[NTG-context] context vs texinfo

2010-07-08 Thread Shiv Shankar Dayal
Hi, I was using context and I had to wait for 16 seconds for one run approximately. I switched to texinfo and it barely takes 2 seconds. Can you please explain the diffrence? I know context is complex but still? -- Best regards, Shiv Shankar Dayal

Re: [NTG-context] context vs texinfo

2010-07-08 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal shivshankar.da...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was using context and I had to wait for 16 seconds for one run approximately. I switched to texinfo and it barely takes 2 seconds. Can you please explain the diffrence? I know context is complex but

Re: [NTG-context] context vs texinfo

2010-07-08 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, Shiv Shankar Dayal wrote: Hi, I was using context and I had to wait for 16 seconds for one run approximately. I switched to texinfo and it barely takes 2 seconds. A whole 2 seconds? That's ridiculously slow! I just tried to print a document with 'cat | lpr' and it took much less than

Re: [NTG-context] context vs texinfo

2010-07-08 Thread R. Bastian
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 02:54:40 -0400 Shiv Shankar Dayal shivshankar.da...@gmail.com scribit: Hi, I was using context and I had to wait for 16 seconds for one run approximately. I switched to texinfo and it barely takes 2 seconds. Can you please explain the diffrence? I know context is

[NTG-context] OT: mailing list activity

2010-07-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
This is totally off-topic: but given the fairly strong Dutch implication in creating ConTeXt, it may not be surprising that traffic on the mailing list has slowed-down recently. Not to ruffle the feathers of everyone else on the mailing list, either... Alan

Re: [NTG-context] context vs texinfo

2010-07-08 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Shiv Shankar Dayal shivshankar.da...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was using context and I had to wait for 16 seconds for one run approximately. I switched to texinfo and it barely takes 2 seconds. Can you please explain the diffrence? I know context is complex but

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Vnpenguin
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 02:03, Tom t...@tuxedo-press.com wrote: What would be the best version of ConTeXt to recommend to a friend who writes novels on a PC running Windows? The person has no programming skills. He would probably require some assistance installing Tex-Live or whatever and would

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Vnpenguin vnpeng...@vnoss.org wrote: On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 02:03, Tom t...@tuxedo-press.com wrote: What would be the best version of ConTeXt to recommend to a friend who writes novels on a PC running Windows? The person has no programming skills. He would

Re: [NTG-context] OT: mailing list activity

2010-07-08 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
This is totally off-topic: Well, this is OK, it does not harm to mix Apple and Oranjes from time to time ;-) Arthur ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] OT: mailing list activity

2010-07-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-7-2010 9:49, Alan BRASLAU wrote: This is totally off-topic: but given the fairly strong Dutch implication in creating ConTeXt, it may not be surprising that traffic on the mailing list has slowed-down recently. Not to ruffle the feathers of everyone else on the mailing list, either...

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 02:03, Tom wrote: What would be the best version of ConTeXt to recommend to a friend who writes novels on a PC running Windows? The person has no programming skills. He would probably require some assistance installing Tex-Live or whatever and would need a stable version

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Tom
-Original Message- From: ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl] On Behalf Of Mojca Miklavec Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:14 AM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 02:03, Tom wrote:

Re: [NTG-context] OT: mailing list activity

2010-07-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 08 July 2010 10:33:08 Hans Hagen wrote: On 8-7-2010 9:49, Alan BRASLAU wrote: This is totally off-topic: but given the fairly strong Dutch implication in creating ConTeXt, it may not be surprising that traffic on the mailing list has slowed-down recently. Not to ruffle

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 08 July 2010 13:54:57 Tom wrote: I don't expect there will be much ConTeXt activity from our Dutch friends today due to the big game, but I will risk a question anyway. The BIG game will be on Sunday. From which site should Americans download Tex Live 2010? Minimals only?

Re: [NTG-context] OT: mailing list activity

2010-07-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-7-2010 2:16, Alan BRASLAU wrote: On Thursday 08 July 2010 10:33:08 Hans Hagen wrote: On 8-7-2010 9:49, Alan BRASLAU wrote: This is totally off-topic: but given the fairly strong Dutch implication in creating ConTeXt, it may not be surprising that traffic on the mailing list has

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 13:54, Tom wrote: From which site should Americans download Tex Live 2010? Minimals only? http://www.tug.org/texlive/pretest.html http://www.tug.org/texlive/mirmon/ I assume that the beta version is the latest 2010 version, bugs and all, and that the stable version is

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Martin Schröder
2010/7/8 Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com: Yes, Taco only said that DVDs will be sent to members in September. Images will be available in August. Best Martin ___ If your question is of interest to

[NTG-context] writetolist causes mystery blank

2010-07-08 Thread Michael Murphy
Hi all, I'm having a but of a problem using writetolist. In principle, I want to insert something into the table of contents, but I don't want to disturb the flow of the text. Unfortunately, the following code seems to generate a blank at the top of the page: \showframe \showmakeup

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Tom
-Original Message- From: ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl] On Behalf Of Mojca Miklavec Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 9:21 AM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 13:54, Tom wrote: From

Re: [NTG-context] writetolist causes mystery blank

2010-07-08 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8-7-2010 7:33, Michael Murphy wrote: Hi all, I'm having a but of a problem using writetolist. In principle, I want to insert something into the table of contents, but I don't want to disturb the flow of the text. Unfortunately, the following code seems to generate a blank at the top of the

Re: [NTG-context] writetolist causes mystery blank

2010-07-08 Thread Michael Murphy
I'm having a but of a problem using writetolist. In principle, I want to insert something into the table of contents, but I don't want to disturb the flow of the text. Unfortunately, the following code seems to generate a blank at the top of the page: mkii or mkiv or both? It looks like it

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2010-07-08 um 20:54 schrieb Tom: I get very confused by all the different versions. You asked for the best version, so we supposed you'd know several. For starters, what is Tex Live? Is it the full blown Context or is it something else? The TUG site has Tex Live 2009 which I assume is a

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Tom
-Original Message- From: ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl [mailto:ntg-context-boun...@ntg.nl] On Behalf Of Henning Hraban Ramm Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 5:11 PM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt Am 2010-07-08 um 20:54 schrieb Tom: I get

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 2010-07-08, Yury G. Kudryashov wrote: Context Minimals is context-only TeX distribution. If you don't need LaTeX, you can use minimals, else install TeXLive 2010 (context Mark IV is broken in TeXLive 2009). But it is true that minimals sometimes break. TL won't change for at least a year

[NTG-context] horizontal alignment

2010-07-08 Thread Michael Goerz
Hi everyone, I'm trying to do some horizontal alignment, for typesetting poetry. There are lines that are continuations of the previous line, and should be aligned to the end of that previous line. Currently, I'm doing this by using \phantom text, which for some reason I also have to wrap into an