[NTG-context] Metapost and TeX [OT]
I don't have any experience in metapost. I would appreciate if someone would please answer this question without me having to do thru tutorials and metapost source code. I was wondering how does metapost talk to TeX? Quicky glancing through the metafun book, I found out that you can super-impose text typeset by TeX on top of a diagram. I imagine you could do the same with mathematical equations too. So how does metapost interact with TeX? Let me guess: 1) Metapost could first write down to a file the text that it wan't TeX to typeset. It could then run TeX on the file. TeX produces a DVI file and metapost reads it back. It can then superimpose it on top of a picture. 2) Metapost could also be including within itself a simplified version of TeX. But that would be reinventing the wheel. So how does it happen in reality? The reason that I am asking is that I am interested in producing some diagrams using the libHARU PDF library (a C++ library to produce PDF files). Beautiful Text support, however, is missing from the library. I was wondering if I could hack it up so that I could somehow use TeX for the text part and C++ calls for the graphics part. ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] How to use PostScript font
None of the commands that I was told worked. I donT think its my installation. To my surprise, the following does not work at live.contextgarden.net. If you see the log file, it says that the TFM file not found. Even the server at contextgarden is missing the package that I am missing from my system \usetypescript[berry][ec] % or [8r] \setupbodyfont[pos] \starttext The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. \stoptext ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Lucida Bright Fonts from StarOffice
For right now, I am giving up on the postscript fonts. Lets try something else. At http://home1.vr-web.de/~was/lucidayy/, you will see some files that tell you how to use the Lucida Bright fonts that come with StartOffice 5.2 with LaTeX. I copied all the pfb and afm files from StarOffice52 into a folder. Its contents are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fonts]$ ls *.pfb hlcbot6w.pfb hlcrot6w.pfb hlhd80.pfb hlhri80.pfb hlsdo80.pfb hlsro80.pfb hlcbot80.pfb hlcrot80.pfb hlhd81.pfb hlhri81.pfb hlsdo81.pfb hlsro81.pfb hlcbot81.pfb hlcrot81.pfb hlhdi80.pfb hlsd6w.pfb hlsr6w.pfb hlcbt6w.pfb hlcrt6w.pfb hlhdi81.pfb hlsd80.pfb hlsr80.pfb hlcbt80.pfb hlcrt80.pfb hlhr80.pfb hlsd81.pfb hlsr81.pfb hlcbt81.pfb hlcrt81.pfb hlhr81.pfb hlsdo6w.pfb hlsro6w.pfb [EMAIL PROTECTED] fonts]$ I also have all the *.afm files from StarOffice. Is there any way I can use these fonts with ConTeXt? If yes, where do I need to copy them and what do I rename them to? Are these fonts exactly the same as the ones that you buy from yandy.com? Also the above site says On the other hand, only the basic font styles (roman, sans serif, typewriter) are available, whereas the fonts from YY include many more variants such as true smallcaps, sans serif italic, fax, handwriting, blackletter and more) Does CoTeXt use the other fonts that are missing? I suppose it would be legal for me to use these fonts with ConTeXt? I may have to ask someone at yandy.com. It could be possible that these fonts are supposed to be used with StarOffice and StarOffice only. Salman ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Page break after a section :-(
I have some text that looks like:
\section{Flight Controls Model}
\startitemize[1]
\item The Flight Controls model
...
...
\stopitemize
ConTeXt has decided to put a page break right after the \section, so my itemized list
begins on the next page. I thought \sections were supposed to be setup with infinite
penalty between the section title and the first line of the section text itself. I
don't want to put a directive in there myself to avoid a page break
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[NTG-context] How to use PostScript font
I'd like to use the paladino font from urw as my body font (Its the one used in the MetaFUN manual). I tried setting: \setupbodyfont[pos,12pt] but it does not work. What is the name that I should use? ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Best source of ConTeXt documentation?
Adding to this thread (I don't mean a reply to Paulo, but rather a reply to what Hans was saying earlier)...The problem with normal users cooking up new styles is the lack of artistic abilities in some people (like me). One can, obviously go thru the manual cover the cover, but if one does not have creative thinking, then creating professional looking styles would be hard. That is why, users like me really do not care if our documents look like everybody else's (just as long as they look professional). Its kind of like learning Photoshop and knowing what each toolbar button doesbut not knowing how to mix all the available tools create a professional looking graphic. And of course, once we learn the tool, then making small changes here and there to make it look slightly different is no big deal. Salman ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Best source of ConTeXt documentation?
I'd like to see the sources of all the PDF files available at pragma-ade. Its much easier to look at examples and learn from it than to ask for complete documentation. Salman ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Problem with Figures (Fixed)
- Original Message - From: Henning Hraban Ramm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, July 17, 2004 9:08 am Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Problem with Figures (Fixed) That's because you use \placefigure - it must know what your figure is. In this case, this bug or typo ought to be fixed in the beginner's manual. ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] How to use m-cweb module
I was looking at the CWEB demo off the pdfTeX page. Can someone please tell me how I would use the m-cweb package on TeX, the program web file. The first step would be to create the tex file itself using 'weave tex.web' Than I suppose I have to create an input file for conTeXt. What would be the contents of this file and mods do I have to make to tex.tex before I run it through texexec? Also I am interested in the screen optimized version of it. Salman ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
