[NTG-context] OT: Kindle

2009-10-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi all, Amazon sells his Kindle now also outside of the US: http://bit.ly/IGfV9 Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] composed words and hanging punctuation

2009-10-08 Thread Jeremy Hughes
I figured it out. Jeremy Hughes jed...@gmail.com writes: Hi all, Dashes in composed words do not hang when hanging punctuation is used. When a line break falls after `whisky' in this sentence: the repellent whisky|-|craving woman the dash doesn't hang. To make the dash hang I resort

[NTG-context] [OT] Courier

2009-10-08 Thread luigi scarso
http://gizmodo.com/5370223/courier-tablet-runs-windows-7-hardware-made-by-microsoft -- luigi ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Kindle

2009-10-08 Thread Mohamed Bana
what does everyone think is the best reader for someone in the UK? i'm thinking of the Kindle DX or the Sony Reader. Can I get some thoughts please. Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi all, Amazon sells his Kindle now also outside of the US: http://bit.ly/IGfV9 Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Kindle

2009-10-08 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mohamed Bana wrote: what does everyone think is the best reader for someone in the UK? i'm thinking of the Kindle DX or the Sony Reader. Can I get some thoughts please. I guess the question is whether or not you are happy with being able to order from the Amazon store alone. Here is a (i

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Kindle

2009-10-08 Thread Matthijs Kooijman
I guess the question is whether or not you are happy with being able to order from the Amazon store alone. Here is a (i think) useful comparison chart (by iReX, a competitor): I saw a presentation form iRex yesterday, and got to hold a few of their projects. Pretty neat, the latest ones even

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Kindle

2009-10-08 Thread William Adams
On Oct 8, 2009, at 6:27 AM, Mohamed Bana wrote: what does everyone think is the best reader for someone in the UK? i'm thinking of the Kindle DX or the Sony Reader. They're a bit different. If you need the screensize, the Kindle DX is the only real choice (and does support .pdfs) until

[NTG-context] titlepage without page number

2009-10-08 Thread Arno Trautmann
Hi! I guess this is a faq, but I didn’t find a way to do it … I want to use pagenumbers in the headings, but no pagenumber on the title page. I try it with: \setupheadertexts[] \setupheadertexts[\setups{header left}][pagenumber][pagenumber][\setups{header right}] \setupfooter[][]

[NTG-context] inserting pdf

2009-10-08 Thread Mohamed Bana
hi folks, assuming x.pdf has more than 1 page, this only inserts the first. i'd like to insert all the pages. how would i do that? startTEXpage \externalfigure[x.pdf] \stopTEXpage \externalfigure[x.pdf][page=1-2] doesn't work either. I have to do; \startTEXpage

Re: [NTG-context] inserting pdf

2009-10-08 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Mohamed Bana mbana.li...@googlemail.comwrote: hi folks, assuming x.pdf has more than 1 page, this only inserts the first. i'd like to insert all the pages. how would i do that? startTEXpage \externalfigure[x.pdf] \stopTEXpage

Re: [NTG-context] inserting pdf

2009-10-08 Thread Taco Hoekwater
luigi scarso wrote: hmm maybe \copypages Or, if you need more control, something like this: \getfiguredimensions[x.pdf]% \imgcount=\noffigurepages\relax \dorecurse {\the\imgcount} {\externalfigure [x.pdf] [page=\recurselevel]} Best wishes, Taco

Re: [NTG-context] inserting pdf

2009-10-08 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi Mohamed! Mohamed Bana schrieb: hi folks, assuming x.pdf has more than 1 page, this only inserts the first. i'd like to insert all the pages. how would i do that? \filterpages[file.pdf][1:6][width=18cm] see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Including_pages_from_PDF_document for more

Re: [NTG-context] inserting pdf

2009-10-08 Thread Mohamed Bana
thank you both. why can't u just extend the the original macro to take a page range? e.g., [page=1-2] Taco Hoekwater wrote: luigi scarso wrote: hmm maybe \copypages Or, if you need more control, something like this: \getfiguredimensions[x.pdf]%

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[NTG-context] Letter Module: backaddress

2009-10-08 Thread Andreas Harder
Hi, now that the foldmarks work … how to set the backaddress? \usemodule[letter] \setupletterstyle [option] [backaddress=yes] \setupletterstyle [backaddress] [bottomframe=on] \setupletter [fromname={Max Mustermann}, fromaddress={Musterstr. 12\\123456 Musterstadt}] \setupletter

Re: [NTG-context] Letter Module: backaddress

2009-10-08 Thread Andreas Harder
Hello Wolfgang, thank you for your explanations! One more question: it would be nice if the rule under the back-address would have the same length an the back-addres. Is there a convenient way? I tried something with \textbackgrounds (example below) but without success. % from the wiki:

Re: [NTG-context] Letter Module: backaddress

2009-10-08 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 09.10.2009 um 01:24 schrieb Andreas Harder: Hello Wolfgang, thank you for your explanations! When I think about the default setup this would make more sense: \setupletterstyle[backaddress=no] \setupletterstyle[backaddress][alternative=auto] WHat do you think? One more question: it