Re: [NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-15 Thread Rogers, Michael K
I'm familiar with TeX, not with LaTeX, and started ConTeXt last December. Here are what I've found most useful: 1. In my TeXLive 2011, there is texlive/2011/texmf-dist/doc/context/manuals/reference/en/contextref.pdf, dated July 2011 and unfinished. (The change to MKIV is immense and has outpa

Re: [NTG-context] Broken Nightly (2012.07.10)

2012-07-15 Thread Kip Warner
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 09:22 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Use > > \define[2]\PlaceSection > {} > > or > > \unexpanded\def\PlaceSection#1#2% > {} > > in your environment file. > > Wolfgang Thanks Wolfgang. As usual, your magic worked. =) -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP enc

Re: [NTG-context] Broken Nightly (2012.07.10)

2012-07-15 Thread Kip Warner
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 09:42 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > feel free to do the testing .. (there is an achive with test files but i > have no time to run/check it each time) I do test. I test every nightly that I can. My book is useful for that because it draws on a lot of frequently fragile features

Re: [NTG-context] PDF Preview Image

2012-07-15 Thread Kip Warner
On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 19:57 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > in theory yes but in practice no > > \starttext > > % quick and dirty test: > > \setobject{test}{1}\hbox{\externalfigure[mill.png]} % gets object 15 > > \startluacode > lpdf.addtopageattributes("Thumb",lpdf.reference(15)) > \stopluacod

[NTG-context] flush page to bottom, even the last one

2012-07-15 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, What could I do please, so that the second page looks like the first one? --8<---cut here---start->8--- \showframe \setupalign[line] \setupwhitespace[small] \def\MyBox{\dontleavehmode\externalfigure[hacker][height=0.4\textheight]\par} \starttext \MyBox \MyB

Re: [NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-15 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-07-15 um 22:04 schrieb john Culleton: I use TexLive 2011 on a Slackware Linux platform. If you’re serious about MkIV, install TeX Live 2012 or use Standalone. (If you don’t need LaTeX, the latter is enough.) Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.context

[NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-15 Thread john Culleton
Returning after a long absence... Downloaded a fistful of manuals, concentrating on MKIV. One of these lists commands, and is dated 2012 which is promising. Many of these commands are not included in "Context, The Manual". So is there a manual or guide (or multiples) that expains these new command

Re: [NTG-context] adjust width of text automatically

2012-07-15 Thread Hans Hagen
On 15-7-2012 19:55, Peter Münster wrote: Hi, Is it possible to place one box beside another, both with the same height, one box with an image of unknown width, and the other uses the remaining width. I've tried this, but without success: --8<---cut here---start-

[NTG-context] indent a block of text

2012-07-15 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, I want to indent a block of text to the right by the width of some other short text: --8<---cut here---start->8--- \starttext \framed[height=5cm, offset=0pt, strut=no, frame=off]{% Bla:~\framed[location=top, align=flushleft, height=max, offset=pt, fra

[NTG-context] adjust width of text automatically

2012-07-15 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, Is it possible to place one box beside another, both with the same height, one box with an image of unknown width, and the other uses the remaining width. I've tried this, but without success: --8<---cut here---start->8--- \starttext \bTABLE[offset=0pt, he