[NTG-context] French, ? : ; !, and spacing, \setuppapersize problem

2004-05-14 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, (Passing on a question.) Is there a simple methode to automatically add a thinspace before ?, !, : and ; as it is done commonly in French? This would make typing easier and would allow to change a thinspace into a normal space etc. In addition, I have the following problem. I downloaded

[NTG-context] bug in alignbox

2004-05-14 Thread Vit Zyka
Hallo Hans, I have played with positioning text in layers. I noticed that parameter "location=t" \setlayer[MyLayer][...,location=t,...]{...} behaves the same way as "location=c". It seems to me it is the bug in optimized definition of \alignedbox. If I use commented version of

Re: [NTG-context] French, ? : ; !, and spacing, \setuppapersize problem

2004-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
At 10:22 14/05/2004, you wrote: Hello, (Passing on a question.) Is there a simple methode to automatically add a thinspace before ?, !, : and ; as it is done commonly in French? This would make typing easier and would allow to change a thinspace into a normal space etc. \useencoding[ffr]

Re: [NTG-context] small articles in columns?

2004-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
At 11:57 14/05/2004, you wrote: Hello, I want to tyeset some smaller text parts in columns on one page. I would like to place each text into it's own set of columns. Is it possible to have each text spread equally over some columns, so that the next text starts on the leftmost column again?

Re: [NTG-context] small articles in columns?

2004-05-14 Thread Janko Hauser
Hans Hagen wrote: At 11:57 14/05/2004, you wrote: Hello, I want to tyeset some smaller text parts in columns on one page. I would like to place each text into it's own set of columns. Is it possible to have each text spread equally over some columns, so that the next text starts on the

[NTG-context] Strange MP problem

2004-05-14 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, I have a really strange problem. After changing a label in ghostscript (mpost terminal), I fail to mpost the output since the TeX file looks like \switchtobodyfont[7.5pt] % [...] \shipout\hbox{\smash{\hbox{\hbox{% line 402 gnuplot0001.mp xtls ($1+2885.878040):($3/1.6637149187);

Re: [NTG-context] Strange MP problem

2004-05-14 Thread Nigel King
I put in my ordinary mp files:- --- input metafun ; verbatimtex ..any required preliminary ConTeXt statements \setupbodyfont etc. \starttext etex .. normal metapost verbatimtex \stoptext etex end --- The assembly script needs a line like export TEX=texexec in it Then the

Re: [NTG-context] bug in alignbox

2004-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
At 10:53 14/05/2004, you wrote: Hallo Hans, I have played with positioning text in layers. I noticed that parameter location=t \setlayer[MyLayer][...,location=t,...]{...} behaves the same way as location=c. It seems to me it is the bug in optimized definition of \alignedbox. If I use

Re: [NTG-context] French, ? : ; !, and spacing, \setuppapersize problem

2004-05-14 Thread Peter Mnster
On Fri, 14 May 2004, Hans Hagen wrote: (Passing on a question.) Is there a simple methode to automatically add a thinspace before ?, !, : and ; as it is done commonly in French? This would make typing easier and would allow to change a thinspace into a normal space etc. \useencoding[ffr]

Re: [NTG-context] bold typewriter cm-font

2004-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
At 19:38 13/05/2004, you wrote: I'm quite lucky, that I've finally got a bold typewriter font. Could you just tell me please, if this is the right ConTeXt-way to do it? \usetypescript[modern][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[modern] \definebodyfont [12pt] [tt] [bf=cmttb10 at 12pt] \definebodyfont [11pt]

Re: [NTG-context] French, ? : ; !, and spacing, \setuppapersize problem

2004-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
At 19:25 14/05/2004, Peter Münster wrote: On Fri, 14 May 2004, Hans Hagen wrote: (Passing on a question.) Is there a simple methode to automatically add a thinspace before ?, !, : and ; as it is done commonly in French? This would make typing easier and would allow to change a thinspace into

Re: [NTG-context] old charts bug

2004-05-14 Thread Hans Hagen
At 18:09 05/05/2004, you wrote: Hi Hans et al! As I changed some older charts today and installed the latest beta I recognized that an old bug isn't fixed yet: Any \connection[bb]{something} leads to an error. Could you please look into it? sure, can you make me a small exampl;e file? Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Context and bibtex

2004-05-14 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello Hans Hagen wrote: From: Pedro Mendonça [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Context and bibtex 1) What's the best way to refer bibliography in context? 2) How can I use bibtex in ConTEXt (like in latex)? Do I have to download extra packages for that? Someone has refered \usemodule[bib] and others