[NTG-context] first-setup.sh patch

hi there, here is a simple patch for first-setup.sh in a nutshell: - removed the first check for ruby. the same check is performed at the end of the install process again, and IMHO it is a much better place to show some reminders to the user after many screenfuls of rsync flew by. - a

Re: [NTG-context] identation question

hmm, on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 03:25:32PM +0200, frantisek holop said that hi there, this is a quickie for the gurus: i would like to get an inverted identation, where the first line is not inverted but all indented of course... -f -- the cow

[NTG-context] identation question

hi there, this is a quickie for the gurus: i would like to get an inverted identation, where the first line is not inverted but all the others are: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque nibh ipsum, consectetur sit amet, pellentesque eget, egestas ac,

[NTG-context] setup/startnarrower question

hi there, what would be the equivalent of the following \startnarrower[2*left,0*right] \stopnarrower using \setupnarrower ? my problem is that \setupnarrower takes dimensions, while \startnarrower takes... i am not sure what actually... \startnarrower[..,...,..] ... \stopnarrower ...

Re: [NTG-context] identation question

hmm, on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 10:11:36AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan said that There may be better ways to do this, but you can always fake it by negative indentation. \setupindenting[-2cm,yes] \starttext \input knuth \stoptext the problem is, that this messes with the margin... the first lines

Re: [NTG-context] identation question

hmm, on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 05:12:26PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster said that There may be better ways to do this, but you can always fake it by negative indentation. Tricky, it's possible with \hangindent/after but ... heh, i must admit i really thought this will be a quickie :] this is when

[NTG-context] launchpad

hi there, i am just having my first look at launchpad for context and the external link has a typo in it right on the first page. it says http://minimals.contextgarde.net/ instead of http://minimals.contextgarden.net/ -f -- there are no esc keys on prison pcs.

[NTG-context] startup script stubs (for unix)

hello gang, after almost a year of traveling i am back. anybody missed me? :] thought so. i have made the openbsd installation of context on top of texexec3 wiki page on the context wiki because i frequently reinstall my notebook and start from scratch with all my software. i realize by now

Re: [NTG-context] startup script stubs (for unix)

hmm, on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 07:17:34PM +0100, Peter Münster said that On Wed, 11 Feb 2009, frantisek holop wrote: i have made the openbsd installation of context on top of texexec3 wiki page on the context wiki because i frequently reinstall my notebook and start from scratch with all

Re: [NTG-context] startup script stubs (for unix)

hmm, on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 04:52:49PM +0100, Mojca Miklavec said that That folder is not meant to be a replacement for binaries. It's just a folder where files can be taken from and put somewhere else afterwards. They don't have the x bit set because zip on windows doesn't handle permission

Re: [NTG-context] launchpad

hmm, on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 05:40:14PM +0100, Patrick Gundlach said that Hi, i am just having my first look at launchpad for context and the external link has a typo in it right on the first page. it says http://minimals.contextgarde.net/ instead of

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost 1.002 announcement

hmm, on Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 06:44:54PM +0100, Taco Hoekwater said that The MetaPost team is happy to announce a new release of MetaPost: -- MetaPost 1.002

[NTG-context] nesting \startitemize

hi there, context, just as latex can nest \startitemize, the context manual says max level 4. by default context uses the symbols for these 4 levels o level 1: bullet -- level 2: dash * level 3: asterisk level 4: triangle it is very easy to change these per the manual.

Re: [NTG-context] nesting \startitemize

hmm, on Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 09:02:34PM +0200, Mojca Miklavec said that \setupitemize[1][n] \setupitemize[2][a][left=(,right=),stopper=] \setupitemize[3][i] \setupitemize[4][1] % symbol nr. 1 ehm... thank you very much :} -f -- if you don't think women are explosive, just drop one!

Re: [NTG-context] nesting \startitemize

hmm, on Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 09:02:34PM +0200, Mojca Miklavec said that \setupitemize[1][n] \setupitemize[2][a][left=(,right=),stopper=] \setupitemize[3][i] \setupitemize[4][1] % symbol nr. 1 ok, i would like to create 2 types of itemizations like in latex. \begin{enumarate} vs

Re: [NTG-context] setupwhitespace (was: definewhitespace)

sorry, the subject should have setupwhitespace, not define -f -- this message written by sandy. a highly trained dolphin. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

[NTG-context] \usepackage{pslatex} equivalent for context

hi there, i was wondering if there was a quick and dirty equivalent for latex's \usepackage{pslatex} http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pslatex/#jh1c2c136f7e9809d3217b77eccac957d6: This is a small package that makes LaTeX default to `standard' PostScript fonts. It

[NTG-context] starttabulate vs starttable

hi there, please consider the following minimal examples: \starttext \starttable[|l|l|l|] \NC MidE \VL early ModE \VL ModE \NC \SR \HL \NC ge:s \VL gi:s \VL geese \NC \FR \NC na:m \VL ne:minimal \VL name \NC \MR \NC mi:s \VL mays \VL mice \NC \LR \stoptable

Re: [NTG-context] \usepackage{pslatex} equivalent for context

hmm, on Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 04:22:49PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid said that Hi, On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:00:02 -0600, frantisek holop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi there, i was wondering if there was a quick and dirty equivalent for latex's \usepackage{pslatex} http://ctan.org/tex

[NTG-context] definewhitespace

hi there, i am in 2 column mode and i can't seem to make setupwhitespace work. i would like to put some really small whitespace between paragpraphs. so for it's 1 or 0. either a fixed amont of space, or none. the docs say: \setupwhitespace[...] ... none small medium big line fixed fix

Re: [NTG-context] starttabulate questions

hmm, on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 07:52:00PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan said that Tabulate started as a mechanism to replace table, so the syntax was kept the same. Right now, tabulate does not implement vertical rules, so in the context of tabulate, having a last \NC seems redundant. As far as I

[NTG-context] starttabulate questions

good evening, all the examples in the manual use \NC before \NR is this a necessity? what is the logics behind this? is it more like an ending to the previous \NC ? \starttabulate[|l|l|l|] \NC A. \NC This Perfect Day \NC Ira Levin \NC \NR \NC B. \NC Opstaan op Zaterdag

[NTG-context] indent and blank question

hi there, i am working on a book format document using: \setupindenting[medium,yes] so the parapgrahps have no whitespace between but the first line of the next paragraph is indented. as is customary, i would like to start a new part (lacking a better word) of the same chapter without a title,

[NTG-context] cv templates

hi there, i just had a look at the archives looking for some cv ideas... i was wondering if some nice people who have already battled their way thru some cv designing could upload their cv templates into the wiki. perhaps there could be a repository of some common doc types... thank you, -f --

Re: [NTG-context] cv templates

hmm, on Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 09:57:19PM +0200, frantisek holop said that i just had a look at the archives looking for some cv ideas... hi again :) after some more searching i have found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europass might be useful, might be not. but the more interesting part

[NTG-context] OT: typo-fun

hi there, is it possible to achieve this somehow?: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/images/404-2/book.png :) -f -- the perfect guest is one who makes his host feel at home. ___ If your question is of interest to

Re: [NTG-context] OT: typo-fun

hmm, on Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 02:37:02PM +0200, Hans Hagen said that frantisek holop wrote: hi there, is it possible to achieve this somehow?: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/images/404-2/book.png i am sorry, i wasn't specific enough. what i meant was, to have a book in context, any

[NTG-context] setting up quotations

hi there, i have just finished reading the archives from the times when there was no \setupquotation only \setupquote i am glad that now a \setupquotation exists, but my problem seems to be that \setupquotation affects all quotations... consider the following example: \setupquotation

Re: [NTG-context] setting up quotations

hmm, on Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:01:12PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid said that Note that ConTeXt by default is rather bland. The defaults are not intended as some typographic ideal, in contrast to LaTeX. thanks. i realize that flexibility is a plus here, on the other hand creating macros even

Re: [NTG-context] vertically centered aligment of different sized texts

hmm, on Thu, May 18, 2006 at 08:48:23AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater said that The mathematical center of the line is not necesarily the optical center, so a somewhat more correct approach would put all the stuff in an \hbox and then compute manually how far it has to drop down. i haven't used latex

Re: [NTG-context] vertically centered aligment of different sized texts

hmm, on Thu, May 18, 2006 at 11:57:47AM +0200, Hans Hagen said that i haven't used latex for quite some time now, so i can't recall how problematic it was to accomplish something like this, but i find it interesting that there is no easy approach to this. there probably is, so can you

Re: [NTG-context] vertically centered aligment of different sized texts

hmm, on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:53:47PM +0200, Taco Hoekwater said that Abusing math mode is easiest: \def\vcentered#1% {\dontleavehmode\mathematics{\vcenter{\hbox{#1 \starttext {\tfc The \vcentered{{\BigFont 7}\high{th}} Seal} \stoptext thanks a lot. but if this is

Re: [NTG-context] vertically centered aligment of different sized texts

hmm, on Wed, May 17, 2006 at 06:28:51PM +0200, Willi Egger said that Hi, Vertical positioning requires a \strut as an anchor. Hereafter you might use \vfill \vfill \starttext \strut \vfill Your Text \vfill \stoptext i think this is something else. this

Re: [NTG-context] narrower

hmm, on Tue, May 16, 2006 at 10:45:32AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater said that The use of narrower is a bit abnormal. Either use: \setupnarrower[left=3cm, right=3cm] \startnarrower[left,right] or \setupnarrower[middle=3cm] \startnarrower % [middle] is default thanks a lot. is

Re: [NTG-context] new release

hmm, on Tue, May 16, 2006 at 01:06:26AM +0200, frantisek holop said that your texmf.cnf file should contain: TEXFONTMAPS = .;$TEXMF/fonts/map/{$progname,pdftex,dvips,}//;$TEXMF/{$progname,pdftex,dvips}/{config,}// as long as we have no uniform map file syntax, progs needs

Re: [NTG-context] Possible users meeting?

hmm, on Mon, May 15, 2006 at 02:55:46PM +0200, Taco Hoekwater said that One of the things we discussed was this: If there is sufficient interest, we could organize a ConTeXt (mini)conference. conferences make the world go around :) as the timeline is quite stretched, i propose to make a wiki

Re: [NTG-context] spurious space before section heading but only in pdf mode

hmm, on Sat, Apr 08, 2006 at 11:12:56PM +0100, Sanjoy Mahajan said that Thanks, those two space removals in enco-pfr.tex fix it. I guess when I upgrade to pdftex 1.30 I'll unchange it. it seems that people are more afraid to upgrade their pdftex than context. in my opinion upgrading context

[NTG-context] \startlines and whitespace

hi there, i am puzzled about the following issue. there's extra whitespace between the centered line and startlines, while when using \crlf, there is not. \startlines is an environment i guess (i come from latex) and some environments sometimes add extra whitespace in latex, if i recall

Re: [NTG-context] \startlines and whitespace

hmm, on Tue, May 16, 2006 at 06:27:12PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan said that Use the before and after mechanism. \setuplines[before={\startnarrower[3cm]},after=\stopnarrower] \midaligned{test} \startlines There snores -- I mean sleeps -- my wife so frail. There snores -- I mean sleeps -- my

[NTG-context] vertically centered aligment of different sized texts

hi there, another question to which shamefully i cannot find the answer. perhaps it's just too late... consider the following example: \definefont[BigFont][Regular sa 3] \starttext {\tfc The {\BigFont 7}\high{th} Seal} \stoptext how can i make that line vertically centered, like --, the

Re: [NTG-context] texexec

hmm, on Fri, May 05, 2006 at 12:03:15AM +0200, Hans Hagen said that I'd like to make the ruby version of texexec the default. Are there any strong objections to this? Also, i'd like the stubs to run texmfstart as launcher. For that purpose i'll add a /scripts/context/stubs/[mswin|unix] path

Re: [NTG-context] new release

hmm, on Tue, May 09, 2006 at 03:11:23PM +0200, Hans Hagen said that Warning: pdfetex (file /usr/local/share/texmf-local/fonts/map/dvipdfm/context/original-base.map): invalid entry for `fmvr8x': font file missing It works if i remove (or rename) the dvipdfm directory. What can i

Re: [NTG-context] some patches

hmm, on Mon, May 15, 2006 at 09:23:21AM +0200, Hans Hagen said that (btw, is there a clever way to avoid this sudo stuff and become real root?) i think i missed why you need to become root. is this for regular runs of context in the future? -f -- will you leave me alone if i give you a quote?

Re: [NTG-context] ! I can't find file `ec-lmr12'. Again!

hmm, on Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 10:34:44PM +0200, Jilani Khaldi said that You skipped section 5: Install a Latin Modern font update I downloaded lm.zip and I followed the the indication in the readme file, but the error persists. Any new hint? did you do a texhash after? many file names

Re: [NTG-context] pdf document info fields

hmm, on Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 12:52:29PM +0200, Hans Hagen said that what is the rationale behind the Creator pdf field context sets? for radnoti.tex i get: Creator:ConTeXt/user/radnoti.tex no rationale except that you can trace the pdf file back to the source i know this

Re: [NTG-context] \setupmarginrules

hmm, on Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 07:12:18PM +0200, Hans Hagen said that \def\doalinealijn#1#2% {\doifelsevalue{\??al#2\the\alteller\c!rule}\v!on {\linewidth\getvalue{\??al#2\the\alteller\c!rulethickness}% \scratchdimen#1% \advance\scratchdimen-\linewidth \divide\scratchdimen

[NTG-context] pdf document info fields

hi there, what is the rationale behind the Creator pdf field context sets? for radnoti.tex i get: Creator:ConTeXt/user/radnoti.tex -f -- you can never get rid of a bad temper by losing it. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] pdf document info fields

hmm, on Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 01:36:21AM +0200, frantisek holop said that Creator:ConTeXt/user/radnoti.tex also, how can i set the Subject and Keywords fields? \setupinteraction's role in this context is not documented at all (what parameters it takes, etc) but author and title seems

Re: [NTG-context] RFC: 'What would you like in an Text Editor?'

hmm, on Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 10:24:36AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater said that * Good spellchecking, including private and special-purpose dicts. * A re-wrap paragraph implementation that leaves lines that do not start with alphanumerics alone * support for different input encodings, notably utf-8

Re: [NTG-context] Frontmatter setup

hmm, on Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 11:25:42AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater said that \setupsectionblock [name] [number=yes|no, page=yes|right, before=\command, after=\command] this doesn't seem to work with ver: 2006.02.15 \setupsectionblock [frontmatter][number=no]

Re: [NTG-context] Frontmatter setup

hmm, on Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 02:19:54AM +0200, frantisek holop said that hmm, on Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 11:25:42AM +0200, Taco Hoekwater said that \setupsectionblock [name] [number=yes|no, page=yes|right, before=\command, after=\command] this doesn't seem to work

[NTG-context] \setupmarginrules (was: Re: \page inside a block)

hmm, on Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 07:49:57PM +0100, Willi Egger said that Hi Frantisek The correct command is \setupmarginrules[rulethickness=2pt]. The option is rulethickness and it takes a dimension. i have tried this and it doesn't seem to work. \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2]

Re: [NTG-context] \setupmarginrules

hmm, on Sun, Mar 26, 2006 at 10:12:01PM +0200, Vit Zyka said that \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs[poem][1][width=.25\textwidth] \setupparagraphs[poem][2][rule=on] \setupmarginrules [rulethickness=5pt] this sets rules for margins. I guess the

Re: [NTG-context] \page inside a block

black magic, all of it! i tell you! :))) well, Hans, i guess your middle name is \T for \TeX :) when the poem gets long, i need to start a new page obviously. but page is not working. what am i missing here? that it's unbreakable stuff (vbox) also, using \page is one thing, good

Re: [NTG-context] \page inside a block

so, lo and behold, a beginner \TeX{}er's solution: ---%- \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs [poem][1][width=.35\textwidth] \setupparagraphs [poem][2][rule=on] \def\StartPoem#1{% \startpoem \ifx#1\undefined\else\section{#1}\fi

[NTG-context] \page inside a block

hi there, the following is a minimal example of the layout i am working on. ---%- % output=pdftex \enableregime[latin2] \setuppapersize [A5][A5] \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs [poem][1][width=.35\textwidth] \setupparagraphs

Re: [NTG-context] Context Garden, wiki not accesable

hmm, on Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:22:19PM -0500, Jeffrey Drake said that You definitely haven't seen our network administators. The proxy we run: Generated by squid/[EMAIL PROTECTED] This version is from 1997 at best. Not many people have a great deal of faith in them. there are quite a few

Re: [NTG-context] \defineparagraphs, \setupparagraphs newbie question

hmm, on Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 09:46:28AM +0100, Taco Hoekwater said that frantisek holop wrote: it is not clear to me after reading the manual what are before, after, inner, or that if these could be used for something like this. To replace the \startlines ... \stoplines you mean

[NTG-context] \defineparagraphs, \setupparagraphs newbie question

hi there, i am trying to step a 2 column paragraph \defineparagraphs [poem][n=2] \setupparagraphs [poem][1][width=.4\textwidth] \startpoem poemtitle \poem \startlines ... ... \stoplines \stoppoem the second column is always in \startlines .. \stoplines it is not clear to me after

Re: [NTG-context] updating ConTeXt to latest on openbsd-current Q #3

hmm, on Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:12:18AM +0100, Mojca Miklavec said that On 3/6/06, frantisek holop wrote: ok, the only problem i see at first glance is \{o} (long hungarian umlaut) is with a wave and not the proper umlaut. could this be a problem with context's encodings? i presume

[NTG-context] updating ConTeXt to latest on openbsd-current

hi there, i am a (somewhat) long time pdflatex user and i am trying to convert to ConTeXt. openbsd comes with teTeX 3.0 pre-packaged, that is with a very old ConTeXt. the package has some openbsd specific stuff, but minimal, and only for keeping cnf files between updates and a couple of paths

[NTG-context] updating ConTeXt to latest on openbsd-current Q #2

hi there, my second question, is more like asking for pointers... where can i read more about fmtutil, and how come that context does not use it when (i assume) pdftex does? --\startquote--- Cleanup fmtutil Optionally, you can remove ConTeXt

[NTG-context] updating ConTeXt to latest on openbsd-current Q #3

hi there, this (for the moment) last question is not really about the upgrade but about context itself. this is the problem because of which i upgraded in the first (but not the only) place. please consider the following minimal example: % \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] updating ConTeXt to latest on openbsd-current Q #3

hmm, on Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 11:04:25PM +0100, Taco Hoekwater said that This is one of the latin modern fonts. ConTeXt depends on the latin modern package, and will not run without errors if latin modern is not installed. thanks for the all the answers... this all could be in the wiki

Re: [NTG-context] updating ConTeXt to latest on openbsd-current Q #2

hmm, on Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 10:57:57PM +0100, Taco Hoekwater said that Finally, what goes wrong: unless you either delete the teTeX-supplied context formats or change texmf.cnf, the old formats will be found first by kpathsea. excellent explanation. so is it either or? is it enough to