June 2011 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

[layers] unsolicited “0” after setting background
by Philipp Gesang 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Hi again, when setting a background layer combined with an early font setup there appears a “0” (ascii 0x30) right after “\starttext”: ································································· \setupbodyfont[sans] %%% <-- comment this out and the “0” vanishes \definelayer[bg][x=0,y=0,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] %%% <-- or this \setlayer[bg]{% \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled (.5*PaperWidth) withpen pencircle xscaled 7 withcolor \MPcolor{gray:7}; \stopMPcode } \setupbackgrounds[paper][background=bg] \starttext \input dawkins \stoptext ································································· Removing either the “\definelayer” or “\setupbodyfont” statement makes it go away. What have I come across this time? Philipp

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Unwanted change of paper size; extra opt for \externalfigure
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Hello, see the following example: ---- \starttext AAA \startTEXpage \rotate[rotation=-90]{\externalfigure[Model.pdf]} \stopTEXpage % Paper size is 297 * 297 mm from now?! BBB \stoptext ---- Why the last paper size becomes 297 x 297 mm? Suggestion: Wouldn't be good to have an option "rotation" (among "scale", "factor", width"...) to rotate the inserted figure, at least in multiples of 90 degrees? To allow something like: \externalfigure[Model.pdf][width=180mm,rotation=-90] Best regards, Lukas (ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.18, WinXP) -- 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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Again Cambria after updating to latest beta
by Willi Egger 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Hi all, Yesterday evening I was quite happy that after deleting and regenerating the cache and the formats I had Cambria up and running. This morning I updated Context to the latest beta. - Eventhough I generated the formats manually with context --make, I get the problem referred to yesterday. What I get you can see in the by the list administrator released mail from yesterday. I am stymied. Willi

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Getting arguments by Lua
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Hello, when I run context by e.g.: context.exe Source.mkiv --result=Result.pdf --mode=Mode is it possible to access the command line arguments from Lua? I'm aware that modes are accessible by 'tex.modes' ('tex.modes.Mode' gives 'true' in this case); but I'd need to get also the source file name ("Source.mkiv") and the option ("--result" -> "Result.pdf"). Is it possible anyhow? Best regards, 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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PDF X/1-a:2001
by John Culleton 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

It has been suggested that Context can create this format, which is required by some printers for color work. Any info on X/1-a:2001? -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" www.lybrary.com/create-book-covers-with-scribus-p-74177.html

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can't set simplified chinese font
by m00nlight 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

After I reinstall my system fedora 15 and install the latest context mtx-context | main context file: /opt/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2011.06.09 00:59 I want to use context to produce simplified chinese document as before, I set the OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts/adobe and run the command :mtxrun --script fonts --reload to generate the fonts for use. But it seem have no efforts as before, because I could not find the font adobesongstd use command mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=* --all. But I can see the font use system fc-list command, What's the problem and how can I fix it. Thanks.

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\fullexpandtwoargsafter in MkIV
by Aditya Mahajan 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

\fullexpandtwoargsafter is not defined in MkIV. As a result, \processpage does not work. Minimal example: \setuphead[section][before={\pagetype[section]}, page=yes] \processpage[section][yes] \starttext \dorecurse{10}{\section {Test \recurselevel} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \endgraf}} \stoptext This works in MkII but not in MkIV. Aditya

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Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv
by Otared Kavian 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Hi all, Assuming that we have a set of words or expressions, say {Maths, Physics, Algebra, Analysis, Chemistry, Geometry, Wave equation, Schrödinger equation} is it possible to write a lua function, named for instance randomselectword which returns one of the words or expressions selected at random in the above set? Indeed this is intended to be used in a TeX file processed with mkiv. Thanks in advance for any idea and help. Best regards: OK

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Context.exe and --result=...
by Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Hello, I have the following situation. One source file is to be converted by Ctx normally and secondly with a special mode, e.g. "--mode=PageOneOnly". I'd like to get two result with: (1) Context.exe source.mkiv -> should give 'Source.pdf', (2) Context.exe source.mkiv --mode=PageOneOnly --result=Source-Pg1.pdf -> to give 'Source-Pg1.pdf'. The problem is that the option "--result=..." just renames the result; it means, if the 'Source.pdf' has been created by (1), it would be OVERWRITTEN by (2), as (2) normally processes 'source.mkiv' to 'source.pdf' in the first phase and renames it after. So the question is - is there a better way which would PRESERVE the <file>.pdf if <file>.mkiv is to be processed and '--result=<another-file>' is being used? Or (question for developers) - wouldn't be better to work directly with an output stream(s) name based on '--result=...' option, and to take the source file name for the output stream name ONLY in case that '--result=...' was not specified? (This would also mean to create other support file(s), like 'Source-Pg1.log', 'Source-Pg1.tuc' - IMHO this would be OK.) Best regards, 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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Re: [NTG-context] Cambria
by Willi Egger 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Hi all, thanks for all your replies. I do not know what happens here. Using Hans his code gives me the attached result. Strange. KR Willi

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