Re: [NTG-context] [Fwd: PPCHTEX and LaTeX]

2009-01-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 27 January 2009 12:01:20 Hans Hagen wrote: > Encapsulated message > PPCHTEX and LaTeX > From: "Helge Kruse" > To: pra...@wxs.nl > Date: Today 11:08:17 > > Hello, > I read about PPCHTEX and I would like to use it in my LaTeX environment. I > got errors with the the first \use

Re: [NTG-context] backgrounds: help needed

2009-01-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 27 January 2009 15:08:29 Thomas Floeren wrote: > yes, 2009 of course; > > On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Thomas Floeren wrote: > > > > For me this works only with context 2008-10-31. > > > > It doesn't work with the beta from 2008-01-18 (no background). > > Do you mean 2009-01-18? > > Aditya

Re: [NTG-context] combination

2009-01-29 Thread Alan BRASLAU
I think in this case you might be better off placing the figures in a table. I was thinking about posting a question about the nesting of combinations, say to arrange a row of two figures next to a stack of three figures, for example. This currently does not appear to work... Maybe other ConTeXt

Re: [NTG-context] combination

2009-01-29 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 29 January 2009 09:09:31 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Nicolas Luchier wrote: > > I have 3 figures to put into combination 2*2. The way it is handle > > it that the third figure is place below the first one, which is > > quite logical. I'd rather have it ce

Re: [NTG-context] When to migrate from MKII to MKIV?

2009-02-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 03 February 2009 22:34:24 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > I personally do > not use chemic, figbases, and complicated tables, so cannot comment on > those. Chemic seems to work with apparently the same results in mkii and mkiv. I am using this with mkiv without being too demanding for the mo

Re: [NTG-context] tool for reviewing hyphenation

2009-02-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 03 February 2009 22:53:08 Martin Schröder wrote: > 2009/2/3 Lars Huttar : > > Does anyone know how to tell xdvipdfmx to enable commenting rights in > > the PDF it creates? Or how to add these rights afterwards, without Adobe > > Acrobat? > > This is not (legally) possible. > http://en.w

Re: [NTG-context] tool for reviewing hyphenation

2009-02-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 04 February 2009 17:16:12 Lars Huttar wrote: > Can you tell me where to find Okular for Windows? I read some rumors > that it was available, but http://okular.kde.org/download.php only gives > instructions for compiling Okular, using a bunch of Linux packages. http://windows.kde.org

Re: [NTG-context] tool for reviewing hyphenation

2009-02-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Maybe something can be done using pdftk? http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/ (This tool may be of general use for ConTeXt users.) ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! ma

Re: [NTG-context] mkiv ppchtex greek character bug

2009-02-24 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Thanks for the very rapid reply. On Tuesday 24 February 2009 18:23:48 Hans Hagen wrote: > > ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKIV fmt: 2009.2.24 int: english/english) > ^^ > > way too old So things move fast! > get the zip from the website, I'm not sure which zip you

Re: [NTG-context] mkiv ppchtex greek character bug

2009-02-25 Thread Alan BRASLAU
I confirm that this now works using the current --context=alpha > > \enableregime[utf] > > mkiv is utf by default -) (But is still necessary to remain compatible with mkii) > > the \alpha shows up, the α not (not sure why) > > you need the mathematical alpha > > \startTEXpage > \startch

Re: [NTG-context] Can't compile LuaTeX beta 0.35.0 (on OS X)

2009-02-25 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 25 February 2009 15:32:02 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Next problem is that I'm now away (with extremely limited internet > access), Taco and Hans are leaving as well ... What, you are all leaving us stranded? > I kind of expect a few problems. "current" will probably break now - I > doub

Re: [NTG-context] basic luatex/minimals problem

2009-03-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Please let us know (through an announcement on the mailing with a new, descriptive title) when the minimal distribution stabilizes, that is, when we should dare to update our "way too old" versions (with a reasonable hope of getting a working new version). Thanks! On Wednesday 25 February 2009

Re: [NTG-context] 1/2 symbol

2009-03-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
If you use the Unicode Hex Input keyboard layout: press the Option key and enter four hex digits to specify the hex code of any glyph. Also, under any layout, when used with other keys, the Option key produces special symbols. The Keyboard Viewer, which users can add to the Input menu in the In

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
> I uploaded a new beta (mkiv) ppchtex is broken using yesterday's beta. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailm

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

2009-03-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Anything :) (for example: \usemodule[chemic] \starttext \startchemical[size=small,scale=200,width=fit,frame=off] \chemical[SIX,B,C,R,RZ][R,R,R,R,R,R] \stopchemical \stoptext see attached result.) On Saturday 07 March 2009 13:29:23 Hans Hagen wrote: > Alan BRASLAU wrote: >

[NTG-context] \setupcombinations[distance=none]

2009-03-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Minor bug (both mkiv and mkii): \setupcombinations[distance=none] is broken, whereas \setupcombinations[distance=0pt] is OK. Minimal example: \starttext \setupcombinations[distance=none] \startcombination[2] {M}{a} {M}{b} \stopcombination \stoptext ! Missing number, treated as zero.

Re: [NTG-context] \setupcombinations[distance=none]

2009-03-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
What about: \setuptables[distance=none] ? On Wednesday 18 March 2009 17:30:54 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 18.03.2009 um 17:23 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: > > Minor bug (both mkiv and mkii): > > > > \setupcombinations[distance=none] > > is broken, whereas > > \setupcom

Re: [NTG-context] Dividing dimensions

2009-03-23 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Can someone explain this? The solutions posted in lua seem more complicated than that using \dimexpr I will add further examples to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Expressions (or someone else can do this directly, of course) once I understand the advantages and limitations. Alan On Saturday 21 Ma

Re: [NTG-context] Dividing dimensions

2009-03-23 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Great! I added a section to the wiki http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Expressions taking liberties to modify the presentation slightly. A few points are broken, though, notably that the online ConTeXt doesn't appear to do luacode... Alan On Monday 23 March 2009 13:12:54 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] adobe_reader_91_for_linux

2009-04-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Available for Debian... deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ unstable main Runs much faster under linux than under Windows on the very same machine. This version on linux even loads complicated graphics faster than okular! However, I already seem to have found a bug: the cover page of cont-enp.

[NTG-context] MetaPost graph mkiv error

2009-04-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
MP "graph" works with latest minimals beta in mkii, broken in mkiv. Minimal example: \startuseMPgraphic{test} input graph draw begingraph(3in,2in); gdraw "agepopm.d"; endgraph; \stopuseMPgraphic \starttext \useMPgraphic{test} \stoptext (Of course, you know where to find agepopm.d) Alan Thi

Re: [NTG-context] New module simpleslides

2009-04-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 31 March 2009 21:39:45 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > We would of course welcome feedback, bug reports, feature suggestions, > etc., so download the module at > http://modules.contextgarden.net/module/detail?name=simpleslides and give > it a whirl! Pretty nice... Alan Two first, immediate

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] adobe_reader_91_for_linux

2009-04-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 15:06:46 luigi scarso wrote: > http://blogs.adobe.com/acroread/2009/03/adobe_reader_91_for_linux_and.html Precision: 32 bit binary; a 64 bit binary is not (yet) available... Alan ___ If you

Re: [NTG-context] \rightarrow missing?

2009-04-09 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Indeed, it seems to be broken in mkiv \rightarrow \to \leftarrow ... However, \leftrightarrow works. So, currently, it is hard to typeset limits under mkiv! Alan On Tuesday 31 March 2009 09:14:16 Hans Hagen wrote: > Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Jesse Alama wrote: > >> It seem

Re: [NTG-context] pdfsplit

2009-04-10 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 09 April 2009 17:59:18 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > the pdfsplit option for texexec use the name texexec.pdf for each of > the document and only the last page remains because all other are > overwritten, can you add the pagenumber (texexec-1.pdf, texexec-2.pdf > etc.) to the filename. Do

Re: [NTG-context] \rightarrow missing?

2009-04-10 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 10 April 2009 09:19:44 Hans Hagen wrote: > Jesse Alama wrote: > > I switched from MkIV to MkII today because of this gap in MkIV's math: > > I need to submit a dissertation that has \rightarrow's in it. Let's > > hope that this issue is resolved soon

[NTG-context] Font and Typescript problems

2009-05-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
I am perhaps using font typescripts incorrectly. Nevertheless, the recent minimals from the garden appears to have introduced a bug handling rscale. Thanks, Alan Minimal example: \definetypeface [postscript] [rm] [serif] [times] [default] \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetic

Re: [NTG-context] Font and Typescript problems

2009-05-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 04 May 2009 10:51:39 Hans Hagen wrote: > does 0.9 work? Yes, "0.9" in \definetypeface [postscript] [ss] [sans] [helvetica] [default] [rscale=0.9] works... Thanks! Nevertheless, \usetypescript[postscript] and other macros are currently broken. Alan ___

[NTG-context] section numbering problem with minimals

2009-05-04 Thread Alan BRASLAU
There seems to be a section numbering problem using the minimals (mkiv); I do not know about mkii as it is still broken! Alan Minimal example \starttext \section{first section} \subsection{first subsection of first section} \subsection{second subsection of first section} \section{second secti

Re: [NTG-context] mkII with minimals

2009-05-05 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hmmm, While you guys are having great fun fighting mosquitos (sic), the minimals are still broken: - mkii won't work - mkiv sectioning is completely broken! ?? Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as w

Re: [NTG-context] bugs in beta

2009-05-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 07 May 2009 15:27:35 Hans Hagen wrote: > when i mention beta, i mean the one on the website ... the minimals lag > upto an hour behind Please, I am confused: which one on which website? http://www.pragma-ade.nl/download-1.htm contains files from october 2008 rsync://contextgarden.net

Re: [NTG-context] bugs in beta

2009-05-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 07 May 2009 15:56:19 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 07.05.2009 um 15:51 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: > > On Thursday 07 May 2009 15:27:35 Hans Hagen wrote: > >> when i mention beta, i mean the one on the website ... the minimals > >> lag > >> upto an hour

Re: [NTG-context] bugs in beta

2009-05-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
I still get a major sectioning bug using the new beta mkiv 1. minimals from the garden 2. beta from http://pragma-ade.nl/context/beta/cont-tmf.zip Am I alone in seeing this? Thanks. Alan Minimal example: (works as expected under mkii) \starttext \section{first section} \subsection{first subsect

Re: [NTG-context] bugs in beta

2009-05-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 07 May 2009 23:17:38 Hans Hagen wrote: > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > I still get a major sectioning bug using the new beta mkiv > > 1. minimals from the garden > > 2. beta from http://pragma-ade.nl/context/beta/cont-tmf.zip > > > > Am I alone in seeing t

[NTG-context] mframed (mkiv) bug

2009-05-10 Thread Alan BRASLAU
\mframed misbehaves under mkiv (latest minimals) minimal example: \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \mframed[frame=off,background=color,backgroundcolor=yellow]{k_2 \propto \langle N \rangle^{\alpha}} \stoptext -> framed text, white background (works correctly under mkii: no frame, yellow back

[NTG-context] \setupinteractions[option=max] (mkiv)

2009-05-10 Thread Alan BRASLAU
\setupinteractionscreen[option=max] no longer works under mkiv. Thanks, Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] mframed, setupinteractions

2009-05-11 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 11 May 2009 15:40:04 Hans Hagen wrote: > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > Thanks (\setupinteractions[option=max], \mframed[background=color])! > > > > Please note that the vertical spacing seems to be off (raised) for > > \mframed... minimal example: > > > &

Re: [NTG-context] What is equivalent of latex math aligned in ConTeXt?

2009-05-11 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 11 May 2009 20:16:11 Aditya Mahajan wrote: > I would also use \implies instead of \Rightarrow (slightly different > spacing). ! Undefined control sequence. \implies $\to$ \usemodule[math-ams] ___ If your q

[NTG-context] ppchtex color

2009-05-12 Thread Alan BRASLAU
No, ppchtex is not dead... I would like to use color. 1. color= and rulecolor= does not appear to be implemented (mkiv)... 2. how can one change the color of the bonds? 3. using \color[red]{} causes the text to be offset. "minimal" example: \setupcolors[state=start] \usemodule[chemic] \starttex

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex color

2009-05-12 Thread Alan BRASLAU
> i split ppchtex in mkii/mkiv (and included the fixes) so we can improve > things eventually > > can you check if it still runs ok (beta zip on website) > > Hans Unzipped cont-tmf.zip on top of my minimals installation and ran context on my current working documents: system : module

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex color

2009-05-12 Thread Alan BRASLAU
> i split ppchtex in mkii/mkiv (and included the fixes) so we can improve > things eventually > > can you check if it still runs ok (beta zip on website) > > Hans Works correctly (bonds in red, atoms in black): \usemodule[chemic] \setupchemical[rulecolor=red] \starttext \startchemical \

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex color

2009-05-13 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 13 May 2009 10:33:18 Hans Hagen wrote: > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > Works correctly (bonds in red, atoms in black): > > > > \usemodule[chemic] > > \setupchemical[rulecolor=red] > > \starttext > > \startchemical > > \chemical[

[NTG-context] columns(ets) and itemize[columns]

2009-05-17 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hello, I just completed a "big" project making heavy use of columnset, columnsetspan and paragraphs. Very powerful! Two questions, first: What is the real difference between columns and columnset? I am a bit confused* about their coexistence. Is this purposeful or necessary (or is it simply his

Re: [NTG-context] columns(ets) and itemize[columns]

2009-05-18 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 18 May 2009 08:45:16 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 17.05.2009 um 23:31 schrieb Alan BRASLAU: > > Two questions, first: > > What is the real difference between columns and columnset? > > I am a bit confused* about their coexistence. Is this purposeful or > > nec

[NTG-context] mtxrun initialization bug

2009-05-20 Thread Alan BRASLAU
I did a fresh install of the minimals today and observed a fleeting, obscure mtxrun bug: $ context myfile did not find the script mtx-context.lua $ mtxrun --script /usr/local/context/tex/texmf-context/\ scripts/context/lua/mtx-context.lua myfile ran fine, as now does all subsequent runs of "contex

Re: [NTG-context] loading figure in LuaTeX

2009-05-21 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Or \setupexternalfigures[directory={figures/math-shapes}], assuming that you are running from ~/Documents. This can be a relative path such as {../figures/math-shapes}, for example if you are compiling in a subdirectory. I suspect that your problem, as pointed out, is the expansion of the ~ sho

Re: [NTG-context] beta (list of bugs)

2009-05-21 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 21 May 2009 11:57:37 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > OK, here is a collection of some assorted bugs. Most of them have been > posted several times. Of course, everybody will have their own feeling > of what is more and what is less urgent, but I will just add a few > words about my own situa

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2009-05-21 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 21 May 2009 12:17:50 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > 1. bib-module > > > > Taco's bib module does not work with the current beta. For me, this is a > > showstopper, I will have to give up on mkiv as long as this does not > > work. > > I feel sorry for you, but I do

Re: [NTG-context] updates without rsync

2009-05-28 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 28 May 2009 21:36:38 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > There are > some online tutorials about how to circumvent firewall problems using > ssh tunelling. > > http://forums.exabytes.com/linux-control-panel-cpanel/102-using-rsync-throu >gh-firewall.html http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/firewall.html >

Re: [NTG-context] another sectioning problem in beta

2009-06-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 03 June 2009 15:02:05 Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > MkIV 2009.06.03 11:48 > > If I use \chapter and \section, numbering is ok (1 Chapter, 1.1 > Section, 1.2 Section, 2 Chapter etc.), but when I define my own > sectioning levels, everything gets running numbers (1 Chapter, 2 > Section, 3

Re: [NTG-context] ppchtex experience

2009-06-06 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 20 April 2009 17:27:42 Helge Kruse wrote: > Hello, > > I need to write some chemical strucutures in LaTeX and dont know, what is > the best tools to do it. The structures are crown ether and cryptands. Yes, > and I am unexperienced. > > 1) What would be the way to write a [18]crown-6 > (h

Re: [NTG-context] unicode no-break spaces

2009-06-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 07 June 2009 13:12:11 Hans Hagen wrote: > Peter Münster wrote: > > Should this work, or should we rather use "~" and "\," as in the past? > > repaired in next beta (was unwanted side effect of optimization) "~", by the way, appears not to be respected in math mode; example: \starttext $

Re: [NTG-context] unicode no-break spaces

2009-06-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 07 June 2009 14:10:10 Hans Hagen wrote: > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > On Sunday 07 June 2009 13:12:11 Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Peter Münster wrote: > >>> Should this work, or should we rather use "~" and "\," as in the past? > >&

Re: [NTG-context] new structure code

2009-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hello, Different structuring behavior mkiv and mkii; How can the following minimal example be achieved under mkiv? (mkii gives the desired behavior) Alan \setuphead[part][resetnumber=no,placehead=yes] \setuplist[part,chapter,section][partnumber=no] \starttext \part{part one} \chapter{chapter one

Re: [NTG-context] new structure code

2009-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 14 June 2009 15:16:20 Hans Hagen wrote: > keys like 'partnumber' are gone in mkiv; we now have sets and segments; > here is the variant with segments: (2 = section 2 == chapter) > > \setuphead[part] [resetnumber=no,placehead=yes] > % \setuphead[chapter][sectionsegments=2:100] > % \setup

Re: [NTG-context] new structure code

2009-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 14 June 2009 20:23:50 Hans Hagen wrote: > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > Blindly using the following minimal example, I almost get > > the desired result, but the parts are unnumbered. > > \setuphead[part][sectionsegments=1:1] I am still fishing... and don't really

[NTG-context] problem with math and TeXgyre and MKIV

2009-06-15 Thread Alan BRASLAU
No math symbols? (see attached) Alan minimal example: \usetypescript[postscript] \setupbodyfont[postscript,rm,12pt] \starttext $A = \pi r^2$ \stoptext goo.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ If your question is

Re: [NTG-context] MKIV ownnumber issue

2009-06-22 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 22 June 2009 09:01:01 Tim Wraight wrote: > The following example from the manual does not work for me in MKIV > (2009.06.14 21:01): > > \starttext > \setuphead[subsection][ownnumber=yes] > \subsection{399}{The old number} > \subsection[someref]{400}{Another number} > \stoptext Structurin

Re: [NTG-context] problem with math and TeXgyre and MKIV

2009-06-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Does anyone use math? For I am surprised that nobody is complaining. (recent minimals, since 8 June, mkiv) The following minimal example % mkiv \usetypescript[postscript] \usetypescript[pagella] \starttext default: $A = \pi r^2$ \switchtobodyfont[postscript] postscript: $A = \pi r^2$ \switcht

Re: [NTG-context] mkiv structure

2009-07-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 15 June 2009 10:02:35 Hans Hagen wrote: > > I was wondering ... the last time quite some nice small test samples > were posted for testing the structure code > % Example taken from cont-enp.pdf % However, adding \part{} is problematic... % (maybe someone can correct this?) % \setuppagenu

[NTG-context] references (mainlanguage)

2009-07-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
First question: Should the reference labels follow \mainlanguage? (in the example below [fr], by chance, \in{figure} might seem OK, but not \in{chapter}!) Second question: How can one \Cap{\in{figure}}? Third question: Why is the chapter label text blank by default? Thanks. Alan Minimal example

Re: [NTG-context] references (mainlanguage)

2009-07-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Thanks for the hints. On Thursday 02 July 2009 23:07:43 Willi Egger wrote: > > Second question: > > How can one \Cap{\in{figure}}? > > Hm, do not know, my test do not reveal the expected result \in{Figure}? (perhaps this should be a suggestion for a new feature) > If I understand you correc

Re: [NTG-context] mkiv structure

2009-07-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
In my experience, a \part is generally (except in some rather technical documents) not treated as a super-chapter, that is chapter numbers (and titles) are not reset and retain their status as if the book was not divided into parts. A very long work is commonly broken into "volumes". Here, each vo

Re: [NTG-context] mkiv structure

2009-07-05 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 03 July 2009 16:04:07 Hans Hagen wrote: > > Obsolete in mkii? > > Shouldn't basic use (read standard users) > > treat source text transparently > > between mkii and mkiv? > > no, this is one of the few places where there will be a difference; we > have way more control now (also to the de

Re: [NTG-context] mkiv structure

2009-07-09 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 09 July 2009 09:38:07 Hans Hagen wrote: > part is just the first level of sectioning and happens to be configured > in such a way that it does not show a title; really nothing special It is a question of default setup. \part is configured differently : no title, additional page number,

Re: [NTG-context] Numbered bookmarks in PDF

2010-06-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
> B. Tommy Jensen wrote: >> I am struggling a bit with numbered bookmarks in generated PDF files. On Wednesday 27 August 2008 19:03 Hans Hagen wrote: > since bookmarks do use lists the info is there but mkii bookmarks are > not going to be extended; you have to wait for the mkiv overhaul Woul

Re: [NTG-context] Slides: uncover things piecewise

2010-06-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 03 June 2010 19:13:32 Marco wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:02:24 +0200, Peter Münster > > wrote: > > [...] > > Perhaps your pdf-viewer does not support javascript. > > I use acroread version 9.3.2 > > > > Cheers, Peter > > After short research I found out that most pdf readers don't

Re: [NTG-context] dodosetreference undefined

2010-06-05 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Saturday 05 June 2010 15:29:06 Yury G. Kudryashov wrote: > Hi! > > \dodosetreference is not defined, but \dododosetreference is defined twice > in strc-ref.mkiv. This breaks \pagereference, hence t-fixme. I think that > the first definition should be replaced with \def\dodosetreference. > Ind

[NTG-context] latest bugs (was: dodosetreference undefined)

2010-06-06 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Saturday 05 June 2010 15:34:11 Alan BRASLAU wrote: > ! Undefined control sequence. > \dopagereference [#1]->\dodosetreference > \s!page {#1}{}{} is now defined. Nevertheless, there are many bugs in the new minimals (beta) indexes, lis

Re: [NTG-context] Removing Introduction section number

2010-06-06 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 06 June 2010 23:20:29 Yury G. Kudryashov wrote: > 1. You want Introduction in the table of contents. Then you should copy > section to another head, and setup it with number=no (have no time to > test): > > \definehead[secnonum][section] > \setuphead[secnonum][number=no] > \secnonum{Intr

[NTG-context] \definetextbackground - problem with footnotes

2010-06-07 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hi, I use \definetextbackground to create an environment that is set-off from the main text. This (now) works correctly, except in the particular case when the backgrounded text wraps to a second page and the first page contains a footnote. In this particular case, the footnote also gets the ba

[NTG-context] header/footertexts (sectioning)

2010-06-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Hello, I am using: \setupfootertexts [chapter] \setupheadertexts [section] \setupheadertexts [][pagenumber] [pagenumber][] % doublesided to place the chapter title in the footer and the section title in the header. (Of course, I also use \setuphead [chapter] [header=nomarking,foot

Re: [NTG-context] marginrules vs. papersize

2010-06-10 Thread Alan BRASLAU
"Quack" goes the duck: 1. Everyone knows that a cow says "moo"! (but not a koe, une vache, ...) 2. Why in the world would anyone like to use \setpapersize[letter]? :) ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] MKIV and bib module

2010-06-10 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 10 June 2010 15:34:37 Hans Hagen wrote: > > i've considered removing the \complete... variants in mkiv ... after > all, the few extra \title commands are not that much of a burden > Here, here! I do find the syntax \placecontents vs. \completecontents awkward. However, the titles ar

[NTG-context] bibtex failure on latest minimals

2010-06-13 Thread Alan BRASLAU
An update today of the minimals breaks the bibtex search path: This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2010/pretest) Capacity: max_strings=15, hash_size=15, hash_prime=127507 The top-level auxiliary file: Livre.aux I couldn't open style file cont-no.bst ---line 2 of file Livre.aux : \bibs

Re: [NTG-context] Removing Introduction section number

2010-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 June 2010 08:52:16 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > > ...or preventing startbodymatter from making new page. > >\setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=no] > > or > >\setupsectionblock[frontpart][page=no] > > (I don't remember whether this is executed at th

Re: [NTG-context] Itemize, margins and nowhite

2010-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 June 2010 08:32:08 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Strange, but if I specify margins for itemize, then "nowhite" losts its > > effect, and I need to specify it again in every itemize group. > > > > \setupitemize[1,leftmargin=1cm, rightmargin=1

Re: [NTG-context] bibtex failure on latest minimals

2010-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 June 2010 08:55:57 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > An update today of the minimals breaks the bibtex search path: > > > > This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2010/pretest) > > Capacity: max_strings=15, hash_size=15, hash_pri

Re: [NTG-context] Removing Introduction section number

2010-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 June 2010 09:54:30 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Actually, I almost never use \writetolist myself, but then I usually > have special sectioning commands (in larger documents): > >\definehead[Usection][section] >\setuphead[Usection][number=no] > >\Usection{...} > > This coul

Re: [NTG-context] Removing Introduction section number

2010-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 June 2010 11:52:28 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 14-6-2010 9:39, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > \section[number=no]{Whatever} > > this will not happen as the first argument is optional and reserved for > a cross reference > > Hans Yes, of course! How about \sect

Re: [NTG-context] Removing Introduction section number

2010-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 June 2010 13:17:54 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > I have to say that I am now a bit confused about the use of arguments in > > ConTeXt. > > The general rule is quite straightforward: > > * arguments in {} pairs are

Re: [NTG-context] bibtex failure on latest minimals

2010-06-14 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 14 June 2010 14:09:18 Michael Murphy wrote: > > > Is texmf.cnf still ok? There should be a BSTINPUTS line there. > > Looks ok, but I have the same problem. This is the line from texmf.cnf: > > BSTINPUTS = .;{$TXRESOURCES}//;{$CTXDEVTXPATH};$TEXMF/bibtex/bst// The problem must be elsewh

Re: [NTG-context] incrementnumber and bookmark

2010-06-23 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 23 June 2010 09:10:17 Peter Münster wrote: > Hello, > > What is the relationship between "incrementnumber" and bookmarks? > > I don't get the desired bookmark here: > > \setupinteraction[state=start] > \setupinteractionscreen[option=bookmark] > \placebookmarks[title] > \starttext >

[NTG-context] LuaTeX error: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)

2010-06-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
latest minimals: $ context contextman ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua:87: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-not.lua:87: in function 'listindex' ...text/tex/texmf-context

[NTG-context] title page (& \framed)

2010-06-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
In typesetting a title page, why in this minimal example is the framed title not centered? \starttext \startstandardmakeup [doubleside=no,align=middle] \framed {Title} \stopstandardmakeup \stoptext If I remove the \framed, the Title then gets centered. (I suppose that one

Re: [NTG-context] \framed

2010-06-27 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 27 June 2010 08:27:44 Peter Münster wrote: > > You need \dontleavehmode (see also here, question 21: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/FAQ ) > Of course. I remembered this afterwords. We need to explain this more clearly in the documentation under \framed{} (which contains discussion on

[NTG-context] mtxrun error

2010-06-30 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Latest minimals: mtxrun:9289: attempt to concatenate local 'v' (a table value) Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.

Re: [NTG-context] nomarking function in MKIV

2010-06-30 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Tuesday 29 June 2010 19:33:55 Peter Münster wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29 2010, John Devereux wrote: > > so that "Short Title Rest Of Title" appears as the chapter title, but > > just "Short Title" appears in the TOC, PDF bookmarks and footers. > > \setupinteraction[state=start] > \placebookmarks

Re: [NTG-context] nomarking function in MKIV (selector)

2010-06-30 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On nomarking functionality in MKIV: I manage short/long figure captions using a selector: \defineselector [caption] [max=2,n=2] % alternate {short}{long} captions ... \placefigure [here] [fig:reference] {\select{caption}

Re: [NTG-context] nomarking function in MKIV

2010-07-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 01 July 2010 00:35:44 Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 30.06.10 10:19, schrieb Alan BRASLAU: > > > > Additionally, > > \chapter [title={First chapter},list={First}] > > does not work. Logically this should work just as \startchapter. > > This won'

Re: [NTG-context] nomarking function in MKIV

2010-07-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 01 July 2010 11:23:01 Peter Münster wrote: > On Thu, Jul 01 2010, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > Functionality such as the subject of this thread > > should be available by default, without having to mess with macros. > > In particular, functionality present in LaTe

Re: [NTG-context] nomarking function in MKIV

2010-07-01 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 01 July 2010 12:00:45 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > On Jul 1, 2010, at 11:44 AM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > No one has answered my question about to what belongs any text > > between a proceding \stopchapter and a following \startchapter, as in > > \startchapter{ti

Re: [NTG-context] nomarking function in MKIV

2010-07-02 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Friday 02 July 2010 10:18:23 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > It all depends on what you call "robustness." I'm a classicist, not a > computer scientist or programmer, so I view software only from a user's > perspective. But here's what I think about this: a system is robust when > it behaves in a

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost: union test of two paths

2010-07-03 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Saturday 03 July 2010 10:03:32 Taco Hoekwater wrote: > On 07/02/2010 07:01 PM, Marco wrote: > > Hi, > > > > two arbitrary paths are given. A small path and a larger path, both > > cycled. How to find out if the smaller path lies completely »inside« the > > larger path? > > That is hard. The ma

Re: [NTG-context] unicode no-break spaces

2010-07-05 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sunday 07 June 2009 16:55:59 Hans Hagen wrote: > Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Alan BRASLAU wrote: > >> On Sunday 07 June 2009 14:10:10 Hans Hagen wrote: > >>> Alan BRASLAU wrote: > >>>> On Sunday 07 June 2009 13:12:11 Hans Hagen wrote: > >>

[NTG-context] OT: mailing list activity

2010-07-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
This is totally off-topic: but given the fairly strong Dutch implication in creating ConTeXt, it may not be surprising that traffic on the mailing list has slowed-down recently. Not to ruffle the feathers of everyone else on the mailing list, either... Alan ___

Re: [NTG-context] OT: mailing list activity

2010-07-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 08 July 2010 10:33:08 Hans Hagen wrote: > On 8-7-2010 9:49, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > > This is totally off-topic: > > but given the fairly strong Dutch implication > > in creating ConTeXt, it may not be surprising > > that traffic on the mailing list h

Re: [NTG-context] Best version of ConTeXt

2010-07-08 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Thursday 08 July 2010 13:54:57 Tom wrote: > > I don't expect there will be much ConTeXt activity from our Dutch friends > today due to the big game, but I will risk a question anyway. The BIG game will be on Sunday. > > From which site should Americans download Tex Live 2010? Minimals only?

Re: [NTG-context] Grammar (was: Semantic data in ConTeXt?)

2010-07-26 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Monday 26 July 2010 01:47:13 David Rogers wrote: > * Matija Šuklje [2010-07-25 23:33]: > >-.-.- > >P.S. Is there a nicer wording then "(s)he" for referencing persona in > >unisex gender (other then "one")? > > The correct unisex pronoun is "he". This whole question is an invented > problem whe

Re: [NTG-context] 4th ConTeXt Meeting, update

2010-07-28 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Wednesday 28 July 2010 12:43:42 luigi scarso wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > > Hey, I've just seen that there is Wolfgang this year... > > Also Alan... > > Plotting data with Metafun/Metapost > > """ > ... explore alternative solutions including the possibi

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