June 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Split Table Desperation - again!
by Johannes Graumann 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

Hello, While the recent modifications to the split table mechanisms provided by Hans help me out with my most annoying monster table using the XML mapping code below (see http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/p46-50_split_working.pdf/view for the typeset table; clearly to much whitespace, but everything is typeset and page boundaries are honored) and several other -smaller- tables in the same tome (see http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/p45_unsplit_working.pdf/view for a typeset example), one medium-sized table that clearly should not be split gets split none the less (see http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/p162-163_unnecessary_split.pdf/vi…) ... and I have no idea why. Puzzled and helpless, Joh XML mapping code: % 'table' - table definition \defineXMLnested [table] [lines=auto] { \defineXMLsave[floattitle] \defineXMLsave[caption] \defineXMLsave[header] \defineXMLsave[body] \defineXMLsave[footer] } { \splitfloat[lines=\XMLop{lines}] { \expanded{% \placetable [\XMLpar{table}{location}{}] [\XMLpar{table}{label}{unknown}] {\select{caption}{\XMLflush{floattitle} {{\bf\XMLflush{floattitle}} \XMLflush{caption}}} } } { \setupTABLE[row][1][topframe=on] \setupTABLE[row][last][bottomframe=on] \bTABLE[frame=off,split=repeat,splitmethod=b,style={\switchtobodyfont[small]\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex]}] \bTABLEhead\XMLflush{header}\eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody\XMLflush{body}\eTABLEbody \bTABLEfoot\XMLflush{footer}\eTABLEfoot \eTABLE } } % 'td' - table cell definition defaulting to single row/column, automatic width determination, left alignment \defineXMLnested [td] [rows=1,cols=1,width=,bottomframe=,topframe=,align=right] { \doifelse{\XMLop{width}}{}% { \doifelse{\XMLop{bottomframe}}{}% { \doifelse{\XMLop{topframe}}{}% {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols}]}} {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},topframe=\XMLop{topframe},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols}]}} } { \doifelse{\XMLop{topframe}}{}% {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols},bottomframe=\XMLop{bottomframe}]}} {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols},bottomframe=\XMLop{bottomframe},topframe=\XMLop{topframe}]}} } } { \doifelse{\XMLop{bottomframe}}{}% { \doifelse{\XMLop{topframe}}{}% {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols},width=\XMLop{width}]}} {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols},width=\XMLop{width},topframe=\XMLop{topframe}]}} } { \doifelse{\XMLop{topframe}}{}% {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols},width=\XMLop{width},bottomframe=\XMLop{bottomframe}]}} {\expanded{\bTD[align=\XMLop{align},nr=\XMLop{rows},nc=\XMLop{cols},width=\XMLop{width},bottomframe=\XMLop{bottomframe},topframe=\XMLop{topframe}]}} } } } {\par\eTD} % 'tr' - table row definition, defaulting to no bottomframe \defineXMLnested [tr] [bottomframe=,rulethickness=0.5pt] {\doifelse{\XMLop{bottomframe}}{}% {\expanded{\bTR}}% {\expanded{\bTR[bottomframe=\XMLop{bottomframe},rulethickness=\XMLop{rulethickness}]}} } {\eTR}

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Re: [NTG-context] frontmatter
by wwl＠musensturm.de 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

> Hi Wolfgang, > > I tried your code. Indeed there is no blank page after the > "Schmutztitel". But a blank page before! > So you need to add to the \startstandardmakeup[page=yes]. - No that doesn't help. And it shouldn't be necessary. Right? > Something > fuzzy is at hand with grid=yes. > If you comment this line then the output is as expected. I know. I wrote that. I found 3 positions which, commenting this lines, correct the problem. But I don't understand WHY this helps and why the example doesn't works. > > > Willi > > > wwl(a)musensturm.de wrote: > > Hallo! > > > > I am trying to use 'standardmakeup' to produce > 'Schmutztitel'-page > > with a following blank page. I think this is what > > \start\stopstandardmakeup is for (in doublesided environments). > > > > But the example bellow has first a blank page and then > > 'Schmutztitel'. > > > > There is a fourth blank page too. > > > > ------------------------- > > \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided] > > \setuplayout [ > > footer=.04\paperheight, %1 > > grid=yes, %2 > > marking=on, > > location=middle, > > width=middle, > > height=middle] > > \starttext > > \startfrontmatter %3 > > \startstandardmakeup > > Schmutztitel > > \stopstandardmakeup > > \stopfrontmatter %3 > > bla > > \stoptext > > ------------------------- > > > > My experiments: > > > > - a space-char between 'doublesided' and ']' removes the last > blank > > page (strange). > > > > - uncommenting the lines in position 1,2,3 exclusivly results in > the > > correct behaviour. > > > > I would like to understand what the problem is and why, for > example, > > uncommenting frontmatter solves the problem. > > > > I thought frontmatter is the place to do title-things and so. > > > > Gr??e, Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] frontmatter
by wwl＠musensturm.de 22 Jun '06

22 Jun '06

> > - a space-char between 'doublesided' and ']' removes the last > blank > > page (strange). > > This is normal: 'doublesided' is not equal to 'doublesided '. > And 'doublesided' requires certainly an even number of pages. Ohh! But a leading space has no effekt. What is the exact syntax for parameters? Wolfgang

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Aleph queries
by Duncan Hothersall 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Hello all (especially Idris :-) ) Using the fantastic resources from Idris' messages on this list, and the Aleph page on the Wiki, I have managed to start producing Arabic PDF output directly from UTF-8 sources using Aleph and dvipdfmx. This is great, thanks so much. I have just one or two queries and things I wasn't able to make work. I hope someone can help. My test file is here: http://www.capdm.com/public/context/omarab-queries1.tex And the output it generates is here: http://www.capdm.com/public/context/omarab-queries1.pdf First question - how do I get italic text? The first three paragraphs in the test are identical content, but the second has {\it ...} around it and the third has {\bf ...} around it. The third para comes out perfectly in bold, but the second para looks the same as the first. How can I get italics? Second question - that same first para contains 5 ligatures. They don't seem to match the rest of the font. Is this a set-up issue, or is it the way the font is designed? If it is a set-up issue, is there a way to fix it? Third and final question - I inserted a section and two subsections to demonstrate that the numbering of subsections is left-to-right. How can I make it right-to-left? (Explanation: the PDF shows section "1", and then subsections "1-1" and "1-2"; reading the numbers from right-to-left, I need it to show as section "1" and then subsections "1-1" and "2-1". In the subsection the "1" should come first when reading rtl.) Thanks very much for any help. Bests, Duncan

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t-bib and hyperlinkded references?
by Johannes Graumann 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Hi, Is it possible to make the ConTeXt/t-bib combo producing hyperlinks from the citation in the text to the bibliography list entry ... used to do that all the rime with hyperref and LaTeX and don't seem to be able to figure it out for t-bib ... Thanks for any hints, Joh

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feature request: texexec with exit code > 0
by Peter Münster 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Hello, could "texexec --nonstopmode file" please exit with exit code > 0, if there is an error (such as undefined control sequence)? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] cropmarks
by wwl＠musensturm.de 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

> > The following: > > ------- > > \definepapersize [RM] [width=170mm,height=240mm] > > \setuppapersize [RM] [A4] > > \setuplayout [marking=on, location=middle] > > \starttext > > Bla > > \stoptext > > ------- > > results in 163mm width and 230mm height. > > What is wrong here? > > before or after printing? The proportions 210/170=1.235 are ok on screen! Printing with ghostscript is ok too. Printing with acrobat is the problem. Obviously this is not a context problem. Soory! Wolfgang

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Re: [NTG-context] cropmarks
by wwl＠musensturm.de 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

> > The following: > > ------- > > \definepapersize [RM] [width=170mm,height=240mm] > > \setuppapersize [RM] [A4] > > \setuplayout [marking=on, location=middle] > > \starttext > > Bla > > \stoptext > > ------- > > results in 163mm width and 230mm height. > > What is wrong here? > > before or after printing? after printing. How could I measure this before printing? Wolfgang

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Page breaking problem
by Helin Gai 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

Hi, I'm new to ConTeXt and I'm preparing a document for my own reference. The source code is below. I came across a few weird issues: 1) I don't quite understand why the page break occurs on pages 4 and 6; 2) Why are the first two items in the table of contents in red instead of green? Thanks so much!! % The source starts here: \setupcolors[state=start] \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \setupbackground [background=screen,corner=round,leftoffset=10pt,topoffset=3pt,rightoffse t=10pt,bottomoffset=3pt] \setuptyping[before={\startbackground},after=\stopbackground] \setuphead[chapter][page=no,style={\bfb\ss},] \setupheadertexts[][chapter] \setuppagenumbering[location={header,margin},left=--~,right=~--] \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \completecontent \chapter{Logic Structure of a Project} \starttyping \startproject name_of_project \environment name_of_environ \product name_of_product \stopproject A product could be composed of different ``components.'' \stoptyping \chapter{Page Dimensions} \starttyping \setuppapersize[..1..][..2.._] 1. A3 A4_ A5 A6 letter ... CD landscape mirrored rotated 90 180 270 2. A3 A4_ A5 A6 letter ... landscape mirrored rotated negative 90 180 270 \definepapersize[name][..=..] width, height, offset: dimension scale: number \stoptyping \chapter{Layout} \starttyping \showframe[text,margin,edge] \showsetups \showlayout \setuplayout[..=..] HORIZONTAL: leftedge, leftmargin, leftmargindistance = backspace width: dimension/fit/middle rightmargindistance, rightmargin, rightedget = cutspace VERTICAL: topsapce, header, headerdistance height: dimension/fit/middle (=header+text+footer) footerdistance, footer, bottomspace OTHER grid=yes/no_ horoffset, veroffset style: normal, bold, slanted, boldslanted, type, cap, small ...command marking: on/off_/color location: left, middle, right, bottom, top, singlesided_, doublesided scale: dimen \adaptlayout[page_numbers][height,lines] \makeupwidth, \makeupheight, \textwidth, \textheight (=height-header- footer) \stoptyping \chapter{Logo} \starttyping \definelogo[name][2][3][..=..] 2. top header footer bottom 3. none page leftedge leftmargin left middle right rightmargin rightedge command state \stoptyping \chapter{Spacing} \starttyping \setupinterlinespace[..._][..=..] ..._ reset small_ medium big on off height, depth, top, bottom: number line: dimen \setupwhitespace[...] none_, small, medium, big, line, fixed, fix, dimen \whitespace \nowhitespace \blank[..] n*small n*medium n*big nowhite back white disable force reset line halfline formula fixed flexible \setupblank[..] normal_ standard line dimen big medium small fixed flexible \defineblank[name][...] same as \setupblank \packed \startpacked ... \stoppacked \startunpacked ... \stopunpacked \setupspacing[broad,packed] \space, \nospace, fixedspaces \stoptyping \chapter{Indentation} \starttyping \setupindenting[...] none_, small, medium, big, yes, next, first \noindenting \indenting[..] never_, not, no yes, always, first, next \startnarrower[...] ... \stopnarrower n*left n*middle n*right \setupnarrower[..=...] left, right, middle \stoptyping \chapter{Header and Footer} \starttyping \setupheadertexts[.1._][.2.][.3.] 1. text_ margin edge 2. <text> <section> date <mark> pagenumber 3. same as 2. \setupfootertexts \setupheader[.._][..=..] ._ text_ margin edge state=normal_/stop/start/empty/high/none/nomarking/<name> strut=yes/no style leftstyle rightstyle leftwidth rightwidth before after \setupfooter \stoptyping \chapter{Page Numbers} \starttyping \setuppagenumber[..=..] number: number state=start/stop/keep \setuppagenumbering[..=..] alternative=singlesided/doublesided location=header/footer/left/right/middle/margin/marginedge/inleft/ inright converstion=numbers/characters/Characters/romannumerals/Romannumerals style left: text right: text way: bytext/by<section>/bypart_ text: text numberseparator: text textseparator: text sectionnumber: yes/no separator: text strut: yes_/no state: start_/stop command: \command#1 \stoptyping \chapter{Columns} \starttyping \setupcolumns[..=..] n: number ntop: number rule=on/off_ height: dimen tolerance=verystrict/strict/tolerant_/verytolerant/stretch distance: dimen balance=yes_/no align=yes/no/text blank=fixed_/halfline/line_/flexible/big/medium/small option=background direction=left/right Those of \setupframed \defineparagraphs[name][..=..] n: number rule=on/off_ height=fit/dimen before: command after: command inner: command distance: dimen tolerance align=left/right/middle \setupparagraphs[name][2.._][..=..] 2. <number>/each style width height align=left/right/middle/width/breedte_ tolerance distance before after inner command rule=on/off \start<paragraph> ...\<paragraph> \stop<paragraph> \stoptyping \chapter{Marginal Text} \starttyping \inmargin[.._][ref_]{...} + - low \inright \inleft \inothermargin \margintext \setupinmargin[..._][..=..] ..._ left right number location=left/right/both_ style before after align=inner_/outer/left/right/middle/normal/no/yes line: number distance separator: text those of \setupframed \startcolumns .. \column .. \stopcolumns \stoptyping \chapter{Alignment} \starttyping \leftaligned{...} \midaligned{...} \rightaligned{...} \wordright{...} \startalignment ... \stopalignment \setupalign[...] width left right middle inner outer wide broad height bottom line reset hanging nothanging hyphenated nothyphenated \stoptyping \chapter{Lines} \starttyping \crlf \startlines ... \stoplines \setuplines[..=..] before, after, inbetween, indenting=yes/no_/even/odd \startlinenumbering[...] ... \stoplinenumbering continue \setuplinenumbering[..=..] conversion=numbers/characters/Characters/romannumerals/Romannumerals/ text start: number step: number width: dimen location=intext/inmargin_ style prefix: text referencing=on/off \stoptyping \chapter{Pages} \starttyping \page[..] yes_ makeup no preference bigpreference left right disable last quadruple even odd blank empty reset \stoptyping \stoptext

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teTeX binary package
by Peter Münster 20 Jun '06

20 Jun '06

There is now a teTeX binary package available on http://pmrb.free.fr/work/OS/ConTeXt/tetex/ Features: * support for easy ConTeXt update (command "updateConTeXt.sh") * support for URW Garamond * support for Adobe eurofont * support for ruby versions of ConTeXt scripts * latest pdfTeX * latest MetaPost * latest Latin Modern The binary package has been built on SUSE-Linux-10.1. Comments are welcome! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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