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Problem with the latest Version of context 2004-02-23
by Helmut Schwertner 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Hello, I get the following error message from the latest version of context 2004-02-23 when I run this "table": %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%example.tex%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \mainlanguage[de] \language[de] \enableregime[windows] \setuppapersize[a4][a4] \setupoutput[pdftex] \pdfcompresslevel=1 \setupcaption[table][location=top] \starttext \startlocalfootnotes[n=0,conversion=characters] \placetable[force][tab:konferenzbewertung]{Bewertungen der Konferenz}\placelegend{ \bTABLE \setupTABLE[frame=off] \setupTABLE[1,2,3,4,5][1][topframe=on,rulethickness=0.8pt] % Linie ueber der Tabelle und in der Mitte vorletzte Zeile \setupTABLE[1,2,3,4,5][2][topframe=on] % Linie unter der ersten Linie \setupTABLE[1,2,3,4,5][9][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=0.8pt] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=7.2cm] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=1.5cm] \setupTABLE[column][2,3,4][align=middle] \setupTABLE[column][5][alignmentcharacter={.},aligncharacter=yes,align=middle] \bTR \bTH Fragethemen \eTH \bTH Häufigkeiten \eTH \bTH Median \eTH \bTH Modalwert \eTH \bTH $\sigma$\footnote{Standardabweichung} \eTH \eTR \bTR \bTD Die Vorträge \eTD \bTD 35 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 0,7 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Die Arbeitsgruppen \eTD \bTD 36 \eTD \bTD 5 \eTD \bTD 5 \eTD \bTD 1,8 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Das Expertengespräch \eTD \bTD 24 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 1,1 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Informationsstände d. Projekte \eTD \bTD 34 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 7 \eTD \bTD 1,0 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Gelegenheit zum In- \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD formationsaustausch \eTD \bTD 35 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 5 \eTD \bTD 1,1 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Zeitpunkt (Wochenende) \eTD \bTD 37 \eTD \bTD 5 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 1,9 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD Konferenzdauer (3 Tage) \eTD \bTD 37 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 6 \eTD \bTD 1,4 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE } {\placelocalfootnotes} \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%example.tex%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The error message from context: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% (./testtabelle.tuo) (./testtabelle.tuo) systems : begin file testtabelle at line 48 references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:1] references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:1] ! Argument of \secondoftwoarguments has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \dostartnote ...t:\internalfootreference }{}\fi }} {\rawreference \s!fnt {\s!... <to be read again> { <argument> $\sigma $\footnote { Standardabweichung} \handleTBLcell ...{\bTBLCELL \TBLcharalign {#2}{#4 }\eTBLCELL }\fi } ... l.78 \eTABLE ? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Older Context-Version works ok with this table and other Context-Files (without tables like this) works fine. Thank you for your help and best wishes, and a nice weekend, Helmut

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\doifnextcharelse problem
by Nikolai Weibull 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

It seems that I can't get \definecomplexorsimpleempty to work right. The command I define works fine unless the simple version is called, in which case the first character in the body of the command is checked \doifnextcharelse[... which thus fails but in some manner eats it (even though it is output). The problem with the \doifnextcharelse is that the character it checks against is \catcode'd to \@@active, but it won't work when the character has been checked. Is there any way to fix this? I understand if my problem isn't that clear, so I've attached the module. The idea is to be able to write \startbnfgrammar <exp>: <num>. <num>: "0";"1". \stopbnfgrammar and this is then typeset as a table, but currently you're forced to write \startbnfgrammar[] <exp>: <num>. <num>: "0";"1". \stopbnfgrammar or the first < in <exp> gets eaten by \doifnextcharelse and the \def<{... won't be called causing problems down the line when the > is encountered, which expands into a \egroup which stops tex as there is no matching \bgroup. Now, is there any way to get \doifnextcharelse to properly deal with \catcode'd characters (such as my <) that it encounters when looking for other characters (such as the [ for optional arguments to commands)? I'd really like to resolve this, so any comments or tips are appreciated. Second, is there any good reference to programming TeX? I mean, one can figure out most stuff from reading CONTEXT's source for example, but it would be great to find out the exact implications of builtins such as \relax and so on. 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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Page-breakable framed text
by Mike Aizatsky 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Hi! Is there a way to produce a page-breakable framed text? I've already spent several hours on this and still can't find the solution. Or, may be there's a better way to achieve the effect, shown in the sample? Sample: % interface=en output=pdftex \defineframedtext[procedure][frame=off, leftframe=on, rulethickness=.4mm] \def\StartProcedure{\startnarrower[2*left] \startprocedure \startitemize[n]} \def\StopProcedure{\stopitemize \stopprocedure \stopnarrower} \def\Step{\item} \starttext \dorecurse{20}{Some Text. Some Text. Some Text. } \StartProcedure \dorecurse{10}{ \Step\dorecurse{20}{Some Text.} } \StopProcedure \dorecurse{20}{Some Text. Some Text. Some Text. } \stoptext ===== MA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools

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Can itemize calculate optimal label widths?
by Stefan Wachter 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Hi all! Is there a possiblity to have itemize calculate the optimal label width itself? I have an itemize that has rather different labels, e.g.: \startitemize \sym{1.} An item \sym{2.} Another item \sym{103 a.} An item with a very broad label \stopitemize In this example the label "103 a." flows into the item text. It would be great if itemize would automatically use a label width that fits the broadest label. Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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horoffset
by Thomas Lohmann 26 Feb '04

26 Feb '04

Hello all, just a short question. I have used \setuplayout[horoffset=-0.4cm] to correct the printing area of my laserprinter. But this is not possible for doublesided documents, made with \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided], because this changes the direction of the offset from page to page. Is there an other command? Or can I use \setuppapersize for that purpose? Thanks for your help, Greetings Thomas Lohmann

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(no subject)
by Mike Aizatsky 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

Hi! Is there a way to produce a page-breakable framed text? I've already spent several hours on this and still can't find the solution. Or, may be there's a better way to achieve the effect, shown in the sample? Sample: % interface=en output=pdftex \defineframedtext[procedure][frame=off, leftframe=on, rulethickness=.4mm] \def\StartProcedure{\startnarrower[2*left] \startprocedure \startitemize[n]} \def\StopProcedure{\stopitemize \stopprocedure \stopnarrower} \def\Step{\item} \starttext \dorecurse{20}{Some Text. Some Text. Some Text. } \StartProcedure \dorecurse{10}{ \Step\dorecurse{20}{Some Text.} } \StopProcedure \dorecurse{20}{Some Text. Some Text. Some Text. } \stoptext ===== MA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools

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90° rotation + landscape
by Peter Rolf 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

Hello list, I want to setup an evelope and the whole output should be rotated by 90° (this is the way my printer gets them). ___ | || ________ | | | -- | | | |_____--_| ||__| normal layout 90° rotated output (paper and content) The resulting pdf looks like this (square paper format): ______ | | | | | | | ||_____| Here is a minimal example: % interface=en output=pdftex \definepapersize[C65] % standard C65 evelope [width=229mm, height=114mm, ] \setuppapersize[C65][C65, landscape, 90] \starttext \tfc 90° rotation for printer. \stoptext Have I missed something or is this a bug in \dodosetuppapersize? Any help welcome, Peter

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hyperlinks in PDF
by Alan Bowen 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Using the \setupinteraction and \useURL commands, I can now generate active blue email links my PDFs—which is very cool. The downside is that my footnote numbers (both in the text and below) are now blue too. I can go two ways with this. One way would be to set the footnote links to toggle between the footnote call in the text and the footnote itself. The other would be to prevent ConTeXt from treating the footnote numbers as links. I have no idea about how to do either and would be grateful for suggestions for either strategy, though my preference would be for the first (assuming that it is possible). As it is now, clicking on the footnote call in the text changes the magnification so that the whole page fits on the screen, which is not all that desirable under the present circumstances. Alan

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web site
by Hans Hagen 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Hi, Tomorrow evening the website will be down for some 10 hours due to moving the server to another location. Sorry. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Gray bars on Windows 98se
by John Culleton 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

I am creating an e-book following closely the example program d-en-all.pdf. The color scheme is taken from the orignal without change. On my Slackware Linux box the reulting PDF file shows correctly, black type on a light gray background. But when I look at it on a Windows 98 SE machine (I have two such) using Acrobat Reader 5.05 each line of text has darker background than the page as a whole, as if each line on the page had been marked with a highlighter. On Linux (also Acrobat Reader 5.05 or thereabouts) no such banding occurs. It displays correctly using Xpdf as well. I will post the (incomplete) e-book on http://wexfordpress.com/tex/book.pdf if anyone wants to try viewing it on their own OS and version of Acrobat Reader. The pertinent source is contained in my macros.tex file as follows: ------------------------------- \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setuplayout [header=0cm, topspace=.5cm, backspace=2cm, margindistance=.5cm, margin=1cm, rightmargin=0cm, rightedge=2cm, edgedistance=.5cm, width=fit, footer=1cm, height=middle] \usetypescriptfile[type-charter] \usetypescript[Charter] \setupbodyfont[MyCharter,14pt] \setupwhitespace[line] \setuphead [chapter] [alternative=inmargin, number=no, ownnumber=yes, after={\blank[3*medium]}] \setupfootertexts [text] [chapter][chapternumber] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuptyping [option=tex] \setupinteraction [% %openaction={firstpage,FitHeight} state=start, style=, color=blue, contrastcolor=, menu=on, title=Free Authoring Software: From Premise to PDF, author=John Culleton] \setupinteractionscreen[option=max] \definecolor [DarkGray] [s=.6] \definecolor [MediumGray] [s=.8] \definecolor [LightGray] [s=.9] \setupinteractionmenu [right] [background=color, backgroundcolor=LightGray, frame=off, state=start] \startinteractionmenu[right] \but [content] contents \\ \but [NextPage] next \\ \but [PreviousPage] previous \\ % \but [sample] sample \\ \but [PreviousJump] back \\ \but [ExitViewer] exit \\ \vfill \stopinteractionmenu \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=color, backgroundcolor=MediumGray] \setupbackgrounds [text][text] [background=color, backgroundcolor=LightGray, backgroundoffset=1.25mm] \setuplist [chapter] [alternative=f, after=, before=] \setuptyping [before=, after=] \definefont [VeryLarge] [SansBold at 72pt] \definefont [RatherLarge] [RegularBold at 30pt] \definefont [Large] [RegularBold at 24pt] \def\tm{\char153\ } ----------------------------- Any suggestions welcomed :-| -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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