Re: [NTG-context] beta (31.08.2006)

2006-09-07 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 06.09.2006 um 23:35 schrieb Hans Hagen: > > can you test the version i just uploaded and when it fails send me > a test file? > > Hans Does this beta also provide a fix for the index bug (see below)? Steffen > If I change your testfile by one line \page test text > > the output becomes

Re: [NTG-context] vertical kerning for TwoThird needed

2006-09-01 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Ahh! "\raise" and "\lower" ... these I've missed. Look like plain TeX commands, right? Thank you Peter, (immediately I go and get a copy of that TeXbook) Steffen Am 31.08.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Peter Rolf: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >>

[NTG-context] vertical kerning for TwoThird needed

2006-08-31 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, comparable to the pre-defined \threequarter I want to write a \TwoThird. The following looks quite good (with my respective font settings) ... \def\TwoThird{{\tx\high{\txx 2}}\kern-0.1em/\kern-0.1em{\txx 3}} ... but still the "2" is a bit to high. How can I adjust "vertikal kerning"? Tha

Re: [NTG-context] index (again)

2006-08-31 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Does the current beta also provide a fix for the index bug (see below)? Steffen Anfang der weitergeleiteten E-Mail: > > If I change your testfile by one line \page test text > > the output becomes really strange: > > test index 2, 2, 2 > > > Is this a sign that I don't have the latest beta wit

Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)

2006-08-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 13.08.2006 um 15:29 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: > And what would be the opposite? > > For example \startquote ... \stopquote > to something like {MyQuote ... } > > Steffen \def\MyQuote#1{\startquote#1\stopquote} \MyQuote{something to be quoted} ... should work OK

Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)

2006-08-13 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 10.08.2006 um 22:47 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: > You can always define your own startstop. > > \definestartstop[italic][before={\bgroup \it},after={\egroup}] > > and then do > > \startitalic > This is italic > \stopitalic > > When a command takes an optional agrument, you can do use something

Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)

2006-08-10 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Thank you. \footnote \index \chapter\section ... \it \bf \sc \mr \cap \language[...] That would be quite a good start. Steffen Am 10.08.2006 um 22:44 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> in XML and alike there is a conce

[NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)

2006-08-10 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, in XML and alike there is a concept of dedicated start/stop in formatting: ... ... ... But in ConTeXt/TeX we have always the same closing syntax "}". That makes reading the code not easier. Is there a workaround to define the closing more precisely (like the examples above), so

[NTG-context] hyphenation by default off in lists ?

2006-08-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, is hyphenation by default off in lists? If so, why doesn't align={hyphenated,right} start the hyphening? \starttext %\setuplist[section][align={hyphenated,right}] \completecontent \section{\input tufte} \stoptext Steffen ___ ntg-context

[NTG-context] times bolditalic in chapter

2006-08-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, probably very basic question. I need the chapter set in bold (and if necessary - see below - in bolditalic). How can this be done when using Times via \usetypescript[postscript] [\defaultencoding] ? \starttext \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt]

Re: [NTG-context] index (again)

2006-08-04 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 04.08.2006 um 14:17 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> today evening is the deadline and I need to know a solution to the >> following request. >> >> If there is *NO* solution possible in ConTeXt please tell me today >>

Re: [NTG-context] index (again)

2006-08-04 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
time only. And it's not 37, 38, 39 but 37-39, for example. This is what I need, and what I need help for. Steffen Am 03.08.2006 um 00:08 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hans, >> >> what about you? > i'm not sure what you want, what is "re

Re: [NTG-context] index (again)

2006-08-02 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 02.08.2006 um 10:01 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I need to know if the following is possible in ConTeXt. >> >> If it's not, please don't hesitate to tell me, so I can think of a >> work-around. >> It it is

[NTG-context] index (again)

2006-08-01 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I need to know if the following is possible in ConTeXt. If it's not, please don't hesitate to tell me, so I can think of a work-around. It it is possible, it would be great to tell me how! For example a set index entry (an index paragraph in the set pdf) looks like this: Ministererlaub

Re: [NTG-context] setuphead, setuplist

2006-07-31 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
avoid the sectionnumber for my chapter in the TOC? Steffen Am 31.07.2006 um 07:31 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: > That's it. > > Now the corresponding entry in the TOC should be without > sectionnumber, > but > > setuplist[...][sectionnumber=no] > > doesn't wo

Re: [NTG-context] setuphead, setuplist

2006-07-30 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
jan: > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>> Well, looks good, BUT >>> if the chapter's name is quite long and needs a break >>> then the break command used there (\crlf \break \\) can't work >>> anymo

Re: [NTG-context] setuphead

2006-07-30 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Well, looks good, BUT if the chapter's name is quite long and needs a break then the break command used there (\crlf \break \\) can't work anymore Steffen Am 29.07.2006 um 09:11 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> You mean like this? >> >&

[NTG-context] How to achieve: (a) sectiontitle

2006-07-30 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I am confused about the ")" and setupsection or setuphead: What I need is a section that looks like this a) text b) text and a section like this (aa) text (bb) text The conversion is clear but what about ")", resp. "(" before and ")" after the sectionnumber. How and where is this called?

[NTG-context] regexp for matching entire footnotes

2006-07-29 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I have to find (highlight) footnotes with the entire footnote being marked/highlighted. Constructing a regexp for this is far beyond what I can write, that's why I frankly ask for help here: The problems are the (potentially) nested pairs of curled brackets (like for \index, \emphasize

Re: [NTG-context] setuphead

2006-07-28 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
No, I don't mean "header" I mean heading, title, name of a section! Steffen On 27.07.2006, at 17:23, Hans Hagen wrote: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was sure it should be quite standard, but I couldn't figure our how >> to set a

Re: [NTG-context] setuphead

2006-07-28 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
You mean like this? \setuphead[chapter][command=\midaligned,numbercommand=\it,inbetween= \crlf,textcommand=\bf] But what should inbetween be to force a linebreak? Steffen On 27.07.2006, at 15:25, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I

Re: [NTG-context] title of combinedlist (solved)

2006-07-28 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
ntent=Inhaltsübersicht] \completeMyContent \chapter{chapter} \section{section} \stoptext Steffen Am 28.07.2006 um 13:40 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: > > Am 28.07.2006 um 11:52 schrieb Hans Hagen: > >> Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> how do I define the title of a

Re: [NTG-context] title of combinedlist

2006-07-28 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 28.07.2006 um 11:52 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> how do I define the title of a combined list? >> >> -> completecontent has a predefined title (Content or Inhalt): how to >> change this? Yes, found this in lang-* : \setu

[NTG-context] title of combinedlist

2006-07-28 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, how do I define the title of a combined list? -> completecontent has a predefined title (Content or Inhalt): how to change this? -> my own defined combined lists don't show any title: where to define and how to show up? Steffen ___ ntg-context

[NTG-context] section versus subject

2006-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, maybe another quite ... basic question: What's wrong about \subject? I assumed that the only difference between \section and \subject is numbering or not. But why does \subject not appear in the TOC (see below)? \starttext \definecombinedlist[content] [section,subject] \completeconten

Re: [NTG-context] setuplabeltext bug ?

2006-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
This was my thread about: I tried \setuplabeltext[deo] and was wondering why it doesn't work. How should someone know that it doesn't work?! Steffen Am 27.07.2006 um 13:15 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> ConTeXt ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 >> >&

Re: [NTG-context] setuplabeltext bug ?

2006-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
ConTeXt ver: 2006.07.22 18:35 ... that's the current beta that i-installer offers. Steffen Am 27.07.2006 um 11:49 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > > > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> the label is killed when changing new (de) german to old (deo) >> germa

[NTG-context] setuphead

2006-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I was sure it should be quite standard, but I couldn't figure our how to set a heading like this: "Chapter label/number" (centered,small,italic) (linebreak) "Chapter titel" (centered,bigger,bold) Is there a command=... to be written, or could it be achieved by combining the various optio

Re: [NTG-context] setupitemize confusion

2006-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Very nice! Thank you Taco. Steffen Am 27.07.2006 um 10:36 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > > > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi Renaud, >> >> sure, here it is: >> >> >> \starttext >> >> \def\Textit{\groupedcommand\it\/} >> \def\hang

[NTG-context] setuplabeltext bug ?

2006-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, the label is killed when changing new (de) german to old (deo) german: \mainlanguage[de]%de=new, deo=old \starttext \setuplabeltext[de][chapter=Chapter] \chapter{Text} \stoptext Right? Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] setupitemize confusion

2006-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
e (two or three typical > entries + wrap with \start/stopitemize) ? > Is your bibliography big ? I assume your this work is urgent and > you can't make a .bib, right ? > > Renaud > > Steffen Wolfrum a écrit : >> Am 27.07.2006 um 08:05 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: >&

Re: [NTG-context] setupitemize confusion

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 27.07.2006 um 08:05 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: > On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > >> >> Am 27.07.2006 um 07:32 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: >> >>> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >

Re: [NTG-context] setupitemize confusion

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 27.07.2006 um 07:32 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> both paragraph should be indented 12 pt. But there are different: >> >> \starttext >> >> \startitemize[width=12pt] >> \sym{\endash}

[NTG-context] setupitemize confusion

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, both paragraph should be indented 12 pt. But there are different: \starttext \startitemize[width=12pt] \sym{\endash}\input tufte \stopitemize \setupitemize[width=12pt] \sym{\endash}\input tufte \stoptext How do I make the second the same as the first? Steffen _

Re: [NTG-context] indentnext for footnotes wanted (solved)

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
\else \footnoteO{\setupindenting[small,yes]#2}% \fi } Beautiful, isn't it? Steffen Am 26.07.2006 um 11:07 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: > Hi, > > I need an indentnext=auto for footnotes having more than one > paragraph. > But the assumed command don't work - se

[NTG-context] centered headertexts ??

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, apologies, I guess this one is a pretty easy question, but after trying (almost) every combination I gave up... How do I get xxx and yyy set in the header's center?? \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location= {header,marginedge}] \setupheadertexts[][xxx][yyy][] \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] indented footnotes

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
> Hi, > > I want my footnotes (bottom page) to be indented first line. > So I tried this > > \setupfootnotes[indentnext=yes,numbercommand=\hskip1em\high] > \setupfootnotedefinition > [indentnext=yes,distance=0.5em,location=serried] > > But "\hskip1em" is now the distance to the right corner of th

[NTG-context] indented footnotes

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I want my footnotes (bottom page) to be indented first line. So I tried this \setupfootnotes[indentnext=yes,numbercommand=\hskip1em\high] \setupfootnotedefinition[indentnext=yes,distance=0.5em,location=serried] But "\hskip1em" is now the distance to the right corner of the footnote's numbe

Re: [NTG-context] [off-list, urgent] Index design

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
(Sorry for the strange conversation, but my e-mail appears with about 20 minutes delay on the list. And Hans is faster.) Am 26.07.2006 um 09:59 schrieb Hans Hagen: > > inofficial hook; remind me when the time is there that you need it > because it needs to be hooked in somewhere else ...w

[NTG-context] indentnext for footnotes wanted

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I need an indentnext=auto for footnotes having more than one paragraph. But the assumed command don't work - see below. Someone knows the solution? \setupheads[indentnext=auto] \setupindenting[small,yes] \setupitemize [indentnext=auto] \setuptyping [indentnext=auto] \setupformulas[indentne

Re: [NTG-context] [off-list, urgent] Index design

2006-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
OK, but there seems to be no out-of-the box solution like "alternative=b". Is it at least that doable that someone could do it? I have no idea... Steffen Am 26.07.2006 um 09:40 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi Hans, >> >> sorry for c

[NTG-context] setupnarrower with em or quad

2006-07-25 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I need a \setupnarrower with quad or em distance. But both... \setupnarrower[left=\quad and \setupnarrower[left=\em ... don't work. Someone knows the right syntax? Thank you, Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://ww

[NTG-context] Index design

2006-07-25 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
[apologies for re-posting but the ntg-server seemed to be down?] Hi, in a index is it possible not to have bold letters as separators ("a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of the first entry with "a" or "w" bold? See this minimal example: \starttext \chapter{Fir

[NTG-context] Index design

2006-07-25 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, in a index is it possible not to have bold letters as separators ("a", "w") in a dedicated line, but instead only the first letter of the first entry with "a" or "w" bold? See this minimal example: \starttext \chapter{First Chapter} Some text...\index{word} \section {First Section} Some

[NTG-context] collector's items

2006-06-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Hans, Taco et al. I don't want to sound persistent ... but is there a chance that collector's item (see bellow) no. 76 and even more important no. 75 will ever be answered? Yours Steffen 76. footnotes in columns bug (wrong page, extra whitespace) Status: Accepted • Topic: ConTeXt(macro

[NTG-context] OpenType and XeConTeXt

2006-02-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, using ConTeXt with XeTeX seems to be an nice option for us MacOSX users. But I get always confused with the names for these rich features like Style Option, Ligatures, Variants. I mean: how do I know how many variants and style options a font has and how they and their ligatures etc. want

Re: [NTG-context] [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

2006-02-12 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
OK, a while ago I've found the XeTeX page in Patrick's garden: http:// wiki.contextgarden.net/XeTeX Now it works with both (pdfetex and xetex). Works fine in Terminal: texexec --xtx text.tex But the next problem is TeXShop. How do I trigger ConTeXt-XeTeX in TeXShop? The only solution I've fo

Re: [NTG-context] [OS X TeX] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

2006-02-12 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 12.02.2006 um 18:54 schrieb Jonathan Kew: > On 12 Feb 2006, at 5:33 pm, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> again, after an i-installer update, my ConTeXt-XeTeX typesetting >> failed. Probably I'd never understood how to make the required >> fo

[NTG-context] formats for ConTeXt-XeTeX

2006-02-12 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, again, after an i-installer update, my ConTeXt-XeTeX typesetting failed. Probably I'd never understood how to make the required formats (what command, what order) properly... Can someone please tell me what's the right way for using ConTeXt-XeTeX and ConTeXt-pdfeTeX? Thank you, Steffen

Re: [NTG-context] how to embed a postscript Times

2006-01-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 27.01.2006 um 08:57 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have to typeset a document in postscript Times Roman. I guess I >> have to use >> >> \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] >> \setupbodyfont[postscript,10p

[NTG-context] how to embed a postscript Times

2006-01-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I have to typeset a document in postscript Times Roman. I guess I have to use \usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt] But is this enough to make sure that my Times is really embedded and not "overwritten" by the standard printer Times when the PDF is

Re: [NTG-context] Bug collector reminder

2006-01-17 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Thanks for the invitation! Steffen Am 17.01.2006 um 12:59 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: Hi all, I want to remind everybody of the existance of the context bug and feature request collector: http://context.literatesolutions.com/collector If you have found a bug or requested a new feature in the

[NTG-context] columnsets and footnotes (better explained)

2006-01-10 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Hans, maybe my problem was not clear enough. So please let me try it once more. The following example has main text in 2 columns and footnote text in 3 columns: \setupfootnotes[n=3] \starttext \startcolumns \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte\footnote{\input ward \relax}} \stopcolumns \

Re: [NTG-context] columnsets and footnotes (minimal example)

2006-01-09 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
But what can I do in order to have the main text in two columns (columnset) and the smaller footnotes in three columns (as it would be perfect for bigger document sizes)? Steffen Am 09.01.2006 um 12:29 schrieb Hans Hagen: Taco Hoekwater wrote: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: ... and here

Re: [NTG-context] columnsets and footnotes (minimal example)

2006-01-09 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 09.01.2006 um 11:06 schrieb Taco Hoekwater: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: ... and here is an example that shows the problem: Oops, that doesn't look right at all. Do you really need column sets, or is "normal" columns mode ok as well? 1) Yes, column sets would be better.

[NTG-context] columnsets and footnotes (minimal example)

2006-01-09 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
... and here is an example that shows the problem: \definecolumnset[example][n=2] \setupfootnotes[n=3] \starttext \startcolumnset[example] \dorecurse{10}{\input tufte\footnote{\input ward \relax}} \stopcolumnset \stoptext >Hi, > >is there a way to have both: > >a main text set in \definecolum

[NTG-context] columnsets and footnotes ?

2006-01-08 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, is there a way to have both: a main text set in \definecolumnset[example][n=2] and footnotes on bottom of page with \setupfootnotes[n=3]? Thank you, Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-con

Re: [NTG-context] Bug / feature request tracking

2005-11-24 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
can you give a new deadline - or is no.53 a sad example for "impossible to implement" :,( Steffen Am 24.11.2005 um 12:35 schrieb Hans Hagen: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: ... but I guess they are not too serious, unfortunately :( well, some requests are kind of tricky, some even

Re: [NTG-context] Bug / feature request tracking

2005-11-24 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
... but I guess they are not too serious, unfortunately :( Steffen (collector item no.53) Am 19.11.2005 um 17:21 schrieb Christopher Creutzig: Taco Hoekwater wrote: http://context.literatesolutions.com/collector I especially like the deadline entries. :-) regards, Christo

Re: [NTG-context] Bug / feature request tracking

2005-11-09 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Taco, was the request tracker changed? I remember 3 months ago I wrote an entry at http://context.literatesolutions.com . It was something like the fifths entry I think, but I can't remember wether it was called collector (I remember it looked different). However, now I cannot find it a

Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?

2005-11-05 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
What could be improved in ConTeXt for this specific use is a better integration of figures: Images placed at a certain fixed position surrounded by text. Hans allready knows my \placefigure{top, left} or \placefigure{bottom, outer} request for years now ... Yours Steffen --- Esther Knoblich

[NTG-context] Sync with ConTeXt

2005-09-16 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, using TeXShop 2.03 I was very glad that syncing seems to work even with ConTeXt's project structure. But unfortunately it "only" works from source to pdf (well, already quite useful): Clicking in the pdf has no effect (although my component file starts with %!TEX TS-program = context %!T

[NTG-context] ConTeXt and OSX / PDFsearch / sync

2005-08-31 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, this one is to all of us using ConTeXt on a Mac: At MacOSX-TeX mailing list I recently saw the following post: Bob Kerstetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On May 18, 2005, at 11:57 AM, Richard Koch wrote: > TeXShop 2.03 is available at > > http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop Wow

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request

2005-07-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi, > > it would be great if the \placefigure macro could be extended to > combinations like > > \placefigure{top,left} > > or > > \placefigure{bottom,outer} > > > The rea

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request

2005-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi, > > it would be great if the \placefigure macro could be extended to > combinations like > > \placefigure{top,left} > > or > > \placefigure{bottom,outer} > > > The rea

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request

2005-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi, > > it would be great if the \placefigure macro could be extended to > combinations like > > \placefigure{top,left} > > or > > \placefigure{bottom,outer} > > > The rea

[NTG-context] Feature request

2005-07-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, it would be great if the \placefigure macro could be extended to combinations like \placefigure{top,left} or \placefigure{bottom,outer} The reason for this request is that we use ConTeXt a lot for typesetting books from "arts and humanities". There we often have to place a lot of (m

Re: [NTG-context] bug / feature portal

2005-07-25 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Still not accessable - though the site learnt English meanwhile (see below). Steffen Site error This site encountered an error trying to fulfill your request. The errors were: Error Type AttributeError Error Value portal_transforms Request made at 2005/07/25 06:38:24.765 GMT-4 Steffen

Re: [NTG-context] bug / feature portal

2005-07-24 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: in addition to the wiki there is now a portal for tracking bugs and feature requests http://context.literatesolutions.com/ I tried to place a request there: http://context.literatesolutions.com/forums/context/forum_add_topic_form but was rejected

Re: [NTG-context] indentaion

2005-07-19 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
> Is anyone using \indenting[no] to suppress the next indentation? I used to in the very early beginnings. But very quickly i got lazy and reverted to using \noindent instead. I wouldn't mind having it go away or changing. Taco same for me Steffen _

Re: [NTG-context] Basic question on Unicode and ConTeXt

2005-07-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Henning, Zitat von Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am 2005-07-14 um 11:30 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: > > > I know there is \enableregime[utf] > > but what else I needed that the output equals my utf-8 input? > > > > Could some maybe give a short

[NTG-context] Basic question on Unicode and ConTeXt

2005-07-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, now and then I saw threads on this list dealing with specific problems of using various languages with utf-8 input in ConTeXt (processing with pdftex, NOT xetex). I know there is \enableregime[utf] but what else I needed that the output equals my utf-8 input? Could some maybe give a shor

Re: [NTG-context] Re: re-using ConTeXt typescripts ?

2005-07-12 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
serif] [agaramond][ec] script. This way, when changing engines, it's a simple step of changing the (default, perhaps?) encoding... \starttypescript [serif] [agaramond] [uc] % XeTeX and Unicode is a happy combination \definefontsynonym [AGaramond-Regular] ... adam Steffen Wolfr

[NTG-context] re-using ConTeXt typescripts ?

2005-07-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Adam, the simplicity of XeTeX's font handling is amazing -- when starting from scratch. But I am wondering how can I continue to use the typescripts (and virtual files) that I used to use with ConTeXt?! texexec --xtx --example.file ends in an error log containing: This is METAFONT, Versi

[NTG-context] dotted line for \framed ?

2005-04-23 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, is there a command for \framed and \inframed like for \setupunderbar[alternative=b]: that gives a dotted (bottom) line? Thank you, Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Re: total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-23 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
\bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD dd \eTD\eTR \eTABLE \stoptext Hans > Steffen

[NTG-context] Re: total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Luigi, luigi.scarso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > For example: > > I'd like to set a "total width" that fits both tables > without specifying also the 2nd and 3rd column: > > \setupTABLE[totalwidth=10cm,offset=5pt] > >

[NTG-context] Re: total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
For example: I'd like to set a "total width" that fits both tables without specifying also the 2nd and 3rd column: \setupTABLE[totalwidth=10cm,offset=5pt] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,align=left] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=1cm,align=middle] \bTABLE \bTR\bTD aa \eTD\bTD bb \eTD\bTD cc \eTD\bTD

[NTG-context] Re: total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
luigi.scarso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm fighting deadlines right now, but later i'll try to get a look at > the current table thread (maybe someone can summarize the problem) > > Hans ... So the problem seem to be "Can I set the total width of a TABLE using

[NTG-context] Re: total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
... sorry, it should not read *determine*, but *define* !! I want to DEFINE the total with of a TABLE But what is the keyword for this purpose with \setupTABLE? Steffen Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:47:46 +0200 To: ntg-context@ntg.nl From: Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: total w

[NTG-context] total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, a quite basic question, nevertheless I couldn'T find an answer: How do I determine the total with of a TABLE? I though it should be ... \setupTABLE[width=\textwidth] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \e

[NTG-context] Western transliteration of Sanskrit

2005-04-18 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I'd like to have a table with all available commands (like \d{..} for macron) that support diacritic signs needed for western transliteration of Sanskrit. Especially the dot above an n or m: In an old TUGboat article (Volume 20 (1999), No. 2) that I found by Google I read that the dot above

[NTG-context] section title in second line

2005-04-17 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, probably a silly question - nevertheless I couldn't find the answer yet. I'd like to have a section title like this: Chapter 1 This the the chapters title What command gives me this linebreak?` Sorry, Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@n

[NTG-context] section head unnumbered but with dots in TOC ?

2005-04-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I am lost in ConTeXt's setup-jungle: I have a section set is unnumbered: \setuphead[LevelThree] [number=no, ...| But in the TOC I would like to have a dot (or another symbol) before the head/title, like this: o Section's Title 17 Is this a matter of \setuphead or \setuplist? Or none o

[NTG-context] protruding in the margin

2005-03-28 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, if I have a text with footnotes in the margin - see below. How do I also define those footnotes to use protruding? Steffen P.S. I know we had this already - but I forgot it. Sorry. \usetypescript [adobekb][ec] \usetypescript[serif] [hanging] [normal] \usetypescript[times][\defaultencoding] \set

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (macron)!

2005-03-24 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > BTW: > > Is there also a command to translate TFM (and VF) files to AFM or > another human readable format and back again? There exist the Knuthian programs tftopl (for tfm only) and vftovp (for virtual f

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (macron)!

2005-03-24 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
BTW: Is there also a command to translate TFM (and VF) files to AFM or another human readable format and back again? Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (macron)!

2005-03-23 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It means that there's no \omacron in texnansi (or the other major western encodings used for TeX fonts), and you're asking ConTeXt to synthesise it from an 'o' and a 'textmacron'. It wouldn't surprise me one bit to hear that the Mac handles combining acce

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (macron)!

2005-03-23 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hum. I haven't tried to replicate that here, but that looks like it might be an encoding problem: ConTeXt doesn't know that you're using a texnansi encoding, so it synthesises the characters using the definitions in enco-def. Is the above file the only wa

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!

2005-03-22 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hallo Adam, Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...which I copied to the working directory. It should be included in gwTeX. Running the command above should do it. > $ pltotf HelveticaNeue > pltotf: HelveticaNeue.pl: No such file or directory The fatal error above didn't generate a .pl fi

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!

2005-03-22 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
(When I open the AFM exported by FontForge there are no entries for KerningPairs ...) Nonsense! I opened the wrong file (as I said: going crazy...) Sorry, Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-con

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!

2005-03-22 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Adam, Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Okay, it was trickier than I thought. But I used the .afm obtained from FontForge conversion, and discarded the .pfb. afm2pl -p `kpsewhich texnansi.enc` HelveticaNeue.afm pltotf HelveticaNeue Because I'm impatient, and wanted a quick test:

Re: [NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!

2005-03-22 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Adam, Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd also ask why, if you have the superior Helvetica Neue working, you're trying to get the plain, no-oblique Helvetica going as well. I see it like the difference between LM and the original CM conversion... the later interpretation is far supe

[NTG-context] kerning and TFM problems

2005-03-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I want to use OSX HelveticaNeue font. So I open it in FontForge and - because I'd like to use the kerning information - generate the Font with its PFB, AFM and TFM files. According to Bill's help page it should work by (renaming and) placing the phnr8r.tfm in its tfm folder, the phnr8a.afm a

[NTG-context] Going crazy with font conversion (diaeresis)!

2005-03-21 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, using HelveticaNeue (came with OSX) was fine. But using Helvetica (from OSX system fonts) just won't work: - when I have converted the .dfont to .pfb with FontLab the diaeresis of the german Umlaute (äöü) are too far to the right. - when I have converted the .dfont to .pfb with FontForge th

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?

2005-03-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Patrick, Patrick Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Steffen, > \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] > \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] > \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] > > \starttext > foo > \stoptext > > > But it doesn't work on live.contextgarden.net ?! It do

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?

2005-03-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Patrick, I was using the code that you have posted \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] \starttext foo \stoptext But it doesn't work on live.contextgarden.net ?! Steffen Patrick Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: H

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?

2005-03-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, Patrick Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, >> do you have psfnss (LaTeX) installed? > Yes, sure. As part of Gerbens "2004 stable". > But this doesn't seem to be enough. OK, it looks as if you have problems with mapfiles: > Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open fo

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Helvetica ?

2005-03-13 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Patrick, Patrick Gundlach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Steffen, do you have psfnss (LaTeX) installed? Patrick Yes, sure. As part of Gerbens "2004 stable". But this doesn't seem to be enough. Steffen ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.

Re: [NTG-context] Helvetica ?

2005-03-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:59:30 +0100: >> \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] >> \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] >> \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] I'm taking a leap with this, beca

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