Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-05 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
Hi Alan, > 1) when new to Context, coming from LaTeX and learning a new system; ... > One gets over the first case rather quickly and then there is no > going back: the philosophies are so different. Hmm, I'll make an effort to be a LaTeX user and also ConTeXt user. Best regards, Atsuhito Kohda

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-05 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
Hi Aditya, > You can create a private module with the definitions that you need. If > these are general enough, then you can also release it as a third party > module for others to use. I don't see the value of adding (and > maintaining!) a module that provides LaTeX compatibility as part of the

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-05 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
Hi Henri, Thanks for your kind explanation. Generally I understand your point and the ConTeXt philosophy. > bmatrix, vmatrix, etc. are not defined by default, but > as you saw from my last message it is trivial to define these, > especially because templates (matrix:parentheses, etc.) > for them

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-04 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 11:16:22 -0400 (EDT) Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > BTW, I constantly convert Beamer documents into ConTeXt's > > simpleslide documents recently and it is very convenient > > if I can use \pmatrix{a\cr c\cr} style because it is similar > > to LaTeX documents. > > You can create

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-04 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 4 Jul 2019, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: Hi Henri, Thanks for your suggestions, they are very instructive. However, my request is not a smart way of displaying matrices but to know why \bmatrix and \vmatrix are not provided in core part of ConTeXt although \pmatrix is provided already in

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-03 Thread Henri Menke
The existing definition of \pmatrix in math-pln.mkiv is the original Plain TeX definition, because in the very early days ConTeXt used to be compatible with Plain. This tradition has prevailed until today. You will find other remnants of Plain TeX in ConTeXt, e.g. \eqalign, but it is better not

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-03 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
Hi Henri, Thanks for your suggestions, they are very instructive. However, my request is not a smart way of displaying matrices but to know why \bmatrix and \vmatrix are not provided in core part of ConTeXt although \pmatrix is provided already in math-pln.mkiv About matrices, I first found

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-03 Thread Henri Menke
On 3/07/19 6:00 PM, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > I've used LaTeX quite a long time but recently I begin to use ConTeXt too. > So I'm very sorry if the following is well-known issue. > > I find an example of \pmatrix in p.21 of "ConTeXt Mark IV an excursion" > (ma-cb-en.pdf). And I notice it is

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-03 Thread Henri Menke
On 3/07/19 6:00 PM, Atsuhito Kohda wrote: > I've used LaTeX quite a long time but recently I begin to use ConTeXt too. > So I'm very sorry if the following is well-known issue. > > I find an example of \pmatrix in p.21 of "ConTeXt Mark IV an excursion" > (ma-cb-en.pdf). And I notice it is

[NTG-context] feature request

2019-07-03 Thread Atsuhito Kohda
I've used LaTeX quite a long time but recently I begin to use ConTeXt too. So I'm very sorry if the following is well-known issue. I find an example of \pmatrix in p.21 of "ConTeXt Mark IV an excursion" (ma-cb-en.pdf). And I notice it is defined in

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: \digits command

2018-04-29 Thread Peter Münster
On Wed, Jun 25 2008, Flavien Lambert wrote: > did not found a way to cut a number by group of three digits like the > numprint command, e.g. 100 becomes 1 000 000. With the digits > option 3, dots become thinmuskips. I would like to do something > similar but automatically for groups of three

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: display Lua version

2018-02-22 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Procházka Lukáš Ing. wrote: > Hello, > > namely due to planned embedding Lua 5.3 into ConTeXt, would it be possible > ConTeXt to show Lua version being used? _VERSION is always available: $echo 'print(_VERSION)' > /tmp/test-v.lua $ luatex

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: display Lua version

2018-02-22 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2/22/2018 11:39 AM, Procházka Lukáš Ing. wrote: Hello, namely due to planned embedding Lua 5.3 into ConTeXt, would it be possible ConTeXt to show Lua version being used? Something like: d:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Test>context.exe --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.02

[NTG-context] Feature request: display Lua version

2018-02-22 Thread Procházka Lukáš Ing .
Hello, namely due to planned embedding Lua 5.3 into ConTeXt, would it be possible ConTeXt to show Lua version being used? Something like: d:\Lukas\ConTeXt\Test>context.exe --version mtx-context | ConTeXt Process Management 1.02 mtx-context | mtx-context | main context file:

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: xtables extensions

2017-03-08 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Alan Braslau wrote: On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:29:52 +0100 Henri Menke wrote: Natural Tables are quite handy but their syntax is a little verbose. \bTABLE \bTR \bTD ... \eTD \eTR \eTABLE There exist nice extensions which make the format less

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: xtables extensions

2017-03-08 Thread Alan Braslau
On Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:29:52 +0100 Henri Menke wrote: > Natural Tables are quite handy but their syntax is a little verbose. > > \bTABLE > \bTR > \bTD ... \eTD > \eTR > \eTABLE > > There exist nice extensions which make the format less verbose by > mapping > >

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: xtables extensions

2017-03-08 Thread Henri Menke
I refined the proposal a little further to not having to overload xtables but only use one remaining internal macro of xtables. I also sent this version to Hans to be considered going to the ConTeXt core. \unprotect %D xtable extensions \definextable[XTABLE] \unexpanded\def\startXTABLE

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: xtables extensions

2017-03-08 Thread Henri Menke
Alternatively to my first proposal but still overloading the original xtables I came up with another solution which does not have the \NC\NR but only \NR and does not read the cell content as an argument. \unprotect % Overload tabl_x_start_table \unexpanded\def\tabl_x_start_table[#settings]%

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: xtables extensions

2017-03-08 Thread Henri Menke
I quickly came up with something myself. Unfortunately, it involves overloading of the original xtables. Perhaps there is a better way but it works. I am happy to hear your opinions! \unprotect % Overload tabl_x_start_table \unexpanded\def\tabl_x_start_table[#settings]% maybe two arguments:

[NTG-context] Feature Request: xtables extensions

2017-03-08 Thread Henri Menke
Dear devs, Natural Tables are quite handy but their syntax is a little verbose. \bTABLE \bTR \bTD ... \eTD \eTR \eTABLE There exist nice extensions which make the format less verbose by mapping \startTABLE \NC ... \NR\NR \stopTABLE back to the original macros. The new method for

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-28 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
Hi Pablo, On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:19:47 -0600, Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote: Hmm, what do you mean exactly? If footnotes in ePub (or XHTML) have no links, how is the user supposed to handle them? I must be missing something, because I think footnotes are hardly accesible in XHTML

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-28 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:19:47 -0600, Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote: [Aside: I wonder if there is a way in ConTeXt to setup \placefootnotes etc. in a mode so that it gets invoked only in the export. Will explore this for the article.] How about the system mode:

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-25 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
Hi Pablo, On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:19:47 -0600, Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote: Hmm, what do you mean exactly? If footnotes in ePub (or XHTML) have no links, how is the user supposed to handle them? I must be missing something, because I think footnotes are hardly accesible in XHTML

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-25 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 04/25/2015 02:19 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: [...] Indeed, I plan to present the results of this experiment (porting an entire academic article to xhtml and WP) in a future article for one of the TeX journals... I’m really interested in reading it. Also because

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-25 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ????? ????? ????
On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:19:47 -0600, Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote: [Aside: I wonder if there is a way in ConTeXt to setup \placefootnotes etc. in a mode so that it gets invoked only in the export. Will explore this for the article.] How about the system mode:

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-25 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 04/25/2015 02:36 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: Dear gang, I've spent a considerable amount of time over the past month trying to master the art of xhtml output. We are close to being able to use ConTeXt as a replacement for markdown in, e.g., WordPress. Hi Idris,

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-25 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
Hi Pablo, On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 03:05:07 -0600, Pablo Rodriguez oi...@gmx.es wrote: On 04/25/2015 02:36 AM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: Dear gang, I've spent a considerable amount of time over the past month trying to master the art of xhtml output. We are close to being

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-24 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
+ attachment On Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:36:12 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد isha...@colostate.edu wrote: Dear gang, I've spent a considerable amount of time over the past month trying to master the art of xhtml output. We are close to being able to use ConTeXt as a

[NTG-context] Feature request for export: Interactive Notes

2015-04-24 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
Dear gang, I've spent a considerable amount of time over the past month trying to master the art of xhtml output. We are close to being able to use ConTeXt as a replacement for markdown in, e.g., WordPress. Indeed, I plan to present the results of this experiment (porting an entire academic

[NTG-context] Feature request: use rsvg-convert

2014-03-30 Thread Thangalin
Hi, Re: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics#Image_Conversion I recommend using rsvg-convert instead of inkscape. For example: wget http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inkscape_0.48.2_with_Red_Gallardo.svg -O car.svg time rsvg-convert --format pdf car.svg --output car-rsvg.pdf time

[NTG-context] Feature Request: ToC page number alternative

2014-02-26 Thread Thangalin
Hi, The predefined alternative list setups (e.g., a, b, c...) provide various ways to format the ToC with the page number to the right of the list entry title. An alternative with the page number to the left of the list entry title would be useful. For example: \setupinteraction[state=start,]

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: ToC page number alternative

2014-02-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 26.02.2014 um 20:31 schrieb Thangalin thanga...@gmail.com: Hi, The predefined alternative list setups (e.g., a, b, c...) provide various ways to format the ToC with the page number to the right of the list entry title. An alternative with the page number to the left of the list entry

[NTG-context] Feature Request: Set Output Directory

2014-01-13 Thread Thangalin
Hi, Summary: If the --result parameter includes a path then ConTeXt should assume that that directory is writable thus read/write its temporary flies at that location instead of the current working directory (CWD). Consider the following three accounts: - ConTeXt installation account (e.g.,

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/21/2013 2:25 AM, Thangalin wrote: Hi, What would it take to extend \definecolor so that: \definecolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] defines a new colour (ColourB) based on an existing colour (ColourA)? I know that \definespotcolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] works, but it seems

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: showframe debugging

2013-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/21/2013 6:49 AM, Thangalin wrote: Hi, \showframe [ labels=on, measurements=on, color=red, ] Would produce an image similar to the attached, but with the black lines drawn in the specified colour. Using labels=on would show the names of the items that can be changed with

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–08–21 Hans Hagen wrote: On 8/21/2013 2:25 AM, Thangalin wrote: Hi, What would it take to extend \definecolor so that: \definecolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] defines a new colour (ColourB) based on an existing colour (ColourA)? I know that

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/21/2013 1:11 PM, Marco Patzer wrote: On 2013–08–21 Hans Hagen wrote: On 8/21/2013 2:25 AM, Thangalin wrote: Hi, What would it take to extend \definecolor so that: \definecolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] defines a new colour (ColourB) based on an existing colour (ColourA)? I

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013, Marco Patzer wrote: On 2013–08–21 Hans Hagen wrote: On 8/21/2013 2:25 AM, Thangalin wrote: Hi, What would it take to extend \definecolor so that: \definecolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] defines a new colour (ColourB) based on an existing colour (ColourA)? I know

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: showframe debugging

2013-08-21 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013, Thangalin wrote: Hi, \showframe [ labels=on, measurements=on, color=red, ] Would produce an image similar to the attached, but with the black lines drawn in the specified colour. Using labels=on would show the names of the items that can be changed with \setuplayout.

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: showframe debugging

2013-08-21 Thread Marco Patzer
On 2013–08–20 Thangalin wrote: \showframe [ labels=on, measurements=on, color=red, ] Would produce an image similar to the attached, but with the black lines drawn in the specified colour. Using labels=on would show the names of the items that can be changed with \setuplayout.

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/21/2013 4:23 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Its time for a `simplecolor` module and a `\definesimplecolor` command :) Well, I suppose most users use just \definecolor as spot colors are something one only will use in special cases, in which the color setup only uses spot colors then. Also,

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On 2013-08-21, at 11:18 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 8/21/2013 4:23 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Its time for a `simplecolor` module and a `\definesimplecolor` command :) Well, I suppose most users use just \definecolor as spot colors are something one only will use in special

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Thangalin
For context, here is the question on TeX.SE: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/129297/define-colour-transparency-in-relation-to-existing-colour I agree with Marco: Are you sure it's a good idea to add another colour definition mechanism? Then we have \definecolor \defineglobalcolor

Re: [NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-21 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/21/2013 8:27 PM, Thangalin wrote: For context, here is the question on TeX.SE: http://tex..stackexchange.com/questions/129297/define-colour-transparency-in-relation-to-existing-colour http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/129297/define-colour-transparency-in-relation-to-existing-colour I

[NTG-context] Feature Request: define colour in relation to existing colour

2013-08-20 Thread Thangalin
Hi, What would it take to extend \definecolor so that: \definecolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] defines a new colour (ColourB) based on an existing colour (ColourA)? I know that \definespotcolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] works, but it seems like \definecolor would also be a natural

[NTG-context] Feature Request: showframe debugging

2013-08-20 Thread Thangalin
Hi, \showframe [ labels=on, measurements=on, color=red, ] Would produce an image similar to the attached, but with the black lines drawn in the specified colour. Using labels=on would show the names of the items that can be changed with \setuplayout. Using measurements=on would show the

Re: [NTG-context] Feature-Request: Sort bibliography entries in alphabetical order by the entries' “short” value

2013-08-08 Thread Michael Scholtz
On 07.08.2013, at 22:13, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 8/7/2013 7:40 PM, Michael Scholtz wrote: Hi, the publication list can be configured with `\setuppublications` to be sorted by cite order (`sorttype=cite`) or the order of the publication entries (`sorttype=bbl`). With the

Re: [NTG-context] Feature-Request: Sort bibliography entries in alphabetical order by the entries' “short” value

2013-08-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/8/2013 9:29 AM, Michael Scholtz wrote: Here an example for testing: uploading a beta .. we now have: sorttype=cite|short|reference Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE

[NTG-context] Feature-Request: Sort bibliography entries in alphabetical order by the entries' “short” value

2013-08-07 Thread Michael Scholtz
Hi, the publication list can be configured with `\setuppublications` to be sorted by cite order (`sorttype=cite`) or the order of the publication entries (`sorttype=bbl`). With the following setup the short names of the publication entries are used for cite references:

Re: [NTG-context] Feature-Request: Sort bibliography entries in alphabetical order by the entries' “short” value

2013-08-07 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/7/2013 7:40 PM, Michael Scholtz wrote: Hi, the publication list can be configured with `\setuppublications` to be sorted by cite order (`sorttype=cite`) or the order of the publication entries (`sorttype=bbl`). With the following setup the short names of the publication entries are used

Re: [NTG-context] feature request for \getspr{}

2012-06-09 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, Jun 08 2012, Hans Hagen wrote: \setupspreadsheet [test] [period={{\bf\middlered .}}, comma={{\bf\middlegreen ,}}, split=yes] Thanks, that's fine! Just a minor fix in line 183: if split == yes then -- Peter

[NTG-context] feature request for \getspr{}

2012-06-08 Thread Peter Münster
Hi, It would be nice, if \getspr{} of the m-spreadsheet module could print a comma instead of a dot as decimal-point. For now, I use this workaround: --8---cut here---start-8--- function spreadsheets.get(name,r,c,str) if name == then name = current if

Re: [NTG-context] feature request for \getspr{}

2012-06-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-6-2012 09:38, Peter Münster wrote: Hi, It would be nice, if \getspr{} of the m-spreadsheet module could print a comma instead of a dot as decimal-point. For now, I use this workaround: --8---cut here---start-8--- function spreadsheets.get(name,r,c,str)

Re: [NTG-context] feature request for \getspr{}

2012-06-08 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, Jun 08 2012, Hans Hagen wrote: I've added moduledata.spreadsheets.settings.numberseparator but you have to test it after the next upload. Tested. Thanks! Just a minor comment: \setupspreadsheet[numberseparator=,] would be nicer than

Re: [NTG-context] feature request for \getspr{}

2012-06-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-6-2012 12:21, Peter Münster wrote: On Fri, Jun 08 2012, Hans Hagen wrote: I've added moduledata.spreadsheets.settings.numberseparator but you have to test it after the next upload. Tested. Thanks! Just a minor comment: \setupspreadsheet[numberseparator=,] would be nicer than

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: criterium=component

2011-11-26 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:34:07 -0700, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: Will be in the next beta. And *you* are going to wikify it! Ok, done :-) http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table_of_Contents#Tables_of_contents_.28and_other_lists.29_via_project_structures And thanks for implementing this!

[NTG-context] Feature request: criterium=component

2011-11-24 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
Dear inner circle, I have two components, each a book in its own right, and each with multiple \part's, \chapter's, \section's etc. Through products and components I have all crossreferences between the two books set up, thanks to the mechanisms put in place this fall by Hans. I compile

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-15 Thread Hans Hagen
On 15-11-2011 06:43, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Here is a slightly cleanup version that handles multiline comments better https://github.com/adityam/context-comments/blob/master/t-comments.mkvi if find(s,stop) then insideComment = false return cleaned_line ..

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:38:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد isha...@colostate.edu wrote: OTOH, why not just use bla bla \message{Here is a note to myself.} bla bla Just curious: Is there anything that \message is missing for what u want? I tried both inline and multiline

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-15 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 15.11.2011 um 23:03 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد: On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:38:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد isha...@colostate.edu wrote: OTOH, why not just use bla bla \message{Here is a note to myself.} bla bla Just curious: Is there anything that

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 15 Nov 2011, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:38:42 -0700, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد isha...@colostate.edu wrote: OTOH, why not just use bla bla \message{Here is a note to myself.} bla bla Just curious: Is there anything that \message

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
Dear Aditya, Wolfgang, On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:11:55 -0700, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: When you use \gobbleoneargument you can omit the output in the log. : To avoid this I added \removeunwantedspaces to my \hide command. On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:28:24 -0700,

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 14-11-2011 08:57, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 13.11.2011 um 22:33 schrieb Andreas Schneider: On 13.11.2011 11:55, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: I am looking for the same functionality as the traditional TeX comment (starting with %), but used in-line not only after a paragraph. That sounds a

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I assume it is not trivial due to catcode issues, to say the least. But nevertheless, as it is getting close to christmas, I just wanted to mention

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 14.11.2011 um 09:07 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 14-11-2011 08:57, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 13.11.2011 um 22:33 schrieb Andreas Schneider: On 13.11.2011 11:55, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: I am looking for the same functionality as the traditional TeX comment (starting with %), but used

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Hans Hagen
On 14-11-2011 09:47, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I assume it is not trivial due to catcode issues, to say the least. But nevertheless, as it is getting

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:22:17 -0700, Steffen Wolfrum cont...@st.estfiles.de wrote: I just wanted to answer Idris question and wait what he thinks. Your request is a bit different from what I had in mind ... OTOH, why not just use bla bla \message{Here is a note to myself.} bla bla

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: On 14-11-2011 09:47, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I assume it is not trivial due to catcode issues, to say

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-14 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 14 Nov 2011, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 14 Nov 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: On 14-11-2011 09:47, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this.

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-13 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Idris, Am 11.11.2011 um 19:47 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد: On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:34:28 -0700, Steffen Wolfrum cont...@st.estfiles.de wrote: quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I think the mechanism

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-13 Thread Andreas Schneider
On 13.11.2011 11:55, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: I am looking for the same functionality as the traditional TeX comment (starting with %), but used in-line not only after a paragraph. That sounds a bit strange, because a paragraph doesn't end with a line break. That's how I usually do my

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-13 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 13.11.2011 um 22:33 schrieb Andreas Schneider: On 13.11.2011 11:55, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: I am looking for the same functionality as the traditional TeX comment (starting with %), but used in-line not only after a paragraph. That sounds a bit strange, because a paragraph doesn't end

[NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Hans, quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I assume it is not trivial due to catcode issues, to say the least. But nevertheless, as it is getting close to christmas, I just wanted to mention this idea here. Thanks, Steffen

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-11 Thread Andreas Harder
On 11.11.2011, at 16:34, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi Hans, quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. Isn't there already \comment{…}? \starttext test \comment{comment} test \stoptext Andreas

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 11.11.2011 um 16:53 schrieb Andreas Harder: On 11.11.2011, at 16:34, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi Hans, quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. Isn't there already \comment{…}? \starttext test \comment{comment} test

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-11 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 11.11.2011 um 16:34 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: Hi Hans, quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I assume it is not trivial due to catcode issues, to say the least. But nevertheless, as it is getting close to christmas, I

Re: [NTG-context] feature request

2011-11-11 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:34:28 -0700, Steffen Wolfrum cont...@st.estfiles.de wrote: quite often I wish we could have a kind of in line comment: Something like ¿this is my comment¡ this. I think the mechanism for fancy in-line comments is already there, developed one-or-two years ago as

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-05-22 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: so i changed it a bit in the next beta .. i also made middle the default location Thank you. I will document all this in the next TUGBoat article on Context for users.

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-22 Thread Hans Hagen
On 21-3-2011 5:08, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 21.03.2011 um 00:43 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: About two months back I had requested that the second argument be made optional. Hans had implemented that request, but it does not always work (I don't know if this is a regression over the original

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-22 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: On 21-3-2011 5:08, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 21.03.2011 um 00:43 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: About two months back I had requested that the second argument be made optional. Hans had implemented that request, but it does not always work (I don't know if

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-22 Thread Cecil Westerhof
2011/3/22 Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu well, it works if one specifies [A5][samesize] Yes, but [A5][A5] is simpler than [A5][samesize] :) With the former if the size changes to A6, you only have to change one thing. So in light of maintenance it is better. -- Cecil Westerhof

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-21 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Aditya,Testing your minimal example:\setuppapersize[A5]\showframe\starttext\dorecurse{10}{\input knuth \endgraf}\stoptextit seems that I do get an A5 papersize (ConTeXt version2011.02.25 22:03, andLuaTeX, Version beta-0.65.0-2010121316). I attach the PDF file for your information (since I don't

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-21 Thread C.
the desired size by using only one argument. +1 for change. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Aditya Mahajan [mailto:adit...@umich.edu] Gesendet: Montag, 21. März 2011 00:43 An: mailing list for ConTeXt users Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize On Sun, 20 Mar 2011

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-21 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 21.03.2011 um 00:43 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: About two months back I had requested that the second argument be made optional. Hans had implemented that request, but it does not always work (I don't know if this is a regression over the original implemenetation, or it never worked

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-21 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 21.03.2011 um 00:43 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: About two months back I had requested that the second argument be made optional. Hans had implemented that request, but it does not always work (I don't know if this is a regression over the

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-20 Thread C.
An: mailing list for ConTeXt users Betreff: Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: more elegant and downward compatible is this: \definepapersize [samesized] [ \c!width=\paperwidth, \c

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-20 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011, C. wrote: Did you try \setuppapersize[A5][A5] ? According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Reference/en/setuppapersize second argument (the print paper size) is A4 by default. About two months back I had requested that the second argument be made optional. Hans had

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-03-19 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: more elegant and downward compatible is this: \definepapersize [samesized] [ \c!width=\paperwidth, \c!height=\paperheight] \setuppapersize [A4][samesized] in page-lay.mkiv Indeed. This will also work

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Title Case/Start Case

2011-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 31.01.2011 um 02:11 schrieb Reviczky, Adam: Hi, May I ask for supporting Title Case or Start Case in core ConTeXt? Eg: The first letter of each word is capitalized, the rest are lower case. It would be nice to have something like these: \TitleCase{What to capitalize in title case}

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Title Case/Start Case

2011-01-31 Thread Reviczky, Adam
\setuphead[title][style=\Words] \starttext \title{What to capitalize in start case} \stoptext Thanks, yes, I've seen that, but I was just wondering if this can be done in a paragraph, outside a section element. Adam

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Title Case/Start Case

2011-01-31 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 31.01.2011 um 10:21 schrieb Reviczky, Adam: \setuphead[title][style=\Words] \starttext \title{What to capitalize in start case} \stoptext Thanks, yes, I've seen that, but I was just wondering if this can be done in a paragraph, outside a section element.

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: Title Case/Start Case

2011-01-31 Thread Reviczky, Adam
\definestartstop[TitleCase][style=\Words] \starttext \Words{What to capitalize in start case}\par \TitleCase{What to capitalize in start case}\par \startTitleCase What to capitalize in start case\stopTitleCase \stoptext Excellent, thank you Wolfgang! Adam

[NTG-context] Feature request: Title Case/Start Case

2011-01-30 Thread Reviczky, Adam
Hi, May I ask for supporting Title Case or Start Case in core ConTeXt? Eg: The first letter of each word is capitalized, the rest are lower case. It would be nice to have something like these: \TitleCase{What to capitalize in title case} resulting in What to Capitalize in Title Case

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-01-23 Thread Hans Hagen
On 22-1-2011 5:34, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: more elegant and downward compatible is this: \definepapersize [samesized] [ \c!width=\paperwidth, \c!height=\paperheight] \setuppapersize [A4][samesized] in page-lay.mkiv Can this also be added to

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-01-22 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Hans Hagen wrote: more elegant and downward compatible is this: \definepapersize [samesized] [ \c!width=\paperwidth, \c!height=\paperheight] \setuppapersize [A4][samesized] in page-lay.mkiv Can this also be added to page-lay.mkii. Will make it much easier to

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
On 9-1-2011 12:45, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hans, Since we have some leverage with backward compatibility in MkIV, can we make \setuppapersize (slightly) more intuitive. Normally, one would expect \setuppapersize[A5] to be equivalent to \setuppapersize[A5][A5] but currently it is equivalent

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-01-10 Thread Peter Münster
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl writes: What do you think? \setuppapersize [A4][samesized] Not really an improvement over \setuppapersize[A4][A4] ... -- Peter Münster Contact information: http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10-1-2011 3:04, Peter Münster wrote: Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl writes: What do you think? \setuppapersize [A4][samesized] Not really an improvement over \setuppapersize[A4][A4] ... why not? -

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-01-10 Thread Peter Münster
Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl writes: On 10-1-2011 3:04, Peter Münster wrote: Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl writes: What do you think? \setuppapersize [A4][samesized] Not really an improvement over \setuppapersize[A4][A4] ... why not? Just my personal opinion: more keystrokes to type and

Re: [NTG-context] Feature request: setuppapersize

2011-01-10 Thread Hans Hagen
On 10-1-2011 4:20, Peter Münster wrote: Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl writes: On 10-1-2011 3:04, Peter Münster wrote: Hans Hagenpra...@wxs.nl writes: What do you think? \setuppapersize [A4][samesized] Not really an improvement over \setuppapersize[A4][A4] ... why not? Just my

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