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Updated ConTeXt emacs mode
by Berend de Boer 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

Hello All, I've updated the context Emacs mode. Download it from: http://www.pobox.com/~berend/emacs/context.el I don't think there is anything really new, just some changes perhaps so it works more properly with Emacs 21.2.1 what I happen to use now. -- Live long and prosper, Berend de Boer

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problem with arranging
by Martin Kolařík 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Hi, if I try to process XML document with arranging pdfetex loops after the first pass of texexec. My command line is: texexec --pdf --arrange --xmlfilter=car --env=sty-source source.xml --mode=arranged where mode=arranged switches inside environment file desired arranging. If I omit --arrange, all texexec passes finish correctly, but, of course, page numbers and references are resolved badly. If I comment out \\setuparranging[\\v!blokkeer]\n in texexec.pl, result if, again of course, the same. So, if \setuparranging[\v!blokkeer] apperars in *.top file, arrangement of file does not succeed as at the end of the first texexec pass pdfetex hangs up. What should I do? Thank you, Martin -------- Martin Kolarik Moravske Pristroje, a.s., Masarykova 1148, Zlin 76302 tel. +420 603 498 498, fax +420 577 107 171 web: http://www.mii.cz -------- e-mail: kolarik(a)mii.cz e-mail: kolarik(a)click.cz tel. +420 603 535 593

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How to stop pagebreak after section heading
by Frank 17 Jul '03

17 Jul '03

Hello, I just reformatted one of my documents from A4 to A4 landscape, dual column format. Unfortunately ConTeXt put a pagebreak directly after a heading. This is probably due to the excessive amount of white space that would appear if the heading moved to the next page. Nevertheless this is what I would prefer. How do I do this? Best Regards, Frank

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How to use charter?
by Alexander Klink 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

Hi all, I am trying to use the Bitstream Charter as a font. Unluckily, all the umlauts fail to appear. Here is how I do it: \definefont[bchr][bchr8t at 12pt] \starttext \bchr \"a \"o \"u \SS{} \stoptext Any idea why that happens? Could someone explain to me (or point me to some documentation) on what exactly happens when I do something like the above? Or is there a better way to do it (I guess so...)? Greetings, Alex

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Duplicaat vraag
by Gerben Wierda 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

Deze vraag is direct aan Hans gesteld, maar ik post hem hier ook maar omdat ik nog maar zo weinig tijd heb als ik dit nog in de distributie voor TUG2003 wil zetten. Begin forwarded message: [snip] > Ik heb wel een vraag aan jou: ik heb vandaag toch maar eens besloten > om ConTeXt te gaan gebruiken. De reden dat ik dat nog niet gedaan had > was learning curve (tijdgebrek) en de geachte dat er voor LaTeX meer > extensies zijn. Maar die laatste heb ik laten vallen. Immers, met die > reden kan ik ook beter Windows gaan gebruiken. > > Dus ben ik vandaag maar eens begonnen met ConTeXt. Eerste stukje. Toen > wilde ik eens een PS font gebruiken. Bij LaTeX doe je dan > \usepackage{chancery} en alles is klaar. Bij ConTeXt lag het wat > ingewikkelder. Niet alleen wat betreft het zetten van het font voor > het document, maar vooral wat er na komt, de map files. Ik heb de font > documentatie van jouw site bekeken maar ik ben er niet helemaal uit. > Ik zou dat eigenlijk nog snel willen begrijpen, zodat ik de release > van mijn distributie voor TUG2003 kan voorzien van een volledig > werkende ConTeXt naast een volledig werkende LaTeX. > > Vraagjes:: > > 1. is dat mogelijk? Een *volledig* werkende ConTeXt en een volledig > werkende LaTeX die elkaar niet in de weg zitten? > 2. Moeten die ConTeXt map files in het updmap systeem of in pdftex.cfg? G -- "To be or not to be, that is the question" -- Parmenides

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variables
by Peter Rolf 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

I want to test, if a given variable is empty or not. I tried the following, but the test is always false. Is this a bug or a feature ;) Any help is welcome. \starttext \setvariables[test] [first=, second=something,] \def\TestVAR#1{\getvariable{test}{#1}} \if\TestVAR{first}\empty % The variable test:first is empty.\else The variable test:first contains \TestVAR{first}.\fi \if\TestVAR{second}\empty % The variable test:second is empty.\else The variable test:second contains \TestVAR{second}.\fi \stoptext Regards, Peter

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switching to pfb-font of font
by R. Ermers 16 Jul '03

16 Jul '03

Dear Contex'ers, Do you by any chance know how to change to the postscript version of a given font? To be more specific: I am working with Arabtex, whose author K. Lagally, advises using the postscript fonts, made by Taco Hoekwater, but does not describe how. It should be easy, though. I have installed everything, ArabTex works perfect, the regular font is fine and works allright for modest purposes, but I need to produce high-quality output soon. Thanks for any help in advance. Kind regards, Robert Ermers

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symbols in CONTEXT
by Gonçalo Morais 15 Jul '03

15 Jul '03

I used to use in LaTeX the symbol with the code \mathbb{R} for representing the set of real numbers. I would like to know how can I do it when I am using CONTEXT. Thanks Gonçalo -------------------------------------------- IPLNet WebMail http://www.mail.ipl.pt -------------------------------------------- "Campus Virtual" do IPL - Aguarda aprovação! http://www.net.ipl.pt/index.html#WIRELESS --------------------------------------------

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samples with bibliography needed
by Gour 14 Jul '03

14 Jul '03

Hi! In order to try to provide *.bib support in dbcontext package, we need some good samples of ConTeXt files with biliography entries to see how the transformation from Docbook to ConTeXt via XSLT should look like. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Gour ps. Of course, submitted material will be used for development purposes only. -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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Re: [NTG-context] bib module/cite (Context bug)
by Hans Hagen 14 Jul '03

14 Jul '03

At 15:01 11/07/2003 +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >Hi Martin, Hans, rest of the group, > >It took me a while to track down this bug. It is actually a bug in >the definition of \sortcommacommand in newer ConTeXt-es. > >Minimal example: > >\def\mylist{1,2,3} >\sortcommacommand[\mylist]\donumericcompare >\message{\sortedcommalist} % reports 1,2 !! Two patches are needed in syst-ext.tex: (1) change last line in: \def\docompareitems#1% {\doifnotempty{#1} {\@EA\comparecommand\@EA{\!!tempa}{#1}\relax \ifnum\comparedresult<2 \ifnum\scratchcounter=\commalistsize \@EA\@EA\@EA\def\@EA\@EA\@EA\sortedcommalist \@EA\@EA\@EA{\@EA\sortedcommalist\@EA,\!!tempa}% \fi \else % old element larger \@EA\def\@EA\newcommalistelement\@EA{\!!tempa,#1}% \replaceincommalist\sortedcommalist\scratchcounter \expandafter\quitcommalist \fi}% \advance\scratchcounter \plusone} % ! ! ! (2) handle n=1 case in: \def\sortcommalist[#1]#2% {\getcommalistsize[#1]% \ifnum\commalistsize>1 \let\sortedcommalist\empty \let\comparecommand#2% \processcommalist[#1]\dosortcommacommand \else \def\sortedcommalist{#1}% \fi} 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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