November 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

mod_php vs context: tight loop
by Brendan Jurd 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Hello list, I have a PHP application which generates documentation on the fly with context. This has been working really well, but I am now testing deployment on a new server with a more recent version of context, and it seems to be somehow getting itself into a tight loop. When I run texexec via the mod_php apache module, the command never returns, and `ps ax` shows the following: 9709 ? S 0:00 sh -c texexec --check 2>&1 9710 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/texexec --check 9711 ? R 9:59 /usr/bin/texlua /usr/bin/mtxrun --usekpse --execute texexec --check `top` shows the mtxrun process eating 99.9% CPU. Attaching an strace to this process, once it is underway, shows no output. My test script is as follows: <?php $result = null; system("texexec --check 2>&1", $result); print $result . "\n"; ?> When this same test script is run directly from the command line with `php5 -f test.php`, it works as expected and outputs the following: MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.01 secondsTeXExec | current distribution: web2c TeXExec | context source date: 2010.07.30 11:35 TeXExec | format path: . /root/.texmf-config/web2c/luatex /root/.texmf-var/web2c/luatex /root/texmf/web2c/luatex /etc/texmf/web2c/luatex /var/lib/texmf/web2c/luatex /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/luatex /usr/share/texmf/web2c/luatex /usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c/luatex /root/.texmf-config/web2c /root/.texmf-var/web2c /root/texmf/web2c /etc/texmf/web2c /var/lib/texmf/web2c /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c /usr/share/texmf/web2c /usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c TeXExec | start of analysis TeXExec | end of analysis TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | version 6.2.1 - 1997-2009 - PRAGMA ADE/POD 0 Using --timeout=30 in the arguments to texexec makes no difference; mtxrun nonetheless runs forever until it is signalled. It seems that this must be down to some kind of difference in Apache's execution environment -- I don't see any other way to explain the same PHP code working in cli and failing in mod_php, even when running as the same user. But what possible environmental factor could lead to mtxrun freaking out like this? I'm hoping someone on this list may be able to point me in the right direction. This server is a VZ instance running under proxmox, with the following relevant ubuntu packages installed (per the 'natty' release): context 2010.07.30-1 libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.3 apache2 2.2.17-1ubuntu1.4 -- Regards, Brendan Jurd Software Engineer Achieve, Corp brendan.jurd(a)achievecorp.com.au

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∫ is not displayed correctly compared to $\int$.
by Paul Menzel 11 Dec '11

11 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.27 int: english/english the following example produces different integral signs. --- minimal example --- \starttext Using the NEO keyboard layout several math symbols can be inserted directly like $∫$ or $∩$. But $\int$ and $∫$ look differently. \stoptext --- minimal example --- Please find all files attached. Thanks, Paul [1] http://neo-layout.org/

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bibliography: current status, Wiki page Bibliography, [[error 2]] and bibltx
by Paul Menzel 10 Dec '11

10 Dec '11

Dear ConTeXt folks, I am trying to use the module bib, but I only get [[error 2]] displayed. I am following the Wiki page Bibliography [1], which suggests the following example (adapted by me). \usemodule[bib] \usemodule[bibltx] \setupbibtex[database=sample] \setuppublications[numbering=yes] % Show reference numbers in the generated list. \starttext As \cite[hh2010b] already indicated, bibtex is a \LaTeX-centric program. \completepublications \stoptext I copied the file `sample.bib` @STRING{hh = {Hans Hagen}} @ELECTRONIC{hh2010, author = hh, year = {2010}, title = {Metafun. \CONTEXT\ mkiv}, url = {http://www.pragma-ade.nl/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf}, } @ARTICLE{hh2010a, author = hh, title = {The Font Name Mess}, journal = {MAPS}, year = {2010}, volume = {40}, pages = {2-8}, keywords = {context}, } @ARTICLE{hh2010b, author = hh, title = {Grouping in Hybrid Environments}, journal = {MAPS}, year = {2010}, volume = {40}, pages = {67-71}, keywords = {context}, } @BOOK{Eijkhout1991, title = {\TeX\ by Topic. A \TeX nician's Reference}, publisher = {Addison-Wesley}, year = {1991}, author = {Victor Eijkhout}, address = {London}, keywords = {general}, } from the bib module to the directory. Unfortunately I only get »[[error 2]]« displayed. Please find all files attached. Regarding `bibltx` the bib manual does also contain it [2][3]. Searching the Wiki for it, it says that it was dropped in version 2006.04.06 [4]. Thanks, Paul [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Bibliography [2] http://modules.contextgarden.net/bibman [3] http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/bibmod-doc/doc/context/bib/ [4] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.04.06

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Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.
by Alexandre Krispin 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Hello, I am trying to get japanese displayed in bibliography. But I get the error "! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence." while compiling with the command "context *tex". Here is the tex file : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%beginning of file%%%%%% \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[hiraginokakugothicpro] %a japanese font \enableregime[utf8] \setupbibtex[database=biblio] \starttext \completepublications \stoptext %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%end of file%%%%%%%% And here is the bib file : %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%beginning of file%%%%%%% @article{uzawa2011tpp, author = "Hirofumi Uzawa 宇沢弘文, Uchihashi Katsuto 内橋克人", journal = "Sekai 世界", title = "Taidan TPP wa shakaiteki kyôtsû shihon wo hakai suru 対談TPPは社会的共通資本を破壊する", year = 2011, month = "april", publisher = "Iwanami shoten 岩波書店", pages = "62-72", url = "http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40018706510/", } %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%end of file%%%%%%%%%% Do someone know how to get ride of utf-8 errors ? Or is this a problem with bibtex, and then should I use anything else to replace it ? (does something like Biber work ?) Thanks for your help. Cheers, Alexandre Krispin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alexandre KRISPIN 41 rue Guynemer | 93200 Saint-Denis | France tél : 06 28 76 69 34 | http://bijutsu.toile-libre.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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terrible png placement
by Hans van der Meer 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Something terrible must be done to png pictures, either in ConTeXt or in luatex. I have the following minimal sample code and picture. I include the png for those who want to check. % Test png addition. \starttext Place png figure.\par \placefigure{Test figure}{\externalfigure[test.png]} \stoptext Without the png-picture it makes an 8KB pdf. But with the png-picture the pdf swells to 1.8MB. And that for a png-picture of only 48KB. Moreover making a zip of all this stuff brought the size back to 110KB. In the log: ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.04 14:15 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.10 int: english/english mkiv lua stats > graphics processing time - 0.001 seconds including tex, 1 processed images What is done with the png and can it be remedied? This swelling up of small picture to such enormous proportions makes the inclusion of png-picture nearly impossible, at least impractable. Hans van der Meer

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Re: [NTG-context] interaction?
by Wolfgang Schuster 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Am 25.11.2011 um 20:26 schrieb Meer, H. van der: > > On 25 nov. 2011, at 18:10, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> > >> Reference is here <\reference[label:1]{Some text}>\blank > >> and is: \getreference[tekst][label:1] > > > > tekst ≠ text > > Wolfgang, > > Thanks for that one. I completely misunderstood, thinking that for text one could substitute something to typeset (like in \in{}[]) instead of regarding it as a keyword hole. > > For the interaction problem I have made a very tiny project. At the start of the contents is an "outer reference" inside the project files an "inner reference". The outer one can be reached both from the outside as well as from the inside of the project files. The colouring of the links show it too. Yhe inner reference does not show up, instead the log shows: > > references > start problematic references > unknown > 2: [part2][label:1] > references > stop problematic references > > But I do not know enough of the referencing mechanism to interprete it. > Hope you can nail the problem, either with my doing or something within ConTeXt. It’s a bug (maybe wrong default settings) which was introduced with Idris request to have lists which are local to a component, when you refer to the label with the name of the component as prefix (\getreference[text][part1:label:1]) the text is shown. Wolfgang

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beta
by Hans Hagen 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes (as reported to/suggested on this list) and an updated unit mechanism. I'll also upload the new (but yet incomplete) units manual. http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/units-mkiv.pdf Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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no color with interaction and reference format
by Stefan Müller 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hi list, when I am using reference formats to put text in front of my text references, I get no color. Please see the following minimal example \setupinteraction[state=start] \definereferenceformat[insec][text=section~] \starttext \section[mylabel]{A Section} A Reference to \in{section}[mylabel] and \insec[mylabel]. \stoptext On my machine only the first reference is red (aka colored), but I think both should be, as it was some betas ago. Is this a bug or has the interface changed? I'm using standalone 20111125 21:29 MkIV. Thanks in advance! Stefan

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Why does the oldstyle numerals switch, \os, also switch off m-dashes?
by Pavneet Arora 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

I enclose a minimal example as well as the output. It would seem that the \os causes the m-dash to come out as three hyphens. Is this the expected behaviour? advTHANKSance. -- ----- - Pavneet Arora

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Escaping a special character in a MetaPost figure within a ConTeXt document fails
by Raymond LeClair 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

I have escaped the '#' character in the usual way, using a backslash, as '\#' in a btex...etex picture as part of a MetaPost figure created within a ConTeXt document, but the escaped character still causes the ConTeXt processing to fail. Here is an example... \pdfminorversion=5 \definepapersize[LG1][width=4.25in,height=6.875in] \definepapersize[LP1][width=4.25in,height=6.875in] \setuppapersize[LG1][LP1] \definelayout[frontmatter] [topspace=0.222222222222in,header=0.555555555556in,height=6.43055555556in,footer=0.694444444444in, backspace=1.05555555556in,width=2.86111111111in,location=middle, leftmargindistance=0.222222222222in,rightmargindistance=0.222222222222in, leftmargin=0.833333333333in,rightmargin=0.111111111111in] \definefont[TitleFont][Serif sa 3.5] \definecolor[TransparentWhite][b=1,t=0,a=1] \def \FrontMatterTitle { \startreusableMPgraphic{frontmattertitle:\overlaywidth:\overlayheight} matter_paper_width := 4.25in; matter_paper_height := 6.875in; front_left_margin := 0.388888888889in; top_margin := 0.347222222222in; draw (0, 0)--(matter_paper_width, matter_paper_height) withpen pencircle scaled 1bp withcolor white; picture titleText; % == HERE IS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM == titleText := btex {\vbox{\hsize 2.72916666667in \baselineskip 38.0pt \setupalign[flushleft,hyphenated,verytolerant] \TitleFont THE BEGINNINGS OF \#BOOM}} etex; labeloffset := 0bp; label.lrt(titleText, (front_left_margin, matter_paper_height - top_margin)); \stopreusableMPgraphic \reuseMPgraphic{frontmattertitle:\overlaywidth:\overlayheight} } \defineoverlay[frontmattertitle][\FrontMatterTitle] \starttext \setuplayout[frontmatter] {\TransparentWhite\title{...}} \setupbackgrounds[page][background={{frontmattertitle}},state=repeat] {\TransparentWhite\midaligned{...}} \stoptext

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