Re: [NTG-context] mkiv document size shrinks (nice)

2009-04-14 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: Hello, Files produced by the latest beta have smaller size then those compiled at the beginning of the year. For example, typical lyrics documents shrinked from ~20Kb to ~14Kb each. It's nice. I just wonder -- is it connected with font subsets embedding ? No i

Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive 2008 + ConTeXt problems (on Gentoo Linux)

2009-04-14 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Hi, - TEXMFCNF value should be /etc/texmf/web2c. - TEXMFCACHE value is the directory chosen by yourself. - OSFONTDIR value should be the paths of your system fonts. Best wishes, Wei-Wei Matija Šuklje 写道: Dne sreda 15. aprila 2009 je Wei-Wei Guo napisal(a): You need to set TEXMFCNF, TEXMFCACHE

Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive 2008 + ConTeXt problems (on Gentoo Linux)

2009-04-14 Thread Matija Šuklje
Dne sreda 15. aprila 2009 je Wei-Wei Guo napisal(a): > You need to set TEXMFCNF, TEXMFCACHE, and OSFONTDIR in your system > environment, for example in /etc/env.d/98texlive. Thanks. :) E.g. what are appropriate values for these variables? I'll try to change them to my system's right paths, but I

Re: [NTG-context] problem with module pre-05 (fuzzy): Missing number

2009-04-14 Thread Bill Long
check bellow, maybe doesn't define subject in the module. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:32:18PM -0500, Héctor Palacios wrote: > > > Hi context users ! > > I want to test the presentations modules of context, > because are very nice. > > I am testing module pre-05 (fuzzy), > i am using the code at

[NTG-context] Keep text elements together

2009-04-14 Thread Uriel Avalos
Hi all. I'm writing a Multiple Choice test set in two-columns. I would like to keep the multiple-choice items together with the question both on the same page AND on the same column. Question 1 Question 3 choice 1choice 1 choice 2choice 2 choice 3choice 3 Quest

[NTG-context] TOCS: part number, custom alternative and margins

2009-04-14 Thread Jeff Smith
Hi all! A while ago I asked how to achieve a particular layout I wanted for part titles in my table of contents. I was given this solution: \definelistplacement[partlist][none]#1#2#3% {\sc\inframed[width=broad,align=right,bottomframe=on,topframe=off,rightframe=off,leftframe=off]{{#2}}} \setu

[NTG-context] problem with module pre-05 (fuzzy): Missing number

2009-04-14 Thread Héctor Palacios
Hi context users ! I want to test the presentations modules of context, because are very nice. I am testing module pre-05 (fuzzy), i am using the code at the end of the archive: %% code example.tex --> \usemodule[pre-05] \starttext \TitlePage{Title Page\\pre-fuzzy} \Topics{Some Nic

Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive 2008 + ConTeXt problems (on Gentoo Linux)

2009-04-14 Thread Wei-Wei Guo
Hi Matija, You need to set TEXMFCNF, TEXMFCACHE, and OSFONTDIR in your system environment, for example in /etc/env.d/98texlive. Best wishes, Wei-Wei Matija Šuklje 写道: Hullo, it's been a while since I used ConTeXt (I simply didn't have to write any documents), but now that I upgraded to TeX

[NTG-context] mkiv document size shrinks (nice)

2009-04-14 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hello, Files produced by the latest beta have smaller size then those compiled at the beginning of the year. For example, typical lyrics documents shrinked from ~20Kb to ~14Kb each. It's nice. I just wonder -- is it connected with font subsets embedding ? Best, Vyatcheslav __

Re: [NTG-context] new structure code

2009-04-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi, i found a few bugs in the new structure code for mkiv. i fixed a few things concerning prefixes and such, keep in mind that we do things a bit differently now, as in: \definestructureprefixset [mine][section-1,section-2] \definestructureseparatorset[mine][:]

Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive 2008 + ConTeXt problems (on Gentoo Linux)

2009-04-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Matija Šuklje wrote: Dne torek 14. aprila 2009 je Hans Hagen napisal(a): just use the version the context garden as it is more uptodate (and also provides the latest binaries) I have nothing against TeXLive and I don't really want to mess with the neither have i -) bleeding edge. I just w

Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive 2008 + ConTeXt problems (on Gentoo Linux)

2009-04-14 Thread Matija Šuklje
Dne torek 14. aprila 2009 je Hans Hagen napisal(a): > just use the version the context garden as it is more uptodate (and also > provides the latest binaries) I have nothing against TeXLive and I don't really want to mess with the bleeding edge. I just want it to work ;) Cheers, Matija -- gsm:

Re: [NTG-context] Table macro alternatives

2009-04-14 Thread Design Department
Found it. Thanks again. I had read it some time ago, but it didn't fully register then - I think I was hoping to use natural tables at the time. -- david ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please a

Re: [NTG-context] TeXLive 2008 + ConTeXt problems (on Gentoo Linux)

2009-04-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Matija Šuklje wrote: Hullo, it's been a while since I used ConTeXt (I simply didn't have to write any documents), but now that I upgraded to TeXLive 2008 I noticed that ConTeXt is giving me gripes. 'context test.tex' produces: MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file MtxRun | error unable

Re: [NTG-context] Table macro alternatives

2009-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.04.2009 um 19:17 schrieb Design Department: Is alignmentcharacter available in table macros other than natural tables? http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview Wolfgang There is no mention of alignmentcharacter anywhere other than for natural tables, but the wiki is hardly compr

Re: [NTG-context] Table placement with forced width

2009-04-14 Thread Design Department
> No, because ConTeXt has no dimension with the name \pagewidth, you couls > use \textwidth for the width of the textblock. Even then your setup is > useless because your table is wider than 2/3 of the textwidth (it is even > wider than the complete textblock). Thks. I must have been lost in space

Re: [NTG-context] Table macro alternatives

2009-04-14 Thread Design Department
>> Is alignmentcharacter available in table macros other than natural tables? > > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview > Wolfgang There is no mention of alignmentcharacter anywhere other than for natural tables, but the wiki is hardly comprehensive. That's why I'm asking here. -- david

Re: [NTG-context] Table macro alternatives

2009-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.04.2009 um 18:53 schrieb Design Department: Is alignmentcharacter available in table macros other than natural tables? http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview Wolfgang ___ If your question is of in

[NTG-context] Table macro alternatives

2009-04-14 Thread Design Department
Is alignmentcharacter available in table macros other than natural tables? I would prefer to use natural tables but absolutely require a footer at the bottom of the table on every page. The footer doesn't need to contain columns - it can be a box the width of the table. Any suggestions on achievi

Re: [NTG-context] Table placement with forced width

2009-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 13.04.2009 um 21:31 schrieb Design Department: The table flows into, and off the right margin area. What am I doing wrong? Also, \SetTableToWidth{.67\pagewidth} produces an error. Is there a way to specify a fraction of \pagewidth? No, because ConTeXt has no dimension with the name \page

[NTG-context] TeXLive 2008 + ConTeXt problems (on Gentoo Linux)

2009-04-14 Thread Matija Šuklje
Hullo, it's been a while since I used ConTeXt (I simply didn't have to write any documents), but now that I upgraded to TeXLive 2008 I noticed that ConTeXt is giving me gripes. 'context test.tex' produces: MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file MtxRun | error unable to identify cnf file Mtx

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] Re: Table placement with forced width

2009-04-14 Thread Design Department
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Bill Long wrote: > I think the natural table works fine with your requirements. Repeating table footers? I understood this was not possible with natural tables. -- david ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] inaccessible control sequence

2009-04-14 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:54 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >> >>> >>> Am 10.04.2009 um 12:56 schrieb Hans Hagen: >>> >>> luigi scarso wrote: > \def\@@FOO{FOO} > \starttext > \@@FOO > \stoptext >

Re: [NTG-context] inaccessible control sequence

2009-04-14 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> >> Am 10.04.2009 um 12:56 schrieb Hans Hagen: >> >> luigi scarso wrote: >>> \def\@@FOO{FOO} \starttext \@@FOO \stoptext works in mkiv minimals , but not in an old mkii context of mine

Re: [NTG-context] inaccessible control sequence

2009-04-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 10.04.2009 um 12:56 schrieb Hans Hagen: luigi scarso wrote: \def\@@FOO{FOO} \starttext \@@FOO \stoptext works in mkiv minimals , but not in an old mkii context of mine (inaccessible control sequence) . I suppose that it's ok . no, it means that we have a missing

Re: [NTG-context] inaccessible control sequence

2009-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 10.04.2009 um 12:56 schrieb Hans Hagen: luigi scarso wrote: \def\@@FOO{FOO} \starttext \@@FOO \stoptext works in mkiv minimals , but not in an old mkii context of mine (inaccessible control sequence) . I suppose that it's ok . no, it means that we have a missing \protect .. upto you to f

[NTG-context] button alignment question

2009-04-14 Thread Alan Stone
Hi, How do you keep the footer buttons between the footer's top and bottom ? \showframe \def\myHeaderButton{\interactionbuttons[width=2cm,height=\headerheight][OK]} \def\myFooterButton{\interactionbuttons[width=2cm,height=\footerheight][OK]} \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupheadertexts[tex

Re: [NTG-context] inaccessible control sequence

2009-04-14 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:53 PM, Wolfgang Schuster < schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Am 14.04.2009 um 14:47 schrieb luigi scarso: > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> luigi scarso wrote: >> \def\@@FOO{FOO} >> \starttext >> \@@FOO >> \stoptext >> >> works in mki

Re: [NTG-context] inaccessible control sequence

2009-04-14 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 14.04.2009 um 14:47 schrieb luigi scarso: On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: luigi scarso wrote: \def\@@FOO{FOO} \starttext \@@FOO \stoptext works in mkiv minimals , but not in an old mkii context of mine (inaccessible control sequence) . I suppose that it's ok . no, it

Re: [NTG-context] inaccessible control sequence

2009-04-14 Thread luigi scarso
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > luigi scarso wrote: > >> \def\@@FOO{FOO} >> \starttext >> \@@FOO >> \stoptext >> >> works in mkiv minimals , >> but not in an old mkii context of mine >> (inaccessible control sequence) . >> >> I suppose that it's ok . >> > > no, it means tha

Re: [NTG-context] context mkiv nomenclature problem (bug)

2009-04-14 Thread Thomas Prochaska
Am Dienstag, 14. April 2009 14:07:14 schrieb Hans Hagen: > Thomas Prochaska wrote: > > Am Samstag, 11. April 2009 08:28:33 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > >> Am 10.04.2009 um 10:28 schrieb Thomas Prochaska: > >>> Hi! > >>> > >>> this simple example works with "texexec" but not with "context". > >>> >

Re: [NTG-context] new structure code

2009-04-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 3. \\ generates a backslash but was a space before \starttext text\\text \stoptext actually, \\ depends on the context; in the main text stream \\ being \ makes more sense(as \$ \# etc) -

Re: [NTG-context] context mkiv nomenclature problem (bug)

2009-04-14 Thread Hans Hagen
Thomas Prochaska wrote: Am Samstag, 11. April 2009 08:28:33 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 10.04.2009 um 10:28 schrieb Thomas Prochaska: Hi! this simple example works with "texexec" but not with "context". %- \definesynonyms[nomenclature][nomenclatures][\infull] \setupsynon

Re: [NTG-context] context mkiv nomenclature problem (bug)

2009-04-14 Thread Thomas Prochaska
Am Dienstag, 14. April 2009 13:47:44 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > Am 14.04.2009 um 13:28 schrieb Thomas Prochaska: > > hm, with the latest context minimal i get this: > > > > structure : chapter @ level 2 : (0.4) . -> \headtext > > {abbreviations} > > [5] > > ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-c

Re: [NTG-context] context mkiv nomenclature problem (bug)

2009-04-14 Thread Thomas Prochaska
Am Samstag, 11. April 2009 08:28:33 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > Am 10.04.2009 um 10:28 schrieb Thomas Prochaska: > > Hi! > > > > this simple example works with "texexec" but not with "context". > > > > %- > > \definesynonyms[nomenclature][nomenclatures][\infull] > > \setupsynon

[NTG-context] how to use attachment file as a script argument

2009-04-14 Thread Bill Long
based on the example of use mplayer play the movie, I write down sthing like >\defineprogram[sample.data][sample.data.sh] >\goto{\externalfigure[sample.data][width=0.48\textwidth]}[program(sample.data{})] and the content of sample.data.sh is >#!/bin/bash > FILE=$(basename "$0"); gnome-terminal

[NTG-context] [***SPAM***] Re: Table placement with forced width

2009-04-14 Thread Bill Long
I think the natural table works fine with your requirements. http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/enattab.pdf On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 01:31:09PM -0600, Design Department wrote: > Hi all, > > I need a table that is 2/3 \pagewidth and placed against the right page > margin. > > \SetTableToW

Re: [NTG-context] How to update Context on Windows (with Texlive 2008)

2009-04-14 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 09:38, wrote: > > I have TeXLive 2008 installed on Windows (on a path with no spaces). I > wanted to update ConTexT, so ran the following commands (using cygwin), > following instructions from wiki > > rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/context/current/ >

Re: [NTG-context] colored backgrounds in displayed math

2009-04-14 Thread luigi scarso
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > Hi Sanjoy, welcome back > > Thanks! It's absurdly enjoyable but exhausting raising a small child > (22 months old)...and we have only one so I don't know how people with > two or more children manage even to