[NTG-context] an ugly bug

2007-05-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
upbodyfont[modern,11pt] \noheaderandfooterlines \starttext 1932 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91 01 \stoptext === pdf attached. Uses ConTeXt ver: 2007.04.26 Has anyone else noticed this? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosoph

[NTG-context] oldstyle bug

2007-05-20 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
is a ConTeXt or Latin~Modern bug. I tried = \def\TYPE{% \usetypescript [map] [latin-modern] [texnansi] \switchtobodyfont[modern,11pt]} \setuptyping[style=\TYPE] = but this did not work. Please advise! Workarounds welcome-) Best Idris -- Professor Idris S

Re: [NTG-context] Which manual for basic drawing?

2007-05-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
PS On Wed, 02 May 2007 14:46:12 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 02 May 2007 00:18:46 -0600, James Buchanan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for your input. I think I have enough to go on now. It >> does seem Meta

Re: [NTG-context] Which manual for basic drawing?

2007-05-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
et/Official_ConTeXt_Documentation#General_Manuals A real-life book on ConTeXt is still needed however. The manuals are a bit rough around the edges... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-

Re: [NTG-context] a bug

2007-04-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
That was supposed to be private to Wolfgang, sorry... On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:07:49 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolu

[NTG-context] a bug

2007-04-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
d want to know. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-context mailing list [EM

[NTG-context] \unknown

2007-04-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
the only form it can take. '***' and \emdash are apparent alternatives... Bringhurst's discussion on ellipsis rules might help with creating typographical options... French and English have different rules, for example... ...Best ...Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Depa

Re: [NTG-context] The ConTeXt Companion

2007-04-14 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
for those who only want to use the dvi format? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-cont

Re: [NTG-context] Scite folding

2007-04-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
available to anyone who wants to play with it. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg

Re: [NTG-context] Scite folding

2007-04-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:20:21 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Notepad++ (also scintilla-based) supports this through a nifty > define-your-own-language dialog, as well as global RTL (no > interlinear > bidi), I forgot the note: I am

Re: [NTG-context] Scite folding

2007-04-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
ere should be some more sophisticate way. I hope so! If not, could one of the other users let me know? Thank you for the reply and Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail clien

[NTG-context] Scite folding

2007-04-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
, whatever you can tell me about Scite and folding would be a big help! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www

[NTG-context] --autopdf blues

2007-04-03 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Professional.lnk" foo.pdf will work in a batch/make file in the meantime. But it would be nice if texexec -autopdf did the same thing. Any thoughts? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera

Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
est Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.

Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
if this method qualifies as a ConTeXt way, but it's what > I would do in plain tex, and it works in ConTeXt: > > \starttext > \line{\spaceskip0pt plus 1fil\relax hello how are you} > \stoptext -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State Univers

Re: [NTG-context] [dev-context] Streams

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:43:26 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have one or more samples using the m-stream module? If so, > I'd > greatly appreciate it if you'ld share it/them with me! > (trying to model some issues related to par

[NTG-context] Streams

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi, Does anyone have one or more samples using the m-stream module? If so, I'd greatly appreciate it if you'ld share it/them with me! (trying to model some issues related to parallel texts...) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State Unive

[NTG-context] spread box contents [trying again]

2007-03-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi gang, Did not get any feedback, I'll try again: == Date: 2007-03-02 07:34 -700 Hmm, no reply yet, maybe the following is more interesting: On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:30:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > How can I evenly spread the contents of a box o

Re: [NTG-context] spread box contents

2007-03-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hmm, no reply yet, maybe the following is more interesting: On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:30:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I evenly spread the contents of a box or column-row? In PlainTeX > there is > > \hbox{Here\hfill is\hfill an\hfill evenly\

[NTG-context] spread box contents

2007-03-01 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
oked into this years ago and may have found the answer; but I've forgotten it... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail cli

[NTG-context] FYI

2007-02-24 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Info for the gang: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=223940&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=18135068#18135322 (last paragraph) This does not affect me or many of us but it's good to know the vibes out there. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Dep

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType font problem

2007-02-23 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
mber because of a similar problem with open type fonts. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ __

[NTG-context] Tracing layout in framed texts

2007-02-23 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
[location=middle] \setuplayout[width=middle] \starttext \input knuth \startframedtext \showframe % does nothing here \input zapf \stopframedtext \input knuth \stoptext = Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado

Re: [NTG-context] tree charts

2007-02-22 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
} >child {node {left}} >child {node {right} >child {node {child}} > child {node {child}} > }; > \stop[tikzpicture] > > \stoptext -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State Universi

Re: [NTG-context] tex live and context

2007-02-22 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Thomas, On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:57:26 -0700, Thomas A. Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 22, 2007, at 5:40 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >>> after some testing taco and i found out that tl has recent map >>> files but >>> that there's

Re: [NTG-context] tree charts

2007-02-22 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
oking it into the ConTeXt color mechanism (unless you guys have some tricks up your sleave you'ld like to share ;-) I could not get global text color within a TikZ environment without individually coloring every node... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Phi

Re: [NTG-context] tex live and context

2007-02-22 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
[redirected from Re: [NTG-context] On tikz] Hi Thomas, On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:16:16 -0700, Thomas A. Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 21, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >> Ahh, but I just use mswincontext, no TeXLive, so install I must ;-) >

Re: [NTG-context] On tikz

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
. > Beyond this you need to fetch the xkeyval package and put it into .../ > tex/latex/xkeyval or similar. > > After updating the filedatabase it should work. That's about exactly what I did :-) This really is neat package, I'm already making and configuring trees...

Re: [NTG-context] PS

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
That was supposed to be off-list for Thomas but oh well... On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:06:13 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a crtical edition manual/module for ConTeXt. If you like I > can keep you posted on its progr

[NTG-context] PS

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi, I'm working on a crtical edition manual/module for ConTeXt. If you like I can keep you posted on its progress... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail cl

Re: [NTG-context] On tikz

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:49:27 -0700, Thomas A. Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 21, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >> A note to the gang: >> >> Although the manual indicates otherwise the tikz module apparently >> needs &g

[NTG-context] On tikz

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
into /texmf-local and running mktexlsr does not work). Maybe someone on the wiki can make ConTeXt packages? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.oper

Re: [NTG-context] tree charts

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:05:08 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 2) Easiest syntax and prettiest looking output: tikz. You need one of >> the recent versions of tikz that work fine with context (except some >> of the exotic features, like adding arb

Re: [NTG-context] tree charts

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:18:10 -0700, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >> Dear cabal, >> >> Do any of you have any examples of tree charts done in, say, MetaFun? >> Are >> there any macr

[NTG-context] tree charts

2007-02-21 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear cabal, Do any of you have any examples of tree charts done in, say, MetaFun? Are there any macros, libraries etc. for easy tree charts in \ConTeXt? Example: http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~anne/Aufl-Bilder/D7Tree.jpg Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy

Re: [NTG-context] headstyle

2007-02-19 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
eport back... Best Idris > Willi > On Feb 19, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >> Dear consortium, >> >> \setupitemize[headstyle=\red] >> >> gives the error >> >> == >> ! Missing } inserted. >> >>

[NTG-context] headstyle

2007-02-19 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
lement ? == What I really want is headstyle to be both bold and red. What do I do? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com

Re: [NTG-context] overlapping colors

2007-02-19 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:15:40 -0700, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Dear knights: >> >> I need to overlap colors in text as follows: >> >> {\yellow Some text}{ some overlapped text}{ \blue some more text} >> >&g

[NTG-context] overlapping colors

2007-02-19 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear knights: I need to overlap colors in text as follows: {\yellow Some text}{ some overlapped text}{ \blue some more text} So the middle bracketed text should be a mixture of yellow and blue (green->). THNX Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado St

[NTG-context] \start-\stop footnotes

2007-02-16 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
\stopbuffer {\typebuffer[footnote] \getbuffer[footnote]} \page But this does nothing. [before=\footnote{, after=}] does not work either (and is not equivalent to (b/e}group). Please advise! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy

Re: [NTG-context] buffer error

2007-02-16 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:41:13 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:57:19 -0700, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I tend to >> think that this is the correct behaviour. Do you really ne

Re: [NTG-context] buffer error

2007-02-16 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
e buffer is for pedagogical purposes only) Thank you! Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-

[NTG-context] buffer error

2007-02-16 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
ote. \metanote{This is another footnote to a footnote.}} test test test test test test test test test test test test test. \stoplinenumbering% \stopbuffer {\typebuffer[footnote] \getbuffer[footnote]} \page Best Idris -- Professor Idris Sam

Re: [NTG-context] TeXFont bug?

2007-02-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
s >> still an apparent bug. >> > not of texfont but of irun > > > texmfstart texfont > > should work ok if you have perl installed Hmmm, texmfstart texfont gives the same error, and perl is installed... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of

[NTG-context] TeXFont bug?

2007-02-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
so all should be well. But it's still an apparent bug. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.oper

[NTG-context] Available fonts

2007-02-04 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear gang, Is there a list somewhere of the immediately available fonts in ConTeXt? showfont.pdf has a few; is there an updated list of available fonts and how to access them? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO

Re: [NTG-context] Letters in ConTeXt

2007-02-01 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:25:20 -0700, Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so, maybe Hraban can say something about the modules > m-letter and m-corresp? Or better yet, Hans himself ;-) Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado Stat

Re: [NTG-context] Letters in ConTeXt

2007-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:21:23 -0700, David Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:04:26 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> check the log: it will probably say something about a missing module... >> >> >> Well, m-letter is not in the distr

Re: [NTG-context] Letters in ConTeXt

2007-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
XML contacts file as described, > I might be able to get it to work. I promise to post anything useful I > find, unless Hans or someone explains it first. Well, m-letter is not in the distribution so... This has been noted before eg http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20060115.

Re: [NTG-context] Letters in ConTeXt

2007-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Looking through the archives it appears that the m-letter module has been withdrawn or was never released; it's not part of theConTeXt distro. On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:14:32 -0700, Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department

Re: [NTG-context] Letters in ConTeXt

2007-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:13:22 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On 1/31/07, Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> the one thing that stops my total conversion to ConTeXt is my lack of >>>> understand

Re: [NTG-context] Letters in ConTeXt

2007-01-31 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
examples starting on page 12, look at chapters 3 and 4, and ignore the xml stuff. Best Idris > http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/xcorresp.pdf -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolution

Re: [NTG-context] new font bugs

2007-01-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
ConTeXt\tex\texmf-fonts\fonts\tfm\adobe\minion Has the ConTeXt TDS changed? This must be a new ConTeXt bug/feature; I don't know which. Oh Please, please, please don't make me rebuild this complicated font setup from scratch! :-) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid

Re: [NTG-context] new font bugs

2007-01-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
;> > well, since you have luatex running ... in a while you can kick out tfm > and map files since context mkiv can use the afm files and do map lines > on the fly I eagerly look forward to the day when the tfm/256-enc anachronisms are gone for good ;-) Best Idris -- Professor

Re: [NTG-context] new font bugs

2007-01-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:52:05 -0700, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Dear gang, >> >> Does anyone understand the following font error? The file used to work >> for >> over a year till I installed the latest ConTeXt

[NTG-context] new font bugs

2007-01-29 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinf

[NTG-context] new cv-resume module

2007-01-29 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
n{\it #1} #2.}} \setupbodyfont[11pt] % 11pt seems pretty standard for cv's \endinput = ===cv-resume.tex= \usemodule[resume] \starttext \CVTITLE{Curriculum Vitae}{Idris Samawi Hamid} \CONTACT{Department of \TeX\ Studies\crl

Re: [NTG-context] Manual (English) Update soon?

2006-12-28 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
ond blizzard in a week!), but don't be surprised if a plain document does not do what you expect... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client

Re: [NTG-context] List of special characters?

2006-12-28 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
t; \letterpercent, \% >> \letterless >> \lettermore >> \letterampersand, \& >> \letteropenbrace, \{ >> \letterclosebrace, \} > Thanks - they all work great! > A worthy addition to the manual...?! At least some mention should be made on the wiki (if it's alre

Re: [NTG-context] new debian context 2006.12.21-0.1

2006-12-23 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
in this regard. All the best and Happy Holidays to the ConTeXt community (and LaTeX too)! Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting in Cyrillic with Times

2006-12-17 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
äàðîâ, Òîõèð Ñàôàðáåêîâè÷ \stop \start \usefiltersequence[LatinKoi] ëÁÌÁÎÄÁÒÏ×,šôÏÈÉÒ óÁÆÁÒÂÅËÏ×ÉÞ \stop \stoptext =========== -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: coupling register with head

2006-12-16 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Taco, On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:53:13 -0700, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Dear knights, >> >> I sent this earlier, never got a response... >> >> I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this question, seems l

[NTG-context] Fwd: coupling register with head

2006-12-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear knights, I sent this earlier, never got a response... I'm sure I'm not the first to ask this question, seems like a pretty common register-task. But if it's impossible, please let me know that too! Best Idris --- Forwarded message --- From: "Idris Samawi Hami

Re: [NTG-context] \head and pagebreak

2006-12-11 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
avemode\index When I do this there no pagebreaks after \head at all. I wonder why this affects the pagebreaks... What is the proper way to define my own \INDEX in terms of index? \def\INDEX#1#2#3{\leavevmode\index[#1]{#2}{#3}} does not work properly (maybe because the [] option is not alwa

Re: [NTG-context] \head and pagebreak

2006-12-10 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
A folllow-up: On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:41:54 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear gang, > > Is there a way to absolutely forbid a pagebreak between \head and its > following paragraph? [intro] tries hard but sometimes fails. I tried > > \setu

[NTG-context] \head and pagebreak

2006-12-10 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear gang, Is there a way to absolutely forbid a pagebreak between \head and its following paragraph? [intro] tries hard but sometimes fails. I tried \setupitemize[each] [inmargin,autointro] \setuptolerance[vertical,stretch] but I still get pagebreaks. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi

Re: [NTG-context] OpenOffice export

2006-12-04 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
? > I think ConTeXt needs a stronger version control to enable this feature. Can you explain what you mean by this? (Sorry if I'm clueless-) Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolu

Re: [NTG-context] OpenOffice export

2006-12-03 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
or academic articles and the like a reasonable subset should be possible to cook up... I think the potential of OOo as pre-TeX wysiwyg editor is worth exploring. My own needs are for an academic journal so it's a bit urgent for me, anyway... maybe a year from now... Best Idris > >

Re: [NTG-context] OpenOffice export

2006-12-03 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:39:30 -0700, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Hi gang, >> >> I just learned that OOo 2.04 has a LaTeX export (downloading now). Any >> of >> you bright programmers up to writing a ConTeXt exp

[NTG-context] OpenOffice export

2006-12-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
#x27;ve already had some TeX-related proposals funded so...). Please write me if you are interested in a grant, or else we can just discuss it on dev-context@ntg.nl and get it done another way! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Co

Re: [NTG-context] external table alignment

2006-10-06 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:00:50 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > \starttable[o(0pt)|l|l|] > \HL > \NC 2001 \NC Fall \NC\SR > \HL > \stoptable > > The "o(xxx)" key is your friend. Thank you for this, and for the wiki reference. Best Id

Re: [NTG-context] external table alignment

2006-10-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear knights, I still need help with this one. How do I get the table flush left (no offset)? Best Idris On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:14:31 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear consortium, > > I need to get the argument of \start-stoptable aligned flush le

Re: [NTG-context] font switches, tables, and grouping

2006-10-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:04:44 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ### simple group (level 1) entered at line 4 ({) >> ### bottom level >> >> Does your log file say this? > > Yes, and I think I found the culprit: > > ===

Re: [NTG-context] font switches, tables, and grouping

2006-10-04 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Aditya, On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:02:42 -0600, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: > >> Dear consortium, >> >> font switches do not obey grouping when \start-stoptable is invoked: >> >> ==

[NTG-context] font switches, tables, and grouping

2006-10-04 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
at is happening here and how do I fix it? Also, how do I control the blank space between \stoptable and the beginning of the next par? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-m

[NTG-context] external table alignment

2006-10-04 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
2001 \NC Fall \NC\SR \stoptable Some text \stoptext === Thank you Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com

Re: [NTG-context] framed-vtop

2006-10-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
n=normal]{...} That worked, thank you. I actually had tried location=bottom, following a different logic of looking at it (viz, bring the box down), did not occur to me to try top... Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins,

[NTG-context] framed-vtop

2006-10-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
{Instructor, Physics, Upward Bound Math/Science Regional Center \crlf University at Buffalo, State University of New York}} \stoptext I can't seem to find the right options for \framed so that the year is flush with the top line of its argument. Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi

Re: [NTG-context] part conversion

2006-10-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:59:27 -0600, Bernd Militzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > \setuppagenumbering[state=start,partnumber=no,left={I-},right=,conversion=numbers] Beautiful, THNX! Just one modification: left={I--} Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy

[NTG-context] part conversion

2006-10-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
define my own conversion for a few pages. Can someone remind me how to do that (assuming that's the only way)? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www

Re: [NTG-context] Context 2006.08.04 released

2006-08-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
ternalfigure\vbox to \fighei into \global\setbox\foundexternalfigure\naturalvbox to \fighei so that figures work in global RL? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-

Re: [NTG-context] Charts, Graphs, Tufte, and ConTeXt

2006-07-23 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
the basis of your "Perhaps!"? What's missing? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-c

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt, Charts, and transparency

2006-07-19 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
no idea what it's about ;-) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-context mailing l

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt, Charts, and transparency

2006-07-19 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
resource; thnx for pointing it out. > Also, gnuplot can draw bargraphs easily. Mojca's gnuplot module is > functional, so you can also give that a try. Will do that as well -) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collin

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt, Charts, and transparency

2006-07-18 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
own m-stats module? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-co

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt, Charts, and transparency

2006-07-14 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:33:13 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Dear syndicate, >> >> So it's not a graphical charts module but I'm curious anyway: Could >> someone explain why the following sample file apparently

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt, Charts, and transparency

2006-07-12 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
;currentpicture.endgroup > l.145 ...e(2,2), 1.79993pt, (scaledgray(.5,1)) ) ) >; lines[b][2][2] := > image(... > ? > = -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt, Charts, and transparency

2006-07-12 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
ample, I mean). Ok, are there any suggestions for efficiently doing this kind of thing in ConTeXt/MetaPost? Thnx again Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail clie

[NTG-context] ConTeXt, Charts, and transparency

2006-07-11 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
sing the image (bitmap in origin). ImageMagick does not work well at all. I need it in a document with a colored background. Thnx in advance Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's rev

Re: [NTG-context] MyriadPro?

2006-07-07 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
t a full > ec-encoded fonts from it)? Can I expect the same kind of problems with > MinionPro as well? I have written an article on MinionPro this that might help you: http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/expertfonts.pdf The procedure for Myriad should be analogous. Best Idris -- Professor I

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-06 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 08:39:04 -0600, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/6/06, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> Hi, Aditya, >> >> (I must admit I'm still struggling with mastering Mojca's approach ;-). > > I guess that I should read this as &qu

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
n ingeneous solution like Mojca. I will do this in a > brute force way like you, but using loops for repetitive tasks and > allowing metapost to do all the calculations for me. -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using O

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-07-01 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
efully. Thnx again for the lesson in MP and all the Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] Is Indesign CS 2 better than ConTeXt ?

2006-07-01 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
uot;Another Indesign question: > copyfitting." Could you post a link to this thread? Putting the thread title into google did not get me anywhere :-) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Oper

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
z[12]) ; draw (z[3] -- z[13]) ; draw (z[4] -- z[14]) ; draw (z[5] -- z[15]) ; draw (z[6] -- z[16]) ; draw (z[7] -- z[17]) ; draw (z[8] -- z[18]) ; % labels drawoptions(withcolor black) ; label (textext("Sans Serif"),z[19]) ; label (textext("Serif"),z[20]) ; picture p; p := textext

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:41:15 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:42:16 -0600, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> >>>> draw ((2,6) -- (2,5)) >>>> scaled 1

[NTG-context] More Metapost alignment

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
L.ulft I get \framed[align=left], and for LABEL.lrt LABEL.urt I get \framed[align=right]. How do I adjust the definition of LABEL above? Thank you Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutiona

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
== ! Improper `:=' will be changed to `='. := l.155 z[1] := origin ; ? === z[1] = origin ; etc. works though. Is there any advantage to keeping the brackets instead of just z1 etc.? Thnx again Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
rawoptions(scaled 1cm withcolor .625red)" does not apply the "scaled 1cm" part. Is there another macro that handles the global scaling? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label alignment etc.

2006-06-30 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
ment in the preamble. Thnx again for your help, still working through things so i may be back;-) Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://w

<    3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   >