Re: [NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-16 Thread Rogers, Michael K
I'm familiar with TeX, not with LaTeX, and started ConTeXt last December. Here are what I've found most useful: 1. In my TeXLive 2011, there is texlive/2011/texmf-dist/doc/context/manuals/reference/en/contextref.pdf, dated July 2011 and unfinished. (The change to MKIV is immense and has

[NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond

2012-07-16 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, I've copied the files GARA.TTF, GARABD.TTF and GARAIT.TTF (Monotype Garamond) to the fonts directory and then regenerated the database. This is my test-file: --8---cut here---start-8--- \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[garamond] \starttext \input

[NTG-context] change caption position temporarily

2012-07-16 Thread d_jan
Hello, Is it possible to set the caption position for some images to another position than the one defined in \setupcations ? The standard in my document is location=bottom but for some images I'd prefer =right. Regards, Jan

Re: [NTG-context] change caption position temporarily

2012-07-16 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Jul 16 2012, d_jan wrote: Is it possible to set the caption position for some images to another position than the one defined in \setupcations ? The standard in my document is location=bottom but for some images I'd prefer =right. \setupcaptions[location=bottom]

[NTG-context] math: diagonal dots

2012-07-16 Thread Andreas Mang
Dear all, It seems that the \ddots in modern is mapped to the wrong Symbol: % \setupbodyfont[modern,12pt] \starttext $\ddots$ \stoptext % System: ConTeXt ver: 2012.07.10 09:52 MKIV result: three dots from bottom left to top right (corresponds to \iddots (which btw.

[NTG-context] Informations about nodes

2012-07-16 Thread Jaroslav Hajtmar
Hallo ConTeXist. is there anything about nodes for beginners? I think any manual or practical examples. I would like trying make anything experiments with this. I found anything only on wiki (http://wiki.luatex.org/index.php/TeX_without_TeX) Thanks Jaroslav Hajtmar

Re: [NTG-context] Broken Nightly (2012.07.10)

2012-07-16 Thread Martin Bruchanov
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:45:46PM -0700, Kip Warner wrote: On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 09:22 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Use \define[2]\PlaceSection {} or \unexpanded\def\PlaceSection#1#2% {} in your environment file. Wolfgang Thanks Wolfgang. As usual, your

Re: [NTG-context] Informations about nodes

2012-07-16 Thread luigi scarso
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Jaroslav Hajtmar hajt...@gyza.cz wrote: Hallo ConTeXist. is there anything about nodes for beginners? I think any manual or practical examples. I would like trying make anything experiments with this. I found anything only on wiki

Re: [NTG-context] change caption position temporarily

2012-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.07.2012 um 11:27 schrieb Peter Münster: On Mon, Jul 16 2012, d_jan wrote: Is it possible to set the caption position for some images to another position than the one defined in \setupcations ? The standard in my document is location=bottom but for some images I'd prefer =right.

[NTG-context] ancient greek module and footnote fontsize problem

2012-07-16 Thread Alan Bowen
The following code fails to produce greek in the footnote. \usemodule[ancientgreek] [font=GreekOldStandard,scale=1.00,altfont=GreekLibertine,scale=0.95] \def\grk{\localgreek} \setupnote[footnote][way=bypage,conversion=numbers] \setupnote[footnote][location=page, rule=on, bodyfont=9.5pt,

Re: [NTG-context] Broken Nightly (2012.07.10)

2012-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-7-2012 07:32, Kip Warner wrote: Sorry, I'm a little lost. Are you referring to within the ConTeXt source or do you mean that users need to modify their typesetting commands they are using for their documents? only the occasional ones that hook into 'command=' ... they'd best be

Re: [NTG-context] Informations about nodes

2012-07-16 Thread Rogers, Michael K
On Jul 16, 2012, at 4:13 AM, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: Hallo ConTeXist. is there anything about nodes for beginners? I think any manual or practical examples. I would like trying make anything experiments with this. I found anything only on wiki

Re: [NTG-context] Broken Nightly (2012.07.10)

2012-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.07.2012 um 15:37 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 16-7-2012 07:32, Kip Warner wrote: Sorry, I'm a little lost. Are you referring to within the ConTeXt source or do you mean that users need to modify their typesetting commands they are using for their documents? only the occasional ones that

Re: [NTG-context] ## not permitted in the presence of .

2012-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.07.2012 um 23:50 schrieb Eythan Weg: Thank you. But isn't \donknuthmode suppose to keep the compatibility with standard tex? Only MkII keeps the traditional behavior for _, ^ and , in MkIV there is no way to go back but as I have show’n you there is \aligntab which can be used

Re: [NTG-context] Broken Nightly (2012.07.10)

2012-07-16 Thread Kip Warner
On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 18:00 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Or \define[number]\somecommand which creates also a protected command. Right. Thanks. -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: [NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-16 Thread john Culleton
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:23:00 +0200 Henning Hraban Ramm hra...@fiee.net wrote: Am 2012-07-15 um 22:04 schrieb john Culleton: I use TexLive 2011 on a Slackware Linux platform. If you___re serious about MkIV, install TeX Live 2012 or use Standalone. (If you don___t need LaTeX, the latter is

Re: [NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond

2012-07-16 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Luis Montgomery wrote: Try with \setmainfont[gara] The result is worse: http://pmrb.free.fr/tmp/gara.pdf -- Peter ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond

2012-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-7-2012 09:26, Peter Münster wrote: Hi, I've copied the files GARA.TTF, GARABD.TTF and GARAIT.TTF (Monotype Garamond) to the fonts directory and then regenerated the database. This is my test-file: --8---cut here---start-8--- \usemodule[simplefonts]

Re: [NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond

2012-07-16 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Hans Hagen wrote: maybe it's a script or language dependent feature Could you explain this please (what script, what language)? -- Peter ___ If your question is of interest to

Re: [NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond

2012-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.07.2012 um 20:03 schrieb Peter Münster: On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Luis Montgomery wrote: Try with \setmainfont[gara] The result is worse: http://pmrb.free.fr/tmp/gara.pdf Try this example which doesn’t use simplefonts: \starttext \startfont[file:gara.ttf*default]\input

Re: [NTG-context] ancient greek module and footnote fontsize problem

2012-07-16 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On 07/16/2012 03:05 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: The following code fails to produce greek in the footnote. \usemodule[ancientgreek] [font=GreekOldStandard,scale=1.00,altfont=GreekLibertine,scale=0.95] \def\grk{\localgreek} \setupnote[footnote][way=bypage,conversion=numbers]

Re: [NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond

2012-07-16 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Try this example which doesn’t use simplefonts: \starttext \startfont[file:gara.ttf*default]\input knuth\par\stopfont \startfont[file:garait.ttf*default]\input knuth\par\stopfont \startfont[file:garabd.ttf*default]\input knuth\par\stopfont

Re: [NTG-context] ancient greek module and footnote fontsize problem

2012-07-16 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Thomas. That’s got it nicely. Best, Alan On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de wrote: On 07/16/2012 03:05 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: The following code fails to produce greek in the footnotes. \usemodule[ancientgreek]

Re: [NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond (solved)

2012-07-16 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Peter Münster wrote: The 3 ttf files come from an MS-Office installation. I've replaced them with files from the internet (http://www.findthatzip.com/), now it works! -- Peter ___

Re: [NTG-context] bad kerning with Garamond

2012-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-7-2012 20:59, Peter Münster wrote: On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Try this example which doesn’t use simplefonts: \starttext \startfont[file:gara.ttf*default]\input knuth\par\stopfont \startfont[file:garait.ttf*default]\input knuth\par\stopfont

[NTG-context] new beta

2012-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes. New is a first version of a new multi column handler. Pretty experimental but eventually it will replace the current multi column routine, which is fact is then an instance, think of \definemixedcolumns [columns] \unexpanded\def\setupcolumns

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2012-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-7-2012 22:02, Hans Hagen wrote: Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes. New is a first version of a new multi column handler. Pretty experimental but eventually it will replace the current multi column routine, which is fact is then an instance, think of \definemixedcolumns

Re: [NTG-context] Returning...need advice on manuals for MKIV

2012-07-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
The standalone.zip had some problems. ConTeXt Standalone (or is it now ConTeXt Suite?) now refers to what was ConTeXt minimals. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone There is no standalone.zip; so perhaps you tried the old standalone distributed by Hans. Aditya

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2012-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 16.07.2012 um 22:02 schrieb Hans Hagen: Hi, I uploaded a new beta. The usual fixes. New is a first version of a new multi column handler. Pretty experimental but eventually it will replace the current multi column routine, which is fact is then an instance, think of

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2012-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-7-2012 22:30, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: be changed to \unexpanded\def\strc_itemgroups_start_columns {\startmixedcolumns[itemgroupcolumns]} \unexpanded\def\strc_itemgroups_stop_columns {\stopmixedcolumns} because “start” and “stop” are interface/language dependant strings. Ok. I

[NTG-context] multi column index register broken

2012-07-16 Thread Andreas Mang
Dear all, Firstly, thanks for the fixes in the index register. Works nicely... However, I am facing an new problem with this very register: It seems that the current beta only works for index registers put in a single column (see below) or did the interface change? Cheers, Andreas VERSION:

Re: [NTG-context] multi column index register broken

2012-07-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 16-7-2012 23:44, Andreas Mang wrote: Dear all, Firstly, thanks for the fixes in the index register. Works nicely... However, I am facing an new problem with this very register: It seems that the current beta only works for index registers put in a single column (see below) or did the

[NTG-context] Broken for a while now...

2012-07-16 Thread DB
I've noticed two things that seem to be broken in the betas, and they've been broken for a while now. \resetpagenumber \setuppagenumber[number=1] sets the page number to zero rather than 1. Also, the width= setting in \setuplist doesn't work anymore, either. I apologise if I sound like I'm

Re: [NTG-context] Broken for a while now...

2012-07-16 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 17.07.2012 um 05:04 schrieb DB: I've noticed two things that seem to be broken in the betas, and they've been broken for a while now. \resetpagenumber \setuppagenumber[number=1] Put \resetpagenumber after \setuppagenumber or use \setcounter[userpage][1] sets the page number to zero