From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/21989 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Image Database Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:28 +0200 Message-ID: <4304D3C4.6030709@wxs.nl> References: <4304C5CB.5010700@boede.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1124389957 9728 80.91.229.2 (18 Aug 2005 18:32:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:32:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Aug 18 20:32:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E5p9w-0001TB-2n for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4CA9127F1; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:35 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28439-04-3; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA5B5127DB; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920A3127DB for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 28439-04-2 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mailrelay02.solcon.nl (maillb.solcon.nl [212.45.32.200]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1CE5127D7 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from server-1.pragma-net.nl (dsl-212-84-128-085.solcon.nl [212.84.128.85]) by mailrelay02.solcon.nl (8.12.11/SQL-8.12.11-5/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j7IIUPne003122 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:30:25 +0200 Original-Received: by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix, from userid 65534) id BB1EF1985E; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:41:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.15] (unknown [10.100.1.15]) by server-1.pragma-net.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 676A517A84 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:41:41 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <4304C5CB.5010700@boede.nl> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.86.2, clamav-milter version 0.86 on mailrelay02 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on smtp.ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:21989 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:21989 Willi Egger wrote: > > > Jessica Holle wrote: > >> I've some questions about the Image Database. >> I found no answers in the xfigure.pdf. >> >> Can I generate the xml file automaticly? >> I can use xmltools --dir --pattern=/home/tralal/*.jpg >> --output=tralala.xml >> but then in the xml file doesn't stad figure, there is file. so this >> doesn't work I think. >> > Humble, I do not know what xmltools all can do. I use a perl-sript to > generate the xml-file. - Please have a look into the attached file > make-xml.pl if you install cont-exa.zip, you can say: rslibtool --add *.pdf (other options are --delete --sort etc; undocumented) > >> Must everything be in the same folder? the xmlfile, the images and >> my document I'm writing? >> Or can I specify a directory in the xmlfile? So that the images can >> be on an other folder than the xmlfile? > > Normally I prepare a directory with the figures. The xml-file is then > generated and compiled. The resulting figure-databse I transfer then > to the directory where the tex files reside. should be possible > >> >> Must the xmlfile be in the same directory than my document? > no, you can define paths with \usepath[...] \useeubpath[...] \setupexternalfigures[directory=...] support for figure databases will move to rlxtools; although not yet documented, context supports on the fly conversions with caching (so that it only happens when needed) based on resource logs more about that later Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------