Re: [NTG-context] letter-module: reference

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 26.03.10 22:33, schrieb Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini: 1) How can one position this horizontaly and verticaly? Manual: Section 9.3 and 9.7 This means, that one has to make a customized reference? Since i have no idea what result do you want the answer is yes. 2) How can I

Re: [NTG-context] Importing program text.

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, Mar 26 2010, John Culleton wrote: I want to import the text of several programs in my latest book. My requirements are: 1. Monospaced font. \setuptyping[style=\tt] 2. Courier or similar typeface I don't know. 3. Smaller than normal typeface (to avoid wraparound.)

Re: [NTG-context] Microtype in ConTeXt

2010-03-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-3-2010 1:15, Yan Zhou wrote: As I can see now ConTeXt is indeed a far more advanced system than LaTeX. But I have one more query. Where can I find the documents. When following these replies and some other messages in the list, I find some commands not documented in the Manual or

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-3-2010 0:45, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is searched for by luatex? Context mkiv does not support pk files (the luatex executable itself does, but context mkiv overrules all search paths and

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 27-3-2010 0:45, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: Hallo, how should the directory be named where a 600 dpi pk-font is searched for by luatex? Context mkiv does not support pk files (the luatex

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
may we can be package them in an otf format Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm not mistaken); if the font is only available as PK, it should be possible to make it into an OpenType font, using FontForge, for example. That being said, I realize that it means

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Arthur Reutenauer arthur.reutena...@normalesup.org wrote: may we can be package them in an otf format  Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm not mistaken); true if the font is only available as PK, it should be possible to make

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Arthur Reutenauer wrote: may we can be package them in an otf format Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm not mistaken); if the font is only available as PK, it should be possible to make it into an OpenType font, using FontForge, for example. The chance of

Re: [NTG-context] Microtype in ConTeXt

2010-03-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-3-2010 6:28, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 25.03.10 23:42, schrieb Hans Hagen: there is no reason to use a different model than we have now (also, these 1000 based values are old fashioned tex approaches that don't make much sense nowadays) ok, makes sense when i set different values for

Re: [NTG-context] Microtype in ConTeXt

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 27.03.10 12:21, schrieb Hans Hagen: when i set different values for certain words the last setting in a paragraph is used for each word, is this intended? \starttext text \kerncharacters[.2]{text} text \kerncharacters[1]{text} text text \kerncharacters[1]{text} text

Re: [NTG-context] URL setup

2010-03-27 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hi Now I see. Thanks. \setupinteraction [state=start, color=red] % \goto and \from \setupurl [color=orange] % \url B.R. Vyatcheslav ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] letter: backaddress

2010-03-27 Thread Andreas Schneider
Hello, Speaking of the letter module ... I don't get any backaddress at all in the current minimals. Did something change? The example below used to work. \usemodule[letter][style=dinb] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setupletterstyle [backaddress]

Re: [NTG-context] letter: backaddress

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 27.03.10 14:51, schrieb Andreas Schneider: Hello, Speaking of the letter module ... I don't get any backaddress at all in the current minimals. Did something change? The example below used to work. \setupletterstyle[backaddress=yes] it's a disabled by default but i forgot to do this

Re: [NTG-context] Interlinespace in headertexts

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 26.03.10 23:33, schrieb Willi Egger: Hi, When setting up a headertext in a \vbox there is no interlinespacing. Placing the same text in a \vbox in the text area there is the default interlinespacing. Is there a simple explanation for this behaviour? When ConTeXt puts a page together (add

Re: [NTG-context] Interlinespace in headertexts

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 26.03.10 23:33, schrieb Willi Egger: Hi, When setting up a headertext in a \vbox there is no interlinespacing. Placing the same text in a \vbox in the text area there is the default

Re: [NTG-context] Interlinespace in headertexts

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 27.03.10 16:01, schrieb luigi scarso: \starttext 1·hello\par world 2·hello\par\nointerlineskip world \par %% reset 3·hello\par world %% like 1 \blank 4·hello\par\nointerlineskip\vskip-1.2\lineheight ···world\par\nointerlineskip\vskip-1.2\lineheight tonight \vskip 3\lineheight

Re: [NTG-context] Interlinespace in headertexts

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: ??? TeX in \ConTeXt ? -- luigi ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] letter: backaddress

2010-03-27 Thread Andreas Schneider
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: \setupletterstyle[backaddress=yes] Ah, that did it! Thank you. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] letter: backaddress

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo, \setupletterstyle[backaddress=yes] it's a disabled by default but i forgot to do this also in the default style (most styles reset the layout and use default values before they modify it) \setupletterstyle [backaddress] [alternative=auto, 'auto' is now the default

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
On 27 Mar 2010 at 12:00, ntg-context-requ...@ntg.nl wrote: That being said, I realize that it means Metafont fonts can't be used in Mark IV, am I right? Dumping a ready-made pk file in the local directory worked last time I tried it. No success! Neiter *.pk nor *.600pk and not with a

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
Is there a debug-switch which informs the user what and where luatex is searching? If you're working in a shell, try setting the KPATHSEA_DEBUG environment variable to -1, you will get tons of information about path lookups and directory searches. Arthur

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Hartmut Henkel hartmut_hen...@gmx.de wrote: On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: On 26 Mar 2010 at 22:09, Hartmut Henkel wrote: On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Hans Hagen wrote: On 26-3-2010 21:30, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: how should

Re: [NTG-context] Microtype in ConTeXt

2010-03-27 Thread Michael Saunders
On 27-3-2010 1:15, Yan Zhou wrote: As I can see now ConTeXt is indeed a far more advanced system than LaTeX. But I have one more query. Where can I find the documents. When following these replies and some other messages in the list, I find some commands not documented in the Manual or

Re: [NTG-context] U3D inclusion

2010-03-27 Thread Michail Vidiassov
Dear gummybears (and hopefully Hans), On Sat, 23 Jan 2010, gummybears wrote: After a couple of tests here are my findings *) The preview does not work at this moment. I only see a light blue square which can be activated. After which the 3d viewer shows the embedded 3d image The developers

Re: [NTG-context] letter: backaddress

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 27.03.10 17:56, schrieb Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini: I do not understand the the main principle. You're mixing different things. What is the difference between \setupletterstyle[option][backaddress=yes] In t-letter.tex you can fint this: \startsetups[\v!letter:\v!layer]

[NTG-context] docs (was: Re: Microtype in ConTeXt)

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Münster
On Sat, Mar 27 2010, Michael Saunders wrote: Notice that Yan Zhou isn't complaining that the docs are old. Our problem is that they are sketchy and rambling, bits and pieces of this and that without any systematic explanations. Often they are just some unexplained code samples that

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: On 27 Mar 2010 at 12:00, ntg-context-requ...@ntg.nl wrote: That being said, I realize that it means Metafont fonts can't be used in Mark IV, am I right? Dumping a ready-made pk file in the local directory worked last time I tried it. No success! Neiter *.pk

[NTG-context] color problem with columns

2010-03-27 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo, on Vers 38 at page 2 (see example) text is green. \setupcolors[state=start] \newcounter\V \def\Vers#1{\increment\V {\color[darkgreen]\rm\bi \V} #1} \starttext \startcolumns \dorecurse{50}{\Vers{Dies ist ein Testsatz der

[NTG-context] docs (was: Re: Microtype in ConTeXt)

2010-03-27 Thread Michael Saunders
Peter, that post of Hans's mainly argues that the old manual is good enough and then goes on to talk about development. For example: Even an old manual can quite well describe functionality as much didn't change. It can if it ever did. I don't think cont-eni.pdf etc., describe the

Re: [NTG-context] pk-directory

2010-03-27 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:36:22AM +0100, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: may we can be package them in an otf format Right, OpenType can embed bitmap fonts (even TrueType could, if I'm not mistaken); if the font is only available as PK, it should be possible to make it into an OpenType font,

Re: [NTG-context] docs (was: Re: Microtype in ConTeXt)

2010-03-27 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
That may be the problem! For what it's worth, I agree with you, Michael. ConTeXt developers seem to be unable to express their ideas clearly. It's sad to see such deficient communication skills, and it's to be expected that if they go on all their knowledge is going to be lost. You're