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about a change in the context packaging
by Norbert Preining 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Hi all! Release notes from 2007.01.23: Gnuplot module (m-gnuplot.tex) removed from the core distro. This file is superceded by the third-party module But it is not contained in cont-ext.zip. Is this intended? Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Università di Siena Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GUERNSEY (adj.) --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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incorrect internal mptopdf conversion
by Sanjoy Mahajan 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Here's a problem that I just noticed in the internal mptopdf conversion macros. The fig.1 figure looks fine as a mps (eps) file, and 'mptopdf fig.1' converts it fine. However, including it in a document as fig.1 (hence via the internal mps to pdf conversion) adds strange thick lines to it. Here is the .mp file, and I've attached a complete .zip archive with a .tex file and Makefile to generate the comparison. =========================== fig.mp ================================= % equilateral triangles cut in half % cutter is the path that cuts the triangle in half def half_triangle(text cutter) = path tri, enclosed; z0 = (2cm,0); z1 = z0 rotated 60; tri := origin--z0--z1--origin; enclosed := (cutter)--z1--point 0 of (cutter)--cycle; fill enclosed withcolor 0.65white; draw tri; dotlabel (btex etex, point 0 of (cutter)); dotlabel (btex etex, point 4000 of (cutter)); draw cutter; enddef; % replicate the triangle and path to make hexagon def replicate_six_times = % move triangle so that is at the origin, then shrink it currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (-z1) scaled 0.7; for i = 1 upto 6: draw currentpicture rotated (60*i); endfor enddef; % replicate the triangle bisected by line straight across beginfig(1) half_triangle(point (2+sqrt(0.5)) of tri--point (2-sqrt(0.5)) of tri); replicate_six_times; endfig; end =================================================================== Program versions: pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.0 (Web2C 7.5.6) ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2007.1.13 int: english/english MPtoPDF 1.3.2 MetaPost 0.993 -Sanjoy `A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the last extremes of injustice and oppression.' (Gibbon)

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TeXLive 2006
by Taco Hoekwater 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

Hi, I have good news as well as bad news. The good news is that the coming TeXLive will be nicely up to date when it comes to ConTeXt (currently at 2006.12.07). The bad news is that core-fnt and core-ext will not be included. Apparently, the first package that uses a certain directory becomes its 'owner' when it comes to TeXLive's distribution build scripts. Since there are already a number of fontpackages for LaTeX included, there is no way to add metrics for ConTeXt as well. I have proposed to look into the build scripts, but the reaction I received was luke-warm at best, so I am not going to persue this any further. I am sorry for everybody that wanted to see some of the third-party modules in TL. It should still be possible to have them included if one of you is willing and able to make the effort of renaming the used folders so as to avoid conflicts with LaTeX packages, but I simply cannot be bothered any more. Best, Taco

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[contexttest-Bugs][69] m-database: bug in utf-8
by contexttest-bugs＠foundry.supelec.fr 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

Bugs item #69, was opened at 2007-01-21 03:05 You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=69&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: Mojca Miklavec (mojca) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: m-database: bug in utf-8 Resolution: None Version: None Category: macros Initial Comment: If the first character in a cell is something non-ascii, then the database module fails to work. Minimal example: \enableregime[utf-8] \usemodule[database] \starttext \defineseparatedlist[CSV] [separator=comma, before=\bTABLE,after=\eTABLE, first=\bTR,last=\eTR, left=\bTD,right=\eTD] \startseparatedlist[CSV] č,š,ž \stopseparatedlist \stoptext Error: ! Argument of \utftwouniglph has an extra }. <inserted text> \par <to be read again> } \dodoprocessseplist #1#2,->\edef \!!stringa {#1} \ifx \edef@relax \!!stringa ... <argument> č, š,ž \doprocessseplist ...elax ->\dodoprocessseplist #1 ,\relax ,\relax \relax \end \redoprocessseparatedline ...cessseplist #1\relax \else \convertargument #1\... l.11 č,š,ž ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=69&group_id=21

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format creation in xetex fails (2007.01.18 12:57)
by Mojca Miklavec 20 Jan '07

20 Jan '07

Hello Hans, \setcclcuc in syst-xtx.tex should be now set to \setcclcucx (whatever that strange fix does ;) Undefined control sequence. l.25 \setcclcuc 201C 201C 201C ? Mojca

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lm
by Hans Hagen 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

There is a new release of lm .... we have prepared new releases of LMs and TGs. At the moment we put them in non-public directories: http://bop.eps.gda.pl/0lm101-wrk/ and http://bop.eps.gda.pl/0tg-wrk/ for a "quarantine". We hope that only tiny details may need correcting, but... can someone more familiar with math (guess who) take a look at it and see if we can switch from cm math to lm math? Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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[contexttest-Bugs][68] section separators do not work for references
by contexttest-bugs＠foundry.supelec.fr 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

Bugs item #68, was opened at 2007-01-18 23:22 You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=68&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: Aditya Mahajan (adityam) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: section separators do not work for references Resolution: None Version: None Category: macros Initial Comment: Hi, The support for section separators is still partial. It is not possible to change the separators for references. For example, \setuphead[section] [separator=\separatorlist{?,!,*}] \setuphead[subsection][separator=\separatorlist{??,!!,**}] \starttext \chapter{test} \section{test} \subsection[sub]{test} \subsection{test} References \in Section[sub] still gives 1.1.1 instead of 1??1!!1. \stoptext Aditya ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=68&group_id=21

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[contexttest-Bugs][62] texexec exit code
by contexttest-bugs＠foundry.supelec.fr 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Bugs item #62, was opened at 2007-01-07 10:56 You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=62&group_id=21 Or by replying to this e-mail entering your response between the following markers: #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ (enter your response here) #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ >Status: Closed Priority: 3 Submitted By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) >Assigned to: Hans Hagen (hagen) Summary: texexec exit code Resolution: Accepted Version: None Category: scripts Initial Comment: Hi all! (Gerben, you are on the To since you were interested in the ctxfmtutil, but it is bugged ..., see below) texexec does not return a useful return code: # texexec --nonstopmode --fast --make --aleph cont-en ... loading : Context Font Macros / UNICODE Support ! Aleph capacity exceeded, sorry [number of strings=33165]. \setvalue ...xpandafter \def \csname #1\endcsname l.275 \defineucharmapping{\s!default} #1#2% No pages of output. Transcript written on cont-en.log. TeXExec | TeXExec | tex engine path: /etc/texmf/web2c/aleph TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 3.104333 # echo $? 0 # This is bad, very bad.... something we can do about it? And, since I am at it: It does not honor the --nonstopmode: # texexec --nonstopmode --fast --make --xetex cont-en ... loading : Context Encoding Macros (pdf) ! Undefined control sequence. l.63 \ifcase\pdfgentounicode \else \expandafter \endinput \fi ? and waiting there. Is there a way to fix these two problems, please??? For Gerben: ctxfmtutil has two problems: - it does not detect if a build was broken due to the first bug - it hangs sometimes due to the second bug Best wishes Norbert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2007-01-18 13:02 Message: texexec exit codes were added in 2007.01.12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=62&group_id=21

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[contexttest-Bugs][52] original-adobe-euro.map for dvips
by contexttest-bugs＠foundry.supelec.fr 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Bugs item #52, was opened at 2007-01-04 12:07 You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=52&group_id=21 Or by replying to this e-mail entering your response between the following markers: #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ (enter your response here) #+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+#+ >Status: Closed Priority: 3 Submitted By: Peter Münster (peter) >Assigned to: Hans Hagen (hagen) Summary: original-adobe-euro.map for dvips >Resolution: Accepted Version: None Category: None Initial Comment: When creating dvi and ps output with following input: \usesymbols[eur] \starttext \texteuro \stoptext no euro-symbol shows up. dvips does not understand the map file. Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2007-01-18 13:01 Message: this fix is included in context 2007.01.09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Peter Münster (peter) Date: 2007-01-08 13:37 Message: Yes, Taco. This helps. Thanks, Peter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2007-01-05 17:36 Message: The output from the texexec --dvi case looks good at first glance. I do not have the font installed myself, but you could try adding the PostScript font names in that map file (this will not harm pdftex): euromo EuroMono-Regular <euromo.pfb euromob EuroMono-Bold <euromob.pfb euromoi EuroMono-Italic <euromoi.pfb euromobi EuroMono-BoldItalic <euromobi.pfb eurosa EuroSans-Regular <eurosa.pfb eurosab EuroSans-Bold <eurosab.pfb eurosai EuroSans-Italic <eurosai.pfb eurosabi EuroSans-BoldItalic <eurosebi.pfb eurose EuroSerif-Regular <eurose.pfb euroseb EuroSerif-Bold <euroseb.pfb eurosei EuroSerif-Italic <eurosei.pfb eurosebi EuroSerif-BoldItalic <eurosebi.pfb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Peter Münster (peter) Date: 2007-01-05 17:26 Message: When using texexec --dvi, the file in pdftex is read and dvips outputs this: This is dvips(k) 5.96 Copyright 2005 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 2007.01.05:1712' -> test.ps <tex.pro><lm-ec.enc><texps.pro>. <eurose.pfb><lmr12.pfb>[1]

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[contexttest-Bugs][67] Columns page break bug
by contexttest-bugs＠foundry.supelec.fr 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Bugs item #67, was opened at 2007-01-16 12:58 You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=67&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: Michal Kvasnicka (qasar) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: Columns page break bug Resolution: None Version: None Category: macros Initial Comment: The \stopcolumns breaks the page even when it is only half-full. See \setupoutput[pdf] \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \starttext \startcolumns \dorecurse{4}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns a \startcolumns \dorecurse{5}{\input tufte\par} \stopcolumns \stoptext In my case there is a big hole on the page 2 (after the first \stopcolumns). Even the letter "a" goes to the next page, page 3. This happens with the newest ConTeXts (and some older ones as well) with the perl TeXExec. Michal Kvasnicka ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://foundry.supelec.fr/tracker/?func=detail&atid=161&aid=67&group_id=21

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