Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-18 Thread Rory Molinari
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Corin Royal Drummond wrote: Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation is not their highest priority. There's the wiki, the wonderfully active mailing list, and what used

[NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Want to Learn
Thanks Wolfgang. I suppose you mean that I need the beta version and not the stable version. Anyhow, I downloaded the beta version and tried to install tikz with the command Mojca mentioned in his post. Everything seemed to go on fine. But when I tried to compile the following simple file I get an

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Mojca Miklavec
2009/3/17 Want to Learn wrote: Thanks Wolfgang. I suppose you mean that I need the beta version and not the stable version. Anyhow, I downloaded the beta version and tried to install tikz with the command Mojca mentioned in his post. Everything seemed to go on fine. But when I tried to

Re: [NTG-context] Step wise presentation.

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Curious Learn wrote: Currently what is the best solution for presentation with steps in Context that works with the stable version of MKIV. The one that you can get with ../first-setup.sh --context=current If I need to install any addon module for your recommendation (i.e., if it does not come

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: - for a structured document using \switchtobodyfont is ok What do you mean with structured document? one where there is some logic in using fonts (and color) which unfortunately is seldom the case

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Alan Stone
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Alan Stone wrote: Ahoi, Following a previous discussion, I've been advised to try to avoid \switchtobodyfont and use \definedfont or \definefont instead. what is better depends on the situation - for a structured

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Alan Stone wrote: Ahoi, Following a previous discussion, I've been advised to try to avoid \switchtobodyfont and use \definedfont or \definefont instead. what is better depends on the situation - for a

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Lutz Haseloff
Hello Want, hello Mojca, i had the same problem some days before. I found this hint by Wolfgang: add to your file \unprotect \newtoks\toks@ \le...@\zeropoint \protect and tikz works like a charm. can this be added to the module t-tikz.tex? Greetings Lutz 2009/3/18 Mojca Miklavec

[NTG-context] Short question about big papersize

2009-03-18 Thread Diego Depaoli
Hi all, before start spend my time, can Context handle 6 (or 8) columns on a 70X100 cm papersize? Cheers -- Diego Depaoli ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Alan Stone
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Alan Stone wrote: [...] Which low level command allows to fill in \definefont[SomeFont][SomeSynonym sa SomeScale] with SomeSynonym=Sans(X)/Serif(X) (X)=Bold/Italic, i.e. regardless of the synonym's name (defined in the

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.03.2009 um 09:39 schrieb Alan Stone: \definefont[SomeFont][SerifBold sa 1.5] And what about non-bodyfonts (some other sans or serif font) ? Use the symbolic name from your typescripts \definefont[ChapterFont][ArialBold sa 1.5] Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Step wise presentation.

2009-03-18 Thread Curious Learn
Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl writes: take a look at s-pre-60 upwards; i always use s-pre-60 as basis Hans Thank you Hans. Since you said that you start with s-pre-60 as the basis, could I please ask you for an example presentation, if you have one. I looked at the wiki but there is no

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Alan Stone
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: [...] (there's also Normal, Bold etc that is even more generic in the sense that it can be sans or serif depending of the situation) these symbolic names are there for a reason as i never want to see hard coded font names

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Stone wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Alan Stone wrote: [...] Which low level command allows to fill in \definefont[SomeFont][SomeSynonym sa SomeScale] with SomeSynonym=Sans(X)/Serif(X) (X)=Bold/Italic, i.e. regardless of the synonym's name

Re: [NTG-context] TeXshop instructions on Context Minimals (Mac installation)

2009-03-18 Thread Bowen Alan C.
Hi! You need to set the executable bit of the file ConTeXt-MKIV.engine. In Terminal try: cd Users/Name/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ and then chmod +x ConTeXt-MKIV.engine which will allow you to execute the file. See http://www.ss64.com/bash/chmod.html for an overview of chmod if you wish to

Re: [NTG-context] Step wise presentation.

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Curious Learn wrote: Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl writes: take a look at s-pre-60 upwards; i always use s-pre-60 as basis Hans Thank you Hans. Since you said that you start with s-pre-60 as the basis, could I please ask you for an example presentation, if you have one. I looked at the wiki

[NTG-context] current fontsize in both marks

2009-03-18 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi, for my overprinting macro I need the actual font size (no overprinting if size is greater 23pt). After searching and a lot of tries I found \scaledfont (mkii) and \somefontsize (mkiv), which seem to show the right values. Both macros are bound exclusively to only one mark. Is there a

Re: [NTG-context] current fontsize in both marks

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: Hi, for my overprinting macro I need the actual font size (no overprinting if size is greater 23pt). After searching and a lot of tries I found \scaledfont (mkii) and \somefontsize (mkiv), which seem to show the right values. Both macros are bound exclusively to only

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Lutz Haseloff
Hi all, shame on me :-( The tikz problem solution was by: From adityam at umich.edu Sat Mar 7 21:42:27 2009 From: adityam at umich.edu (Aditya Mahajan) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 15:42:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NTG-context] luatex tikz problem Wolfgang and Aditya, please excuse my wrong citation.

Re: [NTG-context] current fontsize in both marks

2009-03-18 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: Hi, for my overprinting macro I need the actual font size (no overprinting if size is greater 23pt). After searching and a lot of tries I found \scaledfont (mkii) and \somefontsize (mkiv), which seem to show the right values. Both macros are bound

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Curious Learn
Lutz Haseloff lutz.haseloff at googlemail.com writes: Hello Want, hello Mojca,i had the same problem some days before. I found this hint by Wolfgang:add to your file\unprotect\newtoks\toks at \let\z at \zeropoint\protectand tikz works like a charm.can this be added to the module

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Mojca Miklavec wrote: 2009/3/17 Want to Learn wrote: Thanks Wolfgang. I suppose you mean that I need the beta version and not the stable version. Anyhow, I downloaded the beta version and tried to install tikz with the command Mojca mentioned in his post. Everything seemed

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 15:06, Curious Learn wrote: I will try it later. After it did not work yesterday and after seeing Hans Hagen's post about the possible problems with the newest beta, I deleted the latest beta and installed the stable version (the one that comes with --context=current

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Alan Stone
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: (there's also Normal, Bold etc that is even more generic in the sense that it can be sans or serif depending of the situation) Re. code in attachment Why is the font output not correct when using

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz updated in minimals but file does not compile

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: I have later noticed that there are indeed general problems even in mkii. Either Hans or Till need to fix the code, but I like Aditya's suggestion. i added them now to syst-ini but i don't know if i catched them all anyhow, for module writers: use the readable ones and

Re: [NTG-context] font switching questions

2009-03-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.03.2009 um 16:26 schrieb Alan Stone: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: (there's also Normal, Bold etc that is even more generic in the sense that it can be sans or serif depending of the situation) Re. code in attachment Why is the font output not

[NTG-context] \setupcombinations[distance=none]

2009-03-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Minor bug (both mkiv and mkii): \setupcombinations[distance=none] is broken, whereas \setupcombinations[distance=0pt] is OK. Minimal example: \starttext \setupcombinations[distance=none] \startcombination[2] {M}{a} {M}{b} \stopcombination \stoptext ! Missing number, treated as zero. to be read

Re: [NTG-context] \setupcombinations[distance=none]

2009-03-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.03.2009 um 17:23 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: Minor bug (both mkiv and mkii): \setupcombinations[distance=none] is broken, whereas \setupcombinations[distance=0pt] is OK. Only dimensions are allowed for the distance key and this is also what you can get from the error message. Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] \setupcombinations[distance=none]

2009-03-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
What about: \setuptables[distance=none] ? On Wednesday 18 March 2009 17:30:54 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 18.03.2009 um 17:23 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: Minor bug (both mkiv and mkii): \setupcombinations[distance=none] is broken, whereas \setupcombinations[distance=0pt] is OK. Only

Re: [NTG-context] TeXshop instructions on Context Minimals (Mac installation)

2009-03-18 Thread Curious Learn
Bowen Alan C. acbowen at Princeton.edu writes: In Terminal try: cd Users/Name/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ and then chmod +x ConTeXt-MKIV.engine which will allow you to execute the file. Thanks Alan. That worked great. I have added that to the instructions on the Wiki.

Re: [NTG-context] math problems

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Sun, 15 Mar 2009, Mohamed Bana wrote: hi guys, i generally use this file to test if math is working, with the recent update i get a lot of errors such as; Add \let\blackboard\mathblackboard \let\fraktur\mathfraktur \let\gothic\mathfraktur ok, i added it to

[NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-18 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi, my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one of my graphics directly ends with ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \abortinputifdefined oops, is syst-gen.tex no longer part of the mkiv core? i

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one of my graphics directly ends with ! Undefined control sequence. l.1

Re: [NTG-context] Is there anything like developer's manual for ConTeXt?

2009-03-18 Thread David Wooten
On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Rory Molinari wrote: Taco Hoekwater wrote: Corin Royal Drummond wrote: Many have voiced the same complaint. I understand that Hans and every one are occupied with building MKIV (aka LuaTeX), and that documentation is not their highest priority. There's the

[NTG-context] Module taspresent

2009-03-18 Thread Curious Learn
As mentioned on the wiki, I tried to install taspresent module by running ./first-setup.sh --extras=t-taspresent in the terminal. A lot of things happened and then I ran luatools --generate and then context --make. Then I tried to compile the file \usemodule[taspresent][style=blackblue]

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one of my graphics directly ends with ! Undefined control

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-18 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: Hi, my testing yesterday was only limited to a very small test file (overprinting test). i had no problems with that, but any approach with one of my graphics directly ends with ! Undefined control sequence. l.1 \abortinputifdefined oops, is syst-gen.tex no longer part of

Re: [NTG-context] beta: \abortinputifdefined (mkiv)

2009-03-18 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Wolfgang Schuster wrote: i removed that one as grepoing didn't have matches; it was meant for some old generic files but i gave up on generic oops, is syst-gen.tex no longer part of the mkiv core? i installed the beta two

Re: [NTG-context] Module taspresent

2009-03-18 Thread Curious Learn
I figured out how and where to install the taspresent module. Now when I try to compile the file it loads the module. However, I do not get any of the colors or the frames. For example, the following code does not give me any color. It does though take out the page numbers and sets the correct