[NTG-context] clutter with \start and \stop

2012-07-03 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, Say I want Tufte in 2 columns and Knuth in 1 column: --8<---cut here---start->8--- \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \startsection[title=Tufte] \input tufte \stopsection \startsection[title=Tufte and Knuth] \input tufte \stopcolumns \input knu

[NTG-context] problem with aligncharacter=yes

2012-07-03 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, This file generates an error (Missing control sequence inserted) with the latest beta version: --8<---cut here---start->8--- \starttext \bTABLE[aligncharacter=yes] \bTR \bTD 3.3 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext --8<---cut here---end--

[NTG-context] itemize behaviour

2012-07-03 Thread Meer, H. van der
I do not understand the workings of the itemize. What I want is two nested itemlists. The outer one unpacked, the inner one packed. In the inner one the itemlist should be joinedup with the text before it. I do not get this working, see the examples. The inner list is separated from the "Intro t

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 18:19 schrieb luigi scarso: >> (\vcenter is a TeX primitive) > > ConTeXt redefines \vcenter because the primitive can only be used in math > mode. > yes I know ... and original TeX primitive is still available as > \normalvcenter > (kind of easter egg for Alan..) All primiti

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Am 03.07.2012 um 18:04 schrieb luigi scarso: > > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 > > Hans Hagen wrote: > > > >> It's a rather (old) low level

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 18:04 schrieb luigi scarso: > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 > > Hans Hagen wrote: > > > >> It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... > >> > >> \start > >> \showboxes > >> \centerbox width 10cm heig

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 > Hans Hagen wrote: > >> It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... >> >> \start >> \showboxes >> \centerbox width 10cm height 3cm {Alan is surprised} >> \stop > > My TeX culture remains, alas, a

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, Alan BRASLAU wrote: plain TeX). Nothing in the ConTeXt manual, either. Of course, a leisurely browsing of the source code would reveal many such treasures! supp-box.mkiv is a good place to start a leisurely browsing of the source code. It contains many useful box manipuati

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 Hans Hagen wrote: > It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... > > \start > \showboxes > \centerbox width 10cm height 3cm {Alan is surprised} > \stop My TeX culture remains, alas, always limited (even if I have the TeXbook on my office bookshelf,

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Hans Hagen
On 3-7-2012 15:10, Alan BRASLAU wrote: On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:30:22 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: \centerbox{\externalfigure[cow]} Wow! \centerbox{} It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... \start \showboxes \centerbox width 10cm height 3cm {Alan is surprised} \stop .. simu

Re: [NTG-context] quotationmarks just before new line

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 15:03 schrieb d_jan: > Hello, > Thanks! That did the job as far as I can see. > I did set the Quotation Marks manually since I considered to change them to > Guillemets (» «) later. When you want to change the quotation marks it’s better to change them with \setuplanguage an

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:30:22 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > \centerbox{\externalfigure[cow]} Wow! \centerbox{} Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] quotationmarks just before new line

2012-07-03 Thread d_jan
Hello, It frequently happens to me that a new line in an output-document starts just after a quotation mark. So I encounter lines in my ConTeX-created .pdf like: "And the prince of Denmark spoke: ' ?how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!' " Its hard to

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2012-07-03, o godz. 13:30:22 Wolfgang Schuster napisał(a): > > Am 03.07.2012 um 13:21 schrieb Marcin Borkowski: > > > Hello, > > > > the subject line basically covers my problem: I have a large (tikz) > > figure, and I want to have it by itself on a page, centered both > > horizontally an

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 13:21 schrieb Marcin Borkowski: > Hello, > > the subject line basically covers my problem: I have a large (tikz) > figure, and I want to have it by itself on a page, centered both > horizontally and vertically. How can I achieve this? I already know > that \setuppagenumber[sta

[NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Hello, the subject line basically covers my problem: I have a large (tikz) figure, and I want to have it by itself on a page, centered both horizontally and vertically. How can I achieve this? I already know that \setuppagenumber[state=stop] is a good idea, and \midaligned{...} gives me horizont