Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?

2005-11-04 Thread luigi.scarso
What do I do with ConTeXT? 1. price-lists from xml (DB exports) ; 2. labels for shoes and dresses, from xml/csv ; 3. data sheetes (barcodes, code number and so on ), from xml/csv ; luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] spreadsheet

2005-10-25 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen Test wrote: Jilani Khaldi wrote: wait till pdfluatex is out -) Does it have to do with the Lua language, or lua in middle has an other meaning? the language http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/luatex.pdf Hans I cannot resist

Re: [NTG-context] Re: function plotting

2005-10-05 Thread luigi.scarso
Peter Münster wrote: On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Alexander Lazic wrote: \usemodule[pstric] \starttext \startPSTRICKS \psplot[plotpoints=100]{0}{1}{x 360 mul sin} \stopPSTRICKS \stoptext Thanx i have try an get: figures : figure pstest-texapp can not be found but there is the

Re: [NTG-context] bug in \seeindex

2005-09-28 Thread luigi.scarso
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: And I don't have a solution, but another bug in registers: if you modify my example like so: \starttext This \index{This} and \index{And} that \index{That}. \placeindex \stoptext you'll see one interesting detail in the pdf: This and That are in the index under

Re: [NTG-context] ruby, Lua, Megapost, tcl, ...

2005-09-19 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: btw, it's not a dependency: lua will be 'always pesent in the binary' and since we nowadays only have one binary ... also, my guess is that adding it to aleph is easy ok, secret link: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/luatex.pdf FANTASTIC!! It's what I want. I

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] lilypond inclusion + pdf crop

2005-09-16 Thread luigi.scarso
andrea valle wrote: My program is written in Python. wow, so i'm not the only one.. I don't want, too. I'd like to have python :) Did you see http://pyx.sourceforge.net/ and http://oedipus.sourceforge.net/py2tex/ luigi ___ ntg-context mailing

Re: [NTG-context] \setupbodyfont[10dd]

2005-09-14 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: yeah, a nice job for the coming winter, in my just finished library anex study annex attic annex music room -) More I see style.pdf, more I like it (...about colors:with xpdf it's not easy to read) I'm sure that we need it : it will fill a hole. For programmer ,we have

Re: [NTG-context] Linux and Context on 64 bit

2005-09-14 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Those executabless are now part of the minimal distribution: http://context.aanhet.net/context/install/linux64tex.zip $uname -a Linux stanley.log.net 2.6.11-6mdksmp #1 SMP Tue Mar 22 15:40:42 CET 2005 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz unknown GNU/Linux $ ldd

Re: [NTG-context] \setupbodyfont[10dd]

2005-09-13 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: Mojca Miklavec wrote: Don't ask me why, but apparently these minimalistic differences are pretty important in publishing. You're joking, aren't you? Publishing as dictated by the dtp world is only concerned about a few things: As soon as possible, you should complete

Re: [NTG-context] Linux and Context on 64 bit

2005-09-12 Thread luigi.scarso
I build/install and run teTeX 3.0 on RHEL 3 IA64 SUSE 9.0 AMD64 without any problem. And of course ConTeXt (standard with teTeX or updated for latest release) works very well too. FYI Thanks to all. With a bit of lucky, I will able to setup my new baby this week. luigi

Re: [NTG-context] No parindent?

2005-09-12 Thread luigi.scarso
Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: (And keep your hopes up, I'm steadly heading towards the end of my PhD :)) shine on, you crazy diamond !!! luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Linux and Context on 64 bit

2005-09-09 Thread luigi.scarso
Hi, I need some help in installing linux and context on a DellPowerEdge 1850 with IntelXEON (64 bit) I see something on mailing list about linux64inst.tar.bz2 (a broken link http://tex.aanhet.net/temp/linux64inst.tar.bz2 (7247788bytes) ) but it's unclear to me how to go on (well, it's

[NTG-context] Adobe reader 7.0.1 for linux

2005-09-08 Thread luigi.scarso
While downloading reader 7.0.1 for linux, I read this from adobe site: By downloading software from the Adobe web site, you agree to the terms of our license agreements, including that you agree not to use Adobe Reader software with any other software, plug-in or enhancement which uses or

Re: [NTG-context] Undefined control sequence \starttypescriptcollection

2005-09-07 Thread luigi.scarso
Pearson, Mark (Capita Symonds) wrote: - START OUTPUT - $ texexec --version what about $texexec --verbose luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

[NTG-context] Filling forms

2005-09-06 Thread luigi.scarso
Hi, I'm working on a project that require filling forms. Every field has (x,y,width,height) dimension and ui=(barcode,texEdit) type (textEdit has some attributes too) I wrote this %-- \unprotect \definelayer[BackLayer]% \setupbackgrounds[page][background={BackLayer}]

Re: [NTG-context] strange behaviour of colors

2005-09-06 Thread luigi.scarso
Mojca Miklavec wrote: Hello, In the following example, the title color changes on the second page. How can I avoid that? I can probably switch the cmyk/rgb colors off, but I would like to keep them as rgb/cmyk if possible. \setupcolors[state=start] \setuphead[title][page=yes,color=blue]

Re: [NTG-context] strange behaviour of \mirror inside itemize

2005-09-06 Thread luigi.scarso
Mojca Miklavec wrote: Try this code out with: \startitemize \item \XETEX \item \PDFETEX \stopitemize it seems a bug.. luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] How this LaTeX code could be translated into ConTeXt?

2005-09-02 Thread luigi.scarso
Jilani Khaldi wrote: Hi All, Migrating to Context, for italian users there is also http://www.guit.sssup.it/forum/ I need to translate this code from Latex \begin{table} \begin{tabularx}{16cm}{|c|X|X|} \hline blabla blabla blabla\\ \hline ... \hline \end{tabularx} \end{table} Any hint?

[NTG-context] update modules.pdf to latest release

2005-09-02 Thread luigi.scarso
Update modules.pdf to 2005.08.31 distro, with pdftex 1.30.2 luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] modules.pdf: release 2005.08.31 for tomorrow

2005-09-01 Thread luigi.scarso
I was busy, so i planned to make this new release for tomorrow. luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] [Fwd: ConTEXt Newbie: Column/table background color - which table model/command?]

2005-08-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all, Forwarding this from c.t.t. It looks like perhaps the OP's code is correct and something in ConTeXt is wrong (at least I cannot find anything wrong with the example code, even with \setupcolors[state=start], I get no background color). Perhaps somebody who has

[NTG-context] Unable to make cont-en.fmt

2005-08-25 Thread luigi.scarso
Hi, while installing latest pdftex 1.30.1 I have messed with some configs files and now I am unable to remade format. So $ fmtutil --byfmt cont-en gives running `pdfetex -ini -jobname=cont-en -progname=context -8bit *cont-en.ini' ... This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.30.1 (Web2C 7.5.5)

Re: [NTG-context] Unable to make cont-en.fmt

2005-08-25 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Luigi, It attempts to read the file *cont-en.ini, with the star included in the name. From personal experience, I know that this will happen when pdfetex is not really pdfetex, but a non-etex pdftex ... (because of a symlinked executable, i'll wager) symlink it's the

[NTG-context] modules.pdf

2005-08-23 Thread luigi.scarso
Fix partial contents; see http://contextgarden.net/User:Luigi.scarso/modules.pdf luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] font missing for palatino

2005-08-19 Thread luigi.scarso
Fixed: \usetypescript [berry] [ec] \setupencoding[ec] \loadmapfile [context-base] %%add this \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] \starttext test \stoptext (cfr. http://contextgarden.net/Psnfss) luigi ___

[NTG-context] pdfetex manuals

2005-08-19 Thread luigi.scarso
I have compiled pdfetex 1.30 manuals ; they are at http://www.logosrl.it *)pdftex-a.pdf: A4 *)pdftex-l.pdf: letter *)pdftex-s.pdf: screen To compile, I have to patch pdftex-t.tex adding \loadmapfile [context-base] after \usetypescript [adobekb] [\defaultencoding] *)samplepdf.zip: samplepdf dir

Re: [NTG-context] pdfetex manuals

2005-08-19 Thread luigi.scarso
luigi.scarso wrote: I have compiled pdfetex 1.30 manuals ; they are at http://www.logosrl.it http://www.logosrl.it/context Sorry *)pdftex-a.pdf: A4 *)pdftex-l.pdf: letter *)pdftex-s.pdf: screen To compile, I have to patch pdftex-t.tex adding \loadmapfile [context-base] after \usetypescript

[NTG-context] modules.pdf

2005-08-19 Thread luigi.scarso
Update to latest distro;see http://contextgarden.net/User:Luigi.scarso/modules.pdf luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] font missing for palatino

2005-08-18 Thread luigi.scarso
Hi, with following code %--- \usetypescript[berry][ec] \setupencoding[ec] \usetypescript[palatino][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[palatino] \starttext test \stoptext %-- I've a

[NTG-context] modules.pdf

2005-08-17 Thread luigi.scarso
I'm now synchronized with latest distro (2005.08.05) and pdfetex 1.3 Under http://www.logosrl.it/context/ there are *)modules.pdf (~21MByte) *) modules.zip, used to make modules.pdf *)patches.zip, a zip file with following patches: core-rul.patch font-chi.patch spec-fdf.patch supp-lan.patch

[NTG-context] modules.pdf

2005-08-17 Thread luigi.scarso
Mojca Miklavec wrote: I would suggest to keep the old files and name them like 2005-08-16-modules.pdf done (and perhaps to keep all the files (except ConTeXt itself of course) since they have to be updated from time to time as new files are added to the distribution). That way the old

[NTG-context] Latest distro

2005-08-16 Thread luigi.scarso
Is 2005-08-15 latest distro ? luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] \type ,\meaning eror check

2005-07-29 Thread luigi.scarso
I have this problem: %% test.tex %-save this with utf-8 encoding-- \language[it] \enableregime[utf] \newif\ifArticleError %% \def\startArticle[#1]{% \getparameters[ARTICLE][#1] \setbox101=\vbox{% \csname ARTICLEdescription\endcsname% } %% here some sorts of checking %% if there are

Re: [NTG-context] \type ,\meaning eror check

2005-07-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: AFAIK, there is only one way to do this: write a new tex file on- the-fly and run a separate texexec on that file (using \write18), then parse the resulting log file for the occurence of any errors. Not simple at all, I'm afraid. hmm, i've hundred of \startArticle..

Re: [NTG-context] \type ,\meaning eror check

2005-07-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Sorry, the correct solution is: \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter\type \expandafter\expandafter\expandafter {\expandafter\scantokens\expandafter{\Temp}}% sounds good, thanks (I was missing some \expandafter ...) luigi

Re: [NTG-context] \page[+2]

2005-07-28 Thread luigi.scarso
Elena Fraboschi wrote: Dear All: This is like going to school: every evening I study a very narrow topic in ConTeXt, the idea being Si va piano, si va lontano (go slow and you'll get far). Well, i know Chi va piano, va sano e lontano, chi va forte va alla morte, something as One who goes

Re: [NTG-context] PDF output versions?

2005-07-26 Thread luigi.scarso
Brooks Moses wrote: I just noticed that when I compile ConTeXt files with texexec -pdf, my copy of Acrobat 5 complains about the PDF version of this file is too new for this viewer, but when I compile LaTeX files with pdflatex, I don't get that complaint. Is there some way to set ConTeXt

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request

2005-07-26 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: Mojca Miklavec wrote: for that, but it doesn't take the baseline into consideration, so it has to be manually tuned for every line, every font every font size (printed and compared if it looks OK). \definelayer[text][height=\textheight,width=\textwidth] \showgrid

[NTG-context] Help with interaction

2005-07-20 Thread luigi.scarso
Hi, I would like that whan i click over 'Bho' at page 1 I go to page 2 and see the title Bho \setupinteraction[state=start, focus=width] \starttext \about[etichetta] \page \section[etichetta]{Bho} \input tufte \stoptext This piece of latex does the thing I want %%% latex \documentclass[a4paper,

Re: [NTG-context] Help with interaction

2005-07-20 Thread luigi.scarso
luigi.scarso wrote: Hi, I would like that whan i click over 'Bho' at page 1 I go to page 2 and see the title Bho \setupinteraction[state=start, focus=width] \starttext \about[etichetta] \page \section[etichetta]{Bho} \input tufte \stoptext This piece of latex does the thing I want %%% latex

Re: [NTG-context] Paragraph internal graphic/layout inquiry.

2005-07-19 Thread luigi.scarso
Matthias Weber wrote: You can comment out the line \doifnotmode{demo}{\endinput} There is probably also an invocation of TeX with a command line option which sets the mode. I made it with $texexec --pdf --mode=demo m-shape.tex luigi ___

Re: [NTG-context] color transparency

2005-07-14 Thread luigi.scarso
Brooks Moses wrote: I've added it to http://contextgarden.net/index.php?title=Colors. - Brooks Really good; thanks. Some pdfs: 1. rgb-cmyk.pdf 2. cmyk-rgb.pdf 3. art-colo.pdf 4. msplit.pdf 5. metafun-s.pdf, Special effects, pag 317 6. mag-0006.pdf 7. cont-eni.pdf, Color and

Re: [NTG-context] Not possible to redefine inbetween in \definedescription

2005-07-14 Thread luigi.scarso
Radhelorn wrote: Thanks. So every command with brackets needs to be grouped? Maybe something else? Where to look at it? It's better grouping with {} with brackets; there should be nothing else. luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list

[NTG-context] color transparency

2005-07-13 Thread luigi.scarso
Hi, I'm sure that i have seem a nice pdf (not msplit.pdf) with an example of colors transparencies and combinations. If i remember, there was 3 or 4 colored rectangles stacked at the first/second page of this pdf ... I have search on pragma site, but without results. Can somebody help me ?

Re: [NTG-context] Setting up chapter.

2005-07-13 Thread luigi.scarso
John R. Culleton wrote: This has been educational. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Did you seen mag-0001.pdf (Hiding parts of section titles) ? It has some useful hints. luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] Setting up chapter.

2005-07-12 Thread luigi.scarso
John R. Culleton wrote: On Monday 11 July 2005 09:34 pm, Stuart Jansen wrote: On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 17:12 +, John R. Culleton wrote: I am trying to set up chapter heads a certain way and my code keeps getting uglier. Here are the specs: 1. Chapter number centered, with

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Animations in ConTeXt

2005-07-08 Thread luigi.scarso
[a little off topic] http://www.quiss.org/swftools/examples.html (pdf - swf; open new views if we think mp-pdf-swf driven by context..) http://www.pragma-ade.com/dir/itdemos/internal/media/ (how to play mediashow.smi ? maybe https://player.helixcommunity.org can help ?) luigi

Re: [NTG-context] Making texshow easier to edit

2005-07-08 Thread luigi.scarso
Mojca Miklavec wrote: - a link to download documentation (pdf or png with html navigation) for single .tex files could be present (like in modules.pdf) Actually, modules.pdf is an old version. I'm making a new modules.pdf; news at http://contextgarden.net/User:Luigi.scarso/modules.pdf

Re: [NTG-context] Guit

2005-07-07 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: 2. at http://www.guit.sssup.it/forum there is a forum for ConTeXt in italian language; i grep no 'context' on that page, so no opportunity to polish my italian -) Only Forum su TeX, LaTeX e GuIT (grrr) I will send an email to our admin. BTW,

[NTG-context] modules.pdf : unicode/fonts problems

2005-07-07 Thread luigi.scarso
While making modules.pdf $texmfstart texexec --pdf --modu font-chi fails with font-chi.log:! Font \unicodefont=gbsongcd at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found I have $ls ./texmf-local/fonts/tfm/chinese b5kai/ b5kaii/ b5song/ b5songi/ gbkai/ gbkaii/ gbsong/ gbsongi/ $ls

Re: [NTG-context] modules.pdf : unicode/fonts problems

2005-07-07 Thread luigi.scarso
luigi.scarso wrote: While making modules.pdf Sorry, I have not search into mail list ; forget it. luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Why does ConTeXt try to load Latin Modern?

2005-07-06 Thread luigi.scarso
Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: ConTeXt still tries to load lmr12, though: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (preloaded format=cont-en 2005.7.6) 6 JUL 2005 15:47 entering extended mode **tesi.tex (tesi.tex I N B O C C A A L L U P O !!! luigi

Re: [NTG-context] Why does ConTeXt try to load Latin Modern?

2005-07-06 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: **tesi.tex This is a hidden sign that G. Billotta is working on his mathematics *dissertation... ('quasi finita', i hope) * I N B O C C A A L L U P O !!! Crepi il lupo! :) When someone tells you in bocca al lupo to wish you good luck, you are

[NTG-context] Guit

2005-07-06 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: hm, looking at list i count some 12 italian members Maybe useless, but for all these italian members: 1. http://www.guit.sssup.it is the official link for the Italian TeX Users Group; 2. at http://www.guit.sssup.it/forum there is a forum for ConTeXt in

[NTG-context] Re: Again modules.pdf

2005-06-30 Thread luigi.scarso
I will track changes on http://contextgarden.net/User:Luigi.scarso/modules.pdf luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] metafun not working

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
MP.tex does not work for me. MP.tex: \starttext \startMPcode graphictext MP scaled 8 outlinefill withdrawcolor .7blue withfillcolor .7white dashed evenly withpen pencircle scaled 2pt ; \stopMPcode run with $texexec --pdf --automprun MP.tex MP.out MP.out: TeXExec 5.2.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE

Re: [NTG-context] metafun not working

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: makempy --force --noclean MP-mpgraph.mpo The last lines in the (now kept) mpy-MP-mpgraph.tmp should be --cycle; endfig; end no, again --(144.658,2.99976)--(142.267,2.99976)..controls (133.659,2.99976) and (133.3,4.29492)..(133.3,9.08569)

Re: [NTG-context] metafun not working

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
MP.tex works after downgrading to pstoedit 3.33 luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] metafun not working

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Wolfgang Zillig wrote: Hello, I have problems with this graphic too. First I noticed that I don't have pstoedit installed on my computer. I downloaded version 3.40 from http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit. When I now run this MP code I get a Windows (xp) errormessage: Unhandled exception in

Re: [NTG-context] metafun not working

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: Mojca Miklavec wrote: I tried it out before reading that paragraph and I can approve: unless you have an ancient GS, it doesn't work at all. 3.40 at least does something even though it crashes. but i have no problems here with gs 8.51 (all 8 versions worked ok) and

Re: [NTG-context] \naarbox

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Alan Bowen wrote: I have been reading through some of the source files (still working on that \note problem) and decided that I had better stop guessing what the English equivalent of \naarbox is. Is there a Dutch speaker who can tell me what I should replace this command with ? Many

[NTG-context] Again modules.pdf

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Again http://www.pragma-ade.com/dir/general/sources/modules.pdf More I see it, more I like it. Is it possible to make it from sources ? Thanks luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Again modules.pdf

2005-06-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Patrick Gundlach wrote: I haven't had a look for a long time at this pdf. But if I remember correctly, it is a typeset version of each source file. You can create a typeset version of a source file with texexec --module tex. Yes, for single file. But modules.pdf has *all* modules .

Re: [NTG-context] tables, etc.

2005-06-23 Thread luigi.scarso
Jörg Hagmann wrote: Dear list members, I have the following questions: 1) I want a table at textwidth. The contents of the boxes don't fit on one line. When I See http://contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview maybe TABLE (natural tables) can help you. luigi

Re: [NTG-context] I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis

2005-06-17 Thread luigi.scarso
Alexandra Ribeiro wrote: Hi, I need some advices/guidelines before start writing my PhD thesis. I'm completely new to TeX and of course to Context but I'm convinced that Microsoft Word is far away from being the right tool for writing a long document. Well, in the past I had some big big

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost animation

2005-05-19 Thread luigi.scarso
Mojca Miklavec wrote: Can someone please post any example of JavaScript code to toggle the states like in either http://www.math.muni.cz/~plch/nkpm/nradanm6.pdf or https://www.pragma-pod.com/present/talks/fifteen.pdf? I hope this can help you: http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xholecek/animations/ luigi

Re: [NTG-context] ruby

2005-05-12 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, when pondering about some ruby to bin for unix and googling a bit, A little off-topic: why ruby and not python ? i ran into: http://www.erikveen.dds.nl/ruby.html amazing stuff, not only rubyscript2exe (cross platform)! bookmarked luigi

[NTG-context] Fill pdf forms

2005-05-12 Thread luigi.scarso
Looking for some stuff do manage pdf forms,I found this http://search.cpan.org/~clotho/CAM-PDF-0.99/ From http://search.cpan.org/src/CLOTHO/CAM-PDF-0.99/index.html CAM::PDF is optimized for reading and manipulating existing PDF documents. We use CAM::PDF in production Linux environments to

Re: [NTG-context] how to align footer text

2005-05-11 Thread luigi.scarso
Paul Tremblay wrote: How do I set up the space between the bottom of the page and my footer text? I need to setup a 1 inch margin at the bottom of the page. I need for the pagenumber to be centered and 1/2 inch from the bottom. Here's what I have: \definelayout[MyCustomLayout][ topspace=1in,

Re: [NTG-context] inmarge figures and references

2005-05-10 Thread luigi.scarso
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Jörg Hagmann wrote: Would the beginner's book help in understanding the structure of the whole system? At the moment, the only way to get a feeling for that is to read the source code, I believe. Start with 'tex/context/base/context.tex'. Working through the included

Re: [NTG-context] recent ConTeXt reference manual

2005-05-09 Thread luigi.scarso
John R. Culleton wrote: I am not familiar with cont-emp. maybe cont-enp ? luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] XYpic

2005-04-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Vit, many thanks for your answer. Vit Zyka wrote: 1. For a moment I set shell_escape =f in `kpsewhich texmf.cnf' ok, done 2. Input file f.tex: \startuseMPgraphic{A} draw unitcircle scaled\overlaywidth; \stopuseMPgraphic \defineoverlay [B] [\uniqueMPgraphic{A}] \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] XYpic

2005-04-29 Thread luigi.scarso
Vit, the last things. After that I consider this topic closed. + limitation by substance: drawing is mostly done via fonts Yes, I forget to write it. [XFIG]..Export to context is good news. But still no parametrization possible :-( ..maybe something to play this summer... Now for metapost:

Re: [NTG-context] XYpic

2005-04-28 Thread luigi.scarso
Vit Zyka wrote: before I started to use context I had prepared some diagrams in xypic. Me too, for some notes on a course on commutative algebra when I was student at university. It was the only way I knew for creating vector graphics for both tex and pdftex with text and graphics

Re: [NTG-context] XYpic

2005-04-28 Thread luigi.scarso
Vit Zyka wrote: But a mp graphic must be preprocessed by mpost for inclusion, and I can do it only if I can execute sysytems commands; this open a security and performance issues. It is true only for very advanced features like text along line, AFAIK. For framed text it is possible to run

Rif: Re: [NTG-context] dotted line for \framed ?

2005-04-26 Thread luigi.scarso
Luigi Scarso wrote: [OT] Can XYpic be used under Context ? I will try . At least for me this works: \input xy \xyoption{frame} \starttext \framed[offset=10pt]{% \xy (0,0) *++=\hbox{text} *\frm{--} ; (50,0) *++=\hbox{text} *\frm{..} ; (100,0) *++=\hbox{text} *\frm{=} ; \endxy} \stoptext It

Re: [NTG-context] total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Peter Münster wrote: Do you know, if this is possible with TABLE: \starttext \SetTableToWidth{10cm} \starttable[|c|c|c|] \HL \VL xxx \VL xxx \VL x \VL\AR \HL \stoptable \stoptext Cheers, Peter Hmm, I change a little your code to better understand it \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I'm fighting deadlines right now, but later i'll try to get a look at the current table thread (maybe someone can summarize the problem) Hans \SetTableToWidth{10cm} \starttable[|c|c|c|]...\stoptable set width to 10 cm, but if I don't care about cell I can have an overfull

Re: [NTG-context] total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Duncan Hothersall wrote: If you want your TABLE to find natural column widths to fit the content, use [option=stretch] on the \bTABLE command. (NB it doesn't work as an option to \setupTABLE, only on the actual \bTABLE.) Then, assuming you don't need splitting over pages, you can set your TABLE

Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug?

2005-04-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Johan Sandblom wrote: The following code compiles flawlessly but the pdf that is generated opens with the error Could not find the Extended Graphics State named 'Tr1'. in Acrobat Reader 7 for Linux (and Windows for that matter). Earlier readers give less informative messages but in all cases the

Re: [NTG-context] arranging + multipage \bTABLE + transparent color = bug?

2005-04-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Johan Sandblom wrote: Mine is Did you compile the document with texexec --arrange --pdf ? Ok, now I can confirm your bug. luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Re: total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: For example: I'd like to set a total width that fits both tables without specifying also the 2nd and 3rd column: \setupTABLE[totalwidth=10cm,offset=5pt] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=1cm,align=left] \setupTABLE[column][5][width=1cm,align=middle] Try

Re: [NTG-context] Re: total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Not much left of those defined spaces, right? Sorry, now I see. I had made the pdf before postings, but I had not understood well it. (option=stretch seem related with \hsize; I must admit that when I 'm typeset tables, I always fix dimension, to avoid surprises: I never

Re: [NTG-context] total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-21 Thread luigi.scarso
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, a quite basic question, nevertheless I couldn'T find an answer: How do I determine the total with of a TABLE? I though it should be ... \setupTABLE[width=\textwidth] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD cc \eTD \bTD dd \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD aa \eTD \bTD bb \eTD \bTD

Re: [NTG-context] total with of TABLE ?

2005-04-21 Thread luigi.scarso
luigi.scarso wrote: (x=0.25 in your example, because you have 4 columns: so you have \setupTABLE[x][width=0.25\textwidth] ) Of course this setup a TABLE with four columns of equal width and total width =\textwidth; For different width : \setupTABLE[x][1][width=0.2\textwidth] \setupTABLE[x][2

Re: [NTG-context] How to insert a full page pdf.

2005-04-20 Thread luigi.scarso
David Munger wrote: Hi John, John R. Culleton : I need to insert some example pages from one document into another. Both are 8.5 x 11. I have read the old posts about \startTEXpage etc. and looked at the source code. But I still have a few questions: 1. Can I select e.g., just page 2 from the

[NTG-context] Strange link on pragma site ?

2005-04-18 Thread luigi.scarso
Dear users, it seems that I have some problems with links to magazines. If I go to mag- at http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-mag-1.htm on bottom right there are PAGE 1 OF 10 and link 'previous' If I click on 'previous' I will go to http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-mag-10.htm (mag-0009) and on

Re: [NTG-context] justification

2005-04-15 Thread luigi.scarso
Jörg Hagmann wrote: However, I noticed the following problem (no doubt the first of many to come): justification on the right is far from perfect - there are lines sticking out. After going through the manual, I decided that \setuptolerance[horizontal,verystrict] in the setup area should do

[NTG-context] AutoScale and AutoSize

2005-04-15 Thread luigi.scarso
I have to typeset a small paragraph inside fixed box. I don't have much control about it's content, so sometimes text overflow. I try the following two macros, but they aren't good. % AutoScaled: not what I really want, but % sometimes works % \def\AutoScaled#1#2#3#4#5{% % #1 horiz. limit % #2

Re: [NTG-context] AutoScale and AutoSize

2005-04-15 Thread luigi.scarso
% AutoSize seem better, but % I must setup ss and tfb inside body % (I need these) so it's no a general macros % Same problems of previous version. % \def\AutoSize#1#2#3{% #1=string #2=horiz.limit #3=startfont \newdimen\Limit \Limit=#2 % \newdimen\FontSize \FontSize=#3 % \doloop{%

Re: [NTG-context] AutoScale and AutoSize

2005-04-15 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: see latest magazine for an example + some explanation Great, as usually (I lose it because if I I visit http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-mag-1.htm and from here I click on previous at bottom right, I will go http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-mag-10.htm which is mag 0009. It seems

[NTG-context] inkscape 0.41 on mandrake 10.1

2005-04-14 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: Paul Tremblay wrote: Is inkscape the beast that gave you so much trouble with the glib library? I know I tried to install it and gave up after I couldn't install glib. indeed, but since i use windows as production platform i can wait till i've updated the linux machines; i

Re: [NTG-context] new beta [OFF TOPIC]

2005-04-14 Thread luigi.scarso
Johan Sandblom wrote: Sorry for going off topic, but since it is a concern ... Using a linux distribution with an intelligent package/dependencies handling system such as Gentoo or Debian would end your updating woes for all time. In debian testing apt-get install inkscape urpmq,urpmi, etc

Re: [NTG-context] section head unnumbered but with dots in TOC ?

2005-04-14 Thread luigi.scarso
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, I am lost in ConTeXt's setup-jungle: I have a section set is unnumbered: \setuphead[LevelThree] [number=no, ...| But in the TOC I would like to have a dot (or another symbol) before the head/title, like this: o Section's Title 17

Re: [NTG-context] Suppress routine messages.

2005-04-06 Thread luigi.scarso
John R. Culleton wrote: When I run texexec against a file with lots (101) chapters plus sections the messages to the console documenting each such subdivision seem to be slowing down the compilation. Is there a switch to suppress all the printout? run -- John Culleton Able Indexers and

Re: [NTG-context] Split table across pages.

2005-04-05 Thread luigi.scarso
John R. Culleton wrote: If one has a long table that splits across several pages, and the first line of the table is really the headers for the columns, is there a convenient way to have the headers automatically inserted on each successive page that contains part of the table? I can do it

Re: [NTG-context] Chapter numbers in the right margin

2005-03-23 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: in addition to other answers Sorry, mybe the time or a my bad day, i don't understand Do you refer to my answers ? If yes (please submit to wiki) how to ? (a my bad day,maybe tomorrow will be better) luigi ___ ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Chapter numbers in the right margin

2005-03-22 Thread luigi.scarso
Randall Skelton wrote: Use textcommand only for text, numbercommand only for number, command for both; you can see some examples in sectionVariations in titles . Thanks for the reply. The problem with separating the text and number is that the space separating the text and number still

Re: [NTG-context] Translations of Context: an excursion

2005-03-22 Thread luigi.scarso
I would like to make also italian translation for this doc; if some one can help me.. luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] kerning and TFM problems

2005-03-21 Thread luigi.scarso
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, I want to use OSX HelveticaNeue font. So I open it in FontForge and - because I'd like to use the kerning information - generate the Font with its PFB, AFM and TFM files. According to Bill's help page it should work by (renaming and) placing the phnr8r.tfm in its tfm

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