[NTG-context] Footnote in section: Compilation stops on TUO file

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
I don't understand this error: (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tst.tex) interaction : active(./prd_05.tuo) (./prd_05.tuo! Improper alphabetic constant.to be read again\footnote argument \ifnum `\footnote =255

[NTG-context] several details (maybe bugs)

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
While typesetting some proceedings, I stumpled upon the following issues: (1) \setupheads seems to do nothing - I must set every option for every head separately. AFAIR this is broken forever, at least it was the same in 2000. (2) \setuphead[chapter][header=none] should switch off the header

[NTG-context] Streams in two columns

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
I'm trying to typeset English and German texts in two columns. With the following example every bilingual section goes on a new page. How can I avoid that? (Using only columns instead of columnsets I get single-section pages with alternating languages.) %% setup \definecolumnset[twocol][n=2]

Re: [NTG-context] several details (maybe bugs)

2008-04-05 Thread David
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:03:44 +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: (3) \startitemize[n] Numbered itemizations suddenly(?) start with 0 - as this may be suitable for programmers, but it's, ehm, a bit unusual in every other context. I don't have the final answer on this, but I have run into

Re: [NTG-context] several details (maybe bugs)

2008-04-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: While typesetting some proceedings, I stumpled upon the following issues: (2) \setuphead[chapter][header=none] should switch off the header only on that page where the chapter starts, shouldn't it? (It disables headers completely.) Or how

Re: [NTG-context] several details (maybe bugs)

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-04-05 um 17:08 schrieb David: (3) \startitemize[n] Numbered itemizations suddenly(?) start with 0 - as this may be suitable for programmers, but it's, ehm, a bit unusual in every other context. I don't have the final answer on this, but I have run into this starts with zero

Re: [NTG-context] several details (maybe bugs)

2008-04-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 2008-04-05 um 17:08 schrieb David: (3) \startitemize[n] Numbered itemizations suddenly(?) start with 0 - as this may be suitable for programmers, but it's, ehm, a bit unusual in every other context. I don't have the final answer on this,

[NTG-context] LuaTex error attempt to index global 'lang' (a nil value)

2008-04-05 Thread Roland
Hi, I've been following Thomas Schmitz's great instructions at http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2007/027418.html to set up Luatex. All works fine and without errors but the last step: $ luatools --ini --verbose --compile cont-en LuaTools | version 1.1.1 - 2006+ - PRAGMA ADE /

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in section: Compilation stops on TUO file

2008-04-05 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: I don't understand this error: (/usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/tex/context/base/spec-tst.tex) interaction : active(./prd_05.tuo) (./prd_05.tuo! Improper alphabetic constant.to be read again\footnote argument

[NTG-context] mpost update in minimal windows

2008-04-05 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
Hallo, I tried to update my metapost executable in the Windows ConTeXt minimal. In the bin dir I found both mpost.exe (Version 1.000-rc1) and a mpost.dll In the archive 'metapost-1.002-windows.zip' there is mpost.exe (Version 1.002 (Web2C 7.5.5)) and no dll So I downloaded

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in section: Compilation stops on TUO file

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-04-05 um 17:35 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: It seems to be caused by this line, i.e. by the footnote: \section{Bildungs- und Erziehungsauftrag\footnote{H. P., Humanist Road to European Citizenship, Zitate aus Verfassungen, 15.\,12.\, 2007}}

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in section: Compilation stops on TUO file

2008-04-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
Hi, On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:17:34 -0600, Henning Hraban Ramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can try \section{blah blah \nomarking{\footnote{...}} or \section{blah blah \nolist{\footnote{...}}} Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't work - neither with one nor with both. Greetlings from Lake

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in section: Compilation stops on TUO file

2008-04-05 Thread zs
HI, I had similar trouble in my rather big document. It seemed to appear randomly. Sometimes it disappeared when I changed fonts or added some blank lines before problematic part. Finally I found that all my problems disappear when I avoid using these tables http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in section: Compilation stops on TUO file

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-04-05 um 21:52 schrieb Idris Samawi Hamid: You can try \section{blah blah \nomarking{\footnote{...}} or \section{blah blah \nolist{\footnote{...}}} Thanks for the hint, but it doesn't work - neither with one nor with both. Did you remember to flush the old tuo file first? :-) I

[NTG-context] first steps with XeTeX

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Since I need to typeset some names with characters outside of ec encoding, I'm just checking out XeTeX. - first threshold: If you have \setupoutput[pdftex] in cont-sys.tex, it doesn't work. ;-) (Complains you should use pdftex binaries.) - second threshold: Adapt your typescripts. Since I use

Re: [NTG-context] Footnote in section: Compilation stops on TUO file

2008-04-05 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2008-04-05 um 23:11 schrieb zs: Finally I found that all my problems disappear when I avoid using these tables http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table replacing them by http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TABLE So ... if you use tables No, I use TABLEs and tabulates, but not around this

Re: [NTG-context] first steps with XeTeX

2008-04-05 Thread Idris Samawi Hamid
On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:36:23 -0600, Henning Hraban Ramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since I need to typeset some names with characters outside of ec encoding, I'm just checking out XeTeX. why not luatex? Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid, Editor-in-Chief International Journal of

Re: [NTG-context] first steps with XeTeX

2008-04-05 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:36 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Since I need to typeset some names with characters outside of ec encoding, I'm just checking out XeTeX. - first threshold: If you have \setupoutput[pdftex] in cont-sys.tex, it doesn't work. ;-) (Complains you should use pdftex