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Localizing the bibliography
by Giuseppe Bilotta 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Hi all, as a follow-up to a request on it.comp.software.tex (ya know, I managed to trick a couple of Italians in using ConTeXt ;)): the m-bib module and companion files have a bunch of strings that get inserted in the bibliography list; some of them are localizable (e.g. the "and" or the "et.al."), others are not; the idea would be that all the strings should be localizable; a couple of nonparametrized strings that come to mind are "pages" or "PhD thesis". -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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typearea
by Peter Münster 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Hello, I'm just switching from LaTeX to ConTeXt. Is there already a module with similar functionalities as the typearea¹ package that comes with LaTeX? ¹ typearea comes with KOMA-Script and permits to automatically calculate the right margins with respect to some typographic rules. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ------------------------------------ Film Search site: http://f-s.sf.net/

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how to get an image form flowchart
by wei jm 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Hello,everybody, I have a problem while using context to create some flowcharts. The beginning of my tex source file looks like: \setupoutput[pdftex] \usemodule[chart] Naturally I got a flowchart in pdf version. But a pdf version flowchart is not suitable for inserting into a paper or a report. Then I utilized software to convert it from pdf format into some other imgage formats. But none of them was satisfied. I wonder how can I direct get a flowchart in some imgage formats (e.g. png, jpg) from the source tex file. Are there some tricks in the settings of the tex source file? Thanks in advance! Best regards 　　　　　　　　wei jm 　　　　　　　　wei(a)uni-duisburg.de 　　　　　　　　　　2004-01-20

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Footnotes with(out) backgrounds
by Giuseppe Bilotta 19 Jan '04

19 Jan '04

Hello, a user on it.comp.software.tex just discovered a bug in handling footnotes when backgrounds are present. Brief example: \starttext \setupfootnotes[rule=on] \setupbackground[topoffset=7pt,bottomoffset=7pt] % \startlocalfootnotes[n=0] \startbackground La {\bf locomozione} è un tipo di spostamento reso possibile nell'uomo dal movimento coordinato degli arti inferiori, degli arti superiori e da movimenti di torsione del tronco\footnote{PAOLO CERRETELLI, Fisiologia dell'esercizio, 2001}. \stopbackground \placefootnotes Possiamo facilmente comprendere come questa descrizione rispecchi sia la meccanica della {\bf marcia} sia quella della {\bf corsa}\footnote{Altro commento}. % \placelocalfootnotes % \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext The commented lines have been added by me during the testing; indeed, local footnotes work, but standard footnotes don't. Any ideas/solutions/whatever? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Re: [NTG-context] Multiple charts of different size
by Shivkumar Chandrasekaran 18 Jan '04

18 Jan '04

> From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> > > can you provide a minimal example of what you want? > > Hans > Oops! My fault. I had \setupFLOWcharts before \starttext, and I issued a second call to \setupFLOWcharts before I had used the first flow chart. I moved everything past \starttext and it all works now. Thanks, --shiv--

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Re: [NTG-context] UnicodeRegular
by Christopher G D Tipper 17 Jan '04

17 Jan '04

>At 17:46 16/01/2004, you wrote: >>I am trying to find a euro symbol for my work. >> >>MikTeX has a comprehensive package manager, and I have tried installing >>packages "uni" [billed as "The Universal Font"] and "universa" but no joy. >>Does anyone know where to get this font? Please don't tell me from Y&Y :-) > >do you need unicode? > > \usesymbols[eur] > >hans Actually this just requires another font I don't have (eurose). If anyone has any exeprience with Unicode I would like the flexibility this provides, as the euro is just a sample case. btw I have searched CTAN for UnicodeRegular and eurose, and no hits. If anyone happens to know which package bundles either of these two fonts I'd appreciate it. Especially if you have it working in MiKTeX 2.4. Thanks all. Christopher

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UnicodeRegular
by Christopher G D Tipper 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

I am trying to find a euro symbol for my work. I have \def\euro{\uchar{32}{172}} [character € which I got from some XSL-FO literature I downloaded] and I use \defineXMLentity [euro] {\euro} as I am transforming from XML. What I then get is ! Font \unicodefont=UnicodeRegular20 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. MikTeX has a comprehensive package manager, and I have tried installing packages "uni" [billed as "The Universal Font"] and "universa" but no joy. Does anyone know where to get this font? Please don't tell me from Y&Y :-) Christopher --------------------------------o00o-------------------------------- “Since light travels faster than sound, isn’t that why some people appear bright until you hear them speak” — Steve Wright

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Multiple charts of different size
by Shivkumar Chandrasekaran 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

Hi, I am using \usemodule[chart] and following the manual mchart.pdf. But I cannot figure out how to get two charts, one of size [nx=4,ny=4] and one of size [nx=4,ny=1] in the same document, without the second one occupying the same physical space as the first one. It seems that I can have only one \setupFLOWcharts command in effect. Is there any way to get around this? Thanks, --shiv--

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Re: [NTG-context] endnotes: ! Dimension too large. ?? (macro description)
by Steffen Wolfrum 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

Hi, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > you can feed it into a description, like: > > \definedescription[WhatANote] > > and then use > > \startWhatANote{#1}#2\stopWhatANote > > in the macro. I am not sure what you mean by "the macro". Do you mean it like this? : \def\MyNoteList#1#2#3{\startWhatANote{#1}#2#1\quad#2\endgraf\stopWhatANote} Or should I add it to this - but I don't know how/where: > \long\def\MyNote#1% > {\ifhmode\unskip\fi > \doglobal\increment\MyNotes\relax > \high{\MyNotes}% > \expanded{\writetolist[MyNoteList]{\MyNotes}}{#1}} Thank you, Steffen

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FLOWcharts connection bug
by Ramm, Henning 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Hello Hans and everyone! Every connection whose origin is the bottom of a cell and that goes somewhere upwards, draws first up into the cell. Connections from bottom to bottom cause always a metapost error. (ConTeXt 2004-01-13; TeXLive 7 on WinNT; pdfTeX 1.11a-2.1) Some nice-to-have features of FLOWchart connections would be: - crossing vertical lines should draw an bow at the crossing (configurable) - force a line to go via some point (cell coordinate) or several points instead shortest way - parallel lines should draw side by side Herzliche Grüße! ------------------- Henning Hraban Ramm

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