September 2006 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Overfull boxes using m-cweb
by Edwin Wisse 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Hello, I am running into overfull boxes when including a weaved cweb file into a context document. The original reference to the cwebmac.tex file (the plain TeX macro) is commented out and replaced by \usemodule[cweb]. The cweb macros appear to expand something into \*11ptmmmt* which seems to have something to do with it. Is there anyone here with experience and deep (Con)TeX(t) knowledge who understands what is happening? Regards, Edwin ----------------------------------part of my log file------------------------------------------------ Overfull \hbox (6.4885pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* for the ap-pli-ca-tion de-vel-op-ment mod-ule. This is a small ap-p li-ca-tion which loads file \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* f .\*11ptmmmr* o .\*11ptmmmr* r .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .\*11ptmmmr* t .etc. Overfull \hbox (8.38132pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 3--13 \*11ptmmmr* with point and line da-ta and dis-plays it in a win-dow. It pro-vid es a us-er in-ter-face al- \hbox(7.63889+2.13889)x398.33858 .\*11ptmmmr* w .\*11ptmmmr* i .\*11ptmmmr* t .\*11ptmmmr* h .\glue(\spaceskip) 3.66628 .etc.

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compound titles, lists and headers
by Henning Hraban Ramm 26 Sep '10

26 Sep '10

Dear list, my publisher forces me to set different things as titles, in headers and table of contents. In some cases \nolist and \nomarking aren't enough. here are my actual definitions: ---- \def\Untertitel#1{\blank[3pt]{\ss\bf #1}\blank} % ok \def\Titel#1#2{{\nohyphens\chapter{#1}\Untertitel{#2}}} % ok \def\KomplexTitel#1#2#3{{\writetolist[chapter]{#3}\nohyphens\title{#1}\U ntertitel{#2}}} ---- with ---- \start \setupheadertexts[][manual entry][part][] % normally defined as [][chapter][part][] \KomplexTitel{Main chapter title}{chapter subtitle}{toc entry} Much text \stop % of other headertext ---- Real life example: \start \setupheadertexts [][Vorwort][][] \KomplexTitel{Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf}% {Vorwort von Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott}% {Vorwort Prof.|~|Dr.|~|Heinrich Ott:\\Die neutrale Schweiz und das globale Dorf} ... Now there stay two issues: 1. I'd like to get a four-parameter command that can set the header text also. 2. I must get a line feed into the toc, but neither \\ nor \crlf works. Please help! Thanks. Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- www.fiee.net/texnique/ www.ramm.ch/context/

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listings.sty
by Peter Münster 11 Jul '08

11 Jul '08

Hello, I suggested to the author of the very feature rich LaTeX-Listings package, Carsten Heinz, to port this package to ConTeXt, and it seems, that he is interested. But before doing it, there are some questions: * What do Hans and other people thing about that? * listings.sty uses keyval.sty, how is the proper ConTeXt-way to do the same things as keyval, or should listings stay with keyval? Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _____________________________________ FilmSearch engine: http://f-s.sf.net/

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A new manual
by John R. Culleton 01 Nov '06

01 Nov '06

What is needed now for greater acceptance of Context is not new features but a new manual, perhaps a multi volume set with a common index. The 2001 manual is great, but many of the features discussed daily here are not in it. One must chase around the wiki and the individual manuals like "details", and that is not satisfactory from the point of view of the new user. Most of us have memorized the locations of key information but newcomers have not. If a consolidated manual set were offered for sale there would be a lot of customers. Or an abridged version, something like the 1999 Excursion manual but expanded and updated, would be a possibility. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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bug?: interaction between columns and background
by Mojca Miklavec 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Hello, When I place a graphic in the bacground and switch columns on, the background gets shifted for some reason. I hope that the problem will be evident from this example (since it behaves in a pretty random way - sometimes it's OK and sometimes it's pretty much shifted to the left). (Using ConTeXt version 2006.08.30 9:28) \startuseMPgraphic{TitleGraphic} draw unitsquare xyscaled (\overlaywidth-5mm,\overlayheight-5mm); \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay [TitleGraphic] [\useMPgraphic{TitleGraphic}] \setupbackgrounds[page][background={TitleGraphic,page}] \starttext \startcolumns[n=3] \dorecurse{3}{\input tufte $$a^2+b^2=c^2$$} \stopcolumns \stoptext Thank you, Mojca

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\sometxt bodyfontsize in staticMPfigure (2006.09.27 beta)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

[I'm testing the 2006.09.27 beta on Linux] Thanks for the new \sometxt in staticMPfigures. I'm just testing its operation, and find that the text is not set in the document's bodyfont size. For example, \setupbodyfont[20pt] \starttext \startstaticMPfigure{fig} label(\sometxt{in sometxt},origin); \stopstaticMPfigure outside sometxt \usestaticMPfigure[fig] \stoptext produces a small "in sometxt" and a large "outside sometxt". With this file both are large, as I expected \sometxt to work: \setupbodyfont[20pt] \starttext \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label(\sometxt{in sometxt},origin); \stopreusableMPgraphic{ outside sometxt \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext I haven't figured out the full story. But in the intermediate .mp files generated by texexec, the staticMPfigure case has "BodyFontSize:=12.0pt;" whereas in the reusableMPgraphic case, the file has "BodyFontSize:=20.0pt;". -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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\sometxt in staticMPfigure
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Another small metafun test file. It displays no text in the middle of the ellipse. Using \textext instead of \sometxt works. \starttext \startstaticMPfigure{fig} draw \sometxt{hello}; draw fullcircle scaled 1cm xscaled 2; \stopstaticMPfigure \usestaticMPfigure[fig] xyz \stoptext

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How to use the wiki?
by nico 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hello, Sorry for that stupid question, but what it the process to add something to the wiki? I can edit existing page, but in which topic or page one can add something? Is an account required? Is there a list of the pages added by the users? The wiki itself doesn't seem to have many information about this. Thanks, BG

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MPenvironment \def gives "Parameters must be numbered consecutively"
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

This test file (beta 2006.09.28): ============ 1.tex ============================ \starttext \startMPenvironment \def\2#1#2{\vbox{\halign{\hfil##\hfil\cr #1\cr #2\cr}}} \stopMPenvironment \startreusableMPgraphic{fig} label(btex sun etex, origin); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{fig} \stoptext ======================================== fails with the error: ! Parameters must be numbered consecutively. <to be read again> ## l.44 \global \loadfontfileoncetrue \def \2## 1##2{\vbox {\halign {\hfil ####\... 1-mpgraph.mp gets this figure definition: beginfig(1); verbatimtex \global \loadfontfileoncetrue \def \2##1##2{\vbox {\halign {\hfil ####\hfil \cr ##1\cr ##2\cr }}} etex; label(btex sun etex , origin); ; endfig; So the parameters in the definition are being doubled up by one of the transformations that inserts the verbatimtex..etex block. By the way, should the verbatimtex..etex block go outside the beginfig..endfig, as it would in a standalone MP file? If only for efficiency rather than MP reparsing it with each beginfig. -Sanjoy `A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.' -- Bertrand de Jouvenal

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wiki: debian installation
by plink 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hi, apropos a good manual: is the debian installation description still supposed to be correct and/or supported? I did an installation with last weeks unstable release and found the wiki infos not really helpful, if not outright misleading. with greets from the penguin side of things, Jak. PS.: Yes, I also prefer printed docs. And no, I do not know who has got enough time and insight to write them ... -------------------------------------------------------------------- 150MB of disk space, Webmail over SSL with address book, calendar, and organizer. Access thru Imap, Imap-SSL, Pop3, Pop3-SSL and Smtp. 5 different domains, antispam (spamassassin, bayes, razor, dcc) and mime filter, Up to 200mb per outgoing message. All free, is your current email having this functionalities ? Check http://www.nemail.it for registration and more info. This message is added automatically, for any information or support contact: support(a)nectarine.info; if it is spam dont hesitate to report it. --------------------------------------------------------------------

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