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Newbie question on \completecontent
by Gerben Wierda 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Suppose I create this document: > \starttext > \completecontent > \chapter{One} > \input tufte > \chapter{Two} > \input douglas > \stoptext I get a document with a content list and two chaqpters. Now I want to do the same in a project. I take the example from the manual and do this: > %% > %% This is the file book.tex > %% > \startproduct book > \project teoade > > \startfrontmatter > \completecontent > \stopfrontmatter > > \startbodymatter > \component chapters/chapter1 > \component chapters/chapter2 > \stopbodymatter > > \startbackmatter > \completeindex > \stopbackmatter > \stopproduct I get the chapters allright, but the list of contents and the index are empty. Why? Thanks, Gerben

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merging pdf files
by scarso luigi 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hello, I use this code to merge file1.pdf, file2.pdf, file3.pdf in file4.pdf % format=english \definepapersize[A3large][width=320mm,height=450mm,offset=0pt] \setuppapersize[A3,landscape][A3large,landscape] \setuplayout [backspace=0pt,marking=on, height=middle,width=middle,location=middle, topspace=0pt, header=0pt, footer=0pt] \starttext'; \insertpages[file1.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages[file2.pdf][width=0pt] \insertpages[file3.pdf][width=0pt] \stoptext where file1 is 481 031 bytes file2 is 1 277 167 bytes and file3 is 43 574 bytes. I expected ~2 Mbytes for file4.pdf but file4 is 10 601 693 bytes, ie ~five times the size expected. Why ? Thanks in advance luigi PS. I have a context distribution that is 1 year old, but i can't actually upgrade it (well, if I must do it, I will do !)

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zoom in presentations
by kopszak＠mnw.art.pl 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hello, Is it possible to access Acrobat's zoom function from ConTeXt? What I need is a button, maybe somewhere close to navigation buttons which would give the possibility of zooming without going out of full-screen mode. Piotr

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Presentations
by Eduardo Cassiraga 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hi: I am not able to run presentation styles correctly yet. I am not sure what make which "kpsewhich texmf.cnf". Anyway I send you a zip file with the result of my compilation for you can reproduce the problem. Could you help me, please? Thanks. Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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Re: [NTG-context] Funny error
by Hans Hagen 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

At 11:49 05/08/2003 -0700, darnold(a)northcoast.com wrote: >All, > >This from the Metafun manual: > >\setupoutput[pdf] this runs ok here both in texexec testfile texexec testfile --automp maybe you have an old metafun format? (watch out, metafun code moved down to /metapost/context/base) 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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building formats under MikTeX
by Matthew Huggett 06 Aug '03

06 Aug '03

Hello All: When I run texexec --make to (re)build my formats (under MikTeX), texexec reports that it can't read TEX.POOL and MP.POOL . Then a window's dialog box reports that pdfetex has crapped out. Any any ideas? Thanks and best wishes, Matt

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Re: [NTG-context] Problem with math item in table of contents
by Hans Hagen 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

At 15:41 01/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: >Hi, > >I would like to use this: > >\completecontent >\chapter{$a|b$} >\bye > >the problem is that the bar "|" causes problems in the table of contents. >Any ideas how I can still have it in the table? either patch supp-lan: \def\fakecompoundhyphen {\def\|{\mathortext\vert\dofakecompoundhyphen}} \def\dofakecompoundhyphen {\def##1|% {\doifelsenothing{##1}{\compoundhyphen}{##1}% \kern\compoundbreakpoint\allowbreak}} or use $a\vert b$ instead interesting how long it takes for such a bug to show up 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Funny error
by darnold＠northcoast.com 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

All, This from the Metafun manual: \setupoutput[pdf] \runMPgraphicstrue \setupcolors[state=start] \startuseMPgraphic{FunnyFrame} picture p; numeric w, h, o; p:=textext.rt(\MPstring{FunnyFrame}); w:=OverlayWidth; h:=OverlayHeight; o:=BodyFontSize; p:=p shifted (2o,h-ypart center p); draw p; drawoptions (withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor .625red); draw (2o,h)--(0,h)--(0,0)--(w,0)--(w,h)--(xpart urcorner p, h) ; draw boundingbox p; setbounds currentpicture to unitsquare xyscaled (w,h); \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay[FunnyFrame][\useMPgraphic{FunnyFrame}] \defineframedtext[FunnyText][frame=off,background=FunnyFrame] \def\StartFrame{\startFunnyText} \def\StopFrame{\stopFunnyText} \def\FrameTitle#1% {\setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{\hbox spread 1em {\hss\strut#1\hss}}} \setMPtext{FunnyFrame}{} \starttext \FrameTitle{Zapf (1)} \StartFrame Coming back to the use of typefaces in electronic publishing: many of the new typographers receive their knowledge and information about the rules of typography from books, from computer magazines or the instruction manuals which they get with the purchase of a PC or software. \StopFrame \stoptext Is producing this "funny" error: >> unknown picture p >> textext.rt ! Equation cannot be performed (unknown picture=numeric). <to be read again> ( l.211 p:=textext.rt( "\hbox spread 1em {\hss \strut Zapf (1)\hss }"); ? Any ideas?

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Presentations with Metapost
by Eduardo Cassiraga 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Hi: I am trying to generate presentations using the six styles describing in art-pres.pdf doc by Hans Hagen. I had not problems with the original style but yes with the others styles. I suspect that something about metapost configuration is failing. In the section called Running METAPOST of the cited doc I can read something about two documents: 1) cont-sys.tex: I have not this file. I believe that I have that rename the cont-sys.rme file as cont-sys.tex, but in which directory I must to copy cont-sys.tex file? 2) textmf.cnf: I had not be able to find it. What can I do in order to enable \write18? Thanks a lot. Eduardo F. Cassiraga Departamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Medio Ambiente Universidad Politécnica de Valencia C/. Camino de Vera, s/n 46022 Valencia - SPAIN Tel: +34 963 879 613 Fax: +34 963 877 618 E-mail: efc(a)dihma.upv.es

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Referencing another document
by Nigel King 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Guys, I have been searching for how to specify another document (.pdf) to open from the source document. The only method I have found is using \useURL etc. which bring up the web browser as an intermediate step. Please con somebody direct me to the correct method. TIA -- Nigel

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