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write18, XeTeX and metapost not running
by Mojca Miklavec 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hello Hans, one weird question: after the question has been posted to the mailing list, I tried to run \starttext \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopMPcode x \stoptext on the garden. That works OK with pdfTeX, but doesn't work with XeTeX. I have checked that locally on my machine. I did the following: - I have set shell_escape = f in texmf.cnf - I comment out the two lines in cont-sys.tex: % \runMPgraphicstrue % \runMPTEXgraphicstrue "texexec bla" now creates bla-mpgraph.1, while "texexec --xtx bla" doesn't. Any clue? Thanks a lot, Mojca

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test versions of context
by Norbert Preining 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi all, (cc-ing the usual suspects) I have created test versions of ConTeXt 2007.08.09, if you can give it a try: context deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ On sid this should be no problem, for etch you need texlive and tex-common deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ If you want to test the new context/luatex functionality you should also get the latest luatex package: luatex deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex/ (which is 0.10.2-2). It has already been uploaded to Debian but has to go through the NEW queue (which usually takes some time). Sorry NO etch version for now for luatex, I have to adapt the poppler patch first. I run several documents with the new context and it worked. Please report your success/failure to me, thanks a lot. Especially one with a bit of experience could test luatex/context combination, that would be great. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPROSTON GREEN (n.) The violent colour of one of Nigel Rees's jackets, worn when he thinks he's being elegant. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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missing stubs in latest release
by Norbert Preining 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

Hi Hans! I am packaging up the latest context release for Debian, and have some questions before releasing it: - luatools and mtxtools is missing from scripts/context/unix/stubs, is this by intention or by error? - the debian packages ship additional stubs for: pdftrimwhite texfind texshow which are missing in the above dir, should/could/would you add them? - besides an additional Recommends: luatex do you think that other changes to packaging is necessary? (Not that you have to know the internals, this is only a question about some major incompatibilities I didn't find on the Wiki...) - does it make sense to package it now or wait for some more iterations? Thanks a lot and all the best Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUTLERBURN (n.archaic) A burn sustained as a result of the behaviour of a clumsy hutler. (The precise duties of hutlers are now lost in the mists of history.) --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Re: [dev-context] [NTG-context] presentation module
by Taco Hoekwater 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > Sure, that's fine with me! Who generates cont-ext.zip Hans, via automatic downloads from the garden. > and who decides what goes in there? That is a somewhat complex question. At least you need to agree (but you did that already), then Patrick or Mojca or me have to check the module structure, and you have to agree to any proposed changes and upload a new version. Then we propose Hans to add a new download to the script that builds cont-ext.zip. That's about it, I assume (but I can have missed something). > I think the module is tds compliant, so that should be OK! Proposed changes: * doc/taspresent -> doc/context/third/taspresent This really is important! * tpm/t-taspresent.tpm is absent I believe I wrote down how to create one in the Epen binder, the file is important because it acts as a manifest. * the source for the user manual is missing, you may consider adding it. (I care not, but it is a requirement for texlive inclusion) Best wishes, Taco

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metafun: colored dotlabel fails (fix included)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

In metafun, a colored dotlabel fails. A fix is included below. Here is a minimal test file: beginfig(1) dotlabel(btex etex, origin) withcolor green; endfig; end It produces this error: $ mpost -mem=metafun t This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (t.mp ! Extra tokens will be flushed. <to be read again> withcolor l.2 dotlabel(btex etex, origin) withcolor green; ? [I'm using the metafun that was built from context 2007.04.17.] Metapost used to have this problem, for which John Hobby sent the following updated definition of dotlabel(): vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) text t_ = label@#(s,z) t_; interim linecap:=rounded; draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam t_; enddef; It is part of the current plain.mp (mpost 0.993). But the metafun.mp format-generation file includes mp-base.mp, which has the old definition of dotlabel: vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) = label@#(s,z); interim linecap:=rounded; draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam; enddef; The patch below fixes the minimal test case above as well as the larger real file that I started with: --- a/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp 2007-07-25 00:19:15.379198092 -0400 +++ b/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp 2007-07-25 00:19:37.072411646 -0400 @@ -477,10 +477,10 @@ def label = draw thelabel enddef; newinternal dotlabeldiam; dotlabeldiam:=3bp; -vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) = - label@#(s,z); +vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) text t_ = + label@#(s,z) t_; interim linecap:=rounded; - draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam; + draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam t_; enddef; def makelabel = dotlabel enddef;

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[contexttest-Bugs][78] additional blank line in starttyping environment
by contexttest-bugs＠foundry.supelec.fr 16 Jul '07

16 Jul '07

Bugs item #78, was opened at 2007-07-16 23:39 You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=78&group_id=21 Or by replying to this e-mail entering your response between the following markers: #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ (enter your response here) #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ Status: Open Priority: 3 Submitted By: Peter Münster (peter) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: additional blank line in starttyping environment Category: macros Version: None Resolution: None Initial Comment: Hello, when using align=flushleft and \typebuffer in \framed, additional space is introduced at the top. Example: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuptyping[before=,after=] \startbuffer bla \stopbuffer \starttext \framed[background=color,backgroundcolor=red]{\typebuffer} \framed[align=flushleft,background=color,backgroundcolor=red]{\typebuffer} \stoptext Cheers, Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=78&group_id=21

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[Fwd: Re: urgent bib bug]
by Taco Hoekwater 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

Hi all, Can someone please have a look at this for me? I have to run off for TUG2007 now (ye, already), and I could not discover what is wrong. The problem seems to be with false positives from \doifcurrentlevelelse, but that is the only thing I could discover til now. Thanks in advance, Taco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: urgent bib bug Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:09:00 -0600 From: Idris Samawi Hamid <ishamid(a)colostate.edu> Organization: Colorado State University To: Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> References: <op.tvbhx2vfnx1yh1@your-b27fb1c401> <469541C5.80200(a)elvenkind.com> Hi, On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:47:01 -0600, Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> wrote: > Please send me a short (as short as possible, but complete) example > and perhaps I can fix it tomorrow. But I must warn you: I did not do > anything to the module in months, and there is no new context release, > so I am absolutely clueless as to what could be going wrong. Here is a directory which should work out of the box; test file is bib-test.tex. I think I found the key to the problem: For \title, the entry of the previous \title is repeated. For \chapter it behaves correctly. I define my articles in terms of \title, and each article is within a \start-stopproduct file. So basically the bib-module needs to support \title as well (used to do so). Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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last release broken?
by Patrick Gundlach 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

Hi, my automatic install script failed. There is no tex/context/base in the zip file. Or am I missing something? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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New Debian TeX packages for Etch
by Norbert Preining 24 Jun '07

24 Jun '07

Hi all! The new packages uploaded yesterday by Frank to Debian unstable have been backported to etch are as usual available on people.debian.org. Don't forget that you will also need lmodern and context for texlive-full. Binaries of texlive-bin 2007-12 are currently only for i386, I hope to get powerpc binaries soon. If there is need for amd64 I can do them, too. texlive and tex-common deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ src/ lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ context deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLONMULT (n.) A yellow ooze usually found near secretions of buldoo (q.v.) and sadberge (q.v.) --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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unzipping error on garden
by Aditya Mahajan 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hi Patrick, I uploaded a new version of my mathsets module on the garden, and got an error: Unzipping (for CTAN) returned with an error As far as I can tell, the unzipping went fine. IS the error message a bug in the garden scripts? I had generated the zip file using textools --tpmmake t-mathsets Thanks, Aditya

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