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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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math support for lbr
by Guy Worthington 28 Jan '03

28 Jan '03

After reading the mfonts manual, I still don't know how to install lbr math tfms. So far, I've: 1. Dumped all 41 of the lucida fonts (both .pfb and .afm files) in the directory c:\temp. A listing of the .pfb file follows: lbc.pfb lbd.pfb lbdi.pfb lbdsc.pfb lbh.pfb lbi.pfb lbki.pfb lbkr.pfb lbl.pfb lbma.pfb lbmad.pfb lbmd.pfb lbmdi.pfb lbmdo.pfb lbme.pfb lbmi.pfb lbmo.pfb lbmr.pfb lbms.pfb lbmsd.pfb lbr.pfb lbrsc.pfb lbsl.pfb lbtb.pfb lbtbo.pfb lbto.pfb lbtr.pfb lfd.pfb lfdi.pfb lfi.pfb lfr.pfb lsb.pfb lsbi.pfb lsd.pfb lsdi.pfb lsi.pfb lsr.pfb lstb.pfb lstbo.pfb lsto.pfb lstr.pfb 41 File(s) 1,473,502 bytes 0 Dir(s) 22,042,120,192 bytes free 2. Ran the command from c:\temp texfont type-buy.dat --fontroot=c:\Local\TeX\texmf-local --en=texnansi --ve=bh --co=lucida --expert 3. Ran the generated testfile. 4. Finally I ran the following file: %%-------------------------------------------------- \autoloadmapfilestrue \setupencoding[default=texnansi] \setupbodyfont[lbr] \starttext ,,German`` ``English'' << French >> >>Swedish<< \stoptext %%-------------------------------------------------- This generated the following log file: This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.14159-1.10a-RC3-2.1 (Web2c 7.4.1) (format=cont-en 2002.12.27) 27 JAN 2003 21:29 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. **&cont-en Java_XML.ctx (./Java_XML.ctx{c:/Local/TeX/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2002.12.20 fmt: 2002.12.27 int: english mes: english language : language en is active <protectionstate 0> system : cont-new loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/user/cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout2 = `Java_XML.tui'. system : Java_XML.top loaded (./Java_XML.top) \openout0 = `Java_XML-mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `Java_XML-mprun.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mprun.mp'. (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-pre.tex typescript : [serif,sans,mono,math,handwriting] [lucida] [name,special,texn ansi] (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/math-lbr.tex)) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [serif,sans,mono,math,handwriting] [default] [size] (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex) typescript : [map] [texnansi] [] (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-map.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex) (c:/Local/TeX/texmf-local/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex)) ! Font \*7ptmmmi*=lbmo at 7.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \dodosetmathfamilyA ...amily \fontsize \endcsname \else \ifcsname \fontbody ... \dosetmathfamily ...athfamily \scriptscriptfont #1 \let \fontbody #3\dodosetm... <inserted text> ...\scriptscriptface \c!mi \empty \dosetskewchar \defaultske... \synchronizemath ...athfonts \the \mathstrategies \fam \mrfam \fi ... l.3 \setupbodyfont[lbr] ? x Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 657 strings out of 33848 10198 string characters out of 754309 4394604 words of memory out of 5512357 30170 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 11469 words of font info for 37 fonts, out of 500000 for 1000 56 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000 45i,1n,54p,283b,53s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,5000p,200000b,40000s 0 PDF objects out of 300000 0 named destinations out of 131072 0 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536 No pages of output. Please help!

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acronyms and xml?
by Bruce D'Arcus 27 Jan '03

27 Jan '03

I want to author documents in XML so I can reuse the content. How should I deal with acronyms, such that if I output to HTML I get all-caps, but if I typeset using ConTeXt (maybe using Simon's DocBook thing) I'd get small caps? Is there an element for this in DocBook, for example? Bruce

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texexec --pages
by Willi Egger 27 Jan '03

27 Jan '03

Hi Hans, Today I decided to do some experiments with pdf. I tried the following command: texexec --pages=1:3,20 myfile.pdf texexec --pdfselect=1:3,20 myfile.pdf Both commands have identical failure: After starting the command, the 'myfile.pdf' is immediately renamed in texexec.pdf. Hereafter one should again type the input filename, which of course is not there anymore. - So texexec renames the input file while it still should load it with the original input-file name. Could you please have a look at this? Thanks and kind regards Willi

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nonstopmode
by Patrick Gundlach 27 Jan '03

27 Jan '03

Hello out there, I am currently writing some editor support for ConTeXt and I would like to get the `nonstop' mode for (pdf)tex working. So I edited the texexec.ini and changed for tetex set TeXBatchFlag to -int=nonstopmode (it was -int=batchmode) just for a test. With this file: \starttext \input tufte \thisdoesnotexist \stopttext and running texexec error.tex I get: ================================================== [...] ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \thisdoesnotexist ? R OK, entering \nonstopmode... ! Undefined control sequence. l.8 \stopttext ) ! Emergency stop. <*> &cont-en error.tex No pages of output. ================================================== but now with --batch (that I have changed to nonstopmode) I get ================================================== [...] language : patterns 2:2-en-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : error.top loaded (./error.top run time : 1 seconds total run time : 1 seconds ================================================== So my question is: how do I get real nonstop mode (as with `R' above but from the beginning) and would you please add this option to texexec? Or is there any way to achieve this without (!) changing the tex file? Patrick

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ConTeXt doesn't accept some environments anymore
by Giuseppe Bilotta 26 Jan '03

26 Jan '03

Hello, I just noticed that the 2003.1.10 version of context doesn't read environments anymore, when they are in the previous directory; I have to put them in the same directory as the processed file, it seems. I tried adding a \usepath[..], but it still doesn't work. Any ideas? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Buffers and grouping
by Willi Egger 26 Jan '03

26 Jan '03

Hi all, I thought that \startbuffer and stopbuffer would cause grouping within the buffer. e.g. \startbuffer[mybuffer] \switchtobodyfont[small] a bunch of text \stopbuffer \starttext \section{First} \getbuffer[mybuffer] \section{Second} \getbuffer[mybuffer] \section{Third} \getbuffer[mybuffer] \section{Fourth} \getbuffer[mybuffer] \stoptext Compiling the above example results in a fontsiye decreasing step by step. I am using: ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.10 fmt: 2003.1.18 int: english mes: english How should I reverse to the originally setup fontsize: \setupbodyfont[ss,12pt] \starttext \section{One} text text \section{Two} \switchtobodyfont[small] much more text with need to typset in [small] \switchtobodyfont[normal] <------ This does not result in what I need.. \section{Four} text text Thanks for hints! Willi

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presentation step
by Hans Hagen 26 Jan '03

26 Jan '03

Hi, There were quite some questions about this hackery mechanism. The problem is that it depends on pdf being reliable. I could reimplement it using some recent new trickery, but will look into that later (no time now). So, as a compromise, i made s-pre-50 to play with. I have no idea how well it works with the other styles, but at least it shows some trickery (as well as force GB into source-mode, i.e. reading core-box.tex -) I uploaded a new beta (this one also repairs a few bugs, as well as provides more extensive side float support (i hope things will not fail too much), on which i will upload an updates details.pdf somewhere next week. 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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presentationstep again
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 25 Jan '03

25 Jan '03

Now that \presentationstep seems usable, I have another problem. I'm using a color gradient in the background: \startuniqueMPgraphic{Gradient} path p; p=unitsquare xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight; linear_shade(p,1, \MPcolor{BackgroundColor},\MPcolor{TextBackgroundColor}); \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[Gradient][\uniqueMPgraphic{Gradient}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=Gradient,offset=3pt] The problem is, of course, that the presentationshield is coloured uniformly and covers the background. And since - text would have to be above the background but below the shield - the shield would have to be above the text but below the background I have no idea how to do it. Just sticking to plain backgrounds? Ok, that's not really bad. But those in the audience who are not interested in what you say anyway are often easy to impress by a fancy background - at least. Eckhart

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Conditional Text
by Lazycode 24 Jan '03

24 Jan '03

Greetings! Is it possible to have parts of the ConTeXt file processed conditionally? I'm hoping to be able to do something like: (in ConTeXt file) Question: What is the derivative of $e^{sqrt{x}}$\\ \some-command-start Answer: $\frac{d}{dx} e^{sqrt{x}} ... $ \some-command-end So that, in the command line, if I run "texexec --pdf quiz01.tex" then it will NOT include the answer section, but if I run "texexec --pdf quiz01.tex -some-other-command" it WILL also include the answer section. I'm confident this can be done through an if or if-defined construct. However, I could not find such commands/macros in the ConTeXt manuals (both the beginners and the detailed manual). Thanks in advance, --tk

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