[NTG-context] poster, howto for beginner
I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions, can be framed (i.e. boxed) and putted on the page in row and colum, equally distibuted or not. A loose layout wish can be the attaced one. Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner document to start from? How ConText is suited for this purpose and popular for this goal? Regards. |--| | title | |--| | | | |---| |---| | | | title | | title | | | | text | | fig | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |---| |---| | | | | |---| |---| | | | title | | title | | | | more | | fig | | | | tex | | | | | |---| |---| | | | |--|
Re: [NTG-context] basic graphics
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: I need an, e.g., \mirror command which inverts its argument along the horizontal or vertical axis. Is this already there? yes Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Configuration of SciTE under Linux
Dear Contexters As a bit of a newby on the Linux platform I can't get running everything as wanted. One of the problems I have is, that I am unable to compile a TeX source from within SciTE. I got the context.properties and the SciTEUsers.properties in my home directory. The other porperties files were copied into the SciTE directory. In SciteUsers.properties I have set the path to the location where the scripts are: path.context.rubyscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby path.context.perlscripts=/usr/local/tex/texmf-local/scripts/context/perl nevertheless the scripts are not found. I get the following error in SciTE: texexec --autopdf --pdf test.tex sh: line 1: texexec: command not found Exit code: 127 On the other hand, running texexec test from the console does result in the expected test.pdf file. Is there anyone who has a clue how to solve this? Kind regards Willi ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] poster, howto for beginner
I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions, can be framed and putted on the page in row and colum, equally distibuted or not. A loose layout example can be the attaced one. Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner document to start from? How ConText is suited for the purpose and popular for this goal? Regards. -- Eros Albertazzi CNR-IMM, Sez. Bologna Via P.Gobetti 101 I-40129 Bologna, Italy Tel: (+39)-051-639 9179 Fax: (+39)-051-639 9216 |--| | title | |--| | | | |---| |---| | | | title | | title | | | | text | | fig | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |---| |---| | | | | |---| |---| | | | title | | title | | | | more | | fig | | | | tex | | | | | |---| |---| | | | |--|
[NTG-context] poster, howto for beginner
I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions, can be framed and putted on the page in row and colum, equally distibuted or not. A loose layout example can be the attaced one. Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner document to start from? How ConText is suited for the purpose and popular for this goal? Regards. -- Eros Albertazzi CNR-IMM, Sez. Bologna Via P.Gobetti 101 I-40129 Bologna, Italy Tel: (+39)-051-639 9179 Fax: (+39)-051-639 9216 |--| | title | |--| | | | |---| |---| | | | title | | title | | | | text | | fig | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |---| |---| | | | | |---| |---| | | | title | | title | | | | more | | fig | | | | tex | | | | | |---| |---| | | | |--|
[NTG-context] Stopping text from flowing around sidefloats
I'm a newbie in Context (and TeX) typesetting, but I'm seriously
thinking of switching from my current wokflow, FrameMaker based, to a
new one based on this system, impressive for its quality and
flexibility.
The main work at my office is the producing of technical manuals
(250-500 pages) for megayachts, covering the entire workflow (layout,
technical writing, illustrations etc.).
My first attempt in the use of ConText was the finding of a way to
mimic the basic layout currently used in Framemaker and the mode in
which illustrations are currently placed in the manuals.
The basic layout in Framemaker is composed of a main text flow in which
a column is reserved for placing side notes (warning notes, danger
notes etc.) and a second column is reserved for the main text.
|--|--|
||
|
| Side Notes | Main Text |
||
|
||
|
|--|---|
Normally the figures are placed in the main text area. In this case
(depending from the width of the illustration) flows or doesn't the
main text flow around the illustration.
The larger figures however occupy all the width of the text flow ('Side
Notes'+'Main Text') and the main text get interrupted by the
illustration.
I replicated the basic layout (the original layout is double sided but
i don't care of this at this moment) with the following commands:
\setuppapersize[A4][A4]
\setuplayout
[backspace=7.3cm,width=11.7cm,topspace=1.5cm,leftmargin=4cm,
rightmargin=0cm,leftmargindistance=0.8cm,height=27.2cm,header=2cm,footer
=2cm,location=singlesided,marking=on]
The last command set the left margin, and should replicate the 'Side
Notes' column of the original layout.
With this setup there is no problem in placing figures smaller than the
main text area.
For placing the larger figures I followed an example taken from page 29
of the manual 'IT'S IN THE DETAILS' writing the following commands:
\definefloat [largefigure][figure]
\setupfloat [largefigure]
[leftmargindistance=-\leftmargintotal,default={left,none,noident}]
\useexternalfigure [provafigura] [Largefigure.pdf][width=16.5cm]
..
\placelargefigure [left] {ProvaFigura}
{\externalfigure[provafigura]}
The last command work as expected for figure placement but cause the
text of the paragraph immediately following the \placefigure command to
flow around the placed figure in a tiny column (around 1cm in width)
at the right of the page and outside the main text flow.
|--|--|-a-
||
|-b-
| ---Large Figure |-c-
paragraph flowing outside the main text flow.
||
|-d-
|--|---|-e-
What is wrong? There is a way to prevent the text from flowing around
sidefloats or a workaround to place large figures in the desired way?
Thank you in advance and Best Regards
F.Fogliuzzi.
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Re: [NTG-context] Stopping text from flowing around sidefloats
Fabio Fogliuzzi wrote: ... \forgetsidefloats \flushsidefloats may be of help in manipulating those side floats (more on side floats in details.pdf) Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] poster, howto for beginner
Eros Albertazzi wrote:
I would like to start using ConText to create a scientific presentation
poster to be printed in A0 or smaller size
A single sheet of pubblication in which text and figures with captions,
can be framed (i.e. boxed) and putted on the page in row and colum,
equally distibuted or not.
A loose layout wish can be the attaced one.
Any hint on where to find an howto guide, a template or a beginner
document to start from?
How ConText is suited for this purpose and popular for this goal?
\setuppapersize[A0][oversized]
\setuplayout[location=middle,marking=on]
\setuplayout[page]
\definelayer[page][width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]
\starttext
\startbuffer[a]
\input ward
\stopbuffer
\startbuffer[b]
\input ward
\stopbuffer
\setlayerframed[page][preset=lefttop,
x=2cm,y=2cm][width=5cm,align=normal]{\getbuffer[a]}
\setlayerframed[page][preset=rightbottom,x=2cm,y=2cm][width=6cm,align=normal]{\getbuffer[b]}
\startstandardmakeup\flushlayer[page]\stopstandardmakeup
\stoptext
an other alternative is columnsets (see columns.pdf)
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Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
| www.pragma-pod.nl
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Re: [NTG-context] bug in latest ConTeXt?
Hi,
Was anyone able to look at this?
:-)
Best
Idris
On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:51:58 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi syndicate,
I have found a serious problem in the latest ConTeXt: when using
\rotate[]{}, \raise does not seem to work probably. Consider the
following example, simplified from a larger macro:
=test-rotate-c.tex
\def\cupd{\leavevmode\rotate[rotation=180]{c}} % ConTeXt dependent!
\def\HAMZAH{\leavevmode\raise.9ex\hbox{\txx\cupd}{}}
\def\AYN {\leavevmode\raise.9ex\hbox{\txx c}{}}
\def\'{\HAMZAH}
\def\`{\AYN}
\starttext
\`ish\=a\'
\stoptext
=
In ConTeXt-2003.2.11, both the `c' and the rotated `c' appear at
the same height. In the latest ConTeXt the rotated `c' is not as
high as the normal `c'.
Please advise;-)
Best
Idris
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Department of Philosophy
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
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[NTG-context] Virtual font tip
Hello, all-- After purchasing the FontSite 500 CD, I wanted to make good use of some of the nice text fonts it contains--in particular I wanted to create TeX virtual fonts that would add ff, ffi, and ffl ligatures and replace the ugly ( ;-) ) lining numerals with old-style figures. After considerable effort I figured out how to edit the VPL files for the desired effect. I also wrote a Python script to automate the process, though it may well not work for anyone else. Anyway, since I have found very little documentation on virtual fonts, I thought others might benefit from my experience, so I wrote up the procedure and posted in the (new) TeX Tips section of my Web site. So, if anyone is interested in this subject, have a look at http://havenrock.com/textips/bookfonts.html Please let me know if you find any errors or points that need to be clarified. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USAHorses bear manure through [EMAIL PROTECTED] its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.) ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
