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Re: [NTG-context] Inclusion of flow chart
by emmanuel.rialland＠sgib.com 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Thanks Hans. Apologies if the discussion doesn't flow very much, I am writing from down under. In fact, what I would ideally like to do is the following: 1- Define a template with the boxes without any arrows. 2- Write numbered lists describing arrows that would be generated on top of the template. The overview might look like the following (with some bogus macro names): % Somewhere in a template file % Template for the boxes: \StartMPTemplate[Boxes] % % ----- ----- ----- % ! ! ! ! ! ! % ! A ! ! B ! ! C ! % ----- ----- ----- % \startFLOWcell \name {a} \location {1,1} \shape {action} \text {\ss A} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {b} \location {2,1} \shape {action} \text {\ss B} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {c} \location {3,1} \shape {action} \text {\ss C} \stopFLOWcell \StopMPTemplate ------------------------------------------------------------------ % This creates the first chapter \startcomponent Right \Chapter{Every to the right} % Inserts a float with the proper figure and the proper arrows using the difinitions coming afterward \StartMPGraphWithTemplate[Right] \IncludeFLOWchartTemplate[Boxes] \StopMPGraphWithTemplate % Place the float \placefigure [here,force] [fig:chart1] {Chart One} {\framed{\FLOWchart[Right]}} % normal itemised text that will be numbered and will dynamically add tyhe arrows to the figure [Right] \startitemizeWithFLOWchart \arrow[labels=number,from=a,fromside=r,to=b,toside=l] This is the first arrow. \arrow[labels=number,from=b,fromside=r,to=c,toside=l] This is the second arrow. \stopitemizeWithFLOWchart % This is the result % % ----- ----- ----- % ! ! 1 ! ! 2 ! ! % ! A !---->! B !---->! C ! % ! ! ! ! ! ! % ----- ----- ----- % % The text should appear below the float as \startitemize would have done % 1 This is the first arrow. % 2 This is the second arrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------ % This creates the next chapter \startcomponent Left \Chapter{Every to the left} % Inserts a float with the proper figure and the proper arrows using the difinitions coming afterward \StartMPGraphWithTemplate[Left] \IncludeFLOWchartTemplate[Boxes] \StopMPGraphWithTemplate % normal itemised text that will be numbered and will dynamically add tyhe arrows to the figure [Right] \startitemizeWithFLOWchart \arrow[labels=number,from=c,fromside=r,to=a,toside=l] This is the top arrow. \stopitemizeWithFLOWchart % This is the result % !------------------------------ % ! ----- ----- ----- ! % ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! % -->! A ! ! B ! ! C !--! % ! ! ! ! ! ! % ----- ----- ----- % % The idea is that everything is dynamic: - if the template changes, all the graphs get redrawn with the boxes at their new place. The arrows get moved as needed. - if the itemised text is changed (say the 'second arrow' line is written before the 'first arrow'), then on the graph, the arrow from a to b would be numbered 2 and the arrow from b to c would become 1. What I tried is the definition you see at the top for the boxes. Then, to generate the first graph, I would have: --------------------------------------------------- \startFLOWchart[chart] % Inserts template \includeFLOWchart[template][x=1,y=1] % Additional information on top of cell a \startFLOWcell \name {a} \connection [rl] {b} \comment [t] {\ss 1} \stopFLOWcell % Additional information on top of cell b \startFLOWcell \name {b} \connection [rl] {c} \comment [t] {\ss 2} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart --------------------------------------------------- All I get is the template without any arrows. I thought about trying to generate massive metafun macros. But I want the itemised text to be text and not a graph. Bottom line: is it possible? realistic? I have been using MS Word so far to do that sort of thing. It has been quite tedious to reflect any change in the box structure: 10 charts means 10 charts to re-edit. As a bonus question that should be easier. Is it possible to draw other sorts of arrows: i would like to draw straght line arrows that could follow a diagonal (say go north-east instead of east first then north), or circular arrows like: % % ----- % ! ! % ! !<-- % ----- \ % \ % | % ----- / % ! ! / % ! A !<-- % ----- As usual any help is welcome. Emmanuel Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Sent by: cc: Emmanuel RIALLAND/au/socgen@socgen ntg-context-admin Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Inclusion of flow chart @ntg.nl 30/04/2003 05:17 Please respond to ntg-context At 18:49 24/04/2003 +1100, emmanuel.rialland(a)sgib.com wrote: >As you might have guessed, this breaks everything. > >Has anybody an idea as to how I could do that? can you make a minimal example? 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by Hans Hagen 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

Hi, I'm as usual behind with mails and now going to bachotek for a few days; if you feel that some pending urgent problem is pending ... resent 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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Re: [NTG-context] Inclusion of flow chart
by Hans Hagen 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

At 18:49 24/04/2003 +1100, emmanuel.rialland(a)sgib.com wrote: >As you might have guessed, this breaks everything. > >Has anybody an idea as to how I could do that? can you make a minimal example? 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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What is the status of the bibliography module?
by Maarten Sneep 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Hi, I've searched the mailing list archives on the bib module. There are no really recent entries, so I'm wondering what the current status is. More specifically: I am trying to get the bibliography module to work like I want it to work. Does anyone have a bibl-???.tex lying around that formats for a common physics journal (say Physical Review or similar? I'll give an example of what I want below.) I need mostly articles and some books, not much else (incomplete support is not a problem), I'm not picky, if you have something that uses numerical references and cite order in the final list, I'm a happy camper... Sorted by citation order, a journal entry should look like this: Initials Name, Initials Name and Initials Name, \quote{Title}, Journal {\bf Volume}, pagestart (year). If there are more than 3 authors, use {\em et al.}. For a book: Author(s), \crlf {\em Title,} (editors) \crlf edition, Publisher, City, year Thanks for the help, Maarten > fortune bash: fortune: command not found

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Widows and Orphans in columns
by John Culleton 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Do the normal controls \widowpenalty and \clubpenalty work with Context? Do they work with ordinary columns? Do they work with columnsets? Are there higher level Context constructs I should be using for this purpose in columns? John Culleton ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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latest beta
by Martin Kolařík 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Hi all, after installing the latest beta (the one with colmunsets) I have found problems with heads -- heads on all levels and sublevels use style of the top level (chapter or title). Another settings like spacing etc. works fine. I tried compile the beta three times (:-), twice at home, once at office). Maybe I do any systematic error, but now I do not know which... Thanks, 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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Re: Bad post
by John Culleton 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

Please ignore my post to Shel Horowitz It is not list business. Apologies of course. John Culleton ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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Fwd: Re: [Indy_Publishers] Digest Number 101
by John Culleton 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

Sorry about that! I had made a post and silly me I forgot about digest-lag. Here is the post, in answer to yours which answered... John C. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [Indy_Publishers] Digest Number 101 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:45:34 -0400 From: John Culleton <john(a)wexfordpress.com> To: Indy_Publishers(a)yahoogroups.com, Shel Horowitz <shel(a)frugalfun.com> On Sunday 27 April 2003 07:33 am, Shel Horowitz wrote: > >I'm having a "discussion" with my VA. I designed a flyer about my > >book to send to writing conferences. She says that most verbiage on > >flyers is ignored. Just to stick with graphics. > > Thank goodness most of the rest of the world disagrees! Otherwise, as > a marketing copywriter, I'd have to find a different way to make a > living.<g> And we wouldn't want that! Actually as a book reviewer I fold the blurb in two, stick it between the covers, and refer to it for any specifics not covered in the book itself (like where to order it etc.) Often those sheets get lost and I only have the book to work from. But the book is what I am reviewing, not e.g., Shel's deathless prose which in fact may be better written than the book :-=) OTOH there is one publicist out there whose cover sheet is so bad it turns me off on the book. He takes a standard form letter and sticks in one paragraph relating to the actual book. Often that paragraph is a long, run-on sentence fragment. So while a good blurb may not turn me on an ungrammatical one will turn me off. I'll write Shel separately with the name of the publicist, to protect the names of the guilty :-) John Culleton Rowse Reviews (among other things) ------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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Spacing problems with units
by Maarten Sneep 25 Apr '03

25 Apr '03

Hi, I have a spacing problem with the units module. the sample code below shows the problem: an extra space is inserted before the unit when used in mathmode. Any suggestions? Kind regards, Maarten Sneep %% start sample code \usemodule[units] \unit[Wavelength] {\mathematics{\lambda}} {\Nano \Meter} \starttext \dots It is defined as $1/\Wavelength$ with \Wavelength\ the wavelength in vacuum, expressed in \Centi \Meter \dots. Notice the extra space before the $\lambda$ in the first paragraph. It should have come out as $1/\lambda$. \stoptext %% end sample code

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database
by LEGUEDOIS, Frederic 25 Apr '03

25 Apr '03

Hello, I'm new user of ConTeXt (for one week) and I would like to connect ConTeXt with a database(Oracle, PostegreSQL, MySQL...). Is it possible or must I write a PERL script to export datas in XML files ? I found this in mail archive : \startSQL my_query \stopSQL but I don't know how to use this (how to use the result of the query, where I write database connection's parameters...). Do you know where can I find a manual or any help? Thanks in advance, P.S. : I'm French and my English isn't very good. I'm sorry about this. Frederic Leguedois ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/

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