July 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

colored box background
by Hans van der Meer 14 Jul '06

14 Jul '06

Say I have a box, e.g. \setbox\thebox=\vbox{....} with dimensions \wd \thebox etc. What then is the most efficient and economic (in terms of complexity and speed) way to generate a colored background for it? I know I can use \framed, but this I wish to avoid because it seems overly complex for this simple task and may have side effects in terms of alignment issues. Is the best perhaps using a metapost graphic? and if so, what is best MPgraphic, useMPgraphic, reuseMPgraphic, etc.? Hans van der Meer

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pre-announce new version
by Taco Hoekwater 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hi all, Hans has made a new ConTeXt release today, but I've run out of time for the announcement. Hopefully later tonight, but otherwise you'll have to wait 'til tomorrow. If you want to have a sneak peak: the detailed change page on the wiki is already finished: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.07.13 Have fun, Taco

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fyi
by Hans Hagen 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

On Monday July 24 an update of the mail server will take place, starting at 14.00 (till midnight). 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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Version Numbers in Download File Names
by Matthias Wächter 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hi! Pardon me for requesting more support from pragma-ade prior to ever using the mailing list for general support questions. Maybe I should post this one directly to Hans but others might be interested in this issue as well. Despite my little but growing knowledge of Context I am currently evaluating its suitability for document building in our company (our workflow is currently Latex-based). A prime aspect of our company's work is to follow well-defined processes, and as part of that, we have to be able to refer to specific versions of applications that are used in the development of our projects. When used, this would apply to Context as well. Obviously, downloading from pragma-ade gives version numbers only on the entry pages like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm next to the links to the files, but the package files themselves like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip don't have versioned names (not mentioning that Context and its modules actually _do_ report version numbers as dates upon use). Is there a strong motivation against having versioned package file names, possibly with some months/years of history? Has this support feature ever been considered by pragma-ade or asked for by their (non-)paying customers? Or is this archive available but I am unable to find it? ;) Just an example: Instead of http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/current/cont-tmf.zip use a browseable directory like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/ containint files like http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/cont-tmf-20060518.zip http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/cont-tmf-20060601.zip http://www.pragma-ade.nl/context/archive/cont-tmf-20060629.zip and possibly set /context/current/cont-tmf.zip as an internal file system link to the latest file in /context/archive/ for those interested only in the latest version. The proposed method could be applied to all other download files as well. That way and as long as the archive files are available, a precise version of Context could be fetched from pragma-ade's server without maintaining a local versioned archive of cont.tmf.zip etc. Referral to a specific version of Context would be a lot easier, and documenting the tools used for a project would be a lot simpler. A common understanding of a Context version, reflected in its package file name, would reduce the effort of those responsible for local version control and install package maintenance. Thanks, - Matthias

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ConTeXt + XeTeX + Adobe Bembo Std = ???
by Paul Hoffman 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

I've been trying to figure out how to use Bembo Std (an OpenType font from Adobe) in ConTeXt + XeTeX. The example on the _Fonts in XeTeX_ page in the wiki works fine except for small caps, which (not surprisingly) don't show up in this first attempt: \definetypeface[bembo][rm][Xserif][Bembo Std] \setupbodyfont[bembo] \starttext Bembo {\bf Bembo} {\it Bembo} {\sc Bembo} Bembo. \stoptext Small caps are present in the font (feature "smcp" according to otfinfo), as this minimal example shows: \definetypeface[bembo][rm][Xserif][Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text;+kern;+onum;+liga] \setupbodyfont[bembo,11pt] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \def\it{\definedfont["Bembo Std-Italic:mapping=tex-text;+kern;+onum;+liga"]} \def\bf{\definedfont["Bembo Std-Bold:mapping=tex-text;+kern;+onum"]} \def\sc{\definedfont["Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text;+smcp;+kern;+onum"]} \starttext Bembo {\bf Bembo} {\it Bembo} {\sc Bembo} Bembo. \stoptext But that's a hack. So I create a file "type-bembo.tex": \starttypescript[bembo][uc] \definetypeface [bembo] [rm] [serif] [Bembo Std] [default] [encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboRegular]["Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text"] [encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboItalic] ["Bembo Std-Italic:mapping=tex-text"][encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboBold] ["Bembo Std-Bold:mapping=tex-text"] [encoding=uc] \definefontsynonym[BemboCaps] ["Bembo Std:mapping=tex-text;+smcp"] [encoding=uc] \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][bembo][name] \definefontsynonym[Serif] [BemboRegular] \definefontsynonym[SerifItalic] [BemboItalic] \definefontsynonym[SerifBold] [BemboBold] \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps] [BemboCaps] \definefontsynonym[SerifSlanted] [BemboItalic] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldItalic] [BemboBold] \definefontsynonym[SerifBoldSlanted][BemboBold] \stoptypescript And a test file in the same directory as the typescript file: \usetypescriptfile[type-bembo] \usetypescript[bembo][uc] \setupbodyfont[bembo,11pt] \starttext Bembo {\bf Bembo} {\it Bembo} {\sc Bembo} Bembo. \stoptext Now I get small caps all right, but everything's in Computer Modern. :-( What am I doing wrong? Changing the double quotes in the typescript to single quotes doesn't make any difference; not does omitting the quotes or omitting the space in "Bembo Std". Here's the output from texexec --xtx --version: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2006 tex : XeTeX, 3.141592-2.2-0.99b (Web2C 7.5.3) context : ver: 2006.03.31 23:47 cont-en : ver: 2006.03.31 23:47 fmt: 2006.4.3 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.03.31 23:47 fmt: 2006.4.3 mes: dutch Thanks in advance, Paul. -- Paul Hoffman <nkuitse(a)nkuitse.com> http://nkuitse.com/ http://hoffmancommapaul.com/

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\endproof
by David Arnold 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

All, I'd like to have a little \endproof or \endexample mark to put at the end of proofs or examples. I'd like to have something a little fancier than just a little square or diamond. Has anyone done anything like this, maybe with overlays and metafun, that they'd like to share?

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Bold in math mode
by David Arnold 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

How do I get a bold x in math mode?

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Typing some blocks in single column, some in two columns.
by David Arnold 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

All, We have a bunch of questions and answers in blocks. \beginquestion \startquestion \stopquestion \endquestion \beginlonganswer \startquestion \stopquestion \endlonganswer \beginshortanswer \startquestion \stopquestion \endshortanswer The difficulty is some long answers are to complex to typeset in two column mode, but then some will fit in two column mode quite nicely. We'd like to use two column mode when we can. When we are typsetting the longanswer, we have a good idea whether its bound for one or two column mode. We might have 8 longanswers that will fit in two column mode, followed by 10 that have to be typeset in single column mode, followed by the rest in two column mode. So, is it possible to "tag" a longanswer block for single or two column typsetting? If so, as the blocks are read back in, is there someway to read the tag and make a decision to switch to one or two column mode? Thanks.

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minor console file queries
by Alan Bowen 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

I processed a file using texmfstart texexec. In the console file, I see the lines (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex) (/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/type-alanmodern.tex) (/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/tex/context/third/greek/type-agr.tex)) check : missing or ungrouped '=' after 'location' in line 106 (@@td) and > User file 'cont-sys.tex' not found, 'cont-sys.rme' has been used instead. < • Where do I check for the missing or ungrouped `='? The problem does not appear to be in my source file or in my environment file. • Is ConTeXt looking for a 'cont-sys.tex' in my own ~/Library/texmf tree? Neither issue seems to have any impact on the output. So I am just asking out of curiosity. Cheers, Alan

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positiongraphics
by Hans van der Meer 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

First everything is OK and then suddenly I start getting errors in (metafun) position graphics: ! Missing `)' has been inserted. <to be read again> ; l.118 ...926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt,72.9016pt); The mpgraph.mp file says at this point: PlainTextArea:=boundingbox((95.23926pt,72.9016pt)--(95.23926pt, 72.9016pt); shifted (609.52148pt,476.59792pt));; What is happening? Hans van der Meer

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