Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

> Unfortunately the result doesn't look quite right... but since we may > not need to use mpgraphics anyway thanks to your patches, I'll hold off > on debugging the result. > maybe you should pass the table width and hight to the mp graphics? ___

Re: [NTG-context] tiny reshuffle of ConTeXt versions on the Minimals

Hello, I also forgot to mention ... TeX Gyre is now the default font when using "postscript/times/helvetica/palatino". In case you experience any problems, in particular with math, please report. Mojca ___ If your qu

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On 12/16/2008 3:15 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Taco Hoekwater > wrote: > > > Hi Lars, > > > Lars Huttar wrote: ... > So the question comes up, can TeX runs take advantage of > parallelized or > dist

[NTG-context] tiny reshuffle of ConTeXt versions on the Minimals

Hello, Just a short notice before it causes confusion. Since Hans is preparing some really big changes in mkiv (basically rewriting almost the whole ConTeXt core if I understood correctly), he is still waiting to update ConTeXt on his website until the changes are finished or at least "working ag

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Hi Lars, > > Lars Huttar wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the >> time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple >> passes... about 8 on average). It takes us

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008/12/16 Lars Huttar : > Good point... although doesn't the page optimization feed back into > paragraph layout? No. :-( Best Martin ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On 12/16/2008 3:31 PM, Martin Schröder wrote: > 2008/12/16 Lars Huttar : >> - You could design your document *specifically* to make the parts >> independent, so that the true and authoritative way to typeset them is >> to typeset the parts independently. (You can do this part now without >> modifyi

Re: [NTG-context] setupdelimitedtext: linespacing in final quoted paragraph

Thanks for the responses. I've wikified a short example, putting it at end of this page: Feel free to move or improve. Will LuaTeX's paragraph builder have the same restriction -- perhaps for compatability -- that linespacing be const

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008/12/16 Lars Huttar : > - You could design your document *specifically* to make the parts > independent, so that the true and authoritative way to typeset them is > to typeset the parts independently. (You can do this part now without > modifying TeX at all... you just have the various sections'

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: > Most > of our mpgraphics are due to wanting thick-and-thin or single-and-double > borders on tables, which are not natively supported by the ConTeXt table > model. > The advice I received said to define each mpgraphic using > \startuseMPgraphic

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On 12/16/2008 11:37 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > Lars Huttar wrote: > >> We have close to 7000 mpgraphics, and they add about 15 minutes to the >> run time. > > most of them are the same so reusing them made sense > >> But the run time was already quite long before we started using those. >> >>> - de

Re: [NTG-context] markiv, "output written on..."

Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hi Hans, when I run a markiv file I don't get any message of the resulting pdf file. Is this done on purpose? probably (i overload some things) May I then ask for a change in behaviour? I'd like to parse the messages and search for the final pdf. keep in mind that c

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On 12/16/2008 2:08 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Hi Lars, > > Lars Huttar wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the >> time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple >> passes... about 8 on average). It takes us anywhere fro

Re: [NTG-context] markiv, "output written on..."

Hi Hans, >> when I run a markiv file I don't get any message of the resulting pdf >> file. Is this done on purpose? > > probably (i overload some things) May I then ask for a change in behaviour? I'd like to parse the messages and search for the final pdf. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

Lars Huttar wrote: We have close to 7000 mpgraphics, and they add about 15 minutes to the run time. most of them are the same so reusing them made sense But the run time was already quite long before we started using those. - define fonts beforehand OK, we will look into this. I'm sure J

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On 12/16/2008 9:53 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >>> Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple passes... about 8 on average). It takes us anywhere from 80 minutes

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple passes... about 8 on average). It takes us anywhere from 80 minutes on our fastest machine

Re: [NTG-context] interactionbuttons question

Thanks Taco. The rotate trick will do it for the moment. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > Alan STONE wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to make a column (a vertical alignment) of buttons with > > the interactionbuttons command ? > > A simple solution could be \rota

Re: [NTG-context] Some ligatures cannot be copied and pasted

1 (page number) also has On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > Yue Wang wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> see the attachment >> > > only Th has a problem; if you run with \nopdfcompression you can peek into > the file and see what unicode mapping is used; however, i would not be > surprised i

Re: [NTG-context] about "LuaTools | error unable to identify cnf file"

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Diego Depaoli wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Dalyoung Jeong wrote: >> Dear Mojca, >> >> "texmfstart texexec --make (--xtx) --all" run smoothly, but luatools >> >> still has a cnf error. > Stupid question... did you run/source setuptex before? In pure th

Re: [NTG-context] markiv, "output written on..."

Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hi, when I run a markiv file I don't get any message of the resulting pdf file. Is this done on purpose? probably (i overload some things) Hans - Hans Hagen | PR

Re: [NTG-context] Some ligatures cannot be copied and pasted

Yue Wang wrote: Hi, see the attachment only Th has a problem; if you run with \nopdfcompression you can peek into the file and see what unicode mapping is used; however, i would not be surprised if there's a bug in the font's resource Hans

Re: [NTG-context] PDF page numbers

Taco Hoekwater wrote: Mohamed Bana wrote: Derek CORDEIRO wrote: In latex + book/memoir + hyperref, if \frontmatter \mainmatter are used, the pdf files generated use the roman numbers in the pdf itself. It appears as ii (2 of 500) in the pdfviewer. Is it possible to do the same with ConTeXt? I

Re: [NTG-context] Some ligatures cannot be copied and pasted

Yue Wang wrote: > Hi, > > see the attachment Probably because these ligatures are not in Unicode. I do not know whether it is possible to support cut&paste of these, I have to investigate. Best wishes, Taco ___ If

Re: [NTG-context] PDF page numbers

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Zhichu Chen wrote: > Best Regards > Chen > > > Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility > No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China > tel: 086

Re: [NTG-context] PDF page numbers

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Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple passes... about 8 on average). It takes us anywhere from 80 minutes on our fastest machine, to 9 hours on our slowest laptop. oft

Re: [NTG-context] markiv, "output written on..."

Yue Wang wrote: and I also find that MKIV does not take terminal width into consideration. (pdftex output has a max line length limit) it does, but i've set it to a higher value (i prefer to let the terminal do the wrapping itself) Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] Some ligatures cannot be copied and pasted

Taco Hoekwater wrote: Yue Wang wrote: Hi, see the attachment Probably because these ligatures are not in Unicode. I do not know whether it is possible to support cut&paste of these, I have to investigate. maybe if we use the a_b_c naming for such ligature

Re: [NTG-context] PDF page numbers

Mohamed Bana wrote: > Derek CORDEIRO wrote: >> In latex + book/memoir + hyperref, if \frontmatter \mainmatter are >> used, the pdf files generated use the roman numbers in the pdf itself. >> It appears as ii (2 of 500) in the pdfviewer. Is it possible to do the >> same with ConTeXt? > > It would

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

Hi Lars, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple passes... about 8 on average). It takes us anywhere from 80 minutes on our fastest machine, to 9 hours on our slowest la