Re: [NTG-context] register for biblical citations

2021-04-16 Thread r . ermers
It seems that the items are actually not randomly listed. It appears to me that the list is sorted on the chapter number, and then the verse number. The abbreviated book title is not involved in this sorting order, which it should be. Robert > Op 16 apr. 2021, om 12:22 heeft jbf het volgend

Re: [NTG-context] using modeset

2020-06-11 Thread r . ermers
I tried this too, a number of times. For lengthy texts it makes little sense. One important thing is that, as BPJ says, you loose the flow during writing. When the document is finished, it is difficult to get an overview. If you consider it using for lengthy documents, I would consider to set up

Re: [NTG-context] Using command line values in a TeX document; writing a script?

2020-04-15 Thread r . ermers
Gerben, I do not know if it is possible with Context. But this definitely works with an xsl operation. You will need an xsl file like this: myxslfile.xsl: http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";> myxmlfile.xml John Gerben Use it l

Re: [NTG-context] [DKIM Failure] Re: getting ConTeXt results back to Lua (for typesetting solutions at end of document)

2019-02-01 Thread r . ermers
What you probably mean is that Swedish, German, Dutch and English are Indo-European Germanic languages which have much in common. This cannot be expressed in terms of blends, products or square roots from one another. What they do have is a common root, like \sqrt(indo-european) $x$ w = Swedis

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta: reference to items broken in mkiv

2018-02-09 Thread r . ermers
Hi all, I kindly ask for your attention for this problem again. I would like subitems to appear differently in the reference than they are in the listing: 1. item 1 a. subitem a, reference a b. item b c. Item c, reference c 2. Item 2, reference 2 See Item b, 2, 1 above

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta: reference to items broken in mkiv

2018-02-07 Thread r . ermers
Hi Otared, Thanks for your time and trouble!. I had found \defineseparatorset[none][][] with the same result: it oppresses the dots. Yes, I want subitems to appear differently in the reference than they are in the listing: 1. item 1 a subitem b subitem 2. item 2 a s

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta: reference to items broken in mkiv

2018-02-07 Thread r . ermers
Hi Otared, Thanks, the solution works to some extend. It yields the following output. 1. item 1 1.a. subitem a, reference a 1.b. item b 1.b.i. A sub-sub item 1.b.ii. Another sub-sub item, B 1.c. Item c, reference c 2. Item 2, reference 2 See Item 1.b, see a

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta: reference to items broken in mkiv

2018-02-07 Thread r . ermers
Hi Wolfgang, Otared and others, I installed a new standalone: mtx-context | main context file: /Applications/ContextStandalone/tex/texmf-context/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv mtx-context | current version: 2018.02.06 18:11 However, I do not manage to get it going. The minimal examp

Re: [NTG-context] Latest beta: reference to items broken in mkiv

2018-02-07 Thread r . ermers
Hi Otared, Thanks for your response. In mkii this worked flawlessly. I tried it in mkiv Texlive too (2017.05.15 21:48), but it does not work. Could this be because I have item [it:ref] rather than \startitem[it:ref] … \stopitem? Anyway, I will install a new standalone - on my Mac (no TeXShop).

Re: [NTG-context] Error at \stoplines

2018-01-23 Thread r . ermers
Hi Hraban, try: 1. count the number of \startlines, do this with grep -e '^\\startlines' | wc | less 2. count the number of \stoplines, do this with grep -e ‘^\\stoplines' | wc | less The resulting counts obviously have to be the same. If they are not, you can (again with grep -e) extract all

Re: [NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-08-01 Thread r . ermers
Thanks Wolfgang and Thomas, The solutions of both of you function! Thank you! Robert > Op 1 aug. 2017, om 13:17 heeft Schmitz Thomas A. > het volgende geschreven: > > >> On 1. Aug 2017, at 12:15, r.erm...@hccnet.nl wrote: >> >> While understanding what it means, I guess this might imply t

Re: [NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-08-01 Thread r . ermers
Your suggestion with foregroundstyle and foregroundcolor works. Thank you! \setlayer[AddressBg] {\framed[width=55mm,height=30mm, align=right,background=color, backgroundcolor=lightgray, foregroundcolor=red,foregroundstyle=\ss\tfa]{\xmlall{#1}{/address}}} My question (my ’need’) was quite s

Re: [NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-08-01 Thread r . ermers
Hi Thomas, Thanks for your new suggestions. As a matter of fact, I yesterday found the following suggestion (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers): \definelayer[AddressBg] [location={right,top}, y=6cm, x=12cm, color=red, style=\ss\tfa]. I used this in the sample suggested by you yesterd

Re: [NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-07-31 Thread r . ermers
Dear Pablo, Thank you for your insightful remarks. I tried your suggestions. As you predicted, the Knuth tex is processed when put here, without using the buffer mechanism. \startsetups[letter:section:content] \input knuth \relax \stopsetups Yet any codes (\TeX\) are not. Nevertheless, I con

Re: [NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-07-31 Thread r . ermers
Dear Contex’ers,This morning I have been experimenting with the solutions suggested by Thomas and Wolfgang.Thomas’ solution works, it produces two distinct letters, yet the address is probably on another layer. This means that it is not shifted to the right, at least not with the command (\setuplet

Re: [NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-07-31 Thread r . ermers
Thank you Thomas and Wolfgang, About startletter / starttext: the contents of my test file reflect a moment. I have made numerous tests with and without starttext/stoptext. The state of the test file is one in an endless row of tests. I am not without total experience in programing. I more or l

[NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-07-30 Thread r . ermers
Dear Contex’ers,I still desperately need your help. I would like to use Context mkiv for compiling serial letters with an xml database of addresses. I used to do this in mkii.The problem may seem trivial to experienced programmers like yourselves, but yes, I am stuck.I have several mkiv manuals, I

[NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-07-27 Thread r . ermers
Dear Contex’ers,I have used the letter module of mkii for serial letters with an xml database (see example), but now I would like to step forward to mkiv.I have found out how to process the xml data from an xml file (now in the buffer). The recipient’s address neatly shows up in the designed place.

[NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-07-27 Thread r . ermers
Dear Contex’ers,I have used the letter module of mkii for serial letters with an xml database (see example), but now I would like to step forward to mkiv.I have found out how to process the xml data from an xml file (now in the buffer). The recipient’s address neatly shows up in the designed place.

[NTG-context] letters in context mkiv

2017-07-25 Thread r . ermers
Dear Contex’ers,I use Context for many things. One of them is letters.I have used the letter module of mkii with an xml database (see example), but now I would like to step forward to mkiv.I have found out how to process the xml data from an xml file (now in the buffer). The recipient’s address nea

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting serial letters in Context

2017-06-18 Thread r . ermers
Dear Context’ers, I am trying to use the letter module in mkiv for typesetting serial letters from an xml database. Thanks, Thomas for looking into this. I appreciate it very much. Yet I don’t know either whether I actually need the letter module, but it seemed reasonable to try this first. T

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting serial letters in Context

2017-06-15 Thread r . ermers
Hi Thomas, Thanks for your advice. I would like to have a system with which I can send letters to people in my database. It would be nice to be able to make selections according to labels (probably with xmlatt), but that can be done later. I am not a programmer - when I read the documentation

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting serial letters in Context

2017-06-15 Thread r . ermers
I still cannot generate letters from my xml database, although there is apparently a solution to use csv files through lua code (https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/72735/how-to-create-form-letters-from-spreadsheet-data-in-context

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting serial letters in Context

2017-06-13 Thread r . ermers
I can take the information out of the nodes. The main problem is to use them in a layout and in a sequences other the one they appear in the xml data file. In the current (mkii) file I have something like this: \midaligned{\XMLflush{formalname}, \XMLflush{informalname}}. Another point on my wi

Re: [NTG-context] typesetting serial letters in Context

2017-06-13 Thread r . ermers
The problem is that I am not a programmer: I do not know where to start … Robert > Op 13 jun. 2017, om 10:31 heeft Thomas A. Schmitz > het volgende geschreven: > > >> On 13. Jun 2017, at 09:53, luigi scarso wrote: >> >>> Yet there is no x-corres.mkiv. Who can help me out? >>> >> I don't re

[NTG-context] typesetting serial letters in Context

2017-06-13 Thread r . ermers
Hello all, I have been using Context mkii with the x-corres.mkii module for a number of years now, for many different purposes (mailings, certificates, etc). The module works with an xml (actually rng) file with the following structure: Janssen Piet

Re: [NTG-context] Module for Markdown: any volunteer to make a ConTeXt interface?

2017-05-07 Thread r . ermers
I recently finished a book project in multimarkdown, which I converted to LaTeX (I could not use ConTeXt because of its limited bibliographical functions in comparison to BibLatex). It worked fine. If I remember correctly, I preferred multimarkdown over markdown for more possibilities regarding

Re: [NTG-context] Simplefonts (was: geen onderwerp)

2017-05-05 Thread r . ermers
Thank you Wolfgang, that worked! Robert > Op 5 mei 2017, om 16:02 heeft Wolfgang Schuster > het volgende geschreven: > > >> r.erm...@hccnet.nl 5. Mai 2017 um 11:48 >> Dear Contexters, >> >> Since yesterday I have a font-problem. Until yesterday this would work >>

[NTG-context] (geen onderwerp)

2017-05-05 Thread r . ermers
Dear Contexters, Since yesterday I have a font-problem. Until yesterday this would work perfectly: \usemodule[simplefonts][size=10pt] %voor mkiv \setmainfont[dejavuserif] %voor simplefonts The system fonts worked too. Yesterday I wanted to make a presentation with simpleslides. The fonts did n

Re: [NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages

2013-09-17 Thread R. Ermers
Okee, Thanks! Robert Op 17 sep. 2013, om 17:28 heeft Hans Hagen het volgende geschreven: > On 9/14/2013 7:25 AM, R. Ermers wrote: >> Hi Contexters, >> >> Does anyone know whether it is possible in mkiv to position figures >> protruding in the outer margin?

Re: [NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages UNSOLVED

2013-09-13 Thread R. Ermers
heeft R. Ermers het volgende geschreven: > Hi, > > Does anyone know if positioning figures protruding into the outer margin can > be done in mkiv? > > Regards, > > Robert > > >> Hi Jörg and Marco, >> >> Thanks for your replies. >>

[NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages UNSOLVED

2013-09-10 Thread R. Ermers
ot; on >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Biochemistry_textbook. Although I used >> mkII at the time. >> >> Cheers, Jörg >> >> R. Ermers writes: >> >>> Hi Marco, >>> >>> Thank you very much indeed for your reply. This topic apparen

Re: [NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages

2013-09-10 Thread R. Ermers
heeft Jörg Hagmann het volgende geschreven: > Maybe what I did helps: see "Figures III" on > http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Biochemistry_textbook. Although I used > mkII at the time. > > Cheers, Jörg > > R. Ermers writes: > >> Hi Marco, >> >> T

Re: [NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages

2013-09-10 Thread R. Ermers
some time, but my deadline is approaching. Thanks again! Kind regards, Robert Op 10 sep. 2013, om 09:59 heeft Marco Patzer het volgende geschreven: > On 2013–09–10 R. Ermers wrote: > >> I have problems with the placement of floats. I need them to be >> placed in the oute

[NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages

2013-09-09 Thread R. Ermers
Dear all, I have problems with the placement of floats. I need them to be placed in the outer edge of the text, but Context puts them in the middle of the page. The outer, inner, outeredge, inneredge, commands do not work. Right and left do work. Preferably the criterium option should also wor

[NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages

2013-09-07 Thread R. Ermers
Dear all, I have problems with the placement of floats. I need them to be placed in the outer edge of the text, but Context puts them in the middle of the page. The outer, inner, outeredge, inneredge, commands do not work. Right and left do work. Preferably the criterium option should also wor

Re: [NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages

2013-09-03 Thread R. Ermers
Dear all, Does anyone know what causes this problem? Is it a bug? Regards, Robert Op 30 aug. 2013, om 19:08 heeft R. Ermers het volgende geschreven: > Dear all, > > I have problems with the placement of floats. I need them to be placed in the > outer edge of the text, but Conte

[NTG-context] outer floats on doublesided pages

2013-08-30 Thread R. Ermers
Dear all, I have problems with the placement of floats. I need them to be placed in the outer edge of the text, but Context puts them in the middle of the page. The outer, inner, outeredge, inneredge, commands do not work. Right and left do work. Preferably the criterium option should also wor

Re: [NTG-context] handling fonts with missing math

2011-09-28 Thread R. Ermers
; defining > unable to define lmmath.otf as \*gentium7ptmmmr22* Op 28 sep 2011, om 11:14 heeft luigi scarso het volgende geschreven: > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:58 AM, R. Ermers wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> In the mean time my general font problem subsists. >&

Re: [NTG-context] handling fonts with missing math

2011-09-28 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, In the mean time my general font problem subsists. It seems that the gentium font is not loaded at all (see snippet from log file). I use the regular standalone installation, I have not changed anything. I use the standard typescript file. Note that my file processed normally, inclu

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-26 Thread R. Ermers
Thanks all, for your reactions. I tried them all, but the process still stops at the \frac, which I changed now into \frac{1}{40}, whatever I do. The gentium font does not load properly; the file is typeset in Times instead. I get these strange references to gentium instead. Regards, Robert

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-25 Thread R. Ermers
Thanks for all advices! I solved the problem, at least partially. I now use \usetypescriptfile[type-gentium] For some reason I have to change the signs in the unnumbered lists. My one and only math item -- $\frac1{40}$ -- does cause a problem though. Apparently there is no math fallback. Any s

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-25 Thread R. Ermers
. Regards, Robert +++ \enableregime[utf] \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setupheader[text][location=text,state=high,strut=yes,after=\vskip-0.8em\thinrule] \setupfootertexts[{\tfx \copyright R. Ermers}][][][{\tfx \copyright R. Ermers}] \setuppagenumber[number=1

Re: [NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-25 Thread R. Ermers
, Robert Op 25 sep 2011, om 12:17 heeft Alan Braslau het volgende geschreven: > On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:29:32AM +0200, R. Ermers wrote: >> Dear all, >> After my update a few days ago I have run into the problem earlier described >> under the subject "new beta&q

[NTG-context] math signs in itemize

2011-09-24 Thread R. Ermers
Dear all, After my update a few days ago I have run into the problem earlier described under the subject "new beta" (Marco Pessotto). The file processed nicely until then. I use gentium as the main font. \definefont[gentium][Xserif][name:Gentium at 12pt] See more details underneath. I am right

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Op 4 jun 2011, om 14:24 heeft Aditya Mahajan het volgende geschreven: > > On Jun 4, 2011, at 5:06 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > >> On 4-6-2011 10:21, R. Ermers wrote: >> >>> Adding the prefix cals: to the tag names (thus making the file invalid, >>> whic

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Op 4 jun 2011, om 11:06 heeft Hans Hagen het volgende geschreven: > On 4-6-2011 10:21, R. Ermers wrote: > >> Adding the prefix cals: to the tag names (thus making the file invalid, >> which is contrary to the docbook philosophy), using the cals table module >> and the

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Op 3 jun 2011, om 18:28 heeft Hans Hagen het volgende geschreven: > On 3-6-2011 5:43, R. Ermers wrote: > >> I tried typesetting docbook with Context, it can be done, I but got stuck on >> the cals tables and some other things. Cals tables can be processed, albeit >> as

Re: [NTG-context] DocBook in ConTeXt - any new ideas?

2011-06-03 Thread R. Ermers
I tried typesetting docbook with Context, it can be done, I but got stuck on the cals tables and some other things. Cals tables can be processed, albeit as separate documents only - not as part of the docbook file - and then imported as pdf files. This was too cumbersome for me, and does not agr

[NTG-context] text fragments in arabic

2011-05-21 Thread R. Ermers
Dear all, I have some fragments of Arabic in my dutch context document (mkiv). I tried the environment ara-sty on the wiki, but Context halts at \setcharactermirroring[1] Then I found in an e-mail on the internet the suggestion to give up on setcharactermirroring and use instead these instru

[NTG-context] arabic in xml

2011-05-06 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, I am working on a docbook file that includes fragments in Arabic, e.g.: أشهد الا اله الا الله و ان محمدا رسول الله These can be found by means of the lpath code: \xmlsetsetup{#1}{foreignphrase[@lang='ar']}{xml:foreignphrase:arabic} Now I am not sure how to typeset them, I tried diff

Re: [NTG-context] header for indented text / blockquote

2011-05-06 Thread R. Ermers
egards, Robert Op 6 mei 2011, om 12:10 heeft Wolfgang Schuster het volgende geschreven: > > Am 06.05.2011 um 12:00 schrieb R. Ermers: > >> Dear All, >> >> In my docbook xml document I have fragments that I want to typeset indented. >> For this I use th

[NTG-context] header for indented text / blockquote

2011-05-06 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, In my docbook xml document I have fragments that I want to typeset indented. For this I use the tag which I map to startnarrower and stopnarrower. Some blockquotes in my document have a header: How a cow catches a rabbit Text Text I was wondering if the header could be setup just

Re: [NTG-context] wikimedia2context: any existing solutions?

2011-04-03 Thread R. Ermers
Well, that seems like a great idea. But beware: as far as I know it is impossible with context to process cals tables in an html or xml document. It is possible though to process cals tables in a separate document and insert the resulting pdf. Regards, Robert Op 30 mrt 2011, om 19:32 heef

Re: [NTG-context] referring to floats in xml

2011-03-22 Thread R. Ermers
Thanks very much, Aditya for your advice. I really appreciate it. I tried your suggestions. > On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, R. Ermers wrote: > >> Thanks, Aditya, The first problem is adequately solved by adding []. I'll >> prepare an example for the second problem. >> >

Re: [NTG-context] referring to floats in xml

2011-03-20 Thread R. Ermers
he id before the \section command. I think one of the other commands has to be used in such a way that the id is flushed forward after the \section command. Regards, Robert Op 20 mrt 2011, om 17:05 heeft Aditya Mahajan het volgende geschreven: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2011, R. Ermers wrote: >

[NTG-context] referring to floats in xml

2011-03-20 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, My xml docbook file contains a number of graphics. Some are regular figures, some are edgefigures. I have two questions in this respect. A. referring to floats \placeedgefigure [\xmlatt{#1}{id}] {\xmlfirst{#1}{/caption}} {\framed[frame=off]{\setlayer[graphics]{\xmlfirst{#1}{/imageobje

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables - UNSOLVED

2011-03-19 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, After having succeeded with Aditya's kind help to typeset a table file in a separate pdf, I have been trying to typeset the cals tables in my docbook xml file in two ways: A. directly in the document. The table is in //section/cals:table. The cals module is loaded at the beginning

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables - UNSOLVED

2011-03-18 Thread R. Ermers
Dear Aditya, thanks greatly for your advice! It works! I now can influence how my tables look like. Do you think it is possible to typeset an xml file that contains On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, R. Ermers wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> I am still trying to typeset cals tables. &

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables - UNSOLVED

2011-03-17 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, I am still trying to typeset cals tables. I have 1. an environment document with instructions. 2. an xml docbook file containing cals tables Note that the original cals tables (docbook standard) use \xmlcontextdirective {cdx} {colors} {cals:table} {cdx:cals:table:colors} But there

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables

2011-03-12 Thread R. Ermers
should we accept that, in spite of everything, for the time being docbook files that contain cals tables simply cannot be typeset with ConTeXt? Regards, Robert P.S. I use a minimal installation on Mac OS X 10.6. Op 11 mrt 2011, om 09:35 heeft R. Ermers het volgende geschreven: > D

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables

2011-03-11 Thread R. Ermers
atex banner             - this is luatex, version beta-0.65.0-2010121316mkiv lua stats : control sequences         - 29719 of 165536mkiv lua stats : current memory usage      - 41 MB (ctx: 42 MB)Op 9 mrt 2011, om 14:30 heeft Hans Hagen het volgende geschreven:On 8-3-2011 9:00, R. Ermers wrote:Dear C

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables

2011-03-08 Thread R. Ermers
Dear ConTeXers, I still have not been able to find out how to proceed with my docbook xml document, which contains a number of cals tables. The cals module is loaded by means of \usemodule[cals]. How to proceed from here? Any clue is appreciated! Regards, Robert > On 7-3-2011 12:26

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables

2011-03-07 Thread R. Ermers
t > > Op 7 mrt 2011, om 12:41 heeft Hans Hagen het volgende geschreven: > >> On 7-3-2011 12:26, R. Ermers wrote: >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I am struggling with the processing of cals tables in mkiv. I used the >>> module x-cals, in different

Re: [NTG-context] cals tables

2011-03-07 Thread R. Ermers
: > On 7-3-2011 12:26, R. Ermers wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I am struggling with the processing of cals tables in mkiv. I used the >> module x-cals, in different styles ([x][cals], etc.) but there is no effect, >> the table is not typeset. >> >> \usemodule

[NTG-context] cals tables

2011-03-07 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, I am struggling with the processing of cals tables in mkiv. I used the module x-cals, in different styles ([x][cals], etc.) but there is no effect, the table is not typeset. \usemodule x-cals.mkiv \xmlloaddirectives x-cals-test.cdx By way of experiment I also used the directives, but

[NTG-context] xml - handling of figures

2011-03-06 Thread R. Ermers, Midden Oosten Perspectief
Dear all, I converted a latex file to xml docbook by means of pandoc. In intend to process the file with context. The first results are very promising. I have some questions on processing graphics. The source file looks like this:

[NTG-context] Arabic typesetting with ConTeXt: 'hello world'

2011-03-05 Thread R. Ermers, Midden Oosten Perspectief
Dear all, I read Jon's, Khalid's, and Idriss' exchange of mails on typesetting Arabic a while ago. Problems with typesetting Arabic in context thusfar have been my only reason left for not switching over to ConteXt altogether. Idriss adviced to forget the mirroring thing as suggested on contex

[NTG-context] serial letters with letter module

2011-02-10 Thread R. Ermers, Midden Oosten Perspectief
Dear All, I have been using Hans' old correspondence module with an xml - rng database as documented for a number of years. I now want to switch to Wolfgang's letter module, but do not know how to connect it to the xml database. For example, commands like: \XMLprocesscontacts[./../../adressen-

[NTG-context] \hangaround in xml mkiv

2011-01-19 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, I am processing a docbook xml file, which works great (thanks to Wolfgang's introduction to TEI). I have some images and I want the text before and after them to wrap around. This can be achieved through the command \starthangaround .. \stoparound. Since the text that is to wrap aro

Re: [NTG-context] Translating PDF-files

2011-01-19 Thread R. Ermers
Still off topic: Well, this is partly lexicological knowledge and research on translation. Each language pair and translation direction has its peculiar problems. Whether or not you are able to say it is "pure speculation" depends on how familiar you are with computer linguistics, and its progr

Re: [NTG-context] Translating PDF-files

2011-01-19 Thread R. Ermers
Off topic: Well, I speak Russian and some other languages. Yes you are right, the 5th case is the locative (after o), the 6th case is the instrumental. One does not count the cases everyday :-) It is not a language in general that is difficult, but the pair a language is in: the pair English-Ru

Re: [NTG-context] Translating PDF-files

2011-01-19 Thread R. Ermers
If your acquaintance actually needs an accurate translation into Russian, I wonder why he would choose Google Translate for that. Remember that Russian has 7 cases, and a complex verbal system with many different forms, all of which need to be deduced by Google from the much poorer English prep

Re: [NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-07 Thread R. Ermers
efer the Context output. I understand the mappings, but the Cals table mappings are more complicated. (This is also explained by Simon Pepping http://www.ntg.nl/maps/pdf/29_7.pdf) Perhaps this bug arose in a recent version of Context? Robert luigi scarso schreef: > On 6/7/07, R. Erm

[NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-07 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, Has anybody found time to dive into the docbook-Context problem? The problem is that all section headings dissappear when in a given docbook section a table is placed. (Of course the document is validated against the dtd.) I am really puzzled by it, and it prevents me from using Cont

[NTG-context] context file to publisher (was: docbook in context)

2007-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Well, you know: the publisher preferred a word document or rtf; he was quite puzzled by the Context codes. I then had to convert the text to xml, which he was more acostumed to. Robert luigi scarso schreef: > On 6/4/07, R. Ermers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Dear All,

[NTG-context] docbook in context

2007-06-04 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, After having had a great deal of problems when submitting my context files to my publisher, I decided to write future projects in docbook (V4.4), rather than switching to Word or Open Office. From the docbook files I then can generate an rtf or wml file which is much more of use for

Re: [NTG-context] new problem (context update and miktex)

2007-03-10 Thread R. Ermers
Thanks Taco, I updated with the command ctxtools --updatecontext. I know where to find the old versions, but I don't know which files of the new distribution I need to remove. Or should I simply remove all context directories, install a less recent context version (from the zip-file) and refr

[NTG-context] new problem (context update and miktex)

2007-03-10 Thread R. Ermers
Dear All, I still have a large problem with the newest context update which is incompatible with the latest MikTeX installation. Many files are not regularly processed anymore. Does anybody have any suggestions as to how to clean up the right Context files and reinstall an older version? I pre

[NTG-context] new problem

2007-03-04 Thread r . ermers
Hi all, While my other files process normally, others don't anymore. Find relevant snippets from the log file below. The problem begins arising here: (D:\tex\texmf\tex\context\base\spec-fdf.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.3282 \loadmarkfile{spec-fdf} Does anyone have a solution? Kind regar

Re: [NTG-context] problems with complexenumeration

2007-03-04 Thread r . ermers
Hi there, Thanks for all suggestions. Based on the message that the file processed normally, I thought I had to update to a the most recent version of Context. This entailed downloading a large set of new lm fonts. Now the files process normally, apart from the \dots command... Regards, Rober

Re: [NTG-context] problems with complexenumeration

2007-03-04 Thread r . ermers
Thanks Aditya for your suggestion. The problem is that I already have about 200 separate documents in this format: \startCasus[casus-166][Title: my title] Text \stopcasus Does anyone have an other idea? Regards, Robert Op Za, 3 maart, 2007 7:37 pm schreef Aditya Mahajan: > On Sat, 3 Mar 2007

[NTG-context] problems with complexenumeration

2007-03-03 Thread r . ermers
Dear Friends, For about a year and a half I have been using Taco's macro for theorems. I use it in the following way: \startCasus[casus-166][Title: my title] text text text \stopCasus The result ought to be: Casus 1. Title: my title The macro has been working fine, but recently it does not pri

[NTG-context] context under miktex (3) - solved

2006-11-27 Thread r . ermers
I updated to miktex 2.5, which solved the problem with txc. Everything works fine now. Regards, Robert ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] context under miktex

2006-11-27 Thread r . ermers
Thank you Hans, for your quick reply. I have a file natural.tcx in tex/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx. I do not quite understand the rest of your reply. What do you suggest me to do? I am using Miktex 2.4.1461. Regards, Robert Op Ma, 27 november, 2006 12:04 pm schreef Hans Hagen: > R. Ermers wr

Re: [NTG-context] context under miktex (2)

2006-11-27 Thread r . ermers
Thanks Hans, for your quick reply. My MikTeX installation contains a natural.tcx file. I am afraid that I do not quite grasp the rest of your reply. What do you suggest me to do? Kind regards, Robert Op Ma, 27 november, 2006 12:04 pm schreef Hans Hagen: > R. Ermers wrote: > >>

[NTG-context] context under miktex

2006-11-27 Thread R. Ermers
Dear Friends, I am having problems with Context under Miktex. The document is processed, but nothing happens. Instead a tmp file is created, which says the following: terminologie-Diwan.003.tmp % terminologie-Diwan.003.top \unprotect \setupsystem[\c!n=1,\c!m=1] \def\MPOSTformatswitch{-alias=metaf

[NTG-context] an encoding for turkish

2006-10-11 Thread R. Ermers
Hi, I am preparing a document in xml docbook. The general output with Context is fine. However, in my main text (Dutch) I use some Turkish as well. Next to the xml-editor, I use Textpad, whose unicode support is not optimal, so for the time being I save the file in iso 8859-9. This encoding

Re: [NTG-context] flow charts

2006-09-23 Thread r . ermers
Thanks Wolfgang, That's exactly what I needed! Robert Op Za, 23 september, 2006 1:50 pm schreef Wolfgang Schuster: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:55:04 +0200 (CEST) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Dear Friends, >> I am trying to generate a simple flow chart. Does anybody have a >> complete working samp

[NTG-context] flow charts

2006-09-23 Thread r . ermers
Dear Friends, I am trying to generate a simple flow chart. Does anybody have a complete working sample file, as simple as possible, that I could use as a starting point? Thanks in advance. Robert ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://w

Re: [NTG-context] Working example for correspondence

2006-09-23 Thread r . ermers
See attached sample files. I tried them, and got a correct pdf. Regards, Robert Dummy-1 Dummy-2 Dummy-3 1234 020-6267795 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dummy-4 Dummy-5 Dummy-6 1234 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dummy-7 Dummy-8 Dummy-9 1234

Re: [NTG-context] a few questions on Arabtex (cont.)

2006-06-05 Thread R. Ermers
Hans and other contexers, Again on Arabtex, a real challenge. 2. The problem with the questionmark remains unsolved, I am afraid. 3. There is also a problem with \rq (closing quotation marks). The result is expected to be <>, however it is < \ \ %Use this to test the question mark \startara

Re: [NTG-context] a few questions on Arabtex

2006-06-05 Thread R. Ermers
Thanks Hans, for your quick reply. I downloaded the most recent files (again) from Lagally's website, since I don't have the texlive cd (may be I should). The most recent apatch.sty bear dates in 2006. I commented line 191 in apatch.sty. Everything seems to work normal now. Perhaps until I dec

[NTG-context] a few questions on Arabtex

2006-06-05 Thread R. Ermers
Dear friends, I have been trying again to get Arabtex running. I got the most recent version of apatch.sty etc. There are some problems. Question 1. context gets stuck When using Arabtex with Context (which I prefer now), the run stops on a command in apatch, \hc, referring to hepatch. Arabtex

[NTG-context] Index sorting for other languages than English (2)

2006-05-29 Thread R. Ermers
Hi all, I have a document in Dutch (\mainlanguage[nl]) in which I quote Turkish items, which I want to collect in a separate index, like this: "Enkele voorbeelden zijn: \quote{oudere zus} \turkish{abla}, \quote{jongere broer of zus} \turkish{karde\c{s}}, de \quote{zus van vader} (\quote{tante}

Re: [NTG-context] mistake in usemodule[letter]

2005-10-03 Thread r . ermers
Hi Jessica, Try this: \usemodule[m][letter] or \usemodule[m-letter] I had a similar problem some time ago. It seems that a plainTeX document named 'letter.tex' is loaded in lieu of m-letter.tex. It is against Contex-philosophy to explicitly state the prefixes, but it may be needed now and again.

[NTG-context] Re: Installing context

2005-10-03 Thread r . ermers
Hi Taco and Upendran, Thanks a lot for your kind help. I'm elsewhere now, so I will only be able to try this evening. Thanks again. Robert Op Ma, 3 oktober, 2005 3:32 pm schreef piskala upendran: > hi ermers, > > I am attaching afile for your help in updating the > miktex.ini. hope this will

Re: [NTG-context] i18n in BibTeX

2005-09-25 Thread r . ermers
Hello Adam, Why not save the document as cont.au-de.bst and use it when you write German. When you need the English version, you simply switch back to cont.au.bst? The adaptations in the bst file are not many, unless you want to change the commas and periods as well. The only serious problem I e

Re: [NTG-context] New context version

2005-08-29 Thread r . ermers
It just happened to be in my Miktex system. It was wrong in the sense that it was outdated, but may be still working for Latex. My earlier version of Context worked normally with it. The new version almost did. This is one of the reasons I tend to postpone updates. Robert > Rob Ermers wrote:

[NTG-context] Re: blocks in itemize

2005-08-22 Thread r . ermers
Hi Olivier, Thanks for your reaction. My original proposal was: \startitemize \beginblockA \item Apple \endblockA \beginblockB \item Pomme \endBlockB \beginblockA \item Pear \endblockA \beginblockB \item Poire \endBlockB \stopitemize This does not work. The advan

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