[NTG-context] End notes and compile per chapter question

2008-07-21 Thread Gerben Wierda
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Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-25 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 22, 2008, at 2:37 AM, John Culleton wrote: There are days when I feel like collecting all the bits and pieces and writing somthing myself. But then I lie down until the fit passes. The lack of proper end user documentation is one of the main problems with ConTeXt. There was talk of a

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-25 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 26, 2008, at 1:31 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: The sources are very well documented in the most part. But then, that is not user interface documentation, it is code documentation Exactly. Let's give a simple example. My project needs both footnotes and endnotes. For footnotes I have

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-28 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 27, 2008, at 9:40 PM, David wrote: From my own selfish point of view, the solution is simple. A freeze on all code, not even allowing bug fixes, until there's a comprehensive and unified document written by Hans and Taco (plus whoever else) that explains how to use all the

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-28 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 28, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi, While most of what Gerben states is close enough to the truth to be a matter of opinion, I really object to the tone of 'there is no documentation'. There is, in fact, a whole lot of documentation. It may be incomplete (especially

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-28 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 28, 2008, at 4:20 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: there's the matter of what a user expects ... the core of context is rather stable and in that respect the 'old documentation' is still valid i.e. apart from 'new features, which may of interest to only a small group', the date on a manual

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-29 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 28, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: Somehow, this might be applied to ConTeXt I think ;-). Three out of four afaic... well, it's one reason why we have multiple smaller manuals (often made in sync with the specific feature) anyhow ... taco and i only have

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-29 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 29, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: I was wondering if you already know what you would have to use if not TeX. Is there an alternative at all? no, i'd probably choose a completely other job then (ok, maybe general programming as part time then) ... i simply can not use a program

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

2008-07-29 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jul 29, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi Gerben, On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Gerben Wierda wrote: This should be based on (imo) merging the content of the excursion and the manual. Here (and sometime earlier in the thread) you have suggested that you find the scattered

[NTG-context] Overriding a chapter number

2008-07-29 Thread Gerben Wierda
When I compile a chapter of a book separately, I want to override the automatic numbering because otherwise every separate pdf will have chapter 1. So I tried: \doifmode{standalone}{\setuphead[chapter][2]} \chapter[h:foo]{Foo} But the chapter still gets number 1 when I compile with texexec

[NTG-context] What happened to \reference

2008-07-29 Thread Gerben Wierda
I have started (after a hiatus) to compile my project again using an updated ConTeXt ConTeXt ver: 2008.03.03 00:34 MKII fmt: 2008.3.4 int: english/english and something that used to work has stopped working: \reference[logic:implicationprogram] {\getbuffer[logic:implicationprogram]}

[NTG-context] endnotes and navigation

2008-08-01 Thread Gerben Wierda
I am using endnotes and footnotes. Is it possible to add navigation to these, that is, when I am reading the PDF file I can click on a endnote number, go to the endnote and when I click on the endnote number there I get transported back to the location where it was used? G

[NTG-context] list bug when using margin?

2008-08-01 Thread Gerben Wierda
The following list \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup] \item A is larger than B. \item B is larger than C. \item Therefore, A is larger than C. \stopitemize displays fine except it is not indented. So I added: \startitemize[n,packed,joinedup,margin=4em] \item A is larger than B. \item B is larger

Re: [NTG-context] endnotes and navigation

2008-08-01 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Aug 1, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: I am using endnotes and footnotes. Is it possible to add navigation to these, that is, when I am reading the PDF file I can click on a endnote number, go to the endnote and when I click on the endnote number there I

[NTG-context] Migrating from old ConTeXt to new

2011-11-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
Hello folks, I have been putting this off for years, but I think somewhere the coming months I'll want to migrate from my current ConTeXt setup to the most recent one so that when I encounter typesetting/ConTeXt problems, I will be asking for solutions in the current actively maintained

[NTG-context] Merging PDF document of various page sizes. Can ConTeXt help?

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
Hello community, I have the following problem. I need to create a single PDF file where each page may have a different size and orientation. Say the first page is A4 portrait, the second is A3 landscape and so on. Can ConTeXr help? Each page contains a PDF image of some random size that is

Re: [NTG-context] Merging PDF document of various page sizes. Can ConTeXt help?

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
-wiki.tug.org/ List Info: http://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex On 13 Jan 2012, at 16:27, Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 16:20, Gerben Wierda gerben.wie...@rna.nl wrote: Hello community, I have the following problem. I need to create a single PDF file where each page may

Re: [NTG-context] Merging PDF document of various page sizes. Can ConTeXt help?

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
The end result is a 16.54x16.54 inch PDF image with the embedded image cropped. ?? G On 13 Jan 2012, at 16:47, luigi scarso wrote: On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Gerben Wierda gerben.wie...@rna.nl wrote: Answering my own question, quite simple with ConTeXt: \definepapersize[a3landscape

Re: [NTG-context] Merging PDF document of various page sizes. Can ConTeXt help?

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
lower case a4 and a3, as I saw that in an example somewhere. But somewhere else I saw A3, A4 etc. G On 13 Jan 2012, at 18:15, Gerben Wierda wrote: It still is weird. It sometimes work (but not completely) and sometimes not. For instance \definepapersize[a3landscape][A3,landscape

[NTG-context] \setuppapersize \externalfigure

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
\externalfigure[foo.pdf][factor=fit] nicely fits the mage on the page. The following snippet: \page\setuppapersize[A4,portrait][A4,portrait] \externalfigure[foo.pdf][factor=fit,orientation=90] behaves like this: the size is set to what fits *before* rotation. The order of orientation and

Re: [NTG-context] Merging PDF document of various page sizes. Can ConTeXt help?

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
I did not see the possibility to influence page sizes of the PDF's you merge in the man page. G On 13 Jan 2012, at 23:43, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Gerben Wierda wrote: Hello community, I have the following problem. I need to create a single PDF file where each page

[NTG-context] Page with minimum margins, maximum text width/textheight

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
How do I create a page with maximum text width, text height? I tried using \setuplayout with stuff like [textwidth=\pagewidth-1cm], but nothing happens. I need empty pages with minimum margins, just to be able to put other PDF's in that space. G

Re: [NTG-context] Merging PDF document of various page sizes. Can ConTeXt help?

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
of specific hand work and nudging, I can get there eventually. G On 14 Jan 2012, at 00:03, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Gerben Wierda wrote: I did not see the possibility to influence page sizes of the PDF's you merge in the man page. I thought that you did not want to influence

Re: [NTG-context] Page with minimum margins, maximum text width/textheight

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
width=\paperwidth-2cm (not like that obviously, but I have forgotten how to do simple addition and subtraction with dimensions in TeX) So, how do I set a margin of 1cm all around the makeup area? G On 14 Jan 2012, at 00:06, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2012, Gerben Wierda wrote

Re: [NTG-context] Page with minimum margins, maximum text width/textheight

2012-01-13 Thread Gerben Wierda
00:43, Gerben Wierda wrote: but I forgot how to do something like width=\paperwidth-2cm (not like that obviously, but I have forgotten how to do simple addition and subtraction with dimensions in TeX) See TeXbook p. 118f. So, how do I set a margin of 1cm all around the makeup area

[NTG-context] Why doesn't his URL work?

2012-01-14 Thread Gerben Wierda
This code below gets me a working URL, but instead of the word kudos in blue I get the entire URL in my text. Why is that? \setupcolors [state=start] \setupurl [color=blue] \setupinteraction [state=start,color=blue]

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie questions

2006-06-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 24, 2006, at 16:56, Thomas Moore wrote: 2. I would like the math environment to be as close to the LaTeX AMS environment as possible. I have figured out how to download the t- amsl module and can successfully invoke it as long as the t-amsl.tex file is in the same folder as my

Re: [NTG-context] i-Installer and ConTeXt updater

2006-06-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 23, 2006, at 18:04, Otared Kavian wrote: Hi Gerben, Sorry, I did not see this until now. When trying to update ConTeXt with i-Installer, I see this: Remote Package: Remote is being updated since 2006/06/23 04:02:30 Is it a normal situation? If Hans or Taco changes something, the

Re: [NTG-context] Oh no! Never update in the middle of a project. I am in trouble.

2006-06-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 27, 2006, at 21:59, David Arnold wrote: I updated to Gerben's latest context and now files that formally compiled will not. Let's shoot him! G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] texmfstart newbie

2006-06-28 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 28, 2006, at 20:24, Mojca Miklavec wrote: 1. either alias texexec='/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/scripts/ context/stubs/unix/texexec or copy the content of that folder somewhere to PATH. Just make sure that texexec resolves to texmfstart texexec unless you really like writing

Re: [NTG-context] many unknown reference with the beta

2006-06-28 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 28, 2006, at 11:42, Hans Hagen wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: With ConTeXt beta I get a lot of messages like references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:1] references : unknown reference [][fnt:t:2] references : unknown reference [][fnt:f:2] and sometimes referring

Re: [NTG-context] Still font issues with I-Installer Mac OSX

2006-06-28 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 28, 2006, at 18:34, Taco Hoekwater wrote: [1.1{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/map/dvips/context/ original-empty. map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/map/dvips/context/ original-base.m ap}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/fonts/map/dvips/context/ec-

Re: [NTG-context] PSNFSS in new ConTeXt?

2005-06-03 Thread Gerben Wierda
I don't know but it looks like a lot of palatino stuff is in teTeX and thus in gwTeX. Maybe it is just a matter of a map that has to be enabled? G On Jun 2, 2005, at 23:01, Matthias Weber wrote: After doing some gardening at the really useful ConTeXtGarden, I found that \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: [OS X TeX] Re: a problem after reinstall TeX

2005-06-16 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jun 13, 2005, at 04:07, wrote: Dear Hans, I reinstalled TeX, ConTeXt updates, and XeTeX, and add two map file using updmap. Instead of uninstalling ConTeXt updates, I removed pdftex.map in /fonts/map/pdftex/context/ folder. After running texhash, pdflatex worked fine. It located font

[NTG-context] Vacation

2005-07-05 Thread Gerben Wierda
From July 7 until August 1 and from August 6 until August 15 I'll be unavailable to answer support requests for my TeX on Mac OS X redistribution or any other communication. I will unsubscribe from the mailing lists for that period. G ___

[NTG-context] interline space in setupparagraphs

2005-10-26 Thread Gerben Wierda
I have: \setupinterlinespace[medium] \defineparagraphs [mypar][n=2,before={\blank[small]},after={\blank[small]}] \setupparagraphs [mypar][1][width=.15\textwidth,style=bold] \setupparagraphs [mypar][2][width=.85\textwidth] But the lines in mypar are closely packed while

[NTG-context] How can I minimize the vertical space taken by a \textrule

2005-10-26 Thread Gerben Wierda
I have a after={\textrule} in my \setupparagraphs but it takes too much space for my purpose. What can I do about that? Thanks, G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] How can I minimize the vertical space taken by a \textrule

2005-10-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 27 Oct 2005, at 16:02, Peter Rolf wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: I have a after={\textrule} in my \setupparagraphs but it takes too much space for my purpose. What can I do about that? \setuptextrules[ before=, after=, % {\blank[small]} ] I already had \setuptextrules

Re: [NTG-context] interline space in setupparagraphs

2005-10-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 27 Oct 2005, at 18:59, Peter Rolf wrote: Hi Gerben, Gerben Wierda wrote: I have: \setupinterlinespace[medium] \setupinterlinespace[line=\dimexpr1.25\bodyfontsize\relax] That works. But why? And does this relate to the fact that textrule spacing as done normally is not used inside

[NTG-context] Problem with special first page of chapter setup

2005-10-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
I have this setup in my environment file: = \setuphead [chapter] [page=, before=\setups{chapter:before}, after=\setups{chapter:after}] \startsetups chapter:before \page[left] \noheaderandfooterlines

Re: [NTG-context] How can I minimize the vertical space taken by a \textrule

2005-10-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Oct 27, 2005, at 21:00, Peter Rolf wrote: I already had \setuptextrules [before=,after=,inbetween=] but that does not work. It seems that inside my paragraph environment, the settings made outside it are ignored. I also do not have my \setupinterlinespace[medium] there (see

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with special first page of chapter setup

2005-10-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Oct 27, 2005, at 21:48, Peter Rolf wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: I have this setup in my environment file: = \setuphead [chapter] [page=, before=\setups{chapter:before}, after=\setups{chapter:after

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with special first page of chapter setup

2005-10-31 Thread Gerben Wierda
Thanks for the tip but I am having trouble getting this to work. I now have in my main text: === \startbuffer [chapter:quote] Lee Chong's is to the right of the vacant lot (although why it is called vacant when it is piled high with old

[NTG-context] Bug in footnote mechanism when compiling per chapter?

2005-10-31 Thread Gerben Wierda
I had in my project file \definenote[endnote][location=none] \setupfootnotes[conversion=set 2,way=bypage] which I moved to my environment file. But wherever I have it, when I compile per chapter, the footnote mechanism fails because it runs out of symbols to use. When I compile the entire

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with special first page of chapter setup

2005-11-01 Thread Gerben Wierda
Hello Gerben, use your second try and *remove* \definebuffer[chapter:quote] from your environment. That's was all :) Indeed! I have no idea why this worked, but it did. Thank you very much. G PS. Now I only need to know how I can use \placefigure in an endnote (and not get the figure in

Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?

2005-11-04 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Nov 4, 2005, at 15:49, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi all, For the next issue of the ntg's Maps journal, Hans and I believe it would be nice to publish the collected responses to this simple question: What do you do with ConTeXT? I have decided not too long ago to move my book-project form

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Creatin metafun.mem on OSX

2005-11-08 Thread Gerben Wierda
Andrea, what kind of installation are you using? Gerben's i-installer or fink or have you installed tetex on your own? If you want to find out where different files reside, run this command: kpsewhere mp-spec.mp on my system (Gerben's architecture), I get:

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Creatin metafun.mem on OSX

2005-11-09 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:37, Hans Hagen wrote: andrea valle wrote: Gerben, Thomas, I'm cleaning my hard disk (and my mind) and reinstalling. I changed the PATH (via bash tutorial...) and removed the sw tree. I installed thru i-installer, including the context updater. Now I have the two files

Re: [NTG-context] Index

2005-11-10 Thread Gerben Wierda
Correction: I goofed up; after correcting the file, I get exactly what I expected. AFAICS, index generation now works flawlessly with newtexexec! Great, wonderful, kudos to you! Um, I just noticed. newtexexec? Has the command name changed? Please say no. Because a command name change would

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Creatin metafun.mem on OSX

2005-11-10 Thread Gerben Wierda
If you start i-Installer and go to the Preferences and you go to the Other tab you can set an automatic check for updates on i-Packages you have (Check packages for updates...). Already done. This creates a unix 'crontab' entry which is run at the time you have selected (e.g. every day a

Re: [NTG-context] Bug in footnote mechanism when compiling per chapter

2005-11-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
...ferencefound #2\else #3 \fi \egroup \doresetgotowh... ... l.919 ...plication is a valid one (true)\footnote{ G On Oct 31, 2005, at 21:49, Gerben Wierda wrote: I had in my project file \definenote[endnote][location=none] \setupfootnotes[conversion

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

2005-11-20 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 20 Nov 2005, at 19:45, 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. The current ConTeXt updater package does not contain a beta as there currently is no beta. I have two type-tmf.dat.

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

2005-11-20 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 20 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

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

2005-11-23 Thread Gerben Wierda
David, Sorry I've been quiet on this front. I've been busy with other, non- ConTeXt things for a while, and am in the process of re-engaging with it. In order to run type-tmf.dat, you need a way around the hard-coded -- rootlist=TEXMFMAIN that's in the .dat file. gwTeX keeps the fonts we

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

2005-11-23 Thread Gerben Wierda
Gerben Wierda wrote: texfont and/or ConTeXt seems to be keyed to a certain distribution setup. I would say that for ConTeXt that is ok (though as far as I know Hans himself keeps the fonts in TEXMFFONTS or so, so he needs a specialized type-tmf.dat as well). That the default is TeX Live also

[NTG-context] *EXPERIMENTAL* TeX i-Package release

2005-11-25 Thread Gerben Wierda
This release contains a small surprise, mainly created by Thomas A. Schmitz. When you install it, you can use (automatically unpacked) Apple fonts Hoefler Text, Didot, Optima, Baskerville en Gill Sans in PDFTeX. Setups for LaTeX and ConTeXt are provided. For this to work you need to have

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

2005-11-25 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 25 Nov 2005, at 21:26, David Arnold wrote: Hans, Gerben, No pstoedit on my system. If I recall I looked into pstoedit a while back. The fact that I did not release a package probably means there were problems getting it to compile on OS X. G book $ pstoedit -bash: pstoedit:

Re: [NTG-context] New tmf files?

2005-11-26 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 26 Nov 2005, at 11:49, Taco Hoekwater wrote: David Arnold wrote: 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? They are

Re: [NTG-context] New tmf files?

2005-11-26 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 26 Nov 2005, at 18:50, David Arnold wrote: 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

Re: [NTG-context] New tmf files?

2005-11-26 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 26 Nov 2005, at 18:50, David Arnold wrote: Gerben, Does this mean that if I wait the 24-hr period and use Context updater again, I will get these? Only if ConTeXt itself is updated. But in this case I just triggered a rebuild by hand. G

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

2005-12-21 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 21 Dec 2005, at 20:44, David Arnold wrote: Gerben, have we not installed the cont-fnt.zip Taco describes? The ConTeXt updater i-Package contains: cont-ext.zip cont-fnt.zip cont-img.zip cont-tmf.zip and it has whatever is on Hans' site not more than 24hr out of date. G

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

2005-12-21 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 21 Dec 2005, at 20:19, David Arnold wrote: 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

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

2005-12-21 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 21 Dec 2005, at 21:37, VnPenguin wrote: On 12/21/05, David Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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]

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

2005-12-21 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 21 Dec 2005, at 21:33, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. * ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input utmr8t Map file trouble? Maybe you also need to load a map file in ConTeXt? See my urw metrics message. This is the same

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

2005-12-21 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 21 Dec 2005, at 21:33, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. * ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input utmr8t Map file trouble? Maybe you also need to load a map file in ConTeXt? See my urw metrics message. This is the same

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

2005-12-22 Thread Gerben Wierda
Gerben Wierda wrote: After installing type-dis and regenerating cont-en I get w-helvetica.map}{/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/ context/ec -urw-courier.map}] systems : end file ftest at line 11 kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 72 --mag 1+0/72 --dpi 72

Re: [NTG-context] i-Installer / minimal TeX installation for ConTeXt?

2006-01-10 Thread Gerben Wierda
On Jan 10, 2006, at 21:22, Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: By and by I've found that I am only using ConTeXt for my typesetting needs. I am curious as to whether someone can advise me how best to install a suitable yet minimal TeX installation: without LaTeX, etc. I am currently using Gerben's

Re: [NTG-context] texversion

2006-01-16 Thread Gerben Wierda
In cases like these I generally do something like this: change the obsolete command to display a warning (or in this release a warning and the exec texexec --version, then a year later only the warning, then later the command disappears altogether.) G On 15 Jan 2006, at 22:05, Taco

[NTG-context] ConTeXt bug?

2006-01-17 Thread Gerben Wierda
Have a look at this file: \definefont[SectionFont][SerifBold sa b] \setuphead[section][style=\SectionFont] \starttext \LaTeX {\bf \LaTeX} \subject{\LaTeX} \stoptext The \LaTeX in the subject is wrong. Something wrong the the \LaTeX

Re: [NTG-context] Problems with Unicode and i-Installer

2006-01-19 Thread Gerben Wierda
Hello, after installing the new ConTeXt package (same problem for 1/16 and 1/19 beta), the installation procedure reported some missing 'unic-ext.tex' file; compiling any files that used \enableregime[utf] didn't work anymore. Replacing 'unic-ext' by 'unic-exp' in the file context.tex and

Re: [NTG-context] music!

2006-01-30 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 30 Jan 2006, at 17:21, andrea valle wrote: Dear list, I've finished my first complete score created with lily + context. It will be (should be) performed by the percussionist of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Rai (the National Television Orchestra) on february . (Apart from the

Re: [NTG-context] music!

2006-01-31 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 30 Jan 2006, at 22:58, andrea valle wrote: Beautiful. (Thanks) ConTeXt is obviously mentioned in the credit box. And TeXShop I see. But not TeX (Knuth) itself? Where would ConTeXt be without TeX? Con't... ;-) It's a problem of recursion. I consider TeX embedded... You know, also

Re: [NTG-context] write18

2006-02-04 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 5 Feb 2006, at 05:10, David Arnold wrote: Gerben, With a default install of Context, I don't believe write18 is enabled nor run time development of Metapost graphics. Do you do any of that? I know about write18 and it is turned off bacause I have to ship a default `secure' setup.

Re: [NTG-context] write18

2006-02-05 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 5 Feb 2006, at 08:44, Gerben Wierda wrote: On 5 Feb 2006, at 05:10, David Arnold wrote: Gerben, With a default install of Context, I don't believe write18 is enabled nor run time development of Metapost graphics. Do you do any of that? I know about write18 and it is turned off bacause

[NTG-context] core-bar in latest ConTeXt?

2006-03-25 Thread Gerben Wierda
The automatic updated ConTeXt updater i-Package installs the new ConTeXt on Mac OS X but while rebuilding the formats, complains: ! I can't find file `core-bar.tex'. l.299 \input core-bar.tex Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. l.299 \input core-bar.tex G

[NTG-context] TeX i-Package update: Charis SIL font (ConTeXt)

2006-03-27 Thread Gerben Wierda
The TeX i-Package for Mac OS X has been updated. This update contains the new Charis SIL fonts in Truetype format and support for those for use with ConTeXt. To use the font, just add \usetypescriptfile[type-silcharis] \usetypescript[SilCharis][ec] \setupbodyfont[SilCharis,12pt] or variants

Re: [NTG-context] beta

2006-03-30 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 29 Mar 2006, at 17:47, Hans Hagen wrote: i'll promote this to current when no problems are reported lettrine is missing G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Quotations

2006-03-31 Thread Gerben Wierda
I use \startquotation and \stopquotation a lot. I would like to visually strengthen the quotations because some are pretty lengthy and a reader might forget that it is not me that is writing here. I have been thinking about applying a light grey background or a border of sorts (which

Re: [NTG-context] version dates confuse me after upgrade

2006-04-06 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 6 Apr 2006, at 18:06, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi, All this confusion with the formats and their paths is why my teTeX installation page starts with: De-install any existing teTeX That really is the least confusing option, IMO. If you really do not want to do that (because you only

[NTG-context] Simple problem with quotation paragraph

2006-05-04 Thread Gerben Wierda
I am having a simple problem I can't solve by reading the manuals. I want to quote a fragment of a book which contains amongst others a discussion (Plato's Protagoras to be precise). Normally, my book has no whitespace between paragraphs and small indentation, but here I want a small amount of

[NTG-context] ConTeXt frustrations (was: simple problem)

2006-05-04 Thread Gerben Wierda
\defineparagraphs[BookQuote][n=1,before={\indenting[never]\whitespace\startnarrower},after={\indenting[yes]\nowhitespace\stopnarrower}] in my environment file, but that gave me page breaks as soon as \startBookQuote was given and the quotes themselves do not receive page breaks, hence a quote

Re: [NTG-context] new release (Modified by Gerben Wierda)

2006-05-10 Thread Gerben Wierda
On May 10, 2006, at 19:13, Hans Hagen wrote: Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: Hans, do I need to re-report that format generation with texmfstart newtexexec --make is still broken on OS X (I'll check on my linux box later)? I still get these monstrous paths like TeXExec | tex engine path:

Re: [NTG-context] new release (Modified by Gerben Wierda)

2006-05-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
btw, doesn't gwtex set the TEXMFCNF env variable? It does not get a useful value. TEXMFCNF is defined at compile-time and its setting in a texmf.cnf file is ignored for obvious reasons. The compiled-in version shows my compile environment which differs from the install environment on people's

Re: [NTG-context] mac troubles

2006-05-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
Hi, I uploaded a slightly patched distribution: = only fast kpse in minimals, unless forced A perfect solution. G ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] new release (Modified by Gerben Wierda)

2006-05-11 Thread Gerben Wierda
On May 11, 2006, at 17:16, Hans Hagen wrote: Gerben Wierda wrote: btw, doesn't gwtex set the TEXMFCNF env variable? It does not get a useful value. TEXMFCNF is defined at compile-time and its setting in a texmf.cnf file is ignored for obvious reasons. The compiled-in version shows my

Re: [NTG-context] some patches

2006-05-15 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 15 May 2006, at 09:23, Hans Hagen wrote: (btw, is there a clever way to avoid this sudo stuff and become real root?) This depends on what you want to do and on which system. On most unixes, you can say. You can in perl (and probably also ruby which I do not know) set all kinds of

[NTG-context] Simple question: how do I get the filename in the footer

2013-01-20 Thread Gerben Wierda
Simple question, guys (and gals), how do I get the filename (full path not needed) in the footer of my document? I want it there while writing the book and remove it in the final stages. I am using MKII (TeXLive 2011 still) texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once ../products/prd_book.tex TeXExec |

Re: [NTG-context] Simple question: how do I get the filename in the footer

2013-01-20 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 20 Jan 2013, at 12:57, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi Gerben, ···date: 2013-01-20, Sunday···from: Gerben Wierda··· how do I get the filename (full path not needed) in the footer of my document? I want it there while writing the book and remove it in the final stages. I am using MKII

Re: [NTG-context] Simple question: how do I get the filename in the footer

2013-01-20 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 20 Jan 2013, at 16:09, Philipp Gesang wrote: ···date: 2013-01-20, Sunday···from: Gerben Wierda··· On 20 Jan 2013, at 12:57, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi Gerben, ···date: 2013-01-20, Sunday···from: Gerben Wierda··· how do I get the filename (full path not needed) in the footer of my

Re: [NTG-context] Simple question: how do I get the filename in the footer

2013-01-20 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 20 Jan 2013, at 18:34, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 20.01.2013 um 18:06 schrieb Gerben Wierda gerben.wie...@rna.nl: On 20 Jan 2013, at 16:09, Philipp Gesang wrote: ···date: 2013-01-20, Sunday···from: Gerben Wierda··· On 20 Jan 2013, at 12:57, Philipp Gesang wrote: Hi Gerben

Re: [NTG-context] Simple question: how do I get the filename in the footer

2013-01-22 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 20 Jan 2013, at 22:32, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Sun, 20 Jan 2013, Gerben Wierda wrote: You can add the \nonknuthmode to your document which makes _ and ^ normal characters for text mode. Is that limited to a {}-scope? And more importantly, that catches ^ and _, but what about

[NTG-context] MOving from MkII to MkIV / EPUB

2013-06-14 Thread Gerben Wierda
Hello folks, I have a ConTeXt Project for a small and simple book, that has the 'basic example' project structure with .../images, .../chapters, .../products etc. I use a Makefile to comppile the book when in the .../chapters directory, as attached below. I use texexec --pdf and probably

[NTG-context] Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

2013-09-18 Thread Gerben Wierda
As my computer died I had to set up a clean one. I installed MacTeX 2013 and tried to compile a ConTeXt project, but this failed: texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once ../products/prd_book.tex resolvers | caches | path '/Users/gerben/Library/texlive/2013/texmf-var'

Re: [NTG-context] Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

2013-09-18 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 18 Sep 2013, at 11:18, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 9/18/2013 10:47 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote: As my computer died I had to set up a clean one. I installed MacTeX 2013 and tried to compile a ConTeXt project, but this failed: texexec --pdf --mode=editor --once .../products

Re: [NTG-context] Clean Machine, MacTeX 2013 installed, ConTeXt problem

2013-09-18 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 18 Sep 2013, at 19:31, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 9/18/2013 4:53 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote: Same thing happens. Now it says \xFFFC is an invalid multibyte escape and \x01 ? That works. Now I run into the next problem. GTAMacFonts does not work anymore. Sigh. G

[NTG-context] \doifmodeselse?

2009-04-02 Thread Gerben Wierda
Using --mode or --modes with texexec sets up modes which can be used in the files to parse different parts. For that I use \doifmodeelse{}{}{} But combining various modes in one \doiffmodeelse would be handy. e.g. (pseudocode) if mode is workinprogress or test or the other way around

[NTG-context] Printen van code met een PDF overlay, makkelijk met ConTeXt?

2009-05-29 Thread Gerben Wierda
Beste allemaal, ik wil broncode uitprinten met regelnummers op pagina's met een bepaalde overlay. Ik heb dus ascii text files als input (de code) een overlay in PDF en wil deze gecombineerd printen. Ik zat te denken: is een ConTeXt based workflow hier een mogelijke oplossing? De

Re: [NTG-context] Printen van code met een PDF overlay, makkelijk met ConTeXt?

2009-06-04 Thread Gerben . Wierda
Gerben Wierda wrote: Beste allemaal, ik wil broncode uitprinten met regelnummers op pagina's met een bepaalde overlay. Ik heb dus ascii text files als input (de code) een overlay in PDF en wil deze gecombineerd printen. Ik zat te denken: is een ConTeXt based workflow hier een mogelijke

[NTG-context] Printing source code intelligently with ConTeXt (with overlay)

2009-06-06 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 4 Jun 2009, at 16:17, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Can you ask your questions in english, your question could be relevant for other users too and it would be a shame if the don't understand it because you use dutch. Sorry, I forgot. Here is the question. I have source code which i want to

Re: [NTG-context] Printing source code intelligently with ConTeXt (with overlay)

2009-06-06 Thread Gerben Wierda
On 6 Jun 2009, at 15:58, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 06.06.2009 um 15:52 schrieb Gerben Wierda: Here is the question. I have source code which i want to print using an overlay in PDF, linenumbers, fixed width font, correct indentation of tabs and in landscape mode. I could create some

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