Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation errors (again or still) in recent mkiv

2016-07-31 Thread Jan Willem Flamma
Dear all, I can confirm it behaves incorrectly on ConTeXt ver: 2016.07.30 00:26 MKIV beta Below a MWE with some example sentences where the words schematic, maintenance and integrated are incorrect hyphenated \mainlanguage[en] \setuppapersize[A4][A4

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation errors (again or still) in recent mkiv

2016-07-31 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7/31/2016 12:57 PM, Robert Blackstone wrote: Dear all, In the setupfile of my project I have \mainlanguage[en]. The font used is Verdana. With mkiv versions till october 2015 the hyphenation of English words was always correct. The same files compiled with mkiv of july 2016 (version

[NTG-context] Hyphenation errors (again or still) in recent mkiv

2016-07-31 Thread Robert Blackstone
Dear all, In the setupfile of my project I have \mainlanguage[en]. The font used is Verdana. With mkiv versions till october 2015 the hyphenation of English words was always correct. The same files compiled with mkiv of july 2016 (version 2016.07.18 16;26) give hyphenations

Re: [NTG-context] Question about \definefallback

2016-07-25 Thread Jean-Pierre Delange
Dear List, I answer to myself (or I give a solution to the problem I have to face). As for this precise case (i.e. having multilanguages in the same document with French as main language, with some words, sentences or whatever in Ancient Greek, Chinese and Arabic/Persian/Farsi), the working

[NTG-context] Question about \definefallback

2016-07-24 Thread Jean-Pierre Delange
Dear List, Working with ConTeXt MK IV version 2016.07.18, I need sometimes within a text in French I am working on, some Greek words or sentences, rarely Chinese and Arabic words, mainly names and a few words. Then, I use this general preamble (thanks to Pablo Rodriguez): \setuplanguage[fr

[NTG-context] tug.org/interview: Pavneet Arora

2016-07-09 Thread Pavneet Arora
Thanks for the kind words, Luigi. Glad you enjoyed the interview. It is a bit unsettling to find that you have revealed so much about yourself ;). Dave is an excellent interviewer. Regards. > Nice interview especially (at least for me) the answer to the question -- Pavneet Arora

Re: [NTG-context] Italic in margins and footntes

2016-06-30 Thread Jean-Pierre Delange
] > \setuplanguage[fr] > \setuplayout [backspace=40mm] > \setuppagenumbering[location={header,inright}] > \setupmargindata[inmargin][location=left] > \setupmargindata[inmargin][style={\switchtobodyfont[ss,10pt]}] > \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] > \definefallbackfamily [main

Re: [NTG-context] Italic in margins and footntes

2016-06-29 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
40mm] > \setuppagenumbering[location={header,inright}] > \setupmargindata[inmargin][location=left] > \setupmargindata[inmargin][style={\switchtobodyfont[ss,10pt]}] > \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] > \definefallbackfamily [mainface] [serif] [New Athena Unicode] >

[NTG-context] Italic in margins and footntes

2016-06-29 Thread Jean-Pierre Delange
] \setupmargindata[inmargin][style={\switchtobodyfont[ss,10pt]}] \setupbodyfontenvironment[default][em=italic] \definefallbackfamily [mainface] [serif] [New Athena Unicode] [preset=range:greek]% for some words in greek \definefontfamily [mainface] [serif] [GFS Didot] \setupbodyfont[mainface

Re: [NTG-context] Simple font size changes command

2016-06-13 Thread josephcanedo
It is (very) limited to few words only to reproduce how an old Bible I am trying to typeset (words added in the text to ease the understand were printed in smaller size). Thanks a lot Regards Joseph From: Alan BRASLAU Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎June‎ ‎13‎, ‎2016 ‎5‎:‎19‎ ‎AM To: josephcan

Re: [NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-08 Thread Thomas Fehige
Thank you Wolfgang, that solves the mystery. (As the poster is for a philosophical association, "few words" is not applicable here.) Am 08.06.2016 um 11:11 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de> 8. Juni 2016 um 10:35 Nevertheless, I prefer to k

Re: [NTG-context] basic fontsizes question

2016-06-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
water ;) . For short texts where you want a certain style and size (e.g. a title page or a poster with few words) \definedfont is the recommended method, for larger amounts of the text (e.g. the abstract of a book) you can use \switchtobodyfont to change the size. Meanwhile I found the c

Re: [NTG-context] Allow for hyphenation in 'firstline' ConTeXt feature ?

2016-05-29 Thread josephcanedo
ouble > check that hyphenation is never performed. > > \definefirstline[FirstLine][alternative=line, style=\tfd] % exegerate size > > \starttext > > % exagerated case as MWE > > \setfirstline[FirstLine] A few words larger > largestwordwordlongwordthatcouldbehyphenated

Re: [NTG-context] Letterspacing

2016-05-29 Thread Hans Hagen
in the documentation, maybe it doesn't exist: I simply don't know and don't see a way to find out. \stretched is not an answer. \starttext some words \WORD{some words} \definecharacterkerning[mine][factor=0.5] \definecharacterkerning[less][factor=0.05] \definecharacterkerning[more][factor=0.1

Re: [NTG-context] Allow for hyphenation in 'firstline' ConTeXt feature ?

2016-05-29 Thread Hans Hagen
[FirstLine][alternative=line, style=\tfd] % exegerate size \starttext % exagerated case as MWE \setfirstline[FirstLine] A few words larger largestwordwordlongwordthatcouldbehyphenated bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar

[NTG-context] Allow for hyphenation in 'firstline' ConTeXt feature ?

2016-05-29 Thread josephcanedo
% exagerated case as MWE \setfirstline[FirstLine] A few words larger largestwordwordlongwordthatcouldbehyphenated bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar bar. A few words larger largest word word foo bar word bar bar

Re: [NTG-context] win64 : luatex is not recognize as an internal command

2016-05-25 Thread L.S.-Soc
. This might be merged. one single donwload button to the ftp and then Win, Lin, Mac, Developer, Experimental. I would love to help with contextgarden wiki, but I am student and it took a long time learning CTX so far. But some day... Only a few words for usability ;-) Thanks for this great p

Re: [NTG-context] What are your ten (10) favorite typography books of the last 50 years? (*not* OT)

2016-05-15 Thread Alan BRASLAU
= {Laurence King Publishing}, language = {english}, } @Book{Chermayeff2006, author= {Chermayeff, I. and Geismar, T. H.}, year = {2006}, title = {Watching words move}, publisher = {Chronicle Books}, language = {english}, } @Book{Cinamon2011, author= {Cinamon, G.},

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] Full-width justification (xkcd)

2016-05-09 Thread Mohammad Hossein Bateni
e it > > > is".) > > > > well, its more like challenging us (in fact i remember messing a bit > > with this fill-to-end-of-line-with-rules stuff that you see in ugly > > official documents but then decided that lawyers should use > > justification instead) >

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] Full-width justification (xkcd)

2016-05-09 Thread Alan BRASLAU
g a bit > with this fill-to-end-of-line-with-rules stuff that you see in ugly > official documents but then decided that lawyers should use > justification instead) It would be a better exercise to compose one's text in verse using words that fill all lines nicely eliminating entir

Re: [NTG-context] language setting scope

2016-04-21 Thread massifr
Context (version 4/4/16). > > > > I've put a \language[it] just after \starttext, but I get words > > with a wrong hyphenation. > > > > As a patch, I just put \language[it] at the beginning of the xmlsetup > > that processes the tag, and now words are hyphenated ri

Re: [NTG-context] language setting scope

2016-04-20 Thread massifr
I apologize for the noise. \mainlanguage[it] before \starttext solves the problem. > Hello list, > I'm typesetting XHTML italian text with Context (version 4/4/16). > > I've put a \language[it] just after \starttext, but I get words > with a wrong hyphenation. > > A

[NTG-context] language setting scope

2016-04-20 Thread massifr
Hello list, I'm typesetting XHTML italian text with Context (version 4/4/16). I've put a \language[it] just after \starttext, but I get words with a wrong hyphenation. As a patch, I just put \language[it] at the beginning of the xmlsetup that processes the tag, and now words are hyphenated

Re: [NTG-context] Length range control of the last line of paragraph

2016-03-26 Thread Hans Hagen
to me :-) for your case i see no solution apart from heuristic lua magic Bad news. But I hope my parfillskip will work for majority cases and these problematic with words shorter than parindent+tolerance can be fixed afterwards by joining them with previous words using non-breaking space

Re: [NTG-context] Length range control of the last line of paragraph

2016-03-26 Thread Jan Tosovsky
lastlineminlength-\lastlinemingap\relax > > > > \parfillskip \lastlinemingap plus 1fill > > works just as well > I am getting slightly different results on several pages. The number of problematic cases is lower in my variant so I hope it makes still sense. > try \ward{}okay i

Re: [NTG-context] Length range control of the last line of paragraph

2016-03-25 Thread Hans Hagen
while you actually want it to move the other direction anyway, this is why using a couple of non-hyphenated words or a minimum amount of characters makes more sense - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA

Re: [NTG-context] metafun

2016-03-24 Thread Hans Hagen
\section {Anchors and layers} In a previous section we saw that some \hpos{X-1}{words} were \hpos{X-2}{circled} and connected by an \hpos{X-3}{arrow}. As with most things in \CONTEXT, marking these words is separated from declaring what to do with those words. This paragraph is keyed in as: \stoptext

Re: [NTG-context] metafun

2016-03-24 Thread luigi scarso
overlay > \defineoverlay[arrow][\positionoverlay{arrow}] > \setupbackgrounds[page][background=arrow] > > > \starttext > > \section {Anchors and layers} > > In a previous section we saw that some \hpos{X-1}{words} were > \hpos{X-2}{circled} and connected by an \hpos{X-3

Re: [NTG-context] metafun

2016-03-24 Thread Piotr Kopszak
we saw that some \hpos{X-1}{words} were \hpos{X-2}{circled} and connected by an \hpos{X-3}{arrow}. As with most things in \CONTEXT, marking these words is separated from declaring what to do with those words. This paragraph is keyed in as: \stoptext 2016-03-24 18:23 GMT+01:00 Piotr Kopszak <k

Re: [NTG-context] metafun

2016-03-24 Thread Piotr Kopszak
ay{arrow}] > > 4. Hook the overlay as a page background > > \setupbackgrounds[page][background=arrow] > > 5. Then everything will work. > > \starttext > > \section {Anchors and layers} > > In a previous section we saw that some \hpos{X-1} {words} were > \hpos{X-2

Re: [NTG-context] Length range control of the last line of paragraph

2016-03-23 Thread Hans Hagen
words \usemodule[art-01] \setupbodyfont[10pt] \definehyphenationfeatures [words-1] [rightwords=3, lefthyphenmin=4, righthyphenmin=4]> ... not uploaded yet I am impressed by your passion. Thanks for your continuous tweaking and inventing various approaches to fulfil my ne

Re: [NTG-context] Length range control of the last line of paragraph

2016-03-23 Thread Jan Tosovsky
On 2016-03-22 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 3/21/2016 8:14 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote: > > > > when paragraphs are separated by indenting the first line > > (instead of an empty line), these rules should be followed: > > a next beta will provide a bit more control over last

Re: [NTG-context] Length range control of the last line of paragraph

2016-03-22 Thread Hans Hagen
On 3/21/2016 8:14 PM, Jan Tosovsky wrote: Dear All, when paragraphs are separated by indenting the first line (instead of an empty line), these rules should be followed: a next beta will provide a bit more control over last words \usemodule[art-01] \setupbodyfont[10pt

Re: [NTG-context] Length range control of the last line of paragraph

2016-03-22 Thread Hans Hagen
extensive discussions about how things should look right but one cannot ignore the text itself then: adding a few words or rephrasing is often a better way out (the same applies to fonts: one can stress the virtues of some advanced kerning between two glyphs but at the same time be blind

Re: [NTG-context] tip

2016-02-16 Thread Hans Hagen
and blue? Does green show how close to needing intraword space compression while blue indicates the degree of compression that was done? green is used with normal justification With typesetters.suspects, I see * orange with o required space (*~*) o occasionally between words where

Re: [NTG-context] tip

2016-02-15 Thread Rik Kabel
(*~*) o occasionally between words where no markup appeared (could this flag a small word space?) * maroon with o *’* preceded by whitespace as with the contraction /’tis/ o *»* preceded by whitespace as an opening quotation mark for German * blue with o most punctuation

Re: [NTG-context] issue with Junicode font and \input

2016-02-13 Thread Ulrike Fischer
nuth" is > selected. Perhaps it is the same problem that has been found for latex and caused documents to hang: https://github.com/lualatex/luaotfload/issues/322 It happens only for some words (starting with ell) -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ _

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting Arabic (Scheherazade)

2016-02-05 Thread Alan Bowen
d get output in which the letters are not joined up into words but > printed separately, as in > > ثم يتعرف وزن ما يحتاج اليه مع وزن الكفة لموازاة الافق بالعمود > Is there a setting that I have missed? > > Alan >

[NTG-context] Typesetting Arabic (Scheherazade)

2016-02-05 Thread Alan Bowen
][features=arabic] and get output in which the letters are not joined up into words but printed separately, as in ثم يتعرف وزن ما يحتاج اليه مع وزن الكفة لموازاة الافق بالعمود Is there a setting that I have missed? Alan

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation list ignored

2016-02-02 Thread Hans Hagen
in any gross mistake. Attached are also three other files (*exhibit-n.pdf*) which show the results of its compilation under three different circumstances. These circumstances are described at the end of each typeset text. Mishyphenated words are underlined. Inept as it is, this example has proved

[NTG-context] Hyphenation list ignored

2016-02-01 Thread Francisco Gracia
other files (*exhibit-n.pdf*) which show the results of its compilation under three different circumstances. These circumstances are described at the end of each typeset text. Mishyphenated words are underlined. Inept as it is, this example has proved to me that I was mistaken in my initial

Re: [NTG-context] Shrinking spaces with export

2016-01-28 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/27/2016 6:29 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi, when the XML export is used spaces between words ind the PDF can shrink. \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{«Wer hat gewonnen?», fragte ich mit Nachdruck.\page} \stoptext fixed in luatex 0.89 Hans

[NTG-context] Shrinking spaces with export

2016-01-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi, when the XML export is used spaces between words ind the PDF can shrink. \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \dorecurse{5}{«Wer hat gewonnen?», fragte ich mit Nachdruck.\page} \stoptext Wolfgang ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] Overfull boxes using m-cweb

2016-01-26 Thread Ibn Saeed
Hans Hagen wxs.nl> writes: > it may be a result of many unbreakable (key)words, so in that case try: > > \setuptolerance[verytolerant,stretch] > > Hans > Thanks Hans, I was having some issue with overfull boxe in one paragraph, i applied your command an

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
, but as I only have to use it once...) I have no clue what a package is supposed to do but any solution has to come up with a list if words. \replaceword[sellig][auflösen][auf{-}{}{\zwnj}lösen] The {-}{}{\zwnj} is in fact a discretionary spec because you probably would like to permit

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-19 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> I have no clue what a package is supposed to do but any solution has to come > up with a list if words. I think the point is that often in German, breakpoints for hyphenation also break ligatures. I mentioned that in Nasbinals. Best,

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/19/2016 5:41 PM, Jan U. Hasecke wrote: Am 19.01.2016 um 16:31 schrieb Kate F: On 19 January 2016 at 09:05, Arthur Reutenauer <arthur.reutena...@normalesup.org> wrote: I have no clue what a package is supposed to do but any solution has to come up with a list if words. I

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-19 Thread Kate F
On 19 January 2016 at 09:05, Arthur Reutenauer <arthur.reutena...@normalesup.org> wrote: >> I have no clue what a package is supposed to do but any solution has to come >> up with a list if words. > > I think the point is that often in German, breakpoints for hyphenatio

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-19 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
Am 19.01.2016 um 16:31 schrieb Kate F: > On 19 January 2016 at 09:05, Arthur Reutenauer > <arthur.reutena...@normalesup.org> wrote: >>> I have no clue what a package is supposed to do but any solution has to come >>> up with a list if words. >> >>

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-18 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
e are many methods for this) ... also, 'liga' might mean > ligature but in practice is used for all kind of things ... in opentype > 'ligature substitution' is just a many-to-one replacement but that > doesn't mean that 'liga' uses that ... welcome to the inconsistent open > type mess &g

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-18 Thread Hans Hagen
ort for this issue? What would be the right words: please provide real ligature glyphs instead of composed ones? there are many fonts out that that do similar things replacing f an i by different shapes, or overlaying, or kerning, or replacing by one char, looking forward (from f to i) or backw

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-18 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
the words so that they are not found by the search. If ZWNJ is the right way to do it, I'll start a tiny project on Github with a replacement file. First time I hear about the new keyboard layout. I think I want my T2 keyboard now! ;-) juh Am 18.01.2016 um 23:38 schrieb Georg Duffner: > Hi

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures in EB Garamond

2016-01-18 Thread Georg Duffner
ne > that way but by either kerning or replacement of individual glyphs + > kerning (there are many methods for this) ... also, 'liga' might mean > ligature but in practice is used for all kind of things ... in opentype > 'ligature substitution' is just a many-to-one replacement but that >

Re: [NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1/16/2016 6:55 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Sat, 16 Jan 2016, Alan Bowen wrote: When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words cited into roman face. Thus, \starttext \emph{The \quote{Problemata} in Medieval Times} \emph{The \quote{\emph{Problemata}} in Medieval Times} \stoptext

[NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Alan Bowen
When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words cited into roman face. Thus, \starttext \emph{The \quote{Problemata} in Medieval Times} \emph{The \quote{\emph{Problemata}} in Medieval Times} \stoptext This seems odd. Should \quote not leave the style of the text as it is? That is, should

Re: [NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Alan Bowen <mailto:bowenala...@gmail.com> 16. Januar 2016 um 15:26 When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words cited into roman face. Thus, \starttext \emph{The \quote{Problemata} in Medieval Times} \emph{The \quote{\emph{Problemata}} in Medieval Times} \stoptext This see

Re: [NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Alan Bowen
I am inclined to agree, Aditya. At least it *is* odd in English typography. Still thanks for the fix. Alan On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 16 Jan 2016, Alan Bowen wrote: > > When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words c

Re: [NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016, Alan Bowen wrote: When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words cited into roman face. Thus, \starttext \emph{The \quote{Problemata} in Medieval Times} \emph{The \quote{\emph{Problemata}} in Medieval Times} \stoptext This seems odd. Should \quote not leave the style

Re: [NTG-context] \quote inside \emph

2016-01-16 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Wolfgang! Alan On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan Bowen <bowenala...@gmail.com> > 16. Januar 2016 um 15:26 > When used in inside \emph, \quote puts the words cited into roman face. > Thus, > > \

Re: [NTG-context] disabling ligatures in selected words

2016-01-12 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
Hi Thomas, Am 23.10.2015 um 21:23 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz: > On 23.10.2015 21:09, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> Take a look at the new replacement mechanism (lang-rep.mkiv): >> >> - http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2015/083044.html >> -

[NTG-context] beta

2015-12-21 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, A few words on luatex 0.87 and the beta. As we're progressing to the first stable luatex release (stable in the sense that functionality will become stable, after 1.0 we will continue anyway) a couple of changes take place. And as context is the primary testbed it gets adapted too. (1

Re: [NTG-context] Reconciling unicode-math with LaTeX2e mathematics

2015-12-03 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12/3/2015 3:16 AM, Maggyero wrote: In both LaTeX and ConTeXt, we have two kinds of fonts: — a text font: multi-letter words; — a math font: single letter words. In math mode, using LaTeX, text fonts can use both — text spacing: $\textit{abc ffi}$ gives abc ffi; — math spacing: $\mathit{abc

[NTG-context] Reconciling unicode-math with LaTeX2e mathematics

2015-12-02 Thread Maggyero
alk at 41 min 40 s for LaTeX unicode-math package: https://youtu.be/FW9Cwh9sj5w?t=2500 In both LaTeX and ConTeXt, we have two kinds of fonts: — a text font: multi-letter words; — a math font: single letter words. In math mode, using LaTeX, text fonts can use both — text spacing: $\textit{abc ffi}$ gi

Re: [NTG-context] Reconciling unicode-math with LaTeX2e mathematics

2015-12-02 Thread Maggyero
alk at 41 min 40 s for LaTeX unicode-math package: https://youtu.be/FW9Cwh9sj5w?t=2500 In both LaTeX and ConTeXt, we have two kinds of fonts: — a text font: multi-letter words; — a math font: single letter words. In math mode, using LaTeX, text fonts can use both — text spacing: $\textit{abc ffi}$ gi

[NTG-context] place figure at the top left corner of the header

2015-11-26 Thread massifr
Hello list, I need to place a figure with its topleft corner on the topleft corner of the header. The figure would be large as the textframe and covering all the header and part of the textframe, leaving the text flow below the figure. In other words, a normal figure \textwidth large

Re: [NTG-context] "Trial typesetting" in ConTeXt / lua ?

2015-11-19 Thread josephcanedo
I’ll try this in a minute. Thanks a million. Another bit of complexity, if I have some words in different font (only a few of them), should I call tohbox for these separately and “chain” the different hboxes together ? For example the idea is to “emulate” for instance: The second line has

Re: [NTG-context] "Trial typesetting" in ConTeXt / lua ?

2015-11-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 11/19/2015 8:26 PM, josephcan...@gmail.com wrote: I’ll try this in a minute. Thanks a million. Another bit of complexity, if I have some words in different font (only a few of them), should I call tohbox for these separately and “chain” the different hboxes together ? For example the idea

Re: [NTG-context] "Trial typesetting" in ConTeXt / lua ?

2015-11-19 Thread josephcanedo
any files > To give some background, I’d like to compute a parshape for some > paragraphs for which I’d like some special shape. I thought that one > idea was to build up the lua nodes from text (which has some occasional > words with smaller or different font style), compute

Re: [NTG-context] "Trial typesetting" in ConTeXt / lua ?

2015-11-18 Thread josephcanedo
(which has some occasional words with smaller or different font style), compute the width of text to figure out a first guess for parshape and then iterate on linebreak with different parshape settings to refine the first guess. Thanks a lot, Best regards Joseph From: Hans Hagen Sent

Re: [NTG-context] "Trial typesetting" in ConTeXt / lua ?

2015-11-18 Thread josephcanedo
iles > To give some background, I’d like to compute a parshape for some > paragraphs for which I’d like some special shape. I thought that one > idea was to build up the lua nodes from text (which has some occasional > words with smaller or different font style), compute the width of

Re: [NTG-context] "Trial typesetting" in ConTeXt / lua ?

2015-11-18 Thread Hans Hagen
some background, I’d like to compute a parshape for some paragraphs for which I’d like some special shape. I thought that one idea was to build up the lua nodes from text (which has some occasional words with smaller or different font style), compute the width of text to figure out a first guess

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures and copy-paste

2015-11-09 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 09.11.2015 16:25, Tommaso Petrucciani wrote: is there some command to issue in order to have ligatures copy-paste correctly in PDFs? I thought Mk IV did this automatically, but it’s not working on my system. Ligatures paste as spaces and searching the PDF doesn’t find the words. I use

[NTG-context] Ligatures and copy-paste

2015-11-09 Thread Tommaso Petrucciani
Dear list members, is there some command to issue in order to have ligatures copy-paste correctly in PDFs? I thought Mk IV did this automatically, but it’s not working on my system. Ligatures paste as spaces and searching the PDF doesn’t find the words. I use ConTeXt beta 2015-10-09, Apple

Re: [NTG-context] Ligatures and copy-paste

2015-11-09 Thread Tommaso Petrucciani
>> is there some command to issue in order to have ligatures copy-paste >> correctly in PDFs? >> I thought Mk IV did this automatically, but it’s not working on my system. >> Ligatures paste as spaces and searching the PDF doesn’t find the words. >> >>

Re: [NTG-context] \setfirstline Inside columns environment does not seem to work

2015-10-27 Thread josephcanedo
2 column text. I give a simple example (I’ve modified from previous post example on this list). Is that expected ? If you uncomment the \startcolumns and \stopcolumns below, the first line style disappears (both bigger font line and dark blue 2 first words). I use standalone ConTeXt

[NTG-context] Line height - changes in defaults

2015-10-26 Thread Jan Tosovsky
Is this new value a new default or a bug? In other words, should it be fixed on my or your side? Thanks, Jan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context

[NTG-context] \setfirstline Inside columns environment does not seem to work

2015-10-26 Thread josephcanedo
style disappears (both bigger font line and dark blue 2 first words). I use standalone ConTeXt (installed 1 week ago or so). $ context --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 0.62 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file: c:/ConTeXt/tex/texmf-context/tex/context

[NTG-context] disabling ligatures in selected words

2015-10-23 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Hi, in German typography, ligatures are disabled at boundaries between what used to be independent words (Wortfugen). Thusly, in a correct German text, you'd find Anflug (with fl-ligature) but Auf|lage (without ligature). I know that I can prevent a ligature with something like Auf\/lage

Re: [NTG-context] disabling ligatures in selected words

2015-10-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Hi, in German typography, ligatures are disabled at boundaries between what used to be independent words (Wortfugen). Thusly, in a correct German text, you'd find Anflug (with fl-ligature) but Auf| lage (without ligature). I know that I can

Re: [NTG-context] disabling ligatures in selected words

2015-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
n typography, ligatures are disabled at boundaries between what used to be independent words (Wortfugen). Thusly, in a correct German text, you'd find Anflug (with fl-ligature) but Auf|lage (without ligature). I know that I can prevent a ligature with something like Auf\/lage or even Auf|*|lage

Re: [NTG-context] disabling ligatures in selected words

2015-10-23 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 23.10.2015 21:09, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Take a look at the new replacement mechanism (lang-rep.mkiv): - http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2015/083044.html - http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2015/083034.html Aditya, Wolfgang, thank you both - both solutions look great and

[NTG-context] Problem with setuptagging and ebgaramond font, also hsize question

2015-10-22 Thread Rik Kabel
With the following example, there are no hyphens where words are broken across lines. When the \setuptagging line is removed, or the state changed to stop, hyphens appear as expected. So far I have only seen this with the ebgaramond font using a current standalone beta (ConTeXt ver

Re: [NTG-context] Setups for images in publication framework

2015-10-05 Thread Eidenbenz Michael
; > % We also set up the associated list (a description): > > \setupbtxlist > [duane] > [number=no] > > % This is the image renderer: > > \startsetups btx:duane:list:image >\bgroup >\bTABLE[offset=1ex] >\bTR >\bTD[ny=4] >

[NTG-context] Setups for images in publication framework

2015-10-03 Thread Eidenbenz Michael
:list:image \bgroup \bTABLE[offset=1ex] \bTR \bTD[ny=4] \dontleavehmode \externalfigure[\btxfield{url_thumb}][width=4cm] \eTD \bTD \bold{\btxfield{title}}\blank

Re: [NTG-context] Lua file finder for \externalimage

2015-09-24 Thread Procházka Lukáš Ing . - Pontex s . r . o .
Hello, the reason I'm asking is that I'd need to perform the same lookup as is performed during \externalfigure with a specific "directory=" key. In other words - when \externalfigure is able to find a picture in e.g. "../../../Images/Small" path, is there a a file fi

[NTG-context] creating multirow curly brace in tables to symbolize row span

2015-08-20 Thread Henry House
List: I'm trying to create a table with this effect: Parcel |Area ⎧ | 1 acre trees parcel 1 ⎨ | 2 acre vines ⎩ | 3 acre open ⎧ | 5 acre trees parcel 2 ⎨ | 6 acre vines ⎩ | 4 acre open In other words, I would like a big curly bracket with leftwards

Re: [NTG-context] creating multirow curly brace in tables to symbolize row span

2015-08-20 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015, Henry House wrote: List: I'm trying to create a table with this effect: Parcel |Area ⎧ | 1 acre trees parcel 1 ⎨ | 2 acre vines ⎩ | 3 acre open ⎧ | 5 acre trees parcel 2 ⎨ | 6 acre vines ⎩ | 4 acre open In other words, I

Re: [NTG-context] Selectively supressing ligatures

2015-08-11 Thread Hans Hagen
. So what is your opinion about such a feature? You can probably make a list of special words and adding that to a module is no big deal. I have no time to look into what is around and do that myself. I uploaded a beta. Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Selectively supressing ligatures

2015-08-11 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
package selnoligs was beneficial to me when I made a book with more than 1000 pages, where I would never managed to stop ligatures by hand. So what is your opinion about such a feature? You can probably make a list of special words and adding that to a module is no big deal. I have no time

[NTG-context] Template for handling editorial content in a large book project

2015-08-08 Thread Pavneet Arora
I am working on a large book project. What I need done in ConTeXt is something similar to what Boris presented at TUG 2015: http://tug.org/tug2015/abstracts/veytsman-access.txt In other words, the output should address different audiences. In my case, I want the full project to continue

Re: [NTG-context] Template for handling editorial content in a large book project

2015-08-08 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 8 Aug 2015, Pavneet Arora wrote: I am working on a large book project. What I need done in ConTeXt is something similar to what Boris presented at TUG 2015: http://tug.org/tug2015/abstracts/veytsman-access.txt In other words, the output should address different audiences. In my

Re: [NTG-context] Template for handling editorial content in a large book project

2015-08-08 Thread Pavneet Arora
at TUG 2015: http://tug.org/tug2015/abstracts/veytsman-access.txt In other words, the output should address different audiences. In my case, I want the full project to continue to contain editorial comments, or notes by the author. I am thinking of using both margin notes, and specially

Re: [NTG-context] footnotes when using RtL (Arabic)

2015-08-02 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
options do have an effect. But the output is still flawed; the beginning of the third note is missing at the end of the first line of the footnote, while its last few words can be seen on the second line of the footnote. See my new attachment (linenotes r2l 3,tex) below: Hi Talal, replace you bidi

Re: [NTG-context] footnotes when using RtL (Arabic)

2015-08-02 Thread talazem
; the beginning of the third note is missing at the end of the first line of the footnote, while its last few words can be seen on the second line of the footnote. See my new attachment (linenotes r2l 3,tex) below: linenotes r2l 3.tex Description: Binary data linenotes r2l 3.pdf Description

Re: [NTG-context] footnotes when using RtL (Arabic)

2015-08-02 Thread tala...@fastmail.fm
lnote]”. Having doneso, adding the method options do have an effect. But the output is stillflawed; the beginning of the third note is missing at the end of thefirst line of the footnote, while its last few words can be seen on thesecond line of the footnote. See my new attachment (linenotes r2l 3,tex) b

Re: [NTG-context] reverse page order and reverse page numbering in one part of a book

2015-07-24 Thread Hans Hagen
it for a real book would have been extremely complex. In my field, there are numerous books with a bilingual layout, but I guess they are all still handcrafted, i.e. manual page breaks etc. I just shudder to think what would happen if someone has to add three words on page 3 of such a book - they would

[NTG-context] reverse page order and reverse page numbering in one part of a book

2015-07-22 Thread tala...@fastmail.fm
, in Part Two (the Arabic text): the page ordering should run right-to-left, the page numbers should run in “reverse” pagination (in which “page 1 of the critical edition begins at the “back” of the book), and the page numbers should be printed in Hindi numerals. In other words, the structure

Re: [NTG-context] reverse page order and reverse page numbering in one part of a book

2015-07-22 Thread Alan BRASLAU
extremely complex. In my field, there are numerous books with a bilingual layout, but I guess they are all still handcrafted, i.e. manual page breaks etc. I just shudder to think what would happen if someone has to add three words on page 3 of such a book - they would have to redo every single

Re: [NTG-context] reverse page order and reverse page numbering in one part of a book

2015-07-22 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
begins at the “back” of the book), and the page numbers should be printed in Hindi numerals. In other words, the structure of the book’s pages would be as follows (ellipses used to jump): 1 2 3 … 48 49 50 ٥٠ ٤٩ ٤٨ … ٣ ٢ ١ I would like the Table of Contents then to look something like

Re: [NTG-context] reverse page order and reverse page numbering in one part of a book

2015-07-22 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
they are all still handcrafted, i.e. manual page breaks etc. I just shudder to think what would happen if someone has to add three words on page 3 of such a book - they would have to redo every single darn pagebreak? Thomas

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