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Giuseppe Bilotta

27 Feb 2003 27 Feb '03

10:17 p.m.

Hello, following up to a recent post on comp.text.tex I'd like to bring forth an enhancement request for itemgroups: in the current implementation it is not possible to set up itemgroups to use the non key=value pairs settings. IOW, one cannot say \defineitemgroup[myitems] \setupmyitems[each][A] and have the items come up numbered with capital letters. Some keywords (like: joinedup) work, some others (the numbering type ones, for example, or "columns") don't work. For what I can see by looking at the code, this depends on these settings being looked for *not* when setting up the itemizations, but in the actual moment when the \start<itemgroup> is issued (this is for example the case for "columns"). Enhancement request: allow all keywords to work. I think the most straightforward way to implement this is to simply store the keywords and put them as default values when \start<itemgroup> is called (this would even, I suspect, simplify the handling of the itemgroup setups ...) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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Hans Hagen

28 Feb 28 Feb

8:01 a.m.

At 11:17 PM 2/27/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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Hello,

following up to a recent post on comp.text.tex I'd like to bring forth an enhancement request for itemgroups: in the current implementation it is not possible to set up itemgroups to use the non key=value pairs settings. IOW, one cannot say

\defineitemgroup[myitems] \setupmyitems[each][A]

and have the items come up numbered with capital letters. Some keywords (like: joinedup) work, some others (the numbering type ones, for example, or "columns") don't work. For what I can see by looking at the code, this depends on these settings being looked for *not* when setting up the itemizations, but in the actual moment when the \start<itemgroup> is issued (this is for example the case for "columns").

Enhancement request: allow all keywords to work. I think the most straightforward way to implement this is to simply store the keywords and put them as default values when \start<itemgroup> is called (this would even, I suspect, simplify the handling of the itemgroup setups ...)

\defineitemgroup[test] \setupitemgroup[test][headstyle=slanted] \setupitemgroup[test][2][packed] % \setupitemgroup[test][each][packed] \starttest \head test \par test \item test \starttest \item test \item test \stoptest \item test \stoptest so, it's there already; in principle the following should work: \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keyvals] \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keys] \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keyvals][keys] \setupitemgroup[test][keyvals] \setupitemgroup[test][keys] \setupitemgroup[test][keyvals][keys] Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Giuseppe Bilotta

9:23 a.m.

New subject: Re[2]: Columns in itemizations

Friday, February 28, 2003 Hans Hagen wrote: HH> so, it's there already; in principle the following should work: HH> \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keyvals] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keys] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keyvals][keys] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][keyvals] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][keys] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][keyvals][keys] The problem is it doesn't work for all keywords: try for example: \defineitemgroup[test] \setupitemgroup[each][A,columns] \starttest \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptext \starttest[A,columns] \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptext You will see that the "A" and "columns" settings don't get through. AFAICS from the code, this depends on these settings being looked for only after the \start<...> thing, and not in some kind of more global setting like the ones that refer to spacing. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Hans Hagen

3 Mar 3 Mar

9:21 a.m.

New subject: Re[2]: Columns in itemizations

At 10:23 AM 2/28/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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Friday, February 28, 2003 Hans Hagen wrote:

HH> so, it's there already; in principle the following should work:

HH> \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keyvals] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keys] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][levellist][keyvals][keys]

HH> \setupitemgroup[test][keyvals] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][keys] HH> \setupitemgroup[test][keyvals][keys]

The problem is it doesn't work for all keywords: try for example:

can you try the new beta? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Giuseppe Bilotta

3:24 p.m.

New subject: Re[3]: Columns in itemizations

Monday, March 3, 2003 Hans Hagen wrote:

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The problem is it doesn't work for all keywords: try for example:

HH> can you try the new beta? Works magic, thanks :) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Patrick Gundlach

4:50 p.m.

Giuseppe Bilotta writes: Hello Hans and Giuseppe,

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Works magic, thanks :)

here it is a little bit strange: -------------------------------------------------- \starttext \defineitemgroup[test] \setupitemgroup[test][A,columns] \starttest \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \starttest \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \stoptext -------------------------------------------------- gives ===== dvi output ================================= A. one D. four B. two E. five C. three A. one B. two C. three D. four E. five ================================================== so the second itemize group is not in columns. Patrick

Giuseppe Bilotta

6:23 p.m.

Monday, March 3, 2003 Patrick Gundlach wrote: PG> the second itemize group is not in columns. Uhm. Works fine here. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Patrick Gundlach

9:02 p.m.

Giuseppe Bilotta writes: Hello,

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PG> the second itemize group is not in columns.

Uhm. Works fine here.

Very strange. ======================================== This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) (format=cont-en 2003.3.3) 3 MAR 2003 21:56 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. **&cont-en columns.tex (./columns.tex{/opt/texlive/7/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.3 fmt: 2003.3.3 int: english mes: english [...] systems : begin file columns at line 4 columns : balanced in 7 step(s) [1.1] systems : end file columns at line 21 ) ======================================== looks fine to me. I guess you have tried the same file as I posted? Patrick

Giuseppe Bilotta

9:21 p.m.

Monday, March 3, 2003 Patrick Gundlach wrote: PG> Giuseppe Bilotta writes: PG> Hello,

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PG> the second itemize group is not in columns.

Uhm. Works fine here.

PG> Very strange. [snip] PG> I guess you have tried the same file as I posted? Indeed. Are you running via texexec or manually? Anyway, my log (different pdf-e-TeX version, could be the culprit? I doubt it): This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10a-2.1 (MiKTeX 2.2) (preloaded format=cont-en 3.3.3) 3 MAR 2003 22:19 entering extended mode **test.tex (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tex{pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.3 fmt: 2003.3.3 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! (C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-loc.tex)) system : cont-old loaded (C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys loaded (C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-sys.tex) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 7:2-it-2 8:2-nl-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : test.top loaded (c:\TEMP\tex\test.top) pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) (c:\TEMP\tex\test.tuo) systems : begin file test at line 1 columns : balanced in 7 step(s) columns : balanced in 7 step(s) [1.1] systems : end file test at line 21 ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 596 strings out of 217934 7657 string characters out of 508330 391113 words of memory out of 1051882 30365 multiletter control sequences out of 35000 10284 words of font info for 34 fonts, out of 500000 for 1000 56 hyphenation exceptions out of 607 44i,17n,47p,248b,488s stack positions out of 1500i,500n,5000p,200000b,32768s 0 PDF objects out of 65536 0 named destinations out of 20000 0 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536 Output written on test.dvi (1 page, 656 bytes).

Patrick Gundlach

4 Mar 4 Mar

10:39 a.m.

Giuseppe Bilotta writes: Hello Giuseppe, Hans and others,

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PG> I guess you have tried the same file as I posted?

Indeed. Are you running via texexec or manually?

`texexec columns' And the texexec is the current beta's texexec.

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Anyway, my log (different pdf-e-TeX version, could be the culprit? I doubt it):

There must be some difference somewhere?!? Is this the logfile or the output of the texexec run that you have posted? First, there is the following difference between your log and mine:

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(C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-loc.tex))

is not loaded on my place and the cont-sys.tex I have is the same as the cont-sys.ori shipped with context.

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columns : balanced in 7 step(s) columns : balanced in 7 step(s)

I have only one line like that :(

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Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 596 strings out of 217934 7657 string characters out of 508330 391113 words of memory out of 1051882 30365 multiletter control sequences out of 35000 10284 words of font info for 34 fonts, out of 500000 for 1000 56 hyphenation exceptions out of 607 44i,17n,47p,248b,488s stack positions out of 1500i,500n,5000p,200000b,32768s

These numbers differ slightly. In the logfile I also get some strange errors ;-) systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no / in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no : in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no ; in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no ? in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no ! in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! language : language en is active BTW: I use texlive 7 with the current beta. Patrick

Giuseppe Bilotta

2:42 p.m.

Tuesday, March 4, 2003 Patrick Gundlach wrote:

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Anyway, my log (different pdf-e-TeX version, could be the culprit? I doubt it):

PG> There must be some difference somewhere?!? PG> Is this the logfile or the output of the texexec run that you have PG> posted? Logfile. PG> First, there is the following difference between your log and mine:

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(C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-loc.tex))

PG> is not loaded on my place Even if I disable it, it all works fine here. PG> and the cont-sys.tex I have is the same as the cont-sys.ori PG> shipped with context. Mine is slightly different: the auto MP stuff is enabled.

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columns : balanced in 7 step(s) columns : balanced in 7 step(s)

PG> I have only one line like that :( Yes, that's that problem :) PG> In the logfile I also get some strange errors ;-) PG> systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! PG> Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! [snip] PG> Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! PG> language : language en is active VERY strange. There's something wrong with your setup. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Hans Hagen

8:42 p.m.

At 11:39 AM 3/4/2003 +0100, Patrick Gundlach wrote:

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First, there is the following difference between your log and mine:

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(C:\localtexmf\tex\context\base\cont-loc.tex))

How come that you have a cont-loc file? That's my private sensitive patches file -)

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systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no / in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no : in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no ; in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no ? in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no ! in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! language : language en is active

/12:12;12?12!12 looks like some / : ; ? ! catcodes being set to letter, or: some incredibly messed up system Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach

10:52 p.m.

Hans Hagen writes: Hello Hans et al.

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/12:12;12?12!12 looks like some / : ; ? ! catcodes being set to letter, or: some incredibly messed up system

Well, it appeared with the latest beta. I cannot reproduce this problem with the context/2003.2.11 version. ================================================== \starttext \defineitemgroup[test] \starttest[A,columns] \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \starttest[n,columns] \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \stoptext ================================================== gives me with the 2003.2.11 version two itemgroups in columns and no nullfont error I have posted earlier. with the 2003.3.3 version I get only one itemgroup in columns (the A,columns) and the nullfont error. I have just reinstalled both versions. The two environments I have used for testing are identical, except for the web2c configuration that is pointing to the root of the context installation. (I use the env variable $TEXMFCONTEXT that is pointing to /opt/context/2003.2.11/texmf resp. the other version) and the PATH variable for the binaries pdfetex and mpost (which are identical) and links to texexec, texutil and texfont. Do you have any hints where I can start debugging? I have looked in the obvious places (old format lying around etc. but this all look ok). Patrick

Patrick Gundlach

5 Mar 5 Mar

8:27 a.m.

Hans Hagen writes: Hello again,

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Missing character: There is no ! in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! language : language en is active

/12:12;12?12!12 looks like some / : ; ? ! catcodes being set to letter, or: some incredibly messed up system

OK; another testfile: \starttext \section{Test} Good Morning \stoptext gives me (dvi file): ================================================== 1 "12/12:12;12?12!12Test Good Morning ================================================== and the first line is somewhat (20 pt?) lower than it should be. Again: latest beta (2002.3.3) strange behaviour, 2002.2.11 looks ok. Patrick

Hans Hagen

9:21 a.m.

At 09:27 AM 3/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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Hans Hagen writes:

Hello again,

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Missing character: There is no ! in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 2 in font nullfont! language : language en is active

/12:12;12?12!12 looks like some / : ; ? ! catcodes being set to letter, or: some incredibly messed up system

OK; another testfile:

\starttext \section{Test} Good Morning \stoptext

gives me (dvi file): ================================================== 1 "12/12:12;12?12!12Test

can you run this with \tracingall and see where the missings show up? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach

8:43 a.m.

Hans Hagen writes: Hello again, sorry to bother you all, but perhaps this additional info might help you to help me ;-)

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some incredibly messed up system

I guess so ;-) from the previous file from tracingall: [...] (line 4655, only (besides error messages at beginning) appearance of nullfont) \lastfontidentifier ->12ptrmtf \fontsize ->a {changing \*12ptrmtfa*=undefined} {into \*12ptrmtfa*=\relax} {\font} {changing \*12ptrmtfa*=\relax} {into \*12ptrmtfa*=select font nullfont} [...] (line 12929) \c!nacommando ->\c!internal! nacommando {\string} {changing \@@kosectionnacommando=undefined} {into \@@kosectionnacommando=\relax} {\relax} {\iftrue: (level 7) entered on line 3} {true} {\par} @firstpass [] /cmr12@14.4pt/1 [] "12/12:12;12?12!12[][][][][][] Test [] @\par via @@0 b=0 p=-10000 d=100 @@1: line 1.2- t=100 -> @@0 Patrick

Hans Hagen

9:25 a.m.

At 09:43 AM 3/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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sorry to bother you all, but perhaps this additional info might help you to help me ;-)

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some incredibly messed up system

I guess so ;-)

from the previous file from tracingall:

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(line 4655, only (besides error messages at beginning) appearance of nullfont)

\lastfontidentifier ->12ptrmtf

\fontsize ->a {changing \*12ptrmtfa*=undefined} {into \*12ptrmtfa*=\relax}

this is strange, it looks like something is wrong with your (preloaded) cmr fonts; how do the formats compare (format logs) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach

3:05 p.m.

New subject: nullfont errors in new beta

Hans Hagen writes:

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this is strange, it looks like something is wrong with your (preloaded) cmr fonts; how do the formats compare (format logs)

besides the version number and the line numbers from the etex messages: (I have substituted the version numbers with -- and the linenumbers with (linenumber) to make the output of the diff shorter). I cannot see any harmful messages. 1c1 < This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) (INITEX) 4 MAR 2003 23:40 ---

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This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) (INITEX) 4 MAR 2003 23:38 125d124 < system (E-TEX) : [line (linenumber)] \ifcsname 457c456 < loading : Context Core Macros / Numbering

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loading : Context Core Macros (Numbering) 463,467c462,465 < loading : Context Page Macros / Backgrounds < ) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/page-app.tex < loading : Context Page Macros / Applications < ) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/core-job.tex < loading : Context Core Macros / Job Handling

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loading : Context Page Macros (Backgrounds) ) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/page-app.tex) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/core-job.tex loading : Context Core Macros (Job Handling) 692,694c690,692 < 32021 strings of total length 501741 < 385365 memory locations dumped; current usage is 113&384373 < 29986 multiletter control sequences

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31931 strings of total length 500730 384296 memory locations dumped; current usage is 113&383598 29896 multiletter control sequences

Patrick

Hans Hagen

4:33 p.m.

New subject: nullfont errors in new beta

At 04:05 PM 3/5/2003 +0100, Patrick Gundlach wrote:

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< 32021 strings of total length 501741 < 385365 memory locations dumped; current usage is 113&384373 < 29986 multiletter control sequences ---

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31931 strings of total length 500730 384296 memory locations dumped; current usage is 113&383598 29896 multiletter control sequences

looks ok to me; i tested the beta under linux and it works ok there, so i'm even more puzzled now Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach

8:41 p.m.

New subject: nullfont errors in new beta

Hans Hagen writes: Hello Hans,

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looks ok to me; i tested the beta under linux and it works ok there, so i'm even more puzzled now

I am even more puzzled! I have just tried tetex 2.0.2 with the latest beta (2002.3.3). Same behaviour. This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) (format=cont-en 2003.3.5) 5 MAR 2003 21:11 entering extended mode **&cont-en sectit.tex (./sectit.tex{/opt/tetex/2.0.2/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.3 fmt: 2003.3.5 int: english mes: english Missing character: There is no " in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont! [...] What a ****! Any idea where to start debugging (or whining)? A bottle of w(h)ine should solve the problem... at least for this evening :) Patrick

Hans Hagen

9:50 p.m.

New subject: nullfont errors in new beta

At 09:41 PM 3/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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Hans Hagen writes:

Hello Hans,

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looks ok to me; i tested the beta under linux and it works ok there, so i'm even more puzzled now

I am even more puzzled!

I have just tried tetex 2.0.2 with the latest beta (2002.3.3). Same behaviour.

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) (format=cont-en 2003.3.5) 5 MAR 2003 21:11 entering extended mode **&cont-en sectit.tex (./sectit.tex{/opt/tetex/2.0.2/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}

ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.3 fmt: 2003.3.5 int: english mes: english

Missing character: There is no " in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont!

Where does the " 1 come from? Can it be that your unzipper is wrong? Can other linux users confirm this problem? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach

10:59 p.m.

New subject: no more nullfont errors in latest beta!

Hans Hagen writes: Hello Hans (et al.) good news from Germany ;-)

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Where does the " 1 come from?

I still have no idea about this.

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Can it be that your unzipper is wrong?

Just to make sure I have got a good cont-tmf.zip I have downloaded it again. And see: this is the beta 2003.3.4 (one day later). And this beta does not have the problems I described :)) the files that changed meanwhile were: 120 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 118402 Mar 3 12:58 syst-ext.tex 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 23565 Mar 3 18:02 core-box.tex 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 19801 Mar 3 21:00 page-bck.tex 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 6806 Mar 3 21:31 meta-pag.tex 40 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 39796 Mar 3 23:19 supp-mpe.tex 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 9190 Mar 4 09:32 s-mag-01.tex 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 14233 Mar 4 10:44 context.tex I had a look at the differences between these files and the ones from 2003.3.3, but could not find any harmful macros ;-) Perhaps you know, but it is no problem anymore. Thank you for your help! BTW: the "ConTeXt Beta Page" is lying a little bit about the beta version (context version and filesize). The ConTeXt link from the "Downloading" page is pointing to an old version.

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Can other linux users confirm this problem?

hopfully not ;-) Patrick (happy and now with a brand new tetex ;-)

Hans Hagen

6 Mar 6 Mar

8:56 a.m.

New subject: no more nullfont errors in latest beta!

At 11:59 PM 3/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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Just to make sure I have got a good cont-tmf.zip I have downloaded it again. And see: this is the beta 2003.3.4 (one day later). And this beta does not have the problems I described :))

the files that changed meanwhile were:

120 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 118402 Mar 3 12:58 syst-ext.tex 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 23565 Mar 3 18:02 core-box.tex 20 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 19801 Mar 3 21:00 page-bck.tex 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 6806 Mar 3 21:31 meta-pag.tex 40 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 39796 Mar 3 23:19 supp-mpe.tex 12 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 9190 Mar 4 09:32 s-mag-01.tex 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 softinst 14233 Mar 4 10:44 context.tex

I had a look at the differences between these files and the ones from 2003.3.3, but could not find any harmful macros ;-) Perhaps you know, but it is no problem anymore.

this is why i think that something went wrong in the unzipper or during transfer (i once had such a problem)

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BTW: the "ConTeXt Beta Page" is lying a little bit about the beta version (context version and filesize). The ConTeXt link from the "Downloading" page is pointing to an old version.

i know, some day i will automatically upload the lot, now i do that manually (although the html page and show-fil file are generated automatically, i sometimes forget to upload them) Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jens-Uwe Morawski

5 Mar 5 Mar

11:55 p.m.

New subject: nullfont errors in new beta

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 22:50:34 +0100 Hans Hagen wrote:

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At 09:41 PM 3/5/2003 +0100, you wrote:

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Hans Hagen writes:

Hello Hans,

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looks ok to me; i tested the beta under linux and it works ok there, so i'm even more puzzled now

I am even more puzzled!

I have just tried tetex 2.0.2 with the latest beta (2002.3.3). Same behaviour.

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.10b-2.1 (Web2C 7.4.5) (format=cont-en 2003.3.5) 5 MAR 2003 21:11 entering extended mode **&cont-en sectit.tex (./sectit.tex{/opt/tetex/2.0.2/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}

ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.3 fmt: 2003.3.5 int: english mes: english

Missing character: There is no " in font nullfont! Missing character: There is no 1 in font nullfont!

Where does the " 1 come from? Can it be that your unzipper is wrong?

Can other linux users confirm this problem?

no problem at all. System Linux Redhat 8.0, TeXLive7 ... %%% >> ct.tex % output=pdftex interface=en \starttext \defineitemgroup[test] \setupitemgroup[test][A,columns] \starttest \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \starttest \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \stoptext %%% << ct.tex - output ---------------------- A. one D. four B. two E. five C. three A. one D. four B. two E. five C. three ------------------------------- the log-------------------->> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7x) (format=cont-en 2003.3.6) 6 MAR 2003 00:40 entering extended mode **&cont-en ct.tex (./ct.tex{/home/jens/archive/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg} ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.4 fmt: 2003.3.6 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/opt/ConTeXt/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex! ) system : cont-old loaded (/opt/ConTeXt/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/opt/ConTeXt/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns 2:2-en-2 4:2-de-2 5:2-fr-2 6:2-es-2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded \openout2 = `ct.tui'. system : ct.top loaded (./ct.top specials : loading definition file tpd (/opt/ConTeXt/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex specials : loading definition file fdf (/opt/ConTeXt/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex system (E-TEX) : [line 1815] \ifcsname ) specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded ) \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mprun.mp'. \openout0 = `mpgraph.mp'. \openout0 = `mprun.mp'. pdftex : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map pdftex : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map pdftex : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) (./ct.tuo) systems : begin file ct at line 10 columns : balanced in 7 step(s) columns : balanced in 7 step(s) [1.1{/opt/TeXLive/texmf-var/dvips/config/pdftex.map}{/home/jens/archive/texmf-f onts/pdftex/config/jum-priv.map}] systems : end file ct at line 30 ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 927 strings out of 33498 13791 string characters out of 751481 4406485 words of memory out of 5520091 30829 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+50000 10284 words of font info for 34 fonts, out of 500000 for 1000 16 hyphenation exceptions out of 1000 44i,16n,47p,193b,488s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,5000p,200000b,40000s 7 PDF objects out of 300000 0 named destinations out of 131072 0 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 65536 Output written on ct.pdf (1 page, 6448 bytes).

Giuseppe Bilotta

10:35 p.m.

New subject: nullfont errors in new beta

Wednesday, March 5, 2003 Patrick Gundlach wrote: PG> 463,467c462,465 PG> < loading : Context Page Macros / Backgrounds PG> < ) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/page-app.tex PG> < loading : Context Page Macros / Applications PG> < ) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/core-job.tex PG> < loading : Context Core Macros / Job Handling PG> ---

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loading : Context Page Macros (Backgrounds) ) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/page-app.tex) (/opt/context/--/texmf/tex/context/base/core-job.tex loading : Context Core Macros (Job Handling)

Looks like your page-app has something wrong. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Hans Hagen

3 Mar 3 Mar

8:16 p.m.

At 05:50 PM 3/3/2003 +0100, Patrick Gundlach wrote:

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===== dvi output ================================= A. one D. four B. two E. five C. three

A. one B. two C. three D. four E. five ==================================================

so the second itemize group is not in columns.

strange, here i get two times columns Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Patrick Gundlach

4 Mar 4 Mar

10:43 a.m.

Patrick Gundlach writes: Hello again, one other strange test file: =========================================================== \starttext \defineitemgroup[test] \starttest[A] \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \starttest[n,columns] \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \starttest[A,columns] \item one \item two \item three \item four \item five \stoptest \stoptext =========================================================== gives: A. one B. two C. three D. four E. five 1. one 4. four 2. two 5. five 3. three A. one B. two C. three D. four E. five =========================================================== See the different spacing between the first "A" items and the last "A,columns" ones. So the columns has an effect but not the desired one. Patrick PS: texlive 7 + newest context

Giuseppe Bilotta

2:43 p.m.

Tuesday, March 4, 2003 Patrick Gundlach wrote: PG> Patrick Gundlach writes: PG> Hello again, PG> one other strange test file: PG> See the different spacing between the first "A" items and the last PG> "A,columns" ones. So the columns has an effect but not the desired PG> one. The difference is because you get all the settings from the "columns" option, except that the columns don't get balanced. And again, everything is fine here (MiKTeX 2.2, latest ConTeXt) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

Willi Egger

3:11 p.m.

Patrick, I am afraid that I am not of big help. Just to tell you, that here your examples work perfectly. I am using: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (format=cont-en 2003.3.3) 4 MAR 2003 14:12 from TeXlive 7 on a Windows machine As you can see I installed the latest beta yesterday... I hope you will be able to find out what the problem is with your installation. - You use TeX on a Linux box, don't you? Gruss Willi