Re: [NTG-context] Vertical spacing

2007-06-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:17:27 +0200 Jeff Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello list! I'd like to be able to add vertical spacing before a chapter title on the first page of a chapter, and also I want to control spacing before and after section titles with something different than the

Re: [NTG-context] Vertical spacing

2007-06-23 Thread Jeff Smith
Oh, right. This works. Two parameters with a comma; I need to remember the cases where this is possible! Thanks a lot! Jeff Hi Jeff, the following works for me: \starttext \chapter{Knuth} \input knuth \setuphead [chapter] [before={\blank[force,2cm]}] \chapter{Knuth} \input

Re: [NTG-context] Label loops within a XeConTeXt document

2007-06-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, nicola wrote: Hi, given the following XeConTeXt document (I use ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12): \definetypeface[MyMainFace][rm][Xserif][Charis SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[MyMainFace][mm][math][euler][euler] \setupbodyfont[MyMainFace,10pt]

[NTG-context] Wierd problem.

2007-06-23 Thread John R. Culleton
On another list a listmate proposes to print a book in two copies side by side. The page size is 5.5 x 8.5 in. He wants to print two copies on his laser printer. He wants two impressions of page one side by side on letter paper, with two copies of page two on the reverse side etc. for 200

Re: [NTG-context] Wierd problem.

2007-06-23 Thread luigi scarso
On 6/23/07, John R. Culleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On another list a listmate proposes to print a book in two copies side by side. The page size is 5.5 x 8.5 in. He wants to print two copies on his laser printer. He wants two impressions of page one side by side on letter paper, with two

[NTG-context] Label loops within a XeConTeXt document

2007-06-23 Thread nicola
Hi, given the following XeConTeXt document (I use ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12): \definetypeface[MyMainFace][rm][Xserif][Charis SIL][default][encoding=uc] \definetypeface[MyMainFace][mm][math][euler][euler] \setupbodyfont[MyMainFace,10pt] \startuseMPgraphic{foo} for i = 0 upto 10: % Draw a

Re: [NTG-context] Vertical spacing

2007-06-23 Thread Jeff Smith
Well, I spoke a bit fast. I'd still like to control the vertical spacing _after_ a title with another command than \setupwhitespace. Is it possible? Thanks in advance! ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] Label loops within a XeConTeXt document

2007-06-23 Thread nicola
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, nicola wrote: Hi, given the following XeConTeXt document (I use ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12): \definetypeface[MyMainFace][rm][Xserif][Charis SIL][default][encoding=uc]

Re: [NTG-context] Label loops within a XeConTeXt document

2007-06-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, nicola wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, nicola wrote: Hi, given the following XeConTeXt document (I use ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12): \definetypeface[MyMainFace][rm][Xserif][Charis

Re: [NTG-context] Vertical spacing

2007-06-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Jeff Smith wrote: Well, I spoke a bit fast. I'd still like to control the vertical spacing _after_ a title with another command than \setupwhitespace. Is it possible? \setuphead[section][after={\blank[big]}] Aditya

[NTG-context] Macro with suffix

2007-06-23 Thread nicola
Hi, I have read http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/3540, but why does the following \appendtoks \let\#\hashletter \to \everyMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{foo} vardef [EMAIL PROTECTED](expr x) = enddef; \stopuseMPgraphic \startuseMPgraphic{goo} \includeMPgraphic{foo} foo.foo(1);

Re: [NTG-context] Label loops within a XeConTeXt document

2007-06-23 Thread nicola
1) is it possible to specify the fonts in an MPenviroment? If so, how? Just as you will specify fonts in your regular document. Putting the same definitions inside \startMPinclusions... \stopMPinclusions does not seem to work with XeTeX. It is MPenvironent and not MPinclusions. I

Re: [NTG-context] Macro with suffix

2007-06-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, nicola wrote: Hi, I have read http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context/3540, but why does the following \appendtoks \let\#\hashletter \to \everyMPgraphic This was a typo. It should have been \letterhash. However, you do not need to explicitly do this, since

[NTG-context] How to align numerals in lists on the dot or paranthesis that follows the numeral?

2007-06-23 Thread Hamid Kamrani
At least in the U.S., it is the rule and a strict requirement to typeset vertical lists in such a way that the numerals align on the dot or parenthesis following the numeral. (even the daily violation of the rule by some of the most widely used word processors such as MS Word has not changed this