Re: [NTG-context] Doc to ConTeXt [was Re: HTML to ConTeXt]

2007-11-09 Thread Saji Njarackalazhikam Hameed
Hi Andrea, I face a similar issue while organizing large-scale documents prepared by members of my group (many folks are not conversant with TeX here and write documents with WORD). My solution was to take their input through a wiki and convert the HTML to context markup using filters written with

Re: [NTG-context] Doc to ConTeXt [was Re: HTML to ConTeXt]

2007-11-09 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:30:36 -0700, Andrea Valle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After wasting my time with an awful pdf to html converter by > Acrobat, I discovered this, you may all know: > http://pdftohtml.sourceforge.net/ Looks impressive... > The html conversion is very very good in resultin

Re: [NTG-context] Doc to ConTeXt [was Re: HTML to ConTeXt]

2007-11-09 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi Andrea, On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:30:36 -0700, Andrea Valle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi to all (Idris, in particular, as we are always dealing with the > same problems... ), > > I just want to share some thoughts about the ol' damn' problem of > converting to ConTeXt from Word et al. > >> As

Re: [NTG-context] Doc to ConTeXt [was Re: HTML to ConTeXt]

2007-11-09 Thread Andrea Valle
Hi to all (Idris, in particular, as we are always dealing with the same problems... ), I just want to share some thoughts about the ol' damn' problem of converting to ConTeXt from Word et al. As I told Andrea: For relatively simple documents (like the kind we use in academic journals) it

Re: [NTG-context] [OT]UK TeX FAQ, v3.17, released

2007-11-09 Thread luigi scarso
> > > I had sent this updated writeup on ConTeXt to Robin, I think, almost a > > year ago when there was a discussion on the mailing list about the > > writeup > > for Debian. IIRC, most of it was written by Idrid and Sanjoy. > > > > Aditya > > > *""" > ConTeXt doesn't yet have quite such a large d

Re: [NTG-context] Some update woes on Linux

2007-11-09 Thread Jeff Smith
Hi again, Sorry for the delay, I was taken with real life worries for a bit. So, I realized I did have some leftovers from an earlier installation attempt. I cleaned everything and reinstalled TeXLive from the CD, from scratch. I will wait a bit before updating ConTeXt again, because right now I

Re: [NTG-context] [OT]UK TeX FAQ, v3.17, released

2007-11-09 Thread luigi scarso
On Nov 9, 2007 4:18 PM, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I had sent this updated writeup on ConTeXt to Robin, I think, almost a > year ago when there was a discussion on the mailing list about the writeup > for Debian. IIRC, most of it was written by Idrid and Sanjoy. > > Aditya *""

[NTG-context] Columnsets and footnote placement

2007-11-09 Thread Elliot Clifton
Hi, Is there a way to place footnotes when using columnsets, so that they [the footnotes] span across the bottom of the page, like they do when using \startcolumn? TIA, Elliot ___ If your question is of interest to o

Re: [NTG-context] table layout

2007-11-09 Thread luigi scarso
On Nov 9, 2007 10:50 AM, Wolfgang Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2007/11/7, Peter Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wolfgang Schuster schrieb: > What about this ? tabulate spec \def\PRETABRULE{% %\vrule width1pt height \strutht depth \strutdp% \ifnum\tabulatecolumn=0% \rlap{\raise\struth

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Flow charts forgetting text

2007-11-09 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Willi, I did receive your message. I am travelling so am not able to check mail frequently. Hans and you do get X_t when the flowchart is reused. I do not get it on my machine. Since I have moved to a new computer recently, there can be a configuration problem. I will try to test it and see wh

Re: [NTG-context] [OT]UK TeX FAQ, v3.17, released

2007-11-09 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, luigi scarso wrote: > From > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes > """ > What is ConTeXt? > > ConTeXt is a macro package developed by Hans Hagen of Pragma-Ade. ConTeXt is > a document-production system based, like LaTeX, on the TeX typesetting > system. Wh

Re: [NTG-context] table layout

2007-11-09 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi Wolfgang, nice patch. I just looked at the comparison of the table type (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview). There it says: tabulate problems: very limited Add some more stuff and we can change this to 'limited' ;) Best wishes, Peter Wolfgang Schuster schrieb: > 2007/11/7, Pete

Re: [NTG-context] table layout

2007-11-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/7, Peter Rolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Wolfgang Schuster schrieb: > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > your solution would be really a option but I hope the real bugs will be > > fixed, > > I see :) > > So things could be worse. You have > > - a workaround (?) > - a complete minimal description/exampl

[NTG-context] rotate bug?

2007-11-09 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi, This morning I used \rotate to correct some slightly sloped graphics and noticed a weird behavior. In case of the rotation angle interval (-1,0) the negative sign is simply ignored, so the rotation goes to the opposite direction. Donno if negative values for the rotation angle are allowed (th

[NTG-context] [OT]UK TeX FAQ, v3.17, released

2007-11-09 Thread luigi scarso
From http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?introduction=yes """ What is ConTeXt? ConTeXt is a macro package developed by Hans Hagen of Pragma-Ade. ConTeXt is a document-production system based, like LaTeX, on the TeX typesetting system. Whereas LaTeX insulates the writer from typographical deta

Re: [NTG-context] Easy way to start working with cyrillic? (Hans Hagen)

2007-11-09 Thread Klaus Gena
Thanks a lot for your help ! I managed to get xetex talking with the help of the Texlive DVD and Lutz's tips. I'm a happy ConText user now. Klaus > > > Klaus Gena wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am entirely new to Tex and Context. I installed the stand alone mswin > > context distro and manage to types

Re: [NTG-context] Font sizes using Chinese module

2007-11-09 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
2007/11/7, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 11/7/07, Hans Hagen wrote: > > Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > > > > Btw: Is there any reason for not using XeTeX (or LuaTeX in the future) > > > for Chinese? (To be honest: I have absolutely no idea whether it works > > > and how good it works if at al

Re: [NTG-context] Easy way to start working with cyrillic?

2007-11-09 Thread Lutz Haseloff
Hi Klaus, try this: --- % engine=xetex \definetypeface[MyFace][rm][Xserif][TeX Gyre Pagella] \setupbodyfont[MyFace,10pt] \starttext \midaligned{\tfb\bf Arkadi und Boris Strugazki} \blank \midaligned{\tfb\bf Аркадий и Борис Стругацкие} \blank[7*big] \midaligned{\tfc\bf Milliarden Jahre

Re: [NTG-context] Easy way to start working with cyrillic?

2007-11-09 Thread luigi scarso
On Nov 8, 2007 8:28 AM, Klaus Gena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am entirely new to Tex and Context. I installed the stand alone mswin > context distro and manage to typeset Dutch texts without any problems, using > the manuals. > > I also need to typeset Russian texts, however, and I was

[NTG-context] Fwd: Flow charts forgetting text

2007-11-09 Thread Willi Egger
I tried to send the files off line to Aditya, I could not get the message through, so it comes to the list ... Wili Begin forwarded message: > From: Willi Egger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: November 8, 2007 8:28:01 PM GMT+01:00 > To: Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [NTG-contex

Re: [NTG-context] Easy way to start working with cyrillic?

2007-11-09 Thread Hans Hagen
Klaus Gena wrote: > Hi, > > I am entirely new to Tex and Context. I installed the stand alone mswin > context distro and manage to typeset Dutch texts without any problems, using > the manuals. > > I also need to typeset Russian texts, however, and I was wondering if there > exists a painless, 'o

Re: [NTG-context] doc at minimals

2007-11-09 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On 11/8/07, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Arthur Reutenauer wrote: > > >> Just discovered > >> http://minimals.contextgarden.net/doc Those man pages are taken from TeX Live. Sanjoy has updated them for TeX Live 2007, so that's not anything new. (But manpages are still missing, at le

Re: [NTG-context] on block quotes

2007-11-09 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Dear Wolfgang, Thank you for your improvements and corrections. I always appreciate your lessons! Best wishes Idris > I think this is a goog idea but your definition is a little bit to long. > > >> \definedelimitedtext >> [blockquote][quote] > > > \start