Re: [NTG-context] Colors: printing vs. on screen

2011-06-19 Thread Christoph Redecker
-- Are spot colors the thing to use to get a grip on these matters? No, because spot colors are used to extend the printable range by colors not available in cmyk. You might be able to show such a color on your monitor, but not print it. -- Is this generally only a matter of color

Re: [NTG-context] Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin

2011-06-16 Thread Christoph Redecker
On 15.06.2011 15:15, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 15.06.2011 um 10:17 schrieb Hans Hagen: Did you check the details.pdf manualal? This won’t help because it’s ConTeXt’s fault. This is a quick fix for strc-flt.mkiv but the leftmargin etc. keys are then ignored when the caption is placed in

Re: [NTG-context] Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin

2011-06-16 Thread Christoph Redecker
Your solution doesn't seems to work, I still don't see a caption anywhere when using location=rightmargin. When I inserted your fix I stumbled upon the fact that there is \def\locatebcaptionbox below \def\locatefloatbox. You provided a fix for \locatefloatbox, but shouldn't it be for

Re: [NTG-context] Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin

2011-06-16 Thread Christoph Redecker
Hans included the patch in the core, update your installation in this will work: \setuplayout [width=11cm, rightmargin=6cm] \setupcaption [figure] [width=\rightmarginwidth, location={rightmargin,high}] \starttext \placefigure{\input ward }{\externalfigure[cow]} \stoptext You can control the

Re: [NTG-context] Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin

2011-06-15 Thread Christoph Redecker
Am 15.06.2011 10:17, schrieb Hans Hagen: On 14-6-2011 5:03, Christoph Redecker wrote: On 13.06.2011 16:14, Christoph Redecker wrote: Hi, I want to place my figures flush right, so that they are aligned with the right border of my text area. Captions should be in the right margin, flush left

Re: [NTG-context] Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin

2011-06-15 Thread Christoph Redecker
Am 15.06.2011 15:15, schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 15.06.2011 um 10:17 schrieb Hans Hagen: Did you check the details.pdf manualal? This won’t help because it’s ConTeXt’s fault. This is a quick fix for strc-flt.mkiv but the leftmargin etc. keys are then ignored when the caption is placed in

Re: [NTG-context] Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin

2011-06-14 Thread Christoph Redecker
On 13.06.2011 16:14, Christoph Redecker wrote: Hi, I want to place my figures flush right, so that they are aligned with the right border of my text area. Captions should be in the right margin, flush left, ragged right. It is a one-sided document. I've tried \setupfloats[ location=right

[NTG-context] measuring alphabet length

2011-06-13 Thread Christoph Redecker
Hi, I want to measure and typeset the lower case alphabet length. The LaTeX method doesn't work: \newlength{\alphabetlength} \settowidth{\alphabetlength}{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz} \the\alphabetlength ConTeXt gives me an error saying that \newlength{...} is undefined. Is it undefined

Re: [NTG-context] measuring alphabet length

2011-06-13 Thread Christoph Redecker
Thanks to both of you, all three suggestions work. However, I don't understand all of the code. What does \dowithnextbox do exactly? In your last example, does it define the command \measure just for the next box? And why does my email client display this thread as a reply to the fit to width

[NTG-context] Placing figures flush right and captions in the margin

2011-06-13 Thread Christoph Redecker
Hi, I want to place my figures flush right, so that they are aligned with the right border of my text area. Captions should be in the right margin, flush left, ragged right. It is a one-sided document. I've tried \setupfloats[ location=right] \setupcaptions[

Re: [NTG-context] tikz / pgf 2.10: errors

2011-04-27 Thread Christoph Redecker
Hello Aditya Am 26.04.2011 21:43, schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, Christoph Redecker wrote: I downloaded the minimals installer installed to the default location c:\contextminimal options: + get latest setup files, + get latest distribution files (stable) Can you try

Re: [NTG-context] tikz / pgf 2.10: errors

2011-04-27 Thread Christoph Redecker
, Christoph Redecker wrote: For the gui installer, I provided what I could. I clicked Next and Finish where I could, but the options I used are included in my last post. Is it possible that you mixed up the command line installation and the gui variant? Yes I did mix the two up. I re-read your

Re: [NTG-context] tikz / pgf 2.10: errors

2011-04-27 Thread Christoph Redecker
next? I don't want to break anything by just trying to use context, I'm afraid of skipping something important now. Regards Christoph On 27.04.2011 10:24, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Christoph Redecker wrote: For the gui installer, I provided what I could. I clicked Next

Re: [NTG-context] tikz / pgf 2.10: errors

2011-04-27 Thread Christoph Redecker
I wouldn't have followed the advice to change the path, as I'm using MikTeX too and I know that the path settings might interfer. The command prompt is fine, I can Alt-Tab out of my editor and compile a tex file - that's not too inconvenient. Compiling a test document actually works, it

Re: [NTG-context] Grid typesetting and inline math

2011-04-26 Thread Christoph Redecker
a convenient solution, but it works and I've got the impression that I can do what I want. Again: Does anyone have a better solution or advice regarding grid usage? Regards, Christoph Am 19.04.2011 11:59, schrieb Christoph Redecker: Hello, I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX

[NTG-context] tikz / pgf 2.10: errors

2011-04-26 Thread Christoph Redecker
When compiling this code \usemodule[pgf] \starttext test \stoptext I get an error: --snip-- (/apps/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-pdftex.def (/apps/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-pdf.def) ! Undefined control sequence.

Re: [NTG-context] tikz / pgf 2.10: errors

2011-04-26 Thread Christoph Redecker
I tried to install and run the minimals on a win xp machine (a few days ago), but failed. I'll try it again and report the results. Christoph Am 26.04.2011 14:22, schrieb Hans Hagen: On 26-4-2011 1:45, Christoph Redecker wrote: When compiling this code \usemodule[pgf] \starttext test

Re: [NTG-context] tikz / pgf 2.10: errors

2011-04-26 Thread Christoph Redecker
wrong? Regards Christoph On 26.04.2011 14:22, Hans Hagen wrote: On 26-4-2011 1:45, Christoph Redecker wrote: When compiling this code \usemodule[pgf] \starttext test \stoptext I get an error: --snip-- (/apps/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-pdftex.def best

Re: [NTG-context] Grid typesetting and inline math

2011-04-21 Thread Christoph Redecker
the shown effect is desired. The \startlinecorrection ... \stoplinecorrection description in the wiki is also no help. What does it do and how does it differ from a globally enabled grid? Regards, Christoph Am 20.04.2011 12:31, schrieb Christoph Redecker: Thanks for the suggestion! With grid

[NTG-context] Grid typesetting and inline math

2011-04-20 Thread Christoph Redecker
Hello, I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX to luaLaTeX for a simpler font selection, and from luaLaTeX to ConTeXt for getting a usable grid (because I was told that it supports typesetting on a grid). Now that I got font selection working as desired in ConTeXt, the grid is

Re: [NTG-context] Grid typesetting and inline math

2011-04-20 Thread Christoph Redecker
deeply into the following line. Regards, Christoph Am 20.04.2011 11:56, schrieb Khaled Hosny: On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:59:34AM +0200, Christoph Redecker wrote: Hello, I'm struggling with the grid. I've stepped from LaTeX to luaLaTeX for a simpler font selection, and from luaLaTeX