Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread VnPenguin
On 11/28/05, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so for vietnamese you need another encoding. > > (i added language modes, so we can now do for vietnamese): > > \startmode[*vn] > \enableregime[utf] > \setupencoding[default=t5] > \stopmode > > \startnotmode[atpragma] > > \usetypesc

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread VnPenguin
On 11/28/05, Mari Voipio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > finding anything on Pragma website (*never* install newer Acrobat Reader > on a Windows that already has an older full Acrobat...). \startOT At work, I have Acrobat 5.0 (full) + Acrobat Reader 7.x => work perfectly :-) \stopOT

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread Hans Hagen
Mari Voipio wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: I 'reorganized' (split) the beginners manual and put it in svn, so anyone who is willing to translate can check out a copy. OK, I'm either out of the loop (had off-the-Internet holiday) or just a dummy Windows user, but the above doesn't really parse he

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
Mari Voipio schrieb: Hans Hagen wrote: I 'reorganized' (split) the beginners manual and put it in svn, so anyone who is willing to translate can check out a copy. OK, I'm either out of the loop (had off-the-Internet holiday) or just a dummy Windows user, but the above doesn't really parse

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, The SVN repository is here: svn://ctx.pragma-ade.nl/manuals but that only works when you have subversion client installed. In the mean time or for people that cannot get subversion running at all: I have an automatic checkout script that gets called every hour, and the working directory

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread Mari Voipio
Hans Hagen wrote: I 'reorganized' (split) the beginners manual and put it in svn, so anyone who is willing to translate can check out a copy. OK, I'm either out of the loop (had off-the-Internet holiday) or just a dummy Windows user, but the above doesn't really parse here so cannot even get

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread Mari Voipio
Hans Hagen wrote: I'm going to clean up the beginners manual Yippee! :-) Having read one printout to shreds I really appreciate this... - what should go in As has been suggested here to an extent, there should be attachments (or separate smaller manuals) on how to install and update ConTe

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread Hans Hagen
VnPenguin wrote: On 11/28/05, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks, it's ok. But I have to add: \usemodule[abr-01] into ma-cb-abbreviations.tex in order to fix error \ASCII non defined. no, you need a new version of context -) Release 2005.11.24 is not ok for this

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-28 Thread Vit Zyka
Hans Hagen wrote: Vit Zyka wrote: I got unexpected positive responce to idea of beginners manual translation on Saturday's Czech/Slovak TUG meeting. The small working group of 5 people was establish there. Nobody but me has context experience now, but I think it is not a serious drawback for

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-27 Thread VnPenguin
On 11/28/05, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Thanks, it's ok. But I have to add: > > > >\usemodule[abr-01] > > > >into ma-cb-abbreviations.tex in order to fix error \ASCII non defined. > > > > > > > no, you need a new version of context -) Release 2005.11.24 is not ok for this ? Thank yo

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-27 Thread Hans Hagen
VnPenguin wrote: On 11/26/05, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: VnPenguin wrote: Just tried to compile: $ texexec --pdf ma-cb-en and I got: [skip] Hi, Please read the beginning of the "mfont.tex from manuals" thread (http://archive.contextgarden.net). It is the exact

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-27 Thread Hans Hagen
VnPenguin wrote: Hi Hans et al, Just tried to compile "ma-cb-en" with T5. Here are some remarks: 1. \def\TitlePage#1#2#3 in file "ma-cb-style.tex" does not work with T5. Because of \definedfont[SansBold at 40pt] I lossed so many vietnamese accented characters. I have to change to \switchtob

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Vit Zyka wrote: I got unexpected positive responce to idea of beginners manual translation on Saturday's Czech/Slovak TUG meeting. The small working group of 5 people was establish there. Nobody but me has context experience now, but I think it is not a serious drawback for translating. i do

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-27 Thread Vit Zyka
Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I 'reorganized' (split) the beginners manual and put it in svn, so anyone who is willing to translate can check out a copy. I didn't yet change anything (only the file structure etc) and the styles need a cleanup (more modern setup). Because each chapter now has its own

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-26 Thread VnPenguin
Hi Hans et al, Just tried to compile "ma-cb-en" with T5. Here are some remarks: 1. \def\TitlePage#1#2#3 in file "ma-cb-style.tex" does not work with T5. Because of \definedfont[SansBold at 40pt] I lossed so many vietnamese accented characters. I have to change to \switchtobodyfont[40pt]\bf in

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-26 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Taco, et al, It's time for me to wax philosophic on the beginner's manual. I've read a few posts to this list, and tried to think back to my experience, and looked at my troubles now, but I haven't reread the beginner's manual as yet. That I will do in the upcoming weeks. My first t

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-26 Thread VnPenguin
On 11/26/05, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VnPenguin wrote: > > Just tried to compile: > > $ texexec --pdf ma-cb-en > > > > and I got: > > > > [skip] > > Hi, > > Please read the beginning of the "mfont.tex from manuals" thread > (http://archive.contextgarden.net). It is the exact same

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-26 Thread Taco Hoekwater
VnPenguin wrote: Just tried to compile: $ texexec --pdf ma-cb-en and I got: [skip] Hi, Please read the beginning of the "mfont.tex from manuals" thread (http://archive.contextgarden.net). It is the exact same error David Arnold had. Greetings, Taco

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-26 Thread VnPenguin
On 11/26/05, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I 'reorganized' (split) the beginners manual and put it in svn, so > anyone who is willing to translate can check out a copy. I didn't yet > change anything (only the file structure etc) and the styles need a > cleanup (more modern setup)

[NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, I 'reorganized' (split) the beginners manual and put it in svn, so anyone who is willing to translate can check out a copy. I didn't yet change anything (only the file structure etc) and the styles need a cleanup (more modern setup). Because each chapter now has its own file, we can (as s

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual (xml input versus html output)

2005-11-25 Thread Maurice Diamantini
Le 25 nov. 05 à 10:47, Wolfgang Zillig a écrit : Maurice Diamantini (dom) schrieb: And for people comming from LaTeX, it would be nice to see also : - a basic exemple for creating html from ConTeXt, I would argument that it is easyer to create ConTeXt from a propper XML/XHTML source! But as

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-25 Thread Xiao Jianfeng
Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread So the question is: - what can go out - what should go in - what should be updated as well as: - who will participate (in transla

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-25 Thread Johan Sandblom
I could help with this translation to Swedish, although I of course also have time constraints. Half the work and twice the fun! Johan 2005/11/22, Mikael Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I could think of translating to swedish. Depends on how much work it > is and about if it must be done before th

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-25 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
Maurice Diamantini (dom) schrieb: Le 23 nov. 05 à 21:15, Mojca Miklavec a écrit : What could be added: - Tables: Natural tables (already mentioned by Taco). I just realized that this is the only manual where the "usual" tables are actually explained. I was looking for the explanation in

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-24 Thread Xiao Jianfeng
Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread So the question is: - what can go out - what should go in - what should be updated as well as: - who will participate (in transla

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual - Install

2005-11-24 Thread Miguel Queiros
> http://www.activestate.com/ they provide avtivepearl. It's no problem > to install it. > > http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ there you get ruby. They provide a link to > the "one click ruby installer" which you will find here: > http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl there is the I'v

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-24 Thread Maurice Diamantini (dom)
Le 23 nov. 05 à 21:15, Mojca Miklavec a écrit : What could be added: - Tables: Natural tables (already mentioned by Taco). I just realized that this is the only manual where the "usual" tables are actually explained. I was looking for the explanation in cont-eni before. - Bibliography - Sli

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-24 Thread Otared KAVIAN
Hi Hans, Thank you for your great work. Regarding the beginners manual your are going to update, I have two or three suggestions. To begin with, I think we should designate a volunteer group of people on this list to do some tasks in "parallel": 1) Since the installation of ConTeXt seems to be no

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-24 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Hans, Thank you for your great work. Regarding the beginners manual your are going to update, I have two or three suggestions. To begin with, I think we should designate a volunteer group of people on this list to do some tasks in "parallel": 1) Since the installation of ConTeXt seems to

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual - Install

2005-11-24 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
Miguel Queiros schrieb: Hi! I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread So the question is: - what can go out - what should go in - what should be updated as well as: - who will participate (i

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual - Install

2005-11-23 Thread Miguel Queiros
Hi! > I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so > i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread > > So the question is: > > - what can go out > - what should go in > - what should be updated > > as well as: > > - who will participate (in trans

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hans Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so > i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread > > So the question is: > > - what can go out > - what should go in > - what should be updated 31.2. \showbodyfont[cmr] 32.2. has

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Olivier wrote: By the way, what about the translation of the context core? all we need is additional entries in the mult-com and mult-con files Hans ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-22 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hi, Taco Hoekwater wrote: special characters: explain e.g. \{ and \[ (3) That brings me to a thing I miss a lot. My LaTeX book had in the end a few pages with special characters, which is the main reason I still look in it. I'd like to see - preferably at the last pages of the manual so on

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-22 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread So the question is: Here is my 2 cents (numbers refer to the sections). - what can go out \setupsectionblock (4) \inde

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-22 Thread Mikael Persson
I could think of translating to swedish. Depends on how much work it is and about if it must be done before that or that day. I got pretty much to do at work... /Micke P On 11/21/05, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source co

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-22 Thread Jose Antonio Rodriguez
A las 23:03 del lun 21 nov, Hans Hagen tuvo a bien escribir: > > as well as: > > - who will participate (in translation) > - how to deal with localization (maybe dedicated language related chapters) > I'd like to contribute with the spanish translation -- José Antonio Rodríguez [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-22 Thread Olivier
Quoting "Hans Hagen" : > -- was [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Nov 21, 2005 at 11:03:49 -- > as well as: > > - who will participate (in translation) > - how to deal with localization (maybe dedicated language related chapters) I'll be glad to help for the french translation. By the way, what about the t

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-22 Thread VnPenguin
On 11/21/05, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so > i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread > > So the question is: > > - what can go out > - what should go in > - what should be updated > >

[NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-21 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, I'm going to clean up the beginners manual (at least the source code) so i think this s a good moment to pick up the 'translation' thread So the question is: - what can go out - what should go in - what should be updated as well as: - who will participate (in translation) - how to deal