[NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Hello, the subject line basically covers my problem: I have a large (tikz) figure, and I want to have it by itself on a page, centered both horizontally and vertically. How can I achieve this? I already know that \setuppagenumber[state=stop] is a good idea, and \midaligned{...} gives me

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 13:21 schrieb Marcin Borkowski: Hello, the subject line basically covers my problem: I have a large (tikz) figure, and I want to have it by itself on a page, centered both horizontally and vertically. How can I achieve this? I already know that

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2012-07-03, o godz. 13:30:22 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com napisał(a): Am 03.07.2012 um 13:21 schrieb Marcin Borkowski: Hello, the subject line basically covers my problem: I have a large (tikz) figure, and I want to have it by itself on a page, centered both

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] quotationmarks just before new line

2012-07-03 Thread d_jan
Hello, It frequently happens to me that a new line in an output-document starts just after a quotation mark. So I encounter lines in my ConTeX-created .pdf like: And the prince of Denmark spoke: ' ?how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!' Its hard to

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:30:22 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com wrote: \centerbox{\externalfigure[cow]} Wow! \centerbox{} Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] quotationmarks just before new line

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 15:03 schrieb d_jan: Hello, Thanks! That did the job as far as I can see. I did set the Quotation Marks manually since I considered to change them to Guillemets (» «) later. When you want to change the quotation marks it’s better to change them with \setuplanguage and

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Hans Hagen
On 3-7-2012 15:10, Alan BRASLAU wrote: On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:30:22 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com wrote: \centerbox{\externalfigure[cow]} Wow! \centerbox{} It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... \start \showboxes \centerbox width 10cm height 3cm {Alan

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... \start \showboxes \centerbox width 10cm height 3cm {Alan is surprised} \stop My TeX culture remains, alas, always limited (even if I have the TeXbook on my office

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 3 Jul 2012, Alan BRASLAU wrote: plain TeX). Nothing in the ConTeXt manual, either. Of course, a leisurely browsing of the source code would reveal many such treasures! supp-box.mkiv is a good place to start a leisurely browsing of the source code. It contains many useful box

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Alan BRASLAU alan.bras...@cea.fr wrote: On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... \start \showboxes \centerbox width 10cm height 3cm {Alan is surprised} \stop My TeX culture

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 18:04 schrieb luigi scarso: On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Alan BRASLAU alan.bras...@cea.fr wrote: On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: It's a rather (old) low level boxing macro ... \start \showboxes \centerbox width

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com wrote: Am 03.07.2012 um 18:04 schrieb luigi scarso: On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Alan BRASLAU alan.bras...@cea.fr wrote: On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:48:43 +0200 Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: It's a rather

Re: [NTG-context] Centering a figure vertically on a page

2012-07-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.07.2012 um 18:19 schrieb luigi scarso: (\vcenter is a TeX primitive) ConTeXt redefines \vcenter because the primitive can only be used in math mode. yes I know ... and original TeX primitive is still available as \normalvcenter (kind of easter egg for Alan..) All primitives are

[NTG-context] itemize behaviour

2012-07-03 Thread Meer, H. van der
I do not understand the workings of the itemize. What I want is two nested itemlists. The outer one unpacked, the inner one packed. In the inner one the itemlist should be joinedup with the text before it. I do not get this working, see the examples. The inner list is separated from the Intro

[NTG-context] problem with aligncharacter=yes

2012-07-03 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, This file generates an error (Missing control sequence inserted) with the latest beta version: --8---cut here---start-8--- \starttext \bTABLE[aligncharacter=yes] \bTR \bTD 3.3 \eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext --8---cut

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

2012-07-03 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, Say I want Tufte in 2 columns and Knuth in 1 column: --8---cut here---start-8--- \starttext \startcolumns[n=2] \startsection[title=Tufte] \input tufte \stopsection \startsection[title=Tufte and Knuth] \input tufte \stopcolumns \input