[NTG-context] A thesis not just using, but on, ConTeXt.

2010-01-04 Thread John Haltiwanger
I have narrowed down my subject options for a masters thesis (New Media at Universiteit van Amsterdam) and landed on a software studyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_studiesof TeX through the lens of ConTeXt/LuaTeX (the idea being to document the cutting edge). For instance, the many

[NTG-context] \framedparameter

2010-01-04 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Hi Hans, in MkII the following is possible without problems: \setupcolors[state=start] \startuseMPgraphic{frameborder} drawoptions(withcolor \MPcolor{\framedparameter{framecolor}}) ; draw topboundaryOverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled \the\dimexpr\framedparameter{toprulethickness}\relax

Re: [NTG-context] \framedparameter

2010-01-04 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4-1-2010 14:04, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Can you provide a mechanism to access these values again on the user side, e.g. \userparameter{framed:toprulethickness}. beta ... also has: \def\frameddimension#1{\the\dimexpr\framedparameter{#1}\relax}

Re: [NTG-context] Natural Tables Cell Borders

2010-01-04 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 31.12.2009 um 23:04 schrieb Curiouslearn: Help needed! The fifth \setupTABLE command below reduces the rulethickness of the bottomframe in cells (2,5) and (3,5). Is there a way to avoid that? I just want the rightframe to be thin in these cells, but the bottomframe to be thick. You can

Re: [NTG-context] \framedparameter

2010-01-04 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 04.01.2010 um 17:28 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 4-1-2010 14:04, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Can you provide a mechanism to access these values again on the user side, e.g. \userparameter{framed:toprulethickness}. beta ... also has:

[NTG-context] defineenumeration does not work with MKIV. Works with MKII

2010-01-04 Thread Curiouslearn
Minimal example \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext \defineenumeration[problem][text= ,location=inleft] \setupenumerations[problem][stopper=)] \problem problem 1 \problem problem 2 \stoptext In MKIV there are numbers do not appear. Thanks.

[NTG-context] \setupenumeration(s) was: defineenumeration does not work with MKIV

2010-01-04 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Sorry to hijack your post and since we're already there, why are \setupenumerations and \setupdescriptions written in the plural form. \setupenumerations[problem][stopper=)] When I would follow the system from other setup commands in context i expect as correct names \setupenumeration and

[NTG-context] resetting local footnote number (conversion = character)

2010-01-04 Thread Bowen Alan C.
I have some local footnotes (conversion = character) and would like to set the counter to a specific value other than “a”. How can I do this? Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] Cannot make \digits work with palatino

2010-01-04 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Hans Hagen wrote: On 3-1-2010 18:38, Alexandre Patry wrote: Hi, when I use the \digits command with default fonts, everything work fine. However, when I set the fonts to palatino, the following documents print 1:234;56 instead of 1.234,56

Re: [NTG-context] Cannot make \digits work with palatino

2010-01-04 Thread Alexandre Patry
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/04/2010 06:39 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: It works if you change the definition of \dohandledigits to the following \def\dohandledigits {\mathcode`\,=003B \mathcode`\.=003A % were 013B and 013A

Re: [NTG-context] Natural Tables Cell Borders

2010-01-04 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks Wolfgang. I am not yet proficient enough in Metapost or Context to understand your code. But will look at it more carefully later. Meanwhile, is there any further work going on on Natural Tables? Are there plans to introduce the ability to have borders of different thickness for the same

Re: [NTG-context] defineenumeration does not work with MKIV. Works with MKII

2010-01-04 Thread Vladimir Lomov
Hi. I'm newbie with ConTeXt but have experience with LaTeX. 2010/1/5 Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com: Minimal example \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \starttext \defineenumeration[problem][text= ,location=inleft] \setupenumerations[problem][stopper=)] \problem problem 1 \problem

Re: [NTG-context] \setupenumeration(s) was: defineenumeration does not work with MKIV

2010-01-04 Thread Vladimir Lomov
Hi. 2010/1/5 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com: Sorry to hijack your post and since we're already there, why are \setupenumerations and \setupdescriptions written in the plural form. \setupenumerations[problem][stopper=)] When I would follow the system from other setup