November 2010 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Fifth ConTeXt meeting, September 2011, France
by Arthur Reutenauer 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hello everyone, This must be the second thread I initiate this year on the list, but unlike my previous post (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2010/048296.html) this is actually serious. I hereby announce the next ConTeXt meeting, that will take place on the island of Porquerolles off the coast of the French Riviera, from Monday, September 19th, 2011, to Saturday, September 24th. The conference venue has been pre-booked for these dates, so this is firm. Of course, there is yet nothing like a set program at this moment, so we're expecting your proposals (there will be a formal call for papers later). Watch this page: http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/ Registration is not yet open, but will be in a few weeks. The fee is notably higher than it was for the previous ConTeXt meetings (see http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2011/fee.shtml) I'm sorry about that, but that is the best I can do in this place, short of feeding on black roots and camping in the woods or on the beach (which is forbidden anyway on the island, it's a protected area apart for the village). But food will instead be excellent, obviously, and wine is included in the price of the meals (that was actually one of the first things I was told by the people at the conference venue). See you in Porquerolles! Arthur

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intertext error in mkiv
by Vladimir Lomov 05 May '11

05 May '11

Hi. The example with start/stopintertext from 'mathalign.pdf' (My Way, Using \startalign and friends, Aditya Mahajan) gives error with current context (beta): <example file="ex2.tex"> %%% Seems that there is a problem with \start/stopintertext . This command is described in mathalign.pdf %%% (MyWay). \starttext Here the start/stopintertext should give text between formulas \startformula \startalign \NC \exp^{\imath t}=\cos t+\imath\sin t\NR \startintertext This is famous Euler formula, below one is known as Moivre formula \stopintertext \NC (\cos x + \imath\sin x)^{m} = \cos mx+\imath\sin mx \NR \stopalign \stopformula That's it. \stoptext </example> <error_message> ! Misplaced \noalign. \startintertext #1\stopintertext ->\noalign {\dointertext {#1}} l.12 \stopintertext ? </error_message> $ context --version MTXrun | main context file: /usr/local/opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.tex MTXrun | current version: 2010.11.20 12:51 Is this a bug or I do something wrong? --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov. -- What you don't know won't help you much either. -- D. Bennett

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Bibliography -- complete inline citations in footnotes
by Piotr Lesnicki 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi, I'm new to ConTeXt and I'm greatly appreciating the rejuvenation it brings me in typesetting after several years using LaTeX. I'm confronted to a few little problems though, the main one being that I'd need to have references both in the footnotes and at the end of a document. Under LaTeX I found that the "inlibib" package is doing exactly that, inserting some "ibid" and "op.cit." when required for repeting references. After reading the bibmod-doc, I thought I would temporarly solve the problem by simply using \setuppublications[refcommand=data] which I thought would put the reference in the same format as in the bibliography, but it doesn't compile. Does any one have a solution? Piotr

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\stretched in chapter titles in MKII
by Tom 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

I am trying to stretch two lines of text to the same width for use as a chapter head. I have two major problems: 1. The second line of text is appended to the end of the first line instead of being placed below it. 2. I get errors when using #1 and #2 as values, i.e {Chapter #1} and {#2}. Because of these errors I have hardcoded the values in the example that follows: \def\MyChapterCommand#1#2% #1 is number, #2 is text {\hbox to \hsize {\ss\stretched{Chapter 1}} \par \hbox to \hsize {\ss\bf\stretched{Test Chapter Title}}} \setuphead[chapter] [command=\MyChapterCommand] \starttext \chapter{Test Chapter Title} \input knuth \stoptext Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey

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subfootnote
by Steffen Wolfrum 15 Feb '11

15 Feb '11

Hi, how do I change the numbering of subfootnote from eg. "2.1" to "2a"? See minimal example, please: \setupenumerations[subfootnote][conversion=a] % ? \setupsubfootnotes[conversion=a] % ? \starttext test \footnote{xxxx} \subfootnote{xxxx} text test \startfootnote note \stopfootnote test \startsubfootnote subnote \stopsubfootnote text \stoptext Thanks, Steffen

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Problem typing file with diacritics by \typefile
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 13 Jan '11

13 Jan '11

Hello, I have problem. Suppose having t-TypeF.ctx which is to print itself: --- \enableregime[cp1250] \starttext ABC ŽŠČ \typefile[]{t-TypeF.ctx} \stoptext --- The letters "ŽŠČ" to be printed during \typefile are the problem. I get a long error message, where the key message is: l.9 \typefile[]{t-TypeF.ctx} ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence. system > error on line 73 in file t-TypeF.ctx: String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence ... l.73 ´┐Ż The file is created with CP 1250 = Windows, Eastern Europe, Czech Republic. So how do I make ctx accept also Czech letters with diacritics like "ŽŠČ"? - I also looked to wiki to \setuptyping, but it doesn't seem to there would be a command which could change this. Lukas -- Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:LPr@pontex.cz] Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pontex@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] Bezová 1658 147 14 Praha 4 Tel: +420 244 062 238 Fax: +420 244 461 038

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Gnuplot module: Patching of Gnuplot binary still needed?
by Paul Menzel 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I read about the Gnuplot module [1] and I am wondering whether patching the Gnuplot binary is still necessary. Github is currently down and therefore cannot check if the code is included. But judging from gnuplot> help terminal […] Subtopics available for terminal: canvas cgm corel dpu414 dumb dxf eepic emf emtex epslatex epson_180dpi epson_60dpi epson_lx800 fig gif gpic hp2623a hp2648 hp500c hpdj hpgl hpljii hppj imagen jpeg latex mf mif mp nec_cp6 okidata pbm pcl5 pdfcairo png pngcairo pop postscript pslatex pstex pstricks push qms regis starc svg tandy_60dpi tek40xx tek410x texdraw tgif tkcanvas tpic vttek wxt x11 xlib xterm $ gnuplot --version gnuplot 4.4 patchlevel 0 it appears it is still required. Did some send this patch already upstream for inclusion? Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Gnuplot

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pstopdf setting lower-case?
by Pau 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Hello, why is the ruby script pstopdf renaming files to lower-case? See the examples deukalion(pts/15)| ps2ps 1.ps U.ps deukalion(pts/15)| file U.ps U.ps: PostScript document text conforming DSC level 3.0, Level 2 deukalion(pts/15)| pstopdf U.ps PsToPdf | file U.ps does not exist deukalion(pts/15)| file U.ps U.ps: cannot open `U.ps' (No such file or directory) deukalion(pts/15)| cp 1.ps TEST.ps deukalion(pts/15)| file TEST.ps TEST.ps: PostScript document text conforming DSC level 3.0, type EPS, Level 1 deukalion(pts/15)| ls -lartsh TEST.ps 12K -rw-------. 1 pau pau 11K Nov 5 19:03 TEST.ps deukalion(pts/15)| pstopdf TEST.ps PsToPdf | file TEST.ps does not exist Thanks, Pau

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writebetweenlist regression (mkiv)
by Marco 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Hello there. Currently \writebetweenlist doesn't work as advised. It inserts the argument before the last entry of the list. The minimal example is provided by the reference itself. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/writebetweenlist The rule is correctly inserted at http://live.contextgarden.net/ and in the ConTeXt shipped with TeXlive 2010 (2010.05.24), but not with the current beta and the 2010.07.30 version. mkii works fine. It prints --rule-- List entry A List entry B Best regards -- Marco

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\SetTableToWidth undefined?
by Richard Stephens 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

Hello all, I have just noticed that \SetTableToWidth does not work in MKIV. Simple example below. \starttext \SetTableToWidth{8cm} \starttable[|l|l|] \NC One \NC Two \NC\SR \NC Three \NC Four \NC\LR \stoptable \stoptext I get the error: ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \SetTableToWidth {8cm} It does work in MKII and also works if you use \tableSetTableToWidth. Have I missed something, is something wrong or is it just me? Thanks, Richard Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number: 5571739 and Converteam Ltd. Registration Number: 2416188 Registered in England and Wales. Registered office: Boughton Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 1BU. CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. http://www.converteam.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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