[NTG-context] \externalfigure[cow.pdf][scale=0.8]

Salvete, according to texshow, \externalfigure accepts scale as an option. For me, \starttext \externalfigure[cow.pdf][scale=0.8] \stoptext results in getting ".8.8.8.8" in front of the image. texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeX

Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure[cow.pdf][scale=0.8]

Steve Peter wrote: > The scaling factor is in units of 1000. To get 80% size, use [scale=800]. Thanks. Added comment to texshow-web. Christopher ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Hans: requested reminder on texutil extension

Salve Hans, you asked me to remind you of the following proposal: I'd like to have a way of making texexec/texutil run a program *after* the *last* TeX run. \doifmode{*last}{\installprogram{...}} does not work, because \installprogram is only honored between two runs. regards, Christ

Re: [NTG-context] strange (?) exporting from pdf

andrea valle wrote: > 3.2 translate in ConTeXt via a regular expression based python script I've been there and done that and I won't do it again. Use a real xml parser; regular expression engines are a wonderful thing, but not really usable for parsing nested structures. I'm sure there are ma

Re: [NTG-context] Bug / feature request tracking

Taco Hoekwater wrote: >http://context.literatesolutions.com/collector I especially like the deadline entries. :-) regards, Christopher, catching up on older mails ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/l

Re: [NTG-context] The whole (sub)section on a single page

Hans Hagen wrote: >>How/where can I get \theremainingpageheight? I saw some strange >>"keywords" like \pagegoal, \pagetotal spread through the source, ... >>but I have no clue what they are for and if they have anyting to do >>with what I'm looking for. >> >> > > that's always tricky, because it

Re: [NTG-context] An idea

Nikolai Weibull wrote: > this than I have is welcome to finish it. The \highlight command should > be defined something like this (pseudo-tex-code): > > \pdef\highlight[#1]{#2}% > {\bgroup >\setupcolorforgroup[#1]% >\type{#2}% >\egroup} > > #1 is a group name, such as Statement, O

Re: [NTG-context] Re: ConTeXt "live"

Patrick Gundlach wrote: > I'd guess it is pretty much impossible to trace under a webserver. Can Why's that? Can't you just run strace -f -e open -o /tmp/mylog texexec ... instead of plain texexec? Sure, multiple runs will mean you only ever get to see the last log, but on a test system that s

Re: [NTG-context] The whole (sub)section on a single page

Hans Hagen wrote: > Christopher Creutzig wrote: >>The standard trick would be not to explicitly check some numbers but to >>do what in low-level looks like >> >>\!!dimena=\ht0\advance\!!dimena\dp0% >>\penalty1\vskip\!!dimena\penalty10\vskip-\!!dimena >

Re: [NTG-context] An idea

Hans Hagen wrote: > there is no need for verbatim mode when you convert anyway! Technically true, but if a simple \processinlineverbatim solves the same problem as yet-to-write code in almost any language, I's go for the former, since it does already exist. Other than that, I'd use ConTeXt's xm

[NTG-context] continued examples

Salvete, after a long time I got back to some ConTeXt file I had been working on and found that the following construct does not work (I assume it never did): \defineenumeration[example] [sectionnumber=chapter, text=Example, location=hang

[NTG-context] Typo in core-mat.tex

Salve Hans, \def\leqalignno#1% {\prepareleqaligno should be \preparealignno, with two n. Best regards, Christopher ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] m-graph: metapost errors in demo

Salvete, is it just me or does texexec --pdf -mode=demo m-graph really not work? I get very many metapost errors, starting with a bunch of ! Redundant equation. ; l.140 Gmargin.low=-.07; (which are rather harmless) and continuing with >> 0 >> vacuous ! Not implemen

Re: [NTG-context] New release and XeTeX - XeConTeXt

Otared KAVIAN wrote: sudo texexec --make --xtx en (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-de.pat ! Bad \patterns. \unknownchar ->{ \hbox {\vrule \!!width .5em\!!height 1ex\!!depth \zeropoint }} l.114 .ge s6 ? Same for me. The problem is that

Re: [NTG-context] New release and XeTeX - XeConTeXt

Hans Hagen wrote: >> Same for me. The problem is that in line 113, we have >> .ge5rö >> in Latin-1 encoding, but XeTeX tries reading the file in UTF-8. > how old is your context Indeed, that was stone age: 2006.05.08 12:59 - more than five days old. :-) > the latest version uses utf patte

Re: [NTG-context] new release

Hans Hagen wrote: > texmfstart --verbose --unix --stubpath= --make all That is a cool feature. But it does not set executable bits on the stubs yet, could you fix that? Regards, Christopher ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

[NTG-context] :: in xml?

Salvete, trying to typeset an unchanged old file with a more recent ConTeXt version, I keep running into problems. I have reduced the first of these (others may or may not be symptoms of the same, I'll see that later) to this input: \starttext \startXML a::b \stopXML \stoptext It seems the

Re: [NTG-context] :: in xml?

Christopher Creutzig wrote: > \starttext > \startXML > a::b > \stopXML > \stoptext The problem is the \setpretty`\:=10 in \XMLsetspecials in verb-xml.tex. This should only be done inside <...>. Suggested patch (I hope it survives being sent by mail): --- verb-xml.tex

[NTG-context] Re: Labeling of axes

file.mp mptopdf thisfile.1 With ConTeXt 2003.8.15, I get (\000) in thisfile.1, which mptopdf does not handle: ! Undefined control sequence. l.14 (\0 00) cmsy10 11.95514 fshow These seem to be the minus signs. Regards, Christopher Creutzig ___

[NTG-context] m-newmat

. Suggested code: \def\substack {\startsubarray[c]#1\stopsubarray} (Since the argument will be typeset anyway, I think it should be given in {}, right?) Usage: $$\sum_{\substack{1\leq i \leq 10\crcr 1\leq j \leq i} i^j = 11567154195$$ regards, Christopher Creutzig

[NTG-context] texfont batch mode: looks for texfont.pl instead of $0

weo breaks as soon as symbolic links are involved that change the suffix. regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Typo in core-mis.tex

\MetaFun. regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] math-ams.tex: \triangleup?

Dear Hans, math-ams.tex defines \triangledown, but for symmetry it should imhoalso define \triangleup: \definemathsymbol [triangleup][ord] [ma] ["4D] The symbol is currently only defined as \vartriangle, but that is a relation. regards, Christopher Cre

Re: [NTG-context] Define new flow chart cell shape

r shape in the big elseif switch. regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Understanding registers command

contradict the manual, so below therewould have to be another change, from \definieerregister [\v!index] [\v!indices] to \definieerregister [\v!index] [\v!index] Note that \placestreet and \completestreet do work. regards, Christopher Creutzig

[NTG-context] Metapost: minus sign as "unknown"

eXUtil 7.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2003 regards, Christopher Creutzig testminus.tex Description: TeX document testminus-direct.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document testminus-automp.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ ntg-context mailing l

Re: [NTG-context] [Fwd: Please forward]

of the innermost current group, like color does? regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] trim pdf figures

18 has not been enabled? regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] automatic page sizes?

g as necessary for the text on it, up to say 1 meter? Page breaks would usually, but not always, be initiated by some macro or other; footers are not used (yet?). Regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.n

Re: [NTG-context] Re: automatic page sizes?

Cat%3E%20page.html): The given parameter was not of the correct format. ..." -- +--+ +--+| |+-|+Christopher Creutzig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) +--+ Tel.: 05251-60-5525 ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Re: wrong patch

Hans Hagen wrote: > $RunPath = $ENV["TEMP"] ; interestingly perl does not complain, which is one more reason to go ruby Why should it complain? Just because you hadn't set @ENV? :-) (Having $ENV, %ENV, and @ENV be three unrelated variables is a good reason to go from Perl to $otherlang

[NTG-context] nath problems and patches

text \setupformulae[align=left] \startformula \eqalignno{a&=b\cr c&=d} \stopformula \stoptext doesn't work for me. Anyone else? Regards, Christopher Creutzig PS: I won't be able to read mails in the next four weeks. ___ ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] m-bib question (language dependant string values)

Taco Hoekwater wrote: where the arguments (like "page ") are literal text to be typeset. Using the \interfaced command wouldn't work (because of embedded spaces and commas and such). From the comments in mult-ini.tex, it seems the command was never meant for this purpose. So, should I be using

[NTG-context] \defineenumeration broken in alpha

\stopdefinition \stoptext I get definition[]Definition 0 Test but used to get Definition 1 Test regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] compiling pdfTeX 1.20 on MacOS X

it? (Try "set | grep gcc" in a terminal.) regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] pdftex 1.20a and map files

ms to have moved and to be inaccessible to non-subscribers. Not wanting yet another mailing list, I just don't have access to this vital piece of information, which imho should be listed right in the NEWS file. Where is pdftex.map and the likes supposed to be for 1.20a? regards,

Re: [NTG-context] pdftex 1.20a and map files

1.10b binary (user error, true), ConTeXt still worked, just “forgot” to actually include metapost graphics. (Metapost was called, though.) regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman

[NTG-context] nath: \wall and \return doesn't work?

Salvete, \usemodule[nath] \starttext \startformula F(\beta, E_{min}, E_{max}, m) = \wall\{0,\infty,-\infty\} \return \cup \left\{\left.s\,\beta^e\sum_{i=0}^{m}a_i\beta^{-i}\right\vert s\in\{-1,1\}, 0\leq a_i<\beta, e\in\integers, E_{min}\leq e\leq E_{max}\right\}. \stopformula \stoptext I

Re: [NTG-context] math-ams.tex: \triangleup?

different, ord vs. rel. Those who don't see the difference may not deserve it. :-) regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Wiki and source code browser

ot found a use for them yet. regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] nath: \wall and \return doesn't work?

Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: I thought the \return were to go to the horizontal position of the \wall, in the next line? For me, both lines are flush left. You are returning too soon. Lines should be ended by \\, not \return, unless they are the last indented line; your snipped should rather go: I se

Re: [NTG-context] texexec 4.0 to 5.0 update.

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Re: [NTG-context] Re: no connection to contextgarden

Patrick Gundlach wrote: 10 ge-01.hetzner.dhk.nbg.metabone.net (213.239.239.54) 46 bytes to 212.125..76.237 25.5/25.9/26.6 (0.419) ms 6/6 pkts (0% loss) 11 * * * * * 0/5 pkts (100% loss) No idea why this is like that. Network errors like these are beyond my control. Some routers simply

[NTG-context] XeTeX no longer working

ned % this will be added to colo-hex.tex \else % because we intercept the zero condition, the .23pt in 1.23pt will disappea r in the % ifcase zero part branch \def\colorhexcomponent#1% {\ifdim#1\points<.005\points ... Why is there an empty first branch in the if? Regard

[NTG-context] more nath patches

r font size is in use for the fraction. Well, work in progress. regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX no longer working

Adam Lindsay wrote: I ran into more problems with image inclusion, which takes the form of: \XeTeXpicfile "filename" xscaled something yscaled something My hack for that one currently includes a temporary assignment of the catcode for ". Yuck. I imagine that's not going to work for handling wider-r

Re: [NTG-context] more nath patches

Hans Hagen wrote: \!!dimenf=\fontdimen8\textfont2 \!!dimenf\fontdimen8\textfont\syfam OK, I should look those names up. is more independent; maybe i should define symbolic names for the font Independent of what? \textfont2 is exactly the font TeX would use, no? (\!!dimeni+0.5\fracrulet

[NTG-context] precompiling inline mp to pdf?

is there a more clever way? (Note that I do want the automatic inclusion, since I'm passing the dimensions of external figures etc. to metapost and use the result in a background layer and/or as frame backgrounds.) regards, Christopher Creutzig PS: I didn't have time to anal

Re: [NTG-context] nath and \(start|stop)formula

\dmathon@ \wall\mathopen{}% } \def\stopnathequation{% \return \dmathoff@ \egroup \stopnatheq \nath!stopformula \endgroup } \let\startformula\startnathequation \let\stopformula\stopnathequation regards, Christopher Creutzig

Re: [NTG-context] verb-ini and nath \(save|restore)catcode clash

Nikolai Weibull wrote: verb-ini and nath both define (incompatible) instances of \save- and \restorecatcode. Simply renaming them in nath to \NATH(save|restore)catcode seems to work fine. Any suggestions? I had sent a patch for that some months ago. Giuseppe, any chance of an updated t-nath.tex

Re: [NTG-context] \mathstrut in \underbrace and nath

Nikolai Weibull wrote: ! Undefined control sequence. \dodosmash [#1]->\edef \@@smash {#1}\futurelet \nexttoken \dododosmash \relbar ->\mathrel {\smash -} Uh-uh. The problem is clear: \inlinemath tries (in the definition of \inlinemath@)

Re: [NTG-context] Bugs

David Antos wrote: Sure. Think of it as ragged-right and ragged-left. This is one of the first questions in all ConTeXt FAQs, it has deep historical reasons, and If nothing important has crept past me, being the first question in all ConTeXt FAQs is something trivially true, given the number of

Re: [NTG-context] \mathstrut in \underbrace and nath

Hans Hagen wrote: first of all, \protected is not what you think it is; i had a \protected before etex was around; the context name is \unexpanded Ok, then what's \protected? Is it performing an \unprotect/\protect pair around the definition? But then, why did it work? \let\unprotectedlongrig

Re: [NTG-context] Updated math modules

Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: attached to the following please find a .tar.bz2-packed file containing updated t-amsl and t-nath. \def\startnathequation{% \begingroup [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@cr \let\startdysplaymath\relax \let\stopdysplaymath\relax \contextstartformula

Re: [NTG-context] \mathstrut in \underbrace and nath

Hans Hagen wrote: Ok, then what's \protected? Is it performing an \unprotect/\protect pair around the definition? But then, why did it work? in context protext/unprotect is to be used when ! @ ? are used inmacro names which was not the case here I know. So, does ConTeXt's \protected\def tem

Re: [NTG-context] Fonts switching and styles ..

Dirar BOUGATEF wrote: \definebodyfont[MyFont][karat] \starttext \switchtobodyfont[MyFont] \stoptext I believe \definebodyfont[MyFont][karat] should be \definefontsynonym[MyFont][karat], which should allow \switchtobodyfont[MyFont], but you may also be looking for \definefont[MyFont][karat], whi

[NTG-context] m-bib, \cite and no year?

Salve Taco, I'm using m-bib, with \setupbibtex[database=literatur,sort=author] \setuppublications[sort=bbl,refcommand=authoryear,numbering=yes] This leads to three problems: First, I do have entries such as @Misc{Wikipedia, key = {Wikipedia}, title ={Wikipedia, the free onlin

[NTG-context] \setupsystem[random]

Salvete, the line \setupsystem[random=261113] causes an error for me: ./CDaufdruck.tex:10: Arithmetic overflow. \verynormalnextrandom ...al \multiply \randomi 31 \global \advance \randomi ... \normalnextrandom ...alyear \verynormalnextrandom

Re: [NTG-context] \setupsystem[random]

the number into \setupsystem? rgeards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] \setupsystem[random]

Hans Hagen wrote: the problem is that the tex/mp randomizers are based on time and therefore too fragile (too little resolution) on fast machines; so i let texexec set the seed So even in the case where the TeX code contains \setupsystem[seed=212], texexec does some additional calculations? (T

Re: [NTG-context] m-bib, \cite and no year?

t using \editor. Which commands do the actual typesetting of the list entries? I only got to \@@pbt and was lost ... regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Black generation in cmyk output

e slightly grudingly accepted rgb grey scale images for the bulk of the book. regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] bookmarks problems

,section] \starttext \chapter{normal chapter} \section{one} \chapter{\quotation{special} chapter} \bookmark{"special" chapter} \section{two} \section{three} test \stoptext regards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [NTG-context] Bib module produces no output

ps in this and other universities even use a collective .bib file for all the researchers. (We are just doing too diverse things in this group for that.) rgeards, Christopher Creutzig ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg

Re: [NTG-context] m-letter.tex -- backslash interpretation error

Hans Hagen wrote: (beware, don't redefine a module m-letter-re since only the first 8 chars count; better put your local variant in an environment BTW: Is this anachronistic limitation to 8 characters planned to disappear? With the additional t- or u- at the front, we've got a limitation to si

Re: [NTG-context] Why uses Context 8r encoding used instead of the specified ec encoding?

Hans Hagen wrote: \def\loadmapline {\dodoubleempty\loadmapline} \def\loadmapline[#1][#2]% {\loadallfontmapfiles % ! ! ! \doloadmapline{#1}{#2}} I'd be surprised if that worked. The second \def overwrites the first. Christopher ___ ntg-context mai

Re: [NTG-context] hyphenation not working

Hans Hagen wrote: I do have a file called hyphen.tex. On Hans' suggestion, I copied this to ushyph1.tex and ushyph2.tex. That didn't help. I also changed my cont-usr.tex file, changing all lines that had ushyp* to hyphen. This also didn't work. did you run mktexlsr ? And in case that's unexpec

Re: [NTG-context] try compiling Tex showcase source : program_sample.tex

olivier Turlier wrote: I've tryed to compile program-sample.tex, found after G.Wierda announcement, located at : http://tug.org/texshowcase/program_sample.tex, whithout success. The files are deliberately incomplete. I hope I left enough in there to learn from, but the particular background is

[NTG-context] s-pre-19: page numbers?

Salvete, with gwTeX, TeXlive 2005 beta, using cont-en : ver: 2005.06.08 fmt: 2005.6.15 mes: english I've got a problem with s-pre-19 I can't get rid of: The menu on the right contains page numbers, set in black \tf, at the lower left corners of the buttons. I have tried gett

[NTG-context] startMPgraphics in texshow?

Salvete, it seems that the whole family of MPgraphics commands is missing in texshow – looking for “graphics” turns up no matches. Are they generated by some magical macro or missing because of their capital letters? regards, Christopher Creutzig

Re: [NTG-context] s-pre-19: page numbers?

Taco Hoekwater wrote: Is this not the same problem as the one that was mentioned last week (the one that requires the core-lst.tex that Hans posted as attachment)? It might be the same problem, but that file does not solve it. I did remember to run texexec --make --all and to remove web2c/c

Re: [NTG-context] s-pre-19: page numbers?

Christopher Creutzig wrote: Taco Hoekwater wrote: Is this not the same problem as the one that was mentioned last week (the one that requires the core-lst.tex that Hans posted as attachment)? As a short term measure, I have included \def\linklisttoelement#1#2#3#4#5% % list location format

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

Alexandra Ribeiro wrote: At this moment I’ve to make a choice: continue using Word or start learning a new tool, which will probably consume much of my time. So, I’m in a dilemma. That’s why I’m asking for help. Off the top of my head, I'd say you have to ask yourself at least the following

Re: [NTG-context] s-pre-19: page numbers?

h h extern wrote: your patch will break the list handler; a quick glance learns me that in I did not expect this dirty hack to “really” work. It was just a desparate short-term measure. \def\dodomenulistelement#1#2#3#4#5#6#7% Thanks, that fixes the problem. regards, Christop

[NTG-context] Struggling with lists

Salvete, in a presentation, I would like to have some links to external files at the lower end of the menu on the right. My attempts all looked something like the following, but I have not been able to achieve any output at all: \def\gobble#1{} \long\def\Link#1{\showargument{#1}} \defineli

Re: [NTG-context] Struggling with lists

Christopher Creutzig wrote: \placelist[Datei]%[alternative=d,criterium=Topic] Sorry for the line noise. criterium=current solves my problem. Does criterium=section only work for numbered sections? Christopher ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg

Re: [NTG-context] TeX + Metapost syntax highlighting in Vim

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: like to do with vim - the line numbering alone is wonderful, there is no equivalent in emacs (and I've tried quite a lot of things!). So Not wishing to discredit vim, I'd still like to ask what is missing with the solution presented at www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wi

Re: [NTG-context] Not possible to redefine inbetween in \definedescription

Radhelorn wrote: I mean parameter values. Then why not have ConTeXt add braces to every parameter? Or there will be slowdown Taco mentioned? Exactly. ConTeXt would need to find out the parameters' boundaries first, and that is the place where things would become slow, since it is not possi

Re: [NTG-context] Re: try compiling Tex showcase source : program_sample.tex

olivier Turlier wrote: I was trying to compile Program-sample.tex because I find the transparent white frame over the grey background very nice to see for a pure electronic pdf. In the same range, the vit Zyka font demo catalog Sorry for not answering for such a long time. Please try the fo

Re: [NTG-context] "Escaping" tabulate

Radhelorn wrote: Oh, thanks. Can you describe in a few words distinction between {} and \bgroup\egroup? I know that \bgroup\egroup are "implicit characters" and useful in macro definitions but what this really means? You can have \def\startfoo{\bgroup} \def\stopfoo{\egroup} but you cannot

Re: [NTG-context] "Escaping" tabulate

My other mail didn't come back yet, so to answer the question I raised in there: In this context, \start and \stop won't help, since \hbox expects something that expands to { to follow. Christopher ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl ht

Re: [NTG-context] Basic question on Unicode and ConTeXt

Hans Hagen wrote: So why not mapping the characters to unicode first and defining the mapping from unicode to \TeXcommand only once? regi-* files (at least in the meaning they have now) could be prepared automatically by a script, less error-prone and without the need to say "Some more definitio

Re: [NTG-context] Basic question on Unicode and ConTeXt

Mojca Miklavec wrote: A1.) prepare the files to be used as a source of transformation from "any" character set to utf and prepare a list of synonyms for encodings In my point of view, that should only be a fallback. We already have Iconv in ruby and can, if we know that ISO-8859-2 is a sing

[NTG-context] bug in beta?

Salvete, I haven't found the time to follow the list lately, so my apologies if this has been mentioned before. (I did try looking in the archives.) Using ConTeXt ver: 2005.06.08 fmt: 2005.6.17 int: english mes: english I can't compile \starttext \startitemize[columns] \item a \item a \

Re: [NTG-context] Some Footnote Questions (from the Wiki)

Brooks Moses wrote: > Not quite, as it doesn't generate a number I can reference. What I'm > thinking of is something that does what \nomarkfootnote does in the > following example: > > A sentence\footnote{With a note\note[footB].}.\nomarkfootnote[footB]{And > another.} \starttext A sentence

Re: [NTG-context] Using newly defined sections

Elliot Clifton wrote: > sectioning. I understand that it is possible to create a new type of > section using \definesection and setup section but how do I insert an > instance of my new section into my documents? With predefined sections > I can use commands such as \section, \chapter, etc.. You

Re: [NTG-context] \setupbodyfont[10dd]

Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I'm sorry, I was first confused by this example: > > \switchtobodyfont[10pt]\setupinterlinespace\page > \input tufte > \switchtobodyfont[10dd]\setupinterlinespace\page > \input tufte > % interlinespace remained the same for both pt and dd > > which (for whatever reason) l

Re: [NTG-context] free keycaps font

Hans Hagen wrote: > Concerning the 'construct a key' approach, how about the following: > > - provide shapes for a single, double-wide, tripple-wide, tripple > height, enter-shape keys. Wouldn't it be reasonable to just create these borders via MetaFun? That way, I can have \key{\triangleleft ho

[NTG-context] lilypond inclusion

Dear list, especially Hraban, who had asked for sth like this, I had tried sending this yesterday, but with the pdf output included, it was too big for the list. In any case, please find enclosed a tentative lilypond inclusion file and a sample file. The whole thing basically works (though su

Re: [NTG-context] lilypond inclusion

Hans Hagen wrote: > Christopher Creutzig wrote: > >> - I can't include blank lines in \startlilypond...\stoplilypond, >> because in the buffer I will get a \par for that. There is >> probably some easy way around this, but I haven't found the >> idio

Re: [NTG-context] lilypond inclusion

Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Perhaps document what you did and what's missing at the wiki page: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/LilyPond Patrick, assuming I will find time to improve a few tidbits every now and then, what would be the best way to have an up-to-date module in the garden? Just sen

Re: [NTG-context] lilypond inclusion

andrea valle wrote: > So, I was asking myself: is lily direct inclusion in context so > relevant? Why? No, in the same way there is really no absolute need to have MetaPost code directly in you TeX files. Having them in external files, compiling from a Makefile and just using \externalfigure[gfx

Re: [NTG-context] lilypond inclusion

Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Just a note: calling "epstopdf" is pretty optimistic, I'm affraid that Ok, I changed that to "texutil --figures --epstopdf". BTW, Hans, the log messages are flaky, the name of the pdf file is reported incorrectly: option : convert EPS to PDF

Re: [NTG-context] lilypond inclusion

Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Christopher Creutzig wrote: > >> Yes, but those are not suitable for inclusion because they are >>full-size A4 pages. I tried using them first, but couldn't get the >>information needed to properly clip the A4 pages to the required part. >

Re: [NTG-context] lilypond inclusion + pdf crop

Hans Hagen wrote: > andrea valle wrote: > >> >> Here are two of the resulting scores (not totally finished yet) >> www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/nodi-I.pdf >> www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/nodi-II.pdf >> >> and one of the context file >> www.semiotiche.it/andrea/membrana/nodi-I.tex > > >

Re: [NTG-context] t-rsteps and starttyping

David Munger wrote: > \long\def\StartLong#1\StopLong{#1} > > \starttext > \StartLong > \starttyping > hallo > \stoptyping > \StopLong > \stoptext > > This will produce no error, but no output as well. Maybe we could use > some alternate mechanism to define the \StartLong...\StopLong pair. \def\S

Re: [NTG-context] t-rsteps and starttyping

David Munger wrote: > Unfortunately, the \StartLong macro is not meant only for producing > line-wise content. In the general case, it contains something else than > just \starttyping block. Please try this: \bgroup \catcode`\^^M=\active \gdef\StartLong{\begingroup\obeylines\let^^M^^J\doStart

Re: [NTG-context] formatting \note output

Alan Bowen wrote: > Does anyone know how to modify or adapt \note so that the output is a > footnote number in normal/body text format---e.g., “(ref.\ \note > [lemur])” becomes “(ref.\ 9)”---rather than a superscripted numeral? \starttext footnote\footnote[lemur]{test} has number \in[lemur] \stop

[NTG-context] utf-based lang-* files?

Salvete, while I am aware that my Japanese is ages away from creating anything releasable, I thought about creating a lang-jap.tex file for my personal use (and maybe for having it corrected by someone actually speaking the language). Now, checking lang-chi.tex, I find it is encoded in a way I d

Re: [NTG-context] utf-based lang-* files?

Adam Lindsay wrote: >>Is it possible to simply enclose the file in a >>\startregime[utf]...\stopregime pair or do I risk havoc by doing this? > > > Well, if you're using a regime, it still (usually) depends on symbolic > character names being defined under the hood. Also, such an approach Sure.

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