[NTG-context] Spacing issue of xtable with itemize

2017-12-13 Thread Lars
this? Cheers and thanks in advance, Lars ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage

Re: [NTG-context] Multicolumn enumeration in a column

2017-12-30 Thread Lars
Hey there, the code that you're using won't work with \item command. Use the \startitem ... \stopitem command pair instead. Another way to get itemizations in columns is to simply place one itemizeation per column: \starttext two columns: \startcolumns[n=2] \startitemize[packed]

[NTG-context] Fwd: Re: Multicolumn enumeration in a column

2017-12-30 Thread Lars
7 20:49:06 +0100 Von:Lars <axteff...@gmail.com> An: ntg-context@ntg.nl Hey there, the code that you're using won't work with \item command. Use the \startitem ... \stopitem command pair instead. Another way to get itemizations in columns is to simply place one itemizeation per column:

Re: [NTG-context] setting row height?

2017-12-29 Thread Lars
Hey there, I suggest you use the *extreme tables* mechanism instead. AFAIK it is the most consistent way to-date. A simple table would look like (also see attached output jpg at the bottom of the mail): \starttext \startxtable[height=3cm] % Use it globally... \startxrow

Re: [NTG-context] TOC and appendices

2018-01-07 Thread Lars
Hi there, it's because you're trying to place subtitles only. Try it with main tile chapter before your section, then you'll see yourself: \starttext \placecontent \startbodymatter \section{Sec1} In sec 1 \stopbodymatter \startappendices

Re: [NTG-context] TOC and appendices

2018-01-07 Thread Lars
In relation to this matter it's good to know the structure from the picture attached to this mail, it's taken from Hoekwater's and Hagen's ConTeXt reference manual 2013. Cheers. Am 07/01/2018 um 21:40 schrieb Lars: Hi there, it's because you're trying to place subtitles only. Try

[NTG-context] Correct usage of \placebookmarks

2018-01-18 Thread Lars
to circumvent this? I'd like boomarks only where I place them manually, without using headers. Thanks in advance, Lars. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg

[NTG-context] Fwd: Correct usage of \placebookmarks

2018-01-25 Thread Lars
to create bookmarks for the list which I created called Marks. Is there a way to circumvent this? I'd like boomarks only where I place them manually, without using headers. Thanks in advance, Lars. ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: Correct usage of \placebookmarks

2018-01-26 Thread Lars
sible at this time" would have been satisfing. I will test your code as soon as I'm home and report on it. Thank you very much Henri. Cheers. On Fri, 2018-01-26 at 04:37 +0100, Lars wrote: Am I being ignored personally here? --- Hello there, I'v

[NTG-context] Fwd: Spacing issue of xtable with itemize

2017-12-20 Thread Lars
Hello together, example was from v11-28 by the way. Now in v12-20 it's working as expected. Thank you very much for the fix. Cheers Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff:Spacing issue of xtable with itemize Datum: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 15:56:29 +0100 Von:Lars <axt

Re: [NTG-context] Textadept with ConTeXt

2018-08-20 Thread Lars
Hi there, thanks for your interest in Textadept. It's a great editor and I am sure that you won't regret testing it and using it in the future. Just have some patience. I suggest you take a look at my User talk at the wiki, there I explain a lot about TA and how to use it with ConTeXt. It's

Re: [NTG-context] Attempt to call a nil value

2018-09-08 Thread Lars
of trying it from another PC. But since on my tablet PC I only have one single TeX directory, it didn't come to my mind to try another one. So again, thank you. Cheers, Lars. P. S.: From what I read so far you're a real TeX genius. It's always a pleasure to write with you. P. P. S.: Some people

[NTG-context] Attempt to call a nil value

2018-09-08 Thread Lars
error: mtxrun --script context ./context.lua:11: attempt to call a nil value (method 'add_rule') This could have to do with the last adaption to Textadept 10. On my Win 10 x64 PC there is no problem. Any clues? Cheers and thanks, Lars

[NTG-context] Fwd: Correct usage of \placebookmarks

2018-01-23 Thread Lars
Bumb Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff:Correct usage of \placebookmarks Datum: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:03:41 +0100 Von:Lars <axteff...@gmail.com> An: ntg-context@ntg.nl Hello there, I've stumbled upon a behaviour in CTX that I don't fully understand. My

[NTG-context] Fwd: How to cite online websites (reloaded)

2018-09-02 Thread Lars
at least turn off the (unpublished) tag?!? Please... Lars Weitergeleitete Nachricht Betreff:[NTG-context] How to cite online websites (reloaded) Datum: Sun, 2 Sep 2018 19:02:42 +0200 Von:Lars An: ntg-context@ntg.nl Hello guys, I've checked some articles

Re: [NTG-context] How to cite online websites (reloaded)

2018-09-02 Thread Lars
iv way? Thanks in advance, Lars. Am 02/09/2018 um 23:56 schrieb Alan Braslau: You are using the old mkii BibTeX module, not the bibliography database system that is part of the mkiv core. Alan ___ If your question

[NTG-context] How to cite online websites (reloaded)

2018-09-02 Thread Lars
\stoptext This of course doesn't work for me (error: "attempt to concatenate a table value" or a blank page). Also i-context.pdf gives another syntax for \cite. I really just want the link and the date in parentheses. How would a pro user

[NTG-context] Footnotes in float combinations missing in output

2019-01-09 Thread Lars
gives the following: Can you confirm and tell me that it's not my fault? Greetings, Lars. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http

[NTG-context] (no subject)

2019-01-03 Thread Lars
  \startplacefigure[     title={Caption},     location=left]     \externalfigure[logo--context][width=]   \stopplacefigure   \input tufte \stoptext Greetings, Lars. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well

[NTG-context] Command \hyphenatedurl{} doesn't work

2019-01-24 Thread Lars
Hi there, the \hyphenatedurl{} command doesn't seem to work. Only the first line of the link is clickable and only the first line is being pasted into the browser, resulting in a 404. I tested Sumatra and Adobe. MWE: %--- \setupinteraction[state=start] \starttext  

Re: [NTG-context] Frame

2019-02-20 Thread Lars
It's the same as with text, but instead of text you put \externalfigure[path/to-figure.pdf][setup=value] inside the parenthesis { }: \setuppapersize[A5] \starttext {\framed    [width=10cm,    background=color,backgroundcolor=darkblue,    foreground=color,foregroundcolor=white,   

Re: [NTG-context] Footnotes being broken over two pages

2019-02-27 Thread Lars
Hi there, Am 26/02/2019 um 16:06 schrieb Alan Braslau: On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 01:04:25 +0100 Lars wrote: Hi there, I've stumbled upon some behaviour that looks like a bug to me. Sometimes longer footnotes are being broken over two pages. Please see the attached picture: As you can see

Re: [NTG-context] New logo proposal

2019-01-30 Thread Lars
this mail. Thanks sincerly, Lars. ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http

[NTG-context] (XeTeX) trouble debugging a Missing number error

2012-12-05 Thread Lars Huttar
to LuaTeX in the near term is not an option. ConTeXt version: ConTeXt ver: 2012.05.30 11:26 MKII fmt: 2012.11.14 int: english/english (From TeX Live 2012) XeTeX version: 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live 2012) (format=cont-en 2012.11.14) Lars This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live

Re: [NTG-context] (XeTeX) trouble debugging a Missing number error

2012-12-05 Thread Lars Huttar
/Hans Hagen wrote (///Wed Dec 5 14:10:12 CET 2012/):/ On 12/5/2012 11:19 AM, Lars Huttar wrote: / Hi all, / /... / / // // % Abbreviations // \definestartstop //[abblist] //[before={\setupbackgrounds

Re: [NTG-context] (XeTeX) trouble debugging a Missing number error

2012-12-07 Thread Lars Huttar
interpret my silence as We asked him to do due diligence and he never answered. :-) Hopefully I'll be back with more, next week. Regards, Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

[NTG-context] Missing number, treated as zero error when using \definefont with \define'd dimension

2013-03-21 Thread Lars Huttar
I just linked to mentions differences between MkII and MkIV, but this error occurs in both (in XeTeX and LuaTeX). Can someone help me understand why I should not use \define for this case? (Or in general, when I should not use \define?) Or does the problem lie somewhere else? Thanks, Lars

[NTG-context] Missing number error, related to setupcolumnsetlines

2013-04-18 Thread Lars Huttar
help! Lars ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl

Re: [NTG-context] Missing number error, related to setupcolumnsetlines

2013-04-22 Thread Lars Huttar
On /Fri Apr 19 21:36:41 CEST 2013 /Hans Hagen wrote: On 4/18/2013 11:13 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: / \definecolumnset [abbcolumn] [n=2,distance=5mm,balancing=yes] // // \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][1][60] // \setupcolumnsetlines[abbcolumn][1][2][60] / the 60 exceeds the number

Re: [NTG-context] Missing number error, related to setupcolumnsetlines

2013-04-24 Thread Lars Huttar
On /Mon Apr 22 18:59:07 CEST 2013, Hans Hagen wrote: / On 4/22/2013 4:24 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: / On /Fri Apr 19 21:36:41 CEST 2013 /Hans Hagen wrote: // On 4/18/2013 11:13 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: // / \definecolumnset [abbcolumn] [n=2,distance=5mm,balancing=yes

[NTG-context] error: terminal: NOfTextColumns-1, ! Improper final value has been replaced by 0

2013-04-24 Thread Lars Huttar
for any help, Lars ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl

Re: [NTG-context] error: terminal: NOfTextColumns-1, ! Improper final value has been replaced by 0

2013-04-29 Thread Lars Huttar
On 4/26/2013, Hans Hagen wrote: On 4/24/2013 5:30 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: / ... / It took me a while to figure it out as NOfTextColumns is only used in very special cases and long gone from context (it dates from

[NTG-context] section headings on a grid: less space above?

2013-08-23 Thread Lars Huttar
remove an extra line on top? Thanks, Lars P.S. version: ConTeXt ver: 2008.05.21 15:21 MKII fmt: 2009.1.20 but I'm hoping the oldness of the version isn't a factor here. ___ If your question is of interest to others

Re: [NTG-context] section headings on a grid: less space above?

2013-08-23 Thread Lars Huttar
On 8/23/2013 11:26 AM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, I'm using mkii to typeset a document with grid layout. I'm trying to configure the formatting of the subsection headings. Here is a small, self-contained example showing what I'm talking about: \definecolumnset [twocol] [n=2,balancing=yes

Re: [NTG-context] section headings on a grid: less space above?

2013-08-24 Thread Lars Huttar
Marco wrote, On 2013–08–23 Lars Huttar wrote: / \setuphead[subsection][number=no,style=it,grid=top] / Add before={\blank[line]} Marco Thank you very much, that worked! Can you explain how it works? Does before= override the setting of grid=? Is before= at a lower level? Yet before

[NTG-context] flow text around graphic: lower right

2013-08-26 Thread Lars Huttar
corner of the paragraph. \input knuth \stophangaround } \stopcolumnset \stoptext Versions: We're using mkii. But we get the same results for mkii and mkiv on the example above. Thanks, Lars ___ If your

[NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-13 Thread Lars Huttar
like \setupcolumnsetlines[columnsetbibliography][1][1][-1] \setupcolumnsetlines[columnsetbibliography][1][2][-1] with various values for the last parameter, but nothing helps. Below is a small, self-contained sample. Thanks for any help you can give. Lars Version information: This is XeTeX

Re: [NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-13 Thread Lars Huttar
do we actually change the interline spacing? Thanks again. Lars On 9/13/2013 4:07 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We have a document where a gap occurs in a columnset under certain conditions. It seems to be a confluence of: - 2 sections, each with 2-column columnsets - \page[empty] between

Re: [NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-16 Thread Lars Huttar
to the other one. Regards, Lars On 9/13/2013 4:07 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We have a document where a gap occurs in a columnset under certain conditions. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well

Re: [NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-16 Thread Lars Huttar
columns on p. 3, about 3/4 of the way down. Any suggestions for a workaround would be appreciated. Lars | On 9/16/2013 2:29 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: FYI, I have posted this question on http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/133586/bug-unwanted-gap-in-2nd-columnset Marco and phg were able

Re: [NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-17 Thread Lars Huttar
the desired baseline skip and decent leading. Doesn’t make the gap disappear, though. I had left font settings out of the minimal example, since they aren't necessary to exercise the bug. Thanks again, Lars ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-17 Thread Lars Huttar
. But maybe that's not important to the main issue. I'm trying to formulate a rule for knowing whether interlinespace is sane. Is it that interlinespace needs to be more than or equal to the maximum of (height + depth + lineskip) of any line in the text? Thanks again for your help. Lars

Re: [NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-18 Thread Lars Huttar
interlinespace occurs? Thanks, Lars ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http

Re: [NTG-context] bug? gap appears in columnset

2013-09-19 Thread Lars Huttar
, as it wouldn't be an option for us to spend time porting to mkiv and using mixed-columns, if it doesn't allow us to tweak the height of each column on each page. Thanks again for your help and advice. Lars ___ If your

[NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-24 Thread Lars Huttar
? Thanks for your help, Lars ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http

Re: [NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-24 Thread Lars Huttar
be something I'm missing. (Or else it's just an arbitrary distinction, but that seems unlikely.) Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-24 Thread Lars Huttar
On 9/24/2013 12:01 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Can you explain how/why the two ways of increasing the font size should have such different effects? (I have read section 5.8 and 5.9 about selecting bodyfonts and interlinespace but still don't get it.) \tfc is described as a font selector command

Re: [NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-24 Thread Lars Huttar
Luigi, Thanks for your reply. On 9/24/2013 2:18 PM, luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Lars Huttar lars_hut...@sil.org mailto:lars_hut...@sil.org wrote: Is it that \switchdobodyfont changes the *body* font, which engages the associated bodyfont environment

Re: [NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-25 Thread Lars Huttar
On 9/24/2013 5:25 PM, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 24 Sep 2013, Lars Huttar wrote: environment), and the second category only affects the font (and I'm still not clear on how the body font differs from the current font). (Sorry for the terse replies...) {\switchtobodyfont[14pt] Text $math

Re: [NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-25 Thread Lars Huttar
://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/switchtobodyfont just doesn't seem to explain this difference in intention. Thanks again. I do hope to use this experience to contribute clarifications to the manual. I've already done that some on the wiki (hoping that if I get it wrong, someone will correct my mistakes!) Lars

Re: [NTG-context] git or svn

2013-09-27 Thread Lars Huttar
sure that I haven't said things that are misleading or incorrect. Lars ___ 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/mailman

Re: [NTG-context] git or svn

2013-09-27 Thread Lars Huttar
to contribute my recent experience toward a well-informed decision process. Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http

Re: [NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-27 Thread Lars Huttar
On 9/26/2013 3:47 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 25.09.2013 um 23:45 schrieb Lars Huttar lars_hut...@sil.org: Wolfgang, thanks for your response. On 9/25/2013 5:02 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: You can’t expect from \tfa etc. to change the interlinespace because these commands can be used

Re: [NTG-context] Feedback wanted on a ConTeXt tutorial

2013-09-30 Thread Lars Huttar
of pdfLaTeX. But other than that, unless I'm forgetting something, it worked fine, out-of-the-box. Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context

[NTG-context] What do \start and \stop mean?

2013-09-30 Thread Lars Huttar
? They are defined in core-sys.mkiv, but I can't figure out from there what they actually do. I'll contribute documentation for them if someone can tell me what they mean. Thanks, Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others

Re: [NTG-context] question about linespace adjustment

2013-09-30 Thread Lars Huttar
, such as \switchtobodyfont, also affects the linespacing. Just changing the effective font does not affect the linespacing. Changing the bodyfont changes the effective font. Does that give an accurate picture? Thanks, Lars

[NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-06 Thread Lars Huttar
-context/tex/context/base (I kid you not -- tex and context each show up three times in the path!) Can anybody suggest how to fix the problem? Thanks, Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-06 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/6/2008 3:49 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, I've just been trying to install context on Ubuntu 8.10. Today I went to http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ and followed the instructions: On unix (linux, mac, freebsd, sun, ...) run: mkdir context cd context rsync -ptv

Re: [NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-06 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/6/2008 3:49 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, I've just been trying to install context on Ubuntu 8.10. Today I went to http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ and followed the instructions: On unix (linux, mac, freebsd, sun, ...) run: mkdir context cd context rsync -ptv

Re: [NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-11 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/6/2008 4:02 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: On 11/6/2008 3:49 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, I've just been trying to install context on Ubuntu 8.10. Today I went to http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ and followed the instructions: On unix (linux, mac, freebsd, sun, ...) run: mkdir

Re: [NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-11 Thread Lars Huttar
and got the same error: I can't find file `core-swd'. (Apologies that this reply is not linked to the email it really replies to. For some reason the above email didn't make it to my inbox; I only found it via gmane.) Lars

Re: [NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-11 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/11/2008 1:32 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: On 11/6/2008 4:02 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: On 11/6/2008 3:49 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, I've just been trying to install context on Ubuntu 8.10. Today I went to http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/ and followed the instructions: On unix (linux

Re: [NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-11 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/11/2008 11:01 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 11.11.2008 um 17:20 schrieb Alan STONE: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: core-swd.tex is removed in the last beta and the old file was saved under the name core-swd.mkii Generate the formats

Re: [NTG-context] can't find file `core-swd'

2008-11-18 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/11/2008 5:06 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 11.11.2008 um 23:39 schrieb Lars Huttar: On 11/11/2008 11:01 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 11.11.2008 um 17:20 schrieb Alan STONE: On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Wolfgang Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: core-swd.tex is removed

[NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-18 Thread Lars Huttar
Minimal as well as ConTeXt from the TeXLive 2008 distribution. I want to do things in a way that will work in both. I would be happy to put in some extra effort to make the result generally available to others who want to follow the Chicago style for wrapping long URLs. Thanks for any hints... Lars

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-18 Thread Lars Huttar
, I'll ask again on this list. Thanks again, Lars ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-19 Thread Lars Huttar
it. Thanks, Lars ___ 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/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-19 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/19/2008 2:35 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: However, I have a few unsolved problems here. 1) I don't see a way, with the '\sethyphenatedurlbefore' or 'after' mechanism, to tell it not to break a URL between two slashes, as in http://;. At first I thought that since our text only had a few

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-20 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/20/2008 2:29 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: On 11/19/2008 2:35 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: However, I have a few unsolved problems here. 1) I don't see a way, with the '\sethyphenatedurlbefore' or 'after' mechanism, to tell it not to break a URL between two slashes, as in http

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-20 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/19/2008 2:35 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: 2) Even though I have \sethyphenatedurlafter / instead of \sethyphenatedurlbefore /, there are four cases where a URL is broken before a slash, e.g.: http://www.sil.org/.../009 /YAMBASSA.html. and no cases where a URL is broken after a slash (except

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-21 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/21/2008 2:22 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: On 11/19/2008 2:35 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: 2) Even though I have \sethyphenatedurlafter / instead of \sethyphenatedurlbefore /, there are four cases where a URL is broken before a slash, e.g.: http://www.sil.org/.../009

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-21 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/21/2008 2:22 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: i leave it to others to react on the rest of your mail (some users have been tuning the mechanism too) Hans On 11/21/2008 9:45 AM, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: Am 21.11.2008 um 16:35 schrieb Lars Huttar: Hello, Did either of you, Aditya or Steffen

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-21 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/21/2008 12:01 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: So as far as we know, nobody has successfully used \sethyphenatedurlbefore/after/etc. to tune the url-breaking mechanism. Has anybody else on the list done this? If not, maybe the mkii implementation has never worked for that purpose... it's

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-24 Thread Lars Huttar
between two slashes... unless you treat them as part of a separate hbox: \hbox{http://}\ForMojcaWhoLikesHacks{www.sil.org/silesr/} which is not a big problem. Thanks, Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others

Re: [NTG-context] modifying URL wrapping rules

2008-11-24 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/24/2008 8:45 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: Also, I don't see a way to prevent breaking between two slashes... unless you treat them as part of a separate hbox: \hbox{http://}\ForMojcaWhoLikesHacks{www.sil.org/silesr/} which is not a big problem. it's no problem

[NTG-context] difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt

2008-11-25 Thread Lars Huttar
font family; but it would really be surprising to find that the logic of \rm's behavior has been changed. Please help me understand if this is a bug or if there is a design principle of ConTeXt that I should be aware of... Thanks, Lars

Re: [NTG-context] difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt

2008-11-25 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/25/2008 3:21 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: When I put \show\rm in the .tex file to display the definition of the \rm macro, and run texexec, I get: \rm=\protected macro: -\setcurrentfontstyle {rm}. l.7 \show\rm By contrast, according to http://webpages.charter.net

Re: [NTG-context] difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt

2008-11-25 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/25/2008 5:37 PM, Rory Molinari wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: Thanks for the explanation. I hope that when the manual is finished it will make this clearer. Currently, the draft chapter says As will be explained later, the command \rm is used to switch to a roman/serif/regular style

Re: [NTG-context] difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt

2008-11-25 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/25/2008 10:15 PM, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: Hi, On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:29:09 -0700, Lars Huttar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: P.S. The same TeX reference reports, Be careful, PlainTeX is a macropaackage, just as ConTeXt is. One must distinguish PlainTeX commands

Re: [NTG-context] difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt

2008-11-26 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/26/2008 2:41 AM, Marcin Borkowski wrote: Dnia Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:30:51PM -0600, Lars Huttar napisa#322;(a): It makes sense for italicness and serifity to be independently changeable. What's discouraging to me as a entrant to the whole TeX world (but an experienced programmer

Re: [NTG-context] difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt

2008-11-26 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/26/2008 7:43 AM, Lars Huttar wrote: ... and the word regular in typography usually (as far as I can tell... please enlighten) means upright in contrast to italic. I now see that regular (apparently less often) can refer to weight: not bold or light. Still, the point remains. Lars

Re: [NTG-context] difference between TeX behavior and ConTeXt

2008-12-01 Thread Lars Huttar
On 11/27/2008 3:57 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: something like this: switch to a serif style (if that's what \rm means in ConTeXt -- I still don't know for sure). \rm in ConTeXT means: switch to the internal style group named rm (and likewise for \ss - ss etc

[NTG-context] widow/orphan control in columns?

2008-12-02 Thread Lars Huttar
, and if not, to produce a page break. I checked the manual [3] and command reference [4] but couldn't find information about \testpage. Is there a corresponding command to conditionally produce a column break? Thanks, Lars [1] http://getfo.org/context_xml/page4.html [2] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout [3

Re: [NTG-context] widow/orphan control in columns?

2008-12-02 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/2/2008 1:45 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We have a document with a 2-column layout where we have section headers that keep ending up at the bottom of columns. ... I checked the manual [3] and command reference [4] but couldn't find information about \testpage

[NTG-context] how to get thick and thin borders working in tables (ConTeXt)

2008-12-09 Thread Lars Huttar
it in some cases by setting rulethickness for an adjacent cell, but that adjacent cell would then have to have thick borders on all sides.) Does anybody know if it's possible to do this in ConTeXt? or in TeX? Thanks for any ideas, Lars P.S. Incidentally, if you set the bottom border of row 1 and the top

Re: [NTG-context] how to get thick and thin borders working in tables (ConTeXt)

2008-12-09 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/9/2008 2:01 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: On 12/9/2008 12:04 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: We applied your example to our document, and were able to get it working with thick and thin lines. Thanks very much! Now since you included double lines in your example, I've been aspiring to use

Re: [NTG-context] how to get thick and thin borders working in tables (ConTeXt)

2008-12-11 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/10/2008 4:05 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Lars Huttar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... However, when I try to mix double frames with single frames, I'm having trouble. Here is what I tried, in order to get a cell with double frame on the left, and single

Re: [NTG-context] how to get thick and thin borders working in tables (ConTeXt)

2008-12-11 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/11/2008 3:24 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 11.12.2008 um 18:05 schrieb Lars Huttar: We center borders between the cells by using enlarged values -0.2 +/- k, i.e. center around -0.2. I'm not sure why -0.2 works better than zero, but it does... Doing this makes coincident border

[NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008-12-15 Thread Lars Huttar
the other chunks? Has anyone been working on this already? It seems like it must have been discussed, but I don't know where to go to look for that discussion. Thanks, Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008-12-16 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/16/2008 2:08 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi Lars, Lars Huttar wrote: Hello, We've been using TeX to typeset a 1200-page book, and at that size, the time it takes to run becomes a big issue (especially with multiple passes... about 8 on average). It takes us anywhere from 80 minutes

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008-12-16 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/16/2008 11:37 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: We have close to 7000 mpgraphics, and they add about 15 minutes to the run time. most of them are the same so reusing them made sense But the run time was already quite long before we started using those. - define fonts

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008-12-16 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/16/2008 3:31 PM, Martin Schröder wrote: 2008/12/16 Lars Huttar lars_hut...@sil.org: - You could design your document *specifically* to make the parts independent, so that the true and authoritative way to typeset them is to typeset the parts independently. (You can do this part now

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008-12-16 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/16/2008 3:15 PM, luigi scarso wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com mailto:t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Hi Lars, Lars Huttar wrote: ... So the question comes up, can TeX runs take advantage of parallelized

Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?

2008-12-17 Thread Lars Huttar
, is necessary to enable programs to effectively use parallelism. I'll create a page at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Parallel summarizing this discussion if that's OK. Regards, Lars ___ If your question is of interest

[NTG-context] starting headings at top of column

2008-12-17 Thread Lars Huttar
balancing adjustments and therefore could give wrong results? That could explain why \testcolumn has been behaving in unexpected ways... Thanks, Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

[NTG-context] error when using uniqueMPgraphics

2008-12-22 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/16/2008 1:28 PM, Lars Huttar wrote [Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?]: On 12/16/2008 11:37 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: ... The advice I received said to define each mpgraphic using \startuseMPgraphic (we have about 18 of these), associate them with overlays

Re: [NTG-context] error when using uniqueMPgraphics

2008-12-22 Thread Lars Huttar
On 12/22/2008 9:48 PM, Lars Huttar wrote: On 12/16/2008 1:28 PM, Lars Huttar wrote [Re: [NTG-context] distributed / parallel TeX?]: On 12/16/2008 11:37 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: ... The advice I received said to define each mpgraphic using \startuseMPgraphic (we have about 18

[NTG-context] tool for reviewing hyphenation

2009-02-03 Thread Lars Huttar
. (The search method seems to just go to the first or next occurence, and highlight only one occurrence at a time.) Thanks for any help, Lars ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

Re: [NTG-context] tool for reviewing hyphenation

2009-02-03 Thread Lars Huttar
On 2/3/2009 1:29 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: But the hyphenation is by nature somewhat volatile, so whenever we change something we would like to be able to easily recheck the hyphenation. And our book is over 1200 pages, so it would be very helpful to have tools to make

Re: [NTG-context] tool for reviewing hyphenation

2009-02-03 Thread Lars Huttar
On 2/3/2009 2:22 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: On 2/3/2009 1:29 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: Lars Huttar wrote: But the hyphenation is by nature somewhat volatile, so whenever we change something we would like to be able to easily recheck the hyphenation. And our book is over 1200

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