Re: [NTG-context] A bibliography difficulty
Hello,
I am not sure if I understand you correctly, but do you directly edit a bbl
file? Normally, a .bib file is made by the user and ConTeXt (and LaTeX as well)
generate the .bbl file for you. Your example works for me using the following
code
\setupbibtex[database={library}]
\setuppublications[alternative=ams]
\starttext
Bla\cite{birn06}
\placepublications[criterium=all]
\stoptext
with a .bib file containing
@article{birn06,
author = {Dieter Birnbache},
title = {The Socratic method in teaching medical ethics: Potentials and
limitations},
year = {1999},
journal = {Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy},
volume = {2},
issue = {3},
pages = {219-224}
}
More information is on the wiki page:
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography, e.g. why you do not need to use a
module any more.
On May 30, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
In my list of references, I can't get the author or title (of journal
article) to print. In my .tex file, I have the following lines:
\usemodule[bib]
\setuppublications[alternative=ams,refcommand=num,numbering=yes]
and in my .bbl file the (so far) only reference is:
\startpublication[k=birn06,
t=article,
a=D.~Birnbache,
y=1999]
\author{Dieter}{}{Birnbache}
\title{The Socratic method in teaching medical ethics: Potentials and
limitations}
\pubyear{1999}
\journal{Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy}
\volume{2}
\issue{3}
\pages{219-224}
\stoppublication
However, when I typeset the file, the reference list consists of
[1] , Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2, 219 (1999).
I'm a little confused about all the variables, commands and parameters. So -
first, what am I doing wrong? Second, are there somewhere out there some
example files of bibliography usage (I learn best by seeing what other people
have done, and adapting that to my own ends)? Third: can I include the
references in the body of the .tex file (as you can do with LaTeX and the
thebibliography environment)?
Thanks,
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Re: [NTG-context] Where is the documentation of the letter module
Am 30.05.2012 um 01:30 schrieb Florian Wobbe:
is there anyone else who knows where the current correspondence docu
resides? I tried again to locate it but to no avail.
There is some guidance about what's new in these messages:
http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/064695.html
http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/065039.html
Michael, thanks a lot. These were in fact the missing links! With the help of
the comments in the thread above and looking into the sources I was able to
reproduce most of my old letter template. However, I'm struggling to get the
enclosures into an itemized list. This used to work with the old letter
module but now fails:
\startletter[enclosure={A\\B\\C}, ...] -- encl: AcrlfBcrlfC
In http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/064721.html Wolfgang proposed
\startletter[enclosure={list:one,two,three}, ...] to get an itemized list.
But this does not seem to be implemented yet. How would I get this right?
It does work but you need MkIV:
\usemodule[letter]
\setupletterdescription
[enclosure]
[
location=top,
leftmargin=1em,
symbol=bullet,
]
\setupletter
[enclosure={list:One,Two,Three}]
\startletter
\input knuth
\stopletter
Wolfgang, I believe I found a bug that introduces some extra space in the
backaddress: fromname, extra space, fromaddress. Here is the fix:
[…]
Fixed.
Wolfgang
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[NTG-context] Argument to ConTeXt
Hello,
please see the following calling cases:
1) context.exe t6.mkiv --address=6
2) context.exe t6.2.mkiv --address=6
Content ot both .mkiv is identical - just to print the passed address value:
\starttext
A \directlua{print(@@@, document.arguments.address)}
\stoptext
The former case gives expected:
ConTeXt ver: 2012.04.26 22:27 MKIV fmt: 2012.4.30 int: english/english
...
@@@ 6
backend xmp using file
'c:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml'
...
whilst the latter doesn't:
ConTeXt ver: 2012.04.26 22:27 MKIV fmt: 2012.4.30 int: english/english
...
@@@ nil
backend xmp using file
'c:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lpdf-pdx.xml'
...
Is use of more dots in the file name prohibited?
- I'm forced to do so, although personally I don't tend to do so...
Any way how to solve the latter case (other than to rename the latter file)?
TIA.
Kind regards,
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Re: [NTG-context] Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)
As a follow-up, just in case someone will search the archive for a
similar problem, this is my “solution”, regardless of the question if
the imposition scheme is really suitable for binding or not. It's quite
an hack, but it seems to work and is way simpler for a profane like me
to create a custom imposition schema (code below). I dropped the
ConTeXt-based solution with layers because of the amount of work
required to bootstrap it.
As a side note, I stumbled in a psutils bug (no surprise, the version on
the CTAN is *12* years old), where the %%BoundingBox and %%DocumentMedia
header where inserted correctly, but the original preserved, leading to
viewer (and even printer?) to believe the PS had still the old
dimensions (so I removed them with sed before passing it to pstops).
Cheers
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -o pipefail
# avoid to use polluted path, or the debug will be impossible
export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
# the input document should have exactly the width set to half of
# this, and the height set to half too, which means 16cmx22cm. Paper
# is 32cm x 44cm
width=907
height=1247
# usual check
if [ ! -f $1 ]; then
echo $1 is not a file, exiting
exit
fi
# naming convention
input=$1
output=${input%%.pdf}-imposed.pdf
# the scheme: U means rotated 180°, the parens indicate the shifting
# after the rotation. We use the w and h flag to avoid math :-)
# pages are numbered from 0.
p1=15(0,0)+0(0.5w,0)+12U(0.5w,1h)+3U(1w,1h)
p2=1(0,0)+14(0.5w,0)+2U(0.5w,1h)+13U(1w,1h)
p3=11(0,0)+4(0.5w,0)+8U(0.5w,1h)+7U(1w,1h)
p4=5(0,0)+10(0.5w,0)+6U(0.5w,1h)+9U(1w,1h)
# the sed string is needed to avoid a broken DSC
pdftops -level3 $input - | \
sed -e '/^%%BoundingBox:/d' -e '/^%%DocumentMedia:/d' | \
pstops -b -w$width -h$height \
16:$p1,$p2,$p3,$p4 | \
ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress \
-dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=$width -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=$height \
- $output
pdfinfo $output
pdffonts $output
echo $input = $output
exit 0
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Re: [NTG-context] Where is the documentation of the letter module
[...] I'm struggling to get the enclosures into an itemized list. This
used to work with the old letter module but now fails:
\startletter[enclosure={A\\B\\C}, ...] -- encl: AcrlfBcrlfC
In http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/064721.html Wolfgang
proposed \startletter[enclosure={list:one,two,three}, ...] to get an
itemized list. But this does not seem to be implemented yet. How would I get
this right?
It does work but you need MkIV:
\usemodule[letter]
\setupletterdescription
[enclosure]
[
location=top,
leftmargin=1em,
symbol=bullet,
]
\setupletter
[enclosure={list:One,Two,Three}]
\startletter
\input knuth
\stopletter
Thanks, Wolfgang, got that working now. But I'd like to change the formatting
of the list further from
encl:
* One
* Two
* Three
to
encl: One
Two
Three
without symbols. So I tried:
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=bullet]
This did not work so I tried:
\definesymbol[nosymbol][{}]
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=nosymbol]
But that results in:
encl:too much space One
too much space Two
too much space Three
I cannot remove the extra space with:
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=nosymbol,distance=0em]
Note, that this works:
\setupitemize[each][fit][distance=0em]
\startitemize
\item no extra space before bullet
\stopitemize
-- *no extra space before bullet
However, it does not work with an enumeration once the symbol was removed:
\setupitemize[each][fit][symbol={},distance=0em]
\startitemize
\item item
\stopitemize
-- too much space item
Florian
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Re: [NTG-context] Where is the documentation of the letter module
Am 30.05.2012 um 11:58 schrieb Florian Wobbe:
[...] I'm struggling to get the enclosures into an itemized list. This
used to work with the old letter module but now fails:
\startletter[enclosure={A\\B\\C}, ...] -- encl: AcrlfBcrlfC
In http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/064721.html Wolfgang
proposed \startletter[enclosure={list:one,two,three}, ...] to get an
itemized list. But this does not seem to be implemented yet. How would I
get this right?
It does work but you need MkIV:
\usemodule[letter]
\setupletterdescription
[enclosure]
[
location=top,
leftmargin=1em,
symbol=bullet,
]
\setupletter
[enclosure={list:One,Two,Three}]
\startletter
\input knuth
\stopletter
Thanks, Wolfgang, got that working now. But I'd like to change the formatting
of the list further from
encl:
* One
* Two
* Three
to
encl: One
Two
Three
without symbols. So I tried:
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=bullet]
This did not work so I tried:
\definesymbol[nosymbol][{}]
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=nosymbol]
ConTeXt has a empty symbol with the name “none”.
But that results in:
encl:too much space One
too much space Two
too much space Three
I cannot remove the extra space with:
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=nosymbol,distance=0em]
Note, that this works:
\setupitemize[each][fit][distance=0em]
\startitemize
\item no extra space before bullet
\stopitemize
-- *no extra space before bullet
However, it does not work with an enumeration once the symbol was removed:
\setupitemize[each][fit][symbol={},distance=0em]
\setupitemize[each][symbol=none,width=0pt,distance=0pt]
\startitemize
\item item
\stopitemize
-- too much space item
I uploaded a new revision which doesn’t insert an extra space when you use
“symbol=none”.
Wolfgang
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Re: [NTG-context] Where is the documentation of the letter module
[...] I'm struggling to get the enclosures into an itemized list. This
used to work with the old letter module but now fails:
\startletter[enclosure={A\\B\\C}, ...] -- encl: AcrlfBcrlfC
In http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2012/064721.html Wolfgang
proposed \startletter[enclosure={list:one,two,three}, ...] to get an
itemized list. But this does not seem to be implemented yet. How would I
get this right?
It does work but you need MkIV:
\usemodule[letter]
\setupletterdescription
[enclosure]
[
location=top,
leftmargin=1em,
symbol=bullet,
]
\setupletter
[enclosure={list:One,Two,Three}]
\startletter
\input knuth
\stopletter
Thanks, Wolfgang, got that working now. But I'd like to change the
formatting of the list further from
encl:
* One
* Two
* Three
to
encl: One
Two
Three
without symbols. So I tried:
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=bullet]
This did not work so I tried:
\definesymbol[nosymbol][{}]
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=nosymbol]
ConTeXt has a empty symbol with the name “none”.
Very helpful indeed!
But that results in:
encl:too much space One
too much space Two
too much space Three
I cannot remove the extra space with:
\setupletterdescription [enclosure] [symbol=nosymbol,distance=0em]
Note, that this works:
\setupitemize[each][fit][distance=0em]
\startitemize
\item no extra space before bullet
\stopitemize
-- *no extra space before bullet
However, it does not work with an enumeration once the symbol was removed:
\setupitemize[each][fit][symbol={},distance=0em]
\setupitemize[each][symbol=none,width=0pt,distance=0pt]
Good!
\startitemize
\item item
\stopitemize
-- too much space item
I uploaded a new revision which doesn’t insert an extra space when you use
“symbol=none”.
Thanks for this quick enhancement, works now! Just for completeness: How do I
change the distance between bullet and item text in your original suggestion?
Adding 'width=' here does not change anything:
\setupletterdescription
[enclosure]
[
location=top,
leftmargin=1em,
width=5pt,
symbol=bullet
]
Florian
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Re: [NTG-context] A bibliography difficulty
Thanks - I sorted it out by using a standard BibTeX .bib file. I was
trying to do it all in one file, and finding the bib module documentation
quite confusing. And for what it's worth, I'm using mkii.
-Alasdair
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Andy Thomas andytho...@web.de wrote:
Hello,
I am not sure if I understand you correctly, but do you directly edit a
bbl file? Normally, a .bib file is made by the user and ConTeXt (and LaTeX
as well) generate the .bbl file for you. Your example works for me using
the following code
\setupbibtex[database={library}]
\setuppublications[alternative=ams]
\starttext
Bla\cite{birn06}
\placepublications[criterium=all]
\stoptext
with a .bib file containing
@article{birn06,
author = {Dieter Birnbache},
title = {The Socratic method in teaching medical ethics: Potentials and
limitations},
year = {1999},
journal = {Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy},
volume = {2},
issue = {3},
pages = {219-224}
}
More information is on the wiki page:
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography, e.g. why you do not need to
use a module any more.
On May 30, 2012, at 6:58 AM, Alasdair McAndrew wrote:
In my list of references, I can't get the author or title (of journal
article) to print. In my .tex file, I have the following lines:
\usemodule[bib]
\setuppublications[alternative=ams,refcommand=num,numbering=yes]
and in my .bbl file the (so far) only reference is:
\startpublication[k=birn06,
t=article,
a=D.~Birnbache,
y=1999]
\author{Dieter}{}{Birnbache}
\title{The Socratic method in teaching medical ethics: Potentials and
limitations}
\pubyear{1999}
\journal{Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy}
\volume{2}
\issue{3}
\pages{219-224}
\stoppublication
However, when I typeset the file, the reference list consists of
[1] , Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 2, 219 (1999).
I'm a little confused about all the variables, commands and parameters.
So - first, what am I doing wrong? Second, are there somewhere out there
some example files of bibliography usage (I learn best by seeing what other
people have done, and adapting that to my own ends)? Third: can I include
the references in the body of the .tex file (as you can do with LaTeX and
the thebibliography environment)?
Thanks,
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Re: [NTG-context] bibtex sample file and possible bibtex bug
Hello, I apologize to bumb my own post, but does anyone know, where to put sample.bib? Or did the default search path for bibtex change? The basic example on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography_mkiv does not work as well, because of the same reason. I would then try to update the wiki. Thanks, Andy On 27.05.2012, at 20:39, Andy Thomas wrote: Hello, while looking to include a citation in a sample document, I was wondering if the 'sample.bib' in 'standalone/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/bib/sample.bib' can be used the same way as e.g. '\input tufte', but I could not make it work. example document: \setupbibtex[database=sample,sort=author] \setuppublications[alternative=apa] \starttext document.\cite[Eijkhout1991] \placepublications[criterium=all] \stoptext Also note that the 'alternative=apa' line leads to 'publications warning: unknown cite argument Eijkhout1991 on line \the\inputlineno' instead of the actual number. Andy ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___ ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] bibtex sample file and possible bibtex bug
On Wed 30 May 2012, Andy Thomas wrote: I apologize to bumb my own post, but does anyone know, where to put sample.bib? Or did the default search path for bibtex change? The basic example on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography_mkiv does not work as well, because of the same reason. I would then try to update the wiki. I'm fairly sure that at some point sample.bib was automatically found in its default place in the ConTeXt tree. I noticed last year that it had stopped working (see http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20110922.215858.812822eb.en.html ) but I'm not sure if this is a bug or a deliberate change. The only way I know of to include it reliable is to copy it to the same directory as the document source. Pont ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] alignment in a footer
In such cases I define a layer and put the individual pieces into the right
spot. The layer can be used as a background then.
Willi
On May 30, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Jan Pohanka wrote:
Hello,
I'm making a template for company documents and we need to have something
similar in the footer
\framed[frame=off,bottomframe=on,width=broad,align=flushleft]{\ss No part of
this document may be reproduced, modified or disclosed to third parties in
any form without the prior written permission of COMPANY. This document is
copyrighted by COMPANY with all rights reserved.}
\startoverlay
{\leftaligned{title}}
{\midaligned{1/1}}
{\rightaligned{\externalfigure[jc_logo_small][width=4cm]}}
\stopoverlay
Unfortunately I have two problems with code above. I need to have the text
and figure in overlay top aligned and also the text in the frame should have
the exactly same width as the overlay.
How can I achieve this please?
best regards
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[NTG-context] MetaPost transformation
I've encountered a MetaPost issue, and since many MetaPost users also use ConTeXt (and vice-versa), I am posting this question on both lists. The command show identity rotated 270 yscaled 0.5; outputs (0,0,0,1,-0.5,0) as expected, while the command show identity transformed (0,0,0,1,-0.5,0); errors with --- ! Missing `)' has been inserted. to be read again , l.26 ^^Ishow identity transformed (0,0,0,1, -0.5,0); --- I am using MetaPost 1.504, and the problem seems to be that MetaPost does not like me using the sextuple (0,0,0,1,-0.5,0) directly, but this is the most convenient method for me to describe my transformations. Is this a bug in MetaPost, or am I not allowed to use transformations directly with sextuples? Troy Henderson ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] graphictext fails
Hi, the macro graphictext fails. In MkIV the resulting .mpy file is empty and no text is generated, MkII throws ! Missing `)' has been inserted. but finally creates the image. Example: \starttext \startMPcode graphictext Test; \stopMPcode \stoptext Marco ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost transformation
On 30-5-2012 23:10, Troy Henderson wrote: I've encountered a MetaPost issue, and since many MetaPost users also use ConTeXt (and vice-versa), I am posting this question on both lists. The command show identity rotated 270 yscaled 0.5; outputs (0,0,0,1,-0.5,0) as expected, while the command show identity transformed (0,0,0,1,-0.5,0); errors with --- ! Missing `)' has been inserted. to be read again , l.26 ^^Ishow identity transformed (0,0,0,1, -0.5,0); --- I am using MetaPost 1.504, and the problem seems to be that MetaPost does not like me using the sextuple (0,0,0,1,-0.5,0) directly, but this is the most convenient method for me to describe my transformations. Is this a bug in MetaPost, or am I not allowed to use transformations directly with sextuples? It looks like sextuples are no basic datatype. I think that the show is just a way to output the internal representation. Of course it would make sense to have sixtuples (I can even think of a generic n-tuple). Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost transformation
Well then in case anyone needs such a transformation, I've constructed the (non-unique) transformation T t:=angle(f,e); q:=e++f; p:=(c*f-d*e)/q; s:=(c*e+d*f)/(q**2); transform T; T:=identity rotated t xscaled p yscaled q slanted s shifted (a,b); This yields T=(a,b,c,d,e,f). Troy ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] [metapost] MetaPost transformation
Thanks Dan. This is much better than what I was doing. Troy ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
