Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning
On 19-1-2010 17:29, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote: Hi, I tried the following snipped out of curiosity and it gives me the error (even with the latest beta) systems : begin file 1.tex at line 5 (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/knuth.tex) (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/knuth.texerror: tminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/typo-krn.lua:121: attempt to index local 'before' (a nil value) .. l.11 ? just a bug - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning
Hi, I tried the following snipped out of curiosity and it gives me the error (even with the latest beta) systems : begin file 1.tex at line 5 (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/knuth.tex) (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/knuth.texerror: ...tminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/typo-krn.lua:121: attempt to index local 'before' (a nil value) . l.11 ? \definecharacterkerning[packed] \setupcharacterkerning[packed][factor=-.125] \starttext \input knuth \start \setcharacterkerning[packed] \input knuth \stop \stoptext What have I missed? Regards, Vyatcheslav \definecharacterkerning[packed] \setupcharacterkerning[packed][factor=-.125] \starttext \input knuth \start \setcharacterkerning[packed] \input knuth \stop \stoptext ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning
Thankyou very much for your answers. Wolfgang, I have the following error when I run that code: (c:/contextminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/sample/knuth.texerror: ...tminimal/texmf-context/tex/context/base/typo-krn.lua:121: attempt to index local 'before' (a nil value) I´m using XP ConTeXt ver: 2010.01.18 22:43 MKIV fmt: 2010.1.19 int: english/english what is wrong? thankyou for your help. Horacio Suarez > From: thomas.schm...@uni-bonn.de > Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:39:07 +0100 > To: ntg-context@ntg.nl > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning > > > On Jan 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > MkIV only: > > > > \definecharacterkerning[packed] > > > > \setupcharacterkerning[packed][factor=-.125] > > > > \starttext > > > > \input knuth > > > > \start > > > > \setcharacterkerning[packed] > > > > \input knuth > > > > \stop > > > > \stoptext > > > > Wolfgang > > Wow!! That is one of the best things I have read in a while - it means we can > have proper "gesperrten" Text with proper hyphenation! Really excellent, > thanks a lot for pointing this out, Wolfgang! > > Thomas > ___ > 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___ _ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_3:092010___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning
On Jan 18, 2010, at 6:46 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > MkIV only: > > \definecharacterkerning[packed] > > \setupcharacterkerning[packed][factor=-.125] > > \starttext > > \input knuth > > \start > > \setcharacterkerning[packed] > > \input knuth > > \stop > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang Wow!! That is one of the best things I have read in a while - it means we can have proper "gesperrten" Text with proper hyphenation! Really excellent, thanks a lot for pointing this out, Wolfgang! Thomas ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning
Am 18.01.2010 um 18:40 schrieb Hans Hagen: > On 18-1-2010 18:28, Horacio Suarez wrote: >> >> hello all: >> >> I need someting like a negative kerning to reduce some paragraphs length. >> >> I was reading the mails but I didn´t find it or was too complex for me. > > otherwise you need to locally mess around with tolerance and penalties or the > width of a space What is the best way to „mess around“? Is it preferable (if changing the text or layout is no option) to set a bigger inter-word space or a more tolerant expansion or both? The latter I tried to achieve, but with no luck (attachment). test-sloppypar2.tex Description: Binary data Perhaps someone has further/better suggestions … Greetings Andreas___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning
Am 18.01.10 18:28, schrieb Horacio Suarez: hello all: I need someting like a negative kerning to reduce some paragraphs length. I was reading the mails but I didn´t find it or was too complex for me. MkIV only: \definecharacterkerning[packed] \setupcharacterkerning[packed][factor=-.125] \starttext \input knuth \start \setcharacterkerning[packed] \input knuth \stop \stoptext Wolfgang ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] negative kerning
On 18-1-2010 18:28, Horacio Suarez wrote: hello all: I need someting like a negative kerning to reduce some paragraphs length. I was reading the mails but I didn´t find it or was too complex for me. i'm not sure what you mean .. narrower? \startnarrower[right] ... \stopnarrower otherwise you need to locally mess around with tolerance and penalties or the width of a space Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] negative kerning
hello all: I need someting like a negative kerning to reduce some paragraphs length. I was reading the mails but I didn´t find it or was too complex for me. thankyou in advance. Horacio Suarez _ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010___ 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
