Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Frank Küster
Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >> A system-wide installation, if done cleanly, would be much easier >> (as plink pointed out). If you (or 'texexec --make' to generate the >> formats) ask kpathsea where to put the format files, it'll give you >> a directory in TEXMFH

[NTG-context] typesetting a url from variabless

2006-10-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, What is the best way of typesetting a url from a variable. For example, if I have \setvariables[test][website=http://www.xyz.com/~abc/first_index.html] how can I print the url. I tried \starttext \goto{\getvariable{test}{website}}[URL(\getvariable{test}{website})] \stoptext but this does

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > A system-wide installation, if done cleanly, would be much easier (as > plink pointed out). If you (or 'texexec --make' to generate the > formats) ask kpathsea where to put the format files, it'll give you a > directory in TEXMFHOME, so a per user install. But how do you a

Re: [NTG-context] Directories of pictures

2006-10-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Maurício wrote: > Hans Hagen wrote: > >> � wrote: >> >>>With your previous example, I would have to place my pictures in >>> /scr/images. I would like to put my pictures in >>> /scr/images, and have Context to find them no matter which >>> directory I'm in when I execute texexec. Als

Re: [NTG-context] resource libraries

2006-10-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > Hallo! > > Is it possible somehow to extract all the images covered in an image > database without lose of quality? > eh ... normally there should beno loss at all, pdftex just copies the resources Hans ---

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation > Are some of the people around who wrote this? I wrote some of it (hangs head in shame) by typing in all the steps I had to use on my Debian stable/testing system to get a newer ConTeXt to work with tetex 3.0 as the basis. I agree, it is conf

[NTG-context] resource libraries

2006-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo! Is it possible somehow to extract all the images covered in an image database without lose of quality? Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Frank Küster
Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> To me, as a TeXlive and teTeX guy, it seems preferrable to choose option >> 1 and fix the existing distribution scripts. However, I don't know yet >> what else is needed when ConTeXt is updated, therefore I might be wrong, >> and switching to texexec m

Re: [NTG-context] Updating on Windows

2006-10-23 Thread Jeff Smith
On 10/23/06, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ctxtools --update Heh, too easy. Thanks. :-) Jeff Smith ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Problems with MetaFun and registers

2006-10-23 Thread Fredrik Sjunnesson
I have problems with the register macro in MetaFun. When I try == \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \definelayer[test] \startuseMPgraphic{oeps} path p ; p := fullcircle scaled 6cm ; fill p withcolor .8white ; d

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Frank Küster wrote: > >>>- Is it intended that context formats end up in $TEXMF/web2c/pdfetex/? >>> If yes, why is that so? If not, we should rather find out why it >>> happens and fix it. >> >>Yes, it is. ConTeXt does not support only pdfetex, but all major >>engines, like XeTeX and Aleph. I h

Re: [NTG-context] Updating on Windows

2006-10-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Jeff Smith wrote: > Hello all! > > Quick question here because the Wiki is silent on this. When I want to > (manually) update my ConTeXt windows (stand-alone) installation, do I > only need the following two files: > > cont-tmf.zip > cont-win.zip > > Or is there more? > ctxtools --update Hans

[NTG-context] Updating on Windows

2006-10-23 Thread Jeff Smith
Hello all! Quick question here because the Wiki is silent on this. When I want to (manually) update my ConTeXt windows (stand-alone) installation, do I only need the following two files: cont-tmf.zip cont-win.zip Or is there more? I know ScITE is supposed to have an "Update ConTeXT" option but

Re: [NTG-context] Directories of pictures

2006-10-23 Thread Maurício
Mari Voipio wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Jörg Hagmann wrote: >> Use: >> \setupexternalfigures[directory={path_to_your_figures,another_path}] > > And you can even use relative paths and go 'down' in the directory tree: > > \setupexternalfigures[directory={../pdf-images,../png-images}] > >

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Frank Küster
Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank, > > Frank Küster wrote: >> >> Are some of the people around who wrote this? I found some information > > I do not use Debian and did not write that page, but I can answer your > questions partially, at least. Thank you - yes, this helps. >>

Re: [NTG-context] Directories of pictures

2006-10-23 Thread Maurício
Hans Hagen wrote: > � wrote: >>With your previous example, I would have to place my pictures in >> /scr/images. I would like to put my pictures in >> /scr/images, and have Context to find them no matter which >> directory I'm in when I execute texexec. Also, I would like to use >> relative

Re: [NTG-context] German hyphenation broken ?

2006-10-23 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 23.10.2006 um 15:50 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz: > Sy-ste-ment-schei-dung > > The first is correct (Duden 1986 R 179: "ß bezeichnet einen Laut und > wird nicht getrennt). The second should be Sy-stem-ent-schei-dung, > but this is probably one of the many weird exceptions of German that > TeX can't

Re: [NTG-context] German hyphenation broken ?

2006-10-23 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Oct 23, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > On my system it seems that the old germ hyphenation doesn't work > anymore. > Line 7 and line 9 are for sure hyphenated according to the new rules > "Einbu-ßen" and "Sy-stem" > > Do others experience the same or is only my installation broken?

[NTG-context] German hyphenation broken ?

2006-10-23 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, could someone please have a look at the minimal example below: On my system it seems that the old germ hyphenation doesn't work anymore. Line 7 and line 9 are for sure hyphenated according to the new rules "Einbu-ßen" and "Sy-stem" Do others experience the same or is only my installation

Re: [NTG-context] Hardcoded options in the Ruby scripts

2006-10-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Richard Gabriel wrote: > > Lines 131-137: > Here are a few languages predefined which texexec "knows". If I want > to add a format for another language, I have to add a new line here. such as ...? (adding a user inferface is more that adding something to texexec) > > Line 339: > Here are the "def

[NTG-context] Hardcoded options in the Ruby scripts

2006-10-23 Thread Richard Gabriel
Hello Hans,I'm still wondering why there are certain formats hardcoded in your scripts and how the "make all formats" feature does (not work).See scripts/ruby/base/tex.rb:Lines 131-137:Here are a few languages predefined which texexec "knows". If I want to add a format for another language, I h

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Frank, Frank Küster wrote: > > Are some of the people around who wrote this? I found some information I do not use Debian and did not write that page, but I can answer your questions partially, at least. > - Is it intended that context formats end up in $TEXMF/web2c/pdfetex/? > If yes, w

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hi Frank, A ConTeXt's package for debian will be great ! Frank Küster a écrit : >Hi everybody, > >this mail has a double purpose. At the end, there's a call for testers >of a new (planned) Debian ConTeXt package that would be updated more >frequently than now (at least in unstable and testing),

Re: [NTG-context] paragraph with a shape

2006-10-23 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hi Victoria, At first, draw a mouth-like shape as a closed path with metapost then read http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf (pages 399--424). The ML is a good source too (See "[NTG-context] Context and CD labels" for example)... Renaud Victoria Brown a écrit : How do I

[NTG-context] ConTeXt on Debian: The wiki entry

2006-10-23 Thread Frank Küster
Hi everybody, this mail has a double purpose. At the end, there's a call for testers of a new (planned) Debian ConTeXt package that would be updated more frequently than now (at least in unstable and testing), where ConTeXt is tied to teTeX's or TeXlive's release cycles. But first, I'd like to t