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PDF problem in newest context
by mari.voipio＠iki.fi 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Hello! I'd messed up with my computer so I removed my old ConTeXt and installed the newest zip file instead (January 26 version). Unfortunately it declines to make pdf files, not even out of the example files from the web page. This compiles: --- \starttext Hello world \stoptext --- This doesn't: --- %output=pdf \starttext Hello world \stoptext --- The complaint I get is --- <clipeticlip> system : hello.top loaded (./hello.top specials : loading definition file tpd (c:/TeXLive/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (c:/TeXLive/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4> ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \@@FDFflag \v!geencontrole \letvalue #1->\expandafter \let \csname #1 \endcsname l.912 \letvalue {\@@FDFflag\v!geencontrole} =\FDFflagDoNotSpellCheck ? --- With this speed I'll never get as far as to debugging my fonts. :-( Mari from Finland

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Tabulate and placing of chemical formulae
by Willi Egger 30 Jan '03

30 Jan '03

Hi Hans, Please find enclosed a file demonstrating some problems concerning: 1. chemical structures placed in a buffer which is typeset with the \placefigure environment. The chemical structure is not rezised. The running text starts far to the right at the same height as the figure starts. 2. a small tabulate which is intended to start with a \HL. \HL typeset before the first row of \NC ... \NC\NR, causes a fatal error with \noalign Could you please have a look at this? Thanks for your support, Willi

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headertexts
by Matthew Huggett 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Hi: I once knew how to turn off headertexts for the first page (so I don't have a title and header text on the same page), but now I've forgotten. How do I do this again? Thanks Matt

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How to do math in ConTeXt?
by Mikael Persson 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Hi everyone! I appologise if this question is answered before. I was trying to do some math in ConTeXt today, but failed. What I wanted to do was something similar to the \begin{cases}\end{cases} thing in LaTeX (amsmath?). For the non-LaTeX-math-users, its something like this: f(x)= \begin{cases} 0 & \text{if}\ x<0\\ 1 & \text{if}\ x\geq 0 \end{cases} and one gets something like this: / 0 if x<0 f(x) = < \ 1 if x>=0 I didn't find any commands that did this so I searched alittle in the maillist archive and didn't find any solution to it. Are the amsmath commands available in one or another way or are the implemented somehow? I found newmat and m-math but I didn't find a solution in either of them. Are there any docs about how to type math in ConTeXt? I am also interested in things that looks like eqnarray and other environments in LaTeX's amsmath... Thanks in advance, Micke P

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metapost/context
by Hans Hagen 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Hi From now on (also in the coming tetex) the metafun macros will be in /metapost/context/base (so, ther eis now a base oath) When updating, remove the files first else you get funny side effects) 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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Footnote numbering
by cohsb＠gmx.de 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Hi, is there a possibility to restart the numbering of footnotes? (i.e. i, ii, iii,... in the front matter, and then 1,2,3... in the body). I could switch to the roman numerals quite easily but I could not manage to let the new numbering start at 1. I also tried to use parts for that, which just led to funny page numbers but did not have any influence on the footnote numbering at all. Perhaps somebody knows a simple solution? Many thanks and cheers, Chris. -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!

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problem with tabulate environment
by Willi Egger 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Hi Hans, Sorry for bothering you again. There seems to be a problem with the tabulate environment. When running the compilation stops with the following error> ! Misplaced \noalign. \TABLEnoalign ->\noalign \bgroup \let \noalign \relax \let \next = \HL ->\TABLEnoalign {\ifnum \noftabulatelines =\zerocount \@EA \FL \else \if... \tabulatecontent ->\HL \NC Klasse \NC Gruppe \NC Art \NC \NR \NC Verzierungs... \fulltabulatecontent ...respaces \tabulatecontent \ifx \tabulatetailcontent ... \processtabulate ...sa \crcr \fulltabulatecontent \crcr }\prevdepth \dp \str... l.41 \stoptabulate } Could you please hava a look into this? Kind regards Willi

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texutil purge
by Hans van der Meer 29 Jan '03

29 Jan '03

Hi Hans, Recently I became aware of a file "tmpgraph.bck" as the result of a context run that is not removed by the command "texutil --purge". I cannot remember after which ConTeXt-beta change this started. Is the texutil-script in need of updating? It is of course not a problem to remove this file by hand, but if texutil removes the rest it might is well remove this one. Hans van der Meer

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supp-box.tex generates an error...
by Patrick Gundlach 28 Jan '03

28 Jan '03

Hello out there, I just wanted to have a look at supp-box.tex, but texexecing it gives me: (./texexec-texexec.tmp) . [13.11] . . . . . . . . . [14.12] . . . . [15.13] . ! Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup. \stopdocumentation ->\par \egroup \complexitem ...pitem []\ignorespaces \begstrut #2 \unskip \endstrut \par \st... l.982 (latest beta) Patrick

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piechartMP and context
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 28 Jan '03

28 Jan '03

Hi all, (especially Jens-Uwe) I just started to use the piechartMP package. I have succeeded in producing some quite nice charts using standalone metapost. But I am unable to convert these graphics to pdf via mptopdf, nor can I integrate them into context files. As soon as I try to switch to typesetting the labels using some TeX format, I get errors like 'Unable to make mpx file', or all labels simply show the same text, or... I have experimented with various setups, but I can't really locate the problem, sorry for this imprecise problem description. Can anybody provide me with some setup tips or a working setup? It would of course be best to have the labels typeset by context, respecting the MP environment of the document, but for the moment, a simply working setup would be a good start. Thanks, Eckhart

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