[NTG-context] ConTeXt CALS table XML pdf

2008-01-31 Thread Tex User
Dear ConTeXt users, I am ConTeXt newbie. I want to typeset my table coded in CALS xml format to pdf. I am not sure how to define the spanning columns like entry colname=c2 namest=2 nameend=3 align=centerbb cc/ entry in \defineXMLnested [entry] \bTD \eTD please help.

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt CALS table XML pdf

2008-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
Tex User wrote: Dear ConTeXt users, I am ConTeXt newbie. I want to typeset my table coded in CALS xml format to pdf. I am not sure how to define the spanning columns like entry colname=c2 namest=2 nameend=3 align=centerbb cc/ entry in \defineXMLnested [entry] \bTD

[NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I have often seen (in arabic newpapers) the percentage sign set left to the number % 18. Recently I read an article (http://sehstoerung.sonance.net/pdfs/ TitusNemeth_dissertation.pdf) that calls this ... the incorrect placement of the percentage sign. Any native arabic speaker out

Re: [NTG-context] Indenting (again!): a real problem in indentnext=yes

2008-01-31 Thread morgan . brassel
Selon Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, misunderstood. You want \setupformulae[indentnext=auto] Thank you, Taco! And may I ask the difference with the 'yes' option? Is it documented somewhere? I'm having a real hard time understanding all the

Re: [NTG-context] The point about theorems

2008-01-31 Thread morgan . brassel
Selon Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Selon Aditya Mahajan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I need to typeset theorems with ConTeXt, and I would like to get your advice before I begin. I read an interesting

Re: [NTG-context] Indenting (again!): a real problem in indentnext=yes

2008-01-31 Thread morgan . brassel
Selon Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, it's clearer to me now. Then I've got one last question on the subject: I didn't manage to have paragraph indented inside an 'enumeration' block, is there an option to do that? Thank you for your patience! It is

Re: [NTG-context] \everymath and ' accent

2008-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, This topic has already been discussed on the list, but I didn't clearly understand the conclusion, so I'm asking again... It is not clear to me why the following \everymath{\displaystyle} \starttext \startformula \frac{1}{A'} \stopformula

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:27:16 -0700, Steffen Wolfrum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have often seen (in arabic newpapers) the percentage sign set left to the number % 18. Recently I read an article (http://sehstoerung.sonance.net/pdfs/ TitusNemeth_dissertation.pdf) that calls this ... the

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:08:45 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both languages are left-to-right, RTL, of course... I -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 31.01.2008 um 16:08 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid: Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ?? It really depends on where you live. In Persian, 18% is common, among Arabs, %18. Both languages are left-to-right, but there is more than one convention for dealing with

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-01-31 um 16:08 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid: I have often seen (in arabic newpapers) the percentage sign set left to the number % 18. Recently I read an article (http://sehstoerung.sonance.net/pdfs/ TitusNemeth_dissertation.pdf) that calls this ... the incorrect placement of the

[NTG-context] latest beta

2008-01-31 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Hi Hans, great: I now get Greek hyphenation with XeTeX as well! However, there's a problem with mkiv: none of my mkiv-typescripts works with it; I always get this error: This went wrong: ...al/texlive/texmf-local/tex/context/base/luat- tmp.lua:121: attempt to call field 'is_writable' (a nil

Re: [NTG-context] latest beta

2008-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Hi Hans, great: I now get Greek hyphenation with XeTeX as well! However, there's a problem with mkiv: none of my mkiv-typescripts works with it; I always get this error: This went

Re: [NTG-context] latest beta

2008-01-31 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Jan 31, 2008, at 11:17 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: ok, i'll make a new beta zip; i dunny what went wrong; normally there is no reason to delete the cache; can you test again? Hans Great, this one works! Thanks for your swift action, Hans. I haven't played with zipped trees yet, but

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, Jan 31 2008, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ?? Hello, I don't know nothing about Arabic script, but wouldn't it be logic to ask for %81 or 18% ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: On Thu, Jan 31 2008, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ?? Hello, I don't know nothing about Arabic script, but wouldn't it be logic to ask for %81 or 18% ? interesting point ... ok, small numbers, but how about [bara erom]

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:42:53 -0700, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: interesting point ... ok, small numbers, but how about [bara erom] 12.472.477 [bara emos] [bara erom] 774.274.21 [bara emos] IIRC Persian and Arabic have diffferent rules; I need to research this again (check urdu

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:35:35 -0700, Peter Münster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jan 31 2008, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ?? Hello, I don't know nothing about Arabic script, but wouldn't it be logic to ask for %81 or 18% ? Hmm, this

Re: [NTG-context] latest beta

2008-01-31 Thread Hans Hagen
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Jan 31, 2008, at 11:17 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: ok, i'll make a new beta zip; i dunny what went wrong; normally there is no reason to delete the cache; can you test again? Hans Great, this one works! Thanks for your swift action, Hans. I haven't played

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
[bara erom] 12.472.477 [bara emos] [bara erom] 774.274.21 [bara emos] for long numbers a pretty fast reversing mind is needed I think you're mistaken about the flexibility of human mind. Eight digits may look like a lot, but that's really not a long string compared to an average line

Re: [NTG-context] %18 or 18% : incorrect placement of the percentage sign ?

2008-01-31 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi all, I checked in some Persian printed books, and noticed that the rule is to write 18% or rather ۱۸% However I don't know of any book in Persian on rules of typography. But I am asking some people in Iran about the issue. Regarding the treatment of numbers, indeed numbers are written