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\setuplayout parameters
by John Culleton 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

I want to set up a book 5.5 x 8.5 with .5in margins left and right. During the development process I want to be able to print it on US standard 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Here is my current prologue (I have tried several): \setupoutput[pdftex] \definepapersize[bok][width=5.5in,height=8.5in] \setuppapersize[bok][letter] \setuplayout[marginwidth=.5in,location=middle] \showframe When the resultant pdf is printed via Acrobat Reader I find the following anomalies: Total width of page outline: 5 7/16 in. Width of actual text block: 4.5 in approx. (this is OK.) Width of text block outline: 3 29/32 in (text overlaps block outline.) And so on. There are gaps between the margin outlines and the text block outline. The margin outlines are the wrong size. When I put the document in final form with \setuppapersize{bok][bok] and comment out \showframe Then the text block is not quite centered: the left margin is smaller than the right margin. Using Xpdf instead of Acrobat Reader shows the same anomalies. Changing marginwidth to margin shows the same anomalies. and so on. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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Stumped on Field
by darnold＠northcoast.com 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

All, In s-mag-01.tex, I am completely baffled by: \startusableMPgraphic{text} StartPage ; for i=Header,Text,Footer: for j=LeftEdge,LeftMargin,Text,RightMargin,RightEdge: draw Field[i][j] withpen pencircle scaled 0.5pt; endfor; endfor; StopPage; setbounds currentpicture to Field[Text][Text] ; \stopusableMPgraphic I can find no references of Field anywhere, not in s-mag-01, nor in any files in my texmf tree, nor in documentation, ... Huh? Anyone have a clue?

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searchable mailinglist archive
by Patrick Gundlach 01 Sep '03

01 Sep '03

Hello out there, is there a searchable mailinglist archive anywhere on the internet? Slaveks archive seems to be really outdated (http://ml-archives.mini.pw.edu.pl/) Patrick -- Silent is the goldfish in its bowl

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no Type1 fonts in ConTeXt?
by Steffen Wolfrum 31 Aug '03

31 Aug '03

I used to use PostScript font under MacOSX working with Gerben Wierda's tetex distributution. The pfb tfm etc. files I put in the texmf tree as Gerben suggested (~/Library/texmf) Everything works fine with LaTeX. Today I installed the uptodate ConTeXt files, followed by sudo mktexlsr and sudo fmtutil --all, and started experimenting. But whenever I want to use something different then CM, for example with \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=ec] \switchtotypeface [palatino] [12pt,rm] \starttext A test W test Q test R \stoptext I get only errors (see below). What did I do wrong? Problems with the texmf paths? What is the right way? Other commands for using PS fonts? Thank you for any help, Steffen Wolfrum TeXExec 3.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : test3 output : pdftex interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) entering extended mode (./test3.tex{/Users/himmelblau/Library/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.8.21 fmt: 2003.8.31 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/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 : test3.top loaded (./test3.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> system (E-TEX) : [line 1907] \ifcsname <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map fonts : [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] fonts : [map] [ec] [] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-euler.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-adobe-utopia.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bit-charter.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antp.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-public-antt.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-bookman.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-courier.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-helvetica.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-palatino.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-times.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-urw-zapfchan.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-px.map pdftex : needs map file: original-youngryu-tx.map pdftex : needs map file: ec-bh-lucida.map ) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) fonts : [serif] [palatino] [name,default,ec,special] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) fonts : [serif] [default] [size] (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex)kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-uplr8a /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation c- for ec-uplr8a. /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-uplr8a ! I can't find file `ec-uplr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-uplr8a' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*palatino12ptrmtf*:=ec-uplr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \let \xxdododefinefont ... {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsize \de... \fontstrategy ...me \fontclass #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \iftryingfont \... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.2 \switchtotypeface [palatino] [12pt,rm] ? X No pages of output. Transcript written on test3.log. return code : 256 run time : 18 seconds total run time : 19 seconds

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Re: [NTG-context] CJK support in ConTeXt
by Hong Feng 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

> > It's time to discuss the topic "CJK support in ConTeXt" in a more public > > place. > > Agree! The currently ConTeXt release support UTF-8, CJKV locales can all be represented in UTF-8, so the mechanism is already done. IMHO, the real one work to do is to make the sets of typesetting conventions (typesetting rules) for each locale of CJKV (like the Chinese package did), that would varies quite much from locale to locale, all all of them are based on the same underlayed mechanism. Best, Hong _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 启用电邮帐号，领会雅虎通[身临其境聊电影]的动感魅力，还有网络摄像头+雅虎通收音机等你来拿 http://cn.rd.yahoo.com/mail_cn/tag/?http://cn.messenger.yahoo.com

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\dosetupsystem ????!
by Matthew Huggett 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Hi: Can anybody tell me what might cause this error: > Runaway argument? > \c!gebied ={\setupsystem [inputfile=rice.tex] \protect > ! File ended while scanning use of \dosetupsystem. > <inserted text> > \par > <to be read again> > \relax > \dodoreadfile ...normalinput \readfilename \relax > \the > \everyafterreadfile > <everyjob> ...file \openutilities \loadoptionfile > \checknotes > \initializeMPg... Everything was running smooth a few days ago. Now every document I process causes the same error. What actions does \dosetupsystem carry out? Thanks, Matt

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Re: [NTG-context] CJK support in ConTeXt
by Tim 't Hart 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Jin-Hwan Cho wrote: >It's time to discuss the topic "CJK support in ConTeXt" in a more >public place. I couldn't agree more! :-) >The current version of ConTeXt supports Chinese only. But the same >mechasism enables Korean too. The remaining language is Japanese. >In some sense, it is possible to support Japanese in the current >subfont mechanism. But several issues (e.g. Japanese kerning system >as explained by Okumura) may occur. Could you explain what these issues are? For the past couple of months I've been busy writing Japanese support for ConTeXt, based on the Chinese module. I'm not an expert in this, so I'm sure the method I used for writing Japanese support is wrong and can be improved. But for my own personal use it has already proven to be quite useable. If anyone else is interested in what I've produced so far, please let me know. I would like to know what the issues with Japanese kerning are. I do not know a lot about Japanese typography and would like to know what the limitations of code based on the Chinese module are. >My suggestion for supporting CJK characters in ConTeXt is to write a >new module using e-Omega. Even though e-Omega does not produce PDF >format directly, there are not much problem with DVIPDFMx. When I first tried to use Japanese with ConTeXt, I first looked at e-Omega. The reason I gave up and tried to adapt the Chinese module was that e-Omega was unstable on my machine. Version 1.23 crashed immediately (got stuck in a loop producing [] characters). I tried 1.15 because I heard that was more stable. I got some Japanese output with this version, but when I tried creating more than a paragraph, it locked as well. But this was all a few months ago. Does anybody know if things with e-Omega have improved recently? Anyway, I would like to see a common CJK module for ConTeXt, where Chinese, Korean and Japanese are based on the same base code. It doesn't matter to me if it's implemented using subfonts or on using e-Omega, as long as it's stable and useable. Therefore, I would like to offer my help in creating CJK support. My best, Tim

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parameter mechanism
by Peter Rolf 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Hello all, I have problems to understand the command (parameter) mechanism of context. My experiments with \getparameters didn't work, so I used \xdescgetparameters from Giuseppe Bilotta (t-xdesc.tex). In my eyes they look the same, but \xdescgetparameters works with my sample code, \getparameters don't. Mhhh.... % t-xdesc.tex \def\xdescsetvalue#1#2{\expandafter\def\csname#1#2\endcsname} \def\xdescgetparameters{\dogetparameters\xdescsetvalue} % syst-gen.tex \def\dosetvalue#1#2% #3 {\@EA\def\csname#1#2\endcsname} % {#3}} \def\getparameters {\dogetparameters\dosetvalue} This leads me to my two questions: What must I change, to make my test example run with \getparameters? Where is the error in my \docommand? All parameters but [height] work and the tracing output at this parameter (\OTRSETshowstatus) says nothing to me. Thanks for any help, Peter P.S.: using miktex 2.3, context version 21.08.2003

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Re: [NTG-context] CJK support in ConTeXt
by Hans Hagen 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

At 09:15 27/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: >quite useable. If anyone else is interested in what I've produced so >far, please let me know. can you put together a zip with (1) fonts, (2) macros (3) examples - also in pdf, so that i can have a look at it? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl 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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Texexec changing directories
by David Arnold 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

All, I need some help with an annoying feature that has cropped up after an update of Miktex and Context. D:\NSFGRANT\MultiCalc\VecMat>texexec --version TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 total run time : 0 seconds F:\PuTTY> Note how the drive letter has changed. This is not just a minor annoyance, because if I have a "make" file such as make.bat defined by texexec --pdf --mode=screen --suffix="-s" Context-VecMat texexec --pdf --mode=letter --suffix="-p" Context-VecMat texexec --pdf --mode=screen --suffix="-s" Context-VecMat texexec --pdf --mode=letter --suffix="-p" Context-VecMat After the first run, the process stops because it can no longer find Context-VecMat on the f: partition. Help!

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