[NTG-context] \totalnumberofpages and \setuparranging [2UP]

2005-12-14 Thread John Magolske
Hi all, I'm having trouble getting \totalnumberofpages to display while using \setuparranging [2UP]. What I'd like to do is print a letter, two columns to a page, then cut the page in two so the letter is in long columns with fractional page numbering at the bottom of each column, 1/4, 2/4,

[NTG-context] Re: The speed of development?

2005-12-14 Thread leon
Many thanks for your reply. Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | leon wrote: | | >Hi guys, | > | >I'm starting to use conTeXt. And thanks for all those people encourage | >me in my last email. | > | >I read in various places that the pace of development is fast. I don't | >get a clu

Re: [NTG-context] Chinese

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Tobias Burnus wrote: Hi, Hans Hagen wrote: chinese is not yet defined in utf so if you want that, we need to do it We probably should. question: do the unicode tables cover gbk and big 5 well? There exists a one-to-one correspondence between GBK and Unicode [1], for Big5 there are 7 ch

Re: [NTG-context] bibmodule + project

2005-12-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Taco, thanks a lot! Your bibtex module is an amazing one-man-show! Yes, this seems to work: having \setupbibtex[database=bibliography] in the products.tex file and a line \usepublications[products] in the components. I needed several runs of ConTeXt to get rid of many ?? when typesetting

Re: [NTG-context] A very little error in texmf.cnf

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Nicolas Grilly wrote: Fine. So, we need to change the following line from texmf.cnf: TEXMFPROJECTS = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-projects Into: TEXMFPROJECT = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-project indeed (btw, normally this is set with setuptex) Hans ___ n

[NTG-context] chinese etc

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, if someone wants japanese and korean etc utf-8 support, he/she should deliver the fonts, test files and samples in utf-8 Hans ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] The speed of development?

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
leon wrote: Hi guys, I'm starting to use conTeXt. And thanks for all those people encourage me in my last email. I read in various places that the pace of development is fast. I don't get a clue of what that means. As far as I know LaTeX hasn't been updated for over 3 years. So how fast is con

Re: [NTG-context] extra nattab split in columns

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Vit Zyka wrote: Hi, there occurs extra page break when natural tables is in the columns: \showframe \starttext \startcolumns Text. \bTABLE[split=yes] \dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD line\eTD\eTR} \eTABLE \stopcolumns \stoptext -

Re: [NTG-context] Tex drawing tool

2005-12-14 Thread Siep Kroonenberg
On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 11:41:26AM +0100, Boris Pedrofiets wrote: > Hi guys, > > I run into a drawing tool, capable of generating metapost. It's on > http://tpx.sourceforge.net/ . It looks great to me, soo I like to share > this with you all! > > Has anyone got any experiance with it? > > B.

[NTG-context] The speed of development?

2005-12-14 Thread leon
Hi guys, I'm starting to use conTeXt. And thanks for all those people encourage me in my last email. I read in various places that the pace of development is fast. I don't get a clue of what that means. As far as I know LaTeX hasn't been updated for over 3 years. So how fast is conTeXt being deve

RE: [NTG-context] A very little error in texmf.cnf

2005-12-14 Thread Nicolas Grilly
Fine. So, we need to change the following line from texmf.cnf: TEXMFPROJECTS = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-projects Into: TEXMFPROJECT = $SELFAUTOPARENT/texmf-project Without that modification, the directory texmf-project is not included in TeX search path. Nicolas Hans wrote: > Nicolas Gri

[NTG-context] extra nattab split in columns

2005-12-14 Thread Vit Zyka
Hi, there occurs extra page break when natural tables is in the columns: \showframe \starttext \startcolumns Text. \bTABLE[split=yes] \dorecurse{100}{\bTR\bTD line\eTD\eTR} \eTABLE \stopcolumns \stoptext I do

Re: [NTG-context] bibmodule + project

2005-12-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Taco Hoekwater wrote: But that's guesswork, not prescription, and not a reliable advice. If can give me and exact description of your wishes, then I can create a new beta with your desires in mind. ... and you friend me forever be! Taco (Just wanted to say sorry about the mess I made from th

Re: [NTG-context] bibmodule + project

2005-12-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Thomas, The beta has some code to deal with use of multiple bibliographies withing projects/products, the current one in the distribution does not. The beta is on my website, linked from : http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User::Taco/Bib The mailing list thread about 'multiple bibs' is here: ht

Re: [NTG-context] Some localizations

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Vit Zyka wrote: Changes seems to me OK at least of Czech with exception of one (old ?) typo: \setuplabeltext [\s!cz][\v!page=strana ] % not =strna ok, changed, Hans ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman

Re: [NTG-context] Some localizations

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Volker RW Schaa wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: here are the diffs (old/proposed) ... the changes in lang-ger are only comments, but in lang-sla some (seldom used) labels are assigned: > \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!appendix=] % Anhang or Anschlu\ssharp never ever heard of 'Anschlu\ssharp' for

Re: [NTG-context] Some localizations

2005-12-14 Thread Vit Zyka
Thank you both Gabriel and Hans, it was my double faut. First I did not find the original message and when I find it I sent my appology only to myself... Perhaps due to very late time. There is a minor typo in the file, please see following message. Sorry, Vit Vit Zyka wrote (2005-12-14 1:11

[NTG-context] bibmodule + project

2005-12-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Hi all, a question for the many happy users of Taco's bibmodule: I'm in the process of splitting a larger project into several components. What I have is: transl.tex --> main project file environment.tex --> environment for all components products.tex --> list of comp

Re: [NTG-context] Some localizations

2005-12-14 Thread Volker RW Schaa
Hans Hagen wrote: here are the diffs (old/proposed) ... the changes in lang-ger are only comments, but in lang-sla some (seldom used) labels are assigned: > \setuplabeltext [\s!de] [\v!appendix=] % Anhang or Anschlu\ssharp never ever heard of 'Anschlu\ssharp' for Appendix Cheers, Volker

Re: [NTG-context] Index entries messing up page breaks

2005-12-14 Thread Duncan Hothersall
Hans wrote: > can you try (test extensively): > > \def\dodoregister[#1]#2#3% > {\dogotopar{\dontleavehmode\doprocesspageregister[#1]{#2}{#3}}} Well, it has some problems, introducing vertical space in certain circumstances. Will try to work up a minimal, but two observations: 1. The extra ver

Re: [NTG-context] Some localizations

2005-12-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Richard Gabriel wrote: Hi Vit, I've originally posted my updates here to the ntg-context list and asked Hans to review them and incorporate them into the distribution. Now it seems I've made something horribly bad... :-( I swear I won't be so active anymore! As one Czech proverb says: "For go

Re: [NTG-context] Some localizations

2005-12-14 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hi Richard, Richard Gabriel wrote: Now it seems I've made something horribly bad... :-( No problem. First, to make mistakes is human. Secondly, we now have (as comment) the labels which help (at least non-native speakers) to find them if one needs them. I swear I won't be so active anymore!