Re: [NTG-context] ' doesn't make a prime in math mode (solved)
Solved! It was a bad written own macro that enabled mathpunctuation (decimal comma) automatically depending on the language on every mathematics. I have rewritten it and now all works. Sorry for the noise. I thought it could be that, but when I tried the live context in the garden I wasn't so sure. Thanks Ricard ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] ' doesn't make a prime in math mode
Hi, In the lastest conTeXt, typing a ' in math mode typesets nothing and gives an error (undefined control sequence). You have to use ^\prime, instead. Thanks, Ricard Roca ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] ' doesn't make a prime in math mode
I'm using the last version, installed with ctxtools. My system is TeXlive. I thought it happened because of some config file or macro in my system, so I tested \starttext $f'(x)$ \stoptext with the live conTeXt in the garden, and it gives an error too. Ricard ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] XeTeX opentype features don't work
Hi, I can't use opentype font features with XeTeX, e.g. Palatino Linotype:+smcp for small caps. It works with plain XeTeX or ConTeXt with \font, e.g. \font\PALA=Palatino Linotype:+smcp at 12pt \PALA some text... but not with typescripts, like \starttypescript[serif][PalatinoLinotype][uc] ... \definefontsynonym[PalatinoLinotypeCaps][Palatino Linotype:+smcp][encoding=uc] ... \stoptypescript \starttypescript[serif][PalatinoLinotype][name] ... \definefontsynonym[SerifCaps][PalatinoLinotypeCaps] ... \stoptypescript \starttypescript[PalatinoLinotype] \definetypeface[PalatinoLinotype][rm][serif][PalatinoLinotype][default][encoding=uc] \stoptypescript \usetypescript[PalatinoLinotype] \setupbodyfont[PalatinoLinotype] so it must be a ConTeXt problem, not a XeTeX one. It works well with the font name alone, without any colon plus features, like Palatino Linotype. With ConTeXt versions released some months ago all opentype features worked perfectly, and there wasn't any problem. Thanks in advance, Ricard ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] XeTeX opentype features don't work [solved]
I have read this thread in the mailing list (http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20070413.171025.c375278f.en.html) and understood the problem. Sorry for the noise. Ricard ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Microsoft Word - Context
Hi,
There are many Word to LaTeX converters, but no Word to ConTeXt
converters. Some LaTeX converters, however, are highly configurable, and
you can teach them to write {\em instead of \emph{, or \startitemize
instead of \begin{itemize}, and so.
If you use a MS operating system, with Word-to-LaTeX (only for Windows)
you can get a very clean output file with a format that is almost pure
ConTeXt, only changing the configuration file of the application. You
can download the program from http://kebrt.webz.cz/programs/word-to-latex/
The mail server does not accept attached my config file. I'll put it in
the garden in a new page. It's not a definitive solution, however. You
can play with the multiple options.
Best,
Ricard
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Re: [NTG-context] Footnote bug(?) with columns and vertical stretch
Hi,
This is a test file that shows the possible bug I posted yesterday:
\setupalign[height]
\setupinterlinespace[stretch=0.05]
\setupfootnotes[location=columns]
\starttext
\startcolumns
\dorecurse{5}{\input knuth}\footnote{bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla}
\dorecurse{5}{\input knuth}
\stopcolumns
\stoptext
Thanks,
Ricard Roca
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[NTG-context] Footnote bug(?) with columns and vertical stretch
Hi to all, With \start/\stopcolumns (not columnsets) footnotes work well if grid is enabled. If grid is not enabled and vertical stretch is wanted, with \setupalign[height] \setupinterlinespace[stretch=some value] footnotes disappear. It remains the reference mark in the middle of the text and the space left at the end of the column, but there is no footnote. Changing \setupfootnotes[location=columns, page, etc] does nothing, but endnotes do work. Is this a bug? Thanks in advance, Ricard Roca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] dashed or dotted lines in tables
Yes, more or less. I meant drawing the normal horizontal and vertical rules that separate rows and columns dashed or dotted instead of continuous, but using TeX itself, i.e. with an option or command from one of the table packages, redefining some internal macro, etc. But I see that's not (easily) doable, and one has to use Metapost. Thanks Ricard ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] dashed or dotted lines in tables
Hi to all, is there any way to make dashed or dotted lines in a table (instead of continuous) with ConTeXt? Thanks, Ricard Roca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] A new manual
And me too. No doubt! Ricard Roca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] XeTeX and \placefigure
It works with jpg, pdf and png, with ConTeXt 2006-08-16 (beta). Thanks, Ricard ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] footnotes and variable rules
Hi to all, In some countries it is traditional that footnote rules have the following behaviour: When a footnote doesn't fit entirely in one page, and has to be continued in the next one, the footnote rule in the second page has to be longer, to show that the footnote doesn't start there, but in the preceeding page. So, if you normally use a e.g. 20%\textwidth rule, the rule in the following page has to be longer, typically 100%\textwidth; if you don't use footnote rule, the following page has to have a e.g. 20%\textwidth rule. In LaTeX this can be done with the footmisc package. Can this be done with ConTeXt, e.g. redefining \normalnoterule? Thanks in advance, Ricard ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] feature request: external figures with XeTeX
Hi, I think \externalfigure support is the only \special feature that still doesn't work with XeTeX. It seems that color, paper sizes and pdf interaction work well. This is not a big problem, because you can use \XeTeXpicfile (for jpg, png and bmp) and \XeTeXpdffile (you can specify width, scale, angle, etc., and with pdf files, the page). The documentation is in the file XeTeX-notes.pdf, available with the Mac OS X XeTeX package (available options are 'width', 'height', 'scaled', 'xscaled', 'yscaled', 'rotated', and 'page' for pdf files). So you can do all the normal graphic manipulations without knowing box dimensions, etc., like with \externalfigure. But their syntax is a bit strange from the conTeXt point of view (too TeXy), and it would be nice to use the same syntax than with pdfTeX input. Thanks, Ricard ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] A few questions (mostly about fonts)
Hi! Quick answers: a) Somehow I can't come up with small caps in a Times font. Is this normal? This happens either by using \sc or \setupcapitals[sc=yes] along with \cap. Times font that comes with TeX distros doesn't have real small caps, but \cap should work, as with any font. The only Times with real small caps is sold by Adobe (and others, probably). b) LaTeX has a package for the International Phonetic Alphabet called tipa. Is it possible to use it in ConTeXt? If not, can anybody point me to the relevant manuals that will help me incorporate official IPA fonts (say, the TTF version) in my ConTeXt installation? I'm using the stand-alone Windows distribution, btw. Well, some time ago an experimental tipa module for Context was posted in this list, but it was never finished. It works only for simple characters (no accents, diacritics, tonal marks, etc.; this part was not adapted). I can send you it if you want to test a bit. Using non-tipa (computer modern like) ipa fonts is difficult, because you would have to write encoding files for dvips, ConTeXt, etc. (if you don't understand this terms, better forget that). But this happens with pdfTeX... I think the way to do ipa typesetting with ConTeXt is using XeTeX. With XeTeX you can use ipa *unicode* fonts (not old fonts), like Gentium, Lucida Sans, new versions of Doulos, etc., using directly unicode ipa input in your text which was not possible with tipa. Two language related issues: c) There was a French language specific package in LaTeX that made possible the direct use of accented characters in the source text (like é, à, ô) without using the explicit commands themselves. Can this be achieved in ConTeXt (because right now their direct use simply halts the compiling)? I would believe so, since the manual for French documents by Peter Münster shows how to set up automatic spacing before the strong punctuation marks (! ? ; :) without explicit commands every time. I'm guessing the strategy would be the same with accented characters, but so far I haven't been able to make it work. You can use accented characters in the source with latin1 or utf8 encodings (use \enableregime[il1] or [utf]). You can get colon spacing using \useencoding[ffr] *before* \mainlanguage[fr] or \fr. d) Is it possible to build some sort of macro that would automatically make \quotation marks different when inside another \quotation command? Basically, we use « » (the French guillemets) as standard quotation marks, but we use single quotes instead inside another quotation. At this point, I'd only need a yes or no answer. It would ease my mind to know there can be a way to streamline this usage of quotation marks, thereby simplifying greatly the input text. Don't know. Possibly, but I'm not a TeX guru. And finally, a silly question: e) If purists say that LaTeX is to be pronounced latek, is ConTeXt to be pronounced contekt? :-) I think it is correct to pronounce ['leiteks] too. Thanks for your help! Jeff Smith Québec, Canada ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] infinite paper height
I think that's not possible because of TeX. TeX limits any dimension to 2^30 scaled points (~5.75 m). But that's only the TeX part. I don't know if dvi drivers can combine several TeX pages in one printer page infinitely. Possibly any of the PostScript tools? Ricard ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Math encoding in XeTeX
I'm sorry for not being precise enough, the thread was on the XeTeX mailing list, not here. (How to use EC font encoding in XeTeX?) Don't worry. I am subscribed to that list too :) Thanks a lot Ricard ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] Math encoding in XeTeX
Hi, With ConTeXt and pdfTeX you can use \enableregime[utf] (utf8 encoding) with normal mode and math mode (no need to write \pm, \alpha or \times). But with ConTeXt and XeTeX you don't have to specify utf8 regime, because XeTeX can read utf8 directly. However, math mode in XeTeX is a different story ( 256 character tfm's are needed and so, and the encoding has to be ascii, so you have to write \pm, and ± doesn't work). It would be nice if utf8 regime (using uni-xxx files) could be enabled only for math mode when using XeTeX, and so you would be able to input unicode characters in all modes (normal and math). Thanks in advance, Ricard Roca ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
[NTG-context] ConTeXt, XeTeX for Linux and xdvipdfmx
Hi,
It seems that some things doesn't work well with ConTeXt and XeTeX for Linux.
For example image inclusion (jpg, png, pdf) with \externalfigure or
\useexternalfigure doesn't work, but does with xdvipdfmx \special's
(\special{pdf: image ...}). Also, \setuppapersize doesn't work (e. g.
\setuppapersize[A5][A5] does the same as \setuppapersize[A5][A4], being A4
the default).
But \color seems to work well.
Are these ConTeXt bugs (related to \special's) or Linux XeTeX-xdvipdfmx bugs?
Thanks in advance,
Ricard
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