Dear posse,
I am having trouble with footnotes. For an article, I want some footnotes to
be symbolized by \ast, \dag, etc, but without affecting the numbering of
regular footnotes. For example, the title of article may have a footnote
symbolized by \ast, but the first footnote in the main text
What about Mined http://towo.net/mined/ ?
It's utf-8 and right to left.
Untested ;).
Drat! it runs from a terminal:-((
Oh well, I'll try it anyway...
Best
Idris
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% program=aleph output=dvipdfmx
% the next texexec will automatically generate pdf which is handy for
scit eusers -)
Does the latest fpTeX carry dvipdfmx (r u still using fpTeX)? I must confess
I'm still using odvips-ps2pdf for all of my output...
Best
Idris
Hi Patrick,
One suggestion for TeXshow-web:-)
The commands are all listed in alphabetical order, which is great. But one
good help would be an option ordering them by topic. For example, a while back
I needed a rotation command, and the manual does not discuss many of the
graphics
There should be no need to add aleph.exe to your path if you just refresh the
fndb,
Assuming of course that u put aleph.exe in TeXLive/bin or somewhere similar
Idris
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Then I tried the steps Idris recommend once:
eomega --ini *plain \dump
eomega --ini *cont-en
texexec --make en -tex=eomega
are the relevant commands. eomega _is_ aleph.
I'm sure of course that you replaced
Here is a start:
http://members.aol.com/willadams/books-typography.html
http://members.aol.com/willadams/books-free-type.html
If you only get one get
The Elements of Typographic Style.
Bringhurst, Robert.
Best
Idris
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Hi gang,
Have any of you guys a script or something to convert simple html to ConTeXt?
There are apparently a couple of html2latex converters out there but is there
anything for ConTeXt?
Best
Idris
Professor Idris Samawi Hamid
Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins,
Hi Mojca,
You can use \enableregime[utf] and write your documents in unicode with
all the accents instead. I sometimes used the spellchecker inside
WinEDT, but I'm no expert in that field. Open office is somehow
inappropriate for writing plain text documents, although I use it
sometimes as
Dear fellow conspirators,
I have a book chapter that is to be published in an edited volume of a
philosophy series by Springer/Kluwer, but the typesetter could not recreate
the transliteration symbols needed. So the editor has just asked me to typeset
the article for them. My chapter is the only
Dear syndicate,
While I have not closely kept up with all developments it seems that
installation/upgrade procedures have been improved. I also went through a lot
of pain the last time I upgraded so I ask:
Given that:
1. I have not updated my context since Aug. of last year;
2. my fpTeX is
= Original Message From Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 23:51:50 +0100, h h extern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
when needed, unzip the latest cont-tfm (beta) and cont-lmr archives in
texmf-local and remake formats
Where are the cont-lmr archives? I can't find
just download the windows zip file from our website and install that one
in a separate tree, e.g. under
c:\context
then, you can initialize that tree with
c:\context\setuptex c:\context
and voila ...
Ok, I followed the above. Now I have two trees, c:\TeXLive and c:\ConTeXt
Issues:
1.
I must be making this way too complicated, anyway...
I placed C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin ahead of TeXLive in my NT PATH (Windows
2000) so those binaries get called first. I tried to make the aleph format:
===
C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\web2caleph
Dear consortium,
I'm having trouble preparing times new roman for ConTeXt. I'm trying to follow
the instructions in mag-0009.pdf, but TeXfont does not want to behave:-(
===
\system_fontstexfont --vendor=microsoft --collection=times
Dear fellow conspirators,
more about my attempts to get times new roman working:
I could find neither context.cnf nor type-mws.tex in the distribution. Anyway,
here is my attempt at a typescript file: note that arial provides the
companion sans serif: any comments will be appreciated.
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C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\web2caleph --ini *plain \dump
This is Alephk, Version 3.141592-1.15-2.1-0.0-rc4 (Web2c 7.5.3) (INIALEPH)
%-line parsing enabled.
this is a plain tex
[I know that all of us and Hans in particular is quite busy but if anyone can
give me some guidance on this, before I get into trouble with my editor...]
Dear consortium,
I'm having trouble preparing times new roman for ConTeXt. I'm trying to follow
the instructions in mag-0009.pdf, but TeXfont
= Original Message From Adam Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
A few comments/hints:
Thank you!
On 16 Mar 2005, at 14:40, ishamid wrote:
TeXFont 1.5 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2001 (STILL BETA)
The TeXfont I'm running is 2.2.1! (I know I added a little bit of .ttf
processing code after
= Original Message From Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
I do not know much about the font installation process, but I did
notice that your TeXFont banner indicates that you use a really old
version.
Ok, I've worked around this (still having upgrade troubles...) but there is
still a
= Original Message From Adam Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
I hope you can translate from unix-like pseudo-commands into DOS:
make a new, clean temp directory.
copy times*.ttf into that directory.
from that directory, run:
texfont --ma --in --ve=microsoft --co=timesnewroman --show
What
= Original Message From Thomas A.Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Moreover, are you sure that your system is finding texnansi.enc?
What does
kpsewhich texnansi.enc
produce?
Ok I realize that my texfont problems are almost certainly related to my
upgrade problems:
a. From C:\TeXLive (old
= Original Message From Thomas A.Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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hmm, I have zero experience with Windows and wouldn't get near a
computer running Windows if you payed me for it,
I certainly agree with this sentiment, and will make yet another attempt to
switch to Linux this year; kde3.4 is
Dear gang,
How do I automate initialization of the separate context tree (from
mswintex.zip)? A simple batch file such as
setuptex c:\context
texexec foo
does not work; the batch file always turns itself off
Dear knights of the round table,
I've been using a very old bib module up to now, with lots of personal tweaks,
workarounds etc. (mission-critical issues--no time 2 deal with painful
upgrades); now I'm starting fresh with the latest. Here is one issue:
The \startpublication[a= ] option seems
= Original Message From Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
The \startpublication[a= ] option seems to cause m-bib to choke on some
accents. Here is an example:
It might be a font thing, because my Context does not complain and
typesets the \~\i correctly.
Rather, its almost certainly a
Dear fellow conspirators,
Is there a saner way to define the following accent using ConTeXt's framework:
\def\SHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font
\kern-.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in lower accents
\def\h#1{{\oalign{\relax#1\crcr\hidewidth\SHIFT{34}%
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ishamid wrote:
Dear gang,
How do I automate initialization of the separate context tree (from
mswintex.zip)? A simple batch file such as
setuptex c:\context
texexec foo
Hi, Hans
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i'll upload a new minimal (beware, tex live 2005 binaries), as well as the
big
windows zip (will take a few hours)
1. Remember that I need both aleph and pdfetex formats; can you do that?
2. After you upload, please:-)
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ishamid wrote:
I really wish that updating/upgrading were not always such a pain...
normally it isn't but currently there are three issues that make it painfull:
- incompatible changes in the tds (enc/map paths)
- changes in pdftex
Dear consortium,
Below is a working typescript for times new roman and arial (I'm told that on
mac the equivalent of arial is helvetica, so this may be os-specific;-)
This combination is required by Springer-Verlag in many of their books.
I have to typeset an article for a Springer volume
= Original Message From Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
1. Remember that I need both aleph and pdfetex formats; can you do that?
--engine
could you give me an example of its use in building a format?
or in texexec.ini (rme):
set UseEnginePath to true
Ok, now I have
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ishamid wrote:
I'll do whatever it takes...
the big mswincontext.zip
Maybe it's too late, but is it possible to include the bulk of the omega
distribution, the parts used by Gamma (basically everything except omega.exe).
Looking
Dear posse,
Some settings of \setupindenting[] cause the first line created by
\placepublications to be offset to the left; is this a bug? is there a
workaround?
(And thank you Taco/Hans for helping me with my ``sneaky'' accent
redefinitions!)
Best
Idris
Dear syndicate,
1. When I place footnotes as endnotes, they overflow the page, like an
oversize \vbox.
2. E.g.
\input tufte
does not work from inside \footnote{}
Here is a test file.
Best
Idris
==test-notes===
\setupoutput[pdftex]
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Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:31:44 +0100, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i'll upload a new minimal (beware, tex live 2005 binaries), as well as
the big windows zip (will take a few hours)
Any word on
= Original Message From Matthias Weber [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
The following should work with the stable ConTeXt from January:
\usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding]
\setupbodyfont[pos]
\usetypescript[times][\defaultencoding]
\setupbodyfont[times,12pt]
\starttext
\input knuth
\bigskip
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Unfortunately, error again:
Yes, an error here as well. Did you try the two other ways I mentioned in my
other reply:
%\usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding]
Don't know if this is related but
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Hi Matthias!
Unfortunately, error again:
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TeXExec 3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002
Your TeXecec is very old; I'm
Dear crew,
Is there a list of prepackaged fonts/typescripts that comes with
(fp/MiK/gw/te)TeX/ConTeXt? I think it is important for that info to be made
very public. showfonts.pdf has at least some of them (plus a couple of
non-free ones) but I don't know if this is an exhaustive set. A new
I just checked:
Not only aleph, but pdftex does not work with (o)dvips/dvipdfmx:
===
\starttext
Latin Modern
\input tufte.tex
\stoptext
===
If I run (o)dvips from TeXLive, I get
===
This is dvips(k) 5.94a Copyright 2003
Dear gang,
There is a bug in the latest ConTeXt that affects aleph, particularly
\pardir TRT. Needless to say this is an absolute showstopper...
Try this:
===
\pardir TLT
test
\bye
===
$aleph test
works fine, but
$texexec --tex=aleph test
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Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans?
attached for testing, i dunny what the pardir equivalents are for \beginL and
\beginR -)
Ok, the new supp-dir.tex helps. But there is another problem. Now my following
= Original Message From Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
ishamid wrote:
2. aleph is still searching its format in the wrong directory; its format
is
properly installed in
\texmf-mswin/web2c/aleph/
can you try what happens when you add the following lines to your texmf.cnf
file
(you
= Original Message From Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
1. Zapf Chancery has disappeared (the other free fonts in showfonts.pdf
still
work):
strange indeed, it looks like the files are corrupted (very small tfm/vf
files);
you can regenerate the metrics with:
texmfstart texfont.pl
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Sounds like supp-dir needs a no-Omega check, as well. Hans?
attached for testing, i dunny what the pardir equivalents are for \beginL and
\beginR -)
Not to belabor this, but I'm getting
### simple group (level 1) entered at line
Hi Hans,
= Original Message From Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
at the moment the best way of dealing with is is to use texexec's engine
handler;
locate texexec.ini (or rme) and set
set UseEnginePath to true
after that pdfetex, aleph, xetex, mpost etc will end up on their own path.
I
Hi Fred,
This is very interesting and, certainly, I'd like to join (though your email
address in hidden in this particular posting-)
Also consider merging this with the aleph list, because the aleph list was
also intended to discuss most of the same issues, even multilingual TeX issues
that
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ishamid wrote:
lines all over the place in my work that compiled fine with the old ConTeX,
and I suspect that XeTeX may be responsible. Is there a way to completely
isolate the new stuff because I'm going to lose a lot of time
Dear folks,
The dvips/dvipdfmx problem is not limited to aleph in the latest ConTeXt:
===test-3==
\setupoutput[dvi]
\starttext
abc
\stoptext
===
gives
===
$dvipdfmx test3
test3.dvi - test3.pdf
[1** Fatal error: Could not
Dear cartel,
I've been trying to control the search paths with
C:\ConTeXt\tex\texmf-local\web2c\texmf.cnf, but I just realized that
setuptex.bat overrides texmf.cnf. The way I found out is interesting:
Upon running mktexlsr I get the line
mktexlsr: c:/CONTEXT/tex/texmf-project is not a
Dear syndicate,
Just a reminder:
Even with the latest patch, the endnotes spill over the page (I double-checked
that core-not was replaced and the format regenerated):
===
% output=pdftex interface=en
\starttext
\dorecurse{100}{test \footnote{test}
Dear musketeers,
1. I just noted that texexec.ini for mswincontext.zip defaults to tetex, not
fptex. Is that intentional?
2. Can I configure texexec.ini so that
texexec --make
generates the aleph format in addition to the pdfetex formats? (Of course this
assume we can solve the
Dear gang,
Why does lmr in ConTeXt use the ec instead of the texnansi encoding? I just
noticed that all of my macros that use, e.g.,
\char'25
are now bringing up the wrong symbols. Shouldn't ConTeXt default to the
encoding most consistent with cmr (surely I am not the only one who depended
Dear syndicate,
Are hyper interactions now restricted to pdfetex's pdf engine? Hyperlinks do
not work in pdf produced by dvipdfmx, for either aleph of pdfetex dvi output.
Idris
===
% output=dvi interface=en
\setupcolors[state=start]
Dear musketeers,
This is a note for aleph users. In _both_ texmf.cnf files that come with the
full ConTeXt distribution, you must comment the line
%extra_mem_bot.context= 400
[\texmf\web2c, line 503]
%extra_mem_bot.context= 200
[\texmf-local\web2c, line140]
otherwise
Dear cartel,
\= does not work in tables (I think that the TABLE macros define \=
differently; why on earth would someone do that?!?). Is there a workaround?
Idris
===
% output=pdf interface=en
\starttext
\setupinterlinespace
\setupfloats[location=center]
\placetable
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ishamid wrote:
Dear gang,
Why does lmr in ConTeXt use the ec instead of the texnansi encoding? I just
noticed that all of my macros that use, e.g.,
\char'25
lmr is defined for both ec and texnansi encodings (and even for qx
= Original Message From Adam Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
This is a note for aleph users. In _both_ texmf.cnf files that come with the
full ConTeXt distribution, you must comment the line
%extra_mem_bot.context= 400
[\texmf\web2c, line 503]
%extra_mem_bot.context= 200
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