Re: [NTG-context] TOC: page headers

2007-11-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Jeff Smith wrote: So, what to do here? I do need the frontmatter/bodymatter structure anyway. So there must be something else... adding \page before ending the sectionblock may help -

[NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Hello, I'm thinking of making the switch from latex to context, indeed I'm working on my first non-trivial document as a trial. I have some questions. (1) Is it possible to do conditional compilation? I wish to use context to write lecture notes with embedded pictures. I'd like to compile the

Re: [NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Nov 29, 2007 1:17 PM, Roger Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of making the switch from latex to context **WELCOME** (1) Is it possible to do conditional compilation? yes, search in wiki for \startmode \stopmode or start to see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Modes (2) Is

Re: [NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Nov 29, 2007, at 1:17 PM, Roger Mason wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of making the switch from latex to context, indeed I'm working on my first non-trivial document as a trial. I have some questions. (1) Is it possible to do conditional compilation? I wish to use context to write

[NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread Peter Schorsch
Hi, I have a small metapost graphic I like to use inline. But the arragement behaves a little bit unpractically. As soon there is no character in front of the graphic context will break the line after the graphic - but as soon there is a character in front of the graphic, context does not

Re: [NTG-context] switching to Context

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Luigi and Thomas, Thank you both very much for your suggestions. It appears that much is possible beyond the simple inclusion/exclusion I had considered. Just yesterday(!) I extracted from a pdf file the text to pass on to a colleague. Now why did I not think of that when I had the same need!

[NTG-context] TeXnicCenter

2007-11-29 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello, Is there any TeXnicCenter user on the list? Wiki page http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Configure_TeXnicCenter_for_ConTeXt only has anonymous edits, and I have no windows here at the moment o test. I have no idea how that program works. Mojca -- Forwarded message --

[NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Hello, I'm making progress in using modes - thanks again for the help so far that was given in the switching to Context thread. I have followed Thomas Schmitz' practex article and have set up modes for presentation and manuscript. I am using external figures on most of the slides. In

Re: [NTG-context] Datenumber

2007-11-29 Thread Bart Wise
On Thursday November 29 2007, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Nov 27, 2007 5:49 PM, Bart Wise wrote: LaTeX has a package called datenumber. It basically allows you to several things: 1) convert a date into a number, What number? What's the input and what's the output? First you set the date:

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/29, Roger Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I'm making progress in using modes - thanks again for the help so far that was given in the switching to Context thread. I have followed Thomas Schmitz' practex article and have set up modes for presentation and manuscript. I am using

Re: [NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/29, luigi scarso [EMAIL PROTECTED]: write \dontleavehmode\hbox{...}, this is normal TeX bahaviour and has nothing special to do with ConTeXt. also \hskip1sp\hbox{...} the invisible touch effect :)) \hskip\zeropoint\hbox{} ;-) Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread luigi scarso
write \dontleavehmode\hbox{...}, this is normal TeX bahaviour and has nothing special to do with ConTeXt. also \hskip1sp\hbox{...} the invisible touch effect :)) -- luigi ... it's new . it's powerful . it's luatex . http://www.luatex.org

Re: [NTG-context] inline-graphics and unwanted line-break

2007-11-29 Thread luigi scarso
\dontleavehmode is \dontleavehmode=\quitvmode. and \quitvmode is a primitive stricly speacking we don't see a space, but a command that switch to a mode to another. And it's also sound good: you have put a command to change status. \hskip\zeropoint\hbox{} ;-) here we see a space of 0pt. Can be a

Re: [NTG-context] \externalfigure advanced parameters

2007-11-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: Hello, Could someone please explain me advanced parameters of \externalfigure, listed in http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics ? What is max, and broad in Factor? factor scales relatiev to the font size And what is Preset, Preview, Repeat, and

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Roger Mason
Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: \setupfloat[figure][default=none] Thanks, but that did not work. The only thing that seems to work is to put {none} for the caption. However, that means I'm not going to have captions in the manuscript version either. Cheers, Roger

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Roger Mason wrote: Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: \setupfloat[figure][default=none] Thanks, but that did not work. The only thing that seems to work is to put {none} for the caption. However, that means I'm not going to have captions in the manuscript

[NTG-context] Whitespace significance without verbatim

2007-11-29 Thread Mike Santy
Is there an environment that preserves whitespace (like typing), but still processes \bf \it and other text formatting commands (unlike typing). Any thoughts? Cheers, Mike ___ If your question is of interest to

Re: [NTG-context] Whitespace significance without verbatim

2007-11-29 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Mike Santy wrote: Is there an environment that preserves whitespace (like typing), but still processes \bf \it and other text formatting commands (unlike typing). \setuplines[space=yes] \startlines write what you want {\bf Either bold} or not \stoplines Aditya

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

2007-11-29 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Nov 29, 2007 11:17 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: (I'll add that to the core, but only if you wikify it) Nice new strategy :) Mojca ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] TOC: page headers

2007-11-29 Thread Jeff Smith
On Nov 29, 2007 5:41 AM, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But this give also a rule in the header at the last page, the following code give at least a empty last page. \setupsectionblock [bodypart] [page=no, before=\setups{header:bodymatter},

Re: [NTG-context] Whitespace significance without verbatim

2007-11-29 Thread Mike Santy
Thanks. Works like a champ. Cheers, Mike ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context