Re: [NTG-context] Context and Windows7

2010-02-02 Thread Thomas Floeren
On 01.02.2010 12:51, Keith McKay wrote: I want to install ConText on my Windows7 computer. I thought that it would be a good idea if I checked the mailing list archive first, to see if there had been any problems with Windows7. I didn't find any messages related to Windows7, but I don't

[NTG-context] Postscript fonts

2010-02-02 Thread Arun Dev
Hi, I have .pfb and .afm files in the texmf tree. Is it possible to use them in MKIV without having to generate .tfm, .vf, .enc, .map files. Thanks ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please

Re: [NTG-context] Postscript fonts

2010-02-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1-2-2010 8:35, Arun Dev wrote: Hi, I have .pfb and .afm files in the texmf tree. Is it possible to use them in MKIV without having to generate .tfm, .vf, .enc, .map files. yes, as mkiv directly uses the afm/pfb files nowadays i put such fonts in: texmf-fonts/fonts/data/vendor/*

Re: [NTG-context] Context and Windows7

2010-02-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 1-2-2010 20:59, Thomas Floeren wrote: A good Windows editor is Notepad++. I started out with Scite, then used TeXworks for some time also. TeXworks is nice with the integrated pdf view and synctex, but is not really comfortable as editor. Notepad++ has the same editing comfort as Scite (both

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

2010-02-02 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
On Feb 2, 2010, at 8:36 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: Two remarks: 1.) Thomas, can you please send me the patch (I can write it myself, but I will not be 100% to get it right). It seems that we need to modify that in several different places (mtx-something.lua, setuptex and first-setup.sh).

[NTG-context] Changes in simplefonts

2010-02-02 Thread John Haltiwanger
Hi all, So the following used to work perfectly, but no longer does: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Liberation-Serif] \starttext I feel so Liberated that {\ConTeXt} can see all my system fonts! \stoptext I don't seem to remember changing any configuration in order to get ConTeXt to see

Re: [NTG-context] Changes in simplefonts

2010-02-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 02.02.10 12:43, schrieb John Haltiwanger: Hi all, So the following used to work perfectly, but no longer does: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Liberation-Serif] \starttext I feel so Liberated that {\ConTeXt} can see all my system fonts! \stoptext I don't seem to remember changing

Re: [NTG-context] Changes in simplefonts

2010-02-02 Thread John Haltiwanger
Alright! Thanks Wolfgang! However, I'm running into another weirdness: all the text is italicized. See attached (and for Liberation fonts see your package manager or https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/). ~ % context --version MTXrun | main context file:

Re: [NTG-context] Changes in simplefonts

2010-02-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 02.02.10 14:35, schrieb John Haltiwanger: Alright! Thanks Wolfgang! However, I'm running into another weirdness: all the text is italicized. I uploaded a new version today which should fix this, please update your context (it can take a few hours till the minimals use the new simplefonts

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

2010-02-02 Thread Roger Mason
Hi Mojca, Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com writes: 2.) The error is not related to minimals/wrong architecture. There may be several reasons. Agreed. I see the same problem on an X86_64 system. Different shell? echo $SHELL - /bin/bash (4.0_p28) Missing mkiv formats? (Can

Re: [NTG-context] Changes in simplefonts

2010-02-02 Thread John Haltiwanger
Thanks Wolfgang! simplefonts is an amazing tool to tide me over until I take the time to tackle the native font stuff (which seems to be too in flux to really learn at this point anyway). Perfect for getting short documents together and looking good. So, to clarify, I just wait a few hours and

Re: [NTG-context] Changes in simplefonts

2010-02-02 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 02.02.10 15:18, schrieb John Haltiwanger: Thanks Wolfgang! simplefonts is an amazing tool to tide me over until I take the time to tackle the native font stuff (which seems to be too in flux to really learn at this point anyway). The font system is stable and from the user side nothing has

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

2010-02-02 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:15, Roger Mason wrote: Hi Mojca, texexec --purge simple.tex - Output written on simple.pdf (1 page, 28424 bytes). texexec simple.tex - Output written on simple.pdf (1 page, 28424 bytes). The document is always produced correctly, but --purge

Re: [NTG-context] Changes in simplefonts

2010-02-02 Thread John Haltiwanger
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 02.02.10 15:18, schrieb John Haltiwanger: Thanks Wolfgang! simplefonts is an amazing tool to tide me over until I take the time to tackle the native font stuff (which seems to be too in flux to

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

2010-02-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:15, Roger Mason wrote: Hi Mojca, texexec --purge simple.tex - Output written on simple.pdf (1 page, 28424 bytes). texexec simple.tex - Output written on simple.pdf (1 page, 28424 bytes). The document is always produced correctly, but --purge does not do its job

[NTG-context] texexec --purge (was: Linux PPC64 minimals)

2010-02-02 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:34, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:15, Roger Mason wrote: Hi Mojca, texexec --purge simple.tex - Output written on simple.pdf (1 page, 28424 bytes). texexec simple.tex - Output written on simple.pdf (1 page, 28424 bytes). The document is always

Re: [NTG-context] Linux PPC64 minimals

2010-02-02 Thread Roger Mason
Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com writes: Different ruby version? I have no errors here, and $ ruby -v ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [x86_64-linux] ruby 1.8.6 (2009-06-08 patchlevel 369) [powerpc-linux] Cheers, Roger

[NTG-context] First page of chapter

2010-02-02 Thread Tom
I am struggling with getting the first pages of my chapters laid out as desired. What I want on the top third of the page is a roughly 2 inch square graphic on the left with the chapter number and chapter title on the right in large print. The following chunk errors out as shown but works when

Re: [NTG-context] Balancing vertical placement of table

2010-02-02 Thread Design Department
On 2010-01-31, at 8:58 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 31.01.10 16:50, schrieb Design Department: Is the content for each element short enough to fit on one page or do you have content which needs more pages? The content always fits on a single page. Here is a goodie which is only

Re: [NTG-context] texexec --purge

2010-02-02 Thread Roger Mason
Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:34, Mojca Miklavec wrote: The problem goes away if I comment out the lines 2053 and 2054 of tex.rb. I suspect that Kpse.runscript('ctxtools',rawbase,'--purge') if getvariable('purge') doesn't call

Re: [NTG-context] Context and Windows7

2010-02-02 Thread Keith McKay
Thanks to all for the helpfull advice. Minimals installed no problem and I managed to get Scite up and running after using the usefull information in the Contextgarden Wiki. I'll have a play around with Texworks and Notepad++ and see how I get on with them. I look forward to Textadept -

Re: [NTG-context] texexec --purge

2010-02-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2-2-2010 19:00, Roger Mason wrote: Mojca Miklavecmojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 15:34, Mojca Miklavec wrote: The problem goes away if I comment out the lines 2053 and 2054 of tex.rb. I suspect that Kpse.runscript('ctxtools',rawbase,'--purge') if

[NTG-context] mptopdf overwrites and deletes pdf file?

2010-02-02 Thread Nicola
Hi, consider a folder containing foo.tex and foo.mp. Suppose that, when compiled, foo.mp outputs foo.1. Then, the following: texexec foo.tex mptopdf foo.mp will end up having foo.pdf deleted. I guess this is because mptopdf creates foo.pdf out of foo.mp *and then* renames it into foo-1.mp. Is

Re: [NTG-context] First page of chapter

2010-02-02 Thread Andreas Harder
I am struggling with getting the first pages of my chapters laid out as desired. What I want on the top third of the page is a roughly 2 inch square graphic on the left with the chapter number and chapter title on the right in large print. The following chunk errors out as shown but works when

Re: [NTG-context] mptopdf overwrites and deletes pdf file?

2010-02-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2-2-2010 21:16, Nicola wrote: Hi, consider a folder containing foo.tex and foo.mp. Suppose that, when compiled, foo.mp outputs foo.1. Then, the following: texexec foo.tex mptopdf foo.mp will end up having foo.pdf deleted. I guess this is because mptopdf creates foo.pdf out of foo.mp *and

Re: [NTG-context] First page of chapter

2010-02-02 Thread Tom
That works. Now I have to figure out how to insert the picture in the place marked GRAPHIC, get rid of all the boxes and get the page number to print on the bottom of the first page of the chapter. Tom Benjey 717-258-9733 voice 717-243-0074 fax Twitter: @TomBenjey From: