Re: [NTG-context] m-letter.tex -- backslash interpretation error

2005-01-10 Thread h h extern
Rob Ermers wrote: Dear Friends, It seems I am really having a problem. The backslash in my import document yields . \startsetups[letter:content] \input brieftekst \stopsetups My document (brieftext.tex) among other things contains the following string: ge\interesseerde, which yields --

Re: [NTG-context] next version

2005-01-10 Thread h h extern
Hans van der Meer wrote: May I also make a suggestion? I think it will be useful when the versiondate of the documents, especially the manuals, can be put along the download link. Like is done for the context zipped updates in the download page. It will make spotting updates much easier en

Re: [NTG-context] next version

2005-01-10 Thread h h extern
Adam Lindsay wrote: Okay, here's a question: what's the plan for ec-lmr*.tfm files? indeed a problem, i will provide an extra a typescript that maps the ec-lm* files onto cork-lm-*; in addition to that i will ship copies of ec-lm* as well as il2-lm* and pl0-lm* [or maybe polish can move to

[NTG-context] new technote

2005-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/technotes/tfmetrics.pdf - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53

Re: [NTG-context] \dostopfloattext problem...

2005-01-10 Thread h h extern
Martin Kolarík wrote: Hi Hans, I've found the small problem (but I did not trace it fully, so the sugesstions could be false...) -- if one uses \startfiguretext...\stopfiguretext and the figure oversizes criterium defined in \setupfloat[figure][criterium=...] the float placement mechanism probably

Re: [NTG-context] new technote

2005-01-10 Thread Willi Egger
Hi, Nice demonstration! Is reinstall from scratch i.e. with TeXfont the only solution to be sure about the files used? Willi Hans Hagen wrote: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/technotes/tfmetrics.pdf -

[NTG-context] layers and papersize

2005-01-10 Thread Tom Fossen
This is probably a beginners question. While trying to understand the layer-mechanism I made a drawing which is meant as a background for a schedule in a magazine. I add the information within this drawing using the 'register' option I found on page 263 of the Metafun manual. Here is the

[NTG-context] OmniOutlinerConTeXt Export plugin available

2005-01-10 Thread Adam Lindsay
[apologies for the cross-post.] Hi all, My export plugin for OmniOutliner is now available for use with both OmniOutliner Professional and Standard: http://oo2contml.sourceforge.net/ It exports structural markup to an XML file that's able to be processed directly by the ConTeXt TeX macro

[NTG-context] Problem with backgrounds and page breaks

2005-01-10 Thread Matthias Weber
Hello, when using text background colors in enumerations, I run into a problem whenever the enumeration appears on the beginning of a page: Then, the background extends over some part (sometimes all) of the previous page. I can manually correct this by putting a \break just before the

Re: [NTG-context] m-letter.tex -- backslash interpretation error

2005-01-10 Thread Rob Ermers
Hans, thanks for your reaction! Here is the minimal example: 1. brief-test.tex is the letter. 2. brief-inhoud-test is the letter content. 3. test-data.xml contains some addresses The problem is that any backslash in the letter content is changed into `` in the pdf file. In the reference I also

Re: [NTG-context] next version

2005-01-10 Thread Adam Lindsay
h h extern said this at Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:19:10 +0100: Your latin-modern typescripts accept ec, but the tfm files are called cork. (I'm only wondering about this now for antt support.) for the ant, use ec- since that's what texfont provides Ah, I invoked Latin Modern because (since Jacko

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with backgrounds and page breaks

2005-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
Matthias Weber wrote: [before={\starttextbackground[exbackground]}, try: [before={\testpage[2]\starttextbackground[exbackground]}, that way a pagebreak is forced when less than three lines are left Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] m-letter.tex -- backslash interpretation error

2005-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
The problem is that the letter content is processed in xml mode, so you need: \startsetups[letter:place:content] \bgroup \disableXML \endgraf \setups[letter:content] \endgraf \egroup \stopsetups (beware, don't redefine a module m-letter-re since only the first 8 chars count; better put your

Re: [NTG-context] layers and papersize

2005-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
Tom Fossen wrote: This is probably a beginners question. While trying to understand the layer-mechanism I made a drawing which is meant as a background for a schedule in a magazine. I add the information within this drawing using the 'register' option I found on page 263 of the Metafun manual.

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with backgrounds and page breaks

2005-01-10 Thread Matthias Weber
Thanks, Hans, this fixes it most of the time. But the problem still occurs with one new line less. (Example again at the bottom) :( Matthias On Jan 10, 2005, at 12:49 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Matthias Weber wrote: [before={\starttextbackground[exbackground]}, try:

Re: [NTG-context] Context index and sorting question

2005-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
sjoerd siebinga wrote: Could somebody maybe tell me just how the \definesortkey command works? Do I have to define a specific encoding or create languagespecifics in order for TEXEXEC or TEXUTIL to use it? you hook it into the language \startlanguagespecifics[no] \definesortkey

Re: [NTG-context] m-letter.tex -- backslash interpretation error

2005-01-10 Thread Rob Ermers
Hans, Thanks for your quick reply. I adapted the file, according to your suggestion. The letter now comes out right! Thank you for that. I immediately tried an items list, which also works! Still, if there is any \ code in the xml file, it does not seem to work. Changing \e to in Drie\eenheid

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with backgrounds and page breaks

2005-01-10 Thread Matthias Weber
Thanks, that brings it down to two problematic cases in a 400 page document, and I can live with that. Matthias On Jan 10, 2005, at 1:57 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Matthias Weber wrote: Thanks, Hans, this fixes it most of the time. But the problem still occurs with one new line less. (Example