[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: text width shadow background

2023-07-08 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 08.07.23 um 15:14 schrieb Keith McKay: I played about with the number of shadow layers and added a wee bit randomness which gave a nice effect. See the code below and the attached png. Good idea, makes sense for big text – my captions are only 8pt, there 10 layers are already a lot

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Carlos
contextgarden server was down following a disk controller > failure and had taken some time to be reconfigured with new hardware and > brought back online. > > However, the request that I read was not about duplicate messages but rather > to avoid superfluous signature additions when pos

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Carlos
cidaBrightDemiItalic] > > \stoptypescript > Hm, isn't that this lucida rip off again? Maybe bad metricks then but I'm > not going to look into that as the official TUG lucida opentype fonts > perform okay. > > Hans Coincidentally speaking, a while ago (as a matter of fact this

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
with new hardware and brought back online. However, the request that I read was not about duplicate messages but rather to avoid superfluous signature additions when posting to a mailing list. Alan ___ If your question

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Carlos
1 > > > H__E > > > X > > > HK:-1.291 > > > SP:3.282 > > > > > > is accurate nevertheless. And a very nice implementation at that, > > > but one I fear can't b

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Carlos
no space was ever > > there before. > > > > Because of all of this, and unfortunately, \showmakeup is not quite helpful > > here either. Although it does so displays the amount of spaces and > > so forth, any addition of a \qquad also adds a very subtle unwanted >

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Hans Hagen
ume, solely for accuracy and perfection, we're left here with neither: zero, zip. It evaporates. puzzled > Dear Emily: >I'm still confused as to what groups articles should be posted > to. How about an example? >-- Still Confused > > Dear Still: can we omit thes

[NTG-context] Re: \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Carlos
quad also adds a very subtle unwanted > space. > > And since we're looking here, I pressume, solely for accuracy and > perfection, we're left here with neither: zero, zip. It evaporates. > > > -- > Dear Emily: > I'm still confused as to what groups article

[NTG-context] \showmakeup adds unwanted space despite accurate readings; \qquad mandatory before \TeX\

2023-07-05 Thread Carlos
of a \qquad also adds a very subtle unwanted space. And since we're looking here, I pressume, solely for accuracy and perfection, we're left here with neither: zero, zip. It evaporates. -- Dear Emily: I'm still confused as to what groups articles should be posted to. How about an example

Re: [NTG-context] right and left arrowfill

2023-06-23 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
nd in plain) How good would \meaning be here, notwithstanding the valuable info of the macro it provides, if it can't print out, let alone source it up, the more accurate dimension, let alone the measurement. I don't follow. Does this come from ChapGPT? That's funny. But as chatgpt say

Re: [NTG-context] right and left arrowfill

2023-06-23 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
\rightarrowfill \ 1cm \leftarrowfill\vrule} it says 1cm but it'd be more than that, and accurately so > > > How good would \meaning be here, notwithstanding the valuable info of > > the macro it provides, if it can't print out, let alone source it up, > > the more accurate dim

Re: [NTG-context] right and left arrowfill

2023-06-23 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
, the more accurate dimension, let alone the measurement. I don't follow. Does this come from ChapGPT? So, one would need to know the preset layout of the page to have an idea about it? Hans H. pulled the old modified trick of 'works here'. Well, when used in a paragraph it works indeed

Re: [NTG-context] right and left arrowfill

2023-06-23 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
it up, the more accurate dimension, let alone the measurement. So, one would need to know the preset layout of the page to have an idea about it? Hans H. pulled the old modified trick of 'works here'. Like a magician… now all of a sudden evetything works, but unlike TeX's \hbox to

Re: [NTG-context] new version

2023-06-23 Thread Marcus Vinicius Mesquita via ntg-context
> > (3) The biggest new feature (already known to some of you as we chat > about it) is that in addition to the (upto three) passes that create a > paragraph we can now have extra ones. This is discussed in > lowlevel-lines.pdf (preliminary). The second pass is the most important >

[NTG-context] new version

2023-06-22 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
] has become cheaper and might as well become the default. (3) The biggest new feature (already known to some of you as we chat about it) is that in addition to the (upto three) passes that create a paragraph we can now have extra ones. This is discussed in lowlevel-lines.pdf (preliminary

[NTG-context] Fwd: [veraPDF-users] Development Preview: PDF file checker based on the Arlington PDF Model

2023-06-21 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
validator but comprises a very familiar package of GUI and command-line applications. *The Arlington PDF Model is an invaluable resource for anyone developing or testing PDF tools. *Read more about the development here. <https://openpreservation.org/news/development-preview-pdf-file-checker-ba

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-18 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
fonts came aroudn at the same time and were rather closed technologies. But as soon possible backend drivers (also part of the tex ecosystem) kicked in. Then we got virtual fonts which enhanced tex's capabilities. I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. But I

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-18 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
either. So, yes, it must be innovative. It has to be. > > Potscript and its fonts came aroudn at the same time and were rather closed > technologies. But as soon possible backend drivers (also part of the tex > ecosystem) kicked in. > > Then we got virtual fonts which enha

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-18 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 6/18/2023 10:20 AM, Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context wrote: On 16 Jun 2023, at 17:35, Gerben Wierda via ntg-context wrote: I know this is off topic, but I suspect this community is actually one of the best places to find an answer. I really like Optima, and what I really like about

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-18 Thread Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
> On 16 Jun 2023, at 17:35, Gerben Wierda via ntg-context > wrote: > > I know this is off topic, but I suspect this community is actually one of the > best places to find an answer. > > I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'.

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-17 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
aroudn at the same time and were rather closed technologies. But as soon possible backend drivers (also part of the tex ecosystem) kicked in. Then we got virtual fonts which enhanced tex's capabilities. I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. But I would like

[NTG-context] Can I use 'extend' and 'slant' in \definefontfamily to create fake italics etc.?

2023-06-16 Thread Gerben Wierda via ntg-context
I suspect this community is actually one of >>> the best places to find an answer. >>> I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. >>> But I would like to move to a flared-sans font that gives me more licensing >>> freedom. I haven't

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-16 Thread linguafalsa--- via ntg-context
neglected fonts from the beginning. > I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. > > But I would like to move to a flared-sans font that gives me more licensing > freedom. I haven't been able to find one after extensive searching. The only >

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-16 Thread Marcus Vinicius Mesquita via ntg-context
On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 1:36 PM Gerben Wierda via ntg-context wrote: > > I know this is off topic, but I suspect this community is actually one of the > best places to find an answer. > > I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. > > But

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-16 Thread Gerben Wierda via ntg-context
ect this community is actually one of >> the best places to find an answer. >> I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. >> But I would like to move to a flared-sans font that gives me more licensing >> freedom. I haven't been able to find one a

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-16 Thread Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context
Hi, On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 6:36 PM Gerben Wierda via ntg-context wrote: > > I know this is off topic, but I suspect this community is actually one of the > best places to find an answer. > > I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. >

Re: [NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-16 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 16.06.23 um 18:35 schrieb Gerben Wierda via ntg-context: I know this is off topic, but I suspect this community is actually one of the best places to find an answer. I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. But I would like to move to a flared-sans font

[NTG-context] Off topic: Does a 'free for commercial use' flared-sans font exist in the world?

2023-06-16 Thread Gerben Wierda via ntg-context
I know this is off topic, but I suspect this community is actually one of the best places to find an answer. I really like Optima, and what I really like about it is the 'flared style'. But I would like to move to a flared-sans font that gives me more licensing freedom. I haven't been able

Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-14 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
/keenwrite-themes/tree/main/boschet) don't "know" anything about the source document text. That's why I stated that nothing between \starttext and \stoptext may change. In effect, we don't know if the text is going to be "Kermit Ruffins" or "Yankee Doodle Dandy" or &qu

Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-14 Thread linguafalsa--- via ntg-context
apter[1] \stopchapter \forgetinitial \par \startchapter[2] \input knuth \stopchapter \stoptext > > Here's a video showing how theme selection works: > > https://youtu.be/3QpX70O5S30?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9KWzPIoWZMKu_=14 > > I hope this explains the situation more clearl

Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-13 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
is transformed into XHTML, a specific theme instructs ConTeXt how to typeset the XHTML. Here's a video showing how theme selection works: https://youtu.be/3QpX70O5S30?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9KWzPIoWZMKu_=14 I hope this explains the situation more clearly about why changing the code between \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-13 Thread linguafalsa--- via ntg-context
TML then passed to ConTeXt, and so the > setups need to account for this scenario without modifying the source > document. > Yeah yeah yeah, tenable. A lot of things aren't tenable. Anyhow, What source document are you talking about here? You're already sourcing the lines after chapter

Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-13 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
d line. >> \stoptext >> % EOT >> >> Produces: https://i.stack.imgur.com/kNDqw.png >> >> How would you instruct ConTeXt to "protect" the lettrine such that >> regardless of whether the first paragraph spans multiple lines, a short >> fir

Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-13 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
; > Meet me at the second line. > \stoptext > % EOT > > Produces: https://i.stack.imgur.com/kNDqw.png > > How would you instruct ConTeXt to "protect" the lettrine such that > regardless of whether the first paragraph spans multiple lines, a short > first paragraph w

Re: [NTG-context] letfrozen?

2023-06-13 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
. there are several caregories, like primitive, permanent, instance, mutable, immutable and frozen at some point we could deepfreeze them all but in the end that makes no sense because then we can't for instance run tikz so in the end it's mostly about warnings and errors (one can actually

Re: [NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-13 Thread Otared Kavian via ntg-context
; the lettrine such that regardless > of whether the first paragraph spans multiple lines, a short first paragraph > will still prevent the second paragraph from overlapping the lettrine? > > That is, the setups should work in both cases, without any knowledge about > t

[NTG-context] Protect the lettrine

2023-06-12 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
s multiple lines, a short first paragraph will still prevent the second paragraph from overlapping the lettrine? That is, the setups should work in both cases, without any knowledge about the first paragraph length being added between \starttext and \stoptext. ConTeXt LMTX version: 2023.06.04 18:58

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-12 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
nd(n,"pdftex") > ) > end > > > Aditya Through rsync only and by default without mtx-install-modules script, obviously, it'll simply fall back loading by pgfsys-pdftex so you'd be better off by just having local function validate(n) return not ( find

[NTG-context] And the nominees for best Motion Picture of the year are…

2023-06-05 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
window system. The first fully modular software disaster. Rome was destroyed in a day. Warn your friends about it. Climbing to new depths. Sinking to new heights. An accident that couldn't wait to happen. Don't wait for the movie. Never use

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-05 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
bably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers > > >> questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in > > >> spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answers. > > > > > > I've been using it for Co

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-05 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
tgpt answers >> questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in >> spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answers. > > I've been using it for ConTeXt, and to be honest, it works amazingly > well. It

Re: [NTG-context] TiKz with LMTX

2023-06-05 Thread Jigé via ntg-context
When I asked about the fresh install, I think I was asking to Mikael who can compile the sample file. Sorry Floris, this was not clear enough because I've been answering to the mailing-list digest and not to invidual messages. Mikael, maybe you have in your $PATH some remembrances of past

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-05 Thread luigi scarso via ntg-context
On Mon, 5 Jun 2023 at 15:18, Alan Braslau via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote: > > On 04/06/23 04/06/23, 15:57, Berend de Boer via ntg-context wrote: > >> Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers > >> questions about domains on

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-05 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 03:09:02PM +0200, Alan Braslau via ntg-context wrote: > > On 04/06/23 04/06/23, 15:57, Berend de Boer via ntg-context wrote: > > > Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers > > > questions about domains one knows well

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-05 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
On 04/06/23 04/06/23, 15:57, Berend de Boer via ntg-context wrote: Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answers. I've been using

Re: [NTG-context] Moving up a Figure

2023-06-04 Thread Jeroen via ntg-context
gt; With the following example, the figure is placed a little lower than the > first text line. The top of the figure is at about the middle of the first > line. Is there a way to move-up the figure slightly to align it with the > top of the text line? > > > > \useMPlibrar

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-04 Thread Berend de Boer via ntg-context
Hi Hans, Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answers. I've been using it for ConTeXt, and to be honest, it works amazingly well

Re: [NTG-context] Moving up a Figure

2023-06-03 Thread Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context
Hi, On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 6:36 PM Jeroen via ntg-context wrote: > > With the following example, the figure is placed a little lower than the > first text line. The top of the figure is at about the middle of the first > line. Is there a way to move-up the figure sligh

[NTG-context] Moving up a Figure

2023-06-03 Thread Jeroen via ntg-context
With the following example, the figure is placed a little lower than the first text line. The top of the figure is at about the middle of the first line. Is there a way to move-up the figure slightly to align it with the top of the text line? \useMPlibrary[dum] \starttext \startplacefigure

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-02 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 09:58:31AM +0200, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > On 6/2/2023 9:27 AM, BPJ wrote: > > > I wonder what Knuth would say about having ChatGPT write computer > > programs, which I think can be outright dangerous. Either you get shitty > > code w

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-02 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 6/2/2023 9:27 AM, BPJ wrote: I wonder what Knuth would say about having ChatGPT write computer programs, which I think can be outright dangerous. Either you get shitty code which doesn't work, which is good, or you get shitty code which works which is bad or Really Bad. He's pretty clear

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-02 Thread BPJ via ntg-context
Den tors 1 juni 2023 11:48Hans Hagen via ntg-context skrev: > Hi, > > Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers > questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in > spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answe

Re: [NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-01 Thread luigi scarso via ntg-context
On Thu, 1 Jun 2023 at 11:45, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote: > Hi, > > Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers > questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in > spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect a

[NTG-context] knuth

2023-06-01 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
Hi, Probably some on this list already checked how well chatgpt answers questions about domains one knows well and then probably noted that in spite of impressive wording, one can run into quite incorrect answers. One can get really stupid responses about tex and friends, but also can get

Re: [NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-31 Thread Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
r their MPLS backbone, that’s why the ping times are weird for > you. Good point about the MPLS. I was using https://www.geolocation.com/ to do the geolocation and it claims Warsaw but that - in hindsight - is wrong. So "us-was" is likely to be Washington as per the name and is also t

Re: [NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-30 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
ved [53293716/53293716] In the past, downloading 50MB has been much faster. The following takes about 4 minutes: mtx-install | unzipping 'texmf.zip' 69 files of 692 done,6635323 bytes, 0.027 seconds ... snip ... 692 files of 692 done, 86353557 bytes, 0.477 seconds mtx-inst

Re: [NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-30 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 5/30/2023 1:03 AM, Thangalin via ntg-context wrote: Hi, Installation of a fresh copy of LMTX has gone from a few minutes to about 30 minutes. Here's what I ran: 1. Open terminal 2. Change to root 3. cd /opt 4. mkdir context-2023-05-29 5. cd context-2023-05-29 6. wget "http://lmtx.p

[NTG-context] Super slow installation

2023-05-29 Thread Thangalin via ntg-context
Hi, Installation of a fresh copy of LMTX has gone from a few minutes to about 30 minutes. Here's what I ran: 1. Open terminal 2. Change to root 3. cd /opt 4. mkdir context-2023-05-29 5. cd context-2023-05-29 6. wget "http://lmtx.pragma-ade.com/install-lmtx//texmf.zip; 7. unzip texmf.zip 8.

Re: [NTG-context] Cron /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror

2023-05-29 Thread Taco Hoekwater via ntg-context
Hi all, Sorry about all these. The server had a network failure earlier today (fixed now) Best wishes, Taco > On 29 May 2023, at 15:14, Cron Daemon via ntg-context > wrote: > > rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync.pragma-ade.nl 873: Temporary failure in name > resolution >

[NTG-context] dirty tricks

2023-05-28 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
\samplefile{ward} % let's see what their demerits are {\tt \the\lousiness} % and overload one of them (index 11) \hsize8cm \silliness 11 \samplefile{ward} % do how about overloading more (index 11 and 8) \hsize8cm \lousiness 2 11 0 8 200 \samplefile{ward} \stoptext

Re: [NTG-context] Can ConTeXt write its pdf to a different directory?

2023-05-27 Thread peter.hopcroft--- via ntg-context
Max, that answer seems like magic to me, in the sense of an advanced technology. Thank you. It's not quite working for me yet. I'll explore more tomorrow and learn about lua. Peter > On 27/05/2023, at 3:53 PM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context > wrote: > > Hi Peter, >

Re: [NTG-context] How to really force figure to appear "here"?

2023-05-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
on the next page, that is fine, but I don't want the next group of text to appear until *after* the figure. This is really confusing my readers. \starttext     \input knuth     \input knuth     {\boldface This is a short note about the picture. It should appear right after this.}  \placefigure

Re: [NTG-context] Layout with equal margins.

2023-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
. ** What about the margin where one would like to place chapter and section numbers? This is where you use leftmargin for the width of the are of margin texts and leftmargindistance for the distance between the left side margin block and the text block. Since my printing house requires 3mm of space

Re: [NTG-context] Layout with equal margins.

2023-05-21 Thread Pawel Urbanski via ntg-context
Thanks Wolfgang! Just last few questions and I og wiht cows home... :) ** Does backspace or cutspace cover the inner space where bhe book binding is located? ** What about the margin where one would like to place chapter and section numbers? Since my printing house requires 3mm of space

Re: [NTG-context] How to really force figure to appear "here"?

2023-05-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
of text to appear until *after* the figure. This is really confusing my readers. \starttext     \input knuth     \input knuth     {\boldface This is a short note about the picture. It should appear right after this.}  \placefigure[here,force]{caption}{  \externalfigure[1.jpg][width=\textwidth

Re: [NTG-context] How to really force figure to appear "here"?

2023-05-21 Thread Joel via ntg-context
. This is really confusing my readers. \starttext     \input knuth     \input knuth     {\boldface This is a short note about the picture. It should appear right after this.}     \placefigure[here,force]{caption}{         \externalfigure[1.jpg][width=\textwidth]     }     \input knuth     \input knuth

[NTG-context] FYI: created with LMTX

2023-05-21 Thread Gerben Wierda via ntg-context
https://ea.rna.nl/archimate/free-archimate-overview-pdf/ <https://ea.rna.nl/archimate/free-archimate-overview-pdf/> The story at the end tells a bit about LMTX and how it was done (it's about 2500 lines of lua to parse the XML and produce the LMTX statements, and about 3500 lines of ME

Re: [NTG-context] 17th ConTeXt Meeting, Prague, 10.–16. 9. 2023: Registration Open

2023-05-15 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
now open. > > We will meet at our favourite place close to Prague for the 3rd time. > Come and join us to hear all the great news about new developments of > ConTeXt and LuaMetaTex, meet developers and friends from this list. > Better come in person, though registration for online particip

[NTG-context] 17th ConTeXt Meeting, Prague, 10.–16. 9. 2023: Registration Open

2023-05-15 Thread Jano Kula via ntg-context
Dear list members! Registration for the 17th ConTeXt Meeting <https://meeting.contextgarden.net/2023/> is now open. We will meet at our favourite place close to Prague for the 3rd time. Come and join us to hear all the great news about new developments of ConTeXt and LuaMetaTex, meet deve

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-10 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
e are not than > > manyu math fonts) one always has to match them properly with serif and sans > > fonts (relative scaling etc). > > > > When someone wants support for some commercial font, they have to buy us a > > few copies with no constraints. (Normally in a project we

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
nt, they have to buy us a > few copies with no constraints. (Normally in a project we just get them > anyway.) There are plenty of examples in the type-imp-* files that show the > way. > > Hans Thanks for the info Hans. I'll check it out again. About a month or so ago I went over th

Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 227, Issue 15

2023-05-09 Thread Sebastian Ørsted via ntg-context
__ > > > -- > `Lasu' Releases SAG 0.3 -- Freeware Book Takes Paves For New World Order > by staff writers > > Helsinki, Finland, August 6, 1995 -- In a surprise movement, Lars > ``Lasu'' Wirzenius today released the 0.3 editi

Re: [NTG-context] This is rmally done by loading special math fonts into the math family slots.

2023-05-09 Thread Carlos via ntg-context
at all, that all our work would be futile, if it weren't for the SAG,'' says Matt Welsh, director of LDP, Inc. The new version is still distributed freely, now even with a copyright that allows modification. ``More dough,'' explains the author. Despite insistent rumors about blatant comm

Re: [NTG-context] installer

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
odules | mtx-install-modules | More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at: mtx-install-modules | mtx-install-modules | maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context mtx-install-modules | webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] [ update message ]

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
os - new observation: older engines might fail with new scripts but I'm not going to check for versions (in fact, if we weren't aware of the issue contexts would fail everywhere once such an update rolls out) So .. not much we can do about it other than just manually adapt when a situat

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
. and that most 'projects' are just 'activities by enthousiatic users' In the end it's all about esthetics which is more about feeling and intuition and pretty much driven by user demsnds. In a similar fashion most 'tex conferences' are more user meetings. Will there be new units to represent

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
projects' are just > 'activities by enthousiatic users' In the end it's all about esthetics which > is more about feeling and intuition and pretty much driven by user demsnds. > In a similar fashion most 'tex conferences' are more user meetings. Will there be new units to represent the

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-07 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
unfamiliar with the tex community, when we talk 'research' and such, keep in mind that most tex related research is kind of bogus, wishful thinking, sounding serious, etc. and that most 'projects' are just 'activities by enthousiatic users' In the end it's all about esthetics which is more about

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
to a more realistic variant. (Actually, because tex has no foot unit, we could as well replace that with a more impressive little feet unit but we forgot to measure the smallest foot present which i guess was about 3 es so the limit is then some 75 bare theodores.) I measured the theodore a

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Arthur Rosendahl via ntg-context
ex has no foot unit, we could as > well replace that with a more impressive little feet unit but we forgot to > measure the smallest foot present which i guess was about 3 es so the limit > is then some 75 bare theodores.) I measured the theodore at 13cm, so that puts the limit at

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
articipate in the discussions of the committee of four) Well, the Polish oversight seemed to a agree and the team was awarded by arthur who donated cute "Let's make TeX little again" hats, but more about that later. The unit was applied by the main presenter when the big cake got cut into pieces mea

Re: [NTG-context] new units

2023-05-06 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
e used in the current upload. In a next upload the > "19 feet max" message that tex issues when reaching a maximum will be > adapted to a more realistic variant. (Actually, because tex has no > foot unit, we could as well replace that with a more impressive > l

[NTG-context] new units

2023-05-04 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
ive little feet unit but we forgot to measure the smallest foot present which i guess was about 3 es so the limit is then some 75 bare theodores.) Hans - Hans Hagen |

Re: [NTG-context] define math function with \, inside

2023-05-01 Thread Mikael Sundqvist via ntg-context
; > However, both methods do not work if I want to have "arg\,max" printed > (error about \endcsname missing). With mkiv the first method works and > can also be found in the wiki[1]. > > What's the current way to define such a custom math function? > > Thanks! > Stefan

[NTG-context] define math function with \, inside

2023-05-01 Thread Stefan Haller via ntg-context
s easy: > % old way: > \definemathcommand[argmax][limop]{\mfunction[argmax]} > % new way, discoverd by looking into math-def.mkxl > \definemathfunction[argmax] However, both methods do not work if I want to have "arg\,max" printed (error about \endcsname missing). With mkiv the first method

Re: [NTG-context] LuaMetaTeX doesn't find files when symlinked

2023-04-28 Thread lynx--- via ntg-context
h "context-linux- > 64/bin/mtxrun" suggests that that isn't a symlink. (Well, it is a > symlink mtxrun => ./luametatex, but that email is about multi-level > symlinks like /usr/bin/context => /usr/local/texlive/2023/bin/x86_64- > linux/context => ./luametatex) > >

Re: [NTG-context] LuaMetaTeX doesn't find files when symlinked

2023-04-28 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context
e/-/issues/30. This is probably not the same issue, since the path "context-linux- 64/bin/mtxrun" suggests that that isn't a symlink. (Well, it is a symlink mtxrun => ./luametatex, but that email is about multi-level symlinks like /usr/bin/context => /usr/local/texlive/2023/bin/x8

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-27 Thread lynx--- via ntg-context
tely updates. > > The rules are: > > - Packages and formats are updated about 24 hours after a new version > is uploaded to CTAN. > > - Binaries are only updated once-per-year. > > But there are also some special cases: > > - The luatex binary will be upda

Re: [NTG-context] update

2023-04-27 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context
Hi Hans, > I actually dont' know the rules for updating texlive but there are > definitely updates. The rules are: - Packages and formats are updated about 24 hours after a new version is uploaded to CTAN. - Binaries are only updated once-per-year. But there are also some s

Re: [NTG-context] Idea for a shared repository.

2023-04-25 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 25.04.23 um 17:13 schrieb Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context: On Tue, 25 Apr 2023, Pawel Urbanski via ntg-context wrote: What about creating a repository called: 'templates' or 'resources' - we can figure out the exact name later. Why not use the wiki for such documents? For fonts

Re: [NTG-context] Idea for a shared repository.

2023-04-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
On Tue, 25 Apr 2023, Pawel Urbanski via ntg-context wrote: > What about creating a repository called: 'templates' or 'resources' - we can > figure out the exact name later. Why not use the wiki for such documents? For fonts, there is already a wiki page collecting typescripts:

[NTG-context] Idea for a shared repository.

2023-04-25 Thread Pawel Urbanski via ntg-context
Dear Everyone, We currently have the Context Garden site, wiki and htis list for documentation and resources. There is a Github contextgarden organization that can host repositories. What about creating a repository called: 'templates' or 'resources' - we can figure out the exact name

Re: [NTG-context] adjustment to my local footnotes problem

2023-04-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
what \directsetup really does (or doesn't do as you are suggesting). For now the immediate problem is resolved, and I am happy about that, but I don't understand why it works with \directsetup but not without it in LMTX (my version December last year) Sorry, that was what Hans told me. Maybe

Re: [NTG-context] adjustment to my local footnotes problem

2023-04-24 Thread jbf via ntg-context
as you are suggesting). For now the immediate problem is resolved, and I am happy about that, but I don't understand why it works with \directsetup but not without it in LMTX (my version December last year) Julian On 24/4/23 17:33, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote: Am 23.04.23 um 23

Re: [NTG-context] adjustment to my local footnotes problem

2023-04-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
actually understand why, have never been sure about what \directsetup does, but there's no doubt it works in this case! So the following has done what I needed: I’m sorry, I didn’t test my suggestion. In MkIV, \directsetup or \fastsetup are a bit faster than \setup. They can load only one setup

Re: [NTG-context] adjustment to my local footnotes problem

2023-04-23 Thread jbf via ntg-context
I tried all those Hraban, unsuccessfully, but finally 'happened' upon a solution by trying whitespace instead in the setups. Except that I had read somewhere in the mailing list (Pablo I think) that I would need to use \directsetup. I don't actually understand why, have never been sure about

Re: [NTG-context] adjustment to my local footnotes problem

2023-04-23 Thread jbf via ntg-context
I tried all those Hraban, unsuccessfully, but finally 'happened' upon a solution by trying whitespace instead in the setups. Except that I had read somewhere in the mailing list (Pablo I think) that I would need to use \directsetup. I don't actually understand why, have never been sure about

Re: [NTG-context] adjustment to my local footnotes problem

2023-04-23 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 23.04.23 um 09:21 schrieb jbf via ntg-context: I realise that I should have been talking about the space between local footnotes, rather than interlinespace (previous email on this issue), but my basic problem still stands. My efforts to influence the space between footnotes placed locally

[NTG-context] adjustment to my local footnotes problem

2023-04-23 Thread jbf via ntg-context
I realise that I should have been talking about the space between local footnotes, rather than interlinespace (previous email on this issue), but my basic problem still stands. My efforts to influence the space between footnotes placed locally is to no avail so far. I assume it is \setupnote

Re: [NTG-context] About \blackrule

2023-04-20 Thread Fabrice Couvreur via ntg-context
Hi Wolfgang, Thanks a lot. Fabrice Le mer. 19 avr. 2023 à 15:05, Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context < ntg-context@ntg.nl> a écrit : > Fabrice Couvreur via ntg-context schrieb am 19.04.2023 um 17:01: > > Hi, > The idea is to have a black square whose height is that of the number 3. > Thanks >

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