Re: [NTG-context] Offset MP text with font change

2013-04-28 Thread Marco Patzer
matter in many circumstances, e.g. within an \hbox. If the code that does load the file/s produced spaces for debugging purposes that is fine, but should not they actually going somewhere else? There's no code that produces spaces. The spaces are in the typescript file. Personally, I find

Re: [NTG-context] Offset MP text with font change

2013-04-28 Thread Keith J. Schultz
an \hbox. If the code that does load the file/s produced spaces for debugging purposes that is fine, but should not they actually going somewhere else? There's no code that produces spaces. The spaces are in the typescript file. Personally, I find it a bug if loading fonts or other files

Re: [NTG-context] Offset MP text with font change

2013-04-28 Thread Hans Hagen
spaces for debugging purposes that is fine, but should not they actually going somewhere else? There's no code that produces spaces. The spaces are in the typescript file. Personally, I find it a bug if loading fonts or other files produces extraneous characters! This is usually not a problem

Re: [NTG-context] Heading in setuplayout from a variable

2013-04-26 Thread Cecil Westerhof
parameter? \getdocumentargument{myargument} My first try did not work, but now it does. Properly made a silly mistake somewhere. of use modes (often more natural) In this case it is not something to use, but it is certainly something to look into. -- Cecil Westerhof

Re: [NTG-context] Basic \def error?

2013-04-25 Thread Verhaag, G.C.H.M.
suggestion works! By the way, what does this expanded mean, is it documented somewhere? Is it a typical MKIV thing related to Lua? It’s a typical way in MkIV to check for the existing of values in “command” keys but it has nothing to do with Lua. I can demonstrate the purpose of \unexpanded

Re: [NTG-context] Basic \def error?

2013-04-23 Thread Verhaag, G.C.H.M.
Hi Luigi, Thanks for your very quick response, just great! Your suggestion works! By the way, what does this expanded mean, is it documented somewhere? Is it a typical MKIV thing related to Lua? Regards, Verhaag, G.C.H.M. On 04/23/2013 07:08 PM, luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Apr 23, 2013

Re: [NTG-context] Basic \def error?

2013-04-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 23.04.2013 um 20:11 schrieb Verhaag, G.C.H.M. verhaagg...@ziggo.nl: Hi Luigi, Thanks for your very quick response, just great! Your suggestion works! By the way, what does this expanded mean, is it documented somewhere? Is it a typical MKIV thing related to Lua? It’s a typical way

Re: [NTG-context] calculating with dimension unit

2013-04-22 Thread Jan Heinen
an article somewhere? Regards Jannis ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage

Re: [NTG-context] calculating with dimension unit

2013-04-22 Thread Aditya Mahajan
I think this calculating with dimension is not very well documented in the context-wiki. Thus I would like to write a small article about Calculating with dimension units in the wiki.contextgarden.net to help others a bit. Or is there already an article somewhere? Such an article

Re: [NTG-context] Detecting reference-errors

2013-04-17 Thread Hans Hagen
possible, though. I use the following command to detect wrong references. It's not pretty, but it does it's job reasonably well. pdftotext file.pdf - | grep -E '\?\?|!!' If you run \starttext test \in{someplace}[somewhere] \stoptext there are messages in the log like: references

Re: [NTG-context] upto current

2013-03-25 Thread Keith J. Schultz
and will be a programmer and not a software developer or software engineer. The term adequately depicts what I did/do while the others are simply too pretentious. Find the old article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal in an archive somewhere -- I've been a real programmer and I suspect Hans is, too

Re: [NTG-context] upto current

2013-03-22 Thread Keith J. Schultz
somewhere to assign someone sufficiently competent to work full-time for Hans just to write and maintain documentation. This is not a bad idea if only we could get it sponsored... I have an impression that I heard about something similar to GSoC, but for writing docs... Also, it might not need

Re: [NTG-context] upto current

2013-03-22 Thread Bill Meahan
pretentious. Find the old article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal in an archive somewhere -- I've been a real programmer and I suspect Hans is, too. :) Sorry for the rants but it is so frustrating to have to install so many different language support and documentation systems simply because I use FOSS

Re: [NTG-context] upto current

2013-03-22 Thread Hans Hagen
the others are simply too pretentious. Find the old article Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal in an archive somewhere -- I've been a real programmer and I suspect Hans is, too. :) Sorry for the rants but it is so frustrating to have to install so many different language support and documentation systems

Re: [NTG-context] upto current

2013-03-21 Thread Alan BRASLAU
find funding somewhere to assign someone sufficiently competent to work full-time for Hans just to write and maintain documentation. This is not a bad idea if only we could get it sponsored... Alan ___ If your question

Re: [NTG-context] upto current

2013-03-21 Thread Marcin Borkowski
is nearly impossible with the speed that Hans keeps developing ConTeXt ;). Unless we find funding somewhere to assign someone sufficiently competent to work full-time for Hans just to write and maintain documentation. This is not a bad idea if only we could get it sponsored... I have

[NTG-context] Missing number, treated as zero error when using \definefont with \define'd dimension

2013-03-21 Thread Lars Huttar
I just linked to mentions differences between MkII and MkIV, but this error occurs in both (in XeTeX and LuaTeX). Can someone help me understand why I should not use \define for this case? (Or in general, when I should not use \define?) Or does the problem lie somewhere else? Thanks, Lars

Re: [NTG-context] Missing number, treated as zero error when using \definefont with \define'd dimension

2013-03-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
, when I should not use \define?) Or does the problem lie somewhere else? Commands created with \define aren’t expandable, i.e. when the content of \definefont is passed to Lua \largefontsize remains a TeX macro and isn’t converted to the dimension. To get a expandable macro use \defineexpandable

[NTG-context] date handling maltreated?

2013-03-20 Thread H. van der Meer
- \currentdate macro:-\currenttime - \currenttime This is most unhappy, because one really should be able to put the expansions of these macros somewhere. I hope the next beta will have solutions for these problems. Hans van der Meer

Re: [NTG-context] date handling maltreated?

2013-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
- \thedate} \edef\thetime{\currenttime}\writestatus{}{\meaning\thetime - \thetime} giving: macro:-\currentdate - \currentdate macro:-\currenttime - \currenttime This is most unhappy, because one really should be able to put the expansions of these macros somewhere. I hope the next beta

Re: [NTG-context] To update or not to update - that is the question...

2013-03-17 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2013-03-02, o godz. 12:04:50 Marco Patzer home...@lavabit.com napisał(a): On 2013–03–02 Marcin Borkowski wrote: Is it possible to find the official ConTeXt repo somewhere, There is no official repo. But you can use git://gitorious.org/context/context.git Marco Thanks

Re: [NTG-context] To update or not to update - that is the question...

2013-03-17 Thread Jonathan Barchi
at 10:05 AM, Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl wrote: Dnia 2013-03-02, o godz. 12:04:50 Marco Patzer home...@lavabit.com napisał(a): On 2013–03–02 Marcin Borkowski wrote: Is it possible to find the official ConTeXt repo somewhere, There is no official repo. But you can use git

Re: [NTG-context] TeX macro to MP variable

2013-03-16 Thread Marco Patzer
mysize withcolor red ; \stopuseMPgraphic However, in the minimal example it works, too. So the problem lies be somewhere else. I will investigate why it fails. I like the MPvar solution and try to get it working. Thanks Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [NTG-context] To update or not to update - that is the question...

2013-03-02 Thread Hans Hagen
was stand-alone and the old math-arr.mkiv code is still there so you can try to load that file. 3. Just use \vec instead of \overrightarrow. Pro: very easy, no dirty hacks. Con: ugly looking (see: \vec{AB}). Any ideas? Is it possible to find the official ConTeXt repo somewhere

Re: [NTG-context] To update or not to update - that is the question...

2013-03-02 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–03–02 Marcin Borkowski wrote: Is it possible to find the official ConTeXt repo somewhere, There is no official repo. But you can use git://gitorious.org/context/context.git Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

[NTG-context] To update or not to update - that is the question...

2013-03-01 Thread Marcin Borkowski
repo somewhere, or if not, maybe someone could send me the diff of the commit which fixed that (this post: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/79011 suggests that it is the 2012.10.30 21:13 commit)? Regards, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Adam

[NTG-context] local picture not found anymore

2013-02-04 Thread H. van der Meer
Having a file picture.jpg worked fine. Now it results in inclusion of The picture package by Heiko Oberdiek. Suddenly file searching doesn't start with the current directory anymore but somewhere in the /tex-chain. Were the significant changes here? Something to do with Luatex? I didn't follow

Re: [NTG-context] local picture not found anymore

2013-02-04 Thread Meer H. van der
searching doesn't start with the current directory anymore but somewhere in the /tex-chain. Were the significant changes here? Something to do with Luatex? I didn't follow the developments for the last few months, so I may have missed an important change. Hans van der Meer

[NTG-context] setupblock with starttyping doesn't work

2013-01-31 Thread Ingo Hohmann
to accomplish: The user writes the address, and he should not have to use \crlf or have to use several distinct commands. Why does the following not work? \defineblock[Address] \setupblock[Address][ before=\starttyping, after=\stoptyping ] \starttext \beginAddress Peter Pan Somewhere over

Re: [NTG-context] setupblock with starttyping doesn't work

2013-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
the two more complex mechanisms .. the ones that intercept the input stream \setupblock[Address][ before=\startlines\tt, after=\stoplines, ] will work ok for most text cases \starttext \beginAddress Peter Pan Somewhere over the Rainbow Neverland \endAddress \useblocks[Address] Some more

Re: [NTG-context] setupblock with starttyping doesn't work

2013-01-31 Thread Aditya Mahajan
, after=\stoptyping ] you pick the two more complex mechanisms .. the ones that intercept the input stream \setupblock[Address][ before=\startlines\tt, after=\stoplines, ] will work ok for most text cases \starttext \beginAddress Peter Pan Somewhere over the Rainbow Neverland

Re: [NTG-context] Prioritise TEXMFHOME

2013-01-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
and not just anywhere on top level of $TEXMFHOME. At least somewhere under mymodules/tex/ (but I'm not sure if that alone is 100% safe - that is - I'm not sure about the search/sort order of two files with the same name under a different path inside the texmf tree). - What does 'kpsewhich t-gnuplot.tex

Re: [NTG-context] Prioritise TEXMFHOME

2013-01-23 Thread Marco Patzer
. At least somewhere under mymodules/tex/ (but I'm not sure if that alone is 100% safe - that is - I'm not sure about the search/sort order of two files with the same name under a different path inside the texmf tree). mymodules/tex doesn't seem to be sufficient. My tests revealed that for files

Re: [NTG-context] [***Spam/VIR***] Re: Layer vs. overlay

2013-01-16 Thread Procházka Lukáš Ing . - Pontex s . r . o .
Hello, On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:47:21 +0100, Philipp Gesang philipp.ges...@alumni.uni-heidelberg.de wrote: Lookup the correct string from a table? thanks for the idea - - in other words, we have to keep running results somewhere; the algorithm fills a table with texts for each page

Re: [NTG-context] [***Spam/VIR***] Re: Layer vs. overlay

2013-01-16 Thread Philipp Gesang
running results somewhere; Yes, this is simple because the order of processing doesn’t change -- as long as the data you aggregate fits into your memory, of course! the algorithm fills a table with texts for each page, and each \setlayer takes one value back, so we can simplify to: /snip

Re: [NTG-context] index: distinguish entries by pagestyle

2013-01-15 Thread Andreas Mang
to distinguish between the definition of some term and its appearance/use somewhere else (boldface vs. normal font of page number for instance). The garden provides a solution, which does not seem to work for me: %%% \setupregister[index][nb][pagestyle=bold] \starttext

[NTG-context] index: distinguish entries by pagestyle

2013-01-14 Thread Andreas Mang
Hi there, I got a question considering the registers. I'd like to distinguish between the definition of some term and its appearance/use somewhere else (boldface vs. normal font of page number for instance). The garden provides a solution, which does not seem to work for me

Re: [NTG-context] index: distinguish entries by pagestyle

2013-01-14 Thread Schmitz Thomas A.
On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Andreas Mang m...@imt.uni-luebeck.de wrote: Hi there, I got a question considering the registers. I'd like to distinguish between the definition of some term and its appearance/use somewhere else (boldface vs. normal font of page number for instance

Re: [NTG-context] index: distinguish entries by pagestyle

2013-01-14 Thread Philipp Gesang
···date: 2013-01-14, Monday···from: Schmitz Thomas A.··· On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Andreas Mang m...@imt.uni-luebeck.de wrote: Hi there, I got a question considering the registers. I'd like to distinguish between the definition of some term and its appearance/use somewhere else

[NTG-context] Desperate help needed: Formular numbering and List of Formulas

2012-12-16 Thread Zenlima
and mailing list for possible examples and put all in one test file - I got non to work but maybe I also made a mistake somewhere. Additionally I wrote everything on my talk page of the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User_talk:Zenlima If every method has to be fixed my priority

Re: [NTG-context] Desperate help needed: Formular numbering and List of Formulas

2012-12-16 Thread Andreas Mang
and mailing list for possible examples and put all in one test file - I got non to work but maybe I also made a mistake somewhere. Additionally I wrote everything on my talk page of the wiki: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/User_talk:Zenlima If every method has to be fixed my priority is the \NR

Re: [NTG-context] 'kern': TrueType table and GPOS lookup feature

2012-12-02 Thread Steve White
. (But I won't have time for it!) Perhaps you have a file somewhere that adds this other directory. This is my best guess. It is also possible something was left over on my system from the previous distro installation. However I removed that installation with the dpkg --purge command, which should

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost instance mechanism broken

2012-11-26 Thread Marco Patzer
-evaluates its code every time; compare the examples at AFAIK useMPgraphic is always recalculated, reusableMPgraphic never is. uniqueMPgraphic takes the size into account and recalculates if the graphic dimensions change. If I recall correctly this is mentioned somewhere in the MetaFun manual. But I

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost instance mechanism broken

2012-11-26 Thread Aditya Mahajan
somewhere in the MetaFun manual. But I agree, all these commands for including MP graphics are confusing, given the fact that one can survive pretty well with only useMPgraphic. I attached a small example to show the difference. The distinction was more important in MkII when extra runs for different

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost instance mechanism broken

2012-11-26 Thread Hans Hagen
,.} given that linewidth is set, those values are also taken into account mentioned somewhere in the MetaFun manual. But I agree, all these commands for including MP graphics are confusing, given the fact that one can survive pretty well with only useMPgraphic. I attached a small example to show

Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure and large-paged pdfs

2012-11-08 Thread Taco Hoekwater
in LuaTeX? Some poor programmer's head ;) Seriously, the actual implementation would be quite a lot of work. There are definite places in the backend where a 64-bit number would be a no-no, and these have to be captured somewhere. And then there is the lua_Number that is a double, so it cannot fit

Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure and large-paged pdfs

2012-11-08 Thread Hans Hagen
break if we extended dimens to 64/63 bit in LuaTeX? Some poor programmer's head ;) Seriously, the actual implementation would be quite a lot of work. There are definite places in the backend where a 64-bit number would be a no-no, and these have to be captured somewhere

[NTG-context] \chapter{} vs \startchapter..\stopchapter

2012-11-08 Thread Bill Meahan
that lists the keys for \startchapter somewhere? It's not documented in even the most recent command reference. Many thanks! -- Bill Meahan Westland, Michigan USA ___ If your question is of interest to others as well

Re: [NTG-context] \chapter{} vs \startchapter..\stopchapter

2012-11-08 Thread Marco Patzer
, is there anything that lists the keys for \startchapter somewhere? Keys that I know about: \startchapter[ label=..., title=..., marking=..., list=..., bookmark=..., reference=... ] \stopchapter You can also add an additional pair of brackets with custom

Re: [NTG-context] System variable HOME

2012-11-03 Thread Procházka Lukáš
previous variable value. Somewhere inside a Ctx source within a Lua scope I call: local home = os.getenv(HOME.ORG) or os.getenv(HOME) or MyUsualHomePath It works but it is not nice enough. Best regards, Lukas I'm only guessing here, I don't know much about Windows administration; I

[NTG-context] Possibilities for basso continuo figures in a text-line disappeared?

2012-10-29 Thread Robert Blackstone
Hello, The code for including basso continuo figures in a text, added somewhere between may and august this year: \definelow[MyLow][style=\txx,frame=off] \definehigh[MyHigh][style=\txx,frame=off] \definelowhigh[MyLoHi][style=\txx,frame=off] \definelowmidhigh[MyLoMiHi][style=\txx,frame=off

Re: [NTG-context] Possibilities for basso continuo figures in a text-line disappeared?

2012-10-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.10.2012 um 12:00 schrieb Robert Blackstone blackstone.rob...@gmail.com: Hello, The code for including basso continuo figures in a text, added somewhere between may and august this year: \definelow[MyLow][style=\txx,frame=off] \definehigh[MyHigh][style=\txx,frame=off

Re: [NTG-context] Need help with \definetabulate

2012-10-17 Thread Malte Stien
\NC second \NC third \NC\NR \stopalpha \startbeta \NC lorem \NC ipsum \NC\NR \stopbeta \stoptext ...such that I can just refer to them when I \starttabulate...\stoptabulate somewhere. To refer to a table, you place it as a float and use the `reference=tab:alphatable` key

[NTG-context] Fwd: Need help with \definetabulate

2012-10-16 Thread Malte Stien
\stoptext ...such that I can just refer to them when I \starttabulate...\stoptabulate somewhere. To refer to a table, you place it as a float and use the `reference=tab:alphatable` key. Then in the text you refer to the table, see \in{table}[tab:alphatable]. I thought, the command

Re: [NTG-context] Need help with \definetabulate

2012-10-15 Thread Malte Stien
\stopbeta \stoptext ...such that I can just refer to them when I \starttabulate...\stoptabulate somewhere. To refer to a table, you place it as a float and use the `reference=tab:alphatable` key. Then in the text you refer to the table, see \in{table}[tab:alphatable]. I thought

Re: [NTG-context] Numbering subformulas

2012-10-15 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
with the wrong numbering because the problem for this lies somewhere else. Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] Numbering subformulas

2012-10-15 Thread Hans Hagen
but this doesn’t fix the problem with the wrong numbering because the problem for this lies somewhere else. let's first catch up on other reported issues (I can't find the bugged example anyway). Hans

Re: [NTG-context] RFC: path relative to current file.

2012-10-15 Thread Hans Hagen
-- name = resolvers.resolve(name) -- . keep code ... and somewhere at the top: local joinpath = file.join local cleanpath = resolvers.cleanpath Then you can something: \starttext \component toppath:/subpath/somefile.tex \stoptext All given that the top

Re: [NTG-context] New module: pararef

2012-10-14 Thread Philipp Gesang
. Do you plan on having a development repository hosted somewhere (github, bitbucket etc.)? Would make it more accessible to some of us. Please feel free to send me comments about the coding style and what I could have done in a better way. E.g. the interface file is missing, but I don't know how

Re: [NTG-context] Need help with \definetabulate

2012-10-08 Thread Marco Patzer
] [bodyfont=small, split=yes] \starttext \startalpha \NC first \NC second \NC third \NC\NR \stopalpha \startbeta \NC lorem \NC ipsum \NC\NR \stopbeta \stoptext ...such that I can just refer to them when I \starttabulate...\stoptabulate somewhere. To refer to a table, you place

Re: [NTG-context] verbatim text: \type, \tex and co.

2012-09-28 Thread Alan BRASLAU
depends also upon which \tt font is being used. \setupbodyfont[dejavu] \starttext \starttyping $L_{α+β}$ \stoptyping \stoptext Also, \type{$L_{α+β}$} I thought that I saw that somewhere before! :) Alan

[NTG-context] List of macro-generating macro (was: Ctx: list of commands)

2012-09-19 Thread Sietse Brouwer
\commandname{...}, but also registers the name of the command it defines to a table somewhere? yes but it does not help much unless the whole argument spec is included; also, quite some commands are generated so we would still miss a lot Hans

Re: [NTG-context] output of token.command_name() [was: Ctx: list of commands]

2012-09-18 Thread Philipp Gesang
the macros that have been defined and invalidated, but are kept on the hash anyways because of some issues involving \gdef? (I remember reading about this in “TeX the Program” but I can’t look it up right now as it is buried somewhere deep inside a book crate.) Philipp

Re: [NTG-context] output of token.command_name() [was: Ctx: list of commands]

2012-09-18 Thread Hans Hagen
“undefined_cs”. Are those the macros that have been defined and invalidated, but are kept on the hash anyways because of some issues involving \gdef? (I remember reading about this in “TeX the Program” but I can’t look it up right now as it is buried somewhere deep inside a book crate.) well, undefined

Re: [NTG-context] Ctx: list of commands

2012-09-18 Thread Sietse Brouwer
\def\commandname{...}, but also registers the name of the command it defines to a table somewhere? You might already have something like it because the tables in setup-en.pdf look automatically-created, but there is some hint in the sources that they are based on some (Wolfgang's?) XML file, too

Re: [NTG-context] Ctx: list of commands

2012-09-18 Thread Hans Hagen
[#commandname]{...} that works pretty much like \def\commandname{...}, but also registers the name of the command it defines to a table somewhere? yes but it does not help much unless the whole argument spec is included; also, quite some commands are generated so we would still miss a lot Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Referring to multiple elements

2012-09-14 Thread Sietse Brouwer
(runs, {[start] = a[run_start], [stop] = a[run_stop]}) run_start = run_stop + 1 end return runs end function u.inwithranges(ref_string) -- CTX... means I expect ConTeXt already has this function in a library somewhere local ref_array

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

2012-09-10 Thread Francisco Gracia
commands seem not to be understood by *pdfTex*). My conclusion is that *lettrine* does not work correctly with Mark-iv and there is somewhere a bug that has to be corrected. But I could be mistaken. Am I doing something wrongly? Thanks for your interest

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

2012-09-10 Thread Sietse Brouwer
Hello Francisco, Welcome to ConTeXt! You are sure to enjoy it here. My conclusion is that *lettrine* does not work correctly with Mark-iv and there is somewhere a bug that has to be corrected. But I could be mistaken. Am I doing something wrongly? No, you are correct, there is a bug

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

2012-09-10 Thread Jörg Hagmann
.ca22f882.en.html Cheers, Jörg On Sep 10, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Sietse Brouwer wrote: Hello Francisco, Welcome to ConTeXt! You are sure to enjoy it here. My conclusion is that *lettrine* does not work correctly with Mark-iv and there is somewhere a bug that has to be corrected. But I could

Re: [NTG-context] Sequence of MetaPost Pages

2012-09-09 Thread Aditya Mahajan
., `a := \STEPS 0` will evaluate to `a := 80`), or use `N := \STEPS;` somewhere in the beginning of each `\MPpage` (the `N :\ \STEPS` can be hidden behind a macro like `\initializeAnimation`). Aditya ___ If your question

[NTG-context] Lua: document v. userdata

2012-08-22 Thread Rogers, Michael K
is almost certainly not an entry used by ConTeXt? Is using document.myluadimension better style here, in some sense? Somewhere I had gotten the idea that if a ConTeXt user wanted to store something in Lua, they ought to store it in the userdata namespace. Thanks, Michael

Re: [NTG-context] Lua: document v. userdata

2012-08-22 Thread Hans Hagen
? Or is document.myluadimension safe, because myluadimension is almost certainly not an entry used by ConTeXt? Is using document.myluadimension better style here, in some sense? Somewhere I had gotten the idea that if a ConTeXt user wanted to store something in Lua, they ought to store it in the userdata

Re: [NTG-context] Stable versions of MkIV

2012-08-21 Thread Mojca Miklavec
make a zip, upload it to CTAN and make it available as current in minimals. (If I forget to do that in less than a week, please remind me.) 3. Is there a list of past stable versions somewhere? Probably the best answer would be the (unofficial) git repository: http://gitorious.org/context

Re: [NTG-context] Stable versions of MkIV

2012-08-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
no idea what to do about the date. I have no idea how Hans uploads current versions, but I could make a zip, upload it to CTAN and make it available as current in minimals. (If I forget to do that in less than a week, please remind me.) 3. Is there a list of past stable versions somewhere

[NTG-context] Stable versions of MkIV

2012-08-20 Thread Sietse Brouwer
that we update to reasonably bug-free versions. 3. Is there a list of past stable versions somewhere? I can't find one, and without it the ability to go to a specific stable version with `sh ./first-setup.sh --context=date` seems a bit useless. (Can't really imagine a use in general, though.) 4

Re: [NTG-context] Bug in \startitemize[randomize]

2012-08-05 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4-8-2012 17:22, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, \startitemize[randomize] does not randomize properly (one entry at random is gobbled and another is repeated in its place). I guess that this is because of an off-by-one error somewhere. Example (from: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/65662/323

[NTG-context] Bug in \startitemize[randomize]

2012-08-04 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, \startitemize[randomize] does not randomize properly (one entry at random is gobbled and another is repeated in its place). I guess that this is because of an off-by-one error somewhere. Example (from: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/65662/323) \defineitemgroup[institm

[NTG-context] Using MPgraphics as externalfigures?

2012-08-01 Thread Mari Voipio
{\getbuffer} construction is downright ugly. I think the solution to my problem can be found somewhere in the \startreuseagleMPgraphic and \reuseMPgraphic, but I don't seem to be able to figure out the last bits... On the moment my MPgraphics have \startbuffer[g1] \startMPcode ... \stopMPcode

[NTG-context] A strange problem, probably with \startitemize[columns]

2012-07-28 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Hello, I am a bit afraid to gain a nickname the itemize-column guy, but it seems that again there's a problem with this feature... Unfortunately, I did not manage to isolate the problem, so maybe it lies somewhere completely else. Anyway, sorry for spamming the list again with a complete file

Re: [NTG-context] clutter with \start and \stop

2012-07-05 Thread Rogers, Michael K
Again, I agree with what you write. Somewhere I must have expressed myself poorly and I apologize. It seems like a side issue (my issue with XML), and I did not mean to hijack the thread. Sorry. This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use

Re: [NTG-context] Typing of Indian texts.

2012-06-26 Thread Hans Hagen
On 25-6-2012 23:48, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: Hello ConTeXist. During the discussion in CSTeX maillist fell a question about possibility typing of Indian texts with use ConTeXt. (using of Indian OpenType fonts), which is not yet in LuaTEX. Is somewhere any information available on this issue? I

[NTG-context] Typing of Indian texts.

2012-06-25 Thread Jaroslav Hajtmar
Hello ConTeXist. During the discussion in CSTeX maillist fell a question about possibility typing of Indian texts with use ConTeXt. (using of Indian OpenType fonts), which is not yet in LuaTEX. Is somewhere any information available on this issue? I rate myself with no experience of exotic

[NTG-context] Space Between Number and Reference

2012-06-21 Thread Kip Warner
guessing there is a setup for this somewhere. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [NTG-context] Space Between Number and Reference

2012-06-21 Thread Marco
by magnitudes. I'm guessing there is a setup for this somewhere. Probably. Marco ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http

Re: [NTG-context] Space Between Number and Reference

2012-06-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
superimposed over it instead of shifting over. I'm guessing there is a setup for this somewhere. I guess \placepublications[width=dimension] gives you control over the width of the digits but I can’t say for sure without a example. Wolfgang

[NTG-context] combined style?

2012-06-19 Thread Meer, H. van der
-nodes in the following manner: node style=small,italic leading to somewhere a call of \setupsomething[foregroundstyle={small,italic}]. It is a pity that node style=small style=italic does not work, because with two successive calls \setupsomething[foregroundstyle=small] \setupsomething[foregroundstyle

Re: [NTG-context] combined style?

2012-06-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
is the fact that I would like to use style settings from within XML-nodes in the following manner: node style=small,italic leading to somewhere a call of \setupsomething[foregroundstyle={small,italic}]. It is a pity that node style=small style=italic does not work, because with two successive

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
to wikify any known exceptions somewhere over here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/From_LaTeX_to_ConTeXt#Optional_Arguments_and_Setups That is not a place where I will look for if I were confused. Perhaps it is better to create a patch entitled Its not a bug, its a feature (or something

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-12 Thread Marco
counterintuitive, I’d like to wikify any known exceptions somewhere over here: How about unifying the interface? IMO that would make more sense then bury the “caveats” somewhere deep in the wiki. Marco ___ If your question

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-12 Thread Hans Hagen
/gmane.comp.tex.context/75727 that's one that can be dealt with (I'll adapt that one) As this is quite counterintuitive, I’d like to wikify any known exceptions somewhere over here: How about unifying the interface? IMO that would make more sense then bury the “caveats” somewhere deep in the wiki. that's

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-12 Thread Marco
somewhere over here: How about unifying the interface? IMO that would make more sense then bury the “caveats” somewhere deep in the wiki. that's currently not feasable for all What's the reason? Performance of backwards compatibility? Personally, I would sacrifice some runtime in favour

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-12 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12-6-2012 16:24, Marco wrote: While you're at it, check \usesubpath as well. I didn't test, but assume it has the same issue. uses the same code As this is quite counterintuitive, I’d like to wikify any known exceptions somewhere over here: How about unifying the interface? IMO

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-12 Thread Philipp Gesang
somewhere over here: How about unifying the interface? IMO that would make more sense then bury the “caveats” somewhere deep in the wiki. that's currently not feasable for all What's the reason? Performance of backwards compatibility? more that we cannot use the regular parser

Re: [NTG-context] TeXlive 2012 (testing again)

2012-06-11 Thread Marco Pessotto
/fonts/data was enough to get them imported). texmf-local is one of the paths that get prescanned so did you run mtxrun --generate? Ok, mtxrun --generate ; mtxrun --script fonts --reload ; did the trick. I'll have to tattoo these mtxrun commands somewhere on my hands, so I won't forget. Thanks

[NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-11 Thread Philipp Gesang
. Dear others, please contribute if you know about further setups whose parameters behave in a non-standard way. As this is quite counterintuitive, I’d like to wikify any known exceptions somewhere over here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/From_LaTeX_to_ConTeXt#Optional_Arguments_and_Setups Thanks

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-11 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Philipp Gesang wrote: Dear others, please contribute if you know about further setups whose parameters behave in a non-standard way. As this is quite counterintuitive, I’d like to wikify any known exceptions somewhere over here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-11 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 11 Jun 2012, Philipp Gesang wrote: Dear others, please contribute if you know about further setups whose parameters behave in a non-standard way. As this is quite counterintuitive, I’d like to wikify any known exceptions somewhere over here

Re: [NTG-context] Exceptions to assignment syntax [was: Re: labeltext assignment]

2012-06-11 Thread Philipp Gesang
exceptions somewhere over here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/From_LaTeX_to_ConTeXt#Optional_Arguments_and_Setups That is not a place where I will look for if I were confused. Of course this was meant in addition to the respective entries in the reference, where I would look first. Perhaps

Re: [NTG-context] Change font in \startuseMPgraphic

2012-06-10 Thread Meer, H. van der
? Is there documentation somewhere? Thanks in advance, Hans van der Meer On 10 jun. 2012, at 17:25, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 10.06.2012 um 16:25 schrieb Alfredo Catalina: How can I setup a font -name, size, etc- inside a startuseMPgraphic environment? \startuseMPgraphic{map} \stopuseMPgraphic

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