[NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Dear list, today, I have an announcement to make and a call for contributions. We have obtained a medium-sized grant at my university to further development of ConTeXt. Specifically, our project wants to facilitate typesetting critical editions after the TEI xml standard and bibliographical

[NTG-context] MTPro2 mathematical fonts

2013-11-14 Thread Barry Ashton
Are there any mathematicians that have been able to install MathTime Professional 2 (MTPro2) mathematical fonts on ConTeXt? There is no mention of ConTeXt on the company’s web site http://store.pctexstore.com/mapro2fo.html http://www.pctex.com/kb/74.html so it may not be possible to install

[NTG-context] syntax for \definesimplefont in TeX Live version of simplefonts

2013-11-14 Thread Lars Huttar
Hello, We are using simplefonts, the version included with TeX Live 2013. As mentioned in another email, we don't have the freedom to experiment with potentially unstable versions. I've been reading http://wiki.contextgarden.net/simplefonts and have it working well so far with the mainfont,

Re: [NTG-context] MTPro2 mathematical fonts

2013-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 11/14/2013 4:06 PM, Barry Ashton wrote: Are there any mathematicians that have been able to install MathTime Professional 2 (MTPro2) mathematical fonts on ConTeXt? There is no mention of ConTeXt on the company’s web site http://store.pctexstore.com/mapro2fo.html

Re: [NTG-context] syntax for \definesimplefont in TeX Live version of simplefonts

2013-11-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.11.2013 um 16:42 schrieb Lars Huttar lars_hut...@sil.org: Hello, We are using simplefonts, the version included with TeX Live 2013. As mentioned in another email, we don't have the freedom to experiment with potentially unstable versions. I've been reading

Re: [NTG-context] syntax for \definesimplefont in TeX Live version of simplefonts

2013-11-14 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 14 Nov 2013, Lars Huttar wrote: I tried \definesimplefont[titleface][Gentium Basic] ... \setupbodyfont[titleface] So I'm guessing that the \definesimplefont line is correct, but I just don't know how to use the defined font. \titleface Aditya

Re: [NTG-context] syntax for \definesimplefont in TeX Live version of simplefonts

2013-11-14 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/14/2013 11:35 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Thu, 14 Nov 2013, Lars Huttar wrote: I tried \definesimplefont[titleface][Gentium Basic] ... \setupbodyfont[titleface] So I'm guessing that the \definesimplefont line is correct, but I just don't know how to use the defined font.

Re: [NTG-context] syntax for \definesimplefont in TeX Live version of simplefonts

2013-11-14 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/14/2013 11:31 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 14.11.2013 um 16:42 schrieb Lars Huttar lars_hut...@sil.org: Hello, We are using simplefonts, the version included with TeX Live 2013. As mentioned in another email, we don't have the freedom to experiment with potentially unstable

Re: [NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 11/14/2013 03:08 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Dear list, today, I have an announcement to make and a call for contributions. We have obtained a medium-sized grant at my university to further development of ConTeXt. Specifically, our project wants to facilitate typesetting critical

Re: [NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 11/14/2013 08:06 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: Many thanks for this project, because it benefits us all. Hans has already answered your questions, so just one word: you have been using linenotes a lot and you sent lots of examples and bug reports. If you collect those, they could go into a

[NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Hi, the latest betas have problems with TEXpage. The following example gives the expected result with an older version of context (2013.06.10 22:51), but fails with several betas from November (empty page created, no error); unfortunately, it is an older file, and I have no idea when exactly

Re: [NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Philipp Gesang
Hi Thomas! ···date: 2013-11-14, Thursday···from: Thomas A. Schmitz··· Dear list, today, I have an announcement to make and a call for contributions. We have obtained a medium-sized grant at my university to further development of ConTeXt. Specifically, our project wants to facilitate

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 11/14/2013 9:33 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Hi, the latest betas have problems with TEXpage. The following example gives the expected result with an older version of context (2013.06.10 22:51), but fails with several betas from November (empty page created, no error); unfortunately, it is

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.11.2013 um 21:33 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de: Hi, the latest betas have problems with TEXpage. The following example gives the expected result with an older version of context (2013.06.10 22:51), but fails with several betas from November (empty page

Re: [NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 11/14/2013 9:40 PM, Philipp Gesang wrote: What I’d consider the most pressing issue, pertaining both to Context and to TeX as a whole, would be text streams a.k.a. parallel typesetting. It was discussed on the list a couple times already and at one point someone collected examples [1]. Also,

Re: [NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 11/14/2013 8:06 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: On 11/14/2013 03:08 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Dear list, today, I have an announcement to make and a call for contributions. We have obtained a medium-sized grant at my university to further development of ConTeXt. Specifically, our project

Re: [NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 11/14/2013 09:40 PM, Philipp Gesang wrote: What I’d consider the most pressing issue, pertaining both to Context and to TeX as a whole, would be text streams a.k.a. parallel typesetting. It was discussed on the list a couple times already and at one point someone collected examples [1]. Also,

Re: [NTG-context] announcement and call

2013-11-14 Thread Philipp Gesang
···date: 2013-11-14, Thursday···from: Hans Hagen··· On 11/14/2013 9:40 PM, Philipp Gesang wrote: What I’d consider the most pressing issue, pertaining both to Context and to TeX as a whole, would be text streams a.k.a. parallel typesetting. It was discussed on the list a couple times

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 11/14/2013 09:43 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: i'm not sure what interferes but \dontleavehmode in front helps Yes, that is a workaround, thank you! On 11/14/2013 09:45 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: It’s a \framed bug, when you change “align=normal” to “align=line” the frame os correct. OK,

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.11.2013 um 21:57 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de: On 11/14/2013 09:43 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: i'm not sure what interferes but \dontleavehmode in front helps Yes, that is a workaround, thank you! On 11/14/2013 09:45 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: It’s a

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.11.2013 um 21:45 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com: Am 14.11.2013 um 21:33 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de: Hi, the latest betas have problems with TEXpage. The following example gives the expected result with an older version of context

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 11/14/2013 10:01 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: \startTEXpage[offset=0.5ex,align=] Mmh, thanks, but: in my original file, I have two tables; this has the unfortunate effect of rendering them next to each other (instead of vertically). Thomas

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 11/14/2013 10:05 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On 11/14/2013 10:01 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: \startTEXpage[offset=0.5ex,align=] Mmh, thanks, but: in my original file, I have two tables; this has the unfortunate effect of rendering them next to each other (instead of vertically).

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 11/14/2013 10:08 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: \let\synchronizeinlinedirection\relax OK, new example: \let\synchronizeinlinedirection\relax \startTEXpage[offset=0.5ex,align=] \bTABLE[frame=off,loffset=1ex,roffset=1ex,align={middle,lohi}] \bTR \bTD A \eTD \bTD B \eTD \bTD C

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.11.2013 um 22:13 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de: On 11/14/2013 10:08 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: \let\synchronizeinlinedirection\relax OK, new example: \let\synchronizeinlinedirection\relax \startTEXpage[offset=0.5ex,align=]

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 11/14/2013 10:14 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Remove “align=” from \startTEXpage. Wolfgang Now we're talking! Yes, that works, thanks a lot! Thomas ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please

[NTG-context] middle align without ascenders and descenders

2013-11-14 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
Dear list, I have the following code: \setuppapersize[S6] \usemodule[simplefonts][size=340pt] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] \setupmakeup[standard][align=middle] \starttext \startstandardmakeup aa \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup db \stopstandardmakeup \startstandardmakeup pq

Re: [NTG-context] middle align without ascenders and descenders

2013-11-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.11.2013 um 22:27 schrieb Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es: Dear list, I have the following code: \setuppapersize[S6] \usemodule[simplefonts][size=340pt] \setmainfont[TeX Gyre Pagella] \setupmakeup[standard][align=middle] \starttext \startstandardmakeup aa \stopstandardmakeup

[NTG-context] simplefonts: defining a fallback for a non-main font

2013-11-14 Thread Lars Huttar
Hi again, I'm using simplefonts (TeX Live 2013 version) and I have a main font: \setmainfont[Gentium Book Basic] and I can set a fallback for it, \setmainfontfallback[Gentium Plus][range={ipaextensions}, force=yes, rscale=auto] and that works. But then I have another font for the title:

[NTG-context] Problem with *lettrine* module in Mk-iv

2013-11-14 Thread Francisco Gracia
I am glad to report that the problems that I experienced until recently with the *lettrine* module have disappeared. At present it works like any other regular module. As the *lettrine* source file does not seem to have been modified, I conclude that the reason of the improvement should be

Re: [NTG-context] simplefonts: defining a fallback for a non-main font

2013-11-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.11.2013 um 22:52 schrieb Lars Huttar lars_hut...@sil.org: Hi again, I'm using simplefonts (TeX Live 2013 version) and I have a main font: \setmainfont[Gentium Book Basic] and I can set a fallback for it, \setmainfontfallback[Gentium Plus][range={ipaextensions}, force=yes,

Re: [NTG-context] simplefonts: defining a fallback for a non-main font

2013-11-14 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/14/2013 5:06 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: There is no support for this with the old version of the module. OK, good to know. Thanks. Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] TEXpage problem in lare betas

2013-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 11/14/2013 10:13 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On 11/14/2013 10:08 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: \let\synchronizeinlinedirection\relax OK, new example: \let\synchronizeinlinedirection\relax \startTEXpage[offset=0.5ex,align=] \bTABLE[frame=off,loffset=1ex,roffset=1ex,align={middle,lohi}]