Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Mari Voipio
I'm with Mikael in that natural tables is one of the things that has made a real difference to my ConTeXting, and I no longer hesitate with adding tables to the my documents. My current favourite is probably \usemodule, especially \usemodule[simplefonts]. Being a Windows dummy and working mostly i

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Alan Braslau
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:55:51PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Hi all, > > to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non > regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of > commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe al

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread luigi scarso
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non > regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of > commands but I guess many have *one* f

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 31-1-2012 00:23, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). \simplethesis (Sadly it is a bit buggy, else I would be finished already ;) So you want me to \dosomething --

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 31-1-2012 09:34, Alan Braslau wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 07:55:51PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of commands but I guess many have

Re: [NTG-context] Still Problems With TextBackground bottomoffset / topoffset

2012-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 31-1-2012 08:24, luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Kip Warner wrote: Hey Hans, Aditya, and Wolfgang, You gentlemen seem to be very knowledgeable with ConTeXt, Yes, at least Hans. IIRC he is the *only* author of ConTeXt. well but sometimes others beat me in knowledge

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 31-1-2012 00:23, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also functionality). \simplethesis (Sadly it is a bit buggy, else I would be finished already ;) As I don't want to bre responsiible for you not

Re: [NTG-context] Links in TOC not working properly?!

2012-01-31 Thread Verhaag, G.C.H.M.
On 01/30/2012 06:35 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 30.01.2012 um 16:23 schrieb Verhaag, G.C.H.M.: Hi, I installed the newest upgrade of ConTeXt, but processing my files yields strange results! In an interactive document the links to the different sections are not working any more. Sele

Re: [NTG-context] What?s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread S Barmeier
My favourite command chooses to remain anonymous for now. All it has agreed to disclose about itself is that it gives total control over margin notes, in particular placement & page breaking... In case an ID is required for attendance, I think I'll go for \setCJKmainfont, representing Unicode supp

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Marco
On 2012-01-30 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > My favourite command is \externalfigure [placeholder] > > because it produces very pretty colourful graphics (I'm > > bored to use the dutch cow or the wind mill every time). > > […] > > You can also use my `\externalkitten` macro: > http://random

Re: [NTG-context] Problem Citing a Definition

2012-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 31.01.2012 um 06:02 schrieb Kip Warner: > Hey list, > > I am trying to cite a definition typeset with a > \startdefinition[definition:foo] and \stopdefinition pair. I am doing > this by using a \in{definition}[definition:foo]. That works, but in > the text I just see linkable text "definitio

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2012-01-30 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Hi all, > > to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non > regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of > commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe also > functionality).

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 31-1-2012 16:15, Philipp Gesang wrote: PS: Anybody fond of “\@EAEAEAEAEAEA”? or: \tripleexpandafter Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | Th

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 31.01.2012 um 16:15 schrieb Philipp Gesang: > On 2012-01-30 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non >> regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of >> commands but I guess many ha

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 31.01.2012 um 16:15 schrieb Philipp Gesang: > On 2012-01-30 19:55, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even non >> regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides dozen of >> commands but I guess many ha

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2012-01-31 16:33, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 31.01.2012 um 16:15 schrieb Philipp Gesang: > > > > PS: Anybody fond of “\@EAEAEAEAEAEA”? > > The @ is a dying symbol in MkIV because the underscore has replaced it > and there are now alternative names for these function, the one you mention > c

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Marco Pessotto
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > Hi all, > > to bring some traffic to the list I have a question where I hope even > non regulars send a answer. The ConTeXt package is huge and provides > dozen of commands but I guess many have *one* favorite command (maybe > also functionality). \startmode & company

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

2012-01-31 Thread Christian Neukirchen
Wolfgang Schuster writes: > As I started this thread I’ll present my favorite command which is > \donothing My favourite command is \donknuthmode, which is the opposite of \nonknuthmode of course. -- Christian Neukirchenhttp://chneukirchen.org _

[NTG-context] GSUB init, medi, fina and .fea file

2012-01-31 Thread Pablo Rodríguez
Hi there, I have the following OpenType feature archive (intended to use diferent forms for initial and medial/final beta, theta and phi): languagesystem DFLT dflt ; feature init { sub uni03D0 by uni03B2 ; sub uni03B8 by uni03D1 ; sub uni03D5 by uni03C6 ; } init ; feature medi {

Re: [NTG-context] Problem Citing a Definition

2012-01-31 Thread Kip Warner
On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 15:18 +0100, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > For enumerations, floats etc. you can use the section number as prefix for > the objects own counter but there is no way AFAIK to get way you described. I tried using \in{page \at{definition:foo}}[definition:foo], but it would look bett

Re: [NTG-context] Still Problems With TextBackground bottomoffset / topoffset

2012-01-31 Thread Kip Warner
On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 09:50 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > well but sometimes others beat me in knowledge about the internals -) Great, but can either of you help with the question? =) -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com signature.as

Re: [NTG-context] Still Problems With TextBackground bottomoffset / topoffset

2012-01-31 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, Kip Warner wrote: Hey Hans, Aditya, and Wolfgang, You gentlemen seem to be very knowledgeable with ConTeXt, so I will run a question by you that has been plaguing me for months. I am using the following to typeset a text box containing text. \definetextbackground[GeneralDo

[NTG-context] Dubious "checksum mismatch" message on log file

2012-01-31 Thread Vladimir Lomov
Hello, please consider the following example: \starttext \font\test=txr \test abs \stoptext I process this document with context (context --version -> 2012.01.25) nothing suspecious in terminal output but in log file I see "checksum mismatch", $ grep 'checksum' ex8.log checksum mismatch in fo

[NTG-context] location=middle smashes the height

2012-01-31 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, Something has changed recently in how location=middle (and location=low) work in frames. The height of the frame is \smash-ed in both cases. Minimal example: \useMPlibrary[dum] \starttext \input knuth Some text \inframed[height=4cm]{\tfc IMPORTANT} \input ward \startcombination[2] {\e

Re: [NTG-context] Dubious "checksum mismatch" message on log file

2012-01-31 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Vladimir Lomov wrote: > Hello, > please consider the following example: > > \starttext > > \font\test=txr \test abs > > \stoptext > > > I process this document with context (context --version -> 2012.01.25) > nothing suspecious in terminal output but in log file

Re: [NTG-context] Dubious "checksum mismatch" message on log file

2012-01-31 Thread Vladimir Lomov
Hello, ** luigi scarso [2012-02-01 02:37:20 +0100]: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Vladimir Lomov wrote: >> Hello, >> please consider the following example: >> >> \starttext >> \font\test=txr \test abs >> \stoptext >> >> I process this document with context (context --version -> 2012.01.

Re: [NTG-context] Still Problems With TextBackground bottomoffset / topoffset

2012-01-31 Thread Kip Warner
On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 19:25 -0500, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Do you have to use textbackground (assuming, of course, that you are using > MkIV)? I think so. I can't remember why, but someone on the list probably made a compelling argument for its use. > The main advantage of textbackground is tha

Re: [NTG-context] Still Problems With TextBackground bottomoffset / topoffset

2012-01-31 Thread Kip Warner
On Wed, 2012-02-01 at 01:15 +0100, luigi scarso wrote: > Do you have a small complete example ? Sure: \definetextbackground[GeneralDocument][ location=paragraph, topoffset=1.0cm, bottomoffset=1.0cm, leftoffset=1.0cm, rightoffset=1.0cm, before={

Re: [NTG-context] Dubious "checksum mismatch" message on log file

2012-01-31 Thread luigi scarso
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Vladimir Lomov wrote: > I specially chose that font (txr, txr.tfm and txr.vf files), it is > distributed by txfonts "package". May be you installation doesn't have > them because I installed context suite with './first-setup.sh --modules=all'. > > Nevertheless, tha