Re: [NTG-context] zero padding with itemize

2008-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Peter Münster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 08 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> > If yes, how? And if no, where is the magic point, where I could apply a >> > patch (if it's not too difficult ;) >> >> has always been possible ... >> >> \starttext >> >> \def\m

Re: [NTG-context] zero padding with itemize

2008-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi Carlos, On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Carlos Breton Besnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And 9? Best What do you mean, I didn't understand your questions. Wolfgang > \starttext > > \def\mypaddednumber#1{\ifnum#1<10 0\fi\number#1\relax} > > \defineconversion[pn] [\mypaddednumber] > > \star

Re: [NTG-context] zero padding with itemize

2008-06-11 Thread Carlos Breton Besnier
And 9? Best \starttext \def\mypaddednumber#1{\ifnum#1<10 0\fi\number#1\relax} \defineconversion[pn] [\mypaddednumber] \startitemize[pn,broad] \item oeps \item oeps \item oeps \stopitemize \stoptext ___ If your que

Re: [NTG-context] How could a typesetting system be today?

2008-06-11 Thread Charles P. Schaum
Do you mean like Scrivener on the Mac? What, in any case, constitutes a universal layout approach? Does one exist? For example, I can do things with plain TeX that mighty InDesign must balk at. Yet some see TeX as yesteryear's solution because of subsequent tech advances. I hardly believe that D

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

2008-06-11 Thread David
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:37:11 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > David wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:34:15 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: >> >>> Andrea Valle wrote: Hmm, with Luatex I can use system fonts like in XeTeX. Am I right? >>> yes, if you set up OSFONTDIR >> >> >> >> I would like to set up OS

Re: [NTG-context] How could a typesetting system be today?

2008-06-11 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Maurício, On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:12:21 -0600, Maurí­cio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to insist, but I would be really interested in approaches > that are not just great things we could add to TeX. > > For instance: would it be possible to have some kind of “layout > engine” to which te

Re: [NTG-context] How could a typesetting system be today?

2008-06-11 Thread Maurí­cio
Sorry to insist, but I would be really interested in approaches that are not just great things we could add to TeX. For instance: would it be possible to have some kind of “layout engine” to which text processing would be just one among other plug-ins? I wonder what kind of information that engine

Re: [NTG-context] fontscript for delicious?

2008-06-11 Thread Uwe Koloska
Hello Wolfgang, mmmh, very curious. Today I wasn't able to reproduce the problems I have had yesterday ... Everything works exactly as you said with no changes to your files. So I revoke and argue the converse. Am Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2008 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > I tested it now on my own s

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: > Peter Rolf wrote: >> Hans Hagen schrieb: >>> Peter Rolf wrote: >>> hmmm, another try (but same result) >>> can you try the latest beta? i added some hboxes around the graphics >>> >> sorry, still not working here. > > it's not related to mp at all > > \starttext >

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

2008-06-11 Thread Jesse Alama
I second Andrea's opinion -- I'm also looking forward to a straightforward way of updating ConTeXt and kin. I'm comfortable with ctxtools --updatecontext, but much less comfortable updating binaries and fonts, based on my experience screwing up my installation; a nice Mac OS X interface to de

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: > Hans Hagen schrieb: >> Peter Rolf wrote: >> >>> hmmm, another try (but same result) >> can you try the latest beta? i added some hboxes around the graphics >> > > sorry, still not working here. it's not related to mp at all \starttext \startTEXpage \framed[widt

Re: [NTG-context] TeXCalc

2008-06-11 Thread Michael Hallgren
Le mercredi 11 juin 2008 à 20:28 +0200, Alan Stone a écrit : > I downloaded Taco's TeXCalc script at > http://tex.aanhet.net/utils/texcalc > and installed the required perlTk thingie. > > Newbie question... > > How do you run this "silly script" (*) ? > > Using ActivePerl and sciTE. [EMAIL PRO

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

2008-06-11 Thread Alan Stone
>hm, more recent manuals tend to use even more color ... Good for HP, Epson, ..., cartridge manufacturers and resellers. Not for our wallets. Besides this detail... very well written manual though! ;O) Best, Alan On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan S

Re: [NTG-context] TeXCalc

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: > I downloaded Taco's TeXCalc script at http://tex.aanhet.net/utils/texcalc > and installed the required perlTk thingie. > > Newbie question... > > How do you run this "silly script" (*) ? > > Using ActivePerl and sciTE. maybe just perl texcalc.pl if i remember right it's a

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: > Peter Rolf wrote: > >> hmmm, another try (but same result) > > can you try the latest beta? i added some hboxes around the graphics > sorry, still not working here. > - >

[NTG-context] TeXCalc

2008-06-11 Thread Alan Stone
I downloaded Taco's TeXCalc script at http://tex.aanhet.net/utils/texcalc and installed the required perlTk thingie. Newbie question... How do you run this "silly script" (*) ? Using ActivePerl and sciTE. Thanks, Alan (*) No, no it's not me who said it first... Taco wrote it himself ! ;O)

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: > hmmm, another try (but same result) can you try the latest beta? i added some hboxes around the graphics - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: > Peter Rolf wrote: >> Hans Hagen schrieb: >>> Peter Rolf wrote: Hans Hagen schrieb: > meta-ini.mkiv > > \def\grabMPclippath#1#2#3#4#5% >{\blabelgroup > \edef\width {#3\space}\let\overlaywidth \width > \edef\height{#4\space}\let\overlayhe

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

2008-06-11 Thread Andrea Valle
Wow, much needed. Looking forward to see it. Best -a- On 11 Jun 2008, at 18:05, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Andrea Valle wrote: Hi Oliver, I've already assembled a working ConTeXt package based on the minimals that installs via the Apple installer. In other wor

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

2008-06-11 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Andrea Valle wrote: > Hi Oliver, > > I've already assembled a working ConTeXt package based on the minimals > that installs via the Apple installer. In other words, it will provide > the same seamless installation experience to the user as known from > the MacTeX pa

Re: [NTG-context] zero padding with itemize

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Jun 08 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: > > If yes, how? And if no, where is the magic point, where I could apply a > > patch (if it's not too difficult ;) > > has always been possible ... > > \starttext > > \def\mypaddednumber#1{\ifnum#1<9 0\fi\number#1\relax} > > \defineconversion[pn] [\mypad

Re: [NTG-context] unicode feature request

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Münster
On Sat, Jun 07 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: > i'm in the process of setting up math in mkiv and this is something that > taco, aditya and i will discuss at the upcoming context conference (feel > free to join in there) Thanks for considering my request. Much to my regret I won't come to the conferen

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: > Hans Hagen schrieb: >> Peter Rolf wrote: >>> Hans Hagen schrieb: meta-ini.mkiv \def\grabMPclippath#1#2#3#4#5% {\blabelgroup \edef\width {#3\space}\let\overlaywidth \width \edef\height{#4\space}\let\overlayheight\height \doifdefin

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

2008-06-11 Thread Andrea Valle
Hi Oliver, I've already assembled a working ConTeXt package based on the minimals that installs via the Apple installer. In other words, it will provide the same seamless installation experience to the user as known from the MacTeX package and, in fact, as known from any decent Mac software.

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with TSV tables

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Jan-Erik Hägglöf wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Life is much easier if everything is there, thanks it worked better. >> Unfortunally it seems that the "heading" part not work as expected. Only >> the first "values" line get the grey bg and bold font. Y

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: > Peter Rolf wrote: >> Hans Hagen schrieb: >>> meta-ini.mkiv >>> >>> \def\grabMPclippath#1#2#3#4#5% >>>{\blabelgroup >>> \edef\width {#3\space}\let\overlaywidth \width >>> \edef\height{#4\space}\let\overlayheight\height >>> \doifdefinedelse{MPC:#1} >>> {\xd

Re: [NTG-context] Howto fit text into a box

2008-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 3:06 AM, Uwe Koloska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> for a CD-Cover I have to fit a given text into a fixed box. I have tried to >> achieve this with the help of mag-0010 "Good looking s

[NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

2008-06-11 Thread David C. Walden
At 07:23 AM 6/11/2008, Hans wrote: >hm, more recent manuals tend to use even more color ... And it is useful for people who view the pages on the screen or want to print a given page in color. (When I print a big manual, I use my laser printer which does not have color rather than my inkjet print

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Peter Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hans Hagen schrieb: >> >> meta-ini.mkiv >> >> \def\grabMPclippath#1#2#3#4#5% >>{\blabelgroup >> \edef\width {#3\space}\let\overlaywidth \width >> \edef\height{#4\space}\let\overlayheight\height >> \doifdefined

Re: [NTG-context] staticMPfigure

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Rolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > On Wednesday 11 June 2008 12:07, Peter Rolf wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >>> On Tuesday 10 June 2008 16:18, Peter Rolf wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > Hi, > > I get a different result. Using a fresh install (context-setup-mswin) > on wi

Re: [NTG-context] experimental feature

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Oliver Buerschaper wrote: >> \definefontfallback [whatever] [Slanted] [0x0060-0x007F] >> \definefontfallback [whatever] [Bold] [0x0080-0x00FF,0x00A0-0x00AF] >> \definefontfallback [whatever] [BoldSlanted] [0x00C0-0x00C7] > > What's the meaning of the third parameter? Unicode ranges? takes chars 0

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with TSV tables

2008-06-11 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > To be honest - I do not understand a single line in the database > module. A really dirty future-incompatible workaround is to duplicate > the line. The first one will be swallowed and the lecond one will be > typeset, but that's a bug in the module. Hans? Taco? Why is

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

2008-06-11 Thread Oliver Buerschaper
> Oliver (who's comming to the meeting with the same probability as you > are :) is preparing an installer for Mac, but his last notification > was: "I have put it aside for a while since the tools for packaging > are buggy." Well, now that this Mac installer project of mine has been made semi- o

Re: [NTG-context] clipping bug [or the return of the long cat]

2008-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Rolf wrote: >> Hans Hagen schrieb: >>> meta-ini.mkiv >>> >>> \def\grabMPclippath#1#2#3#4#5% >>>{\blabelgroup >>> \edef\width {#3\space}\let\overlaywidth \width >>> \edef\height{#4\space}\let\overlayheight\hei

Re: [NTG-context] staticMPfigure

2008-06-11 Thread bbvogel
On Wednesday 11 June 2008 12:07, Peter Rolf wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > On Tuesday 10 June 2008 16:18, Peter Rolf wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I get a different result. Using a fresh install (context-setup-mswin) > >>> on windows XP: > >>> > >>> !pdfTeX

Re: [NTG-context] experimental feature

2008-06-11 Thread Oliver Buerschaper
> \definefontfallback [whatever] [Slanted] [0x0060-0x007F] > \definefontfallback [whatever] [Bold] [0x0080-0x00FF,0x00A0-0x00AF] > \definefontfallback [whatever] [BoldSlanted] [0x00C0-0x00C7] What's the meaning of the third parameter? Unicode ranges? Oliver ___

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: > Ok thanks Wolfgang. > > One request though to the person/people who makes the manual(s)... > > Could you please refrain from using any background color on some pages of > the print version because it unnecessarily pumps precious ink/toner from the > cartridge. > > Would be *m

Re: [NTG-context] staticMPfigure

2008-06-11 Thread Peter Rolf
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > On Tuesday 10 June 2008 16:18, Peter Rolf wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I get a different result. Using a fresh install (context-setup-mswin) on >>> windows XP: >>> >>> !pdfTeX error: pdftex.exe (file ./test-center.pdf): xpdf: reading PDF >>> ima

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with TSV tables

2008-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 12:25 AM, Jan-Erik Hägglöf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Followed the "MyWay" creating tables using CSV..in order to create > tables from datafiles in tab separated columns. > > A weird message "\line= ..." stop appears > > Can someone figure it out? > > Thanks in adv

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with TSV tables

2008-06-11 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Jan-Erik Hägglöf wrote: > Hi! > > Life is much easier if everything is there, thanks it worked better. > Unfortunally it seems that the "heading" part not work as expected. Only > the first "values" line get the grey bg and bold font. You can see > attached files.

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

2008-06-11 Thread Alan Stone
Ok thanks Wolfgang. One request though to the person/people who makes the manual(s)... Could you please refrain from using any background color on some pages of the print version because it unnecessarily pumps precious ink/toner from the cartridge. Would be *much* appreciated. Thanks on beforeh

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

2008-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I intend to print the > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf > manual ( dated 2001.11.12 ). > > However, before proceeding... > > Is there's an updated version available ? No but it should be still valid. W

Re: [NTG-context] staticMPfigure

2008-06-11 Thread bbvogel
Indeed, the latest ConTeXt ver: 2008.06.10 18:23 MKIV fmt: 2008.6.11 int: english/english solves the problem on MKIV. Thanks, Bernard On Wednesday 11 June 2008 08:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tuesday 10 June 2008 16:18, Peter Rolf wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > > Hi, > > > >

[NTG-context] experimental feature

2008-06-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, I uploaded a beta with an experimental mkiv feature: fallback fonts. \starttext \definefontfallback [whatever] [Slanted] [0x0060-0x007F] \definefontfallback [whatever] [Bold] [0x0080-0x00FF,0x00A0-0x00AF] \definefontfallback [whatever] [BoldSlanted] [0x00C0-0x00C7] \definefontsynonym[SerifP

Re: [NTG-context] staticMPfigure

2008-06-11 Thread bbvogel
On Tuesday 10 June 2008 16:18, Peter Rolf wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > Hi, > > > > I get a different result. Using a fresh install (context-setup-mswin) on > > windows XP: > > > > !pdfTeX error: pdftex.exe (file ./test-center.pdf): xpdf: reading PDF > > image fai > > led (0) > > ==> Fa