Re: [NTG-context] aligning rotated text in a natural table

2019-06-12 Thread Martin Althoff
Thanks for that Wolfgang. It doesn't seem to work though. The text stays at the left. Meantime I have tried two other approaches. Only an approach using a \framed handles longer lines. My problem with the 3. \framed approach is: how do I get the size of the current table cell? In the MWE I

Re: [NTG-context] aligning rotated text in a natural table

2019-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Martin Althoff schrieb am 12.06.2019 um 13:11: I am trying to align rotated text horizontally and vertically in a table cell. Vertically is no problem, horizontally it fails. Non-rotated text is, of course, fine. What can I do to fix the problem? Thanks for suggestions. Martin using:

[NTG-context] List of Symbols/Abbreviations/Glosses with more then two entries

2019-06-12 Thread Thomas Welter
The synonym "sym" defined by \definesynonyms[sym][syms][\symdesc] can take 2 entries by default: \sym[]{}{} For theses and whitepapers in the natural sciences and in engineering it is needed to introduce another entry for the unit: \sym[]{}{}{} (<-- This does of course not compile, take it

Re: [NTG-context] Something wrong after ConTeXt installation, could somebody help me please?

2019-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Ursula Hermann schrieb am 12.06.2019 um 11:55: Hello List! \setuppapersize[A4] \setupexternalfigures   [location=default] \setupbodyfont[Computer Modern Roman ,rm, tfx 7pt] \setupbodyfont[7pt] everything else can be removed because 1. "rm" is the default style in most typescripts 2.

Re: [NTG-context] mkii to mkiv - what an ancient user needs to know

2019-06-12 Thread Hans Hagen
On 6/12/2019 10:32 AM, Duncan Hothersall wrote: Thanks Hans, that's good to know. I was seeing issues which seemed to be related to setupheader statements using command=, which are in heavy use in our system because we use this to externalise styles. But it could easily have been something

Re: [NTG-context] aligning rotated text in a natural table

2019-06-12 Thread Martin Althoff
Hi Willi, thanks for the quick reply. I have the [align=lohi] as part of the setupTABLE statement. Now I tried adding it into the particular cell -- again no effect even if I add "middle". \bTD[align=lohi] \rotate[270]{\switchtobodyfont[8pt]a bit more text} \eTD I suspect the rotate mechanism

Re: [NTG-context] aligning rotated text in a natural table

2019-06-12 Thread Willi Egger
Martin, did you try to add [align=lohi]? Willi > On 12 Jun 2019, at 13:11, Martin Althoff wrote: > > I am trying to align rotated text horizontally and vertically in a table > cell. Vertically > is no problem, horizontally it fails. Non-rotated text is, of course, fine. > > What can I do to

[NTG-context] aligning rotated text in a natural table

2019-06-12 Thread Martin Althoff
I am trying to align rotated text horizontally and vertically in a table cell. Vertically is no problem, horizontally it fails. Non-rotated text is, of course, fine. What can I do to fix the problem? Thanks for suggestions. Martin using: mtx-context | current version: 2019.05.18 10:42 PDF

Re: [NTG-context] Something wrong after ConTeXt installation, could somebody help me please?

2019-06-12 Thread Ursula Hermann
I have forgotten: As Editor I have WinEdt. Uschi Von: ntg-context Im Auftrag von Ursula Hermann Gesendet: Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2019 11:55 An: mailing list for ConTeXt users Betreff: [NTG-context] Something wrong after ConTeXt installation, could somebody help me please? Hello List!

[NTG-context] Something wrong after ConTeXt installation, could somebody help me please?

2019-06-12 Thread Ursula Hermann
Hello List! \setuppapersize[A4] \setupexternalfigures [location=default] \setupbodyfont[Computer Modern Roman ,rm, tfx 7pt] \setupindenting [yes, small] \setupwhitespace [small] \setupcombination [location=top, distance=\spaceamount] \bTABLE[align=flushleft,columndistance=0.1em]

Re: [NTG-context] mkii to mkiv - what an ancient user needs to know

2019-06-12 Thread Duncan Hothersall
Thanks Hans, that's good to know. I was seeing issues which seemed to be related to setupheader statements using command=, which are in heavy use in our system because we use this to externalise styles. But it could easily have been something font-related left in some of the commands. I will work

Re: [NTG-context] mkii to mkiv - what an ancient user needs to know

2019-06-12 Thread Hans Hagen
On 6/12/2019 5:22 AM, Duncan Hothersall wrote: Hi all. Long-time user but haven't posted in a long while... ** After many happy years of running a mkii set up I am finally facing the fact that time has moved on and upgrading to mkiv. I understand the biggest change needed to my sources is