Re: [NTG-context] install help
Skip Collins wrote: Sorry for rambling. I guess this goes with the territory when living on the bleeding edge. As you can see, I am in need of some basic guidance for getting a newish context working properly. I have spent some time looking for step-by-step instructions, but all I get is more confused. The contextgarden wiki could be updated with more complete instructions. I would be happy to help with this if I could only figure out the correct recipe. if you download the latest alpha release, the engine subpath stuff should work; if not, run: ctxtools --make --all(ruby script) and process your document with: texexec --pdf yourfile.tex (perl script) there is also a rather up to date minimal context for linux on the website 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 - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] layer in texshow
Hallo, commands for layers (\setuplayer, ...) are missing in the texshow. What is the mechanism to add them? vit ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Table in columns or framed columns
Hi,
I cannot manage to let a long table span multiple columns, and I also
can't find a way to put a frame around a multicolumns piece of text.
I am using tetex-3.0 on Linux:
texexec : TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004
tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
context : ver: 2005.01.31
cont-en : ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.4.30 mes: english
Here is a sample:
\starttext
\startcolumns[n=2]
\starttable[|l|l|]
\HL
\NC \bf a \NC \bf b \NC\SR
\HL
\NC a \NC b \NC\FR
\dorecurse{100}{\NC \recurselevel \NC b \NC\MR}
\NC a \NC b \NC\LR
\HL
\stoptable
\stopcolumns
\startframedtext
\startcolumns[n=2]
\dorecurse{100}{\recurselevel
}
\stopcolumns
\stopframedtext
\stoptext
Subsidiary question: if \dorecurse is used to make a loop, and
\recurselevel to get the current iteration, then why does it work in the
framed text, but not in the table?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Re: [NTG-context] TEXMFMAIN problem in gwTeX (font installation)
On Apr 29, 2005, at 15:03, Ville Voipio wrote (on the ConTeX list, but this also is interesting for all gwTeX users): I have spent some very interesting time trying to install the TeXlive fonts by using texfont type-tmf.dat. What happened was that a lot of complaints about unknown subpath ../afm/public/urw were given even though the path should have been there. This is a known problem, has been on several mailing lists, as well. After a lot of thinking it became clear that texfont was really unable to find any font files. By browsing through the texfont.pl, the reason became evident: In gwTeX the root variables are: TEXMFMAIN = /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf TEXMFTE = /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex The problem here is that all the TeXlive fonts (and almost everthing else) is really in the TEXMFTE tree. My quick'n'dirty was to make new file type-tmf-gwtex.dat by replacing all occurrences of TEXMFMAIN by TEXMFTE. Running that one in batch mode works fine. Problem solved -- this time. But the solution is not a beautiful one. Could someone suggest something cleaner? Or has this been solved already (I tried googling after the answer without success)? TEXMFMAIN in TL is now reserved for only the stuff that is directly related to the binaries (like the pool files or anything that needs to stay in sync - grammar wise - with the binaries and scripts). In TeX Live the 'foundation' now lives in .../texmf-dist (TEXMFDIST) and not in ../texmf In gwTeX, there are a few foundation trees: TEXMFTE for the teTeX tree and TEXMFGW for my additions I think it is a simplification by texfont that it has a hardwired location. TeX is not set up that way. Probably the correct solution is for texfont itself to act in a more dynamic way, e.g. by trying to locate with kpsewhich some elements that are supposed to be there already and take th eresult of that search as the settin for what it now assumes to be hardwired. In the meantime: your fix is correct. G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] ConTeXt oddities
Dear fellow-ConTeXters, working with Context I noticed some small, strange behaviours: 1. I arranged pages in the following way: \definepapersize[myCustomLayout][width=12cm, height=19cm] \setuppapersize[myCustomLayout][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2SIDE] now, when I use \showsetups I get the following values: paperhight: 18.9973cm paperwidth: 11.99829cm (happens with the rest of layout-definitions as well) well, sure enough nobody will see the difference in print... but nevertheless a bit annoying if you wanted to show the result of \showsetups to your clients (maybe the values are converted from cm to pt and back again?) 2. for control of orphans and widows I use the following: \clubpenalty=8000 \widowpenalty=8000 it seems, this has to be inserted after \starttext, which is - I think - not a too good place for such a global definition, shouldn't it be in the setup area before \starttext? but there I cant't get it working. Or am I doing something wrong with the commands? 3. if a command has lots of options it's better to sort of pretty-print those like the following: \setuplayout[ backspace=15mm, cutspace=10mm, ... grid=yes, marking=on, ] After some time (lots of time..) I figured out that the last , is a must, without it, the last option is ignored - why is that? 4. I am well aware this has been asked before on this list, but no good solution came up: I need the footnote ref number to be beneath the main text, not in the small blank space between the text and the margin column. I managed to get it working with the hack by Paul Tremblay posted on this list some time ago and defined my own \myFootnote-command for it, but that is a quick and dirty solution, there has to be a better way, so I'd like to raise the question once again: How can this be done? Is it that difficult to change this kind of strange setting of footnotes? Many thanks for your answers, Frank ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] enumerated lists
Dear all, I have a manuscript with long nested numbered enumerations and I want the numbers of all levels to be printed like: 1. one 1.1 one-one 1.2 one-two 2. two 2.1 two-one 2.2.1 two-two-one ... Using the following prints only the current level's number, not all levels: \startitemize[n,packed] \item \item \startitemize[m,packed] \item \item \stopitemize \item \item \stopitemize For Latex there is the package paralist.sty for doing the desired numbering, how can this be done with ConTeXt? Frank ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt oddities
Frank Grieshaber said this at Sun, 1 May 2005 17:57:30 +0200: 3. if a command has lots of options it's better to sort of pretty-print those like the following: \setuplayout[ backspace=15mm, cutspace=10mm, ... grid=yes, marking=on, ] After some time (lots of time..) I figured out that the last , is a must, without it, the last option is ignored - why is that? Hi Frank. I think this complaint was one of the first ones I had on the list. ConTeXt does a great job of gobbling up spaces after the commas (actually, before keywords) in argument lists, but it doesn't do so well with other spaces. Your solution is good. Another would be to have the last line be: marking=on] Hans said a few more words on it here: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20050328.150952.ff9f4cae.html -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lancaster University, InfoLab21+44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
