Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 17

2007-04-09 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Steve MC Han wrote: Still it says command failed as you can see below. C:\Han\slidempost --tex=latex 2MS2 This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (2MS2.mp [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]makempx: Command failed: mp to -tex 2MS2.mp So, you should try this command:

Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 18

2007-04-09 Thread Steve MC Han
I wish I could understand one single line of theses! C:\Han\slidempto -tex 2MS2.mp \documentclass[12pt]{amsart} \usepackage{mflogo} \begin{document} \newif\ifloadfontfileonce % \gdef\mpxshipout{\shipout\hbox\bgroup \setbox0=\hbox\bgroup} \gdef\stopmpxshipout{\egroup \dimen0=\ht0

[NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt TaBlE

2007-04-09 Thread Jeremy Johnson
Hi, I have a letterhead defined in latex: \newcommand{\myletterhead}{\noindent {\begin{tabular*}{6.5in}{ @{} l @{} r @{} } \parbox[b]{2.5in}{\huge \sc John Doe} \parbox[b]{4.0in}{\flushright \large \sl MOTTO}\ \ \hline \hline \\[-8pt] \Large WhoIAm\normalsize STREET\\ \Email \it [EMAIL

Re: [NTG-context] Help with ConTeXt TaBlE

2007-04-09 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Jeremy Johnson wrote: But I can't find the equivalent of @{} which removes the padding around cells so that a horizontal line is flush with thee text. s(0pt) See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table I also can't seem to find a way to draw a fine double line: \hline \hline \\[-8pt]

Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 18

2007-04-09 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Steve MC Han wrote: I wish I could understand one single line of theses! I was hoping for an error message, because mpto is supposedly the failed command. Do you know how to direct its normal output to a file? I assume there is an error message eventually. Taco

Re: [NTG-context] natural tables - first row not gray

2007-04-09 Thread MASON Peter J
Thanks. Yes, that works better. Is there some general I can draw from this? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Wolfgang Schuster Sent: Thursday, 5 April 2007 4:26 PM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] natural tables

Re: [NTG-context] spreading natural tables across the page

2007-04-09 Thread MASON Peter J
Thankyou, but I'm seeking a little more. This example gives columns of equal width. I need to be able to control width for each col, viz some I want tight fitting, others not. Seems that I can do this if I'm explicit about setting width= per column, but with Latex using tabular* I didn't need