Re: [NTG-context] Floats that extend into the margin?

2003-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
At 10:05 20/08/2003 -0700, Erik George Hetzner wrote: Hans Hagen writes: > see details.pdf which has a whole chapter on that kind of floatplacements > > HAn s I should have known that it would be in details.pdf. Thanks. Next time, whatever it is, I'll check details.pdf first! keep an eye on i

Re: [NTG-context] How do I use entities in DocBook in ConTeXt

2003-08-21 Thread Simon Pepping
On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 05:31:47PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > At 15:54 19/08/2003 +0800, you wrote: > >Although I use emacs as a text editor, I'm not confident in using > >utf-8 encodings. So if I can I'd prefer to use entities for the > >characters not defined in ASCII. > > > >How can I define en

Re: [NTG-context] LaTeXDB equivalent for ConTeXt ?

2003-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
At 13:36 20/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: Hi, Is there anything like LaTeXDB: in ConTeXt? The short story is that LaTeXDB makes it possible to include SQL queries in a LaTeX document. I have played with the following code: % interface=en output=pdftex

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie wants to make long tables

2003-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
At 08:44 20/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: Hi everybody, I'm wondering how to break up long tables over several pages, automatically placing continuing headers and footers. Thanks much for any help this is supported in tabulate (by default), and can be turned on in the bTABLE mechanism (\setupTABLE[

Re: [NTG-context] Font problem...

2003-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
At 19:04 20/08/2003 +0200, you wrote: Hello, I have some problems with using fonts. In the ConTeX test file at the end, `charter' only works (a little) if I use the commented line \definetypeface[charter][rm][serif][charter][default][encoding=ec]'... But, doing this, small-caps don't work anymo

Re: [NTG-context] a line under the header

2003-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
At 13:31 18/08/2003 +0200, Alexander Klink wrote: On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:36:51PM +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > In ConTeXt it's useful if you can think around some edges: > Such a line is a frame with only one frame line. > This "frame" forms the background of your header. > Ergo: > \setup

RE: [NTG-context] \underbar not allowing line-breaking

2003-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
At 10:51 13/08/2003 +0100, you wrote: Hans wrote: > % output=pdftex > > \starttext > > \definetextbackground >[underbared] >[alternative=1,location=text, > background=,frame=] > > \def\underbared >{\groupedcommand > {\starttextbackground[underbared]} > {\stoptextbackgro