[NTG-context] How to set paths for input files (again)

2003-09-16 Thread Pawel Jackowski na Onet
Hi all! Some days ago I asked a question about setting paths to inputed files. Now I see the question may be missunderstood. Sorry for that. I'll try to repeat in some other way. I need to set directories for included files. For some reason I don't want to say \input ./my-dir/my-file I'd rathe

Re: [NTG-context] Re: height and width of a figure

2003-09-16 Thread Pawel Jackowski na Onet
Hello! > Hi Patrick and all the others > > thanks for your answer. I think I asked my question a little bit unclearly. > I wanted to know if i can get the width of a figure, or the overlaywidth of > this figure as a numeric. I want to make a frame like this: > \framed[width=, height= \externalfi

Re: [NTG-context] Re: height and width of a figure

2003-09-16 Thread Severin Obertüfer
Hi Patrick and all the others thanks for your answer. I think I asked my question a little bit unclearly. I wanted to know if i can get the width of a figure, or the overlaywidth of this figure as a numeric. I want to make a frame like this: \framed[width=, height=]{blabla}. I don't know if such

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

2003-09-16 Thread George N. White III
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Fabrice Popineau wrote: > > 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. This morning, on Win98, texexec.exe reliably failed to find texexec.ini. I see that the full p

[NTG-context] Alternate/Swash Font in ConTeXt, how?

2003-09-16 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Does any of you cracks has experience in how to use the AGaramondAlternate Font in ConTeXt? I have no problems with the other Expert fonts but this one stays empty. As I am starting with a Mac font I am not sure which encoding to choose for generating the pfb file. Someone already did this journey?

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

2003-09-16 Thread Pawel Jackowski na Onet
Hi Willi > Thanks for your suggestions. In my case this does not seem to be the > solution. > I fiddled with the different options. The conclusion is, that the footnotes > do not readily follow the > bodyfont settings. > I provided Hans a test file and he will look into it. Let me know when You s

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

2003-09-16 Thread ^Nitram^
Hi, > layers, see details.pdf Thanks, but I tried examples from there and only \hskip\layoutcolumnoffset{2}{\red Text positioned in column 2!} works fine... Other examples does nothing - there is no errors on \setlayer but I didn't see any effect - no text is visible ;( PS. Sorry for empty subj

Re: [NTG-context] newbie tabulate question

2003-09-16 Thread Hans Hagen
At 09:16 15/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: 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|] this setup command expects key/value pairs, and since the = is missing, tex sees a \textwidth (being a dimension regist

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

2003-09-16 Thread Hans Hagen
At 20:00 15/09/2003 +0200, you wrote: 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] should be \setupfootnotes[bodyfont=8pt,offset=-1cm] \setupbodyf

Re: [NTG-context] Does Bill McClain's TOC work?

2003-09-16 Thread Bill McClain
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:15:14 -0500 Bill McClain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (the unnumbered headings *are* numbered) > > You're right, there is something wrong with the example. The technique > works properly in my original (very large) document, but not in the > reduced file. I'll try to disc

Re: [NTG-context] newbie tabulate question

2003-09-16 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Willi, thanks, you made me discover MAPS, which I had not known before! Seems to be a lot of interesting stuff in there, and thank god I was born in Aachen, so Dutch isn't too difficult for me... But alas, the module must have changed since 1999--not even the minimal examples from the article

Re: [NTG-context] Does Bill McClain's TOC work?

2003-09-16 Thread Bill McClain
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:05:03 +0200 Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (the unnumbered headings *are* numbered) You're right, there is something wrong with the example. The technique works properly in my original (very large) document, but not in the reduced file. I'll try to discover wh

[NTG-context] Does Bill McClain's TOC work?

2003-09-16 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Working on my first TOC I was looking at Bill McClain's "ConTeXt and pdfTeX Beginners Help Page", and its example on TOCs with different entries. I copied and pasted his example, but what should be like this: Contents Introduction to the Annotated Edition * 5 Preface * 12 1 * Th

[NTG-context] Re: height and width of a figure

2003-09-16 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello, > > i included an external figure in a document with \useexernalfigure[fig] > how can i get the width and the height of this picture so that i can make a > frame that has exactly the same size as the externalfigure[fig]. See the reference manual, especially frame=on. You can also define a m

[NTG-context] height and width of a figure

2003-09-16 Thread Severin Obertuefer
hi all i included an external figure in a document with \useexernalfigure[fig] how can i get the width and the height of this picture so that i can make a frame that has exactly the same size as the externalfigure[fig]. thanks a lot for help greetings severin -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse fü

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes

2003-09-16 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Pawel Thanks for your suggestions. In my case this does not seem to be the solution. I fiddled with the different options. The conclusion is, that the footnotes do not readily follow the bodyfont settings. Still it is possible to switch from rm to ss by means of \setupfootnotes[bodyfont={small,

[NTG-context] parsetrees

2003-09-16 Thread Matthew Huggett
//Ed Cashin wrote: I'm making some notes on English grammar for some students and I want to analyze a few sentences using parse trees. Is there a way to do trees in ConTeXt? I guess I'd need to use Metapost. Any pointers would be appreciated. Please let us know if you find anything. I was in

[NTG-context] tables within tabulate environment

2003-09-16 Thread Frank
Hi, I am working on some documents which are based on a table which is part of the text flow and may break between pages. So I use the tabulate environment. However now I need to include a table inside a tabulate cell, but this does not seem to work. How can I get around this? Best regards F