Re: [NTG-context] Create a directory using tex

2006-08-29 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to create a macro that writes files in a sub directory. If the directory is already created, things work fine. However, if the directory is not there, tex complains ! I can't write on file Please type another output file name: Is there a

Re: [NTG-context] layout question

2006-08-29 Thread richard rascher-friesenhausen
Hans Hagen schrieb: sorry, wrong command \definefloat[myfigure][myfigures][figure] the second arg is the plural, the third the parent Hans Hello, i added the cloning to my figure definitions. The caption is inherited from figure. But the new margin- and textmarginfigures do *not*

Re: [NTG-context] layout question

2006-08-29 Thread richard rascher-friesenhausen
nico schrieb: Defining a new float gives another floating object with its own counter, list, etc. Maybe you can stay with only one kind of float. The following looks like the expected rendering, but I don't understand the default placement of the second large figure. % float defs

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hi Hans, ! I can't find file `core-trf.tex'. l.381 \input core-trf.tex Cheers, Renaud Hans Hagen a écrit : Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There is not so much new functionality (if so, taco will report that when there is a new release), but - some reshuffling of code (in order to solve some

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I uploaded a new beta. There is not so much new functionality (if so, taco will report that when there is a new release), but - some reshuffling of code (in order to solve some dependency ugliness in the load order) - this is also a bit of a preparation for

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Renaud AUBIN wrote: Hi Hans, ! I can't find file `core-trf.tex'. l.381 \input core-trf.tex corrected - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hans, do you agree to add \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldCaps] [LucidaBrightSmallcaps-Demi] to type-buy.tex (\starttypescript [serif] [lucida] [name]) ? Renaud ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote * 2 of 3 picture (png) are not found; both unfound file have a _ in the name hm, will look into it * position of some (not all) overlay backgrounds is wrong (shifted to the left); maybe only a side effect can you make an example of that Hans

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Renaud AUBIN wrote: Hans, do you agree to add \definefontsynonym [SerifBoldCaps] [LucidaBrightSmallcaps-Demi] to type-buy.tex (\starttypescript [serif] [lucida] [name]) ? ok, done Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen wrote: Peter Rolf wrote * 2 of 3 picture (png) are not found; both unfound file have a _ in the name hm, will look into it I have found the cause of this one. If I don't use \usefigurebase the gfx are found and included. * position of some (not all) overlay backgrounds is

[NTG-context] figures and footnotes

2006-08-29 Thread Horacio Suarez
hello 1 I have footnotes in titles and as title a appers in all right pages, the litle number appears too, but adding 1 each page it appears. 2 I´m placing figures, but I get a gray square that says: name:thename file: thefile status:unknown texexec says file thefile has zero dimensions 4

Re: [NTG-context] figures and footnotes

2006-08-29 Thread Mari Voipio
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Horacio Suarez wrote: Files are 1 bit Potoshop tif, or 8 bit photoshop tif or 8 bit gimp tif. According to ConTeXt wiki (wiki.contextgarden.net), tif(f) is NOT a generally accepted file format in ConTeXt, some systems process it, but most don't. As I process ConTeXt

[NTG-context] xpos.sty

2006-08-29 Thread Paul Jones
Hello,Thank you again for very timely and great answers to my question yesterday. I am finding that implementing things in Context is usually easier than I expect. This is very nice. Our company decided to switch to context from latex recently. It seems to have been a very good decision. Thanks

Re: [NTG-context] 2DOWN imposition gives blank pages

2006-08-29 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Snajoy, May be you could approach that issue with preparing first a document on A4 and for paper saving arrange the pages from the pdf with texexec: texmfstart texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --2up yourfile.pdf Willi Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: Willi Egger wrote: In your code you try to

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hans Hagen a écrit : So, the big question here is does graphic inclusion work as expected Hans, \scale seems to be broken... \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummygraph} numeric u; u:=2cm; draw (-u,-u)--(u,u); draw ((-u,-u)--(u,u)) rotated 90; \stopuseMPgraphic

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Renaud AUBIN
\starttext \startuseMPgraphic{dummygraph} numeric u; u:=2cm; draw (-u,-u)--(u,u); draw ((-u,-u)--(u,u)) rotated 90; \stopuseMPgraphic \placefigure[here]{none}{\useMPgraphic{dummygraph}} - euh... work ;) \placefigure[here]{none}{\scale[sx=.5,sy=.5]{\useMPgraphic{dummygraph}}} - doesn't work !

Re: [NTG-context] 2DOWN imposition gives blank pages

2006-08-29 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
texexec --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --2up yourfile.pdf I tried a few experiments with no luck. Not sure if it's a context or texexec problem, or my confusion. I made the multi-page p5.pdf from \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \starttext \dorecurse{50}{ \input tufte } \stoptext Then I ran 'texexec

Re: [NTG-context] Arragning pdf-pages

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Willi Egger wrote: Hi Hans, When arranging pfd pages from a pdf file with the ruby version of the texexec script the following error occurs: cid:part1.07050109.01020703@boede.nltexmfstart texexec.rb --pdfarrange --paper=a5a4 --print=2up --result=a5a4-artiplydoc artiply-doc.pdf ..

[NTG-context] positioning a watermark

2006-08-29 Thread Paul Jones
Hello,I am trying to create alternating watermarks behind the text of a book on odd and even pages. I was able to get this working with overlays fine, except that I could not figure out how to position them. (I would like them in the bottom outside corners) Using layers I could get them to repeat

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: Peter Rolf wrote * 2 of 3 picture (png) are not found; both unfound file have a _ in the name hm, will look into it I have found the cause of this one. If I don't use \usefigurebase the gfx are found and included. *

Re: [NTG-context] latest ConTeXt and \quote

2006-08-29 Thread Alan Bowen
On Aug 29, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I updated to 2006.08.29 11:11 and find now that \quote{} produces double quotes (“ ”) rather than single quotes (“ ”). \quotation{} still has its expected effect. Is this a bug or has something gone awry with my installation? Cheers, Alan

Re: [NTG-context] layout question

2006-08-29 Thread nico
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:11:37 +0200, richard rascher-friesenhausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nico schrieb: Defining a new float gives another floating object with its own counter, list, etc. Maybe you can stay with only one kind of float. The following looks like the expected rendering, but

Re: [NTG-context] Arragning pdf-pages

2006-08-29 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
use --paperformat in order to distinguish between paperoffset etc Thanks. For achival value in case anyone else searches the list for this topic, here's the command line that works for me: texexec --pdfarrange --paperformat=a5a4 --print=2UP p5.pdf (2SIDE also works, and the --print= is

Re: [NTG-context] latest ConTeXt and \quote

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Bowen wrote: I updated to 2006.08.29 11:11 and find now that \quote{} produces double quotes (� �) rather than single quotes (� �). \quotation{} still has its expected effect. Is this a bug or has something gone awry with my installation? a missing \else in:

Re: [NTG-context] latest ConTeXt and \quote

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Alan Bowen wrote: On Aug 29, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I updated to 2006.08.29 11:11 and find now that \quote{} produces double quotes (� �) rather than single quotes (� �). \quotation{} still has its expected effect. Is this a bug or has something gone awry with my

Re: [NTG-context] xpos.sty

2006-08-29 Thread Hans Hagen
Paul Jones wrote: Thank you again for very timely and great answers to my question yesterday. I am finding that implementing things in Context is usually easier than I expect. This is very nice. Our company decided to switch to context from latex recently. It seems to have been a

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2006-08-29 Thread Peter Rolf
Hans Hagen wrote: Peter Rolf wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: Peter Rolf wrote * 2 of 3 picture (png) are not found; both unfound file have a _ in the name hm, will look into it I have found the cause of this one. If I don't use \usefigurebase the gfx are found and

Re: [NTG-context] Create a directory using tex

2006-08-29 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to create a macro that writes files in a sub directory. If the directory is already created, things work fine. However, if the directory is not there, tex complains ! I can't write on file Please type