Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
Hans Hagen wrote: And, a small point of disagreement with the old man entry for texexec: 'texexec --output=dvi' produces pdf. line 116 in tex.rb in the ruby base path can be adapted: ['dvips','ps','dvi'] .each do |b| @@backends[b] = 'dvips' end

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: And, a small point of disagreement with the old man entry for texexec: 'texexec --output=dvi' produces pdf. line 116 in tex.rb in the ruby base path can be adapted: ['dvips','ps','dvi'] .each do |b|

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-14 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
Hans Hagen wrote: texexec --dvi test --nobackend That works. As another test, using --output=dvi instead of --dvi produces pdf even with --nobackend. Just to be thorough, or difficult, I also tried texexec test --nobackend where pdftex is both front- and backend. It did the right thing

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: On 9/11/06, John R. Culleton wrote: On Monday 11 September 2006 11:21, Hans Hagen wrote: Mari Voipio wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? texexec --dvips yourfile

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-12 Thread Hans Hagen
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: texexec --dvips yourfile That works after excising some grqphics. Just as a matter of curiosity, why is the parameter --dvips and not dvi? because one can also say -dvipdfmx Trying a few tests here (TeXExec 6.2.0): 'texexec --dvi' seems

[NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread John R. Culleton
For one recurring task I first produce a booklet version 5.5. x 8.5in, then a straight pdf 8.5 x 11in, all controlled by modes. The third format is plain text. Others recommend dvi2tty for this conversion. But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? The Context manual does not make this clear.

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread luigi scarso
On 9/11/06, John R. Culleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For one recurring task I first produce a booklet version 5.5. x 8.5in, then a straight pdf 8.5 x 11in, all controlled by modes. The third format is plain text. Others recommend dvi2tty for this conversion. But how do I get Context to

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread Mari Voipio
On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? If I recall correctly from my time with TeXLive, dvi is the 'native' format of ConTeXt, which was less than handy with Windows i.e. you normally get dvi by *not* telling ConTeXt to make ps/pdf.

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread Willi Egger
Hi, Humble, I would start in the preamble to sau \setupoutput[dvi] Willi luigi scarso wrote: On 9/11/06, John R. Culleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For one recurring task I first produce a booklet version 5.5. x 8.5in, then a straight pdf 8.5 x 11in, all controlled by modes. The third

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Mari Voipio wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? If I recall correctly from my time with TeXLive, dvi is the 'native' format of ConTeXt, which was less than handy with Windows i.e. you normally get dvi by *not*

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread Aditya Mahajan
John, On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: For one recurring task I first produce a booklet version 5.5. x 8.5in, then a straight pdf 8.5 x 11in, all controlled by modes. The third format is plain text. Others recommend dvi2tty for this conversion. But how do I get Context to produce

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread John R. Culleton
On Monday 11 September 2006 11:21, Hans Hagen wrote: Mari Voipio wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? texexec --dvips yourfile Hans Thanks! That works after excising some grqphics. Just as a matter of curiosity, why is the

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread Hans Hagen
John R. Culleton wrote: On Monday 11 September 2006 11:21, Hans Hagen wrote: Mari Voipio wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? texexec --dvips yourfile Hans Thanks! That works after excising

Re: [NTG-context] Making context produce dvi file.

2006-09-11 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 9/11/06, John R. Culleton wrote: On Monday 11 September 2006 11:21, Hans Hagen wrote: Mari Voipio wrote: On Mon, 11 Sep 2006, John R. Culleton wrote: But how do I get Context to produce a dvi file? texexec --dvips yourfile Hans Thanks! That works after excising some