[NTG-context] Installation Problem

I am trying to verify my installation. When I try to run texexec against the test file given in the installation instructions I don't get a dvi or pdf file. The output is: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing texformat path : .:{!!/home/neal/.texmf-config,!!/home/neal/.texmf-v

[NTG-context] Making exams in Context

I need to prepare an exam. My choice is obviously ContexT, but I have some difficulty in generating multiple choice questions in random order. Each student will have one different exam. In Latex I use MUCH (http://fourier.math.uoc.gr/~mk/much/). Did you can tell me if it has a similar solution

[NTG-context] Making posters with ConTeXT

Hi I am trying to making a scientifique poster in Context. I need some suggestions, foreground an example, to start. Somebody has a nice example to share? What is the correct scales for the fonts? Have a nice day/night Thanks to all Jorge ___ ntg-co

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX "hangs"

Hi Mojca, Trying your minimal file on my Mac OS X, with XeConTeXt or with plain XeTeX, I observe the same hanging... However, the following, taken out of an example sent to you by Jonathan K., works fine with both (indeed commenting out \starttext and \stoptext in plain XeTeX): \starttext

[NTG-context] Framedtext left/right offset?

Hi, Is there a way to have \startcolumnsetspan[intro] \startframedtext[frame=off,bottomframe=on,topframe=on,offset=1ex] \it Some introduction text here \stopframedtext \stopcolumnsetspan without the offset to the left and right? There's no frame drawn to the left and right so I don't want the o

[NTG-context] Controlling figure placement?

Hi everyone, Is there a way that gives more control over figure placement within a columnset area? What I'd like to do is: - have a columnset area that covers a whole page - if possible, leave out headers and footers on that page (don't know how) - place an external figure on that page which is t

Re: [NTG-context] Textbackground overlapping

On Tue, 23 May 2006 17:15:28 +0200, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: not yet interfaced but public anyway \chardef\kindofpagetextareas\plusone Ah, yes, there's no more overlapping for both test cases. But I've seen a side effect of this setting. It appears rarely, and I had difficul

[NTG-context] t-bib and explicitly italizising title parts

Hello, Is there any way using '\it' in the title of a bib-entry, so that ConTeXt/t-bib will hand it though into the bibliography listing? I have a lot of publications in my lists that contain species names in there titles, which are by convention typeset in italics. Thanks for any hints, Joh __

[NTG-context] t-bib (extra special experimental version), XML and nocite

Hello, I'm trying to get my XML citation definitions, which look like so: to differentiate between "no" and t-bib options I hand into the "opt" flag like this: \defineXMLargument [cite] [opt=] {% \doifelse{\XMLop{opt}}{no} {% \expanded{\nocite[\XMLop{id}]}% }

[NTG-context] tabulation spacing

Evidently I'm missing something. {\switchtobodyfont[14pt] \starttabulate \NR \NC {\bf FRAME} \NC {\bf 1} \NC {\bf 2} \NC {\bf 3} \NC $\ldots$ \NC\NR \NC bin: 1 \NC freqval 1 \NC freqval 2 \NC freqval 3 \NC $\ldots$\NC\NR \NC \NC ampval 1 \NC ampval 2 \NC ampval 3

Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX "hangs"

Hi Mojca, Trying your minimal file on my Mac OS X, with XeConTeXt or with plain XeTeX, I observe the same hanging... However, the following, taken out of an example sent to you by Jonathan K., works fine with both (indeed commenting out \starttext and \stoptext in plain XeTeX): \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] \to broken in figure captions

From:Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:35:47 +0200 > Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > > A workaround: > > > > \starttext > > \def\myto{\to} > > \placefigure[abc]{ABC $n\myto1$.}{} \input tufte > > \stoptext > > > i need to change the \convertargument#1\to#2 macro so for the > moment

Re: [NTG-context] figure directory is sort of searched

> The figure searching code gets confused if a file of the same > basename (but in a different directory) has already been loaded. Looking a bit into this, it seems that the decision about whether a figure is already loaded is made in core-fig.tex, in \def\calculateexternalfigure[#1][#2][#3][#4][

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart?

Matt Gushee wrote: > Probably you just need either to put the Ruby script directory > ($TEXMF/scripts/context/ruby) on your PATH, or create links from the > scripts you want to use to a directory in your current PATH. Maybe just > link texmfstart--it seems to be a front end for all the Ruby scr

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF

Tobias Burnus wrote: > Hello, > > Tobias Burnus schrieb: > >> I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: >>texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 >> produces: No pages of output. >>texmfstart texexec --pdf >> however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 by

Re: [NTG-context] Textbackground overlapping

nico wrote: > Hello, > > When the backgrounded stuff starts from one page up to the following, it > doesn't take care about the bottom footnotes, so that they are covered by > the background. > > Here is a small example: > > \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] > \definetextbackground[grayback] >

Re: [NTG-context] Index sorting for other languages that English

Richard Gabriel wrote: > Hello Hans, > > after an upgrade I noticed thar the index sorting works even worse > than before (tested on Czech, Chinese and Japanese, but probably > related to non-ASCII characters in common). > > With TeXExec 5.4.3, all words beginning with national (accented) > char

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 => empty PDF

Hello, Tobias Burnus schrieb: > I freshly switched to the ruby script and have now a problem: >texmfstart texexec --pdf --pages=1:2 > produces: No pages of output. >texmfstart texexec --pdf > however, works: Output written on tmp_.pdf (3 pages, 103204 bytes) > I do not know what that op

Re: [NTG-context] Index sorting for other languages that English

On Tuesday 23 May 2006 06:22, Richard Gabriel wrote: > Hello Hans, > > after an upgrade I noticed thar the index sorting works even worse than > before (tested on Czech, Chinese and Japanese, but probably related to > non-ASCII characters in common). > > With TeXExec 5.4.3, all words beginning with

[NTG-context] Textbackground overlapping (2)

Hello, Sorry, just another overlapping case I should have put in the preceding mail: when a float cuts the backgrounded stuff, the float is backgrounded too. Maybe harder to fix. An example showing both cases (footnote + float): \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \definetextbackground[grayback]

[NTG-context] Index sorting for other languages that English

Hello Hans,after an upgrade I noticed thar the index sorting works even worse than before (tested on Czech, Chinese and Japanese, but probably related to non-ASCII characters in common).With TeXExec 5.4.3, all words beginning with national (accented) characters were put into a separate ("symbol

[NTG-context] Textbackground overlapping

Hello, When the backgrounded stuff starts from one page up to the following, it doesn't take care about the bottom footnotes, so that they are covered by the background. Here is a small example: \definecolor[ScreenGray][s=.95] \definetextbackground[grayback] [background=color, bac

[NTG-context] XeTeX "hangs"

If I try to compile the folllowing code with XeTeX, it "hangs" (as if it was waiting for further input): \catcode`ð=\active \defð{^^f0} % only hangs for "F0", other numbers are OK \starttext ð \stoptext I didn't manage to test the same example with "plain" XeTeX (tetex is a bit misconfigured sin