[NTG-context] Prefixed reference mechanism broken (again) in latest current luatex

Hello! I know I'm about the only person in the world using the prefixed reference mechanism, but it really makes my life a lot easier when handling largish user manuals with tons of references. However, the system seems to be broken again, at least in LuaTeX in the newest current (ConTeXt ver: 20

[NTG-context] ConTeXt in SciTe in Windows, non-working commands in Tools menu

Hello! While struggling with the prefixed referencing system, I found two commands in the Tools menu that fail miserably. As the commands I normally use (Ctrl+1/Process TeX file, Process and Arrange, Generate Formats (luaTeX) work fine, the problem is fairly local and neither is critical. If I

Re: [NTG-context] slides & proceedings from ConTeXt Meeting

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 09:44, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > > ... apropos "all the fun": > could someone also upload some of the images that were taken? I don't want to sound greedy, but there are a few people to whom I'd like to show what our "den" and dining room looked like as it was quite a bit d

[NTG-context] Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland?

cookies (if we have any) and any ConTeXt help I can give. Just check on this in advance as I'm not always there, but often can arrange things if notified a few days earlier. Terveisin/Best Regards, Mari Voipio K-Patents Oy (in V

Re: [NTG-context] latest Context Minimals Installer for Windows

Hello! On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 16:08, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: > To whom it may concern - here is the latest version of Context Minimals > Installer for Windows, now working under Windows 7. > > http://www.megaupload.com/?d=484PR9UL I tried this one on a 32-bit Windows XP this morning. It d

Re: [NTG-context] Any (other) ConTeXt users in Finland?

le, especially as I have a meeting space at my disposal. BUT: Nobody else in Finland??? Best Regards/Terveisin, Mari Voipio Vantaa, Finland ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to th

[NTG-context] Lucida hangs (?) on latest beta

Hello! Encouraged by the recent User Meeting, I'm experimenting with sans serif fonts, trying to find something that I could use all over our documents (European languages) and that would be acceptable to the design people. One of the possibilities would be Lucida, but I'm not having much success

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida hangs (?) on latest beta

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:11, luigi scarso wrote: > The lucidabr and lucida packages on CTAN are free, but the Lucida fonts > are not: you must order them from TUG or another source to actually > typeset anything in Lucida.  The TUG Lucida web pages explain the > details -- see http://tug.org/luc

Re: [NTG-context] Lucida hangs (?) on latest beta

On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:37, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > When the fonts are in your Windows font directory you can try this: > > \usemodule[simplefonts] > > \setmainfont[Lucida Bright] It works! And I learned something new and useful today, now I finally understand why it is called "simplefonts"

[NTG-context] For Windows users: ConTeXt + SciTe installation instructions updated

Hello! At the recent ConTeXt meeting Hans helped me update my ConTeXt installation and explained about a new way of getting ConTeXt to work with SciTe, it now uses external lexers and even spell-checking is now possible for some languages. The SciTe tips and tricks page will have to wait, but I

Re: [NTG-context] For Windows users: ConTeXt + SciTe installation instructions updated

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:50, Lutz Haseloff wrote: > if i install SciTe and the the ConTeXt files for SciTe on my Win 7 64 bit, > i can no longer scroll the text in the editor. Windows quits SciTe > because of an unknown > error :-( > > Has someone else the same error? Do you have special mouse/

Re: [NTG-context] For Windows users: ConTeXt + SciTe installation instructions updated

Lähetetty kännystäni / Sent from my iPhone On 20.10.2011, at 13.06, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 20-10-2011 10:50, Lutz Haseloff wrote: > >> if i install SciTe and the the ConTeXt files for SciTe on my Win 7 64 bit, >> i can no longer scroll the text in the editor. Windows quits SciTe >> because of

[NTG-context] Learning layers: setlayer vs. setlayerframed

Hello! Based on a discussion with Hans at the ConTeXt meeting I'm starting to migrate my book covers from CorelDraw to ConTeXt using layers. After a bit of experimenting I managed to achieve my first layer, but looking at the examples on the wiki page, I'm wondering: what's the difference between

Re: [NTG-context] For Windows users: ConTeXt + SciTe installation instructions updated

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:06, Mari Voipio wrote: > I did notice a scrolling problem, but it is not that bad: I'm using a > marble mouse that doesn't have a scroll wheel at all, so I had to > install Logitech's software to turn a scroller on and of with the > four

Re: [NTG-context] Rearranging existing A5 => A4

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:37, Markus Finke wrote: > I have a ready document in A5 and want to rearrange selected pages next to > each other on A4 (homeprinter, proofreading). This works for me (and I'd better go and revise that bit of the Imposition page on the wiki...): \setuppapersize[A5][A4]

[NTG-context] Layers + simplefonts: Using different font in layers?

Hi! After a wee bit of struggle I've managed to get as far as to (re)creating front and back covers of a booklet as layers. They worked fine in separate files, but now I have to incorporate the layers into my main file and that turned out to be too complicated for my little brain. Thus I'd appreci

Re: [NTG-context] Layers + simplefonts: Using different font in layers?

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:10, Willi Egger wrote: > Here is what I interpreted from your mail. May be it answers the first > question. Using setups does normally help in these cases. It does sort out the font problem - turns out I was almost there, except that my TOC insisted on being in Arial (a

Re: [NTG-context] Layers + simplefonts: Using different font in layers?

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 13:04, Willi Egger wrote: > When i use the attached test-file, the TOC is in palatino. May be you have to > check, where the \setups is called. Before calling the setups there must be a > page break. It works for me, too, once I managed to fix a stupid typo... Mostly your

[NTG-context] Pagemakeup? Was Re: Layers + simplefonts: Using different font in layers?

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 16:52, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > \placelayer use the area of the current block (in this case the text are), > one way out of this is to use the “pagemakeup” environment where all margins > are set to 0pt. "There were no results matching the query. Create the page "pagem

Re: [NTG-context] context instal

d to happen with Word. [Just had to go through another round of fighting over my right to use ConTeXt for what I do, but it seems that I won this round. Money talks, too, installing ConTeXt + SciTe on five computers is a lot cheaper than doing the same with InDesign...] Hope this helps

[NTG-context] Problem with \insertpages

Hello! After I got my layers (i.e. covers) organize, I ran into some postprocessing problems. This used to work, I've last used it just a month ago. \setuppapersize[A5][A4] %individual page A5 size, print size A4 \setuparranging[2UP,rotated] %makes a single booklet when folded (duplex printing!)

[NTG-context] Newest ConTeXt in Windows7: kpathsea60.dll is missing ?

So, I went and updated my ConTeXt today as I've got nothing really critical going on. I'm running ConTeXt on Windows 7 (64-bit) and I used firstsetup.bat --modules=all to update it. Everything works fine otherwise, but during the installation process both mpost.exe and pdftex.exe complain that

Re: [NTG-context] Newest ConTeXt in Windows7: kpathsea60.dll is missing ?

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:20, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I'm just a tiny bit confused since I'm not sure if any other binary > still needs the old kpathsea. I think that both should be present at > the moment, but I didn't properly fix everything yet. > > Can you please try if it at least works? Ru

[NTG-context] 2UP broken or changed?

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:16, Mari Voipio wrote: > After I got my layers (i.e. covers) organize, I ran into some > postprocessing problems. OK, back to work and I could dig deeper into the problem. It turns out that inserting and filtering pages from a pdf file works fine and most of impo

Re: [NTG-context] Newest ConTeXt in Windows7: kpathsea60.dll is missing ?

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 19:37, Hans Hagen wrote: > just add a first line to the file: > > % engine=pdftex I think clueless me missed a space there... MkII fails miserably due to pdftex missing that .dll file: >mtxrun --autogenerate --script context --autopdf hello.tex TeXExec | processing doc

Re: [NTG-context] SciTE configuration to use mkiv instead of mkii

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 05:52, Peter Park Nelson wrote: > Hello, I installed and configured SciTE today to try it out. How did you do the configuration part? I.e. did you follow the (AFAIK) up-to-date instructions at or

Re: [NTG-context] current beta

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:18, Hans van der Meer wrote: > Downloading and installing the current beta fails with: Maybe an OS related problem? I updated my Win7 this morning and at least all the basic stuff seems to work, no major failures this far. Mari (yes, the dummy Windows user) __

Re: [NTG-context] beta

On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 19:40, Hans Hagen wrote: > I uploaded a new beta. Apart from some fixes the core font/type modules have > been cleaned up so there might be temporary font side effects. Looks like \showsetups got broken... ! Undefined control sequence. system > tex > error on li

Re: [NTG-context] beta

Also, now 2UP fails totally: system > tex > error on line 1 in file fico_booklet.tex: Undefined control sequence ... 1 >> \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] %write on A5, put two onto A4 sheet 2 % \setuparranging[2UP,rotated,doublesided] %booklet arranging 3 \setuparranging[2

Re: [NTG-context] beta

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 13:05, Mari Voipio wrote: > Also, now 2UP fails totally: This morning I updated my ConTeXt to assumably newest version (ver: 2012.01.11 14:58 MKIV fmt: 2012.1.12) and it is back to square 1 with 2UP: it doesn't hang, but the resulting A4 landscape sheet f

Re: [NTG-context] Surprising changes in vers. 2012.01.11

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 14:22, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: > testing the current beta gave me several errors and "Undefined control > sequence", Yep. This is my newest find (and this code worked last week...): :/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/lm/lm-math.map}{C:/context/tex/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/

Re: [NTG-context] new beta

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 19:47, Hans Hagen wrote: > I uploaded a new beta. This time a couple of fixes + some reorganization of > font related code. More to follow. There's something fishy somewhere in the fonts or the simplefonts module, because a file that worked last week now gets

Re: [NTG-context] What’s your favorite command?

I'm with Mikael in that natural tables is one of the things that has made a real difference to my ConTeXting, and I no longer hesitate with adding tables to the my documents. My current favourite is probably \usemodule, especially \usemodule[simplefonts]. Being a Windows dummy and working mostly i

[NTG-context] Getting changing/random graphics?

Hello all, I'm trying to do something that should be possible and I think "variables" is the answer, I just can't figure out how. I have a pile of photos (jpg) in a directory and the assumption is that they are all the same size and there's a spot for the photo on a layer at the top of the page.

[NTG-context] Dynamic content on layers - wiki example not working

Hello! I'm trying to place dynamic content on a layer and now it turns out that while getting a different pic every time is easy, getting the layers redrawn wasn't that simple. The wiki has this code: \definelayer [pagenumber] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, preset=middle, s

Re: [NTG-context] Dynamic content on layers - wiki example not working

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 13:06, Marco wrote: > This is an example of how it's *not* going to work: Doh! Either I can't read or I can't copy Sorry for the waste of bandwidth! The correct example works fine - however, I tried something similar in my file and it didn't work; but there are so many

Re: [NTG-context] Dynamic content on layers - wiki example not working

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 13:53, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Here is a slightly different version which is better when you need more > dynamic layers. Hey, I can get it to work. Will take more than a bit of effort to understanding it, but at least I got it wikified (hopefully correctly) so I can fi

Re: [NTG-context] Getting changing/random graphics?

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:53, Marco wrote: > On 2012-02-16 Mari Voipio wrote: > >> So, if I have >> >> photo1.jpg >> photo2.jpg >> photo3.jpg >> photo4.jpg >> >> and \dorecurse{10}{insert random photo here}, how do I do it? > > \

Re: [NTG-context] Getting changing/random graphics?

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:50, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 16-2-2012 07:43, Mari Voipio wrote: > >> I'm trying to do something that should be possible and I think >> "variables" is the answer, I just can't figure out how. > > > attached .. (will be

Re: [NTG-context] Integration of the ConTeXt-Wiki and the ConTeXt-Mailinglist

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 15:33, Jan Heinen wrote: > It's not perfekt jet - but it helps to get more information to each command > and to integrate the wiki and the mailinglist. > What do you think about this and could it be improved? I really like it! However, having just used it to trawl through

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

Hello! On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 22:50, Hans Hagen wrote: > It's now possible to order the new lucida open type (+math) fonts. If I ask nicely, could somebody who understands these things update the following wiki page accordingly? http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Lucida (I think my problem is tha

[NTG-context] ConTeXt User Meeting / EuroTeX 2012?

Hello! I know I shouldn't be asking until after BachoTeX, but unfortunately my calendar for autumn is starting to fill up and there are things that should be settled pretty soon. (And I can't go to BachoTeX to sort things out there.) The page http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2012/ says that 6CM w

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 00:25, Hans Hagen wrote: > > Just copy the *.otf files to for instance a directory >  /tex/texmf-fonts/fonts/opentype/data/lucidaot > > and then run >  mtxrun --generate > > after that >  \setupbodyfont[lucidaot] > should work. It does! I had a prolonged fight with my Mac a

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 20:40, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > I attached a modified version of the typescript file where I added > calligraphic and handwriting, That was quick! And working, of course. :-) Not sure I like the word spacing of the handwriting font and the kerning on the calligraphy ve

[NTG-context] Project structure, (simple)font woes

Hello all, I'm trying to teach myself to use the project structure. After a few rounds of trial and error (...and stupid naming schemes...) I'm almost there, but got stuck at my font setups. If I do this as a single file, it works fine (Win7 and newest ConTeXt, updated it this morning): % FONT

Re: [NTG-context] Project structure, (simple)font woes

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 14:19, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > You load the simplefonts module but you don’t use it, instead you try to > define a typescript the old. See, I *was* being stupid. Now it works perfectly. And I found all the additional info I'll need now in the new Font manual/chapter, b

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

Hello, more "font dummy" questions about using Lucida OT... On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 21:06, Mari Voipio wrote: > Now I can at least get started, and figure out about the Blackletter a > bit later It turns out that I need it rather sooner than later as it is used in my sourc

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 14:37, Mari Voipio wrote: >> Now I can at least get started, and figure out about the Blackletter a >> bit later > > It turns out that I need it rather sooner than later ARGH, I give up! ConTeXt finds the Lucida Blackletter OT font on my system (

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:36, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > \definetypeface[lucidablackletter][rm][specserif][Lucida Blackletter OT] > > \setupbodyfont[lucidaot] > > \starttext > Lucida Bright {\lucidablackletter Lucida Blackletter} Lucida Bright > \stoptext ...and of course it works... :-) Than

[NTG-context] Metapost/Metafun Q: using variables and "building blocks"?

Hello all, any graphic experts around who can bump me past a stupid hinder on my way to understanding MPgraphics? I'm trying to create a system of describing certain type of braiding patterns (fingerloop braiding), based on what has been used in the field before me - but they did it all manually

[NTG-context] Reducing inter-character spacing?

Hello, here comes yet another "I could do this in Word but can't figure it out how ConTeXt does it" font-related question: How can I reduces inter-character spacing in a font? I've found out that the spacing can be temporarily expanded by \stretched{}, but what's the opposite and how to control i

Re: [NTG-context] Reducing inter-character spacing?

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 18:20, Marco wrote: > \definecharacterkerning [narrow] [factor=-.1] > > \starttext > > \setcharacterkerning [narrow] > \input knuth > > \stoptext This did the trick - and -.1 was just enough to dense the text up but not into total mess (-.2 was definitely Far Too Much).

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:36, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > You need \starttypescript[serif][blackletter] but there is a shorter method: > > \definetypeface[lucidablackletter][rm][specserif][Lucida Blackletter OT] > > \setupbodyfont[lucidaot] > > \starttext > Lucida Bright {\lucidablackletter Lucida

Re: [NTG-context] lucida ot

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 20:53, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > \definetypeface[mainface][rm][specserif]  [Lucida Blackletter > OT][default][features=default] > \definetypeface[mainface][cg][calligraphy][lucidaot]             > [default][features=default] > > \setupbodyfont[mainface] > > \definebody

[NTG-context] FLOWcharts - connector line length?

Hi, I've just fallen in love with the chart module, my first flowchart is almost done. I'll never draw these "by hand" again... Besides, it seems that the chart module forces me to do flowcharts "right", that should help with consistency and legibility. Now I just have to read a bit on how to do c

Re: [NTG-context] FLOWcharts - connector line length?

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 10:30, Mari Voipio wrote: > I've figured out about text font and box sizes and making connections > and all that, but there's one important question that I just can't > seem to find the answer for: how do I adjust the connector line > length?

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost/Metafun Q: using variables and "building blocks"?

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 20:34, Mari Voipio wrote: > a) I need to be able to stack four of these on top of each other and > then four mirrored ones next to them OK, I really was being stupid - I had already managed to do a "shift" inside a single 'block', somehow I just

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost/Metafun Q: using variables and "building blocks"?

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > beware, metapost is addictive once you get better in it, It is. :-) This one is to both you and Peter, because your snippets together helped me adjust from WYSIWYG vector graphics to MetaPost - not that I'm that far yet, but I understand a lot

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost/Metafun Q: using variables and "building blocks"?

PS. I got this link from a friend who'd struggled with an event registration system, but it SO applies to my MetaPost project: http://www.howtogeek.com/102420/geeks-versus-non-geeks-when-doing-repetitive-tasks-funny-chart/ (Scary, I seem to count as "geek"now...)

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost/Metafun Q: using variables and "building blocks"?

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: >> http://www.lucet.fi/textiles/ > > > Best change that in: > > ConTeXt, developed by the Dutch company Pragma Advanced Document > Engineering, is open source software and avaliable as stand alone > distribution (www.contextgarden.net) and is also

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost/Metafun Q: using variables and "building blocks"?

On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > You have seen this one, haven't you? Posted by Don Knuth: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVuggGxeBVk > > So that's your next challenge. Yes, I've seen it, had to watch the whole thing, it is so fascinating. If I ever decide to invest in suc

Re: [NTG-context] FLOWcharts - connector line length?

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Willi Egger wrote: > It is not possible to make cells spanning more than one column. This is > related to the fact that the cells are on a grid. It is also not possible to > have cells on e.g. half way down/left/right. Oh well, I can live with that. Besides, th

Re: [NTG-context] FLOWcharts - connector line length?

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Marco wrote: > > You can adjust the distance indirectly with changing the distance > between the cells: > > \setupFLOWcharts [dx=8ex, dy=4em] Ah, that naming does make sense, now that I think of it. It seems that I'm still (re)learning to think of things as coordi

[NTG-context] Variables how-to needed

Hello All, I'm looking for some "for dummies" information about using variables. I tried looking for it in the wiki, but only found this "Internals" page that's a bit too advantaged to me: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Inside_ConTeXt#Using_variables I'm obviously missing something important, so I'

[NTG-context] Using MPgraphics as externalfigures?

Hi All, I'm being a bit clueless about the MPgraphics again... I've got a pile of instructional graphics that will be used and reused in a project. My first try is/was an unwieldy buffer construction, but I'm sure there's a better way than \placefigure[here] [fig: 5 loop departed setup]

Re: [NTG-context] Using MPgraphics as externalfigures?

Hi Marco & al, On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Marco Patzer wrote: > Read http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Metapost I was on which I actually found for informative, but not quite enough for my "very dummy" level. > and 3.3 Integrated Graphics in the Meta

[NTG-context] Symbolsets, using Unicode symbols?

Hello! I'm having one of those ConTeXt moments when I feel really stupid, but I just cannot figure this out I'd need the heart symbol. You know, the one that goes on Facebook as <3. I think it is this Unicode symbol: ♥U+2665 BLACK HEART SUIT♥ or ♥ or ♥ I'm using the LucidaOT (Un

[NTG-context] Creating a background texture with text/graphic

Hello all! While staring at the pile of ConTeXt instruction book(let)s on my desk, I realized that I should be able to use a logo or a text to create a background texture to use in scrapbooking and cardcraft. The problem is that my skills don't quite stretch that far and I can't remember where I o

[NTG-context] Two columns in a frame

Hi All, I'm doing something where the example at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns#.28Simple.29Columns_in_a_narrow_frame would be quiet useful. Except that if I copy-paste the example in my ConTeXt, I get two columns typeset almost on top of each other, with non-existent column distance (a lot

Re: [NTG-context] Two columns in a frame

I'm really being a clueless idiot again this morning, hit send instead of attach (and they are not even next to each other). Here's my own file that tries to implement the example from the wiki, with limited success. If you don't have Lucida OT, it may look a bit funny, but the pdf should expl

Re: [NTG-context] [IN TOPIC] new interview

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:03 AM, luigi scarso wrote: > http://www.tug.org/interviews/voipio.html > > http://www.lucet.fi/craftex And here's another one done with MetaPost and ConTeXt that I twiddled with when on a boring 6-hour flight recently: http://www.lucet.fi/2012/12/twpatterns/ (pattern D

Re: [NTG-context] [IN TOPIC] new interview

On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Sietse Brouwer wrote: > I liked the bit where Dave asked about the process > Mari's company uses, and that Mari also went into the issue of "so > *we* use it, but how do we deal with others who don't use it?" Could you tell that I've had that discussion more than

[NTG-context] Creating a folded meander book - imposition problem

I would love to create a folded meander book, but as far as I can see, that means creating a new imposition scheme and that's beyond my skill. What I want is a cross between 2*16 and x=4, y=4 (I think). Here's an explanation and a nice graphic of a 16-page (4x4) meander book: http://stamphenge.wor

Re: [NTG-context] Creating a folded meander book - imposition problem

On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > \setuparranging[MEANDER] It works (of course it does!). Now I can create a funny booklet with my MetaPost twiddlings. :-) >> A 9-page version (3x3) would also be nice to have, to make slightly >> bigger pages when printed on A4. > >

Re: [NTG-context] Finding documentation for ConTeXt

I think that one of the problems is that ConTeXt can do almost anything, if you know how to ask it to do that. What I do is different what most people use it for, but it works (http://context.aanhet.net/svn/contextman/context-reference/en/co-pagedesign.pdf and http://www.lucet.fi/2013/01/metapostin

Re: [NTG-context] arranging vs. \page[last]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > What would you suggest to put something onto the last (i.e. back) page? The wiki has a trick, but I think it stopped working at some stage - maybe somebody can fix it (if it is broken): http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition#Getti

Re: [NTG-context] External figures from other folders

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Marco Patzer wrote: > > \setupexternalfigures > [directory=images] The images can also be elsewhere than in a subdirectory: \setupexternalfigures[directory=../graphics] You can also tell ConTeXt to look into multiple directories: \setupexternalfigures[director

Re: [NTG-context] External figures from other folders

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Alain Delmotte wrote: >> When I worked with a master file and its translations where some >> figures had translated text and others didn't, I dumped the translated >> pics in the same directory with my translated tex file, while all the >> untouched graphics could b

Re: [NTG-context] Trademark symbols

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Devendra Ghate wrote: > > How do I get Trademark (TM) and Registered Trademark (encircled R) in > ConTeXt? > I will be using it with \high to get something like Simulink® TM is high already, but with (R) you'll need that. This is what I ended up with years ago, be

[NTG-context] Vertical alignment in combinations?

Today I feel like a total ConTeXt dummy... The problem: I have 3*1 combination where the end graphics are the same size, but the middle graphic is much shorter. With a standard \startcombination\stopcombination I can easily get all three side-by-side, but they are bottom-aligned while I'd need the

Re: [NTG-context] Problem with itemize with arranging pages

Marcin Borkowski wrote: > itemize won't work with page arrangement. Is this connected with this: > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition#Caveat:_common_troubles ? > (In other words: feature, not bug; and resolvable using > texexec --arrange?) Quite likely - I must say that I didn't notice, but

Re: [NTG-context] Scite automatic compling

On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, mattia schirosa wrote: > editor how was advised in context wiki. I can't found a command or a > tool to compile the tex file by Scite, is there any possibility or i > have to pass by prompt control everytimes? I normally use Ctrl+1 in my SciTe; I've used it so long I've for

[NTG-context] Russian/Cyrillic woes - Windows XP

Hello all! I'm stuck: I have to get at least my ConTeXt to typeset Russian. No ifs or buts, it has to compile a file where the text is in Russian. Getting my ConTeXt to do it can involve installing a font or updating or something, as long as I get it to work in my XP. Preferably I should ne

Re: [NTG-context] Russian/Cyrillic - no woes, happy now!

Wolfgang Schuster wrote: I tried just a moment ago to typeset russian in a machine where I have only Hans standalone for Windows (mswincontext) and had no problem to get a correct output. With your instructions, neither do I! I'm very, very thankful for this list... 1. I started scite (csc

Re: [NTG-context] Russian/Cyrillic - UTF-8 stuff

luigi scarso wrote: Maybe you can consider (under linux,I dont'know about windows) recode iconv sometimes they are useful . I have Cygwin installed to give me some command line tools and we already figured out iconv is probably a useful tool. Recode, on the other hand, doesn't seem to exist

Re: [NTG-context] Russian/Cyrillic - no woes, happy now!

Mojca Miklavec wrote: On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Mari Voipio wrote: Wolfgang Schuster wrote: 3. Select "UTF-8" in menu File/Encoding This solved problem number 1: how to do UTF in SciTe. The problem is that you need to do that every time. There is some file with user setting

Re: [NTG-context] Design for Translation

John Devereux wrote: But I would really appreciate any insights anyone may have. I've got some experience on this. I'm sure my way is not optimal, but at least it is an experience. First thing to remember is that I started the ConTeXt project many years (5???) ago and the program *and* its

Re: [NTG-context] Design for Translation

Mari Voipio wrote: (BTW, if you'd like my editing instructions, I have them somewhere in rtf format.) It turns out I was actually smart enough to add these into the version control when I revised the file some time ago. I checked the file and there's nothing that couldn't b

Re: [NTG-context] Design for Translation

John Devereux wrote: First thing to remember is that I started the ConTeXt project many years (5???) ago and the program *and* its documentation have evolved a lot since then. Is there anything in particular new that you think might help? Compared with the situation a few years back, WinConTe

Re: [NTG-context] docs

R. Bastian wrote: -. Is it necessary to know TeX ? I assume it depends on what you are planning to do with ConTeXt. I've been using ConTeXt for at least five years now, but I've never touched TeX (nor LaTeX nor any others, just ConTeXt). I've got a vague idea what it is about and that's it.

[NTG-context] Small bug in current beta (references)

My new ConTeXt Mark IV hangs at the first \in it encounters, this is the error message: ! LuaTeX error ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-ref.lua:656: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) stack traceback: ...text/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/strc-ref.lua:656: in func

Re: [NTG-context] Small bug in current beta (references)

OK, we figured the problem is related to the fact that I'm doing something so unusual as using a prefix to got with the references, i.e. when I refer to something in a different chapter, there's first the chapter reference, then a + and then the pointer to the reference. For example the chapter is

Re: [NTG-context] insert pagebreak in toc (MkIV)

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 12:19, Steffen Wolfrum wrote: >>> \completecontent[pageboundaries={20.3,30}] > > > In current context it doesn't show any effect. > Is it obsolete in MkIV? It works for me, even in the fairly complex files that I recently upgraded from MKII to MKIV. I would've gone back to

Re: [NTG-context] placefigure ?

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 13:22, R. Bastian wrote: > In Mk II, I need to place figures - with numbers and captions - > but \placefigure is for floats and never places the figure [here]. > Is there another way? I've found that mostly [here,force] will do the trick, but sometimes a judiciously placed

Re: [NTG-context] Scite + non-global environbment variables

Wolfgang Hugemann wrote: It seems like I need another hint. I don't know if this counts as another hint - you may have used this one up already - but just in case it is: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Simple_Windows_Installation It is based on stuff done at the ConTeXt Meeting two months ag

Re: [NTG-context] Scite + non-global environbment variables

Wolfgang Hugemann wrote: I seems to me that waiving global environment variables is something almost impossible for a beginner. I ran into a lot of errors obiously originating from unknown paths. I literally just found out that even though I had allowed the installer to set global environment

Re: [NTG-context] place figure without \placefigure

R. Bastian wrote: On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:01:11 +0100 Wolfgang Schuster scribit: \placefigure[none]{}{\externalfigure[...]} it wörks nit, but That's because the "none" ended up between the wrong parentheses; when you do not want captions while using \placefigure, write "none" in the spot w

Re: [NTG-context] Table of contents disappears when \setuparranging is used

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > run context or texexec with the switch --arrange. If you have a SciTe-ConTeXt system, do "Process and arrange" in the Tools many instead of just "Process", to get your indices and other tables back. ...been there, done that (http:/

Re: [NTG-context] Table of contents

Hello! On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Alain Delmotte wrote: > 2) If I define my own header (like in ConTeXt an excursion: 5. Headers) and > so, for example, replacing \section by \myheader, which has a section level, > the table of content is empty! I have a working system like that in sever

[NTG-context] Problem with simplefonts

Hello! Partly due to the upcoming ConTeXt meeting I updated my ConTeXt, although with the --current option for latest stable. Most of my files compile fine and there don't seem to be any problems. However, the big beast fails right after loading env-fonts-23 (attached) and it seems to be a proble

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