Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi Aditya, Thanks for the hints: actually what I wanted to do was to use a calligraphic font which is a little bit more « script-y » as you put it (in particular for the letters A, B, D, S, U). Indeed using Khaled Hosny’s setup of xits one may get what I wanted to do. The solution suggested

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Mikael P. Sundqvist
On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com wrote: \definefontfamily [mainface] [rm] [Palatino] \definefontfamily [mainface] [math] [Latin Modern Math] What if you change those lines to \definefontfamily [mainface] [rm] [TeX Gyre Pagella] \definefontfamily [mainface]

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
Thanks Mikael! That’s it: the real name of palatino in mkiv is TeX Gyre Pagella, and in math mode one has to use TeX Gyre Pagella Math… I am going to update the page on the wiki about calligraphic math. Another question (maybe Wolfgang has more to say about it): is the word « mainface » is a

[NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Werner Hintze
I don’t unterstand \startfrontmatter, \starbodymatter etc. I thought, the frontmatter has roman numerals, the bodymatter normal and so on. This is not automatically so. Now founf how to make this, bus the problem is: I can’t reset the page number. I believed, it shoul work like this:

Re: [NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
Hi, In fact you should use \setupuserpagenumber[number=1] as in the following example: begin example \starttext \startfrontmatter \setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=Romannumerals] \input knuth.tex \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter \setupuserpagenumber[numberconversion=numbers]

Re: [NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Werner Hintze
Thank you! This works. But tell me: How do you know this? The manual and the website don’t explain it this way… Best regards Werner On 22 May 2014, at 12:16, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi, In fact you should use \setupuserpagenumber[number=1] as in the following example: begin

Re: [NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
Actually the issue was discussed some time ago and Wolfgang Schuster explained that. In fact after sending you the previous answer I realized that he explained also that the right way is to use \defineconversionset and then reset the userpagenumber when necessary: look at the following example:

Re: [NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Werner Hintze
Thank you once more! This looks better. It’s a pity that such things are not »wikified«… ;) But there is a new surprise: What is knute.tex, ward.tex and tufte.tex? Are there more of those texte? And how does one finde them? On 22 May 2014, at 12:32, Otared Kavian wrote: Actually the issue

Re: [NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
On 22 May 2014, at 12:44, Werner Hintze we.hin...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you once more! This looks better. It’s a pity that such things are not »wikified«… ;) Once you think you have well understood something do not hesitate to wikify it… But there is a new surprise: What is knute.tex,

Re: [NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Werner Hintze
This is the problem: It works, but I don’t unterstand why. I make just my first steps with ConTeXt… Anyway: I found out, that this is the best solution: \defineconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals] \defineconversionset[bodypart:pagenumber][][numbers]

[NTG-context] \startbackground with footnote

2014-05-22 Thread Xan
Hi, I have a footnote in \startbackground \stopbackground environment and the footnote is not displayed. Can anyone give me any hint? thanks in advance, Xan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well,

Re: [NTG-context] \setnumber

2014-05-22 Thread Otared Kavian
Actually you are right: one can setup the userpage numbers by just saying way=byblock (no need to repeat numberconversionset). Here is a complete example: \defineconversionset[frontpart:pagenumber][][romannumerals] \defineconversionset[bodypart:pagenumber] [][numbers]

[NTG-context] [bug?] no space before \cite[data][] and after \abbreviation

2014-05-22 Thread pol stra
Hello, I used see \cite[data] in a document and I obtained seeAuthor without space between see and Author. I think it is a bug. I also had troubles with abbreviations (although it might be a bad use from myself): setting \abbreviation{AB}{Abbreviation} an \AB some text will give an ABsome

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt mkiv and rsfs fonts

2014-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 22.05.2014 um 11:02 schrieb Otared Kavian ota...@gmail.com: Thanks Mikael! That’s it: the real name of palatino in mkiv is TeX Gyre Pagella, and in math mode one has to use TeX Gyre Pagella Math… I am going to update the page on the wiki about calligraphic math. Another question

Re: [NTG-context] \startbackground with footnote

2014-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 22.05.2014 um 14:25 schrieb Xan dxpubl...@telefonica.net: Hi, I have a footnote in \startbackground \stopbackground environment and the footnote is not displayed. Can anyone give me any hint? Add the command \automigrateinserts before \starttext. Wolfgang

[NTG-context] pdf X/1-a:2001 format for print output.

2014-05-22 Thread john Culleton
The above format is required for pdf files containing color for many American printers. I am looking for the minimal case. In the wiki there is an example: \setupbackend [format=PDF/X-1a:2001, intent=SWOP2006_Coated3v2.icc] Is this sufficient? Or must I also use this code:

Re: [NTG-context] [bug?] no space before \cite[data][] and after \abbreviation

2014-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 22.05.2014 um 14:35 schrieb pol stra r...@hotmail.fr: Hello, I used see \cite[data] in a document and I obtained seeAuthor without space between see and Author. I think it is a bug. I also had troubles with abbreviations (although it might be a bad use from myself): setting

Re: [NTG-context] pdf X/1-a:2001 format for print output.

2014-05-22 Thread Peter Rolf
Am 22.05.2014 16:07, schrieb john Culleton: The above format is required for pdf files containing color for many American printers. I am looking for the minimal case. In the wiki there is an example: \setupbackend [format=PDF/X-1a:2001, intent=SWOP2006_Coated3v2.icc] Is this

Re: [NTG-context] pdf X/1-a:2001 format for print output.

2014-05-22 Thread john Culleton
On Thu, 22 May 2014 17:59:31 +0200 Peter Rolf indi...@gmx.net wrote: Am 22.05.2014 16:07, schrieb john Culleton: The above format is required for pdf files containing color for many American printers. I am looking for the minimal case. In the wiki there is an example: \setupbackend

[NTG-context] Setting the style and conversion of the reference numbers for the \in command

2014-05-22 Thread Maggyero
I have found how to get the conversion of numbers in references (the 'prefixconversion' key in '\setupreferencestructureprefix' command), but I still do not know how to change their style. I have tried the 'style' key and 'prefixstyle' key but without success. After checking in ConTeXt source, I

Re: [NTG-context] Setting the style and conversion of the reference numbers for the \in command

2014-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 22.05.2014 um 18:51 schrieb Maggyero maggy...@gmail.com: I have found how to get the conversion of numbers in references (the 'prefixconversion' key in '\setupreferencestructureprefix' command), but I still do not know how to change their style. I have tried the 'style' key and

[NTG-context] Experience with DITA XML or XSL/FO

2014-05-22 Thread Mica Semrick
Hi list, I've been contemplating making a ConTeXt output or parser for DITA XML and was wondering if anyone has worked with DITA and ConTeXt before? If you have and could offer any advice and/code, that would be most helpful! Best, Mica

[NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2014: last call

2014-05-22 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hi everyone, I would like to invite you to try to install TL 2014 pretest to make sure that ConTeXt (and jit in particular) works as expected. https://www.tug.org/texlive/pretest.html You are invited to play with your installation and different settings and to test some of your documents.

[NTG-context] Edit the arrows default Metapost

2014-05-22 Thread Fabrice Couvreur
Hello, Is it possible to change the appearance Metafun arrows default to make them resemble those of PSTricks that I find most beautiful. Regards, Fabrice ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please

[NTG-context] Setting the style and conversion of the reference numbers for the \in command

2014-05-22 Thread Maggyero
Thank you Wolfgang, your hack is perfect. Hans, what do you think about adding a style and color key in \setupreferencestructureprefix to avoid having to use this defineprocessor hack? And by the way, the name \setupreferencestructureprefix does not sound really natural to me because we are

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2014: last call

2014-05-22 Thread Hans Hagen
On 5/22/2014 11:21 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Hi everyone, I would like to invite you to try to install TL 2014 pretest to make sure that ConTeXt (and jit in particular) works as expected. https://www.tug.org/texlive/pretest.html You are invited to play with your installation and different

Re: [NTG-context] Experience with DITA XML or XSL/FO

2014-05-22 Thread Hans Hagen
On 5/22/2014 7:11 PM, Mica Semrick wrote: Hi list, I've been contemplating making a ConTeXt output or parser for DITA XML and was wondering if anyone has worked with DITA and ConTeXt before? If you have and could offer any advice and/code, that would be most helpful! I must admit that I've

Re: [NTG-context] Edit the arrows default Metapost

2014-05-22 Thread Hans Hagen
On 5/23/2014 12:42 AM, Fabrice Couvreur wrote: Hello, Is it possible to change the appearance Metafun arrows default to make them resemble those of PSTricks that I find most beautiful. you can mess with some of the parametersm like ahlength and ahangle or just define your own heads Hans

[NTG-context] [***SPAM***] texi2pdf

2014-05-22 Thread hwitloc
I have installed the standalone and it works well on my Xubuntu system. I tried to run texi2pdf, which not a part of the standalone system, but fails due to: ...don't have any working TeX binary installed.. If the standalone has one I will add its path to my PATH and the texi2pdf should

Re: [NTG-context] Experience with DITA XML or XSL/FO

2014-05-22 Thread Mica Semrick
Hi Hans, Thanks for your reply. I found my way to foxet, but never got it working. I've written several mapping files for XML with good results, but DITA is a bit of a different beast. DITA is geared towards technical writing, and its main features are defined content types, a mechanism for

Re: [NTG-context] Centering tabulate env. using \setuptabulate

2014-05-22 Thread Robert Zydenbos
This is a topic that is of great interest to me. I have been trying to make tables in mkii (because I need XeTeX for my Indic fonts) that span across pages and in which cells are more than one line (so I use the 'p' parameter). I'm enclosing a test file below. Any suggestions? RZ ---start of

Re: [NTG-context] Centering tabulate env. using \setuptabulate

2014-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 23.05.2014 um 04:17 schrieb Robert Zydenbos cont...@zydenbos.net: This is a topic that is of great interest to me. I have been trying to make tables in mkii (because I need XeTeX for my Indic fonts) that span across pages and in which cells are more than one line (so I use the 'p'

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2014: last call

2014-05-22 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 05/22/2014 11:21 PM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Hi everyone, I would like to invite you to try to install TL 2014 pretest to make sure that ConTeXt (and jit in particular) works as expected. Hi Mojca, I have found a what might be a bug in latest beta, but I don’t have to report it right now.

Re: [NTG-context] Testing TeX Live 2014: last call

2014-05-22 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Dear Pablo, On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: Only a question. When Luigi announced luajittex-0.78.2 (http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2014/076633.html), he commented the possibility of having only luajittex in the future. What happened to that merging? You

Re: [NTG-context] texi2pdf

2014-05-22 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 1:19 AM, hwit...@gmail.com wrote: I have installed the standalone and it works well on my Xubuntu system. I tried to run texi2pdf, which not a part of the standalone system, but fails due to: ...don't have any working TeX binary installed.. If the standalone has