Re: [NTG-context] Linux upgrade

2006-06-24 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: Well I downloaded the two files, catenated them into one called tetex.rpm, and then tried to unpack the result with rpm -i tetex.rpm I got a fistful of spurious error messages. So I missed something somewhere. Any hints? Hello John, the binary

Re: [NTG-context] bib module beta test

2006-06-24 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Is this expected behaviour, or is something misconfigured on my computer. bibtex reads bib database files in BIBINPUTS. On my machine, that is: .:$TEXMF/bibtex/bib// Cheers, Taco ___ ntg-context mailing list

Re: [NTG-context] wasy symbols

2006-06-24 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2006-06-21 um 22:23 schrieb Hans van der Meer: Thanks, but now I am at a loss about the line \definesymbol [checked] [\WaldiSymbol {8}] What is its purpose then? (Curious, as always :-) See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Symbols \symbol[checked] have a look into the source to

[NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Thomas Moore
I am new to ConTexT and TeX (thinking about migrating from InDesign). I am using TexShop and the teTeX distribution on Mac OS X 10.4. I have two questions that I cannot seem to answer after studying the manuals and the archives. 1. I have successfully set up a doublesided layout that has a

[NTG-context] Question about Captions

2006-06-24 Thread Helin Gai
Hi, I'd like to know whether it is possible to control the captions of tables and figures separately. What I wanna do is to place the caption above the table but below the figure. Thanks in advance!!! Colin Helin Gai Class of 2009, Duke University Email:

[NTG-context] \hexstringtonumber{..}

2006-06-24 Thread Peter Münster
Hello Hans, what is the purpose of \hexstringtonumber{..}? I would expect something like: \unprotect \setvalue{@@uc@@a}{10} \setvalue{@@uc@@A}{10} \setvalue{@@uc@@b}{11} \setvalue{@@uc@@B}{11} \setvalue{@@uc@@c}{12} \setvalue{@@uc@@C}{12} \setvalue{@@uc@@d}{13} \setvalue{@@uc@@D}{13}

[NTG-context] \setuppagenumber?

2006-06-24 Thread Alan Bowen
I have updated to ConTeXt ver: 2006.06.09 13:05 and now I am having a problem getting the page numbers to increase. From a source file that has \setuppagenumber[number=142] in the preamble, I now get output in which every page is numbered 142 though before only the first was page 142. (The file

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
From:Thomas Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have figured out how to download the t-amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same folder as my document files. But how do I install it permanently so that I can invoke it in all my documents? I don't know

Re: [NTG-context] Question about Captions

2006-06-24 Thread Duncan Hothersall
I'd like to know whether it is possible to control the captions of tables and figures separately. What I wanna do is to place the caption above the table but below the figure. \setupcaption[figure][location=bottom] \setupcaption[table][location=top] Duncan

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 6/24/06, Thomas Moore wrote: 2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same folder as my document files. But

Re: [NTG-context] \hexstringtonumber{..}

2006-06-24 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Münster wrote: Hello Hans, what is the purpose of \hexstringtonumber{..}? I am not Hans, of course, but: Your macro is making the thing harder then needed, this works just as well: \starttext \number\hexstringtonumber{1F} \number\hexstringtonumber{f5} \stoptext

Re: [NTG-context] \setuppagenumber?

2006-06-24 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Alan Bowen wrote: I have updated to ConTeXt ver: 2006.06.09 13:05 and now I am having a problem getting the page numbers to increase. A quick test works fine here, it must be something else in your file. Try posting a minimal example that demonstrates the problem.10 Cheers, taco

Re: [NTG-context] arab (omega)

2006-06-24 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Hans, Thank you very much for this; will test in the coming days (I have not updated ConTeXt since Jan 28; hope there are are no deadly installation surprises-) ) On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:59:59 -0600, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi otp lovers, Well, `love' is much too strong a

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Thomas Moore
On Jun 24, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: I have figured out how to download the t-amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same folder as my document files. But how do I install it permanently so that I can invoke it in all my documents?

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Thomas Moore
Dear Mojca: ...it permanently so that I can invoke it in all my documents? I was unable to find instructions in the ConTexT garden for this, and what I could find on the archives was not helpful (something about running mktexlsr and/or texhash that I have don't know how to do in OS X, and

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Aditya Mahajan
2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same folder as my document files. Others have already answered on how

Re: [NTG-context] arab (omega)

2006-06-24 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
I found the problem: In uni2cuni.otp the numbering handling does two things: It DOES isolate non-numerals as separators within a given expression. So placing an Arabic letter between two numbers 5792ر684 processes fine; each individual number gets reversed. But the otp makes exceptions for

Re: [NTG-context] \hexstringtonumber{..}

2006-06-24 Thread Peter Münster
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Your macro is making the thing harder then needed, this works just as well: \starttext \number\hexstringtonumber{1F} \number\hexstringtonumber{f5} \stoptext Hello Taco, thanks for your answer! (I mentioned Hans, because he is

Re: [NTG-context] bib module beta test

2006-06-24 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: Is this expected behaviour, or is something misconfigured on my computer. bibtex reads bib database files in BIBINPUTS. On my machine, that is: .:$TEXMF/bibtex/bib// Thanks. I had a left over bibinput from a previous

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
how do I run mktexlsr? from the OS X Terminal Since you're using tetex, 'mktexlsr' should be in the PATH already (on my linux system it's in /usr/bin, one of the very standard components of PATH), so 'mktexlsr' from the Terminal should work. If that doesn't work, what's the output of 'printenv

[NTG-context] Preventing page breaks (needspace)

2006-06-24 Thread Joshua Ellis
While using \obeylines for some poetry there would sometimes be page breaks in the middle of stanzas, even if there was very stretchy space on either side. So I borrowed some code from needspace.sty, basically to tell TeX I'd be much happier w/ a ragged bottom than a break between lines:

Re: [NTG-context] Preventing page breaks (needspace)

2006-06-24 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Joshua Ellis wrote: While using \obeylines for some poetry there would sometimes be page breaks in the middle of stanzas, even if there was very stretchy space on either side. So I borrowed some code from needspace.sty, basically to tell TeX I'd be much happier w/ a