Re: [NTG-context] customizing headers/footers first page

2005-02-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Paul Tremblay wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 11:48:32AM -0500, Steve Grathwohl wrote: How about \definetext[chapterstart][header][First Header] \setuphead[chapter][header=chapterstart] for starters? Steve Thanks. Are there any other location keywords besides chapterstart? %???

Re: [NTG-context] pdf-mode

2005-02-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Adam Lindsay wrote: h h extern said this at Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:17:41 +0100: I'll add \jobsuffix as systemmode: \startmode[*pdf] ... \startmode[*dvi] ... be aware of the fact that this is only true when a driver is loaded I never was sure of that, by the way: the true output of a xetex job is

Re: [NTG-context] setting up even and odd pages

2005-02-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Paul Tremblay wrote: I'm confused on setting up even and odd pages. If I wanted to set up a chapter with the first page one way, and even and odd pages another way, how do I do this? Say the first page must start on an odd page. The right margin will be 1 inch. Now the each succeeding left (or

Re: [NTG-context] languages

2005-02-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: How can I try it (hyphenation)? I did \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[sl] \starttext elezniar \showhyphens{elezniar} \showhyphens{zeleznicar} \showhyphens{mojca pokrajculja} \stoptext can you send me a zip with that test file? my mailer cq. cut/paste messes up the encoding

[NTG-context] ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions

2005-02-25 Thread Radoslaw Moszczynski
Hello everyone, I am new to ConTeXt (I've been tempted to try it out because of a message by Sebastian Rahtz, posted on TEI-L). I admit that so far I have been able to get through only the main manual, but I am very curious about some things and therefore I would really appreciate it if you could

[NTG-context] Latin5 regime

2005-02-25 Thread luigi.scarso
I need for my job a regime for Latin5 languages (spec. Turkish). I have made two files regi-lt5.tex and enco-lt5.tex that seem to do a good work. Any comment is useful. luigi ---begin regi-lt5.tex--- %D \module %D [

Re: [NTG-context] Latin5 regime

2005-02-25 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi.scarso wrote: I need for my job a regime for Latin5 languages (spec. Turkish). I have made two files regi-lt5.tex and enco-lt5.tex that seem to do a good work. Any comment is useful. do you also need a real font encoding (i.e. an enc file and a real enco-lt5 file); this depends on

Re: [NTG-context] Latin5 regime

2005-02-25 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: do you also need a real font encoding (i.e. an enc file and a real enco-lt5 file); this depends on availability of the glyphs you need in other encodings as well as hyphenation; [for instance, are all \namedchars you need part of texnsnsi and/or ec?] I should like to do this

[NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Gerben Wierda
Would someone be able to take lettrine.sty as an example and produce a version that works with ConTeXt (and plain TeX)? Thanks, G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hoi Gerben, Probably, but .. I do not know what it is that lettrine does that \DroppedCaps does not do. Please do not assume that context users have any specific knowledge of what latex packages do. Gerben Wierda wrote: Would someone be able to take lettrine.sty as an example and produce a

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions

2005-02-25 Thread phthenry
Hi Radoslaw, I think we are on the same mailing list and got the same message from Sebastain. We are discovering ConTeXt both at the same time. For starters, you can look here: http://contextgarden.net/XML http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-mag-9.htm As the author of the second page concedes,

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Lindsay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said this at Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:17:29 -0500: As the author of the second page concedes, you need somewhat complicated syntax to directly map XML to ConTeXt. Many of the examples mix XML and non XML. You guys are aware of foXet, right? That's ConTeXt's XSL-FO processor

[NTG-context] Python,swig and pdftex ?

2005-02-25 Thread luigi.scarso
I'm try do make something useful with Python and pdftex using swig. Any suggestions ? ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions

2005-02-25 Thread phthenry
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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Lindsay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said this at Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:38:27 -0500: Hans began that with ContML, a simplified XML structure for basic documents, mirroring familiar ConTeXt commands (take a look at the x- contml.tex source). He enabled a lot more with the tricks features in This Way #9 (the

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Peter Münster
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Probably, but .. I do not know what it is that lettrine does that \DroppedCaps does not do. Hello Taco, could you please give an example how to do the same with \DroppedCaps, what is shown on page 30 of http://pmrb.free.fr/work/cours/latex-intro.pdf ?

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Ah ok, I see. No you cannot do that with DroppedCaps, as is. Will post something later ... Taco Peter Münster wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Probably, but .. I do not know what it is that lettrine does that \DroppedCaps does not do. Hello Taco, could you please give an example

RE: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Mats Broberg
Dear listmembers, I am not quite yet a ConTeXt user (struggling with the installation), but having a background as typographer, graphic designer, and printer, I feel that the lettrine.sty package could serve very well as a model for something similar in ConTeXt. At any rate, in order to produce

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Hans Hagen
Mats Broberg wrote: I am not quite yet a ConTeXt user (struggling with the installation), but having a background as typographer, graphic designer, and printer, I feel that the lettrine.sty package could serve very well as a model for something similar in ConTeXt. ... basically you want to

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hans Hagen wrote: basically you want to follow a shape; this is not that hard to implement so i can have a look at it; lettrines is then an instance of it Lettrine is easier than that, actually. I thought this would be quite funny, so here is a brand new module called t-lettri.tex, and an

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions

2005-02-25 Thread Paul Tremblay
One of the key ideas to take away from ConTeXt's XML manual http:// www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-15.htm is that there are *many* different paths to take when processing XML. But this makes me confused. You can have context:text and fx:text. If I am understanding things correctly, each of

Re: [NTG-context] languages

2005-02-25 Thread VnPenguin
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 18:23:09 +0100, Hans Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Attached is an xml file that describes the hyphenation pattern files. I'd appreciate checking (some records are incomplete). I'd also like to add (for each language) a couple of tricky hyphenatable words [for

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread VnPenguin
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:04:11 +0100, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hans Hagen wrote: basically you want to follow a shape; this is not that hard to implement so i can have a look at it; lettrines is then an instance of it Lettrine is easier than that, actually. I thought this

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Sorrry about that, last-minute change :-) VnPenguin wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:04:11 +0100, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the src t-lettri.tex if I change \def\LettrineFontEPS{#1}{% ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX

2005-02-25 Thread David Wooten
Hmm, this is great. However, I can't seem to get it to accept an image (Image=true or Image=yes). Anyone else have some luck? On Feb 25, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Sorrry about that, last-minute change :-) ___ ntg-context mailing list

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions

2005-02-25 Thread Adam Lindsay
Paul Tremblay said this at Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:32:40 -0500: One of the key ideas to take away from ConTeXt's XML manual http:// www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-15.htm is that there are *many* different paths to take when processing XML. But this makes me confused. Sorry, I was writing for a

[NTG-context] Strange result with 2 columns and textbackground

2005-02-25 Thread VnPenguin
Hi, I do a small test with 2 columns and textbackground : \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[preface] [backgroundcolor=green, backgroundoffset=.25cm, offset=.5cm, frame=off,