[NTG-context] concatenate PDF files.
I am looking for a way to concatenate several PDF files, and found this e-mail from Hans: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2001-January/000240.html saying that texexec can do it in several ways! and to look on the web-site, texexec manual and the mailing list for directions. I went to the manual first and found only ONE: texexec --pdfarrange --noduplex --paper=S6 file-a file-b but that nullified all links I had in my files, and changed the opening from from FitVisible to something else (all files were FitVisible). Next I went to two other sources he mentioned and Googled for: -ntg-context concatenate pdf did not yield much beyond that, and neither did Googling http://www.pragma-ade.com/ for the words concatenate or combine. So does anyne know how to use texexec to concatenate two PDF files and preseve as much of the file as possible (links, opening format, ...) ? Paulo Ney ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] concatenate PDF files.
I am looking for a way to concatenate several PDF files, and found this e-mail from Hans: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/pdftex/2001-January/000240.html saying that texexec can do it in several ways! and to look on the web-site, texexec manual and the mailing list for directions. I went to the manual first and found only ONE: texexec --pdfarrange --noduplex --paper=S6 file-a file-b but that nullified all links I had in my files, and changed the opening from from FitVisible to something else (all files were FitVisible). Next I went to two other sources he mentioned and Googled for: -ntg-context concatenate pdf did not yield much beyond that, and neither did Googling http://www.pragma-ade.com/ for the words concatenate or combine. So does anyne know how to use texexec to concatenate two PDF files and preseve as much of the file as possible (links, opening format, ...) ? Paulo Ney ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Re: Best source of ConTeXt documentation?
Patrick, Maybe we should move this discussion off the list to not bother others that may not be so interested in it. What I am trying to say (answering your question) is that learning by example is natural to human behaviour and extremely efficient. If you attend any of my classes here in Berkeley you will see examples from begining to the end, no matter what the subject is: math or programming. Even with learned programmers, examples do work well, I took, for example (no pun intended) an MSDN CD for C++ I have here by my side, 80% os the space in the disk is taken by examples, the rest is shared between the software, SDK, and manuals ... You promptly assumed that the guy wanted to copy the examples at hand. I don't think that this is right! He may indeed end up copying it, but you can't assume it. Paulo Ney From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 2 23:40:12 2004 From: Patrick Gundlach [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NTG-context] Re: Best source of ConTeXt documentation? Hello Paulo, Everyone learns a language by example, if you try to teach one you will see, even Patrick, when he was a baby learned his first language by example (real language), it is only natural, it is only human. To argue the contrary is just lack of experience in teaching. Right, but what do you want to say? Typography and design is not a matter of learning a language. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net texshow-web: http://texshow.contextgarden.net List archive: http://archive.contextgarden.net ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Best source of ConTeXt documentation?
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 2 09:08:22 2004 From: Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Best source of ConTeXt documentation? Cc: - it would take a lot of effort to keep such a source code repository up to date and in sync (else too many questions) with the pdf repositoty If we are talking about examples, ones does not need to have the latest manual and the latest source in sync. Just one copy of the manual (that will eventually go old) and one copy of the source. For example, the Calculator, mixing TeX and JavaScript http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/calculat.pdf has NOT changed in many years now, so there is no problem maitaining the PDF and the source in sync... - we only publish documented sources That is an important point ... and the only one I can give credit to, but I still think the abundance of examples, even without documentation, is better than the short of examples. - i want to stimulate users to writ etheir own styles not to mimick existing ones (i.e. avoid the 'all tex files look the same' problem) so ... there are no hidden tricks (unless it would bother/confuse users); and .. things like cover designs i wanna keep for myself if only to avoid cutting and pasting Hans Hans: Imitation is indeed the truest form of flattery! Paulo Ney ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Re: Best source of ConTeXt documentation?
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 2 08:46:53 2004 From: Patrick Gundlach [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NTG-context] Re: Best source of ConTeXt documentation? Oh come on, this is completely crap. The people at PRAGMA (i.e. Hans) share ConTeXt, wich is the holy grail that PRAGMA is based on (besides the knowledge). It is such a generous gift to the community. Please think about if you write stuff like that. I realize better that you do Hans contibutions to the Open Source community and I never complained about the sharing of ConTeXt, which is indeed the best typesetting system I have seen. You are taking my comment into a completely different context, pun not intended! You are right, that not all (only few) manuals are available in .tex format. See pdftex manual and the magazines. Putting source code online needs time, a lot of time. Source code needs to get documented. And I don't know Hans very well, but I'd guess that his day only has 24h. There are already some styles in the ConTeXt wiki. And there are styles that come with the distribution. The discussion is not about styles, it is about examples and how-to. Why reverse-engineer? Just cook up the style you want. If you have questions doing this, ask on the ConTeXt list. If you are ready, put the style onto the Wiki. The styles at pragma are very good, but definitely not the only way to go. Making a good style is not copy/paste. It is a matter of experience. Experience is something you have to gain yourself. We are not talking about experience and or copy/paste, if you are assuming that I don't have the experience or that the guy that posted the initial message wants to copy and paste, again you are on the wrong track. And yes, it is time for us to put examples online. But the ConTeXt community is still rather small. So there won't be many results in a short time. I certainly will welcome the day we have a minimal how-to posted in there. You can do the first step. Go to the wiki, edit a page that states your questions regarding style development. Put a table of contents or something similar there, which steps you would like to see, which things you would like to have explained and so on. After that we (the more experienced ConTeXt users) can fill in the gaps. And finally we all have a small manual on style design. This is much better than being so aggressive on the unwillingness to share source. Patrick I'll give it a try, the wiki is certainly the way to go ... Paulo Ney ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Baffling error
I have a very simple file, with some 20 pages only and a few pictures,
nothing extr5enuous, but when I include the following piece of code
anywhere, it gives me TeX capacity exceeded, when producing a PDF file, that
is, with texexec --pdf book.tex but NO error when producing a DVI file ...
Can anyone shed some light onto it ? The piece of code is:
\startitemize
\item {\bf Low-strength concrete}: less than 20 MPa (3000 psi)
\item {\bf Moderate-strength concrete}: 20 to 40 MPa (3000 to 6000 psi)
\item {\bf High-strength concrete}: more than 40 MPa (6000 psi).
\stopitemize
The file can be found in:
http;//math.berkeley.edu/~desouza/Context/
Paulo Ney
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RE: [NTG-context] Baffling error
This is part of the problem, I am in a Unix shared environment, where I have
to place a request for the software to be updated and wait another year ...
I am going to install Linux on my laptop and then move everything over there
and see how does it go ...
Thanks for the help,
Paulo
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Hi Paulo,
When looking at your log file there are two points to be mentioned.
1. you use a quite old version of CONTEXT and also pdftex.
My version:
This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2c 7.5.2)
\write18 enabled.
Your version:
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5)
My version:
ConTeXt ver: 2004.3.19 fmt: 2004.3.20 int: english mes: english
Your version:
ConTeXt ver: 2003.1.31 fmt: 2003.4.5 int: english mes: english
2. in order to use CONTEXT at its best you really should enable \write18
What kind of installation do you use?
If you can you should update to the latest version. If you can you might
want to use TeX Collection 2003 i.e. TeXlive 9. The issue you have with
the exceeded tex-capacity is then solved anyway.
If you are not able to update the tex-system because you are in a UNIX
environment where you do not have all access rights it might be possible
to make a texmf.cnf file in your local texmf-tree, where you can set the
shellescape to t (true) which enables \write18 and you might be able to
increase the memory assignments in the CONTEXT section of this file.
I hope this helps!
Kind reagrds Willi
Paulo Ney de Souza wrote:
Done, sorry
Paulo
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Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 12:51 PM
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Hi Paulo,
Yes, the ch1.tex you have on the web had the lines already uncommented
(itemize about strength of concrete).
Would you please change the access rights of the log file?
Willi
Paulo Ney de Souza wrote:
Will, did you take the comments (%) out of the \startitemize part of the
file ? I am including a new ch1.tex (without the comments) and the log
file
there now.
Paulo
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Of Willi Egger
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 12:24 PM
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Hi Paulo,
I downloaded your book.tex and ch1.tex and pictures. Here your file
compiles perfectly.
I use a texlive 9 installation on a WinXP machine. My CONTEXT/pdftex is
ConTeXt ver: 2004.3.19 fmt: 2004.3.20 int: english mes: english
pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.11a-2.1 (Web2c 7.5.2)
In order to be of support it could be a good idea to publish the CONTEXT
log file.
Kind regards Willi
Paulo Ney de Souza wrote:
I have a very simple file, with some 20 pages only and a few pictures,
nothing extr5enuous, but when I include the following piece of code
anywhere, it gives me TeX capacity exceeded, when producing a PDF file,
that
is, with texexec --pdf book.tex but NO error when producing a DVI file
...
Can anyone shed some light onto it ? The piece of code is:
\startitemize
\item {\bf Low-strength concrete}: less than 20 MPa (3000 psi)
\item {\bf Moderate-strength concrete}: 20 to 40 MPa (3000 to 6000 psi)
\item {\bf High-strength concrete}: more than 40 MPa (6000 psi).
\stopitemize
The file can be found in:
http;//math.berkeley.edu/~desouza/Context/
Paulo Ney
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[NTG-context] Sidebar
Dear ConTeXt hackers, Is is possible (simple) to do a sidebar in Context ? Sidebar is an insert on a page, that stands out, in general to the sides, not following the normal justication of the paragraphs around it, and containing a completely separate paragraph structure like in example below: Paulo Ney de Souza --- | | | . | | . | | . | | ..|--|| | ..| || | ..|xx|| | ..|xx|| | ..|x || | ..| || | ..|xx|| | ..|xx|| | ..| || | ..|xx|| | ..|xx|| | ..|xx|| | ..|--|| | . | | . | | | --- ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
