[NTG-context] wiki: linux installation updates

2007-01-05 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
I updated the Linux installation pages on the wiki, mostly the Debian one, but also the tetex 3.0 page and I added a short entry for Ubuntu 6.10 (edgy). The Debian page now describes how to install using Norbert's context packages. It describes a system-wide install based on those and the texlive

[NTG-context] dvipos outputs scaled points, which confuses context

2007-01-05 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
To stress-test things and because xdvi renders crisper text than any pdf viewer, I just tried 'texexec --dvi --nobackend notes'. It failed with: (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/sort-lan.tex) (./notes.tuo ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). - \pospxywhd ...fnum \p

Re: [NTG-context] HZ with latest ConTeXt

2007-01-05 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
> 2) As hz is sometimes not obvious when viewed, I check the fonts in > the resulting PDF to see if any are extended. Most PDF viewers list > the fonts under File/Properties or similar They might not be used with pdftex 1.40, which (from what I gathered reading the NEWS file) can adjust the local

Re: [NTG-context] HZ with latest ConTeXt

2007-01-05 Thread Mike Bird
On Friday 05 January 2007 12:04, Peter Münster wrote: > I can get hanging but no hz (no difference between 2nd and 3rd page). > > What is needed to get hz? This answer is not definitive but based only on my own experiences. 1) I was unable to get hz in some fonts. If I haven't missed anything re

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > This is great work. Now, I just wish that I could have a printed copy > of the whole thing which automatically updated everytime there was a > new ConTeXt release. Maybe I should try out eletronic ink technologies > ;) > http://www.irextechnologies.com/products/ili

Re: [NTG-context] \externalcommand?

2007-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2007-01-04, at 23:10.0, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > Perhaps the R module is easiest to understand. That method will > > work for > > most cases where you simply want to capture part of tex source and > > write > > it verbatim to a file, and then

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Hans Hagen wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > > > > This is great work. Now, I just wish that I could have a printed copy > > of the whole thing which automatically updated everytime there was a > > new ConTeXt release. Maybe I should try out eletronic ink technologies > >

Re: [NTG-context] \externalcommand?

2007-01-05 Thread cormullion
On 2007-01-04, at 23:10.0, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Perhaps the R module is easiest to understand. That method will > work for > most cases where you simply want to capture part of tex source and > write > it verbatim to a file, and then read the output back into tex. I'm really grateful for y

Re: [NTG-context] Using vim's syntax highlighting in (TeX) publicaions (fwd)

2007-01-05 Thread Hans Hagen
� wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > >> just in case anyone is interested in typesetting publications using >> vim's syntax highlighter. This is a new module written in ConTeXt (a >> flavour of TeX) that can be used in documents: >> > > Hello Aditya and Mojca, > > it's g

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, luigi scarso wrote: > On 1/5/07, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, luigi scarso wrote: > > > > > If someone compile this > > > $>texmfstart texexec --pdf --modu core-mis > > > > > > then he should be send to me (luigi.scarso at gmail.com) > > > c

[NTG-context] HZ with latest ConTeXt

2007-01-05 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, I've just seen the page about hanging and hz on the wiki, so I've tried the example for lm: \starttext \input tufte \page \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hanging] \usetypescript[modern-base][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[reset] \setupbodyfont[modern] \input

[NTG-context] another problem with \starttables

2007-01-05 Thread Peter Münster
Hello, shouldn't there be a line on the top of each page: \starttext \starttablehead \HL \stoptablehead \starttables[|l|] \NC test \NC\FR \dorecurse{100}{\NC test \NC\MR} \NC test \NC\LR \stoptables \stoptext ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: [NTG-context] Using vim's syntax highlighting in (TeX) publicaions (fwd)

2007-01-05 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > just in case anyone is interested in typesetting publications using > vim's syntax highlighter. This is a new module written in ConTeXt (a > flavour of TeX) that can be used in documents: Hello Aditya and Mojca, it's great! It would be nice, to have t

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread luigi scarso
> add "%D \stopbuffer" on line 84 OK; I'm ready for another module (hmmm-cweb.. ) luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] error with metafun

2007-01-05 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Peter Münster wrote: > On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > >>Peter Münster wrote: >> >>>with the latest ConTeXt on TeX-live 2007 and this input file: >> >>No error here, but my context and metapost are newer and my >>pdftex is older than TL, so that may not mean much. > > Did you us

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:51:00 +0100 "luigi scarso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Luigi > On 1/5/07, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, luigi scarso wrote: > > > > > If someone compile this > > > $>texmfstart texexec --pdf --modu core-mis > > > > > > then he should be

Re: [NTG-context] crash with pdftex-1.40

2007-01-05 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >>But this should be enough to reproduce it: >>\starttext >>\input "\string|echo -n bla" >>\stoptext > > > Breaks here too, using pdftex 1.40.0, context 2006.12.27, Ubuntu i386: This bug is found and fixed and will be corrected in the next pdftex release. Best, Taco

Re: [NTG-context] \externalcommand?

2007-01-05 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> I think there's something in ConTeXt called \externalcommand. Can >> this be used to hand over a section of source text for processing by >> an external program during the ConTeXt-ing of a document? How does it >> work,

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread luigi scarso
>http://archive.contextgarden.net/thread/20061013.052307.d624f4eb.en.html#20061013.052307.d624f4eb Oh yes, I've already read this : it was the start for new modules.pdf release. :) luigi ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/m

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread luigi scarso
On 1/5/07, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, luigi scarso wrote: > > > If someone compile this > > $>texmfstart texexec --pdf --modu core-mis > > > > then he should be send to me (luigi.scarso at gmail.com) > > core-mis.tex > > Change line 2829 from > > %D {\somekind

Re: [NTG-context] Error with --modu for core-mis

2007-01-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, luigi scarso wrote: > If someone compile this > $>texmfstart texexec --pdf --modu core-mis > > then he should be send to me (luigi.scarso at gmail.com) > core-mis.tex Change line 2829 from %D {\somekindoftab} ^^^ This causes the problem to %D {somekindoft

Re: [NTG-context] crash with pdftex-1.40

2007-01-05 Thread luigi scarso
It breaks here on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, latest pdftex, latest context distro t is \starttext \def\myCMD#1{%.. \stoptext t1 is \starttext \input "\string|echo -n bla" \stoptext luigi [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# texmfstart texexec --pdf t TeXExec | processing document 't' TeXExec | no ctx file found