Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-21 Thread Antoine Junod
"Wolfgang Schuster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Antoine Junod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Wolfgang Schuster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> >> > > The discussion >> >> > > >> >> > > Before I start to give you information about my module and >> >> > > gi

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Antoine Junod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Wolfgang Schuster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> > > The discussion > >> > > > >> > > Before I start to give you information about my module and > >> > > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 19 Apr 2008 at 14:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I still use the LaTeX class scrlttr2 for my letters. > > > I use adress files bundled with that class. Adresses are macros > > > and selected by a string

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-19 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
On 19 Apr 2008 at 14:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I still use the LaTeX class scrlttr2 for my letters. > > I use adress files bundled with that class. Adresses are macros > > and selected by a string-key. > > I know the \adrentry for scrlltr and could add this function but > not at the moment

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-19 Thread Antoine Junod
"Wolfgang Schuster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > > The discussion >> > > >> > > Before I start to give you information about my module and >> > > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts >> > > about the inteface I'm interested what do you use currently to >> > > write

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18 Apr 2008 at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hallo Wolfgang, > > > I still wait for comments about the user interface to set the > > values before I will release my module to the public although my last

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi Willi, > I will try to provide you with something. The difficulty is, that I > do not have LaTeX running. So please some patience. You could also draw something by hand and add values for the distance from the top or left margin and the height and width for the fields. Take a look at the foll

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-18 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Wolfgang, I will try to provide you with something. The difficulty is, that I do not have LaTeX running. So please some patience. Kind regards Willi On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Can you show me a few example letters with values for all fields, > I saw a few in

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-18 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
On 18 Apr 2008 at 12:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo Wolfgang, > I still wait for comments about the user interface to set the > values before I will release my module to the public although my last > stable version is only available. I still use the LaTeX class scrlttr2 for my letters. I use

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Willi Egger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, > > First of all thanks for this initiative! - Until now I composed a > letter based on a "template" I build one day. Nothing special though. I started also with mayn hard coded values and only a few parameters

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-18 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, Apr 18 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > I don't know, if lettre.lco is readable for you, so here the idea in > > clear-text: > > I will try it later today on my system, can you send me a example letter > before I had to take a look into scrguide.pdf. I'm sorry, it would be too much wor

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-18 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Wolfgang, First of all thanks for this initiative! - Until now I composed a letter based on a "template" I build one day. Nothing special though. - Still a module which would allow for writing letters and quotes consistently would make live easier. As I am living in the Netherlands, we u

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2008-04-17 um 16:32 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > >> I normally use InDesign for my business letters and invoices. > > Dou you use a template for your letters. > > Not an InDesign template file (.idt), but a single

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Peter Münster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > > Then, for some reason that I forgot, I switched to scrlttr2.cls. And I > > > patched it to get the same minimum-50%-feature. Unfortunately, this patch > > > is > > > no

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, Apr 18 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Then, for some reason that I forgot, I switched to scrlttr2.cls. And I > > patched it to get the same minimum-50%-feature. Unfortunately, this patch is > > no more working with recent versions of scrlttr2... > > (-> http://pmrb.free.fr/work/OS/LaTe

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Peter Münster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > After nearly one and a helf years and 2 major revisions I have > > nearly finished my module and would will make it now available > > also to other users. But before I ma

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2008-04-17 um 17:08 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > >> You need a closing ("Sincerely,") and signature, and don't forget > >> enough > >> topspace to accommodate a company logo/letterhead :-) > > > > You set closing a

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, Apr 17 2008, Taco Hoekwater wrote: >* Quite a bit of correspondence is invoices and quotes, > with automatic calculations in them (VAT etc). Hello Taco, Quite funny: Just 3 days ago, I wrote t-invoice.tex for my personal needs, just 1 command and very very simple: \startInvoice

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, Apr 17 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > After nearly one and a helf years and 2 major revisions I have > nearly finished my module and would will make it now available > also to other users. But before I make my last stable version > online I want to discuss a few points with interested us

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Gour
> "Wolfgang" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wolfgang> LaTeX has two packages to create invoices and we could also Wolfgang> have one for ConTeXt but it makes only sense to use it with Wolfgang> LuaTeX, TeX's arithmetic to limited for longer calculations. Let me just say that I'd found a use f

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-04-17 um 17:08 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: >> You need a closing ("Sincerely,") and signature, and don't forget >> enough >> topspace to accommodate a company logo/letterhead :-) > > You set closing and signature also with the optional argument for > \startletter > > \startletter > [op

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-04-17 um 16:32 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: >> I normally use InDesign for my business letters and invoices. > Dou you use a template for your letters. Not an InDesign template file (.idt), but a single document (with master pages) for every purpose (German/Swiss/English, letter/ invoice,

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Wolfgang, > > On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:13:54 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Take the following minimal example > > > > \usemodule[letter] > > > > \setupletter > > [sender] > > [name={M

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2008-04-17 um 10:13 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > > Before I start to give you information about my module and > > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts > > about the inteface I'm interested wha

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Olivier Guéry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Happy to read that I'm not the only one ! > > > But with a « great letter module » (with french positions, of course :))… > > > > Show me a few example or give me values for the positions (address block, > > opening

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-04-17 um 10:13 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > Before I start to give you information about my module and > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts > about the inteface I'm interested what do you use currently to > write you own correspondence (letter, invoices etc.). I nor

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Wolfgang, On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:13:54 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take the following minimal example > > \usemodule[letter] > > \setupletter > [sender] > [name={Mike Meiers}, >address={Mustergasse 12\\25694 Musterstadt}] > > \setupletter > [address] > [

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Olivier Guéry
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > > The discussion > > > > Before I start to give you information about my module and > > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts > > about the inteface I'm intere

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Olivier Guéry
> > Happy to read that I'm not the only one ! > > But with a « great letter module » (with french positions, of course :))… > > Show me a few example or give me values for the positions (address block, > opening, line distance etc.) > > I can only provide solutions if you give me information.

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
> > > The discussion > > > > > > Before I start to give you information about my module and > > > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts > > > about the inteface I'm interested what do you use currently to > > > write you own correspondence (letter, invoices etc.). > > > >

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > > The discussion > > > > Before I start to give you information about my module and > > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts > > about the inteface I'm interested wh

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> This may be a surprise, but I use only oowriter/oocalc > currently. Why? Traitor ;-) ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://w

Re: [NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > The discussion > > Before I start to give you information about my module and > give you the chance to mention your own wishes or thoughts > about the inteface I'm interested what do you use currently to > write you own correspondence (letter, invoices etc.). This

[NTG-context] Discussion: correspondence with ConTeXt

2008-04-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi all, Preface most of the discussions in the last weeks on the list concerned LuaTeX and MkIV with the topic fonts, xml and bugs, currently not implemented functions and bug and in the last few days also mplib. I will try start with this mail a hopefully interesting discuassions wuth many peo