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"Text flows" under columnsets
by Erik George Hetzner 20 Jun '03

20 Jun '03

Hello ConTeXters, First, I'd like to thank Hans, belatedly, for the columns.pdf manual which I have been happily using. Column sets are one of the main reasons that I have enjoyed working with ConTeXt so much, and having a manual makes them much, much easier to figure out. Second, I would like to ask if "text flows", which are introduced in the manual, are implemented at all. When I attempt to use the examples, ConTeXt complains about the macros not being defined. Searching through the sources also fails to find anything. I am using the latest beta. Are they only defined in the dutch interface? Any pointers at all would be helpful. Regards, Erik Hetzner

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\setupwhitespace[small]
by Nigel King 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Dear ConTeXtnicians I am trying to track down something which causes \setupwhitespace not to work as expected in my document. Minimal documents work correctly but my complex handbook document has been affected. What other commands might cause \setupwhitespace to malfunction. \setupwhitespace[small] does not appear to work. It seems to give the same result as medium. none gives none, 3pt does not give 3pt but instead prints 3pt as though it was text, big does give slightly bigger than medium but not as much as it should. TIA -- Nigel

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some questions about logo and margin background.
by lihb 19 Jun '03

19 Jun '03

Hi, I have two question, I 'm not sure this is the right place to ask, apologize for that. 1st question: I wish to put a small logo at the footer at everypage so I try to write a tex as below: \usemodule[pre-general] \setuppapersize [S6][S6] \setuplayout [width=fit, height=fit, header=32pt, footer=32pt] \setupfootertexts[\bf\ss{test}][\bf\ss{\date}] \def\RedHatLogo% {\externalfigure[shadowman-32.png][type=png]} \definelogo [small logo] [footer] [middle] [command=\RedHatLogo,state=start] \starttext \chapter{test} \placelogos[small logo] \stoptext and I found that the shadowman logo did not show up.. How do I make a .png file show up at corner or bottom of every pages? 2nd question: change the background of margin I have a rightmargin with \startuniqueMPgraphic{test} picture p ; p := btex TEST etex rotated 90 ; setbounds p to boundingbox p enlarged 1pt ; draw p withcolor 0.8white ; currentpicture := currentpicture xysized (\overlaywidth,\overlayheight) ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[test][\uniqueMPgraphic{test}] \setupbackgrounds [text] [rightmargin] [background=test] which is a word "TEST" with grey color and white background, how to change the background color? I had try 'fill p withcolor darkcyan ;' but the background of margin is still white. Thanks. lihb lihb(a)phys.sinica.edu.tw

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Conversion LaTeX -> ConTeXt
by Frank Sonnemans 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

Hello there, I am starting to move away from LaTeX to ConTeXt and was wondering if some ConTeXt users have written scripts to convert LaTeX documents to ConTeXt documents. Or perhaps just partial conversions, for example from a LaTeX tabular environment to a ConTeXt table. Also I would be interested in layout definitions which could replace the LaTeX article and NTG brief layout, as a starting point for further customization. Best Regards, Frank Sonnemans

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\setupbodyfont[pos] on Mac OSX ---> tfm file not found?
by maillist＠sonnemans.net 18 Jun '03

18 Jun '03

Does anyone have a working TeX installation on OSX where the \setupbodyfont[pos] command works? I cannot get it to work, I tried installating the fonts manually using the texfont command which did not work. I also tried \usetypescript[berry][8a] and other commands wich were mentioned in the maillist archive, but to no avail. I have the impression problems are caused by Context wanting EC encoded files which were dropped from the teTeX distribution some time ago. As I am no font expert I would appreciate some help. The output from my texec is as follows: [zoe:~] frank% texexec context.tex TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : context output : standard 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 (./context.tex{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2003.6.15 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 (E-TEX) : [line 726] \ifcsname ) 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 ) system : cont-sys loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) 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 : context.top loaded (./context.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> system (E-TEX) : [line 1815] \ifcsname <unprotect 4> <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex typescript : [serif] [times] [name,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) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [sans] [helvetica] [name,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) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [mono] [courier] [name,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) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [serif,sans,mono] [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) typescript : [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 : using map file: original-ams-cmr.map pdftex : using map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : using map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : using map file: original-vogel-symbol.map pdftex : using map file: original-ams-euler.map pdftex : using map file: ec-adobe-utopia.map pdftex : using map file: ec-bit-charter.map pdftex : using map file: ec-public-antp.map pdftex : using map file: ec-public-antt.map pdftex : using map file: ec-urw-bookman.map pdftex : using map file: ec-urw-courier.map pdftex : using map file: ec-urw-helvetica.map pdftex : using map file: ec-urw-palatino.map pdftex : using map file: ec-urw-times.map pdftex : using map file: ec-urw-zapfchan.map pdftex : using map file: original-youngryu-px.map pdftex : using map file: original-youngryu-tx.map pdftex : using 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))kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-utmr8a /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map typeface abbreviation c- for ec-utmr8a. /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-utmr8a This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-utmr8a ! I can't find file `ec-utmr8a'. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-utmr8a Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...jfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-utmr8a Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-utmr8a' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-utmr8a at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun d. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.4 \setupbodyfont[pos]

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Printing ConTeXt macro files.
by Pierre VINET 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Hi, ConTeXt's macro files are well documented but not easily readable as is. Is there a way to translate them to TeX for printing ? (as does mftmac with metafont files, ltxdoc class in LaTeX or webmac with web listings, etc.) Thanks, -- pv

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Embedded movies
by Tobias Burnus 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Hi, I somehow completely fail to embed successfully a movie into a pdf. I tried to test-view http://www/pragma-ade.com/general/uptodate/up-003-s.pdf but this failed with: "texwork.mov" cannot be found. Would you like to choose a replacement file? Then I tried \externalfigure[elf-iso.avi][height=\textheight, width=\textheight, preview=no, repeat=yes] The problem I have is that I have neither a working AVI file (the one I created with mencoder doesn't work with Quicktime or Windows Media Player due to the codec used) nor a .mov file. Windows Media player is able to play a MPEG file with the extention .avi, but Acrobat doesn't like it :-( Moreover Acrobat Reader is not able to create useful error message :-( Thus: Is it in principle possible to embed *.mpg files? This would save me a lot of work. (Somehow I failed to do so when modifying core-fig.tex) Otherwise, what is the best way to proceed? Tobias PS: Rdesktop is a nice way to access Windows from Linux :-) but Adobe could support movies in PDFs under Linux :-(

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Re: [NTG-context] Embedded movies
by Hans Hagen 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

Hi Tobias, >b) Using ConTeXt ver: 2003.4.29 fmt: 2003.6.17: >systems : begin file test at line 1 >) >! Incomplete \ifx; all text was ignored after line 6. ><inserted text> > \fi ><*> &cont-en test.tex Ah .. \def\presetundefinedfigure#1% {\let\@@eftype #1% \let\@@efextension #1% \let\@@efobject \v!nee \let\@@efpreset \v!nee \ifx\@@efbreedte\empty \def\@@efbreedte{8\lineheight}% 4cm \fi %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ADD THIS ONE IN CORE-FIG.TEX \ifx\@@efhoogte\empty \def\@@efhoogte{6\lineheight}% 3cm \fi} ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Writing Japanese using ConTeXt
by Lei Wang 17 Jun '03

17 Jun '03

I have posted the following to the list. But it seems disappeared. :-) So again. > One other point that may or may not matter is that ... I'm not sure if > this is the correct terminology, but the code points of the Japanese > character sets are arrayed in a sparse matrix (?). Each plane is > 194x194, rather than 256x256. I used to know why. Although the plane only have 194 characters each, many Japanese fonts used by TeX were split by 256 per subfonts as that in Chinese CJK compact mode. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lei Wang" <leiwang(a)swt.edu> To: <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Writing Japanese using ConTeXt > Right. Although there are many Chinese unicode fonts, Both unix and windows > remap them to GBK or GB when used. As for Japanese in ConTeXt, I think > it may be better to support the SJIS or other common used encoding, too. > UTF8 is good, but it is inconvenience since I found few editor can save your file > in UTF8 encoding under Windows. So I have to use convert tools to convert > my files. > > I am not familiar with the Japanese encodings. But I think it can be implement in > ConTeXt as Chinese because many things are in the same way. Remap them > according their encodings (JIS, SJIS,etc.) should work if we can solve the > one problem that Japanese SJIS encoding has some one-byte characters in the range > 0XA1 - 0XDF while Chinese and Korean only have two-byte characters. > Wang

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German Umlaute with US Keyboard
by Raimund Kohl 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

Hello there, how am I to set german Umlaute in ConTeXt if using a US keyboard? With TeX it's \"a for example to produce ä and \ss for the german ß (scharfes s) ... but this ain't gonna work with ConTeXt. Oh, and btw.: Is there an archive of the ConTeXt mailing list to look through? Thank you in advance, ray

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