teTeX (including the ConTeXt updater, stable version) on OS X 10.3.2. Best regards, Sebastian

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another question about itemize
by R. Ermers 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

Hi Contex'ers, As we are considering itemize, does anyone by any chance know how to tackle this problem? Kind regards, Robert Ermers As you know, the itemize blok can be stopped and resumed by means of [continue]: \startitemize[n] \item abc \item def \stopitemize bla bla \startitemize[continue] \item ghijk \item klmnop \stopitemize I wonder if it is possible to have an itemize block resumed, and have the numbers continue, if another set of items precedes the continuation. Like this: \starttext \section{Personalia} \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup] \item name \item surname \item place of birth \stopitemize \section{Fruits} \startitemize[A] \item appel / apple \item peer / pear \item mango \item kersen / cherries \stopitemize \section{Personalia cont.} \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup] \item Sofi-nummer / social sec. number \item Huwelijksdatum /date of marriage \item Meisjesnaam moeder / maiden name mother \stopitemize \stoptext

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Problem with \startitemize
by Nikolai Weibull 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

I'm having a problem with \startitemize. My code is \startitemize[n,columns,four] \item $ S \rightarrow ACaB$ \item $Ca \rightarrow aaC$ \item $CB \rightarrow DB$ \item $CB \rightarrow E$ \item $aD \rightarrow Da$ \item $AD \rightarrow AC$ \item $aE \rightarrow Ea$ \item $AE \rightarrow \epsilon$ \stopitemize and for some reason the rest of the section and the next section continues of the page that the above list is rendered upon. It syncs up on the following section, but it's kind of unacceptable as you may have figured. I have not tried to find a small example that reproduces this as I figured I'd ask if this has happend anyone else before delving into a debugging session (I really don't have the time necessary), nikolai P.S. My first guess was that the math was messing it up somhow, but it fails for simple A, B, C replacements for the above \item's. D.S. -- ::: 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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m-math
by Nikolai Weibull 04 Mar '04

04 Mar '04

does the m-math module still exist? has core-math changed too much for m-math to catch up, or does a version exist somewhere that works with the latest release of CONTEXT? 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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something for you
by pragma＠pi.net 03 Mar '04

03 Mar '04

your name is wrong

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TaBlE Issues
by Nikolai Weibull 02 Mar '04

02 Mar '04

Where can I find a comprehensive specification of the TaBlE module? My problem is that I want a paragraph environment in a column, but that doesn't seem to exist/work. In tabulate you can use 'p' in the template, and table doesn't complain when you use it but doesn't obide by it either. Am I missing something, for \starttable[|l|l|] \NC Something \NC Long description ... \NC\AR \stoptable makes for a very wide table (that goes off the paper). 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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A (not so good) solution for presentations by steps
by Otared Kavian 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

Hi all, Sometime ago a few of us (including me) bothered Hans in order to obtain from him a step by step presentation command. He cooked up very quickly the macros contained in "s-pre-50.tex", and that was enough for most of the things. However when one uses more sophisticated styles, the overlays in "s-pre-50.tex" do not work quite good. I wrote a few macros in plain TeX and used them in ConTeXt in order to have step by step presentations with the styles "s-pre-xx.tex". (For those who know the "Prosper" macro packages for LaTeX, I got actually my inspiration from "prosper"). I admit that someone can write better and more elegant macros using the hidden power of ConTeXt, but at this point I am unable to do this... So could anyone try the following macros and tell if the steps are satisfactory for them? Thanks: Otared K. %%%% Beginning of the macros %%K s-pre-steps.tex %%K %%K Here we use the plain \TeX\ command \phantom{} in order to have %%K some material appear step by step. %%K The structure is quite simple, but since I am not very %%K familiar with ConTeXt, I cannot write elegant code as does %%K Hans Hagen... %%K %%K An advantage is that the code can be used also in %%K plain TeX, in LaTeX and other macro-packages. %%K %%K Otared Kavian <otared.kavian(a)wanadoo.fr> %%K last modified March 1, 2004 %%K \newif\ifSteppingSlide \SteppingSlidetrue %%K this is when you want a step by step presentation %\SteppingSlidefalse %%K this is when you want to print the slides % \newcount\StepsCounter \StepsCounter=0 % \newcount\NumberOfSteps \NumberOfSteps=10 % \newcount\BeforeStepNumber \BeforeStepNumber=0 % %%K StepBetween[number1,number2]{material} will make "material" %%K appear between steps "number1" and "number2" \def\StepBetween[#1,#2]#3{% \ifSteppingSlide \ifnum#1>\StepsCounter \phantom{#3} \else \ifnum#2<\StepsCounter \phantom{#3} \else \relax #3 \fi \fi \else {#3} \fi} % %%K Step{number}{material} will make "material" %%K appear beginning with step "number" until "NumberOfSteps" \def\Step#1#2{\StepBetween[#1,\NumberOfSteps]{#2}} % %%K OnlyStep{number}{material} will make "material" %%K appear only on step "number" \def\OnlyStep#1#2{\StepBetween[#1,#1]{#2}} % %%K StepBefore{number}{material} will make "material" %%K appear only on all steps before "number" \def\StepBefore#1#2{ \global\BeforeStepNumber=#1\global\advance\BeforeStepNumber by -1 \StepBetween[0,\BeforeStepNumber]{#2}} % \long\def\SlideWithSteps#1#2{ \ifSteppingSlide \global\StepsCounter=0 \global\NumberOfSteps=#1 \MakeSteps{#2} \else #2 \fi} % \long\def\MakeSteps#1{\loop #1 \ifnum\StepsCounter<\NumberOfSteps \global\advance\StepsCounter by 1\vfill\eject \repeat \vfill\eject} % %%K This is the end of the macros %%K End of the macros "s-pre-steps.tex" %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%K Here is an example to test the above macros % \input s-pre-steps.tex \usemodule[pre-general] %%K I tried the macros for step by step presentation %%K with the following styles: \input s-pre-04.tex %\input s-pre-09.tex %\input s-pre-16.tex %\input s-pre-19.tex %\setupbodyfont[ss, 14.4pt] %% because I can't use other fonts %% due to a local problem on my Mac OS X, I guess \starttext \TitlePage {A simple presentation} \Topics {Today's talk} \Topic {First item} \input knuth \Topic {Second item} \input tufte \Subject {A subitem} \input knuth \Subject {Another subitem} \input tufte \Subject {Here are some steps} In the next slide we show some material appearing step by step. The macros can also be used in other packages, particularly in plain \TeX. \page \SlideWithSteps{7}{ \startitemize \item Consider the following nonlinear equation: $$\Step{7}{{\partial u \over \partial t}} \Step{1}{-\Delta u + |u|^{p-1}u} \Step{2}{=} \Step{3}{f} \Step{4}{+{\rm div}(g)} \Step{5}{+|\nabla u|{\Step{6}{^2}}}$$ \StepBefore{6}{\item This line appears only before step 6.} \OnlyStep{6}{\item The term in $|\nabla u|$ may be quadratic.} \StepBetween[3,5]{\item This line appears only between steps 3 and 5} \Step{7}{\item The equation may be parabolic.} \OnlyStep{4}{\item Watch out\dots{} this line appears only at step 4.} \stopitemize % \vfill (Here you see step number \the\StepsCounter, %% if you uncomment the line above } % end of \SlideWithSteps \stoptext

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warning
by pragma＠pi.net 01 Mar '04

01 Mar '04

I have your password!

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code from commandline
by pawcoo 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

Hi All, in some cases I need to use execution command such as pdftex \input aqq.tex ... How to do the same using texexec? Regards, Pawe/l

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