Re: [NTG-context] [XeTeX] XeTeX, ConTeXt, and utf-8 hyphenation patterns. / GREEK

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Heslin wrote: Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ctxtools --pat [en nl agr ...] ctxtools --pat --utf[en nl agr ...] the greek conversions were done with the help of a greek language users on the context list, so in case of troubles, so i cc there; bugs need to

[NTG-context] CoNTeXt on Mac OS X with iinstaller still broken

2006-06-15 Thread Matthias Weber
Dear Mac-ConTeXt users (and other experts), I typically upgrade my least used Mac (my laptop) to the newest ConTeXt release first, and only go ahead with the desktop when my projects compile fine. Otherwise, I usually wait until the more proficient users have sorted things out. Now, for a

Re: [NTG-context] # in MPinclusions

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, How can I make MPinclusions consider # as a normal character. try \string# (or \#) Thanks, that does the trick. Aditya ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

[NTG-context] Specifying maximum width of a frame

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, I want to specify the maximum width of a frame. If the size of the box is smaller than the maximum width, I want a tight box. Something like \frame[maxwidth=5cm,align=middle]{Small} should give +-+ |small| +-+ while \frame[maxwidth=5cm,align=middle]{A very very long line that

[NTG-context] mathsize

2006-06-15 Thread Hans van der Meer
When doing inline math I see that the mathsize does adapt when \tfa, \tfb, etc are used, but not for \tfx and \tfxx. That seems strange to me, because in the manual in the font table \tfx \tfxx \tfa etc. are advertised as equivalent operations. It also accounts for a lot more typing (and

Re: [NTG-context] how to let context suppose chinese via utf-8 ?

2006-06-15 Thread Mojca Miklavec
盛劲松 wrote: Hi, evergyone I found a instruction in context wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Chinese) in this page , it says: If you have Context 2005.12.19, you only have to get the fonts. Must be understood as: [Someone has forgotten to delete this note.] If your ConTeXt is older

[NTG-context] textext error

2006-06-15 Thread Hans van der Meer
I am afraid a serious error has been introduced into textext in the last update(s).This used to work in metapost for typesetting text with a %-sign: label(textext("66\%"), origin);Now the % somewhere ends a line prematurely because the job aborts with:! mpx file ended unexpectedly.Can Hans please

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context (offlist)

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: n lines deleted I added to texexec: texexec --mpgraphic somefile.mp which will run mp and make a pdf file. Something is wrong with the

[NTG-context] Ugly hack for multiple MSWord docs.

2006-06-15 Thread John R. Culleton
Frequently I find myself in the position of needing to combine several MSWord and/or rtf documents into a single file for either pdftex or Context. I have settled on this strategy. 1. If necessary I convert the documents to rtf with Open Ofice Writer. 2. I convert the resulting rtf documents

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context (offlist)

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: n lines deleted I added to texexec: texexec --mpgraphic somefile.mp which will run mp and

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context (offlist)

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: n lines deleted I added to texexec: texexec

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context (offlist)

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: n lines deleted I added to

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context (offlist)

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: n lines deleted I added to texexec: texexec --mpgraphic somefile.mp which will run mp and make a pdf file. Something is wrong with the new beta. I

[NTG-context] metafun color broken?

2006-06-15 Thread Hans van der Meer
I used to draw in transparent color in MetaFun with:   newinternal tfill_mode; tfill_mode := 1; % transparency mode for inside   newinternal tfill_fact; tfill_fact := 1; % transparency factor for inside   def withFillColor = withcolor transparent(tfill_mode, tfill_fact, fillcolor_) enddef;   fill

[NTG-context] texmfstart trouble

2006-06-15 Thread Hans van der Meer
Recently I reported 2 problems related to metapost usage:1. the loss of transparent color handling2. textext not being able to handle %'s as in textext("15\%")The source of both problems can be nailed down to the one change in supp-mps.tex:\ifx\TEXEXECcommand \undefined

Re: [NTG-context] Calligraphic Font with palatino and euler

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, When I use palatino and euler, I do not get calligraphic font. How can I define a typescript to use the calligraphic font from lm. This is my setup \definetypeface [pal] [rm] [serif] [palatino] [default] [encoding=texnansi]

Re: [NTG-context] Open Type fonts and Context

2006-06-15 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2006-06-12 um 19:39 schrieb John R. Culleton: It may be attributable to the fact that texfont tries to update maps that are particular to my login name rather than the original ones in /usr/local/texlive/2005/texmf I tried specifying the /usr/local/texlive/2005/texmf path but that doesn't

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context (offlist)

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: n lines deleted I added to texexec: texexec --mpgraphic somefile.mp which will run mp and make a pdf file. Something is wrong with the new beta. I downloaded the zip and regenerated the formats, but

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context (offlist)

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan

Re: [NTG-context] Using metapost figures in context

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: I have right now kept the command as MPfigure. grep MPfigure in meta-fig -) Now I am using staticMPfigure. This is the final version \def\startstaticMPfigure#1#2\stopstaticMPfigure {\bgroup \setMPrandomseedfalse

[NTG-context] keeping output

2006-06-15 Thread Hans van der Meer
This question must have been asked before, but I cannot find it.Running texexec a number of messages flash by:   error in metapost run : syllabus-s-mpgraph.mp:397Alas, al the intermediate results disappear, especially the mpgraph files.And of the metapost logs also one only survives.How does one

[NTG-context] [Fwd: Re: Using metapost figures in context]

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
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[NTG-context] Aleph queries

2006-06-15 Thread Duncan Hothersall
Hello all (especially Idris :-) ) Using the fantastic resources from Idris' messages on this list, and the Aleph page on the Wiki, I have managed to start producing Arabic PDF output directly from UTF-8 sources using Aleph and dvipdfmx. This is great, thanks so much. I have just one or two

[NTG-context] International ConTeXt User Meeting 2007

2006-06-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
On March 24 and March 25 2007, the first international ConTeXt user meeting will take place in Epen, The Netherlands. For those of you who are already familiar with ConTeXt, this meeting is an excellent opportunity to learn some new tricks, meet fellow users from the ConTeXt mailing list, talk

Re: [NTG-context] textext error

2006-06-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans van der Meer wrote: I am afraid a serious error has been introduced into textext in the last update(s). This used to work in metapost for typesetting text with a %-sign: label(textext(66\%), origin); Now the % somewhere ends a line prematurely because the job aborts with: ! mpx

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart trouble

2006-06-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans van der Meer wrote: 2. The mpgraph.1 files differ only slightly, except for a few roundoff differences: new format extra lines: (but not a problem, I would guess) %%MetaPostSpecials: 2.0 123 1000 %%HiResBoundingBox: -5.66927 -5.66927 359.9991 119.05481 %%MetaPostSpecial: 7 1 1 1 1

Re: [NTG-context] extra white in framedtext

2006-06-15 Thread Nikolai Weibull
On 6/12/06, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |� �� �� �� �� �� �� �|� with \null in first line |� �� �first line� � �| |� �� �second line � �| --- --- |� �� �first line� � �|� without \null in first line |� �� �second line � �|

[NTG-context] ConTeXt 2006.06.09 released

2006-06-15 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 2006.06.09, and it is on the wiki as http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Context_2006.06.09 This is a

[NTG-context] Math: Matrix question

2006-06-15 Thread Tobias Burnus
Hello, maybe someone has an idea how to typeset the following c d a [E F] b [G H] Where EFGH is a matrix surrounded by ( ) and with a b c d I want to label the columns and rows. I especially struggle with aligning c and d and having the parenteses. Any ideas are highly welcome. Tobias

Re: [NTG-context] CoNTeXt on Mac OS X with iinstaller still broken

2006-06-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Matthias Weber wrote: Dear Mac-ConTeXt users (and other experts), I typically upgrade my least used Mac (my laptop) to the newest ConTeXt release first, and only go ahead with the desktop when my projects compile fine. Otherwise, I usually wait until the more proficient users have

Re: [NTG-context] extra white in framedtext

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Nikolai Weibull wrote: On 6/12/06, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |� �� �� �� �� �� �� �|� with \null in first line |� �� �first line� � �| |� �� �second line � �| --- --- |� �� �first line� � �|� without \null in first line |� �� �second

Re: [NTG-context] Ugly hack for multiple MSWord docs.

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
John R. Culleton wrote: Someday there will be an elegant solution to the MSWord to Context problem. For now there is my ugly hack as described here. maybe the word xml output, since that can be parsed Hans -

Re: [NTG-context] keeping output

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans van der Meer wrote: This question must have been asked before, but I cannot find it. Running texexec a number of messages flash by:� � error in metapost run : syllabus-s-mpgraph.mp:397 Alas, al the intermediate results disappear, especially the mpgraph files. And of the metapost logs

[NTG-context] Another 2 index bugs

2006-06-15 Thread Richard Gabriel
Hello Hans,I've just noticed another two bugs in index sorting.1. Numbers are sorted under A2. Symbols are sorted under the first letter which follows.See the attached test file.Both these issues are independent on language and on the expansion type.Proposed solution:1. Sort numbers into

Re: [NTG-context] Math: Matrix question

2006-06-15 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Tobias, Probably it is possible to do want with mathalign stuff developped in ConTeXt, but the following gives a reasonable result (using only Plain TeX commands...): $$\eqalign{ \matrix{ \hphantom{\left({E}\right.} c d \cr} \cr \matrix{ a\cr b\cr}\; \pmatrix{ E F \cr G H \cr} \cr }$$

Re: [NTG-context] Specifying maximum width of a frame

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to specify the maximum width of a frame. If the size of the box is smaller than the maximum width, I want a tight box. Something like \frame[maxwidth=5cm,align=middle]{Small} should give +-+ |small| +-+ while

Re: [NTG-context] Math: Matrix question

2006-06-15 Thread Tobias Burnus
Otared Kavian schrieb: Hi Tobias, Probably it is possible to do want with mathalign stuff developped in ConTeXt, but the following gives a reasonable result (using only Plain TeX commands...): Well, this was the work-around I used, however, if I replace E by , then the

Re: [NTG-context] Math: Matrix question

2006-06-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Tobias Burnus wrote: Hello, maybe someone has an idea how to typeset the following c d a [E F] b [G H] Where EFGH is a matrix surrounded by ( ) and with a b c d I want to label the columns and rows. I especially struggle with aligning c and d and having the

Re: [NTG-context] mathsize

2006-06-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans van der Meer wrote: When doing inline math I see that the mathsize does adapt when \tfa, \tfb, etc are used, but not for \tfx and \tfxx. That seems strange to me, because in the manual in the font table \tfx \tfxx \tfa etc. are advertised as equivalent operations. It also accounts

Re: [NTG-context] CoNTeXt on Mac OS X with iinstaller still broken

2006-06-15 Thread Matthias Weber
Thanks Taco (and Hans), replacing the TEXFONTMAPS = line in /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf by all the stuff below does indeed work (even with today's beta). Is there an incantation I could use so that Gerben's iinstaller does this automatically? I want to talk somebody into using ConTeXt (on

Re: [NTG-context] Aleph queries

2006-06-15 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Duncan, On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 02:30:15 -0600, Duncan Hothersall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Using the fantastic resources from Idris' messages on this list, and the Aleph page on the Wiki, I have managed to start producing Arabic PDF output directly from UTF-8 sources using Aleph and dvipdfmx.

Re: [NTG-context] Ugly hack for multiple MSWord docs.

2006-06-15 Thread Bob Kerstetter
On Jun 13, 2006, at 5:29 PM, John R. Culleton wrote: Frequently I find myself in the position of needing to combine several MSWord and/or rtf documents into a single file for either pdftex or Context. I have settled on this strategy. snip Someday there will be an elegant solution to the

Re: [NTG-context] Ugly hack for multiple MSWord docs.

2006-06-15 Thread John R. Culleton
On Thursday 15 June 2006 08:50, Hans Hagen wrote: John R. Culleton wrote: Someday there will be an elegant solution to the MSWord to Context problem. For now there is my ugly hack as described here. maybe the word xml output, since that can be parsed Hans Interesting suggestion. I don't

Re: [NTG-context] Ugly hack for multiple MSWord docs.

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
John R. Culleton wrote: On Thursday 15 June 2006 08:50, Hans Hagen wrote: John R. Culleton wrote: Someday there will be an elegant solution to the MSWord to Context problem. For now there is my ugly hack as described here. maybe the word xml output, since that can be parsed

Re: [NTG-context] metafun color broken?

2006-06-15 Thread Hans van der Meer
After posting this problem I did probe a lot further in this and a similar problem. As I reported shortly, the problem goes away when solely replacing in supp-mps.tex the line \ifx\TEXEXECcommand \undefined \def\TEXEXECcommand{texmfstart texexec} \fi by \ifx\TEXEXECcommand \undefined

Re: [NTG-context] metafun color broken?

2006-06-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi Hans, Hans van der Meer wrote: I expect Hans or Taco to react soon with there usual speed and will await for their comments first. Perhaps you missed the post below. The current problem is just a different symptom of the same problem. Greetings, Taco Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hans van

Re: [NTG-context] metafun color broken?

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi Hans, Hans van der Meer wrote: I expect Hans or Taco to react soon with there usual speed and will await for their comments first. Perhaps you missed the post below. The current problem is just a different symptom of the same problem. part of the

Re: [NTG-context] metafun color broken?

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Hans van der Meer wrote: I expect Hans or Taco to react soon with there usual speed and will await for their comments first. as taco mentioned, it's in the mem values; mpost does not store them with the format (in the past this even could give segfaults and worse); tex does not have this

Re: [NTG-context] CoNTeXt on Mac OS X with iinstaller still broken

2006-06-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Matthias Weber wrote: Thanks Taco (and Hans), replacing the TEXFONTMAPS = line in /usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf by all the stuff below does indeed work (even with today's beta). Is there an incantation I could use so that Gerben's iinstaller does this automatically? I want to talk

Re: [NTG-context] Ugly hack for multiple MSWord docs.

2006-06-15 Thread John R. Culleton
On Thursday 15 June 2006 13:55, Hans Hagen wrote: John R. Culleton wrote: On Thursday 15 June 2006 08:50, Hans Hagen wrote: John R. Culleton wrote: Someday there will be an elegant solution to the MSWord to Context problem. For now there is my ugly hack as described here. maybe the

[NTG-context] error? in ConTeXt+XeTeXt

2006-06-15 Thread 박내엽(NY Park)
HiI using ConTeXt+XeTeX for utf-8After XeTeX new version installedtexexec -xtx below\starttext1122 $times$ 121\stoptextand error times symbol with message*** fontmap psfonts.map not found; texmf.cnf may be broken*** font ec-lmr12 not found in psfonts.map or host system; will