* Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions
@ 2007-09-17 15:36 Edd Barrett
2007-09-17 17:10 ` Hans Hagen
2007-09-17 18:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Edd Barrett @ 2007-09-17 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: ntg-context
Hi there,
I am new here, so greetings. My name is Edd and I am experimenting
with context as a replacement for pdflatex when I do my dissertation
next year.
I am using texlive 2007 on OpenBSD which includes context.
I am probably now going to ask some really dumb questions.. Here goes.
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A) I am trying to get a logo to appear in the top left of every page.
I have already discovered that I can include a graphic like so:
\externalfigure[shift]
This works just fine
However if I try to define a logo like so:
\definelogo[logo][top][left]
[command={\externalfigure[shift]}, state=start]
I am presented with this error:
layout : calculating logospace
<./shift.png>
figures : dimensions of shift are determined externally
(./template.tuo
! Undefined control sequence.
l.11 \t
hisissectionseparator{-}
Specifying a height and width does not help either.
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B) Is there an equivilent to the RCS package for latex. Basically it
parses version control tags from CVS/RCS.
---
C) Is there a book on context (apart from the PDF on the main
website). What other documentation exists. I have already found
contextgarden and that has proven very useful.
Thanks
--
Best Regards
Edd
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2007-09-17 15:36 Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions Edd Barrett
@ 2007-09-17 17:10 ` Hans Hagen
2007-09-17 18:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Hans Hagen @ 2007-09-17 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Edd Barrett wrote:
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.11 \t
> hisissectionseparator{-}
weird error
try layers instead of logos (see wiki), more powerfull and easier to use
Hans
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2007-09-17 15:36 Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions Edd Barrett
2007-09-17 17:10 ` Hans Hagen
@ 2007-09-17 18:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
2007-09-18 8:53 ` Edd Barrett
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2007-09-17 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Edd Barrett wrote:
>
> B) Is there an equivilent to the RCS package for latex. Basically it
> parses version control tags from CVS/RCS.
There are a couple of RCS packages for LaTeX. Can you elaborate on
what functionality you need. Most of it is pretty straightforward to
port to ConTeXt.
> C) Is there a book on context (apart from the PDF on the main
> website).
There are few manuals for specific topics also, which are availabe
from Prama-ade's website.
> What other documentation exists.
There are a few MyWays, which document features that are not mentioned
in the manuals. There are also articles in MAPS, Practex journal and
Tugboat, but most of them are about new or advanced features.
Aditya
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* Re: Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions
2007-09-17 18:46 ` Aditya Mahajan
@ 2007-09-18 8:53 ` Edd Barrett
2007-09-20 23:15 ` Version control tags in context (was Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions) Aditya Mahajan
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From: Edd Barrett @ 2007-09-18 8:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi,
On 17/09/2007, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Edd Barrett wrote:
> >
> > B) Is there an equivilent to the RCS package for latex. Basically it
> > parses version control tags from CVS/RCS.
>
> There are a couple of RCS packages for LaTeX. Can you elaborate on
> what functionality you need. Most of it is pretty straightforward to
> port to ConTeXt.
I used to use it to insert tags without all the crud around it. So for
example a revision id directly from CVS looks like this "$Revision:
1.4$" (no quotes) and I used to use \RCSRevision which would expand to
just "1.4". It's probably quote simple, but would require research (I
have but merely scratched the surface of TeX/Context).
>
> > C) Is there a book on context (apart from the PDF on the main
> > website).
>
> There are few manuals for specific topics also, which are availabe
> from Prama-ade's website.
Thanks. I'll have a gander.
>
> > What other documentation exists.
>
> There are a few MyWays, which document features that are not mentioned
> in the manuals. There are also articles in MAPS, Practex journal and
> Tugboat, but most of them are about new or advanced features.
Yes, this is how I found out about context, via an article in TUGBoat.
>
> Aditya
>
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Edd
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* Version control tags in context (was Logos in context / Miscellaneous questions)
2007-09-18 8:53 ` Edd Barrett
@ 2007-09-20 23:15 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2007-09-20 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Edd Barrett wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 17/09/2007, Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu> wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Edd Barrett wrote:
>>>
>>> B) Is there an equivilent to the RCS package for latex. Basically it
>>> parses version control tags from CVS/RCS.
>>
>> There are a couple of RCS packages for LaTeX. Can you elaborate on
>> what functionality you need. Most of it is pretty straightforward to
>> port to ConTeXt.
>
> I used to use it to insert tags without all the crud around it. So for
> example a revision id directly from CVS looks like this "$Revision:
> 1.4$" (no quotes) and I used to use \RCSRevision which would expand to
> just "1.4". It's probably quote simple, but would require research (I
> have but merely scratched the surface of TeX/Context).
Here is a very preliminary version.
\def\defineVERSION
{\dosingleargument\dodefineVERSION}
\def\dodefineVERSION[#1]%
{\dododefineVERSION#1}
\def\dododefineVERSION$#1: #2$%
{\setvalue{VERSION:#1}{#2}}
\def\getVERSION#1{\getvalue{VERSION:#1}}
\defineVERSION[$Revision: 1.4$]
\defineVERSION
[$File: something$]
\starttext
This file, \getVERSION{File}, is at version \getVERSION{Revision}
\stoptext
I changed the interface to make it more ConTeXtish. AFAIU version
control, this should work with RCS, CVS, and subversion. It is not too
hard to extend this to $Data:$ and $Id:$.
Aditya
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