Re: [NTG-context] Value of Metapost variable as a label
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes:
For example, if I had to typeset (n_{1},n{2},...,n_{100}), how
could I do that.
label.bot (textext($n_{ decimal i }), ... ) ;
Thanks Aditya. That works great.
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[NTG-context] Is \index command broken?
Hi,
I tried using the \index command in my document:
\starttext
\type{\textext()} \index[textext]{\textext}
To typeset metapost variable values (not the verbatim text) using
\TEX\ markup, use this command.
\page
\completeindex
\stoptext
However, no index is created. The log file gives the following information about
the version:
This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.35.0
(LearnMetaPost.tex
ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.18 21:58 MKIV fmt: 2009.3.19 int: english/english
Thanks
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Re: [NTG-context] Is \index command broken?
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfgang at googlemail.com writes: Hi curious who wants to learn but is still unable to use the list archive. http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2009/038198.html http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2009/037891.html http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2009/037365.html Wolfgang Hi Wolfgang, That was funny. Thanks for the links to the posts and thanks for being patient with me. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Module taspresent
Thanks Thomas and Lutz. Now that I have figured out how to manually install the third party modules, I can try the simpleslides module. Aditya and Thomas, thanks very much for providing us with these modules. Just for information, I wanted to inform you that some other styles, such as blackblue, embossed, doubleframe also do not work in taspresent. Perhaps, it might be better to update this information on the wiki where we have third-party modules, so that others do not go through the whole process of downloading and trying the taspresent module. Thanks. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Step wise presentation.
Fabrice fabrice.alpha at gmail.com writes: You can use the raw steps module. This works very well. You can find some informations here: http://modules.contextgarden.net/t-rsteps Fabrice. Thanks Fabrice. Yes, I was looking at the demo file yesterday once I figured out how to install third party modules. It seems very good. I will try using that. The link to the authors website on the wiki page seems to be broken. At least when I click on it, nothing happens. I am not sure what is the correct thing to do in this case...put a note on the wiki page? ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: Can someone post a link to the actual reference manual rewrite Taco was talking about? I don't see anything on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Main_Page#Documentation that looks like a reference manual in progress. The links are after the big note saying that we are working on the rewite of the manual. Feel free to change the formatting to make it more prominent. Aditya, are you talking about the svn-repository link. That link seems to be broken. When I click on it, I get a message saying address not found Thanks ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Step wise presentation.
Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl writes: take a look at s-pre-60 upwards; i always use s-pre-60 as basis Hans Thank you Hans. Since you said that you start with s-pre-60 as the basis, could I please ask you for an example presentation, if you have one. I looked at the wiki but there is no example in the source code. I am not sure what are all the commands available with the style. Thanks very much. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile
Lutz Haseloff lutz.haseloff at googlemail.com writes: Hello Want, hello Mojca,i had the same problem some days before. I found this hint by Wolfgang:add to your file\unprotect\newtoks\toks at \let\z at \zeropoint\protectand tikz works like a charm.can this be added to the module t-tikz.tex?GreetingsLutz Thanks Lutz (and Aditya) for the solution. I will try it later. After it did not work yesterday and after seeing Hans Hagen's post about the possible problems with the newest beta, I deleted the latest beta and installed the stable version (the one that comes with --context=current option). I suppose I will have to update it to the latest beta and try Aditya's solution. Mojca, I was trying out a very simple tikz code to see whether it works. It was, \usemodule[tikz] \starttext \starttikzpicture draw (0,0) -- (2,2); \stoptikzpicture \stoptext Thanks to you all again for answering the questions. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] TeXshop instructions on Context Minimals (Mac installation)
Bowen Alan C. acbowen at Princeton.edu writes: In Terminal try: cd Users/Name/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ and then chmod +x ConTeXt-MKIV.engine which will allow you to execute the file. Thanks Alan. That worked great. I have added that to the instructions on the Wiki. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Module taspresent
As mentioned on the wiki, I tried to install taspresent module by running ./first-setup.sh --extras=t-taspresent in the terminal. A lot of things happened and then I ran luatools --generate and then context --make. Then I tried to compile the file \usemodule[taspresent][style=blackblue] \starttext This is a presentation \stoptext This gives me just a plain page with the line This is a presentation. The log window says that module taspresent not found. Before I did all the above, I also installed taspresent manually in the ~/Library/texmf/tex/context/taspresent folder. I downloaded the .zip file from ctan and unzipped it inside the taspresent folder mentioned above. Still no success. How do I use taspresent? Thanks very much. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Module taspresent
I figured out how and where to install the taspresent module. Now when I try to compile the file it loads the module. However, I do not get any of the colors or the frames. For example, the following code does not give me any color. It does though take out the page numbers and sets the correct papersize. Other than that everything is as if it is a plain text file. The presentation I am trying is \usemodule[taspresent][style=bluegray] \starttext A presentation \stoptext Does anyone have an idea why this is happening? Thanks very much. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Problem updating Tikz in minimals
Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.lists at gmail.com writes: When you install the minimals, add --extras=t-tikz either to first-setup.sh or run ./first-setup.sh --extras=t-tikz (Run luatools --generate afterwards.) Mojca Thanks Aditya and Mojca. Mojca, I tried running that; a lot of things happen, but the process stops with following lines (last few lines I copied and pasted from my terminal window __ LuaTools | saving merge from cont-nl.lua LuaTools | using compiled initialization file: cont-nl.luc LuaTools | using lua initialization file: cont-nl.luc LuaTools | running command: luatex --ini --lua=cont-nl.luc /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-nl.tex \\dump This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.35.0 (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/cont-nl.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv (/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/syst-ini.tex ! LuaTeX error \directlua0:1: attempt to call field 'extraprimitives' (a nil value) stack traceback: \directlua0:1: in main chunk. l.111 } ? h The lua interpreter ran into a problem, so the remainder of this lua chunk will be ignored. ? __ I tried deleting everything in minimals folder and restarted the process and I get the same error. If I do not type the --extras=t-tikz (after deleting everything, except texmf-local, from the minimals folder) then there is no problem. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Step wise presentation.
Currently what is the best solution for presentation with steps in Context that works with the stable version of MKIV. The one that you can get with ./first-setup.sh --context=current If I need to install any addon module for your recommendation (i.e., if it does not come with minimals), kindly let me know. Thanks for your feedback. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] TeXshop instructions on Context Minimals (Mac installation)
Hello, I installed the stable version of Context Minimals and then followed the instructions given on the Context Minimals/Mac Installation page. When I choose ConTeXt-MKIV as my engine and try to typeset the document I get the following error. Users/Name/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-MKIV.engine does not have the executable bit set. This is when only pdftex is selected in the dropdown Typeset menu. It is true that the instructions on Context Minimals/Mac Installation page say that Context should also be selected in this dropdown Typeset menu. But if I try to do that, the engine automatically switches to Context that existed in the Engines menu, before I installed Minimals and before I added Context-MKII and ConTeXt-MKIV engines. This ConTeXt engine is MKII. Can someone please help with this? Thanks. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] \FlushStep in module s-pre-50 adds too much space
Thanks very much for replying. From your replies, it seems easiest to do what Aditya suggested; use the commands luatools --generate context --make I looked at this message and also went to the link he had in his message. My question is, am I supposed to be in any specific folder when I run those. I went to terminal (on Mac OS X) and typed luatools --generate but got the following message: LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file LuaTools | no cnf files found (TEXMFCNF may not be set/known) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.002 seconds Can someone please help? I know nothing about Unix. Thanks very much. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] \FlushStep in module s-pre-50 adds too much space
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfgang at googlemail.com writes: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#Usage http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20090121.222035.3c27dbbc.en.html Wolfgang Perhaps I am not getting something which I should. Wolfgang, it seems to me that the links that you have suggested talk about installation of Context minimals and then how to get it working. I want to use MKIV that comes with TexLive. I already have TexLive. I thought that by running the luatools --generate (without the quotes), and the other command mentioned by Aditya, I can use MKIV that comes with TexLive and do not necessarily need to install minimals. Am I wrong in thinking that? ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] \FlushStep in module s-pre-50 adds too much space
Okay, I have installed the minimals. It works with a file I tried without tikz. The examples on the wiki also work well. It does not work with a file that has tikz code in it. It stops compiling with ! Undefined control sequence. l.13 \starttikzpicture Does Tikz not work with mkiv? Thanks. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] \FlushStep in module s-pre-50 adds too much space
Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl writes: in mkii it's injecting nodes, so you need to keep the \FlushStep attached to the previous paragraph if possible like here\FlushStep in mkiv it should not matter Thank you Hans. I will try to install Context Minimals in a couple of days. In MKII it does not help even if I keep it attached to the previous paragraph. The reason I have not been installing Context Minimals is that I am not sure how I will make the text editor I use (TextMate) to use it. The instructions for Mac OS X talk about TexShop and another one, but not textmate. Also, from the instructions (for Mac OSx) it is not clear whether it will install the latest stable version or the latest beta. If anyone can clarify these things that would be great. In any case, when will MKIV be included in the TexLive distribution. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] \FlushStep in module s-pre-50 adds too much space
Hello, I tried using module s-pre-50 to get stepwise revelation of the content in my presentation today. I noticed that the command \FlushStep adds what seems to be too much space between successive items. Is there a way, I can prevent \FlushStep from adding this much space. Thank you. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Thanks. Two new questions: rotate and scale
Albrecht Kauffmann alkauffm at rz.uni-potsdam.de writes: only to (1): try draw (((0,0) -- dir(0)*u -- dir(60)*u --cycle) rotated 60); Thanks Albrecht. That worked great. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Thanks. Two new questions: rotate and scale
Taco Hoekwater taco at elvenkind.com writes:
(2) Is there a command to scale the whole picture...not the components?
Parse error. In my view, the whole picture *is* the components.
Best wishes,
Taco
Hi Taco,
Sorry for the typo and for not being clear. I meant the following. I know that
scaled command can be used to scale any particular component. To scale the
whole picture does one have to scale each and every component individually, or
is there one command that scales every component.
One way is perhaps to define a variable, say u=1cm and express all measurements
in terms of u. Then by changing just u one can scale the whole picture (and
all the components) up or down. Is there another way? For example, in TikZ there
is a command scale which scales the entire picture if put as an option to
\begin{tikzpicture}. I was wondering if something like that is available in
Metapost too.
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Re: [NTG-context] Thanks. Two new questions: rotate and scale
Taco Hoekwater taco at elvenkind.com writes: You want this, I think: beginfig(1); ... do stuff ... currentpicture := currentpicture scaled X; endfig; Awesome!! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Taco and Mikael. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Thanks. Two new questions: rotate and scale
Aditya and Hans,
Thanks very much for your replies. I suppose I should install minimals afterall.
Still using the TexLive version.
I have two new questions:
(1) In the following code the triangle outline (obtained with the draw
command) does not rotate, i.e., I get the same triangle as without the rotated
command. On the other hand the fill command rotates as expected. What is wrong?
\startuseMPgraphic{Dir}
pickup pencircle scaled 2pt;
numeric u;
u=2cm;
draw (0,0) -- dir(0)*u -- dir(60)*u --cycle rotated 60;
fill (0,0) -- dir(0)*u -- dir(60)*u --cycle rotated 60 withcolor
(0.58,0.94,0.9);
\stopuseMPgraphic
\useMPgraphic{Dir}
(2) Is there a command to scale the whole picture...not the components?
Thanks very much.
I have said this before but want to say this again. Thanks so much to the
developers of Context who have given us this wonderful system. Thanks also to
all the people on this mailing list who take their precious time to answer
questions.
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[NTG-context] Command show in Metapost/Metafun
Hi,
I am trying to learn Metapost using Context. I tried a few examples for drawing
things and they worked well. But the show command does not seem to work. For
example, the code
\startuseMPgraphic{GridDots}
u=1cm;
pickup pencircle scaled 8pt
for i = 0 upto 2:
for j = 0 upto 2: draw (i*u,j*u); endfor
endfor
\stopuseMPgraphic
\useMPgraphic{GridDots}
from John Hobby's manual works great.
However, the following code gives no output in the PDF file. Am I doing
something wrong?
\startuseMPgraphic{LinearEq}
a+b = 2a - b = 3;
show a,b;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\useMPgraphic{LinearEq}
I am using the following version from Texlive
ConTeXt ver: 2008.05.21 15:21 MKII fmt: 2008.10.1 int: english/english
Thanks for your help.
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Re: [NTG-context] \dorecurse and \recurselevel in Natural Tables
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: My summary of this thread: http://randomdeterminism.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/tex-programming-the-past-the-present-and-the-future/ Aditya I like the Luatex code of Luigi. Though it is longer than what Wolfgang suggested (and in this case, I am using Wolfgang's solution now that I know about it), the luatex code seems to be the kind of programming that I am more comfortable with. In fact, in Latex when I was trying to achieve this, I used the python.sty package to code this in Python. To be able to do this using Lua (Luatex), do I need to learn the Lua programming language. Do I pick up any beginners book on Lua? Any recommendations based on experience of those who use Luatex here. For example, one of the lines in the code is tprint = function(s) tex.sprint(tex.ctxcatcodes,s) end Is this Lua or LuaTex? Thanks. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] \dorecurse and \recurselevel in Natural Tables
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Re: [NTG-context] Two questions - Cross Referencing (Auto mated label generation + Random items)
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfgang at googlemail.com writes:
You don't need \nextrandom any longer, it's fixed with the last beta.
\newcounter\choicecounter
\define[1]\Rightitem
{\doglobal\increment\choicecounter
\startitem[\choicecounter]#1\stopitem}
\define[1]\Wrongitem
{\startitem#1\stopitem}
\processbetween{rightitem}\Rightitem
\processbetween{wrongitem}\Wrongitem
\startrightitem This is the CORRECT answer. \stoprightitem
\startwrongitem Yet another wrong answer. \stopwrongitem
You can use a fixed random order for the items (the don't change after
each new run) with '\setupsystem[random=3456]', you can change the order
when you user another number.
Wolfgang
Awesome solution. Works great. Thanks very much Wolfgang. I can now use your
solution. If it is not too difficult to explain, I would appreciate if someone
could explain why the following does not work. It is not necessary because
Wolfgang's solution is great but will help me understand it better.
\def\AnsT
{\doglobal\increment\choicecounter
\startitem[\choicecounter]#1\stopitem}
\def\eAns{\stopitem}
With these commands if I use
\AnsT This is the CORRECT answer. \eAns
\startwrongitem Yet another wrong answer. \stopwrongitem
I get the error File ended while scanning use of \startitem
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Re: [NTG-context] Two questions - Cross Referencing (Au tomated label generation + Random items)
The low level way to do this is:
\def\AnsT#1\eAns
{\doglobal\increment\choicecounter
\startitem[\choicecounter]#1\stopitem}
Wolfgang
Beautiful! Thanks again Wolfgang. I tried the low level command and it works
great. I will try the Context way later.
Hans, thanks very much for bringing to my attention the file m-educat.tex. Can
you please tell me where I can find it?
Even if I do not use it as it is, I am sure I can learn something and it can
give me some ideas.
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Re: [NTG-context] Two questions - Cross Referencing (Auto mated label generation + Random items)
Mikael Persson mickep at gmail.com writes: Dear Curious Learn (strange name, it can be considered rude not to use the real one) You can find m-educat.tex at tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/m-educat.tex if you use the minimals It is also listed at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modules if you dont have that installation. Best regards, Mikael Persson Thanks for the information Mikael. I am sorry if my use of a non real name offended anyone. It seems to be the standard practice on many forums (I agree not on this one) and I stuck to it. Feel just more comfortable this way. Again, I apologize if it offended anyone. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] \dorecurse and \recurselevel in Natural Tables
Can someone please explain why the second example below works but the first does
not work?
Thanks very much.
\starttext
\bTABLE
\dorecurse{5}
{\bTR \bTD \recurselevel. \eTD
\bTD \recurselevel \eTD\eTR}
\eTABLE
\dorecurse{2}
{\recurselevel. \recurselevel\crlf}
\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] \dorecurse and \recurselevel in Natural Tables
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfgang at googlemail.com writes:
\bTABLE
\dorecurse{5}{\bTR\expanded{\bTD\recurselevel\eTD}\eTR}
\eTABLE
Wolfgang
As your other solutions, this worked great. I suppose I have to use \expanded
for every \bTD \eTD pair. Can you please explain why this is necessary or point
me to a document that contains the explanation.
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Re: [NTG-context] \dorecurse and \recurselevel in Natural Tables
Not really.
\bTABLE
\dorecurse{5}{\bTR\bTD#1\eTD\eTR}
\eTABLE
Wolfgang
Awesome How does one learn these things? Is this Tex programming or Context
programming.
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Re: [NTG-context] problem with defineitemgroup command
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: Change this to \setupitemgroup[options][1][a,packed] \setupitemgroup[options][1][stopper=)] You cannot mix options (a, packed, etc) with assignments (key=value). Aditya Thanks Aditya. I appreciate it. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Two questions - Cross Referencing (Automated label generation + Random items)
As I mentioned earlier, I am trying to use Context to make a multiple choice test. I have two questions. (1) Suppose I want to get a list of answers to the the multiple choice questions. One way I can think of doing this is by assigning a label to the CORRECT answer as done in the following code and then referring to that label. Is there a way these labels can be generated automatically, instead of hardcoding them as I have done below? defineenumeration[problem][text= ,location=inleft] \setupenumerations[problem][stopper=)] \defineitemgroup[choices][levels=1] \setupitemgroup[choices][1][a,packed] \nextrandom \starttext \problem This is the first question. \startchoices \startitem This is incorrect answer 1. \stopitem \startitem This is a wrong answer too. \stopitem \startitem[1] This is the CORRECT answer. \stopitem \startitem Yet another wrong answer. \stopitem \stopchoices \problem This is the second question. \startchoices \startitem[2] This is the CORRECT answer. \stopitem \startitem This is a wrong answer too. \stopitem \startitem This is not a correct choice. \stopitem \startitem Yet another wrong answer. \stopitem \stopchoices Answers to the questions \in[1] \in[2] \stoptext (2) When I add the option random to the itemgroup (\setupitemgroup[choices][1][a,packed,random]) then as expected the choices are listed in a random order. However, the label does not change with the choice listing. I want the reference to be attached to the CORRECT answer, which changes its position with random option. Is there a way to have the reference reflect the letter corresponding to the correct answer. Thanks in advance for your help. I really appreciate it. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Switching off Header only on a particular page
Hi, Is there a way to switch off just the header on a particular page? The Context manual gives the command \noheaderandfooterlines to switch off both. However, I want the page number (which is in the footer) on the first page, but no headers on the first page. Thanks. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Switching off Header only on a particular page
Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl writes: just \setupheader[state=empty] or anything else that applies Thanks very much Hans. That works great. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] problem with defineitemgroup command
I am trying to define an itemgroup to list the answers for multiple choice questions. When I try to change the stopper using the option stopper=), the list changes from an alphabetical one to a bulleted list. Please see the difference between choices and options below. \defineitemgroup[choices][levels=1] \setupitemgroup[choices][1][a,packed] \defineitemgroup[options][levels=1] \setupitemgroup[options][1][a,packed,stopper=)] \starttext \startchoices \startitem This is choice 1. \stopitem \startitem This is choice 2. \stopitem \stopchoices \startoptions \startitem This is option 1. \stopitem \startitem This is option 2. \stopitem \stopoptions \stoptext Q. How can I change the stopper in this itemgroup. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: \defineitemgroup[choices] \startmode[random] \setupitemgroup[choices][1][random] \nextrandom % to get rid of the randomize bug \stopmode Compile this file with texexec --mode=random to get random choices, compile without --mode=... to get normal behaviour. Thanks very much Aditya. That's awesome. I am going to try that for the next test I make. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work
I was not aware of this cool feature in Context. This could be very useful in making multiple choice tests. I have one question. Is there a simple way in which one can switch between itemized lists that are random and non-random? For example, if I have 40 multiple choice questions, each of which has the following form: Question Text \startitemize[random] \startitem first item \stopitem \startitem second item \stopitem \startitem third item \stopitem \startitem fourth item \stopitem \stopitemize If I want the PDF file that has the items in the order I entered them in (i.e., not a random permutation); is it possible to do that in a way other than going and taking out the random from each itemize environment? Thanks. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Fonts readily available in Context
Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.lists at gmail.com writes: Aditya has just suggested to create a bunch of definitions equal to those in mathdesign. Mathdesign include three typefaces that have not been implemented in ConTeXt yet, and I agree that they could (should) be. ConTeXt currently has no support for mathpazo (one can always write it), but it uses pxfonts. I don't know if that's better or worse, but at least it works out of the box. As others have already written: - Palatino, Times (TeX Gyre, actually) - Lucida (if you have the fonts) - Iwona, Kurier, Antykwa Torunska - Euler, Fourier, Concrete Math - never tried it myself For palatino, times, iwona, kurier (not yet, but should be fixed), antykwa-torunska, see Yue's and Aditya's answer. In Unicode (xetex, luatex) you should use \usetpescript[name] \setupbodyfont[name,sizeorstyleifneeded] and in pdfTeX you need \usetpescript[name][ec] \setupbodyfont[name,sizeorstyleifneeded] You can take a look at type-tmf.tex, type-one.tex, type-otf.tex and math-*.tex in ConTeXt sources. Mojca Thank you so much to all of you who replied. I suppose that the commands of the type \usetypescript[name][ec] \setupbodyfont[name,sizeorstyleifneeded] that you suggested will also load the matching math fonts. I will also take a look at the documents Mojca has referred to. As Aditya and Mojca suggested, it would be great to have the fonts that are supported in Mathdesign...those are beautiful. Thanks again. I will try these definitions out and let you know if I run into any trouble. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Fonts readily available in Context - Did not work
Hello, Somehow the commands do not work. I added the following two lines \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino,rm,12pt] and the output is exactly the same as before. That is there is no change in the font even in the text. I am using TeXlive. Thanks for your help. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Fonts readily available in Context - Did not work
Curious curiouslearn at gmail.com writes: Hello, Somehow the commands do not work. I added the following two lines \usetypescript[palatino] \setupbodyfont[palatino,rm,12pt] and the output is exactly the same as before. That is there is no change in the font even in the text. I am using TeXlive. Thanks for your help. Sorry about not specifying the error. I get an error saying that I can't find file pxr ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Fonts readily available in Context - Did not work
Hello, apart from what others have written you (to install pxfonts, to use \usetypescript[palatino][ec] if you are using pdfTeX and not xetex or luatex), you can also try to update ConTeXt if you know what you are doing*. Or at least a warning should be in place: the latest ConTeXt uses TeX Gyre + pxfonts exclusively, while the older ConTeXt uses URW fonts. The difference is tiny, but there is some. Mojca * If you don't know what you are doing, then using the version that comes with TeX Live might be safer, but you won't be able to test any improvements that might arise on your request Thanks you all once again for your help. I installed pxfonts and the command now works great and I do get the Palatino output. I am very new to Context and this last week was mainly a kind of trial to see how I like it. So far I love what I see. Also, I think the fact that there are so many helpful people here in this forum has convinced me that if I get stuck with something, which I will, there are experts whom I could ask for help. Hence, I have decided to use it for most of my documents. Things are very busy now, and hence for the next month or so I plan to continue using the version that comes with TeXlive, but after that I will try to update and get the latest stable version. I hope that in future Context makes more fonts available. For now it seems I will be using Palatino, which is good too. Thanks again. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Fonts readily available in Context
Hello All:
There are quite a few fonts available in Latex with matching math fonts. The way
a user like me who understands nothing about fonts can use them is to simply
load a package. For example, for charter I can simply use the command
\usepackage[charter]{mathdesign}
Or, to use Palatino for text and some maching math fonts, I can use the command
\usepackage{mathpazo}
Are there fonts in Context with matching Math fonts other than Computer modern
that can be used in an as simple manner,i.e., by just issuing few commands. If
yes, can you please guide me to a resource which lists at least some of these
fonts (again they should have matching math fonts) and the simple commands
necessary to load them. I would find that really helpful
Thanks very much.
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Re: [NTG-context] Indentation in itemize
Derek CORDEIRO derekcordeiro at gmail.com writes: Maybe \setupitemize[margin=1cm] will give the top level a 1cm indentation? I'm not sure if thats what your looking out for.(I'm a novice too) -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Blog: http://www.derekcordeiro.comFollow Me: http://twitter.com/derekcordeiro Beautiful! Thanks Derek. That worked great. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Change the font to Charter
You are right that some things need to be fixed in ConTeXt - if
nothing else, the map file could be removed from type-one and
type.map. (Do not bother if you don't understand what I have written -
it's targeted to ConTeXt gurus. Any opinions?)
The file is missing, but all the needed definitions are inside
ec-base.map (I guess, I don't find ec-bitstrea-charter.map anywhere in
order to compare):
bchb8t CharterBT-Bold ec.enc bchb8a.pfb
bchbi8t CharterBT-BoldItalic ec.enc bchbi8a.pfb
bchr8t CharterBT-Roman ec.enc bchr8a.pfb
bchri8t CharterBT-Italic ec.enc bchri8a.pfb
bchbo8t CharterBT-Bold .167 SlantFont ec.enc bchb8a.pfb
bchro8t CharterBT-Roman .167 SlantFont ec.enc bchr8a.pfb
There are these files present on TeX Live (they are not in minimals):
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/bitstrea/charter/bchr8t.tfm
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/fonts/vf/bitstrea/charter/bchr8t.vf
But when I compare to LaTeX with the following code
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[charter]{mathdesign}
it uses other font metric files:
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mathdesign/mdbch/t1mdbch.fd
...
\DeclareFontShape{T1}{mdbch}{m}{n}{
-s * [0.96] mdbchr8t
}{}
...
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/mathdesign/mdbch/mdbchr8t.tfm
I suspect that one might need to fix or improve typescripts. Do you
have some visual examples to show the differences? It would be
interesting to compare the differences between bchr8t and mdbchr8t and
change typescripts if needed.
Moreover, math support would have to be added to typescripts - it
could be based on mathdesign.
Mojca
Thanks Mojca. Appreciate your response, though as you said I do not really
understand what I have to do, or if I could do anything. But a few things,
(1) Regarding the visual examples, I could post the PDF file generated with
Latex and Context. Is there a way to do that on this list? I noticed another
difference, which is that the line spacing is slightly more in the Context
document (compared to that compiled with Latex). In latex I chose
\singlespacing. In Context, I did not change the default spacing. Is the default
spacing different than singlespacing?
(2) I was going to ask about the math support. You mentioned that it would have
to be added to the typescript. How difficult is that? Does anyone know the
commands that can be used for adding such support.
Thanks.
p.s. - BTW thanks very very much to the creators of Context for presenting us
with this wonderful tool. I hope I can use it more and more for my work to
create beautiful document.
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[NTG-context] Indentation in itemize
Hello Folks, Is there a way to have the first level of items indented. The second and subsequent levels are indented by default, but how does one achieve indentation of the first level. I looked at the options in the Context manual and I see that the default value of indentnext is yes. However, I think that applies second level onwards. Thanks in advance. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Change the font to Charter
Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfgang at googlemail.com writes: Am 10.01.2009 um 13:33 schrieb Curious: ConTeXt has just other linedistances than LaTeX, that's all. You can switch to a smaller distance with \setupinterlinespace[small] or with \setupinterlinespace[line=14pt] (fixed distance) or \setupinterlinespace[line=2.4ex] (font dependend distance) I have a basic typescript for charter because I needed it in a document. \starttypescript [math] [charter] [name] \definefontsynonym [MathRoman] [Charter-Math-Letters-Regular] \definefontsynonym [MathItalic][Charter-Math-Letters-Italic] \definefontsynonym [MathSymbol][Charter-Math-Symbols-Regular] \definefontsynonym [MathExtension] [Charter-Math-Extension-Regular] \stoptypescript \starttypescript [math] [charter] [default] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Math-Letters-Regular] [mdbchr7m] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Math-Letters-Italic][mdbchri7m] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Math-Symbols-Regular] [mdbchr7y] \definefontsynonym [Charter-Math-Extension-Regular] [mdbchr7v] \loadmapfile[mdbch.map] \stoptypescript Wolfgang Thanks very much Wolfgang. I tried and it works for the most part in the simple document that I have. The parantheses, however, are not typeset correctly. They appear as horizontal arrows with only half a head, i.e., head only either above or below (sorry do not know the name of this symbol but I have seen it before). Regarding, the warning I mentioned earlier (pdfTeX warning: pdftex (file ec-bitstrea-charter.map): cannot open font map file), is there a way to fix that? Or, is there a need to fix that? Thanks. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Change the font to Charter
Hello All, I have been using Latex for sometime and am thinking of switching to Context for at least some types of documents and hence have been trying it out. I love the charter font and tried to use the following commands to use the Charter font \definetypeface [charter] [rm] [serif] [charter] [default] [encoding=ec] \switchtotypeface [charter] [12pt,rm] However, when I compile the file with texexec I get the following warning: pdfTeX warning: pdftex (file ec-bitstrea-charter.map): cannot open font map file Can someone please help me fix this problem? I get the charter font output, however, the results are different from what I get with Latex. The letters seem more spread out and there seems to be more spacing between the words in the Context output. Could this be because of the above warning? ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
