Re: [NTG-context] more manuals

2006-04-23 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:08:33PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, Hello, I uploaded Mmm, uploaded to where ? I did visit http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm and clicked 6 (six) times on 'next' I also did visit http://www.pragma-ade.com/document-1.htm where I clicked on 'all manuals'

Re: [NTG-context] more manuals

2006-04-23 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 4/11/06, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: enattab I must say that natural tables have come a long way and seem more capable than our other table-implementations now, even without the new features you hint at. nikolai ___ ntg-context mailing

Re: [NTG-context] more manuals

2006-04-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 4/23/06, Geert Stappers wrote: On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 11:08:33PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, Hello, I uploaded Mmm, uploaded to where ? The sources are here: svn://ctx.pragma-ade.nl/manuals http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals/examples/ The PDF versions of manuals are

[NTG-context] mode=*dvi does not work

2006-04-23 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, it seems that the *dvi-mode is never set: \starttext Test: \doifmode{*dvi}{Output is DVI.} \doifmode{*pdf}{Output is PDF.} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Creating tables from (tab-separated) values

2006-04-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 4/22/06, Peter Münster wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Mojca Miklavec wrote: - [with luaTeX in mind] calculating sums of rows columns other Excel-like calculations references accross tables ;) - well, that one wasn't meant seriously. Hello Mojca, should be possible even without

Re: [NTG-context] more manuals

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Geert Stappers wrote: Add a URL to a I uploaded enattab eppchtex this concerned manuals in the cvs repository, not to the pragma site (and was mainly meant for those currently playing with new TABLE features); sorry for the noise What do the documents document? Please provide a

Re: [NTG-context] more manuals

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Nikolai Weibull wrote: On 4/11/06, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: enattab I must say that natural tables have come a long way and seem more capable than our other table-implementations now, even without the new features you hint at. but for 'just text' tabulate produces

Re: [NTG-context] 2c considerations about win installer

2006-04-23 Thread andrea valle
It's staightforward to install standolne-ConTeXt, but not for beginners and those having almost no knowledge about computers. An installation .exe would be warmly welcome. Thanks Mojca, that's exactly what I was thinking. Best -a- ___

[NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hello, what's the context'ish way of creating a start-stop environment in which each paragraph is indented from the 2nd line on? As in % \startIndented As with all computer languages, ConTeXt is much easier to use when one has good documentation. The official ConTeXt manual is a good place to

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Karsten Heymann wrote: Hello, what's the context'ish way of creating a start-stop environment in which each paragraph is indented from the 2nd line on? As in % \startIndented As with all computer languages, ConTeXt is much easier to use when one has good documentation. The official

Re: [NTG-context] 2c considerations about win installer

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: MikTeX developer doesn't listen too much to requests from ConTeXt users (although he does a marvellous job with MikTeX otherwise and has enough of other things to do). But if I don't count the troubles connected with not-so-good-support for ConTeXt in MikTeX, it stil

Re: [NTG-context] TABLE: 'distance' override?

2006-04-23 Thread Johannes Graumann
After sleeping on this I realize that a more mechanistical answer to this may be more interesting. When coding a table in LaTeX with 'booktabs' as the one shown in http://www.idyll.org:8081/JohSite/context/table1.jpg/view, booktabs mainly provides the commands '\bottomrule' and '\toprule',

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Creating tables from (tab-separated) values

2006-04-23 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, Here is a quick hack that converts csv to commalist values. Perhaps it helpful for someone. Documentation blurb: This module parses CSV data (somewhat) safely. After \def\dataline{a,,\j,a,a\j a,t{f}ab} \convertcsvdata\dataline\to \myascii \message{\meaning\myascii} output is:

Re: [NTG-context] 2c considerations about win installer

2006-04-23 Thread andrea valle
(Hans, I wasn't saying you *have* to do it : I'm already impressed by your actual amount of work, it's enough for me :-) ) Best -a- On 23 Apr 2006, at 18:12, Hans Hagen wrote: andrea valle wrote: It's staightforward to install standolne-ConTeXt, but not for beginners and those having

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hans Hagen wrote: Karsten Heymann wrote: what's the context'ish way of creating a start-stop environment in which each paragraph is indented from the 2nd line on? \definestartstop [exdent] [before={\startnarrower[left]\setupindenting[-\leftskip,yes]}, after=\stopnarrower] Great,

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hans Hagen wrote: \definestartstop [exdent] [before={\startnarrower[left]\setupindenting[-\leftskip,yes]}, after=\stopnarrower] Can you make the following work too? Adding \indenting[yes] to before= doesn't help. \startexdent \section{Test} \input tufte \endgraf \input tufte \endgraf

[NTG-context] Putting things over a figure

2006-04-23 Thread nico
Hello, I need a mechanism with which I can put several things (text, image) at a precise position over a figure. The position is expressed in percentage (x,y) of the figure dimensions. The lower-left corner is (0,0). I did the following that works for my own needs, but maybe a higher level

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Karsten Heymann wrote: \definestartstop [exdent] [before={\startnarrower[left]\setupindenting[-\leftskip,yes]}, after=\stopnarrower] Great, works like a charm! By the way: What's the benefit of \definestartstop over \def\start..., \def\stop...? looks nicer and is

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Karsten Heymann wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: \definestartstop [exdent] [before={\startnarrower[left]\setupindenting[-\leftskip,yes]}, after=\stopnarrower] \setuphead[section][indentnext=first] Can you make the following work too? Adding \indenting[yes] to before= doesn't

Re: [NTG-context] Putting things over a figure

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
nico wrote: Hello, I need a mechanism with which I can put several things (text, image) at a precise position over a figure. The position is expressed in percentage (x,y) of the figure dimensions. The lower-left corner is (0,0). I did the following that works for my own needs, but

[NTG-context] textbackground exceeds its scope

2006-04-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, I have encountered a really strange bug in textbackground. Occasionally, textbackground colors the whole page instead of just the text between \starttextbackground and \stoptextbackground. This happens only when I am using module mag-01 and have

Re: [NTG-context] TABLE: 'distance' override?

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Johannes Graumann wrote: 1) possibility to have top- and bottomframe formated independently (different width - top heavy, bottom light; one continuous, one interrupted (see 2.)) maybe in the future, when we have a bigger tex (would slow down the core \framed to much and as a result many

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt + asymptote

2006-04-23 Thread Renaud AUBIN
asy -inlinetex results in: - an eps graphics - latex code to use (I've not checked but seems) with asymptote.sty So, we can maybe imagine an -inlinecontext option to add asymptote support in context (???) Hans Hagen a crit: Renaud AUBIN wrote: Ok, but how to deal with asymptote

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt + asymptote

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Renaud AUBIN wrote: asy -inlinetex results in: - an eps graphics - latex code to use (I've not checked but seems) with asymptote.sty So, we can maybe imagine an -inlinecontext option to add asymptote support in context (???) no, what is needed is an isolation of the tex part, so that the

Re: [NTG-context] textbackground exceeds its scope

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I have encountered a really strange bug in textbackground. Occasionally, textbackground colors the whole page instead of just the text between \starttextbackground and \stoptextbackground. This happens only when I am using module mag-01 and have

Re: [NTG-context] textbackground exceeds its scope

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Thank you. This takes care of it. i adapted the textbackground macros as well as the mp code to catch the border case (this whole background stuff is rather tricky code) Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt + asymptote

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Renaud AUBIN wrote: Hans Hagen a écrit : no, what is needed is an isolation of the tex part, so that the macro package has/can to implement certain 'features'; otherwise it's unmaintainable Hans euh... The isolation of the tex part is performed for LaTeX with inlinetex option...

[NTG-context] update

2006-04-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, i'll upload a version that - supports some more TABLE width situations (earlier patch) - fixes the background problem (please test) - hopefully fixes the n=0 footnote problems - fixes a seldom occuring secction head problem (years old) for practical purposes this is a current and not a beta

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt + asymptote

2006-04-23 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hans Hagen a écrit : i meant the 'hard coded parts' but then, i must admit that i never saw any real asymptote code -) Hans Since asymptote uses gs to generate eps or pdf output, I wander if the generated code can be used by ConTeXt... To integrate asymptote to ConTeXt, what is

Re: [NTG-context] Table width trouble

2006-04-23 Thread nico
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:28:20 +0200, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nico wrote: Hello, I come back with that damn table test case. With release 2006.04.22: [...] \long\def\dohandleTBLcellA#1#2[#3]#4% Thanks, it does it. Another torture case: when column widths are partially

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt + asymptote

2006-04-23 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
To integrate asymptote to ConTeXt, what is needed (from the ConTeXt pov I mean) ? I'm curious about that too. I'm just going through my asymptote diffs (against v0.99) for it to work with plain TeX, and I'm not sure any of my changes will make it easier to integrate with ConTeXt the way MP is

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hans Hagen wrote: \setuphead[section][indentnext=first] Oh, I should have known that by now ... Thanks Hans, I'll add it to the wiki. Yours, karsten -- | ~ Karsten Heymann ~ | Christian-Albrecht-Universität zu Kiel | | Fon: +49 431 880-1186 |Netzwerkteam des Ökologiezentrum| | Fax:

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs indented from line 2 on

2006-04-23 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hans Hagen wrote: Karsten Heymann wrote: Great, works like a charm! By the way: What's the benefit of \definestartstop over \def\start..., \def\stop...? looks nicer and is configurable (style,color etc) So it doesn't insert a extra level ouf grouping or the like -- fine to know. Yours,