Re: [NTG-context] specific document layout with ConTeXt

2009-01-05 Thread richard . stephens
Aditya wrote: If others are interested, I can also release it on ConTeXt garden and provide some documentation. Aditya Please, please, please can you (or someone) post on the wiki? I was looking for a two-column layout for and IFAC conference which is very similar to IEEE and I ended-up

Re: [NTG-context] line spacing in frame with centered text

2009-01-05 Thread Alan STONE
Thanks a lot for the clarification Wolfgang. I guess I was still playing with this kind of major flawed thinking coming from WYSIWYG wordprocessors where isn't concerned thinking about these technical aspects (what's underneath), instead type/edit as characters appear on screen in real time, then

Re: [NTG-context] scratchdimen mess (alpha)

2009-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Peter Rolf wrote: Hi all, can someone test the attached example with the (latest) alpha version of ConTeXt? Using mkiv I get no additional space in case of the \scratchdimen example. I tried it with two new installations (minimals) from the scratch and also used several

Re: [NTG-context] line spacing in frame with centered text

2009-01-05 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 05.01.2009 um 10:34 schrieb Alan STONE: Thanks a lot for the clarification Wolfgang. I guess I was still playing with this kind of major flawed thinking coming from WYSIWYG wordprocessors where isn't concerned thinking about these technical aspects (what's underneath), instead

Re: [NTG-context] Looking for ConTeXt commands for ...

2009-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 05.01.2009 um 02:50 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Mohamed Bana wrote: I'am trying to convert a doc to ConTeXt, and I'm also trying to make it as close to the original as possible. How do the command below translate to ConTeXt?

Re: [NTG-context] Looking for ConTeXt commands for ...

2009-01-05 Thread Mohamed Bana
! Undefined control sequence. \CVTITLE ...\ss \bfa #1} \blank [medium]{\ss \tfe #2} }\blank [2*big] l.139 \CVTITLE{}{CV} ? \tfe doesn't seem to work, the others do. $ context --version MtxRun | main context file:

Re: [NTG-context] specific document layout with ConTeXt

2009-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, richard.steph...@converteam.com wrote: Aditya wrote: If others are interested, I can also release it on ConTeXt garden and provide some documentation. Aditya Please, please, please can you (or someone) post on the wiki? I was looking for a two-column layout for and

[NTG-context] scratchdimen mess (alpha)

2009-01-05 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi all, can someone test the attached example with the (latest) alpha version of ConTeXt? Using mkiv I get no additional space in case of the \scratchdimen example. I tried it with two new installations (minimals) from the scratch and also used several luatex versions, but the error remains.

Re: [NTG-context] scratchdimen mess (alpha)

2009-01-05 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen schrieb: Peter Rolf wrote: Hi all, can someone test the attached example with the (latest) alpha version of ConTeXt? Using mkiv I get no additional space in case of the \scratchdimen example. I tried it with two new installations (minimals) from the scratch and also used several

Re: [NTG-context] scratchdimen mess (alpha)

2009-01-05 Thread Peter Rolf
Wolfgang Schuster schrieb: Am 05.01.2009 um 14:27 schrieb Peter Rolf: Hi all, can someone test the attached example with the (latest) alpha version of ConTeXt? Using mkiv I get no additional space in case of the \scratchdimen example. I tried it with two new installations (minimals) from

Re: [NTG-context] scratchdimen mess (alpha)

2009-01-05 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: Hi all, can someone test the attached example with the (latest) alpha version of ConTeXt? Using mkiv I get no additional space in case of the \scratchdimen example. I tried it with two new installations (minimals) from the scratch and also used several luatex versions, but

Re: [NTG-context] line spacing in frame with centered text

2009-01-05 Thread Alan STONE
Indeed, I goofed big time... It was most useful to refresh my (lack of) understanding about how TeX's interline spacing works. grin Alan On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Alan STONE software.list.1e...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks a lot for the clarification Wolfgang. I guess I was still playing

Re: [NTG-context] Looking for ConTeXt commands for ...

2009-01-05 Thread Hans Hagen
Mohamed Bana wrote: ! Undefined control sequence. \CVTITLE ...\ss \bfa #1} \blank [medium]{\ss \tfe #2} }\blank [2*big] l.139 \CVTITLE{}{CV} ? \tfe doesn't seem to work, the others do. because tfe is not defined by default Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Looking for ConTeXt commands for ...

2009-01-05 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 05.01.2009 um 19:36 schrieb Mohamed Bana: ! Undefined control sequence. \CVTITLE ...\ss \bfa #1} \blank [medium]{\ss \tfe #2} }\blank [2*big] l.139 \CVTITLE{}{CV} ? \tfe doesn't seem to work, the others do. Only sizes upto \tfd are

Re: [NTG-context] Looking for ConTeXt commands for ...

2009-01-05 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 05.01.2009 um 02:50 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Mohamed Bana wrote: I'am trying to convert a doc to ConTeXt, and I'm also trying to make it as close to the original as possible. How do the command below translate to ConTeXt? 1. \geometry{a4paper, textwidth=5.5in,

Re: [NTG-context] scratchdimen mess (alpha)

2009-01-05 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 05.01.2009 um 14:27 schrieb Peter Rolf: Hi all, can someone test the attached example with the (latest) alpha version of ConTeXt? Using mkiv I get no additional space in case of the \scratchdimen example. I tried it with two new installations (minimals) from the scratch and also used

[NTG-context] I need bold math italic and symbols

2009-01-05 Thread Zhaopeng Xing
Hi, Can anyone show me how to write math contents in bold and italic fonts? {\bf } can only produce upright letters. In LaTeX, we can make use of the command \pmb for this purpose. Is there any shortcut like this in Context? Thanks. -- Zhaopeng XING Tinbergen Institute

Re: [NTG-context] I need bold math italic and symbols

2009-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Zhaopeng Xing wrote: Hi, Can anyone show me how to write math contents in bold and italic fonts? {\bf } can only produce upright letters. In LaTeX, we can make use of the command \pmb for this purpose. Is there any shortcut like this in Context? Thanks. Add

Re: [NTG-context] I need bold math italic and symbols

2009-01-05 Thread Zhichu Chen
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Zhaopeng Xing wrote: Hi, Can anyone show me how to write math contents in bold and italic fonts? {\bf } can only produce upright letters. In LaTeX, we can make use of the command \pmb for this

Re: [NTG-context] alpha

2009-01-05 Thread Yue Wang
Hi, Hans: context --make did not give me the fmt file. ?:0: attempt to index global 'trackers' (a nil value) LuaTools | creating initialization file: cont-en LuaTools | using library path: /usr/home/yue/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base LuaTools | using lua libraries: l-string.lua

Re: [NTG-context] alpha

2009-01-05 Thread GAOFengnan
What about using these two commands: luatools --selfupdate mtxrun --selfupdate The new version didn't work for me at first, but after the selfupdate of these two, the version works for me now. Maybe you can try it. Fengnan context --make did not give me the fmt file. ?:0: attempt to

Re: [NTG-context] alpha

2009-01-05 Thread GAOFengnan
Sorry I forget to mention that Mojca taught me those two commands . Fengnan Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 05:45:19 + From: yuleo...@gmail.com To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Subject: Re: [NTG-context] alpha Hi, Hans: context --make did not give me the fmt file. ?:0: attempt to index global