[NTG-context] Turning off background(s)

2005-04-20 Thread John R. Culleton
I wanted the title page to have a yellow background so I used: \setupbackgrounds[page][state=start,background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow] before \starttext. After that one page I wanted to go back to no background, but I am having trouble turning it off. Here is some of my code:

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType installation basics for ConTeXt

2005-04-20 Thread Adam Lindsay
Hi David. Thanks for giving the article a spin. The first suspect is the mapfile. You should have in your local tree: fonts/map/pdftex/context/texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-torunska.map The contents may be confusing, but they *should* be parsable. If it's not there, or it's content-free, then I susp

[NTG-context] OpenType installation basics for ConTeXt

2005-04-20 Thread David Wooten
Greetings all, and esp. Adam :) Been toying with Adam Lindsay's recent PracTeX Journal guide for installing OpenType. The sample with torunska works (though the noted GPOS errors are there) up to the point where I issue the command: texexec --pdf --mode=compact --once texnansi-LIGA-KERN-public-

Re: [NTG-context] Re: PracTeX Journal Number 2 out

2005-04-20 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
On Apr 20, 2005, at 11:02 PM, Patrick Gundlach wrote: [...] Patrick, can we mirror the context articles in the wiki? We would need the OK from the authors because of copyright. I will fight you to the end of the world ;-) Sure, go ahead! Thomas ___ ntg-co

Re: [NTG-context] Re: PracTeX Journal Number 2 out

2005-04-20 Thread Steve Peter
Patrick, can we mirror the context articles in the wiki? We would need the OK from the authors because of copyright. You have my OK. Steve ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Re: PracTeX Journal Number 2 out

2005-04-20 Thread Adam Lindsay
Patrick Gundlach said this at Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:02:35 +0200: >> Patrick, can we mirror the context articles in the wiki? > >We would need the OK from the authors because of copyright. Fine for me! -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept.

[NTG-context] Re: PracTeX Journal Number 2 out

2005-04-20 Thread Patrick Gundlach
[...] > > Patrick, can we mirror the context articles in the wiki? We would need the OK from the authors because of copyright. > (concerning the xml ... peters flyns article has a nice screen shot) :-)) Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2005-04-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Adam Lindsay wrote: Thomas A.Schmitz said this at Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:07:59 +0200: This problem went away with the very latest and greatest. Thanks Hans! Here, too. I can sit in web2c and build xetex formats that live in the web2c/xetex directory with the command: texexec --make --engine --xtx en

Re: [NTG-context] PracTeX Journal Number 2 out

2005-04-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Adam Lindsay wrote: Hey all, The second issue of the beginner-oriented PracTeX Journal is out now: There are a couple ConTeXt font articles, Steve Peter's usual column on ConTeXt editing environments, and other interesting items across the TeX spectrum, including a nice

[NTG-context] PracTeX Journal Number 2 out

2005-04-20 Thread Adam Lindsay
Hey all, The second issue of the beginner-oriented PracTeX Journal is out now: There are a couple ConTeXt font articles, Steve Peter's usual column on ConTeXt editing environments, and other interesting items across the TeX spectrum, including a nice introduction to

Re: [NTG-context] How to insert a full page pdf.

2005-04-20 Thread Willi Egger
Hi John, John R. Culleton wrote: I need to insert some example pages from one document into another. Both are 8.5 x 11. I have read the old posts about \startTEXpage etc. and looked at the source code. But I still have a few questions: 1. Can I select e.g., just page 2 from the external document

Re: [NTG-context] storm font

2005-04-20 Thread Adam Lindsay
Vit Zyka said this at Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:59:37 +0200: >D) --- >Adam Lindsay wrote: > > it could be a way of supporting an encoding like TS1, if people really > > still cared about that. > >TS1 is texnansi??? Why ec (=st1) is not sufficient? You can setup >regime... If you per

Re: [NTG-context] storm font

2005-04-20 Thread Vit Zyka
Hi fonTeXters, I have incorporated your suggestions to storm-font-support: A) --- Adam Lindsay wrote: > Okay, I noticed a second thing, in the [serif][cond][size] and other > [size] typescripts: you define things like \tfc with the intention of > "typeface-condensed". This will interfer

Re: [NTG-context] how to control placement of floats

2005-04-20 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:24:35AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > From: Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Paul Tremblay wrote: > >The manual and others have given good advice on how to do the most > >basic placment of floats, such as forcing it onto a new page. > > > >How does one get even more contr

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2005-04-20 Thread Adam Lindsay
Thomas A.Schmitz said this at Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:07:59 +0200: >This problem went away with the very latest and greatest. Thanks Hans! Here, too. I can sit in web2c and build xetex formats that live in the web2c/xetex directory with the command: texexec --make --engine --xtx en So it looks goo

Re: [NTG-context] tabbing in ConTeXt?

2005-04-20 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 03:11:46PM +0200, Albrecht Kauffmann wrote: > From: Albrecht Kauffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi all, > > does ConTeXt have a command similarly to the tabbing-environment of LaTeX? > > Thanks in advance > Albrecht > I think the tabulate environment is similar. See: h

[NTG-context] tabbing in ConTeXt?

2005-04-20 Thread Albrecht Kauffmann
Hi all, does ConTeXt have a command similarly to the tabbing-environment of LaTeX? Thanks in advance Albrecht ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] TABLE: spacing, before/after

2005-04-20 Thread Eckhart Guthöhrlein
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 at 15:43:57-0400, Paul Tremblay wrote: > > Well, maybe it will be possible for Hans to include support for the > > missing features in a future release. To sum it up once again, what I > > am missing: > > - control over column and row spacing > > - material before/after a cell,

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2005-04-20 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
This problem went away with the very latest and greatest. Thanks Hans! On Apr 19, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: My installation has lost the ability to regenerate formats in the latest beta: sudo texexec --make en de nl metafun TeXExec 5.3.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 t

Re: [NTG-context] new beta (again)

2005-04-20 Thread Eckhart Guthöhrlein
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 at 10:44:08+0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote: > > >Does somebody know which patches still have to be applied to texexec to > >get it working? > > in texexec.ini/rme set the engine switch to false I didn't have a texexec.ini before, so I copied texexec.rme t

Re: [NTG-context] typing questions

2005-04-20 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Münster wrote: Hello, here a few questions about typing: - Is there a module for pretty-printing C-code? None that I know of, if anybody has a solution, I am interested myself as well - How could I change the tabulator-width? \chardef\spacespertab=1 % \t will now become *two* spaces,

Re: [NTG-context] new beta (again)

2005-04-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Eckhart Guthöhrlein wrote: Does somebody know which patches still have to be applied to texexec to get it working? in texexec.ini/rme set the engine switch to false the problem is that engine support is handled (kin dof) by the tex engines but it seems to be broken for mpost Hans

[NTG-context] new beta (again)

2005-04-20 Thread Eckhart Guthöhrlein
Hi all, inline metapost generation was broken aftre upgrading context. I have seen the recent thread with several patches to texexec, so I updated to yesterday evening's beta in the hope that this would fix the problems. Unfortunately not. When trying to generate the mp graphic I get this error: s