Re: [NTG-context] `\usemodule[graph]` causes error `! Unable to make mpx file.` with ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV

2011-10-27 Thread Alan Braslau
Hans, The use of the graph module is indeed currently broken, both in mkiv and in mkii. Alan On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 03:00:33PM +0200, Alan Braslau wrote: > Confirmed here. > > OK ConTeXt ver: 2011.09.27 20:05 MKIV fmt: 2011.9.30 > not OK ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.17 10:

Re: [NTG-context] `\usemodule[graph]` causes error `! Unable to make mpx file.` with ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV

2011-10-18 Thread Alan Braslau
Confirmed here. OK ConTeXt ver: 2011.09.27 20:05 MKIV fmt: 2011.9.30 not OK ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.17 10:36 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.18 Alan On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 02:41:45PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear ConTeXt folks, > > > using the following minimal example > > \usemodule[grap

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-13 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 02:30:07AM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > MetaPost doesn't know erf and other obscure functions Metapost could possibly be extended to provide all of the functions in the standard math library. In fact, it would be nice if there be some hook to `link' to additional funct

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-11 Thread Alan Braslau
tion is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ &g

Re: [NTG-context] Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland?

2011-10-10 Thread Alan Braslau
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 03:42:36PM +0300, Mari Voipio wrote: > (Alan is in France and Martin, AFAIK, in Germany, so they don't count > even though they replied to this thread.) My reply was just as a suggestion for the 7th International ConTeXt Users' Meeting in 2013. :) Alan ___

Re: [NTG-context] nocolor in MetaPost

2011-10-05 Thread Alan Braslau
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 08:46:22PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 5-10-2011 19:56, Hans van der Meer wrote: > > Is there a value that can be given to a color variable in MetaPost that > > might function as some sort of "no color". Thus something like NULL in the > > programming language C. > > no

Re: [NTG-context] Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland?

2011-10-03 Thread Alan Braslau
CM7 - 2013? On Mon, Oct 03, 2011 at 03:12:54PM +0300, Mari Voipio wrote: > Hello All! > > > Inspired by the recent ConTeXt meeting where I again enjoyed meeting > other users as well as the developers, I'm wondering if there are any > other ConTeXt users in Finland? And if so, would you be inter

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 05:19:27PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > To use the fonts which are shipped with Adobe Reader you can use two > different methods. > > Method 1: > > \usemodule[simplefonts] > > \setmainfont[Minion Pro][protrusion=quality] > > \setupalign[hanging] > > \starttext\

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-29 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 01:06:06AM +0200, Philipp A. wrote: > 2011/9/28 Alan Braslau > > Again, very nice. But, unfortunately, I loose the style when I log in :( > > go here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Special:Preferences#mw-htmlform-skin Thanks (But this should be the

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-28 Thread Alan Braslau
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 06:05:59PM +0200, luigi scarso wrote: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net > This is not the official announcement --- but I wasn't able to resist... > > Nice work, thank you very much Siep. Again, very nice. But, unfortunately, I loose the style when I log in :( Alan

Re: [NTG-context] slides & proceedings from ConTeXt Meeting

2011-09-28 Thread Alan Braslau
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 08:29:56AM +0200, Philipp Gesang wrote: > On 2011-09-28 00:53, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > and most of talks will also be available as articles in printed > > proceedings that will be sent to all new members of the ConTeXt Group > > (group.contextgarden.net). > > For those of

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-27 Thread Alan Braslau
*WOW* Alan On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 06:22:59PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 27.09.2011 um 18:05 schrieb luigi scarso: > > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net > > This is not the official announcement --- but I wasn't able to resist... > > > > Nice work, thank you very much Siep. > > Espe

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-26 Thread Alan Braslau
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 09:34:45AM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> Any suggestions? > > > > Use text mode fractions! \frac{1}{40}. > > This is still typeset in math mode. A alternative is to write the fraction as > “1/40”. "¼÷10", "0.025". How about: \definetypeface [xits] [mm] [math] [xi

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-25 Thread Alan Braslau
On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 01:02:07PM +0200, R. Ermers wrote: > > But I use very, very little math, only once or twice, as in 7$^{th}$, but I > could solve that otherwise. You may want to use 7\high{th}. > My main problem occurs in itemization. Please have a look at this: > > l.741 \item h >

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-25 Thread Alan Braslau
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:29:32AM +0200, R. Ermers wrote: > Dear all, > After my update a few days ago I have run into the problem earlier described > under the subject "new beta" (Marco Pessotto). The file processed nicely > until then. I use gentium as the main font. > > \definefont[gentium][

[NTG-context] problem \vec and gentium font

2011-08-30 Thread Alan Braslau
There seems to be problems with horizontal spacing in math mode using the gentium font. For example: \setupbodyfont[gentium] \starttext $\vec{r}$ \stoptext ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please

Re: [NTG-context] relative references

2011-08-11 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 06:05:30PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > The usual payment is a bottle of beer at a TeX conference ;) > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 07:11:22PM +0300, Mari Voipio wrote: > > This so-called advice is free. :-D > Mari, Do you mean that you will not be coming to Basseng

Re: [NTG-context] metapost question (bug?)

2011-07-21 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 05:39:48PM +0200, Peter Rolf wrote: > use > > p2 := p0 & p1; > > the reason for the 'unexpected' output is, that point 1 and 2 of the > path p2 are equal. keep in mind that drawing with an asymmetrical pen > has its own (complex) rules. Thank you -- I forgot about the pat

[NTG-context] metapost question (bug?)

2011-07-21 Thread Alan Braslau
Hello, I have a question for metapost specialists: I am looking for some sort of effect, built upon a zig-zag line. The first graphic in the minimal example below is as I would expect. The second graphic seems to be drawn without the point at (0,0). (Ignore the asymmetry at the end of the path in

Re: [NTG-context] Important 5th ConTeXt meeting

2011-07-14 Thread Alan Braslau
Hello everyone. Happy Bastille Day! Last year, I participated in my first ConTeXt meeting at Brejlov in the Czech Republic. It was a very interesting experience and very useful. I had wanted to attend in 2009, but just did not manage to arrange for this. If you are tempted to participate this yea

Re: [NTG-context] core dump (was: How to install extra module in the latest context?)

2011-07-07 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 05:39:05PM +0200, luigi scarso wrote: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Alan Braslau wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 11:36:32AM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> > >> You don't need to be sorry. It was fixed 20 minutes ago. > >>

Re: [NTG-context] How to install extra module in the latest context?

2011-07-07 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 11:36:32AM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > You don't need to be sorry. It was fixed 20 minutes ago. > mtx-context | fatal error: no return code, message: luatex: execution interrupted Oops! luatex now dumps core. No minimal test file (yet). (must be triggered by so

Re: [NTG-context] modules in minimals (important)

2011-07-06 Thread Alan Braslau
On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 08:52:23PM +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 15:40, Peter Münster wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 29 2011, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > > >> Hans has changed the command line parameter for modules (--modules=vim > >> should work now). The problem is that he now store

Re: [NTG-context] Fifth ConTeXt meeting, September 2011, France

2011-07-05 Thread Alan Braslau
On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 10:05:14PM +0200, Martin Schröder wrote: > 2010/10/3 Arthur Reutenauer : > >  I hereby announce the next ConTeXt meeting, that will take place on > > the island of Porquerolles off the coast of the French Riviera, > > from Monday, September 19th, 2011, to Saturday, September

Re: [NTG-context] TOC : Chapter title under its number (separate lines)

2011-05-27 Thread Alan Braslau
"interaction=sectionnumber" rather than "interaction=all" doesn't seem to help here... Alan On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 09:33:53AM -0400, Mathieu DUPONT wrote: > > As for the interaction patching, in the following example I can't figure out > how to have, for the chapter lines, only "CHAPTER 1" bein

Re: [NTG-context] TOC : Chapter title under its number (separate lines)

2011-05-27 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 08:16:21PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 26.05.2011 um 18:48 schrieb Alan Braslau: > > > \setuplist[chapter][label=yes,alternative=vertical,command=\ChapterList,interaction=all] > > > > Almost works. Almost in that all lines get ind

Re: [NTG-context] TOC : Chapter title under its number (separate lines)

2011-05-26 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 05:30:55PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 26.05.2011 um 17:13 schrieb Alan Braslau: > > > This solution: [alternative=command,command=\ChapterList] > > breaks interaction; How can one get [interaction=all] to work? > > Something like t

Re: [NTG-context] TOC : Chapter title under its number (separate lines)

2011-05-26 Thread Alan Braslau
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 01:42:41PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > Am 24.05.2011 um 00:59 schrieb Mathieu DUPONT: > > > Hi, > > Is there a simple way to obtain the following result in the table of > content : > > Contents > CHAPTER 1 > Title of chapter

Re: [NTG-context] externalfigure error in current mkiv beta

2011-05-17 Thread Alan Braslau
On Tuesday 17 May 2011 23:09:51 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 17-5-2011 10:41, Alan Braslau wrote: > > "draw externalfigure" > > I'm still not sure about that one ... compatibility vs clean > I rather like the new syntax - indeed much cleaner. (However, for compatib

Re: [NTG-context] \setuplayout fail to \setupinteractionscreen

2011-05-17 Thread Alan Braslau
Still broken, or once again broken. Alan On Tuesday 12 April 2011 23:49:37 Markus Finke wrote: > Hello, > > how can I get a centered paper of A5 on A4 (with crop marks) for the > whole document? A minimal example, only the first page looks correctly: > > > > \setuppapersize [A5][A4] > > \set

Re: [NTG-context] externalfigure error in current mkiv beta

2011-05-17 Thread Alan Braslau
But it already needs to be updated with "draw externalfigure" :) Alan P.S. The printed manual on paper is really nice! On Wednesday 20 April 2011 07:09:16 Pontus Lurcock wrote: > On Wed 20 Apr 2011, Lutz Haseloff wrote: > > Is there a recent Metafun manual? > > http://www.pragma-ade.com/genera

Re: [NTG-context] Setuplayout bug?

2011-05-16 Thread Alan Braslau
More setupinteraction pagelayout interference: In the example below (compiled using the very latest minimals) the inclusion of \setupinteractionscreen [option=bookmark] shifts the output of the text on the page. Alan % \definepapersize [17x24] [wi

[NTG-context] [***SPAM***] [OT] music player for lua lovers!

2011-03-22 Thread Alan BRASLAU
This is off-topic, but I wish to share my experience with a product using lua (and perl) running on an embarked linux system. The Logitech Squeezebox Touch is a small network music player featuring very high quality sound and good ergonometrics. http://www.logitech.com/en-us/54/5745 The software

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] VirtualWin

2011-03-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 18 March 2011 15:50:10 luigi scarso wrote: > VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating > system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7). A virtual desktop > manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops > (also called 'workspaces'). Virtual

Re: [NTG-context] Does MKIV take more time as MKII

2011-03-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 March 2011 14:02:18 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > > 2011/3/14 Wolfgang Schuster > > > >>> I installed the minimals and use MKIV. It seems that it is 1,5 to 2 > >>> times > >> > >> as slow as the MKII I used in texlive. Is this possible, > >>

Re: [NTG-context] Minimals (was: Ideas for restructuring the ConTeXt garden?)

2011-03-12 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 13 March 2011 07:25:03 luigi scarso wrote: > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Pontus Lurcock wrote: > > On Sat 12 Mar 2011, mathew wrote: > >> My experience on Ubuntu is that if you install the ConTeXt minimals > >> in your path, they break a bunch of stuff from TeXLive, such as > >> pdf

Re: [NTG-context] Why does bookmarks show also sections

2011-03-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 03 March 2011 15:20:12 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 03.03.2011 um 15:14 schrieb Cecil Westerhof: > > I use: > > \placebookmarks[chapter,section][chapter] > > \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] > > > > As I understand it there should be bookmarks generated for chapters and > > se

Re: [NTG-context] error updating beta WAS: beta

2011-02-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 02 February 2011 14:58:25 Hans Hagen wrote: > some hoops have to be jumped through to get it working for > both machineries ¡Olé! ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2011-02-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 01 February 2011 12:30:40 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 1-2-2011 11:51, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > ! LuaTeX error > > ...xt/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/l-dir.lua:67: cannot open > > /home/braslau/.fonts/: No such file or directory > > is this new? weird a

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2011-02-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 01 February 2011 16:13:25 Vedran Miletić wrote: > > Yes, there is a bug when using dots, someone recently triggered it when > using versioned names (context-2011.01.18 or something). Not sure if it can > be fixed. > A good guide should be the use of POSIX "Fully portable filenames" L

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2011-02-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
gt; entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > _

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2011-02-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
My update proceedure systematically maintains a previous, presumably working, copy of the minimals. For this, I run a script: #!/bin/sh cd /usr/local/context cd beta echo "*** move current to previous ***" rsync -av --delete --progress . ../previous echo "*** update beta ***" rsync -ptv --progress

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2011-01-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
6-1-2011 3:31, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > Here is a log. > > > > Notice the instances of "Please type another input file name:" > > In your log we find: > > resolvers: > scanning path '/usr/local/context/beta/tex/texmf-context' > resol

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2011-01-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 26 January 2011 19:56:04 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > I will rewrite some of the scripts from scratch anyway, but I hope > that this should work now. I would have to test whether there is a > more elegant way for enforcing some specific type of platform when > uname lies. > Maybe "bash

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2011-01-25 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 18 January 2011 20:13:36 Renaud AUBIN wrote: > Hi Hans, > > On Linux with debian minimals: > > l.42 \loadmarkfile{catc-ini} > > Please type another input file name: > ! Emergency stop. > >\relax > l.42 \loadmarkfile{catc-ini} There appears to be a problem (for q

Re: [NTG-context] Translating PDF-files

2011-01-19 Thread Alan BRASLAU
More off topic: A fun 'esercise be to put some text drough google translate into any language, den pass de result back into de o'iginal language. What it is, Mama! (via jive, a good exercise in lex and yacc, very politically incorrect!) On Wednesday 19 January 2011 17:18:35 Alan BRA

Re: [NTG-context] Translating PDF-files

2011-01-19 Thread Alan BRASLAU
___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : > http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/pr

Re: [NTG-context] Including xfig graphics

2011-01-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
aphic > > \placefigure[here][fig:foo]{A small test}{ > \useMPgraphic{foo} > } > > This, however, doesn't work and shows the figure as 'undefined' in the > PDF. > > My current solution now is to convert the XFig file to MetaPost with > fig2dev and use mp

Re: [NTG-context] Including xfig graphics

2011-01-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hello, Ultimately, you will probably be more satisfied using Metapost graphics "natively" within ConTeXt. With xfig, you can export to Metapost. This code can probably be directly used by ConTexT, or perhaps with minor modifications. As Taco wrote, if you post an example (file.fig), someone can h

Re: [NTG-context] How to get graph module (metapost) to work with ConTeXt minimals?

2010-12-31 Thread Alan BRASLAU
The correct method is to use: \usemodule [graph] and then you can type, for example: \startMPcode draw begingraph(8cm,6cm) ; gdraw (0,0)--(1,1) ; endgraph ; \stopMPcode to include a graph with your text. As pointed out, under

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: setuptex.csh usage

2010-12-31 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hello, setuptex (sh, bash, ...) has most definitions commented out and to work with the minimals seems to need only to set the PATH. I currently use the minimals for ConTeXt, and TeXlive for LaTeX (for article submission, where I cannot use ConTeXt). Having the minimals in my PATH before TeXlive

Re: [NTG-context] \index{…} causes space

2010-12-25 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 24 December 2010 12:57:26 Andreas Harder wrote: > Am 24.12.2010 um 12:53 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: > > On Friday 24 December 2010 11:54:17 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > >>> On 12/24/2010 11:48 AM, Andreas Harder wrote: > >>> \index{test}test > >> > &

Re: [NTG-context] \index{…} causes space

2010-12-24 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 24 December 2010 11:54:17 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > On 12/24/2010 11:48 AM, Andreas Harder wrote: > > \index{test}test > > \ignorespaces could be possibly be added to \index in your case, > but that does not solve this conceptual problem: what is actually > being indexed in that second l

Re: [NTG-context] 4000 pages limit?

2010-12-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 17 December 2010 10:49:27 Martin Schröder wrote: > And you'll get problems with pdfs with millions of objects (i.e. pages), as readers can't cope with them. Which readers: do you refer to computer programs or to humans? (This is what Herbert Simon calls bounded rationality.) Alan _

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2010-12-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
backgroundscreen is broken. minimal example: \starttext \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=screen,backgroundscreen=.65] Some text. \stoptext ! LuaTeX error :1: unexpected symbol near ')'. \dosetrastercolor ..."_raster_",\@@rastervalue ))} \

Re: [NTG-context] latest beta

2010-12-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 09 December 2010 16:47:03 Thomas Schmitz wrote: > Hi Hans, > > the latest beta is looking for files > > ! I can't find file > `/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/symb-mis.tex'. > > and > > ! I can't find file > `/mnt/shared/context/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/b

Re: [NTG-context] installation on debian testing/unstable

2010-12-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 14 December 2010 02:03:17 Jonas Stein wrote: > within the time Norbert Preining prepared a new .deb package > including context (2010.07.30-1) > > its status is "experimental" for now. > > There will be context 2009 in debian 6.0 stable. > So this might be a good solution for most debi

Re: [NTG-context] How about a forum

2010-12-12 Thread Alan BRASLAU
I'm around since prehistoric times, before internet, before wifi, before TeX... So, what is the difference between a "forum" and threads on a mailing list? After all, the mailing list is archived (like a forum) and is searchable. In fact, a google search on typesetting keywords often comes-up w

Re: [NTG-context] New ConText Group

2010-12-12 Thread Alan BRASLAU
I want to join! Alan P.S. Nicest typeface of any by-laws yet. On Sunday 12 December 2010 12:31:55 Willi Egger wrote: > Dear ConTeXt users! > > We are proud to announce that the ConTeXt community has its own > users-organisation. The new association is called ConTeXt Group and > registered in

Re: [NTG-context] Chart module: comment not visible!?

2010-12-06 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 06 December 2010 11:09:42 Verhaag, G.C.H.M. wrote: > Hi, > > I wanted to try the chart module to build some flow diagrams, and tried > the example (digital signal processing!) at contextgarden. > Unfortunately, the text inside the rectangular shapes shows up properly, > but no sign of an

Re: [NTG-context] "Redundant equation" is a MetaPost bug in MkIV?

2010-12-05 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hello, You should change all of the "=" to ":=", as in u := 1cm; This instructs metapost to assign a value to the variable; the standard form "u = 1cm" is a formula for metapost to solve. It tries then to resolve u = 1cm; xmin = -2.6u; and xmax = 4u; as a coupled set of equations. Sometimes you c

Re: [NTG-context] Figure and equation numbers only include chapter number

2010-12-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 03 December 2010 07:37:55 seasoul wrote: > Dear All, > >After my updating context minimal, the equation and figure numbers > became very weird. > > For example, all the figures in chapter 2 labeled as "figure 2." all the > equations in chapter 2 as "(2.). > > I have seen a report i

[NTG-context] figure and table caption numbering

2010-12-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Very original: figures and table captions suddenly appear to all be numbered by chapter - meaning ALL figures of Chapter 1 are numbered Figure 1, ALL figures in Chapter 2 are numbered Figure 2, ... figures in Appendix A are numbered Figure A. Does anyone else notice this, or do I have to come up

Re: [NTG-context] \starttable ... \stoptable part II

2010-12-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 24 November 2010 14:57:36 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 24-11-2010 2:54, Herbert Voss wrote: > > works with mkii, but not with mkiv > > example is from the documentation: > > > > \starttext > > > > \starttable[|l|c|c|] > > \DC\DL[2] \DR > > \NC\VL Mickey \V

Re: [NTG-context] bug: colors in TikZ/ConTeXt MKIV

2010-12-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 01 December 2010 13:58:23 Hans Hagen wrote: > > I could probably support > > \definecolor[xxx][0.5(red,green)] > \definecolor[xxx][0.5(red)] > > which looks better than this ! and is less likely to conflict with names > as abc! is a rather value color name. > Indeed, a favorite co

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2010-12-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 01 December 2010 17:39:54 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 01.12.2010 um 17:03 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: > > ... mmm ... what exactly did you do with this beta? > > Lucky you, i can’t even run context without a fatal error like this: > > meta:TeX wolf$ context test > > MTXrun | run 1

[NTG-context] \registerparoptions ! Extra \else

2010-11-30 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Help! There is an error with \registerparoptions. Of course, I have not (yet) come up with a minimal example as this depends on some condition that not obvious. Looking into the code here (in anch- pos.mkiv?) does not get me any further. ! Extra \else. \registerparoptions ...gisterparoptions \f

[NTG-context] OT: "Article of the Future"

2010-11-29 Thread Alan BRASLAU
http://beta.cell.com/ Is this the future of (scientific) publishing? Whereas it may seem to be simply a web format, its impact may change the way we present information, indeed the way that we write. Alan ___ If you

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2010-11-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 26 November 2010 23:01:54 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 22:42, Hans Hagen wrote: > > On 26-11-2010 10:03, Willi Egger wrote: > >> Hi Hans, > >> > >> just was busy to update Context > > > > already fixed > > Thanks. It seems to work now. > The problem is with loa

Re: [NTG-context] Updated manual

2010-11-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Saturday 27 November 2010 08:55:34 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hi, > > When Hans uploaded the new beta last night, also > >general/manuals/cld-mkiv.pdf > > was updated. > > Best wishes, > Taco Are the manuals available with the minimals? If not, could they be, perhaps via an optional switch

Re: [NTG-context] \starttable ... \stoptable III

2010-11-25 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 25 November 2010 13:16:38 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 25.11.2010 um 11:16 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: > > So if tabulate is indeed to replace table and tables, perhaps they should > > be "eliminated". For backward compatibility, perhaps starttable and > > sta

Re: [NTG-context] \starttable ... \stoptable III

2010-11-25 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 25 November 2010 09:49:39 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 24-11-2010 7:20, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 November 2010 19:06:19 Hans Hagen wrote: > >> ok, thanks for testing it ... I'm stripping that old code so bugs can > >> creep in; I'm also

Re: [NTG-context] \starttable ... \stoptable III

2010-11-24 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 24 November 2010 19:06:19 Hans Hagen wrote: > > ok, thanks for testing it ... I'm stripping that old code so bugs can > creep in; I'm also considering removing the CL and such > \CL[color] % colored line \BL[number_cells] % grey background ("BL" = ?) They are useful. What should re

Re: [NTG-context] Gnuplot module: Patching of Gnuplot binary still needed?

2010-11-22 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 22 November 2010 22:19:40 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > The slow speed of TikZ is not something that you could do much about. > > Rewrite the pgf backend code in metapost. > Or use metapost: \usemodule [graph] Alan _

[NTG-context] Convert eps to pdf

2010-11-22 Thread Alan BRASLAU
ConTeXt mkiv will take an encapsulated postscript (eps) file through \externalfigure [myfigure.eps] and creates a (compressed) pdf version as m_k_i_v_myfigure.pdf that conserves the vectorial components of the eps file. Other standard conversion tools, notably those based on ghostscript, generally

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex, color and mkiv

2010-11-19 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 19 November 2010 09:52:47 Jörg Hagmann wrote: > From a thread on this list (May 2009: > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20090512.132914.5c29b5f4.en.html) > I gather that whereas colouring a whole molecule works fine, colouring > groups within a chemical structure is not yet full

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex questions

2010-11-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 18 November 2010 10:54:23 Jörg Hagmann wrote: > > syle=sans works, but not for aligned atoms, e.g. \SL{OH}; a bug? For the > time being, I can use \SL{\ss OH}. > There are indeed bugs in the use of \SL{} under mkiv. For example, one currently needs to use \SL{\small CH$_2$} rather

Re: [NTG-context] Ugly bug with TikZ in recent ConTeXt MKIV

2010-11-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 18 November 2010 00:00:33 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Dear Hans, > > The following example worked perfectly fine with the version of > ConTeXt MKIV I was using one hour ago (no idea which version, but > something less than two weeks old). It still works OK with MKII and it > works much wor

Re: [NTG-context] Stepping mechanism in MkIV

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 03:34:21 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > Another annoyance is that it only works with acroread and does not work > with evince (I don't know how well it works with preview). > As I understand from our discussions at Brejlov, the mechanism relies on layers, and layers are

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex questions

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 16:21:49 Jörg Hagmann wrote: > Thanks, Alan. > > On 11/17/10 2:13 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > >> 1. Is there a way to define a frame offset (there is "fit" and there are > >> dimensions, but an offset would be more convenient)?

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex questions

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 12:37:34 Jörg Hagmann wrote: > I just started using (and liking) ppchtex, and I have a few questions: > > 1. Is there a way to define a frame offset (there is "fit" and there are > dimensions, but an offset would be more convenient)? [left=,top=] I'll look into your

Re: [NTG-context] Placing boxes anywhere on the page

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 16 November 2010 22:16:33 Peter Davis wrote: > > Thanks! I didn't find much in the ConTeXt reference manual on this. Is > there more info somewhere? > \position is (will be) fully documented in the updated reference manual. :) (I was not aware of positioning, either!) Again, we see

Re: [NTG-context] Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX

2010-11-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 17 November 2010 05:26:18 Andrew Starks wrote: > First off, let me say that you all are the nicest set of developers > and project team members I have ever seen! Andrew, I have to agree with you and join in your praise of the ConTeXt community. Alan _

Re: [NTG-context] problem with beta for linux-64

2010-11-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 14 November 2010 18:23:51 Vladimir Lomov wrote: > > P.S. To ensure that the same problem would not arise in future the > 'update' and 'make' procedures should be splitted and between them 'chmod > +x bin/texlua tex/texmf-linux-64/bin/luatex' (texmf-$platform) is > inserted. > Better ye

Re: [NTG-context] \quote

2010-11-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 04 November 2010 12:47:44 Herbert Voss wrote: > the documation says, that \quote gives a single quote. > Why do I get a double one for french? > > \starttext > \language[nl]\quote{Nederlandse}, > \language[en]\quote{English}, > \language[de]\quote{Deutsch} oder > \language[fr]\quote{Fr

Re: [NTG-context] beta: interaction (somewhat) broken

2010-11-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hi, The latest beta has broken some interaction: not all entries in the table of contents have working links. This also shows up in the bookmarks: those broken also do not show page numbers. Of course, no test file as I am still investigating... Alan _

Re: [NTG-context] description

2010-10-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 26 October 2010 20:51:15 luigi scarso wrote: > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Jelle Huisman wrote: > > On 26/10/10 14:31, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 08:30:08PM +0200, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: > >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 08:28:17PM +0200, Herbert Voss wrote

Re: [NTG-context] ideas for ConTeXt meetings

2010-10-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 26 October 2010 13:41:23 Jörg Hagmann wrote: > Something else to consider is the date. Quite a few of us work in > academia, and the fall term has recently been advanced, at least at many > European universities, to just about when the ConTeXt meetings are being > held. > > Of course yo

[NTG-context] Fwd: [Pgf-users] Version 2.10 released

2010-10-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
pgf 2.10 Soon to be in the minimals? Alan --- Begin Message --- Dear community, I have just uploaded pgf 2.10 to sourceforge and CTAN. It will shortly be available to the update mechanisms of MikTeX and TeXLive. Thanks for all who contributed with libraries, patches, by reporting bugs, or by f

Re: [NTG-context] ideas for ConTeXt meetings

2010-10-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 26 October 2010 09:31:25 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > If we meet less far off than Brejlov or Porquerolles, Far from where? Canada or South Africa, just to name a few places from which participants came... In organizing an international meeting, it is always a delicate balance in c

Re: [NTG-context] line justification alignment.

2010-10-24 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Saturday 23 October 2010 23:20:06 Peter Münster wrote: > On Sat, Oct 23 2010, Peter Münster wrote: > > Oh, stupid answer, I'm sorry. I thought, that you had already been using > verytolerant and stretch, that was so ugly... (it *is* ugly) > But just perfect for a boss who is probably trained

Re: [NTG-context] line justification alignment.

2010-10-23 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Saturday 23 October 2010 10:21:01 seasoul wrote: > > I use the setting, that works. Then the line became ugly, the length of > lines are irregular. Is it possible to fine-tune it. > Try: \setupalign[verytolerant,stretch] Alan __

Re: [NTG-context] metafun

2010-10-23 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 22 October 2010 16:06:06 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > On 10/21/2010 12:42 AM, Kevin D. Robbins wrote: > > Hi Hans, > > > > Is the new MetaFun manual available for download? The only PDFs I could > > find of the MetaFun manual were dated to 2002. > > The new version is on the web site now. >

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliographies in Mark IV

2010-10-22 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 22 October 2010 11:38:35 Charles Doherty wrote: > > When I run the KingsTest.tex in ConTeXt Minimals Mark II I get proper > output (I have two extra periods but that is probably my fault). When I > run the same file using Mark IV I get the title only in the output. > The problem appear

Re: [NTG-context] Missing cont-fil on minimals ?

2010-10-21 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 21 October 2010 11:33:59 luigi scarso wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > On Thursday 21 October 2010 11:16:06 you wrote: > >> what is the message > > > > <+ > > /home/local/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/con

Re: [NTG-context] Missing cont-fil on minimals ?

2010-10-21 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 21 October 2010 11:16:06 you wrote: > > what is the message > <+ /home/local/context/beta/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mult-ini.lua>) ! I can't find file `mult-fst.mkiv'. \relax l.68 \loadmarkfile{mult-fst} Please type another

Re: [NTG-context] Missing cont-fil on minimals ?

2010-10-20 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 18 October 2010 13:36:33 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 18-10-2010 12:28, luigi scarso wrote: > > Today, first-setup.sh on my linux box says: > > ! I can't find file `cont-fil'. > > > > > > \relax > > > > l.117 \loadcorefile{cont-fil} > > in context.mkii/mkiv : > > \loadm

Re: [NTG-context] metafun manual

2010-10-20 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 20 October 2010 14:03:03 Hans Hagen wrote: > > This week we send out the first copies of the (new) metafun manual: Wow! Just in time for Christmas :) Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] Caption textcommand option

2010-10-19 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 19 October 2010 20:15:37 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > but it’s possible to get the desired result also with a selector, e.g. > > > > \defineselector[caption][max=2,n=2] > > \startsetups select:caption > \setupselector[caption][n=1] > \stopsetups > > \setupcaptions[setups=select:cap

Re: [NTG-context] How to set the caption length?

2010-10-15 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Saturday 16 October 2010 07:07:01 seasoul wrote: > When a figure is placed, but this figure size is much smaller than the > textwidth, the caption length will adjust after the figure size. > > \placefigure > > [][fig:xxx] > > {} > > {\externalfigure[xxx]} > > >

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