[NTG-context] custom command \myframedsection does not always work. Bug?

2011-10-30 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi All, Please see the working example below. I have defined a command called \myframedsection. It works the first two times I use it, but not the third time. I think it has something to do with using \startitemize...\stopitemize before the command is used the third time. But I am not sure. Can

Re: [NTG-context] custom command \myframedsection does not always work. Bug?

2011-10-30 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi Wolfgang, Thanks very much. Your command worked great. Regards, Bharat On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 30.10.2011 um 16:00 schrieb Curiouslearn: Hi All, Please see the working example below. I have defined a command called

[NTG-context] Value of Metapost variable as a label

2009-03-21 Thread Curiouslearn
Hello, First of all, Mojca thanks very much for the update about TikZ. (I could not find an option to reply in Context Garden mailing list). My new question is the following. I have the following code to generate the labels for the tick marks: for i = 0 step 5 until 45: draw

Re: [NTG-context] typescript repository

2009-03-23 Thread Curiouslearn
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfgang at googlemail.com wrote: Hi all, what do think about a page with typescript files for good quality free fonts, we have a few typescripts on the wiki but you have to copy them first in your document or in a file

[NTG-context] Font size in MKII vs. MKIV

2009-03-26 Thread curiouslearn
Hello, If I compile the following code with MKII, the font size I get for the chapter title is smaller than that I get with MKIV? \starttext \chapter{This is bigger in MKIV than in MKII} The regular text is the same size. \stoptext Was this a deliberate change made from MKII to

Re: [NTG-context] Font size in MKII vs. MKIV

2009-03-26 Thread curiouslearn
Hans Hagen pragma at wxs.nl writes: \starttext \chapter{This is bigger in MKIV than in MKII} The regular text is the same size. \stoptext Was this a deliberate change made from MKII to MKIV? no, just a bug Thank you, Hans. I suppose the MKIV version is with the

[NTG-context] Linebreak in Metapost/Metafun Label

2009-03-27 Thread CuriousLearn
Hi, Is it possible to break labels in two lines if needed? For example, suppose I have label.rt(textext(Do you see this label text. Quite long. Need to break it across lines),(3,5)); Can I have it appear in the figure as Do you see this label text. Quite long. Need to break it across

Re: [NTG-context] Linebreak in Metapost/Metafun Label

2009-03-27 Thread CuriousLearn
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: For example, suppose I have label.rt(textext(Do you see this label text. Quite long. Need to break it across lines),(3,5)); label.rt(textext(\framed[frame=no,width=5cm]{}, (3,5)) ; Aditya Thanks Aditya. Sorry but that does not

Re: [NTG-context] Linebreak in Metapost/Metafun Label

2009-03-27 Thread CuriousLearn
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: Any ideas why it may not be working for me? Because I did not test before posting :) Try \framed[align=normal, width=5cm, frame=no]{} Aditya Awesome! That works great. Before asking I tried searching a lot in metafun manual and on the

Re: [NTG-context] Linebreak in Metapost/Metafun Label

2009-03-27 Thread CuriousLearn
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: Here is a simplified picture. Basically, anything inside btex ... etex (or textext(...) or \sometxt{...}) is in what is known as TeX's horizontal mode. Think of this as what you will get if you put the same argument in a \hbox (see the TeXbook

[NTG-context] Tikz and MKIV

2009-03-31 Thread curiouslearn
Hi, I do not have the very latest beta of Context. I am using This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.35.0 (post_contextgarden.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.18 21:58 With this version, I found something that does not work in Tikz when compiled using MKIV, but works when compiled using MKII. Is this a

Re: [NTG-context] New module simpleslides

2009-03-31 Thread curiouslearn
Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schmitz at uni-bonn.de writes: Dear list members, We're happy to announce the initial release of the simpleslides module. Aditya and Thomas Aditya and Thomas, Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to exploring your simple slides module.

[NTG-context] Font and Typescript Questions

2009-03-31 Thread curiouslearn
Can someone please help me with the following questions so that I can use some of the typescripts that Wolfgang and some others have so kindly made available. I will use font Bera as an example, since I would like to use it. I have a Mac OS X Version 10.5.6 (1) How do I know if I have font

Re: [NTG-context] Font and Typescript Questions

2009-03-31 Thread curiouslearn
Wolfgang and Mohamed, thanks very much to both of you. I downloaded the deja vu font and installed it as I would install any other font on my Mac (using Add fonts feature in the font book). I see it listed now in the font book and can use it in word. However, it does not show up when I type

Re: [NTG-context] Font and Typescript Questions

2009-03-31 Thread curiouslearn
Just wanted to say that even if Deja Vu does not show up with mtxrun --script fonts --list it does work!! I am not sure why. Wolfgang thanks so much for the typescript. ___ If your question is of interest to

Re: [NTG-context] Font and Typescript Questions

2009-03-31 Thread curiouslearn
it does work!! I am not sure why. Try mtxrun --script fonts --reload Aditya Thanks Aditya. That worked. Now it shows with mtxrun --script fonts --list. Its a beautiful font. I was also meaning to ask you, which font you used in your simpleslides documentation? Is It is a very

Re: [NTG-context] Font and Typescript Questions

2009-04-01 Thread curiouslearn
Aditya Mahajan adityam at umich.edu writes: DejaVu They typescripts were modified from Wolfgang's typescripts. Aditya Do you use a different font for Math in your typescript. Or, have not bothered with the math font because there is no math in the manual. I printed some stuff with

[NTG-context] Metapost labeling question. Please help

2009-04-02 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi, I want the labels as (0.5,0.55,0.6,0.65,0.7,...,1) or (0.50,0.55,0.60,0.65,0.70,...,1). Either of these two is fine. I tried the following code for this. \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{labeltest} numeric rmin,rmax; rmin := 0.5; rmax := 1; ux := 25cm; uy :=10cm; % draw axes draw (rmin,0)*ux

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost labeling question. Please help

2009-04-03 Thread Curiouslearn
: Curiouslearn schrieb: Hi, I want the labels as (0.5,0.55,0.6,0.65,0.7,...,1) or (0.50,0.55,0.60,0.65,0.70,...,1). Either of these two is fine. I tried the following code for this. \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{labeltest} numeric rmin,rmax; rmin := 0.5; rmax := 1; ux := 25cm; uy :=10cm

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost labeling question. Please help

2009-04-03 Thread Curiouslearn
Beautiful! Thanks, Wolfgang. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 03.04.2009 um 14:47 schrieb Curiouslearn: Mojca and Peter, thanks very much for your responses. I used Peter's solution and it worked beautifully. Does anyone know

Re: [NTG-context] Page background color. Does not cover the entire page.

2009-04-17 Thread Curiouslearn
should be easy. From your responses, it seems it is not possible because of the way printers are designed. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:22 AM, John Devereux j...@devereux.me.uk wrote: Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl writes: Curiouslearn wrote: Hi, I created the attached PDF file using ConTeXt. As you

[NTG-context] sagemath in context

2009-04-28 Thread curiouslearn
Hi, I know that Context is developing rapidly and the top guys here are all very busy with these development efforts. But I thought I would just float this idea. There is an open source mathematics software system called sagemath which aims to be a viable substitute to Mathematica and Maple.

Re: [NTG-context] sagemath in context

2009-04-28 Thread curiouslearn
I will look at the packages you have suggested. But I have basically no knowledge of writing such packages and was hoping that someone here with the capability of writing such packages would be interested and would take it up, especially given that it is not very difficult. Especially, given that

[NTG-context] Intersection symbol, Set theory

2009-06-07 Thread curiouslearn
Hi, I want the intersection symbol in the file. I tried $\cap$, however that does not work. I am using This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.35.0 (Learn_Corbae_Stinchcombe_Zeman.tex ConTeXt ver: 2009.03.18 21:58 MKIV fmt: 2009.3.31 int: english/english I get the following error: !

[NTG-context] Fraktur symbol in subscript

2009-07-06 Thread curiouslearn
Hello All, While the \fraktur{C} command works for me in the Math mode as part of a regular expression, it does not work in the subscript. The command I am trying is $ x \sim_{\fraktur{C}} y $. I get a blank in place of the fraktur C. However, if I try just $ x \fraktur{C} y $, it works. Does

Re: [NTG-context] [***SPAM***] Re: Fraktur symbol in subscript

2009-07-09 Thread curiouslearn
Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.lists at gmail.com writes: You can fix it manually from Taco's post or you can use --context=experimental, but then you need to compile LuaTeX by yourself. Hans' version of ConTeXt doesn't work with current LuaTeX beta, so updating is not possible before next

[NTG-context] Bibliography contains references not cited in the text

2010-11-25 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi All, I am having trouble with the bib module. The bibliography section of my article contains references that I have not cited in the text. These are in my .bib file, but it seems to me that references that were not cited in the text were ignored when constructing the bibliography. This is a

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography contains references not cited in the text

2010-11-26 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks to all who replied to this. If there is a bug, I am sure Hans will fix it. That is assuring. Robert, your suggestion helps removing uncited articles from the references...however, the references I got were not sorted anymore. On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Robert Blackstone

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography contains references not cited in the text

2010-11-30 Thread Curiouslearn
Perhaps, by coincidence the example that I sent had the bbl file sorted. But the full file does not have the references sorted. Does this mean I have to first get the bbl file sorted. If so, how do I do that? Why is Hans quiet if this is a bug? He usually always says something about when he will

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography contains references not cited in the text

2010-12-01 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks a ton for doing all of this, Hans. Thanks also to all other developers of Context. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:24 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 30-11-2010 11:02, Curiouslearn wrote: Perhaps, by coincidence the example that I sent had the bbl file sorted. But the full file does

[NTG-context] Installation context minimals

2010-12-15 Thread Curiouslearn
Hello, Can someone please tell me if the instructions for installation/updating of minimals given on http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals#Unix-like_platforms_.28Linux.2FMacOS_X.2FFreeBSD.2FSolaris.29 are still valid. I went to my /Applications/ContextMinimals folder (on Mac OSX) and

Re: [NTG-context] Installation context minimals

2010-12-15 Thread Curiouslearn
I just want to update my post to include the following information: I had forgotten to run the following step during the installation: source /Applications/ContextMinimals/tex/setuptex I did that and ran the three commands mtxrun --selfupdate luatools --generate context --make

Re: [NTG-context] Installation context minimals

2010-12-15 Thread Curiouslearn
OkayI think the following was missing. In addition to the three commands I needed mtxrun --generate I have update the Wiki by adding this command to making formats. Let me know if this is incorrect. On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: I just want

Re: [NTG-context] increase space on the left of pages included using \copypages

2011-02-22 Thread Curiouslearn
to include pages from the pdf file. I want to increase the left side margin on the pages on which included file is present. Thank you in advance. On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am trying to use the \copypages command to include a pdf file, say

Re: [NTG-context] increase space on the left of pages included using \copypages

2011-02-23 Thread Curiouslearn
Anyone? If it cannot be done, I would appreciate if someone can say that. I Thanks you. On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone please help me with this? I suppose I have not received an answer because there is no minimal example. I thought

Re: [NTG-context] increase space on the left of pages included using \copypages

2011-02-23 Thread Curiouslearn
again. Context is really awesome. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Hans Hagen pra...@wxs.nl wrote: On 23-2-2011 12:11, Curiouslearn wrote: Anyone? If it cannot be done, I would appreciate if someone can say that. I i have no time now, but you can always do \startTEXpage \hskip1cm

Re: [NTG-context] increase space on the left of pages included using \copypages

2011-02-23 Thread Curiouslearn
suppose I should ask that as a new question. Thanks for your help. Bharat On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de wrote: Curiouslearn (if you're older than 13 years, I'd appreciate a real name), it's not easy to see what you want to do. The included pages

Re: [NTG-context] increase space on the left of pages included using \copypages

2011-02-23 Thread Curiouslearn
Feb 2011, Curiouslearn wrote: I will try to do this using lua loop. I should learn it. I am learning so many new things currently that I have not had a chance to learn Lua. I was wondering if Aditya's filter module could be used to use Python instead of Lua, but I suppose I should ask

Re: [NTG-context] problems with bib

2011-02-28 Thread Curiouslearn
I had the same problem a few months back (the bibliography includes all references not only the ones I have cited in my document) I still have this problem. I think Thomas Schmitz is going to fix this. Any ideas on when this is going to be fixed? Can I request that this be fixed soon as it is

Re: [NTG-context] problems with bib

2011-02-28 Thread Curiouslearn
, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Thomas Schmitz tschm...@uni-bonn.de wrote: On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:41:02 -0500  Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: I had the same problem a few months back (the bibliography includes all references not only the ones I have cited in my document) I still have

[NTG-context] vertical alignment in simpleslides

2011-03-05 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi Today I started making lecture slides for one of my classes and decided to try out simpleslides. First of all, thanks to Thomas and Aditya for writing the module. I had a question regarding vertical alignment. Consider the following minimal example:

Re: [NTG-context] vertical alignment in simpleslides

2011-03-05 Thread Curiouslearn
and the second is at the bottom. I would like them to be near the center. Something like what 'middle' does for horizontal alignment with two words, I want to do for vertical alignment. Thanks. On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, Curiouslearn

Re: [NTG-context] vertical alignment in simpleslides

2011-03-05 Thread Curiouslearn
: On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, Curiouslearn wrote: Thanks for the response, Aditya. However, the first method   \setupitemize[before=\vfill,after=\vfill] does not change anything for me. The items are still at the top. Didn't realize that you were using the Swoosh style, that sets its title using

Re: [NTG-context] vertical alignment in simpleslides

2011-03-05 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks very much!! That makes it very clear. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, Curiouslearn wrote: Awesome!! This worked great. I need to understand what 2fill and 3fill does. I will try looking at Victor Eijkhout's book. But if you

[NTG-context] slide steps again

2011-03-06 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi All, I am making some slides using the Swoosh style in simpleslides module. I wanted to reveal some content sequentially. I read the messages here and learn about pre-stepwise. I tried the following. It does not, however, work. \usemodule[simpleslides][style=Swoosh]

Re: [NTG-context] slide steps again

2011-03-06 Thread Curiouslearn
, Curiouslearn wrote: I am making some slides using the Swoosh style in simpleslides module. I wanted to reveal some content sequentially. simpleslides does not support stepwise presentation of material. I occasionally use the following macros for quick and dirty stepwise effects

Re: [NTG-context] slide steps again

2011-03-07 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks for pointing me to this, Dalyoung. On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Jeong Dalyoung hak...@me.com wrote: Hi, If you want to reveal parts of a drawing sequentially, you may try MetaFun and AdobeReader. There is a sample  in 13.6 Growing graphics, metafun manual(metafun-p). It needs

[NTG-context] problem with tikz remember picture and overlay.

2011-03-07 Thread Curiouslearn
Hello, I am trying to use tikz's remember picture and overlay for absolute positioning. With the code below, the content in the tikz picture appears on a new page after the slide title. I want it to appear on the same page. Please see the minimal example below. I have explained with comments

Re: [NTG-context] problem with tikz remember picture and overlay.

2011-03-07 Thread Curiouslearn
. Thanks Peter for that (and of course, Hans for everything). But would still like to learn if Tikz's absolute positioning is incompatible with Context. Bharat On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I am trying to use tikz's remember picture and overlay

[NTG-context] Layers for absolute positioning

2011-03-07 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi, I have been trying to learn the best way to position text on a page. From the messages it appears that a good way to do so, is to use layers. But it seems that to activate them I need to set them as background of the page. However, that removes the background color. How can I get both layers

Re: [NTG-context] Layers for absolute positioning

2011-03-07 Thread Curiouslearn
Curiouslearn: Hi, I have been trying to learn the best way to position text on a page. From the messages it appears that a good way to do so, is to use layers. But it seems that to activate them I need to set them as background of the page. However, that removes the background color. How can I

[NTG-context] Can Layers be combined with \startitemize

2011-03-07 Thread Curiouslearn
The following does not work as expected. All the items are on the same line and they overlap each other. Can someone please let me know if Layers can be combined with \startitemize...\stopitemize and if so, how to do it. Thanks, Bharat \setupcolors[state=start] \setupcolor[xwi]

Re: [NTG-context] Can Layers be combined with \startitemize

2011-03-07 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks very much Wolfgang. This is very helpful. Regards, Bharat On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 07.03.2011 um 23:09 schrieb Curiouslearn: The following does not work as expected. All the items are on the same line

Re: [NTG-context] What are the best fonts to use

2011-03-16 Thread Curiouslearn
Cecil, thanks for asking this question. Even though the answers may/will be subjective, it is quite likely that there are people here who have given some thought to font choice. I agree with previous responses that reading a book on typography would certainly be helpful. Nevertheless, I am

[NTG-context] margin in TEXpage

2011-04-20 Thread Curiouslearn
Hello All, In the following minimal example there is no whitespace around the figure. Is it possible to add some white space around the figure when using \startTEXpage \stopTEXpage environment. Thank you. \usemodule[tikz] \starttext \startTEXpage \starttikzpicture \draw[fill=blue!20]

Re: [NTG-context] margin in TEXpage

2011-04-20 Thread Curiouslearn
Awesome! Thanks so much, Khaled. On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Khaled Hosny khaledho...@eglug.org wrote: On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:25:15AM -0400, Curiouslearn wrote: Hello All, In the following minimal example there is no whitespace around the figure. Is it possible to add some white

Re: [NTG-context] Buggy source code-- references disappears when I put sections and If I put subjects, \completecontent has void list.

2009-08-12 Thread Curiouslearn
Hello, Can someone please tell me how to get bold math symbols in Context. I am using ConTeXt ver: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV fmt: 2009.7.7 int: english/english Also, does Tikz work with the latest version of context minimals? Thank you for your help.

[NTG-context] Bold letters in math and does tikz work

2009-08-12 Thread Curiouslearn
} $ command. It is upright, but not bold. Thanks for your help. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Aditya Mahajan adit...@umich.edu wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Curiouslearn wrote: Hello, Can someone please tell me how to get bold math symbols in Context. I am using ConTeXt ver

Re: [NTG-context] Bold letters in math and does tikz work

2009-08-14 Thread Curiouslearn
...@umich.edu wrote: On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Curiouslearn wrote: Aditya, thanks very much for your reply. Is the default font in context, a unicode font. The layout of my file is No. It is a virtual font created from latin modern math font. I do NOT get bold with $ {\bf x} $ command

[NTG-context] Alignment in tables

2009-08-14 Thread Curiouslearn
Can someone please tell me why the following does not center the text in the first row? Thanks in advance. \setupTABLE[row][1][align={middle}] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=2.5in,align={lohi}] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=3in,align={lohi}] \bTABLE \bTR \bTD {\bf Concept} \eTD

Re: [NTG-context] Alignment in tables

2009-08-14 Thread Curiouslearn
Can someone please tell me why the following does not center the text in the first row? Thanks in advance. \setupTABLE[row][1][align={middle}] \setupTABLE[column][1][width=2.5in,align={lohi}] This setup overwrites the previous one, write them in reverse order and it will work.

Re: [NTG-context] Alignment in tables

2009-08-14 Thread Curiouslearn
...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 14.08.2009 um 15:04 schrieb Curiouslearn: I tried \setupTABLE[column][1][width=2.5in,align={lohi}] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=3in,align={lohi}] \setupTABLE[row][1][align={middle}] But that does not work either. weird but this works \setupTABLE[row

Re: [NTG-context] Bold letters in math and does tikz work

2009-08-14 Thread Curiouslearn
You can get bold upright symbol in math fonts. There was a bug in math-vfu.lua, for which I gave a patch in my previous email. If you apply that patch to math-vfu and then regenerate formats, ${\bf A}$ will give upright bold math. If you do not want to patch math-vfu on your own, wait for the

[NTG-context] List of fonts that comes with context minimals

2009-08-18 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi, I wanted to check the fonts that are properly installed with (that come with) the default installation of Context Minimals. As mentioned on the Context Garden, I entered the following command at the terminal prompt *mtxrun --script fonts --list* After doing some things, the terminal gives

Re: [NTG-context] List of fonts that comes with context minimals

2009-08-18 Thread Curiouslearn
MTXrun | fontnames: globbing path /Library/Fonts/**.dfont MTXrun | fontnames: globbing path /System/Library/Fonts/**.dfont font loading failed for /System/Library/Fonts/Keyboard.dfont Thanks. On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Curiouslearn wrote: Hi

Re: [NTG-context] List of fonts that comes with context minimals

2009-08-18 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks Taco. After you release a new Luatex version tomorrow, I will update my Context installation (to the beta version). Thanks so much. On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Curiouslearn wrote: Hi Taco, Thanks for replying. Sorry for not being

[NTG-context] reducing the space after the enumeration heading

2009-11-11 Thread Curiouslearn
Hello All, I have defined the following enumeration: \defineenumeration [Problem] [location=top, text=Problem, between=\blank, before=\blank, after=\blank] Now for one of the problems, I want the heading Problem 13 to appear not on the top, but on the left. So before this particular problem I

Re: [NTG-context] reducing the space after the enumeration heading

2009-11-12 Thread Curiouslearn
No one wants to help on this? I would appreciate any help. Am I missing something too obvious? I tried some other options but they do not help. Thanks. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.comwrote: Hello All, I have defined the following enumeration

[NTG-context] Changing the formatting of Natural Tables

2009-11-12 Thread Curiouslearn
Hello, I am using natural tables to make tables in my document. Can someone please tell me how I can prevent context from applying features I choose for an earlier table to a table that appears later in the document. Following is an example of two tables. Even though I choose

Re: [NTG-context] reducing the space after the enumeration heading

2009-11-12 Thread Curiouslearn
] \Problem The addition of distance option reduces the space. Do I have to play around with this? \stoptext On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 12.11.2009 um 22:18 schrieb Curiouslearn: No one wants to help on this? I would appreciate

Re: [NTG-context] reducing the space after the enumeration heading

2009-11-12 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks Wolfgang. 'width=fit,distance=...' option does the trick. On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 12.11.2009 um 22:56 schrieb Curiouslearn: Thanks Wolfgang. Here is a working example. The use of distance reduces the space if I

[NTG-context] setupsystem command

2009-11-15 Thread curiouslearn
I wanted to bring this to your attention. It seems that setupsystem[random= ] command does not work with MKIV. If I use different numbers for [random= ] option the arrangement of items changes when compiled with MKII but do not change when compiled with MKIV. I tried emailing the above message

Re: [NTG-context] setupsystem command with an example

2009-11-16 Thread Curiouslearn
\stopitem \stopitemize \stoptext On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:42 PM, curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.comwrote: I wanted to bring this to your attention. It seems that setupsystem[random= ] command does not work with MKIV. If I use different numbers for [random= ] option the arrangement of items

Re: [NTG-context] setupsystem command with an example

2009-11-16 Thread Curiouslearn
-en.lui --backend=pdf ./Test_setupsystem.tex MTXrun | total runtime: 1.200 On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Curiouslearn wrote: The following is an example. Randomization occurs with MKII, but not with MKIV

Re: [NTG-context] setupsystem command with an example

2009-11-16 Thread Curiouslearn
luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: The following is an example. Randomization occurs with MKII, but not with MKIV. \setupsystem[random=123] \starttext \startitemize[a,random]     \startitem This is item 1 \stopitem

Re: [NTG-context] setupsystem command with an example

2009-11-16 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks Taco. I will try that. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Curiouslearn wrote: Thanks Taco. I am not sure, why it does not work for me. I am copying and pasting the log file. Could please someone take a look and let me know what the problem might

[NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread curiouslearn
I apologize if this has been asked before, but would appreciate if anyone could answer this again. (a) Is there an easy way to incorporate asymptote code in a Context document, like there exists in Latex. In latex you can include it between \begin{asy} \end{asy} (b) Is there an easy way to

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-16 Thread Curiouslearn
wrote: On Monday 16 November 2009 15:29:14 Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:12 PM, curiouslearn wrote: I apologize if this has been asked before, but would appreciate if anyone could answer this again. (a) Is there an easy way to incorporate asymptote code in a Context

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
to read it. Thanks. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Alan BRASLAU alan.bras...@cea.fr wrote: On Monday 16 November 2009 23:57:28 Curiouslearn wrote: Thanks everyone for replying. Alan, the tikz module does not work with MKIV. From what I have read before, it seems it will not unless the creator

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks, Hraban. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm hra...@fiee.net wrote: 2009/11/17 Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com: The reason I am looking at Asymptote and pstricks is because they have libraries or functionality which Metapost lacks. For example, the tree drawing

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks to all who made some suggestions about where I can find Metapost libraries. Will look into those. It seems Asymptote + Tikz is a good way to go and also try out Metapost again. Mojca, you said that number of pstricks users are decreasing. Is this amongst Context users, or in general

Re: [NTG-context] Pstricks and Asymptote

2009-11-17 Thread Curiouslearn
it. Thanks. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 20:35, Curiouslearn wrote: Thanks to all who made some suggestions about where I can find Metapost libraries. Will look into those. It seems Asymptote + Tikz  is a good way

[NTG-context] Metapost Code works with MKII not with MKIV

2009-11-18 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi, I am back to trying Metapost. I spent sometime yesterday and today learning about clipping, buildcycles etc. to fill areas with patterns. I think I will try to write a simple tutorial with it. Meanwhile, I just updated my installation of Context minimals. The following simple Metapost code

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost Code works with MKII not with MKIV

2009-11-18 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks. That was a stupid mistake. It works fine now. On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:43 PM, luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am back to trying Metapost. I spent sometime yesterday and today learning about

[NTG-context] Adjusting the size of a figure when using placefigure

2009-11-24 Thread Curiouslearn
Please see the figure generated by the following minimal example. Due to the dimensions chosen in the figure, the figure is wider than the text width. Is there an option in \placefigure or another command that can help to make this figure smaller (without changing the code of the original figure)?

Re: [NTG-context] Adjusting the size of a figure when using placefigure

2009-11-24 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks Luigi. I did not know where exactly to put the width command. Your solution works great. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:20 PM, luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: Please see the figure generated

[NTG-context] Metapost - Seems like weird behavior. Is it a bug?

2009-11-24 Thread Curiouslearn
The code below shows a cyclic path that I am interested in creating (it is in red if you run the code). The example works fine as long as I have, u:=1cm, as in the code below. But if I replace it by , u:=0.6cm, there is no output. There is an error saying that paths 4 and 3 do not intersect. Is

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost - Seems like weird behavior. Is it a bug?

2009-11-25 Thread Curiouslearn
Taco, thanks for the suggestions. I will try using intersectiontimes. It would be great if, as you said, this is solved with Metapost 2.0. Any idea when that version is coming out? Thanks. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Taco Hoekwater wrote: The

[NTG-context] Layout - once again!

2009-11-25 Thread Curiouslearn
Why does the following does not center the text? I am choosing a letter size paper which is 8.5 inches wide. I have both margins at 1.5in and all other distances equal to 0 in. Should the text be not centered. Thanks. \setuppapersize[letter][letter]

Re: [NTG-context] Layout - once again!

2009-11-26 Thread Curiouslearn
. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:45 PM, Mojca Miklavec mojca.miklavec.li...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 05:19, Curiouslearn wrote: Why does the following does not center the text? I am choosing a letter size paper which is 8.5 inches wide. I have both margins at 1.5in That's width of box

[NTG-context] Metapost label - Truncating digits after decimal point

2009-11-28 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi, Is it possible to truncate the digits after decimal point in Metapost when using textext()? Please see the minimal example below which produces 1.84375. Can I just keep the first digit and have it produce 1.8 ? Thanks. \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost label - Truncating digits after decimal point

2009-11-29 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks so much, Taco. I will try out the code below. Good to know that Metapost has functions such as substring. On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Curiouslearn wrote: Hi, Is it possible to truncate the digits after decimal point in Metapost when

[NTG-context] Math Alignment - start equation at left margin

2009-11-29 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi, Can someone please help with the alignment of the equation so that it starts at left. I tried flushleft and other options (such as without \NC \NR, with align=left etc.). None of them result in the equation starting at the left margin. The equation is either placed in the middle or is aligned

[NTG-context] Math Alignment - start equation at left margin (Bug in latest beta)

2009-11-29 Thread Curiouslearn
at 6:45 PM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Can someone please help with the alignment of  the equation so that it starts at left. I tried flushleft and other options (such as without \NC \NR, with align=left etc.). None of them result in the equation starting at the left margin

Re: [NTG-context] Math Alignment - start equation at left margin

2009-11-30 Thread Curiouslearn
\starttext From Aditya's \type{mathalign.pdf}, where he defines in fact a \type{\definemathalignment[flalign]}, (but I prefer \type{FLalign]…)} one has \definemathalignment[FLalign] [m=2, distance=5em plus 1 fil] %We need to set a default value for m Curiouslearn'  input was: \startformula

[NTG-context] Metapost code does not work - Can you find the problem?

2009-12-01 Thread Curiouslearn
Can someone please tell me why the code below does not work? Thanks a ton. \starttext \startuseMPgraphic[CS] u:=1cm; pickup pencircle scaled 2pt; %Paths path demandCS; demandCS := (0,5u) -- (10u,0);

Re: [NTG-context] Metapost code does not work - Can you find the problem?

2009-12-01 Thread Curiouslearn
Sorry for the question. I figured it out. I have square brackets instead of braces in the \startuseMPgraphic line. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Curiouslearn curiousle...@gmail.com wrote: Can someone please tell me why the code below does not work? Thanks a ton. \starttext

[NTG-context] Bibliography help

2009-12-05 Thread Curiouslearn
Hi, Is it possible to use .bib files that I had made for latex (it is a bibtex database), with Context? Do I need to use the module bibltx for these? When I compile my source code the Log window says, module bibltx not found (log file is pasted below). I tried the first example in the

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography help - some problems I have noticed

2009-12-05 Thread Curiouslearn
I was trying to figure out the problem and I found that the database I was referring to was empty. I perhaps forgot to save it. When replaced with the appropriate .bib file I do get the references at the end of the document. But I observed the following. Would really appreciate if someone could

Re: [NTG-context] Bibliography help - some problems I have noticed

2009-12-06 Thread Curiouslearn
Thanks very much Taco. This is very helpful. Regards, Bharat On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Taco Hoekwater t...@elvenkind.com wrote: Hi, Curiouslearn wrote: (0)  Do I need bibltx for latex databases? No. These days, the ConTeXt core defines \newcommand so the bibltx module is obsolete

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