Re: [NTG-context] Equivalent in ConTeXt mkiv for LaTeX's picture environment?

2016-06-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Thomas Fehige wrote: The headline says it: As a convert from LaTeX I'm looking for the functionality of LaTeX's picture environment, i.e. the placing of boxes et al. according to absolute coordinates, possibly with calculating measurements and coordinates on the go, like

Re: [NTG-context] Equivalent in ConTeXt mkiv for LaTeX's picture environment?

2016-06-25 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2016-06-26 um 00:31 schrieb Thomas Fehige : > The headline says it: As a convert from LaTeX I'm looking for the > functionality of LaTeX's picture environment, i.e. the placing of boxes et > al. according to absolute coordinates, possibly with calculating measurements >

Re: [NTG-context] Text inline fractions

2016-06-25 Thread Thomas Fehige
Lovely, thanks Wolfgang! (Wish I knew how to find such things on my own.) Cheers -- Thomas Am 22.06.2016 um 15:45 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Thomas Fehige 22. Juni 2016 um 14:34 Is there a clean and easy way in mkiv to create text inline fractions with a slash;

[NTG-context] Equivalent in ConTeXt mkiv for LaTeX's picture environment?

2016-06-25 Thread Thomas Fehige
The headline says it: As a convert from LaTeX I'm looking for the functionality of LaTeX's picture environment, i.e. the placing of boxes et al. according to absolute coordinates, possibly with calculating measurements and coordinates on the go, like the stuff provided by the picture package

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hans Hagen 25. Juni 2016 um 11:56 i always use one main environment (that can include others) and putting an \environment on top of a component is then not much overhead (compared to getting the content done) The problem

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Aditya Mahajan 25. Juni 2016 um 18:37 On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Hans Hagen wrote: So, to a newcomer, one can suggest to simply use components and environments. What is the advatange of the extra structure provided by

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hans Hagen 25. Juni 2016 um 11:56 i always use one main environment (that can include others) and putting an \environment on top of a component is then not much overhead (compared to getting the content done) The problem with puttins \environment before

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Aditya Mahajan 25. Juni 2016 um 18:37 On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Hans Hagen wrote: So, to a newcomer, one can suggest to simply use components and environments. What is the advatange of the extra structure provided by product/project? A product is the book itself while

Re: [NTG-context] \inright

2016-06-25 Thread John Kitzmiller
> John Kitzmiller > > 25. Juni 2016 um 16:20 > The following is no longer putting the “answer blank” in the right margin. > > \define\ansblank{\inright{\getnumber[itemgroup:itemize]. \thinrule}} > \setupitemgroup

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Hans Hagen wrote: So, what's the recommended alternative? One could move the \environment to the components, but that can lead to a lot of repetitions (if there are many environments). i always use one main environment (that can include others) and putting an

Re: [NTG-context] \inright

2016-06-25 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
John Kitzmiller 25. Juni 2016 um 16:20 The following is no longer putting the “answer blank” in the right margin. \define\ansblank{\inright{\getnumber[itemgroup:itemize]. \thinrule}} \setupitemgroup [itemize] [n, style=bold,right=\ansblank]

[NTG-context] \inright

2016-06-25 Thread John Kitzmiller
The following is no longer putting the “answer blank” in the right margin. \define\ansblank{\inright{\getnumber[itemgroup:itemize]. \thinrule}} \setupitemgroup [itemize] [n, style=bold,right=\ansblank] \starttext \startitemize[n] \item A question. \stopitemize \showframe \stoptext When I

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Hans Hagen
On 6/25/2016 10:42 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Aditya Mahajan 24. Juni 2016 um 21:19 Hi, This is based on a question on tex.sx: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/316504/323 In file-job.lua, we have: local processors =

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 25 Jun 2016, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Aditya Mahajan 24. Juni 2016 um 21:19 Hi, This is based on a question on tex.sx: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/316504/323 In file-job.lua, we have: local processors = utilities.storage.allocate { ...

Re: [NTG-context] Product-component structure

2016-06-25 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Aditya Mahajan 24. Juni 2016 um 21:19 Hi, This is based on a question on tex.sx: http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/316504/323 In file-job.lua, we have: local processors = utilities.storage.allocate { ... [v_product] = { [v_text]= { "many",