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bug in layers
by Hans Hagen 01 Jul '04

01 Jul '04

Hi, If you think that in the current version layers are using too many resources, you're right and may patch: \def\checkproperty[#1]% {\bgroup \def\currentproperty{#1}% \csname\??py\s!check\currentproperty\endcsname \egroup} 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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Two texexec.ini files?
by Matt Gushee 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

I have noticed that the ConTeXt distribution contains both $TEXMF/context/config/texexec.rme and $TEXMF/scripts/context/perl/texexec.rme Are they both supposed to be used? What happens if they're not the same? Thanks. -- 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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Can \note repeat its footnote?
by Stefan Wachter 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi all! The \note[xxx] command is used to reference a previously defined footnote. Is it possible that the previously defined footnote is repeated if a page break had occured between the \footnote[xxx]{bla bla bla} and the corresponding \note[xxx] command? Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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arranging pages with transpparency color
by Vit Zyka 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hi Hans and others, there is a problem with arranging pages with transparency color. See code: ------------------ \setuppapersize[A5,landscape][A4] \setuparranging[2TOPSIDE] \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[tcBlack][s=0, t=.5, a=normal] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[20pt] \dorecurse{1}{Page \color[tcBlack]{\recurselevel}\page}% \dorecurse{4}{Page \recurselevel\page}% \stoptext -------------------- Acroread (win 6.0.1) is complaining on the resulting PDF obtaining by texexec --arrange The message from AR is: There was an error reading a page. There was a problem processing a document(14). From a previous version of AR I obtained more informative message: Could not find extended graphic state name Tr1 Necessary conditions: 1) transparent color on at least one page 2) arranging pages on sheets 3) number of pages exceeds one sheet Observation: If do not use switch --arrange and compile the file two times the error does not occure. (But the result is not correct due to missing table of content etc.) It seems to me the problem is with managing transparen resources from sheet to sheet. Vit Zyka

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textbackground
by dr. Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

Hans, I definitely see problems with the \starttextbackground[]-\stoptextbackground environment (discussed in the "displays"-brochure). When the textbackground falls at a page crossing -- i.e. starts at the top of a page -- the coloring extends backwards on the page just left. It can be remedied by putting a \null just in front of \starttextbackground. The extra vertical space this introduces just manages to constrain the background to its own page. However, this is not a general solution, on other places the extra vertical space is certainly not wanted. I cannot find the exact nature of the problem. I suspect it has to do with the \output-routines, but these are not my speciality, to say the least. So, not much help there, Also, the \starttextbackground does not respect footnotes, these are colored. In contrast, the old \startbackground-\stopbackground does respect footnotes. The coloring stops at the footnote and restarts at the next page. I should like that for \starttextbackground as well. Hans van der Meer

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MathTimes usage
by dr. Hans van der Meer 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

I have the YandY MathTimes fonts and would like to use them in ConTeXt but do not know how to get them into action. In the source there are some references to MathTimes but nothing I try does something simple like for the lucida fonts: \setupbodyfont[lbr] Maybe I missed the magic invocation for \setupbodyfont[MathTimes-magic]? Hope someone can help. Hans van der Meer

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compile problems
by Idris Samawi Hamid 28 Jun '04

28 Jun '04

Hi gang, I'm having trouble compiling the eomega format with the latest ConTeXt (6-21): \texmf-var\web2c>eomega --ini *plain \dump works, but then \texmf-var\web2c>texexec --make --alone en -tex=eomega eomega: unrecognized option `-translate-file=natural.tcx' Try `eomega --help' for more information. fails. On the other hand eomega --ini *cont-en works, but then I get e.g., executable : EOMEGA format : cont-en inputfile : decision output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 EOMEGA: unrecognized option `-translate-file=natural.tcx' Try `EOMEGA --help' for more information. Please help! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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new typeface toy
by Adam Lindsay 27 Jun '04

27 Jun '04

Hey Patrick, all, I like the wiki a lot. Thanks for getting it going! It's a nice, quick way to get hints out there. As a result, I wrote up a little font-usage hack that wasn't quite big enough for a MyWay, but that I wanted to share with folks: <http://members.ping.de:8062/context/show/FlexiFace> But enough of the self-promotion ;) There's a lot of good stuff up there. adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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definemathsymbol and txfonts
by David Munger 26 Jun '04

26 Jun '04

Hi, I can't figure out how to get \definemathsymbol work with txfonts extended-A math fonts: \definemathsymbol [oiint] [op] [txexa] ["09] \starttext I want to get this: \getglyph{txexa}{\char"09} \startformula \oiint f(x,y) \,da \stopformula \stoptext Thanks for any help, David

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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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