Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Alan Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've have Ubuntu 8.04 running in a VirtualBox under WXP. No dual boot setup necessary any more. How Cool ! Works like a charm - apart from a USB printer problem. Installed TeX, ConTeXt and XeTeX through the Package

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:15 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Salaam Khaled, On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:05:50 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I translate things like Contents, Index, List of tables, etc.. to Arabic. If this is documented somewhere, please

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Alan Stone
At least ctxtools --updatecontext should work. The /etc/texmf:/var/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/share/texmf-texlive are there. Or am I (again) missing something ? On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Alan Stone [EMAIL

Re: [NTG-context] Arabic index entries

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:05 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arabic index entries are all listed under unknown instead of its respective Arabic letters. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a misconfiguration from my side. See the attached example. We

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: You forgot chapter 7 because labels are language dependent and this requires a defined language. indeed. idris wrote support for arab and omega and that was a separate module; i think that now that we can support it more directly we should add a language entry in the

Re: [NTG-context] Arabic index entries

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: Arabic index entries are all listed under unknown instead of its respective Arabic letters. I'm not sure if this is a bug or a misconfiguration from my side. See the attached example. btw, some of these things have to wait till i have adapted mkiv in a more rigourous way.

Re: [NTG-context] Booklet hint

2008-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:55 AM, Diego Depaoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to produce my first booklet (two A5 on A4 paper) and first results look fine (but how much effort). What kind and size of font you suggest to maximize readability saving paper? I use myself a size between 8 and

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Alan Stone
I don't understand. Please explain... (1) You cannot update the binaries that way (you are not supposed to :). Why can't the binaries be updated that way (why aren't we supposed to) ? (2) On your own risk, you may update the binaries from minimals rsync -av \

Re: [NTG-context] Empty page at the end of document

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Tomi Lindberg wrote: 2008/6/18, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Use LuaTeX, the problem is fixed here. I'm currently using MiKTeX which doesn't have LuaTeX integrated yet. Is there a way to make LuaTeX work with it or would it be easiest to go with minimal ConTeXt instead (or along)?

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: \digits command

2008-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Morgan Brassel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, The \digits command is really great when it comes to typeset numbers in different languages. However, I miss one functionality from the numprint package in latex: when you type for example $e-5$, you get

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Alan Stone
The more I research, the less I understand... From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals : --- quote --- Updating For now, the main recipe to update is to run first-setup again. A command similar to ctxtools --updatecontext might be provided in the future. --- unquote

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Alan Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The more I research, the less I understand... From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals : --- quote --- Updating For now, the main recipe to update is to run first-setup again. A command similar to

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Alan Stone
Hi Wolfgang, Hmmm... There's Mac too. However, I don't give up so quickly. :O) I find Linux rather cool. At the same time finding Windows' desktop/window manager more and more boring, considering the personalisation capabilities of GNU/Linux' desktops, etc... Hence, for the time being, I'll

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: \digits command

2008-06-20 Thread Morgan Brassel
Thank you, Wolfgang. I have already read the This Way on your link very carefully. In fact, I was looking for a solution to have \digits{e-5} printed as 10^5 \digits{2e-5} printed as 2 . 10^5 Is it possible to do that? to detect if there is a number before the 'e' in \digits? Regards, Morgan

Re: [NTG-context] Booklet hint

2008-06-20 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-06-20 um 16:18 schrieb Diego Depaoli: Thanks, 9pt was my original choice, but someone complained about this size. There's *always* someone complaining about the font size... ;-( Remember that reasonable font sizes for offset printing look nearly always too small when printed

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 06:15:29PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Salaam Khaled, On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:05:50 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I translate things like Contents, Index, List of tables, etc.. to Arabic. If this is documented

Re: [NTG-context] Arabic index entries

2008-06-20 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 09:34:40AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:05 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arabic index entries are all listed under unknown instead of its respective Arabic letters. I'm not sure if this is a bug or

Re: [NTG-context] Arabic index entries

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 09:34:40AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:23:05 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arabic index entries are all listed under unknown instead of its respective Arabic letters. I'm not sure if

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Alan Stone
Thanks Mojca. If you are lucky, it puts the files where you want them to be, but since every installation works its own way, it's hard to predict where to put them; ... Of course you can. But if you happen to update TL package, your additions will be destroyed. And you need to rebuild all

Re: [NTG-context] Arabic index entries

2008-06-20 Thread Charles P. Schaum
The issues of indexing, c., probably fall into two issues: a. Is is something European-derivative in reference to a work or b. It is something entirely for native-speaking use and expectations? I've been on the Ivritex list for quite a while and there has been some long-running issues on how to

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:01:03PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: just english from lang-ger.tex and copy it to lang-xxx.tex and add the labels in utf code, as starting point for further integration (maybe also take variants into account) See the attached file, I left the copyright and some other

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:01:03PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: just english from lang-ger.tex and copy it to lang-xxx.tex and add the labels in utf code, as starting point for further integration (maybe also take variants into account) See the attached file, I left the

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 08:55:34PM +0300, Khaled Hosny wrote: On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:01:03PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: just english from lang-ger.tex and copy it to lang-xxx.tex and add the labels in utf code, as starting point for further integration (maybe also take variants into

[NTG-context] placing image on layer is sketchy

2008-06-20 Thread Uwe Koloska
Hello, still working on the CD booklet ;-) While trying to include the pictures I have some problems with placing a picture onto a layer: The following code should place the picture into the lower right corner of the upper part and then goes to the left. The part that goes over the page

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread David
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:55:34 +0300, Khaled Hosny wrote: Also I didn't translate Intermezzo since I don't have the slightest idea what it is supposed to be, ... An intermezzo (as far as I can tell) is a framed paragraph that interrupts the normal text, usually highlighting an important idea

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

2008-06-20 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Alan Stone wrote: Thanks Mojca. If you are lucky, it puts the files where you want them to be, but since every installation works its own way, it's hard to predict where to put them; ... Of course you can. But if you happen to update TL package, your additions will be

Re: [NTG-context] placing image on layer is sketchy

2008-06-20 Thread Hans Hagen
Uwe Koloska wrote: Hello, still working on the CD booklet ;-) While trying to include the pictures I have some problems with placing a picture onto a layer: The following code should place the picture into the lower right corner of the upper part and then goes to the left. The part that

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:10:52 -0600, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now how locale variants are handled, there are at least 4 month naming systems used in different Arabic countries; say Syria, Lebanon and Jordon use the same system, while Egypt and Sudan use another one. How can I define

Re: [NTG-context] Arabic index entries

2008-06-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:14:49 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sort-lan.lua Thanks, Wolfgang! Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:52:56PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:10:52 -0600, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now how locale variants are handled, there are at least 4 month naming systems used in different Arabic countries; say Syria, Lebanon and Jordon use

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:11:57 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to mention Saudi Arabia, which uses the lunar months... But I think this another issue of its own, since SA uses Hijri not Georgian calender, do we have support for lunar based hijri calender? Good point. I'll

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:10 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:11:57 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to mention Saudi Arabia, which uses the lunar months... But I think this another issue of its own, since SA uses Hijri not

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 08:13:37PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:03:10 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:11:57 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not to mention Saudi Arabia, which uses the lunar months...

Re: [NTG-context] Translaing ConTeXt interface to Arabic

2008-06-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:51:16 -0600, Khaled Hosny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good point. I'll try to find a conversion algorithm... http://www.codeproject.com/KB/datetime/hijrigregorianclass.aspx The guy here claims to have a better algorithm than others

[NTG-context] Problem installing ConTeXt Minimals

2008-06-20 Thread Tomi Lindberg
I've been trying to install ConTeXt Minimals to my other computer but I just can't get it to work. Installer exits with Error Code 1 and the first-setup.bat from the command line tools doesn't seem to get the required files either (after the script has run the folder is about 6.5Mb). I've

[NTG-context] bug in context/luatex

2008-06-20 Thread Yue Wang
Hi, Hans: pdftex and LuaTeX produce different results with the following source file. Please check. I dont know whether it is a bug in ConTeXt or LuaTeX. \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \usetypescript[lucida][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[lucida,12pt] \starttext `hello' \stoptext I use the tfms/map