November 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

bug in mkii xetex: mp figure is not in the right position
by Yue Wang 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

hi: it seems that mpfigure will be in the wrong position using the xetex engine. here is the sample file: % engine=xetex \starttext \setupcolors [state=start] \startMPpage path p ; color c[] ; p := fullsquare scaled 4cm ; c[0] := transparent(1,.5,red) ; c[1] := transparent(1,.5,green) ; c[2] := transparent(1,.5,blue) ; for i = 0 upto 2 : fill p rotated (i*30) withcolor white ; endfor ; for i = 0 upto 2 : fill p rotated (i*30) withcolor c[i] ; endfor ; addbackground withcolor transparent(1,.5,cmyk(0,0,1,0)) ; \stopMPpage \stoptext Yue Wang

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Re: [NTG-context] Apa-fr
by Taco Hoekwater 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: > Le 27 novembre à 13:34:11 Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> écrit notamment: > > | Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: > | > Hi all (mostly Taco), > | > > | > Using bibl-apa-fr.tex for bibliography, I encountered a "chapter" on line 111 > | > which should (I think) be changed to "Chapitre" (I did that on a file at > | > home and it works well); my context is TL2008 so if the file has been modified > | > since september I have not seen that yet. > | Chapitre with capital? > > No, it is after a comma (sorry I was confused this morning) I uploaded a new version to modules.contextgarden.net, thanks for the report. Best wishes, Taco

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printing tab in lua: print('a\tb') fails
by Mojca Miklavec 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hello, Here's a tiny question. The following command complains about undefined control sequence. \starttext \startluacode print('a\tb') \stopluacode hello \stoptext There is a workaround: print(string.format('a\t%s', 'b')) but I find it weird. Even if the line above gets commented out with two dashes it still complains. I understand approximately why this happens, but is that intended? Should I be using something else than \startluacode in the plethora of different lua triggering commands? Thanks, Mojca

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Centering the page
by Mohamed Bana 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

%%% Document %%% % engine=luatex \enableregime [utf-8] \mainlanguage[uk] \language[uk] \setuppapersize [A4] [A4] \showframe %\showlayout %\setuplayout[width=middle] \setupwhitespace [medium] \starttext \input knuth \input zapf \input tufte \stoptext Look at http://filebin.ca/rzjruz/test.pdf or http://filebin.ca/rzjruz, you'll notice a reasonably sized gap on the right hand side, how do I get rid of it? The work around seems to be \setuplayout[width=middle] But this isn't want I want as the width of the text betters slightly bigger, see; http://filebin.ca/ttufjc/test.pdf or http://filebin.ca/ttufjc . Thanks

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Apa-fr
by Jean Magnan de Bornier 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hi all (mostly Taco), Using bibl-apa-fr.tex for bibliography, I encountered a "chapter" on line 111 which should (I think) be changed to "Chapitre" (I did that on a file at home and it works well); my context is TL2008 so if the file has been modified since september I have not seen that yet. cheers, -- Jean

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Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT
by Khaled Hosny 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Figures are shifted to the right (the left edge is where right edge should) when I set \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT. See the attached example. -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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columnset running into footer when using \setupheader[state=high]
by Jelle Huisman 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi all, I have a fairly standard setup with the usual code to move the pagenumber to the footer on the first page of the chapter. This works fine, except when I place the text in a columnset, in which case the columnset on page 2 (and all following pages) runs into the footer area. I'm fairly certain that \setupheader[state=high] interferes with way columnset counts the number of lines it can fit into each column, resulting in columns that run into the footer area. This code shows the problem: % columnset running into footer area \definelayout[1][] \setupheader[state=high] \definetext[footerpagenumber][footer][pagenumber] \setuphead[chapter][page=yes,header=high,footer=footerpagenumber,number=no,align=middle] \definecolumnset[columnl][n=2] \showgrid \showframe \starttext \chapter{One} \startcolumnset[column] \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth} \stopcolumnset \stoptext Looking in the mail archive it looks like this is an old problem (see: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20060516.092742.d455b795.en.html ) but I'm wondering about a solution. Any thoughts? Thanks. Jelle

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setup/switchtobodyfont question
by Alan STONE 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

The main manual mentions (ch 5 Typography, pg 92): "In most cases, the command \setupbodyfont is only used once: in the styledefinition. Fontswitching is done with \switchtobodyfont. Don't mix these two up because this may lead to some rather strange but legitimate effects." What's recommended when using a product meta-structure (standardmakeup-frontmatter- bodypart-appendices-backmatter) where the bodyfont (and in some cases also the top, header, footer, bottom fonts change) from one to the other ? Declare one (1) setupbodyfont and switchtobodyfont from one meta-structure element to the other or use a dedicated setupbodyfont for each ? -- Best, Alan * TeX engine = LuaTeX * ConTeXt minimal ver: 2008.11.10 21:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.11.25 int: english/english * Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

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Re: [NTG-context] How to overlap two figures?
by Dalyoung Jeong 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Thank you for all the suggestions. I have tried your suggestions and they worked well. Thank you again. Best regards, Dalyoung

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exported figures from DIA to Metapost including in document
by Jan-Erik Hägglöf 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Hi All! I'm in beginning to write a thesis in physics(undergraduate level) and one of many things I wanna do is, cause I create much illustrations in DIA http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ and the program can export to figure.mp, to include these in my document. I've read the instructions on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Mpgraphic I do not get this working. How is the best way to accomplish this? The reason is why I want to do in this way is to input tex code in the figure (especially math and symbol definitions) and optionally place them in specific places inside the figure. By this method I can even do better illustrations, hopefully. My workflow has been like this: 1. Create the desired figure in DIA and choose the export option. TeX metapost *.mp(see attached file ). 2. Tryed to do inclusion in a TeX-document like this \startstaticMPfigure{magflux} the code in the attached file \stopstaticMPfigure \starttext Here is my figure \usestaticMPfigure[magflux][width=0.8\textwidth] \stoptext But it fails with errormessage: !Paragraph ended before \startstaticMPfigure was complete ..... Should I place part of the code in some definitions? 3. To input textlabels in mathnotation optionally anywhere I want inside the figure. And also do something like \placefigure[][fig:metapostfigure]{Here is the figure I made in DIA converted to metapost}{\usestaticMPfigure[magflux][width=0.8\textwidth]} so it also can be referred to in the text. All best and thanks in advance! Janneman -- TeX Engine : LuaTeX current version: 2008.10.23 17:32 OS : Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

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