[NTG-context] How to set paths

Hello! In some special cases I need to set paths for input files directly from ConTeXt code not from config file. In manuals \setupexternalfigures is described. Is there any similar command for files that are inputed directly by \input, \typefile \processXMLfile (the last is the most interesting f

[NTG-context] error \handlecompoundcharacter ...

Hi experts! Consider this simple code: \defineXMLcommand [de] {\language[de]} \defineXMLcommand [end] {\disableXML} \starttext \enableXML Ich liebe ConTeXt! \stoptext It cause en ERROR! It happens ONLY for \language[de] neither pl nor en, nl... Error message is: systems:

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

Hi! > However, when I use > \setupfootnotes[bodyfont={\switchtobodyfont[8pt]},offset=-1cm] > I get an error. >[...] > If I am using \setupfootnotes[bodyfont=5pt,offset=-1cm] then I get the > footnote typeset in 5pt but still cmr and the error in the log-file is still Try \definefontsynonym[myF

Re: [NTG-context] [NTG-context]

At 23:00 15/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: Hi, I would like create some kind of template of first page - I try put a few text blocks in \startstandardmakeup - \stopstandardmakeup area but I spent a few hours but I did nothing. I can only do something like that: \framed[align=middle,width=broad]{some t

Re: [NTG-context] problems with embedded spaces in file paths (Win32)

At 13:08 15/09/2003 -0300, you wrote: I don't normally use Win32, but I want to convert our 4AllTeX addicts to TeX Live 2003. In testing release candidates, I encountered a few problems with context and texexec. The most recent tests were with the Sept. 5 release candidate (using the "install" CD

Re: [NTG-context] Table with metapost framing and colors

At 10:32 15/09/2003 +0200, you wrote BTW, is it possile to set a different rule-thickness for different part of the frame (e.g. leftframerulethikness=3pt etc.)? Is it possible to set this way also offset? technically yes, but you may get funny effects due to the fact that the bunch of framed c

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

At 19:32 15/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: When will this be included in the distribution? some day soon Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ridderstraat 27 |

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

Hans, Thank you again for your speedy response. > \bTABLE[split=yes] > \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR > \bTR[after=\pagina] \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR > \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR > \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR > \bTR \bTD left \eTD\bTD right \eTD\eTR > \bTR \bT

Re: [NTG-context] problems with embedded spaces in file paths (Win32)

> 1. on Win32, kpsewhich often fails to find texexec.ini. I created a I have applied a couple of patches to texexec and texutil. They are attached. > 2. ConTeXt texexec uses $ENV{"HOME"} to set a value in filename.tmp, > e.g., on unix: I tried your example and this is what I get : C:\tmp>ca

[NTG-context] [NTG-context]

Hi, I would like create some kind of template of first page - I try put a few text blocks in \startstandardmakeup - \stopstandardmakeup area but I spent a few hours but I did nothing. I can only do something like that: \framed[align=middle,width=broad]{some text} \blank[10*big] \framed[align=mid

[NTG-context] problems with embedded spaces in file paths (Win32)

I don't normally use Win32, but I want to convert our 4AllTeX addicts to TeX Live 2003. In testing release candidates, I encountered a few problems with context and texexec. The most recent tests were with the Sept. 5 release candidate (using the "install" CD). 1. on Win32, kpsewhich often fai

Re: [NTG-context] newbie tabulate question

Hans, thanks for your reply. I works with your minimal example, but not with my file. When I try this \setuptabulate[|w(.3\textwidth)|p|] \starttabulate \NC arrghl \NC barrghl \NC \NR \TB \stoptabulate I get this error: check : missing or ungrouped '=' after '|w(.3\tekstbreedte )|

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

Hi Pawel Sorry for the misspelling of your name. Thanks, I see that my question is almost the same as yours was. However, when I use \setupfootnotes[bodyfont={\switchtobodyfont[8pt]},offset=-1cm] I get an error. check : missing or ungrouped '=' after '0' in line 9 (@@vn) ! Missing \endc

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

> >Which is something like below > > > >Left right > > right > > right >Left right > > right > > right > > > > > >I have been trying to find a way to encourage page breaking at appropriate > >points but have not found the way. > > \bTABLE[split=yes] > \bTR \bTD left \eT

Re: [NTG-context] newbie tabulate question

Hi Thomas, > set up a tabulation with a whitespace of 0.5 lines between rows. But no Once upon a time I made a note in the article by Hans Hagen published in the MAPS 22, 1999. The article deals with all kind of possibilities of the \starttabulate \stoptabulate environment. The note is: \TB[medi

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

> Hi everybody, > > > I have to typset several footnotes. > > I setup a bodyfont (sanserif, Helvetica like). > Why are the footnotes typset in cmr? > I'm not sure but I've just solved similar problem. Footnotes have their 'own' bodyfontsize so if it isn't defined, ConTeXt uses default font. For ex

[NTG-context] Footnotes

Hi everybody, I have to typset several footnotes. I setup a bodyfont (sanserif, Helvetica like). Why are the footnotes typset in cmr? Consider the following minimal testfile \starttext \startitemize \head Rug rugggenbord dikte 0.5\Milli\Meter \startlocalfootnotes[0]

[NTG-context] Struggles with \useblocks

Hi gang! I do not know why this does not work therefore the following: I have a document with several chapters. At the beginning an environment file is loaded. In the environment file there is a block defined as \defineblock[Impressum] and the block is immediately hidden with \hideblocks[Impress

[NTG-context] Splitting floats

Hello, an interesting feature I would like to see in ConTeXt is the ability to split floats. There are at least two ways in which this might be interesting. One of the is that of having "floating" tables that span multiple pages. The other, more general, is that of having (usually textual) float

Re[2]: [NTG-context] 2 basic questions on placefigure options

Sunday, September 14, 2003 Hans Hagen wrote: > At 13:31 14/09/2003 +0200, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>did you find something into it? > hm, you are persistent -) > \starttext > \hangsidefloat[2] \placefigure[left] {}{} > \dorecurse{3}{\input ward\par} > \hangsidefloat[2] \placefigure[right]{}{} >

Re: [NTG-context] fonts and footnotes (again)

Hi! > At 21:35 14/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: > > > I have a problem with footnotes though. I tried \setupfootnotes[style=\tf > > \setupfootnotes[bodyfont=small] % or bodyfont={\switchtobodyfont[8pt]} > > the reason for using bodyfont is that in influences the interline space and > such which is n

Re: [NTG-context] Help! ConTeXt crashed! (was: 2 basic questions on placefigure options)

Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 23:05 14/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: >Hans, thank you - but now ConTeXt doesn't work anymore (see log below)! in that case you need the latest beta version (and on top of that the file i sent you) OK, now it works. \hangsidefloat[2] \placefigure[left

[NTG-context] Interaction color in content

Good morning. First of all: Many thanks for you last hints -- it solved a lot of my problems. But one more is still present. I want that the ``text'' in the content list to be ``clickable'' (interactive) and of some color. But the color make a problem. Why something like this causes errors? %

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

At 17:05 14/09/2003 +0100, you wrote: Hans, Thank you very much for this it is excellent-I have a further question. I have been trying to encourage page breaking on some lines rather than others. Consider the following \bTABLE[split=repeat] \bTABLEhead \bTR \bTH Head 1 \eTH \bTH Head 2 \eTH \eTR \e

Re: [NTG-context] Help! ConTeXt crashed! (was: 2 basic questions on placefigure options)

At 23:05 14/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: Hans, thank you - but now ConTeXt doesn't work anymore (see log below)! in that case you need the latest beta version (and on top of that the file i sent you) Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] Table with metapost framing and colors

Wow. If I knew this mechanism some time ago, I would same a lot of time. :-( It is great. Many thanks. BTW, is it possile to set a different rule-thickness for different part of the frame (e.g. leftframerulethikness=3pt etc.)? Is it possible to set this way also offset? With many thanks Mich