April 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Convert Shell files to Batch files?
by David Arnold 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

All, Anyone know how to convert these shell files to batch files for a PC? #! /bin/sh for fig in section*figs.tex; do echo "Processing file $fig (first run)"; texexec $fig > nul; echo "Processing file $fig (second run)"; texexec $fig > nul; done #! /bin/sh for figlib in figlibSection*.xml; do echo "Processing file $figlib"; texexec --pdf --use=fig-make --mod=letter $figlib > nul; done #! /bin/sh ./makefigs ./makefiglibs

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colored, marginal chapter numbers
by Sanjoy Mahajan 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

I get colored chapter text and numbers with: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuphead[chapter][color=blue] \starttext \chapter{One} \stoptext But if I drive the numbers into the left margin, they escape the blue paintbrush (but the text is still blue): \def\sectionnumber#1{\inleft{#1}} \setupcolors[state=start] \setuphead[chapter][numbercolor=blue,color=blue, deepnumbercommand=\sectionnumber] \starttext \chapter{One} \stoptext Is there a recommended way of doing this? I could put blue into the \sectionnumber command, but I'd prefer to specify the color only once (the numbercolor and color specifications were an attempt at overkill). Plus I'd like to understand what's going on. [ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.17 23:14 fmt: 2006.4.19] -Sanjoy

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No metapost compilation on files named file.001.tex
by nico 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, There's something wrong in using (old)texexec/metapost on an input file named file.001.tex (I guess that 001 could be any number): the mp graphic is not generated. If I change file.001.tex to file.tex, it works ok. I attach the test file used if it can be useful. Regards, BG

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\=d in a table: weird behaviour
by Mojca Miklavec 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, It seems that \= and table interact in a strange way in the following example: \starttable[|c|] \NC \=d \NC\NR \stoptable \=d alone works OK. I suggested to use $\rm\overline{d}$ to the one who asked me about it, so it's not really crutial to fix that, I just find it a bit strange. Thanks, Mojca

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Sudden compilation-preventing font issue
by Johannes Graumann 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

I can't figure this out ... happily working on my project and all of a sudden I get this error upon texexecing: bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded kpathsea: Running mktextfm ec-lmr12 mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.4) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ec-lmr12 ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12 Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ec-lmr12.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ec-lmr12' failed to make ec-lmr12.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font \*12ptrmtf*=ec-lmr12 not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> \relax \xxdododefinefont ...tspec {#4}\newfontidentifier \let \localrelativefontsiz... \fontstrategy ...ame #1\csname #2#3#4#5\endcsname \tryingfontfalse \fi <inserted text> ...yle \fontalternative \fontsize \fi \iftryingfont \fontstr... \synchronizefont ...strategy \the \fontstrategies \relax \fi \ifskipfontchar... <argument> \getvalue {\@style@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.1 % interface=en output=pdftex Does anybody have any clue as to what what I screwed up here? Thanks, Joh

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problem with \setupTABLE[c][odd][bottom=XX]
by Peter Münster 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, as you already know, I use \setupTABLE[bottom=] to attach some tokens to a table-cell: \starttext \setupTABLE[c][odd][bottom=XX] \setupTABLE[c][even][bottom=YY] \bTABLE \bTR\bTD bla \eTD\bTD bla \eTD\bTR \eTABLE \stoptext But here, I get a second line with "XX". How could I avoid this? TIA for any hints! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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splitting table into columns
by Peter Münster 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, how could I split a table into columns in a clean manner? To show, what I want, I prepared the following example file: - the first page is ok for me, you see just the issue mentioned in http://context.literatesolutions.com/collector/15 - the 5th page looks clean - the 6th page looks also clean but should be balanced - all other pages are not ok... TIA for any hints, Peter \definecolumnset[example][n=3] \starttext \input tufte \section{Try with columns and tables} \startcolumns[n=3] \starttablehead \HL \NC A \NC B \NC\SR \HL \stoptablehead \starttabletail \HL \stoptabletail \starttables[|l|l|] \dorecurse{200}{\NC bla \NC bla \NC\AR} \stoptables \stopcolumns \page \input tufte \section{Try with columnset and tables} \startcolumnset[example] \starttablehead \HL \NC A \NC B \NC\SR \HL \stoptablehead \starttabletail \HL \stoptabletail \starttables[|l|l|] \dorecurse{200}{\NC bla \NC bla \NC\AR} \stoptables \stopcolumnset \page \input tufte \section{Try with columns and TABLE} \startcolumns[n=3] \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH A \eTH \bTH B \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{200}{\bTR \bTD bla \eTD \bTD bla \eTD \eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stopcolumns \page \input tufte \section{Try with columnset and TABLE} \startcolumnset[example] \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH A \eTH \bTH B \eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \dorecurse{200}{\bTR \bTD bla \eTD \bTD bla \eTD \eTR} \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stopcolumnset \stoptext -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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emacs lisp for context in AucTeX
by Sanjoy Mahajan 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

I wrote the following emacs lisp for my .emacs and pass it on (no copyright) in case others find it useful. I used variants for a decade with the old tex mode, but just rewrote it for auctex and for context's display math syntax (which deprecates $$...$$). The purpose: 1. If you type {, [, or (, the appropriate right delimiter is inserted for you and the insertion point is placed between them. So I never get unbalanced XYZ errors. If you think it's a misfeature, delete the last three local-set-key's in the TeX-mode-hook. 2. Same feature if you type $ for inline math: you get $<insertion point here>$. The old tex-mode code would do the same on typing a second $, so you'd get $$<insertion point here>$$ for tex's display math. The code below will also do that, except in context mode. 3. In context mode, typing the second $ will gobble up preceding whitespace and then insert \placeformula\startformula <place insertion point here> \stopformula The whitespace-deletion code in start-context-math is a bit pathetic and any improvements are welcome. I couldn't get re-search-backward to work for me because it wouldn't match greedily (so it would gobble up one space but not all of them, for example), so instead it just looks one character at a time and deletes what it should. -Sanjoy (defun insert-balanced (left right) "Make a left, right delmiter pair and be poised to type inside of them." (interactive) (insert left) (save-excursion (insert right))) (defun start-context-math () (interactive) (let* ((start (max (point-min) (- (point) 1))) (stop (min (point-max) (+ (point) 1)))) ; if in the middle of a $$, turn inline math into context display math (if (equal "$$" (buffer-substring-no-properties start stop)) (progn (delete-region start stop) ;get rid of the $$ ; delete preceding spaces, if any (while (and (< (point-min) (point)) (equal (buffer-substring-no-properties (- (point) 1) (point)) " ")) (backward-delete-char 1)) ; delete a preceding newline, if any (if (equal (buffer-substring-no-properties (- (point) 1) (point)) "\n") (backward-delete-char 1)) ; place (insert "\n\\placeformula\\startformula\n") (save-excursion (insert "\n\\stopformula"))) ; else: just doing inline math (insert-balanced ?\$ ?\$)))) (add-hook 'ConTeXt-mode-hook '(lambda () (local-set-key "$" 'start-context-math))) (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook '(lambda () (local-set-key "$" '(lambda () (interactive) (insert-balanced ?\$ ?\$))) (local-set-key "{" '(lambda () (interactive) (insert-balanced ?\{ ?\}))) (local-set-key "[" '(lambda () (interactive) (insert-balanced ?\[ ?\]))) (local-set-key "(" '(lambda () (interactive) (insert-balanced ?$ ?$)))))

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\synchronizeoutput does not help here...
by Peter Münster 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, unfortunately, \synchronizeoutput does not help here. I also tried things like "\placetable[bottom]" but no luck... Could you help? \starttext \section{bla} \subsection{bla} \startitemize \dorecurse{21}{\item bla} \stopitemize \placetable{a table}{\vbox to 8cm{bla}} \section{bla} \subsection{bla} \synchronizeoutput % this does not help here... \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTABLEhead\bTR\bTH bla\eTH\eTR\eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody\dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD bla\eTD\eTR}\eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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help needed with difficult document structure
by Karsten Heymann 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, I'm having a little bit of problem with the document structure of the project I'm currently typesetting. It's kind of a scientific magazine that consists mainly of independent articles. The articles use \section and \subsection and should have their own numbering, as well as for the caption numbers and such. Oh, and the article's internal sectioning should not appear in any table of contents. At a higher level each Article has it's title (and author) and groups of articles are put together in categories ("Studies", "Documentations", "Focus articles"). These Categories and the Article Titles should appear in the main TOC: Studies On This And On That John Doe ................... 7 Another Study B. E. Ginner .............. 10 Focus Articles A Focus Article N. Ewbie .................. 15 Documentation Content of Documentations . 19 Europe .................... 20 Asia ...................... 23 America ................... 37 Africa .................... 42 and so on. Chosing \part level for categories and \chapter/\title for article titles comes to mind, but \chapter influences \section numbering ("2.1") and \title doesn't reset all those counters, leaving alone the problem of getting the author into the toc. I guess I'll have to do this one by hand. To make things even funnier there is the documentation part, which has two levels of unnumbered sectioning, of which the first level goes to the main TOC and the first and second go to a dedicated documentation TOC directly preceding that part and listing first and second level: Documentation Content Europe Germany ............... 21 Netherlands ........... 22 Asia China ................. 24 and so on. Now I'm a bit unsure how to implement this cleanly in ConTeXt. I've already done it for LaTeX (from which we are switching because of ConTeXts superior layout abilities). I simply used two additional toc files for that. In Context I even don't get unnumbered sections in any toc :( (but maybe I'm just a bit over-tired...) I cannot expect a ready-to-run solution, but any hints or "best context practices" would be highly appreciated! Yours sincerely, Karsten

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