Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-03-01 Thread Curious Learn
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: \defineitemgroup[choices] \startmode[random] \setupitemgroup[choices][1][random] \nextrandom % to get rid of the randomize bug \stopmode Compile this file with texexec --mode=random to get random choices, compile without --mode=... to

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-03-01 Thread batela
For multiple choice you can try: http://fourier.math.uoc.gr/~mk/much/example/ see: [NTG-context] create and grade multiple choice exams with MUCH an ConTeXT have a nice day Em 27/02/2009, às 10:45, Curious Learn escreveu: I was not aware of this cool feature in Context. This could be

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-03-01 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 27.02.2009 um 22:22 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: I've also noticed a strange thing: the first item always is the first - it won't get mixed with the others. There is a bug somewhere in the initialization of the random number generator. The first random number is always 1. An easy work

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-03-01 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 27.02.2009 um 22:22 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: I've also noticed a strange thing: the first item always is the first - it won't get mixed with the others. There is a bug somewhere in the initialization of the random number generator. The first random number is

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-03-01 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: i'd rather try to figure out why the initialization fails; i noticed it a while ago, but couldn't find the reason Don't know why this happens with the randomizer in thrd-ran.tex but it's easy to solve it in supp-ran.tex Line 72

[NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-02-27 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Hello, I've noticed that \startitemize[random] does not mix the items randomly. Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong? Here's the code (tested on context live): \starttext \startitemize[a,random] \item A \item B \item C \stopitemize \stoptext Regards -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl)

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-02-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl wrote: Hello, I've noticed that \startitemize[random] does not mix the items randomly. Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong? A simple \item is not enough, you need a \startitem ... \stopitem pair. Please add a

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-02-27 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:25:39PM +0100, Wolfgang Schuster napisa#322;(a): On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl wrote: Hello, I've noticed that \startitemize[random] does not mix the items randomly. Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-02-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2009/2/27 Marcin Borkowski mb...@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl: Thanks for a speedy response! I've also noticed a strange thing: the first item always is the first - it won't get mixed with the others. This is normal although I have here a document [1] where the first item always appear between the

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-02-27 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 2009/2/27 Marcin Borkowski mb...@atos.wmid.amu.edu.pl: Thanks for a speedy response! I've also noticed a strange thing: the first item always is the first - it won't get mixed with the others. This is normal although I have here a document [1]

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-02-27 Thread Curious Learn
I was not aware of this cool feature in Context. This could be very useful in making multiple choice tests. I have one question. Is there a simple way in which one can switch between itemized lists that are random and non-random? For example, if I have 40 multiple choice questions, each of which

Re: [NTG-context] \itemize[random] does not work

2009-02-27 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Curious Learn wrote: I was not aware of this cool feature in Context. This could be very useful in making multiple choice tests. I have one question. Is there a simple way in which one can switch between itemized lists that are random and non-random? For example, if I have