[NTG-context] Struggling with ttf on Windows XP

2006-01-11 Thread Frederic Donckels
Hello, I recently upgraded my 3-year old installation of MikTex to the latest version. I had a document which contained glyphs from the windings.tff font. Once I upgraded, this didn't work anymore. So I tried to read around to find out how it works, and so on, but couldn't find anything... I

Re: [NTG-context] i-Installer / minimal TeX installation for ConTeXt?

2006-01-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Gerben Wierda wrote: On Jan 10, 2006, at 21:22, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: By and by I've found that I am only using ConTeXt for my typesetting needs. I am curious as to whether someone can advise me how best to install a suitable yet minimal TeX installation: without LaTeX, etc. I am

Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Context 2006.01.09

2006-01-11 Thread Jilani Khaldi
mktexlsr (or whatever maintainance utility MiKTeX pipes it through), although I think the new texexec automatically refreshes the fndb for you these days... That's ok. Eid Mubarak-) Shokran jazilan akhi, ualaka belmethel. Jilani -- Jilani KHALDI http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

Re: [NTG-context] Why PDF files generated by ConTeXt are so big?

2006-01-11 Thread Jilani Khaldi
best compare two 10 page docs and two 100 page docs The best rate I got is in a scientific pubblication with many formulas. LaTeX: 60 pages (260 kb) ConTeXt: 61 pages (478 kb) Instead under Linux (TeTeX) the size is almost the same. jk -- Jilani KHALDI http://jkhaldi.oltrelinux.com

Re: [NTG-context] Why PDF files generated by ConTeXt are so big?

2006-01-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Jilani Khaldi wrote: best compare two 10 page docs and two 100 page docs The best rate I got is in a scientific pubblication with many formulas. LaTeX: 60 pages (260 kb) ConTeXt: 61 pages (478 kb) Instead under Linux (TeTeX) the size is almost the same. so what do you use otherwise

Re: [NTG-context] \inmargin footnotes

2006-01-11 Thread Taco Hoekwater
I can verify the problem, but I do not know what is wrong. Taco Charles Doherty wrote: Dear all, When I put a footnote reference within \inmargin \setupinmargin[style=\tfxx\setupinterlinespace] he sent one of his followers to the man of God to put out his rekindled fire \inmargin{This

Re: [NTG-context] Why PDF files generated by ConTeXt are so big?

2006-01-11 Thread Jilani Khaldi
so what do you use otherwise (instead of tetex)? Under Linux (Slackware 10.2) I have only TeTeX: pdftex = This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) pdflatex = This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) Under Windows (2000 Pro) using MikTeX: pdftex = This is

Re: [NTG-context] Right-to-left typesetting in Farsi for Context.

2006-01-11 Thread John R. Culleton
On Tuesday 10 January 2006 10:25 am, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:18:54 -0700, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John R. Culleton wrote: First I ask the question: is Context the right tool for rtl typesetting of e.g, Farsi? Second I would like a reference to the

Re: [NTG-context] Why PDF files generated by ConTeXt are so big?

2006-01-11 Thread Hans Hagen
Jilani Khaldi wrote: I see that the PDF generated by MiKTeX (the bigger one) looks a little better than the one generated by TeTeX. So I understand now why this difference between their sizes. Can you make an entry in the wiki summarizing this? Hans

Re: [NTG-context] framed texts for boxing stuff

2006-01-11 Thread Bob Kerstetter
On Jan 9, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: hm, i prefer to start from user demands and personal needs; we used latex for a very short time and i don't remember mini pages -) a minipage is a box, but i think it's in paragraph mode. \begin{minipage}[position]{width} text

[NTG-context] Any changes to context preventing this from compiling?

2006-01-11 Thread David Arnold
All, section1figs.tex Description: Binary data A month ago the attach file compiled. Is there any change to context since then that would prevent it from compiling? figures $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt

Re: [NTG-context] Any changes to context preventing this from compiling?

2006-01-11 Thread Hans Hagen
David Arnold wrote: All, A month ago the attach file compiled. Is there any change to context since then that would prevent it from compiling? figures $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005

Re: [NTG-context] Any changes to context preventing this from compiling?

2006-01-11 Thread David Arnold
Hans, was it really the same file? Perhaps not, but it's remained untouched in our repository for a while now, so I was surprised when it didn't compile. Anyhow, you're good eyes spotted the problem and all is now well. Thanks. \startMPgraphic should be \startuseMPgraphic (now the

Re: [NTG-context] Font memory issues ?

2006-01-11 Thread David Wooten
On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:16 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Wooten wrote: On Jan 10, 2006, at 1:54 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: did you remake the format after increasing the memory values? This means texexec --make --all ? I did try the above, but the numbers in the log when running my file do

[NTG-context] Reg. fonts and math

2006-01-11 Thread Kumar Appaiah
I have been using ConTeXt for a short time now, after I switched from LaTeX. I find it quite great, but I have two queries regarding it. I am using teTeX in Debian (unstable). 1. Are the Lucida Bright fonts used in the documentation part of the complete teTeX documentation or are they fonts

Re: [NTG-context] Font memory issues ?

2006-01-11 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Find out which is the main texmf.cnf file: kpsewhich texmf.cnf on my system, this resolves to /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf Then modify this file and regenerate the formats. HTH Thomas On Jan 12, 2006, at 12:17 AM, David Wooten wrote: Ah, unfortunately still no luck. I changed the settings