Re: [NTG-context] apostrophe in a verbatim enviroment

2008-11-07 Thread Alan Bowen
\tt 202'906 202'096 \stoptext gives me the layout I want or the apostrophe (char13) I need, but not both at the same time. On Nov 6, 2008, at 18;14,51 , Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Thu, 6 Nov 2008, Alan Bowen wrote: Is it possible to get an apostrophe to typeset as a vertical mark

[NTG-context] apostrophe in a verbatim enviroment

2008-11-06 Thread Alan Bowen
Is it possible to get an apostrophe to typeset as a vertical mark ( ' ) rather than a curved mark ( ’ ) when using \starttyping and MKII? I am trying to get the old “typewriter” look for a brief stretch of text. Alan

[NTG-context] installing latest beta (Minimals)

2008-10-18 Thread Alan Bowen
My attempt to update my ConTeXtMinimals using ./first-setup.sh failed. The message reported was: mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - none ! LuaTeX error ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat-tex.lua: 322: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'total' (a nil value). *

Re: [NTG-context] installing latest beta (Minimals)

2008-10-18 Thread Alan Bowen
:33 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: My attempt to update my ConTeXtMinimals using ./first-setup.sh failed. The message reported was: mkiv lua stats : loaded fonts - none ! LuaTeX error ...mals/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/luat- tex.lua:322: attempt to perform arithmetic on local

Re: [NTG-context] error message query

2008-09-04 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears that the problem is my definition \def\ {|~|} Though this definition works in a simple test file, it apparently conflicts with something in my environment file and produces the error message reported previously. So

[NTG-context] error message

2008-09-03 Thread Alan Bowen
I am trying to process a file using the ConTeXt minimals and MK II that now complains: . . . {/Users/alancbowen/Library/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/context/tasgreek.map} ! Argument of \next has an extra }. inserted text \par to be read again } argument

[NTG-context] error message query

2008-09-03 Thread Alan Bowen
It appears that the problem is my definition \def\ {|~|} Though this definition works in a simple test file, it apparently conflicts with something in my environment file and produces the error message reported previously. So, is there a “safer” way to define \space as {|~|}? Alan

Re: [NTG-context] error message query

2008-09-03 Thread Alan Bowen
: On Sep 3, 2008, at 9:48 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: It appears that the problem is my definition \def\ {|~|} Though this definition works in a simple test file, it apparently conflicts with something in my environment file and produces the error message reported previously. So

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 2, 2008, at 04;04,31 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: With this change in all the engines---thanks to Aditya too---ConTeXt-pdftex.engine and ConTeXt-XeTeX.engine now work as they should (which is great!) But running ConTeXt-luatex.engine

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 1, 2008, at 17;38,50 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 13;43,19 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: For setting HOMETEXMF you can help yourself, though it would

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 2, 2008, at 14;54,40 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I have also inserted the lines export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf and export TEXMF='{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!! $TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}' into a file formed

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
texlive2007 distribution---no mention of the ConTeXtMinimals. Cheers, Alan On Sep 1, 2008, at 03;16,18 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: Hello Alan, I'm sorry for not replying earlier. On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:16 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: What follows are some queries that I will be happy to write up

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Michael! I will let you know how all this turns out. Cheers, Alan On Aug 31, 2008, at 20;05,05 , Michael Green wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: Thanks, Michael; this is very helpful. I will prepare a .bash_profile file and try it out. Where did you put your .bash_profile file? Alan

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
Mocja— This is great. I now have access to the binaries in ConTeXtMinimals/tex: context --version gives the right answer. Alan On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: For setting HOMETEXMF you can help yourself, though it would be nice if we provided a solution that worked out

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 1, 2008, at 13;43,19 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mocja— This is great. I now have access to the binaries in ConTeXtMinimals/ tex: context --version gives the right answer. Alan On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 1, 2008, at 13;43,19 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: For setting HOMETEXMF you can help yourself, though it would be nice if we provided a solution that worked out of the box. But I would like to get a confirmation from Hans that it's OK

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 1, 2008, at 17;19,53 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My ConTeXtMinimals.engine file currently has the the following lines: #!/bin/bash source /Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex/setuptex /Applications/ ConTeXtMinimals

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
Mocja---I will start with the second proposal and save the first for tomorrow. On Sep 1, 2008, at 17;38,50 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 13;43,19 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 1, 2008, at 18;22,17 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: Mocja---I will start with the second proposal and save the first for tomorrow. ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-luaTeX.engine #!/bin/bash export PATH=/Applications/ConTeXtMinimals/tex

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-01 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 1, 2008, at 18;50,19 , Alan Bowen wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 18;22,17 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: Mocja---I will start with the second proposal and save the first for tomorrow. ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ConTeXt-luaTeX.engine #!/bin/bash export

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-08-31 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Michael; this is very helpful. I will prepare a .bash_profile file and try it out. Where did you put your .bash_profile file? Alan On Aug 31, 2008, at 13;09,32 , Michael Green wrote: On Aug 30, 2008, Alan Bowen wrote: What follows are some queries that I will be happy to write up

[NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-08-30 Thread Alan Bowen
What follows are some queries that I will be happy to write up for the wiki. The aim (hope?) is to develop a set of instructions for installing the minimals on a Mac that a Mac user without any real knowledge of unix (such as myself) can follow easily. (There are a number of people

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in columns query

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Bowen
, but not with text that precedes. Alan On Aug 27, 2008, at 13;06,01 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: Thanks, Hans. I have now tried preliminary text \starttabulate[|p|p|] \NC long paragraph A \NC long paragraph B \NC\NR \stoptabulate on my setup (ConTeXt 2008.08.04 MK II

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in columns query

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2008, at 07;15,51 , Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It has been more than 15 hours since I last sent this , so I am trying again. Apologies for any duplication. A. Read my other mail, I already gave you a working solution

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in columns query

2008-08-28 Thread Alan Bowen
On Aug 28, 2008, at 08;02,41 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: It has been more than 15 hours since I last sent this , so I am trying hm, we need some time for sleeping as well My concern here was that I had not yet received a copy of my original post (never did get one

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in columns query

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Bowen
, at 07;33,00 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: I have set two paragraphs side by side using \defineparagraphs[TwoColumns] [n=2,tolerance=verytolerant,before={\blank},after={\blank}] \setupparagraphs[TwoColumns][distance=1pc] One of the columns is the length of the page. How do I prevent

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in columns query

2008-08-27 Thread Alan Bowen
to the ancient modes of thought and expression increases in importance. \stoptext You will see that the columns “play nice” with text that follows, but not with text that precedes. Alan On Aug 27, 2008, at 13;06,01 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: Thanks, Hans. I have now tried

[NTG-context] paragraphs in columns query

2008-08-26 Thread Alan Bowen
I have set two paragraphs side by side using \defineparagraphs[TwoColumns] [n=2,tolerance=verytolerant,before={\blank},after={\blank}] \setupparagraphs[TwoColumns][distance=1pc] One of the columns is the length of the page. How do I prevent the two columns from starting a new page? Right now

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

2008-08-26 Thread Alan Bowen
. That's similar to GNOME under Linux/BSD. See what happens after you do that. Charles On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 13:16 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: Charles, I ran the last command (for “typical”) but now, when I try to typeset \starttext Hello World! \stoptext it appears

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

2008-08-24 Thread Alan Bowen
to check the wiki until I look into things moew. Charles On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 13:16 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: Charles, I ran the last command (for “typical”) but now, when I try to typeset \starttext Hello World! \stoptext it appears that there is a “context” folder missing

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

2008-08-24 Thread Alan Bowen
you do that. Charles On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 13:16 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: Charles, I ran the last command (for “typical”) but now, when I try to typeset \starttext Hello World! \stoptext it appears that there is a “context” folder missing in the minimals that I downloaded. That is, I get

[NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

2008-08-23 Thread Alan Bowen
I have installed the Context Minimals following the newbie instructions on the wiki at contextgarden for Mac users. The instructions themselves are clear but should perhaps be updated: • the file originally downloaded is first-setup.sh not first-setup.tsh • to execute this file run

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimals on Mac

2008-08-23 Thread Alan Bowen
are using UNIX (as Mac OS X proudly touts) you might want to snag a reference on shell scripting and basic UNIX commands. Welcome to the world beyond Aqua. That should do it. Charles On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 09:23 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: I have installed the Context Minimals following

Re: [NTG-context] updating to new release

2008-08-15 Thread Alan Bowen
/2008 09:34:24 /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/ web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt (7381076) would indicate. ConTeXt 2008-08-04 2 works. All later versions do not because of the mismatch in base files. Alan On Aug 11, 2008, at 04;18,42 , Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi Alan, Alan Bowen wrote

[NTG-context] updating to new release

2008-08-10 Thread Alan Bowen
I updated to the latest ConTeXt but now get the following error message when I process my files (using TeXShop as the front end, and TeXLive 2007): ConTeXt ver: 2008.08.04 10:10 MKII fmt: 2008.8.9 int: english/english language: language en is active system : cont-new

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-08-04 Thread Alan Bowen
of the length of the paragraphs). Alan On Aug 3, 2008, at 16;45,43 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: Thanks, Hans. In my test file I now have \mainlanguage[en] \unexpanded\def\ {\mathortext\normalspaceprimitive\space} \starttext x. x, x x\crlf x, x. x x\crlf x,\ x.\ x\ x\crlf x.\ x

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-08-04 Thread Alan Bowen
That’s got it, Hans! I have replaced all my old “.\ ” with “.|~|”. My pages look much better now. Many thanks indeed. All best, Alan On Aug 4, 2008, at 10;23,22 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: Thanks, Hans. I simplified the test file. \mainlanguage[en] \unexpanded\def

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-08-03 Thread Alan Bowen
it converted to Word and get it in on time. The very memory is traumatic. Charles On Sat, 2008-08-02 at 18:57 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: I apologize to all, but circumstances oblige me to pick up a very pedestrian thread for the third time. As Peter Münster noted: in the following test-file

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-08-03 Thread Alan Bowen
any effect in the output (under MKII). The space after a period looks the same as the space after “.\ ”, though it should be bigger. Alan On Aug 3, 2008, at 12;05,30 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: I apologize to all, but circumstances oblige me to pick up a very pedestrian thread

[NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-08-02 Thread Alan Bowen
I apologize to all, but circumstances oblige me to pick up a very pedestrian thread for the third time. As Peter Münster noted: in the following test-file \starttext x. x, x x\crlf x, x. x x\crlf x,\ x.\ x\ x\crlf x.\ x,\ x\ x\crlf X. X, X X\crlf X, X. X X\crlf X,\ X.\ X\ X\crlf X.\ X,\ X\ X

[NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-18 Thread Alan Bowen
My original query has generated some interesting sidelines but no solution, at least none that I can see. So, with all due apologies, I shall presume on your patience by restating my query. In (English) typography the spacing after a period within a sentence is less that that after a period

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-18 Thread Alan Bowen
, but wonder what happens there.) The downside is that there is a good number of documents that will require have to be encoded accordingly. Cheers, Alan On Jul 18, 2008, at 14;40,39 , Peter Rolf wrote: Alan Bowen schrieb: My original query has generated some interesting sidelines

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-18 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Peter. I was wondering about MKIV. (Switching is on my summer “to do” list.) Best, Alan On Jul 18, 2008, at 15;22,31 , Peter Münster wrote: On Fri, Jul 18 2008, Alan Bowen wrote: In (English) typography the spacing after a period within a sentence is less that that after a period

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-17 Thread Alan Bowen
mainly by “.” Introducing tildes (which make spaces non-breaking) would affect the line-breaking negatively. Alan On Jul 16, 2008, at 22;27,59 , David wrote: On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:30:19 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. One used to be able to reduce

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-17 Thread Alan Bowen
:26 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by typing .\space, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the inter-word spacing in \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel

Re: [NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-17 Thread Alan Bowen
, David wrote: On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:46:21 -0400, Alan Bowen wrote: Thanks, David. I tried \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel\crlf A.~E.~Samuel \stoptext and can see no difference (ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.14 18:07 MKII). The tilde is not really a good way for me to go. The problem is that I

[NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-15 Thread Alan Bowen
I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by typing “.\space”, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the inter-word spacing in \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel \stoptext If the is a difference here, I am

[NTG-context] inter-word spacing (initials)

2008-07-15 Thread Alan Bowen
I have the latest ConTeXt and am using mkii. One used to be able to reduce the spacing after an initial by by typing “.\space”, but this no longer seems to work. Compare the inter-word spacing in \starttext A. E. Samuel\crlf A.\ E.\ Samuel \stoptext If the is a difference here, I am

Re: [NTG-context] Arabic transliteration

2008-05-14 Thread Alan Bowen
on this list, Alan On May 14, 2008, at 13;17,49 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: Many thanks, Idris and Mojca. If all goes well, I will move to luatex this summer---that really does seem to be the way to go---and then investigate XeTeX, which I gather

[NTG-context] Arabic transliteration

2008-05-13 Thread Alan Bowen
Greetings! I am trying to typeset some transliterated Arabic and one of the diacritical marks is giving me a problem. How does one put what looks like a breve accent (a cup or concave arc) under an letter in ConTeXT? Cheers, Alan

Re: [NTG-context] % in URL

2008-04-22 Thread Alan Bowen
wrote: On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 4:00 AM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to typeset a URL that has numerous %s in it which I am replacing with \%s. The problem is that while the typeset URL works, the printed URL is showing the \%s rather than just the %s. For example

[NTG-context] aligning the stoppers in numbered itemizations

2008-04-21 Thread Alan Bowen
Can anyone point me to instructions/explanations of how to set up a numbered itemization so that the stoppers (periods) are vertically aligned? What I want should look like this: 1. an entry 2. an entry ... 10. an entry Many thanks.

Re: [NTG-context] aligning the stoppers in numbered itemizations

2008-04-21 Thread Alan Bowen
Many thanks, Wolfgang. That has it perfectly. Cheers, Alan On Apr 21, 2008, at 09;53,06 , Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone point me to instructions/explanations of how to set up a numbered itemization so

[NTG-context] % in URL

2008-04-21 Thread Alan Bowen
I am trying to typeset a URL that has numerous “%”s in it which I am replacing with “\%”s. The problem is that while the typeset URL works, the printed URL is showing the “\%”s rather than just the “%”s. For example, \useURL [Hoyrup2007bURL] [{http://www.akira.ruc.dk/~jensh/Publications/2005\

Re: [NTG-context] interaction query

2008-02-16 Thread Alan Bowen
Again, thanks, Wolfgang. I was not quite sure what Hans was driving at, and so appreciate your further help. Best, Alan On Feb 16, 2008, at 04;25,14 , Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wolfgang, Many thanks for this. It does

Re: [NTG-context] interaction query

2008-02-15 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Hans. That is good to know. The cross-reference however is still in the wrong color. Is it a problem just on my box? Alan On Feb 15, 2008, at 08;07,27 , Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: \dorecurse{2}{\input knuth} ^ add a space here, or \relax

Re: [NTG-context] interaction query

2008-02-15 Thread Alan Bowen
, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Hans. That is good to know. The cross-reference however is still in the wrong color. Is it a problem just on my box? What do you want is not supported but you define your own command

[NTG-context] interaction query

2008-02-14 Thread Alan Bowen
In my preface, I have \setupinteraction[state=start,color=blue,style=rm] \definehead[LevelBHead][subject] \setupsectionblock[LevelBHead][number=no,page=right] \setuphead[LevelBHead][style={\tf\rm},interaction=yes] and in the source file proper, \LevelBHead{Comment 3: {\em In de caelo} {\tf

Re: [NTG-context] interaction query

2008-02-14 Thread Alan Bowen
Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: In my preface, I have \setupinteraction[state=start,color=blue,style=rm] add contrastcolor=blue When I compile the file I get the proper heading and the cross- reference works as it should. What is odd is that this reference is not in blue. All my other

[NTG-context] installing latest beta

2007-12-12 Thread Alan Bowen
I have been unable to install the latest ConTeXt beta—both sudo texhash sudo fail (stall) when updating /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R... The last beta worked as expected and, so far as I know, there have been no changes in my installation. Any suggestions? Alan

Re: [NTG-context] installing latest beta

2007-12-12 Thread Alan Bowen
, 2007, at 09;14,24 , Alan Bowen wrote: I have been unable to install the latest ConTeXt beta—both sudo texhash sudo fail (stall) when updating /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R... The last beta worked as expected and, so far as I know, there have been no changes in my installation. Any

Re: [NTG-context] numbered subitems

2007-10-04 Thread Alan Bowen
Mahajan wrote: Hi Alan, On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Alan Bowen wrote: 1. History 1.1 Pre-Greek (Babylonian and Egyptian) sundials 1.2 Greek and Roman sundials 1.3 Byzantine sundials is the goal. Sadly, adding “serried” destroys the indentation of the subitems. I could not find a clean

Re: [NTG-context] numbered subitems

2007-10-01 Thread Alan Bowen
” destroys the indentation of the subitems. Alan On Sep 30, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Alan Bowen wrote: Thanks, Aditya, I have adapted this as follows— \startbuffer \item item 1 \startitemize[n,stopper={},width=1em] \item item 1.1 \item item 1.2 \item

[NTG-context] numbered subitems

2007-09-30 Thread Alan Bowen
I need to produce an lengthy itemization of the form: 1. 1.1 1.2 2. 2.1 I can get: 1. 1 2 2. 1 easily enough, but how can I get the main division number to repeat in the subitem numeration? Alan

Re: [NTG-context] numbered subitems

2007-09-30 Thread Alan Bowen
• the subitem text is smashed against the numeration All best, Alan On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 2007/9/30, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I need to produce an lengthy itemization of the form: 1. 1.1 1.2 2. 2.1 I can get: 1. 1

Re: [NTG-context] numbered subitems

2007-09-30 Thread Alan Bowen
. Right now they fall directly beneath the main items. All best, Alan On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Alan Bowen wrote: I need to produce an lengthy itemization of the form: 1. 1.1 1.2 2. 2.1 I can get

[NTG-context] odd background color behavior

2007-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
I am using ConTeXt ver: 2007.08.29 19:19 MKII fmt and the pdftex engine \definetextbackground[A][backgroundcolor=red] \setuptextbackground [backgroundoffset=0pt, offset=0pt, frame=off, location=text, background=color, backgroundcorner=round] gives a yellow background

Re: [NTG-context] odd background color behavior

2007-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
Sorry for the noise. The problem seems peculiar to the particular file that I was processing. Now to find out why... Cheers, Alan On Sep 2, 2007, at 8:41 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: I am using ConTeXt ver: 2007.08.29 19:19 MKII fmt and the pdftex engine \definetextbackground

Re: [NTG-context] automatic oldstyle numerals

2007-07-04 Thread Alan Bowen
best, Alan On Jul 4, 2007, at 2:15 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 2007/7/3, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2007/7/3, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wolfgang— When I run your termes-test-2.tex, with the lines \starttext 0123456789 \rm Text---fix this scientifically \rm Text

Re: [NTG-context] automatic oldstyle numerals

2007-07-03 Thread Alan Bowen
Wolfgang— Thank you very much for the files: they do have what I need. But where do these these files come from? I have not found them on my installation of TeXLive/ConTeXt or on the TeX Gyre website. All best, Alan On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:31 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 2007/6/28, Alan

Re: [NTG-context] automatic oldstyle numerals

2007-07-03 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Patrick. I have just downloaded oftinstall and will start to experiment with it (and texfont too). Best Alan On Jul 3, 2007, at 6:45 AM, Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hi, Thank you very much for the files: they do have what I need. But where do these these files come from? I have not

Re: [NTG-context] automatic oldstyle numerals

2007-07-03 Thread Alan Bowen
”s in “fix” and “scientifically” are not printed but left blank. Alan On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:31 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 2007/6/28, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am using the Termes typeface in the TeXGyre distribution and should like to have all numerals print automatically as oldstyle

[NTG-context] automatic oldstyle numerals

2007-06-28 Thread Alan Bowen
I am using the Termes typeface in the TeXGyre distribution and should like to have all numerals print automatically as oldstyle numerals. Is there an explanation/demonstration anywhere of how to make this happen? I have searched the wiki and the archive, but have not yet been able to make

Re: [NTG-context] goto and open file

2007-06-19 Thread Alan Bowen
. The solution was to use an alias of the target PDF file (symlink?) in the same Folder (directory) as the .tex source file in which the link is established and to use another PDF reader. Many thanks. Alan On Jun 19, 2007, at 1:43 AM, Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: Le 18 juin à 23:25:24 Alan

Re: [NTG-context] goto and open file

2007-06-18 Thread Alan Bowen
. Is there a problem with the use of relative pathnames? Alan On Jun 18, 2007, at 5:45 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: Please excuse the Mac centric formulation of my question. If Folders B and C are in Folder A, is there a way to insert a link in a PDF file in Folder B that will go to a PDF

Re: [NTG-context] goto and open file

2007-06-18 Thread Alan Bowen
for \from[ch4]. I must be missing something. But what? Alan On Jun 18, 2007, at 7:10 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: Hans— I currently have \useexternaldocument[ch4][../01-04_Gants/c_01-04_Gants.pdf][Gants and Hailey] \goto{Gants and Hailey}[ch4::../01-04_Gants/cc_01-04_Gants.pdf] But, though

[NTG-context] goto and open file

2007-06-17 Thread Alan Bowen
Please excuse the Mac centric formulation of my question. If Folders B and C are in Folder A, is there a way to insert a link in a PDF file in Folder B that will go to a PDF file Folder C and open it? Thanks for any help or suggestions. Alan

Re: [NTG-context] z0---z1---z2---z3---cycle strange effect

2007-06-14 Thread Alan Bowen
On Jun 14, 2007, at 5:04 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On 6/14/07, Mojca Miklavec wrote: If you ask me, this looks pretty much like a rendering bug in Mac's Preview (if anyone bothers about that, please do that), Sorry for a weird sentence (I deleted part of it and forgot to fix the rest) - I

[NTG-context] non-interactive underlining

2007-06-06 Thread Alan Bowen
How do I turn off interaction when using \startunderline... \stopunderline. Currently the underlining shows in blue, but I need it in the same color as the typeface (black). Is there something equivalent to \setupunderlining[interaction=off]? Thanks for any tips or clues. Alan

Re: [NTG-context] non-interactive underlining

2007-06-06 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Aditya, for making sense of my query and answering it. \setuptextbackground[framecolor=black] did the trick. All best, Alan On Jun 6, 2007, at 2:22 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Quoting Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How do I turn off interaction when using \startunderline

Re: [NTG-context] Latin Modern vs Ancient Greek module

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Bowen
. This worked well for quite some time, but is it now no longer necessary to do this? My test document does seem to have hanging punctuation without re-installing Latin Modern, but I might be wrong about that. Alan On May 2, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: The problem is that I no longer

[NTG-context] Latin Modern vs Ancient Greek module

2007-05-02 Thread Alan Bowen
The problem is that I no longer seem to be able to produce footnotes when the bodyfont is Latin Modern and I am using the Thomas Schmitz’ ancientgreek module. The following works but only when the two lines installing the ancientgreek module are commented out.

[NTG-context] printing problem (defined)

2007-03-07 Thread Alan Bowen
I apologize if this amounts to hijacking a thread. The problem Using TeXShop (latest) I can produce but not print a PDF file that has both the TeX Gyre Bonum from GUST and the GreekKerkis font from Thomas Schmitz' ancient Greek module. This file will, however, print with Acrobat Pro 7 and

Re: [NTG-context] printing problem (defined)

2007-03-07 Thread Alan Bowen
Luigi— Please send me your email address: the files you want will choke the list-server: its max is 40 KB, and the PDF alone is 88 KB---this is smallest that seems to reproduce the problem. Alan On Mar 7, 2007, at 8:08 AM, luigi scarso wrote: On 3/7/07, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [NTG-context] printing problem

2007-03-06 Thread Alan Bowen
On Mar 6, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: I have a 24 page PDF file produced using ConTeXt ver: 2007.02.21 11:55 MKII and the latest TeXShop. I can only print pp. 1-3 of this file with TeXShop. Acrobat Pro, however, has no trouble printing the entire file (mercifully

Re: [NTG-context] printing problem

2007-03-06 Thread Alan Bowen
On Mar 6, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Martin Schröder wrote: 2007/3/6, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How do I preflight the document and where is the latest pdftex? (Is it not in the latest ConTeXt?) Get the last TeX Live (http://www.tug.org/tex-live/); the ConTeXt in it is quite recent. Best

Re: [NTG-context] printing problem

2007-03-06 Thread Alan Bowen
Hans— The problem appears to be the Bonum font from the TeX Gyre distribution. If I change the font to GFSDidot, all is well. Too bad—Bonum is a good font, I think, for papers that are to be presented by reading. Alan On Mar 6, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: On Mar 6, 2007, at 8

Re: [NTG-context] printing problem

2007-03-06 Thread Alan Bowen
it. That is a good tip. Many thanks. Alan On Mar 6, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Alan Bowen wrote: Though I can print the thing, the problem is still somewhat pressing. I sent the file to two people who usually have no difficulty with my PDFs. But this time one

[NTG-context] OpenType font problem

2007-02-23 Thread Alan Bowen
A file that compiled properly last November now fails at the very end of processing with the error message [11.11] [12.12] [13.13] systems : end file Seneca_Demarcation at line 219 ){/Users/acbowen/Library/texmf/fonts/enc/dvips/greek/agr-GFSD.enc}{/ Users/acbo

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType font problem

2007-02-23 Thread Alan Bowen
Taco, Idris— I moved the .otf files to ~/Library/texmf/fonts/opentype and the file now compiles properly. Many thanks! Alan On Feb 23, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: Hi, On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:56:41 -0700, Alan Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [NTG-context] names as url links

2007-02-06 Thread Alan Bowen
Aditya and Sanjoy— Many thanks for your help. I had thought it could be done with \goto but that does not seem to be the case. Alan On Feb 5, 2007, at 4:40 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Alan Bowen wrote: Hans— In the same vein, is it possible to make a name

Re: [NTG-context] names as url links

2007-02-06 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks. Hans. That is good to know and will prove very useful in my present project. Alan On Feb 6, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: Aditya and Sanjoy� Many thanks for your help. I had thought it could be done with \goto but that does not seem to be the case

Re: [NTG-context] linking words and graphics

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Bowen
Thanks, Hans. That works very nicely. Alan On Feb 4, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Alan Bowen wrote: I should like to make occurrences of the the string �Figure p� appear as links in my document that will take the reader to Figure p elsewhere in the same document. Is there a way

[NTG-context] names as url links

2007-02-05 Thread Alan Bowen
Hans— In the same vein, is it possible to make a name such as Amazon.com into an active url link that will take the reader to http:www.Amazon.com? Alan ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] linking words and graphics

2007-02-04 Thread Alan Bowen
I should like to make occurrences of the the string “Figure p” appear as links in my document that will take the reader to Figure p elsewhere in the same document. Is there a way to do this using ConTeXt? Alan ___ ntg-context mailing list

[NTG-context] \nullfont fontdimen problem

2007-02-04 Thread Alan Bowen
I have just changed my TeX distribution from the old teTeX to the latest gwTeX. When typesetting a document that used to process properly, I now get the error message: [1.56] [2.57] [3.58] [4.59] [5.60] references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:1] references : unknown reference

[NTG-context] wrapping URL bug

2007-01-31 Thread Alan Bowen
There is a problem involving \setupinteraction and \useURL with \goto that prevents hyphenation of URL links in the body text. The following works properly when the\setupinteraction line is commented out. Otherwise the URL runs in to the margin. I am using ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.23 13:32

Re: [NTG-context] \useURL query

2007-01-29 Thread Alan Bowen
On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: On Jan 25, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I am having a problem introducing discretionary hyphens into URLs using the latest ConTeXT and \useURL. For example, [DigRes] [{http://www.arthist.net/Link\-ERes.html

Re: [NTG-context] \useURL query

2007-01-29 Thread Alan Bowen
[I apologize for any duplication: this message was originally sent yesterday at noon but apparently not distributed. A.] On Jan 25, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: On Jan 25, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: I am having a problem introducing discretionary hyphens into URLs using

[NTG-context] \useURL query

2007-01-25 Thread Alan Bowen
I am having a problem introducing discretionary hyphens into URLs using the latest ConTeXT and \useURL. For example, [DigRes] [{http://www.arthist.net/Link\-ERes.html}] [] [{http://www.arthist.net/LinkERes.html}] does break the URL on the printed page as I need,

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