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MetaFun questions
by Jens-Uwe Morawski 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

Hi, i would like to know - if i can draw a gradient/shading with two RGBA colors, for example, a gradient starting with red=1 and alpha=0.5 and ending with green=1 and alpha=0.7 - if it is possible to add some capabilities to texutil, or where else it is needed, so that externalfigure "somefile" scaled 2 ; has the original figure-size scaled 2 and not unitsquare scaled 2 Best, Jens

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Docbook In Context, new version
by Simon Pepping 07 Mar '03

07 Mar '03

Hi, I have uploaded a new version of DocbookInContext. This version has a sizable contribution by Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen, with a.o. Metapost graphics for admonitions, a Spanish translation of literal strings by Pablo Rodriguez, and numerous small features. It also introduces backgrounds, a.o. for programlistings, but unfortunately this feature seems to cause spurious page breaks under certain circumstances. In addition the web page has a nice example of how you can customize DocbookInContext by writing your own module, also by Richard Rascher-Friesenhausen. You can find DocbookInContext at http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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Problems recompiling LaTeX2ConTeXt.tex
by James J. Ramsey 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

I wanted to recompile LaTeX2ConTeXt.tex mainly to get a PDF file with bookmarks. However, I think I may have smoked out some problems with my ConTeXt installation in the process. I'm running Red Hat 8.0, with teTeX-1.0.7. The output from texexec is as follows: TeXExec 2.6 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2001 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : LaTeX2ConTeXt output : pdftex interface : en current mode : all TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-14h-released-20010417-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.3.1) entering extended mode (./LaTeX2ConTeXt.tex{/usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2002.1.28 fmt: 2003.3.3 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2-en-2 2-uk-2 2-de-2 2-fr-2 2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : LaTeX2ConTeXt.top loaded (./LaTeX2ConTeXt.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> <protect 4> <protect 3>) specials : fdf loaded <unprotect 3> <protect 3>) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex typescript : [berry] [ec] [] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex)) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex typescript : [serif] [times] [name,default] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [sans] [helvetica] [name,default] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [mono] [courier] [name,default] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [serif,sans,mono] [default] [size] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [map] [default] [] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-euler.map pdftex : needs map file: original-ams-logo.map pdftex : needs map file: original-micropress-informal.map ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex))kpathsea: Running mktextfm Times-Roman /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation T for Times-Roman. /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update /usr/share/texmf/fontname/special.map? mktextfm: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.1) kpathsea: Running mktexmf Times-Roman ! I can't find file `Times-Roman'. <*> ...our; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...our; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman Transcript written on mfput.log. mktextfm: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input Times-Roman' failed. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=Times-Roman at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fo und. \lastfontname ->Times-Roman at \scaledfont \donoparsefontspec ... #1\endcsname \lastfontname \relax \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#2}\newfontidentifier \doresetrelativefontsize \... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... ... l.13 \setupbodyfont[ber,pos] ? I wasn't able to read the size data for this font, so I will ignore the font specification. [Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.] You might try inserting a different font spec; e.g., type `I\font<same font id>=<substitute font name>'. ? No pages of output. Transcript written on LaTeX2ConTeXt.log. run time : 52 seconds total run time : 52 seconds What is going on? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/

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figure in 2columns text
by jendacontext＠centrum.cz 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

Hallo, all, I wan't place a little figure right of paragraph in 2columns text. I use columnset. It is something as this: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% ____________________________ %% %% ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ~~~~~~~~ --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ~~~~~~~~|fig| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ~~~~~~~~ --- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %% ____________________________ %% % I try use \placefigure % \starttext \definecolumnset[twocol][n=2,offset=.5cm] \startcolumnset[twocol] \input tufte \placefigure[right]{none}{\externalfigure[fig][width=2cm]} \input tufte \stopcolumnset \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ... But with no efekt. Do you know someone how can I do this? Thank you. Jenda -------------------- Centrum.cz Auto - Představujeme horké novinky ze ženevského autosalonu! http://auto.centrum.cz/zeneva

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Index questions
by Miller Maley 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

I have some questions about the index (register) facility in ConTeXt. 1) I like that ConTeXt automatically breaks the index into portions by first letter, but how do I change the style of the subhead that says 'a', 'b', or whatever? Among other things, I would like these little subheads to be uppercase. 2) Sometimes a topic is referenced at two nearby places in the text. If these places fall on separate pages, I would like the index to mention both of them. If they fall on the same page, however, the index entry is duplicated. I expected texutil to remove duplicate index entries when sorting. Is it supposed to? (This is not a major problem; I can work around it.) 3) Likewise (this is a suggestion rather than a question) it would be nice if ConTeXt automatically transformed a sequence of 3 or more consecutive index entries (such as 10, 11, 12) into a page range (10-12). I realize there is a facility (\startindex...\stopindex) to get these page ranges manually, so again this is not a major issue. 4) If I have the command \seeindex{foo}{bar} and also \index{foo} on page 17, it would be nice if the index could say foo 17 see also bar rather than just "see bar". Is there a way to get this behavior? -- Miller Maley

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: lowerleftdoubleninequote
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

Hallo Patrick! After a short break, I would like to continue learning context. Have you got any answer to your question? > > another solution is to make a specific font handler (like the hanging > > one) for a class of fonts like cmr, in that case you can link such a > > handler to for instance a cmr10 font (see hand-*) > > I have tried that, but with strange results: > > > \startfonthandling[cmrfix] > \definecharacter quotedblbase {,\kern -.1em,} > \stopfonthandling > > %\setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=cmrfix] > > \setupbodyfont[14pt] > \starttext > \mainlanguage[de] > \startquotation > To \TEX\ or not to \TEX. > \stopquotation > \stoptext > > > The definition of quotedblbase in line two is used without even > activating the cmrfix font-handler. How do I use the handler properly? > > Patrick

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details.pdf
by John Culleton 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

I had a copy of this once but lost it. Where can I find it on the site? John Culleton

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Indented Items
by Larry Staton Jr. 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

I'm having trouble indenting items. Here's my markup: \startitemize[n, packed, joinedup][margin=0.5in] \item Item 1 \item Item 2 \stopitemize Here's what I expect: ---------------- This is a list. 1. Item 1 2. Item 2 This is what I get: _______________ This is a list: 1. Item 1 2. Item 2 How can I get the numerals and text to indent? Any thoughts? TIA. -- Larry Staton Jr. E-mail/iChat: statonjr(a)mac.com AIM: lstatonjr http://www.statonlaw.net/weblog/ Brought to you by Mail on Mac OS X Public PGP Key available upon request

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RE: How to change linewidth of a frame?
by Maurice Diamantini 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

At 04:22 PM 3/5/2003 +0100, Maurice Diamantini wrote: > >Rebonjour! > > > >I'm trying to modyfy the title of my slides. > > ... > > \setupframed [offset=0.3ex,linewidth=2pt,framecolor=red] > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ > use that one with care since framed is used all over the place in context, > better pass these settings to \framed directly or create a framed > (\defineframed) I suppose You mea, \defineframedtext (I didn't found \defineframed). I've set directly the \framed setting as you said. > rulethickness=2pt It does work, thank you, > >Also, is it possible to set the linestyle to "dashed" or something > >like that? > > \startuniqueMPgraphic{dashed} > draw OverlayBox dashed evenly ; > \stopuniqueMPgraphic > > \defineoverlay[dashed][\uniqueMPgraphic{dashed}] > > \framed[background=dashed]{I didn't test this} It does work the first time, but then it keeps the previous dimensions. But now I have to read more about the "overlays" and cie. Thank you! Maurice -- Maurice.Diamantini(a)ensta.fr - ENSTA/LMA École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées http://www.ensta.fr/~diam

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fontsize in math
by Hans van der Meer 06 Mar '03

06 Mar '03

Hi Hans, I encountered an issue in fontsizing in math mode that I do not understand. Searched the manual but couldn't find (or missed) the clue. Using the green presentation style but changed to a somewhat larger fontsize by adding: \setupbodyfont[lbr, sans, 17.3pt] % lucidabright typesetting the following text: {abc$abc$abc} --- {\tfx abc$abc$abc} --- {\tfx abc}{$\tfx abc$}{\tfx abc} In the first the abc's have the same size. In the second the math part has kept its size, the other two are smaller. In the third the math part is now so small is doesn't match in size as it did in the first. I would have thought the math would vary in accordance with the \tfx. However, within $'s the font does not follow the outside \tfx, while inside a different size seems to be chosen. I am baffled. Can you point in the right direction? Thanks. Hans van der Meer

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