[NTG-context] image command in Metapost

2005-12-26 Thread David Arnold
All, In: def hlingrid (expr Min, Max, Step, Length, Width) text t = image ( for i=Min step Step until Max+grid_eps : draw (origin--(Width,0)) shifted (0,i*(Length/Max)) t ; endfor ; ) ; enddef ; What does the image command do? Where is it documented?

Re: [NTG-context] hlingrid text t parameter?

2005-12-26 Thread David Arnold
Perfect! Thanks. On Dec 26, 2005, at 11:29 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: --- On Dec 26, David Arnold wrote --- All, In mp-grid.mp, I find this definition: def hlingrid (expr Min, Max, Step, Length, Width) text t = image ( for i=Min step Step until Max+grid_eps : draw (origin--(Width,0

[NTG-context] Metapost -- What am I doing wrong

2005-12-25 Thread David Arnold
All, Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here? %Ouput=pdf \setupcolors[state=start] \definecolor[gridlines][s=0.7] \startMPinclusions color gridlines; gridlines=\MPcolor{gridlines} \stopMPinclusions \startMPgraphic{create function path f 5-by-5} %define clipping path path

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost -- What am I doing wrong

2005-12-25 Thread David Arnold
Good stuff! :-) % I don't know how to give the function as an argument, % so I cheated and copied it here once more vardef create_function_path_f = See metafun-s.pdf page 370 and mp-func.mp. ___ ntg-context mailing list

[NTG-context] Passing text to Metapost functions

2005-12-25 Thread David Arnold
All, I'd like to do something like this: create_axes(xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax,ux,uy)(x); Where x will be a label for my x-axis. But once in a while it might be t or u or some other thing such as Days. I want to use it like this: beginfig(0); %initialize window parameters numeric xmin, xmax,

Re: [NTG-context] developing large numbers of MP files for inclusion in source

2005-12-24 Thread David Arnold
Mojca, You pretty much describe the way I've always worked in the past. I am currently working on a technique where all my graphics for section1 of chapter 3 are inside a file named sectionfigs.tex. I am using MPpage and friends to make these. The file currently contains about 14 graphics

[NTG-context] setbounds question

2005-12-23 Thread David Arnold
Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: Very cool. First time I ever could figure out what \relax does. When I deleted it from this source, I got: ! I can't find file `zapf}'. l.25 {\input zapf} Please type another input file name: Good learning experience for me. I've seen and ignored this type

[NTG-context] developing large numbers of MP files for inclusion in source

2005-12-23 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Taco, et al, Our intermediate algebra text will require a large number of figures. I have two thoughts. 1. It's really inefficient to compile the entire context source file just to see what will happen to one figure. So, it seems that we should probably have a library of graphs for

Re: [NTG-context] Red framed text

2005-12-22 Thread David Arnold
Very cool. First time I ever could figure out what \relax does. When I deleted it from this source, I got: ! I can't find file `zapf}'. l.25 {\input zapf} Please type another input file name: Good learning experience for me. I've seen and ignored this type of error message before, looking

Re: [NTG-context] Answer blocks potential

2005-12-22 Thread David Arnold
Hans, OK. Meanwhile, looking to a future fromatting of the exercise set, brief solutions, and long solutions, do you think it best that I instruct my colleagues to code in question-answer blocks (LongAnswer, BriefAnswer)? On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:13 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold

Re: [NTG-context] \useblocks in section

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
\endquestion \beginanswer \startanswer 3 \stopanswer \endanswer \section{Answers} \selectblocks[answer][criterium=chapter] \stoptext On Dec 21, 2005, at 1:29 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: All, This doesn't seem to work as expected. Replacing the \useblocks

Re: [NTG-context] How can I use postscript Times Roman font for entire document?

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
Hans,I can report it doesn't work here. And I am pretty up-to-date with GWTeX, although this makes me want to try updating today. This:% output=pdf\usetypescript[postscript][\defaultencoding]\setupbodyfont[postscript,10pt]\starttext\input tufte\stoptextGave me

Re: [NTG-context] metapost textext?

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
Runs OK here as well. Got a little graphic with the word label in it. chapter3 $ texexec --version TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004

Re: [NTG-context] How to setup this type of header?

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
Taco, Gerben, et al, From Taco's note: Uncomment the next if you have not installed cont- fnt.zip, but instead have a working LaTeX installation. \usetypescript[adobekb][ec], I would think the following would work for me after updating to the latest Context on Gerben's site using the

[NTG-context] Answer blocks potential

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Taco, et al, I've looked at the question-answer block suggestion and it has good potential for what I want to do. What I need now is a way of typesetting the blocks as follows. 1. Question 2. Question 3. Question 4. Question Then, later in the document, I'll

[NTG-context] setupheadnumber loses table of contents

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
All, in the following example, if I uncomment %\setupheadnumber[chapter][2] then I lose my table of contents. Should that be happening? % output=pdf \setupcaptions [location=bottom,width=fit,align=right,headstyle=bold,style=slanted] \setupcaption [figure] [way=bysection]

[NTG-context] section prefix=+

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
Hans et al, We'll have different teachers writing different sections of a multi- chapter, multi-section document. The following use of prefix=+, as far as I can see, will keep them from stumbling over each other's references while they are working independently. I wonder how this will

Re: [NTG-context] section prefix=+ (oops)

2005-12-21 Thread David Arnold
Oops. Sorry. You should omit that \environment bookenv. On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:21 PM, David Arnold wrote: Hans et al, We'll have different teachers writing different sections of a multi- chapter, multi-section document. The following use of prefix=+, as far as I can see, will keep them

Re: [NTG-context] Example -- Solution Pair

2005-12-20 Thread David Arnold
What does the coupling do? On Dec 20, 2005, at 12:17 AM, Sytse Knypstra wrote: Maybe the following works? \defineenumeration[example][text=Example,coupling=solution] \defineenumeration[solution][text=Solution,after={\hfill{$\Box$} \blank},coupling=example] Sytse Knypstra David Arnold

[NTG-context] \reset deprecated?

2005-12-20 Thread David Arnold
All, I can't get \reset to work as in the manual. Is it deprecated? Replaced with something? %output=pdf \defineenumeration[question][location=serried,text=Question] \defineenumeration[answer][location=serried,text=Answer] \defineblock[question,answer] \hideblocks[answer] \starttext

[NTG-context] \useblocks in section

2005-12-20 Thread David Arnold
All, This doesn't seem to work as expected. Replacing the \useblocks with \selectblocks also produces an unexpected result. What am I doing wrong? I am trying to have only the answers from the chapter show up. %output=pdf \defineenumeration[question][location=serried,text=Question]

[NTG-context] Enumerated list numbering across

2005-12-20 Thread David Arnold
All, How do I get: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Instead of: 1. 4. 2. 5. 3. 6. With: \startitemized \item ... \stopitemized ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] ownnumber=yes

2005-12-20 Thread David Arnold
All, This: %output=pdf \definehead[david][section] \setuphead[david][ownnumber=yes] \starttext \chapter{One} \input tufte \section{Two} \input tufte \david{Three} \input tufte \section{Four} \input tufte \stoptext Causes this: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].

[NTG-context] Exercise sets

2005-12-19 Thread David Arnold
All, I'd like to design an exercise environment that will keep both the exercise and solution together. Something like: \startExercise Blah, blah, blah. \startSolution Blah, blah, blah \stopSolution \stopExercise At a higher level, something with parts, like: \startExercise Blah, blah,

Re: [NTG-context] Metafun example doesn't work

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
}\placeMPgraphic\egroup \stoptext And I get a red outline around two rectangles next to eachother. Does it crash for you? Taco David Arnold wrote: All, I've always wondered why this Metafun manual example doesn't work. \startMPgraphic draw unitsquare xscaled 5cm yscaled 1cm withpen

[NTG-context] sed question

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
All, How would I use sed to erase %output=pdf from any file ending with .tex in the current directory and any subdirectories below it? ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] sed question

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
IntermediateAlgebraText $ find . -name \*.tex -exec perl -npi -e 's/% output=pdf/%/g' \{\}\; find: -exec: no terminating ; On Dec 18, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: All, How would I use sed to erase %output=pdf from any file ending with .tex in the current

Re: [NTG-context] sed question

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
IntermediateAlgebraText $ find . -name *.tex | xargs sed -i '/% output=pdf/d' sed: 1: ./book.tex: invalid command code . MacOSX Tiger On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:05 AM, VnPenguin wrote: On 12/18/05, David Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, How would I use sed to erase %output=pdf from any

Re: [NTG-context] sed question

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
I'll post on the MacOSX-TeX list and see what's up with this command. On Dec 18, 2005, at 11:26 AM, Radhelorn wrote: David Arnold wrote: IntermediateAlgebraText $ find . -name *.tex | xargs sed -i '/% output=pdf/d' sed: 1: ./book.tex: invalid command code . Strange. Command is valid

[NTG-context] Tables --- what is current recommendation?

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
All, There's a nice summary of Tables on: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Tables_Overview I'm wondering. If one is starting anew with Context, what would users recommend as the best choice of table environment? What choice would I make if I have no need of backward compatibility and am

[NTG-context] drawdot fails?

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
All, I am wondering why my dots are not filled with the drawdot command. \startuseMPgraphic{yeqx2} %define function vardef f(expr x)= x*x enddef; %define clipping path path cpath; cpath:=(-5,-5)--(5,-5)--(5,5)--(-5,5)--cycle; %create function path path p; p:=(-5,f(-5));

Re: [NTG-context] drawdot fails?

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
Look more closely. The dots are not filled. On Dec 18, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: All, I am wondering why my dots are not filled with the drawdot command. Works for me. (-2,4), (-1,1), (0,0), (1,1) and (2,4) are black dots on a blue line. texpdf files mailed

Re: [NTG-context] drawdot fails?

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
Aha! In Previewer on my Mac, the dots are not filled. But when I open the same document in Acrobat Professional, they're filled! Thanks. On Dec 18, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: Look more closely. The dots are not filled. I assure you that I see them

Re: [NTG-context] drawdot fails?

2005-12-18 Thread David Arnold
As an alternative, replace the drawdot command with the draw command. Then the dots fill. On Dec 18, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: All, I am wondering why my dots are not filled with the drawdot command. Works for me. (-2,4), (-1,1), (0,0), (1,1) and (2,4

[NTG-context] Legal Project Structure

2005-12-17 Thread David Arnold
All, I have files: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/book.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/bookenv.tex ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/chapter1.tex ... ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter8/chapter8.tex I also have: ~/IntermediateAlgebraText/chapter1/section1.tex

[NTG-context] Need to compile individual components with proper numbering, etc.

2005-12-17 Thread David Arnold
All, With the structure (posted below for completeness), I will need to compile the individual components (small chunks to post online for students with modems). I know this is possible, with say texexec section1. However, if that is section1.tex of chapter8.tex, then I will need the run

[NTG-context] Metafun example doesn't work

2005-12-17 Thread David Arnold
All, I've always wondered why this Metafun manual example doesn't work. \startMPgraphic draw unitsquare xscaled 5cm yscaled 1cm withpen pencircle scaled 2mm withcolor .625 red; \stopMPgraphic \hbox\bgroup \loadcurrentMPgraphic{width=5cm,height=1cm}\placeMPgraphic\quad

[NTG-context] Context and Reftex

2005-12-12 Thread David Arnold
All, I assume that reftex does not work with context? Correct? Is there a management system for references in Context that is similar to Reftex? David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Context 2005.11.30 Released (bis)

2005-12-02 Thread David Arnold
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[NTG-context] Iwona again (solved?)

2005-11-30 Thread David Arnold
, elsewhere.} \stopformula \stoptext David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/ ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman

Re: [NTG-context] mfonts.tex from manuals

2005-11-30 Thread David Arnold
: David Arnold wrote: All, I was able to texfont the demofont and texfont the palatino and compiled test files for each. But when I try to compile mfonts.tex, I get the stuff below. I obviously need help. I have no uplr8t anything on my system. First: here is a quick fix. I've made

Re: [NTG-context] Iwona font

2005-11-29 Thread David Arnold
Hans et al, So, could I fix this by changing some filenames? On Nov 28, 2005, at 7:55 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: Hans, I did, but I'll try again: well, the log says: Warning: pdfetex (file texnansi-iwona.map): cannot open font map file and i took a look at the latest zip

[NTG-context] Lucida Hooray

2005-11-29 Thread David Arnold
Hans et al, I think I have Lucida installed. We'll see how it holds up in the future. David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/ ___ ntg-context mailing

Re: [NTG-context] Iwona font

2005-11-28 Thread David Arnold
[david][mm][math][iwona][default] \setupbodyfont[david,ss,10pt] \starttext This should work. \stoptext And, no luck. Log file attached. junk.log Description: Binary data On Nov 28, 2005, at 2:38 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: 1. Do I have to also do an updmap or enable or some

Re: [NTG-context] Iwona font

2005-11-28 Thread David Arnold
a significant amount of space addressing these trouble shooting techniques. On Nov 28, 2005, at 7:55 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: Hans, I did, but I'll try again: well, the log says: Warning: pdfetex (file texnansi-iwona.map): cannot open font map file and i took a look

Re: [NTG-context] Arithmetic Macros

2005-11-27 Thread David Arnold
Thanks Taco, I'll take a look. On Nov 27, 2005, at 1:23 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: All, Does anyone have any macros for typesetting common arithmetic explanations, such as +, -, x, and /? There is a small macro package by Donald Arsenau for long divisions

[NTG-context] TEXMFMAIN,TEXMFTE,TEXMFGW

2005-11-27 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Taco, Gerben, et al, With the new release of Context, it looks like you have the same: --ro=TEXMFMAIN I've attached my type-tmf-gw.dat and the type-tmf-gw.log that resulted from a run with: sudo texfont --encoding=ec type-tmf-gw.dat I did this by dropping type-tmf-gw.dat in ~/tmp/.

Re: [NTG-context] Iwona font

2005-11-27 Thread David Arnold
junk2.log. junk2.log Description: Binary data junk1.log Description: Binary data On Nov 27, 2005, at 2:16 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: Hans, Hi. I am at work and I don't have access to my email at home from work. I'm here with my students working on their projects. Could

[NTG-context] Drag and Drop and Authenticate on the Mac OS Tiger

2005-11-27 Thread David Arnold
Gerben et al, I am worried about an ownership problem in my texmf.local tree in GWTeX. I get this iwona font, then drag the folder doc/fonts/iwona from the download to /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/doc/fonts using drag and drop and finder. I am asked to authenticate and I do so.

[NTG-context] New tmf files?

2005-11-26 Thread David Arnold
Taco et al, There was some discussion before this current release about including more tmf files. I downloaded the latest cont-tfm.zip, but see no evidence of more tmf files. Is that still a future project? I updated Context via Gerben's updater and I just installed the Latin modern

Re: [NTG-context] New tmf files?

2005-11-26 Thread David Arnold
Gerben, Does this mean that if I wait the 24-hr period and use Context updater again, I will get these? On Nov 26, 2005, at 6:28 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote: On 26 Nov 2005, at 11:49, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: Taco et al, There was some discussion before this current

[NTG-context] svn manuals

2005-11-26 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Taco, et al, I think it would be a good idea (possibly saving you a lot of list answering time) if you put a README file in each manual directory. This could contain instructions such as: 1. Which is the main file to compile. 2. Some font handling instructions. Maybe a reminder of

Re: [NTG-context] beginners manual

2005-11-26 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Taco, et al, It's time for me to wax philosophic on the beginner's manual. I've read a few posts to this list, and tried to think back to my experience, and looked at my troubles now, but I haven't reread the beginner's manual as yet. That I will do in the upcoming weeks. My first

[NTG-context] Arithmetic Macros

2005-11-26 Thread David Arnold
All, Does anyone have any macros for typesetting common arithmetic explanations, such as +, -, x, and /? Like: 123 +456 _ 579 Or: 21 25) 527 50 __ 27 25 ___ 2 David

[NTG-context] Home now --- More work with type-tmf.dat and mfonts.tex

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
All, On my home machine now (Mac Tiger GWTeX). I have the attached type- tmf-gw.dat in ~/tmp and ran: sudo texfont type-tmf-gw.dat Resulting output attached in texfont.log. type-tmf-gw.dat Description: Binary data texfont.log Description: Binary data David

Re: Getting texfont to do batch installs on gwTeX (was Re: [NTG-context] Palatino)

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
type-tmf-gw.dat junk.textype-tmf-gw.dat~ makeFilter.mtype-tmf.dat memoize.m type-tmf.dat~ memoize.m~ 011-101:~/tmp davidarnold$ David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http

Re: [NTG-context] mfonts.tex from manuals

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
Description: Binary data David On Nov 25, 2005, at 2:41 AM, Adam Lindsay wrote: On 25 Nov 2005, at 01:37, David Arnold wrote: \startnotmode[atpragma] \startMPenvironment[global] %\usetypescript[handwriting,map][lucida][texnansi] %\definefontsynonym[TitlePage-Bold][LucidaHandwriting

Re: [NTG-context] Re: ShowLayout

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
Patrick, Perfect. Thanks. On Nov 24, 2005, at 11:45 PM, Patrick Gundlach wrote: Hello David, How can you get the \ShowLayout command with your t-layout module to reveal the measurements in mm instead of pt? [don't tell anybody:] It seems that don't have a working ConTeXt installed at

Re: [NTG-context] mfonts.tex from manuals

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Gerben, No pstoedit on my system. book $ pstoedit -bash: pstoedit: command not found Gerben, how should I proceed? On Nov 25, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: Adam, Goodness gracious! I never saw that. Meanwhile, with these changes, the document compiled

[NTG-context] Choosing a font for our Math Book

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
Adam, Taco, Hans, et al, This file: %output=pdf \startcomponent section1 \project book \product chapter1 \section{Trinomials} \input knuth \placeformula[eq:1] \startformula f(x)=x^2+2x-3 \stopformula We, see in \in{Equation}[eq:1], the historical use of function notation. \stopcomponent

[NTG-context] Referencing in Project Structure

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
All, I have: project book in book.tex environment bookenv book.env.tex product chapter1 in chapter1.tex component section1 in section1.tex component section1 in section2.tex component section1 in section3.tex In each section, I would like numbering of theorems, definitions, examples,

[NTG-context] Showing the page layout

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
All, I am aware of \showlayout and Patrick's \ShowLayout. In the case of the former, I have this in my environment file: \showlayout \definelayout[myCustomLayout][ header=30mm, footer=20mm, headerdistance=10mm, footerdistance=10mm, topspace=30mm, bottomspace=25mm, height=middle,

Re: [NTG-context] Choosing a font for our Math Book

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
Hans,On Nov 25, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:\usetypescript[lucida][texnansi] \setupbodyfont[lucida] This doesn't work on my system. However, the attached file does compile and gives me Lucida in Acrobat Professional. You'll note thought that all the math is commented out.What do you

Re: [NTG-context] Choosing a font for our Math Book

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
Hans,\usetypescript[palatino][texnansi]\setupbodyfont[palatino]This one worked, and looks pretty good. In Acrobat Professional, fonts reported are:LMRoman10-RegualLMTypewriter10-RegularPxsyRpxrURWPalladioL-ItalURWPalladioL-RomaAll Type 1.But this

[NTG-context] Iwona font

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
All, Found this link. Helpful reading. http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hartke/latex/survey/survey.html I downloaded: ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/fonts/iwona.zip Unzipped and put only the afm's and the pfb's in ~/tmp/iwona. Ran: iwona $ sudo texfont --ve=public --co=iwona --ma --in That

[NTG-context] Where is \typescriptthree documented?

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
All, I don't understand \typescriptthree. Where is it documented? What does it mean? David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Iwona font

2005-11-25 Thread David Arnold
My best guess is the zip file didn't contain all the iwona fonts needed. Am I correct? On Nov 25, 2005, at 7:35 PM, David Arnold wrote: All, Found this link. Helpful reading. http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~hartke/latex/survey/survey.html I downloaded: ftp://tug.ctan.org/pub/tex-archive/fonts

[NTG-context] Moving close to Lucida but still not there

2005-11-24 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Taco, Adam et al, I dropped all of my lucida pfb and afm fonts into a temporary directory, ~/tmp/lucida. Change to that directory and entered: texfont --ve=yandy --co=lucida --ma --in Log file is attached. I was able to compile the resulting texnansi- yandy-lucida.tex. Progress.

[NTG-context] Can texexec enable write18 at runtime

2005-11-24 Thread David Arnold
All, In GWTeX, I could turn on write18 here: % Enable \write18 (run shell processes from within TeX job) % Set to t if needed % (I think this might have security implications, especially if you % run tex jobs as administrator, so I keep it turned off by default shell_escape = f But, because of

[NTG-context] texfont --listing what isn't there (lbma : LucidaNewMath-Arrows)

2005-11-24 Thread David Arnold
Hans et al, Working hard. Reading manuals. I read in the texfont manual that: lucida $ texfont --listing --ve=yandy --co=lucida Should: this switch will result in a list of metric files of the installed fonts. I get, to list the first few: lucida $ texfont --listing --ve=yandy

Re: [NTG-context] mfonts.tex from manuals

2005-11-24 Thread David Arnold
Adam, Making these changes on my system: % output=pdftex % % copyright=pragma-ade readme=readme.pdf licence=cc-by-nc-sa \preloadtypescripts % I wanted to speed things up a bit! \startnotmode[atpragma] \startMPenvironment[global] % Current bug in

[NTG-context] References across projects, products, and components

2005-11-24 Thread David Arnold
All, Where can I read about references that span projects, products, and components? David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Structures

2005-11-24 Thread David Arnold
All, I have book.tex. %output=pdftex \startproject book \environment bookenv \product chapter1 \stopproject %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: conTeXt-en %%% End: I have bookenv.tex. \startenvironment bookenv \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupindenting[medium] \stopenvironment %%% Local

[NTG-context] ShowLayout

2005-11-24 Thread David Arnold
Patrick, How can you get the \ShowLayout command with your t-layout module to reveal the measurements in mm instead of pt? David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: Getting texfont to do batch installs on gwTeX (was Re: [NTG-context] Palatino)

2005-11-23 Thread David Arnold
I hope that works for you. Gerben, Hans, can you think of a way to make this workaround unnecessary? adam David Arnold said this at Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:08:17 -0800: Hans, When I try: 011-101:/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/data davidarnold$ sudo texfont --encoding=texnansi

[NTG-context] Lucida Fonts

2005-11-23 Thread David Arnold
All, Now that YandY is defunct, where would one now purchase the Lucida font. We used to be able to get the entire set from YandY, math included. Does that set still exist and where can it be purchased? David ___ ntg-context mailing list

[NTG-context] Log file from texfont

2005-11-23 Thread David Arnold
All, Is there a switch for producing a log file from texfont? David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] More to report on mfonts -- Lucida?

2005-11-23 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Adam, Taco, et al, If I start mfonts.tex with: %\usetypescript[adobekb][8r,ec] \usetypescriptfile [type-buy] \usetypescriptfile [typeface] \environment ../allkind/mcommon.tex Then the compile crashes with: (./typeface.tex))kpathsea: Running mktextfm uplr8t mktextfm: Running mf-nowin

Re: [NTG-context] Palatino

2005-11-22 Thread David Arnold
Taco et al,OK, this didn't work. Log file attached.   \usetypescript[palatino][texnansi]  \switchtobodyfont[palatino]  \starttext  Hello World!  \stoptextThis one worked. \usetypescript[adobekb][8r,ec]  \usetypescript[palatino][ec]  \switchtobodyfont[palatino]  \starttext  Hello World! 

Re: [NTG-context] Palatino

2005-11-22 Thread David Arnold
On Nov 22, 2005, at 7:32 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: Taco et al, OK, this didn't work. Log file attached. � �\usetypescript[palatino][texnansi] � \switchtobodyfont[palatino] � \starttext � Hello World! � \stoptext no logfile -) for that one you need to run texfont

[NTG-context] mfonts.tex from manuals

2005-11-22 Thread David Arnold
]@ \fontstyle } \edef \fontstyle {\fontstyle }\if... ... l.43 \stopMPenvironment ? David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold

Re: [NTG-context] Out of Date? Up to Date?

2005-11-21 Thread David Arnold
Wanna send me what you have and I'll annotate it with suggestions, much as we did with Metafun? On Nov 21, 2005, at 12:58 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: All, If I read: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf How up to date or out of date is the information

Re: [NTG-context] mfonts.tex

2005-11-21 Thread David Arnold
Hans, Steve, et al, OK. I have subversion client installed. Now what? What commands will download what I need? On Nov 21, 2005, at 8:44 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: David Arnold wrote: Hans et al, OK. I'd like to start with mfonts.tex. I am working with GWTeX on Tiger and have just updated

Re: [NTG-context] mfonts.tex

2005-11-21 Thread David Arnold
: fonts $ ruby mfonts.rb mfonts.rb:5: uninitialized constant Job (NameError) I know little to nothing about Ruby, and less about texmfstart. So, what do I do next? On Nov 21, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Adam Lindsay wrote: David Arnold said this at Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:58:39 -0800: Hans, Steve, et al, OK

[NTG-context] texfont confusion

2005-11-21 Thread David Arnold
All, I've used svn to download the manuals and I'm in the font manual directory. I cannot get this command to do anything: fonts $ sudo texfont --vendor=test --collection=test --makepath -- install --batch demofont.dat TeXFont 2.2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 2000-2004 processing batch file

[NTG-context] Palatino

2005-11-21 Thread David Arnold
All, Can someone give me a short test file to see if palatino will work on my system (GWTeX and Tiger). David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Re: Compiling stops with ...

2005-11-20 Thread David Arnold
, but can I do it with one line in the file type-tmf.dat somehow? What would be the line I would add near the top of the file? On Nov 20, 2005, at 12:17 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi David, Gerben Wierda wrote: Hans? Taco? G From: David Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Where I am

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Compiling stops with ...

2005-11-20 Thread David Arnold
processing aborted : unknown subpath ../fonts/afm/urw/ncntrsbk --help : show some more info data $ Is it trying to back up a directory? How come. On Nov 20, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: Gerben, Taco, OK, I am using Gerben's Context Updated

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Compiling stops with ...

2005-11-20 Thread David Arnold
the --ro=TEXMFMAIN switches are in type-tmf.dat. Thanks for the help. Learning a lot. :-) On Nov 20, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: Taco, This is great help. It almost worked. share $ TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex share $ export TEXMFMAIN data $ texfont

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Compiling stops with ...

2005-11-20 Thread David Arnold
Nov 2005, at 20:39, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: Gerben, Taco, OK, I am using Gerben's Context Updated with a beta, so I think what's running is the context in texmf.local. I have two type- tmf.dat. lm $ locate type-tmf.dat /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/context/data/type

[NTG-context] Out of Date? Up to Date?

2005-11-19 Thread David Arnold
All, If I read: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mfonts.pdf How up to date or out of date is the information in this manual? David ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Font Introduction --- Or more of a reintroduction

2005-11-17 Thread David Arnold
All, It's been some time since I've tried anything other than the computer modern fonts. I am aware of the manuals for font instruction in Context, but if I want to pick up the topic again, what links and/or manuals should I read, and in what order, to get up-to-date instruction on

Re: [NTG-context] New PracTeX Journal issue

2005-11-12 Thread David Arnold
Link not found: http://tug.org/pracjourn/2005-4/guravage/bruchure.pdf On Nov 12, 2005, at 6:13 PM, Steve Peter wrote: A new issue of the PracTeX Journal is now live, featuring two ConTeXt topics: 1. Michael Guravage uses ConTeXt to typeset a brochure 2. I explore a bit of MetaPost in my

[NTG-context] Re: function plotting

2005-10-05 Thread David Arnold
Alexander, There is a lot of plots you can do with Metapost. Ordinary, every day stuff. For example: beginfig(1); % initialize a and c for f(x)=|x-a| and g(x)=c numeric a, c; a=-2; c=2; % initialize function label abcissas and postions numeric flabel, glabel; flabel:=-5; glabel:=-5; %

Re: [NTG-context] Re: function plotting

2005-10-05 Thread David Arnold
It's been a while since I used gnuplot, but at one time it was able to export as Metapost code. Does it still do that? On Oct 5, 2005, at 12:18 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Christopher Creutzig wrote: Mojca Miklavec wrote: and then \input file inside of the main LaTeX file. Gnuplot cannot

[NTG-context] Re: Small matrices

2005-09-17 Thread David Arnold
Cobby, In amsmath, there is \begin{smallmatrix} \end{smallmatrix} Don't know how in Context. I'll find out. Does anyone on the context list know how to do this? On Sep 17, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Jacob Miles-Prystowsky wrote: Dave, Quick TeX question for you: How do I produce a small inline

[NTG-context] Hobby's Graph package

2005-09-04 Thread David Arnold
All, I find myself working my way through John Hobby's Drawing Graphs with Metapost again. In Figure 9, the following code has me confused: glabel.lft(image(unfill bbox lab[j]; draw lab[j]), length p[j]); I understand that the glabel command will put the label in this case at the

[NTG-context] Good link for stats teachers

2005-09-04 Thread David Arnold
All, If you teach stats and you like Metapost, consider: http://www-math.univ-poitiers.fr/~phan/statsmac.html ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Accessibility

2005-09-02 Thread David Arnold
All, We got the note below from our college president today. What does anyone know about making context and pdf accessible to student with vision problems? x-tad-smallerDear Colleagues:   We have an obligation and a commitment to full accessibility to our courses and programs for students

[NTG-context] pdflatex and mpost -tex=latex

2005-08-21 Thread David Arnold
All, Does anyone know if pdflatex -shell-escape filename automatically forces metapost to run with -tex=latex? ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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