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command definition
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

is it possible anything like the following ? \def\MySomeTable#1% { \startbuffer #1 \stopbuffer } \MySomeTable{ \starttable blah blah blah... \stoptable } I find it difficult... Jose

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math in ConTeXt
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

is ConTeXt prepared for math? I mean...can I do... $\sum_{i=1}^{n}{x_{i}}$ as I used to in LaTeX ? I don't make the \Sigma to be under and over characterised by i=1 and n. Jose

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metafun
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

I have made texexec --make metafun to generate metafun format. And it said it generated it. But... I always get these messages kpathsea: Running mktexfmt metafun.mem fmtutil: no info for format `metafun'. when doing texexec --pdf to my tex-beauties... it seems that he goes for metapost after that... is there anything wrong here? thanks ! jose

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correction
by dr. Hans van der Meer 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

re: might be an error in ConTeXt file prop-mis.tex I had some difficulty with typesetting backgrounds. It seems there is an error in file prop-mis.tex (version 2004-06-21): token "\popsplitnegativeproperty" is never defined but "\popsplitoverprintproperty" is twice. I think the second one should be \popsplitnegativeproperty, because then the sequence \startbackground some text \stopbackground does typeset after regenerating the formats. Hope this helps. Hans van der Meer

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Installation problem
by Matt Gushee 25 Jun '04

25 Jun '04

Hello, all-- I have just installed the latest (stable release of) ConTeXt on a "new" machine [details below], but texexec is not working properly. I keep getting the following error: sh: cont-en: command not found I have Googled for information on this problem, but the solution I found doesn't make sense to me. In response to a previous inquiry on this list, someone wrote: > but the absence of cont-en that is the > problem. Or if cont-en exists, it is not in your path or not > executable. But what exactly is this 'cont-en'? I have two machines with working ConTeXt systems, and neither of them has a command with exactly that name. So I imagine the reference is to a file named 'cont-en.<extension>'. But there is more than one such file, and none of them seems to be a type of file that would normally be made executable (nor are they executable on the machines where I have ConTeXt working). Any thoughts as to what's wrong? Oh, yes, my system is: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 teTeX 1.0.2 * Note that teTeX comes with an old and not-properly-configured version of ConTeXt. I unzipped the new package over that ... could something left over from the old ConTeXt be causing the problem? Thanks for any info. -- 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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Simple plain presentation style
by Shivkumar Chandrasekaran 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

Does anybody have a simple presentation style module that has no fancy border/frame graphics or buttons? I need all the real-estate of the screen for a presentation that has images that are tall and formulas that are wide. Thanks, --shiv--

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generating html
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

is there an easy way to transform a ConTeXt document into html...? regards Jose

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when trying to setup Arial fonts...
by jimarin＠bayesinf.com 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

Hi all, I am trying to setup Arial fonts...I am quite a newbie to this ConTeXt thing... Once Willi told me to use: >Hi Jose > >use > >\usetypescript[helvetica][\defaultencoding] >\setupbodyfont[helvetica,ss,12pt] > >Success! > >Willi I have just done \setupbodyfont[helvetica,ss,12pt] cause \usetypescript apparently is not recognised in my ConTeXt (previous version to the latest update of these days) what is the use of this \usetypescript thing? is Arial just a nickname for Helvetica sans-serif? cheers ! Jose Ignacio

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typo in recent version
by dr. Hans van der Meer 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

I found a typo in the recent version (16-06-2004) of ConTeXt. In file type-buy.tex in line 143 one finds: \definefontsynonym f[LucidaSans-DemiItalic] ... The f before the [ is a spurious character and should be removed. Hans van der Meer

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{ in input file names
by Nikolai Weibull 22 Jun '04

22 Jun '04

Hi. Another one of my sort of weird questions. I have a file with { in it's file name and context doesn't seem to enjoy it much: % mkdir {test} % cd {test} % mkdir output % touch a.tex && ed a.tex 0 0a \starttext Hello \stoptext . wq 27 % texexec --runpath=output a.tex TeXExec 4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2004 changing to path : output executable : pdfetex format : cont-en source path : /home/pcp/scratch/cont-test/{test} dummy file : a.run inputfile : a output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) \write18 enabled. (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./a.run{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2004.6.16 fmt: 2004.6.18 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 578] system (E-TEX) : [line 633] ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 3:2-uk-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : a.top loaded (./a.top ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode. \p!doifinstringelse ...tringelse \@EA ##\@EA 1#1## 2##3\war {\unless \if ##2@... \rawdodoifinsetelse ...ingelse \@@@instring {,#1,} \@EA \firstoftwoarguments ... \addtocommalist #1#2->\rawdoifinsetelse {#1}#2 \resetglobal {\dodoglobal \ede... \next1 #1,->\docommando {#1} \doprocesscommaitem \doprocesscommalist ...item \gobbleoneargument #1, ]\relax \global \advance \... l.3 \usepath[/home/pcp/scratch/cont-test/{test}] ? Is this an impossibility in TeX? 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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