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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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synopsis / column(set)s?
by Alexander Klink 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Hi all, I am trying to make a synopsis, i.e a text where in the leftmost column the original document can be read, in the middle the changes and in the right column the reasons for the changes. So basically I want to typeset first some text in the leftmost column (over several pages, on a grid), and then the one in the middle and then the one on the right. Is there an easy way to do this using column(set)s? Any help greatly appreciated ... Greetings, AleX

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passing arguments to commands while typing
by Johan Sandblom 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

While documenting some Matlab code for barely computer literates I wish to use the positional graphics described in the MetaFun manual. Not sure if this is possible of course. I am not at all successful so far since I cannot get the escaping mechanism to accept my code. It appears that the /hpos works just fine but the {} generate problems. I have tried using <<>> in all ways I could think of but haven't been lucky yet. Is this possible? Minimal example: \setuppapersize[S6][S6] \setuptyping[option=commands] \starttext \starttyping test /hpos{word}{test} test \stoptyping \stoptext -- Johan Sandblom N8,MRC "Good judgment comes Karolinska sjh from experience. t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm Experience comes m +46735521477 Sweden from bad judgment."

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\mathpunctuationtrue and latest beta
by Peter Münster 14 Jul '04

14 Jul '04

Hello, for some reasons I need something like this: \mathpunctuationtrue \def\MyMacro#1{\stoptable\par#1} \starttext \starttable[|c|] \NC1\NC\AR \MyMacro{Peter, Olivier} % problem with comma \stoptext But with the latest beta version, this works no more. Could you help please? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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TeX capacity exceeded
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 12 Jul '04

12 Jul '04

After some time off...back in charge... I have got this line from texexec when trying to put a logo in: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [hash size=35000]. can the hash size be changed? thanks !! ------------------------------------------------- Jose Ignacio Marín Alberdi Bayes Inference, S.A. c/ Gran Vía, Nº39, 5º, E-28013 MADRID Tfn (91) 532.74.40, Fax (91) 532.26.36 ------------------------------------------------- email: jimarin(a)bayesinf.com -------------------------------------------------

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startappendices creates an extra empty page
by Rob van Swol 10 Jul '04

10 Jul '04

Hi, When is use \startappendices \stopappendices to create appendices, I get an extra empty page. Is there a way to solve this? If I put another chapter after the \stopappendices statement, then there is no empty page. See the following test: \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext \chapter[]{Chapter} This a chapter \section[]{Section} This a section \startappendices \chapter[]{Appendix} This the appendix \stopappendices % \chapter[]{extra} % This extra \stoptext Any suggestions? Regards, Rob -- _____________________________________________________________ Rob W. van Swol National Aerospace Laboratory NLR Tel. +31 527 248252 P.O. Box 153 Fax +31 527 248210 8300 AD Emmeloord E-Mail vanswol(a)nlr.nl The Netherlands http://www.neonet.nl/

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Virtual font tip
by Matt Gushee 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

Hello, all-- After purchasing the FontSite 500 CD, I wanted to make good use of some of the nice text fonts it contains--in particular I wanted to create TeX virtual fonts that would add ff, ffi, and ffl ligatures and replace the ugly ( ;-) ) lining numerals with old-style figures. After considerable effort I figured out how to edit the VPL files for the desired effect. I also wrote a Python script to automate the process, though it may well not work for anyone else. Anyway, since I have found very little documentation on virtual fonts, I thought others might benefit from my experience, so I wrote up the procedure and posted in the (new) TeX Tips section of my Web site. So, if anyone is interested in this subject, have a look at http://havenrock.com/textips/bookfonts.html Please let me know if you find any errors or points that need to be clarified. -- 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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How to define Small Caps when installing a new font (repost)
by Fabio Fogliuzzi 08 Jul '04

08 Jul '04

Excuse me if this message will be posted twice. In the first post I inadvertently used my work e-mail address which is not registered in this forum. A question about fonts. I have successfully installed (for the first time) a font using the texfont utility and creating both small caps and slanted variants of the font. I wrote the following typescript saved in a file named 'Typeface.tex': \starttypescript [map] [texnansi] \loadmapfile [texnansi-bertholdag-grotesk-akzidenz] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [grotesk] [name] \definefontsynonym[Sans] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended] \definefontsynonym[SansItalic] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic] \definefontsynonym[SansSlanted] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Slanted] \definefontsynonym[SansBold] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalic] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldSlanted][AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended- BoldSlanted] \definefontsynonym[SansCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Caps] \definefontsynonym[SansItalicCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic-Caps] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold-Caps] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalicCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic-Caps] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [grotesk] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended] [texnansi-gflex] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic] [texnansi-gflex] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold] [texnansi-gfmex] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic] [texnansi-gfmex-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Slanted] [texnansi-gflex-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldSlanted] [texnansi-gfmex-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Caps] [texnansi-gflex-capitalized-800] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic-Caps] [texnansi-gflex-capitalized-800-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold-Caps] [texnansi-gfmex-capitalized-800] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic-Caps] [texnansi-gfmex-capitalized-800-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [akzidenzgrotesk] \definetypeface [AkzidenzGrotesk] [ss] [sans] [mixgroteskcmr] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript and in the file to typeset I wrote: \usetypescriptfile[Typeface] \usetypescript[AkzidenzGrotesk] \setupbodyfont[AkzidenzGrotesk,ss] All seems to work as expected, except for the use of the SansItalicCaps, SansBoldCaps and SansBoldItalicCaps variants. What is the correct way to define a font so that {\bf \sc Some Text} get typeset in the SansBoldCaps variant of the font? A similar question exists for {\it \sc Some Text}, {\bi \sc Some Text} etc. I have read chapter 5.3 of the Context manual and the 'Fonts in Context' without finding a hint. Every hint (for a beginner) will be appreciated. F. Fogliuzzi

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How to define Small Caps when installing a new font
by Fabio Fogliuzzi 07 Jul '04

07 Jul '04

A question about fonts. I have successfully installed (for the first time) a font using the texfont utility and creating both small caps and slanted variants of the font. I wrote the following typescript saved in a file named 'Typeface.tex': \starttypescript [map] [texnansi] \loadmapfile [texnansi-bertholdag-grotesk-akzidenz] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [grotesk] [name] \definefontsynonym[Sans] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended] \definefontsynonym[SansItalic] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic] \definefontsynonym[SansSlanted] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Slanted] \definefontsynonym[SansBold] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalic] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldSlanted][AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended- BoldSlanted] \definefontsynonym[SansCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Caps] \definefontsynonym[SansItalicCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic-Caps] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold-Caps] \definefontsynonym[SansBoldItalicCaps] [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic-Caps] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [sans] [grotesk] [texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended] [texnansi-gflex] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic] [texnansi-gflex] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold] [texnansi-gfmex] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic] [texnansi-gfmex-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Slanted] [texnansi-gflex-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldSlanted] [texnansi-gfmex-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Caps] [texnansi-gflex-capitalized-800] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Italic-Caps] [texnansi-gflex-capitalized-800-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-Bold-Caps] [texnansi-gfmex-capitalized-800] [encoding=texnansi] \definefontsynonym [AkzidenzGrotesk-Extended-BoldItalic-Caps] [texnansi-gfmex-capitalized-800-slanted-167] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [akzidenzgrotesk] \definetypeface [AkzidenzGrotesk] [ss] [sans] [mixgroteskcmr] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \stoptypescript and in the file to typeset I wrote: \usetypescriptfile[Typeface] \usetypescript[AkzidenzGrotesk] \setupbodyfont[AkzidenzGrotesk,ss] All seems to work as expected, except for the use of the SansItalicCaps, SansBoldCaps and SansBoldItalicCaps variants. What is the correct way to define a font so that {\bf \sc Some Text} get typeset in the SansBoldCaps variant of the font? A similar question exists for {\it \sc Some Text}, {\bi \sc Some Text} etc. I have read chapter 5.3 of the Context manual and the 'Fonts in Context' without finding a hint. Every hint (for a beginner) will be appreciated. F. Fogliuzzi

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Stopping text from flowing around sidefloats
by Fabio Fogliuzzi 07 Jul '04

07 Jul '04

I'm a newbie in Context (and TeX) typesetting, but I'm seriously thinking of switching from my current wokflow, FrameMaker based, to a new one based on this system, impressive for its quality and flexibility. The main work at my office is the producing of technical manuals (250-500 pages) for megayachts, covering the entire workflow (layout, technical writing, illustrations etc.). My first attempt in the use of ConText was the finding of a way to mimic the basic layout currently used in Framemaker and the mode in which illustrations are currently placed in the manuals. The basic layout in Framemaker is composed of a main text flow in which a column is reserved for placing side notes (warning notes, danger notes etc.) and a second column is reserved for the main text. |------------------|----------------------------------------------| | | | | Side Notes | Main Text | | | | | | | |------------------|-----------------------------------------------| Normally the figures are placed in the main text area. In this case (depending from the width of the illustration) flows or doesn't the main text flow around the illustration. The larger figures however occupy all the width of the text flow ('Side Notes'+'Main Text') and the main text get interrupted by the illustration. I replicated the basic layout (the original layout is double sided but i don't care of this at this moment) with the following commands: \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuplayout [backspace=7.3cm,width=11.7cm,topspace=1.5cm,leftmargin=4cm, rightmargin=0cm,leftmargindistance=0.8cm,height=27.2cm,header=2cm,footer =2cm,location=singlesided,marking=on] The last command set the left margin, and should replicate the 'Side Notes' column of the original layout. With this setup there is no problem in placing figures smaller than the main text area. For placing the larger figures I followed an example taken from page 29 of the manual 'IT'S IN THE DETAILS' writing the following commands: \definefloat [largefigure][figure] \setupfloat [largefigure] [leftmargindistance=-\leftmargintotal,default={left,none,noident}] \useexternalfigure [provafigura] [Largefigure.pdf][width=16.5cm] .......... \placelargefigure [left] {ProvaFigura} {\externalfigure[provafigura]} The last command work as expected for figure placement but cause the text of the paragraph immediately following the \placefigure command to flow around the placed figure in a tiny column (around 1cm in width) at the right of the page and outside the main text flow. |------------------|----------------------------------------------|-a- | | |-b- | <---------------Large Figure ---------------------------->|-c- <----paragraph flowing outside the main text flow. | | |-d- |------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-e- What is wrong? There is a way to prevent the text from flowing around sidefloats or a workaround to place large figures in the desired way? Thank you in advance and Best Regards F.Fogliuzzi.

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