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eps to pdf images
by techw＠siritech.com 11 May '04

11 May '04

Hello all! I had not set the path for the Ghost script correctly. Now that I have set it, the conversion to pdf works like magic! Thanks a lot for the help, special thanks to Mr.Burnus and Mr.Hagen and Mr.Egger for their replies. I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 to convert jpg images to eps. But the images are not very good when converted to pdf. How can I improve the quality of the images? Suggestions please! Thanks and regards, -priya.

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how r u?
by Aleida Stephani 10 May '04

10 May '04

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bold math
by Adam Lindsay 09 May '04

09 May '04

Hi all. I've revisited the euler support scripts with an eye towards bold math. I think I have it right now. I tried applying the same techniques to computer-modern math in order to get bold math going for the TeX default font, and it seems not to switch back to the right font after a grouped \bfm font switch. The minimum case for this is $x{\bfm x}x$, which gives an italic x, a bold x, and then a roman x. Hans (others with full Lucida math?), what does the test case look like? If you want to try the attached typescript, the following should work well: \definetypeface[mainface][mm][math][euler][euler] \definetypeface[mainface][mm][bfmath][euler][euler] \definetypeface [boldmath][mm][boldmath][euler][euler] \definetypeface [boldmath][mm][bfmath][euler][euler] The following fails on cases like the one I described, but is reasonable otherwise: \definetypeface[mainface][mm][math][computer-modern][computer-modern] \definetypeface[mainface][mm][bfmath][computer-modern][computer-modern] \definetypeface [boldmath][mm][boldmath][computer-modern][computer-modern] \definetypeface [boldmath][mm][bfmath][computer-modern][computer-modern] -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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\definestartstop and \starttabulate
by Peter Münster 07 May '04

07 May '04

Hello, how could I create a new start-stop-pair that uses \starttabulate ? The following example does not seem to work... \definestartstop[Tab][before={\starttabulate[|c|]}, after={\stoptabulate}] \starttext \startTab \NC test \NC\AR \stopTab \stoptext TIA for any help, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ________________________________________________________________ FilmSearch engine with a lot of new features: http://f-s.sf.net/

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Fwd: *TeX* and linguistic
by Hans Hagen 07 May '04

07 May '04

>X-Original-To: hagen-mail(a)localhost.pragma-net.nl >Delivered-To: hagen-mail(a)localhost.pragma-net.nl >Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 01:55:21 +0200 >From: Marek Trofimiuk <M.Trofimiuk(a)prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl> >Subject: *TeX* and linguistic >To: pragma(a)wxs.nl >User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i >X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS (prioris) >Original-recipient: rfc822;pragma(a)wxs.nl >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.8 required=7.5 > tests=BAYES_10,DEAR_SOMETHING,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,USER_AGENT_MUTT > autolearn=ham version=2.55 >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) > >Dear Sirs, > >I am writing to you because while browsing web I found ConTEXt system >you provide very interesting. A friend of mine is wrinting her master >thesis at the Warsaw University about the usage of the TeX-like system >in preparing linguistic texts. As we have not got known much about >ConTEXt yet we are wondering if you system can support creating specific >linguistic text ( some of them include complicated drawing, trees, >graphs, etc.). Maybe you have some expirience in this area, are are >particularly interested in advantages of ConTEXt over other system, >problems solved, total effort which is necessary to learn and create >first ConTEXt documents, etc. >We would be glad for any help. > >Best Regards, >Marek Trofimiuk > >================================================================ >Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet gecontroleerd >op virussen. >Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een verwijzing naar de actuele lijst >waar op wordt gecontroleerd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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eps to pdf images
by techw＠siritech.com 07 May '04

07 May '04

Hello all! Thank you all so much for your guidelines in the conversion of eps images to pdf! I will try and answer the queries of Mr.Tobias Burnus: -Please check, whether DataVisualization.pdf exists. Can you open it in acroread/gv? The DataVisualization.pdf does exist, but is blank. Even when I open it in acrobat reader or gv it is totally blank If it doesn't exist, does ghostscript show DataVisualization.eps flawlessly? -What is shown in the TeX-produced PDF file? An empty frame, ...? When I use \placefigure[here,force] {Project Hierarchy Window} {\externalfigure[DataVisualization][type=pdf,height=11cm,width=13cm,preset=yes]} there is a blank space with no frame at all,only the caption is there at the bottom. The original eps image is about 893KB and the PDF shows only 1KB size, so obviously the conversion is not happening, I guess.Any other pointers? Thanks and regards, -priya

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Notes and questions on 432 page book.
by John Culleton 06 May '04

06 May '04

My latest project is almost finished. I have a few comments and questions. The book consists of one part with five unnumbered chapters followed by a second part of 101 numbered chapters, and some endmatter. I was unable to make the Context version of the TOC to single space these 110 or so chapter entries which made the whole TOC longer (more pages) than desired. So I threw Eplain into the mix and typeset the TOC only using the Eplain macros. If there is a way to single space the TOC using the regular Context macros I will be happy to eliminate the Eplain, which may solve some of the other problems. The last six pages consist of an order form, a page of text, and another order form, all backed up by blank pages for six pages total. The order form is created with some \framedtext and \starttable trickery. It compiles fine by itself but gives errors in the \starttable etc. when combined with the main body of the book. It will also coexist with the front matter, so eplain is probably not the culprit. In any case at the moment I have two correct pdfs which I will try to knit together with psmerge or something similar. I used a conventional construction of the job, with a main file which calls subordinate files. In this mode I ended up with two unwanted blank pages after the index. If however I put the \stoptext statement at the end of the main subordinate file the unwanted blank pages disappear. Here is the construction of the main file: ------------------------------ \input fonts.tex \input macros.tex \input part.tex \starttext \startfrontmatter \input half.tex \input title.tex {\tfx \input copy.tex } \noheaderandfooterlines \leftline{\tfb\bf\ss Table of Contents} \blank[big] \readtocfile\rm \page[yes] \noheaderandfooterlines \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \setupwhitespace[medium] \noheaderandfooterlines \input body.tex %\input order.tex %the last six pages start here %\input flyer.tex %\input order.tex \stopbodymatter \stoptext ----------------------------- If I insert a \stoptext statement at the end of the body.tex file then I lose the unwanted blank pages. Are they a byproduct of the \stopbodymatter statement? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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eps to pdf images
by techw＠siritech.com 06 May '04

06 May '04

Hi all! Thanks a lot for the prompt reply, specially to Mr.Hans Hagen and Mr.Tobias Burnus. I don't know anything about Ruby, so I tried using texutil - -epstopdf, but when the ghostscript window comes up it is blank and nothing happens after that. What do I need to do? I am attaching the commands that I gave to generate the pdf files .(See attached file: epstopdf.txt) Thanks in advance! Regards, -priya.

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Internal documentation of Context modules.
by John Culleton 06 May '04

06 May '04

I have figured out that there is a way to print out the internal documentation of the various Context modules in a manner that makes some sense. I first use grep to extract all the %D lines of a module into a separate file e.g., foo.tex. Then I eliminate the %D tag from all lines using Vim. I add \starttext and \stoptext statements. Then I run texexec --pdf foo.tex. The result is imperfect but more or less intelligible. It seems to me that there might be a script buried somewhare in the system that does this better. If so, what is it called? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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eps images
by techw＠siritech.com 05 May '04

05 May '04

Hello all! I have been using Context only recently. I need to import eps images into the documents(a lot of them). Despite running texutil and setting the path for Ghost Script, I am getting only blank eps images or gray boxes in the pdf. Is there a driver that I need to do the conversion from eps to pdf ? I am able to import jpg images. Do I have to convert the eps images to pdf externally and then import them using context tags? I have been stuck on this problem for amonth now.Help please! Thanks and regards, -priya.

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