Re: [NTG-context] Math Diagrams in ConTeXt

2004-09-30 Thread Eckhart Guthöhrlein
On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 01:53:23PM -0500, Matthias Weber wrote: I need to typeset a few (simple) diagrams in ConTeXt, Hi, although you already have solved your problem, I encourage you to have a look at the metaobj package for metapost. The 'PSTricks/METAOBJ gallery' part of the manual (p.

[NTG-context] positioning layers again

2004-09-30 Thread Eckhart Guthöhrlein
Hi all, I have managed to create my poster, arranging stuff on the page using layers. But I have to admit that I have used hard-coded coordinates for all layers. (I used a metapost grid in the background for measuring and aligning in the draft version.) If anybody is interested, I can make the

[NTG-context] Fonts in ConTeXt

2004-09-30 Thread Werner Struckmann
We have installed quite a lot of fonts (mathtimepro, lucidabr, cm-super, ...). Currently we are using these fonts with LaTeX. All fonts are working correctly, i. e. we have the following files for each font afm/tfm/vf/pfb as well as map file for xdvi, dvips, dvipdfm and pdftex, Here is my

[NTG-context] Context against XSL

2004-09-30 Thread Dirar Bougatef
Hi, Does anyone have informations about tex macro packages and their advantages over XSL (previously known as XSL-FO) ? I have read somewhere that tex is a good implementation of the XSL standard ! I think this is in regard that tex thinks in matter of boxes (Which is the equivalent of XSL

[NTG-context] Wiki and source code browser (was: positioning layers again)

2004-09-30 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hello Willi, I believe that the most convenient way of making your work available would be to put the essentials into the Wiki: I agree on this, but http://contextgarden.net/Context/show/HomePage is outdated :-) See signature for the link. BTW: I have installed yet another service at

Re: [NTG-context] Context against XSL

2004-09-30 Thread Dirar Bougatef
Hans Hagen wrote: Dirar Bougatef wrote: Does anyone have informations about tex macro packages and their advantages over XSL (previously known as XSL-FO) ? I have read somewhere that tex is a good implementation of the XSL standard ! I think this is in regard that tex thinks in matter of boxes

Re: [NTG-context] Context against XSL

2004-09-30 Thread Hans Hagen
Dirar Bougatef wrote: xsl is mostly a specification, and there are program soutthere that implement parts of is. The page model that xsl uses is not that advanced. Also, because you more or less make up the page, you also sort of disable all kind of clever things that batch processors like