Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 36, Issue 32

Hello Hans, I've updated original TeXLive2007 distribution to the latest cont-tmf beta, by copying \web2c into TeXLive2007\texmf folder and every other stuff into TeXLive2007\texmf-dist folder. Then I rebuilded the format files for both context and xetex (texexec --make en, then texexec --xtx

[NTG-context] Newbie question about \XeTeXpicfile

Hello, Sorry for a newbie question. I wonder how to insert figures so that they are equally spaced from both the previous and next paragraphs. Now the figure is glued to the previous paragraph. If it possible, please suggest a document-wide solution (maybe new user command?). Prev Text. Prev T

[NTG-context] Why \setupinterlinespace needs [line]?

Hello, I wonder why one must provide the line argument for \setupinterlinespace? \setupinterlinespace[line=4ex] IMHO, it is a tautology. The texshow says that \setupinterlinespace[4ex] (or \setupinterlinespace[big] ) is enough, but I cannot make it work. Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

[NTG-context] Contrast color in \setupinteraction

=middleblue, contrastcolor=middleblue] solves my problem, but is it the most elegant way to do? Can I just turn off the contrast? Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

[NTG-context] hotkey definitions again

then width). \hotkey{Ctrl} - nice \hotkey{T} - not nice The second definition works better for one-letter hotkeys. \hotkey{Ctrl} - not nice \hotkey{T} - nice My question is: can I set the MINIMUM width of a box to have boxes not less then, say, squared. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatsk

Re: [NTG-context] hotkey and strut again

Hello, I've found the following solution some time ago and I'm quietly satisfied with it: \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00, offset=0pt]{\ #1\ }} -- Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ If your ques

Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 34, Issue 66

ion{Second subsubsubsection} \stoptext -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ 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.

[NTG-context] ConTeXt in Russian?

Hello, Is it possible to have Russian version of ConTeXt? Some people who I know could already start using the ConTeXt (instead of Word) for typesetting a scientific journal, but they are deterred by not knowing English.___

[NTG-context] Dummy question about \externalfigure

Hello, Sorry for dummy question, but why there is always no blank line BEFORE, but there exists a blank line AFTER the \externalfigure? Even leaving a blank paragraph before and omitting it after the figure doesn't change anything. :( What is I want the opposite -- a blank line before and tig

[NTG-context] Boxed text on the same line as a figure

Hello, Please, help me with following. I have a figure included as \externalfigure[lily02.png] spanning an half of the text width. I want place some additional text in a box RIGHT to it. This box will not overlap with the figure. The rest of text flows as usual, that is before and after the i

[NTG-context] Adjust spacing before and after figures

Hello, How to adjust spacing before and after all figures placed by \externalfigure? I don't need captions, just figures. Now I use two commands in pair, like \blank[4ex] \externalfigure[lily03.png][scale=1000] -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatsk

[NTG-context] XeTeX image dimensioning bug

Hello, I've found a bug in XeTeX image handling. Once it has created a .rli file for an image, it doesn't recalculate dimensions after the image is changed. I tested it with .png image, 1-bit (black-and-white). When I crop the image, both its size and datetime attribs are updated. Nevertheless,

[NTG-context] crop pdf page via \externalfigure options

crop.) Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ 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

[NTG-context] Typesetting musical scores

Hello, Is there a way to typeset (simple) musical scores with ConTeXt/XeTeX? I found Lilypond, but whether it is supported now is obscure. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky___ If your question is of interest t

Re: [NTG-context] Vertical alignment of framed text

Hello Mojca, Is there need for \strut at all? The definitions \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00, offset=0pt]{\ #1\ }} and \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00,offset=0pt]{\strut\ #1\ }} work equally well and I can see no difference. I (wrongly) supposed that \strut version can prevent the frame

Re: [NTG-context] Vertical alignment of framed text

Hello, Please, don't take me as too much exacting man, but Mojca's (partial) solution \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00]{\ #1\ }} is more suitable for me than the Wolfgangs's (complete) one: \defineframed [dohotkey] [strut=yes,corner=00,frameoffset=-0.2em,location=low] \definehspace[hotkey]

Re: [NTG-context] Vertical alignment of framed text

X-stretched? > On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:27:03 +0300 > Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> \defineframed >>[hotkey][height=\lineheight,offset=4pt,corner=00] > Hi, > \defineframed >[hotkey][offset=4pt,corner=00,location=low] > Wolfga

[NTG-context] Vertical alignment of framed text

tion is active (that is, sits on the foreground of your desktop), the hotkey is {\hotkey{Space}}. If it is not active, then use global hotkey -- \hotkey{Alt}+\hotkey{Space}. \stoptext -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing l

[NTG-context] Hanging punctuation is impressive

e Palatino font preinstalled and I'm confident only with MiKTeX in font installing issues. Is it possible to use this feature with XeTeX? Or should I impatiently wait for LuaTeX? -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing l

Re: [NTG-context] No way to use XeTeX

adjusting other settings don't help also. Anything created in this Acrobat fails in XeTeX. And good news: pdf created in Inkscape seems to be valid input for XeTeX! -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky > Well, first try inserting the sample PDF file "cow.pdf" supplied

[NTG-context] Some progress with XeTeX

formatted for LaTex with PSTricks; obvously ConTeXt failes with it. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] ConTeXt versioning model critique

badly. Now it has rather naive model (release dates) that doesn't help in deciding about stability at all. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Fwd: Re[2]: No way to use XeTeX

l sequences out of 1+5 77322 words of font info for 68 fonts, out of 120 for 2000 192 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 47i,22n,60p,526b,1090s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,6000p,200000b,5000s -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ n

[NTG-context] No way to use XeTeX

. :((( -- Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Updates with older dates

Sorry, just found a strange thing. A month old distribution of TeXLive contains bib-mod.doc file dated November 4, 2006. And current cont-tmf.zip contains the same file but dated... September 7, 2006. Strange, isn't it? Best, Vyatcheslav Yatsk

[NTG-context] XeTeX is broken after ConTeXt update

Hello, To get rid of dummy boxes instead of figures in XeTeX output, I've decided to update the stuff (I already has installed fresh latest TeXLive). I typed ctxtools --update then texexec --xtx --make en and even recreated format files from TeXLive GUI. After all, I get (c:/TeX

Re: [NTG-context] Can I use OpenType fonts with ConTeXt on Windows right now

Hello Mojca, Thanks a lot. In other words, XeTeX handles Unicode-coded fonts and the author creates UTF-coded documents. Then those encodings are merged somewhere inside. Do I think right? > On 4/13/07, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: >> Hello Paul, >> Thanks a lot for help wit

[NTG-context] \placefigure problems in Xetex

ument itself. (The same running pdftex works fine). Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Can I use OpenType fonts with ConTeXt on Windows right now

Hello Paul, Thanks a lot for help with Xetex+Context on Windows. And by the way, what is the "uc" encoding? It is not mentioned on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Encodings_and_Regimes -- With best regards Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ n

[NTG-context] Can I use OpenType fonts with ConTeXt on Windows right now

e to do to achieve it? Thanks. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] OpenType in Windows

Hello, I heard that Mac users can typeset in ConTeXt with OpenType fonts. Is it possible on Windows platform? (either in MiKTeX or TeXLive?) Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo

[NTG-context] SciTe setup

Hi, A simple newbie 'abstract' question. How to setup fresh SciTe 1.73 installation to work with context scripts? And a more concrete one: how to load context.properties? Best, Vyatcheslav ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.n

[NTG-context] Microsoft Word -> Context

then easily assemble them. Something, that resembles famous Word2Tex application. What can community say about the sensibility of my idea?And did anyone attempt to implement some conversion tool? Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context ma

[NTG-context] \setupbodyfont vs. \switchtotypeface

Hello, What is better to use given the code below? \setupbodyfont or \switchtotypeface? Both produce the same result but in the second case my pdf file is twice bigger.. \enableregime[cp1251] %\language[ru]\setuplanguage[ru] \loadmapfile[t2a-monotype-timesttf.map] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy

[NTG-context] Times as math font

Hello, Could someone be so kind to tell me why I cannot set Times as math font? The line \definetypeface [myFont] [mm] [math,boldmath] [myfont] [default] [encoding=t2a] seems to do nothing; other code works well. \loadmapfile[t2a-monotype-timesttf.map] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \usetypescr

Re: [NTG-context] anaemic spacing around in-line typed text

Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:40:50 +0300 > Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello Taco, >> Thanks, I came up with the following >> \def\comm#1{{\tt#1}\,} >> \starttext >> The \comm{rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. >> \stoptex

Re: [NTG-context] anaemic spacing around in-line typed text

Hello Taco, Thanks, I came up with the following \def\comm#1{{\tt#1}\,} \starttext The \comm{rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext I quite satisfied with it, but maybe there is better way to typeset programming keywords? Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky >&g

[NTG-context] anaemic spacing around in-line typed text

The following look ugly because of anaemic spacing before and after typed text. \starttext The {\tt rand} function generates pseudo-random numbers. \stoptext How to fix it? Best, Vyatcheslav___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg

[NTG-context] strange text/math spacing

Hi, I found a small but annoying thing about math. When I typeset in-line formula like '...a vector of $a_x$ is...', it creates too little space between 'of' and succeeding lowercase math symbol.Uppercase math symbol is treated right. I can leave it as it is, but it strange to me why TeX perf

[NTG-context] breaking framed text across pages

Hi, I'm struggling against framed text and is beaten again. If the text below doesn't fit the page, it goes below footer and stops pdf file without explanations. After many experiments I should note that frame text is not user-tolerant construction at all, unlike the whole Context is. :( \defin

[NTG-context] Ugly matrix spacing

Hi, I'm ConTeXting a text that follows: % \setupwhitespace[big] \setupinterlinespace[line=2.5ex] \starttext The Leslie Matrix is a matrix $L[1:X, 1:X]$ of the form $$\left( {\matrix{ {a_1 } & {a_2 } & {a_3 } & \ldots & {a_X } \cr {b_1 } & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \cr 0 & {b_2

[NTG-context] replacing symbols

Hi, Let me restate my question. If I get some text from an XML file using \XMLflush, is there a command in PLAIN TeX to replace some symbols (say, “&“ -> \letterampersand), on-a-fly without invoking perl, ruby, or lisp or ...? Why is there need in external script to do such an easy thing? And

[NTG-context] CSS-like coding style

Hello, I'm puzzled with an odd thing. If I try to adopt CSS-like coding style, \setuptyping[ before={ \blank[2*big] \setupinterlinespace[line=1ex] }, after={} ] \setuppagenumbering[ location=bottom ] works perfectly. But \setuplayout[ top

[NTG-context] CD cover tool -- handling unusual symbols in folder names

Hello, I try to implement a script that will typeset covers for CD/DVD's that contain music compilations. Now I have script that follows. It scans the root directory of a CD for folders and outputs them a list. The major problem is that I have " & " and " ' " symbols in folder names on which s

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document

Thanks, \executesystemcommand{myscript.rb} seems to work. But what is the best way to insert a result (say, formatted text) into the 'caller' document body? The only idea I have is to use \input later in the document, but I'm not sure that it would work. Best regards, Vyatcheslav___

Re: [NTG-context] ntg-context Digest, Vol 32, Issue 46

@to mail-list editor: sorry, can my last reply about Write18 be excluded from the list? I made wrong and now did it correctly. Thanks ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document

> \executesystemcommand{some_external_program ...} When I try something like \starttext Hello \executesystemcommand{1.rb} \stoptext I get systems : system commands are disabled (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd-mus.tuo) (D:\context\cd

[NTG-context] Newbie questions: integrating ruby/perl scripts into a document; changing line spacing for typed text only

space for the whole document but want minimal spacing inside \starttyping)? With beat regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] No spacing for typed text in a spaced document

Hello everyone, I use \setupwhitespace[medium] globally but I want to have no spacing between \starttyping and \stoptyping. How do I have to set up this? Thanks in advance, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://

[NTG-context] How to create a standard text block

Hello everybody, Could someone tell me what is the best way to create a standard text block that would consist of a line frames around the text and include some lettering? Such a text block is a State standard in Russia and Ukraine and I want to design it good and possibly include in the Wiki,

Re: [NTG-context] Storing temporary files in a different location

Hello Aditya, Thanks for your reply, but I when I use the command like texexec --purge EssentialCOM.tex it purges only one minor file -- mpgraph.mp, as shown in the log below. I use ConTeXt ver. 2006.07.14 under MikTeX. (An old enough, but the latest available with an automatic update). ...

[NTG-context] Storing temporary files in a different location

Hello, Context places a bunch of temporary files into the same folder where my source and output files are. Is there a way to tell texexec to store temporary files in a different location, say, in a \temp folder? With best regards, Vyatcheslav ___

[NTG-context] texfont doesn't refresh MiKTeX database

Hello, I use MikTeX. When I run texfont script, it always fails to do FNDB refresh at the end, saying generating : ls-r databases initexmf: This utility does not accept non-option arguments. It seems like a bug in the script. -- Best regards Vyatcheslav

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie: font sizes (Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky)

Hello Elliot, I'm a newbie too but I change font sizes as follows. {\tfa Big text} {\tfa\bf Big and bold} ... Font size selectors from the smallest to the biggest are \tfxx \tfx \tfa \tfb \tfc \tfd You told about a manual, but there are a lot of manuals around. -- With best regards Vyatches

Re: [NTG-context] Installing Cyrillic font

Hello all, Thanks to everybody, but I've already written the asked typescript for my installed Cyrillic font (NimbusRomanNo9L). Look at my script, if you interested in. --- \enableregime[cp1251] \loadmapfile [t2a-urw-timescyr.map] \usetypescriptfile[type-buy] \starttypescript [serif] [t

Re: [NTG-context] Installing Cyrillic font

Hello all, I've made some progress with your help. (and esp. Mojca's) Following the guidelines from http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html, I 've defined the Regular font as \enableregime[cp1251] \loadmapfile [t2a-urw-timescyr.map] \definefontsynonym[NimbusRomanNo9L-Regu][t2a-n0

Re: [NTG-context] Installing Cyrillic font

> I might have missed the point completely, but do you set the file > encoding anywhere, such as \enableregime[cp1251] (= windows-1251) > anywhere? I didn't try your examples, but unless you set this > somewhere cyrilic glyphs unlikely to work properly. Thank you, Mojca. No, I didn't set the enco

[NTG-context] Fwd: Re[2]: Installing Cyrillic font

> I might have missed the point completely, but do you set the file > encoding anywhere, such as \enableregime[cp1251] (= windows-1251) > anywhere? I didn't try your examples, but unless you set this > somewhere cyrilic glyphs unlikely to work properly. Thank you, Mojca. No, I didn't set the enco

Re: [NTG-context] Installing Cyrillic font

> I am sorry to say that this really looks like the INF of the standard > Times-Roman font that does not have cyrillic glyphs (and the same was > true of your log file). Yes, Taco, you are right. I was muddled by Extensis Suitcase which displayed Cyrillic text in a font preview mode (probably, su

[NTG-context] Installing Cyrillic font

ripts. (Latin goes well) I'm ready to send any additional relevant info. Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] cannot install Times (Cyr) ptb font using TexFont script under MiKTeX 2.5

Hello there, I cannot install Times (Cyr) ptb font using TexFont script under MiKTeX 2.5. I run the following command (from the folder where font collection sits) texfont --sourcepath=. --vendor=adobe --collection=timescyr --makepath --install It does copy the font source into "E:\Documents

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

Hello, Ok, I've started playing with Cyrillic fonts seriously :) -- С наилучшими пожеланиями, Vyatcheslav mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont

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

Hello, Ok, now I've started playing with Cyrillic fonts seriously. 1. Antiqua-torunska is really Cyrillic but its typeface far from Times Roman. \usetypescript[antykwa-torunska][t2a] \definetypeface[antw][rm][serif][antykwa-torunska][default][rscale=1,encoding=t2a] \setupbodyfont[antw,12pt] Unf

[NTG-context] typesetting in Cyrillic with Times

Hello, How can I typeset in Cyrillic while using the Adobe Times or Utopia fonts? I don't believe that they contain no cyrillic glyphs. It is very disappointing to be limited to weird-looking computer modern. (I work with MikTeX). Thanks Vyatcheslav Yatsk

[NTG-context] Creating two-column enumeration inside a frame

Hello, I have a problem with creating two-column enumeration inside a frame. If I don't use framed text command (commented here), everything goes well - in two columns. But once I uncomment those lines, the list appears pretty framed but not in columns. Since I have a lot of math formulas indee

[NTG-context] indenting of first paragraph in (sub)section

Hello, I' trying to figure out why \setupindenting[first,medium,yes] does not indents the FIRST paragraph of a section or subsection. An example follows. Thanks in advance. \setupbodyfont[lbr,11pt] \setuppapersize[A4] \setuplayout[width=17cm,height=2

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