[NTG-context] ConTeXt Standalone does not works on macOS Monterey with Apple M2 chip

2022-10-09 Thread Tommaso Gordini via ntg-context
Hello list, I'm trying to install ConTeXt Standalone on my Mac (macOS 12.6 Monterey and Apple M2 chip) but at the end of the installation the ConTeXt-MkIV folder (where I install Standalone) on the disk weighs only 7MB (the tex tree is created, but its folders are empty). I've never had a problem

[NTG-context] regular online meet-up

2022-10-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
You’re invited to join on Wednesday, October 12th, 15:00 CEST (UTC+2) at https://lecture.senfcall.de/hen-rbr-rku-oke (same, but shorter: https://v34h.de/ctxmtg) ConTeXt users of all levels are welcome! Next meeting will be on November 9th. (Same blurb as every time:) [Howto] * No special

[NTG-context] startTEXpage on A4

2022-10-09 Thread Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
Hi, is there a way to have something like \setuppapersize[A5][A4] but have the "inner paper size" be a computed fit like in \startTEXpage? Or, alternatively, is there is a way to print crop marks around an environment like \startTEXpage? Thanks, -- Leah Neukirchen

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX generates PDFs with non-working fonts on real printers

2022-10-09 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 10/9/2022 8:03 AM, Max Chernoff via ntg-context wrote: Hi all, I use LuaMetaTeX 2.10 20220918 + ConTeXt LMTX 2022.09.11. Here's a tiny test document, I disabled PDF compression but it also doesn't work with the default settings. \setupbackend[level=0,compresslevel=0] \starttext Just a

Re: [NTG-context] LMTX generates PDFs with non-working fonts on real printers

2022-10-09 Thread Max Chernoff via ntg-context
Hi all, > I use LuaMetaTeX 2.10 20220918 + ConTeXt LMTX 2022.09.11. > > Here's a tiny test document, I disabled PDF compression but it also > doesn't work with the default settings. > > \setupbackend[level=0,compresslevel=0] > \starttext > Just a line of text. > \stoptext > > When I print

Re: [NTG-context] startTEXpage on A4

2022-10-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Leah Neukirchen schrieb am 09.10.2022 um 15:52: Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context writes: Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context schrieb am 09.10.2022 um 15:19: Hi, is there a way to have something like \setuppapersize[A5][A4] but have the "inner paper size" be a computed fit like in

Re: [NTG-context] startTEXpage on A4

2022-10-09 Thread Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context writes: > Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context schrieb am 09.10.2022 um 15:19: >> Hi, >> >> is there a way to have something like >> >> \setuppapersize[A5][A4] >> >> but have the "inner paper size" be a computed fit like in >> \startTEXpage? >> >> Or, alternatively,

Re: [NTG-context] startTEXpage on A4

2022-10-09 Thread Hans Hagen via ntg-context
On 10/9/2022 3:52 PM, Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context wrote: Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context writes: Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context schrieb am 09.10.2022 um 15:19: Hi, is there a way to have something like \setuppapersize[A5][A4] but have the "inner paper size" be a computed fit like

Re: [NTG-context] \setuparranging values for perfect bound A5 on A3?

2022-10-09 Thread Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
> On 9 Oct 2022, at 02:58, Max Chernoff wrote: > > > Hi Bruce, > >> I have a book to be perfect bound[1] and I'm trying to work out what >> imposition to use. >> >> The printer would like 4 A5 pages laid out on A3 e.g. >> >> +---+---+ >> | | | >> | a | b | >> | | | >> +---+---+ >>

Re: [NTG-context] startTEXpage on A4

2022-10-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 09.10.22 um 20:49 schrieb Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context: But that requires knowing the size in advance. Think of the labels in a museum that depend how long the description is. ;) Well, on the labels in the church museum (https://staurothek.de) in Limburg/Lahn, the text just stops if

[NTG-context] How to make something appear to the right of every paragraph?

2022-10-09 Thread Joel via ntg-context
I'd like to add some area for readers to write in the margins of some text. This would leave three lines, like this to the right of the text. __ The passage would take up about the left 60% of the text and the margin note space about 30% of textwidth, so no need to use the

[NTG-context] Help test a LMTX bug fix: tweaks in PDF generation

2022-10-09 Thread Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
Hi, last week we had a long thread about non-printing PDF on this list and together with Hans I tracked down the issue and we found a fix. Since it changes some details of how PDFs are generated by LMTX, we'd like to test this change first on a wide range of software and printers. So please: Try

Re: [NTG-context] Help test a LMTX bug fix: tweaks in PDF generation

2022-10-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 09.10.22 um 17:33 schrieb Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context: Hi, last week we had a long thread about non-printing PDF on this list and together with Hans I tracked down the issue and we found a fix. Since it changes some details of how PDFs are generated by LMTX, we'd like to test this change

Re: [NTG-context] startTEXpage on A4

2022-10-09 Thread Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
Hans Hagen via ntg-context writes: > On 10/9/2022 3:52 PM, Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context wrote: >> Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context writes: >> >>> Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context schrieb am 09.10.2022 um 15:19: Hi, is there a way to have something like

Re: [NTG-context] Help test a LMTX bug fix: tweaks in PDF generation

2022-10-09 Thread Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context
Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context writes: > Am 09.10.22 um 17:33 schrieb Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context: >> Hi, >> last week we had a long thread about non-printing PDF on this list >> and >> together with Hans I tracked down the issue and we found a fix. >> Since it changes some details of

Re: [NTG-context] \setuparranging values for perfect bound A5 on A3?

2022-10-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
Am 09.10.22 um 02:29 schrieb Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context: I have a book to be perfect bound[1] and I'm trying to work out what imposition to use. The printer would like 4 A5 pages laid out on A3 e.g. +---+---+ | | | | a | b | | | | +---+---+ | | | | c | d | | | | +---+---+

Re: [NTG-context] startTEXpage on A4

2022-10-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
Leah Neukirchen via ntg-context schrieb am 09.10.2022 um 15:19: Hi, is there a way to have something like \setuppapersize[A5][A4] but have the "inner paper size" be a computed fit like in \startTEXpage? Or, alternatively, is there is a way to print crop marks around an environment like

Re: [NTG-context] Spacing in \unit

2022-10-09 Thread Alan Braslau via ntg-context
On Sat, 8 Oct 2022 11:59:04 -0600 Gavin via ntg-context wrote: > I’m trying to fix four issues: > - No space between the number and the following units. Should be a > thin space. > - No space between the units and the following symbol (+ and = > above). Should be appropriate “bin" or “rel"