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Re: .tex sources for ConTeXt's documentation
by Hans Hagen 14 Aug '04

14 Aug '04

Flavio Ribeiro wrote: > Hello, > > Do you distribute .tex sources for ConTeXt's documentation? I'd like > to learn from them, but I can only find PDFs on your web site. we only distribute documented source code and styles; also, it's not that simple to cook up a file structure that has all that stuff and be able to work in it comfortable as well (the documentation directory structure is different from the documentation source structure, and often there are additional resources like graphics and such, so putting things in a distribution is a tough job; maybe some time ... for the moment, take a look at the pdftex manual (sources available) and the s-* and x-* styles there's also the wiki where users share things ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net 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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Some problems with framing typed text.
by Brooks Moses 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

In the document I'm working on, I'd like to put some typed code bits in frames, to get an appearance sort of like the code excerpts on the ConTeXtWiki. However, I've found myself needing to do a couple of rather ugly hacks to get that to work right, and I'm hoping for some suggestions on how to avoid that. Here's what I have so far: \def\typebufferframed[#1]{% \vskip\parskip \framed[background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, frame=on, strut=yes, offset=2mm, width=broad, framecolor=black, align=right]% {\vskip -11mm\typebuffer[#1]\vskip -5mm}} \starttext Plain text before the code. \startbuffer[ex1] This is an example. \stopbuffer \typebufferframed[ex1] Plain text after the code. \stoptext The hacks that I'd like to get rid of: It would be nice not to have to put the code in a buffer before typing it, since in general I only use these once. However, if I put \starttyping and \stoptyping inside a framed command (even if I don't encapsulate it in another function) it breaks, and putting \startframedtext in the before= command and \stopframedtext in the after= command of \setuptyping also doesn't work. The spacing, when I do things the way that I'm doing them, is all wrong. The \vskip\parskip at the top is reasonably ok (although a bit annoying), but I'd really like to figure out how to get rid of the large negative \vskip's inside the frame. Thanks! - Brooks

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vertically centred
by Peter Münster 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Hello, how could I centre vertically a table or a vbox? In other words, how to do the same as the following LaTeX code in ConTeXt? \documentclass{article} \begin{document} a box with a table: \fbox{\begin{tabular}[c]{l}1\\2\\3\end{tabular}}\par a mid-aligned parbox: \parbox[c]{1em}{1 2 3} \end{document} I tried with \vbox to 0pt{\vss ... \vss}, but then the vertical dimension gets lost... A related question: where are the differences between \framed[align=low,high,lohi]{...} ? TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Re: [NTG-context] no graph after compilation
by Duncan Hothersall 13 Aug '04

13 Aug '04

Eros Albertazzi wrote: >Patrick Gundlach wrote: >> >> But unzipping it on top of the texlive was not the very best idea I'd >> guess. > >I agree... but be aware that in >http://contextgarden.net/Linux_Installation this is just what is >suggested As the author of that page I should respond! First of all, as the name suggests, it's about a Linux installation, and this is a Windows installation. I have no experience at all of Windows installs, and nothing on that page should be applied to Windows unless you know that it works there too. I don't. Second, the reason I make that recommendation is that in my set up, that is what works best. (Essentially that page is a copy of my own readme file which reminds me how to set up my server again after it crashes...) Replacing the files removes any doubt about versions of files being used, and forces one to review and understand the file structure and changes between versions. I always diff the complete fileset first to see what's changed. Perhaps a Windows_Installation page will be the result of the process you are going through. :-) Duncan

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automatic page sizes?
by Christopher Creutzig 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Dear everyone, I do know that this question has been answered here before, but I've not been able to find it in the archive (and my personal copy got lost when the harddrive of my previous laptop went berserk). How do I make ConTeXt emit a pdf file where each page is just as long as necessary for the text on it, up to say 1 meter? Page breaks would usually, but not always, be initiated by some macro or other; footers are not used (yet?). Regards, Christopher Creutzig

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mbib installation
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hello all, I am new on this list, trying these days to learn about context and considering switching from laTex to context. I have downloaded and unzipped the mbib package but not found *any* installation instructions, only some files plus a very brief README. So can anyone tell me what should I do with those. my TeX installation is teTeX TIA, -- Jean Magnan de Bornier 3 Cours Victor Hugo, 13980 Alleins France Tel: 04 90 59 33 94 Port: 06 09 17 35 87 mèl: jm.bornier*at*free.fr

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wrong patch
by Hans Hagen 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Hi, The previous post was wrong; I was playing with write tests recently and send an old fragment; the right one is: sub RunFiles { my $currentpath = cwd() ; # test if current path is writable if (! -w "$currentpath") { print " current path readonly : $currentpath\n"; if ($ENV["TEMP"] && -e $ENV["TEMP"]) { $RunPath = $ENV["TEMP"] ; } elsif ($ENV["TMP"] && -e $ENV["TMP"]) { $RunPath = $ENV["TMP"] ; } } # test if we need to change paths if (($RunPath ne "") && (-w "$RunPath")) { print " changing to path : $RunPath\n"; $InpPath = $currentpath ; chdir ($RunPath) ; } # start working if ($PdfArrange) { 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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Custom Numbering Problem
by Salman Khilji 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

Two problems: 1) With the following: \setuphead[section][ownnumber=yes] \setupbodyfont[cmr,12pt] \starttext \completecontent \section{1a0101}{Objective} There is no objective at this moment. \stoptext There is no spacing between the text "1a0101" and "Objective" in the table of contents---this looks really ugly. However, what I really want is the ownnumber to apply to \title, not a \section. So if I do this: \setuphead[title][ownnumber=yes] \setupbodyfont[cmr,12pt] \starttext \completecontent \title{1a0101}{Minimum Radius Turn} \section{Objective} There is no objective at this moment. \stoptext Then the number 1a0101 does not appear right next to a title. (I only see "Minimum Radius Turn" as opposed to the expected "1a0101 Minimum Radius Turn". Also my \section{Objective} has numbering. I thought numbering was turned off by default on \title \section \subsection etc.

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figure placement and flushbottom
by Peter Münster 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Hello, in general, the suggested method to get LaTeX \flushbottom behaviour, shown on http://contextgarden.net/Flush_bottom, works quite well. But here I have a situation, where I do not understand, why the first page is not filled: \setupwhitespace[0pt plus 1fill] \defineblank[aroundfloat][0.8\lineheight plus 3fill minus 0.2\lineheight] \setupfloats[spacebefore=aroundfloat,spaceafter=aroundfloat] \let\stoptextO=\stoptext \def\stoptext{\vfilll\stoptextO} %\setupfloats[default={top,bottom,page}]% same as \def\fps@figure{tbp} in LaTeX? \starttext bla \section{bla}% strange: if there is no table, then the figure placement is ok. \starttable[|c|] \NC bla\NC\AR \stoptable bla \placefigure{bla}{\framed[height=10cm]{bla}} \dorecurse{30}{\dorecurse{30}{bla }\par} \stoptext TIA for any hint, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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howto overlayers on section head
by Eros Albertazzi 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

I would like to start to experiment some metafun "decoration around(over)" section head and/or page number. Something similar, just for example but I do not want to copy the style, to the one used to produce the metafun manual. From the (small "scale") drawing primitives to the (large "scale") \setuphead I miss an howto that combine the two (specifically I was thinking at a (non-existent) background keyword in \setup to pass an overlay...but likely I am far off) I don't want to be lazy, maybe it is already written in the manuals, but I still miss a certain kick.... so to say... Regards.

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