[PATCH] small corrections for the ConTeXt-correspondence manual
Dear ConTeXt folks, this is my first post and I am looking forward to get more acquainted with ConTeXt. I read the ConTeXt-correspondence manual (module letter [1]) and attached you will find some formal fixes for the source files gotten from [2]. If I should sent each patch as a separate message, please tell me. I was not able to get a PDF created with my Debian Sid/unstable system, so I could not test my changes. $ texexec correspondence.tex […] ! Undefined control sequence. l.139 \doifolderversionelse \contextversion{\currentmoduleparameter\c!context... I hope this is the right way to contact the authors and to submit the patches. If not, please tell me the preferred way. As a last remark, I would really love to see the sources and documentation of modules under SCM so contributing would be easier. There are some free services for free software projects as for example Gitorious [3]. Thanks, Paul [1] http://modules.contextgarden.net/letter [2] ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/context-letter [3] http://www.gitorious.org/
[Adding Wolfgang explicitely to CC.] Am Sonntag, den 15.08.2010, 19:03 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel:
Dear ConTeXt folks,
this is my first post and I am looking forward to get more acquainted with ConTeXt.
I read the ConTeXt-correspondence manual (module letter [1]) and attached you will find some formal fixes for the source files gotten from [2]. If I should sent each patch as a separate message, please tell me.
I was not able to get a PDF created with my Debian Sid/unstable system, so I could not test my changes.
$ texexec correspondence.tex […] ! Undefined control sequence. l.139 \doifolderversionelse \contextversion{\currentmoduleparameter\c!context...
I hope this is the right way to contact the authors and to submit the patches. If not, please tell me the preferred way.
As a last remark, I would really love to see the sources and documentation of modules under SCM so contributing would be easier. There are some free services for free software projects as for example Gitorious [3].
Is everyone busy or was my message overlooked?
Thanks,
Paul
[1] http://modules.contextgarden.net/letter [2] ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/macros/context/contrib/context-letter [3] http://www.gitorious.org/
Am 15.08.10 19:03, schrieb Paul Menzel:
Dear ConTeXt folks,
this is my first post and I am looking forward to get more acquainted with ConTeXt.
I read the ConTeXt-correspondence manual (module letter [1]) and attached you will find some formal fixes for the source files gotten from [2]. If I should sent each patch as a separate message, please tell me.
I was not able to get a PDF created with my Debian Sid/unstable system, so I could not test my changes.
You need a newer ConTeXt to use the module with MkIV because it uses functions which where introduced after the TeXLive 2009 freeze. MkII works out of the box but some features will be MkIV only.
I hope this is the right way to contact the authors and to submit the patches. If not, please tell me the preferred way.
There is also a mail address of the author in the source files where he can be contacted.
As a last remark, I would really love to see the sources and documentation of modules under SCM so contributing would be easier. There are some free services for free software projects as for example Gitorious [3].
The files are under revision control but there are no plans to put them online. Wolfgang
Am Mittwoch, den 18.08.2010, 20:03 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Am 15.08.10 19:03, schrieb Paul Menzel:
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I read the ConTeXt-correspondence manual (module letter [1]) and attached you will find some formal fixes for the source files gotten from [2]. If I should sent each patch as a separate message, please tell me.
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I hope this is the right way to contact the authors and to submit the patches. If not, please tell me the preferred way.
There is also a mail address of the author in the source files where he can be contacted.
Do you mean the source files of the module? Now I found something in [4]. I just downloaded the source files for the manual and I could not find anything in it. Is there an easy way to view the source files besides downloading it or clicking through the directories of CTAN ?
As a last remark, I would really love to see the sources and documentation of modules under SCM so contributing would be easier. There are some free services for free software projects as for example Gitorious [3].
The files are under revision control but there are no plans to put them online.
What is the reason? Because it is too much work to set it up or because it is not wanted? Thanks, Paul [4] http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/context/contrib/context-letter/tex/context/thi...
Hi, Paul Menzel wrote:
What is the reason? Because it is too much work to set it up or because it is not wanted?
Speaking for myself (and I have only one or two small modules, so I am not a 'big daddy'): the lettrine module is indeed in subversion locally just as almost anything I do is these days. But I have the repository to make sure I do not accidentally delete file and/or so I can go back to previous incarnations to check for abnormal mutations. But for now, the module is my private illegitimate child, and I do not really want other people teaching it new tricks until I am ready to kick it out of the house. Best wishes, Taco
Dear Taco, Am Mittwoch, den 18.08.2010, 23:16 +0200 schrieb Taco Hoekwater:
Paul Menzel wrote:
What is the reason? Because it is too much work to set it up or because it is not wanted?
Speaking for myself (and I have only one or two small modules, so I am not a 'big daddy'): the lettrine module is indeed in subversion locally just as almost anything I do is these days. But I have the repository to make sure I do not accidentally delete file and/or so I can go back to previous incarnations to check for abnormal mutations. But for now, the module is my private illegitimate child, and I do not really want other people teaching it new tricks until I am ready to kick it out of the house.
Since the source is public anyway in the form of on CTAN or tarballs(?) I do not see the point in not publishing the repository. And if you do not like the patch you do not need to apply it. You are still the only one with write access. It would just make it easier for others to work with the source and to not double work, since they always see your latest work. Thanks, Paul
On 08/23/2010 02:30 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
It would just make it easier for others to work with the source and to not double work, since they always see your latest work.
Fabrice kindly approved a context-modules project a few minutes ago: http://foundry.supelec.fr/gf/project/context-modules/ I'll check in the lettrines module in a bit. If other people with modules want to use the same repository (we will just create a subfolder for each module) just press the 'Request to join project' button and I will approve you. Best wishes, Taco
Hi Paul, the source for the correspondence module is now online available. I created a new repository [1] with the latest version of the code, the manual compiles only with mkiv and there are no plans to change this. [1] http://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence Wolfgang
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