[NTG-context] math: too big space between function and argument

2011-05-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, to markup the probability measure and the parenthesis around the argument, I defined the following command. \define[1]\P{{\mathbf P}\left( #1 \right)} Unfortunately the space between the P and the left ( is a little big in my opinion. Is that correct or should/can I

[NTG-context] math: using bold charaters for number sets

2011-05-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, according to [1] the number sets were originally set using bold characters and only on the blackboard the double strokes were used. ConTeXt defines for example `\naturalnumbers` or `\reals` [2] which are set using double strokes. How can I redefine those to be just bold?

[NTG-context] Why is `\P` used for not often used ¶? (was: math: too big space between function and argument)

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Menzel
On Di, 2011-05-24 at 15:25 +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 24.05.2011 um 13:14 schrieb Paul Menzel: to markup the probability measure and the parenthesis around the argument, I defined the following command. \define[1]\P{{\mathbf P}\left( #1 \right)} Unfortunately the space

Re: [NTG-context] math: too big space between function and argument

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Menzel
On Di, 2011-05-24 at 09:56 -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Tue, 24 May 2011, Paul Menzel wrote: to markup the probability measure and the parenthesis around the argument, I defined the following command. \define[1]\P{{\mathbf P}\left( #1 \right)} Unfortunately the space between

Re: [NTG-context] bibliography: @ELECTRONIC entries not shown in references section

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Menzel
On So, 2011-05-22 at 19:12 +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: On 22-5-2011 6:57, Paul Menzel wrote: The question still remains if `@ELECTRONIC` are not allowed or if this is an error. it's more that @ELECTRONIC is not defined Ok, neither does it appear in the Wikipedia article [1]. Who

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] t-filter: no table created when Unicode characters are included

2011-05-27 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Montag, den 02.05.2011, 17:30 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: Am Sonntag, den 01.05.2011, 15:09 -0400 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Sun, 1 May 2011, Aditya Mahajan wrote: On Sun, 1 May 2011, Peter Münster wrote: So, whatever the original enviroment is, context and/or luatex sets

[NTG-context] math: command for absolute value: `\define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert}` throws `\lvert -\Udelimiter`.

2011-06-04 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I want to define `\abs` as the command for the absolute value. The following minimal example is also attached. \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} \starttext $\lvert 2 \rvert$ $\abs{2}$ \stoptext This does not work though.

[NTG-context] \define[1]\command or \define\command[1]? (was: math: command for absolute value: `\define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert}` throws `\lvert -\Udelimiter`.)

2011-06-05 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Otared, Am Samstag, den 04.06.2011, 23:59 +0200 schrieb Otared Kavian: I think the error comes from your way of using \define: you use \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} instead of \define[1]\abs{\lvert#1\rvert} the following works fine for me: \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] \define[1]\command or \define\command[1]? (was: math: command for absolute value: `\define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert}` throws `\lvert -\Udelimiter`.)

2011-06-05 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Sonntag, den 05.06.2011, 12:11 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: Am Samstag, den 04.06.2011, 23:59 +0200 schrieb Otared Kavian: I think the error comes from your way of using \define: you use \define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert} instead of \define[1]\abs{\lvert#1

[NTG-context] ∫ is not displayed correctly compared to $\int$.

2011-06-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.27 int: english/english the following example produces different integral signs. --- minimal example --- \starttext Using the NEO keyboard layout several math symbols can be inserted directly like $∫$ or $∩$. But

[NTG-context] math: using `align` ⁺ and ⁻ not displayed

2011-06-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using the Neo keyboard layout [1] I am able to insert the superscript + and - directly: ^+=⁺ and ^-=⁻. […] ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 22:26 MKIV fmt: 2011.5.27 int: english/english […] mkiv lua stats math script replacements - U+0207A:⁺ U

[NTG-context] netiquette (was: measuring alphabet length)

2011-06-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Christoph, Am Montag, den 13.06.2011, 14:43 +0200 schrieb Christoph Redecker: […] please do not top post when the people helping you use interleaved style [1]. And why does my email client display this thread as a reply to the fit to width by negative letterspacing or narrowing thread

[NTG-context] math: how to display ≔?

2011-06-14 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, probably this is again a font problem, but I just want to report that the definition symbol ≔ (colon equal) [1] I am able to insert directly using Neo layout [2] is not displayed. --- minimal example --- \starttext The definition symbol := is not shown: $≔$. \stoptext ---

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] math: using `align` ⁺ and ⁻ not displayed

2011-06-14 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Dienstag, den 14.06.2011, 16:28 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 13-6-2011 2:58, Paul Menzel wrote: using the Neo keyboard layout [1] I am able to insert the superscript + and - directly: ^+=⁺ and ^-=⁻. took me a while to figure it out for those cases but it should work in the next

Re: [NTG-context] math: how to display ≔?

2011-06-19 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Dienstag, den 14.06.2011, 16:18 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 14-6-2011 12:51, Paul Menzel wrote: probably this is again a font problem, but I just want to report that the definition symbol ≔ (colon equal) [1] I am able to insert directly using Neo layout [2] is not displayed

[NTG-context] netiquette (was: \star not working)

2011-06-20 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Adam, Am Montag, den 20.06.2011, 15:49 +0100 schrieb Reviczky, Adam: could you please use a mail program which sets the correct header fields so that threading is working [1]? Use $\star$ or \symbol[star]. Reading this quoted line, I am guessing you are using the reply to feature of

[NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimals: How to install fonts?

2011-06-20 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I want to use Neo Euler (euler-otf) and was wondering if there is an option for `first-setup.sh` to install fonts? What is the recommended way to install fonts? Using a GNU/Linux distribution should I use those tools to install fonts? I read [2], [3] and [4] but could not

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography is not working: entries not shown

2011-06-22 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 22.06.2011, 23:28 +0200 schrieb yoraxe: Am 22.06.2011 23:15, schrieb Pontus Lurcock: On Wed 22 Jun 2011, yoraxe wrote: \setupbibtex[database=bib] \starttext \completepublications \stoptext You want \completepublications[criterium=all], if you wish to list

[NTG-context] Netiquette (was: Repeated Hyphens in URL Cause Fatal Error)

2011-06-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Raymond, please do not blindly reply to some message when you want to create a new message. Despite editing the subject line the mail client sets some fields in the message header so that the message is displayed as a reply never the less and threading using those fields is messed up. Your

[NTG-context] unicode: math: ʹ U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME not displayed and U+2032 PRIME and \prime not displayed correctly

2011-07-06 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.21 int: english/english the derivative symbol is not displayed correctly and U+02B9 is not displayed at all. --- 8 --- minimal example --- 8 --- \starttext \startitemize \item U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME

Re: [NTG-context] unicode: math: ʹ U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME not displayed and U+2032 PRIME and \prime not displayed correctly

2011-07-06 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Mittwoch, den 06.07.2011, 15:22 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: using ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.21 int: english/english the derivative symbol is not displayed correctly and U+02B9 is not displayed at all. --- 8 --- minimal example

[NTG-context] math: `\ref` does not work for referencing formulae (ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19)

2011-07-10 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.21 int: english/english the following minimal example taken from the Wiki page [1] does not work as expected. --- 8 --- minimal example --- 8 --- \starttext The famous result (and again) is given by

Re: [NTG-context] math: `\ref` does not work for referencing formulae (ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19)

2011-07-10 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Sonntag, den 10.07.2011, 21:55 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: using ConTeXt ver: 2011.06.19 14:17 MKIV fmt: 2011.6.21 int: english/english the following minimal example taken from the Wiki page [1] does not work as expected. --- 8 --- minimal example

Re: [NTG-context] General suggestion: Unit tests for ConText

2011-07-18 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Peter, Am Montag, den 18.07.2011, 19:51 +0200 schrieb Peter Schorsch: […] I realize that they have the same functionality like unit-tests - just instead of comparing classes and variables - a pdf-output is visually compared. So I like to suggest to introduce unit tests for context.

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] math: using bold charaters for number sets

2011-07-23 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Dienstag, den 24.05.2011, 22:52 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 24-5-2011 9:46, Aditya Mahajan wrote: I will prefer something more verbose than rendering=1. Perhaps, numbersets=blackboard and numbersets=bold. Sure, but I needed a quick test -) Just to close this topic. The current

[NTG-context] \setupmathematics: autopunctuation only for certain symbols like . or ,

2011-07-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, if I am not mistaken `autopunctuation` [1] should prevent the space after the decimal mark [2] like in »1,23« or »1.23«. The following minimal example, which is also attached, indicates that the space is also not added for semicolon »;«. --- 8 --- minimal example --- 8 ---

[NTG-context] math: formula alignment: confusion about `left` and `right` alignment

2011-07-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, looking at the Wiki page about changing the formula alignment [1] and testing the following minimal example, which is also attached, I would have thought that `align=right` would mean, that the formula is put to the right side. But is aligned to the left side instead. --- 8

[NTG-context] minimals: How to prevent that core and modules become incompatible?

2011-07-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I just experienced a situation that I wanted to try a module, in this case TikZ [1][2], and I only had run `./first-setup.sh`, so the module and “core” were diverted and I got an error message. ! Undefined control sequence. system

Re: [NTG-context] theorem environment: Is *enumeration* or the `annotation` module recommended?

2011-07-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Wolfgang, Am Mittwoch, den 13.07.2011, 15:11 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 13.07.2011 um 07:15 schrieb Andreas Richter: […] After browsing the documentation on the web, focussing on \defineenummeration, I'm still nowhere near the solution. Could anyone please give examples of

Re: [NTG-context] minimals: How to prevent that core and modules become incompatible?

2011-07-25 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Montag, den 25.07.2011, 09:06 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 25-7-2011 12:26, Paul Menzel wrote: I just experienced a situation that I wanted to try a module, in this case TikZ [1][2], and I only had run `./first-setup.sh`, so the module and “core” were diverted and I got an error message

Re: [NTG-context] minimals: How to prevent that core and modules become incompatible?

2011-07-25 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Montag, den 25.07.2011, 12:14 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 25.07.2011 um 12:10 schrieb Paul Menzel: the updater/installer remembers what you've installed so the next time the extras will be synchronized along with the core (all or the selection you've chosen) Well

Re: [NTG-context] markdown

2011-07-26 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Dienstag, den 26.07.2011, 14:43 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 26-7-2011 2:37, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: I'm curious, what is markdown and why one ever needs to print it? ;) Some kind of simple ascii tagging. Markdown is also referred to as a markup language. There is also a Wikipedia

[NTG-context] `\setupinterlinespace` and `\{start, stop}standardmakeup`

2011-07-26 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, following Wolfgang’s advise [1] (Thank you, Wolfgang!) I learned about ` \{start,stop}standardmakeup`. Am Samstag, den 05.02.2011, 19:34 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: […] \starttext \startstandardmakeup[align=middle] \definedfont[Serif at 30pt]Titlepage

[NTG-context] [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Fix typos

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:41:03 +0200 1. No dots are used for »et al« according to Merriam Webster [1]. 2. Use capitalization consitently. [1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/et%20al --- You can apply this patch saving this message as an mbox file and using `git am

[NTG-context] [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Add link to article from Hans and Taco in MAP 37 [1]

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:46:52 +0200 [1] http://www.ntg.nl/maps/37/ --- Somehow the README on CTAN [2] is not converted to HTML. So the links which would be created by Markdown cannot be used usable. [2] http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/mirror/ctan/fonts/punknova/README ---

Re: [NTG-context] OT: [punknova][PATCH] README.md: Add link to article from Hans and Taco in MAP 37 [1]

2011-08-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 17.08.2011, 16:48 +0200 schrieb Khaled Hosny: On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:51:18PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote: Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:46:52 +0200 [1] http://www.ntg.nl/maps/37/ Thanks for both patches, it'd be better to open issues in github I have no account at GitHub

[NTG-context] Fifth International ConTeXt User Meeting from September 19th until 24th

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, for those wondering why the traffic on this list is quite low during the last few days, I guess the reason is most of the developers and active supporters are attending the fifth International ConTeXt User Meeting [1]. I wish a great time to everybody attending the meeting.

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-26 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Montag, den 26.09.2011, 11:01 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: \definefontfeature[frac][frac=yes,script=latn] \setupbodyfont[cambria] Is there a font in Standalone which can be used to demonstrate the behavior? \starttext 1/40 {\setff{frac}1/40} \m{\frac{1}{40}} With

[NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I finally chose MetaPost/MetaFun [1] because of the native integration with ConTeXt and hopefully easy font handling. I want to use that throughout my document. Of course I hit the first problem. Wanting to draw a “simple” function f like f(x) = e^x, seems hard to

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 00:45 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: Dear ConTeXt folks, I finally chose MetaPost/MetaFun [1] because of the native integration with ConTeXt and hopefully easy font handling. I want to use that throughout my document. Of course I hit

[NTG-context] metafun manual: Typo on page 382, section 9.3 drawing functions

2011-10-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I am sorry to bother you with these kind of messages. On page 382 of the Metafun manual [1] (Fr 08 Okt 2010 13:44:26 CEST) it should be In this case the pairs (log(x), x) and … so (log(x), x) instead of (x, x). Thanks, Paul [1]

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Alan, Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 07:36 +0200 schrieb Alan Braslau: Metapost can now perform calculations in double precision floating point. At this time, it is in the svn version and does not work yet as such integrated in ConTeXt (through mplib). Taco promises this for soon...

Re: [NTG-context] Plotting a graph of a function f, like f(x) = e^x, with MetaPost

2011-10-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 13.10.2011, 00:28 +0200 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 00:13, Paul Menzel wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 12.10.2011, 07:36 +0200 schrieb Alan Braslau: Metapost can now perform calculations in double precision floating point. At this time, it is in the svn

[NTG-context] MetaFun: hlintext: `! Missing `)' has been inserted.`, `formatstr: ! Not implemented: (pair)-(unknown numeric).`

2011-10-14 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, trying to draw a grid and label it, I get an error when using the (alsa attached) example from the MetaFun manual [1]. \starttext \startMPcode drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white) ; draw hlingrid(0, 20, .2, 20cm, 10cm)

[NTG-context] hybrid-italics.pdf: Small corrections (was: beta)

2011-10-15 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Hans, Am Freitag, den 14.10.2011, 23:26 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: A new beta has been uploaded. Nothing new apart from some experimental code and a few bugfixes. I also uploaded http://www.pragma-ade.com/preliminaries/hybrid-italics.pdf I read your document and not being able to

[NTG-context] OT: Neo keyboard layout for entering math characters (was: luatex math font)

2011-10-15 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Andreas, Am Samstag, den 15.10.2011, 14:02 +0200 schrieb Andreas Richter: \starttext \startformula J:\blackboard{R}^\infty \rightarrow \blackboard{R},f \mapsto J[f] \stopformula \stoptext since you seem to be a German native speaker, this is just a shameless plug to recommend to you

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] MetaFun: hlintext: `! Missing `)' has been inserted.`, `formatstr: ! Not implemented: (pair)-(unknown numeric).`

2011-10-15 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Hans, Am Freitag, den 14.10.2011, 15:16 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 14-10-2011 08:02, Paul Menzel wrote: trying to draw a grid and label it, I get an error when using the (alsa attached) example from the MetaFun manual [1]. Fixed in next beta as always thank you very much

[NTG-context] `\usemodule[graph]` causes error `! Unable to make mpx file.` with ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV

2011-10-18 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using the following minimal example \usemodule[graph] \starttext \startMPcode draw unitsquare scaled 1cm; \stopMPcode \stoptext causes the following error. $ context graph ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14

[NTG-context] MetaFun: Confusion with `function()` and `xyscaled`

2011-10-20 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt/MetaFun folks, looking at the example for grid and functions in the MetaFun manual [1] section 9.3 drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white) ; draw hlingrid(0, 20, .2, 20cm, 10cm) ; draw vloggrid(0, 10, .5, 10cm, 20cm) ;

Re: [NTG-context] MetaFun: Confusion with `function()` and `xyscaled`

2011-10-21 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Freitag, den 21.10.2011, 01:14 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: Dear ConTeXt/MetaFun folks, looking at the example for grid and functions in the MetaFun manual [1] section 9.3 drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white) ; draw hlingrid(0, 20, .2, 20cm

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost: Confusion with `function()` and `xyscaled`

2011-10-21 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Peter, thank you for your answer. Am Freitag, den 21.10.2011, 17:02 +0200 schrieb Peter Rolf: I agree, this is confusing on the first sight. But scaling is not meant as 'scaling to' a dimension. In fact is is just a simple multiplication. The reason why it seems to work this way with

[NTG-context] MetaFun manual: Incorrect label of ordinate axis on page 382, section 9.3 drawing functions (was: Confusion with `function()` and `xyscaled`)

2011-10-23 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear MetaFun folks, Am Freitag, den 21.10.2011, 01:14 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: looking at the example for grid and functions in the MetaFun manual [1] section 9.3 drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled .25pt withcolor .5white) ; draw hlingrid(0, 20, .2, 20cm, 10cm

Re: [NTG-context] MetaPost: Confusion with `function()` and `xyscaled`

2011-10-23 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Freitag, den 21.10.2011, 18:08 +0200 schrieb Peter Rolf: Am 21.10.2011 17:26, schrieb Paul Menzel: Am Freitag, den 21.10.2011, 17:02 +0200 schrieb Peter Rolf: I agree, this is confusing on the first sight. But scaling is not meant as 'scaling to' a dimension. In fact is is just

Re: [NTG-context] xtables-mkiv: Metadata of manual not stored in PDF metadata (was: beta)

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Hans, Am Freitag, den 28.10.2011, 16:24 +0200 schrieb Hans Hagen: I uploaded a new beta. The biggest new thing is that there is yet another table mechanism: extreme tables. thank you for this new table. There is a manual too:

[NTG-context] `\reference` does not print number

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english the example from the Wiki page for `\reference` [1] does not work. \starttext See page \ref[p][myref 1] and \ref[p][myref 2]. \page \reference[myref

[NTG-context] ⅛ not displayed

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, some fractions (input using Compose) are not displayed in the resulting PDF files. \starttext ⅛ ist $\frac18$. ½, ⅓, ¼, ⅕, ⅙, ⅛ \stoptext I guess this is a font problem, but maybe fall backs could be added? Thanks, Paul

Re: [NTG-context] ⅛ not displayed in Latin Modern

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Samstag, den 29.10.2011, 18:27 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: some fractions (input using Compose) are not displayed in the resulting PDF files. \starttext ⅛ ist $\frac18$. ½, ⅓, ¼, ⅕, ⅙, ⅛ \stoptext I guess this is a font

Re: [NTG-context] ⅛ not displayed in Latin Modern

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I forgot to append the links. Am Samstag, den 29.10.2011, 23:12 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: Am Samstag, den 29.10.2011, 18:27 +0200 schrieb Paul Menzel: some fractions (input using Compose) are not displayed in the resulting PDF files. \starttext

[NTG-context] No numbers with `\ref` and floats like `\placetable`

2011-10-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I am sorry for another reference related question. Using ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english the following example does not work. Either no number is shown or »??«. \starttext Table

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] No numbers with `\ref` and floats like `\placetable`

2011-10-30 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Sonntag, den 30.10.2011, 08:30 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 29.10.2011 um 23:47 schrieb Paul Menzel: I am sorry for another reference related question. Using ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english the following example does

[NTG-context] Wiki: Procedure to update the reference (was: `\reference` does not print number)

2011-10-30 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Samstag, den 29.10.2011, 18:10 +0200 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 29.10.2011 um 18:03 schrieb Paul Menzel: using ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english the example from the Wiki page for `\reference` [1] does not work

[NTG-context] http://modules.contextgarden.net/vim: invalid link for documentation

2011-11-02 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, the URL [1] in the Module details for the vim module [2] returns an error. URL not supported Thanks, Paul [1] http://modules.contextgarden.net/doc/context/third/vim/vim.txt [2] http://modules.contextgarden.net/vim signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

[NTG-context] [t-vim] [PATCH] vim-README.md: Correct some typos

2011-11-02 Thread Paul Menzel
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 20:06:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] vim-README.md: Correct some typos --- You can use `git am pathtosavedmboxfile` to apply the patch. diff --git a/vim-README.md b/vim-README.md index 557cf8f..5853aa2 100644 --- a/vim-README.md +++ b/vim-README.md @@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ The vim module

Re: [NTG-context] [t-vim] [PATCH] vim-README.md: Correct some typos

2011-11-02 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 02.11.2011, 20:29 +0100 schrieb Paul Menzel: Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 20:06:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] vim-README.md: Correct some typos […] Please find the patch also attached. Thanks, Paul From c59fea981e66c0f271a2dc85f589c043e9b96bc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul

[NTG-context] [t-vim] [PATCH] vim.txt: Correct some typos

2011-11-02 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Mittwoch, den 02.11.2011, 15:39 -0400 schrieb Aditya Mahajan: On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Paul Menzel wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 02.11.2011, 20:29 +0100 schrieb Paul Menzel: Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 20:06:35 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] vim-README.md: Correct some typos […] Please find the patch

[NTG-context] idea: Module to automatically extract and insert information from Wikipedia

2011-11-12 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, just now I thought of the following and I am wondering if there exists already a solution. Writing a text which includes people I want to add information about these peoples as footnotes. The first sentence in a Wikipedia article is most of the time good enough for that. A

[NTG-context] url: Add macros to the ConTeXt core

2011-11-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, looking into typesetting URLs I find typesetting URLs quite cumbersome. Maybe I have not used that feature that often so I am not seeing the advantage to first define a URL somewhere and give it a name \useURL[aurl] [http://xkcd.com/149/] [] [I prefer hot

[NTG-context] Project structure: Do macros go into the environment?

2011-11-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I am using the project layout [1] and have a file `env.tex` which gets loaded. \startenvironment env \mainlanguage[de] \setupinteraction [title=Titel, author=John Doe,

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] Project structure: Do macros go into the environment?

2011-11-13 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Sonntag, den 13.11.2011, 20:09 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 13.11.2011 um 20:05 schrieb Paul Menzel: I am using the project layout [1] and have a file `env.tex` which gets loaded. \startenvironment env \mainlanguage[de] \setupinteraction

[NTG-context] \in: incorrect space in example in reference

2011-11-16 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, in the example for `\in` in the reference [1] there is a space after the »(«. \placeformula[eq:pythagoras] \startformula a^2+b^2=c^2 \stopformula This is explained in \in{Equation (}{)}[eq:pythagoras]. Normally this space

[NTG-context] Edid of reference in Wiki (was: \in: incorrect space in example in reference)

2011-11-16 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Mittwoch, den 16.11.2011, 11:20 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 16.11.2011 um 10:44 schrieb Paul Menzel: in the example for `\in` in the reference [1] there is a space after the »(«. \placeformula[eq:pythagoras] \startformula a^2+b

Re: [NTG-context] Edid of reference in Wiki (was: \in: incorrect space in example in reference)

2011-11-17 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 17.11.2011, 16:32 +0100 schrieb Christian: Same here. ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.09 20:58 MKIV. Referencing formulas with a number is not possible, due to the number not being typeset. Must be some sort of bug. Log says: references unknown reference [][eq:gamma] There is

Re: [NTG-context] equation refs broken?

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Hans, Am Sonntag, den 20.11.2011, 12:29 +0100 schrieb Hans van der Meer: Can someone confirm this? It seems that the equation reference mechanism is broken some time in the recent past. I have a small example done in (1) ConTeXt ver: 2011.07.13 20:14 MKIV (2) ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.17

[NTG-context] \right)² not recognized as \right)^2

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, is it expected that \right)² is not recognized as \right)^2? \starttext Using ^2: \placeformula \startformula \left( a + b \right)^2 = a² + 2ab + b² \stopformula \placeformula

[NTG-context] [Regression] math: alignment parameters confused

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, there must be a regression between ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.24 int: english/english and ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english. Using the minimal example \starttext \placeformula

Re: [NTG-context] \right)² not recognized as \right)^2

2011-11-20 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Sonntag, den 20.11.2011, 19:58 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 20.11.2011 um 19:52 schrieb Paul Menzel: is it expected that \right)² is not recognized as \right)^2? Yes it is, to enable this feature you need the “mathcrap” module. Thank you for the quick answer, but ² is still

[NTG-context] Use ConTeXt standalone (was: current version?)

2011-11-23 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Jon, Am Dienstag, den 22.11.2011, 15:37 -0800 schrieb Jon Crump: Can someone help? By some incantation that I cannot now seem to reproduce, I was able to obtain and install: mtx-context | current version: 2011.11.14 16:17 In an attempt to update this version, I ran

[NTG-context] Regression: A^\prime causes `Missing { inserted ...`

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, having upgraded ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english. to ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.23 18:58 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.24 int: english/english With \starttext \placeformula \startformula

[NTG-context] BibTeX files for ConTeXt books?

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, there are some ConTeXt related books for sale [1]. Are there BibTeX files for those available? Thank, Paul [1] http://www.h2o-books.com/catalog/5 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[NTG-context] url: subscripts not displayed

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.23 18:58 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.24 int: english/english in the following “minimal” example the subscript in H₂O Books is not displayed in the *URL*. \setupinteraction[state=start] % Define \Site[id][url]{description} to

[NTG-context] Fonts with subscripts (was: url: subscripts not displayed)

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 24.11.2011, 13:31 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 24.11.2011 um 13:07 schrieb Paul Menzel: using ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.23 18:58 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.24 int: english/english in the following “minimal” example the subscript in H₂O Books is not displayed

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] Fonts with subscripts

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 24.11.2011, 14:30 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 24.11.2011 um 13:43 schrieb Paul Menzel: […] Is there a font having subscripts included? \def\ShowSubscript[#1]{\switchtobodyfont[#1]#1: “₂”\par} \starttext \ShowSubscript[dejavu] \ShowSubscript[antykwa-torunska

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] Fonts with subscripts

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 24.11.2011, 14:56 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 24.11.2011 um 14:48 schrieb Paul Menzel: Am Donnerstag, den 24.11.2011, 14:30 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 24.11.2011 um 13:43 schrieb Paul Menzel: […] Is there a font having subscripts included

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] Regression: A^\prime causes `Missing { inserted ...`

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Donnerstag, den 24.11.2011, 15:59 +0100 schrieb Hans Hagen: On 24-11-2011 11:46, Paul Menzel wrote: having upgraded ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english. to ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.23 18:58 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.24 int

Re: [NTG-context] [Regression] math: alignment parameters confused

2011-11-24 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Sonntag, den 20.11.2011, 20:09 +0100 schrieb Paul Menzel: there must be a regression between ConTeXt ver: 2011.05.18 18:04 MKIV fmt: 2011.7.24 int: english/english and ConTeXt ver: 2011.10.14 22:47 MKIV fmt: 2011.10.15 int: english/english. Using

Re: [NTG-context] context terminal now in gnuplot's CVS

2011-11-29 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Mojca, Am Sonntag, den 06.11.2011, 15:19 +0100 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: After 5 years (actually almost 6 - the first t-gnuplot.tex code has been sent to me by Peter Münster on 2nd January 2006) gnuplot developers finally included context terminal into their CVS repository today.

[NTG-context] OT: Replying to messages from archive (was: Lua script not registered)

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear John, Am Freitag, den 02.12.2011, 22:56 -0500 schrieb John Kitzmiller: Replying to the list in this manner--having to retype the subject--is unusual to me, and I hope it does not create problems for the list. Please help me on how to reply within the mail archive to make more efficient.

[NTG-context] Title page for diploma thesis

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, I am trying to format the title page for a diploma thesis. Looking at the Wiki most of the title or cover pages just have the title centered and maybe a subtitle right below [1]. \starttext \definemakeup[titlepage][align=middle]

[NTG-context] Define `\luatexversion` similar to `\contextversion`

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, thanks to Robin’s example documents I found out about the following last two commands \Context\ \contextmark\ \contextversion allowing to put the used components and versions into the document. Then I found `\luaversion` to display the version of Lua. But I could

Re: [NTG-context] [solved – `\texengineversion`] Define `\luatexversion` similar to `\contextversion`

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Samstag, den 03.12.2011, 19:28 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 03.12.2011 um 19:23 schrieb Paul Menzel: thanks to Robin’s example documents I found out about the following last two commands \Context\ \contextmark\ \contextversion allowing to put the used components

[NTG-context] Fractions and binomial inlined in text ($n \choose \frac{n}2$): Parentheses not scaled

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using the following minimal example \starttext Using \type{\choose} in text $n \choose \frac{n}2$. \startformula n \choose \frac{n}2 \stopformula \CONTEXT\ \contextmark\ \contextversion\ with \texenginename\

[NTG-context] Parse error when using `\define`

2011-12-03 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, could some please try to parse the following minimal example and report back if a parse problem occurs. Please find the protocols attached. \define[1]\abs{\lvert #1 \rvert} \define\Ew{{\mathbf E}} \define[1]\ew{\Ew \left[ #1 \right]}

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] Parse error when using `\define`

2011-12-04 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Samstag, den 03.12.2011, 20:09 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 03.12.2011 um 20:06 schrieb Paul Menzel: could some please try to parse the following minimal example and report back if a parse problem occurs. Please find the protocols attached. \define[1]\abs{\lvert #1

Re: [NTG-context] [solved] Fractions and binomial inlined in text ($n \choose \frac{n}2$): Parentheses not scaled

2011-12-04 Thread Paul Menzel
Am Sonntag, den 04.12.2011, 09:52 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: Am 03.12.2011 um 19:56 schrieb Paul Menzel: using the following minimal example \starttext Using \type{\choose} in text $n \choose \frac{n}2$. \startformula n \choose \frac{n}2

Re: [NTG-context] Math align in mkiv

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Otared, Am Mittwoch, den 07.12.2011, 05:11 +0100 schrieb Otared Kavian: Thank you having tested the file I sent. did the example work for you with MKIV in the past? As I suspected, your testing confirms that the change or the bug has been introduced in a recent version of ConTeXt

[NTG-context] `\{start, stop}MPpage`: MetaPost figure does not fit canvas(?) in resulting PDF file

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using the following example \starttext \startMPpage draw (0,0)--(10,10)--(15,5)--(20,10); draw (0,0)--(0,10)--(10,10)--(10,5)--(15,5)--(15,10)--(20,10) withcolor blue; \stopMPpage \stoptext it looks like the bottom is not

[NTG-context] math: root sign an square brackets set too closely

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, using the root sign √ `\sqrt` and the square brackets [] the distance does not seem to be optimal. \starttext \type{$\left[ \sqrt{x} \right]$}: $\left[ \sqrt{x} \right]$ Without \type{\left} and \type{\right}: $[\sqrt{x}]$

[NTG-context] naming of labels: Is »()« allowed?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, in ConTeXt I like how I can choose arbitrary names for label and reference them. I think some time ago it was possible to also use »()«. This does not work anymore with ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25 21:29 MKIV fmt: 2011.11.25 int: english/english and the following

Re: [NTG-context] naming of labels: Is »()« allowed?

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear ConTeXt folks, Am Donnerstag, den 08.12.2011, 02:18 +0100 schrieb Paul Menzel: in ConTeXt I like how I can choose arbitrary names for label and reference them. I think some time ago it was possible to also use »()«. This does not work anymore with ConTeXt ver: 2011.11.25 21

Re: [NTG-context] Keep struggling with old style numerals!

2011-12-08 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Gerard, Am Donnerstag, den 08.12.2011, 10:56 +0100 schrieb Verhaag, G.C.H.M.: A few days ago I installed the latest ConTeXt version but now my oldstyle settings don't seem to work any more! what version did you use before? I use the following settings in my preamble:

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