Re: [NTG-context] Float placement in margin

2010-04-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Antoine Cailliau wrote: Dear all, I would like to put a figure my edge margin, at the bottom of the page. (so, the bottom left corner on my left pages). I tried \inmargin but the figure is not placed in margin but at the top of the page. I tried \placefigure[margin] but it is placed on the

Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography

2010-04-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Michael Saunders wrote: I'm using JabRef to generate a .bib file in utf8. I'd like to use this with Context to typeset a bibliography. I'm running into a lot of problems with Bibtex's Unicode incompatibility. What is currently the best way to do this? Googling, I came across this

Re: [NTG-context] Float placement in margin

2010-04-27 Thread Antoine Cailliau
After looking a bit more, I'm looking for a more generic solutions where I can put paragraphs as well in margin. In my thesis, I've a lot of blocks (defined by framed) that I need to put in the margin with my text continuing his flow normally. \inmargin does not seems to work (a dark story with

Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography

2010-04-27 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 05:24, Michael Saunders wrote: I'm using JabRef to generate a .bib file in utf8.  I'd like to use this with Context to typeset a bibliography.  I'm running into a lot of problems with Bibtex's Unicode incompatibility.  What is currently the best way to do this? Long

Re: [NTG-context] definition in mkiv

2010-04-27 Thread Tomáš Pustelník
From: Wolfgang Schuster Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 2:33 PM To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Subject: Re: [NTG-context] definition in mkiv Am 22.04.10 13:54, schrieb Tomáš Pustelník: Hi, During my work on bachelor thesis I was running throught source codes and I would like to

Re: [NTG-context] definition in mkiv

2010-04-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 27.04.10 09:23, schrieb Tomáš Pustelník: I have just another question. On wiki in System macros/ Handling arguments (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Handling_Arguments) are mentioned these macros: \dosingleargumentwithset \command[#1] \dodoubleargumentwithset \command[#1][#2]

Re: [NTG-context] ! Undefined control sequence

2010-04-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 26.04.10 21:59, schrieb Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini: Hi Wolfgang, my question was: Why is this \setvariables[tst][set=... necessary at all. The following example worked without that. See my other answer to Peter. Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Multiple pleas for help (long)

2010-04-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 27.04.10 00:44, schrieb Scott Steele: Hullo, all. I've been trying for 3 months now to get my last 2 years' worth of journal entries satisfactorily typeset for printing on lulu.com http://lulu.com. This is my first major project using Context (with the Xetex engine—the current procedures

Re: [NTG-context] Multiple pleas for help (long)

2010-04-27 Thread R. Bastian
On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:44:04 -0400 Scott Steele scottlste...@gmail.com scribit: [...] 1 How do I make bulleted lists not have lines between items in the list? Try \startitemize[packed] [... -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/

Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography

2010-04-27 Thread richard . stephens
Long ago (when I was still using JabRef) I was thinking about creating support for export into ConTeXt-specific format. Mojca What a teaser! So if you're not using JabRef now, what are you using and why? Richard Converteam UK Ltd. Registration Number: 5571739 and Converteam Ltd.

Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography

2010-04-27 Thread Michael Saunders
Mojca Miklavec: Long ago (when I was still using JabRef) I was thinking about creating support for export into ConTeXt-specific format. What do you use now? Is there something better? ___ If your question is of

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Patrick Gundlach
Hi Scott, that's a good idea, we should rename it to 'latex 3'. That name is still free and it would fill the expectations of almost all TeX users out there. Patrick ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread luigi scarso
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Patrick Gundlach patr...@gundla.ch wrote: Hi Scott, that's a good idea, we should rename it to 'latex 3'. That name is still free and it would fill the expectations of almost all TeX users out there. '3' seems to be unfortunate. What about L(u)ATeX-mkiv ?

Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography

2010-04-27 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:14, Michael Saunders wrote: What do you use now?  Is there something better? I don't know any better tool. JabRef seems great. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 09:57, richard.steph...@converteam.com wrote: Long ago (when I was still using JabRef) I was thinking about

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:27, Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hi Scott, that's a good idea, we should rename it to 'latex 3'. That name is still free and it would fill the expectations of almost all TeX users out there. +1 And I'm sure that the number of users would greatly increase :) :) :)

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Tobias Burnus
On 04/27/2010 10:48 AM, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:27, Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hi Scott, that's a good idea, we should rename it to 'latex 3'. That name is still free and it would fill the expectations of almost all TeX users out there. +1 I think you

Re: [NTG-context] Multiple pleas for help (long)

2010-04-27 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 00:44, Scott Steele wrote: 6 Does Xetex or Context have a facility for positioning accents over letters when those particular combinations are not in the font? (Or should I just go ahead and do this manually in Fontforge?) In LuaTeX (ConTeXt MKIV) you can simply say

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Vedran Miletić
2010/4/27 Tobias Burnus bur...@net-b.de: I think you err. LaTeX 3 is already taken (http://www.latex-project.org/latex3.html) - how about LaTeX IV? This one actually sounds good! -- Vedran Miletić ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-4-2010 11:31, Vedran Miletić wrote: 2010/4/27 Tobias Burnusbur...@net-b.de: I think you err. LaTeX 3 is already taken (http://www.latex-project.org/latex3.html) - how about LaTeX IV? This one actually sounds good! but given the original post it then should be latex iv i.e. no funny

Re: [NTG-context] Unicode bibliography

2010-04-27 Thread Michael Saunders
Mojca Miklavec: What still makes me wonder is tha fact that there are problems with Unicode. I don't remember any, though I admit that I'm not sure if I ever cited any non-English item. Well, using Taco's trick of surrounding every sting with braces, the record won't print out. If I

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Khaled Hosny
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:35:37AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: On 27-4-2010 11:31, Vedran Miletić wrote: 2010/4/27 Tobias Burnusbur...@net-b.de: I think you err. LaTeX 3 is already taken (http://www.latex-project.org/latex3.html) - how about LaTeX IV? This one actually sounds good! but

[NTG-context] Help on \dostartbuffer needed

2010-04-27 Thread Antoine Cailliau
Hi, I'm trying to deal with \dostartbuffer. I found an old message on the ML about \dostartbuffer http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg08222.html and its is pretty what I want except that I do not know how can I get access to the buffer :) For instance, \def\startLST[#1]%

Re: [NTG-context] Help on \dostartbuffer needed

2010-04-27 Thread Antoine Cailliau
Mmm... \getbuffer[LST] obviously Sorry for the noise On 27 April 2010 15:04, Antoine Cailliau antoinecaill...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm trying to deal with \dostartbuffer. I found an old message on the ML about \dostartbuffer http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg08222.html and

Re: [NTG-context] Real help on \dostartbuffer needed

2010-04-27 Thread Antoine Cailliau
This time, it is not working, and I do not have any idea why. \defineenumeration[ENUM][] \definebuffer[Entity,before=\startENUM,after=\stopENUM] \starttext \startEntity \input tufte \stopEntity \stoptext fails with ! Missing \endcsname inserted. to be read again \let

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Procházka Lukáš Ing . - Pontex s . r . o .
Hello, my opinion is that ConTeXt including capitalization of some preselected letters is OK. Imagine - how new mode of work brings ConTeXt (and other TeX family) to someone who knows only or has been working with Word before! If it's to much to someone to remember correct ConTeXt writing

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-27 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
or to use \context macro - I never used it before, so I'm not sure whether such a macro exists; if it doesn't, it might be useful to define it; like \LaTeX in LaTeX It's actually \CONTEXT, all uppercase. Arthur

[NTG-context] requesting multipass

2010-04-27 Thread Philipp Gesang
Hi all, how do I trigger another pass? Using md5 and io I want to save data to a helper file and reuse it in a second pass (like e.g. mtx-context.lua) or update the file if appropriate. But I couldn't quite figure out how to request another pass from the lua end. Thanks for any help, Philipp

Re: [NTG-context] the grid (MkIV)

2010-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 19-4-2010 1:37, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Hi, how can I exclude a section head from grid? Just compare setuplayout with grid=yes/no. Is there a solution? \showgrid \starttext \setuplayout[grid=yes]% [grid=no] \setuphead[chapter][grid=none] \chapter{one} \page \chapter{one\\line}

Re: [NTG-context] the grid (MkIV)

2010-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-4-2010 7:14, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: I was reading spac-ver.mkiv on gridsnapping values ... but didn't find the local switch. What's it about? using local interlinespace vs bodyfont related -

Re: [NTG-context] requesting multipass

2010-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-4-2010 5:04, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi all, how do I trigger another pass? Using md5 and io I want to save data to a helper file and reuse it in a second pass (like e.g. mtx-context.lua) or update the file if appropriate. But I couldn't quite figure out how to request another pass from

Re: [NTG-context] Questions about \setuphead and \framed

2010-04-27 Thread Michael Ewe
On Saturday 24 April 2010 14:41:06 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 20.04.10 23:01, schrieb Michael Ewe: 1 The frames in the chapter both headings are much bigger than in the normal text. The chapter insert it's own strut in the number and the text and changing/disabling the strut in the

Re: [NTG-context] requesting multipass

2010-04-27 Thread Philipp Gesang
On 2010-04-27 20:02:27, Hans Hagen wrote: On 27-4-2010 5:04, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi all, how do I trigger another pass? Using md5 and io I want to save data to a helper file and reuse it in a second pass (like e.g. mtx-context.lua) or update the file if appropriate. But I couldn't

[NTG-context] How to use musical symbols from a font

2010-04-27 Thread Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky
Hi, I want to use musical symbols (e.g. rest) in my documents. I have MusicalSymbols.ttf font, and know that the rest is, say r symbol. How to make a macro that will place this symbol and possibly crop it? -- Best Regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

Re: [NTG-context] requesting multipass

2010-04-27 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-4-2010 11:09, Philipp Gesang wrote: On 2010-04-2720:02:27, Hans Hagen wrote: On 27-4-2010 5:04, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi all, how do I trigger another pass? Using md5 and io I want to save data to a helper file and reuse it in a second pass (like e.g. mtx-context.lua) or update the