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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), I came across ConTeXt. I usually use Inkscape and various WYSIWYG word processing software for designing and layouting flyers/leaflets/etc., but in this case (many pages, varying and regularly updated content, consistent style) I'm afraid those tools simply don't cut in in terms of professional-quality typesetting capabilities and content//style separation. So programmatic typesetting might be the answer. I thought of LaTeX first, but I read from various sources that using ConTeXt might be easier for typesetting book-like things, especially if you want to design your own styles. Before I delve in deeper, though, I would like to ask you (the ConTeXt community) some questions: 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. b) Do you think that ConTeXt is an appropriate tool for the use case I described (be honest please ;-)), and easy enough to learn for someone with almost no TeX experience? The requirements are: - Support for elaborate, colorful, graphics-heavy design, which I would preferably create in Inkscape and then export as vector graphics (or port to ConTeXt's own graphics language) as necessary. - Ability to write a style *once* (with reasonable effort), and outsource it to an external file (or files), so that for each new release of the newsletter, only a simple content TeX file (or files) with minimal amount of markup is required (which e.g. even a non-tech-savvy writer/editor could edit) - Ability to easily include pictures in the content, and let the typesetting engine automatically position them (either in the main text area with text floating around them, or in special margin areas). c) Are there any full-featured examples of design-heavy booklets/magazines/etc created with ConTeXt., for which the full source code is publicly available? That would be *really* helpful in order to assess how much work would be required, and also to learn how exactly it's done in practice. Thanks! Sanja C. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions
On 2011-05-31 Sanja C. san...@rocketmail.com 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 the use case I described (be honest please ;-)),and easy enough to learn for someone with almost no TeX experience? The requirements are: - Support for elaborate, colorful, graphics-heavy design, which I would preferably create in Inkscape and then export as vector graphics (or port to ConTeXt's own graphics language) as necessary. Context is well suited for good typography and technical graphics. It's maybe not the perfect tool for DTP like magazines with very fancy layout. However it's no problem to include the graphics you create with inkscape, etc. Check http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/metafun-s.pdf for graphics related stuff. - Ability to write a style *once* (with reasonable effort), and outsource it to an external file (or files), so that for each new release of the newsletter, only a simple content TeX file (or files) with minimal amount of markup is required (which e.g. even a non-tech-savvy writer/editor could edit) Yes - Ability to easily include pictures in the content, and let the typesetting engine automatically position them (either in the main text area with text floating around them, or in special margin areas). Yes c) Are there any full-featured examples of design-heavy booklets/magazines/etc created with ConTeXt., for which the full source code is publicly available? I don't know about magazines created with ConTeXt. But you can check the manuals at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Official_ConTeXt_Documentation there's also a link to the sources. Marco ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
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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 more frequently). While the documentation is voluminous it can be hard to navigate -- my order of searching tends to be wiki, manuals, mailing list. The old reference manual is indeed a little dated, but there's a new one under development at http://foundry.supelec.fr/gf/project/contextman/scmsvn/?action=browsepath=%2Fcontext-reference%2F . - Support for elaborate, colorful, graphics-heavy design, which I would preferably create in Inkscape and then export as vector graphics (or port to ConTeXt's own graphics language) as necessary. If you're generating graphics externally they can be as elaborate as you like -- just export as a PDF and include in your document. If you have complex design that needs to be integrated with the text -- e.g. non-rectangular columns or text flowing around arbitrary shapes -- I think this is possible but it might take a lot of work. - Ability to write a style *once* (with reasonable effort), and outsource it to an external file (or files), so that for each new release of the newsletter, only a simple content TeX file (or files) with minimal amount of markup I regard this as a major strength of ConTeXt, and I certainly found it much easier to produce a ConTeXt style than to do the equivalent when I was using LaTeX. See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Project_structure for the recommended way to structure such things. - Ability to easily include pictures in the content, and let the typesetting engine automatically position them (either in the main text area with text floating around them, or in special margin areas). Yes. c) Are there any full-featured examples of design-heavy booklets/magazines/etc created with ConTeXt., for which the full source code is publicly available? I think the sources for the manuals themselves are probably the biggest publicly available example of ConTeXt in action. Magazines seldom release their source code, alas. You may want to look at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Biochemistry_textbook and the linked example output for an idea of what a style file looks like and how it is applied. Demonstrates figure positioning nicely too. The source code for the book itself is not available, though. Hope this helps, Pont ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Sanja C. san...@rocketmail.com 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 - each issue with new content of course, but same/similar style), I came across ConTeXt. I usually use Inkscape and various WYSIWYG word processing software for designing and layouting flyers/leaflets/etc., but in this case (many pages, varying and regularly updated content, consistent style) I'm afraid those tools simply don't cut in in terms of professional-quality typesetting capabilities and content//style separation. So programmatic typesetting might be the answer. I thought of LaTeX first, but I read from various sources that using ConTeXt might be easier for typesetting book-like things, especially if you want to design your own styles. Before I delve in deeper, though, I would like to ask you (the ConTeXt community) some questions: 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. It is very active, as you will soon see from the list traffic. b) Do you think that ConTeXt is an appropriate tool for the use case I described (be honest please ;-)), and easy enough to learn for someone with almost no TeX experience? The requirements are: - Support for elaborate, colorful, graphics-heavy design, which I would preferably create in Inkscape and then export as vector graphics (or port to ConTeXt's own graphics language) as necessary. - Ability to write a style *once* (with reasonable effort), and outsource it to an external file (or files), so that for each new release of the newsletter, only a simple content TeX file (or files) with minimal amount of markup is required (which e.g. even a non-tech-savvy writer/editor could edit) - Ability to easily include pictures in the content, and let the typesetting engine automatically position them (either in the main text area with text floating around them, or in special margin areas). c) Are there any full-featured examples of design-heavy booklets/magazines/etc created with ConTeXt., for which the full source code is publicly available? That would be *really* helpful in order to assess how much work would be required, and also to learn how exactly it's done in practice. Have a look at http://pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf. If you can find a sufficiently insecure system (the Windows XP system at my work qualifies) you will be able to browse into the sample documents. I think the Magazines entry deals with complex layouts. I'm involved with a scientific report series. We hired a professional who did the initial design in Pagemaker. We then implemented this in ConTeXt, mostly for the maths support, but the page layout was superior too. The implementation was a big job, but the professional did a lot of the work and was very pleased at the quality of the result. It was not as hard as writing the LaTeX style we now use (because authors already use LaTeX for journal articles but found it difficult to get context working). For projects that don't need maths we tend to use In Design or other commercial tools, partly because printers understandably don't like dealing with unknown software. It takes some time to train the printers to trust ConTeXt or LaTeX produced documents, and then the company goes under or is bought out by a bigger company and you have to start over. -- George N. White III aa...@chebucto.ns.ca Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only
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, but there may be a few atoms of knowledge that add to your understanding: http://newlisper.blogspot.com/2007/02/newlisp-in-context.html (By the way - can I thank you personally, Hans, and the other helpful people on this list for your help - I completed my document and am pleased with the result...!) ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only
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 written something about this too. Not for
ruby/perl, but there may be a few atoms of knowledge that add to your
understanding:
http://newlisper.blogspot.com/2007/02/newlisp-in-context.html
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 distribute your module.
Looking at the code, I do not think that you need \def\NL{NL}. Also
\NL is an internal command used in tables.
Finally, in the definition of \stopNLE, you can replace
\input \NLfile.out with \typefile{\NLfile.out} in which case you will
not need to escape all the special characters. ConTeXt will do it for
you.
Your manual looks good, and easy to read. I think I will give newlisp
a try to try to understand what is the whole fuss about lisp anyway :)
Aditya
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Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only
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 distribute your module.
Thanks - you can tell I took your advice to look at m-r.tex a bit too
far! ;-)
Looking at the code, I do not think that you need \def\NL{NL}. Also
\NL is an internal command used in tables.
Finally, in the definition of \stopNLE, you can replace
\input \NLfile.out with \typefile{\NLfile.out} in which case you will
not need to escape all the special characters. ConTeXt will do it for
you.
OK. In fact I originally had two commands - one for verbatim-text,
the other for generating material to be included in 'ordinary
paragraphs'.
I originally had the code examples output using the vim-module. It
worked great! But I just couldn't find a colour scheme that made the
code more readable - most of the things I tried just made it look
garish and less readable. Perhaps coloured syntax listings are too
personal a thing... (And yes, it did slow down the process a tiny
bit :-))
Your manual looks good, and easy to read. I think I will give newlisp
a try to try to understand what is the whole fuss about lisp anyway :)
Have fun!
thanks again to you and everybody who helped...
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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 list).
\executesystemcommand{some_external_program ...}
luigi
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\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-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-def.tex)
(E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-lan.tex) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
systems : begin file cd-mus at line 1
system(1.rb)...disabled.
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Best regards,
Vyatcheslavmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
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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:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-def.tex)
(E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-lan.tex) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
systems : begin file cd-mus at line 1
system(1.rb)...disabled.
if you put your scripts in the texmf tree, you can also use:
texmfstart 1.rb
(which will locate the script and run it)
Hans
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Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document
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 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-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-def.tex)
(E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-lan.tex) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
systems : begin file cd-mus at line 1
system(1.rb)...disabled.
See http://contextgarden.net/write18
Also see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Executesystemcommand on how to
integrate the output of your program back into ConTeXt.
Aditya
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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\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-def.tex)
(E:\MiKTeX\tex\context\base\sort-lan.tex) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
(D:\context\cd-mus.tuo)
systems : begin file cd-mus at line 1
system(1.rb)...disabled.
See http://contextgarden.net/write18
Aditya
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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 space for the whole document but want minimal spacing inside \starttyping)? With beat regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions
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 converting) ask yourself: - do i need to render this differently - do i get the feeling that i enter too much code if so, then add structure This is how context itself evolved (after all, it was written in an educational context where structure, reuse etc is important). Just don't try to make up the style at the beginning, polishing it every now and then is a nice distraction. Also, using metapost for the graphics is fun in itself (and may save you lots of time). Thanks for the very thoughtful advice! Best wishes, Tom ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions
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___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions
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 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
very subsequent page has a correct-looking header and another
superimposed. The second superimposed header is not wide enough and
has the wrong page number (the number of the previous page), though
the page number is on the correct side. It is as if the page output
command from TeX is issuing the \setups command *twice*, once before
fully updating variables like \rightmarginwidth and the page number,
and once after setups have been done correctly. Is this a bug, or am
I doing something stupid?
Thanks for any insight, Tom
I am not sure what about the exact layout you are trying to achieve.
Does this give you what you want.
\setuppapersize[letter]
\setuppagenumbering
[alternative=doublesided,location=]
\setuplayout
[backspace=1.0in,
topspace=0.5in,
width=4.5in,
height=9.5in,
rightmargin=2.35in,
rightmargindistance=0.15in,
leftmargin=0in,
leftmargindistance=0in,
header=\normallineheight,
headerdistance=\dimexpr0.5in-\normallineheight,
footer=0in]
\setupheadertexts[chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][chapter]
\setupbackgrounds[header][text][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt]
\starttext
\chapter{Test}
This is a test of some math stuff. $0 = g_{\mu\nu}dx^\nu dx^\nu$.
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
\showlayout
\stoptext
Sorry, no. The additional feature that I need is to be able to extend
the horizontal line over the margin region as well as the text
region, and put the page number (outer-justified) at the outer edge
of the margin region. The code that I attached to the previous
message does that, but suffers from the superimposed headers problem.
But I appreciate your effort!
Best wishes, Tom
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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
\setupbackgrounds
[leftpage]
[...]
\setupbackgrounds
[rightpage]
[...]
Thanks, Mojca, for your ideas! Special thanks to Hans, whose solution
seemed efficient and worked like a charm (after I made one minor
fix). I have attached to the end of this message code that works well
on *either* right pages *or* left pages. Now I'd like to extend the
code so that it would work on *both* kinds of pages. But my
experimentation has raised the following questions:
1. When I change the \setupbackgrounds [page][background=thepage] in
the code shown below to \setupbackgrounds [rightpage]
[background=thepage], I expected that the left page would have no
header and the right page would have the appropriate header. However,
when I do this, I get two superimposed headers with different lengths
on right pages (and nothing, as expected, on left pages). Why do I
get *two* headers on the right page?
2. I also do not understand \startsetups command, which I could not
find in the ConTexT manual or in the online summary of ConTexT
commands. It looks like the purpose of this command is to put a
wrapper around the \setlayerframed command so that it can be used in
the \setupheadertexts command. Is this right? Also:
a. I guess that I don't understand why the \setlayerframed
command could not be used directly in the \setupheadertexts command:
why do we need the wrapper?
b. And why this particular wrapping command? (\startfoo ...
\stopfoo doesn't work.)
c. Also, I am assuming that the colon is simply part of the name
assigned to this setup and has no other significance: is this right?
3. So, my guess (once problem 1 is fixed), is that I will define
*two* layers (one for right pages and one for left pages), and do a
\setupbackground [rightpage][background=therightpage] and a
\setupbackground[leftpage][background=theleftpage]. But I don't know
what to do inside the \startsetup ... \stopsetup. Do I have a pair of
\setlayerframed statements? Do I surround this pair with something
like an if onRightPage ... if onLeftPage statement? Or do I put the
if-then statements *inside* the \setlayerframed statement?
Thanks for any help...
Tom
Code follows:
\usemodule[amsl]
\usemodule[newmat]
\setuppapersize[letter]
\setuppagenumbering
[alternative=doublesided]
\setuplayout
[backspace=1.0in,
topspace=0.5in,
width=4.5in,
height=9.5in,
rightmargin=2.35in,
rightmargindistance=0.15in,
leftmargin=0in,
leftmargindistance=0in,
header=0.5 in,
footer=0in]
\definelayer
[thepage]
%[hoffset=\the\dimexpr\cutspace-\leftmarginwidth-
\leftmargindistance\relax, % for left pages
[hoffset=\the\dimexpr\backspace\relax, % for right pages
voffset=\topspace,
width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\setupbackgrounds
[page]
[background=thepage]
\startsetups page:setup
\setlayerframed
[thepage]
[preset=lefttop]
% [width=\dimexpr\textwidth+\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance
\relax, % for left pages
[width=\dimexpr\textwidth+\rightmarginwidth+\rightmargindistance
\relax, % for right pages
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
% {\pagenumber\hfill\getmarking[chapter][first]} % for left pages
{\getmarking[chapter][first]\hfill\pagenumber} % for right pages
\stopsetups
\setupheadertexts
[\setups{page:setup}]
\starttext
\chapter{Test}
This is a test of some math stuff. $0 = g_{\mu\nu}dx^\nu dx^\nu$.
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
\showlayout
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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
very subsequent page has a correct-looking header and another
superimposed. The second superimposed header is not wide enough and
has the wrong page number (the number of the previous page), though
the page number is on the correct side. It is as if the page output
command from TeX is issuing the \setups command *twice*, once before
fully updating variables like \rightmarginwidth and the page number,
and once after setups have been done correctly. Is this a bug, or am
I doing something stupid?
Thanks for any insight, Tom
Code follows:
\usemodule[amsl]
\usemodule[newmat]
\setuppapersize[letter]
\setuppagenumbering
[alternative=doublesided]
\setuplayout
[backspace=1.0in,
topspace=0.5in,
width=4.5in,
height=9.5in,
rightmargin=2.35in,
rightmargindistance=0.15in,
leftmargin=0in,
leftmargindistance=0in,
header=0.5 in,
footer=0in]
\definelayer
[leftpage]
[hoffset=\the\dimexpr\cutspace-\leftmarginwidth-\leftmargindistance
\relax, % for left pages
voffset=\topspace,
width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\definelayer
[rightpage]
[hoffset=\the\dimexpr\backspace\relax, % for right pages
voffset=\topspace,
width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\setupbackgrounds
[leftpage]
[background=leftpage]
\setupbackgrounds
[rightpage]
[background=rightpage]
\startsetups page:setup
\setlayerframed
[leftpage]
[preset=lefttop]
[width=\dimexpr\textwidth+\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance
\relax, % for left pages
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
{\pagenumber\hfill\getmarking[chapter][first]} % for left pages
\setlayerframed
[rightpage]
[preset=lefttop]
[width=\dimexpr\textwidth+\rightmarginwidth+\rightmargindistance
\relax, % for right pages
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
{\getmarking[chapter][first]\hfill\pagenumber} % for right pages
\stopsetups
\setupheadertexts
[\setups{page:setup}]
\starttext
\chapter{Test}
This is a test of some math stuff. $0 = g_{\mu\nu}dx^\nu dx^\nu$.
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
\showlayout
\stoptext
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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 included what he helped me work out
below. There is one remaining problem. The first page is correct, but
very subsequent page has a correct-looking header and another
superimposed. The second superimposed header is not wide enough and
has the wrong page number (the number of the previous page), though
the page number is on the correct side. It is as if the page output
command from TeX is issuing the \setups command *twice*, once before
fully updating variables like \rightmarginwidth and the page number,
and once after setups have been done correctly. Is this a bug, or am
I doing something stupid?
Thanks for any insight, Tom
I am not sure what about the exact layout you are trying to achieve.
Does this give you what you want.
\setuppapersize[letter]
\setuppagenumbering
[alternative=doublesided,location=]
\setuplayout
[backspace=1.0in,
topspace=0.5in,
width=4.5in,
height=9.5in,
rightmargin=2.35in,
rightmargindistance=0.15in,
leftmargin=0in,
leftmargindistance=0in,
header=\normallineheight,
headerdistance=\dimexpr0.5in-\normallineheight,
footer=0in]
\setupheadertexts[chapter][pagenumber][pagenumber][chapter]
\setupbackgrounds[header][text][bottomframe=on,rulethickness=1pt]
\starttext
\chapter{Test}
This is a test of some math stuff. $0 = g_{\mu\nu}dx^\nu dx^\nu$.
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
\showlayout
\stoptext
Aditya
Code follows:
\usemodule[amsl]
\usemodule[newmat]
\setuppapersize[letter]
\setuppagenumbering
[alternative=doublesided]
\setuplayout
[backspace=1.0in,
topspace=0.5in,
width=4.5in,
height=9.5in,
rightmargin=2.35in,
rightmargindistance=0.15in,
leftmargin=0in,
leftmargindistance=0in,
header=0.5 in,
footer=0in]
\definelayer
[leftpage]
[hoffset=\the\dimexpr\cutspace-\leftmarginwidth-\leftmargindistance
\relax, % for left pages
voffset=\topspace,
width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\definelayer
[rightpage]
[hoffset=\the\dimexpr\backspace\relax, % for right pages
voffset=\topspace,
width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\setupbackgrounds
[leftpage]
[background=leftpage]
\setupbackgrounds
[rightpage]
[background=rightpage]
\startsetups page:setup
\setlayerframed
[leftpage]
[preset=lefttop]
[width=\dimexpr\textwidth+\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance
\relax, % for left pages
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
{\pagenumber\hfill\getmarking[chapter][first]} % for left pages
\setlayerframed
[rightpage]
[preset=lefttop]
[width=\dimexpr\textwidth+\rightmarginwidth+\rightmargindistance
\relax, % for right pages
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
{\getmarking[chapter][first]\hfill\pagenumber} % for right pages
\stopsetups
\setupheadertexts
[\setups{page:setup}]
\starttext
\chapter{Test}
This is a test of some math stuff. $0 = g_{\mu\nu}dx^\nu dx^\nu$.
\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth}
\showlayout
\stoptext
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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 up with letter pages anyway if you have the right defaults in dvips, but that's a bit fragile (and probably direct pdf output would be on A4 paper). In an earlier thread I'd asked that the default be whatever the first argument is, but that idea was rejected on the (reasonable) grounds that the change would break too many documents. -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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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 document files. But how do I install 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 OS X, and would be afraid to do without instructions anyway for fear of screwing up my TeX distribution). Thanks for any help, and sorry if the questions are stupid. Tom Moore Depending on how you installed TeX, t-amsl.tex is there. If you installed with the TeX i-Package: $ kpsewhich t-amsl.tex /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/maths/t-amsl.tex But it is the one from 1.5 years ago in the old ConTeXt that comes with the (discontinued) teTeX texmf tree. If you also installed the ConTeXt updater (which is pretty up-to-date), the math stuff is not in there (Hans, why not?) so you get a newer ConTeXt with an older t-amsl.tex and I have no idea if that works. If you have a (more recent) t-amsl.tex file and you are using the TeX i-Package, you can install th efile as ~/Library/texmf/tex/context/t-amsl.tex and it will be found. No mktexlsr or texhash is needed for that particular tree. If someone tells me what to include in the ConTeXt updater for this math stuff and where to get it, I can make life easy for you. If you installed with fink or in some other way, I have no idea how to help you. G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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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 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 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 OS X, and would be afraid to do without instructions anyway for fear of screwing up my TeX distribution). Thanks for any help, and sorry if the questions are stupid. Tom Moore Depending on how you installed TeX, t-amsl.tex is there. If you installed with the TeX i-Package: $ kpsewhich t-amsl.tex /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/context/maths/t-amsl.tex But it is the one from 1.5 years ago in the old ConTeXt that comes with the (discontinued) teTeX texmf tree. If you also installed the ConTeXt updater (which is pretty up-to-date), the math stuff is not in there (Hans, why not?) so you get a newer ConTeXt with an older t-amsl.tex and I have no idea if that works. it's a third party module, and when not present at the context garden, it will not end up on ctan (or in the extras zip) If someone tells me what to include in the ConTeXt updater for this math stuff and where to get it, I can make life easy for you. taco can give you details on how to auto-sync with the garden third party modules, Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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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 the text column,
and the page number aligned with the *outer* edge of the margin and a
1-pt rule below the entire header (from below the chapter number to
below the page number). How would one do this elegantly (or even
inelegantly)?
First forget about the wrong pagenumber positioning. Here's the most
elegant solution for drawing the line:
\setuppagenumbering
[alternative=doublesided,
location=]
\setupheadertexts
[pagenumber]
[chapter]
[chapter]
[pagenumber]
\setuplayout
[header=15pt,
headerdistance=20pt]
\setupbackgrounds
[header]
[text]
[bottomframe=on,
rulethickness=1pt]
\starttext
\chapter{first}
\dorecurse{50}{\input tufte }
\chapter{second}
\dorecurse{20}{\input tufte }
\stoptext
But I don't know if there's a simple extention to it to draw the
missing line inbetween.
Here's another solution, which is the wrong way of doing things (it's
way too slow and meant for more complex things than a simple rule, but
could be optimezed if useMPgraphic was replaced with reusable or
unique). Also try \showlayout and see meta-pag.tex in the ConTeXt
source.
\startuseMPgraphic{PageFrame}
StartPage ;
y1=y2=PaperHeight-TopSpace-HeaderHeight;
if OnRightPage :
x2 = BackSpace+TextWidth = x1 + LeftMarginDistance +
LeftMarginWidth + TextWidth;
else:
x2 = BackSpace = x1 - (RightMarginDistance + RightMarginWidth + TextWidth);
fi;
draw z1--z2 withpen pencircle scaled 1pt;
StopPage;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\defineoverlay
[PageFrame][\useMPgraphic{PageFrame}]
\setupbackgrounds
[page]
[background=PageFrame]
The trird solutions is probably the way to go, but it influences only
a single page and \getmarking[chapter] has no influence. I guess that
a minor modification is needed to handle both left right page
properly and to put that layer over all pages, not only on the first
one:
\definelayer
[page]
[width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\setupbackgrounds
[page]
[background=page]
\setlayerframed
[page]
[voffset=\topspace,
hoffset=\the\dimexpr\backspace-\leftmarginwidth-\leftmargindistance\relax,
preset=lefttop]
[width=\the\dimexpr\textwidth+\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance\relax,
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
{\pagenumber\hfill\getmarking[chapter][first]}
Hoping that someone can fix at least one of the solutions above to
work as intended,
Mojca
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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 issues, and inconsistent styles were driving me crazy with AppleWorks, and many of these problems would persist in InDesign. I have also been having difficulty setting up mathematics in a satisfactory way. On the other hand, I am a very visual thinker, and I don't remember commands well, so even ConTexT (which seems a lot simpler than LaTeX) is a big stretch for me. We will see... 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 converting) ask yourself: - do i need to render this differently - do i get the feeling that i enter too much code if so, then add structure This is how context itself evolved (after all, it was written in an educational context where structure, reuse etc is important). Just don't try to make up the style at the beginning, polishing it every now and then is a nice distraction. Also, using metapost for the graphics is fun in itself (and may save you lots of time). Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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Mojca Miklavec wrote:
\definelayer
[page]
[width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\setupbackgrounds
[page]
[background=page]
\setlayerframed
[page]
[voffset=\topspace,
hoffset=\the\dimexpr\backspace-\leftmarginwidth-\leftmargindistance\relax,
preset=lefttop]
[width=\the\dimexpr\textwidth+\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance\relax,
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
{\pagenumber\hfill\getmarking[chapter][first]}
Hoping that someone can fix at least one of the solutions above to
work as intended,
ok, here is a trick:
\definelayer
[page]
[hoffset=\the\dimexpr\backspace-
\leftmarginwidth-\leftmargindistance\relax,
voffset=\topspace,
width=\paperwidth,
height=\paperheight]
\setupbackgrounds
[page]
[background=page]
\startsetups page:setup
\setlayerframed
[page]
[preset=lefttop]
[width=\dimexpr\textwidth+\leftmarginwidth+\leftmargindistance\relax,
rulethickness=1pt,
frame=off,
bottomframe=on]
{\pagenumber\hfill\getmarking[chapter][first]}
\stopsetups
\setupheadertexts
[\setups{page:setup}]
so,
- makea setup (clean)
- hook it into something that is done each page (maybe i should cook up a hook
for that)
now, the left right page problem is up to you ... keep in mind that we have
\setupbackgrounds
[leftpage]
[...]
\setupbackgrounds
[rightpage]
[...]
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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 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 the text column, and the page number aligned with the *outer* edge of the margin and a 1-pt rule below the entire header (from below the chapter number to below the page number). How would one do this elegantly (or even inelegantly)? 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 how do I install 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 OS X, and would be afraid to do without instructions anyway for fear of screwing up my TeX distribution). Thanks for any help, and sorry if the questions are stupid. Tom Moore ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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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 know TeXShop or MacOS but I'm also using teTeX (but on Linux). t-amsl.tex is already in the distribution of ConTeXt that comes with teTeX: $ kpsewhich t-amsl /usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/context/maths/t-amsl.tex If you don't have t-amsl already in the system path, then the command above won't find it. You could see where similar files live by searching for files that are very likely to exist, such as t-bib or m-graph. If you're using a recent-enough teTeX (I'm using 3.0), then ~/texmf/ is also on the search path and you could put t-amsl.tex somewhere analogous but in ~/texmf/tex/context/. The advantage of ~/texmf over /usr/share/texmf-tetex/ is that the ~/texmf tree, at least in the teTeX 3.0 default texmf.cnf file, is searched without requiring that the file be in the ls-R database, so you don't need to run mktexlsr to regenerate the ls-R databases. The system directories are, in the default config, searched only by looking at the ls-R database (to avoid searching through a directory tree of 6000+ files). One problem to watch for is version skew. The t-amsl.tex that you downloaded might require a more recent ConTeXt than came with teTeX. But maybe that's not an issue since you've been using it in your working directory with no problem. I am new to ConTexT and TeX (thinking about migrating from InDesign). Is that for a new edition of _Six Ideas That Shaped Physics_ (an excellent series)? What makes you consider migrating? I haven't used InDesign but I imagine that flowing text around or near figures might be easier with a page-layout program like InDesign (but I'm still learning ConTeXt and as a general rule one can do anything in ConTeXt with enough magic!). On the other hand, math typesetting might be easier and higher-quality in TeX/ConTeXt. Best of luck! -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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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 how do I install 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 OS X, and would be afraid to do without instructions anyway for fear of screwing up my TeX distribution). You can put the file to any location where TeX can find it. For example if the file context.tex is located under [somepath]/texmf[-local]/tex/context/base/context.tex you might put the file to [somepath]/texmf[-local]/tex/context/third/t-amsl.tex (but basically any location under texmf would do). ... and then run mktexlsr without any additinal arguments. You cannot screw up your TeX distribution by running mktexlsr or texhash: they're only meant to refresh the database (to know which file is where). Either of the commands should be present on your distribution I believe (most probably mktxlsr). Mojca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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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 documents? I don't know TeXShop or MacOS but I'm also using teTeX (but on Linux). t-amsl.tex is already in the distribution of ConTeXt that comes with teTeX... You are correct -- it took a bit of finding on the Mac but it is indeed there. That fixes problem #2. Thanks!! I am new to ConTexT and TeX (thinking about migrating from InDesign). Is that for a new edition of _Six Ideas That Shaped Physics_ (an excellent series)? Thank you for your kind words -- yes, I am thinking about the next edition, but also for a book on General Relativity that I am working on and for future projects. What makes you consider migrating? I haven't used InDesign but I imagine that flowing text around or near figures might be easier with a page-layout program like InDesign (but I'm still learning ConTeXt and as a general rule one can do anything in ConTeXt with enough magic!). On the other hand, math typesetting might be easier and higher-quality in TeX/ConTeXt. 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 issues, and inconsistent styles were driving me crazy with AppleWorks, and many of these problems would persist in InDesign. I have also been having difficulty setting up mathematics in a satisfactory way. On the other hand, I am a very visual thinker, and I don't remember commands well, so even ConTexT (which seems a lot simpler than LaTeX) is a big stretch for me. We will see... Best of luck! Thanks, I will need it! Tom ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions
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 OS X, and would be afraid to do without instructions anyway for fear of screwing up my TeX distribution). You can put the file to any location where TeX can find it. For example if the file context.tex is located under [somepath]/texmf[-local]/tex/context/base/context.tex you might put the file to [somepath]/texmf[-local]/tex/context/third/t-amsl.tex (but basically any location under texmf would do). ... and then run mktexlsr without any additinal arguments. You cannot screw up your TeX distribution by running mktexlsr or texhash: they're only meant to refresh the database (to know which file is where). Either of the commands should be present on your distribution I believe (most probably mktxlsr). Mojca Thanks. The previous response on the list solved this particular problem, but for future reference, how do I run mktexlsr? from the OS X Terminal? I have never used that before, so I would need pretty basic instructions (e.g. would I have tell the Terminal where to find mktexlsr?). I appreciate your help! Tom ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions
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 how to install t-amsl.tex so I will not go into that. Context has a much improved math support since Giuseppe Bilotta wrote t-amsl.tex. I think it is better to use the native math environments of context which provide a lot more features. The syntax does not follow the latex ams syntax, but like everything in Context you can customize the behaviour a lot. You can look at http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/mathalign.pdf which contains some examples of using the built-in context support. Aditya ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions
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 'printenv PATH'? And does
MacOS have 'locate'? On Linux, 'locate mktexlsr' will tell you all
files that contain 'mktexlsr' in their full name (including
directory). That often helps in finding where packages put files.
On (Debian) Linux an easier way is to ask the package management
system to list the files in a package, e.g:
dpkg -L tetex-base
which produces thousands of lines. Maybe Mac gurus know something
similar for Mac OS?
Even more useful is to use a pipe (|) to connect the output of dpkg to
pattern-matching utility grep:
dpkg -L tetex-base | grep t-amsl
which produces
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/context/maths/t-amsl.tex
For finding mktexlsr 'dpkg -L tetex-bin | grep mktexlsr' produces
/usr/share/man/man1/mktexlsr.1.gz
/usr/bin/mktexlsr
(also useful to use grep after a 'locate').
If locate doesn't exist, the elephant gun is 'find', e.g.
find /usr -name 'mktexlsr'
or another example:
find /usr -name 't-amsl.tex'
Find traverses the file system tree starting where you tell it (/usr
in the above examples) looking for whatever you ask, and prints out
the matching path names.
('locate' is just an optimized version of find: Once a week or so, the
system does a 'find /' and stores all the paths in a monster file, and
then 'locate' just looks in that file).
-Sanjoy
`Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.'
--Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.
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[NTG-context] newbie questions: footer and header?
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
Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions: footer and header?
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 mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
