* What has become of X-Desc? @ 2002-07-28 10:39 Robert F. Beeger 2002-07-28 17:18 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Robert F. Beeger @ 2002-07-28 10:39 UTC (permalink / raw) [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1301 bytes --] Hello! I think this is mainly a question to Giuseppe Bilotta, but since the answer may be interesting to others too, I'm asking it in the open and not in a private e-mail. Some time ago Giuseppe presented his module X-Desc to this mailing list which is wonderful for making such things as epigraphs. The only problem with this module is that you have to adapt the texutil.tex each time you download a new version of ConTeXt to make this module run. In the Readme-File Giuseppe says that this will change as soon as modules are supported by texutil.tex. To me it seems, that texutil now supports modules. So the question is : Will there be a new version of X-Desc? Under http://digilander.iol.it/bilotta/giuseppe/xdesc.zip there is still the old version. Don't get me false : I really like this module and will continue to use it whether there will be a new version or not. Thanks for this great module, Giuseppe! It has produced no errors here. The only pain is the changing of texutil.tex. ---------------- Greets, Robert F. Beeger ____________________________________ | | | Robert F. Beeger | | e-mail : robert@beeger.net | | web-site : http://beeger.net | |____________________________________| [-- Attachment #2: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 2221 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: What has become of X-Desc? 2002-07-28 10:39 What has become of X-Desc? Robert F. Beeger @ 2002-07-28 17:18 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 2002-07-28 20:25 ` Re[2]: " Robert F. Beeger 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2002-07-28 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ntg-context Sunday, July 28, 2002 Robert F. Beeger wrote: RFB> Hello! RFB> I think this is mainly a question to Giuseppe Bilotta, but since the RFB> answer may be interesting to others too, I'm asking it in RFB> the open and not in a private e-mail. RFB> Some time ago Giuseppe presented his module X-Desc to this mailing RFB> list which is wonderful for making such things as epigraphs. The only problem RFB> with this module is that you have to adapt the texutil.tex each time you RFB> download a new version of ConTeXt to make this module run. RFB> In the Readme-File Giuseppe says that this will change as soon as RFB> modules are supported by texutil.tex. RFB> To me it seems, that texutil now supports modules. So the question is RFB> : Will there be a new version of X-Desc? Under RFB> http://digilander.iol.it/bilotta/giuseppe/xdesc.zip there is still the RFB> old version. Ok, I just forgot to upload the new version when I was done ... it's there now :) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re[2]: What has become of X-Desc? 2002-07-28 17:18 ` Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2002-07-28 20:25 ` Robert F. Beeger 2002-07-28 21:48 ` Re[3]: " Giuseppe Bilotta 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Robert F. Beeger @ 2002-07-28 20:25 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ntg-context 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. ---------------- Greets, Robert F. Beeger ____________________________________ | | | Robert F. Beeger | | e-mail : robert@beeger.net | | web-site : http://beeger.net | |____________________________________| ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re[3]: What has become of X-Desc? 2002-07-28 20:25 ` Re[2]: " Robert F. Beeger @ 2002-07-28 21:48 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 2002-07-28 22:03 ` Re[4]: " Robert F. Beeger 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2002-07-28 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ntg-context Sunday, July 28, 2002 Robert F. Beeger wrote: RFB> Hello Giuseppe, RFB> 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 :) RFB> Thanks! But (there's always a but :) ) it does not seem to work for RFB> me. RFB> I copied the files in the zip to my texmf-dir and copied xdesc.pm also RFB> to my TexLive/bin/win32-dir. RFB> In my tex-file I have : RFB> \starttemplate[epigraph][normal] RFB> \setupframedtexts[frame=off, RFB> leftframe=on, RFB> rightframe=on, RFB> rulethickness=2pt, RFB> framecolor=darkgreen, RFB> backgroundcolor=lightgray, RFB> align=right, RFB> width=13cm] RFB> \startframedtext[right] RFB> {\ix RFB> {\sl \getslot{content}} RFB> \blank RFB> \rightaligned{--- \getslot{author} : {\sl \getslot{work}}}} RFB> \stopframedtext RFB> \stoptemplate RFB> \selecttemplate[epigraph][normal] RFB> \epigraph[button][author={James Blish}, work={Cities in Flight}] RFB> {\language[en] He touched the button over his heart. Creation began} RFB> Now pdfetex complains: [snip] RFB> ! Undefined control sequence. RFB> l.81 \epigraph RFB> [button][author={James Blish}, work={Cities in Flight}] RFB> ? Did you give a \defineextendeddescription[epigraph][epigraphs][author,work] before that? Does it work with \startepigraph ... \stopepigraph? RFB> I found out that the modules that come bundled with ConTeXt are RFB> referenced like so RFB> use cont_set ; RFB> So I thought xdesc.pm probably needs to be included in a similar way. RFB> When I put a use xdesc; into texutil.pl it had no effect. When I put RFB> it into texexec.pl, Perl complained : RFB> Can't locate xdesc.pm in @INC (@INC contains: D:/Perl/lib D:/Perl/site/lib .) at RFB> d:\TeXLive\bin\win32\texexec.pl line 39. RFB> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at d:\TeXLive\bin\win32\texexec.pl line 39. RFB> I put xdesc.pm in D:/Perl/lib and had again the situation from the RFB> beginning. There is no need to patch texutil. It should automatically load the modules. The error occurs before texexec can get to the second pass, it's a TeX-side problem. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re[4]: What has become of X-Desc? 2002-07-28 21:48 ` Re[3]: " Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2002-07-28 22:03 ` Robert F. Beeger 2002-07-29 8:26 ` Re[5]: " Giuseppe Bilotta 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Robert F. Beeger @ 2002-07-28 22:03 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ntg-context Hi! Sunday, July 28, 2002, 11:48:39 PM, you wrote: GB> Did you give a GB> \defineextendeddescription[epigraph][epigraphs][author,work] Yes! I only forgot to put it into the e-mail. GB> Does it work with \startepigraph ... \stopepigraph? Yes! Thanks. GB> There is no need to patch texutil. It should automatically load That was my hope and that's how it works now with your help. Thanks again! ---------------- Greets, Robert F. Beeger ____________________________________ | | | Robert F. Beeger | | e-mail : robert@beeger.net | | web-site : http://beeger.net | |____________________________________| ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re[5]: What has become of X-Desc? 2002-07-28 22:03 ` Re[4]: " Robert F. Beeger @ 2002-07-29 8:26 ` Giuseppe Bilotta 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Giuseppe Bilotta @ 2002-07-29 8:26 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ntg-context Monday, July 29, 2002 Robert F. Beeger wrote: RFB> Hi! RFB> Sunday, July 28, 2002, 11:48:39 PM, you wrote: GB>> Did you give a GB>> \defineextendeddescription[epigraph][epigraphs][author,work] RFB> Yes! I only forgot to put it into the e-mail. GB>> Does it work with \startepigraph ... \stopepigraph? RFB> Yes! Thanks. As soon as I get MiKTeX 2.2 (I've been waiting for it to come out before installing TeX on my new computer) I'll get back to work on this, to (re)enable the non\start..\stop method (it got lost along the way somehow when I rewrote the module for the modularized version of ConTeXt.) -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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