Re: [NTG-context] brace error after a \placefigure

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
nico wrote: > > > Yes, strange. Looks like a grouping issue around this in page-flt: Yes. It works ok with \leavevmode {test}. Also. The problem is the timing of \everypar, what TeX actually executes is this: \bgroup \everypar {\egroup} \par {test} Cheers, Taco _

Re: [NTG-context] bibdemo.tex example needs a few defs

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: So bibtex puts those LaTeX commands at the top of the .bbl file, and ConTeXt doesn't know about \newcommand. A temporary workaround is to define those commands by hand (see below). A better workaround is to define \newcommand. latex.ltx has a long and involved one, but ma

Re: [NTG-context] Custom \unknownreference and \dummyreference; plus custom unknownreference in m-bib

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Tobias Burnus wrote: > Hi hans, hi Taco, hello all, > > I used the following in my thesis (2 years ago) to make sure I won't > miss a unresolved reference: > --- > \def\unknownreference{~\clap{\blackrule[width=1.5ex,height=1.5ex,depth=0.3ex]% >

Re: [NTG-context] Linux: ConTeXt in local texmf-tree and Ruby scripts - HOWTO?

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Münster wrote: > > I've just seen, that there are a lot of symbolic links in the teTeX > installation to /opt/teTeX/bin/texexec, so please forget my advice above. Yes, you have to delele all those symlinks that teTeX provides. If you go to the unix stubs directory in the ConTeXt distributi

Re: [NTG-context] \startbackmatter requires \chapter to get bibliography?

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Münster wrote: > > \placepublications[criterium=all] > Yes. > Hans and Taco, it seems that the bib module does not work with the ruby > version of texexec. The cite command prints only . You still have to run bibtex by hand in the new version. And perhaps you need to regerate the bbl

Re: [NTG-context] New release and XeTeX - XeConTeXt

2006-05-14 Thread Otared KAVIAN
On 5/13/06, Christopher Creutzig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   Still, XeConTeXt does not work as expected in the current version:Hi Christopher,I tried the file you suggest with the latest version of ConTeXt and generated a new XeConTeXt (ConTeXt  ver: 2006.05.11 10:30  fmt: 2006.5.13, on MacOS X 1

[NTG-context] Problems with ConTeXt version 2006.05.11

2006-05-14 Thread Otared KAVIAN
Dear all,I installed the latest version of ConTeXt (that is version 2006.05.11) and although some problems have disappeared, some other are still there. Indeed I thank Hans H. and all the wizards working with him for having fixed some of the issues reported previously. For your information, I am us

Re: [NTG-context] New release and XeTeX - XeConTeXt

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Christopher Creutzig wrote: >> (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/context/patterns/lang-de.pat >> ! Bad \patterns. >> \unknownchar ->{ >> \hbox {\vrule \!!width .5em\!!height 1ex\!!depth >> \zeropoint }} >> l.114 .ge >> s6 >> ? > > Same for me. The problem is that i

Re: [NTG-context] about texmfstart

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Dalyoung wrote: > Dear Aditya, > > I did what you told me, > > set RUBYLIB=/texmf.local/scripts/context/ruby > export $RUBYLIB > > i'll post a version that has all the modules/classes embedded (i.e. i made a ruby module that will package a script with libraries so that they become standalo

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with ConTeXt version 2006.05.11

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi OK, > 1) PostScript fonts declarations are not anymore working. For instance this > > \starttext > \usetypescript[palatino] You need to specify the desired encoding on this line: \usetypescript[palatino][ec] > 2) Generating a format with XeTeX, that is creating XeConTeXt, is now > poss

Re: [NTG-context] brace error after a \placefigure

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
nico wrote: > On Sat, 13 May 2006 04:08:58 -0400, Sanjoy Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> I can't figure out what causes the brace error with this test.tex >> example file: >> >> \starttext >> \placefigure[margin]{A caption}{\externalfigure[]} >> >> {test}. >> \stoptext >> > >

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with ConTeXt version 2006.05.11

2006-05-14 Thread Otared KAVIAN
On 5/14/06, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> [...]> You need to specify the desired encoding on this line: >  \usetypescript[palatino][ec]Hi Taco, Thanks for your attention.Indeed I had tried to add the encoding option, but then using either [ec] or \defaultencoding there appears a confl

Re: [NTG-context] Custom \unknownreference and \dummyreference; plus custom unknownreference in m-bib

2006-05-14 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hi all, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Tobias Burnus wrote: \let\normalunknownreference\unknownreference >> \def\unknownreference{~\clap{\blackrule[width=1.5ex,height=1.5ex,depth=0.3ex]% >> \kern-0.3ex$\blacktriangleright$}% >> \normalunknownreference} >> \def\dummyreference{$\blacksquare$} >> --

Re: [NTG-context] Custom \unknownreference and \dummyreference; plus custom unknownreference in m-bib

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Tobias Burnus wrote: > > \let\normalunknownreference\unknownreference I deduced that :-) > Well, I have the feeling that the whole \unknownreference does not work, > but only the \dummyreference does. It works for me :-/ Taco ___ ntg-context mailing

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with ConTeXt version 2006.05.11

2006-05-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi OK (and Hans), Otared KAVIAN wrote: > \enableregime[utf] > is typeset with Palatino, but then the diacritics are not typeset. On If you are using XeTeX, then you should not use \enableregime[utf]. If you are not useing XeTeX, then I do not understand what is going wrong and need a minimal e

Re: [NTG-context] New release and XeTeX - XeConTeXt

2006-05-14 Thread Christopher Creutzig
Hans Hagen wrote: >> Same for me. The problem is that in line 113, we have >> .ge5rö >> in Latin-1 encoding, but XeTeX tries reading the file in UTF-8. > how old is your context Indeed, that was stone age: 2006.05.08 12:59 - more than five days old. :-) > the latest version uses utf patte

Re: [NTG-context] \startbackmatter requires \chapter to get bibliography?

2006-05-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> > \placepublications > > \placepublications[criterium=all] Should I update the bibdemo.tex on the wiki to use criterium=all? Or is that example okay since \placepublications is not after \startbackmatter? (If so, I don't understand how \startbackmatter changes it.) -Sanjoy `Never underestim

Re: [NTG-context] brace error after a \placefigure

2006-05-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
From:Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > \def\dodocomplexplacefloat[#1][#2][#3]#4% > [magic code snipped] > may work better Tested and working here, thanks! -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.

Re: [NTG-context] bibdemo.tex example needs a few defs

2006-05-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
From:Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There used to be a module named bibltx that did precisely that, > but I removed it while waiting for Brook's \usemodule[latex]. > I will re-instate the file, but that will take a while, so here > is the previous version .. Thanks, \usemodule[bibltx] wo

Re: [NTG-context] \startbackmatter requires \chapter to get bibliography?

2006-05-14 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, 14 May 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Peter Münster wrote: > > > > Hans and Taco, it seems that the bib module does not work with the ruby > > version of texexec. The cite command prints only . > > It works fine for me, so giving advice is hard. Hello Taco, I've retried with the ruby

[NTG-context] project files searched for using TEXINPUTS

2006-05-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
In experimenting with projects, products, and components, I was tracing file searches (using Linux, teTeX 3.0 and kpathsea). >From the cont-eni.pdf manual (p. 26 of the PDF file), explaining more about components and project structure: > Many TEX implementations look for a file in all directories

[NTG-context] mailing lists

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Hoi, We hebben het er niet meer over gehad .. de mailinglijst - afscherming (is nu ok denk ik) - archief (is er wel maar misschien niet wat we willen) - leden van de bestuurslijst Wat betreft het laatste, ik heb er geen bezwaar tegen als er op de bestuurslijst ook mensen staan waarvan we als be

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with ConTeXt version 2006.05.11

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Otared KAVIAN wrote: > Hi Taco and Hans, > > > On 14 mai 2006, at 15:40, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > > Hi OK (and Hans), > > > > [...] > > If you are using XeTeX, then you should not use \enableregime[utf]. > > If you are not useing XeTeX, then I do not understand what is going > > wrong and need a

Re: [NTG-context] New release and XeTeX - XeConTeXt

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Christopher Creutzig wrote: > Hans Hagen wrote: > > >>> Same for me. The problem is that in line 113, we have >>> .ge5r� >>> in Latin-1 encoding, but XeTeX tries reading the file in UTF-8. >>> > > >> how old is your context >> > > Indeed, that was stone age: 2006.05.08 12:59 -

Re: [NTG-context] mailing lists

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans Hagen wrote: > Hoi, > > We hebben het er niet meer over gehad .. de mailinglijst > > - afscherming (is nu ok denk ik) > - archief (is er wel maar misschien niet wat we willen) > - leden van de bestuurslijst > > Wat betreft het laatste, ik heb er geen bezwaar tegen als er op de > bestuurslijst

Re: [NTG-context] Optional Arguments for cite

2006-05-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
From:"Thomas A. Schmitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > but have a look at section 3.2 of the bibtex manual: > \cite[extras={page~4}][key] Just what I needed too, thanks. But should it be \cite[extras={, page~4}][key] Otherwise I get, e.g. (Aamport, 1986bpage 4) as the reference. (using t-bib.tex

Re: [NTG-context] Bib-module: crossreferences

2006-05-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
>From Taco (Fri Oct 7 16:18:28 CEST 2005): >> Are crossreferences supposed to work in the new bib module? According to the > No, this doesn't work, but I believe there is a workaround by putting >\setbox\scratchbox={\hbox{\placepublications}} > just before the normal \placepublications or \co

Re: [NTG-context] Bib-module: crossreferences

2006-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > >From Taco (Fri Oct 7 16:18:28 CEST 2005): > > >>> Are crossreferences supposed to work in the new bib module? According to the >>> > > >> No, this doesn't work, but I believe there is a workaround by putting >>\setbox\scratchbox={\hbox{\placepublications}}