[NTG-context] Re: Text in Margin

2024-02-19 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 19.02.24 um 14:14 schrieb Jeroen: In a textbook I am looking to place a large left margin at every page of each chapter. At left printed pages a left margin and at right printed pages a right margin, so like a double sided construction. In this margin I would like to place: 1. Keywords

[NTG-context] Re: Text in Margin

2024-02-19 Thread Andres Conrado Montoya
There is a package on github https://github.com/andythomas/TeX-sidenotes that can help you with that. Check the "context" folder on that repo. Also, you can find an example of its use at https://github.com/zvonkok/perf-panacea Caveat emptor: It has not been updated in 12 years. It should work for

[NTG-context] Re: using an end of line as parameter

2024-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2/19/2024 1:49 PM, Miguel Diaz wrote: Dear list, I want to format some language tests that different people are preparing. Each one uses different software and there are always problems in format that i want to solve. for a a/b/c questions I receive text that I will format to a list

[NTG-context] Re: MetaPost lines in tables?

2024-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Henning Hraban Ramm schrieb am 19.02.2024 um 22:39: I guess I asked this a while ago, but I can’t find an answer: Is it possible to replace the lines of a TABLE with my own MetaPost graphics? ATM I’m trying to place my MP lines behind a frame-less TABLE; it will probably work, but it’s a

[NTG-context] MetaPost lines in tables?

2024-02-19 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
I guess I asked this a while ago, but I can’t find an answer: Is it possible to replace the lines of a TABLE with my own MetaPost graphics? ATM I’m trying to place my MP lines behind a frame-less TABLE; it will probably work, but it’s a crutch… Hraban

[NTG-context] Re: Text in Margin

2024-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Jeroen schrieb am 19.02.2024 um 14:14: In a textbook I am looking to place a large left margin at every page of each chapter. At left printed pages a left margin and at right printed pages a right margin, so like a double sided construction. In this margin I would like to place: You can use

[NTG-context] Re: lmt_shade fails

2024-02-19 Thread Hans Hagen
On 2/19/2024 7:10 PM, Keith McKay wrote: Thanks for the reply Fabrice. Looks like something changed in the recent update. I'm sure Hans will pick it up. next upload (when mid cycles were introduced we lost an end one in some cases) Hans

[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-19 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
Thanks Mikael. This helped indeed. I updated my example on the Metapost page in the wiki accordingly. The`pagestate=start` functionality is not documented in the wiki. It's not clear for which context commands it can or should be used. Who is willing to help out here? Best regards Emanuel On

[NTG-context] Re: lmt_shade fails

2024-02-19 Thread Keith McKay
Thanks for the reply Fabrice. Looks like something changed in the recent update. I'm sure Hans will pick it up. Best wishes Keith McKay On Mon, 19 Feb 2024, 13:21 Fabrice L, wrote: > Dear Keith, > > Le 18 févr. 2024 à 11:44, Keith McKay a écrit : > > Hi all > > I went to use the lmt_shade

[NTG-context] Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work

2024-02-19 Thread Ursula Hermann
Dear Pablo, I shell try it. Many thanks. Uschi -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context Gesendet: Montag, 19. Februar 2024 14:31 An: ntg-context@ntg.nl Cc: Pablo Rodriguez Betreff: [NTG-context] Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work On 2/19/24 13:06,

[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-19 Thread Mikael Sundqvist
Hi, Try \startTEXpage[pagestate=start] /Mikael On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 2:31 PM Emanuel Han via ntg-context wrote: > >  I just made a strange observation in the output pdf of the attached > layer_set.tex, which is that when opening it with a pdf viewer like skim or > macos preview and

[NTG-context] Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work

2024-02-19 Thread Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context
On 2/19/24 13:06, Ursula Hermann wrote: > Dear List, > > I have done the new download at Work. After compiling is always the same: > > Command Line:   context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" > […] > startup error : no format file given, quitting Dear Uschi, it is really hard to know what is

[NTG-context] Fwd: Re: Working with layer sets with Metapost

2024-02-19 Thread Emanuel Han via ntg-context
 I just made a strange observation in the output pdf of the attached layer_set.tex, which is that when opening it with a pdf viewer like skim or macos preview and showing miniatures, all pages except the last one show page number 1 (the last showing page number 2). Which was not the case with the

[NTG-context] Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work

2024-02-19 Thread Gavin via ntg-context
Hi Uschi, The log file is certainly helpful. It tells me two things. First, you have TeX Live 2023 installed. TeX Live 2023 has a good version of ConTeXt. Unless you need specific, newer ConTeXt features, you can use the ConTeXt version in TeX Live that you already have. Second, when you

[NTG-context] Re: lmt_shade fails

2024-02-19 Thread Fabrice L
Dear Keith, > Le 18 févr. 2024 à 11:44, Keith McKay a écrit : > > Hi all > I went to use the lmt_shade function and it fails with two error messages. > the first one is: > > metafun > log > error: Not a cycle > > followed by lots of trace messages, then: > > metafun > log >

[NTG-context] Text in Margin

2024-02-19 Thread Jeroen
In a textbook I am looking to place a large left margin at every page of each chapter. At left printed pages a left margin and at right printed pages a right margin, so like a double sided construction. In this margin I would like to place: 1. Keywords and small descriptions to emphasize some

[NTG-context] using an end of line as parameter

2024-02-19 Thread Miguel Diaz
Dear list, I want to format some language tests that different people are preparing. Each one uses different software and there are always problems in format that i want to solve. for a a/b/c questions I receive text that I will format to a list (comments are mine) In den Büchereien gibt es auch

[NTG-context] Re: Sorry for once more asking, i am at Work

2024-02-19 Thread Ursula Hermann
Dear List, I have done the new download at Work. After compiling is always the same: Command Line: context.exe --synctex=-1 "context-test.tex" Startup Folder: C:\Users\Hermann\Downloads\context-mswin\tex\texmf-context\tex\context\test\mkiv startup error : no format file given, quitting I