[NTG-context] Becoming a TeX/ConTeXt poweruser

Hello, I was fed up with LaTeX, and became a newbie user of ConTeXt, and I think it's great and I really agree with the philosophy. However, I also have to agree with some of what has been said about the lack of good documentation for those learning ConTeXt.  I've built a couple of simple

Re: [NTG-context] \definebodyfont not working for \typesetbuffer

On 10/16/2016 08:16 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> Pablo Rodriguez 16. Oktober 2016 um 20:07 >> [...] >> Neither does it work now. > > Use \definebodyfontenvironment[17pt]. Many thanks for your fast reply, Wolfgang. It works as expected. Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

Re: [NTG-context] mathsf / mathversions in context

Csikos Bela 14. Oktober 2016 um 16:56 Wolfgang Schuster írta: I would like to set up Tex Gyre Adventor sans serif font as my math font (even if it doesn't havemath symbols). I have two questions related to this problem. 1. In latex I can specify math font

Re: [NTG-context] \definebodyfont not working for \typesetbuffer

Pablo Rodriguez 16. Oktober 2016 um 20:07 Wolfgang, I did it before sending the message and it didn’t work. \startbuffer[buffer:inside] \definebodyfont[17pt] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Pagella] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 17pt] \starttext \input zapf \stoptext

Re: [NTG-context] \definebodyfont not working for \typesetbuffer

On 10/16/2016 07:59 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> Pablo Rodriguez 16. Oktober 2016 um 19:56 >> [...] >> As suggested by Wolfgang, \definebodyfont should work. It worked then >> (https://mailman.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2016/085260.html), but it >> doesn’t work with latest beta from

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

Russell Urquhart writes: > but why couldn't you do: > > AsciiDoc => DocBook => Pandoc => reveal.js Because, as I’m told, only {txt,md} => reveal.js routes are currently supported in Pandoc. > It worked for me, here was my source: That worked, is a bit twisted in

Re: [NTG-context] \definebodyfont not working for \typesetbuffer

Pablo Rodriguez 16. Oktober 2016 um 19:56 Dear list, I have the following sample: \definebodyfont[17pt] \startbuffer[buffer:inside] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Pagella] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 17pt] \starttext \input zapf \stoptext \stopbuffer \starttext

[NTG-context] \definebodyfont not working for \typesetbuffer

Dear list, I have the following sample: \definebodyfont[17pt] \startbuffer[buffer:inside] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][TeX Gyre Pagella] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 17pt] \starttext \input zapf \stoptext \stopbuffer \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes in footnotes

Otared Kavian writes: > Indeed the example you sent does not work as expected, but as far as I > remember for nested footnotes one can use the following construction It’s a bit convoluted, but, well… Otoh, it’s interesting to note that in my static-site-generator which uses

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 05:29:10PM +0200, Saša Janiška wrote: > Yeah, I kmow about using e.g. AsciiDoc(tor)’s docbook5 backend to export > to DocBook which can be used as input format in Pandoc, but the problem > is if I would liek to e.g. use Pandoc to create e.g. reveal.js > presentation, then

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes in footnotes

Hi Jose Luis, Indeed the example you sent does not work as expected, but as far as I remember for nested footnotes one can use the following construction (I found this exmaple in my archives…): begin nested-footnotes.tex \starttext This\footnote{Or that\note[footB], if you prefer.}%

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

Hans Hagen writes: > (These projects need pdf and html, all kind of products from > one source or collection of sources). Forgot to ask, whether for those products that require pdf and html, do you work with the tex (context) sources or xml? If the answer is ’context’, I’d like

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

Russell Urquhart writes: > While Pandoc does NOT input asciidoc, i use Asciidoc FX, as a > previewer, and it also exports out to html, pdf, and i think you can > get it to export to DocBook. Yeah, I kmow about using e.g. AsciiDoc(tor)’s docbook5 backend to export to

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 12:33:49PM +0200, Saša Janiška wrote: > Russell Urquhart writes: > > I do not (atm) have need for complex tables. Moreover, I’ve learnt that > atm. Asciidoc is not supported input format for creating presentations > with Pandoc… While Pandoc

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes in footnotes

Jose Luis Arellano writes: > Dear list, > I want to report a possible bug (I think), when one try to put a > footnote into another footnote, here is MWE (from wiki): > > \starttext > This\footnote{Or that\footnote{Or possibly even the other.}, if you > prefer.} is a

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 12:25:39 +0200 Saša Janiška wrote: > > then start making your own ... such styles are rather simple and not > > much coding in the document source is needed .. just develop your > > own look and feel after a while > > It’s clear you’re not into

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

Hans Hagen writes: > actually, some styles use layers and js to step through them .. very > efficient and minimal javascript But that’s more like helpers, right? Still, wonder how portable is that in different PDF viewers? Sincerely, Gour -- In this endeavor there is no loss

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

On 10/16/2016 12:25 PM, Saša Janiška wrote: Hans Hagen writes: just look at the presentation styles in the distribuition. Many of them you can just process to get an example Will do. then start making your own ... such styles are rather simple and not much coding in the

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

Russell Urquhart writes: > I had first started looking at Markdown, but then came to Asciidoc, > as, imo, Asciidoc is a superset of Markdown. In my previous job, and > some in my current job, there is a need to have tables that have cells > that go across multiple rows

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

Hans Hagen writes: > just look at the presentation styles in the distribuition. Many of > them you can just process to get an example Will do. > then start making your own ... such styles are rather simple and not > much coding in the document source is needed .. just develop

[NTG-context] Issue with \blank halfline and title heads

Dear list, I would like to have a chapter title consisting of 1 line, halfline spacing, another set of lines, and another halfline spacing (I use grid=both but same issue with grid=yes), but I fail to acheive this. I give a simple MWE that shows wanted effect (without heading) which works all