Re: [NTG-context] Error using \starttextbackground. (LONG)

10 Apr 2003

      On Thursday 10 April 2003 12:02 pm, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
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John Culleton  writes:
Hello John,
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Here are the contents (long)
OK, I think the problem is clear:
old:
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./context:
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        14589 Apr  9  2002 mp-spec.mp
new:
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./context/base:
total 256
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        16828 Jan 15 06:05 mp-spec.mp
(lots of files omitted)
I bet that when creating the metafun format the stuff from the first
directory is taken.
So, I have no good advice on how to clean up things. But you need to
remove the old stuff and unzip the cont-tmf.zip again.
Patrick
I feel we have rounded the bend and are galloping for finish line :-) I did as
Giuseppe suggested, deleted the files from .../context, left the
.../context/base directory intact. Now the error message goes away but the
background does not appear. I also added the \setupcolors[state=start] as
suggested for my \framedtext example. 

Here is some interesting stuff from the log file:
---------------------------------
systems        : end file testmaster at line 31
[flush and process mpgraph.mp afterwards] )
(\end occurred inside a group at level 1)

### simple group (level 1) entered at line 23 ({)
### bottom level
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...and here is the source again:
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\setupcolors[state=start]
\setupoutput [pdftex]
\setupurl [style=type]
\definepapersize[fullw][width=11in,height=8.5in]
%
\definetextbackground[bar]
[backgroundcolor=gray,
backgroundoffset=.25cm,
offset=.5cm,
frame=off,
location=paragraph,
color=black]
%
\definecolumnset[thre][n=3]
\setupcolumnset[thre][1][width=4.5in]
\setupcolumnset[thre][2][width=3in]
\setupcolumnset[thre][3][width=1.5in]
%
\setuppapersize[fullw][fullw]
%
\starttext
\startcolumnset[thre]
Column one (figure)
\column
Column 2 text.
\column
\starttextbackground[bar]
column three text with background
\stoptextbackground
\page[new]
\stoptext
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Line 23 just contains the text 
Column one (figure)
if i am counting correctly. 

All help appreciated! I will be away from my computer
for three hours (family thing.)

John Culleton