Re: [NTG-context] Crop marks and Lightning Source

2003-09-11 Thread John Culleton
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 19:33, Erik George Hetzner wrote: > John Culleton writes: [cropped to save space] > > > Question 1: How do I eliminate cropmarks yet still have the > > smaller page centered on the larger page? > > Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparently imprecise? > > First q

Re: [NTG-context] Changes/bugs in the new Context

2003-09-11 Thread Giuseppe Bilotta
Thursday, September 11, 2003 Michal Kvasnicka wrote: > Dear Mr. Hagen. > I'm sorry I bother you, but I really need a help. Some time ago I > uploaded and installed the new version of ConTeXt (ConTeXt ver: > 2003.8.21). After that I was not able to compile some of my documents > due to changes (bu

Re: [NTG-context] Re: clubpenalty/widowpenalty ignored - a bug?

2003-09-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Jesus Christ! Now it works!! (Even without \brokenpenalty=0 ) Isn't that strange? TeX settings not in the preamble? But hey, this gives us the very useful advantage (compared to LaTeX) that we now can switch to different clubpenalty/widowpenalty values right in the text. And that's amazing -

Re: [NTG-context] Re: clubpenalty/widowpenalty ignored - a bug?

2003-09-11 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
I may be wide off the mark--but I tried the reverse (allowing clubs and widows), and it didn't work until I inserted it AFTER /starttext. Maybe you can try that! Best Thomas ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listi

Re: [NTG-context] Re: clubpenalty/widowpenalty ignored - a bug?

2003-09-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Patrick, No, it didn't work. So please find a one-page example below. Thanks for your replies, Steffen Patrick Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Steffen, Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is this wrong - or is it a bug in ConTeXt? this looks fine. Play with \

[NTG-context] Re: [Aleph] Arabic-ConTeXt

2003-09-11 Thread Idris S Hamid
> in your preamble. You will need to add a > > \hoffset=-8cm > > to compensate for an omega bug in \bodydir. Actually the bug is probably in \pagedir, not \bodydir. Idris ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Two questions on \setupinterlinespace

2003-09-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Patrick Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. If I define \setupinterlinespace at the beginning of my document >then all "elements" (like bodytext,foonotes, chapter, section etc.) >are affected. How can I define the interlinespaces for ea

[NTG-context] Table with metapost framing and colors

2003-09-11 Thread Michal Kvasnicka
Dear Mr. Hagen. I apologize that I bother you once more, but I really need your help (deadline for my document is quite soon). :-( I have to follow a rather complex document design. According to it tables must be framed with two different lines: The outer frame must be thick and the inner thin

[NTG-context] Changes/bugs in the new Context

2003-09-11 Thread Michal Kvasnicka
Dear Mr. Hagen. I'm sorry I bother you, but I really need a help. Some time ago I uploaded and installed the new version of ConTeXt (ConTeXt ver: 2003.8.21). After that I was not able to compile some of my documents due to changes (bug?) in the new version (the changes may be older). I'd like

[NTG-context] Re: clubpenalty/widowpenalty ignored - a bug?

2003-09-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Steffen, Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is this wrong - or is it a bug in ConTeXt? this looks fine. Play with \brokenpenalty=0 and if this does not work, please post a small example showing your problem. Patrick -- Silent is the goldfish in its bowl __

[NTG-context] Re: Two questions on \setupinterlinespace

2003-09-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. If I define \setupinterlinespace at the beginning of my document >then all "elements" (like bodytext,foonotes, chapter, section etc.) >are affected. How can I define the interlinespaces for each >individually? Does chapter 6 of "Fonts i

[NTG-context] clubpenalty/widowpenalty ignored - a bug?

2003-09-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Worst case became true: After spending lot of time on defining and setting up my first ConTeXt project I had to encounter that there are orphans and widows in my book. What I did: Just before \starttext I wrote \clubpenalty=1 \widowpenalty=1 \displaywidowpenalty=1 Is this wrong - o

[NTG-context] fonts and footnotes

2003-09-11 Thread Pawel Jackowski na Onet
Hi! I have a problem with font of footnote-numbers. I will try to describe some details because they can be important. I've defined some sans-serif font with my own styles and sizes: \definefontsynonym[tfMyFont][file_name1] \definefontsynonym[bfMyFont][file_name2] % I don't need neither italics-

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Hot to calculate width=\textwidth - \bodyfontsize

2003-09-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Thank you very much Patrick! May I ask you please for help also for another urgent problem? I still have no idea to setup the linespacing for the different elements like footnote, headings etc. In LaTeX it was quite easy (\fontsize{size_of_font}{linespacing}\selectfont): \renewcommand{\normals

[NTG-context] Re: Hot to calculate width=\textwidth - \bodyfontsize

2003-09-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hi, Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > how is the syntax for adding or subtraction, like > width=\textwidth - 12pt if you are using etex and not afraid of strange examples: \setuplayout[header=\dimexpr(\textwidth - 12pt)] \starttext \showsetups \stoptext Patrick -- Silent is the

[NTG-context] Hot to calculate width=\textwidth - \bodyfontsize

2003-09-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hello, just an easy question now: As I can calculate width=0.5\textwidth how is the syntax for adding or subtraction, like width=\textwidth - 12pt ? Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-contex

[NTG-context] Re: Crop marks and Lightning Source

2003-09-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
> Question 1: How do I eliminate cropmarks yet still have the smaller page > centered on the larger page? \setuplayout[marking=on,location=middle] > Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparently imprecise? Don't know, this is a good question. It is not very much, but it is strange indeed. Pat

Re: [NTG-context] My first week with ConTeXt

2003-09-11 Thread Andreas Gschwendtner
On Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003, at 20:06 Europe/Berlin, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: I guess from your name that you understand german? Yes, I do ;) There's a german ConTeXt tutorial (PDF and sources) at my site: http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=0-1&lang=de Thanks. Unfortunately, I ran into all kind

Re: [NTG-context] Re: My first week with ConTeXt

2003-09-11 Thread Andreas Gschwendtner
On Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003, at 17:33 Europe/Berlin, Holger Schöner wrote: - How to format the index (divided into sections preceeded by the appropriate uppercase letter, pagenumbers aligned right, "\dotfill" between word and pagenumber) I am wondering about that (the uppercase letter) as well. I

Re: [NTG-context] My first week with ConTeXt

2003-09-11 Thread Andreas Gschwendtner
On Wednesday, Sep 10, 2003, at 16:18 Europe/Berlin, Willi Egger wrote: Hi Andreas, Though not a wizzard ... Did you try to use the \setupcaption : [...snip...] May be you need to use this command in connection with the figures in question. May be a \bgroup \egroup around the setupcommand together