Re: [NTG-context] Math align in mkiv

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Otared, Am Mittwoch, den 07.12.2011, 05:11 +0100 schrieb Otared Kavian: Thank you having tested the file I sent. did the example work for you with MKIV in the past? As I suspected, your testing confirms that the change or the bug has been introduced in a recent version of ConTeXt

Re: [NTG-context] Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.

2011-12-07 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 11/25/2011 09:09 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: It makes me wonder how Thomas gets his greek etc done in bibtex. To be quite honest: I rarely have more than a few words of Greek, and I wrap them up in \localgreek{} markup in my bibtex files, so I assume that's why I have never run into this

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 12/06/2011 11:40 PM, Pavneet Arora wrote: Thanks Wolfgang and Marco for the quick responses. Marco, `impressive' looks just the thing that will easily allow me to add transitions while still using simpleslides to get me going until I can do my own DIY slides. Regards. Glad you found a

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7-12-2011 09:29, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Glad you found a solution. Maybe just a word explaining why I find it a waste of time to do work on such transitions in simpleslides: even if we Page transitions have always been part of context pdf support (not that I ever use them as I dislike

[NTG-context] index (ignore spaces)

2011-12-07 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, is it possible to enhance the \index command in order to be more tolerant with wrong set spaces? For example ... This is a test \index{Test} text. ... this would give (legitimately) double spaces between test and text. [This would help to finish original latex documents, for in latex

Re: [NTG-context] Math align in mkiv

2011-12-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 6-12-2011 22:52, Otared Kavian wrote: \definemathmatrix[alignedcases] [align={right,left,left}, distance=3pt, left={\left\{\;}, right={\right.}, style=\displaystyle] \starttext \startformula \startalignedcases

[NTG-context] How to do coloured heads

2011-12-07 Thread Malte Stien
Hello, I am new to all of this. First of all, thank you to everyone involved for such an awesome software package. I have been looking for something like this for a while for technical documentation for software projects and had no idea this even existed until... well, yesterday. So, I spent

Re: [NTG-context] How to do coloured heads

2011-12-07 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2011-12-07 21:03, Malte Stien wrote: Hello, I am new to all of this. First of all, thank you to everyone involved for such an awesome software package. I have been looking for something like this for a while for technical documentation for software projects and had no idea this even

Re: [NTG-context] How to do coloured heads

2011-12-07 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 12/07/2011 11:16 AM, Philipp Gesang wrote: Better group the arguments of the “style” key as a whole: · \definehead[colorsection][section] \setuphead [colorsection][ style={\tfb\ss\color[darkgray]}, ] or, more ConTeXt-like:

Re: [NTG-context] How to do coloured heads

2011-12-07 Thread Malte Stien
Thank you. Either of those solutions work fine. Malte. On 07/12/2011, at 21:31, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On 12/07/2011 11:16 AM, Philipp Gesang wrote: Better group the arguments of the “style” key as a whole: ·

[NTG-context] setupheads

2011-12-07 Thread Felix Ingram
Hello all, I've not been able to find the right combination of commands to change my header style. I'd like to have bold, italic (or slanted), plus change the text size. I currently have the following: \setuphead[section][color=header_dark_blue, aligntitle=float]

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Pavneet Arora
Dear Thomas, Nauseating is an apt description ;). In general, I too avoid them, but with this upcoming audience, unadorned may be mistaken (incorrectly) for plain. I do think, however, that `dissolve' is subtle enough to offer a reasonable compromise. BTW, is there a way of doing

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Pavneet Arora
BTW, I am using evince under Ubuntu and haven't noticed too many inconsistencies, but then I don't normally use transitions, but do use incremental slides a lot, which I understand are also only pertinent with PDFs: from p. 4 of the prosper manual in the section for Overlays, ``All those macros

[NTG-context] Tikz/pgf colour issue

2011-12-07 Thread Felix Ingram
I just upgraded to the latest beta in order to see if that would fix my header styling issue. Compiling gave me the following error: ! Argument of \pgfutil@context@parse@gray has an extra }. This is defined in: tex\texmf-modules\tex\generic\pgf\utilities\pgfutil-context.def If I change the code

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7-12-2011 12:44, Pavneet Arora wrote: Dear Thomas, Nauseating is an apt description ;). In general, I too avoid them, but with this upcoming audience, unadorned may be mistaken (incorrectly) for plain. I do think, however, that `dissolve' is subtle enough to offer a reasonable compromise.

Re: [NTG-context] setupheads

2011-12-07 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 07.12.2011 um 12:17 schrieb Felix Ingram: Hello all, I've not been able to find the right combination of commands to change my header style. I'd like to have bold, italic (or slanted), plus change the text size. I currently have the following:

Re: [NTG-context] Migrating from prosper to simpleslides in creating presentations

2011-12-07 Thread Pavneet Arora
Thanks Hans. Will do. Steps sounds perfect for this and my other applications. Regards. -- Sent from my Nokia N900. Please excuse my brevity. - Original message - On 7-12-2011 12:44, Pavneet Arora wrote: Dear Thomas, Nauseating is an apt description ;). In general, I too

Re: [NTG-context] Tikz/pgf colour issue

2011-12-07 Thread Felix Ingram
Further investigation suggests that this is a known issue of using \definecolor colours within a Tikz graphic that decided to manifest itself for the first time when I upgraded. The solution is to do: \unprotect \pgfutil@definecolor{colour_name}{rbg/cmyk/gray}{...colour values...} \protect for

Re: [NTG-context] Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.

2011-12-07 Thread Alexandre Krispin
Thank you for your answer ! Finally I am back to Latex until this problem is fixed. Though I have no knowledge about it, it seemed to me that the problem I got was more related to hanzi script than to bibtex, since the final problem of misplaced dots I had appeared only with hanzi script. Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.

2011-12-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7-12-2011 17:37, Alexandre Krispin wrote: Thank you for your answer ! Finally I am back to Latex until this problem is fixed. Though I have no knowledge about it, it seemed to me that the problem I got was more related to hanzi script than to bibtex, since the final problem of misplaced dots

Re: [NTG-context] isn't it too slow?

2011-12-07 Thread Pablo Rodríguez
On 12/06/2011 10:29 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: [...] Why not, this is what I get from your example (time context test.tex): real 0m0.922s user 0m0.853s sys 0m0.061s This is what I got: real0m8.744s user0m6.449s sys 0m0.549s Almost ×10 slower :-(. I have realized that I

Re: [NTG-context] isn't it too slow?

2011-12-07 Thread Pablo Rodríguez
On 12/06/2011 10:58 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: Hi pablo, On Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:07:25 -0700, Pablo Rodríguez oi...@web.de wrote: Otherwise, things like this happen every time I compile a ConTeXt document. Once I had a luatex.dll file out of sync with the latest

Re: [NTG-context] \usezipfile

2011-12-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 7-12-2011 20:06, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi Hans, the \usezipfile command doesn’t work work. Yes, I'd noticed that but had no time yet to look into it I can get rid of one problem when I make the following change in data-zip.lua: function resolvers.usezipfile(archive) local

[NTG-context] `\{start, stop}MPpage`: MetaPost figure does not fit canvas(?) in resulting PDF file

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using the following example \starttext \startMPpage draw (0,0)--(10,10)--(15,5)--(20,10); draw (0,0)--(0,10)--(10,10)--(10,5)--(15,5)--(15,10)--(20,10) withcolor blue; \stopMPpage \stoptext it looks like the bottom is not

Re: [NTG-context] Math align in mkiv

2011-12-07 Thread Otared Kavian
Dear Paul, Thanks for your attention: as you may have seen, Hans found the fix and after that math align works fine. As you noticed, the issue was related to what you reported some time ago. Best regards: OK On 7 déc. 2011, at 09:03, Paul Menzel wrote: Dear Otared, Am Mittwoch, den

[NTG-context] Enumeration in mkiv

2011-12-07 Thread Otared Kavian
Dear Hans, In transferring some stuff from mkii to mkiv, I noticed a change in the way mkiv puts too much distance between the title of an enumeration and the text following it. I am not sure whether I have noticed this before, but my feeling is that the change is somewhat recent. I have put

[NTG-context] math: root sign an square brackets set too closely

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using the root sign √ `\sqrt` and the square brackets [] the distance does not seem to be optimal. \starttext \type{$\left[ \sqrt{x} \right]$}: $\left[ \sqrt{x} \right]$ Without \type{\left} and \type{\right}: $[\sqrt{x}]$

[NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Marco
There seems to be a bug in the new unit system for \unit{kbit}: % bit \unit{kilo bit} % kbit \unit{kilobit} % kbit \unit{kbit} % kB, shouldn't this be kbit? Another thing: \unit{3.4e-5} yields to 3.4⁻⁵ that's expected according to the manual. But how to get 3.4·10⁻⁵ (either with \cot

[NTG-context] orphan and widow lines

2011-12-07 Thread Pablo Rodríguez
Hi there, I have been using ConTeXt for some months and one of the things I cannot control is orphan or widow lines appearing in my documents. Isn't there a general method to avoid them? (This should set ragged bottoms, but I'd rather have ragged bottoms than orphan or widow lines.) Thanks for

[NTG-context] Columnset error with \setupheader[state=high]

2011-12-07 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Update: I don't have a solution yet, but here is my attempt to figure out where this problem comes from. I may be (probably am) wrong; I am new to ConTeXt and not an expert on its internals. But I'll toss this out to see if anyone is interested. When \startcolumnset is called, it seems to take a

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 22:27, Marco net...@lavabit.com wrote: There seems to be a bug in the new unit system for \unit{kbit}: % bit \unit{kilo bit}  % kbit \unit{kilobit}   % kbit \unit{kbit}      % kB, shouldn't this be kbit? kB is kilobyte, not kilobit, but kb is probably also valid?

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Marco
On 2011-12-07 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 22:27, Marco net...@lavabit.com wrote: There seems to be a bug in the new unit system for \unit{kbit}: % bit \unit{kilo bit}  % kbit \unit{kilobit}   % kbit \unit{kbit}      % kB, shouldn't this

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 00:12, Marco wrote: On 2011-12-07 Mojca Miklavec wrote: \unit{3.4e-5}   yields   to  3.4⁻⁵   that's   expected according to the manual. But the behaviour is wrong. I don't know if it's wrong. But 5e3 would render 5^3 which is hopefully still 125. It's very

Re: [NTG-context] Columnset error with \setupheader[state=high]

2011-12-07 Thread Peter Park Nelson
Those \unexpanded 's are not necessary, sorry. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Peter Park Nelson peter.park.nel...@gmail.com wrote: Update: I don't have a solution yet, but here is my attempt to figure out where this problem comes from. I may be (probably am) wrong; I am new to ConTeXt and

[NTG-context] naming of labels: Is »()« allowed?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, in ConTeXt I like how I can choose arbitrary names for label and reference them. I think some time ago it was possible to also use »()«. This does not work anymore with ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25 21:29 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.25 int: english/english and the following

Re: [NTG-context] naming of labels: Is »()« allowed?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Donnerstag, den 08.12.2011, 02:18 +0100 schrieb Paul Menzel: in ConTeXt I like how I can choose arbitrary names for label and reference them. I think some time ago it was possible to also use »()«. This does not work anymore with ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25

[NTG-context] Copyright Symbol

2011-12-07 Thread Malte Stien
Hi everyone, How do I get a copyright symbol in ConTeXt, you know the circle with the 'C' in the centre? I expected it to be \textcopyright as in LaTeX, but that does not seem to work. Rather than just telling me the answer, where would I look that up? Sooner or later I will need other

Re: [NTG-context] Copyright Symbol

2011-12-07 Thread Pontus Lurcock
On Thu 08 Dec 2011, Malte Stien wrote: How do I get a copyright symbol in ConTeXt, you know the circle with the 'C' in the centre? I expected it to be \textcopyright as in LaTeX, but that does not seem to work. If you're using a font which contains the symbol, and if you're using MkIV, you

Re: [NTG-context] Copyright Symbol

2011-12-07 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 08.12.2011 um 05:12 schrieb Malte Stien: Hi everyone, How do I get a copyright symbol in ConTeXt, you know the circle with the 'C' in the centre? I expected it to be \textcopyright as in LaTeX, but that does not seem to work. Rather than just telling me the answer, where would I look

Re: [NTG-context] Possible bug in \unit

2011-12-07 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 00:12, Marco wrote: On 2011-12-07 Mojca Miklavec wrote: \unit{3.4e-5}   yields   to  3.4⁻⁵   that's   expected according to the manual. But the behaviour is wrong. I don't know