Re: [NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-17 Thread Philipp Gesang
···date: 2012-07-16, Monday···from: Rogers, Michael K··· 3. And then there is the source, which has some helpful comments in it. The explanation of the system macros, http://tex.aanhet.net/context/syst-gen-doc.pdf, has been helpful in many ways, including guessing at what the source is

Re: [NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-17 Thread Rogers, Michael K
On Jul 16, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Philipp Gesang wrote: ···date: 2012-07-16, Monday···from: Rogers, Michael K··· 3. And then there is the source, which has some helpful comments in it. The explanation of the system macros, http://tex.aanhet.net/context/syst-gen-doc.pdf, has been helpful in

Re: [NTG-context] \definetext problem?

2012-07-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.07.2012 um 18:08 schrieb Alan Bowen: This used to work in earlier versions of MKIV, but does no longer—the page sets without complaint but the footer does not appear. A minimal example: \definehead[BookTitle][title]

[NTG-context] write my own text in the header

2012-07-17 Thread dalyoung
Dear all, I have two questions. 1. I'd like to write various text in the header differently at every page. It is like SlideTitle{} used in the simpleslide module. I tried \setupheadertexts[text] at the beginning of every page. But only the text defined at last appeared at the header of every

Re: [NTG-context] \definetext problem?

2012-07-17 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Wolfgang. I replaced the lines in strc-sec.mkiv with the one that you supplied and regenerated the formats. Now, I get the error message ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.17 16:42 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.17 int: english/english system cont-new.mkiv loaded

Re: [NTG-context] \definetext problem?

2012-07-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.07.2012 um 18:55 schrieb Alan Bowen: Thanks, Wolfgang. I replaced the lines in strc-sec.mkiv with the one that you supplied and regenerated the formats. Now, I get the error message I guess you did something wrong when you changed the command, the new definition of the command should

Re: [NTG-context] \definetext problem?

2012-07-17 Thread Alan Bowen
My apologies. XCode slipped (or left in) some +'s and -'s that I failed to catch. Anyway, it is working now. Many thanks! Alan On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@gmail.com wrote: Am 17.07.2012 um 18:55 schrieb Alan Bowen: Thanks, Wolfgang. I replaced

[NTG-context] math symbol: blacktriangle

2012-07-17 Thread Andreas Mang
Dear all, The \blacktriangle and \blacktriangledown symbol seem to be missing, though \blacktriangleright and \...-left are defined. Is there a quick way to add missing symbols by myself from the knowledge of Unicode / XML identifier (http://www-sop.inria.fr/marelle/tralics/doc-b.html)?

Re: [NTG-context] math symbol: blacktriangle

2012-07-17 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Andreas Mang wrote: Dear all, The \blacktriangle and \blacktriangledown symbol seem to be missing, though \blacktriangleright and \...-left are defined. Is there a quick way to add missing symbols by myself from the knowledge of Unicode / XML identifier

Re: [NTG-context] math symbol: blacktriangle

2012-07-17 Thread Andreas Mang
Hi Aditya, Thanks for the advice. As I am a newby, I'd decided to respond to the list: I had a look at char-def.lua and I think the only thing that needs to be done is to add mathname=blacktriangle, to [0x25B4]={ adobename=blackuppointingsmalltriangle, category=so, description=BLACK

Re: [NTG-context] math symbol: blacktriangle

2012-07-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-7-2012 19:39, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Andreas Mang wrote: Dear all, The \blacktriangle and \blacktriangledown symbol seem to be missing, though \blacktriangleright and \...-left are defined. Is there a quick way to add missing symbols by myself from the knowledge of

Re: [NTG-context] write my own text in the header

2012-07-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-7-2012 18:25, dalyoung wrote: Dear all, I have two questions. 1. I'd like to write various text in the header differently at every page. It is like SlideTitle{} used in the simpleslide module. I tried \setupheadertexts[text] at the beginning of every page. But only the text defined at

Re: [NTG-context] math symbol: blacktriangle

2012-07-17 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 09:40:15PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: On 17-7-2012 19:39, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Andreas Mang wrote: Dear all, The \blacktriangle and \blacktriangledown symbol seem to be missing, though \blacktriangleright and \...-left are defined. Is there a

[NTG-context] floats in margin

2012-07-17 Thread Meer, H. van der
Trying a \placefigure[inmargin] and other margins settings gives an undefined control sequence error: \strc_floats_caption_set_align ...s_caption_align ]} argument ...box {\strc_floats_caption_set_align

Re: [NTG-context] floats in margin

2012-07-17 Thread Marco
On 2012-07-17 Meer, H. van der h.vanderm...@uva.nl wrote: Trying a \placefigure[inmargin] and other margins settings gives an undefined control sequence error: The following works here with 2012.07.17 00:23 \useMPlibrary [dum] \starttext \input zapf \startplacefigure [title=A figure,

[NTG-context] Is startalign broken in mkiv?

2012-07-17 Thread Matthias Weber
\starttext \startformula \startalign v = u + at \\ h = ut + \frac12 gt^2 \\ \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.17 16:42 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.17 int: english/english (...) ! Missing $ inserted. system tex error on line 3 in file test.tex: Missing $ inserted

Re: [NTG-context] math symbol: blacktriangle

2012-07-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-7-2012 22:36, Khaled Hosny wrote: On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 09:40:15PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: On 17-7-2012 19:39, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Andreas Mang wrote: Dear all, The \blacktriangle and \blacktriangledown symbol seem to be missing, though \blacktriangleright

Re: [NTG-context] Is startalign broken in mkiv?

2012-07-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 18-7-2012 00:22, Matthias Weber wrote: \starttext \startformula \startalign v = u + at \\ h = ut + \frac12 gt^2 \\ \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.17 16:42 MKIV fmt: 2012.7.17 int: english/english (...) ! Missing $ inserted. system tex error

Re: [NTG-context] math symbol: blacktriangle

2012-07-17 Thread Hans Hagen
On 17-7-2012 20:41, Andreas Mang wrote: Hi Aditya, Thanks for the advice. As I am a newby, I'd decided to respond to the list: I had a look at char-def.lua and I think the only thing that needs to be done is to add mathname=blacktriangle, to [0x25B4]={

Re: [NTG-context] Is startalign broken in mkiv?

2012-07-17 Thread Matthias Weber
Thanks - I wasn't aware that the human readable version had been deprecated :( Matthias On Jul 17, 2012, at 7:17 PM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 18-7-2012 00:22, Matthias Weber wrote: \starttext \startformula \startalign v = u + at \\ h = ut + \frac12 gt^2 \\ \stopalign

Re: [NTG-context] Is startalign broken in mkiv?

2012-07-17 Thread Khaled Hosny
The use of (which is a common symbol) as a control character is a long standing idiosyncrasy of TeX that I'm glad ConTeXt has got rid of. On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 07:32:09PM -0400, Matthias Weber wrote: Thanks - I wasn't aware that the human readable version had been deprecated :( Matthias

[NTG-context] simpleslides help needed

2012-07-17 Thread Pavneet Arora
Hello all, I am here at TUG 2012 updating the presentation that I am to give in the morning. I have had a couple of lingering questions regarding simpleslides that I thought I would put out there. They are not show stoppers, and I have lived with them in my other presentations. It is just

Re: [NTG-context] Is startalign broken in mkiv?

2012-07-17 Thread Matthias Weber
It was never a problem in TeX to modify the control characters used according to your own pleasure. For me, the problem is now to change the 200+ occurrences of start/stopaligns distributed over dozens of files to the politically correct syntax. Matthias On Jul 17, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Khaled

Re: [NTG-context] Is startalign broken in mkiv?

2012-07-17 Thread Rogers, Michael K
Here's a backward-compatibility hack that works on your minimal example. Maybe it will save the dozens of files without changing all the s: \let\oldstartalign=\startalign \let\oldstopalign=\stopalign \let\oldbs=\\ \def\startalign{\catcode`=4\let\\=\cr\oldstartalign}

Re: [NTG-context] simpleslides help needed

2012-07-17 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 18.07.2012 um 02:41 schrieb Pavneet Arora: Hello all, I am here at TUG 2012 updating the presentation that I am to give in the morning. I have had a couple of lingering questions regarding simpleslides that I thought I would put out there. They are not show stoppers, and I have