[NTG-context] Cellspacing like in HTML-Tables?

Do you know cellspacing for HTML-Tables? How to do something simmilar for TABLE in ConTeXt? \starttext    \bTABLE   \bTR           \bTD{Text 1}\eTD           \bTD{Text 2}\eTD   \eTR    \eTABLE \stoptext --

[NTG-context] Rotating two lines in a table

I am searching since several days  now tomorow y need a solution :-( I want to rotate two lines with: \starttext    \bTABLE   \bTR           \bTD{\rotate[rotation=90]{first line\crlf second line}}\eTD   \eTR    \eTABLE

[NTG-context] Rotating two lines in a table

I am searching since several days now tomorow y need a solution :-( I want to rotate two lines with: \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD{\rotate[rotation=90]{first line\crlf second line}}\eTD \eTR \eTABLE \stoptext but instead of: (rotated 90°)

[NTG-context] Metapost: I only need a little bit padding

I want to have a rectangle (box) with a word in it (i.g. Headline). And all should be rotated 90°. Below I found a solution I am quite happy with. How can I get a little bit more padding around the text in the box? You can copy the example to http://live.contextgarden.net/ - it is running:

[NTG-context] label in Metapost

Ten years ago I made a book with ConText and some Metapost. I made a circle and wrote the number into it: \startuseMPgraphic{Pagenumber} defaultfont := pxb; defaultscale := 1.5; fill fullcircle scaled 36pt withcolor .75white; numeric i; string pagex; i := PageNumber; pagenum = decimal i; label(

[NTG-context] codefolding with Kate or Kwrite

Hello, is someone else using the editors kate and kwrite? Code-highlighting is working. What I need ist code-folding for ConTeXt. Is this possible? I have huge makros with lots of \doif ... \else ... \fi and it is hard to surf through the code. What else would be nice: auto-indentation ...

[NTG-context] space before and after headlines

I want to create a macro for headlines. - before the headline there should be a big space - after it a small space - when the headline is at the beginning of the page there shouls be no space before the headline. A workaround could be this - although it's not very comfortable: \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] space before and after headlines

It's working. I have put the example into the wiki. What can be done to say: 26pt before the heading and 13pt after the heading instead of using \blank ? \setuphead [subject] [before={\blank[2*big]}, after={\blank[big]}, style=bold] \starttext \subject{Headline 1} \stoptext

Re: [NTG-context] space before and after headlines

What’s wrong with the \blank command? \setuphead [subject] [before={\blank[2*big]}, after={\blank[big]}, before={\blank[26pt]}, after={\blank[13pt]} Nothing wrong - everithing in best order. I didn't know that it's possible to use sizes with \blank. I put the information

Re: [NTG-context] calculating with dimension unit

Ok, I now put the \ctxlua into an other chapter: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Calculating_with_dimension_units Can you say something to the missing points there? Wich meethod?, \the and Expanding If you don't know how to edit the context-wiki, please write your information here in the

Re: [NTG-context] calculating with dimension unit

Hello, thanks for the helpfull tipps. Only one wasn't working: \defineexpandable\ColumnABii {\ctxlua{context([==[\ColumnA + \ColumnB]==])}} ColumnABii: \ColumnABii The result is: ColumnABii: 30mm+ 40mm And it should be ColumnABii: 70mm And in the other cases I get back:

Re: [NTG-context] calculating with dimension unit

Thank you all!! My book from last year (15.000 lines text + context-code and 1.500 lines macro-code now was compiled without no further problems! I only had to change all \define\variable ... to \defineexpandable\variable ... I think, now I understand a little bit more about ConTeXt

[NTG-context] calculating with dimension unit

In a book I produced with ConTeXt last year, I did a lot of calculation to be able to change the layout dynamicaly. With the actual version of ConTeXt I can't compile the book. I have tried a lot of things today ... without success. I hope my minimal-example helps you to understand, what I

[NTG-context] ConText on webspace

Is it possible to instal and runl ConText on webspace? Which requirements and limitations are needed? Have a nice weekend ... in Germany sun is shining :-) Regards Janis ___ If your question is of interest to others

[NTG-context] Kile for ConTeXt

Does anyone here uses Kile for ConTeXt? On contextgarden-wiki I read has native ConTeXt support as well. I installed Kile and as the only thing concerning ConTeXt II found Build - Compile - ConTeXt But no highlighting or autocompletion. Google gave no answer. Do I have to install an

Re: [NTG-context] ConText on webspace

Is it possible to instal and runl ConText on webspace? Which requirements and limitations are needed? define webspace I have webspace hosted at the german provider (1und1) where my homepage is running. It contains php, perl, python, mysqld. I have access via - ssh - ftp It's NOT a

[NTG-context] Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'

An example which was working with ConText (version beginning 2012) - and now I get an error: \define\imagepath {/home/janis/images} \starttext \externalfigure[\imagepath/test.jpg] \stoptext LuaTeX error [string \directlua ]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\i' Without my parameter

Re: [NTG-context] Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'

The following two commands seem to do the same: \defineexpandable\... \def\... And this two also do the same: \define\... \unexpanded\def\... \def is a low-level-command and shouldn't be used. Right? Regards Janis

Re: [NTG-context] Again: LuaTeX error: invalid escape sequence near '\i'

In last year Context this worked: \define\imagepath {/home/janis/images} \externalfigure[\imagepath/test.jpg] Now this change is necesarry: \defineexpandble\imagepath {/home/janis/images} Where do the change come from: Context, Tex or Luatex? Is there a genereal change which we have to

[NTG-context] [***SPAM***] Updating Context or Never change a running System?

Hello, I did my last Context-Project 15 months ago - a small book. Now I want to write the next book. Do you suggest to update my Context-installation? I have installed ConTeXt Standalone (Minimal?) My versions are: Contextversion: 2011.11.04 14:15 Contextversion -Number: 20004 14:15

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] Updating Context or \Never change a running System\?

I have installed ConTeXt Standalone (Minimal?) My versions are: Contextversion: 2011.11.04 14:15 Contextversion -Number: 20004 14:15 MKIV Textengine LuaTeX Textengine-Number: 0.70.1 old The release notes here seem to be old: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes What nice

Re: [NTG-context] doublesided PDF - first and last page singlesided

Hello, someone, who understood what I want to achieve? http://www.imagebanana.com/view/shoayek5/onlinebook.jpg Or more questions? Regards Janis - Copy - Re: [NTG-context] doublesided PDF - first and last page singlesided Jan Heinen Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:29:20 -0700 Hello, some

Re: [NTG-context] doublesided PDF - first and last page singlesided

Hello, some were guessing, what I want to achieve. I made a screenshot for you: http://www.imagebanana.com/view/shoayek5/onlinebook.jpg It ist the online-version of a printed book. For printing it was ok to have one bookpage on one sheet of paper. For the online-version I want to have two

[NTG-context] doublesided PDF - first and last page singlesided

Hello, someone here on a sunday? I want to have a PDF-screen-version of my booklet: The book has 8 pages including the coverpages. The result should look like this: (first and last page NOT doublesided) 1 first page of the pdf (coverpage) 2 3 second 4 5 third 6 7

Re: [NTG-context] doublesided PDF - first and last page singlesided

I was lucky to get a fast answer - but with your code I don't get the right result: -- start your code \startmode[booklet] \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2SIDE] \stopmode \starttext First page \startmode[booklet] \null \page \stopmode etc. \stoptext Thomas -- stop With

Re: [NTG-context] Integration of the ConTeXt-Wiki and the ConTeXt-Mailinglist

Hello Mari, On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 15:33, Jan Heinen jahei...@gmx.de wrote: It's not perfekt jet - but it helps to get more information to each command and to integrate the wiki and the mailinglist. What do you think about this and could it be improved? I really like

[NTG-context] Integration of the ConTeXt-Wiki and the ConTeXt-Mailinglist

Hello, in the wiki I have built links for every command to the archiv of the ConTeXt-Mailinglist: e.G. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/pagereference See at the bottom. It's not perfekt jet - but it helps to get more information to each command and to integrate the wiki and the

Re: [NTG-context] Request to help categorizing commands on wiki

Jan Heinen did some heaving wiki editing in order to achieve better categorization of different topics on the wiki. One particular part where your help would be welcome is a big number of different commands listed here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Commands It would

Re: [NTG-context] interactive pdf with rotated buttons don't work

Good morning :-) I am still not able to rotate the buttons without loosing the hyperlinks; see code at the bottom. And I have an extra question: How can I make a linebreak after each button. I have tried \crlf and \par before every \button ... it's not working :-( Best wishes, Janis --

Re: [NTG-context] interactive pdf with rotated buttons don't work

Hello Wolfgang, I like your solution and will take it. For everyone who engages with this issue here is my own less elegant solution: \definelayer [Kontaktdaten] [state=start]% \setupbackgrounds [page] [ background=Kontaktdaten, state=start]% \setupinteraction[state=start]

[NTG-context] Translate tooltip on button in pdf

Hello how to change the tooltipps from english First page to german Erste Seite? \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext \button {\scale[height=2em] {\symbol[navigation 1][nextpage]}} [NextPage] \page \button {\scale[height=2em] {\symbol[navigation 1][previouspage]}} [PreviousPage]

Re: [NTG-context] Integration of all the information around ConTeXt

Nearly half of the work is done now. I 've grouped lots of the ConTeXt-commands into categories (subcategories): http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Category:Commands There you also find commands which are not grouped in subcategories yet. Do you have ideas for more subcategories? If you don't

[NTG-context] interactive pdf with rotated buttons don't work

Hello, I built an interactive PDF with some buttons. Without rotation everithing works. But with rotation the hyperlinks are gone: \definelayer [Kontaktdaten] [state=start]% \setupbackgrounds [page] [ background=Kontaktdaten, state=start]% \setupinteraction[state=start]

[NTG-context] Integration of all the information around ConTeXt

Hello, with the help of ConTeXt and the ConTeXt-Mailinglist I successfully have generated a book which will be printed next week :-) Thankl you - everyone! And now I would like to give something back to ConTeXt :-) There is a lot of information around ConTeXt: Material of Hans Hagen, this

Re: [NTG-context] Integration of all the information around ConTeXt

At step 5 (see below) please delete [[category:Commands]] But only when you write a new category. And I just got the proof for my book ... it looks great! Regards Jannis - Copy - Hello, with the help of ConTeXt and the ConTeXt-Mailinglist I successfully have generated a book

Re: [NTG-context] Overprinting

I have tried every combination of Luigis solution and get Black text do not overprint (german: schwarzer Text wird nicht überdruckt) for every page of the example for the following code in the Preflight of Acrobat: Here is an online version of the Preflight:

Re: [NTG-context] Overprinting

, sind innerhalb Ihrer erzeugten Datei zwar alle überdruckend eingestellt, visuell allerdings aussparend. My translation: The text on box 2 is formated as overprinted but visualy spared out. What the hell is going on? Regards Jannis On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Jan Heinen jahei

[NTG-context] Preparing the print: ICC-Profiles, Fogra, (in german untranslatable)

My book is ready and I want to print it next week. 1. The printer told me to set up my PDF with the following values: PDF/X-1a:2003, ISO Coated v2 (ECI) 2. And I did: \setupbackend [format=PDF/X-1a:2003, intent={ISO Coated v2 (ECI)}] 3. Then I send a test-PDF to my printer and got the

Re: [NTG-context] Overprinting

I again must come to this point. At the end of this week I want to give my book (pdf) to the printer to print. But he says: Your texts are not overprinted over colored areas. What do I have to do? The company who prints my books says that my text is not overprinted over the framed boxes.

Re: [NTG-context] Layout: odd, even and newLayout

Hi, no answer to my question? To easy or to difficult? Please see above. Isn't it possible to define individual layouts when using the default layouts like odd and even? Regards Jannis = Copy I first want to use layouts for odd and even pages and then I want to use a newLayout but it

[NTG-context] Layout: odd, even and newLayout

I first want to use layouts for odd and even pages and then I want to use a newLayout but it does not work: \setuppapersize[A5][A4] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided, location=inleft] \setuplayout [marking=on, location=middle] \showframe \definelayout

[NTG-context] A5 on A4 - top/left-corner of A5 should be 0,0

Hello I have put an A5-page on A4-paper. And then I put a cow on to the page ... but it should be on the top/left-corner of the A5-page instead of the A4-page: I know, one posibility would be to use x=... and y=... in \definelayer. Isn't there an easier way to refer to the A5 instead to the

[NTG-context] Stop hyphenation and have normal linebreaks

Hello, I read 300 messages in the mailinglist but didn't find the solution: How to stop hyphenation and have normal linebreaks? \language[de] \starttext Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft

Re: [NTG-context] Stop hyphenation and have normal linebreaks

I was reading another 200 emails and found the solution myself: = \setupalign[nothyphenated,right,broad] This example is working: \language[de] \starttext Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft

[NTG-context] bold is not working (simplefonts)

Hello, I want to get bold text - without simplefonts it is working - with simplefonts it does not work. What is wrong and what do I have to do? My example: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Allerlight] \starttext This is not bold! {\bf Is this bold?} This is not bold! \stoptext Regards

Re: [NTG-context] Overprinting

Here the results of my question: I asked my print-service, if the pdf I generated with the code (look at the end of this email), is ok. The text in the second frame should be overprinted. The answer of the printer: in the preflight he can see the overprinting, in the print-preview he can't.

Re: [NTG-context] Not wanted hidden spaces when you compress fonts

Hello, when I turn off the compression [extend=0.8] - [extend=1] the problems are gone :-) ... the compression unfourtunately also :-( What do I have to configure to get the compression without spaces? :-) Regards Jannis = copy Hello, if I compress a font, there are suddenly hidden

[NTG-context] Overprinting

The company who prints my books says that my text is not overprinted over the framed boxes. They do a preflight with Adobe. I think, I made no mistake - what do you think? I hope it is not a missing \par? \setupcolors[state=start,rgb=no,cmyk=yes] \definecolor[myc] [c=.40, m=.10, y=.50, k=0]

[NTG-context] CMYK and Linux

I am working with Linux and it seems to be a littlebit difficult to test if a resulting PDF from Context is cmyk (I don't have Adobe). With the frontend display from Imagemagick I get the following information about the pdf: Type=PaplatteMatte Colorspace=RGB Debth=16/8-bit Hasn't the PDF to

[NTG-context] Not wanted hidden spaces when you compress fonts

Hello, if I compress a font, there are suddenly hidden spaces between words. You can't see the spaces in the PDF, but when you copy the text from the PDF to an editor you can see the spaces. And when you search for a word (with hidden spaces) in the PDF, the word can't be found. This is the

Re: [NTG-context] Pagereferences to more than one page

Though I searched a lot for the question in the bottom, - I could not find a parameter for \at which solves my problem - I could not find any other command which helps me Is this a limitation of ConText? I can't imagin that I am the only one and first who wants to reference to more than one

[NTG-context] Pagereferences to more than one page

Happy New Year! I want to reference to more than one page. In the exampe above only page 2 is referenced - how to get 2,4 ? \starttext You can find red vehicles on \at{page:}[red] Here I want to see: You can find red vehicles on page 2,4 (only page 2 is wrong) \page

[NTG-context] Center (horizontal + vertical) an image in \setframed

Hello I want to center (horizontal and vertical) an image in a frame. 1. What Do I have to add? \setlayerframed [Kontaktdaten] [ width=120mm, height=120mm, hoffset=50mm, voffset=50mm ] [strut=no,offset=overlay,frame=on]

Re: [NTG-context] Center (horizontal + vertical) an image in \setframed

Dear luigi, You have missed a '}'... I didn't forget the brace. In the eMail I sent to the mailinglist there was a leftbrace tilde rightbrace rightbrace tilde rightbrace were eaten by the internet :-( Thanxs for the solution with hss and vss Jannis

[NTG-context] help

___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl /

Re: [NTG-context] Huge PDFs

I found another way to compress PDFs: The ConText-command \pdfcompresslevel=9 qpdf and ghostwriter also helped. Thanx Jannis ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

[NTG-context] Huge PDFs

Hello, lots of my images are huge 200x250mm. I reduce their size with: \externalfigure[cow][width=20mm, heigth=25mm] After generating the PDF, the pdf is very huge. 1. Can't Context put the reduced image into the PDF? 2. How can I generate one PDF version for printing (300dpi) and one for the

Re: [NTG-context] Huge PDFs

/ pdf - pdftops -ps -ghostscript -pdf // seems to be more robust and gives better results // -- // luigi / I will give it a try: Can you tell me the commands with all the parameters I need ? I have tried the following: #!/bin/sh suffix=_opt.pdf pdftops -paper match -level3 $1.pdf

[NTG-context] Huge PDFs

pdf - pdftops -ps -ghostscript -pdf seems to be more robust and gives better results -- luigi I will give it a try: Can you tell me the commands with all the parameters I need ? Regards Jannis ___ If your

[NTG-context] Whitespacing and Interlinespacing for \startitemize ... \stopitemize

Hello two questions for \startitemize (1) Start ... Stop for interlinespacing How can I declare some spacing only for an itemization: \setupinterlinespace [0.4em]{ ... } does not work: \starttext \setupinterlinespace [0.4em]{ \startitemize \item aaa aaa

[NTG-context] Interlinespace in layers

Hello, I am struggling with interlinespace and layers. With the help of this mailinglist I managed to use layers and to format the text in the layers. There is only one error I can't get rid of: before and after the first line of my text in a layer there ist a bigger space. In all the other

Re: [NTG-context] Interlinespace in layers

I solved the problem myself: First I used \showstruts to se struts - and only before and after the first line there were struts. Then I added the following argument into the \setlayerframed: strut=no \setlayerframed [Kontaktdaten] [ width=80mm, height=180mm,

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing

As a newby I am already able to do lot's of nice things with ConTeXt - but I am struggling with some basics: fonts and linespacing. Ok ... I have to learn more than I thought :-) 1. Where can I find the typescript for aller? Or do I have to write my own typescripts? 2. As a second font I am

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing

Excuse me Wolfgang ... your typescript type-aller.mkii and type-aller.mkiv was already on my computer. I ran: first-setup.sh --modules=t-typescripts And then I compiled your code with: context test.tex \starttext \start \setupalign[right,broad]\definedfont[file:allerlt*default at

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing - typescript

Where do you got the font files from, I checked the version from fontsquirrel [1] and dalton maag [2] and saw that both use different file names and in my ypescripts I used the names from fontsquirrel. You are right - my aller und my libertine were from other website with diferences in

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing - typescript

Regenerate the font database with “mtxrun --script font --reload” and try it again. That was not successful. However, I changed your code a bit and now it seems ok: When I use: \definedfont[name:allerlight*default at 36pt] instead of: \definedfont[file:allerlt*default at 36pt]

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing

When “file:allerlt” doesn’t work your fonts have a different filename than mine. What output on the command line do you get? keima:TeX wolf$ mtxrun --script font --list --all aller* aller aller /Users/wolf/Library/Fonts/Aller_Rg.ttf allerbold allerbold

[NTG-context] Problems with linespacing

I can't find what I am doing wrong in my tex-file. 1. I have little problems with the linespacing when I use big fontsizes. The text looks uneasy. Here you can see the problem ... (1) and (2) on the image http://www.imagebanana.com/view/bipcpje7/Linespacing.png And why does (3) runs to the

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with linespacing

Wolfgang, thanx for your fast response. The typescript does not find my allerlight. I have tried name:allerlight ... without success. But I am happy with \definefont[name:...] and \setupinterlinespace Now I still need a possibility to have a bigger linespacing after a paragraph

Re: [NTG-context] Scite-syntax-highlighting (solved)

Hello, problem solved! 1. I made a new installation of Scite 2. put the lexer from scintillua into the scite-rootdirectory (including the directoryname /lexer/) 3. and then the lexer from my context-installation And now highlighting works :-) Regards Jannis

[NTG-context] ConvertToConteXt - convert special ConTeXt-characters (PHP)

Hello, I am just programming a catalog which should be printed. I have a lot of data, text and pictures in a MySQL-database and want to generate a nice catalog with ConTeXt. To get the data from MySQL to ConTeXt I use PHP as an Interface: MySQL - PHP - ConTeXt And lot's of ConTeXt-macros

[NTG-context] ConvertToConteXt 0.2 - convert special ConTeXt-characters (PHP)

At first: I am ConTeXt-newby and know PHP very well. @Peter Münster/Aditya Mahajan : I think \startasci and \stopasci is not the solution, when you generate ConTeXt-code with php full of ConTeXt-macro-calls: because sometimes the special-characters are ConTeXt-special-characters and

[NTG-context] syntax-highlighting

Hello, I've installed Scite on a Linux-Computer. I can build the pdf with F5; when I start to write a context-command the completion is suggested, e.g. \pa - \page There is no syntax-highlighting. How to switch it on? Regards Jannis

Re: [NTG-context] nice friends-book with ConText - quite ready

Hello it was a ConText-night, and as a newby I learned a lot about ConText :-) Here is what I wanted to get: http://www.imagebanana.com/view/f4o3un2c/Entwurffriends.png And here are my results: http://www.imagebanana.com/view/8vq30irn/ContextLayers.png There are only little things which

[NTG-context] nice friends-book with ConText

Hello, I hope the answer is easier than the question :-) I am a ConText-Newby and am struggeling with the huge amount of ConText-commands. I want to make a little book with infos and fotos of our friends - and I am afraid, the nice layout I have in mind is to complicated or impossible with

Re: [NTG-context] nice friends-book with ConText

Step by Step I'm going forward. This shuld be the result, when I am ready: http://www.imagebanana.com/view/f4o3un2c/Entwurffriends.png At the moment I try to get the foto into a layer. Though the layer is definded as 30x40mm and the foto as well - the foto does not fit into the layer: the

Re: [NTG-context] nice friends-book with ConText

With the change to [strut=no,offset=overlay] the result looks a litlebit better. Though there is still whitespace to the left and to the right. \definelayer[Kontaktdaten][x=50mm,y=150mm,width=30mm,height=40mm,state=start] % size is ignored!