Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Willi, On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:10:18 -0700, Willi Egger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > \stretched{Here is the first line 1a} \stretched!!! That was it! I looked in the Layout chapter of the manual, but it was in the Typography chapter. What a gangster! THNX, Willi. Best Idris

Re: [NTG-context] lm update+ gyre and ctxtools doesn't work

2007-03-07 Thread Dalyoung Jeong
Dear Taco, I have installed following map files in the folder /usr/local/gwTeX/ texmf.texlive/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ The map files are {cs-lm.map, ec-lm.map, el-lm.map, ..., texansi-lm.map, ts1-lm.map} which is included in the new version. I put those files only in the folder. Does it cau

Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Idris, I played with an example derived from the columns manual: \definecolumnset[example][n=2] \definecolumnsetspan[wide][n=2,background=screen] \setuptolerance[verytolerant,stretch] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \startcolumnsetspan[wide]

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Xan
En/na Wolfgang Schuster ha escrit: > 2007/3/7, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >> >> > En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: >> >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >> >> >> >>> Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf >> >>> and I get an

Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
By the way, the \relax may not be needed. It's like garlic for vampires. It may help and I haven't learnt enough about TeX's parser to know whether I should put it in. So I was being safe and lazy. -Sanjoy `Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien) __

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Xan
En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > >> En/na Wolfgang Schuster ha escrit: >>> 2007/3/7, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >> >>> Is it possi

Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Thank you, Sanjoy, this will help me write a spread macro. But I can't help thinking there's a context-way to do this, it seems like such a mundane operation... Best Idris On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:38:34 -0700, Sanjoy Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know if this method qualifies a

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > En/na Wolfgang Schuster ha escrit: >> 2007/3/7, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >>> En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > >> Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in con

Re: [NTG-context] [dev-context] Streams

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:43:26 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have one or more samples using the m-stream module? If so, > I'd > greatly appreciate it if you'ld share it/them with me! > (trying to model some issues related to parallel texts...) That is, in a

[NTG-context] Streams

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi, Does anyone have one or more samples using the m-stream module? If so, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'ld share it/them with me! (trying to model some issues related to parallel texts...) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >> \definefont[titlefont][SansBold at 14.4pt] %Or 14.4*d >> >> \setuphead[title][style=\titlefont] > > That's useful. One problem: When the title spans multiple lines, then > the \baselineskip won't be large enough. That's why I like using the > builtin

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> \definefont[titlefont][SansBold at 14.4pt] %Or 14.4*d > > \setuphead[title][style=\titlefont] That's useful. One problem: When the title spans multiple lines, then the \baselineskip won't be large enough. That's why I like using the builtin font-change operators. -Sanjoy `Not all those who

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >> And another question: how to make very big fonts (for example: 60pt) in >> text and mathematical mode? I just want to change the font temporally >> (and don't touch \setupbodyfont) > > I've been wrapping the text in \begingroup..\endgroup and changing t

Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
I don't know if this method qualifies as a ConTeXt way, but it's what I would do in plain tex, and it works in ConTeXt: \starttext \line{\spaceskip0pt plus 1fil\relax hello how are you} \stoptext -Sanjoy `Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien) __

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> why not > > \setuphead > [title] > [style=\ss\bfd, >before={\switchtobodyfont[14.4pt]}, >after={\switchtobodyfont[global]}] Because I didn't know about the global option :-) It's cleaner than my method. It's only disadvantage is that the global setting may not be the one in effect

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > 2007/3/7, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >> >> > En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: >> >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >> >> >> >>> Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf >> >>>

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/3/7, Sanjoy Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > And another question: how to make very big fonts (for example: 60pt) in > text and mathematical mode? I just want to change the font temporally > (and don't touch \setupbodyfont) I've been wrapping the text in \begingroup..\endgroup and changing t

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/3/7, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf >>> and I get an error. Strange because \sl, \bf, etc exist >> >> \ss? (I

[NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi gang, Did not get any feedback, I'll try again: == Date: 2007-03-02 07:34 -700 Hmm, no reply yet, maybe the following is more interesting: On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:30:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > How can I evenly spread the contents of a box or column-

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> And another question: how to make very big fonts (for example: 60pt) in > text and mathematical mode? I just want to change the font temporally > (and don't touch \setupbodyfont) I've been wrapping the text in \begingroup..\endgroup and changing the bodyfont inside it. For example, to make sl

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: >> On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf >>> and I get an error. Strange because \sl, \bf, etc exist >> >> \ss? (I am not sure what \sf is supposed to be, so just

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Xan
En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > >> Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf >> and I get an error. Strange because \sl, \bf, etc exist > > \ss? (I am not sure what \sf is supposed to be, so just guessing) > \sf is Sans Serif (latex

Re: [NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: > Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf > and I get an error. Strange because \sl, \bf, etc exist \ss? (I am not sure what \sf is supposed to be, so just guessing) > And another question: how to make very big fonts (for example: 60p

[NTG-context] \sf and bigggg fonts

2007-03-07 Thread Xan
Hi, Is it possible to have the equivalent in \sf in context?. I tried \sf and I get an error. Strange because \sl, \bf, etc exist And another question: how to make very big fonts (for example: 60pt) in text and mathematical mode? I just want to change the font temporally (and don't touch \setu

Re: [NTG-context] printing problem (defined)

2007-03-07 Thread Alan Bowen
Luigi— Please send me your email address: the files you want will choke the list-server: its max is 40 KB, and the PDF alone is 88 KB---this is smallest that seems to reproduce the problem. Alan On Mar 7, 2007, at 8:08 AM, luigi scarso wrote: > On 3/7/07, Alan Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [NTG-context] printing problem (defined)

2007-03-07 Thread luigi scarso
On 3/7/07, Alan Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I apologize if this amounts to hijacking a thread. > > The problem > Using TeXShop (latest) I can produce but not print a PDF file that > has both the TeX Gyre Bonum from GUST and the GreekKerkis font from > Thomas Schmitz' ancient Greek module. Th

[NTG-context] printing problem (defined)

2007-03-07 Thread Alan Bowen
I apologize if this amounts to hijacking a thread. The problem Using TeXShop (latest) I can produce but not print a PDF file that has both the TeX Gyre Bonum from GUST and the GreekKerkis font from Thomas Schmitz' ancient Greek module. This file will, however, print with Acrobat Pro 7 and 8

Re: [NTG-context] Some questions about context

2007-03-07 Thread Xan
Well, thank you very much all of you. En/na Wolfgang Schuster ha escrit: > On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:26:49 +0100 > Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> En/na Aditya Mahajan ha escrit: >>> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, Xan wrote: >>> Another question: how get the equivalent of ams theorem package? Sor

Re: [NTG-context] A doubt while compiling modules

2007-03-07 Thread luigi scarso
No errors or anything in the log? No, as far I can see. This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2007.3.7) 7 MAR 2007 10:41 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. %&-line parsing enabled. (/opt/texlive/2005-test/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) **texexec.tex emergencyen

Re: [NTG-context] A doubt while compiling modules

2007-03-07 Thread Taco Hoekwater
luigi scarso wrote: > On 3/7/07, luigi scarso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> It will work better with metapost 0.99x, definately. >>> There is one included on TeXLive 2007, otherwise: >>> >>> https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost >> ok, i will try 0.994-beta . >> > even with update no

Re: [NTG-context] A doubt while compiling modules

2007-03-07 Thread luigi scarso
On 3/7/07, luigi scarso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It will work better with metapost 0.99x, definately. > > There is one included on TeXLive 2007, otherwise: > > > > https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost > ok, i will try 0.994-beta . > even with update no news. time to change to texl

Re: [NTG-context] A doubt while compiling modules

2007-03-07 Thread luigi scarso
> It will work better with metapost 0.99x, definately. > There is one included on TeXLive 2007, otherwise: > > https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost ok, i will try 0.994-beta . ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/m

Re: [NTG-context] A doubt while compiling modules

2007-03-07 Thread Taco Hoekwater
luigi scarso wrote: > On 3/7/07, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> luigi scarso wrote: >>> With >>> $>texmfstart texexec --pdf --modules font-chi >>> But, the cover is... well, white: ie there are no more 'random box' I >>> was used to see. > >> Probably your system has a configuration