February 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

creating environments
by Wolfgang Schuster 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Hi all, I have a module with a envrionment defined in the following way: \def\startFOO#1\stopFOO{...#1...} I try currently to write a command \defineFOO[MYFOO] that expands to my already created environment. \startMYFOO#1\stopMYFOO -> \startFOO#1\stopFOO I know it is possible to make this in the following way: \def\startMYFOO#1\stopMYFOO{\startFOO#1\stopFOO} but this not what I want. Wolfgang

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problem with pdftex-1.40.1 and Gentium ligatures
by Johan Sandblom 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

When I moved from pdftex-1.30.5-2.2 (from texlive-base-bin 2005.dfsg.2-10 on debian) to pdftex-1.40.1 suddenly ligatures in gentium exhibited erratic behavior: they appeared correctly (or, more accurately, the letters appeared, they did not look like a proper ligature) on screen in xpdf and acroread but did not print (there were just empty spaces). On windows, the fi, fl, and ff combinations made blanks, just as on the printer. Reverting to pdftex-1.30.5-2.2 corrected the problem. Gentium is from ttf-gentium 1.02-2 on debian and the typescript I use is below. Perhaps my poor typesetting knowledge has lead me wrong and the lack of true ligatures is the actual problem? Regards, Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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regression testing: tests that don't compile
by Sanjoy Mahajan 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Here are the names of the test files that didn't build with the 2007.01.23 ConTeXt: ERROR [exit code 1] tex/context/base/core-mat.tex/test-001.tex ERROR [exit code 1] tex/context/base/unic-031.tex/test-001.tex ERROR [exit code 5] metapost/context/base/mp-text.mp/test-001.tex ERROR [exit code 5] tex/context/base/s-chi-00.tex/test-001.tex ERROR [exit code 5] tex/context/base/s-jap-00.tex/test-001.tex ERROR [exit code 5] tex/context/base/unic-003.tex/test-001.tex ERROR [exit code 5] tex/context/base/unic-037.tex/test-001.tex ERROR [exit code 6] tex/context/base/unic-002.tex/test-001.tex exit code 1 is texexec's normal failure code, usually from an undefined cseq. Exit code 5 is from the run-it.py wrapper, which is saying that time (60 sec) ran out, before the texexec process had to be killed. And exit code 6 says that the logfile grew too big (currently, beyond 1MB) before the texexec process had to be killed. If you don't find problems in the above files, let me know and I'll send you the logs or pieces thereof. -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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Problems with fonts
by Kumar Appaiah 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Dear ConTeXt users, I am a Debian GNU/Linux user. I recently upgraded from an old teTeX to the latest ConTeXt in Debian. With the upgrade, however, I got a "missing cont-en.fmt" error (http://bugs.debian.org/409575) which I solved by doing a texexec --make --all, and placing the cont-en.fmt from my .texmf-config into /var/lib/texmf/web2c and ran texhash. Things seem to be OK. But now, whenever I do texexec <filename>, I get a PDF with many mathematical symbols missing. So, I do this: texexec --dvi ee03b091.tex dvips ee03b091.dvi ps2pdf ee03b091.ps Now, this seems to work, but the fonts are not rendered as well as they used to in Acrobat. And this also does not give the fonts, but causes the same math trouble again: texexec --dvi ee03b091.tex dvips -o ee03b091.ps -Ppdf ee03b091.dvi ps2pdf ee03b091.ps What could be wrong? Is my installation broken? Can I salvage it? Thanks. Kumar

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Available fonts
by Idris Samawi Hamid 04 Feb '07

04 Feb '07

Dear gang, Is there a list somewhere of the immediately available fonts in ConTeXt? showfont.pdf has a few; is there an updated list of available fonts and how to access them? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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including pdf and using the entire page
by Johan Sandblom 04 Feb '07

04 Feb '07

In my document I want to include a few published pdf files. I have accomplished this with \chapter{File 1} \copypages[file1.pdf][scale=800] % 20 pages \chapter{File 2} \copypages[file1.pdf][scale=650] % 16 pages However, the included pages obey the layout of the rest of the document, and even if the paper in my document could allow a larger scale, I cannot use it since some part of the included file falls off the page. Is it possible to include pdf files and allow each page to use the entire page (possibly with room left for a page number)? I have tried several versions including using makeup (but that is only one page?), pagefigure (also only one page at a time). Regards, Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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\nullfont fontdimen problem
by Alan Bowen 04 Feb '07

04 Feb '07

I have just changed my TeX distribution from the old teTeX to the latest gwTeX. When typesetting a document that used to process properly, I now get the error message: [1.56] [2.57] [3.58] [4.59] [5.60] references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:1] references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:1] ! Font \nullfont has only 7 fontdimen parameters. <to be read again> \advance \dohighlow ...#2\textfont 2\else #3ex\fi \advance \scratchdimen #4ex \kern .... <argument> ...ednote \v!nextpage \v!previouspage } } \doifreferencefoundelse ...ferencefound #2\else #3 \fi \egroup \doresetgotowh... \gotobox ...2]} {\hbox {\unknownreference {#2}#1}} \referenceinfo {<} {#2}\egr... <argument> ...[\s!fnt :f:\internalfootreference ]} \fi \doifelse {\noteparame... ... l.74 \footnote{ xxxxxxxx} Any suggestions about what this means and how I might solve the problem will be very much appreciated. I note that the problem may concern Latin Modern: the same setup produces footnotes as expected when I use the gtmacfonts, for example. Alan

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bib modules compress a lot
by Aditya Mahajan 04 Feb '07

04 Feb '07

Hi Taco, I have the following setup for my bibliographies \usemodule [bib] \setupbibtex [database={IEEEfull,../../collection}] \setuppublications [alternative=num] \setupcite [num] [compress=yes] When I use \cite[ref1, ref2] I get [1-2]. For only two references, shouldn't this be [1,2]? Aditya

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postscript problem
by Peter Rolf 03 Feb '07

03 Feb '07

Hi, I have a problem with the postscript output of a MP graphic. The (attached) ps file contains a single blank line, which breaks the conversion by mptopdf. [..] [MP to PDF] (./test-mpgraph.1 Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \handleMPsequence was complete. <to be read again> \par l.19 ? The file is converted by mptopdf, if I remove that blank line. Here is a minimal example. \setupoutput[pdftex] \setuppagenumber[state=stop] \startreusableMPgraphic{foo} draw unitsquare xyscaled(4cm,4cm) withpen pencircle scaled 1pt shifted(1cm,1cm) ; \stopreusableMPgraphic \starttext \null \useMPgraphic{foo} \stoptext I've tested it on context live, but the versions of pdftex and metapost are too old (but work without errors) for any comparison. Used versions: pdftex 1.40.1, metapost 0.933, context 18.01.2007 Any hints welcome. Peter

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Another test result using ConTeXt + XeTeX
by Jeong Dalyoung 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Dear Mojca, As you told me, I changed "outputdriver" in tex.rb from xdvipdfmx to xdv2pdf and run it. There is no delay at all, but the output pdf lost color and mp stuffs. I think that it is better to use xdvipdfmx even though it took more times. During the test, I found a strange result. Here is the last part of the log file. %%%%%%%%%%% systems : no file 'cont-sys.tex', using 'cont-sys.rme' instead ) ) [7][8][9] <--- at this point, TeXniscope redisplay the pdf file in which backgroundscreen or backgroundcolor is well applied 81117 bytes written Output written on combimain.pdf (9 pages). Transcript written on combimain.log. TeXUtil | parsing file combimain.tui TeXUtil | shortcuts : 169 TeXUtil | expansions: 308 TeXUtil | reductions: 0 TeXUtil | divisions : 0 TeXUtil | loaded files: 1 TeXUtil | temporary files: 0 TeXUtil | commands: 42 TeXUtil | programs: 0 TeXUtil | tuo file saved At this point, it paused for long time ** NOTICE: This document contains a `Preview & Print only' licensed font ** TeXExec | runtime: 144.462654 At this point, TeXniscope redisplay the output again and in which backgroundscreen and backgroundcolor didn't work. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Do you have experienced the similar thing? Thank you. Best regards, Dalyoung

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