Re: [NTG-context] Odd /externalfigure behavior

2012-12-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster

Am 15.12.2012 um 23:44 schrieb Guy Stalnaker jstal...@wisc.edu:

 In case anyone was following this thread -- nothing I have been able to do 
 has eliminated the context error.
 
 I have:
 
 1. Unlinked/relinked Dropbox
 2. Moved image files to new directories.
 3. Renamed image files.
 4. Used a test snippet of regular document headers with only the \starttext 
 \externalfigure \stoptext
 5. Used a test snippet of only the \starttext \externalfigure \stoptext
 
 The compile 'nil' response error persists. After four days of continued 
 errors I have had to seek an alternate method for creating the print document.
 
 My thanks to those of you on this list who responded to my questions.

The last thing you can try is to remove your context installation and to 
reinstall it.

Can you also provide one of your figures which causes problems.

Wolfgang
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[NTG-context] here is ae

2012-12-16 Thread Hans Hagen

On 12/15/2012 5:07 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

Hi all,

small remark first: archive.contextgarden.net has been down for a few
days now; I suppose because of the new server?

And now for the overly broad question: I'm embarking on what could
become a long project. One part of it is typesetting a book (with many
graphics). On the one hand, it would be wonderful to use the project
structure and break it down into several components to make things
manageable. On the other hand, it would be great to code in xml (because
I might want to publish this as a website too). can these things be
combined? Does the xml engine handle xinclude (or could this be added to
it)? Or would another approach be better? Thanks for your insights!


Using xml sounds ok to me (esp as you know how to do it) ... with 
xinclude you mean combining multiple files into one? It's what we do in 
all xml related projects here. There is actually an \xmlinclude command


\xmlinclude{main}{include}{filename|href|name}

this will include from elements with tags 'include' and one of the 
attributes mentioned. Do this as one of the first steps as it merges xml 
trees.


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Re: [NTG-context] Odd /externalfigure behavior

2012-12-16 Thread Hans Hagen

On 12/16/2012 10:22 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:


Am 15.12.2012 um 23:44 schrieb Guy Stalnaker jstal...@wisc.edu:


In case anyone was following this thread -- nothing I have been able to do has 
eliminated the context error.

I have:

1. Unlinked/relinked Dropbox
2. Moved image files to new directories.
3. Renamed image files.
4. Used a test snippet of regular document headers with only the \starttext 
\externalfigure \stoptext
5. Used a test snippet of only the \starttext \externalfigure \stoptext

The compile 'nil' response error persists. After four days of continued errors 
I have had to seek an alternate method for creating the print document.

My thanks to those of you on this list who responded to my questions.


The last thing you can try is to remove your context installation and to 
reinstall it.

Can you also provide one of your figures which causes problems.


indeed. it would be interesting to know what picture triggers a nil 
(i.e. a non picture) someplace in the pipeline


Hans

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Re: [NTG-context] CRITICAL EDITIONS MODULE

2012-12-16 Thread Hans Hagen

On 12/15/2012 5:11 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:

On 12/14/2012 01:33 PM, MANUEL GONZALEZ SUAREZ wrote:

Hello
I would get the module CritTeXt Idris Samawi. I have the documentation
but still does not appear on the ConTeXt wiki. I think it may be
interesting to develop critical editions.
Thanks to all



I'm afraid the module doesn't exist. What you have found is not the
documentation, but a description of what we hope will one day be
possible with ConTeXt. Some parts of it are possible now, but there is
no complete solution (you may want to look at
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TEI_xml on the wiki.


the more interest there is and the more ce users can agree on what is 
missing the more change there is that it will show up (not as a module 
but as built in functionality)


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Re: [NTG-context] CRITICAL EDITIONS MODULE

2012-12-16 Thread Philipp Gesang
···date: 2012-12-16, Sunday···from: Hans Hagen···

 On 12/15/2012 5:11 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
 On 12/14/2012 01:33 PM, MANUEL GONZALEZ SUAREZ wrote:
 Hello
 I would get the module CritTeXt Idris Samawi. I have the documentation
 but still does not appear on the ConTeXt wiki. I think it may be
 interesting to develop critical editions.
 Thanks to all
 
 
 I'm afraid the module doesn't exist. What you have found is not the
 documentation, but a description of what we hope will one day be
 possible with ConTeXt. Some parts of it are possible now, but there is
 no complete solution (you may want to look at
 http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TEI_xml on the wiki.
 
 the more interest there is

+1

Best
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[NTG-context] Error

2012-12-16 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo,

can someon please translate the following error to me?

*TeXExec | runtime: 26.109375
Exit code: -1073741510

I have

ConTeXt  ver: 2011.10.03 12:59 MKII  fmt: 2011.10.3  int: 
english/english

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[NTG-context] Desperate help needed: Formular numbering and List of Formulas

2012-12-16 Thread Zenlima
Hi,

I am closing my dissertation (finally) but I had to realize that
subnumbering of formulas is still not working in mkiv. Unluckily going
back to mkii is not an option for other reasons. For that I really need 
help to bring back a fully working formula numbering. 

I searched the entire wiki and mailing list for possible examples and
put all in one test file - I got non to work but maybe I also made a
mistake somewhere. Additionally I wrote everything on my talk
page of the wiki:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User_talk:Zenlima

If every method has to be fixed my priority is the \NR[+][c]-method.
Maybe someone can give additionally hints how to get a proper list
of formulas.

I attached the test file with its pdf result in addition to the wiki
page. 

Thanks
H. 

context-test-mathe.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
\usemodule[newmath]

\setupformulas[way=bytext,prefix=no]
\setupsubformulas[conversion=romannumerals]

\starttext
\title{List of formulas}

\placelist[formula][criterium=all,alternative=c]

\framed{not ok}

\chapter{Chapter One}

\chapter{Chapter Two}

\subject{math - formula}

Expected formular number: (1):

\placenamedformula[one]{Der einfache Test}
\startformula
c^2 = a^2 + b^2.
\stopformula

\framed{ok}

\subject{math - subformula}

Expected formular numbers: (2a) and (2b):

\startsubformulas[eq:1]
\placeformula[eq:first]
\startformula
PM \xrightarrow R_{PM} \xrightarrow PM
\stopformula

\placeformula[eq:second]
\startformula
R_{PM} = \{ K, F, Z, U, I, J\}
\stopformula
\stopsubformulas

\framed{not ok}

\subject{math - align - formula}

Expected formular numbers: (3a) and (3b) and a reference to formular (3b):

\startsubformulas
\startformulas
\placeformula
\startformula
\startalign[n=3, align={right,middle,left}]
\NC PM \xrightarrow \NC R_{PM} \NC \xrightarrow PM \NR[+]
\NC R_{PM} \NC = \NC \{ A, B, C, D, E\} \NR[a]
\stopalign
\stopformula
\stopformulas
\stopsubformulas

\framed{not ok}

Expected formular numbers: (4) and (5)

\placeformula
\startformula
\startalign[n=3, align={right,middle,left}]
\NC PM \xrightarrow \NC R_{PM} \NC \xrightarrow PM \NR[+]
\NC R_{PM} \NC = \NC \{ A, B, C, D, E\} \NR[+]
\stopalign
\stopformula

\framed{ok}


\subject{math - align - subformula}

Expected formular numbers: (6.1), (6.2) and (6.c) plus referece on (6.1) and (6.2):

\placesubformula
\startformula
\startalign[n=3, align={right,middle,left}]
\NC PM \xrightarrow \NC R_{PM} \NC \xrightarrow PM \NR[gleichung1a][.1]
\NC R_{PM} \NC = \NC \{ A, B, C, D, E\} \NR[gleichung1b][.2]
\NC R_{PM} \NC = \NC \{ A, B, C, D, E\} \NR[+][c]
\stopalign
\stopformula

\framed{not ok}

Expected formular numbers: (8a) and (8b) plus reference on (8a and 8b):

\placesubformula
\startformula
\startalign[n=3, align={right,middle,left}]
\NC PM \xrightarrow \NC R_{PM} \NC \xrightarrow PM \NR[gleichung1a][+]
\NC R_{PM} \NC = \NC \{ A, B, C, D, E\} \NR[gleichung1b][]
\stopalign
\stopformula

\framed{not ok}

\subject{math - eqalignno - formula}

Taken from wiki and removed the subformulanumber. Expected formular numbers: (11), (12), (13) and (14):

\placeformula
\startformula
\eqalignno{
  c^2 = a^2 + b^2  \formulanumber \cr
  c = \left(a^2 + b^2\right)^{\vfrac{1}{2}} \formulanumber\cr
  a^2 + b^2 = c^2  \formulanumber \cr
  d^2 = e^2\formulanumber \cr}
\stopformula

\framed{ok}

\subject{math - eqalignno - subformula}

Directly taken form wiki. Expected formular numbers:

%\placeformula
%\startformula
%\eqalignno{
%  c^2 = a^2 + b^2  \formulanumber{a} \cr
%  c = \left(a^2 + b^2\right)^{\vfrac{1}{2}} \subformulanumber{b}\cr
%  a^2 + b^2 = c^2  \subformulanumber{c} \cr
%  d^2 = e^2\formulanumber\cr}
%\stopformula

\framed{not ok (does not work. subformularnumber is unknown)}

\stoptext
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Re: [NTG-context] two bugs in linenote

2012-12-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster

Am 15.12.2012 um 19:36 schrieb Pablo Rodríguez oi...@web.de:

 Hi there,
 
 with the following code:
 
 \usemodule[simplefonts]
 \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella]
 \definelinenote[A]
 \setupnote[A][rule=off, paragraph=yes, split=strict, inbetween=\hskip1.5em]
 \setupnotation[A][numbercommand=,alternative=serried,distance=1em,compress=yes,compressseparator=]
 \starttext
 \startlinenumbering
 \dorecurse{500}{body\A{note} }
 \stoplinenumbering
 \stoptext
 
 I hit two bugs (ConTeXt - 2012.12.10 23:20):
 
 Body and notes aren't properly separated.


It’s a problem with paragraph notes which does also appear with regular notes.

\setupbodyfont[pagella]

\setupnote[footnote][paragraph=yes]
\setupnotation[footnote][alternative=serried,display=no]

\starttext
\dorecurse{200}{text text text\footnote{note} }
\stoptext

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Re: [NTG-context] Desperate help needed: Formular numbering and List of Formulas

2012-12-16 Thread Andreas Mang
Hi,

The minimal example below works for me (ConTeXt  ver: 2012.12.10 23:20 MKIV; 
I've added some stuff of your preamble to check).

Cheers  Gruss
Andreas

%%% MINIMAL EXAMPLE %%%
\usemodule[newmath]

\setupformulas[way=bytext,prefix=no]
\setupsubformulas[conversion=romannumerals]

\starttext

\startsubformulas[eq:ax=b]
\placeformula
\startformula
\startalign[n=3]
\NC A x\NC = b,\NR[eq:example-one][a]
\NC A x\NC = b,\NR[eq:example-two][a]
\stopalign
\stopformula
\stopsubformulas

\stoptext
%%% MINIMAL EXAMPLE %%%


Am Dec 16, 2012 um 8:16 PM schrieb Zenlima p...@zenlima.eu:

 Hi,
 
 I am closing my dissertation (finally) but I had to realize that
 subnumbering of formulas is still not working in mkiv. Unluckily going
 back to mkii is not an option for other reasons. For that I really need 
 help to bring back a fully working formula numbering. 
 
 I searched the entire wiki and mailing list for possible examples and
 put all in one test file - I got non to work but maybe I also made a
 mistake somewhere. Additionally I wrote everything on my talk
 page of the wiki:
 
   http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User_talk:Zenlima
 
 If every method has to be fixed my priority is the \NR[+][c]-method.
 Maybe someone can give additionally hints how to get a proper list
 of formulas.
 
 I attached the test file with its pdf result in addition to the wiki
 page. 
 
 Thanks
 H. 
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Re: [NTG-context] here is ae

2012-12-16 Thread Schmitz Thomas A.

On Dec 16, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 Using xml sounds ok to me (esp as you know how to do it) ... with xinclude 
 you mean combining multiple files into one? It's what we do in all xml 
 related projects here. There is actually an \xmlinclude command
 
\xmlinclude{main}{include}{filename|href|name}
 
 this will include from elements with tags 'include' and one of the attributes 
 mentioned. Do this as one of the first steps as it merges xml trees.
 
 Hans

Hi Hans,

thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I mean combining multiple files into one 
document. Sorry that I didn't see \xmlinclude, that's of course just what I was 
looking for. But after searching the list, I saw a couple old messages by Hans 
dan der Meer which made me realise I have no idea yet how to use it. Something 
like this?

file chapter_1.xml
chapter
  text
/chapter

file chapter_2.xml
chapter
  text
/chapter

and then

file master.xml
document
  xi:include href=chapter_1.xml/
  xi:include href=chapter_2.xml/
/document

Would translate to 

\startxmlsetups xml:xi:include
  \startchapter
 \xmltext{#1}{chapter}
   \stopchapter
\stopchapter

Is that the basic structure, or am I misunderstanding the way this could be 
used? 

All best

Thomas
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Re: [NTG-context] here is ae

2012-12-16 Thread Sietse Brouwer
http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/xmlinclude

Wikified, but sans example for now. Thomas, could I leave that to you?
Writing about things I don't understand is one thing, but producing
working code that I don't understand is something I am happy to leave
to the experts.  ;-)

Cheers,
Sietse

P.s. To anticipate the obvious question Sietse, do you mean working
code that *you* don't understand, or that the *author* doesn't
understand? — the answer is Yes. :-P

On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 10:07 PM, Schmitz Thomas A.
thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de wrote:

 On Dec 16, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote:

 Using xml sounds ok to me (esp as you know how to do it) ... with xinclude 
 you mean combining multiple files into one? It's what we do in all xml 
 related projects here. There is actually an \xmlinclude command

\xmlinclude{main}{include}{filename|href|name}

 this will include from elements with tags 'include' and one of the 
 attributes mentioned. Do this as one of the first steps as it merges xml 
 trees.

 Hans

 Hi Hans,

 thanks for your suggestion. Yes, I mean combining multiple files into one 
 document. Sorry that I didn't see \xmlinclude, that's of course just what I 
 was looking for. But after searching the list, I saw a couple old messages by 
 Hans dan der Meer which made me realise I have no idea yet how to use it. 
 Something like this?

 file chapter_1.xml
 chapter
   text
 /chapter

 file chapter_2.xml
 chapter
   text
 /chapter

 and then

 file master.xml
 document
   xi:include href=chapter_1.xml/
   xi:include href=chapter_2.xml/
 /document

 Would translate to

 \startxmlsetups xml:xi:include
   \startchapter
  \xmltext{#1}{chapter}
\stopchapter
 \stopchapter

 Is that the basic structure, or am I misunderstanding the way this could be 
 used?

 All best

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Re: [NTG-context] here is ae

2012-12-16 Thread Schmitz Thomas A.

On Dec 16, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Sietse Brouwer sbbrou...@gmail.com wrote:

 http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/xmlinclude
 
 Wikified, but sans example for now. Thomas, could I leave that to you?
 Writing about things I don't understand is one thing, but producing
 working code that I don't understand is something I am happy to leave
 to the experts.  ;-)
 
 Cheers,
 Sietse

The horror :-) That was pseudo-code, and I have not the faintest idea if this 
works at all! But it's good you put this up on the wiki: it will create a 
disturbance in the space-time continuum which is so strong that Hans will have 
to tell us how it really works - otherwise, the Mayas may turn out to be right 
after all...

All best

Thomas
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Re: [NTG-context] here is ae

2012-12-16 Thread Sietse Brouwer
 Wikified, but sans example for now. Thomas, could I leave that to you?
 Writing about things I don't understand is one thing, but producing
 working code that I don't understand is something I am happy to leave
 to the experts.  ;-)

 The horror :-) That was pseudo-code, and I have not the
 faintest idea if this works at all! But it's good you put
 this up on the wiki: it will create a disturbance in the
 space-time continuum which is so strong that Hans will
 have to tell us how it really works - otherwise, the Mayas
 may turn out to be right after all...

You see, Hans, you must tell us how it really works. The fate of the
Earth lies in your hands!

--Sietse
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Re: [NTG-context] Desperate help needed: Formular numbering and List of Formulas

2012-12-16 Thread Zenlima
Hi Andreas,

thanks for your example.. I also got it to work - so my desperate case
is half solved. I added it also to the working cases:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User_talk:Zenlima#align_-_subformular_.5B.2B.5D

In order to prevent unnecessary frustration I added a warning at the
two related math pages. 

I tried to extend your example with named subformulas in different ways
but as a result the numbers vanished or the table of formulas messed
up. Also I found the note in str-math.mkiv that a rewrite is needed. 

Ciao
H. 

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[NTG-context] Suggestion for formula numbering

2012-12-16 Thread Zenlima
Hi,

as of actual need I summed up all kinds of formula numbering - some
basics are working. You can find this list on my user talk page:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User_talk:Zenlima

As I also found a note in str-math.mkiv that it needs to be rewritten
and the example syntax which leaded me to confusion in the past, I
worked out a suggestion for a more intuitive syntax for formula
numbering.

In sum it ends with:

All three commands: 
\NR 
\placeformula 
\formualanumber 
will share the same attributes: 
* sublevel (maybe better: formulalevel or just level?)
  to define and concrete the (sub-)level of the formula 
* listlabel (maybe textlabel? the numberlabel is still needed)
  to add a entry in the list of formulas 
* reference
  just a classic reference in order to link to it 
so that the syntax is more intuitive during the writing. 

Also. this way the commands: 
placesubformula 
placenamedformula 
placenamedsubformula 
startstopsubformulas 
subformulanumber 
will become needless.

For the why and examples please look at:

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User_talk:Zenlima#Suggestion_for_new_syntax

I hope you will find parts you like and feel free to add your
opinion. :-)

H.
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