Re: [NTG-context] batch download from pragma

2005-03-11 Thread David Rogers
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >Dear musketeers, > >How can I download all of the manuals and magazines from > >http://www.pragma-ade.com/overview.htm > >in batch, say, as a single zip file, or otherwise all at once? (I use >Windows for now). Is there an ftp site? Some >other way (perhaps using wget.t

Re: [NTG-context] Initial Font Installation Question (Mac)

2005-03-11 Thread Adam Lindsay
David Wooten said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:40:14 -0800: >After an initial successful installation of the purchased fonts, I've >come to find that there is a serious quirk. That is, when I try to use >any special glyph, be it an accented character of any kind, or e.g. an >eth. The result of s

Re: [NTG-context] Initial Font Installation Question (Mac)

2005-03-11 Thread David Wooten
Greetings ConTeXters I'm back to ask another question: After an initial successful installation of the purchased fonts, I've come to find that there is a serious quirk. That is, when I try to use any special glyph, be it an accented character of any kind, or e.g. an eth. The result of something

Re: [NTG-context] what do these values mean?

2005-03-11 Thread Vit Zyka
Peter Münster wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Paul Tremblay wrote: I've figure out a lot of the values used in \setuplayout, but I can't figure out these: horoffset veroffset These 2 are explained here: http://texshow.contextgarden.net/ts.rb?lang=en&what=desc&if=en&cmd=setuplayout Cheers, Peter Added a

Re: [NTG-context] Moving to ConTeXt

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 11 Mar 2005, at 21:58, Matthias Weber wrote: Relative paths work fine for me as long as they point to subdirectories. However, I could never get something like ../figures to work on Mac Os X, but that might be my ignorance. I just got ../images to work but thenmy product file is in a subdir

Re: [NTG-context] Moving to ConTeXt

2005-03-11 Thread Matthias Weber
Relative paths work fine for me as long as they point to subdirectories. However, I could never get something like ../figures to work on Mac Os X, but that might be my ignorance. Matthias but I might be wrong On Mar 11, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote: On 11 Mar 2005, at 18:02, Henning Hr

Re: [NTG-context] How do I setup this arrangement?

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 11 Mar 2005, at 18:05, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 10.03.2005 um 15:41 schrieb Gerben Wierda: - Two pages on one A4 landscape - Ordering simple: (0,1),(2,3),(4,5) (2 shrunk-to-A5 pages on one A4 landscape) That's simply 2SIDE, see also http://contextgarden.net/Imposition Can I have 2SID

Re: [NTG-context] Moving to ConTeXt

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 11 Mar 2005, at 18:02, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 10.03.2005 um 10:59 schrieb Gerben Wierda: What I do not understand is how these components end up in a directory hierarchy. What would be very nice is some sort of downloadable archive with some sample basic project structures. Reading the st

Re: [NTG-context] Helvetica ?

2005-03-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:59:30 +0100: >> \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] >> \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] >> \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] I'm taking a leap with this, because I don't have my gwTeX box

Re: [NTG-context] Helvetica ?

2005-03-11 Thread Otared Kavian
At 17:59 +0100 11/03/05, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, I used to install the fonts that I need for contexing. But for the current project only Helvetica is needed, and so I remembered Patrick saying: using Helvetica works for me: -- \usetypescript [

[NTG-context] batch download from pragma

2005-03-11 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear musketeers, How can I download all of the manuals and magazines from http://www.pragma-ade.com/overview.htm in batch, say, as a single zip file, or otherwise all at once? (I use Windows for now). Is there an ftp site? Some other way (perhaps using wget.txt)? Best to all Idris -- Professor Id

AW: AW: [NTG-context] Re: Line break after unit or \cite command

2005-03-11 Thread Michael Fuchs
Hi everybody! Sorry for the too long example. I wasn't sure what caused the problem and wanted to provide all relevant information at one time. I didn't mention the units module explicitly because I have the same problem using the \cite command from the bib-module and I assumed, that it would b

Re: AW: [NTG-context] Re: Line break after unit or \cite command

2005-03-11 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Michael Fuchs wrote: > Here is an example that shows the problem. I created it using > live.contextgarden.net. The problem appears with standard and > german hyphenation. Nice example: now we see, that you are using the units-module. Just to show you, what could be a minima

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt equivalent for \ensuremath?

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Mar 11, 2005, at 18:20, Adam Lindsay wrote: Gerben Wierda said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:54:38 +0100: But my way also doesn't work. I get empty output as a result of the \bit{b}{off} command. Help? This is probably not satisfying, because you probably want to get new mathematics commands worki

[NTG-context] A (my) OTR problem

2005-03-11 Thread luigi.scarso
I have the following code: \showframe \setuplayout[topdistance=0mm,topspace=10mm,header=10mm,headerdistance=10mm,     footerdistance=5mm,footer=20mm,bottomspace=2mm,     backspace=25mm,         rightmargin=10mm,rightmargindistance=1mm,rightedge=0mm,rightedgedistance=0mm,   

Re: [NTG-context] Moving to ConTeXt

2005-03-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 10.03.2005 um 10:59 schrieb Gerben Wierda: What I do not understand is how these components end up in a directory hierarchy. What would be very nice is some sort of downloadable archive with some sample basic project structures. Reading the stuff above I still have no idea how to build a directo

Re: [NTG-context] Helvetica ?

2005-03-11 Thread Adam Lindsay
Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:59:30 +0100: >> \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] >> \usetypescript [postscript][\defaultencoding] >> \setupbodyfont[pos,ss,12pt] I'm taking a leap with this, because I don't have my gwTeX box at hand, but try \usetypescript [adobekb

Re: [NTG-context] what do these values mean?

2005-03-11 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005, Paul Tremblay wrote: > I've figure out a lot of the values used in \setuplayout, but I can't > figure out these: > > horoffset > veroffset These 2 are explained here: http://texshow.contextgarden.net/ts.rb?lang=en&what=desc&if=en&cmd=setuplayout Cheers, Peter -- http://pmr

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming spot colours

2005-03-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 10.03.2005 um 10:42 schrieb Duncan Hothersall: The end result is a file with two spot colour spaces instead of one. Is there a way I can combine them, either by a last-minute renaming, or a mapping, or a pre-process, or something? (I tried the brute force method of search-and-replace on the P

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt equivalent for \ensuremath?

2005-03-11 Thread Adam Lindsay
Gerben Wierda said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:54:38 +0100: >But my way also doesn't work. I get empty output as a result of the >\bit{b}{off} command. > >Help? This is probably not satisfying, because you probably want to get new mathematics commands working, but if this is to be used solely in

Re: [NTG-context] Quote before chapter?

2005-03-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 11.03.2005 um 10:30 schrieb Gerben Wierda: Those are of course all fine generic strategies which had come to my mind. My question is more of a technical nature. After reading the docs on these commands I do not how. I can make it more difficult even. I would like a chapter to start on an odd

Re: [NTG-context] What happens here?

2005-03-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 10.03.2005 um 21:25 schrieb Gerben Wierda: I am running a file and one line has a really ugly large overfull box. The run says: Don't know. Did you try setting up tolerance? \setuptolerance[{horizontal, verytolerant},{vertical, strict}] Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texniq

Re: [NTG-context] How do I setup this arrangement?

2005-03-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 10.03.2005 um 15:41 schrieb Gerben Wierda: - Two pages on one A4 landscape - Ordering simple: (0,1),(2,3),(4,5) (2 shrunk-to-A5 pages on one A4 landscape) That's simply 2SIDE, see also http://contextgarden.net/Imposition But I don't know about scalation. Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.

[NTG-context] Helvetica ?

2005-03-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I used to install the fonts that I need for contexing. But for the current project only Helvetica is needed, and so I remembered Patrick saying: using Helvetica works for me: -- \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] \usetypescript [post

Re: [NTG-context] newbie question about fonts

2005-03-11 Thread Gary
Ciro A. Soto wrote: Okay, this business of fonts/files/names/encoding/etc is really difficult to understand for me. You and 95% of all users, so don't feel bad. I've given up. I use whatever comes out, which I guess is computer modern. (I can use "Postscript" Times Roman, but no other "Postsc

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt equivalent for \ensuremath?

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Mar 11, 2005, at 15:57, Nikolai Weibull wrote: \newcommand{\ensuremath}[1]{\ifmmode\expandafter\FirtsOfOne% \else\expandafter\EnsuredMath\fi} \long\def\FirstOfOne#1{#1} \long\def\EnsuredMath#1{$\relax#1$} \newcommand{\bit}[2]{\ensuremath{\hbox{\tf #1}_\hbox{\tf #2}}} but is there a ConT

Re: [NTG-context] xecontext/bibtex issue ?

2005-03-11 Thread Mark Smith
I wrote: >Any tips about what I might look for ? Unbelievable. Now all three original files are processing fine in their entirety. I DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. Very strange. Does anything get written outside of the current directory during a run ? Glad everything is *currently* working, but I

Re: [NTG-context] xecontext/bibtex issue ?

2005-03-11 Thread Mark Smith
Adam Lindsay wrote: >Mark Smith said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:56:06 +0100: > >>The problem is that bibtex "can't read" the .aux file that is generated >>by xextex. > >Okay, can we see a copy (or reduction) of that file, then? Hmm... Interesting. In preparing a short and highly sanitized file

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt equivalent for \ensuremath?

2005-03-11 Thread Nikolai Weibull
* Gerben Wierda (Mar 11, 2005 15:50): > I modeled this after the LaTeX sources because I had to move on: > \newcommand{\ensuremath}[1]{\ifmmode\expandafter\FirtsOfOne% > \else\expandafter\EnsuredMath\fi} \long\def\FirstOfOne#1{#1} > \long\def\EnsuredMath#1{$\relax#1$} > but is there a ConTeXt way

[NTG-context] Endnotes (together with footnotes)?

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
I have a document that has to have both footnotes and endnotes. How do i do that in ConTeXt? G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming spot colours

2005-03-11 Thread Duncan Hothersall
Peter Rolf said \definecolor[PANTONE 294CV] [c=1,m=.56,y=0,k=.18] % test \framed[background=color, backgroundcolor={PANTONE 294CV}]{Test} \color[PANTONE 294CV] Test % the only thing that doesn't work is \PANTONE 294CV Thanks very much for responding Peter! Interesting behaviour - the above will pr

[NTG-context] ConTeXt equivalent for \ensuremath?

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
I modeled this after the LaTeX sources because I had to move on: \newcommand{\ensuremath}[1]{\ifmmode\expandafter\FirtsOfOne% \else\expandafter\EnsuredMath\fi} \long\def\FirstOfOne#1{#1} \long\def\EnsuredMath#1{$\relax#1$} but is there a ConTeXt way of doing this? G

Re: [NTG-context] Renaming spot colours

2005-03-11 Thread Peter Rolf
Hello Duncan, Duncan Hothersall wrote: More questions! I'm using black plus one spot colour in a document, and I include PDF images generated in an external program (CorelDraw) which use the same spot colour. In the images the color is called 'PANTONE 294 CV', but I can't use that name for my co

Re: [NTG-context] xecontext/bibtex issue ?

2005-03-11 Thread Adam Lindsay
Mark Smith said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:56:06 +0100: >The problem is that bibtex "can't read" the .aux file that is generated >by xextex. Okay, can we see a copy (or reduction) of that file, then? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dep

[NTG-context] xecontext/bibtex issue ?

2005-03-11 Thread Mark Smith
I suppose that, as usual, I am missing something obvious or simple. However, AFAICS it hasn't been discussed recently and isn't mentioned on the XeTeX wiki pages, so... What is the procedure for invoking bibtex as part of a "XeConTeXt" process ? I can't get this to work. If I run: te

Re: [NTG-context] Re: newbie question about fonts

2005-03-11 Thread Ciro A. Soto
Thank you Patrick... I am my distributor maintainer. I installed linux in my pc box less than a year ago, and I see font files everywhere (X directory fonts, TeX directory fonts, TrueType, OpenType, Type1, etc...) but don't know if they are accessible from Context. what is the "local guide" you r

Re: [NTG-context] fundamental problem with headings

2005-03-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:33:13 +0100: >In fact, this is something I would like to have also for other >purposes (for example to use a second set of oldstyle figures): >defining my own *myserif* or *mysans* that could be used then i

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Palatino?

2005-03-11 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Sorry everybody, and thanks Otared. I wasn't aware that you need {\em both} the \setupbodyfont[pos] and the setupbodyfont[palatino] lines. Works now! Sorry for the noise. Best Thomas On Mar 11, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Otared Kavian wrote: \usetypescript [adobekb][\defaultencoding] \setupbodyfont[pos]

Re: [NTG-context] fundamental problem with headings

2005-03-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Adam Lindsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steffen Wolfrum said this at Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:11:41 +0100: >But if the heading should be set in general in a bold face what do I >use instead of \rm so that italic parts of he heading will be typeset >in bold-italic (and \sc parts to bold-smallcaps)?

Re: [NTG-context] fundamental problem with headings

2005-03-11 Thread Adam Lindsay
Steffen Wolfrum said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:33:13 +0100: >In fact, this is something I would like to have also for other >purposes (for example to use a second set of oldstyle figures): >defining my own *myserif* or *mysans* that could be used then in a >typescriptfile the same way as sans

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Palatino?

2005-03-11 Thread Otared Kavian
At 11:36 +0100 11/03/05, Thomas A.Schmitz wrote: Hi Patrick, the setup in contextgarden is the one that I'm referring to. It doesn't work here. Thomas Hi Thomas, I am also one of the "fonts-challenged" people... However, thanks to Patrick, using contextgarden when I do the following (see below)

Re: [NTG-context] Re: TeX run : 8

2005-03-11 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi Peter, Peter Münster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > > for those, who don't want to update: > > export PERL_HASH_SEED=0 > > in $HOME/.profile works very nicely. > > is this reliable? It seems to me. At least on Linux: since a long time I've been us

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Palatino?

2005-03-11 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Hi Patrick, the setup in contextgarden is the one that I'm referring to. It doesn't work here. Thomas On Mar 11, 2005, at 10:57 AM, Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hello Thomas, [...] create the tfms myself with texfont, but I thought there was some default support for Palatino. Am I missing something? Y

AW: [NTG-context] Re: Line break after unit or \cite command

2005-03-11 Thread Michael Fuchs
Hi Patrick! Here is an example that shows the problem. I created it using live.contextgarden.net. The problem appears with standard and german hyphenation. Michael --- \starttext \version[temporary] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setupcolors[state=

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Palatino?

2005-03-11 Thread Adam Lindsay
Patrick Gundlach said this at Fri, 11 Mar 2005 10:57:16 +0100: >Yes go to the garden and search for palatino. You'll find: > >http://contextgarden.net/Psnfss > And, IIRC, the \defaultencoding most appropriate for gwTeX, is 8r. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= A

[NTG-context] Re: Palatino?

2005-03-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Thomas, [...] > create the tfms myself with texfont, but I thought there was some > default support for Palatino. Am I missing something? Yes go to the garden and search for palatino. You'll find: http://contextgarden.net/Psnfss Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net __

Re: [NTG-context] Quote before chapter?

2005-03-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 10 Mar 2005, at 18:34, Janko Hauser wrote: Gerben Wierda schrieb: I would like to have a right-aligned quote before the chapter header. I use the following snippet in my environment file: == \newcommand{\chquote}[1]{\startalignment% \startnarrower[4*left

[NTG-context] Palatino?

2005-03-11 Thread Thomas A . Schmitz
Hi gang, I have a problem on my system with the Palatino font. In type-enc, it's mapped to \definefontsynonym [Palatino] [\typescriptthree-uplr8a] [encoding=\typescriptthree] However, on my system (Gerben Wierda's installation), there is no texnansi- or EC- or whatever-uplr8a. Pal

[NTG-context] Re: newbie question about fonts

2005-03-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Ciro, > Okay, this business of fonts/files/names/encoding/etc > is really difficult to understand for me. welcome to the club ;-) > I have a simple question. How do I list all fonts > I have available to use in ConTeXt in the > machine/system I have? Is there a file > where I can see the n

[NTG-context] Re: Line break after unit or \cite command

2005-03-11 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Michael, please post a complete example that we can try out [on live.contextgarden.net]; currently we have to guess what is going on. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki: http://contextgarden.net ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.nt