Re: [NTG-context] Which version is best for MSWindows users.?
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bruce Horrocks
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
So I wrote my own :-) which I have attached and which you are welcome
Okay, this time they're attached. :-)
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Surrey, UK
I can't find a proper install guide for mswintex.zip under XP Professional
(SP2) so here is a quick summary:
1) Unzip mswintex.zip into c:\tex (d:\tex etc. should be fine if you have
another drive/partition).
2) Start a CMD shell and run the commands:
C:\tex> c:\tex\setuptex.bat
C:\tex> mktexlsr
C:\tex> texexec --make --alone en metafun
(The last line sets up ConTeXt for English. Use nl for Dutch, de for German.)
3) Now the problems start. The setuptex.bat file ought to go into autoexec.nt
so that it is run on startup. Unfortunately texexec doesn't seem to want to run
at all from a command.com shell (only a cmd.exe shell) but cmd.exe isn't
interested in running autoexec.nt. So far I've just been starting a shell and
running the c:\tex\setuptex.bat by hand each time.
Since setuptex.bat only sets environment variables (type 'set' to see which)
you could enter them into the registry via START -> Settings -> Control Panel
-> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables and then they would be set
permanently.
4) Create a sample file to test the installation. Copy the following to a file
called demo.tex using Notepad. Put it into a working directory somewhere - I'm
assuming c:\work. (Tip: In Notepad, when you save the file, enter the filename
as "demo.tex" *including* the quotes and it won't add .txt to the filename.)
Don't include the start and end lines.
-- start --
% interface=en
\setuppapersize
[S6][S6]
\setuplayout
[width=middle,
height=middle]
\setuphead
[chapter]
[header=high,
style=\bfc,
alternative=middle]
\starttext
\title{Peter D. Ward}
The Earth, as a habitat for animal life, is in old age and
has a fatal illness. Several, in fact. It would be happening
whether humans had ever evolved or not. But our presence is
like the effect of an old|-|age patient who smokes many packs
of cigarettes per day |.| and we humans are the cigarettes.
\stoptext
-- end --
5) Start a cmd shell (or use the current one) and cd to c:\work. Run the
texsetup.bat script as per step 2 if you're using a fresh shell. Now run the
command:
c:\work> texexec --batch --output=pdftex demo
This will create several working files (all called demo.something) plus a
demo.pdf (assuming that all has gone well).
Hope this helps.
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Re: [NTG-context] Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
If you have the modes defined in a layout.tex you can say in the main file:
\enablemode[times]
%\enablemode[palatino]
%\enablemode[..]
\environment layout.
So by adding the appropriate \enablemode you even do not need to run the
commandline ...
Willi
Adam Lindsay wrote:
VnPenguin said this at Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:17:41 +0100:
I'm preparing a document and I would like to product several versions
PDF with different fonts.
I would like to use command line. Could you give me a simple example please.
% I've adapted this for gwTeX default encodings.
% Convert back to t5 as appropriate!
\doifmode{palatino}
{\usetypescript[adobekb][8r]
\usetypescript[palatino][8r]
\setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt]}
\doifmode{times}
{\usetypescript[adobekb][8r]
\usetypescript[postscript][8r]
\setupbodyfont[postscript,12pt]}
\starttext
\input knuth
\showfontstrip
\stoptext
...and run with:
texexec --pdf --mode=palatino filename
texexec --pdf --mode=timesfilename
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Re: [NTG-context] Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:34:20 +, Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VnPenguin said this at Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:17:41 +0100: > > >I'm preparing a document and I would like to product several versions > >PDF with different fonts. > > >I would like to use command line. Could you give me a simple example please. > > % I've adapted this for gwTeX default encodings. > % Convert back to t5 as appropriate! ... Thank you very much ! Q. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
VnPenguin said this at Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:17:41 +0100:
>I'm preparing a document and I would like to product several versions
>PDF with different fonts.
>I would like to use command line. Could you give me a simple example please.
% I've adapted this for gwTeX default encodings.
% Convert back to t5 as appropriate!
\doifmode{palatino}
{\usetypescript[adobekb][8r]
\usetypescript[palatino][8r]
\setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt]}
\doifmode{times}
{\usetypescript[adobekb][8r]
\usetypescript[postscript][8r]
\setupbodyfont[postscript,12pt]}
\starttext
\input knuth
\showfontstrip
\stoptext
...and run with:
texexec --pdf --mode=palatino filename
texexec --pdf --mode=timesfilename
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Re: [NTG-context] Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:09:47 +, Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VnPenguin said this at Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:58:41 +0100: > > >I dont know how to organize it : is there simple structure > >"if-then-else" ? could I use ConTeXt's "mode" or "environment" for > >this goal ? > > These are all possibilities. > It depends on how you want to change them. Modes sound promising if you > want to change them from the command line. Taking the time to set up > typescripts/typefaces so that you can change one line/word won't hurt, in > any case... > > So what kind of interface were you imagining? > Thank you for your reply. I would like to use command line. Could you give me a simple example please. For example I would like to make 3 PDF: The 1st: \usetypescript[berry][t5] \usetypescript[palatino][t5] \setupbodyfont[palatino,12pt] The 2nd with: \usetypescript[berry][t5] \usetypescript[postscript][t5] \setupbodyfont[postscript,12pt] The 3rd with my typescript Thank you, Q. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
VnPenguin said this at Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:58:41 +0100: >I dont know how to organize it : is there simple structure >"if-then-else" ? could I use ConTeXt's "mode" or "environment" for >this goal ? These are all possibilities. It depends on how you want to change them. Modes sound promising if you want to change them from the command line. Taking the time to set up typescripts/typefaces so that you can change one line/word won't hurt, in any case... So what kind of interface were you imagining? adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lancaster University, InfoLab21+44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Code to product several versions PDF with different fonts
Hi, I'm preparing a document and I would like to product several versions PDF with different fonts. I dont know how to organize it : is there simple structure "if-then-else" ? could I use ConTeXt's "mode" or "environment" for this goal ? Any idea or example is very appreciated. Thank you in advance, Q. ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Which version is best for MSWindows users.?
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes So how would you start an absolute newbie to e.g., Context and pdfetex? [Apologies if you get this twice - first time I used the wrong email identity so I think that the list server has quarantined or deleted it.] Mswintex.zip is another option for a basic (Context only) setup that avoids the frighteningly large list of checkbox options presented by MikTeX. The only problems I had installing mswintex.zip were in trying to find any installation instructions. :-) (Note to Hans: if installation instructions do exist then please make them more obvious.) So I wrote my own :-) which I have attached and which you are welcome to use freely. The only caveat is that I already had ActiveState Perl installed on my machine so I don't know whether it needs to be installed separately in order to make texexec work or whether mswintex.zip handles this on its own as well. I would be grateful if you could check this out for me. If the instructions do work then please also let Hans know and maybe he could add them to the mswintex.zip distribution? No need to keep my name in there - people might start asking me for help (which would be bad for them). ;-) Regards, -- Bruce Horrocks Surrey, UK ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Bad page breaks!
h h extern wrote: . no, more with the default penalties, compare: (for adam: take a look at core-spa, the default setups in there may answer a few of the questions in your postings) \starttext \startsetups [test] \resetpenalties\widowpenalties \resetpenalties\clubpenalties \resetpenalties\interlinepenalties \stopsetups I suppose this is another test setup! \startsetups [test] \nopenalties \stopsetups Sorry, but I keep struggling with the bad page breaks! I've tried both suggested setups, but my document (approx. 80 pages) hardly improved, despite the fact that it only deals with a few figures! I want all pages to be of the same length, one missing line is allowed but no more! It's not a ConTeXt problem I suppose, so switching to LaTeX won't solve the problem! Do you've any suggestions for further reading regarding these various penalties? Regards, Geert -- Geert C.H.M. Verhaag St. Jorisstraat 29 5954 AN Beesel NETHERLANDS Tel.: (+31)-774742493, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
