Re: [NTG-context] Thumb indexes

2005-02-15 Thread cormullion
h h extern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on 2005-02-13, 15:18 (+0100 GMT): > \unprotected \def\rawsectionnumber#1{\countervalue{\??se#1}} % will be in > kernel > [...] Awesome (and scary) stuff. Works great, too. > you may only read this answer if you also put it in the wiki OK, Iâll have a go. T

[NTG-context] texsync - help

2005-02-15 Thread Ciro A. Soto
I just discover the existance of texsync by browsing the manuals. I tried to update the manuals and it worked fine in a $HOME/tmp directory. I am kind of skeptical in updating the whole context installation because I don't know the proper destination option. I installed tex using texlive2004, and

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting products and components

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Randall Skelton wrote: Is it possible to determine if texexec is being run on a product or a component and have optional processing similar to different modes? \ifx\currentproduct\empty no product defined \else the product is \currentproduct \fi ah, that'

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: missed one: hyph_size.context = 1000 % hyphenation exceptions ah, i didn't know that one, thanks Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Has

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting products and components

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Randall Skelton wrote: generated for the set of components. Is it appropriate to want to do this or have I misunderstood the role of projects, products and components entirely. as long as you understand the logic behind your choices it;s ok I'll add a system mode: (put this in cont-new.tex) \start

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-15 Thread Peter Münster
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Hans Hagen wrote: > Peter Münster wrote: > > > Here is some code, that I tried, but without success: > > how ancient is your context? TeXExec 5.2.4 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile :

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans Hagen wrote: Jack M. Lyon wrote: locate and edit: kpsewhich texmf.cnf (or: texmfstart --direct kpse:texf.cnf) adapt: missed one: hyph_size.context = 1000 % hyphenation exceptions ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mai

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting products and components

2005-02-15 Thread Peter Münster
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Randall Skelton wrote: > Is it possible to determine if texexec is being run on a product or a > component and have optional processing similar to different modes? \ifx\currentproduct\empty no product defined \else the product is \currentproduct \fi Cheers, Peter -- http:/

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Münster wrote: Here is some code, that I tried, but without success: how ancient is your context? Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Neth

Re: [NTG-context] What's (in) a module?

2005-02-15 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
On Feb 15, 2005, at 6:32 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: It's a file in my $HOMETEXMF which doesn't have lsR files. I ran mktexlsr nevertheless, but to no avail. I really fail to understand... weird; can you run with: \tracefilestrue Ha! That did it! tracefiles showed that ConTeXt w

Re: [NTG-context] paragraphs in starttables

2005-02-15 Thread Peter Münster
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Hans Hagen wrote: > bTABle ... it can split if you say > > \setupTABLE[split=yes] % splitmethod=a|b > > you can make head, foot and body sections as well as define alternative > headers for the split off parts Ok, I'm going to try bTABLE. How can I define header and tail fo

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Jack M. Lyon wrote: locate and edit: kpsewhich texmf.cnf (or: texmfstart --direct kpse:texf.cnf) adapt: buf_size.context = 20 % needed for omega bug extra_mem_bot.context= 200 extra_mem_top.context= 400 font_max.context =2000 font_mem_size.context= 100

Re: [NTG-context] What's (in) a module?

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: It's a file in my $HOMETEXMF which doesn't have lsR files. I ran mktexlsr nevertheless, but to no avail. I really fail to understand... weird; can you run with: \tracefilestrue I guess Adam was in touch with you. unicode vectors and modules for adding support for utf exten

Re: [NTG-context] What's (in) a module?

2005-02-15 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
On Feb 15, 2005, at 5:32 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: 1. What constitutes a module? I wrote a couple of definitions and put them in a file t-foo.tex. When I write "\input t-foo" in the preamble of my document, everything works fine (so the file is found by TeX). When I say \usem

Re: [NTG-context] What's (in) a module?

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: 1. What constitutes a module? I wrote a couple of definitions and put them in a file t-foo.tex. When I write "\input t-foo" in the preamble of my document, everything works fine (so the file is found by TeX). When I say \usemodule[t-foo] or \usemodule[foo], I get "system

[NTG-context] What's (in) a module?

2005-02-15 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Two maybe related questions: 1. What constitutes a module? I wrote a couple of definitions and put them in a file t-foo.tex. When I write "\input t-foo" in the preamble of my document, everything works fine (so the file is found by TeX). When I say \usemodule[t-foo] or \usemodule[foo], I get "sy

Re: [NTG-context] Choosing an encoding - what are the consequences?

2005-02-15 Thread Adam Lindsay
Stefan Wachter said this at Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:38:02 +0100: >I am on the burdensome path to understanding font handling in ConText. >Now I wonder what the consequences are with choosing certain encodings. I'll give an answer based on what I understand. Mind you, I'm lucky enough to write almost

[NTG-context] [Fwd: CTAN upload: URW Letter Gothic fonts]

2005-02-15 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hi, yet another URW++ font - this time a typewriter font. Tobias Original Message CTAN Announcements Send by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11.02.2005 16:47 To: ctan-ann@dante.de Subject: CTAN upload: URW Letter Gothic fonts On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, Walter Schmidt upoloaded

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Jack M. Lyon wrote: Sorry, the name of my file, is hyphen.tex, not hyphen.text. Slip of the finger. :) bad name, that will replace the main us hyphen file, which nowadays is called hyphen.tex (used to be ushyph ushyp1 ushyp2 and whatever) hans -

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Jack M. Lyon wrote: Ah, but now I run into another problem. ConTeXt will only accept about twenty-two words in a list. I need to include about 100. Even if I use multiple lists, it can't handle more words. Does anyone have a solution for this? Maybe there's another way to set up a hyphenation excep

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Vit Zyka wrote: > ... should work \input hyphenlist \input hyphenlist.tex And, with that filename, the next two variants will not work: \input{hyphenlist} \input{hyphenlist}.tex That is, unless you went through the trouble of creating a file with braces in the name ;-) som

Re: [NTG-context] Hyphenation exception list

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Jack M. Lyon wrote: Then, I'd like to keep these in a separate file that I can call from any ConTeXt document, something like this: \input{hyphenlist} \input hyphenlist or more robust \readfile{hyphenlist} {\writestatus{myself}{loading went ok}} {\writestatus{myself}{i've messed up}} When I tr

Re: [NTG-context] patterns

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Willi Egger wrote: After running mktexlsr I started texmfstart cxtools --patternfiles all in the alpha-context/tex directory. All pat and hyp files where then transferred into a new directory ..\texmf-local\pattern. Again mktexlsr was run. btw, i just made a more clever loader (fallbacks and such

[NTG-context] Choosing an encoding - what are the consequences?

2005-02-15 Thread Stefan Wachter
Hi all! I am on the burdensome path to understanding font handling in ConText. Now I wonder what the consequences are with choosing certain encodings. For example if I choose "8a" encoding (called "Adobe standard encoding"): 1. There are lots of empty slots in this encoding. What does ConText do

[NTG-context] Re: Why uses Context 8r encoding used instead of the specified ec encoding?

2005-02-15 Thread Stefan Wachter
Hi Thomas, thanks for the wealth of information. I see much clearer now. --Stefan ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] patterns

2005-02-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Willi Egger wrote: After running mktexlsr I started texmfstart cxtools --patternfiles all in the alpha-context/tex directory. All pat and hyp files where then transferred into a new directory ..\texmf-local\pattern. Again mktexlsr was run. texmf-local\pattern is not in the searchpath, so either p