On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 09:20, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
And
from what I see on this list, I'm not sure winblows users are the majority.
According to statistics of distribution downloads (just counting
unique IPs, so not absolutely accurate), windows users amount to
17-20% downloads. Wiki gets
According to statistics of distribution downloads (just counting
unique IPs, so not absolutely accurate), windows users amount to
17-20% downloads. Wiki gets 46% of windows users.
Have you ever googled for something context related? You end up mostly with
false positives because context can
On 15-8-2011 9:51, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On 08/15/2011 09:46 AM, Florian Wobbe wrote:
Have you ever googled for something context related? You end up mostly
with false positives because context can appear just in any context.
I wonder if all those windows hits are from people who searched
2011/8/15 Florian Wobbe florian.wo...@awi.de:
Have you ever googled for something context related? You end up mostly with
false positives because context can appear just in any context.
They even have their own conference: http://context-11.teco.edu :-)
Best
Martin
Am 14.08.2011 19:47, schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 10-8-2011 8:00, Peter Rolf wrote:
Usage:
btransp(normaltransparency,.5);
whatever
etransp;
Officially
draw image ( whatever ) withtransparency (normaltransparency,.5)
should work, but there is a (known) bug in mplib with respect to
2011/8/12 Willi Egger w.eg...@boede.nl
just out of curiosity I installed TeXWorks under Windows (XP).
In order to let TeXWorks use the minimals one needs to set things up.
1. create a batch file e.g. TW-context.bat with the following content:
call c:\context\tex\setuptex.bat c:\context\tex
Hi.
Consider the following example:
file name=feat1.tex
\setupbackend[export=yes]
\starttext
\definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes]
This is a small example.
See the backend output (export file). How to put a word in the example between
tags?
\startEXAMPLE
Here we go /BTEX\bold{AGAIN}/ETEX
Dear Knights,
A lot of the criticism seems to miss the point :-)
Part of the aim of the Book is to bring in new users, most of us here
already know what we're doing. And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
for better or for worse.
I want to break out of the usual paradigm of presenting
I am writing a document for our client that has accepted to work with
ConTeXt. One of the things I want to mention is the different output
formats. I know PDF and xhtml and that in the near future epub will be
available. Are there others? (I know dvi, but I do not think it is worth
mentioning.)
Hi,
for epub try : http://wiki.contextgarden.net/epub
2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com
I am writing a document for our client that has accepted to work with
ConTeXt. One of the things I want to mention is the different output
formats. I know PDF and xhtml and that in the near
Am 15.08.2011 um 11:59 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
I am writing a document for our client that has accepted to work with
ConTeXt. One of the things I want to mention is the different output formats.
I know PDF and xhtml and that in the near future epub will be available. Are
there others? (I
On Mon 15 Aug 2011, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
On 08/15/2011 09:16 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
Under linux Wine sometimes does a great job.
*If* the linux user happens to have 150 bucks and thinks it's a good
idea to give that to Microsoft.
Huh? I've been using Wine for a while (though not for
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
I am writing a document for our client that has accepted to work with
ConTeXt. One of the things I want to mention is the different output
formats. I know PDF and xhtml and that in the near future epub will be
available. Are there
Until now I worked with Emacs to edit ConTeXt documents. Because I have to
make a manual for the client, I now work under Windows with TeXworks. In
Emacs I could easily reformat my (source) lines, to be not wider as 72
characters. Is something like that possible with TeXworks.
Also: there is a
Am 15.08.2011 um 12:22 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
Until now I worked with Emacs to edit ConTeXt documents. Because I have to
make a manual for the client, I now work under Windows with TeXworks. In
Emacs I could easily reformat my (source) lines, to be not wider as 72
characters. Is
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Until now I worked with Emacs to edit ConTeXt documents. Because I have
to make a manual for the client, I now work under Windows with TeXworks. In
Emacs I could easily reformat my (source) lines, to be not wider as 72
characters.
I use:
\setupindenting[yes, small, next]
This works on the main text, but not on the footnotes. In \setupfootnotes I
do not find an option to do the same. Am I overlooking something, or is it
really not possible?
--
Cecil Westerhof
Am 15.08.2011 um 12:56 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
I use:
\setupindenting[yes, small, next]
This works on the main text, but not on the footnotes. In \setupfootnotes I
do not find an option to do the same. Am I overlooking something, or is it
really not possible?
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Am 15.08.2011 um 12:56 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
I use:
\setupindenting[yes, small, next]
This works on the main text, but not on the footnotes. In \setupfootnotes
I do not find an option to do the same. Am I overlooking
On 08/15/2011 11:51 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote:
Dear Knights,
A lot of the criticism seems to miss the point :-)
Part of the aim of the Book is to bring in new users, most of us here
already know what we're doing. And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
for
Am 15.08.2011 um 13:23 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Am 15.08.2011 um 12:56 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
I use:
\setupindenting[yes, small, next]
This works on the main text, but not on the footnotes. In \setupfootnotes I
Am 15.08.2011 um 13:57 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
BTW: is it possible to define the footnotes somewhere else?
You mean like \useurl and \url?
Wolfgang
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2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
BTW: is it possible to define the footnotes somewhere else?
You mean like \useurl and \url?
Yes, it now 'distracts' from the main info.
--
Cecil Westerhof
Am 15.08.2011 um 14:16 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
BTW: is it possible to define the footnotes somewhere else?
You mean like \useurl and \url?
Yes, it now 'distracts' from the main info.
No, what’s possible is this:
Hi Pablo,
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:30:42 -0600, Pablo Rodríguez oi...@web.de wrote:
I'd use TeXworks as the editor
So would I, except that TeXWorks is not as rich in the features I'd like,
nor does it handle arabic-script as well as needed.
Believe me, I've looked at just about every option
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:38:42 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
isha...@colostate.edu wrote:
The functionality I can extract from Npp gives a pedagogical advantage
that's important for what I'm trying to achieve. For example, dbl-click a
word and get a context-menu that allows you
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
BTW: is it possible to define the footnotes somewhere else?
You mean like \useurl and \url?
Yes, it now 'distracts' from the main info.
No, what’s possible is this:
\startbuffer[footnote:a]
Note A
\stopbuffer
On 15-8-2011 11:40, Vladimir Lomov wrote:
Hi.
Consider the following example:
file name=feat1.tex
\setupbackend[export=yes]
\starttext
\definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes]
This is a small example.
See the backend output (export file). How to put a word in the example between
tags?
Just for the records (or for the masses of mlib plugin
programmers/lovers out there)... ;-)
Am 10.08.2011 20:00, schrieb Peter Rolf:
Hi,
I use a mlib plugin to manually start/stop transparency. All graphics
in between will be drawn with the defined state. Not very useful in
general, but I
Hi,
I would like to style the \at labels: define a custom font for them and
make them superscript. What is the best way to achieve this?
Thanks,
Alex
___
If your question is of interest to others as well, please
Am 15.08.2011 um 16:04 schrieb Alexandre Leray:
Hi,
I would like to style the \at labels: define a custom font for them and make
them superscript. What is the best way to achieve this?
You have to define your own command:
\startsetups reference:c
\high{\getreferenceentry{page}}
While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
\percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
use those characters in my document?
Also: is there somewhere a 'complete'
Am 2011-08-15 um 12:18 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
I am writing a document for our client that has accepted to work
with ConTeXt. One of the things I want to mention is the different
output formats. I know PDF and xhtml and that in
2011/8/15 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد isha...@colostate.edu:
Believe me, I've looked at just about every option out there :-)
I believe you. And I think the editor is a typical bikeshed. :-)
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality
I applaud your
Am 15.08.2011 um 16:31 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
\percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
use those
Thanks, it works perfectly with the latest revision of context!
Le lun. 15 août 2011 16:17:40 CEST, Wolfgang Schuster a écrit :
Am 15.08.2011 um 16:04 schrieb Alexandre Leray:
Hi,
I would like to style the \at labels: define a custom font for them and make
them superscript. What is the best
2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com
While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
\percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
use those characters
Am 15.08.2011 um 17:05 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com
While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
\percent. But until now I did not find how to
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
\percent. But until now I did not find how to represent [ and ]. How would I
use
Am 15.08.2011 um 17:12 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the
PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your
document you can use “%%”.
Wolfgang
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 15-8-2011 11:40, Vladimir Lomov wrote:
Hi.
Consider the following example:
file name=feat1.tex
\setupbackend[export=yes]
\starttext
\definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes]
This is a small example.
See the backend output (export file). How to put a
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com
While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash, \texttilde,
\percent. But until now I did not
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in
the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your
document you can use “%%”.
Am 15.08.2011 um 17:29 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com
While writing the documentation about using ConTeXt I need some 'special'
characters. A few I have found, for example \%, \backslash,
Am 15.08.2011 um 17:33 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the
PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in
the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in your
document you can use “%%”.
Am 15.08.2011 um 18:05 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in the
PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in
the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in
your document you can use “%%”.
Are we both talking about http://code.google.com/p/texworks/ ? Because
that's free (GPLv2) and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.
I guess Kip meant WinEdt.
Arthur
___
If your question is of interest to
I work 'always' with the latest version of ConTeXt. Now a client is going to
use it. Should I install for them also the latest version, or is it better
to use the current version (--context=current)?
--
Cecil Westerhof
2011/8/15 Cecil Westerhof cldwester...@gmail.com
Do I understand correctly that '%% this is a comment' should not be in
the PDF? Because it is when I compile the document.
Yes, with \asciimode “%” is a normal character but to put comments in
your document you can use “%%”.
Does not work
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 19:03, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
I work 'always' with the latest version of ConTeXt. Now a client is going to
use it. Should I install for them also the latest version, or is it better
to use the current version (--context=current)?
If the latest version works fine, I
2011/8/15 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 19:03, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
I work 'always' with the latest version of ConTeXt. Now a client is going
to
use it. Should I install for them also the latest version, or is it
better
to use the current version
On 15-8-2011 4:31, Willi Egger wrote:
Hoi Hans,
in het erste mail hierover waren er twee attachments.
Hier dit mail voor jou.
Groet!
Willi
Begin forwarded message:
From: Willi Eggerw.eg...@boede.nl
Date: 14 August 2011 20:53:47 CEST
To: NTG-Context ConTeXt usersntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 19:46, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
2011/8/15 Mojca Miklavec wrote:
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 19:03, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
I work 'always' with the latest version of ConTeXt. Now a client is
going to
use it. Should I install for them also the latest version, or is it
Hi,
is italic correction still supported with MkIV because in the following example
the second sentence has the same length as the first.
% engine=pdftex
\starttext
\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic} word.}
\the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox\par
Hi Martin,
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:35:24 -0600, Martin Schröder mar...@oneiros.de
wrote:
2011/8/15 Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد isha...@colostate.edu:
Believe me, I've looked at just about every option out there :-)
I believe you. And I think the editor is a typical bikeshed. :-)
On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 08:42 +0200, Martin Schröder wrote:
Are we both talking about http://code.google.com/p/texworks/ ? Because
that's free (GPLv2) and runs on Windows, OSX and Linux.
Best
Martin
Hey Martin. I meant WinEdt. Sorry for the ambiguity.
--
Kip Warner -- Software Engineer
On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 09:20 +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
I, for one, am not willing to start wine to run something as basic as a
text editor.
My sentiments precisely.
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OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred
http://www.thevertigo.com
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On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 09:20 +0200, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
*If* the linux user happens to have 150 bucks and thinks it's a good
idea to give that to Microsoft. No thanks. It's of course way too early
to say anything about a project that I haven't seen a single line of,
but tying it to an
On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 03:51 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
حامد wrote:
And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
for better or for worse.
Hey Idris. I think what the folks here are saying is that that's not
necessarily true - for ConTeXt.
--
Kip Warner -- Software Engineer
OpenPGP
On 15-8-2011 8:04, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Hi,
is italic correction still supported with MkIV because in the following example
the second sentence has the same length as the first.
% engine=pdftex
\starttext
\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic} word.}
Hi Kip,
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:43:40 -0600, Kip Warner k...@thevertigo.com wrote:
And M$-Windows dominates the marketplace
for better or for worse.
Hey Idris. I think what the folks here are saying is that that's not
necessarily true - for ConTeXt.
Yes!! That's _exactly_ the challenge! My
On Mon, 2011-08-15 at 13:16 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي
حامد wrote:
Yes!! That's _exactly_ the challenge! My vision is for ConTeXt to
break
out of the shell!
Best of luck to you. We all look forward to reading the book when done.
=)
--
Kip Warner -- Software Engineer
OpenPGP
Am 15.08.2011 um 21:13 schrieb Hans Hagen:
On 15-8-2011 8:04, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Hi,
is italic correction still supported with MkIV because in the following
example the second sentence has the same length as the first.
% engine=pdftex
\starttext
\setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A
On of the things I need to do for the manual about ConTeXt is a list of the
most frequently used commands. I am using some macros to display them
correctly in a table. Attached a strange effect I got. The second row is
displayed wrongly. The third is the same row, but with a \crlf added. This
Am 15.08.2011 um 21:41 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
On of the things I need to do for the manual about ConTeXt is a list of the
most frequently used commands. I am using some macros to display them
correctly in a table. Attached a strange effect I got. The second row is
displayed wrongly. The
I would like my footnote numbering start on every page with 1. I thought
this should be done with:
\setupnote[footnote][way=bypage]
I also tried:
\setupnotedefinition[footnote][indenting={yes, small, next}, way=bypage]
But both do not work. What is the right way to do it?
--
Cecil
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
On of the things I need to do for the manual about ConTeXt is a list of
the most frequently used commands. I am using some macros to display them
correctly in a table. Attached a strange effect I got. The second row is
displayed
On 15-8-2011 9:35, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
Works. Can this be added to the default features?
depends on the performance drop I guess
Hans
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Am 15.08.2011 um 22:31 schrieb Cecil Westerhof:
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
On of the things I need to do for the manual about ConTeXt is a list of the
most frequently used commands. I am using some macros to display them
correctly in a table. Attached a
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
2011/8/15 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com
On of the things I need to do for the manual about ConTeXt is a list of
the most frequently used commands. I am using some macros to display them
correctly in a table.
I am automating the creation of books using ConTeXt with a graphic design
graduate student at the Rhode Island School of Design.
The book cover is created using MetaPost inside a ConTeXt source file.
The graphic designer tells me it is very common to specify the interletter
spacing, or
** Aditya Mahajan [2011-08-15 11:27:14 -0400]:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 15-8-2011 11:40, Vladimir Lomov wrote:
Hi.
Consider the following example:
file name=feat1.tex
\setupbackend[export=yes]
\starttext
\definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes]
This is a small example.
See the
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