Thank you Luigi and all others for the development!
A quick note: if you like a git(hub) style interface, I try to keep
https://github.com/pgundlach/LuaTeX
up to date
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Am 20.03.2012 um 06:49 schrieb Kip Warner:
On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 06:46 +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
TeX has it’s problem with certain errors, accept it.
It is not a problem with the program raising an error, it was how it
went about doing it. It should not have to take down the entire
Hi Steffen,
Is there somewhere a howto, which describes how to compile
something from svn? I have never done such a thing,
There is a very nice howto written by Patrick.
@Patrick: do you remember the URL?
No, I don't even remember writing something like that (but I don't deny it
No, I don't even remember writing something like that (but I don't deny it
either).
oh well, I have just seen your (Steffen's) answer. Sorry.
Patrick
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Mojca has found a way to keep archive.contextgarden.net updated, so you can use
it again. Her statement about the future of it is still true.
So: copy of mailing list archive (archive.contextgarden.net) won't be
updated for at least some time, but there is also a chance that it
will
Thanks, Mojca. I was looking at the web-interface of the archives. It seems
that the attachments *were* including in the mailing list message, but were
converted/stripped in the archives.
They are not really removed, but it might be that they are not shown
in lurker
to correct this in the reference do I just edit the Wiki article or is
the reference automatically created?
Edit the Wiki article.
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Hello Hans,
quick hack:
\placefigure[split,fixed,none]{}{...}
currently only the the float related splitter will check the available space,
so in your case you have a regular flush with skips between the rows and a
header/footer only
Works fine, thanks!
Patrick
Hello,
any news on this subject?
Thanks!
Patrick
Am 29.10.2011 um 12:41 schrieb Patrick Gundlach:
Hi,
I can't get the repeating header to work with the new extreme tables (the
new column A should be on the second page). What is the error here?
Thanks
Patrick
Hi,
I can't get the repeating header to work with the new extreme tables (the new
column A should be on the second page). What is the error here?
Thanks
Patrick
\setuppapersize [a5][a5]
\starttext
\setupxtable
[width=.5\textwidth,
context.blackrule{ width = number.topoints(tex.dimen[textwidth]/2) }
or just tex.dimen[textwidth]/2 .. sp
Wait, just so I understand: your solution would imply that
tex.dimen[textwidth] holds a number, not a dimension, right? (Because you
simply concatenate it with a dimension
Hello,
I have a project where I think ConTeXt really fits well, so I have a first
question (after a looong period of absence). Is there a recommended table
environment? I give an example in the attached PDF. What I need:
* have influence on the column width (2 columns, both same size)
*
Am 19.10.2011 um 11:52 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
On 10/19/11 11:49 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
there is now also a scite-for-osx but someone needs to compile the
external lexer lua library as it's only available for windows and linux
Hans
hey, that sounds good - but where can I find it?
1)
After having created a new page for Reference/en/whatever
How to add it to the command reference
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en ?
add
[[Category:Reference/en|whatever]]
to the page (at the bottom, for example)
Patrick
Hi,
I just came across an old layout of a reference card / cheatsheet of mine. See
https://gist.github.com/1203210 and
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/27832/template-for-cheatsheet/27853#27853
for an image how it looks like.
Do with the code whatever you like (someone can perhaps put
Hi,
the wiki is down, it seems to be an ISP problem. I have contacted them.
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Hello Wolfgang,
Apples new emoji font is also very interesting but you can’t use it with
ConTeXt.
Why is that? Is this a ConTeXt or a LuaTeX limitation?
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It is a bitmap format, a sort of quick and dirty hack by Apple to please
certain markets and it shouldn't concern a typesetting system
I think we should leave it up to the users what they think about using a font
like this in typesetting. 640k ought to be enough for anybody…
:)
I'd like to
Hi,
This PC emulator is written in Javascript.
[...]
so it's only a matter of time when TeX runs in the browser. I don't know how/if
it is possible to access local files, but that should be doable (dropbox,...)
Patrick
Hi Phillip,
the wiki just asked me to verify my humanity through Hasselt’s
zip code. From [1] I inferred that it would be the string
“8061GH”, which was promptly rejected -- the next quiz proved to
be easier and I finally won another wiki commit. Nevertheless I’d
appreciate this mystery to
Hi Pontus,
At the risk of kicking off a huge thread... how about ‘What is usually
the last command in a ConTeXt source file (without the backslash)?’
Anyone who has got as far as ‘Hello World’ should manage that one.
Yes, that's cool. I've added that one.
Patrick
Hi Adam,
I you mean the gantt module, have a look at the mailinglist:
http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/054051.html
It was advised to upload it to tlcontrib instead, so the module is located
here:
Hi Philipp,
the upload didn’t work back then when I tried to upload the files
for t-transliterator.mkiv. I guess everything needed is a link to
the bitbucket repo (it’s in the “comment” field”). There really
doesn’t appear to be any extra (apart from extra maintenance…) in
having the files
Hi,
the modules Transliterator and Gantt (TikZ) don't have an author or files.
I think they can be removed from modules.contextgarden.net. Any opinion?
Patrick
http://modules.contextgarden.net/gantt-tikz
http://modules.contextgarden.net/Transliterator
Hi,
So I seems to me to be good:
- to provide both compilation engines, MkII and MkIV,
- to provide a context attribute, e.g. context engine=mkiv or context
mark=iv or something like this to force the specified Ctx to compile.
We are planning to think about considering to install MKIV
Hi,
I try to use the font server (mtxrun --script server --auto) and I run into a
few problems:
* when I click on the font garamondpremrprobd, the server dies with:
2 shipped pages, 0.379 pages/second
mtx-context | fatal error: return code: 1
ctx-fonttest| entering edit mode for
Am 02.03.2011 um 00:10 schrieb Michael Goerz:
It appears that the contexgarden.net website is down.
It's up again.
I am still looking for a person or a group to hand over the contextgarden.net
machine.
Patrick
Hi,
how do I install a custom post_linebreak_filter in ConTeXt? I have this LaTeX
file:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{fontspec}
Is contextgarden down, cannot access it for some reason?
http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.contextgarden.net
Nice site!
The machine has been rebooted.
Patrick
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Hi Jon,
you should post your question to the mailing list.
Patrick
Von: Jon Crump jjcr...@uw.edu
Datum: 30. Dezember 2010 19:40:58 MEZ
An: garden...@contextgarden.net
Betreff: setuptex.csh usage
Hans, et alia,
[MacOSX, 10.5.8, intel Core 2 Duo, ConTeXt ver: 2010.12.22 20:18 MKIV
you should post your question to the mailing list.
Of course I meant questions _not_ related to the domain contextgarden.net.
Those that are should go to the address you used (gardeners at
contextgarden.net).
Patrick
Its me again,
this mail was about setup.csh from the minimals and was addressed to the
correct recipients. So my fault for forwarding this to the main mailing list.
Sorry for that.
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Am 17.12.2010 um 06:38 schrieb Jonas Stein:
My Featurerequest for the Wiki:
in some wikis its possible to enhance the buttons
in the edit window with own tags.
I would suggest to add
context source=yes
$text
/context
that should work like the link button that creates
Hi,
I have mentioned it at the last context conference: I am looking for a person
(or a group) to take over the server contextgarden.net. Not only the wiki or
the modules section or ..., but the complete server.
I have started everything more then seven years ago and we (= you) have all
made
Am 16.12.2010 um 16:35 schrieb Jonas Stein:
cmdfoo/cmd
creates a javascript link that opens a new small window with the
reference list inside.
It would be nice, if it would open the corresponding page.
like
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/foo
is that possible?
I'll have
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/pdftex.cfg
said:
There's no more pdftex.cfg since TDS 2004!
I tagged pages like this one with deleteme
But what is the best solution for them?
Has this Wiki a Merge function to save the history?
Should we empty and unlink them? Delete them?
Wiki
Thank you all for your patience, ideas and help!
Sorry, that I didn't quite understand the problem/solution, could you describe
in a few sentences what problem was and how you solved it?
Thanks
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Sorry for the OT thread, I suspected the problem being more in the LuaTeX
area.
I don't think it's in the LuaTeX area, for LuaTeX is just a regular process.
I have to admit that I have run into similar problems with different software I
tried to run from a server process (whatever this
function os.resultof(command)
local handle = io.popen(command,r)
return handle and handle:read(*all) or
end
shouldn't the handle be close()d?
Patrick
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In doing so, it is not always immediately obvious who is doing what
because the 'recent changes' list quite often does not contain a useful
summary message. This is understandable, but it would really help
if everybody would at least put something in the Summary field.
+1 Thanks for
Hi Hraban,
How's ConTeXt called in ConTeXtgarden Live? Any special means?
Please CC me for these kind of questions, for I don't follow the list every day.
I've put context live into a repo at github:
http://github.com/pgundlach/contextlive
and take a look at
Hi,
I'd like to ask yet another LaTeX in ConTeXt question. Is there something
like the algorithm package? It can typeset pseudocode like in the attached
graphic. I sort of like the rules on the left side that indicate the scope of
the for/while/case statements.
Patrick
inline:
I'd like to ask yet another LaTeX in ConTeXt question. Is there something
like the algorithm package? It can typeset pseudocode like in the attached
graphic. I sort of like the rules on the left side that indicate the scope
of the for/while/case statements.
Wolfgang has a module for
Hi,
is \startdescription a valid command? I've found it in the reference section on
the wiki (generated cont-en.xml) Or is it meant as a pattern/template for
another command?
Patrick
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Am 05.10.2010 um 15:13 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
[...]
thanks, I've updated the wiki.
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Hi,
I would like to get the Metapost Abcd to be bigger then the TeX Abcd (for
all Metapost graphics). I thought that the command is \startMPenvironment ..
\stopMPenvironment !?!?
\startMPenvironment
\switchtobodyfont[16pt]
\stopMPenvironment
Hi,
how do I get typewriter text in formula?
I've tried:
\startformula
r = \mono{foo}
\stopformula
but that gives mono from a different font. I'd like to have consolas, but it
looks like courier new.
And a related question:
How do I get an underscore in this:
\startformula
r =
how do I get typewriter text in formula?
I've tried:
\startformula
r = \mono{foo}
\stopformula
but that gives mono from a different font. I'd like to have consolas, but it
looks like courier new.
You should get the math mono from the math font you are using (Cambria,
I guess)
\mono{}? which you are already using.
I tried the file below, and all the three r's are Cambria's, and the
last two are mono.
\setupbodyfont[cambria]
\starttext
\startformula
r=\mono{r}{\tt r}
\stopformula
\stoptext
Thats what I get, too, but this is not what I want! This looks
Hi all,
\setupbodyfont[cambria]
\starttext
\startformula
r=\mono{r}{\tt r}
\stopformula
\stoptext
Mojca gave me the right hint to use \text{.} around the text. And my other
problem is solved as well (underscores).
Thanks!
Hi,
how do I get the caption as wide as possible?
\starttext
\placefigure
[here]
[foo]
{A very long caption, isn't it?}
{\externalfigure[cow][width=2cm]}
\stoptext
I also tried without luck
\setupcaptions[minwidth=fit] (no effect)
and \setupcaptions[minwidth=\textwidth] (left aligned)
\setupcaptions[minwidth=\textwidth, align=middle]
[palm-slap to the forehead] Yes. Thanks!
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fyi: there is a typewriter alphabet in math (unicode) but indeed in your case
you need \text in order to get more than the alphabet (and another font).
I remember that I came across that (U+1D670 and further) a few days ago and
wondered
Patrick
Hi,
besides that what Luigi wrote, I'd recommend the Lua users wiki. Don't take
everything there as perfect or the official way, as it is just a users
wiki, like our wiki.
http://lua-users.org/wiki/
Patrick
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Hi,
1) how do I define colsep in a TABLE table?
2) how do I get a left rule only in a TABLE cell? I've tried:
\bTR \bTD[leftframe=on,rulethickness=2pt] 2 \eTD \eTR
but that gave me a completely framed cell.
Thanks
Patrick
1) how do I define colsep in a TABLE table?
To clarify my wish: I would like to get a distance between two columns, see the
attached image.
Patrick
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Hello Peter,
thanks! I forgot to turn the frame off.
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Hi,
I still have some problems with TABLE:
\bTABLE[frame=on]
\bTR
\bTD abc \eTD
\bTD abc \eTD
\bTD[frame=off,rightframe=on,rulethickness=1mm] abc \eTD
\bTD abc \eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow] abc \eTD
\bTD[nc=2,nr=2,background=color,
\bTD[nc=2,nr=2,background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow]
\externalfigure[cow][width=.2\textwidth] \eTD
2 options:
- The cow gets smaller: \externalfigure[cow][width=\localhsize]
(does not work, I don't know why...)
- The table cells get bigger. You have to define the width. If you
Thanks Wolfgang and Peter for the instructive samples.
\starttext
\bTABLE
\bTR
\bTD \input zapf \eTD
\bTD[width=1cm]\eTD
\bTD \input ward \eTD
\bTD \input montgomery \eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
Hi,
as the subject says: I am still confused about widths of TABLE tables.
\bTABLE % [option=stretch]
\bTR
\bTD
A
\eTD
\bTD
A
\eTD
\eTR
\bTR
\bTD[nc=2]
%\hbox{A very very long text in one line, perhaps more}
A very very long text in one line, perhaps more
\eTD
\eTR
\eTABLE
what I'd like to get
Hi,
several days ago I asked about companions to Cambria, and Wolfgang kindly gave
me this:
\definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [cambria] [default]
\definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans] [corbel] [default] [rscale=auto]
\definetypeface [mainface] [tt] [mono] [consolas] [default]
Hi all,
I am pretty sure that this has been asked before (and is already solved)
With
---
\usetypescript[cambria]
\setupbodyfont[cambria]
\starttext
\startformula
\sum_{1 i 10}^j i + 42^{-2} %doesn't make any sense, I know
\stopformula
Hello Wolfgang, Florian and others
Works here with the latest beta: ConTeXt ver: 2010.09.28 23:57 MKIV fmt:
2010.9.29 int: english/english
Now that I've got two responses that it works fine, I've updated my
installation and now I have a perfect result. Sorry for the noise.
BTW: You
While looking at Cambria, is there any typescript (or something similar) that
defines for example Corbel or Candara as a companion to Cambria?
Patrick
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While looking at Cambria, is there any typescript (or something similar)
that defines for example Corbel or Candara as a companion to Cambria?
No but you can write your own typescript:
\definetypeface [mainface] [rm] [serif] [cambria] [default]
\definetypeface [mainface] [ss] [sans]
Hi,
this breaks, any workaround?
---
\starttext
\type{#ok}
\starttabulate[|p(4cm)|]
\NC \type{#not ok}\NC\NR % --- bang!
\stoptabulate
\stoptext
---
Patrick
Hello Hans, Wolfgang,
\asciimode
\starttext
#ok \mono{#ok}
Thanks agin.
I've heard about \asciimode but forgot about it.
Is there any difference between \mono{...} and \type{...}? I guess that type
does much more to catcodes, but apart from that, both seem to be similar.
Patrick
Hi,
my goal is to make a table that is as wide as the current \startnarrower ...
\stopnarrower part (thanks to the answer to this question on
tex.stackexchange.com: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/3381/243 )
Hello Wolfgang,
Use the “textwidth” key but keep in mind with the linecorrection you can
use split tables, for tables which use indent from \startnarrower and
split across pages you can use tabulate.
I am afraid I don't get the full meaning of your answer. When I use tabulate, I
have
Hello Wolfgang,
Sorry but i don’t know what you mean, in my example the tabulate has the same
width as the text in the narrower environment.
Insert an \HL and you'll see that this a bit strange.
\starttext
\input knuth
\startnarrower
\input knuth
\starttabulate[|p|p|]
\HL
You can use \HR, it has more spacing before and after the line
but it works correct in narrower text and itemize.
Sorry for the stupid question, but how do I use \HR?
\starttabulate[|p|p|]
\HR
\NC \input ward \NC \input zapf \NC\NR
\HR
\stoptabulate
gives me a misplaced noalign.
Patrick
Hello,
having been absent from the One and Only True Typesetting System for quite some
time I'd like to try to write my software-documentation in MK IV.
Now I have several instances of a Frutiger font (ttf) and I guess I need to
create a typescript.
mtxrun --script fonts --list --all gives
See type-otf.mkiv
It's more simple than it seems.
Yes it is, thanks!
What is the use of
\starttypescriptcollection[mytypescripts]
...
\stoptypescriptcollection
?
Patrick
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Is it possible to change the name of the font as it appears in the pdf file?
More specifically, I am using Termes font, but I want that the document
properties to show the name of the font as Times. Is that possible? Is doing
so a violation of the font license?
It sounds like a
Hi,
on the page
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_an_Excursion%2C_translations
there are some broken links, such as:
https://foundry.supelec.fr/docman/view.php/22/15/ma-cb-nl-screen.pdf
does anyone know where to find these files? Or are they gone?
Patrick
(The wiki uses MkII?)
Yes
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Am 02.08.2010 um 09:51 schrieb Hans Hagen:
I attached a test file: merge-002 has pages from merge-001.
I am really impressed. (Well, I am always impressed by your additions, but this
time I think the possibilities of epdf are far more then I expect at the
moment.)
Patrick
Am 02.08.2010 um 19:04 schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 2-8-2010 6:52, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
That is unfair for those *unable* to attend.
Hey you *do* attend ... (and you can leak info as no one will check it)
I had to sign an NDA before I was allowed to register Why may he leak any
news? :)
* Experimental support for keeping links in included pdfs
\externalfigure[file.pdf][page=1,interaction=yes]
Is this done with the new luatex epdf library?
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Hello Hraban,
the menu column appears below instead left of the content area.
logo position is ok, x positions of the areas seem also ok, just the y
position of the menu area is wrong.
I get the same results in Firefox and in Safari 5. So I cannot see the problem.
Perhaps you can send me
Hi,
2. After installing all the packages there is a t-layout directory
(instead of layout) in texmf-context\tex\context\third and
texmf-context\doc\context\third. Probably mistake?
Up to the author to fix it. Patrick?
Should this be layout instead or just without that directory (so the
Just removing the t- prefix.
done.
Patrick
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Hi,
I see that context minimals is at 2010-06-05 version, hovewer git repo
[1] is last updated on 2010-05-29.
So, experimental means no more updates :) It's now passed more then 24
ours from my first email and still the git repository is not updated.
OK, I'l have a look into it and I
Hi Jano,
is contexgarden.net down for some maintenance, or just by an accident?
Thanks for the notice, I have asked the provider to restart the server,
hopefully this helps...
Patrick
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Hi Scott,
that's a good idea, we should rename it to 'latex 3'. That name is still free
and it would fill the expectations of almost all TeX users out there.
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This is fantastic news, and it looks great! Thanks Patrick.
You're welcome! Lots of people have encouraged me to do so, so any input is
welcome!
If the 'volunteers' are REALLY keen they could also change examples so that
they have the following form:
context source=yes text=yields
Hi all,
the garden maintainers have moved the command reference from texshow-web
(http://texshow.contextgarde.net) to the wiki, below the page
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Reference/en
This means, everybody can update the command reference now! Hooray!
The contents has been
Hi Michael,
based on Luatex, but that would depend on Hans explaining how Luatex
works
LuaTeX is documented very thoroughly. The manual is 180 pages and as far as I
can see it mentions and describes every aspect of the API. I am not saying that
from the reference manual alone I understand
Hello Graham,
Thank you for your commnts. Oh, for sure, tinkering with
plain is just an interim step along the (long...) road. A very minimal
harness setup to write minimal code --- to play with the various LuaTeX API
functions via GNU's gdb debugger. By building a small test
As of right now, Patrick has overstepped his self-imposed deadline
for merging the texshow-web data into the wiki by 38 hours and 23
minutes. :)
:-) Actually my load average goes down from 2.3 to 1.0 currently and probably
down to 0.5 next week, so I hope not to push my deadline by more then
Hi,
Hans van der Meer reported a broken minimals update. This was due to changes in
the nameserver handling. Now the move to the new domain hoster is complete and
everything should be back to normal.
Thanks for your patience,
Patrick
Hello Hans,
Did I miss some change in the ConTeXt beta location? Or a server blackout?
a server blackout, better: a nameserver blackout.
I am currently moving the domain contextgarden.net (not the machine, just the
name) to a different provider, because of the bad support of the old one. In
Hi,
I have a problem with the nameservers for contextgarden.net. I am working on
the problem.
Thanks Taco for the notification.
Patrick
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Hi all,
before everyone votes for a different software, what about a forum that is
hosted by another company but reached from a contextgarden subdomain? There
should be services on the net that support that?!?
And I would (probably) only use software that can be installed with ubuntu
package
Hi Phillip,
My wiki account is now almost two days old but I still can't login at
the modules section. I tried almost all possible permutations of login
name, full name, upper-/lowercase to no avail. How does it really work?
Sorry for that. Can you contact me off-list? Then we will debug
Can you also add the module to the module section [1] on the wiki,
We urgently need to have some git server or something similar on the
garden for modules. Maybe SVN would also do for a while. The current
approach is very clumsy to use.
I don't think that the users should learn git, that
While it would be nice to have an updated ConTeXt the Manual, in my humble
opinion the biggest hole
in the documentation is a reference for each command. Texshow-web should fill
this gap and this is
where the community CAN contribute, and where the mechanism already exists.
And because
Hi Mikael,
Do they appear automatically in texshow or does someone have to update
by hand? How long does it typically take? Is there something one can
do?
I will transfer the old texshow-web into the wiki, so the new commands
can be added there easily. Jelle Huisman has suggested this and I
Hello,
I would like to make a ConTeXt Live server in LAN for testing
purposes, but I can not found any document for setup this kind of
server.
What are requirements ? Anyone could give me some help please ?
You can find the sourcecode of live.contextgarden.net at github:
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