Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions

2014-05-16 Thread Hans Hagen
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Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions

2014-05-16 Thread Joan & Gary
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Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions

2011-05-31 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Sanja C. wrote: > Hi ConTeXt community. > > While looking for free (preferably open-source) tools which I could use for > typesetting a planned internal newsletter-booklet for a non-profit > organization > (to be released in printed form in regular intervals - ea

Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions

2011-05-31 Thread Pontus Lurcock
On Tue 31 May 2011, Sanja C. wrote: > a) Is the ConTeXt project alive? The newest PDF documentation I > could find seems to be from 2007; most of it is dated 2003 or older. Very much alive! See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes for a list of recent releases (though betas come along much

Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions

2011-05-31 Thread Marco
On 2011-05-31 "Sanja C." wrote: > a) Is the ConTeXt project alive? Yes > The newest PDF documentation I could find seems to be > from 2007; most of it is dated 2003 or older. http://pmrb.free.fr/contextref.pdf is from 2011-03-25 > b) Do you think that ConTeXt is an appropriate tool for >

[NTG-context] newbie questions

2011-05-31 Thread Sanja C.
Hi ConTeXt community. While looking for free (preferably open-source) tools which I could use for typesetting a planned internal newsletter-booklet for a non-profit organization (to be released in printed form in regular intervals - each issue with new content of course, but same/similar style)

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only

2007-02-17 Thread cormullion
On 2007-02-17, at 18:45.0, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Interesting. Just a couple of points. Do not use the prefix m- for > your modules. m- is reserved for modules in the core distribution. You > can use t- (third party) if you want to distribute your module, or p- > (personal) if you do not want to

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only

2007-02-17 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2007-02-15, at 18:16.0, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > >> 1) How can I integrate ruby/perl scripts into a .tex document? (I >> want to create a CD cataloguing tool and gonna use script for >> reading CD file list). > > By coincidence I've just wr

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only

2007-02-17 Thread cormullion
On 2007-02-15, at 18:16.0, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > 1) How can I integrate ruby/perl scripts into a .tex document? (I > want to create a CD cataloguing tool and gonna use script for > reading CD file list). By coincidence I've just written something about this too. Not for ruby/perl,

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document

2007-02-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: >> \executesystemcommand{some_external_program ...} > > When I try something like > > \starttext > Hello > \executesystemcommand{1.rb} > \stoptext > > I get > > systems : system commands are disabled > (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\c

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document

2007-02-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > >>> \executesystemcommand{some_external_program ...} >> >> When I try something like >> >> \starttext >> Hello >> \executesystemcommand{1.rb} >> \stoptext >> >> I get >> >> systems : system co

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document

2007-02-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: >> \executesystemcommand{some_external_program ...} >> > > When I try something like > > \starttext > Hello > \executesystemcommand{1.rb} > \stoptext > > I get > > systems : system commands are disabled > (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document

2007-02-16 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Thanks, \executesystemcommand{myscript.rb} seems to work. But what is the best way to insert a result (say, formatted text) into the 'caller' document body? The only idea I have is to use \input later in the document, but I'm not sure that it would work. Best regards, Vyatcheslav___

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document

2007-02-16 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
> \executesystemcommand{some_external_program ...} When I try something like \starttext Hello \executesystemcommand{1.rb} \stoptext I get systems : system commands are disabled (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only

2007-02-16 Thread luigi scarso
On 2/15/07, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to ask a few questions that I cannot resolve by myself so far. > > 1) How can I integrate ruby/perl scripts into a .tex document? (I want to > create a CD cataloguing tool and gonna use script for reading CD file lis

[NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only

2007-02-15 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, I want to ask a few questions that I cannot resolve by myself so far. 1) How can I integrate ruby/perl scripts into a .tex document? (I want to create a CD cataloguing tool and gonna use script for reading CD file list). 2) How to change line spacing for typed text only? (I use medium s

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-29 Thread Thomas Moore
On Jun 28, 2006, at 6:12 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> Dear ConTeXt gurus: > > I am not a context guru, but will still give it a shot ;) Thanks for your help! > >> OK, I have gotten some off-list help from Mojca, who has answered >> most of my questions and helped me polish the two page version o

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-29 Thread Thomas Moore
Dear Sanjoy:You want\setuppapersize[letter][letter]otherwise you get letter sized pages imposed on A4 paper (not widelyavailable in Pomona probably!) because the default value for thesecond argument is A4. Wow, you are right. I really appreciate your catching this!Tom___

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-29 Thread Thomas Moore
Dear Hans: > it's a stepwise process > > - first set up a basic page style (next time in a big bookshop i'll > take a look at the series) and set up a font; that way you get an > idea how well things will fit > > - then develop the structure + associated style mapping while > writing (or con

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-28 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
From:Thomas Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > \setuppapersize[letter] You want \setuppapersize[letter][letter] otherwise you get letter sized pages imposed on A4 paper (not widely available in Pomona probably!) because the default value for the second argument is A4. You might get lucky and end u

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-28 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Thomas Moore wrote: > Dear ConTeXt gurus: I am not a context guru, but will still give it a shot ;) > OK, I have gotten some off-list help from Mojca, who has answered > most of my questions and helped me polish the two page version of my > code (thanks, Mojca!). I have incl

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-28 Thread Thomas Moore
Dear ConTeXt gurus: OK, I have gotten some off-list help from Mojca, who has answered most of my questions and helped me polish the two page version of my code (thanks, Mojca!). I have included what he helped me work out below. There is one remaining problem. The first page is correct, but

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-28 Thread Thomas Moore
Dear Gerben: Thanks, the t-amsl module does seemed to be pre- installed. I just downloaded TeX/LaTeX/ ConTexT recently (mid June) using an all-in-one-step installer, and I have not upgraded, so I guess that my t-amsl file might be outdated. Thanks for the suggestion about where to put the n

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-28 Thread Thomas Moore
On Jun 25, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> >> Hoping that someone can fix at least one of the solutions >> above to >> work as intended, >> > > ok, here is a trick: > now, the left right page problem is up to you ... keep in mind that > we have > > \setu

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Gerben Wierda wrote: > On Jun 24, 2006, at 16:56, Thomas Moore wrote: > > >> 2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS >> environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- >> amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex >> file

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 24, 2006, at 16:56, Thomas Moore wrote: > 2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS > environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- > amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex > file is in the same folder as my docu

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > \definelayer > [page] > [width=\paperwidth, >height=\paperheight] > \setupbackgrounds > [page] > [background=page] > \setlayerframed > [page] > [voffset=\topspace, > > hoffset=\the\dimexpr\backspace-\leftmarginwidth-\left

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Thomas Moore wrote: > The Six Ideas texts (first edition) were typeset as AppleWorks > drawings, if you can believe it. To go to the third edition, I have > to migrate to something more modern -- either InDesign or something > TeX-based. Problems with figure and equation references, indexing

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-25 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 6/24/06, Thomas Moore wrote: > 1. I have successfully set up a doublesided layout that has a text > column and an outer margin for margin notes and some small figures. I > would like to set up a header that has the chapter number and name > (e.g. "3. Third Chapter Name") on the inner edge of t

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> how do I "run" mktexlsr? from the OS X Terminal Since you're using tetex, 'mktexlsr' should be in the PATH already (on my linux system it's in /usr/bin, one of the very standard components of PATH), so 'mktexlsr' from the Terminal should work. If that doesn't work, what's the output of 'printen

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Aditya Mahajan
> 2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS > environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- > amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex > file is in the same folder as my document files. Others have already answered on ho

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Thomas Moore
Dear Mojca: >> ...it permanently so that I can invoke it in all my documents? I was >> unable to find instructions in the ConTexT garden for this, and what >> I could find on the archives was not helpful (something about >> "running mktexlsr" and/or "texhash" that I have don't know how to do >> in

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Thomas Moore
On Jun 24, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >> I have figured out how to download the t-amsl module and can >> successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same >> folder as my document files. But how do I install it permanently so >> that I can invoke it in all my docume

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 6/24/06, Thomas Moore wrote: > 2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS > environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- > amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex > file is in the same folder as my document files. But

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
From:Thomas Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have figured out how to download the t-amsl module and can > successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same > folder as my document files. But how do I install it permanently so > that I can invoke it in all my documents? I don't

[NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-24 Thread Thomas Moore
I am new to ConTexT and TeX (thinking about migrating from InDesign). I am using TexShop and the teTeX distribution on Mac OS X 10.4. I have two questions that I cannot seem to answer after studying the manuals and the archives. 1. I have successfully set up a doublesided layout that has a t

Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions: footer and header?

2005-12-20 Thread VnPenguin
On 12/20/05, Leon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Could anybody provide an example with the usage of footer and header? > Many thanks. > Good page here: http://getfo.sourceforge.net/context_xml/page3.html -- http://vnoss.org Vietnamese Open Source Software Community _

[NTG-context] newbie questions: footer and header?

2005-12-20 Thread Leon
Hi all, Could anybody provide an example with the usage of footer and header? Many thanks. Cheers, Leon ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context