Re: [NTG-context] Enable hyphenation or how to check it is enabled

2006-08-16 Thread Berend de Boer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Hans" == Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hans> what does context report with respect to loaded patterns ... Nothing (but it does report things like this when making the format file). Hans> if you run an old version it may be t

[NTG-context] Bold rules with TABLE

2006-08-16 Thread Fredrik Sjunnesson
Hi, As this is my first mail to the list I'd like to start by thanking Hans and all other ConTeXt contributors. I stumbled upon ConTeXt just recently and I have fallen in love badly. :) Now to my question. Is it possible to control the rule thickness of a specific frames with TABLE, i.e. somethi

Re: [NTG-context] typeface question: no small capped

2006-08-16 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:27 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > I want to write a conference paper according to IEEE (latex) format, > and this involves copying all the bad font choices in IEEEtran.cls > (Times text, cm math, ughh...). I need smallcaps only for section > titles, so right now I am doing a

Re: [NTG-context] Enable hyphenation or how to check it is enabled

2006-08-16 Thread Berend de Boer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Thomas" == Thomas A Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thomas> I have this at an earlier stage. Later, there's a message Thomas> that the patterns get loaded: Thomas> language : patterns en for en loaded (n=22,e=ec,m=ec) Thoma

Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Jeff Smith wrote: Mojka answered your other questions. > New question: > > All the examples that I find of \setupparagraphs in the manuals are > cases of different paragraphs layed out in columns. Is it still this > command I have to use in order to style in advance single-co

Re: [NTG-context] X char

2006-08-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Horacio Suarez wrote: > hello > > I need this caracter: ¿ > I´ve load a module, enco-ec, but I can´t see the ¿. > I also tryed \usetypescript[modern][ec] but didn´t work either. It is much simpler than that. Just use utf regime. \enableregime[utf] \starttext ¿ \stoptext

[NTG-context] feature request: external figures with XeTeX

2006-08-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Hello Hans, Would it be possible to add high-level support (\externalfigure) for inclusion of external figures in XeTeX? (I didn't know that it worked - I remember a failed experiment from some time ago, but it might have been my fault.) There are two commands: \XeTeXpdffile for PDF (support

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2006-08-16 Thread Horacio Suarez
hello I need this caracter: ¿ I´ve load a module, enco-ec, but I can´t see the ¿. I also tryed \usetypescript[modern][ec] but didn´t work either. I have another problem. It´s a two column document. In a page, the first column is overlaping a footnote. Column balance is on. Thankyou all

Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 8/17/06, Jeff Smith wrote: > Thank you all for your answers! > > A quick follow-up, and a new question at the end: > > Ad question a) My problem with Times and small caps was just a bad > mapping of names on my side. So I'm told that \cap should work, and > well, of course it does! :-) > > Ad qu

Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Jeff Smith
Thank you all for your answers! A quick follow-up, and a new question at the end: Ad question a) My problem with Times and small caps was just a bad mapping of names on my side. So I'm told that \cap should work, and well, of course it does! :-) Ad question b) Ricard Roca said: "I think the way

[NTG-context] Different formatting of section numbers for title and references.

2006-08-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, I want a setup in which section numbers are Roman (I, II, etc.) and subsection numbers are Character (A, B, etc. without the section number prefixed). This is easy to achieve using \setupsection[section-3][bodypartconversion=Romannumerals] \setupsection[section-4][bodypartconversion=Charac

Re: [NTG-context] using \doifnumberelse in a ToC numbercommand=

2006-08-16 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 23:36 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > some time ago i made this plugable so you're lucky Thanks! Although my \definehead solution worked in simple documents, in didn't work in my more complex layout. Your solution works perfectly. > a better solution would be something > > \plac

Re: [NTG-context] compiling project files

2006-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> On 8/15/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> >> >> 2. When compiling projects that include MPgraphics, I have to run that texmfstart line above twice to see changes to MPgraphics in my pdf. I thought >>> that one >>> >

Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >>b) LaTeX has a package for the International Phonetic Alphabet called >>tipa. Is it possible to use it in ConTeXt? If not, can anybody point >>me to the relevant manuals that will help me incorporate official IPA >>fonts (say, the TTF version) in my ConTeXt installation?

Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 8/16/06, Jeff Smith wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I'm fairly new to ConTeXt (which I greatly admire, by the way) and >> after reading a couple of provided manuals, I have some lingering >> questions. I thank anyone in advance for replying to any number of >> them. >> >> The fo

Re: [NTG-context] using \doifnumberelse in a ToC numbercommand=

2006-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Stuart Jansen wrote: > I asked this question a couple of days ago, but didn't get any takers. I > don't want to be a pest, but it's frustrating to be so close yet unable > to solve this final problem. Let's see if rephrasing the question helps. > > I'm trying to use \doifnumberelse in a \setuplist

Re: [NTG-context] typeface question: no small capped

2006-08-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > On Aug 16, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >> Hi, >> I do not get a small capped with the following setup. Can someone >> explain what I am missing in the definitions. >> > > I'd be very surprised if the free times font has any small ca

Re: [NTG-context] Purpose(s) of texmfstart

2006-08-16 Thread John R. Culleton
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 14:09, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > John R. Culleton wrote: > > I have read a great deal about the details of texmfstart. I still > > don't have a handle on what its purpose is. Did anyone write a > > manual on the program or create a comprehensive wiki entry? > > I love easy

Re: [NTG-context] using \doifnumberelse in a ToC numbercommand=

2006-08-16 Thread Stuart Jansen
On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 21:46 +0200, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > My guess is that \doifnunmberelse won't work since it's not only the > number hidden there, but also formatting, conversion, ... etc. You're probably right. > But I have no idea how to do it in some other way. You may take a look > at the

Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Ricard Roca
Hi! Quick answers: > a) Somehow I can't come up with small caps in a Times font. Is this > normal? This happens either by using \sc or \setupcapitals[sc=yes] > along with \cap. Times font that comes with TeX distros doesn't have real small caps, but \cap should work, as with any font. The only

Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 8/16/06, Jeff Smith wrote: > Hi! > > I'm fairly new to ConTeXt (which I greatly admire, by the way) and > after reading a couple of provided manuals, I have some lingering > questions. I thank anyone in advance for replying to any number of > them. > > The fonts manual mentions how TeX is often

Re: [NTG-context] using \doifnumberelse in a ToC numbercommand=

2006-08-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 8/16/06, Stuart Jansen wrote: > I asked this question a couple of days ago, but didn't get any takers. I > don't want to be a pest, but it's frustrating to be so close yet unable > to solve this final problem. Let's see if rephrasing the question helps. > > I'm trying to use \doifnumberelse in a

Re: [NTG-context] typeface question: no small capped

2006-08-16 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Aug 16, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Hi, > I do not get a small capped with the following setup. Can someone > explain what I am missing in the definitions. > I'd be very surprised if the free times font has any small caps. I fyou want them, you'll have to fake 'em (but I wou

[NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)

2006-08-16 Thread Jeff Smith
Hi! I'm fairly new to ConTeXt (which I greatly admire, by the way) and after reading a couple of provided manuals, I have some lingering questions. I thank anyone in advance for replying to any number of them. The fonts manual mentions how TeX is often qualified as 'the font mess'. Well, yeah, my

[NTG-context] using \doifnumberelse in a ToC numbercommand=

2006-08-16 Thread Stuart Jansen
I asked this question a couple of days ago, but didn't get any takers. I don't want to be a pest, but it's frustrating to be so close yet unable to solve this final problem. Let's see if rephrasing the question helps. I'm trying to use \doifnumberelse in a \setuplist numbercommand= but it isn't wo

[NTG-context] typeface question: no small capped

2006-08-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, I do not get a small capped with the following setup. Can someone explain what I am missing in the definitions. \definetypeface[ieee] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] [encoding=texnansi] \definetypeface[ieee] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=0.9,encoding=texnansi] \definetyp

Re: [NTG-context] Purpose(s) of texmfstart

2006-08-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
John R. Culleton wrote: > I have read a great deal about the details of texmfstart. I still > don't have a handle on what its purpose is. Did anyone write a > manual on the program or create a comprehensive wiki entry? I love easy questions: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexmfstar

Re: [NTG-context] How to make startalignment middle not change the linewidth

2006-08-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> It seems that startalignment[middle] does not like long lines. >>> Consider the following example (not strictly minimal, but I can not >>> get such a marginal case wit

[NTG-context] Purpose(s) of texmfstart

2006-08-16 Thread John R. Culleton
I have read a great deal about the details of texmfstart. I still don't have a handle on what its purpose is. Did anyone write a manual on the program or create a comprehensive wiki entry? BTW I solved my problem with texmfstart and with upgrading Context in general by creating the separate, stand

Re: [NTG-context] nonbreakablespace

2006-08-16 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: > Taco Hoekwater wrote: >> Aditya Mahajan wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >>> >>> >>> > \starttext > A~B > \stoptext > It works fine here with vanilla ConTeXt ver 2006.08.08 21:51, texexec 6.2.0, tetex 3.0 on

Re: [NTG-context] Extra vertical space in intertext

2006-08-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 8/16/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >> Hi, > >> There is an extra vertical space in the first set of formulas, while > >> the vertical spacing in the second set appears to be fine. I can not > >> figure out w

Re: [NTG-context] figure directory is sort of searched

2006-08-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 8/15/06, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Hi, > > Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > > I still can't figure this problem one out, from a few months ago, and it > > happens with a recent ConTeXt (2006.08.08 21:51). The figure searching > > code gets confused if a file of the same basename (but in a different > >

Re: [NTG-context] compiling project files

2006-08-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On 8/15/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > >>>2. When compiling projects that include MPgraphics, I have to run that >>>texmfstart line >>> above twice to see changes to MPgraphics in my pdf. I thought >> >>that one >> >>>idea behind >>> texexec is that it takes care of all

Re: [NTG-context] compiling project files

2006-08-16 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 8/15/06, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > 2. When compiling projects that include MPgraphics, I have to run that > > texmfstart line > > above twice to see changes to MPgraphics in my pdf. I thought > that one > > idea behind > > texexec is that it takes care of all incantations, like "make" in >

Re: [NTG-context] nonbreakablespace

2006-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: >> >> >> \starttext A~B \stoptext >>> It works fine here with vanilla ConTeXt ver 2006.08.08 21:51, texexec >>> 6.2.0, tetex 3.0 on Ubuntu (generating pdf). >>> >>> >>>

Re: [NTG-context] Enable hyphenation or how to check it is enabled

2006-08-16 Thread Hans Hagen
Berend de Boer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > >> "Thomas" == Thomas A Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > > Thomas> Easiest test would be to try some long and weird words > Thomas> with \hyphenatedword{transformational} > > Thom

Re: [NTG-context] How to make startalignment middle not change the linewidth

2006-08-16 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > >>Hi, >> It seems that startalignment[middle] does not like long lines. >>Consider the following example (not strictly minimal, but I can not >>get such a marginal case with default setup). I get the same actual line breaks