Re: [NTG-context] metapost and luatex (or xetex)

2008-10-06 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Diego Depaoli wrote: > 2008/10/3 Hans Hagen: >> is ok, use btex color[white]{COPYRIGHT} etex instead > > Please see attached output... > I missed such command? \color[gray] of course Mojca

Re: [NTG-context] Fails to load certain Chinese fonts (Yanrui Li)

2008-10-06 Thread Yanrui Li
These problems which include lousy code of certain Chinese fonts in pdf that is generated by MkIV, seem to connect with LuaTeX. >From revision 1525 to 1535, LuaTeX can always work very well except text of using SimSun font is lousy code in pdf. After cleaning $TEXMFCACHE, I compiled revision 154

Re: [NTG-context] How to obtain blackboard bold?

2008-10-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > As in subject;) > > I found out that {\mb R} gives me the symbol for the real line; is it > _the_ ConTeXt way or should I do it in another way? The context way is \reals Other symbols defined are (in math-ams.tex) \definemathcommand [integers]

Re: [NTG-context] strange problem with mkiv (windows)

2008-10-06 Thread .
Same over here Peter with XP SP3. On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Peter Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > the following code breaks compilation here (XP SP3). > > \starttext > \limitatefirstline{\underbar{WqTextdummy}}{8ex}{...} > \stoptext > > > [..] > systems: begin file crop2

Re: [NTG-context] Some Metapost Problems

2008-10-06 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini wrote: > Hallo, > > I have a lot of problems with the following example: > > \startuseMPgraphic{Wochentage} ... > label.top(\sometxt{Samstag}, z0) ; > 1. The labels of the first graphic are

[NTG-context] A problem on lousy code of certain Chinese fonts in pdf

2008-10-06 Thread Yanrui Li
Hi, When I used SimSun font in the newest MkIV (2008.10.3), I found lousy code in pdf document, as an example attached to in this email, and I am sure that there is no this problem in the version 2008.10.1. Best wishes. Li Yanrui example.tar.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data

Re: [NTG-context] a bug of math subscript

2008-10-06 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sun, 5 Oct 2008, Zhaopeng Xing wrote: > Hi, > > I found a strange problem with the latest beta on my linux box. $\cal{F}_t$ > produces no subscript as in the attachment. There are no lowercase caligraphic letters. Did you mean ${\cal F}_t$ or $\cal F_T$? Aditya __

[NTG-context] Fails to load certain Chinese fonts

2008-10-06 Thread Yanrui Li
Hi, In MkIV of last beta version (2008.10.03 23:45), when I was loading certain Chinese fonts such as AdobeSongStd-Light or SimSun, LuaTeX happened to be interrupted. As the following example: \definefontfeature [zh][mode=node,script=hang,lang=zhs] \definefontsynonym [Song][name:AdobeSongSt

Re: [NTG-context] metapost and luatex (or xetex)

2008-10-06 Thread luigi scarso
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Diego Depaoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/10/3 Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Diego Depaoli wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> from metafun manual, page 157, I took this example > >> > >> \startuniqueMPgraphic{copyright} > >> picture p ; p := btex COPYRIGHT etex ro

Re: [NTG-context] relative file locations when compiling from different folders (in projects)

2008-10-06 Thread luigi scarso
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2008-10-03 um 20:15 schrieb Hans Hagen: > > I'm just wondering if there's some recipe about how to simplify the > work when icluding other files and images in projects, when one is > compiling from d

[NTG-context] Some Metapost Problems

2008-10-06 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo, I have a lot of problems with the following example: \usetypescriptfile[type-exa] \usetypescript[iwona][ec] \setupbodyfont[iwona,11pt] \startMPenvironment%[global] \usetypescript[iwona][ec] \setupbodyfont[iwona,8pt] \stopMPenvironment \star

[NTG-context] a bug of math subscript

2008-10-06 Thread Zhaopeng Xing
Hi, I found a strange problem with the latest beta on my linux box. $\cal{F}_t$ produces no subscript as in the attachment. -- Zhaopeng XING Tinbergen Institute zpxing.tar.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data _

[NTG-context] How to obtain blackboard bold?

2008-10-06 Thread Marcin Borkowski
As in subject;) I found out that {\mb R} gives me the symbol for the real line; is it _the_ ConTeXt way or should I do it in another way? Greets -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.pl) Kim jest ta, co wyłania się z pustyni, Idzie wsparta na swoim Oblubieńcu? _

[NTG-context] strange problem with mkiv (windows)

2008-10-06 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi, the following code breaks compilation here (XP SP3). \starttext \limitatefirstline{\underbar{WqTextdummy}}{8ex}{...} \stoptext [..] systems: begin file crop2 at line 2 ! Emergency stop. \processisolatedwords ...latedlastskip \lastskip }

[NTG-context] substitutions

2008-10-06 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
Dear gang, Sometimes I use the following for simple substitutions: \defineactivecharacter ' {\otfchar{quoteright}} But is there a more general mechanism to do things \definesubstitution{}{} eg \definesubstitution{--}{–} Of course ConTeXt already provides this particular substitution but I'

Re: [NTG-context] metapost and luatex (or xetex)

2008-10-06 Thread Diego Depaoli
2008/10/4 Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In the case of XeTeX: no, it's not normal. If you add > \loadmapfile[lm-ec.map] this solves the problem, but if I was on your > place, I would use \sometxt{COPYRIGHT} instead of btex COPYRIGHT etex. \sometxt works nice. Many thanks. -- Diego Depaoli

[NTG-context] hz broken?

2008-10-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, in current luatex snapshot (LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.30.0-2008093012, ConTeXt ver: 2008.10.03 23:45) hz seems to be broken (unless I made a typo here): \definefontfeature[hz][default] [protrusion=pure,expansion=quality,mode=node,script=latn] \usetypescript[postscript] \definetypefac

[NTG-context] off-topic : about smultron

2008-10-06 Thread Dalyoung Jeong
Dear all, I hope that you understand a little bit off topic question. Recently, I installed smultron and set it up to use ConTeXt Minimals following the instruction in ConTeXt wiki. Basically it worked. But the command result window didn't properly show what is going on during the compilation

Re: [NTG-context] metapost and luatex (or xetex)

2008-10-06 Thread Diego Depaoli
2008/10/3 Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Diego Depaoli wrote: >> Hi all, >> from metafun manual, page 157, I took this example >> >> \startuniqueMPgraphic{copyright} >> picture p ; p := btex COPYRIGHT etex rotated 90 ; >> setbounds p to boundingbox p enlarged 1pt ; >> draw p withcolor .8white ;

Re: [NTG-context] relative file locations when compiling from different folders (in projects)

2008-10-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-10-03 um 20:15 schrieb Hans Hagen: I'm just wondering if there's some recipe about how to simplify the work when icluding other files and images in projects, when one is compiling from different folders. >>> \usepath[..] >>> \usesubpath[...] (on top of paths) >>> \setupexter

Re: [NTG-context] hz MkIV

2008-10-06 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 04.10.2008 um 00:25 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >> Hi, >> >> in MkIV hz is bound to the found (thus the speed increase). >> >> Now, how do I assign different degrees of hz to different areas? >> Say, moderate hz in the normal text and more drastic in controlled >> situation, l

[NTG-context] Downloading problem

2008-10-06 Thread Mehdi Omidali
Hi everyone, I tried to download the linux minimal several times but I couldn't and the download progress stoped after 26%. Is the link correct? Thanks MO ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please ad

[NTG-context] highlight VB typesetting

2008-10-06 Thread Zhaopeng Xing
Hi, I want to type a VB code file named "vba.bas" in context. After read the manual, the following codes seems not working well for me. Any suggestion? There are two features desired: language-specific color typing and small style. Thanks. \definetyping[vb] \setuptyping[vb][style=small,option=c

[NTG-context] Some Metapost Problems

2008-10-06 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo, I have a lot of problems with the following example: \usetypescriptfile[type-exa] \usetypescript[iwona][ec] \setupbodyfont[iwona,11pt] \startMPenvironment%[global] \usetypescript[iwona][ec] \setupbodyfont[iwona,8pt] \stopMPenvironment \star

Re: [NTG-context] misbehaving \column

2008-10-06 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-10-03 um 18:40 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: > The \column command does not want to obey me ... The text following > \column simply jumps to the next page. > This time I cannot think of any workaround :( > Well, in the worst case I can still insert a table. > > \starttext > \section{first} > \do

Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

2008-10-06 Thread John Culleton
On Sunday 28 September 2008 08:13:15 am Hans Hagen wrote: > Frans Goddijn wrote: > > Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and > > I'm working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. > > It's been a while since I used Context so I want to download some > > basi