Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-12-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: I'm experimenting with making a heading that is like a chapter in format but has its own numbering (or lettering). The purpose to have an interlude, or extended example, every few chapters. The following almost-minimal example almost does so.

Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-12-06 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
Thanks, that's a nice approach. It doesn't fully pass the duck test: The page headlines come from the chapter titles, even in the interludes. Here is an example. \startsetups[chheadline] {\ss\it Chapter \getmarking[chapternumber].\quad\getmarking[chapter]} \stopsetups

Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-12-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 6 Dec 2008, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: Thanks, that's a nice approach. It doesn't fully pass the duck test: The page headlines come from the chapter titles, even in the interludes. Then beat the hell out of it, until it starts behaving like a duck. The main trouble is that descriptions do

Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-11-30 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.11.2008 um 19:39 schrieb Sanjoy Mahajan: From Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Use the archive my dear padawan. I did, I did! It sometimes requires a mix of luck and skill in selecting the search phrases. As when using a dictionary to check the spelling of a word -- needs

Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-11-29 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
From Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Use the archive my dear padawan. I did, I did! It sometimes requires a mix of luck and skill in selecting the search phrases. As when using a dictionary to check the spelling of a word -- needs enough luck and skill to be in the vicinity.

Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-11-26 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Sanjoy Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm experimenting with making a heading that is like a chapter in format but has its own numbering (or lettering). The purpose to have an interlude, or extended example, every few chapters. The following almost-minimal

Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-11-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 26.11.2008 um 12:45 schrieb Sanjoy Mahajan: luigi scarso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seem that interlude is like a section, so it's correct that at every chapter there is a reset of the alphabetical counter I meant the interludes to be long examples based upon the preceding few

Re: [NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-11-26 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
luigi scarso [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seem that interlude is like a section, so it's correct that at every chapter there is a reset of the alphabetical counter I meant the interludes to be long examples based upon the preceding few chapters. So I think of interludes as at the same level as

[NTG-context] chapter-like headings with separate numbering

2008-11-24 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
I'm experimenting with making a heading that is like a chapter in format but has its own numbering (or lettering). The purpose to have an interlude, or extended example, every few chapters. The following almost-minimal example almost does so. However, the second interlude is numbered with 'A'