In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute
font sizes. I tried the code below. I put some quirks in, like the huge
value for "a", to see if it works, but it doesn't. It just uses the
preset
Am 06.06.2016 um 22:48 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Hi Thomas,
[Thanks for the hint re starting a new thread, I didn't know that, sorry.]
Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de>
6. Juni 2016 um 16:05
In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not
to do what I ex
Thank you Wolfgang, that solves the mystery. (As the poster is for a
philosophical association, "few words" is not applicable here.)
Am 08.06.2016 um 11:11 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de>
8. Juni 2016 um 10:35
Nevertheless, I prefer to k
Thank you Wolfgang, that is exactly what I was looking for.
I apologize for the incomplete example. I have no idea, however, how all
the empty lines got in there. They weren't there when I clicked "send",
only when I saw it in the list.
Thomas
Am 06.06.2016 um 12:32 schrieb Wolfgang
edit: Sorry, I meant the command \definebodyfontenvironment, of course,
like in the code sample.
Am 06.06.2016 um 16:05 schrieb Thomas Fehige:
In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute
font
In the fonts book I found the \definebodyfont command, but it does not
to do what I expected. What I need (for a poster) is a set of absolute
font sizes. I tried the code below. I put some quirks in, like the huge
value for "a", to see if it works, but it doesn't. It just uses the
preset
I'm trying to put a piece of text in a partial frame that's meant to
look like square brackets aligned with the left and right edges of the
textblock.
I tried to use two \framed constructions inside each other, the outer
one with width=textwidth and negative toffset and boffset, the inner one
I'm still trying to understand some ConTeXt ways of doing things, being
a kind of LaTeX native myself. I bought the context-fonts manual, but
still can't figure out how to implement a macro that does the simple(?)
following, especially item 3:
1. Make #1 uppercase [OK, in simple situations I
Is there a clean and easy way in mkiv to create text inline fractions
with a slash; something like 1{}^1/_2 to mean one and a half?
Thank you -- Thomas
___
If your question is of interest to others as well, please
The headline says it: As a convert from LaTeX I'm looking for the
functionality of LaTeX's picture environment, i.e. the placing of boxes
et al. according to absolute coordinates, possibly with calculating
measurements and coordinates on the go, like the stuff provided by the
picture package
Lovely, thanks Wolfgang! (Wish I knew how to find such things on my
own.) Cheers -- Thomas
Am 22.06.2016 um 15:45 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de>
22. Juni 2016 um 14:34
Is there a clean and easy way in mkiv to create text inline fractions
with a
Am 25.04.2016 um 14:48 schrieb Thomas Fehige:
Sorry, all of ConTeXt is still very new to me, and the documentation
often confuses me.
Am 22.04.2016 um 22:28 schrieb Hans Hagen:
you can define your own font .. search in the test suite for
fallbacks*.tex etc as well as extensions-*.tex
Thanks for the clarification, Wolfgang.
Am 20.04.2016 um 16:25 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
[...]
I was looking for a general way how to substitute one glyph with
another depending on context, thus I can't see how there are
different problems in my post? But it's good to hear that others have
Is there a way to tell ConTeXt to use one glyph where it would on its
own use another one? Two examples:
- In the font "Purisa Medium" the hyphen comes out as a line that is two
or three times fatter and even a little longer than the m-dash. That is
clearly wrong, and probably the font
Below is a minimal not-working example extracted from
"extensions-001.tex" in the fonts section of the test suite. From what I
understand of the code, the second line should read "XPrXcXdXPrX"
instead of "abracadabra". But it doesn't, it is still "abracadabra".
Compiling the original
Am 27.04.2016 um 17:10 schrieb Hans Hagen:
indeed they are lots of small examples (taken from the list or
experiments) but they show what can be done
if they crash (no sure what you mean there) it's most likely due to
fonts you don't have on your machine
Yes, many of the blank pages or
Sorry, all of ConTeXt is still very new to me, and the documentation
often confuses me.
Am 22.04.2016 um 22:28 schrieb Hans Hagen:
you can define your own font .. search in the test suite for
fallbacks*.tex etc as well as extensions-*.tex
For both searches the test suite answers "No matches
un --script fonts --list --all
To search a font (like didot) :
mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=*didot* --all
All these commands are the same on windows/linux/OS X
More information in French here :
https://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/ConTeXt
Hope that ich sende nicht Eulen nach Athens !
JP
Am 17.05.2016 um 14:59 schrieb Hans Hagen:
Using --tree is quite ok for this. Maybe TeXworks sets some
environment variable that interferes otherwise. Normally using the
full path should also work, so
/usr/local/context/texmf-linux-64/mtxrun
Well, it isn't normal, apparently. I remember I
://lesfichesabebert.fr/index.php/Context/Instalation, there are some
explanations about the TeXWorks typesetting setting. There are some screen
prints which may help.
- Mail original -
De: "Thomas Fehige" <tho...@fehige.de>
À: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Envoyé: Lundi 16 Mai 2016 17:46:13
I don't feel confident to
add this to the wiki, but maybe someone else does and will.
Thanks for listening -- Thomas
Am 17.05.2016 um 13:16 schrieb Thomas Fehige:
I tried that, no success (not very different from what I did before
either). Are there other tests that I could do? Can't anybo
Am 06.05.2016 um 13:39 schrieb L.S.-Soc:
I've searched through the mailing list, what the initial post to this
topic was, but i couldn't find it. If you're having trouble to make
context compile a document, try this:
- TeXworks tools.ini doesn't need to be edited manually. It's the file
For the time being, I think I'm giving up on pairing ConTeXt standalone
and TeXworks on my Xubuntu machine and try to try out SciTE.
In the manual it says that
If you want to use ConTEXt, you need to copy the relevant files from
/tex/texmf-context/context/data/scite
to the path were
ontext.lua'
--
Clueless greetings -- Thomas
Am 09.05.2016 um 13:02 schrieb Thomas Fehige:
To prevent misunderstandings: This is /not/ the solution, the problem
remains that the newly installed standalone mtxrun doesn't find
certain configuration files and complains about a
Am 29.04.2016 um 11:05 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
You need a newer context version.
OK, thank you, that helped. Everything is fine from the command line.
I seem to be overlooking something as to the setup of TeXworks, though.
I copied the programme calls from the _tools.ini_ that came with
Hello,
I'm new to ConTeXt and this list. After a long time of using LaTeX and
xeLaTeX I was finally lured into trying ConTexT by its ability of grid
typesetting.
Today's problem is a bit complex. In a book project I have several
points where stuff is capitalized or turned into
:
Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de>
19. April 2016 um 09:10
Hello,
I'm new to ConTeXt and this list. After a long time of using LaTeX
and xeLaTeX I was finally lured into trying ConTexT by its ability of
grid typesetting.
Today's problem is a bit complex. In a book project I have s
Thanks for the clarification, Wolfgang.
Am 20.04.2016 um 16:25 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
[...]
I was looking for a general way how to substitute one glyph with
another depending on context, thus I can't see how there are
different problems in my post? But it's good to hear that others have
Am 25.04.2016 um 14:48 schrieb Thomas Fehige:
Sorry, all of ConTeXt is still very new to me, and the documentation
often confuses me.
Am 22.04.2016 um 22:28 schrieb Hans Hagen:
you can define your own font .. search in the test suite for
fallbacks*.tex etc as well as extensions-*.tex
Am 29.04.2016 um 11:05 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
You need a newer context version.
OK, that helps. Everything is fine from the command line. I seem to be
overlooking something as to the setup of TeXworks, though. I copied the
programme calls from the _tools.ini_ that came with the ConTeXt
Sorry, all of ConTeXt is still very new to me, and the documentation
often confuses me.
Am 22.04.2016 um 22:28 schrieb Hans Hagen:
you can define your own font .. search in the test suite for
fallbacks*.tex etc as well as extensions-*.tex
For both searches the test suite answers "No matches
Am 25.04.2016 um 22:44 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de>
25. April 2016 um 20:12
Possibly the test suite you mean is not the same as the one that's
described on this page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Test_suite ???
That's where I "searched"
Am 25.04.2016 um 22:47 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
see s-lingual-de.mkiv
I'd do that, if I knew what that is and where I can find it.
There should be a file with this name in your ConTeXt folder.
But there isn't. After seraching the whole file system, these are all
the files with remotely
Am 03.05.2016 um 12:21 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
On 3 May 2016 at 11:51, Thomas Fehige <tho...@fehige.de> wrote:
Am 29.04.2016 um 11:05 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
You need a newer context version.
OK, thank you, that helped. Everything is fine from the command line.
I seem to be overl
:
Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de>
19. April 2016 um 09:10
Hello,
I'm new to ConTeXt and this list. After a long time of using LaTeX
and xeLaTeX I was finally lured into trying ConTexT by its ability of
grid typesetting.
Today's problem is a bit complex. In a book project I have s
Hello,
I'm new to ConTeXt and this list. After a long time of using LaTeX and
xeLaTeX I was finally lured into trying ConTexT by its ability of grid
typesetting.
Today's problem is a bit complex. In a book project I have several
points where stuff is capitalized or turned into
Am 25.04.2016 um 22:44 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster:
Thomas Fehige <mailto:tho...@fehige.de>
25. April 2016 um 20:12
Possibly the test suite you mean is not the same as the one that's
described on this page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Test_suite ???
That's where I "searched"
the command line.
Am 07.05.2016 um 12:49 schrieb Thomas Fehige:
Am 06.05.2016 um 10:04 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
Can you check the paths in the fourth tab (= Typesetting) of
Preferences/Settings? It is possible that you have more than one
version of ConTeXt installed and that you see different paths
Am 06.05.2016 um 10:04 schrieb Mojca Miklavec:
Can you check the paths in the fourth tab (= Typesetting) of
Preferences/Settings? It is possible that you have more than one
version of ConTeXt installed and that you see different paths in the
Terminal than in the GUI. Mojca
Yes I have two
I wonder how I can get crop marks to work. This is what I have, but they
don't show:
%=== MWE =
\definepapersize[Labelpaper][width=95mm,height=90mm]
\setuppapersize[Labelpaper][A4,portrait]
\setuplayout[
backspace=3mm,
margin=0mm,
topspace=3mm,
header=0mm,
maybe half a line on both, depending on how
more or less precise printer and cutting alignments work.
Thanks -- Thomas
Am 29.06.2016 um 12:37 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
On 29 Jun 2016, at 12:14, Thomas Fehige <tho...@fehige.de> wrote:
\definepapersize[Labelpaper][width=95mm,height=90mm]
maybe half a line on both, depending on how
more or less precise printer and cutting alignments work.
Thanks -- Thomas
Am 29.06.2016 um 12:37 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
On 29 Jun 2016, at 12:14, Thomas Fehige <tho...@fehige.de> wrote:
\definepapersize[Labelpaper][width=95mm,height=90mm]
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