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This is something Hans will love ...
by Giuseppe Bilotta 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hey Hans, this was just announced on comp.text.tex: > Name of contribution: PerlTeX > Name and email: Scott Pakin <...> > Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/perltex > Summary description: Define LaTeX macros in terms of Perl code > License type: LaTeX Project > > Announcement text: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > PerlTeX is a combination Perl script (perltex) and > LaTeX2e style file (perlmacros) that, together, give > the user the ability to define LaTeX macros in terms of > Perl code. Once defined, a Perl macro becomes > indistinguishable from any other LaTeX macro. PerlTeX > thereby combines LaTeX's typesetting power with Perl's > programmability. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- So ... when are we going to have the same feature in ConTeXt? After all, we already need a wrapper script (texexec) to run it, right? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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MetaPost backgrounds
by Mikael Persson 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Hi everybody! I had some problems with backgrounds in a table. I wanted just a horizontal line, but in different heights. The problem is that the line will always be in the middle of the cell if I don't add more graphics. See the example file below. Regards, Micke P \setupoutput[pdftex] \enableregime[utf] \setupbodyfont[7pt] % This works, but is not nice. \startuniqueMPgraphic{splittop} draw (0,0)--(OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight) withcolor white;%should not be necessary draw (0,0.725*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.725*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[splittop][\uniqueMPgraphic{splittop}] \startuniqueMPgraphic{splitmid} draw (0,0)--(OverlayWidth,OverlayHeight) withcolor white;%should not be necessary draw (0,0.5*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.5*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[splitmid][\uniqueMPgraphic{splitmid}] % This does not work, but I think it should \startuniqueMPgraphic{topsplit} draw (0,0.725*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.725*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[topsplit][\uniqueMPgraphic{topsplit}] \startuniqueMPgraphic{midsplit} draw (0,0.5*OverlayHeight)--(OverlayWidth,0.5*OverlayHeight); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[midsplit][\uniqueMPgraphic{midsplit}] \starttext % A working table \setupTABLE[width=2cm,height=2cm] \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR\bTD[background=splittop] Some text\par And some more text that will apear below the other text\eTD\bTD[background=splitmid] Some text above\par Some text below \eTD\eTR \eTABLE % A non-working table \setupTABLE[width=2cm,height=2cm] \bTABLE[align={middle,lohi}] \bTR\bTD[background=topsplit] Some text\par And some more text that will apear below the other text\eTD\bTD[background=midsplit] Some text above\par Some text below \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext

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No reference when 2UP-arranging pages
by Laurent Chéno 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

(* please excuse my poor english *) When I typeset this file : % ------- OK \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext This is a test. My \in{figure}{}[fig:test] stands \at{page}{}[fig:test]. \placefigure[page][fig:test]{A nice fig}{\framed{This is a figure.}} \stoptext \end %-------- I get the right result: "My figure 1 stands page 2." But when I typeset this one : % -------- WRONG \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext This is a test. My \in{figure}{}[fig:test] stands \at{page}{}[fig:test]. \placefigure[page][fig:test]{A nice fig}{\framed{This is a figure.}} \stoptext \end %----------- I get : "My figure ?? stands page ??." even after many compilation with texexec (or with texexec --final) Who can help me ? Thanks in advance, best regards, Laurent Chéno PS : I'm using TeXExec 3.1, pdfeTeX 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2003.7.23 -- Laurent Chéno, Paris - France <mailto:laurent.cheno@free.fr> fax : 01 53 01 28 36 http://pauillac.inria.fr/~cheno/

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Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset]
by Hans Hagen 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

At 10:54 09/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >All, > >In s-mag-01.tex, inbetween \startsetups[titlepage]...\stopsetups, you find >a pair > >\setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset] one can define multiple layouts and switch between them; reset reverts to the standard layout settings (global one) >Also, in the same area, there is a > >\flushlayer[makeup] > >command whose purpose I do not understand. Could someone explain the >purpose of these commands? it flushes any content collected in that layer 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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Re: [NTG-context] typescripttwo
by Hans Hagen 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

At 18:24 08/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >All, > >In this line: > >\definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] >[encoding=\typescripttwo] > >What does \typescripttwo do? if you say \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] then \typescripttwo == texnansi 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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Instructions for m-pstric
by John Culleton 11 Aug '03

11 Aug '03

Since I was mentioned in the code for this module I make bold to ask this question =) Exactly how is this module employed to enable PStricks statements to be used in a Context job? Alternatively, in MPFun, how might one surround the text on a page by a border running symmetrically around the edge, a certain distance in from the page edges? I know how I would do it in PSTricks but not in Metapost/Metafun. A recent memoir by Norman Mailer has a broad gray border with a thin black border just inside it on the title page. Very spiffy. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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\setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset]
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

All, In s-mag-01.tex, inbetween \startsetups[titlepage]...\stopsetups, you find a pair \setuplayout[makeup]...\setuplayout[reset] Also, in the same area, there is a \flushlayer[makeup] command whose purpose I do not understand. Could someone explain the purpose of these commands?

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Re: Simple test
by darnold＠northcoast.com 09 Aug '03

09 Aug '03

Hans, comments below: > At 10:04 07/08/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>Hans, as a simple test, I tried saving the following as junk.mp. >> >>input mp-tool; >>beginfig(1); >>picture p; >>p:=textext.rt("Hello, world!"); >>endfig; >>end. >> >>However, >> >>C:\temp>mpost junk >>(junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) >> >> unknown picture p >> >> textext.rt >>! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). >><to be read again> >> ( >>l.7 p:=textext.rt( >> "Hello, world!"); > > you should use/load metafun -) But I have. Indeed, I completely updated Miktex, downloaded the latest Context, refreshed filename database, then ran: texexec --make --alone This rebuilds cont-en.efmt, cont-nl.efmt, and mptopdf.efmt. You can see they are new by their timestamps (08/07/2003 09:38 AM). Directory of C:\localtexmf\miktex\fmt 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> .. 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 909,544 pdflatex.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 437,192 omega.fmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 897,952 elatex.efmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 395,368 pdftex.fmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 926,688 lambda.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 416,704 etex.efmt 11/28/2000 12:55 PM 891,640 latex.fmt 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 376,968 plain.fmt 12/11/2002 11:05 PM 556,792 amstex.fmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 1,100 metafun.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 31,032 cont-en.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 32,231 cont-nl.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 5,373,040 cont-nl.efmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 3,809 mptopdf.log 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 322,768 mptopdf.efmt 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 5,319,424 cont-en.efmt 16 File(s) 16,892,252 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,959,424 bytes free The command texexec --make --alone also builds metafun.mem in this same directory. It has to be moved by hand to a different directory. C:\localtexmf\miktex\mem>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\localtexmf\miktex\mem 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:34 PM <DIR> .. 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 99,480 plain.mem 08/05/2003 09:52 PM 106,240 mfplain.mem 08/07/2003 09:38 AM 506,752 metafun.mem 3 File(s) 712,472 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,959,424 bytes free But again, brand new. All databases are refreshed after this move. There are no other versions of these format files on my system (I checked). I've even tried texexec --make --alone --tex=pdfetex metafun and moved the resulting metafun.mem file over and refreshed the database. On this file: input mp-tool; beginfig(1); picture p; p:=textext.rt("Hello, world!"); endfig; end. I still get this error: C:\temp>mpost junk (junk.mp (C:\texmf\metapost\context\base\mp-tool.mp) >> unknown picture p >> textext.rt ! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). <to be read again> ( l.7 p:=textext.rt( "Hello, world!"); ? I am aware of the new placement of /metapost/context/base. C:\texmf\metapost>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\texmf\metapost 10/07/2002 11:27 PM <DIR> . 10/07/2002 11:27 PM <DIR> .. 08/05/2003 03:30 PM <DIR> context 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> base 0 File(s) 0 bytes 4 Dir(s) 3,497,893,888 bytes free C:\texmf\metapost\base>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F803-A135 Directory of C:\texmf\metapost\base 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> . 08/05/2003 09:47 PM <DIR> .. 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 7,106 boxes.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 7,146 format.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 27,660 graph.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 4,280 marith.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 19,748 mfplain.mp 03/23/1997 01:16 AM 19 mpost.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 16,018 plain.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 1,098 rboxes.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 1,466 sarith.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 794 string.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 331 TEX.mp 09/07/2000 02:01 PM 424 texnum.mp 01/24/1997 08:28 PM 230 troffnum.mp 13 File(s) 86,320 bytes 2 Dir(s) 3,497,893,888 bytes free So, I am absolutely stumped. Is there anything else I can try?

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typescripttwo
by darnold＠northcoast.com 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

All, In this line: \definetypeface [palatino] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=\typescripttwo] What does \typescripttwo do?

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Amazing!
by darnold＠northcoast.com 08 Aug '03

08 Aug '03

All, By inserting this line in s-mag-01.tex: \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] Then using the Miktex package manager to install the pxfonts and txfonts, I can now compile this: \usemodule[mag-01] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext This is without any use of texfont.pl. Indeed, I've cleaned out my /localtexmf/fonts directories of all former experiments using texfont. Absolutely amazing. I've still a long way to go with fonts, but I am much improved.

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