Re: [NTG-context] placing image on layer is sketchy

2008-06-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Uwe Koloska [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, still working on the CD booklet ;-) While trying to include the pictures I have some problems with placing a picture onto a layer: The following code should place the picture into the lower right corner of the

Re: [NTG-context] error: Attempt to node.insert_before() a non-existing node

2008-06-23 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Khaled Hosny wrote: I get this error when I attempt to generate this file with \setcharactermirroring[1], and text directionality gets broken. IIRC, this is a bug in luatex 0.25.3 that is fixed in SVN. There'll be a new snapshot luatex release later in the week that should fix it. (or you

Re: [NTG-context] Booklet hint

2008-06-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Diego Depaoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/6/20 Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What kind and size of font you suggest to maximize readability saving paper? I use myself a size between 8 and 10pt but it depends on the font and 8pt could be too small for

Re: [NTG-context] pdfobj runtime question

2008-06-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: hi, i'm currently struggling with some basic runtime problems in luatex. are there any rules for directly writing a pdf object? in context this is only done in the tex part. especially what pitfalls are there, if you do it in the lua part of the code (

Re: [NTG-context] error: Attempt to node.insert_before() a non-existing node

2008-06-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:47:45AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Khaled Hosny wrote: I get this error when I attempt to generate this file with \setcharactermirroring[1], and text directionality gets broken. IIRC, this is a bug in luatex 0.25.3 that is fixed in SVN.

Re: [NTG-context] lang-ara.tex (beta)

2008-06-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: hi, just tested the latest beta. [..] ) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lang-ura.tex loading : Uralic Languages ) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lang-vn.tex loading : Vietnamese Language ) ! I can't find file `lang-ara.tex'. to be read again

Re: [NTG-context] error: Attempt to node.insert_before() a non-existing node

2008-06-23 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 04:46:09PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: Khaled Hosny wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:47:45AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Khaled Hosny wrote: I get this error when I attempt to generate this file with \setcharactermirroring[1], and text directionality gets broken.

Re: [NTG-context] lang-ara.tex (beta)

2008-06-23 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: hi, just tested the latest beta. [..] ) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lang-ura.tex loading : Uralic Languages ) (r:/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/lang-vn.tex loading : Vietnamese Language ) ! I can't find file `lang-ara.tex'. to be

Re: [NTG-context] \setupitemize[afterhead=...] not working

2008-06-23 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Jun 23 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: The parameter afterhead seems to be ignored (MKII and MKIV): There is no \head in your numeration. Indeed, but headstyle applies nevertheless. \setupitemize[afterhead=:] Try: \def\aftercolon{\groupedcommand{}{:}}

Re: [NTG-context] error: Attempt to node.insert_before() a non-existing node

2008-06-23 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 04:46:09PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: Khaled Hosny wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 09:47:45AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Khaled Hosny wrote: I get this error when I attempt to generate this file with \setcharactermirroring[1], and text

[NTG-context] Problem with miktex

2008-06-23 Thread TeXWorld
Hi, Context doesn't work with miktex for several days. Could you please tell me what happened and when texexec/context will work again. Thank you. Jack ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please

[NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Alan Stone
- Ubuntu 8.04 According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals I installed the context minimals in /opt/context then ( after some research about its definition and use ) created a .bash_profile file (using gedit) to which were added the following instructions #!/bin/bash source

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Alan Stone wrote: - Ubuntu 8.04 According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals I installed the context minimals in /opt/context then ( after some research about its definition and use ) created a .bash_profile .bash_profile works for Mac OS

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Alan Stone
There's a /home/alan/.bashrc so I've put the command line there... doesn't work either. Will research about how to proceed with the PATH alternative. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Alan Stone wrote: - Ubuntu 8.04

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with miktex

2008-06-23 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:35 -0600, TeXWorld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Context doesn't work with miktex for several days. Could you please tell me what happened and when texexec/context will work again. Which ConTeXt? mkii? mkiv? the version that came with MikTeX? one installed from the

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Alan Stone wrote: There's a /home/alan/.bashrc so I've put the command line there... doesn't work either. What happens if you use bash export Can you send some output? Mojca

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
There's a /home/alan/.bashrc so I've put the command line there... doesn't work either. You really need to be more specific. Are you sure you relaunched bash after editing .bashrc? Bash only reads the configuration file once, at startup, so if you simply edited it you would have missed the

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with miktex

2008-06-23 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
Which ConTeXt? mkii? mkiv? the version that came with MikTeX? one installed from the minimals? The problem is well-known actually (see a message from Mojca at the beginning of May). It has been reported to Christian Schenck who needs yet to enact upon it. I don't see if there he has given

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Alan Stone
In any case you need to open a new terminal once you do the changes. There's a /home/alan/.bashrc so I've put the command line there... doesn't work either. Strange, terminal window says... Setting /opt/context/tex as TEXROOT. and nevertheless the ubuntu tex/context gets invoked. On Mon,

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Alan Stone
you need to source ~/.bashrc In which file do I put that ? On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should be ~/.bashrc (unless you are using another shell than bash), you need to source ~/.bashrc to get immediate effect in the current shell session. On

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with miktex

2008-06-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:35 -0600, TeXWorld wrote: Context doesn't work with miktex for several days. Could you please tell me what happened and when texexec/context will work again. Which ConTeXt? I guess none. MikTeX stopped

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Khaled Hosny
'which context' should tell you which file is being executed. I'm running Hardy and all what I needed is to add that line in my ~/.bashrc. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 07:46:03PM +0200, Alan Stone wrote: In any case you need to open a new terminal once you do the changes. There's a

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Khaled Hosny
It should be ~/.bashrc (unless you are using another shell than bash), you need to source ~/.bashrc to get immediate effect in the current shell session. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 07:32:08PM +0200, Alan Stone wrote: There's a /home/alan/.bashrc so I've put the command line there... doesn't work

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Alan Stone wrote: Checked again... after invoking Build in sciTE, still getting ConTeXt ver: 2007.09.28 16:52 MKII fmt: 2008.6.18 int: english/english in the output window. Some naughty setting in sciTE maybe ? OK, this explains it. SciTE is not reading

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Alan Stone
indeed, when running scite from terminal and building, the output window shows ConTeXt ver: 2008.06.22 17:38 MKII fmt: 2008.6.23 int: english/english learned a few new things today. :O) thanks to all for helping out find some other way to pass some environmental variables (at least PATH)

Re: [NTG-context] \setupitemize[afterhead=...] not working

2008-06-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Peter Münster wrote: On Mon, Jun 23 2008, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: The parameter afterhead seems to be ignored (MKII and MKIV): There is no \head in your numeration. Indeed, but headstyle applies nevertheless. Yes, this is how \txt is defined \appendtoks

[NTG-context] A \part command for ConTeXt

2008-06-23 Thread TeXWorld
Hello, In latex, there is the \part command. If my memory is good, this command is available only in the book class (and maybe report). Is there an equivalent command in ConTeXt ? Thank you. Jack ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] A \part command for ConTeXt

2008-06-23 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, TeXWorld wrote: Hello, In latex, there is the \part command. If my memory is good, this command is available only in the book class (and maybe report). Is there an equivalent command in ConTeXt ? Yes, it is called \part :) Actually, \part does not work out of the box,

[NTG-context] Howto float text around an image on layer (in a frame, inside standardmakeup)?

2008-06-23 Thread Uwe Koloska
Hello, hopefully this is the last dumb question, cause the CD is nearing it's end an will be prepared for printing soon ;-) How can I float text around a picture if I place them on a layer? What I want to achieve is something like this: ppp ppp ... but typeset onto a

Re: [NTG-context] Booklet hint

2008-06-23 Thread Diego Depaoli
2008/6/23 Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Write the text for the A4 page in a seperate document and include it as a figure. \setupexternalfigures[location={local,global,default}] \setuppapersize[A5][A4, landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \startpostponing[4] \offset

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

2008-06-23 Thread Diego Depaoli
Due the differences between csh and bash I argued a bit with system variables set by setuptex. That's my .login setenv TEXROOT /home/diego/tex setenv TEXPATH /home/diego/tex setenv TEXOS texmf-freebsd setenv TEXMFOS /home/diego/tex/texmf-freebsd setenv PATH