[NTG-context] New Member Introductory Rant

2008-03-30 Thread Corin Royal Drummond
Hello ConTeXt Users, I have become obsessed with ConTeXt since I found out about it while browsing through the TeX related software on my Ubuntu Linux box. I've been teaching myself web development in XHTML/CSS over the last couple years, and developed a passion for structured documents that

[NTG-context] Wiki

2008-03-30 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Hi all, Is the contextgarden down? I only get a blank page today. My firefox has been upgraded yesterday but works as usual for other sites. -- Jean ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] Wiki

2008-03-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: Hi all, Is the contextgarden down? I only get a blank page today. My firefox has been upgraded yesterday but works as usual for other sites. Hello Jean, Thanks a lot for the warning. Something seems to be wrong, but no idea

Re: [NTG-context] bug in modes

2008-03-30 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans van der Meer wrote: I guess the pairing of \startnotallmodes with \stopnotallmodes is at fault. In core-var.tex 234-235 I see: \long\def\dostartnotallmodes[#1]% {\docheckforallmodes\dostopallmodes\donothing{#1}} should be: \long\def\dostartnotallmodes[#1]%

[NTG-context] further stubs

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, I suggest putting 3 further stubs into .../scripts/context/stubs/unix : 1.) luatools: #!/bin/sh texmfstart luatools.lua $@ 2.) mtxrun: #!/bin/sh texmfstart mtxrun.lua $@ 3.) context (same file as .../scripts/context/lua/context): #!/bin/sh mtxrun --script context $@ This has 2

Re: [NTG-context] New Member Introductory Rant

2008-03-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Corin, Welcome. I will offer some brief comments, and maybe others will elaborate on things I skip, pass over, or inadequately discuss: On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:01:30 -0600, Corin Royal Drummond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've long been curious about TeX but it seemed too ossified, No,

Re: [NTG-context] further stubs

2008-03-30 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: Hello, I suggest putting 3 further stubs into .../scripts/context/stubs/unix : 1.) luatools: #!/bin/sh texmfstart luatools.lua $@ 2.) mtxrun: #!/bin/sh texmfstart mtxrun.lua $@ 3.) context (same file as .../scripts/context/lua/context): #!/bin/sh

[NTG-context] patch for m-chemic.tex

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, What about the integration of this patch from Wolfgang Schuster into the distribution: - Forwarded message from Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:57:37 +0100 From: Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users

Re: [NTG-context] New Member Introductory Rant

2008-03-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Corin Royal Drummond wrote: Hello ConTeXt Users, I have become obsessed with ConTeXt since I found out about it while browsing through the TeX related software on my Ubuntu Linux box. I've been teaching myself web development in XHTML/CSS over the last

Re: [NTG-context] further stubs

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Mar 30 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: both luatools and mtxrun are meant to be unstubbed Allright, I'll make symbolic links in my PATH. It seems to me, that I should not need the --selfupdate then, right? the context command can be stubbed indeed (i need to add that one, but it's still

Re: [NTG-context] further stubs

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Mar 30 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: in mkiv more things wil be simple, for instance metapost runs are now invisible (even multipass mp is done inside now), graphic conversion is built in, sorting too, and there is less dependency on external programs Great! This means perhaps also less

Re: [NTG-context] further stubs

2008-03-30 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: On Sun, Mar 30 2008, Hans Hagen wrote: in mkiv more things wil be simple, for instance metapost runs are now invisible (even multipass mp is done inside now), graphic conversion is built in, sorting too, and there is less dependency on external programs Great! This

Re: [NTG-context] New Member Introductory Rant

2008-03-30 Thread Corin Royal Drummond
Hi Corin, Welcome. I will offer some brief comments, and maybe others will elaborate on things I skip, pass over, or inadequately discuss: Mojca is probably the main point person. Welcome again to ConTeXt and Best wishes Idris Dear Professor Idriss, and the Lovely ConTeXT Community, What a

Re: [NTG-context] New Member Introductory Rant

2008-03-30 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:07:42AM -0700, Corin Royal Drummond napisa#322;(a): Dear Professor Idriss, and the Lovely ConTeXT Community, What a thoughtful and warm response to my late night introductory rant. You've most certainly gained a dedicated new user today. Your restraint and

[NTG-context] Offer of help with ConTeXt Wiki

2008-03-30 Thread Corin Royal Drummond
Hi Mojka and Everyone, Seems like the ConTeXT Wiki is down again. Judging from the list it would seem this was a regular problem. I'd really like to give back to the community by helping Context Garden grow into a one-stop shopping site for all ConTeXt seekers. Currently, things are a bit

[NTG-context] wrong weekday with MKIV

2008-03-30 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, According to MKIV, today is Wednesday: \starttext \doifmodeelse{mkiv}{MKIV}{MKII}: Sunday = \date[d=30,m=3,y=2008][weekday] ? \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___ If your question is

Re: [NTG-context] Offer of help with ConTeXt Wiki

2008-03-30 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
I'm a Linux system admin, and web developer, so I could help with troubleshooting, upgrades, hosting (have my own shared server), The problem is really hosting. For some reason, the machine, a virtual server with approximately 20GB disk space, stops responding to HTTP queries (or SSH,

Re: [NTG-context] New Member Introductory Rant

2008-03-30 Thread David
On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:50:59 +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I don't know the English version of it (there must be one - if anyone knows it, I would be glad to hear it), but we have a nice saying, literally translated as: Farrier's own mare is always barefoot. (In English it's almost

[NTG-context] Server Mirror

2008-03-30 Thread Corin Royal Drummond
Corin said: I'm a Linux system admin, and web developer, so I could help with troubleshooting, upgrades, hosting (have my own shared server), Arthur responded: The problem is really hosting. For some reason, the machine, a virtual server with approximately 20GB disk space, stops

Re: [NTG-context] New Member Introductory Rant

2008-03-30 Thread Andrea Valle
By reading the source :) Joking of course ... but not entirely. Yes, that's an important point. Many times the options I'm searching for are not documented: so, or I'm able to find an example in wiki/ mailing list or probably it would be easy to take a look to the sources, I guess. I

Re: [NTG-context] Offer of help with ConTeXt Wiki

2008-03-30 Thread Hans Hagen
Arthur Reutenauer wrote: I'm a Linux system admin, and web developer, so I could help with troubleshooting, upgrades, hosting (have my own shared server), The problem is really hosting. For some reason, the machine, a virtual server with approximately 20GB disk space, stops responding

[NTG-context] Software manual template request

2008-03-30 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, Does anyone has a template for software manual? I have vague notion about how it should look like, but, well, I'll know when I see it. ;o) Most modern manuals have common design elements; I wish I had an environment which captures the spirit. Needless to say, untouched LuaTex envinroment