[NTG-context] Filling framed boxes up to the max

Hi, I would like to do the timetable of the Chaos Communication Congress in ConTeXt again. Last year, I used a perl script to convert the iCal file to ConTeXt code. This year, I'd like to do it a bit better. One of the problems I have there is that I would like to fill a framed box with text up to

Re: [NTG-context] concatenate PDF files.

Hi, On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 06:16:26PM +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > >At work we use the command line tool "pdcat" by pdftools.com for this. > >It's commercial, but the demo also does nearly everything. > > I just found "PDFLab" for MacOS X, see > http://fabien.iconus.ch/english/PDFLab.html

[NTG-context] overstrikes and hyphenation (was Re: synopsis / column(set)s?)

Hi Hans, On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 10:34:44AM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote: > >So basically I want to typeset first some text in the leftmost > >column (over several pages, on a grid), and then the one in the > >middle and then the one on the right. > > > >Is there an easy way to do this using column(set

[NTG-context] synopsis / column(set)s?

Hi all, I am trying to make a synopsis, i.e a text where in the leftmost column the original document can be read, in the middle the changes and in the right column the reasons for the changes. So basically I want to typeset first some text in the leftmost column (over several pages, on a grid),

Re: [NTG-context] How to use and not embed the 14 PDF standard 14 fonts?

Hi Stefan, On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 11:40:20AM +0100, Stefan Wachter wrote: > 1. Does anyone know how to use the 14 PDF standard fonts (Courier, > Helvetica, Times (each in 4 faces), Symbol, and ITC-Zapf) in ConTeXt? I once knew it, but forgot :( Once it apparently worked with \usetypescriptfile[t

Re: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so many trees

Hi Dierk, On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 11:09:22AM +0100, "Höppner, Dierk" wrote: > just a short and simple question with hopefully a quick answer: > > How do I print '{' and '}'. You may answer with RTFM but please name the M > and page! what about \type|{| and \type|}| (just like \verb in LaTeX)? >

[NTG-context] columns and alignment at the bottom

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Re: [NTG-context] combined list and spacing

Hi, On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 01:04:29PM +0200, Alexander Klink wrote: > I've defined a combined list as my table of contents as follows: > > \setuplist[artikel][alternative=c] > \definecombinedlist[content][chapter,artikel] > \placecontent > > Now that my document nears

Re: [NTG-context] a line under the header

tupheader[after={\hairline}] does not work as the hairline is not below the text but starts at the left border... Maybe someone got another idea? Greetings, ALeX -- ... Alexander Klink ... undergraduate in Mathematics with Computer Science ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...

[NTG-context] combined list and spacing

Hi, I've defined a combined list as my table of contents as follows: \setuplist[artikel][alternative=c] \definecombinedlist[content][chapter,artikel] \placecontent Now that my document nears 75 pages, the list is too full to go on one page. So I thought I might get rid of the spacing between the

Re: [NTG-context] Emacs

Hi, On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 04:18:30PM -0700, David Arnold wrote: > What can people tell me about setting up Emacs to work with Context? I use the AUCTeX from CVS, which can do ConTeXt by now (and has the keybindings I'm used to). Unluckily, it always says "Problems after n pages", even though it

Re: [NTG-context] How to use charter?

Dear Jens, On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:21:37PM +0200, Jens-Uwe Morawski wrote: > > But I got another font related problem (or actually two): > > I installed a TTF-Font using > > texfont --fontroot=/usr/share/texmf/ --ve=manfredklein --co=thelogovals > > --ma --in > > Now the umlauts seem to be at w

Re: [NTG-context] How to use charter?

Dear Henning, On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:03:04PM +0200, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > >I installed a TTF-Font using > >texfont --fontroot=/usr/share/texmf/ --ve=manfredklein --co=thelogovals > >--ma --in > >Now the umlauts seem to be at weird position, so \"u does not work, > >I can get it with \ch

Re: [NTG-context] How to use charter?

Dear Willi, On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 12:09:51PM +0200, Willi Egger wrote: > I am for sure no font guru. I would suggest you to install the charter fonts > with texfont. Apparently, that work has already been done, I found out on the web page mentioned in the previous posting. Sorry, next time i sho

[NTG-context] How to use charter?

Hi all, I am trying to use the Bitstream Charter as a font. Unluckily, all the umlauts fail to appear. Here is how I do it: \definefont[bchr][bchr8t at 12pt] \starttext \bchr \"a \"o \"u \SS{} \stoptext Any idea why that happens? Could someone explain to me (or point me to some documentation) on