[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 used

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 { >> \startreusableMPgraphic{fro

[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 \definepapersiz

[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 tracking

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 >> wrote: >>> Thanks for your reply! >>> >>> On Jul 4, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >>> >>>> Quite poss

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] 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] ConTeXt Command Differences between Tex Live and Minimals

2011-06-30 Thread Raymond LeClair
t 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: &g

[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 pr

[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 distribu

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 possi

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 M

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: >

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

2011-03-16 Thread Raymond LeClair
ext_issues/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 O

[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 com

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? >> &

[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 typewri