Re: [NTG-context] Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

2009-12-20 Thread Curiouslearn
In addition to the advantages others have mentioned, I have found that typesetting tables is much easier in Context. I use Natural Tables for the purpose. It is easy and intuitive to use. I really like the way it is designed. On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20

[NTG-context] extra kerning do nothing

2009-12-20 Thread Andreas Harder
Hi, the following used to work: \definecharacterkerning[negative] \setupcharacterkerning[negative][factor=-0.125] \starttext \input davis \blank {\setcharacterkerning[extrakerning]\input davis\relax} \blank {\setcharacterkerning[negative]\input davis\relax} \stoptext Is it obsolete? Is there a

Re: [NTG-context] bigger then "big"

2009-12-20 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Thank you, Luigi, for excellent snippet! ) \unprotect %%big 1.5 %%medium 1.25 %%small 1.0 %% %%bbig 1.75 \def\v!bbig{bbig} \long\def\OneandSevthirdofthreearguments #1#2#3{1.75} \letvalu...@av@\v!bbig }\OneandSevthirdofthreearguments %%Big 2.0 \def\v!Big{Big} \long\def\Twothirdofthreear

Re: [NTG-context] Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

2009-12-20 Thread luigi scarso
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Manuel P. wrote: > John Haltiwanger ha scritto: >> >> ConTeXt is great because there is only one system to learn. As was already >> mentioned, it is much more consistent than LaTeX. >> And if you want something extreme http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/col

Re: [NTG-context] Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

2009-12-20 Thread Manuel P.
John Haltiwanger ha scritto: ConTeXt is great because there is only one system to learn. As was already mentioned, it is much more consistent than LaTeX. One tip is to make sure you are using the electronic version, rather than the print version, of the ConTeXt manual. Any time you want to ac

[NTG-context] \wordright{…} and hyphens

2009-12-20 Thread Andreas Harder
Hi, \wordright{something} don’t like it if the preceding line have a hyphenated word. It seems to work if one changes \allowbreak to hskip\zeropoint in the macro-definition. Here an example: \mainlanguage[de] % \unprotect % \def\dowordright[#1]% % {% don't change %\groupedcommand %

Re: [NTG-context] Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

2009-12-20 Thread John Haltiwanger
ConTeXt is great because there is only one system to learn. As was already mentioned, it is much more consistent than LaTeX. One tip is to make sure you are using the electronic version, rather than the print version, of the ConTeXt manual. Any time you want to accomplish something, just click ind

Re: [NTG-context] Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

2009-12-20 Thread Manuel P.
Mojca Miklavec ha scritto: On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 22:10, Manuel P. wrote: My requirements are quite easy: something unobtrusive that enable me to focus on the content and obtain a nice and consistent look with a virtually flat leaning curve (I don't mind a bit of learning, but I can't spend

Re: [NTG-context] Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

2009-12-20 Thread Manuel P.
Aditya Mahajan ha scritto: Some quick examples: - How can I make a double-face document (right page, left page)? \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] - How can I separate the footer from the rest of the page with something like an \hairline? \setupbackgrounds[footer][text][topframe=

Re: [NTG-context] metafun in LaTeX?

2009-12-20 Thread Jean Magnan de Bornier
Le 20 décembre à 11:20:47 Taco Hoekwater écrit notamment: | Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: | > Hi all, | > | > This question has been asked on the french tex group: is (would) it | > possible to use the metafun macros with LaTeX - and how? > | Metafun is a mpost format, and therefore it generally

Re: [NTG-context] metafun in LaTeX?

2009-12-20 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Jean Magnan de Bornier wrote: Hi all, This question has been asked on the french tex group: is (would) it possible to use the metafun macros with LaTeX - and how? Metafun is a mpost format, and therefore it generally does not care how it is embedded in a surrounding document. The only exceptio

Re: [NTG-context] Using ConTeXt for a thesis?

2009-12-20 Thread Peter Münster
On Sat, Dec 19 2009, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > In my experience, the trouble is not creating a style that meets your > university's requirement: that is easy both in LaTeX (once you know the > right packages) or ConTeXt. The difficulty is understanding your > universities requirement which, in mo