Re: [NTG-context] issue with logo and aalt

2011-12-04 Thread Pablo Rodríguez
On 12/04/2011 08:17 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: [...] \setuphead[chapter][style=\WORD\tfb] \starttext \chapter{This was done with \CONTEXT!} \stoptext Thanks, Wolfgang, it fixed my ignorance. I'm afraid I still have the problem reported before. I have no idea on how the \TeX logo

[NTG-context] Word-wrap/hyphenation with very large font size not working consistently

2011-12-03 Thread Pavneet Arora
I am trying to typeset some signs for a construction site. I enclose a (somewhat contrived) for consideration. What I am having difficulty with is to get word wrap and interline spacing to work consistently. I am using \framed, but if there is a better way please let me know. The trouble I

Re: [NTG-context] Word-wrap/hyphenation with very large font size not working consistently

2011-12-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.12.2011 um 16:31 schrieb Pavneet Arora: I am trying to typeset some signs for a construction site. I enclose a (somewhat contrived) for consideration. What I am having difficulty with is to get word wrap and interline spacing to work consistently. I am using \framed

Re: [NTG-context] Word-wrap/hyphenation with very large font size not working consistently

2011-12-03 Thread Pavneet Arora
, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 03.12.2011 um 16:31 schrieb Pavneet Arora: I am trying to typeset some signs for a construction site. I enclose a (somewhat contrived) for consideration. What I am having difficulty with is to get word wrap and interline spacing to work consistently. I am using

Re: [NTG-context] Word-wrap/hyphenation with very large font size not working consistently

2011-12-03 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 03.12.2011 um 17:55 schrieb Pavneet Arora: Thanks Wolfgang, I see that the main change was align=broad as an option to \framed. Could you tell me what that does, or point me to where it is described? I see broad described in terms of width and height but not align under the

Re: [NTG-context] Word-wrap/hyphenation with very large font size not working consistently

2011-12-03 Thread Pavneet Arora
Thanks for the clarification! I'll keep that in mind. On 11-12-03 12:14 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 03.12.2011 um 17:55 schrieb Pavneet Arora: Thanks Wolfgang, I see that the main change was align=broad as an option to \framed. Could you tell me what that does, or point me to where it

Re: [NTG-context] Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.

2011-11-30 Thread Alexandre Krispin
- no hyphenation, just split the word when the line is full and continue on the next one. There are some more subtle rules for vertical typesetting (e.g. full stops 。 and commas 、 hang over), but for horizontal typesetting you'd just want to split the line anywhere... Can that be done? Severin

Re: [NTG-context] Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.

2011-11-28 Thread Alexandre Krispin
. Mojca I'm interested in Japanese to work as well... Should be easy - no hyphenation, just split the word when the line is full and continue on the next one. There are some more subtle rules for vertical typesetting (e.g. full stops 。 and commas 、 hang over), but for horizontal typesetting you'd

Re: [NTG-context] Error while compiling : ! String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence.

2011-11-27 Thread S Barmeier
, just split the word when the line is full and continue on the next one. There are some more subtle rules for vertical typesetting (e.g. full stops 。 and commas 、 hang over), but for horizontal typesetting you'd just want to split the line anywhere... Can that be done? Severin

[NTG-context] Letter module: new beta

2011-11-15 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
=Enclosure, postscript=Postscript] \startletter [opening={Dear Mr Wilson,}, subject={Brand new templates for Word}, closing={Best regards}, signature={John Simmons}] \dorecurse{4}{\input knuth\par} \stopletter [1] https://bitbucket.org/wolfs/correspondence/src [2] https://bitbucket.org

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
as: This is an example. maybe paragraph was the wrong word (even though in your example between comment and an there is a pilcrow too, which is commonly used to denote individual paragraphs). that's what I meant: a true in-line comment ... without a line-break, parapgraph-break, pilcrow for ending

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
an example. -8 ... will end up as: This is an example. maybe paragraph was the wrong word (even though in your example between comment and an there is a pilcrow too, which is commonly used to denote individual paragraphs). that's what I meant: a true in-line

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-13 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
paragraph was the wrong word (even though in your example between comment and an there is a pilcrow too, which is commonly used to denote individual paragraphs). that's what I meant: a true in-line comment ... without a line-break, parapgraph-break, pilcrow for ending the comment: This is ¿some

Re: [NTG-context] how to avoid hyphenation

2011-11-10 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10-11-2011 00:56, Robert Zydenbos wrote: Greetings all, Is there a simple way in ConTeXt to temporarily switch off hyphenation for a single word? I am thinking of something like the trick which works in (La)TeX: \hbox{thisisaverylongword}. I tried this in ConTeXt (MacTeX TeXLive 2010-64

[NTG-context] how to avoid hyphenation

2011-11-09 Thread Robert Zydenbos
Greetings all, Is there a simple way in ConTeXt to temporarily switch off hyphenation for a single word? I am thinking of something like the trick which works in (La)TeX: \hbox{thisisaverylongword}. I tried this in ConTeXt (MacTeX TeXLive 2010-64), but without success. Robert

Re: [NTG-context] accessibility of PDF (inter word space

2011-10-28 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-10-2011 11:22, Stefan Goßrau wrote: thanks for your answer Hans. Now i found some examples. Bot for me it doesnt work. I tried the documents in http://minimals.contextgarden.net/current/context/test/doc/context/tests/mkiv/tags/ but there are no spaces between words in reflow-mode. I am

Re: [NTG-context] accessibility of PDF (inter word space

2011-10-27 Thread Stefan Goßrau
version: 2011.10.14 LG stefan Original-Nachricht Datum: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:46:30 +0200 Von: Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl An: mailing list for ConTeXt users ntg-context@ntg.nl CC: Stefan Goßrau redst...@gmx.net Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] accessibility of PDF (inter word space

Re: [NTG-context] accessibility of PDF (inter word space

2011-10-22 Thread Hans Hagen
On 21-10-2011 12:44, Stefan Goßrau wrote: Hello, I am very new in Context and have my first Problems. I read a lot, but can't find the solution. I try to produce accessible PDF. One Point is, that they have to be reflowed in a PDF-Viewer. But if I reflow my documents, there are no

[NTG-context] accessibility of PDF (inter word space

2011-10-21 Thread Stefan Goßrau
Hello, I am very new in Context and have my first Problems. I read a lot, but can't find the solution. I try to produce accessible PDF. One Point is, that they have to be reflowed in a PDF-Viewer. But if I reflow my documents, there are no interwordspaces. I know that there is no

Re: [NTG-context] For Windows users: ConTeXt + SciTe installation instructions updated

2011-10-20 Thread Lutz Haseloff
now proceed onwards to write a ConTeXt 101 suite for Windows/Word dummies) ___ 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

[NTG-context] For Windows users: ConTeXt + SciTe installation instructions updated

2011-10-19 Thread Mari Voipio
proceed onwards to write a ConTeXt 101 suite for Windows/Word dummies) ___ 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

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida hangs (?) on latest beta

2011-10-12 Thread Mari Voipio
why it is called simplefonts (thankfully I already learned this module thing last year, so I had it already...). Not only did I get Lucida to work, this seems to work as well: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Calibri] Now I'm one happy ConTeXter, this'll stop most of the fights with the Word

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida hangs (?) on latest beta

2011-10-12 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
happy ConTeXter, this'll stop most of the fights with the Word users... NB. I'll wikify some of this stuff once I've got a bit of leftover energy. In the meanwhile, is there a way of finding out what fonts are included in the simplefonts module now? A quick wiki search on simplefonts didn't

Re: [NTG-context] Solution to a superscript problem?

2011-10-12 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12-10-2011 21:43, Otso Helenius wrote: Hello, I've been trying to come up with a few methods to add definitions to text with the help of the metafun and context manuals. The first method adds the definition as sort of a superscript on top of the word, and the second one marks multiple words

Re: [NTG-context] Solution to a superscript problem?

2011-10-12 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: On 12-10-2011 21:43, Otso Helenius wrote: Hello, I've been trying to come up with a few methods to add definitions to text with the help of the metafun and context manuals. The first method adds the definition as sort of a superscript on top of the word

[NTG-context] New STIX font version

2011-10-07 Thread Tobias Burnus
in recent versions of the Microsoft Word Equation Editor. In addition, an update was made to address compatibility issues between the font set and the Windows PostScript driver. Besides those changes, some a (very) few glyphs have been added and some smaller changes have been done. Tobias

Re: [NTG-context] New STIX font version

2011-10-07 Thread Hans Hagen
of the Microsoft Word Equation Editor. 'symbol font' .. an interesting way to refer to a math font In addition, an update was made to address compatibility issues between the font set and the Windows PostScript driver. hm Hans

Re: [NTG-context] New STIX font version

2011-10-07 Thread Hans Hagen
the symbol font to be used in recent versions of the Microsoft Word Equation Editor. In addition, an update was made to address compatibility issues between the font set and the Windows PostScript driver. Besides those changes, some a (very) few glyphs have been added and some smaller changes have

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-28 Thread Otared Kavian
: it is absolutely great! Indeed thank you very much Siep and all the people who contributed. May I suggest that a word should be said about the Context User Group, by adding a link to http://group.contextgarden.net/ Best regards: OK

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-28 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 18:24, Otared Kavian wrote: I found the new look after being almost 3 months away from the list: it is absolutely great! Indeed thank you very much Siep and all the people who contributed. May I suggest that a word should be said about the Context User Group

[NTG-context] Long word out of text area/No proper line wrap with flushleft

2011-09-20 Thread Stefan Müller
, in this example the aaa...a-word is not moved to the next line but written partially into the margin instead. I understand this behaviour for right-left-aligned text to avoid extremely stretched-out spaces, but here it doesn't seem right to me. Can I change this behaviour somehow? Thanks

Re: [NTG-context] Long word out of text area/No proper line wrap with flushleft

2011-09-20 Thread Andreas Harder
On 20.09.2011, at 11:31, Stefan Müller wrote: Hi again, in one of my documents I want the text to be flushedleft and not hyphenated, see the following example. \setupalign[flushleft, nothyphenated] \starttext \showlayout bb bb bb bb bb

Re: [NTG-context] Long word out of text area/No proper line wrap with flushleft

2011-09-20 Thread Stefan Müller
Ah, thank you very much! Can you tell me why it's called broad? I don't get the intention behind this key... Stefan On 20.09.2011 11:34, Andreas Harder wrote: On 20.09.2011, at 11:31, Stefan Müller wrote: Hi again, in one of my documents I want the text to be flushedleft and not

Re: [NTG-context] Long word out of text area/No proper line wrap with flushleft

2011-09-20 Thread Andreas Harder
On 20.09.2011, at 11:50, Stefan Müller wrote: Ah, thank you very much! Can you tell me why it's called broad? I don't get the intention behind this key… I’ve no clue. Wolfgang Schuster postet this solution a several times, so I've remembered it. Andreas

Re: [NTG-context] Disabling specific ligatures

2011-09-19 Thread Aditya Mahajan
it does not. The word cannot hypenate wher \zwnj is inserted. When you don’t mind the extra space you can use “|*|”. This works well. But why is the * discretionary defined to insert the extra 0.05em space? (I can overwrite it in my document, but I just curious about the reason for the original

Re: [NTG-context] Table headers and section titles

2011-09-15 Thread Felix Ingram
Some follow up notes in case anyone else is trying to do something similar On 13 September 2011 15:30, Felix Ingram f.ingram.li...@gmail.com wrote: I've had another stab at converting our Word template to Context. I've managed to draw some pretty shapes using MetaPost (and I'd like to add my

[NTG-context] export kills hyphen symbol

2011-09-14 Thread Aditya Mahajan
=quality] \setupbackend [export=yes] \setuppapersize[A7] \starttext \input ward \stoptext See the attached pdf for output. On the fifth line the word presence is hyphenated but the hyphen symbol is missing!! I am using ConTeXt 2011.08.26. [1]: http://www.exljbris.com/fontin.html Aditya

[NTG-context] Table headers and section titles

2011-09-13 Thread Felix Ingram
Hello all, I've had another stab at converting our Word template to Context. I've managed to draw some pretty shapes using MetaPost (and I'd like to add my +1 for getting some alpha channel support for linear_shade) and I got really close to getting my table headings working. I would like

[NTG-context] Missing font switch in 'export=yes'

2011-08-15 Thread Vladimir Lomov
Hi. Consider the following example: file name=feat1.tex \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes] This is a small example. See the backend output (export file). How to put a word in the example between tags? \startEXAMPLE Here we go /BTEX\bold{AGAIN}/ETEX

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Book: Request for help!

2011-08-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
out there :-) The functionality I can extract from Npp gives a pedagogical advantage that's important for what I'm trying to achieve. For example, dbl-click a word and get a context-menu that allows you to tag that word without typing braces. I can even assign a shortcut so that I can tag a word

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Book: Request for help!

2011-08-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:38:42 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد isha...@colostate.edu wrote: The functionality I can extract from Npp gives a pedagogical advantage that's important for what I'm trying to achieve. For example, dbl-click a word and get a context-menu that allows you

Re: [NTG-context] Missing font switch in 'export=yes'

2011-08-15 Thread Hans Hagen
On 15-8-2011 11:40, Vladimir Lomov wrote: Hi. Consider the following example: file name=feat1.tex \setupbackend[export=yes] \starttext \definetyping[EXAMPLE][escape=yes] This is a small example. See the backend output (export file). How to put a word in the example between tags

Re: [NTG-context] Missing font switch in 'export=yes'

2011-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
a word in the example between tags? \startEXAMPLE Here we go /BTEX\bold{AGAIN}/ETEX \stopEXAMPLE \stoptext /file The 'AGAIN' in PDF file created by 'context' is bold but in 'feat1.export' file the word isn't placed between any tag. Should I use some special command in order to put 'AGAIN' between

[NTG-context] Italic correction

2011-08-15 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi, is italic correction still supported with MkIV because in the following example the second sentence has the same length as the first. % engine=pdftex \starttext \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic} word.} \the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox\par \setbox

Re: [NTG-context] Italic correction

2011-08-15 Thread Hans Hagen
On 15-8-2011 8:04, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi, is italic correction still supported with MkIV because in the following example the second sentence has the same length as the first. % engine=pdftex \starttext \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic} word.} \the\wd

Re: [NTG-context] Italic correction

2011-08-15 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
{A short sentence with a {\it italic} word.} \the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox\par \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{A short sentence with a {\it italic\/} word.} \the\wd\scratchbox\ : \box\scratchbox \stoptext yes and no: yes: the code is there no : it has not been adapted to the font cleanup

Re: [NTG-context] Missing font switch in 'export=yes'

2011-08-15 Thread Vladimir Lomov
the backend output (export file). How to put a word in the example between tags? \startEXAMPLE Here we go /BTEX\bold{AGAIN}/ETEX \stopEXAMPLE \stoptext /file The 'AGAIN' in PDF file created by 'context' is bold but in 'feat1.export' file the word isn't placed between any tag. Should I use some

[NTG-context] Squashing up lines?

2011-07-28 Thread Alasdair McAndrew
I'm preparing a grant application, for which the template is given in MS Word, and for which the instructions are that the final application must be no more than 4 pages. I'm trying to re-create the Word doc in ConTeXt, and to keep within the page limit I'd like the text to be as tight

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] Research into Generative Typesetting

2011-07-23 Thread Christian
uneven feel due to big word spacing. But who am I to grouch? My thesis currently consists of 5 pages xD so I should really not be pointing fingers here^^ Again, congratulations on your thesis. All the best Christian

Re: [NTG-context] Fw: A question about layers

2011-07-17 Thread Willi Egger
Borkowski wrote: Anybody help, please...? Dnia 2011-07-14, o godz. 23:37:29 Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl napisał(a): I think that the general problem is that I have a wrong conceptual model of layers in ConTeXt. You know, when I hear the word layer, I have some ideas about how

Re: [NTG-context] Fw: A question about layers

2011-07-16 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Anybody help, please...? Dnia 2011-07-14, o godz. 23:37:29 Marcin Borkowski mb...@wmi.amu.edu.pl napisał(a): I think that the general problem is that I have a wrong conceptual model of layers in ConTeXt. You know, when I hear the word layer, I have some ideas about how it should/could/might

Re: [NTG-context] Fw: A question about layers

2011-07-16 Thread Willi Egger
is that I have a wrong conceptual model of layers in ConTeXt. You know, when I hear the word layer, I have some ideas about how it should/could/might work, and probably these ideas are different than Hans'. So I'm going to briefly describe my idea (already modified by the answers) and please tell me

Re: [NTG-context] Edit a ConTeXt generated document with Adobe Acrobat Professional

2011-07-15 Thread Cecil Westerhof
problems getting them to accept to use Adobe. And now that turns out to be not a real option. Learning all the time as Benny Hill said. If you have been asked to hand over layout decisions, the best is to reproduce your document in XHTML, copy it into a word processor, and let them proceed

Re: [NTG-context] Edit a ConTeXt generated document with Adobe Acrobat Professional

2011-07-15 Thread Andreas Schneider
to be not a real option. Learning all the time as Benny Hill said. That's absolutely not true. MS Office Word has a pretty steep learning curve, people just neglect that and take it for a slightly more complex notepad. It's not, as can be seen be the loads of completely unprofessional done documents

Re: [NTG-context] Edit a ConTeXt generated document with Adobe Acrobat Professional

2011-07-15 Thread Cecil Westerhof
to use Adobe. And now that turns out to be not a real option. Learning all the time as Benny Hill said. That's absolutely not true. MS Office Word has a pretty steep learning curve, people just neglect that and take it for a slightly more complex notepad. It's not, as can be seen be the loads

Re: [NTG-context] n-dash and line break

2011-07-15 Thread Hans Hagen
] [-] [nleft=3,nright=3,type=5,left=,right={-},middle={-}] % \installbreakpoint [compound] [(] [nleft=3,nright=3,type=5,left=,right={(-},middle={(}] % \installbreakpoint [compound] [)] [nleft=3,nright=3,type=5,left={-)},right=,middle={)}] % composed-word\par composed(word)\par % \stop

Re: [NTG-context] n-dash and line break

2011-07-15 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
,nright=3,type=5,left=,right={(-},middle={(}] % \installbreakpoint [compound] [)] [nleft=3,nright=3,type=5,left={-)},right=,middle={)}] % composed-word\par composed(word)\par % \stop % \mainlanguage[czech] % \installbreakpoint [compound] [\number`-] [language=cs,nleft=3,nright=3,type=4

Re: [NTG-context] [beta] grid head

2011-07-14 Thread Philipp Gesang
): · \setuppapersize[A5][A5] \setuplayout[grid=verystrict] \setupheadertexts[{Blindtext}][{\tfb\bf \pagenumber}] \setuphead[chapter][ style=\WORD, grid=yes, ] \starttext \chapter {This is supposed to mimick a rather long chapter title as is common in German language environments; shorter titles might

[NTG-context] Export problems

2011-07-14 Thread Andreas Harder
between ’ and ”) But sometimes there is no space between the closing quote symbol and the following word. (I‘m trying to make an example). 2. Is there a possibility to “ignore” content the other way round? Something like: \startmode[export] … \stopmode Concrete it‘s problematic to export texts

[NTG-context] Fw: A question about layers

2011-07-14 Thread Marcin Borkowski
, not the lower-left corner etc. How to do that?) \flushlayer[title] etc (some styles in the distributions have examples) I think that the general problem is that I have a wrong conceptual model of layers in ConTeXt. You know, when I hear the word layer, I have some ideas about how it should/could

Re: [NTG-context] Edit a ConTeXt generated document with Adobe Acrobat Professional

2011-07-14 Thread John Haltiwanger
to hand over layout decisions, the best is to reproduce your document in XHTML, copy it into a word processor, and let them proceed with their own desing in their proprietary WYSIWYG software. Even if they just want to make textual changes, this is probably still be your best bet. You can

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-27 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
demonstrating it ... esp the disappearing character is weird Sure, the minimal example that I posted already twice shows exactly this case: The line before an indexed word appears to be missing one character at the end. You should try to make shorter examples ;) \setuplayout[width=6.3cm]\showframe

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-27 Thread Hans Hagen
}. \stoptext The problem when you put the \index command before a word is that it can end in a visible space at the end of the previous line. Wolfgang Thanks, Wolfgang. Just to confirm: yes, this short test does indeed show exactly the effects I was referring to. So question to Taco: could some lua

[NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-26 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
the name, if the page break falls at this position. Moreover, when this is followed by punctuation or footnotes, there may be a line break between the word and the punctuation/footnote mark. Placing it at the end of a long footnote is asking for even more trouble, because there's a real risk

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
{bar}: here, the entry may point to the page following the name, if the page break falls at this position. Moreover, when this is followed by punctuation or footnotes, there may be a line break between the word and the punctuation/footnote mark. Placing it at the end of a long footnote

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-26 Thread Hans Hagen
, the entry may point to the page following the name, if the page break falls at this position. Moreover, when this is followed by punctuation or footnotes, there may be a line break between the word and the punctuation/footnote mark. Placing it at the end of a long footnote is asking for even more

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-26 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
be unwanted side effects: foo\index{bar}: here, the entry may point to the page following the name, if the page break falls at this position. Moreover, when this is followed by punctuation or footnotes, there may be a line break between the word and the punctuation/footnote mark. Placing

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
: The line before an indexed word appears to be missing one character at the end. You should try to make shorter examples ;) \setuplayout[width=6.3cm]\showframe %\let\forcecolorhack\relax \starttext This is a short sentence to check \index{test}the \tex{index} command. This is another sentence

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-26 Thread Thomas Schmitz
is weird Sure, the minimal example that I posted already twice shows exactly this case: The line before an indexed word appears to be missing one character at the end. You should try to make shorter examples ;) \setuplayout[width=6.3cm]\showframe %\let\forcecolorhack\relax \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] where to place \index (again)

2011-06-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
command before a word is that it can end in a visible space at the end of the previous line. Wolfgang Thanks, Wolfgang. Just to confirm: yes, this short test does indeed show exactly the effects I was referring to. So question to Taco: could some lua trickery somehow get around these nasty

[NTG-context] Sanskrit Devanagari characters

2011-06-22 Thread Kip Warner
Hey list, I need to sprinkle my book with a few Sanskrit words written in the Devanagari script. I don't need to write complete paragraphs in it, but just a word or two inline. Can anyone show me the ConTeXt source to do such a thing, with, say तरीकिन? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer

Re: [NTG-context] Sanskrit Devanagari characters

2011-06-22 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 03:51:56PM -0700, Kip Warner wrote: Hey list, I need to sprinkle my book with a few Sanskrit words written in the Devanagari script. I don't need to write complete paragraphs in it, but just a word or two inline. Can anyone show me the ConTeXt source to do

Re: [NTG-context] règles typographiques

2011-06-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
and not a word space. Wolfgang ___ 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

Re: [NTG-context] règles typographiques

2011-06-16 Thread Cedric Mauclair
] ? Yes but context adds before the colon only a small space and not a word space. How could one modify that? Thanks. -- Cédric Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] règles typographiques

2011-06-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.06.2011 um 18:14 schrieb Cedric Mauclair: Yes but context adds before the colon only a small space and not a word space. How could one modify that? \setupcharacterspacing [frenchpunctuation] [003A] [left=1] % default: left=.25 Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] règles typographiques

2011-06-16 Thread Cedric Mauclair
2011/6/16 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com: Am 16.06.2011 um 18:14 schrieb Cedric Mauclair: Yes but context adds before the colon only a small space and not a word space. How could one modify that? \setupcharacterspacing [frenchpunctuation] [003A] [left=1] % default

Re: [NTG-context] Automatic landscape figure rotation

2011-06-14 Thread Hans Hagen
for all these things: \doifoddpageelse {\leftaligned {\rotate[rotation=90] {...}}} {\rightaligned{\rotate[rotation=270]{...}}} since a few days the beta also has rotation=left|right|inner|outer per request by taco (although no final word yet on if i need to swap 'm) Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Automatic landscape figure rotation

2011-06-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 06/14/2011 03:39 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: since a few days the beta also has rotation=left|right|inner|outer per request by taco (although no final word yet on if i need to swap 'm) Ah, I forgot. I am not sure what you meant to achieve with 'left' and 'right', but compared to the code you

Re: [NTG-context] Automatic landscape figure rotation

2011-06-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 14-6-2011 3:51, Taco Hoekwater wrote: On 06/14/2011 03:39 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: since a few days the beta also has rotation=left|right|inner|outer per request by taco (although no final word yet on if i need to swap 'm) Ah, I forgot. I am not sure what you meant to achieve with 'left

[NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv

2011-06-08 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi all, Assuming that we have a set of words or expressions, say {Maths, Physics, Algebra, Analysis, Chemistry, Geometry, Wave equation, Schrödinger equation} is it possible to write a lua function, named for instance randomselectword which returns one of the words or expressions

Re: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv

2011-06-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-6-2011 6:52, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi all, Assuming that we have a set of words or expressions, say {Maths, Physics, Algebra, Analysis, Chemistry, Geometry, Wave equation, Schrödinger equation} is it possible to write a lua function, named for instance randomselectword

Re: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv

2011-06-08 Thread Mathieu Dupont
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Subject: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv Hi all, Assuming that we have a set of words or expressions, say {Maths, Physics, Algebra, Analysis, Chemistry, Geometry, Wave equation, Schrödinger equation} is it possible to write

Re: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv

2011-06-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-6-2011 7:00, Mathieu Dupont wrote: This following code works, except that the first random is always the same (Analysis) for some reason. Anyone knows why ? \enableregime[il1]\starttext\startluacode userdata = userdata or {} math.randomseed( os.time() )function

Re: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv

2011-06-08 Thread Mathieu Dupont
: pra...@wxs.nl To: ntg-context@ntg.nl CC: mathieudup...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv On 8-6-2011 7:00, Mathieu Dupont wrote: This following code works, except that the first random is always the same (Analysis

Re: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv

2011-06-08 Thread Otared Kavian
of a word in a set with lua and mkiv Hi all, Assuming that we have a set of words or expressions, say {Maths, Physics, Algebra, Analysis, Chemistry, Geometry, Wave equation, Schrödinger equation} is it possible to write a lua function, named for instance randomselectword which

Re: [NTG-context] Random selection of a word in a set with lua and mkiv

2011-06-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-6-2011 10:12, Otared Kavian wrote: Thank you very much for your quick thoughts and solutions! It is amazing how fast one gets a solution to one's problem on this list… well, this was an easy one -) Just a note for Mathieu: I think that \enableregime[il1] depends on the input

Re: [NTG-context] undefined control sequence bug with German umlaut in bibliography

2011-06-04 Thread Julian Becker
if I just write Träger in UTF-8 encoding (however, Schräger works just fine. All combinations where the ä is at the third place of the word seem to fail.). The error message is similar but slightly different now. The log file shows the following: --- system begin file test.tex at line 3

Re: [NTG-context] undefined control sequence bug with German umlaut in bibliography

2011-06-04 Thread Julian Becker
the special characters. @Mojca: Indeed, it also fails if I just write Träger in UTF-8 encoding (however, Schräger works just fine. All combinations where the ä is at the third place of the word seem to fail.). The error message is similar but slightly different now. The log file shows

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
' example tables look like. After the changes, the structure was still that of a cals table, the word cals had been added to each tag, but after this adapation to some particular ConTeXt requirements, the tables in fact could not be called cals tables anymore. The file did no longer comply

[NTG-context] newbie questions

2011-05-31 Thread Sanja C.
), 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

Re: [NTG-context] newbie questions

2011-05-31 Thread George N. White III
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

[NTG-context] Modifying the header of a Register : \setuphead or \setupregister not working

2011-05-27 Thread Mathieu DUPONT
]\setupheadtext[MyIndex=INDEX] \setupregister[MyIndex][{\blank[0cm]}] %% not working\setuphead[register][{\blank[0cm]}] %% not working \starttext \startbodymatter\chapter{Chapter}\MyIndex{word}word\stopbodymatter \startbackmatter\completeMyIndex\stopbackmatter \stoptext Mathieu

Re: [NTG-context] [bibliography] publications layout

2011-05-24 Thread Stefan Müller
On 24.05.2011 00:57, Pontus Lurcock wrote: On Tue 24 May 2011, finkler wrote: in my publication list from the bibliography, every word, except the first starts in small case letters. How can I change this? This might help: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=capbibtex Pont Hi

[NTG-context] where to put an \index{foo} ?

2011-05-24 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, either I set an \index{foo} in front of the word it refers to, or after that word: The second can lead to wrong line wrapping when a full stop follows (see Case 1), and the first can lead into a line ending with a space before wrapping (see Case 2). :o( Is there a third option? Thanks

[NTG-context] \type and linebreak (again)

2011-05-23 Thread Andreas Schneider
would also like an option for character-based line wraps; i.e. it should (optionally; not in this particular case for example) break a word even in the middle if necessary, and without hyphenation mark. Especially in similar cases where I have a very very long directory name, I wouldn't care

Re: [NTG-context] \type and linebreak (again)

2011-05-23 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
) Is there anything else I can do/setup to get such long verbatim lines broken? I would also like an option for character-based line wraps; i.e. it should (optionally; not in this particular case for example) break a word even in the middle if necessary, and without hyphenation mark. Especially

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenating compound words in MKIV microtypography

2011-05-23 Thread Hans Hagen
or removing a word is more effective) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenating compound words in MKIV microtypographyy

2011-05-23 Thread Hans Hagen
(expansion) ... when applied so much that it gets visible, it will also lead to similar shapes in successive lines to look different so, just enabling these features assuming that the output looks better is debatable (sometimes adding or removing a word is more effective) I agree, in many cases

[NTG-context] [bibliography] publications layout

2011-05-23 Thread finkler
Hi there, in my publication list from the bibliography, every word, except the first starts in small case letters. How can I change this? I am using the beta. regards, finkler ___ If your question is of interest

Re: [NTG-context] [bibliography] publications layout

2011-05-23 Thread Pontus Lurcock
On Tue 24 May 2011, finkler wrote: in my publication list from the bibliography, every word, except the first starts in small case letters. How can I change this? This might help: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=capbibtex Pont

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