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m-bib question
by Bruce D'Arcus 15 Mar '03

15 Mar '03

IIRC, isn't it the case that texexec should take care of the bibtex run needed for mbib? Am finding I need to run bibtex before texexec to get it to work... Bruce

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module: t-layout now available
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Dear ConTeXt hackers, I have just uploaded a first version of my layout module. It displays the layout of the current page as well as some dimensions. Get it at http://levana.de/context/ Or directly at http://levana.de/context/layout/t-layout.tex An example pdf is at http://levana.de/context/layout/testlay.pdf Use it with \usemodule[layout] and show the layout with \layout Have fun and please don't hesitate to send comment. Patrick

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breaking text in mp code
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

Hello all, I try to get a label in metafun that is broken into two lines: some text the following \break is silently ignored. Putting the textext inside a vbox did not help. ================================================== % interface=en output=pdf \starttext \startMPcode label (textext("some\break text"),origin); \stopMPcode \stoptext ================================================== How do I get the some text in two lines? Patrick

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Newspaper in ConTeXt?
by Giuseppe Bilotta 14 Mar '03

14 Mar '03

I seem to recall from various discussions that ConTeXt has some features that would come useful to typeset newspaper and similar stuff (columnsets being one of them, IIRC). Are there example of their usage, and possibly some kind of manual? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Interactive TOC bug?
by varheit＠gmx.de 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

Hi, In a larger project, I set up an interactive menu that links to the sections of the current chapter. Running out of screen estate, I changed the layout of the TOC to alternative=d. Now all I got was the error message at the bottom of this mail. The error message can be avoided, if the line ...interaction=all.. is commented. Also, keeping that line and using a different alternative=... works. This may be a bug. I searched the mailing list for this, without success. So I do apologize, if this problem had been discussed earlier. Vik \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \setuplist[chapter][interaction=all] \starttext \placecontent[alternative=d] \chapter{Donald} \input knuth \stoptext ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \makelijstelement \v!paginanummer {\dolistattributes {\v!hoofdstu... \firstofoneargument #1->#1 \dosomelijstelement ...\translatednumber [#5]}}}}} }\donetrue \doifnothing {#... \dodolijstelement ...ment {#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}{#5}{#6} \global \utilitydonetrue l.8 ...pter}{1}{1}{Donald}{2::0:1:0:0:0:0:0::2}{2} -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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Problem with references
by Stefan Karlsson 13 Mar '03

13 Mar '03

I can't get references to work -- maybe I'm making some beginner's mistake. Anyway, the output from the following file contains "??" where the page numbers should have been: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \starttext \title [pointer1] {The title} Some text. \subject [pointer2] {A subject} Some more text. Bla, bla \at{page}[pointer1] bla bla bla \at{page}[pointer2]. \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Note: I'm using the latest stable release (March 3, 2003). Best regards Stefan

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typesetting chapter--label for cross references
by Guy Worthington 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

I'd like to display a cross reference, using a en-dash to separate the chapter number from the text being cross referenced. In the example below, if you look at label attached to the example caption "A Sample XML file," you'll see that it is typeset as Example~1--1 however if you look at the cross reference to the example, it is typeset as Example~1.1 how do I change the period (.) separator in the cross reference to an en-dash separator (--). ----- \defineenumeration [example] [location=serried, text=Example, before=\blank, after=\blank, way=bychapter, style=italic, separator=--] \starttext \chapter{One} \in{Example}[ex:Simple-doc] has the chapter number separated from the example number by a period, and not an en-dash. \example[ex:Simple-doc] A Sample XML file \startXML <?xml version="1.0"?> <?xml-stylesheet href="simple-doc.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> \stopXML \stoptext -----

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problem with tables
by Martin Kolařík 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Hi Hans, I've found the following problem after I instaled last beta. With my previous version (9,10/2002?) it worked fine. I can debug it on my side, but probably you find the cause and the solution more quickly: <...many lines of log...> ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \localwidth \ExpandBothAfter ...anded {\noexpand #1{#2 }{#3}}\@@expanded \inTBLcell ...width {\v!passend ,\v!ruim } {} {\scratchdimen \gettbla... \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> ...L \relax \ifdim \localwidth >\scratchdimen \settblaut \... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... \eTABLE ...{\row }{\col }}}\eTBL }\endTBL \egroup \egroup \popTBL ... l.409 } ? ! Missing number, treated as zero. <to be read again> > <argument> ... \relax \ifdim \localwidth > \scratchdimen \settblaut \c... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). <to be read again> > <argument> ... \relax \ifdim \localwidth > \scratchdimen \settblaut \c... \secondoftwoarguments #1#2->#2 \handleTBLcell ...CELL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2} }}\scratchdimen \gettblwid ... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... \eTABLE ...{\row }{\col }}}\eTBL }\endTBL \egroup \egroup \popTBL ... l.409 } ? ! Missing } inserted. <inserted text> } <to be read again> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... \endTBL ...ltypesettingtrue \the \tbltoks }\ifautoTBLspread \checktbl... ... l.409 } ? ! Missing \cr inserted. <inserted text> \cr <to be read again> } <to be read again> \cr <to be read again> } \handleTBLcell ...LL \inTBLcell {#1}{#2}}} \scratchdimen \gettblwid \c... <inserted text> ...ttblcol \makeTBL {4}{3} \nexttblcol \makeTBL {4}{4}... ... l.409 } -------- 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 -------- 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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Mac input encodings
by Adam Lindsay 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Hi all, Prompted by this weekend's discussion of input regimes, I took a look at the one for the Mac's Western encoding (initiated by Michel Bovani), and hopefully revised it to be nearly complete for characters (missing four in the range 128-255). Mac users might like to take a look at this file, and verify that it does what I suggest. Usage: put the attached regi-mac.tex in your path, and either rebuild your format files (i.e., texexec --make ...), or explicitly \input this file in your source. Add the line "\enableregime[mac]" to your source. Type søme tèxt with «aççents» ånd öther odd characters. Does it work? Adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Re: [NTG-context] What DTD for a thesis
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

At 10:55 AM 1/20/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >I'm considering of writing a thesis using XML (instead of plain ConTeXt). >What DTD is best suited? The main point is good output, but I want to be >able to convert this document to e.g. HTML without too much hessle. > >I thought about using ContML + MathML, but I'd like to know whether you >have a better suggestion. contml sounds ok to me; we use it here in project for some big customers; if you need additional functionality, let me know ... [btw, there are xml interfaces for flowcharts, stepcharts, chemistry, units ...] 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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