Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX

2010-11-17 Thread Andrew Starks
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: - Does it help if you replace ~ with /Users/yourname in texmfcnf.lua? During the ConTeXt conference (and that was more recent than the current version of ConTeXt) the tilde

Re: [NTG-context] Placing boxes anywhere on the page

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 1:59, Martin Schröder wrote: 2010/11/17, Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl: On 16-11-2010 9:41, Peter Münster wrote: Layers or overlays are certainly the right method. But there is also the \position macro: So that is still used? (If so, I should look into optimizing and cleanup as it's

Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 05:26:18 Andrew Starks wrote: First off, let me say that you all are the nicest set of developers and project team members I have ever seen! Andrew, I have to agree with you and join in your praise of the ConTeXt community. Alan

Re: [NTG-context] Placing boxes anywhere on the page

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 16 November 2010 22:16:33 Peter Davis wrote: Thanks! I didn't find much in the ConTeXt reference manual on this. Is there more info somewhere? \position is (will be) fully documented in the updated reference manual. :) (I was not aware of positioning, either!) Again, we see

Re: [NTG-context] context ltcontrib luatex

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/16/2010 05:33 PM, Martin Schröder wrote: -- Can I fix that at my end or do I have to wait for a new context from TLC? At a guess: you probably need to do a manual $ mtxrun --generate that should fix it. Meanwhile, there is a new context at texlive itself, and as

Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/17/2010 01:45 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Dear Andrew, Sorry for top-posting, just a few remarks: - I don't see anything basically wrong with your procedure. - I didn't try it yet, but after Taco released luatex 0.64.0 somebody already pointed out that the current version of ConTeXt is

Re: [NTG-context] cjk texts in the pdf file which MkIV output sometimes can not be copy rightly

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/17/2010 01:25 AM, Li Yanrui (李延瑞) wrote: In fact the text with fonts such as simsun.ttc can not be copied rightly but the text with fonts such as AdobeSongStd-Light.otf can be copied rightly. It seems like that this problem may be related to the font loading script of mkiv. That is

Re: [NTG-context] luatex hangs at 100% cpu

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/16/2010 12:59 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, the current MkIV (ConTeXt ver: 2010.11.12) seems to have problems with start/stopitemize and start/stopcolumns: mostly it hangs at 100% cpu, sometimes it gives this error massage: We have had a case where luatex goes into a busy loop

Re: [NTG-context] Placing boxes anywhere on the page

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 10:21, Alan BRASLAU wrote: On Tuesday 16 November 2010 22:16:33 Peter Davis wrote: Thanks! I didn't find much in the ConTeXt reference manual on this. Is there more info somewhere? \position is (will be) fully documented in the updated reference manual. :) I upgraded the

Re: [NTG-context] cjk texts in the pdf file which MkIV output sometimes can not be copy rightly

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 10:32, Taco Hoekwater wrote: On 11/17/2010 01:25 AM, Li Yanrui (李延瑞) wrote: In fact the text with fonts such as simsun.ttc can not be copied rightly but the text with fonts such as AdobeSongStd-Light.otf can be copied rightly. It seems like that this problem may be related to

Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX

2010-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 05:26, Andrew Starks andrew.sta...@trms.com wrote: Anyway, following the instructions on the tlcontrib.metatex.org (or a link from there) for restoring the stable versions, I got the fabulous /usr/texbin/mtxrun:9359: attempt to concatenate local 'v' (a table value) on

Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX

2010-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 09:02, Andrew Starks wrote: On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: - Does it help if you replace ~ with /Users/yourname in texmfcnf.lua? During the ConTeXt conference (and that was more recent than the

[NTG-context] Problem interacting \definehead and \placecontent

2010-11-17 Thread Lukas Prochazka
Hello, I need to duplicate the \subsection command. The code is: --- \definehead[SSEC][subsection] \setuphead [SSEC] [after={ --- }] \starttext \placecontent \hairline \section{A} aaa \SSEC{B} bbb \subsection{C} ccc \stoptext --- It's OK that use of

[NTG-context] database module

2010-11-17 Thread Andreas Harder
Hi all, the database module don't seem to work as expected. I've tried an example from m-database.mkiv, no pdf is produced, or did I miss something? \usemodule[database] \starttext \defineseparatedlist [CSV] [separator={,}, before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR,last=\eTR,

Re: [NTG-context] luatex hangs at 100% cpu

2010-11-17 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 17.11.2010 um 10:34 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: On 11/16/2010 12:59 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, the current MkIV (ConTeXt ver: 2010.11.12) seems to have problems with start/stopitemize and start/stopcolumns: mostly it hangs at 100% cpu, sometimes it gives this error massage:

Re: [NTG-context] Stepping mechanism in MkIV

2010-11-17 Thread Marco
On 2010-11-16 Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: [...] Are there any plans to have a mkiv based stepping mechanism? If so, it will be nice to have an option to be able to create multiple pages, one for each step. +1 Marco

Re: [NTG-context] Stepping mechanism in MkIV

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/17/2010 12:58 PM, Marco wrote: On 2010-11-16 Aditya Mahajanadit...@umich.edu wrote: [...] Are there any plans to have a mkiv based stepping mechanism? If so, it will be nice to have an option to be able to create multiple pages, one for each step. That already exists: pre-50. Best

[NTG-context] tables and color

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, A while ago Herbert reported problems with color in \starttable and Aditya suggested to provide \VL in \starttabulate. Also, there's some experimental coloring code in tabulate. So, I decided to add better color support to tabulate as well as vertical lines (for as far as it makes

Re: [NTG-context] luatex hangs at 100% cpu

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/17/2010 12:31 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: MacBookPro:~ steffen$ echo $HOME /Users/steffen Ok, just paranoia. Otherwise a test file is needed. \setupstructure[state=start] Indeed, that test file busy-loops here as well with the latest beta. Best wishes, Taco

[NTG-context] How to center a table horizontally ?

2010-11-17 Thread Lukas Prochazka
Hello all, this must be a really basic question, but I cannot find out the answer. I'm creating a table, but I cannot center it horizontally: --- \starttext \startalignment[center] \dontleavehmode \starttable[|c|] \NC CCC \NC\NR \stoptable \stopalignment \stoptext ---

Re: [NTG-context] luatex hangs at 100% cpu

2010-11-17 Thread Florian Wobbe
On Nov 17, 2010, at 12:31 , Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 17.11.2010 um 10:34 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: On 11/16/2010 12:59 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, the current MkIV (ConTeXt ver: 2010.11.12) seems to have problems with start/stopitemize and start/stopcolumns: mostly it hangs

Re: [NTG-context] How to center a table horizontally?

2010-11-17 Thread Peter Münster
On Wed, Nov 17 2010, Lukas Prochazka wrote: I'm creating a table, but I cannot center it horizontally: --- \starttext \startalignment[center] \dontleavehmode \starttable[|c|] \NC CCC \NC\NR \stoptable \stopalignment \stoptext --- I can't explain, what

[NTG-context] \definehead -- latest minimal

2010-11-17 Thread Herbert Voss
doesn't work with mkiv \definehead[SSEC][subsection] \starttext foo \stoptext ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-mar.lua:171: attempt to index global 'setting' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-mar.lua:171: in

Re: [NTG-context] \definehead -- latest minimal

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 1:59, Herbert Voss wrote: doesn't work with mkiv \definehead[SSEC][subsection] \starttext foo \stoptext works here so best sync again later; normally there's upto 30 minute delay between an upload and minimals Hans

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex questions

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 12:37:34 Jörg Hagmann wrote: I just started using (and liking) ppchtex, and I have a few questions: 1. Is there a way to define a frame offset (there is fit and there are dimensions, but an offset would be more convenient)? [left=,top=] I'll look into your

Re: [NTG-context] Problem interacting \definehead and \placecontent

2010-11-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.11.2010 um 12:18 schrieb Lukas Prochazka: But there is a problem - the 1.1 B item doesn't appear in the TOC. Why? And how to get it in there? \title{Content} \placelist[chapter,section,subsection,SSEC,...] Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] database module

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/17/2010 12:29 PM, Andreas Harder wrote: Hi all, the database module don't seem to work as expected. I've tried an example from m-database.mkiv, no pdf is produced, or did I miss something? Same here. Adding a single \eTABLE after \stopCSV makes the last line of the CSV appear in a PDF

Re: [NTG-context] context ltcontrib luatex

2010-11-17 Thread Martin Schröder
2010/11/17, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com: At a guess: you probably need to do a manual $ mtxrun --generate that should fix it. It didn't. Meanwhile, there is a new context at texlive itself, and as a result the one on tlcontrib is currently out of date. That situation should be

Re: [NTG-context] luatex hangs at 100% cpu

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 12:31, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: We have had a case where luatex goes into a busy loop recently and that was caused by an undefined $HOME. Can you check and see if that is the problem? this is an engine issue so fixing it will happen when there is a new luatex beta Hans

Re: [NTG-context] tables and color

2010-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 13:39, Hans Hagen wrote: Concerning \starttable: I started merging the patches into the TaBlE code but also started wondering if we should still provide this mechanism in \MKIV. I'm considering making it a module, and then remove the color options from it as it's a

[NTG-context] placelistofsorts

2010-11-17 Thread Andreas Harder
Hi Hans, also with the newest beta—the bug is still there. \definesorting[test][texts] \setupsorting [test][criterium=all,after=\hairline] \starttext \test{bb} \test{cc} \test{xx} \test{aa} % \placelistofsorts[test][] % works (but one can't customize the formatting) % \placelistoftests %

[NTG-context] displaystyle switched off?

2010-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear Hans, in a recent version of ConTeXt the \displaystyle seems to be switched off inside \startformula in MKIV (\sum has no subscript): \starttext \startformula P^{(α)} = \sum_{a\in{\cal G}} χ_a^{(α)}T(G_a), \stopformula \stoptext In current version (tlcontrib's update to TL) and in MKII it

Re: [NTG-context] libertine typescript

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, On 11/15/2010 05:41 PM, Herbert Voss wrote: I like to use the fonts keyboard, outline and shadow of libertine, defined in a typescrip, e.g. \definetypeface[mylibertine][kb][keyboard][biolinumKB][default] \definetypeface[mylibertine][ol][outline] [biolinumOL][default]

Re: [NTG-context] displaystyle switched off?

2010-11-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 11/17/2010 03:59 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Dear Hans, in a recent version of ConTeXt the \displaystyle seems to be switched off inside \startformula in MKIV (\sum has no subscript): \starttext \startformula P^{(α)} = \sum_{a\in{\cal G}} χ_a^{(α)}T(G_a), \stopformula \stoptext In current

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex questions

2010-11-17 Thread Jörg Hagmann
Thanks, Alan. On 11/17/10 2:13 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: 1. Is there a way to define a frame offset (there is fit and there are dimensions, but an offset would be more convenient)? [left=,top=] This gives absolute values. I would prefer something giving me fit + dimension I'll look into

Re: [NTG-context] luatex hangs at 100% cpu

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 4:47, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Is this a coincidence?! yes. we identified where the problem and a tracker has been added. no patch today Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE

Re: [NTG-context] tables and color

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 3:31, Mojca Miklavec wrote: It seems weird to simply get rid of it at once and for no particular reason. (I don't care if it doesn't support colors.) Well, it was worth a try .. I'll strip the code anyway, so no color support any more in that mechanism (till I need it myself).

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex questions

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 16:21:49 Jörg Hagmann wrote: Thanks, Alan. On 11/17/10 2:13 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: 1. Is there a way to define a frame offset (there is fit and there are dimensions, but an offset would be more convenient)? [left=,top=] This gives absolute values. I

Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX

2010-11-17 Thread Andrew Starks
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:27 AM, Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 09:02, Andrew Starks wrote: On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: - Does it help if you replace ~ with /Users/yourname

Re: [NTG-context] libertine typescript

2010-11-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.11.2010 um 16:01 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: Hans has the final answer on this, but I suspect that the second argument to \definetypeface has to be one of the six predefined font styles (or a \definefontstyle alias to those six). That limits the allowable set to: [mm]

Re: [NTG-context] database module

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 2:18, Taco Hoekwater wrote: On 11/17/2010 12:29 PM, Andreas Harder wrote: Hi all, the database module don't seem to work as expected. I've tried an example from m-database.mkiv, no pdf is produced, or did I miss something? Same here. Adding a single \eTABLE after \stopCSV makes

Re: [NTG-context] Zooming in to a specific part of the page

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 2:27, Aditya Mahajan wrote: PS: in case that you start hacking with that, please also convince Hans to fix hyperlinks in formulas/chapters/tables/... (see equation \in[eq:formulalabel]) to point to specific location on some page, not to the whole page. I thought that you were

Re: [NTG-context] The visual counter module

2010-11-17 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2010-11-14 18:16:05, Aditya Mahajan wrote: snip/ The module only works with MkIV because I am using the new namespace code. So MkII support is unlikely. Hi Aditya, you seem to be familiar with some of the features of the new namespace model that I was not able to infer from Wolfgang’s

[NTG-context] font features

2010-11-17 Thread Herbert Voss
What is wrong with my font setting for libertine that the fontsize is reset when activating a font feature. For latin modern it is ok. the output:http://perce.de/temp/xxx.png Herbert \starttypescriptcollection[mylibertine] \starttypescript[serif][libertine][name]

Re: [NTG-context] font features

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 8:15, Herbert Voss wrote: \setupbodyfont[modern,12pt] so, 12 pt lm \definefontfeature[noLigNoKern][zero=yes,liga=no,kern=no] \font\myNoLigNoKern=lmroman12-regular*noLigNoKern again 12pt lm (as you choose the 12 pt design size) \starttext Fiffies schöner 0815-Text über die

[NTG-context] Choosing TeX um ... stuff

2010-11-17 Thread Peter Davis
I've been on the periphery of TeX for years, as a casual user of LaTeX and also as an implementer of publishing software. However, I'm afraid I haven't kept in as close touch as I'd like, and now I find myself trying to absorb a lot in a short time. I'm trying to choose what software to use in

Re: [NTG-context] Choosing TeX um ... stuff

2010-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 22:23, Peter Davis p...@pfdstudio.com wrote: I've been on the periphery of TeX for years, as a casual user of LaTeX and also as an implementer of publishing software.  However, I'm afraid I haven't kept in as close touch as I'd like, and now I find myself trying to

[NTG-context] \definenamespace (was: The visual counter module)

2010-11-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.11.2010 um 20:10 schrieb Philipp Gesang: Hi Aditya, you seem to be familiar with some of the features of the new namespace model that I was not able to infer from Wolfgang’s code. Could you please comment on what the keys ‘setup’, ‘type’, and ‘command’ in ‘\definenamespace’

Re: [NTG-context] Choosing TeX um ... stuff

2010-11-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-11-2010 10:23, Peter Davis wrote: 1. by format (plain TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, others?) there are others but they're sort of obsolete 2. by implementation (web2c, pdfTeX/pdfLaTeX, LuaTeX, others?) see remarks by Mojca: engines (etex, pdftex, xetex, luatex), implementation

[NTG-context] Ugly bug with TikZ in recent ConTeXt MKIV

2010-11-17 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear Hans, The following example worked perfectly fine with the version of ConTeXt MKIV I was using one hour ago (no idea which version, but something less than two weeks old). It still works OK with MKII and it works much worse in the real document that I'm using. In my document both images are

[NTG-context] font, line spacing issues

2010-11-17 Thread Peter Davis
As an experiment, I'm trying to duplicate a sample InDesign document with ConTeXt. I'm getting the overall layout (though my image positions need tweaking), but I'm having some problems with the fonts. I'm following the examples in http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/showfont.pdf , but I

Re: [NTG-context] \definenamespace (was: The visual counter module)

2010-11-17 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2010-11-17 22:53:20, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 17.11.2010 um 20:10 schrieb Philipp Gesang: Hi Aditya, you seem to be familiar with some of the features of the new namespace model that I was not able to infer from Wolfgang’s code. Could you please comment on what the keys

[NTG-context] stack words for explanation

2010-11-17 Thread Jonas Stein
Hi, i would like to write an FAQ for maritime distress radio. The spoken words and the variables should be highlighted in a nice way. What would you suggest me to do in context? My first idea a bracket or stacked words like this example: MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY THIS IS TITANIC TITANIC

Re: [NTG-context] Choosing TeX um ... stuff

2010-11-17 Thread Peter Davis
Thanks for all the information, and for helping me update and refine my view of the (TeX) world. For the project I'm doing now, which involves creating desktop publishing type documents (multiple text flows, explicit control of placement of text and graphic elements, etc.), ConTeXt seems to

Re: [NTG-context] displaystyle switched off?

2010-11-17 Thread views63
The symbol of \int with cambria OpenType MATH doesn't work example: \setupbodyfont[cambria] \starttext $\int_a^b=I$ \startformula%\displaystyle \int_a^b=I \stopformula \stoptext -- Best Regards Ze 2010/11/17 Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com: On 11/17/2010 03:59 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote:

Re: [NTG-context] \definenamespace (was: The visual counter module)

2010-11-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.11.2010 um 01:36 schrieb Philipp Gesang: Hi Wolfgang, of course you are always welcome to deliver this kind of thorough discussion! The wiki is grateful … Just two keys remain unexplained: “version” and “comment”. I guess they are not as critical but for sake of completeness and

Re: [NTG-context] Gnuplot module: Patching of Gnuplot binary still needed?

2010-11-17 Thread Jonas Stein
2.) they assumed that I was the only user That might be true until its implemented and public known. I suppose thousands will like that function. Students will love it. Kind regards, -- Jonas Stein n...@jonasstein.de

[NTG-context] Horizontal vertical shift when inserting multipage PDF

2010-11-17 Thread Procházka Lukáš Ing . - Pontex s . r . o .
Hello, just a brief question. How to avoid the horizontal and vertical shift which appears when inserting another PDF, both PDFs created with the same options? You can see page numbers and also the left edge shifted. (I'd need this to insert multipage scanned documents into the main PDF.)