[NTG-context] [***SPAM***] Resetting Page Backgrounds

2012-04-18 Thread Raymond LeClair
I have written Python classes to automate reading a Tumblr blog and writing a file for processing by ConTeXt. No manual editing of the ConTeXt input file is allowed. Photos are incorporated in a graphic created using METAPOST commands embedded in the ConTeXt input file. Then the graphic is

Re: [NTG-context] Escaping a special character in a MetaPost figure within a ConTeXt document fails

2011-12-01 Thread Raymond LeClair
Thanks for the reply! Found I needed to use \letterbackslash\letterhash for this to work. Does that make sense? On Nov 30, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Try: using \letterhash instead of \# or \startasciimode \def \FrontMatterTitle {

[NTG-context] Escaping a special character in a MetaPost figure within a ConTeXt document fails

2011-11-30 Thread Raymond LeClair
I have escaped the '#' character in the usual way, using a backslash, as '\#' in a btex...etex picture as part of a MetaPost figure created within a ConTeXt document, but the escaped character still causes the ConTeXt processing to fail. Here is an example... \pdfminorversion=5

[NTG-context] Should \setupinterlinespace work in \setupmargindata?

2011-08-17 Thread Raymond LeClair
The following fails, badly: \definefont[MarginFont][Serif sa 0.5] \setupmargindata[style=\MarginFont\setupinterlinespace[line=12pt]] \starttext \inmargin{abc\\def}\input tufte \stoptext Have I got the wrong syntax? ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.13 int: english/english

[NTG-context] Tracking in MKII and MKIV

2011-08-15 Thread Raymond LeClair
I am automating the creation of books using ConTeXt with a graphic design graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design. The book cover is created using MetaPost inside a ConTeXt source file. The graphic designer tells me it is very common to specify the interletter spacing, or

Re: [NTG-context] Would Multiple Processes Cause: luatex: execution interrupted

2011-07-05 Thread Raymond LeClair
Hoekwater wrote: On 07/05/2011 08:11 AM, luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Raymond LeClair raymond.lecl...@synterein.com wrote: Thanks for your reply! On Jul 4, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Quite possibly (but that is very hard to verify and would be even

[NTG-context] Would Multiple Processes Cause: luatex: execution interrupted

2011-07-04 Thread Raymond LeClair
I run context in a task queue with four worker processes. It is possible that context is invoked simultaneously to process distinct input files by tasks running in separate worker processes. I see periodic fatal errors, as follows: mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex:

Re: [NTG-context] Would Multiple Processes Cause: luatex: execution interrupted

2011-07-04 Thread Raymond LeClair
Thanks for your reply! On Jul 4, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Quite possibly (but that is very hard to verify and would be even harder to debug). Best practise is to give each process its own temporary directory, just in case. This is, in fact, guaranteed by design: each file

[NTG-context] ConTeXt Command Differences between Tex Live and Minimals

2011-06-30 Thread Raymond LeClair
In general, where do I look to resolve differences between ConTeXt commands which work using the Tex Live distribution, but which do not work using the Minimals distribution. I am thinking of switching to the Minimals distribution since I can keep it more current, and it appears to resolve a

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Command Differences between Tex Live and Minimals

2011-06-30 Thread Raymond LeClair
that the command \inothermargin is defined in both distributions. However... \starttext \inothermargin{donald}\input knuth \stoptext works in Tex Live but not in Minimals. On Jun 30, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 16:24, Raymond LeClair wrote: In general, where do I

[NTG-context] Repeated Hyphens in URL Cause Fatal Error

2011-06-28 Thread Raymond LeClair
The following (real) URL causes a fatal error: \starttext \hyphenatedurl{http://www.freakingnews.com/Celebrities-Upside-Down-Pictures2433-0.asp} \stoptext This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.50.0-2010010503 ConTeXt ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.24 int: english/english Tex Live

Re: [NTG-context] PDF Version Selection

2011-03-19 Thread Raymond LeClair
Fantastic! This fixes my problem uploading documents to Lulu. Thank you. This has been one tough bug to track down. On Mar 18, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: On 18-3-2011 8:51, Raymond LeClair wrote: Is it possible to select the PDF version

Re: [NTG-context] PDF Version Selection

2011-03-18 Thread Raymond LeClair
Is it possible to select the PDF version that is produced by running context file.tex? For example, running context file.tex produced file.pdf of PDF version _1.5_ on Ubuntu with ConTeXt ver: 2009.11.26 16:28 MKIV and of PDF version _1.6_ on Mac OS X with ConTeXt ver: 2010.05.24 13:05 MKIV.

Re: [NTG-context] Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X

2011-03-17 Thread Raymond LeClair
A Lulu developer was able to find out that the original error was coming out of the PDFLib library: {error_type:PDFlibException,error_value:Handle parameter or option of type 'page' has bad value 0} Does that mean anything to anyone? On Mar 17, 2011, at 4:01 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Thu,

[NTG-context] Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X

2011-03-16 Thread Raymond LeClair
All, I am using ConTeXt to create a PDF for upload to Lulu.com. I am getting the following exception using the LuLu Python publication API on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with Python 2.6.6 or 2.7.1: ServiceError: Couldn't create Lulu project. '{error_type: LFilesystemException, error_value: shell command

Re: [NTG-context] Creation of PDF Oddly Differs on Ubuntu and Mac OS X

2011-03-16 Thread Raymond LeClair
/lulu_context_issue_01.zip Any and all ideas would be appreciated. Ray. On Mar 16, 2011, at 8:49 AM, Raymond LeClair wrote: All, I am using ConTeXt to create a PDF for upload to Lulu.com. I am getting the following exception using the LuLu Python publication API on Mac OS X 10.6.6 with Python 2.6.6

Re: [NTG-context] Computer Modern Typewriter Proportional

2011-01-10 Thread Raymond LeClair
This is terrific! Thank you. On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:36 AM, Philipp Gesang wrote: On 2011-01-09 19:31:24, Raymond LeClair wrote: Does anyone know how the Computer Modern Typewriter Proportional font would be specified in ConTeXt? In Latex is is specified as follows: \usepackage[T1

[NTG-context] Computer Modern Typewriter Proportional

2011-01-09 Thread Raymond LeClair
Does anyone know how the Computer Modern Typewriter Proportional font would be specified in ConTeXt? In Latex is is specified as follows: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \renewcommand*\ttdefault{cmvtt} \renewcommand*\familydefault{\ttdefault} %% Only if the base font of the document is to be