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Interrupted framebox around text.
by John Culleton 28 Oct '03

28 Oct '03

I want to set up several framed text passages in my document, where the title of the passage actually interrupts the top line of the box thus: -----My title------------------------------------------- | | | | | Blah blah. | |_________________________________ | I have seen such a configuration in books prepared using other software. Can it be done easily in Context (without involving Metapost etc.)? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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configuration (texutil?) problem
by Onet 28 Oct '03

28 Oct '03

Hi all! I had to change an operating system temporarly; now I use win98, but I haven't change ConTeXt installation and configuration at all. I'm not sure if win version causes the problem, but I can't see any other reasons... Anyway, the problem is that I can't build a list of contents. A sample zzz.tex file looks like this: \starttext \completecontent \chapter{Some chapter} \section{One section} \section{Another section} \chapter{And one more chapter} \section{And one more section} \stoptext After running such a code with command 'texexec --pdf zzz.tex'. At the end of job texexec says: run time : 4 seconds sorting and checking : running texutil total run time : 4 seconds There is no another run, the file is processed only ones. There is no 'zzz.tuo' in output. So I tried to test texutil running it directly with command 'texutil --references zzz.tui' (not sure if it is correct...). But the strangest thing is that texutil says: action : processing commands, lists and registers error : empty input file zzz.tui Of course zzz.tui is NOT empty. Does anybody know what may be responsible for that? TeXexec version: 2.8 TeXutil version: 7.3 THanks in advance, Pawe/l

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firstpageheader -- lastpagefooter
by Bernd Militzer 28 Oct '03

28 Oct '03

I need a special headertext for the first page and a special footertext for the last page. With \firstpage and \lastpage I found no solution. How can I manage my problem? thanks Bernd % \def\sj{2003/04} % Schuljahr \def\art{Klassenarbeit} \def\lfd{1} \def\fach{WVK} \def\thema{Verkaufsformen} \def\kla{E23} % Klasse \defineenumeration[question][location=inmargin,text=] \def\my1Header% {\framed[width=\hsize,align=right,frame=off] {\art\ Nr. \lfd\hfill\fach \hfill \sj\inright{\hfill\pagenumber~/~\lastpage~}\\ Klasse: \kla\\ Thema: \thema} } % \def\myHeader% {\framed[width=\hsize,align=right,frame=off] {\kla\ % \art\ % Nr. \lfd % \hfill\fach% \inright{\hfill\pagenumber~/~\lastpage~}% \hairline} } % \setupheadertexts[\if{\firstpage}\my1Header\else\my1Header\fi] % \setupfootertexts[\txx \cap{\jobname} \date]% [\if{\lastpage}Ende \else \dots \fi] \starttext \question \dorecurse{20}{testquestion } \par \question \dorecurse{20}{testquestion } \par \page \question \dorecurse{20}{testquestion } \par \stoptext

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Figure reuse
by Nigel King 27 Oct '03

27 Oct '03

Dear Contexnicians, I believe that pdfs can make multiple use of pictures (and other objects). I have a fairly large picture which I want to include a number of times, once as the full picture and several other times concentrating on a portion of it. Are there any commands for cropping other than going through metapost? TIA -- Nigel

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things I do when I get bored...
by Patrick Gundlach 25 Oct '03

25 Oct '03

Hello out there, ... are not what I am going to announce here. But, you can -- if you are brave -- try out the new-on-the-www port of texshow, the ConTeXt command browser. As a bonus, comments can be added to the commands (as in etexshow), but since you are not alone on the www, you can share and enjoy! One day I will add a section for examples. You can then share your favorite examples with all the other ConTeXt users out there. Here is the url: http://members.ping.de:8061/ at http://levana.de/context/texshow-web.html you get forwarded to the whatever is the current location of texshow-web. The current location will move some day to a place yet unknown. Patrick -- I am happy for any suggestions/comments/...

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Visual creators for ConTeXt
by ^Nitram^ 25 Oct '03

25 Oct '03

Hi, I promised link to creators for ConTeXt ;) http://www.im.ps.pl/context/?en (and http://www.im.ps.pl/context/ for polish users) But - please note - there is early pre-beta version ;) I will work to increase functionality and performance of this. It works in IE6 (tested) and Gecko engine browsers (but there are some errors in display). Tables: left mouse button - select, right menu. Flowcharts: left button - inside object - choice type and changing text, 'o' is a connect point... There will be more helps at the site (in the future) :) For now, just try by clicking ;) If anybody has some advices or wishes please contact - I hope I will implement much more than now. PS. I think I will re-implement whole code (now it is awful ;) ) - if somebody want translate to other languages please contact - it will be possible ;) -- Best greetings, Martin

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font distribution for Bitstream Vera
by Henning Hraban Ramm 24 Oct '03

24 Oct '03

Ahoi! There's now a ConTeXt distribution of Bitstream Vera freeware font at my site: http://www.ramm.ch/fiee/texnique/?menu=0-1-4&lang=en (Source of the font is gnome.org, redistribution is allowed, so I packed it.) Vera is similar to Verdana and Lucida; it contains Sans (4), Serif (2) and Mono (4). Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Typestting all ConTeXt modules
by kopszak＠mnw.art.pl 24 Oct '03

24 Oct '03

Hello, I know it sounds a bit weird, but I would like to print out the whole ConTeXt source as one book. So, before I try on my own... Are there any clever commands which could be helpful? Also, would it be possible to index commands in all modules? Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/

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columns and alignment at the bottom
by Alexander Klink 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Hi, I am trying to typeset a text which should look roughly like that: |-----| |-----| |------| |text | |text | |text | | | |-----| | | |-----| | | |-----| | | |-----| |text | | | |text | |-----| |------| | | | | |-----| |------| | | |text | |text | |-----| |-----| |------| So I have a frames with some text (actually, addresses - Hans, maybe you remember the address booklet I showed you here in Darmstadt) in three columns. So I tried something like: \startcolumns[n=3] \framed{first address...} \vskip 0.5cm plus 1fill \framed{second address...} \vskip 0.5cm plus 1fill \framed{third address...} . . . \stopcolumns Which (obviously because I use TeX code inside ConTeXt - shame on me) fails, the frames are not aligned at the bottom. So I'm looking for a way to typeset them with a distance of at least 0.5cm and align at the bottom - the remaining space should be spread equally... I hope the question is understandable and I hope someone has already done something like this... Greetings, ALeX P.S.: Hans, thanks again for the tutorial in Darmstadt - now I know about the layer and overlay stuff, I use it extensively :-) -- ... Alexander Klink ... undergraduate in Mathematics with Computer Science ... alech(a)alech.de ... at Darmstadt University of Technology ... alech(a)3komma141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974.de

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Expert version: How to make empty pages by default empty?
by Steffen Wolfrum 23 Oct '03

23 Oct '03

Hi Hans (probably the only relevant recipient), while Patrick Gundlach could provide me a solution for all chapters in one file there still is no idea how to do it within the project structure. See for example the following: The generated empty pages after the TOC (page 2), and after the last chapter (14 and 15) all have pagenumbers. Quite ugly. How to get rid of them? How to make empty pages by default empty? Steffen Minimal Example: \definepagebreak [chapter] [yes,header,right] \setuphead [chapter] [page=chapter, ] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setupsectionblock[frontmatter][page=chapter] % doesn't work \starttext \startfrontmatter \completecontent \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \chapter {test} \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte } \stopbodymatter \stoptext

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