Re: [NTG-context] TOC: page headers

2007-11-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Jeff Smith wrote: > So, what to do here? I do need the frontmatter/bodymatter structure > anyway. So there must be something else... adding \page before ending the sectionblock may help - H

Re: [NTG-context] TOC: page headers

2007-11-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/29, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jeff Smith wrote: > > > So, what to do here? I do need the frontmatter/bodymatter structure > > anyway. So there must be something else... > > adding \page before ending the sectionblock may help But this give also a rule in the header at the last page

[NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Hello, I'm thinking of making the switch from latex to context, indeed I'm working on my first non-trivial document as a trial. I have some questions. (1) Is it possible to do conditional compilation? I wish to use context to write lecture notes with embedded pictures. I'd like to compile the

Re: [NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Nov 29, 2007 1:17 PM, Roger Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm thinking of making the switch from latex to context **WELCOME** > (1) Is it possible to do conditional compilation? yes, search in wiki for \startmode \stopmode or start to see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modes > (2

Re: [NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Nov 29, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Roger Mason wrote: > Hello, > > I'm thinking of making the switch from latex to context, indeed I'm > working on my first non-trivial document as a trial. I have some > questions. > > (1) Is it possible to do conditional compilation? I wish to use > context to write

[NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread Peter Schorsch
Hi, I have a small metapost graphic I like to use inline. But the arragement behaves a little bit "unpractically". As soon there is no character in front of the graphic context will break the line after the graphic - but as soon there is a character in front of the graphic, context does not ad

Re: [NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Luigi and Thomas, Thank you both very much for your suggestions. It appears that much is possible beyond the simple inclusion/exclusion I had considered. Just yesterday(!) I extracted from a pdf file the text to pass on to a colleague. Now why did I not think of that when I had the same need!

[NTG-context] TeXnicCenter

2007-11-29 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello, Is there any TeXnicCenter user on the list? Wiki page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Configure_TeXnicCenter_for_ConTeXt only has anonymous edits, and I have no windows here at the moment o test. I have no idea how that program works. Mojca -- Forwarded message -- Si

[NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Hello, I'm making progress in using modes - thanks again for the help so far that was given in the "switching to Context" thread. I have followed Thomas Schmitz' practex article and have set up modes for presentation and manuscript. I am using external figures on most of the slides. In presenta

Re: [NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/29, Peter Schorsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I have a small metapost graphic I like to use inline. But the arragement > behaves a little bit "unpractically". As soon there is no character in front > of the graphic context will break the line after the graphic - but as soon > there is a

Re: [NTG-context] Datenumber

2007-11-29 Thread Bart Wise
On Thursday November 29 2007, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 5:49 PM, Bart Wise wrote: > > LaTeX has a package called datenumber. It basically allows you to > > several things: > > > > 1) convert a date into a number, > > What number? What's the input and what's the output? First you set

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/29, Roger Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > I'm making progress in using modes - thanks again for the help so far > that was given in the "switching to Context" thread. > > I have followed Thomas Schmitz' practex article and have set up modes > for presentation and manuscript. I am u

Re: [NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/29, luigi scarso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > write \dontleavehmode\hbox{...}, this is normal TeX bahaviour and has > > nothing > > special to do with ConTeXt. > also > \hskip1sp\hbox{...} > the "invisible touch" effect :)) \hskip\zeropoint\hbox{} ;-) Wolfgang ___

Re: [NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread luigi scarso
> write \dontleavehmode\hbox{...}, this is normal TeX bahaviour and has nothing > special to do with ConTeXt. also \hskip1sp\hbox{...} the "invisible touch" effect :)) -- luigi ... it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org __

Re: [NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread luigi scarso
\dontleavehmode is \dontleavehmode=\quitvmode. and \quitvmode is a primitive stricly speacking we don't see a space, but a command that switch to a mode to another. And it's also sound good: you have put a command to change status. \hskip\zeropoint\hbox{} ;-) here we see a space of 0pt. Can be a

Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure advanced parameters

2007-11-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > Hello, > > Could someone please explain me advanced parameters of \externalfigure, > listed in > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics ? > > What is max, and broad in Factor? factor scales relatiev to the font size > And what is Preset, Preview, Repeat,

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Hi Wolfgang, "Wolfgang Schuster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > \setupfloat[figure][default=none] Thanks, but that did not work. The only thing that seems to work is to put {none} for the caption. However, that means I'm not going to have captions in the manuscript version either. Cheers, Roge

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Roger Mason wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, > > "Wolfgang Schuster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> \setupfloat[figure][default=none] > > Thanks, but that did not work. The only thing that seems to work is > to put {none} for the caption. However, that means I'm not going to > have captions in the manu

[NTG-context] Whitespace significance without verbatim

2007-11-29 Thread Mike Santy
Is there an environment that preserves whitespace (like "typing"), but still processes \bf \it and other text formatting commands (unlike "typing"). Any thoughts? Cheers, Mike ___ If your question is of interest to o

Re: [NTG-context] Whitespace significance without verbatim

2007-11-29 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Mike Santy wrote: > Is there an environment that preserves whitespace (like "typing"), but still > processes \bf \it and other text formatting commands (unlike "typing"). \setuplines[space=yes] \startlines write what you want {\bf Either bold} or not \stoplines Adity

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Nov 29, 2007 11:17 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > (I'll add that to the core, but only if you wikify it) Nice new strategy :) Mojca ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] TOC: page headers

2007-11-29 Thread Jeff Smith
On Nov 29, 2007 5:41 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But this give also a rule in the header at the last page, the following code > give at least a empty last page. > > \setupsectionblock > [bodypart] > [page=no, > before=\setups{header:bodymatter}, > after={\page\setupback

Re: [NTG-context] Whitespace significance without verbatim

2007-11-29 Thread Mike Santy
Thanks. Works like a champ. Cheers, Mike ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpag