Re: [NTG-context] Strange font issue with LuaTeX on Linux

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Mohamed Bana wrote: > Sorry I didn't quiet understand that. Given this; > > $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=warnock > warnockpro-bold WarnockPro-Bold WarnockPro-Bold.otf > looks like an old version, should be warnockprobold WarnockPro-Bold /WarnockPro-Bold.otf > which of the fo

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting chess boards

2008-09-02 Thread Ulrich Dirr
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Maurício wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> What is the easiest way to >>> include chess boards in a >>> Context document? >> >> Chessboards or chessboards with figures? > > Chessboards with figures (actually, > chess studies sets). the easiest way is to use a font for di

[NTG-context] units module has bug with markIV?

2008-09-02 Thread Chen Shen
Hi all, "\Micro" in the "units" module failed, while "\Nano" and "\Milli" works fine. "$\mu$" works, so it doesn't look like a font problem. The following code works with pdftex/MarkII, but fails under Luatex 0.29beta/MarkIV. \usemodule[units] \starttext Hello world! $1\Micro\Meter$ $1\Micro\Secon

Re: [NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 06:11:57PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: > As to the original problem: > > \textdir TRT > \input epsf > > \epsfbox{fig.eps}\input knuth > > \bye > > I don't think this is an omega/aleph/luatex bug, but rather that epsf.tex > does not take the globa

Re: [NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:21 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Khaled Hosny wrote: >> Figures are shifted to the right (the left edge is where right edge >> should) when I set \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT. > > \pagedir TRT \bodydir TRT > > \setupheadertexts[from left to right] > > \startt

Re: [NTG-context] Strange font issue with LuaTeX on Linux

2008-09-02 Thread Mohamed Bana
Hans Hagen wxs.nl> writes: > > also, do you use the latest mtxrun, mtx-fonts and context? the first > entry in the list should show the stripped name > I forgot to ask, how do I update with my current setup? That is I'm running ConTeXt locally in my $HOME/texmf tree. ___

Re: [NTG-context] Strange font issue with LuaTeX on Linux

2008-09-02 Thread Mohamed Bana
Hans Hagen wxs.nl> writes: > > abbg770 city.ac.uk wrote: > > >Font \*adobe12ptrmtfrm*:=name:Envy Code R*default at 12pt not loadable: > > just ... > > name:envycoder > > just use chars and digits Sorry I didn't quiet understand that. Given this; $ mtxrun --script fonts --list --pattern=

Re: [NTG-context] dot space (english article in german publication)

2008-09-02 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 05:05:09PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster napisał(a): > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > an english article set with \mainlanguage[en] gets this additional > > space after the dot closing a sentence. > > That's probably r

Re: [NTG-context] \framed[backgroundcolor=x] might imply \framed[background=color]

2008-09-02 Thread Peter Rolf
Johan Sandblom schrieb: > So perhaps as expected it turns out that the limitation was only in my > imagination. Thanks for the responses. > It's limited by your main focus. The drawbacks of specialismn (mine is graphics, so I surely lack the textual part [not always (some would say most times) awar

Re: [NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي ح امد
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:58:21 -0600, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm wondering ... why do we need pagedir and bodydir? = http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/omega/ \pagedir The direction for pages (\shipout). \bodydir The direction for vboxes, including the main body of

Re: [NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: > Figures are shifted to the right (the left edge is where right edge > should) when I set \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT. \pagedir TRT \bodydir TRT \setupheadertexts[from left to right] \starttext \input tufte \placefigure [here,force] [fig:Mill] {Test.} {\externalfi

Re: [NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:50:23PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 08:33:50PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: >>> Figures are shifted to the right (the left edge is where right edge >>> should) when I set \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT. >>> >>> See the attached exam

Re: [NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 10:50:23PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: > On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 08:33:50PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: > > Figures are shifted to the right (the left edge is where right edge > > should) when I set \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT. > > > > See the attached example. > > When I make

Re: [NTG-context] Helping Mac users with the Bourne-again shell

2008-09-02 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Charles P. Schaum wrote: > Might it be helpful for the Garden or even Mac TeX to have links like > the following for OS X Aqua users and the terminal app / UNIX world? > > http://www.osxfaq.com/tutorials/LearningCenter/ > > http://www.google.com/search?q=Unix+tutorials > > http

Re: [NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 08:33:50PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: > Figures are shifted to the right (the left edge is where right edge > should) when I set \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT. > > See the attached example. When I make the figure \framed the frame gets in the prober place, but not the image, ma

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting chess boards

2008-09-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Maurício wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > What is the easiest way to >> > include chess boards in a >> > Context document? >> >> Chessboards or chessboards with figures? > > Chessboards with figures (actually, > chess studies sets). Nobody has written a package for that ye

Re: [NTG-context] images as background

2008-09-02 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Sep 2, 2008, at 9:43 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > Hi all, > > for a presentation, I would like to have a series of images as > backgrounds for my slides, and I want to use them in a randomized > order. The images are named "1.jpg" through "20.jpg." So I was > thinking of using this code: > >

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 2, 2008, at 14;54,40 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: >> >> I have also inserted the lines >> export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf >> and >> export >> TEXMF='{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!! >> $TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}' >> into

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2008-09-02 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Sep 2, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > there's a new beta with a handful of patches / extensions (as > mentioned > on the list) Hi Hans, my problem with \sometxt appears to be solved; I get properly aligned labels again. Thanks a million! Thomas ___

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac ... and using bibtex

2008-09-02 Thread Michael Green
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Michael Green wrote: >> >> I have the minimals installed in ~/Applications/context/ >> >> Context works great. However, I'm having trouble with bibtex. >> >> [1] I export the following variables before using context. >> >> . ~/Applic

[NTG-context] images as background

2008-09-02 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Hi all, for a presentation, I would like to have a series of images as backgrounds for my slides, and I want to use them in a randomized order. The images are named "1.jpg" through "20.jpg." So I was thinking of using this code: \externalfigure[\directlua0{print(math.random(20))}][width=\pa

Re: [NTG-context] bug with numeral conversion function

2008-09-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 08:25:38PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > Khaled Hosny wrote: > core-con.mkiv 20: \def\abjadnumerals > #1{\ctxlua{converters.arabicnumerals(\number#1)}} > core-con.mkiv 21: \def\abjadnodotnumerals > #1{\ctxlua{converters.arabicnodotnumerals(\number#1)}} > core-con.mkiv 22: \de

Re: [NTG-context] \framed[backgroundcolor=x] might imply \framed[background=color]

2008-09-02 Thread Johan Sandblom
So perhaps as expected it turns out that the limitation was only in my imagination. Thanks for the responses. Johan 2008/9/2 Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Peter Rolf wrote: >> Johan Sandblom schrieb: >>> What would be the drawback of allowing >>> >>> backgroundcolor=n imply background=color >

[NTG-context] new beta

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
there's a new beta with a handful of patches / extensions (as mentioned on the list) no fix for arab numbering yet (needs analysis and testing) - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridd

[NTG-context] Helping Mac users with the Bourne-again shell

2008-09-02 Thread Charles P. Schaum
Might it be helpful for the Garden or even Mac TeX to have links like the following for OS X Aqua users and the terminal app / UNIX world? http://www.osxfaq.com/tutorials/LearningCenter/ http://www.google.com/search?q=Unix+tutorials http://www.google.com/search?q=Unix+tutorials+%22os+x%22 Seems

Re: [NTG-context] "Float within a frame" challenge

2008-09-02 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > Am 2008-09-02 um 08:26 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: >> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080624.074046.56e76622.en.html > > Never knew that myself. > Wikified it: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics#Flow_text_around_a_picture I tr

Re: [NTG-context] "Float within a frame" challenge

2008-09-02 Thread B. Tommy Jensen
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:46:28 +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am 2008-09-02 um 08:26 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: >> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080624.074046.56e76622.en.html > > Never knew that myself. > Wikified it: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Gra

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > I have also inserted the lines > export HOMETEXMF=~/Library/texmf > and > export > TEXMF='{$HOMETEXMF,$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFOS,!!$TEXMFCONTEXT,!!$TEXMFEXTRA,!!$TEXMFMAIN}' > into a file formed by copying the content of setuptex. > But before I can

Re: [NTG-context] bug with numeral conversion function

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Khaled Hosny wrote: > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:46:47AM +0300, Khaled Hosny wrote: >> It seems that there is a bug in converters.alphabetic function, >> converters.alphabetic(0,"arabic") returns the western 0 (no matter what >> is the selected language) while converters.alphabetic(1,"arabic") give

Re: [NTG-context] "Float within a frame" challenge

2008-09-02 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-09-02 um 08:26 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080624.074046.56e76622.en.html Never knew that myself. Wikified it: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Using_Graphics#Flow_text_around_a_picture Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.ne

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 1, 2008, at 17;38,50 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Alan Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 13;43,19 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Sep 1, 2008, at 12;24,41 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: For setting HOMETEXMF you can help yourself, though it would b

Re: [NTG-context] Strange font issue with LuaTeX on Linux

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Font \*adobe12ptrmtfrm*:=name:Envy Code R*default at 12pt not loadable: just ... name:envycoder just use chars and digits also, do you use the latest mtxrun, mtx-fonts and context? the first entry in the list should show the stripped name internally we strip names

[NTG-context] Figures are misplaced with \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT

2008-09-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
Figures are shifted to the right (the left edge is where right edge should) when I set \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT. See the attached example. -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team \pagedir TRT\bodydir TRT \useexternalfigure [Mill] [mill] \starttext \placefigure

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac ... and using bibtex

2008-09-02 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Michael Green wrote: > I have the minimals installed in ~/Applications/context/ > > Context works great. However, I'm having trouble with bibtex. > > [1] I export the following variables before using context. > > . ~/Applications/context/tex/setuptex ~/Applications/context/tex

Re: [NTG-context] How does MPinclusions work in mkiv?

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Hello (Hans), > > this "minimal" example worked OK in mkiv back in May (most of settings > in the code below are just unimportant cosmetics, but otherwise it's > difficult to explain the idea behind); now it still works in mkii, but > not in mkiv. > > \def\mynextmpgraphic{

Re: [NTG-context] \framed[backgroundcolor=x] might imply \framed[background=color]

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Peter Rolf wrote: > Johan Sandblom schrieb: >> What would be the drawback of allowing >> >> backgroundcolor=n imply background=color >> >> and >> >> backgroundscreen=x imply background=screen >> >> in the setup to \framed. Background compatibility should not be an >> issue and I am failing to imagi

Re: [NTG-context] cont-de help for context with MK IV

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Martin Scholz wrote: ... > \unprotect > \def\MPdivten[#1]% > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > \def\doMPdivten[#1]% > {\ifnum#1> \dodoMPdivtenB#1\else > \ifnum#1> 999 \dodoMPdivtenC#1\else > \ifnum#1> 99 \dodoMPdivtenD#1\else > \ifnum#1> 9 \dodoMPdi

[NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac ... and using bibtex

2008-09-02 Thread Michael Green
I have the minimals installed in ~/Applications/context/ Context works great. However, I'm having trouble with bibtex. [1] I export the following variables before using context. . ~/Applications/context/tex/setuptex ~/Applications/context/tex export TEXMFHOME='$HOME/Library/texmf' export TEXMF='

Re: [NTG-context] \framed[backgroundcolor=x] might imply \framed[background=color]

2008-09-02 Thread Peter Rolf
Johan Sandblom schrieb: > What would be the drawback of allowing > > backgroundcolor=n imply background=color > > and > > backgroundscreen=x imply background=screen > > in the setup to \framed. Background compatibility should not be an > issue and I am failing to imagine cases where it would no

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Bowen
On Sep 2, 2008, at 04;04,31 , Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: With this change in all the engines---thanks to Aditya too---ConTeXt-pdftex.engine and ConTeXt-XeTeX.engine now work as they should (which is great!) But running ConTeXt-luatex.engine get

Re: [NTG-context] dot space (english article in german publication)

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Steffen Wolfrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > an english article set with \mainlanguage[en] gets this additional > space after the dot closing a sentence. > That's probably right for english, only if all other articles in that > publication are german it looks

Re: [NTG-context] Color in math in MkIV

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Hi, > > The color commands do not work inside math mode in MKIV. For example > > $f(\color[blue]{A}) = b$ > > $f({\blue A}) = b$ > > come out black and > > $f(\blue{A}) = b$ > > colors everything blue. I have an easy work around for the moment: > > \unprotected\def\ma

[NTG-context] cont-de help for context with MK IV

2008-09-02 Thread Martin Scholz
Hi for all of you who want to compile documents with context under MK IV you can use luatools --make --compile cont-xx to compile your language, hereby you must replace xx by the country-code of your desired language and with luatools --run cont-xx myfile you can compile your document. If yo

[NTG-context] dot space (english article in german publication)

2008-09-02 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, an english article set with \mainlanguage[en] gets this additional space after the dot closing a sentence. That's probably right for english, only if all other articles in that publication are german it looks like a mistake. How to keep the english language but turn this english typesetti

Re: [NTG-context] MK IV and Texexec Error Compiling under Windows

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Martin Scholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 01.09.2008 18:26:03, "Martin Scholz" wrote: >> Hi >>> What is the result from "kpsewhich cont-de.fmt" and where did ConTeXt save >>> the new format (you can see this in one of the last line when you generate >>> the forma

[NTG-context] Color in math in MkIV

2008-09-02 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, The color commands do not work inside math mode in MKIV. For example $f(\color[blue]{A}) = b$ $f({\blue A}) = b$ come out black and $f(\blue{A}) = b$ colors everything blue. I have an easy work around for the moment: \unprotected\def\mathcolor[#1]#2% {\preparebinrel{#2} [EMAIL PRO

Re: [NTG-context] MK IV and Texexec Error Compiling under Windows

2008-09-02 Thread Martin Scholz
On 01.09.2008 18:26:03, "Martin Scholz" wrote: > Hi >> What is the result from "kpsewhich cont-de.fmt" and where did ConTeXt save >> the new format (you can see this in one of the last line when you generate >> the format). > > The generation saves the files to > C:/texlive/2008/texmf-var/web2c/pd

Re: [NTG-context] dimensions

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks all. > > Was looking for the equivalent in height of a capital. Didn't find it there, > neither elsewhere, so... \strutht Wolfgang ___ If

Re: [NTG-context] dimensions

2008-09-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Alan Stone wrote: > Thanks all. > > Was looking for the equivalent in height of a capital. Didn't find it there, > neither elsewhere, so... One thing that you can always do: \box0=\hbox{012} and then you can access \ht0, \wd0, \dp0 (height, width and depth) of

[NTG-context] How does MPinclusions work in mkiv?

2008-09-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello (Hans), this "minimal" example worked OK in mkiv back in May (most of settings in the code below are just unimportant cosmetics, but otherwise it's difficult to explain the idea behind); now it still works in mkii, but not in mkiv. \def\mynextmpgraphic{\startMPinclusions erase_picture := 1;

Re: [NTG-context] Missing background color with \definetextbackground

2008-09-02 Thread B. Tommy Jensen
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:08:56 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Sorry for being a novice here; is it so that the "texexec" utility >> should >> be consiered as obsolete? > > But MkII should work too. Try "texexec --make metafun --alone" and now > "texexec myfile". > > Wo

Re: [NTG-context] How does MPinclusions work in mkiv?

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello (Hans), > > this "minimal" example worked OK in mkiv back in May (most of settings > in the code below are just unimportant cosmetics, but otherwise it's > difficult to explain the idea behind); now it still works in

Re: [NTG-context] Missing background color with \definetextbackground

2008-09-02 Thread B. Tommy Jensen
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:08:36 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Do you have other ideas? > > Is metapost or MPtoPDF called, take a in your terminal, dou you have > the metafun format and do you use MkII (texexec ...) or MkIV (context > ...). > > Wolfgang Thanks a lot for p

Re: [NTG-context] Missing background color with \definetextbackground

2008-09-02 Thread B. Tommy Jensen
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:18:40 +0200, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> % >> \setupcolors[state=start] >> \definetextbackground[highlight][backgroundcolor=yellow, >> frame=on, > > %add > background=color, > >> location=

Re: [NTG-context] no stretch for footnotes!

2008-09-02 Thread Hans Hagen
Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > Hi, > > I just noticed that in my MkII footnote definition ... > > \def\setnotebodyfont >{\let\setnotebodyfont\relax > > \restoreglobalbodyfont\switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt]\setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.05,line=9.8pt,height=.79,depth=.21]\setupalign[block,hanging,hz

Re: [NTG-context] Missing background color with \definetextbackground

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:55 PM, B. Tommy Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:08:36 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Do you have other ideas? >> >> Is metapost or MPtoPDF called, take a in your terminal, dou you have >> the metafun format and do you

Re: [NTG-context] \framed[backgroundcolor=x] might imply \framed[background=color]

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Johan Sandblom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would be the drawback of allowing > > backgroundcolor=n imply background=color > > and > > backgroundscreen=x imply background=screen > > in the setup to \framed. Background compatibility should not be an > issue and

Re: [NTG-context] dimensions

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Stone
Thanks all. Was looking for the equivalent in height of a capital. Didn't find it there, neither elsewhere, so... Best, Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! ma

[NTG-context] no stretch for footnotes!

2008-09-02 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, I just noticed that in my MkII footnote definition ... \def\setnotebodyfont {\let\setnotebodyfont\relax \restoreglobalbodyfont\switchtobodyfont[rm,9pt] \setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.05,line=9.8pt,height=.79,depth=. 21]\setupalign[block,hanging,hz]\parskip2pt} ... all works fine

Re: [NTG-context] dimensions

2008-09-02 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Sep 2, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Alan Stone wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a font dependant dimension, similar to 1em = width of an M, > but in height ? > > Best, > Alan Please spend some of your precious time on a reference. http://eijkhout.net/texbytopic/texbytopic.html You want chapter 4. Thomas

Re: [NTG-context] dimensions

2008-09-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Alan Stone wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a font dependant dimension, similar to 1em = width of an M, but in > height ? 1ex (= height of x). Mojca ___ If your question is of interest to oth

Re: [NTG-context] dimensions

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a font dependant dimension, similar to 1em = width of an M, but in > height ? ex Wolfgang ___ If your question is of interest t

Re: [NTG-context] bug with numeral conversion function

2008-09-02 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 07:26:43PM +0200, Khaled Hosny wrote: > Now, I think I discovered another bug (or feature?), the function will > ignore any zeros at the left which isn't what one expects. This happen to be some thing in Lua itself: s = 000123 print(s) will give 123, so it have to be a stri

[NTG-context] dimensions

2008-09-02 Thread Alan Stone
Hi, Is there a font dependant dimension, similar to 1em = width of an M, but in height ? Best, Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.

[NTG-context] footnote and its reference

2008-09-02 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Hi, is there an option (penalty maybe) to adjust how hard TeX / ConTeXt should try keeping a footnote-mark and the first two line of its footnote on the same page? thanks, Steffen ___ If your question is of intere

[NTG-context] \framed[backgroundcolor=x] might imply \framed[background=color]

2008-09-02 Thread Johan Sandblom
What would be the drawback of allowing backgroundcolor=n imply background=color and backgroundscreen=x imply background=screen in the setup to \framed. Background compatibility should not be an issue and I am failing to imagine cases where it would not be desirable. Regards, Johan -- Johan S

Re: [NTG-context] Missing background color with \definetextbackground

2008-09-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:46 AM, B. Tommy Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:18:40 +0200, Mojca Miklavec > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> % >>> \setupcolors[state=start] >>> \definetextbackground[highlight][backgroundcolor

Re: [NTG-context] Installing ConTeXt Minimals on a Mac

2008-09-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Alan Bowen wrote: > > With this change in all the engines---thanks to Aditya > too---ConTeXt-pdftex.engine and ConTeXt-XeTeX.engine now work as they should > (which is great!) > But running ConTeXt-luatex.engine gets > MtxRun | skipping configuration for > /Applicat