[NTG-context] mswincontext problems

2006-04-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine, but

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Apr 20, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: hm, maybe some split problem what does kpsewhich -show-path=fmt report? i'll send you a patched kpsefast.rb module for testing Hans I'm really sorry I have to resurrect this old thread, but there is something

Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems

2006-04-27 Thread olivier Turlier
Le Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:15:40 +0200, Taco Hoekwater a écrit : Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Willi Egger
Hi, Of course I am unable to give an answer. Yet I would like to mention, that also in the windows environment it does not work as expected. I found the format files in a separate directory not in the web2c path. Everything worked after moving the folder into the correct place. Willi Thomas

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Apr 27, 2006, at 1:31 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: That is absolutely bizarre! :( So I also just downloaded the latest, just now, but I have no such problem (sorry). I have run $ texmfstart newtexexec --make --all after unpacking -rw-r--r-- 1 taco taco 3484157 Apr 27 12:21

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Which as as it should be [however, newtexexec --check does not perform alll tests as it should]. On Mac OS X, I get at the end: Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing). Taco

Re: [NTG-context] make array of tables

2006-04-27 Thread Willi Egger
Hi, antoher approach could be to place the tables in buffers. Later on call the buffers with something like \placefigure [middle] [] {none} {\startcombination[3*2] {\externalfigure[buffer1][type=buffer]}{caption1} {\externalfigure[buffer2][type=buffer]}{caption2}

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing). Not very probable since OS X uses the same separator as linux/Unix, / I meant the separate paths

[NTG-context] TABLE + \rotate problem

2006-04-27 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hi, Why is the Low Tech typeset as it is below? Additionally: How can I align it to the lower end of the table? Any hints appreciated, Karsten % \setupcolors[state=start] \showframe \starttext \rotate[rotation=90,location=broad]\bgroup

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Renaud AUBIN
Hi, Yet-another-report ;) : I've installed mswincontext for the first time following the standalone procedure three days ago. When I have generated formats with --make --all, the format were put into pdfetex/*. It works after moving pdfetex into the right path manually (tex/texmf-mswin/web2c).

Re: [NTG-context] make array of tables

2006-04-27 Thread Charles Doherty
On 27 Apr 2006, at 13:33, Dalyoung Jeong wrote: Dear all, I'd like to display several tables of the same size in an 3*2 array form. I tried the commands \placetables and \startcombination like in thd dispaly of figures, but it didn't work. My only solution is to use \startcolumns

[NTG-context] solved - making array of tables

2006-04-27 Thread Dalyoung
Sorry again. I copied and pasted the codes in mp-cb-en.pdf and run it. It worked fine. Hence I modified the codes using my data and it also worked fine. I compared the structures of the codes in the documents and mine. The only difference is the blank lines between

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Which as as it should be [however, newtexexec --check does not perform alll tests as it should]. On Mac OS X, I get at the end: Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just

Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems

2006-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Excellent. Taco, thanks for joining in here! Thomas On Apr 27, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: there is indeed a buglet in there; i'll post a new version Hans ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

[NTG-context] some basic TABLE questions

2006-04-27 Thread Karsten Heymann
Hello, it would be very kind if someone could answer the following questions about the possibilities of TABLE: - there some semi-automatic way of splitting tables on multiple pages if those tables are in landscape mode (which I achieve by putting them into a \rotating{}-Command)? - How do I

Re: [NTG-context] \to broken in figure captions

2006-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: A workaround: \starttext \def\myto{\to} \placefigure[abc]{ABC $n\myto1$.}{} \input tufte \stoptext i need to change the \convertargument#1\to#2 macro so for the moment, use this solution or add {} as in \placefigure[abc]{{ABC $n\to1$.}}{} \input tufte

Re: [NTG-context] generating formats with newtexexec

2006-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Perhaps the ruby scripts are confused about the separator on Mac OS X? (I do not really know, just guessing). Not very probable since OS X uses the same separator as

[NTG-context] bachotek

2006-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Hi, Tomorrow morning Taco and I will start our 1200 km drive to Bachotek (gust tex conference) so for about a week we will be mostly off line. Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE

Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems

2006-04-27 Thread Siep Kroonenberg
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:15:40PM +0200, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I

Re: [NTG-context] TABLE + \rotate problem

2006-04-27 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Karsten Heymann wrote: Why is the Low Tech typeset as it is below? I don't know why, but you could try \rotate[rotation=90]{\hbox{Low Tech}} Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___ ntg-context mailing list

Re: [NTG-context] TABLE + \rotate problem

2006-04-27 Thread Peter Münster
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006, Karsten Heymann wrote: Additionally: How can I align it to the lower end of the table? \bTD[nr=7,align=low] Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

[NTG-context] Part and pagenumbers

2006-04-27 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hello, Whe I use \part, the pagenumbers switch to 'partno.-reset_pageno.' Can somebody please point out to me how to just have my pre-'part' page numbering run on? Thanks, Joh ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

[NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released

2006-04-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the new ConTeXt release from Hans Hagen can be downloaded as of now from the Pragma ADE website or one of its mirrors. The current release has version 2006.04.27, and it is on the wiki as http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.04.27 The most

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released

2006-04-27 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, Taco Hoekwater schrieb: The most important news items are (I guess) * the addition of some modules to cont-ext.zip: - t-construction-plan - t-degrade - t-french t-french: Looking at http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-french/doc/context/third/t-french/t-french.pdf

Re: [NTG-context] some basic TABLE questions

2006-04-27 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Karsten, I hope to be able to give at least partial answers Instead of using a \framed construct I would suggest to use a background: \setupbackgrounds[text][state=repeat,background=screen,backgroundscreen=.8] bTABLE breaks over pages if you use [split=repeat] together with a\

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released

2006-04-27 Thread Johannes Graumann
The current release has version 2006.04.27, and it is on the wiki as http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.04.27 Installation (texexec --make --all) yields this: context : ver: 2006.04.27 15:59 cont-en : ver: 2006.04.06 23:00 fmt: 2006.4.7 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.04.06

Re: [NTG-context] Part and pagenumbers

2006-04-27 Thread nico
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:24:38 -0700, Johannes Graumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Whe I use \part, the pagenumbers switch to 'partno.-reset_pageno.' Can somebody please point out to me how to just have my pre-'part' page numbering run on? I'm not sure if you want to keep the part page

Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems

2006-04-27 Thread wwl
Hi all (esp. windows users), Last night I tried setting up a Win98SE for use with context using mswincontext.zip (I borrowed a laptop for bachotek, so I could not install linux on it ... ). It went terribly wrong. At first I thought it was just the shoddy Win98 install on that machine,

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released

2006-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Johannes Graumann wrote: The current release has version 2006.04.27, and it is on the wiki as http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.04.27 Installation (texexec --make --all) yields this: context : ver: 2006.04.27 15:59 cont-en : ver: 2006.04.06 23:00 fmt: 2006.4.7 mes:

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released

2006-04-27 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
context : ver: 2006.04.27 15:59 cont-en : ver: 2006.04.06 23:00 fmt: 2006.4.7 mes: english cont-nl : ver: 2006.04.06 23:00 fmt: 2006.4.7 mes: dutch Shouldn't cont-en and -nl be 2006.04.27 as well? I think that, although the format files were probably remade, they are not in the location

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released

2006-04-27 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Johannes, Please check, whether the new format files are in the correct place. There were problems with the automatic placeing in the right place. May be that they are placed in the current path in a separate folder. Kind regards Willi Johannes Graumann wrote: The current release has

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.04.27 released

2006-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Tobias Burnus wrote: Hello, Taco Hoekwater schrieb: The most important news items are (I guess) * the addition of some modules to cont-ext.zip: - t-construction-plan - t-degrade - t-french t-french: Looking at

Re: [NTG-context] mswincontext problems

2006-04-27 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 4/27/06, Hans Hagen wrote: anyhow, forget about windows 98, just as you forget about suse 2.0 or a linux 0.5 kernel or mac system 9 And then you land back into reality, hoping that people won't switch to MikTeX 2.5 (too early)! (MikTeX 2.4 was already a nightmare for ConTeXt, in 2.5 it's

Re: [NTG-context] Part and pagenumbers

2006-04-27 Thread Johannes Graumann
nico wrote: \setuppagenumbering[way=bytext,partnumber=no] Thanks! Got it working! Joh ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Part head centering and empty header

2006-04-27 Thread Johannes Graumann
Hello I have coded my 'Appendix' like so: \setuphead [part] [ header=empty, footer=empty, alternative=middle, placehead=yes, resetnumber=no, number=no, style={ \ss\switchtobodyfont[60pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=2.8ex] }, page=right ]

[NTG-context] Breaking large equations across pages

2006-04-27 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Pagebreak of formula across pagebreaks is broken in the new release (ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 15:59). Consider \starttext \placeformula \startformula \startalign \dorecurse{50} {\NC a \NC = b \NR[+]} \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext (This used to work earlier, I can not test this, but I

Re: [NTG-context] Breaking large equations across pages

2006-04-27 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 4/28/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Pagebreak of formula across pagebreaks is broken in the new release (ConTeXt ver: 2006.04.27 15:59). Consider \starttext \placeformula \startformula \startalign \dorecurse{50} {\NC a \NC = b \NR[+]} \stopalign \stopformula \stoptext (This used to