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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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Re: [NTG-context] Re: why btex...etex or textext() does not work?
by Hans Hagen 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

At 10:39 AM 3/11/2003 +0100, you wrote: > > I bet you don't have \protectbufferstrue enabled in > > cont-sys.tex. Please double check and enable this option if disabled. > >Ou, yesss! Have I miss this switch in the documentation (metafun, ...) >or it is secret options with indent to inprove ConTeXt skils >by spending some days by searching the code? ;-) > >Thanks for the answer (to Patrick) and many thanks (to Hans) for >fascinating ConTeXt. It is only one sw I know to create document in the >form of dodecahedron (after glueing) with photo on every face with >semitransparent text along the curve to fit deaf place in the photo. sounds interesting, how about writing an article on that (the ntg maps is always looking for articles) (btw, anyone is invited to write articles) 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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textext
by Hans van der Meer 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Hi Hans I am placing metapost figures in the text: \placefigure{}{\startMPgraphic ...... label.top(textext("\tfx \#3"),z0) \stopMPgraphic\loadcurrentMPgraphic{}\placeMPgraphic} The \# macro disappears and nothing shows up in my figure. The same with other characters as \lbrace\rbrace. How come? Do I misunderstand something? It would be a pity if some characters could not be typeset in figures. Thanks for looking into it. Hans van der Meer

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FLOWcharts: stray arrows in clipped regions
by "Hüsing, Johannes" 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

Dear all, when I process the file attached, I get arrows where they don't belong. Could somebody guide me to what I am doing wrong here? Groetjes Johannes

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naming relative paths within a project
by Guy Worthington 12 Mar '03

12 Mar '03

I've got a very short question, but coupled to a very long explanation, my question is: when referencing a component file from within a product file (and given that the component file is stored in the same directory as the product file, which is in a sub-directory below my project file) must I include the relative path of the component file from my project directory, through my sub-directories to my component file, or can I just refer to the component's filename. Now here is the actual example. I've done a little bit of ASCII artwork below showing the directory structure that I'm following. My artwork isn't the best, so I've also include some explanation. Project | ---- EnviromentPageLayout.tex (global environment file) | ---- Project.tex (project file) | |----| | FrontMatter (directory) | | | ---- EnvironmentFrontMatter.tex (local environment file) | | | ---- ProductFrontMatter.tex (product file) | | | ---- TitlePage.tex (component file) | | | ---- Contents.tex (component file) | | | ---- Preface (component file) | |----| | BodyMatter (directory) | | | ---- EnvironmentBodyMatter.tex (local environment file) | | | ---- ProductBodyMatter.tex (product file) | | | ---- Chapter01.tex (component file) | | | ---- Chapter02.tex (component file) | | |----| BackMatter (directory) | ---- EnvironmentBackMatter.tex (local environment file) | ---- ProductBackMatter.tex (product file) | ---- Appendix01.tex (component file) | ---- Index.tex (component file) In my Project directory I have two files: 1) EnvironmentPageLayout.tex If you are interested in an environment, the one I've based mine on is the one posted by David Arnold http://ml-archives.mini.pw.edu.pl/ntg-context/msg02853.html 2) Project.tex ---- %project file \startproject Project \environment EnvironmentPageLayout \product FrontMatter/ProductFrontMatter \product BodyMatter/ProductBodyMatter \product BackMatter/ProductBackMatter \stopproject ---

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Learning ConTeXt: \setupitemize
by Gary Pajer 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

I'm learning ConTeXt, and I've chosen to beat up on \setupitemize to see how things work. (If the answers to my question are in some doc somewhere, please tell me where it is!) Consider the file below. I expected to see a hairline above the second itemization, and indeed I do. But if I remove the "columns" specifier, the hairline does not appear. Is this the correct behavior, or a bug? Also: what does the keyword "beforehead" do? If I replace "before" with "beforehead" in the example, I get nothing. Is it in the docs somewhere? In the lists of keywords for many commands there are parameters listed that I can't figure out. Some of them seem to do nothing, but I always wonder if they only operate in conjunction with some other feature, or I haven't implemented them correctly. Some of them do something, but I can't figure out what the rule is. Is there a doc somewhere describing the keywords? Is it in the manual and I've missed it? Thanks, Gary Pajer ConTeXt 2003.3.9 / up-to-date MikTeX / Win98 ----------------------------------------- \setupitemize[1][n] \setupitemize[2][a][before=\hairline] % \starttext % \startitemize \item Level One % \startitemize \item first \item second \item third \stopitemize % \stopitemize \stoptext

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How to change linewidth of a frame?
by Maurice Diamantini 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Rebonjour! I'm trying to modyfy the title of my slides. So I tried this command (that I just pick on the ntg-context list, thank you :-) \setuphead[Topic] [textcommand=\doTitle] \def\doTitle#1{% \bgroup \setupframed [offset=0.3ex,linewidth=2pt,framecolor=red] \framed{\blue \ss #1}% \egroup% } But the linewidth as no effect (it is not in the documented \setuphead options, but a just try it. Also, is it possible to set the linestyle to "daashed" or something like that? -- 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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\inframed in table
by varheit＠gmx.de 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Hi, maybe a very simple question: In the following table the formatting of the framed elements is strange ----- cut ----- \starttext \bTABLE \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH Keyboard Shortcut \eTH\bTH Description \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD \inframed{:} + \inframed{q} + \inframed{Enter} \eTD\bTD Quit the program \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext how can I make sure both framed texts stay on one line without using \hbox. There is enough space in the cell so the line break should not occur at all. Vik -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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why btex...etex or textext() does not work?
by Vit Zyka 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Hallo ConTeXt list member, I am new member in the list so apologize if I ask for something trivial. But I have been looking in documentation, in ConTeXt source code, in the Net... Unsuccessfully. Perhaps someone here will known. I have this simple file zk.tex: %--------------------- \starttext Hallo. \startuseMPgraphic{zk} picture p; p:= btex Text1 etex; % p:= textext("Text2"); % label(btex Text3 etex, origin); draw p; draw origin--(1cm,1cm); \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{zk} \stoptext %---------------------- When I run texexec zk the compilation pass successfuly but the result is without line and "Text1". In the case of "Text2" I obtain line and "unknown" (picture) text and in the case of "Text3" the same as in "Text1". The log file from my recent context distribution on Linux web2c is in the attachment. The file mpgraph.mpx is created with correct content (Text1). But next run of metapost does not include it. The only way how to obtain desired result is to run mpost directly mpost mpgraph.mp But it is not possible with the "textext". The instalation is standard. Only I set \setupoutput[pdftex] \usesymbols[nav] \setupsymbolset[navigation 1] \recycleMPslotstrue \runMPgraphicstrue \runMPTEXgraphicstrue \useMETAFUNformattrue in cont-sys.tex So, what I am doing worse? Thanks Vit -- _________________________________ | Vit Zyka, researcher, CTU FEE | | Center for Machine Perception | | zyka@ http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz | ---------------------------------

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Table problem
by Willi Egger 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Hi Hans, I need to make a set of tables, which are quite simple. I wanted to use the \starttable..\stoptable environment. However I get very strange results in the last column (p-column) Please have a look at the test.tex file. Do I something in a wrong way or is there something broken? Thanks for your support. Willi p.s. I am using the beta of 04.03.2003 with a format of 09-03-2003.

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