[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello, Hans Hagen writes: > well, i put the older in in the latest anyway Rather belatedly, I tested this a few moments ago: it works flawlessly. Many, many thanks. Roger ___ If your question is of interest to

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hi Alan, Alan Braslau via ntg-context writes: > On Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:23:10 +0100 > Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > >> Am 25.02.24 um 13:12 schrieb Hans Hagen: >> > We could add a flag to the installer that doesn't update the >> > binaries but intead (advices) to build the bins but it assumes >>

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello Hans, Hans Hagen writes: >> Please do not go to this trouble on my account. I have decided to >> give >> up on context. > well, i put the older in in the latest anyway Many thanks, I will give it a try in the next day or so and respond to the list. Best wishes, Roger

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello Hans, Hans Hagen writes: > On 2/26/2024 12:22 PM, Roger Mason wrote: > >> Looks like the unset TEXMF and TEXMFCNF envars are a problem. What >> should they be set to and where should they be set? > fwiw, i'll do an update oen fo these days with the old bin

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello Hraban, Henning Hraban Ramm writes: > Usually, you don’t need to set any variables. > The default configuration file is also fine. > > Does "context --version" work? No: mtxrun | forcing cache reload resolvers | resolving | configuration files already identified resolvers

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello, Henning Hraban Ramm writes: > > I guess you’re lacking the main distribution package. > > My installation (tree -dL 4, partly shortened): > > . > ├── bin (installation only) > └── tex > ├── texmf-cache (necessary, but auto-created?) > │   ├── luametatex-cache > │   │   └──

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello Hraban, Henning Hraban Ramm writes: > Am 25.02.24 um 17:08 schrieb Roger Mason: >> Do I need mtxrun? If so, where are the sources and how do I build >> it? > > Yes, you need it, but it’s just an alias to luametatex: > > ~/context/tex/texmf-osx-64/bin $ ll &

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello, Roger Mason writes: > Hello Henning, Mojca, > > Mojca Miklavec writes: > >> There were some troubles with our infrastructure which led Hans to >> build the binaries himself without paying extra attention to >> compatibility with older systems. >&g

[NTG-context] Re: FreeBSD 13.2

Hello Henning, Mojca, Mojca Miklavec writes: > There were some troubles with our infrastructure which led Hans to > build the binaries himself without paying extra attention to > compatibility with older systems. > > You can find the binaries here: >

[NTG-context] FreeBSD 13.2

Hello, I've been away from ConTeXt for some time but now I want to install it on my FreeBSD 13.2 system(s) (I have not switched any machines to 14.0 yet). After unpacking, running the install scripts results in: ld-elf.so.1: /home/rmason/Software/Context/bin/mtxrun: Undefined symbol

Re: [NTG-context] Org-Mode for ConTeXt

Hell Jan, Jan U. Hasecke writes: > Dear all, > > Emacs and Org-Mode is central to my writing workflow as I use org-mode > for organizing my Zettelkasten.[1] > > Now I am looking for a way to extend the workflow an include ConTeXt. > > Is anybody aware of a ConTeXt export tool for Org-Mode?

Re: [NTG-context] luatex binary is too old

Hans Hagen writes: >> : Your luatex binary is too old, you need at least version 1.05! >> >> Where do I get the updated luatex binary? >> >> I'm running on FreeBSD 10.3, 32 bit. > Does that binary come from the garden too? > > Hans Yes, I did not compile it myself, if that

[NTG-context] luatex binary is too old

Hello, I just updated ConTeXt: context --version resolvers | trees | analyzing 'home:texmf' resolvers | globbing | confusing filename, name: 'README.txt', lower: 'readme.txt', already: 'ReadMe.txt' mtx-context

Re: [NTG-context] WYSIWYM editor on top of ConTeXt / Lout

Hello Jonas, Jonas Baggett writes: > Thank you for the suggestion. I was first thinking about incrementally > creating a custom format that evolves as features are implemented. And > for translating the custom format into a backend format, I was > thinking of creating files

Re: [NTG-context] WYSIWYM editor on top of ConTeXt / Lout

Hello, Jonas Baggett writes: > This is a blog post I recently published: > https://jonas17b.wixsite.com/monsite/home/wysiwym-editor-on-top-of-context-lout. > It > is about some ideas I have for a WYSIWYM editor like LyX, but it would > be designed for using more than 1

Re: [NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Hi Aditya, Aditya Mahajan writes: > > Note that this should be luatools --generate (two hyphens, which got > changed to an endash in the previous email). > Unfortunately 'luatools --generate' produces the same error. I have worked round the problem that sparked my original

Re: [NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Hi Dalyoung, Jeong Dal writes: > > I also had a similar problem recently after installing texlive 2017. > But it is resolved now by doing the following according to the suggestions: > > run mtxrun —generate and luatools —generate > > May be, “ luatools —generate" is OK. > I am

Re: [NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Aditya Mahajan writes: > > These are each 200MB, so sending by email might not work. > > I uploaded them temporarily to > https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dg8xuyab5x3anju/AAA-tALrMZuDUCgMXRaYK6JCa?dl=0 > > The versions might be off by one (i.e., the 2016-02-15 tar file might >

Re: [NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Hello, Parchd writes: > According to > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Reverting_to_an_older_installation > I think something like `sh ./first-setup.sh --context=2016.1.4` should > help you. This is what I did: sh ./first-setup.sh --context=2016.1.4

Re: [NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Hi Parchd, Parchd writes: > According to > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Reverting_to_an_older_installation > I think something like `sh ./first-setup.sh --context=2016.1.4` should > help you. Thank you. That is well worth a try. Cheers, Roger

Re: [NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> writes: > On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Roger Mason wrote: > >> Hi Aditya, >> >> Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> writes: >> >>> I have the zips for 2015.12.29 and 2016.02.15, if either of those >>> would work

Re: [NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Hi Aditya, Aditya Mahajan writes: > I have the zips for 2015.12.29 and 2016.02.15, if either of those > would work. For which operating system? Thanks, Roger ___ If your question is of interest

[NTG-context] Obtaining an old standalone

Hello, Is there a means of obtaining an old standalone? I would like to get ConTeXt ver: 2016.01.04 15:47 MKIV beta fmt: 2016.1.4 Thanks, Roger ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an

Re: [NTG-context] Line numbers in output

"Schmitz Thomas A." writes: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/startlinenumbering is what you > find when you search for “linenumbering” on the wiki. Thanks Thomas. I searched on 'context garden add line numbers'. Cheers, Roger

[NTG-context] Line numbers in output

Hello, Is there a switch to enable lines to be numbered in the output pdf document? I have seen the garden entries on numbering for sections of verbatim text but I would like the whole document to have line numbers. My ConTEXt version is 2016.01.04 15:47. Maybe it is time to update! Thanks,

Re: [NTG-context] problem with math: "\left" leads to "udefined symbol"

Hans Hagen writes: > > this just works here ... so can others confirm it? > > \starttext > > \startformula > x = \left ( 1 + 2 \right ) > \stopformula > > \stoptext > > Here too: resolvers | trees | analyzing 'home:texmf' resolvers | globbing | confusing

Re: [NTG-context] Systemwide installation does not work

Hello all, Alan Braslau writes: > After forcing a rebuild of the freebsd binaries and committing them to > the garden, first-setup.sh now seems to work correctly. Would you try > again installing on your system? > > I will try to see with Mojca what went wrong with the

[NTG-context] Systemwide installation does not work

Hello, System: FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE-p18. I deleted my old context installation and followed the instructions here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone#Standalone for a 'System-wide installation' in /opt/context Here is what happens: sh ./first-setup.sh --modules=all receiving

[NTG-context] Letter module and letterhead

Hello, Is it possible to use the letter module with letterhead? If so, is there an exaple somewhere? Thanks, Roger ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :

[NTG-context] module not found?

Hello, I'm running through Aditya's tutorial on makeing slides (http://randomdeterminism.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/creating-a-clean-presentation-style-in-40-commits/) I'm running standalone ConTeXt ver: 2014.05.06 14:35 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.5.6 int: english/english and I installed

[NTG-context] large delimiters for equation

Hello, I'd like to have delimiters that match the height of the fraction in an expression like this: \startformula c\Delta T = t\big{(} \frac{c}{v_s} - \frac{c}{v_f} \big{)}. \stopformula I looked in the docs and tried a few likely solutions without luck. Please accept my apologies if

Re: [NTG-context] large delimiters for equation

Thanks Aditya. Roger On 11/25/2013 12:21 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: \left( \frac \right) Aditya ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :

[NTG-context] DocBook

Hello all, I have a manuscript to review that I have managed to coerce into DocBook xml. I'd like to turn it into context so that I can mark it up in a comfortable environment. I just tried Simon Pepping's DocBookInContext package from 2003, but it fails on the provided test document: !

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook

Wolfgang, Thomas, Hans, On 12/18/2012 09:51 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 12/18/2012 12:47 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 18.12.2012 um 12:31 schrieb Roger Mason rma...@mun.ca: Hello all, I have a manuscript to review that I have managed to coerce into DocBook xml. I'd like to turn

Re: [NTG-context] Draft version of document

Hello Sietse, On 08/06/12 13:44, Sietse Brouwer wrote: Hi Roger, Firstly: drafts are indeed the way to go. \completelistoffigures places a complete list of figure *captions*, so that takes care of that. I have made this reply long because I lack the time to make it short. Cheers, Sietse

[NTG-context] Draft version of document

Hello all, Having used MkII to make a nicely formatted version of a document, I now need to make a draft version document in order to submit it to a journal. They want the figure captions as a list at the end of the document and the figures collected on pages at the end too. The draft

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt-- does it make sense for my needs?

Chris, Chris Lott ch...@chrislott.org writes: 3) PDF is my primary medium of exchange, though I would like to efficiently exchange docs with colleagues, which might mean getting them into something they can open with their beloved Microsoft Word... is there an RTF output for ConTeXt? this

[NTG-context] Zoom image in presentation

Hello all, I'd like to be able to zoom an image during a presentation. My thinking is that it might be possible by turning layers on and off interactively. I see in this message: http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20110426.183109.fc46c5a5.en.html that Hans said (enigmatically :-)) And

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: When you need a certain layout for a table you should consider switching to natural tables but a few of the nice features (e.g. loffset and the setups key) are only available in mkiv. I'll look into that. Thanks again. Roger

[NTG-context] Setting width of table column

Hello, I cannot find how to set the width of a table column. I am running MkII. The manual gives this: w set minimum column width at specified value I have currently: \starttable[|l|l|w5cm l|p|] but that italicises the content of column 3. I have tried variations to no avail. Thanks for any

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: You need parentheses! … | l w(5cm) | … Many thanks. If I may presume on your patience a little more... I now have: \starttable[| l s1 | s1 l | s0 lp w(10cm) | s0 l |] However, the entries in column 3 have line-feeds

Re: [NTG-context] Setting width of table column

Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: Don’t mix “p” and “w” keywords, “w” sets the width for a cell where you don’t want a line break in the cell while “p” is for paragraphs where you can set the width of the cell with “p(10cm)”. Many thanks Wolfgang. I've been using

Re: [NTG-context] Letter with letterhead

Hello Willi, Willi Egger w.eg...@boede.nl writes: though I am using MKIV only, it should also work with MKII \startsetups[letter:foot] \setlayer[letter:foot] [x=4.5mm,y=-2mm] {... whatever must go in here ...} [snip] Many

[NTG-context] Letter with letterhead

Hello, I must write a multi-page letter with only the first page as (pre-printed) letterhead. I adapted the Letterhead example from the wiki to fit the style of my institution. I would like to know how to revert the second and subsequent pages to use a default layout. If someone know how to

[NTG-context] (no subject)

Hello, I'm working on a project to set up exams, basing the work on Aditya's asignment class that was published in Practex in 2006. I have a problem getting title information printed correctly. This is a cut-down version: \setupcolors [state=start] \definecolor [colorone]

[NTG-context] Exams

Hello, Sorry, I sent this message to the list without a subject earlier today. I'm working on a project to set up exams, basing the work on Aditya's asignment class that was published in Practex in 2006. I have a problem getting title information printed correctly. This is a cut-down version:

Re: [NTG-context] Exams

Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu writes: You need to use \Exam... to access the values. Again, many thanks. Roger ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist :

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] ASCII text output

Hello Aditya, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu writes: If you are willing to add more markup, then TeX can do the parsing for you. \startquestion[title={Ruby coloured by}, points=1, difficulty=1] A ruby is a gem of corundum colored \startoptions \option Rutile \option Calcium

[NTG-context] [OT] ASCII text output

Hello, I need to convert an exam written in ConTeXt to an ascii text file like the following: NewQuestion,MC, Title,Which is gem, QuestionText,Which one of the following is regarded as a gem? Points,1, Difficulty,1, Image,, Option,0,Feldspar,, Option,100,Ruby,, Option,0,Sodium chloride,,

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] ASCII text output

Hello Aditya, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu writes: On Tue, 16 Feb 2010, Roger Mason wrote: Hello, I need to convert an exam written in ConTeXt to an ascii text file like the following: Before I go to the trouble of creating a parser to read the ConTeXt input and write the desired

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

Hi Mojca, Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com writes: 2.) The error is not related to minimals/wrong architecture. There may be several reasons. Agreed. I see the same problem on an X86_64 system. Different shell? echo $SHELL - /bin/bash (4.0_p28) Missing mkiv formats? (Can

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com writes: Different ruby version? I have no errors here, and $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [x86_64-linux] ruby 1.8.6 (2009-06-08 patchlevel 369) [powerpc-linux] Cheers, Roger

Re: [NTG-context] texexec --purge

Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:34, Mojca Miklavec wrote: The problem goes away if I comment out the lines 2053 and 2054 of tex.rb. I suspect that Kpse.runscript('ctxtools',rawbase,'--purge') if getvariable('purge') doesn't call

[NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

Hello, I just tried to install the minimals on: uname -a Linux perthite 2.6.30-gentoo-r5 #6 SMP Wed Jan 13 17:59:36 NST 2010 ppc64 PPC970FX, altivec supported PowerMac7,3 GNU/Linux but got: sh ./first-setup.sh Error: your system Linux ppc64 is not supported yet. Please report to the ConTeXt

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

hello Thomas, Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de writes: On Feb 1, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Roger Mason wrote: Hello, I just tried to install the minimals on: uname -a Linux perthite 2.6.30-gentoo-r5 #6 SMP Wed Jan 13 17:59:36 NST 2010 ppc64 PPC970FX, altivec supported PowerMac7,3

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com writes: On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 15:43, Roger Mason wrote: Hello, I just tried to install the minimals on: uname -a Linux perthite 2.6.30-gentoo-r5 #6 SMP Wed Jan 13 17:59:36 NST 2010 ppc64 PPC970FX, altivec supported PowerMac7,3 GNU/Linux Oh

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

Roger Mason rma...@mun.ca writes: Thanks. It is downloading now. I'll let you know how it turns out. MKII works: texexec --mode=manuscript --result=Manuscript.pdf --purge TheFourCs.tex ConTeXt ver: 2010.02.01 11:19 MKII fmt: 2010.2.1 int: english/english The document is made

Re: [NTG-context] mailing list question/problem

Hello Bernhard, Bernhard Rosensteiner brosenstei...@gmail.com writes: Please can somebody write back only that i can by certain that my messages become properly posted - thanks. I see your message. Best wishes, Roger

Re: [NTG-context] Context emacs-muse [possibly OT]

Hello Jean, Jean Magnan de Bornier jm.born...@free.fr writes: The math tag is indeed part of the official muse. A muse file containig only this: math\sum type = nMn/math works OK here. Are you sure you did'nt insert spaces like in math , which ought to give a result like yours? Yes,

Re: [NTG-context] Context emacs-muse [possibly OT]

Hi Jean, Jean Magnan de Bornier jm.born...@free.fr writes: All correct then. If I understand correctly you use gentoo's muse package. Maybe the problem is there, but it is hard for me to test that, I have a non-packaged muse installation. Can you show the value of

Re: [NTG-context] Context emacs-muse [possibly OT]

Hi Jean, Jean Magnan de Bornier jm.born...@free.fr writes: Le 19 octobre à 20:38:18 Roger Mason rma...@mun.ca écrit notamment: Hi Roger, Sorry I'm so slow today!! You have to say (require 'muse-latex2png) This is the file where the math and latex tags are defined. cheers, Bingo! Many

[NTG-context] Context emacs-muse [possibly OT]

Hello, I'm using emacs-muse to write a document to be published to ConTeXt. The document contains a little math. According to this wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_and_emacs-muse#Math it is possible to include math in muse using math and /math tags, which trigger corresponding $

[NTG-context] Landscape printing

Hello, I made a document that needs to be printed in landscape orientation on letter paper. I have this in the document: \setuppapersize[letter,landscape][letter,landscape] It looks fine in xpdf, but when I print the page has a very wide left margin and the last column of my table is off the

Re: [NTG-context] converting Word to Context

Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com writes: You could try to ask Steffen Wolfrum, he's a professional typesetter [1] and should have knowledge about word2context conversion, that's what I got from a few older mails from him. Thanks for the suggesttion Wolfgang. Best wishes,

Re: [NTG-context] converting Word to Context

Hello, J.A.J. Pater jajpa...@gmail.com writes: It is pretty easy when you use the word-to-latex program (http://kebrt.webz.cz/programs/word-to-latex/) See: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Word-to-LaTeX (Which could be renamed Word-to-ConTeXt?) Though I had some problems using the XML example

Re: [NTG-context] converting Word to Context

Hello Luigi, luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com writes: You can give a look also at http://opendocumentfellowship.com/projects/odfpy Thanks for the suggestion, I will have a look at it. Cheers, Roger ___

[NTG-context] converting Word to Context

Hello, There was thread a while ago about converting Word docs to Context. Did anyone make progress in setting up a workflow? Cheers, Roger ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] converting Word to Context

Hello Vyatcheslav, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky yatskov...@gmail.com writes: I did only some basic steps. )) Nothing to mention yet. What kind of documents you need to convert? Only simple ones, or containing formulaes, etc.? It is just a problem that comes up from time to time, rather than an

Re: [NTG-context] converting Word to Context

Hello Idris, Idris Samawi Hamid isha...@colostate.edu writes: Buggy but usable: OOo: doc - odt odt2txt: odt - markdown pandoc: markdown - context the buggeist part of the workflow is odt2txt: sometimes it skips footnotes or entire paragraphs. Thank you. I take it you mean

Re: [NTG-context] How to capture a typeset page into a box instead of shipping it out

Hello, Kevin D. Robbins krobb...@alumni.princeton.edu writes: Thanks for the suggestions Wolfgang and Luigi. I've now got several good options to research. Kevin I use 3 modes for teaching: manuscript -- notes that go on-line for students to download presentation -- pictures for

Re: [NTG-context] letter module

Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Roger Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I just downloaded the letter module and installed it by unzipping the t-letter.zip file into /usr/local/context_minimal/. When I try a test letter

Re: [NTG-context] letter module

Hi Wolfgang Mojca, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and Mojca Miklavec [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Roger Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I just downloaded the letter module and installed it by unzipping the t-letter.zip file into /usr/local

[NTG-context] letter module

Hello, I just downloaded the letter module and installed it by unzipping the t-letter.zip file into /usr/local/context_minimal/. When I try a test letter: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \startletter It is raining again. \stopletter \stoptext context fails with: systems : system

Re: [NTG-context] processing xml

Hello Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: take a look into the XML manual, the magazine is a little bit special and not the best starting point. http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-15.htm Thank you _very_ much. That was just what I needed: to quote the example I just ran:

[NTG-context] processing xml

Hello, I have a document converted from rtf to xml that I'd like to attempt to typeset using Context. As a starting point I tried to follow the procedure in a document from the wiki: mag-0008-1.pdf Dealing with XML. Having copied the first example document and stylesheet from that article and

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting: preliminary registrations open now

Jeff Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On appearances it sometimes feels like I'm the only North American user of ConTeXt (which is surely not true, though)! You are not alone! I'm in St John's, Newfoundland. So n = 2. Cheers, Roger

Re: [NTG-context] preview-context

Gour [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Since I plan to move to ConTeXt using AUCTeX, I'm interested to hear if there is some interest here (amongst emacs users) to have preview-context withing AUCTeX package? I'm interested in improved Context support in Auctex in general. I am a recent convert to

Re: [NTG-context] defining a command

Hello Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: \define[3]\oneplot {\placefigure[here][#3]{\bfc#2}{\scale[width=10.5cm]{#1}}} \starttext \oneplot{\blackrule[width=1cm,height=1cm]}{Blackrule}{plot:blackrule} See at \in{Plot}[plot:blackrule]. \stoptext Alternative solution

Re: [NTG-context] defining a command

Hello again, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: \definefloat[plot][plots][figure] \setupfloat[plot][command={\scale[width=5cm]}] What would the plural form be used for? Could I use it to define a combination? If so, how? Thanks for the help, Roger

[NTG-context] defining a command

Hello, I have this definition: \def\oneplot#1#2#3% {\placefigure [here][#3] {\bfc #2} {\hfil \scale[width=10.5cm]{#1} \hfil} } (It is modified from an example on the wiki that takes only the first two arguments). I use it like this: \oneplot % image % caption % reference

Re: [NTG-context] forbidden filenames in context?

Hello all, Thanks for the responses. Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ctx suffixes are kind of special (depends a bit how used, but as part of workflows context will read them as xml files and lookup mapped names) and tmp is used for buffers and such (but normally the buffer name is

[NTG-context] forbidden filenames in context?

Hello, I have two identical files, one named main.ctx.tex and the other tmp.ctx.tmp. The latter was made by copying the former. Both files contain just this: \starttext \stoptext %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: context %%% TeX-master: t %%% End: tmp.ctx.tex compiles fine, but main.ctx.tex

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Middle Ages, almost BC in ConTeXt time... Must update, I'd start with a fresh, clean TeX if I were you. I think I just made it to the renaissance: TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD Cheers, Roger

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Hello all, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: you can try the current beta It did not work with my updated version: texexec --version TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD ctxtools --contexttools CtxTools | version 1.3.3 - 2004/2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD figures :

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (./main.ctx.tuo)) where does that name come from ... ctx is reserved for context job control files The file name being compiled is main.ctx.tex. I'm using the dual extension .ctx.tex as a way of telling my editor (emacs) to invoke the context mode of

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Hello Jean Peter, Jean Magnan de Bornier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, AucTeX does recognize a LaTeX file from a ConTeXt file; no need for that! I did it like that because I have (setq-default TeX-master nil) in my .emacs so it asks then inserts the local variables that Peter mentioned.

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Hi Thomas, Thomas A. Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gentoo version numbers are not something that many people around here will know. I assume that 3.0_p1 refers to gentoo's tetex ebuild. This is ancient, tetex has been unmaintained for almost two years (and gentoo should be ashamed

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Hello Hans, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Roger Mason wrote: well, we can misuse the number= key . % patch, goes in cont-new.tex I'm sorry to trouble you but... I applied the patch. When I try to compile my file it fails like this: ! Undefined control sequence

[NTG-context] switching to Context

Hello, I'm thinking of making the switch from latex to context, indeed I'm working on my first non-trivial document as a trial. I have some questions. (1) Is it possible to do conditional compilation? I wish to use context to write lecture notes with embedded pictures. I'd like to compile the

Re: [NTG-context] switching to Context

Luigi and Thomas, Thank you both very much for your suggestions. It appears that much is possible beyond the simple inclusion/exclusion I had considered. Just yesterday(!) I extracted from a pdf file the text to pass on to a colleague. Now why did I not think of that when I had the same need!

[NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Hello, I'm making progress in using modes - thanks again for the help so far that was given in the switching to Context thread. I have followed Thomas Schmitz' practex article and have set up modes for presentation and manuscript. I am using external figures on most of the slides. In

Re: [NTG-context] selectively turn off captions

Hi Wolfgang, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: \setupfloat[figure][default=none] Thanks, but that did not work. The only thing that seems to work is to put {none} for the caption. However, that means I'm not going to have captions in the manuscript version either. Cheers, Roger