Re: [NTG-context] page numbering in words?

2007-04-16 Thread Robin Kirkham
Hi all, There are still a few problems with \numstr when you get beyond the hundreds. Perhaps this is unlikely when it is a page number, but I was interested in using this macro for contracts, where an amount of money is often written out in words. \input numstr.tex \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] texexec+mpost cmr10 vs CMR10 trouble using dvips backend

2007-04-16 Thread George N. White III
On 4/16/07, Sanjoy Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can also try to create the pd file by hand with dvips -Ppdf test, that gave a correct output on my system. Thanks, that works. I guess -Ppdf tells it to use map files that find the type1 fonts, so cmr in the metapost figures is replaced

Re: [NTG-context] using of field failed when arrange subpages

2007-04-16 Thread Zhichu Chen
Hi everybody, I figured out that it is not because the fields are not treated nor they are overlapped by other materials. Only the JavaScript failed to excute the Toggle_Hide function. When I deleted hidden from \setupfield [HelpSetup] [width=1.2em,height=fit,frame=off,option={readonly,hidden}]

[NTG-context] xml problem

2007-04-16 Thread Bernd Militzer
Hi Hans, first thanks for your help at Epen, but reading the different documents I could not find out how to define a macro to get the value of a specific element of an xml-file. Running your example I get all elements. For example: I wont to get the value of the first name for person pid=66

[NTG-context] \cite customisation

2007-04-16 Thread Paul Schalck
Hello! Using the bib module for Context for the first time, I wonder if there is a way to change the \cite definition in order to get something like this: \cite[a_schm:73] -- A. Schmitt, Entrückung (author name with initial, short title -- the real title is much longer) as it is common in the

[NTG-context] bibtex: et al. and missing spacing before et

2007-04-16 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, if I tex the following example, I get: Hu{\it et al.} without space between Hu and et. Any idea why this happens? This is with: - context version: 2007.01.12 15:56 (openSUSE's TeXLive) - ver: 2007.03.19 11:20 MKII fmt: 2007.4.2 (updated teTeX) - Live ConTeXt on the garden. bibl-aps.tex

Re: [NTG-context] \cite customisation

2007-04-16 Thread Paul Schalck
I found the solution, it#8217;s very easy: I have to modify manually the s={} entry of my .bbl file and with setuppublications[refcommand=short], it works fine! Sorry for the noise P ___ SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach,

[NTG-context] Footnotes in columns

2007-04-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
I am writing a two column document using \startcolumns \stopcolumns. Now, by default, a \footnote in columns spans the whole text width. I want the footnote to appear at the bottom of the column where it was called. How can I do that. Aditya

Re: [NTG-context] texexec+mpost cmr10 vs CMR10 trouble using dvips backend

2007-04-16 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
George N. White III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your ConTeXt example is using the default latin modern fonts. The reason the mpost files work with plain TeX is that the cm fonts are being used by plain tex, so the fonts are already defined in the .ps file when the font commands in the figure

Re: [NTG-context] texexec+mpost cmr10 vs CMR10 trouble using dvips backend

2007-04-16 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
I think that was fixed long ago, but I rarely use .dvi anymore. Nor me except for arxiv.org. By the way, the next email will have directions on how to submit ConText documents to arxiv.org. -Sanjoy `Not all those who wander are lost.' (J.R.R. Tolkien)

[NTG-context] arxiv.org: submitting ConText documents

2007-04-16 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
Here is the (just tested!) procedure to submit ConTeXt documents to arxiv.org and also provide source. Suppose that document.tex is the source file, and has fig.mp as the figure file that produces fig.1, etc. 1. Generate document.ps using texexec --dvi --nobackend document.tex dvips -Ppdf