\setupcolors[state=start]
\startuniqueMPgraphic{shadow}
fill OverlayBox shifted (3pt,-3pt) withcolor .8white ;
fill OverlayBox withcolor white ;
draw OverlayBox withcolor red ;
setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ;
\stopuniqueMPgraphic
\defineoverlay[shadow][\uniqueMPgraphic{sha
Hi John,
John R. Culleton wrote:
I use Context for highly formatted non-fiction, but I am a bit
reluctant to use it for much of my work because of the strange
(to me) font handling arrangements. I see no purpose for the
multiple synonyms of the same font. That just adds layers of
extra work.
I
Ciro Soto wrote:
> Hi team:
>
> How do I write the spanish interrogation symbol that is up-side down?
> also
> How do I write the spanish exclamation symbol that is also up-side down?
> thank you
> ciro
\enableregime[utf] % for utf-8, may be something else as well
(depending on editor)
\start
Hi team:
How do I write the spanish interrogation symbol that is up-side down?
also
How do I write the spanish exclamation symbol that is also up-side down?
thank you
ciro
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Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>
> Here's what I can come up with. At least a few are acceptable, like the
> horizontal bar. \textnumero exists, but is only reachable in cyrillic
> encodings (fixable, I guess?), and the greek & vietnamese accents
> are also only usable in the correct encoding. I've used the
Hans,
OK. Meanwhile, looking to a future fromatting of the exercise set,
brief solutions, and long solutions, do you think it best that I
instruct my colleagues to code in question-answer blocks (LongAnswer,
BriefAnswer)?
On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:13 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
David Arnold wrote
I use Context for highly formatted non-fiction, but I am a bit
reluctant to use it for much of my work because of the strange
(to me) font handling arrangements. I see no purpose for the
multiple synonyms of the same font. That just adds layers of
extra work. And I am used to tweaking both the fon
Hans Hagen wrote:
> Mojca Miklavec wrote:
>
> this ec-* versus *-ec was one of the last minute changes for tex live
> (lm, iwona, kurier, antykwa) so tere can be a mismatch between context
> and the rest ... welcome to the font mess
Thanks for the explanation. I now managed to solve both problems,
Very cool. First time I ever could figure out what \relax does. When
I deleted it from this source, I got:
! I can't find file `zapf}'.
l.25 {\input zapf}
Please type another input file name:
Good learning experience for me. I've seen and ignored this type of
error message before, looking
Hans van der Meer wrote:
Sorry, my last posting ran into another, earlier thread. In order to
prevent confusion I take the liberty to repeat my findings on the code
below as reply to Hans Hagen's last posting.
When I take the mpgraph mp-input for metapost produced by the ConTeXt
run I see:
Hi,
Hans Hagen wrote:
My last one, yes. The one that only has lm->cm synonyms, nothing else.
how about vietnamese ... we need to move the berry names to akb then:
I see now that there are no vietnamese fonts in cont-fnt.zip,
I thought you had included the t5 metrics as well.
Those fonts sh
Sorry, my last posting ran into another, earlier thread. In order to
prevent confusion I take the liberty to repeat my findings on the
code below as reply to Hans Hagen's last posting.
When I take the mpgraph mp-input for metapost produced by the ConTeXt
run I see:
(1) running "system(mpo
I have another piece of information on my previous posting.
When I take the mpgraph mp-input for metapost produced by the ConTeXt
run I see:
(1) running "system(mpost -progname=mpost -mem=metafun standalone2-
mpgraph)...executed." as the log shows gives the wrong metafont
output. I also ra
\setupcolors[state=start]
\startuniqueMPgraphic{shadow}
fill OverlayBox shifted (3pt,-3pt) withcolor .8white ;
fill OverlayBox withcolor white ;
draw OverlayBox withcolor red ;
setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ;
\stopuniqueMPgraphic
\defineoverlay[shadow][\uniqueMPgraphic{sha
Hans Hagen wrote:
This
\definebodyfont [default] [rm] [tf=, ] % ...
should work, afaik
Not here, I get errors:
! Missing \endcsname inserted.
(I'll leave this for Hans)
tf= (nothing) is a bad idea
Oh (is that what the error came from?) I just wanted to stress the
use of [default] ins
Hans van der Meer wrote:
I finally managed to contrive two simple examples, one that works
here and one that doesn't.
minimalized:
\startuseMPgraphic{standalone}
draw (0,0)--(100,0)--(100,50)--(50,50)--(50,100)--(0,100)--(0,0);
label (textext("cornerstone"), (10,5)) rotated 45 withcolo
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
So, the original urw files (u*) are no longer shipped? Great, that
was the only font area left that could break ... so it means that
(apart from the minimals on the tex collection, context does not work
in the regular tex live 2005 distribution). Tim
I finally managed to contrive two simple examples, one that works
here and one that doesn't.
The next code typeset with texexec --pdf with lines commented OUT
does work:
\setupcolors[state=start]
\usetypescript[luc]\setupbodyfont[luc,10pt]
\startMPenvironment
\usetypescript[luc]
Hi,
After a series of MP ones, this years our New Years card is a texie one:
http://www.pragma-ade.com/temp/2005.pdf
This version uses Palatino Nova (the real thing that we send around uses
Optima Nova with hz optimization).
Hans
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Hans Hagen wrote:
\defineitemgroup[myitemize]
\setupitemgroup[myitemize][n,width=4em]
\setupitemgroup[myitemize][each][width=4em]
\setupitemgroup[myitemize][each][n]
Thanks. This will do for a time. Actually I have another observation in
behaviour of 'repeat' option but will try to exper
Jilani Khaldi wrote:
Missing \setupcolors[state=start] maybe? (works for me)
Yes it is.
And what about a shaded frame?
You mean like a dropshadow or so?
Something like " \shadowbox{..}" using LaTeX package "fancybox"
I just want to translate the simple macro I wrote time ago from
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
Radhelorn wrote:
| There are so |
| me rather lo |
| ng titles th |
| a needs to b |
| e typeset. |
you're not serious about this are you?
I'm curious as well. What is this for?
It can be used in small cards
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
that's a bit tricky since there may be users out there who haven't or
can't yet install cont-fnt, so how about
- using the p* names now
isn't that what adobekb is supposed to do? So why not use
the new, empty one and add \usetypescript[adobekb] so
Radhelorn wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
Radhelorn wrote:
1. item
1.1item
1.2.1 item
1.2.1.1.item
1.2.2.1em
for that you can best set up a dedicated instance of itemize
(defineitemgroup) and assign the right widths to the levels
I'm sorry to disturb you with my endless r
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Taco,
thanks again for your help!!
On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
This
\definebodyfont [default] [rm] [tf=, ] % ...
should work, afaik
Not here, I get errors:
! Missing \endcsname inserted.
(I'll leave this f
Hans Hagen wrote:
Radhelorn wrote:
1. item
1.1item
1.2.1 item
1.2.1.1.item
1.2.2.1em
for that you can best set up a dedicated instance of itemize
(defineitemgroup) and assign the right widths to the levels
I'm sorry to disturb you with my endless requests but it seems
Dear all,
I need to finish up a CV in 2 weeks. I'd appreciate if you can point out
some resources on writing resume using conTeXt. Many thanks.
Cheers
--
.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.
. * .
./.\Merry Christmas .
. /..'\
On 12/22/05, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Looks like your cont-sys.tex is out of date (because it
> contains no \loadmapfile lines at all). I suggest updating
> base/cont-sys.tex by comparing it to base/cont-sys.ori
>
Works well with my FC box at home :)
I'll have a look later a
I am surprised, but somehow the problem seems to be gone.
In my cont-sys.tex I had
\runMPgraphicstrue
%\runMPTEXgraphicstrue
Trying everything seemingly connected to metapost I tried diverse
combinations with these macros either commented-out or not-commented-
out.
At one moment texexec star
> Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> After installing type-dis and regenerating cont-en I get
>>
>> w-helvetica.map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/
>> context/ec
>> -urw-courier.map}]
>> systems : end file ftest at line 11
>> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1
Missing \setupcolors[state=start] maybe? (works for me)
Yes it is.
And what about a shaded frame?
You mean like a dropshadow or so?
Something like " \shadowbox{..}" using LaTeX package "fancybox"
I just want to translate the simple macro I wrote time ago from LaTeX to
ConTeXt:
\newc
Hans Hagen wrote:
that's a bit tricky since there may be users out there who haven't or
can't yet install cont-fnt, so how about
- using the p* names now
isn't that what adobekb is supposed to do? So why not use
the new, empty one and add \usetypescript[adobekb] somewhere?
Taco
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David Arnold wrote:
Taco, Gerben, et al,
From Taco's note: "Uncomment the next if you have not installed
cont- fnt.zip, but instead have a working LaTeX installation.
My bad, I keep forgetting that there are references to non-existent
metric files inside the con
Richard Gabriel wrote:
>> 1. \v!month gives chinese number with the month symbol [so appending
>> \cnmonth once more is undesired].
>> I guess the resulting date is a bit inconsistent - there should be all
>> Arabic numbers or all Chinese, not mixed.
>what is convention in china?
From Xiao Jia
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Assuming you have them inside \starttypescript-s, you could replace
[all] with [\typecriptone]
Perhaps my sloppy typing lately is a side-effect of all those
spelling reform discussions in the netherlands lately. :-/
Make that: [\typescriptone]
Sorry,
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Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
So, the original urw files (u*) are no longer shipped? Great, that
was the only font area left that could break ... so it means that
(apart from the minimals on the tex collection, context does not work
in the regular tex live 2005 distribution). Tim
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Taco,
thanks again for your help!!
On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
This
\definebodyfont [default] [rm] [tf=, ] % ...
should work, afaik
Not here, I get errors:
! Missing \endcsname inserted.
(I'll leave this for Hans)
Replacing [all]
Taco,
thanks again for your help!!
On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
This
\definebodyfont [default] [rm] [tf=, ] % ...
should work, afaik
Not here, I get errors:
! Missing \endcsname inserted.
\futurelet
\doprocesscommaitem ->\futurelet
VnPenguin wrote:
Hmm, in texmf-local/tex/context/ :
find . -name "cont-sys*"
./base/cont-sys.tex
./base/cont-sys.ori
./user/cont-sys.rme
I can't found pdftex.map
Any ideas ?
Looks like your cont-sys.tex is out of date (because it
contains no \loadmapfile lines at all). I suggest updati
Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
Christmas is approaching, and I hate to be a pest this time of the
year, but there's this problem that really bothers me: I'm still
working hard to release version 2 of my Greek module on the
unsuspecting masses. It will define all fonts in a typescript instead
o
On 12/22/05, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> VnPenguin wrote:
> > On 12/22/05, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I've run some tests myself, and that last type-dis I posted
> >>seems to work.
> >>
> >>Attached is my test file, and the pdf looks good on my sy
Christmas is approaching, and I hate to be a pest this time of the
year, but there's this problem that really bothers me: I'm still
working hard to release version 2 of my Greek module on the
unsuspecting masses. It will define all fonts in a typescript instead
of as single fonts to allow s
>> 1. \v!month gives chinese number with the month symbol [so appending >> \cnmonth once more is undesired].>> I guess the resulting date is a bit inconsistent - there should be all >> Arabic numbers or all Chinese, not mixed.>what is convention in china?From Xiao Jianfeng:In Arabic number, tod
Richard Gabriel wrote:
Hello Hans, Tobias and others,
with help of Xiao Jianfeng, I've added the missing Chinese
localizations into lang-chi.tex (as Tobias reported). I also attach a
simple test file.
Could you please review it and add it to the distribution it it's all OK?
I only had a sma
Richard Gabriel wrote:
Hello Hans, Tobias and others,
with help of Xiao Jianfeng, I've added the missing Chinese
localizations into lang-chi.tex (as Tobias reported). I also attach a
simple test file.
Could you please review it and add it to the distribution it it's all OK?
I only had a sma
Hans Hagen wrote:
So, the original urw files (u*) are no longer shipped? Great, that was
the only font area left that could break ... so it means that (apart
from the minimals on the tex collection, context does not work in the
regular tex live 2005 distribution). Time to move everything that
VnPenguin wrote:
On 12/22/05, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I've run some tests myself, and that last type-dis I posted
seems to work.
Attached is my test file, and the pdf looks good on my system.
It would be nice if someone else can verify, so we
can finally fix the core dis
Richard Gabriel wrote:
Hi Tobias (and Hans),
I've played with this a bit.
It seems that the nested group breaks things inside the
\installlanguage macro.
The following works OK:
\c!date={\v!year,\cnyear,\v!month,\v!day,\cnday}
...but I can't use the \cnencoding switch... [Is it really neces
Hi Tobias (and Hans),I've played with this a bit. It seems that the nested group breaks things inside the \installlanguage macro.The following works OK:\c!date={\v!year,\cnyear,\v!month,\v!day,\cnday}...but I can't use the \cnencoding switch... [Is it really necessary here? It works for me even
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Please give it a try and let me know if you run into trouble.
(you have to replace your current one of course, and regenerate
the format).
So, the original urw files (u*) are no longer shipped? Great, that was
the only font area left that could break ... so it means that
On 12/22/05, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've run some tests myself, and that last type-dis I posted
> seems to work.
>
> Attached is my test file, and the pdf looks good on my system.
> It would be nice if someone else can verify, so we
> can finally fix the core distribu
David Arnold wrote:
All, in the following example, if I uncomment
%\setupheadnumber[chapter][2]
then I lose my table of contents. Should that be happening?
It work ok if you use:
\completecontent[criterium=all]
but I'm unsure whether or not the disappearance was intentional
Taco
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Jilani Khaldi wrote:
What am I missing?
Missing \setupcolors[state=start] maybe? (works for me)
And what about a shaded frame?
You mean like a dropshadow or so?
Cheers,
Taco
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Hi All,
1) I looks correct but I can't get the word "Attention!" written in red
color inside a red frame.
\setupframedtexts[bodyfont=small,framecolor=red]
\startframedtext[width=.8\makeupwidth]
\color[red]{\bf Attention!}\blank
bla bla bla...
\stopframedtext
What am I missing? And what about
Hi,
I've run some tests myself, and that last type-dis I posted
seems to work.
Attached is my test file, and the pdf looks good on my system.
It would be nice if someone else can verify, so we
can finally fix the core distribution afterwards.
Taco
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Gerben Wierda wrote:
David Arnold wrote:
Hans, Taco, et al,
I've looked at the question-answer block suggestion and it has good
potential for what I want to do. What I need now is a way of
typesetting the blocks as follows.
1. Question 2. Question
3. Question 4. Question
Then, later in th
Gerben Wierda wrote:
On 21 Dec 2005, at 20:44, David Arnold wrote:
Gerben, have we not installed the cont-fnt.zip Taco describes?
The ConTeXt updater i-Package contains:
cont-ext.zip
cont-fnt.zip
cont-img.zip
cont-tmf.zip
and it has whatever is on Hans' site not more than 24hr out of date
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
Radhelorn wrote:
Something like this:
| There are so |
| me rather lo |
| ng titles th |
| a needs to b |
| e typeset. |
only for stupid text:
\def\HowStrange#1{#1\ifx#1\blankspace\else\allowbreak\fi}
\fram
David Arnold wrote:
Hans, that worked. Code below. Is this something you will fix in one
of the core files?
sure, for the moment put the patch in cont-new.tex
(i'll post an update as soon as we have the french interface integrated;
needs some synchronization)
Hans
Hans van der Meer wrote:
Followup to my previous post (see below)
I executed the code on the "live tex site" and, mirabile dictu, there it
works.
The difference I can see is a much older pdfetex (Version
3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)) on the live site, whereas I have a
newer one (Version 3
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