Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Jack M. Lyon wrote: With lots of help from Adam and some tinkering on my own, here's what seems to be working best for me: \setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.08] \setuptolerance[vertical,stretch] \setupalign[height] This produces a flush bottom with very even interline and interparagraph spacing, all v

Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Adam Lindsay wrote: Hans Hagen said this at Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:45:15 +0100: \setuplayout[height=10cm] \setuptolerance[vertical,verytolerant] \setupalign[line] Okay, that's the command I *should* have found, right? :) Sigh, and it's right there in the manual. What I found today was \alignbottom (

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: btw, tabulate is the most clever with paragraphs Yes, but not multi-page... :( actually, tabulate will split quit enicely but does not provide vertical lines; bTABle ... it can split if you say \setupTABLE[split=yes] % splitmethod=a|b you can make head, foot and body sections

RE: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-14 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Ah, but now I run into another problem. ConTeXt will only accept about twenty-two words in a list. I need to include about 100. Even if I use multiple lists, it can't handle more words. Does anyone have a solution for this? Maybe there's another way to set up a hyphenation exception list. Thanks f

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Vit Zyka wrote: > ... should work \input hyphenlist \input hyphenlist.tex And, with that filename, the next two variants will not work: \input{hyphenlist} \input{hyphenlist}.tex That is, unless you went through the trouble of creating a file with braces in the name ;-) Greetings, Taco ___

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-14 Thread Vit Zyka
Jack M. Lyon wrote: Dear ConTeXt experts: I'm trying to create an external list of hyphenation exceptions. I believe this command is what I need: \hyphenation{ex-ample} But I would like to make a whole list of these: \hyphenation{ex-ample} \hyphenation{disc-iple} \hyphenation{woman} You can save so

RE: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Jack M. Lyon
I take it back. Here's what really works well: \setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.08] \setuptolerance[vertical,stretch] \setupalign[line] Thanks again. Best wishes, Jack M. Lyon ___ The EDITORIUM Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Publishing Professionals htt

Re: [NTG-context] patterns

2005-02-14 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Hans, I set up a minimal Context with the mswintex.zip. The included Context was updated with the latest alpha cont-tmf.zip. After running mktexlsr I started texmfstart cxtools --patternfiles all in the alpha-context/tex directory. All pat and hyp files where then transferred into a new direc

RE: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-14 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Sorry, the name of my file, is hyphen.tex, not hyphen.text. Slip of the finger. :) Best wishes, Jack M. Lyon ___ The EDITORIUM Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Publishing Professionals http://www.editorium.com _

[NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-14 Thread Jack M. Lyon
Dear ConTeXt experts: I'm trying to create an external list of hyphenation exceptions. I believe this command is what I need: \hyphenation{ex-ample} But I would like to make a whole list of these: \hyphenation{ex-ample} \hyphenation{disc-iple} \hyphenation{woman} And so on. Then, I'd like to

[NTG-context] Typesetting products and components

2005-02-14 Thread Randall Skelton
Is it possible to determine if texexec is being run on a product or a component and have optional processing similar to different modes? I have a large project comprising quarterly reports and technical notes. Essentially, I have the following structure: project = MyProject |- product = Report

[NTG-context] Page numbers in margin?

2005-02-14 Thread Matt Gushee
Hello, all-- I am creating a layout for electronic books in which all the body text is in a single, fairly narrow column, with minimal space at the top and bottom of each page. I would like to place page numbers in the left margin, aligned with the bottom of the text, and the running heads (if

RE: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Jack M. Lyon
With lots of help from Adam and some tinkering on my own, here's what seems to be working best for me: \setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.08] \setuptolerance[vertical,stretch] \setupalign[height] This produces a flush bottom with very even interline and interparagraph spacing, all vertically justifie

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Peter Münster wrote: > > btw, tabulate is the most clever with paragraphs > > Yes, but not multi-page... :( Oh, pardon, that's wrong. Of course, tabulate *can* do multi-page, but not the other features, that I need... Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _

Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Adam Lindsay
Hans Hagen said this at Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:45:15 +0100: >\setuplayout[height=10cm] \setuptolerance[vertical,verytolerant] > >\setupalign[line] Okay, that's the command I *should* have found, right? :) Sigh, and it's right there in the manual. What I found today was \alignbottom (and its relative

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hans Hagen wrote: > Peter Münster wrote: > > > while playing around with starttables, footnotes and paragraphs in > > starttables, I found some problems. Here is the first one, I would like to > > get a paragraph in 2 columns: > > > > \def\SomeText{\dorecurse{20}{hallo }} >

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: while playing around with starttables, footnotes and paragraphs in starttables, I found some problems. Here is the first one, I would like to get a paragraph in 2 columns: \def\SomeText{\dorecurse{20}{hallo }} \starttext \starttables[s1|p(13em)|l|p(13em)|] \VL \SomeText \VL xxx

Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: % \setupalign[bottom] has to do with depth but does not always work Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands te

[NTG-context] \footnotetext

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, here a problem with \note and \footnotetext in \starttables. Only one footnote is possible: \starttext \starttables[|p(13em)|p(13em)|] \VL SomeText \VL SomeText\note[n1] \VL \AR \footnotetext[n1]{1. note} \dorecurse{50}{\VL SomeText \VL SomeText \VL \AR} %\VL SomeText \VL SomeText\note[n2]

[NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, while playing around with starttables, footnotes and paragraphs in starttables, I found some problems. Here is the first one, I would like to get a paragraph in 2 columns: \def\SomeText{\dorecurse{20}{hallo }} \starttext \starttables[s1|p(13em)|l|p(13em)|] \VL \SomeText \VL xxx \VL \SomeTex

Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Hans Hagen wrote: > \setupalign[line] It seems, that this command does just the same as the LaTeX \flushbottom, very fine, thank you! > % \setupalign[bottom] What's the meaning of this one? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

[NTG-context] indenting and \placelocalfootnotes

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, to get the footnotes vertically aligned, a \setupindenting[none] is needed: \setupindenting[small] \starttext \startlocalfootnotes[n=0] bla\footnote{1. note} bla\footnote{2. note} bla\footnote{3. note} {\setupindenting[none] \placelocalfootnotes} \stoplocalfootnotes \stoptext Cheers, Peter

[NTG-context] vertical offset on first page

2005-02-14 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, here the next problem: \starttext \starttablehead \HL \stoptablehead \starttables[|l|l|] \dorecurse{50}{\VL SomeText \VL SomeText \VL \AR} \stoptables Problem: top margin on first page is bigger. \stoptext Greetings, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ _

Re: [NTG-context] Blocks in a macro?

2005-02-14 Thread Michal Kvasnicka
Good evening. Many thanks for your help. Basicly it works. Problem is that it spoils formatting. Try the following example. The answers defined through block are not serried, while the last one defined directly is. Could it be solved somehow? Many thanks once more. M.K. P.S. Does it mean that b

Re: [NTG-context] Blocks in a macro?

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Michal Kvasnicka wrote: Good evening. How can I include \begin ... \end into a macro? I have defined: \defineblock[question] \defineblock[answer] \defineenumeration[question][location=serried, coupling=answer] \defineenumeration[answer][location=serried, coupling=answer] \hideblocks[

[NTG-context] Cross-reference to PDF via web

2005-02-14 Thread Michal Kvasnicka
Good evening. Is it possible to acces a inter-file cross-reference via web? I have some documents for my students, all created with ConTeXt. Each chapter in each document has a cross-reference. I can access one document from another via web like this: \goto{here}[URL(http://www.econ.muni.cz/

[NTG-context] Blocks in a macro?

2005-02-14 Thread Michal Kvasnicka
Good evening. How can I include \begin ... \end into a macro? I have defined: \defineblock[question] \defineblock[answer] \defineenumeration[question][location=serried, coupling=answer] \defineenumeration[answer][location=serried, coupling=answer] \hideblocks[answer] I'd like to simp

[NTG-context] patterns

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, In order to get rid of the pattern problems (no consistency in internals, funny names, changing locations, changing names, etc) I decided to provide the option to use context 'specific' pattern files, although ... the pattern files have become quite generic and encoding independent. For tho

Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Adam Lindsay wrote: I *think* it's a multiple of \openlineheight by which the interline space can vary +/-. So the factor cited above seems like it can cause a variance of up to 16% in line spacing. (And I can imagine Hans is biting his tongue on this beca

Re: [NTG-context] Widows, flush bottom, and word breaks

2005-02-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Jack M. Lyon wrote: I figured out how to specify a minimum number of letters on a word break (hyphenation). For example, I don't want ConTeXt to break "hard-ly." The solution is in the manual; I just couldn't find it for a while. Here it is: \installlanguage[en][lefthyphenmin=3,righthyphenmin=3] \s