Re[2]: What has become of X-Desc?

["Robert F. Beeger" <robert@beeger.net>]

Hello Giuseppe,

Sunday, July 28, 2002, 7:18:39 PM, you wrote:
GB> Ok, I just forgot to upload the new version when I was done ...
GB> it's there now :)

Thanks! But (there's always a but :) ) it does not seem to work for
me.
I copied the files in the zip to my texmf-dir and copied xdesc.pm also
to my TexLive/bin/win32-dir.

In my tex-file I have :
\starttemplate[epigraph][normal]
  \setupframedtexts[frame=off, 
                    leftframe=on, 
                    rightframe=on, 
                    rulethickness=2pt,
                    framecolor=darkgreen,
                    backgroundcolor=lightgray,
                    align=right,
                    width=13cm]
  \startframedtext[right]
  {\ix
  {\sl \getslot{content}}
  \blank
  \rightaligned{--- \getslot{author} : {\sl \getslot{work}}}}
  \stopframedtext
\stoptemplate
\selecttemplate[epigraph][normal]

\epigraph[button][author={James Blish}, work={Cities in Flight}]
  {\language[en] He touched the button over his heart. Creation began}

Now pdfetex complains:
 TeXExec 3.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2002

            executable : pdfetex
                format : cont-en
             inputfile : rb_dipl
                output : pdftex
             interface : en
          current mode : none
               TeX run : 1

This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-2.1 (Web2c 7.3.7x)
entering extended mode
(./rb_dipl.tex{d:/TeXLive/texmf-var/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg}

ConTeXt  ver: 2002.7.12  fmt: 2002.7.28  int: english  mes: english

language       : language en is active
<protectionstate 0>
system         : cont-new loaded
(d:/TeXLive/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
systems        : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex!
system (E-TEX) : [line 785] \dimexpr
)
system         : cont-old loaded
(d:/TeXLive/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex
loading        : Context Old Macros
)
system         : cont-fil loaded
(d:/TeXLive/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 loaded
specials       : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded
system         : rb_dipl.top loaded
(./rb_dipl.top
specials       : loading definition file tpd
(d:/TeXLive/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-tpd.tex
specials       : loading definition file fdf
(d:/TeXLive/texmf/tex/context/base/spec-fdf.tex <unprotect 3> <unprotect 4>
system (E-TEX) : [line 1703] \ifcsname
<unprotect 5> <protect 5> <protect 4> <protect 3>)
specials       : fdf loaded
<unprotect 3> <protect 3>)
specials       : fdf,tpd loaded
)
pdftex         : needs map file: original-context-symbol.map
pdftex         : needs map file: pl0-ams-cmr.map
pdftex         : needs map file: original-vogel-symbol.map
system         : macros of module xdesc loaded
(d:/TeXLive/texmf/tex/context/user/t-xdesc.tex)
color          : system rgb is global activated
! Undefined control sequence.
l.81 \epigraph
              [button][author={James Blish}, work={Cities in Flight}]
?

I found out that the modules that come bundled with ConTeXt are
referenced like so
use cont_set ;
So I thought xdesc.pm probably needs to be included in a similar way.
When I put a use xdesc; into texutil.pl it had no effect. When I put
it into texexec.pl, Perl complained :
Can't locate xdesc.pm in @INC (@INC contains: D:/Perl/lib D:/Perl/site/lib .) at
 d:\TeXLive\bin\win32\texexec.pl line 39.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at d:\TeXLive\bin\win32\texexec.pl line 39.
I put xdesc.pm in D:/Perl/lib and had again the situation from the
beginning.

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Greets,                   
  Robert F. Beeger        
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