Re: [NTG-context] Postscript Type1 fonts MK IV

2010-08-30 Thread John Magolske
* Khaled Hosny khaledho...@eglug.org [100829 08:37]: On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:50:38PM -0700, John Magolske wrote: Also, the SabonLT-Roman.afm file that came from Linotype has a section titled StartKernData, but .afm files generated using type1afm, fontforge, font2afm, etc. have no

[NTG-context] Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins -- ConTeXt margins

2010-08-30 Thread Xan xan
Hi, I want to migrate one LaTeX document to ConTeXt document. I only want to put the _exact_ margins LaTeX use for \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}. Anyone could say me the exact values I have to put in **layout**? Thanks, Xan.

[NTG-context] startenumerate in romans a la LaTeX

2010-08-30 Thread Xan xan
Hi, I just want to simulate the behaviour of \usepackage{enumerate} ... \begin{enumerate}[(i)] \item \end{enumerate} in ConTeXt. That is: - items in (i), (ii), - right indentation of items: in context items start at the same point. In LaTeX is the item text itself who starts at the same

Re: [NTG-context] Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins -- ConTeXt margins

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 29-8-2010 7:11, Xan xan wrote: Hi, I want to migrate one LaTeX document to ConTeXt document. I only want to put the _exact_ margins LaTeX use for \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}. Anyone could say me the exact values I have to put in **layout**? You first have to figure out what the

[NTG-context] section conversion gets lost in MKIV

2010-08-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear list, Here's a minimal example that work correct in MKII, but wrong in MKIV: \setupsection [chapter] [conversion=Characters] \setupsection [section] [conversion=] \starttext \chapter{first} \section{subfirst} \stoptext It results in A first 1.1

[NTG-context] problem with the removing of glue node in scrp-cjk.lua

2010-08-30 Thread 李延瑞
Hi Hans, In scrp-cjk.lua, the function process can eat some glue node between CJK glyphs. But the following glue nodes between CJK glyph and half_width_open/half_width_close glyphs should not be eaten. For example: \starttext 中国 (Chinese) 的未来 \stoptext Its output need stay the same. Therefore

[NTG-context] Fwd: Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins -- ConTeXt margins

2010-08-30 Thread Xan xan
-- Forwarded message -- From: Xan xan xancor...@gmail.com Date: 2010/8/30 Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins -- ConTeXt margins To: Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl There is a technical explanation in The Not so Short Introduction to LaTeX

[NTG-context] startenumerate in romans a la LaTeX

2010-08-30 Thread Xan xan
Hi, I just want to simulate the behaviour of \usepackage{enumerate} ... \begin{enumerate}[(i)] \item \end{enumerate} in ConTeXt. That is: - items in (i), (ii), - right indentation of items: in context items start at the same point. In LaTeX is the item text itself who starts at the same

Re: [NTG-context] Postscript Type1 fonts MK IV

2010-08-30 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:17:18PM -0700, John Magolske wrote: * Khaled Hosny khaledho...@eglug.org [100829 08:37]: On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:50:38PM -0700, John Magolske wrote: Also, the SabonLT-Roman.afm file that came from Linotype has a section titled StartKernData, but .afm

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins -- ConTeXt margins

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 30-8-2010 11:23, Xan xan wrote: There is a technical explanation in The Not so Short Introduction to LaTeX [tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf] (page 129) It's too much for me. I supose there are equivalencies in ConTeXt but too bit tech for me. sure, setuplayout can be used to define any

Re: [NTG-context] section conversion gets lost in MKIV

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 30-8-2010 10:34, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Dear list, Here's a minimal example that work correct in MKII, but wrong in MKIV: \setupsection [chapter] [conversion=Characters] \setupsection [section] [conversion=] \starttext \chapter{first} \section{subfirst}

[NTG-context] io.readnumber / l-io.lua (with patch)

2010-08-30 Thread Philipp Gesang
Hi, the function io.readnumber fails to call itself. I append a patch. Philipp -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments --- l-io.lua2010-08-18 17:37:25.0 +0200 +++

[NTG-context] startenumerate in romans a la LaTeX

2010-08-30 Thread Xan
Hi, I just want to simulate the behaviour of \usepackage{enumerate} ... \begin{enumerate}[(i)] \item \end{enumerate} in ConTeXt. That is: - items in (i), (ii), - right indentation of items: in context items start at the same point. In LaTeX is the item text itself who starts at the same

[NTG-context] startenumerate in romans a la LaTeX

2010-08-30 Thread Xan
Hi, I just want to simulate the behaviour of \usepackage{enumerate} ... \begin{enumerate}[(i)] \item \end{enumerate} in ConTeXt. That is: - items in (i), (ii), - right indentation of items: in context items start at the same point. In LaTeX is the item text itself who starts at the same

[NTG-context] Fwd: startenumerate in romans a la LaTeX

2010-08-30 Thread Xan
Hi, I just want to simulate the behaviour of \usepackage{enumerate} ... \begin{enumerate}[(i)] \item \end{enumerate} in ConTeXt. That is: - items in (i), (ii), - right indentation of items: in context items start at the same point. In LaTeX is the item text itself who starts at the same

Re: [NTG-context] io.readnumber / l-io.lua (with patch)

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 30-8-2010 2:11, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi, the function io.readnumber fails to call itself. I append a patch. Philipp ok - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH

[NTG-context] fixed columns height

2010-08-30 Thread Jano Kula
Hello, looking for the multicolums of fixed height I've found the solution from Wolfgang [1], which doesn't work with latest beta (mkiv): \usemodule[streams] \definestreamlayer[test][method=overlay] \setupbackgrounds[page][background=test] \starttext \startstreamlayer[test] \startcolumns

Re: [NTG-context] startenumerate in romans a la LaTeX

2010-08-30 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 08/28/2010 09:31 PM, Xan wrote: - right indentation of items: in context items start at the same point. In LaTeX is the item text itself who starts at the same point, not the romans. I do not understand this sentence. Does this do what you want? \defineitemgroup[enumerate]

Re: [NTG-context] Making a feedback form

2010-08-30 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Op zondag 29 aug 2010 13:43 CEST schreef Hans Hagen: there is the widgets manual on the website .. still valid Thanks. This is for interactive feedback forms and I need paper ones, but I think I can use it. ok, paper is easier, mostly itemize (which has some features for that) and framed

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming file breaks texexec

2010-08-30 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Op zaterdag 28 aug 2010 13:31 CEST schreef Taco Hoekwater: I want to try to make a logo. When executing: texexec ConTeXtWikiLogo there is generated: -rw-r--r-- 1 cecil users 17K aug 28 12:55 ConTeXtWikiLogo.pdf When I give: cp ConTeXtWikiLogo.tex BASHLogo.tex texexec BASHLogo there is

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming file breaks texexec

2010-08-30 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 08/30/2010 04:11 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: Op zaterdag 28 aug 2010 13:31 CEST schreef Taco Hoekwater: I want to try to make a logo. When executing: texexec ConTeXtWikiLogo there is generated: -rw-r--r-- 1 cecil users 17K aug 28 12:55 ConTeXtWikiLogo.pdf When I give: cp ConTeXtWikiLogo.tex

Re: [NTG-context] Filling boxes

2010-08-30 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Op zaterdag 28 aug 2010 16:20 CEST schreef Wolfgang Schuster: \setuplayout[header=0cm,footer=0.25cm] \defineframed [action] [width=5cm,height=3cm,offset=none,frameoffset=.5\linewidth] \defineframed [base] [width=3cm,height=2cm,offset=none,frameoffset=.5\linewidth]

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming file breaks texexec

2010-08-30 Thread Cecil Westerhof
Op maandag 30 aug 2010 16:15 CEST schreef Taco Hoekwater: The on-the-fly generation of metapost images is off because the setting for shell_escape in your texmf.cnf does not allow execution of system commands. I have two files: /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf

Re: [NTG-context] startenumerate in romans a la LaTeX

2010-08-30 Thread Jörg Hagmann
On 08/28/2010 09:31 PM, Xan wrote: - right indentation of items: in context items start at the same point. In LaTeX is the item text itself who starts at the same point, not the romans. The Romans always start too late, try the Celts! JH

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming file breaks texexec

2010-08-30 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On 08/30/2010 05:13 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: Op maandag 30 aug 2010 16:15 CEST schreef Taco Hoekwater: The on-the-fly generation of metapost images is off because the setting for shell_escape in your texmf.cnf does not allow execution of system commands. I have two files:

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Migrations: exactly LaTeX margins -- ConTeXt margins

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 30-8-2010 5:03, Mojca Miklavec wrote: it is possible to reverse-engineer the dimensions, but I crossed against something I don't understand straight away. The distance between paper border and text is [1]+[3]=1 inch + 0pt + 22pt (but that doesn't seem to be the case in A4 paper setting

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with the installation of the minimals on Win XP

2010-08-30 Thread Florian Baudach
I tried but it didn't work :(. I a must confess I am not a experienced windows user. Perhaps my problems with the minimals depend on the security settings on my office Pc :-? Greetings FloMo 2010/8/26 Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky yatskov...@gmail.com Hi! Why not to use my Win installer? ;)

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with the installation of the minimals on Win XP

2010-08-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 18:58, Florian Baudach wrote: I tried but it didn't work :(. I a must confess I am not a experienced windows user. Perhaps my problems with the minimals depend on the security settings on my office Pc :-? Greetings Did you try to download the installer from scratch?

[NTG-context] framed text over multiple pages

2010-08-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear list, I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. At the moment I have \startframedtext [width=\textwidth, background=color, backgroundcolor=mycolor1, frame=off, leftframe=on,

Re: [NTG-context] framed text over multiple pages

2010-08-30 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Dear list, I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. Hey, you are getting rusty :-) At the moment I have \startframedtext [width=\textwidth,

Re: [NTG-context] framed text over multiple pages

2010-08-30 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. Hey, you are getting rusty :-) I am. In past I used to

Re: [NTG-context] framed text over multiple pages

2010-08-30 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. Hey, you are

Re: [NTG-context] Making a feedback form

2010-08-30 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2010-08-30 um 16:02 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: aren't there users out there who have made forms already who can provide examples? It looks like not. Well it is for me to take up the gauntlet then. I'll try to make a set off macros and when successful, I'll put them on the WiKi. Here's my

Re: [NTG-context] framed text over multiple pages

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 30-8-2010 7:42, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. Hey, you are

Re: [NTG-context] framed text over multiple pages

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 30-8-2010 8:11, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 19:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text

Re: [NTG-context] framed text over multiple pages

2010-08-30 Thread Hans Hagen
On 30-8-2010 7:23, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Dear list, I'm trying to find the command (in manual, wiki or mailing list) that enables using background behind text spanning over multiple pages. Hey, you are getting rusty :-) imagine how more better