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CJK support in ConTeXt
by Jin-Hwan Cho 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

It's time to discuss the topic "CJK support in ConTeXt" in a more public place. The current version of ConTeXt supports Chinese only. But the same mechasism enables Korean too. The remaining language is Japanese. In some sense, it is possible to support Japanese in the current subfont mechanism. But several issues (e.g. Japanese kerning system as explained by Okumura) may occur. So, alternative way is to use ASCII pTeX for Japanese. Basically looks no problem but I worry eTeX extension features. Is it possible to run ConTeXt without eTeX extension features, Hans? My suggestion for supporting CJK characters in ConTeXt is to write a new module using e-Omega. Even though e-Omega does not produce PDF format directly, there are not much problem with DVIPDFMx. Best, ChoF. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** | Cho, Jin-Hwan == ChoF | ^ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o | Research Fellow | ~~~ | School of Mathematics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Korea Institute for Advanced Study | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | chofchof(a)ktug.or.kr | | http://free.kaist.ac.kr/ChoF/ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Sidebar
by Paulo Ney de Souza 28 Aug '03

28 Aug '03

Dear ConTeXt hackers, Is is possible (simple) to do a "sidebar" in Context ? Sidebar is an insert on a page, that stands out, in general to the sides, not following the normal justication of the paragraphs around it, and containing a completely separate paragraph structure like in example below: Paulo Ney de Souza ------------------------------- | | | ..................... | | ..................... | | ..................... | | ..........|--------------|| | ..........| xxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxx || | ..........| xxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........| xxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|xxxxxxxxxxxxxx|| | ..........|--------------|| | ..................... | | ..................... | | | -------------------------------

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MPtoPDF problem: metafun.mem error
by Andreas Steiger 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hi, I'm trying to setup Metapost on my computer using Miktex (version 2.2.6) but when I try to execute mptopdf.pl I get the following error message: <snip> TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGME ADE 1997-2003 metapost : G:\metapost\height format : metafun initexmf: don't know how to dump metafun cannot make metafun.mem I can't found the feault mem file! total run time : 0 seconds MPtoPDF 1.2 : error while processing mp file </snip> I tried already different things (like changing paths) but nothing worked :(. How could I solve my problem? -- Best regards, Andreas mailto:anstei@ksk.ch

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\footnote and \note
by John Culleton 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

I do \footnote[bene]{Here is a footnote} and later, Mumble mumble\note[bene] The \footnote works OK but \note does nothing. What am I doing wrong? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

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Newbie: referencing and Page numbers
by "Höppner, Dierk" 27 Aug '03

27 Aug '03

Hello all, a basic question: I have a document with three parts. The pagenumbers display correctly like 1-2, 2-2, 3-2 etc. But referencing Chapter 2 from Part 1 in Part 3 with See \in{chapter}[colours] on \at{page}[colors] ... results in See chapter 2 on page 3 ... I want: See chapter 2 on page 1-3 ... How to achieve this? Thanks and greetings -- Dierk Höppner Technische Informationsbibliothek Universitätsbibliothek Hannover (TIB/UB) EDV Welfengarten 1b D-30167 Hannover Tel.: 0511 / 762 - 4067, Fax: 0511 / 762 - 5881 http://www.tib.uni-hannover.de

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problem using bibtex
by Dave Bailey 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Hi--- I've been trying to get an @InProceedings bibtex entry to format. The original entry looked like this: @InProceedings {aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, booktitle = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, publisher = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } When bibtexed, the authors appear in the .bbl file, but they do not appear in the references list. The references list entry begins at "(1995)." If I change the bibtex entry to an Article, as follows, all the information appears in the reference list. @Article{aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, journal = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, note = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } Is there a problem with the InProceedings entry type, or have I done something wrong? ---Dave Bailey

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Index sorting
by Michal Kvasnicka 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Good morning. I'm sorry that I bother you all once more with the same thing as a half year ago, but I was unsuccessful. So: How works the mechanism that sort items for the index? I have to write down my own sorting system for the Czech language. (Mr. Hagen sent me some files for customizing the ConTeXt for the Czech language, but it didn't include index sorting.) Well, I would appreciate some example, since the task is not so easy. In the Czech for example `a' and `acaron' go under the same item `A', but `acaron' is sorted after `a'. On the other hand, `ccaron' has its own item in the index (under the item for `c'). And to be even more complex, `ch' is one letter in the Czech, having its own item in the index. Many thanks for any hint. (And one more apologize for bothering you once again.) Michal Kvasnicka

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problem using Bibtex
by Dave Bailey 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hi--- I've been trying to get an @InProceedings bibtex entry to format. The original entry looked like this: @InProceedings {aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, booktitle = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, publisher = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } When bibtexed, the authors appear in the .bbl file, but they do not appear in the references list. The references list entry begins at "(1995)." If I change the bibtex entry to an Article, as follows, all the information appears in the reference list. @Article{aapga, author = {Williams, Jeffery and Schaefer, Marv and Landoll, Douglas }, title = {Pretty good assurance}, journal = {New Security Paradigms Workshop}, year = {1995}, note = {ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control} } Is there a problem with the InProceedings entry type, or have I done something wrong? ---Dave Bailey

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how to integrate graphics flexibly?
by Steffen Wolfrum 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hi I am thinking about to switch from LaTeX to ConTeXt. The main reason for me is the need of "embedded" graphics (I'm not sure about the technical term typographically. In german it is "eingespiegelte Bilder".) The task could be like: - typesetting a book on art history - 450 pages A4 - 150 pictures included - all pictures should be placed close to the first time they are mentioned in the text - the shouldn't be more than two pictures per page. We will have three possibilities: a) Some pictures are in landscape format - they can be set width to textwidth. b) Others are moderate portrait format - in this case the title/caption can be set next to it (right/left) and both together can be set width to textwidth as well. c) But others are extreme portrait format (maybe height to width four to one). They need to be included into the text (with text floating around at one side). As a) and b) are set either at the top or at the bottom of a page it is necessary that also the graphics of case c) can be set this way. So I need to set figures with the following options: - ability to float - placing option top/bottom of page - placing option left/right respectively inner/outer edge of page - can be set to whole textwidth - can be alternatively included into the text (but floating, not only into the paragraph were they are mentioned)). Which TeX mode (LaTeX/ConTeXt) or which additional package can do this job? Thank you, Steffen Wolfrum Berlin, 25. August 2003

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parse trees
by Matthew Huggett 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hello: I'm making some notes on English grammar for some students and I want to analyze a few sentences using parse trees. Is there a way to do trees in ConTeXt? I guess I'd need to use Metapost. Any pointers would be appreciated. Best wishes, Matt

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