Re: [NTG-context] Specifying last page when using imposition

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:25 PM, John Devereux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am using imposition to arrange pages in a booklet format, a5 on a4. So after all the pages are printed out (doublesided) I can fold the stack in half to get my booklet. So I am using the command texexec

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting Arabic today

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Burak Emir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, First of all, I'd wish to express my thanks to the makers of and contributors to ConTeXt - it is quite a pleasure to use so far. Now for my concern: I want to typeset Arabic. What would I use? I am aware of ArabTex,

Re: [NTG-context] Buffers and commands with optional arguments

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi Hans, I got yesterday a bug report for my letter module if the \startletter command takes no arguments. The following example show the problem without the module. \def\startletter

Re: [NTG-context] Buffers and commands with optional arguments

2008-06-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: I will now include a modified version from the \flushbufferline macro with my package in will look for the first person with a problem. keep in mind that such low level macros are not part of the official interface and their name and/or the way of calling them may

Re: [NTG-context] Specifying last page when using imposition

2008-06-02 Thread John Devereux
Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:25 PM, John Devereux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am using imposition to arrange pages in a booklet format, a5 on a4. So after all the pages are printed out (doublesided) I can fold the stack in half to get my booklet.

Re: [NTG-context] Buffers and commands with optional arguments

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wolfgang Schuster wrote: I will now include a modified version from the \flushbufferline macro with my package in will look for the first person with a problem. keep in mind that such low level macros are not part of the

Re: [NTG-context] Specifying last page when using imposition

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:11 AM, John Devereux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 8:25 PM, John Devereux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am using imposition to arrange pages in a booklet format, a5 on a4. So after all the pages are

Re: [NTG-context] Specifying last page when using imposition

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi John, Wolfgang, thanks - but this does not seem to fix the problem. The last page appears opposite page 3 instead of opposite page 1. To be clear, I am looking for a way to specify that content is to be placed on the outside of the cover, i.e. printed on the same side of the same sheet

Re: [NTG-context] Specifying last page when using imposition

2008-06-02 Thread John Devereux
Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi John, Wolfgang, thanks - but this does not seem to fix the problem. The last page appears opposite page 3 instead of opposite page 1. To be clear, I am looking for a way to specify that content is to be placed on the outside of the cover, i.e.

Re: [NTG-context] Specifying last page when using imposition

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:33 AM, John Devereux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi John, Wolfgang, thanks - but this does not seem to fix the problem. The last page appears opposite page 3 instead of opposite page 1. To be clear, I am looking for a way

[NTG-context] Correction for \getbuffer

2008-06-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi Hans, The definition for \getBUFFER need to be changed because it use the undefined command \dodoprocessTEXbuffer. \def\dodefinebuffer[#1][#2]% {\iffirstargument % else problems \doglobal\increment\nofdefinedbuffers \letvalue{\??bu#1\c!number }\nofdefinedbuffers

Re: [NTG-context] Correction for \getbuffer

2008-06-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi Hans, The definition for \getBUFFER need to be changed because it use the undefined command \dodoprocessTEXbuffer. \def\dodefinebuffer[#1][#2]% {\iffirstargument % else problems \doglobal\increment\nofdefinedbuffers \letvalue{\??bu#1\c!number

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting Arabic today

2008-06-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi, Somehow, the original post from Burak never made it to my mailbox, strange... Anyway: On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:29:32 -0600, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Burak Emir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, First of all, I'd wish to express my thanks

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting Arabic today

2008-06-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:43:04 -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Omega is dead or nearly dead It's dead, only the funeral and burial remain to be done ;-) Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Shi`i Studies Department of

[NTG-context] the error of xetex

2008-06-02 Thread Yanli Li
TeXExec | processing document 'hello' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file hello.top TeXExec | using randomseed 598 TeXExec | tex engine: xetex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is XeTeX, Version