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The command reference in file i-context.pdf is highly useful, but that document is not searchable, neither with Preview nor Adobe Reader. Files luatex.pdf, xml-mkiv.pdf for example are searchable. It would be nice if the command reference can be searched too, because for now looking up a command needs a lot of page skipping. Can this be done? I would very much appreciate it. Hans van der Meer
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Checked again also on a MacBook, definitely not searchable here. I am running El Capitan, and the command reference version is the one from May 17, 2016, found in one of the latest contextbeta distributions.
On 19 May 2016, at 18:02, Hans Åberg
wrote: On 19 May 2016, at 17:00, Meer, Hans van der
wrote: The command reference in file i-context.pdf is highly useful, but that document is not searchable, neither with Preview nor Adobe Reader.
Searches work for me in Preview.
Hans van der Meer
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I can search this document using any and all pdf tools to which I have
access on my system.
Alan
On Thu, 19 May 2016 16:49:31 +0000
"Meer, Hans van der"
Checked again also on a MacBook, definitely not searchable here. I am running El Capitan, and the command reference version is the one from May 17, 2016, found in one of the latest contextbeta distributions.
On 19 May 2016, at 18:02, Hans Åberg
wrote: On 19 May 2016, at 17:00, Meer, Hans van der
wrote: The command reference in file i-context.pdf is highly useful, but that document is not searchable, neither with Preview nor Adobe Reader.
Searches work for me in Preview.
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Very weird. I haven't the faintest idea why this pdf is not searchable and similar ones in the same folder do. Checked the permissions but they are the same. However, I have another document that cannot be searched, the context reference manual from 2013 and there seems to be a difference between these two and the others. Those I cannot search have in their properties as PDF producer "Mac OSX (version) Quartz PDFContext" (older pdf versions 1.3 and 1.4), the others have Luatex as producer (pdf version 1.7). Therefore, I strongly suspect that the Quartz producer is the culprit, weird as it may be. Is it possible to produce the command reference with Luatex as producer excluding the Mac Quartz producer? It is the only difference I am aware of that matches the behaviour.
On 19 May 2016, at 19:08, Alan BRASLAU
wrote: I can search this document using any and all pdf tools to which I have access on my system.
Alan
On Thu, 19 May 2016 16:49:31 +0000 "Meer, Hans van der"
wrote: Checked again also on a MacBook, definitely not searchable here. I am running El Capitan, and the command reference version is the one from May 17, 2016, found in one of the latest contextbeta distributions.
On 19 May 2016, at 18:02, Hans Åberg
wrote: On 19 May 2016, at 17:00, Meer, Hans van der
wrote: The command reference in file i-context.pdf is highly useful, but that document is not searchable, neither with Preview nor Adobe Reader.
Searches work for me in Preview.
Hans van der Meer
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On 19 May 2016, at 18:49, Meer, Hans van der
wrote: Checked again also on a MacBook, definitely not searchable here. I am running El Capitan, and the command reference version is the one from May 17, 2016, found in one of the latest contextbeta distributions.
You probably need to detail what you try to do. I just plugged into some things into the Preview search bar and got hits.
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On 19 May 2016, at 18:49, Meer, Hans van der
wrote: Checked again also on a MacBook, definitely not searchable here. I am running El Capitan, and the command reference version is the one from May 17, 2016, found in one of the latest contextbeta distributions.
You probably need to detail what you try to do. I just plugged into some things into the Preview search bar and got hits.
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Hi fellows ConTeXt users,
I think the issue comes from Mac OS X PDF reader installation. On Windows, one can pass the following command:
context --extra=setups --overview cont-en.xml which print a PDF file (ConTeXt Extra) very searchable. I didn't try to go further with others xml files which source are here :
http://source.contextgarden.net/scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun?search=fro...
JP
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It is searchable on my El Capitan laptop here. I used the file in the
directory and did not run context to generate it if that's what you did.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Jean-Pierre Delange
Hi fellows ConTeXt users,
I think the issue comes from Mac OS X PDF reader installation. On Windows, one can pass the following command: context --extra=setups --overview cont-en.xml which print a PDF file (ConTeXt Extra) very searchable. I didn't try to go further with others xml files which source are here :
http://source.contextgarden.net/scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun?search=fro... JP
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À: "NTG ConTeXt" Envoyé: Jeudi 19 Mai 2016 17:00:06 Objet: [NTG-context] command reference not searchable The command reference in file i-context.pdf is highly useful, but that document is not searchable, neither with Preview nor Adobe Reader. Files luatex.pdf, xml-mkiv.pdf for example are searchable. It would be nice if the command reference can be searched too, because for now looking up a command needs a lot of page skipping. Can this be done? I would very much appreciate it.
Hans van der Meer
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Jean-Pierre Delange mailto:adeimantos@free.fr 19. Mai 2016 um 21:59 Hi fellows ConTeXt users,
I think the issue comes from Mac OS X PDF reader installation. On Windows, one can pass the following command: context --extra=setups --overview cont-en.xml which print a PDF file (ConTeXt Extra) very searchable. cont-en.xml is the old reference file (which still exists because it is used in manuals), the updated list is in i-context.xml and all sub files (i-xxx.xml).
Wolfgang
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Remembered that Hans Hagen recently told me (and Jean-Pierre reminded me of this) that the document can be generated with: context --extra=setups --overview i-context.xml I did this and the resultant document now has in the document properties: PDF Producer: LuaTeX-0.95.0 PDF Version : 1.7 (Acrobat 8.x) This document is searchable indeed, both in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and in Apple's Preview. Conclusion: the problem must be --at least on my perfectly normal straight out-of-the-box MacOSX-- located in the producer "Mac OSX (version) Quartz PDFContext". Why? About that I am in the dark.
On 19 May 2016, at 23:09, Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: Jean-Pierre Delange 19. Mai 2016 um 21:59 Hi fellows ConTeXt users,
I think the issue comes from Mac OS X PDF reader installation. On Windows, one can pass the following command: context --extra=setups --overview cont-en.xml which print a PDF file (ConTeXt Extra) very searchable. cont-en.xml is the old reference file (which still exists because it is used in manuals), the updated list is in i-context.xml and all sub files (i-xxx.xml).
Hans van der Meer
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Hi HansvanderMeer,
I'll try sooner as possible to test these PDF on my virtual OS X Mavericks. Some tricks about mtxrun and lua are explained by Hans Hagen in a xml/pdf file doc entitled luatools/mtxrun/context dated May 12, 2016 : tools-mkiv.pdf
JP
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On 19 May 2016, at 23:09, Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: Jean-Pierre Delange 19. Mai 2016 um 21:59 Hi fellows ConTeXt users,
I think the issue comes from Mac OS X PDF reader installation. On Windows, one can pass the following command: context --extra=setups --overview cont-en.xml which print a PDF file (ConTeXt Extra) very searchable. cont-en.xml is the old reference file (which still exists because it is used in manuals), the updated list is in i-context.xml and all sub files (i-xxx.xml).
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Wolfgang,
Thank you very much for this information.
JP
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participants (8)
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Alan BRASLAU
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Hans Åberg
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Hans Åberg
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Jean-Pierre Delange
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Meer, Hans van der
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Mohammad Hossein Bateni
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Thomas A. Schmitz
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Wolfgang Schuster