Re: [NTG-context] Microtype & ConTeXt question

2005-03-15 Thread Adam Lindsay
Gerben Wierda said this at Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:19:08 +0100: > >1. How does one set up the use of margi kerning in ConTeXt given that >my ConTeXt (without me having selected it myself) uses Latin Modern? I only know a little bit about microtype (hanging/handling) in ConTeXt. This is the code that

[NTG-context] font encodings

2005-03-15 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Somehow this message didn't make it to the list... Hi all, I want to use a custom font encoding (in my case, enco-agr for ancient Greek). I can't set it up for the entire document because it breaks, e.g., the output of accented letters. But when I try to use it for certain parts of the document

[NTG-context] Re: My way: Generating Small PDF Documents - more questions

2005-03-15 Thread Stefan Wachter
Hi Adam, it now works nicely. One can use the built-in Acrobat fonts without embedding and reencoding simply by not specifiying a postscript encoding when using afm2tfm. In that case the inherent encoding of the font is used and virtual fonts take care of the mapping from the specified TeX enco

[NTG-context] font encodings

2005-03-15 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Hi all, I want to use a custom font encoding (in my case, enco-agr for ancient Greek). I can't set it up for the entire document because it breaks, e.g., the output of accented letters. But when I try to use it for certain parts of the document only, it will insert a line break whenever it is u

[NTG-context] under/over runs with odd and even pages

2005-03-15 Thread Paul Tremblay
I am getting under and overruns when I define odd and even pages. The problem seems to be that when paragraph runs from and odd to an evne page, it retains its formating that it had on the odd page. And this is also true for a paragraph that starts on an even page and runs to an odd page. So if

[NTG-context] TeXexec and TeXLive2004

2005-03-15 Thread François Fasoli
I tried to install TeXLive2004 ; latex runs well but when I try to run texexec I have the following error message : === irun : no perl.exe script of name texexec.pl can be found. Aborting irun : CreateProcess 3 === I have an environment v

Re: [NTG-context] critical editions in context / arabtex

2005-03-15 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Thanks Hans, but it's primarily edmac that I'm interested in, not arabtex. Could the edmac macros just be part of a Context module? Thomas On Mar 13, 2005, at 11:49 PM, h h extern wrote: i talked with Klaus Lagally at eurotex and he will make arabtex a bit more context friendly: a few more hooks

Re: [NTG-context] font encodings

2005-03-15 Thread luigi.scarso
Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: Somehow this message didn't make it to the list... Hmm, i read this message yesterday at 22:26 ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Re: Cannot open font map file

2005-03-15 Thread Albrecht Kauffmann
Hi all, I found the reason for failure in an old teTeX version without a lot of map- and enc-files. Additionally some entries into texmf.cnf were to be made. Greetings Albrecht On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Albrecht Kauffmann wrote: > Hi all, > > after installing the latest alpha together with pdftex 1.

Re: [NTG-context] pdfopen/pdfclose under Linux

2005-03-15 Thread Vit Zyka
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all, I've just uploaded a beta version of Fabrice Popineau's pdfclose/ pdfopen tools ported to X11 (Linux). I've tested this with Acrobat Reader 5.0.10 & Linux & X.org, but the code is reasonably generic, I believe. I hope that while waiting for the upcoming direct texexec

Re: [NTG-context] pdfopen/pdfclose under Linux

2005-03-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Vit Zyka wrote: Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all, I've just uploaded a beta version of Fabrice Popineau's pdfclose/ pdfopen tools ported to X11 (Linux). I've tested this with Acrobat Reader 5.0.10 & Linux & X.org, but the code is reasonably generic, I believe. I hope that while waiting for the upcoming

Re: [NTG-context] batch download from pragma

2005-03-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:54:58 -0800, David Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Download wget.txt to the directory where you want the files cd to that directory wget -Nxi wget.txt I got wget.exe and everything worked; Thnx a lot! Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado

[NTG-context] Re: book on context?

2005-03-15 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Paul, > Is there actually a hard-copy book for ConTeXt? No, there is none. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Re: book on context?

2005-03-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hello Paul, Is there actually a hard-copy book for ConTeXt? No, there is none. but there will be one; steve peter is working on it Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE

[NTG-context] Re: book on context?

2005-03-15 Thread Patrick Gundlach
[...] >>> Is there actually a hard-copy book for ConTeXt? >> No, there is none. > > but there will be one; steve peter is working on it -v please Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http

Re: [NTG-context] Re: book on context?

2005-03-15 Thread Nikolai Weibull
* Hans Hagen (Mar 15, 2005 13:20): > > > Is there actually a hard-copy book for ConTeXt? > > No, there is none. > but there will be one; steve peter is working on it That's great news. I've really wanted a book on ConTeXt. I'm getting tired of seeing a bunch of books on LaTeX but none on ConT

[NTG-context] kpsewhich issues

2005-03-15 Thread Adam Lindsay
Okay, I'll not be afraid in parading my ignorance in front of everybody. I see web2c configuration as a form of voodoo. Sometimes it works for me, but clearly my mental model is insufficient, because it really can surprise me, as well. I'm having some kpathsea issues on a new reinstall of gwT

[NTG-context] Re: kpsewhich issues

2005-03-15 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hi Adam, I'd bet that you have done it: you did run texhash after putting the format into web2c/xetex? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Re: kpsewhich issues

2005-03-15 Thread Adam Lindsay
On 15 Mar 2005, at 14:21, Patrick Gundlach wrote: I'd bet that you have done it: you did run texhash after putting the format into web2c/xetex? I would have bet that I did it, too, after years of giving the same advice. But I didn't. Ugh. Thanks, adam _

Re: [NTG-context] kpsewhich issues

2005-03-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Adam Lindsay wrote: atl% kpsewhich -show-path=fmt -engine=xetex .:/Users/atl/Library/texmf/web2c/xetex//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/ texmf.local/web2c/xetex//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/web2c/ xetex//:!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/web2c/xetex//:!!/usr/ local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2

Re: [NTG-context] critical editions in context / arabtex

2005-03-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:30:38 +0100, Thomas A.Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Hans, but it's primarily edmac that I'm interested in, not arabtex. Could the edmac macros just be part of a Context module? I actually considered that. During my own pre-ConTeXt work I dived deep into the ED

Re: [NTG-context] critical editions in context / arabtex

2005-03-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:30:38 +0100, Thomas A.Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Hans, but it's primarily edmac that I'm interested in, not arabtex. Could the edmac macros just be part of a Context module? I actually considered that. During my own pre-ConTeXt wor

[NTG-context] ppchtex

2005-03-15 Thread Johannes Werner
hi everyone, i want to use PPCHTEX. when i process my .tex-file with texexec i get the message: . specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded \openout6 = `chemie-mpgraph.mp'. Randomizer initialized to 1275417501. [MP to PDF] (./chemie-mpgraph.4000)) * and the progr

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex

2005-03-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Johannes Werner wrote: hi everyone, i want to use PPCHTEX. when i process my .tex-file with texexec i get the message: . specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded \openout6 = `chemie-mpgraph.mp'. Randomizer initialized to 1275417501. [MP to PDF] (./chemie-mpgraph.400

Re: [NTG-context] iso latin 2 ; storm fonts

2005-03-15 Thread Vit Zyka
Adam Lindsay wrote: Vit Zyka said this at Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:34:13 +0100: The question is how to elegantly switch from standard (st2) tfm to extended (st3) tfm when the glyph is not present in st2 - with preserving \rm, \bf, \it, \bi. >> basically, you declare a variant set for a (Serif/Sans/Mono

Re: [NTG-context] iso latin 2 ; storm fonts

2005-03-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Vit Zyka wrote: Adam Lindsay wrote: Vit Zyka said this at Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:34:13 +0100: The question is how to elegantly switch from standard (st2) tfm to extended (st3) tfm when the glyph is not present in st2 - with preserving \rm, \bf, \it, \bi. >> basically, you declare a variant set for a

Re: [NTG-context] Upgrading...

2005-03-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 23:51:50 +0100, h h extern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: when needed, unzip the latest cont-tfm (beta) and cont-lmr archives in texmf-local and remake formats Where are the cont-lmr archives? I can't find them... Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Color

[NTG-context] Header background won't go away

2005-03-15 Thread Duncan Hothersall
Hi all. I have a book with parts and chapters, which wants a tint in the background of the header line. I have the following set-up producing almost what I want (apologies for the length but I've stripped out as much as I can to still show the same effect): -- \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex

2005-03-15 Thread Johannes Werner
Hans Hagen wrote: Johannes Werner wrote: hi everyone, i want to use PPCHTEX. when i process my .tex-file with texexec i get the message: . specials : fdf loaded ) specials : fdf,tpd loaded \openout6 = `chemie-mpgraph.mp'. Randomizer initialized to 1275417501. [MP to PDF] (./

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex

2005-03-15 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Johannes, I looked at your coding. The use module line has two typo's It should be \usemodule[pictex,chemic] The statements are not complete i.e. you forgot the \stopcombination. Further when starting a combination one needs to give the number of rows and columns e.g. [2*3]. with only [6] all

RE: [NTG-context] Upgrading...

2005-03-15 Thread ishamid
>= Original Message From Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 23:51:50 +0100, h h extern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> when needed, unzip the latest cont-tfm (beta) and cont-lmr archives in >> texmf-local and remake formats > >Where are the cont-lmr archives? I ca

RE: [NTG-context] Upgrading...

2005-03-15 Thread ishamid
> just download the windows zip file from our website and install that one > in a separate tree, e.g. under > > c:\context > > then, you can initialize that tree with > > c:\context\setuptex c:\context > > and voila ... Ok, I followed the above. Now I have two trees, c:\TeXLive and c:\ConTeXt Iss

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex

2005-03-15 Thread Johannes Werner
thanks for helping the poor beginner - the forgotten \starttext \stoptext was, what the program was requesting from me. johannes ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Conflict ConTeXt & new LM?

2005-03-15 Thread Gerben Wierda
I just installed the latest LM fonts from TL Master on top of a teTeX 3.0 + recent ConTeXt and tried to re-run my project. This fails. I reinstalled the old LM and it works, Is this known? G ConTeXt ver: 2005.03.02 fmt: 2005.3.15 int: english mes: english language: language en is act

[NTG-context] acrobat reader for linux

2005-03-15 Thread Tom Fossen
Hi, Acrobat reader 7.0 for linux is now available. See ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/ Awaiting comments from heavy users, tom fossen ___ ntg-context ma

Re: [NTG-context] iso latin 2 ; storm fonts

2005-03-15 Thread Adam Lindsay
Vit Zyka said this at Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:23:05 +0100: > enco-st1.tex - ec encoding with storm glyph extension > enco-st2.tex - xl2 encoding with storm glyph extension > enco-st3.tex - variants (additional glyph) for enco-st1 and enco-st2 Vit, I would refer you to this thread with Thomas S

Re: [NTG-context] acrobat reader for linux

2005-03-15 Thread Nikolai Weibull
* Tom Fossen (Mar 16, 2005 00:40): > Acrobat reader 7.0 for linux is now available. â > Awaiting comments from heavy users, Better; still not great, nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull:: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA:: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden

Re: [NTG-context] acrobat reader for linux

2005-03-15 Thread Ciro A. Soto
I loaded it flawlessly using the rpm in my Fedora Core 3 system. Looks good and runs faster. --- Tom Fossen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Acrobat reader 7.0 for linux is now available. See > ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/ > > Awaiting comments from heavy users, >

RE: [NTG-context] Upgrading...

2005-03-15 Thread ishamid
I must be making this way too complicated, anyway... I placed C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin ahead of TeXLive in my NT PATH (Windows 2000) so those binaries get called first. I tried to make the aleph format: === C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\web2c>aleph

[NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-15 Thread Ciro A. Soto
I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages. I would like to save toner in my printer by printing 2 or 4 pages in one single sheet of paper. Is it possible to do this with context? or any other alternative? Remember, I don't have the source file, only the pdf file. thank you Ciro ___

[NTG-context] Times New Toman

2005-03-15 Thread ishamid
Dear consortium, I'm having trouble preparing times new roman for ConTeXt. I'm trying to follow the instructions in mag-0009.pdf, but TeXfont does not want to behave:-( === \system_fonts>texfont --vendor=microsoft --collection=times --enco

Re: [NTG-context] Times New Toman

2005-03-15 Thread ishamid
Dear fellow conspirators, more about my attempts to get times new roman working: I could find neither context.cnf nor type-mws.tex in the distribution. Anyway, here is my attempt at a typescript file: note that arial provides the companion sans serif: any comments will be appreciated. Question

[NTG-context] hyphenation not working

2005-03-15 Thread Paul Tremblay
I've noticed that hypenation is not working in my test ConTeXt documents. I have looked repeatedly at the manual and searched the wiki. It seems that hyphenations should be automatic? I am testing simple files with the language as English. Does one have to turn hyphenation on? Paul --

[NTG-context] Re: Times New Toman

2005-03-15 Thread Stefan Wachter
ishamid wrote: Question: What is "\typescriptthree"? I think it is the third parameter that is supplied to a typescript. In your case its value is always "texnansi" because your typescript does not allow several values for the third parameter. --Stefan ___