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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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delays in mail
by Hans Hagen 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hi, Last friday (two hours before i had to do a talk) my laptop crashed (win2k), so due to reinstallation there will be some delay in answering mails, 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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Inmargin command.
by John Culleton 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

The Context Mamual describes the margin block suite of commands as "under construction" (p. 235.) Have they in fact been improved and if so what additional usage notes if any are applicable? What version of Context has the improvements? John Culleton

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