Re: [NTG-context] mistake in usemodule[letter]

2005-10-03 Thread r . ermers
Hi Jessica, Try this: \usemodule[m][letter] or \usemodule[m-letter] I had a similar problem some time ago. It seems that a plainTeX document named 'letter.tex' is loaded in lieu of m-letter.tex. It is against Contex-philosophy to explicitly state the prefixes, but it may be needed now and again.

[NTG-context] mistake in usemodule[letter]

2005-10-03 Thread Jessica Holle
Hi, everytime when I use the module letter I get a mistake: rzvlabwks:/home/jessi # tra jessi.tex TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : jessi out

Re: [NTG-context] installing context

2005-10-03 Thread Rob Ermers
Dear Friends, The problem is solved. I reinstalled some files of the miktex distribution. After that everything works normal! Hurrah! Thanks again for looking into it. Robert - Original Message - From: Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rob Ermers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; mailing list

Re: [NTG-context] installing context

2005-10-03 Thread Rob Ermers
Dear Friends, I'm afraid Upendra's and Taco's suggestions do not work out. I changed the miktex.ini and texexec.ini files along their instructions. The miktex.ini file does not have an item hash_size or the like, but I found out how and added one. In another forum (archive) there was a question

RE: [NTG-context] Curious instruction from Texfont

2005-10-03 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
>I should explain that I use Context for non-fiction but plain >pdftex for novels etc. I must ask: Why is that? -) Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 __

Re: [NTG-context] Curious instruction from Texfont

2005-10-03 Thread John R. Culleton
On Monday 03 October 2005 06:05 pm, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > John R. Culleton wrote: > > Ran texfont and things seemed to go well. The test program > > worked. But in the map file I find this curious instruction: > > - > > % Alternatively in your TeX source you can sa

[NTG-context] Curious instruction from Texfont

2005-10-03 Thread John R. Culleton
Ran texfont and things seemed to go well. The test program worked. But in the map file I find this curious instruction: - % Alternatively in your TeX source you can say: % % \pdf{+8r-nasa-nasal.map} % --- Using pdfte

Re: [NTG-context] Curious instruction from Texfont

2005-10-03 Thread Taco Hoekwater
John R. Culleton wrote: Ran texfont and things seemed to go well. The test program worked. But in the map file I find this curious instruction: - % Alternatively in your TeX source you can say: % % \pdf{+8r-nasa-nasal.map} % --

Re: [NTG-context] Q: about \externalfile from metafun-p.pdf

2005-10-03 Thread Christopher Creutzig
Alexander Lazic wrote: >>>\stopreusableMPgraphic{sin} >> >>This {sin} at the end is wrong; it's interpreted as text. > > > This have i understand ;-) > I called it sin, sorry for confusion. The name is unimportant – my point is that the \stop... commands don't get arguments. > Thanx. > Have i

Re: [NTG-context] \noalign?

2005-10-03 Thread Christopher Creutzig
Hans Hagen wrote: >>which tables allow using \noalign and in what places? >>\NC one \NC two \NC three \NC\AR >>\HL\noalign{\pause}% >>\NC one \NC two \NC three \NC\AR >>\noalign{\pause}\HL > it all depends on what you want to achieve I want to place a \pdfspecial in front of the \HL. Peter Ro

Re: [NTG-context] Lettrine Problems

2005-10-03 Thread Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de So
Thank you for your effort!! Marcus --- Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > > Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de So wrote: > > > >> Problems occur with Lettrine when used with the > linenumbering > >> environment, the dropped cap stays outside the > margin. >

[NTG-context] Re: Installing context

2005-10-03 Thread r . ermers
Hi Taco and Upendran, Thanks a lot for your kind help. I'm elsewhere now, so I will only be able to try this evening. Thanks again. Robert Op Ma, 3 oktober, 2005 3:32 pm schreef piskala upendran: > hi ermers, > > I am attaching afile for your help in updating the > miktex.ini. hope this will

Re: [NTG-context] bib module: doubling publications list

2005-10-03 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Dear Taco and gang, Ok, I'm migrating my journal over to the new bib module (ConTeXt from 8-31). First issue: Under some strange circumstances (perhaps if the bbl file and tex file have the same name?), sometimes the list of publications gets repeated. I cannot a

RE: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro

2005-10-03 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
>= Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >> Please forgive my cluelessness, but what is "year compression" and how do I >> turn it on? > > \setupcite[year][compress=yes] Great, it works now! Thnx for the full explanation as well-) >PS I've seen the rest of your comm

RE: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro

2005-10-03 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Thomas, >= Original Message From "Thomas A. Schmitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >Just add an extra pair of braces: > >\def\citeyear[#1]{% > {{\cite[year]}[#1]% > }% >} Ok, does not crash but now I lose the reference completely in the output-( Best Idris ==

Re: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro

2005-10-03 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Hi Taco, = Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = My definition for \citeyear crashes. This used to work-) First: this problem is caused by the fact that year citations are by default uncompressed. if year compression is turned on, th

RE: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro

2005-10-03 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Taco, >= Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >> My definition for \citeyear crashes. This used to work-) > >First: this problem is caused by the fact that year >citations are by default uncompressed. if year compression >is turned on, then different code is used,

[NTG-context] Metapost Problem

2005-10-03 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
Hello, wat to convert a metapost file to pdf by mptopdf: my command: mptopdf.pl grid.mp then grid.1 is created but no pdf. The output on the command line is: C:\Documents and Settings\s0167070\Desktop\grid>mptopdf.pl grid.mp TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005

Re: [NTG-context] bib module: \setupcite macro

2005-10-03 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Another issue: My definition for \citeyear crashes. This used to work-) First: this problem is caused by the fact that year citations are by default uncompressed. if year compression is turned on, then different code is used, and the problem never happens. ---

Re: [NTG-context] installing context

2005-10-03 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Rob Ermers wrote: Dear Friends, I have updated miktex and context today. Latex works normally, but I can't get context working right. cont-en and cont-nl are causing problems. Miktex cannot generate an (e)fmt file of cont-en, con-nl. Last time I upgraded, something was wrong with the English

Re: [NTG-context] Q: about \externalfile from metafun-p.pdf

2005-10-03 Thread Alexander Lazic
On Son 02.10.2005 22:36, Christopher Creutzig wrote: Alexander Lazic wrote: 2.) i have try \startreusableMPgraphic{sin} sin (1); \stopreusableMPgraphic{sin} This {sin} at the end is wrong; it's interpreted as text. This have i understand ;-) I called it sin, sorry for confusion. What

Re: [NTG-context] Lettrine Problems

2005-10-03 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Marcus Vinicius Mesquita de So wrote: Problems occur with Lettrine when used with the linenumbering environment, the dropped cap stays outside the margin. Minimal example below. Sorry, this is unfixable. Greetings, Taco __

[NTG-context] Couple of index questions/bugs

2005-10-03 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
I have a couple of index questions and bugs to report. Here comes: 1. When I use newtexexec, the sorting disregards an initial capital letter, sorting Hans under a; 2. Again in newtexexec, \seeindex is broken. The outpput it produces is see XXX, :0]-, and it gives an error message that I ap