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Writing Japanese using ConTeXt
by Tim 't Hart 16 Jun '03

16 Jun '03

Hello all, This is my first message to the list. I've been using ConTeXt for a few months now, and so far it does everything I want to do with it, plus much and much more! Recently, I've made the 'unwise' decision to start studying Japanese next year, and of course I want to keep on using ConTeXt to write my school papers. I am already able to create Japanese documents using a terrific Japanese TeX distribution (w32tex) and pLaTeX, but everyone on this mailinglists knows that LaTeX is kinda 'weird' (to put it mildly) when you are used to the beauty that is ConTexT! :-) So I decided to find a way to write Japanese in ConTeXt. First I tried using the eOmega/ConTeXt combination since I have some great OTPs for it, but soon found out that Omega is still "the TeX of the future", in other words, not the "TeX of today" and extremely unstable. Then I decided to try ConTeXt's UTF-8 support. I created the following test file: -------------- \chardef\utfunihashmode=1 \setupunicodefont [japanese] [scale=1.0] \definefontsynonym [JapaneseMinchoRegular][cyberb] \defineunicodefont [Mincho][JapaneseMincho][japanese] \Mincho \enableregime[utf] \starttext ... <Imagine a bunch of UTF-8 encoded Japanese characters here> ... \stoptext -------------- cyberb is the Unicode font cyberbit.ttf which I installed using ttf2tfm: ttf2tfm cyberbit.ttf cyberb@Unicode@ For output I use dvipdfmx with the following line added to the map file: cyberb@Unicode@ Identity-H :0:cyberbit.ttf Well, to my big surprise, it worked! I saw the characters without a problem. Using the 'scale' option of \setupunicodefont I could also change the size of the characters. Great! But since there are usually no spaces in a Japanese sentence, there is no line breaking. And as you can imagine, line breaking is a useful feature to have! :-) I imagined that the line breaking problem is also happening when someone wants to write Chinese, so I decided to take a look in ConTeXt's Chinese module to see how it is handled there. I saw that the Chinese module adds an interglyph space after a character, which is breakable by TeX. This happens in a macro that is (indirectly) called using \setupunicodefont and the 'command' option. I decided to try the same in my test file. But first, I checked to see if using the 'command' option in \setupunicodefont actually worked: I added the following macro: \def\HandleJapaneseGlyph {\insertunicodeglyph} And changed my \setupunicodefont into: \setupunicodefont [japanese] [scale=1.0, command=\HandleJapaneseGlyph] Well, I still get Japanese characters like normal. I imagined that if I removed \insertunicodeglyph from my macro, I wouldn't get to see them. But this is not the case. I found out that I can do anything in my macro, but it doesn't have an effect on the Japanese characters. They still get printed. I also found out that I can even use command=\whateveryoulike and it still wouldn't complain that such a macro doesn't exist. I get the feeling that the command option is completely ignored. Apparently, my idea isn't going to work. :-( To make a long story even longer, I would like to know why it doesn't work, or what I should do in order to make it work. What is the correct method to divert the Unicode character output to another macro so that I can add a breakable space after each character? Well, I've been using ConTeXt for only a few months now, so maybe the complexity of this is way over my head. At least it kept me busy! But on the other hand, I don't think writing Japanese is much more different than writing Chinese. It must be possible to achieve without much trouble or reinventing the wheel. Thanks for listening, Tim

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destinations in PDF
by Peter Rolf 15 Jun '03

15 Jun '03

I missed the support in context, to define exact destination (page 553 [533], PDF Reference 1.5 PD) in interactive documents. The defined types lack the support for destinations, that don't lie on the top of a page. An example to make it clear... You have made a PDF document with bookmarks, the focus is set to width for good readability. Now you press a bookmark for a section and Acroreader opens the correct page. But hey, where is the section? If it starts at the lower quarter of the page, it isn't visible at all. So I tried to change this behaviour, playing around with bookmarks (as one fuction using destinations). As I'm no TeX wizzard, the result is very limited. But I hope it's enough to show that there are more or less good reasons for an extension of destinations in context. Regards, Peter

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Improving the Documentation of Context
by Matthias Vogel 15 Jun '03

15 Jun '03

I think it would be nice to have the manuals improved in the following not very costly way (??? indicates my ignorance): \setuplayout[..,..=..,..] width dimension fit middle ..... width, ??? and orientation of main text height dimension fit middle ..... height of main text backspace dimension topspace dimension margin dimension nx number..................... ??? ny number..................... ??? dx dimension.................. ??? dy dimension.................. ??? lines number..................... number of lines on the page [I don't know the relation to height] grid yes no..................... invoking setting to grit Since the manual doesn't even mention all those options, even a very short hint is much better than just trying around to get an idea what's the idea of an option. Greetings M. Vogel At 11:41 14.06.2003 +0200, you wrote: Send ntg-context mailing list submissions to ntg-context(a)ntg.nl To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl You can reach the person managing the list at ntg-context-admin(a)ntg.nl When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of ntg-context digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: texexec (Raimund Kohl) 2. Re: XML attributes (Jedrzej Nasiadek) 3. Re: encodings (Morten =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F8gholm?=) 4. texexec (Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle) 5. Re: texexec (Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle) 6. Re: XML attributes (Hans Hagen) 7. Double bar means hyphen? (John Culleton) 8. Re: Double bar means hyphen? (Phil Rooke) 9. Re: Double bar means hyphen? (wmcclain(a)salamander.com) 10. Re: Double bar means hyphen? (Ed L Cashin) 11. Re: Re: encodings (Giuseppe Bilotta) 12. Re: Double bar means hyphen? (Adam Lindsay) 13. Re: Double bar means hyphen? (Adam Lindsay) 14. Re: Double bar means hyphen? (Hans Hagen) 15. Re: Runtime graphics (Hans Hagen) 16. Re: differences of table modes (Hans Hagen) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: Raimund Kohl <Raimund.Kohl(a)freenet.de> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] texexec Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:00:23 +0200 Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl On Thursday 12 June 2003 15:18, Raimund Kohl wrote: On Thursday 12 June 2003 15:18, Raimund Kohl wrote: > I run Debian Woody 3.01r and if I call > > texexec --make de > > it says > > "warning : texexec.ini not found; try 'texexec --verbose' > > TeXExec 2.5 -ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997 - 2001 > > locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich > locating ini file : not found by searching > locating ini file : no environment variable set > locating ini file : not found in own path > > so, what am I going to do? I found "texexec" in > /usr/share/texmf/context/config ... am I to make a link? Let's say to > /home/user/texmf? ok, I made a link to /home/user/texmf. Running texexec now works ... seemingly. But if I process Testfile.tex \starttex Hallo Hallo \stoptext with texexec Testfile the message is: TexExec 2.5 ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE ... executable : pdftex format : cont-en inputfile : Testtex output : standard interface : en current mode : all TeX run : 1 This is pdfTex, Version 3.14159-1.00-pretest-20011114-ojmw-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7) Sorry, I can't find the format 'cont-en.efmt'; will try 'context.efmt'. I can't find the format file 'context.efmt'! How do I deal with that? ray --__--__-- Message: 2 To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] XML attributes From: Jedrzej Nasiadek <jnasiade(a)ia.pw.edu.pl> Date: 06 Jun 2003 22:55:27 +0200 Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > \defineXMLenvironment [var] > {\xdef\varname{\XMLpar{var}{name}{blah}} \NC \varname \NC } > {\NC\NR } Hah! Now it works like charm :-) Thanks Simon! Jedrzej --__--__-- Message: 3 To: ntg-context(a)ref.ntg.nl From: Morten =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=F8gholm?= <moho01ab(a)cheesy.student.cbs.dk> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 05:14:52 +0200 Subject: [NTG-context] Re: encodings Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > > Saturday, June 7, 2003 Johannes Hüsing wrote: > > > JH> allallallallallong long li long long long > > Those are the lyrics of a song, which I know I've heard. Would > you mind reminding me which song it was? > It's called "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" and it's by the band "Inner Circle" from their 1993 album "Bad Boys". Haven't heard this song since I was fifteen -- it is indeed a la la la la long li long long long time ago... -- Morten Høgholm. Beware of my cheesy address! www.student.cbs.dk/moho01ab --__--__-- Message: 4 From: Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle <ray(a)nabuli.de> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:04:28 +0200 Subject: [NTG-context] texexec Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Hello there, I love working with ConTeXt, and never had to think about it much since SuSE makes it realy easy ... but now I switched to Debian, and all of a sudden have to face some trouble :-)) I run Debian Woody 3.01r and if I call texexec --make de it says "warning : texexec.ini not found; try 'texexec --verbose' TeXExec 2.5 -ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997 - 2001 locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path so, what am I going to do? I found "texexec" in /usr/share/texmf/context/config ... am I to make a link? Let's say to /home/user/texmf? Thanks in advance ray --__--__-- Message: 5 From: Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle <ray(a)nabuli.de> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] texexec Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:57:10 +0200 Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl On Thursday 12 June 2003 15:18, Raimund Kohl wrote: > I run Debian Woody 3.01r and if I call > > texexec --make de > > it says > > "warning : texexec.ini not found; try 'texexec --verbose' > > TeXExec 2.5 -ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997 - 2001 > > locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich > locating ini file : not found by searching > locating ini file : no environment variable set > locating ini file : not found in own path > > so, what am I going to do? I found "texexec" in > /usr/share/texmf/context/config ... am I to make a link? Let's say to > /home/user/texmf? ok, I made a link to /home/user/texmf. Running texexec now works ... seemingly. But if I process Testfile.tex \starttex Hallo Hallo \stoptext with texexec Testfile the message is: TexExec 2.5 ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE ... executable : pdftex format : cont-en inputfile : Testtex output : standard interface : en current mode : all TeX run : 1 This is pdfTex, Version 3.14159-1.00-pretest-20011114-ojmw-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7) Sorry, I can't find the format 'cont-en.efmt'; will try 'context.efmt'. I can't find the format file 'context.efmt'! How do I deal with that? ray --__--__-- Message: 6 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:18:57 +0200 To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] XML attributes Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl At 22:55 06/06/2003 +0200, you wrote: > > \defineXMLenvironment [var] > > {\xdef\varname{\XMLpar{var}{name}{blah}} \NC \varname \NC } > > {\NC\NR } > >Hah! Now it works like charm :-) Thanks Simon! or better: \defineXMLenvironment [var] {\expanded {\NC \XMLpar {var} {name}} \NC} {\NC \NR} since you need the expanded value in a collected content like tabulate 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --__--__-- Message: 7 From: John Culleton <john(a)wexfordpress.com> To: "Context-nl" <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:31:41 -0400 Subject: [NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen? Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl In some of the sample texts that come with Context (Zapf etc.) the double= bar=20 is used to indicate a hyphen, perhaps an unbreakable hyphen. In pdftex it= =20 translated to an em? dash instead. Is this combination documented somewhere? || --=20 John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers --__--__-- Message: 8 From: "Phil Rooke" <phil.rooke(a)yax.org.uk> To: <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen? Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 20:43:03 +0100 Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Is this combination documented somewhere? || There is some discussion in the reference manual Section 7.8 p. 133 --__--__-- Message: 9 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:50:53 -0500 From: wmcclain(a)salamander.com To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen? Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:31:41 -0400 John Culleton <john(a)wexfordpress.com> wrote: > In some of the sample texts that come with Context (Zapf etc.) the > double bar is used to indicate a hyphen, perhaps an unbreakable > hyphen. In pdftex it translated to an em? dash instead. > > Is this combination documented somewhere? || The default is supposed to be an en-dash, but this can be changed. See section 7.8 "Composed words" in "ConTeXt the Manual". -Bill -- Sattre Press Pagan Papers http://sattre-press.com/ by Kenneth Grahame info(a)sattre-press.com http://pp.sattre-press.com/ --__--__-- Message: 10 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:12:13 -0400 From: Ed L Cashin <ecashin(a)uga.edu> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen? Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 02:50:53PM -0500, wmcclain(a)salamander.com wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:31:41 -0400 > John Culleton <john(a)wexfordpress.com> wrote: > > > In some of the sample texts that come with Context (Zapf etc.) the > > double bar is used to indicate a hyphen, perhaps an unbreakable > > hyphen. In pdftex it translated to an em? dash instead. > > > > Is this combination documented somewhere? || > > The default is supposed to be an en-dash, but this can be changed. See > section 7.8 "Composed words" in "ConTeXt the Manual". I always use explicit hyphen like this: Don't second|-|guess me. -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin(a)uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ --__--__-- Message: 11 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 19:20:33 +0200 From: Giuseppe Bilotta <gip.bilotta(a)iol.it> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Re: encodings Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Wednesday, June 11, 2003 Morten H=F8gholm wrote: MH> Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: >>=20 >> Saturday, June 7, 2003 Johannes H=FCsing wrote: >>=20 >>=20 >> JH> allallallallallong long li long long long >>=20 >> Those are the lyrics of a song, which I know I've heard. Would >> you mind reminding me which song it was? >>=20 MH> It's called "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" and it's by the band "Inn= er MH> Circle" from their 1993 album "Bad Boys".=20 MH> Haven't heard this song since I was fifteen -- it is indeed a la l= a la MH> la long li long long long time ago... Thank you :) --=20 Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta --__--__-- Message: 12 From: "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> To: <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen? Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:14:18 +0100 Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl The character is a compoundhyphen, actually created by mashing two hyphens together. Look at the definition in supp-lan.tex. It really doesn't work well in certain fonts where the hyphen is subtly shaped. cheers, adam John Culleton said this at Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:31:41 -0400: >In some of the sample texts that come with Context (Zapf etc.) the double bar >is used to indicate a hyphen, perhaps an unbreakable hyphen. In pdftex it >translated to an em? dash instead. > >Is this combination documented somewhere? || >-- >John Culleton >Able Typesetters and Indexers >_______________________________________________ >ntg-context mailing list >ntg-context(a)ntg.nl >http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --__--__-- Message: 13 From: "Adam Lindsay" <atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk> To: <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl>, "Ed L Cashin" <ecashin(a)uga.edu> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen? Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 23:21:34 +0100 Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Ed L Cashin said this at Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:12:13 -0400: >I always use explicit hyphen like this: > > Don't second|-|guess me. If it really is always, you can save a little effort with: \setuphyphenmark[sign=-] (This relates to an issue I mentioned earlier: anyone notice how these compound word marks *don't* interact well with font handling/hanging?) adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- --__--__-- Message: 14 Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 10:57:13 +0200 To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen? Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl At 23:21 13/06/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Ed L Cashin said this at Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:12:13 -0400: > > >I always use explicit hyphen like this: > > > > Don't second|-|guess me. > >If it really is always, you can save a little effort with: > >\setuphyphenmark[sign=-] > >(This relates to an issue I mentioned earlier: anyone notice how these >compound word marks *don't* interact well with font handling/hanging?) yes, sometimes they are boxed thingies and they don't hang; for this the concept of hanging should be extended (something \hangme {left} {right} {material}); i discussed this long ago with thanh but it didn't (yet) end up in pdftex -) 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --__--__-- Message: 15 Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:06:11 +0200 To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Runtime graphics Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl At 01:34 13/06/2003 -0400, you wrote: > Hi, > > I run this simple test file test.tex : > >%&cont-en >\setupoutput[pdftex] >\runMPgraphicstrue >\starttext >\startMPrun > input graphserieA >\stopMPrun >\externalfigure[mprun.1] >\externalfigure[mprun.2] >% >\startMPrun > input graphserieB >\stopMPrun >\externalfigure[mprun.1] >\externalfigure[mprun.2] >\stoptext >\end . > > In the logfile, I got the messages : > >figures : figureobject test-mprun.1 is reused >figures : figureobject test-mprun.2 is reused > > and twice the figures of graphserieA.mp on test.pdf. > > Is there a way to avoid the re-use of test-mprun.1 and test-mprun.2, I mean >a way to overwrite the files test-mprun.1 and test-mprun.2 ? > > Or a way to get different names for each metapost output as, for example, >graphserieA-mprun.1, graphserieA-mprun.2 and graphserieB-mprun.1, >graphserieB-mprun.2 ? > > I could also give a different number to each of the figures in all of the >*.mp files, but this solution is not pacticable since I have plenty of >metapost files to process, each of it containing a lot of figures already >numbered with almost the same numbers. Moreover, those numbers can not be >modified because the figures are elsewhere referenced by their number and by >the name of the metapost file. You can redefine: \def\MPrunfile#1{\bufferprefix mprun.#1} to for instance \def\MPrunfile#1{\bufferprefix \MyMpRunFile.#1} \def\MyMpRunFile{mprun} and them change the definition of \MyMpRunFile whenever you want 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --__--__-- Message: 16 Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 11:15:56 +0200 To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] differences of table modes Reply-To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl At 18:32 12/06/2003 +0200, you wrote: >Ahoi! > >I just reviewed my german ConTeXt tutorial and tried to tell the truth >about all the table modes. Please correct me if I'm wrong: > >* tabulate >- can break over several pages >- [start|stop]tabulate[head|tail] should define a repeated head/tail, > but it doesn't work works here \starttext \starttabulatehead \NC left \NC right \NC \NR \stoptabulatehead \starttabulate[|l|r|] \NC l \NC r \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stoptext >- documented in the manual (cont-en[i|p]) - handles (multiple) paragraphs with the "p" template entry - works well with grids - supports text backgrounds >* table >- cannot break >- based on Wichura's TaBlE (others not) >- can be used as float (others not?) all can be used as floats >- documentation commercial at pctex.com (39 $), > partly docs in "ConTeXt - an excursion" (m[s|p]-cb-en) > >* tables >- same as table, but can break over several pages >- [start|stop]table[head|tail] works >- nowhere documented? in my still to be included chapter if the manual it is -) >* TABLE >- didn't try page breaks yet; should it work? yes, if split is set to yes >- [b|e]TABLE works; should [start|stop]TABLE also? no, at least not yet; has to do with grabbing >- docs: up-to-date 8 (no link on HP!), enattab > >* new table mode? >I remember Hans wrote about a new enhanced table >mode, but can't find the mail. core-ltb: line tables, auto break vertically and horizontally across pages, repeated rows / columns, etc will be documented 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --__--__-- _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context End of ntg-context Digest

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centered Chapter-Headings
by Matthias Vogel 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

Hi, when I set up the Chapter in the following way (*** indicating the relevant option) \setuphead[chapter] [style={\switchtobodyfont[15pt]}, grid=bottom, number=yes, ownnumber=no, page=no, continue=yes, header=empty, footer=empty, align=left, *** alternative=middle, textstyle=normal, placehead=yes, indentnext=no after={\blank[2\ZEILE,flexible]}] I get the following: 1 The Structure of the World How can I get the number and the text in one (centered) line? There must be a default that only effect chapters, since section do not show this behavior. Thank you Matthias Vogel

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texexec
by Raimund Kohl 14 Jun '03

14 Jun '03

Hello there, I love working with ConTeXt, and never had to think about it much since SuSE makes it realy easy ... but now I switched to Debian, and all of a sudden have to face some trouble :-)) I run Debian Woody 3.01r and if I call texexec --make de it says "warning : texexec.ini not found; try 'texexec --verbose' TeXExec 2.5 -ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997 - 2001 locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path so, what am I going to do? I found "texexec" in /usr/share/texmf/context/config ... am I to make a link? Let's say to /home/user/texmf? Thanks in advance ray

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encodings
by Matthew Huggett 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Hi: Not a direct ConTeXt question, but I was wondering if Hans or someone else could suggest a good resource for learning about encodings. Thanks Matt

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XML attributes
by Jedrzej Nasiadek 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Hi, So I've got to use this modern XML thingy.. ;-) I tried to set up ConTeXt to typeset processed XML data. What goes wrong is the \XMLpar which sometimes gives default value instead of the real one. See the code below: \starttext \defineXMLpickup [log] {\starttabulate[|p(7cm)|p|] \HL\NC ObjectID \NC Value \NC\NR\HL} {\stoptabulate} \defineXMLenvironment [var] {\NC \XMLpar{var}{name}{blah} \NC } {\NC\NR } \startXMLdata <log> <entry date="1054844187"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674524 </var> </entry> <entry date="1054844247"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674677 </var> </entry> <entry date="1054844307"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674824 </var> </entry> <entry date="1054844367"> <var name=".1.3.6.1.2.1.5.16.0"> 28674963 </var> </entry> </log> \stopXMLdata \stoptext If I remove the \NC before \XMLpar -- it gives the real value of the name attribute. Jedrzej

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texexec
by Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

Hello there, I love working with ConTeXt, and never had to think about it much since SuSE makes it realy easy ... but now I switched to Debian, and all of a sudden have to face some trouble :-)) I run Debian Woody 3.01r and if I call texexec --make de it says "warning : texexec.ini not found; try 'texexec --verbose' TeXExec 2.5 -ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997 - 2001 locating ini file : not found by kpsewhich locating ini file : not found by searching locating ini file : no environment variable set locating ini file : not found in own path so, what am I going to do? I found "texexec" in /usr/share/texmf/context/config ... am I to make a link? Let's say to /home/user/texmf? Thanks in advance ray

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Tables, footnotes and references
by Maarten Sneep 12 Jun '03

12 Jun '03

Hi, I want to make a table with some footnotes belonging to that table. As an extra, one of the footnotes needs to be referenced to multiple times: bla bla bla* bla bla bla* bla bla bla *blabla Questions: - which of the table formatting commands in ConTeXt is most suitable for this? - Can I just use a footnote command to create footnotes for a table (or do I need to do something special?) - How do I reference a footnote (or get the symbol for a specific footnote)? Regards, Maarten Sneep The problem with the global village is all the global village idiots.

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handling & compound||words
by Adam Lindsay 11 Jun '03

11 Jun '03

Hi folks. I've been wondering if I've been missing something here. When I activate hanging, the hyphens (or whatever the hyphenmark is set to) in compound||words refuse to hang. When that happens, it makes the margin look worse than if there were no hanging. Is it not implemented yet? [using pdfeTeX (Web2C 7.3.7x) 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1] Here's an example with a bit of nonsense that pretty much forces the issue: \setupfontsynonym[cmr10][handling=pure] \setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=pure] \setupfonthandling[normal][left=1,right=1] \usetypescript[cmr] \setupbodyfont[10pt] % tried this and many variations: \setuphyphenmark[sign=-] \setupalign[hanging] \starttext \dorecurse{3}{ I find the very thought of it appalling. I wouldn't describe myself as stuck||up, up||tight, or snoot||nosed, but neither do I get down||and||dirty, higgledy||piggledy, loosey||goosey, or left||wing. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. \input tufte } \stoptext -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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