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auto sizing an intermezzo?
by Mark A. Lilly 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

hi, I'm a new convert to ConTeXt from Latex, and i have setup an intermezzo. As i am trying to link everything to my DocBook files, i want to be able to move <quotes> over to ConTeXt and place them in an intermezzo and have the intermezzo automatically size itself. So far i have this: \placeintermezzo [right]{none}{ \framed [height=3.8cm, width=5cm, background=color, offset=5pt, backgroundcolor=quoteBox, framecolor=quoteBox, corner=round, radius=4pt] {\rbox{here is the quote}}} But this has hardcoded width and height. How can i set the width and let the intermezzo size the height to fit. I tried changing height to 'fit' but that didn't work. Any thoughts? Thanks, mark

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text symbols
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hi, often PS and TTF fonts include some common symbols like "registered", "trademark"... Currently i try to build an interface to access them independent from the current font encoding. The following test file (using the attached typescripts): %%% % output=pdftex interface=en \enableregime[il1] \mainlanguage[de] \usetypescriptfile[cts-at-test] \usetypescriptfile[cts-textsymbols] \usetypescript[textsymbols][all,ec,8r] \definetypeface[BodyFontT][rm][serif][AdobeTimes][default][encoding=ec] \definetypeface[BodyFontR][rm][serif][AdobeTimes][default][encoding=8r] \setupbodyfont[BodyFontT,rm,10pt] \starttext Das ist das Copyright-Symbol: \symbol[textcopyright]. \stoptext %%% gives the error: kpathsea: Running mktextfm TextSymbols /opt/TeXLive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation T for TextSymbols. /opt/TeXLive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /opt/TeXLive/texmf/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input TextSymbols This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.7x) kpathsea: Running mktexmf TextSymbols ! I can't find file `TextSymbols'. Why is there a problem? Why tries \getglyph{TextSymbols}{...} the font 'TextSymbols' directly instead of going to 'TextSymbolsSerif'. The symbols are defined according to the setup of the Adobe Euro fonts (symb-eur.tex). Thus it should work. Jens

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combine rows
by Severin Obertuefer 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

hi I shortly started to use Context. I wantet to create a table with combinated rows, something like this: _______________________ |______________________| | | | | | |________| | | | | | |_______|________|______| It was no problem to combine the columns on the top, with the \TREE command. Is there e similar command for the rows? thx for help severin

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referencing line numbers of a typing environment
by Marko Schuetz 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

I usually present C/C++ code in a typing environment. If I need to frequently reference statements I put a line number environment around that. Now I would like to use line numbers and experimented a bit with \setuptyping[option=commands,escape=/], but did not yet get the desired results. Any hint is welcome Thanks Marko

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Patch to get MetaPost-inclusions to work
by Dennis Brakhane 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Hi. I'm running Debian/GNU (unstable) and was trying to get the following file to work: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext Bla \startuseMPgraphic{bla} u := 1cm; z0 = (0,0); z1 = (0,1)*u; z2 = (1,1)*u; z3 = (1,0)*u; draw z0--z1--z2--z3--cycle; z4 = whatever[z0,z2] = whatever[z1,z3]; dotlabel.bot(btex $z_4$ etex,z4); \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{blubb} z0 = (0,0); z1 = (0,1)*u; z2 = (1,1)*u; z3 = (1,0)*u; draw z0--z1--z2--z3--cycle; z4 = whatever[z0,z2] = whatever[z1,z3]; dotlabel.bot(btex $z_{42}$ etex,z4); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{bla} \useMPgraphic{blubb} Blubb \stoptext When the dotlabel-Lines do not use btex..etex, "texexec --pdf" works just fine, creating mpgraph.{1,2}. But if I use btex, the files are not created. I think I found the reason for this. When texexec calls etex to typeset the labels, the file mpgraph.mp is overwritten with a simple "end." Now, texexec keeps a backup of it but seems to restore it too late. I've moved the specific lines futher ahead. Now everything seems to work fine. Is this a correct patch or am I missing something? Greetings, Dennis Patch follows... (texexec version is 3.2) --- texexec.pl.orig 2003-03-29 15:39:32.000000000 +0100 +++ texexec.pl 2003-03-29 15:42:55.000000000 +0100 @@ -2200,6 +2200,9 @@ rename $MpTex, $MpBck ; unlink $MpDvi } } print " metapost : $MpName\n" ; + if (-e $MpKep) + { unlink ($MpFile) ; + rename ($MpKep, $MpFile) } my $cmd = "$own_quote$MpExecutable$own_quote" ; if ($EnterBatchMode) { $cmd .= " $MpBatchFlag " } @@ -2218,9 +2221,7 @@ { while (/^l\.(\d+)\s/gmois) { print " error in metapost run : $MpName.mp:$1\n" } } unlink "mptrace.tmp" ; rename ($MpFile, "mptrace.tmp") ; - if (-e $MpKep) - { unlink ($MpFile) ; - rename ($MpKep, $MpFile) } } } + } } sub RunMPX { my $MpName = shift ; $MpName =~ s/\..*$//o ;

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Placement of limits in math mode
by Emil Hedevang Lohse 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Hello. When I type $\lim_{k\to\infty} c(k)$ I get lim c(k) k -> oo and not the limit placed as if it were a subscript. How do I change the behaviour so that limits will not be placed below or above "lim" when in inner math mode (between $ and $)? Emil -- Emil Hedevang Lohse <http://home.imf.au.dk/emil/> Alle spørgsmål er lige dumme. Og spørgsmålet "Kan ænder flyve?" er ikke dumt.

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Table breaking over pages
by Willi Egger 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Dear Hans I should typset a set of rather long tables. I tried to use the \starttable environment and the \bTABLE environment. - Both tables will not break over pages. Could you please have a look into this matter? Attachment a test file in the \bTABLE environment Thanks in advance Willi

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On figures and clipping
by Giuseppe Bilotta 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Hello, I have some problems with the way to put clipped images in ConTeXt documents; for what I can see the correct way to do it is via something like: \clip [width=6.3cm,height=10.5cm,hoffset=0.5cm,voffset=1cm] {\externalfigure[ciccione_03.pdf]} Now suppose that I wanted to put the above thing zoomed 200%; and here I have two problems: (a) I can't seem to find the proper number to pass on to scale= or factor= in the \externalfigure options (b) AFAICS I need to scale all the clipping parameters as well. Point (b) is particularly annoying; is there a way to "pre-clip" an image, without touching the original file? It should be possible to specify clipping area at inclusion time (LaTeX's graphicx package can do that ...), and therefore in a scale-independent way (this is especially important when the scale factor is something like "max" or "fit" or "broad"). -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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External linked PDF in new window?
by drymartini＠gmx.de 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

I have a showcase-type document in which I have thumbnails of external PDFs which should link to the originals when clicked: \goto{\externalfigure[france][page=2,height=.6\textheight]}[france::] But clicking on this replaces the main document by the new one. I notice that Hans' showcase PDFs (the show-xxx series) don't exhibit this behaviour. There linked documents open in their own window. How's that done?

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aligning table in middle of page using startalignment
by Mark A. Lilly 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

these don't seem to work. any thoughts? \startalignment[middle] \starttabulate[|l|p|] \NC First edition: \NC 3 June 2003 \NC \NR \NC Second impression, with corrections: \NC 2 July 2003 \NC \NR \stoptabulate \stopalignment neither does this: \startalignment[bottom] \midaligned{\tfx IP} \midaligned{\tfx Inkwell Press} \stopalignment \stopstandardmakeup thanks, mark

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