I tried this and the drop.tex example from Taco with
texexec --pdf drop.tex
but this ends in disaster:
system : macros of module lettri loaded
(./t-lettri.tex
! Illegal parameter number in definition of \LettrineFontEPS.
to be read again
1
l.99
- The text font seems to be defaulted to small capitals.
However, this
is merely one of the conventions how text after a dropcap is set.
Other conventions include e.g. roman or italic caps, roman
or italic
lower case etc.
You can set the 'TextFont' parameter to something else.
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:37:21 -0800 (PST), Ciro A. Soto
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trivial question from a novice:
What are the steps to use a new module
like the lettrine.sty? Where do I put this file?
what command should I type to make is available to
context? etc...
thank you
ciro
Hi Mats,
I followed this thread. Basically the t-lettri.tex must be placed in a
path known to TeX. Indeed if you place it in \base or \user this is the
case. - In earlier discussion I think to remember that one could best
create a directory \third (or similar) where such files can be placed.
Another question, this one is for Hans:
I tried your file from feb 27:
supp-fu3.tex.
I typed texexec --pdf supp-fu3.tex
and got:
Undefined control sequence.
\doDroppedCaps ...arindent \fi \keeplinestogether
{#4}\setbox 0\hbox {#1{#6}...
l.190 \NiceDroppedCaps {\red}{Serif}{0pt}{3}{W}
\input
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:34:44 +0100, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mats Broberg wrote:
- I tested with the inital H and
[Lines=4,Hang=.1,Nindent=20pt,Findent=20pt]. This makes the H itself be
indented too (see enclosed dump). It seems that Findent adds space both
before and
VnPenguin wrote:
There is a strange behaviour of \placefigure[right] when using
\lettrine (see PDF at http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/drop.pdf )
Any ideas ?
Unfortunately, this cannot be helped. It is a limitation
of the \parshape primitive.
Greetings, Taco
trivial question from a novice:
What are the steps to use a new module
like the lettrine.sty? Where do I put this file?
what command should I type to make is available to
context? etc...
thank you
ciro
PS: I am using Fedora Core 3 + texlive2004 + context
from February 2005.
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:37:21 -0800 (PST), Ciro A. Soto
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
trivial question from a novice:
What are the steps to use a new module
like the lettrine.sty? Where do I put this file?
what command should I type to make is available to
context? etc...
thank you
ciro
PS: I
Mats Broberg wrote:
- I tested with the inital H and
[Lines=4,Hang=.1,Nindent=20pt,Findent=20pt]. This makes the H itself be
indented too (see enclosed dump). It seems that Findent adds space both
before and after the dropcap, when it only should add after the dropcap.
That was a bug, so,
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
basically you want to follow a shape; this is not that hard to
implement so i can have a look at it; lettrines is then an instance of it
Lettrine is easier than that, actually. I thought this would be quite
funny, so here is a brand new module called t-lettri.tex, and an
h h extern wrote:
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Lettrine is easier than that, actually. I thought this would be quite
funny, so here is a brand new module called t-lettri.tex, and an example.
ah, nice, so, lettrines only does a slanted shape?
Yes, only slopes (both directions). And it allows the user to
auto-lettrines (dropcaps etc) are kind of complex in the
sense that it's not
trivial to pick up the first 'something' in a paragraph in a
robust way [we may
want some extension to tex for that (so we have something to
discuss during our
trip to eurotex -)
Hans
If I may chime in:
Mats Broberg said this at Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:51:04 +0100:
Different
typefaces and different characters need different level of protruding
into the left margin, as well as other actions of tweaking.
Ah, but when Hans says this:
it's a good testbed for playing with
things like glyph shape
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
David Wooten wrote:
Hmm, this is great.
However, I can't seem to get it to accept an image (Image=true or
Image=yes). Anyone else have some luck?
It couldn't work. Here is a new version, with fixed image support,
some cleanups in the code, and support for per-argument setup
Ok, so I *should* be doing other stuff, but this is just a lot
of fun, so here is the 3rd version, with three bugfixes
- No more font messages
(followed Hans' advice)
- No more \sbox redefinition
(used it's expansion instead)
- The page breaks unless the lettrine actually fits
(this is an
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Ok, so I *should* be doing other stuff, but this is just a
lot of fun, so here is the 3rd version
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Gerben Wierda wrote:
how do you handle additions like this in your ConTeXt distribution?
Will they become part of it for instance?
Hans usually asks authors whether they want the module to be part
of the distribution. Mostly, authors say yes, but not always.
This is just
David Wooten wrote:
Hmm, this is great.
However, I can't seem to get it to accept an image (Image=true or
Image=yes). Anyone else have some luck?
It couldn't work. Here is a new version, with fixed image support,
some cleanups in the code, and support for per-argument setup
functionality as
On Sat, 26 Feb 2005, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
This is just a port of lettrine.sty, and I do not believe it should
be part of standard ConTeXt.
Why not?
Thanks a lot for this port, Taco, it's great!
Cheers, Peter
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Hoi Gerben,
Probably, but .. I do not know what it is that lettrine does that
\DroppedCaps does not do. Please do not assume that context users
have any specific knowledge of what latex packages do.
Gerben Wierda wrote:
Would someone be able to take lettrine.sty as an example and produce a
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Probably, but .. I do not know what it is that lettrine does that
\DroppedCaps does not do.
Hello Taco,
could you please give an example how to do the same with \DroppedCaps, what
is shown on page 30 of http://pmrb.free.fr/work/cours/latex-intro.pdf ?
Ah ok, I see. No you cannot do that with DroppedCaps, as is.
Will post something later ...
Taco
Peter Münster wrote:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Probably, but .. I do not know what it is that lettrine does that
\DroppedCaps does not do.
Hello Taco,
could you please give an example
Dear listmembers,
I am not quite yet a ConTeXt user (struggling with the installation),
but having a background as typographer, graphic designer, and printer, I
feel that the lettrine.sty package could serve very well as a model for
something similar in ConTeXt.
At any rate, in order to produce
Mats Broberg wrote:
I am not quite yet a ConTeXt user (struggling with the installation),
but having a background as typographer, graphic designer, and printer, I
feel that the lettrine.sty package could serve very well as a model for
something similar in ConTeXt.
...
basically you want to
Hans Hagen wrote:
basically you want to follow a shape; this is not that hard to implement
so i can have a look at it; lettrines is then an instance of it
Lettrine is easier than that, actually. I thought this would be quite
funny, so here is a brand new module called t-lettri.tex, and an
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:04:11 +0100, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hans Hagen wrote:
basically you want to follow a shape; this is not that hard to implement
so i can have a look at it; lettrines is then an instance of it
Lettrine is easier than that, actually. I thought this
Sorrry about that, last-minute change :-)
VnPenguin wrote:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:04:11 +0100, Taco Hoekwater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the src t-lettri.tex if I change
\def\LettrineFontEPS{#1}{%
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Hmm, this is great.
However, I can't seem to get it to accept an image (Image=true or
Image=yes). Anyone else have some luck?
On Feb 25, 2005, at 2:28 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Sorrry about that, last-minute change :-)
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