Re: [NTG-context] the closing bracket (structuring syntax)

2006-08-15 Thread Steffen Wolfrum
Am 13.08.2006 um 15:29 schrieb Steffen Wolfrum: And what would be the opposite? For example \startquote ... \stopquote to something like {MyQuote ... } Steffen \def\MyQuote#1{\startquote#1\stopquote} \MyQuote{something to be quoted} ... should work OK, right? Steffen

[NTG-context] Context 2006.08.08 odd behaviour

2006-08-15 Thread Alexander Lazic
Hi, today i have try to run the *new* one, i get the following error, please can anybody help ;-) --- ruby /home/al/texmf/scripts/context/ruby/texmfstart.rb --verbose texexec layout.text texmfstart version 2.0.0 expanding 'texexec' to 'texexec.rb' locating 'texexec.rb' in current path '.'

Re: [NTG-context] some questions

2006-08-15 Thread wwl
Should'nt \arg{bla} be \type{{bla}}? I can't give you a satisfying answer for this, but Should'nt \expandafter\type\expandafter{\arg{bla}} be \type{{bla}}? gives Should?nt \dohandlemathtokenarg{bla} be {bla}? (so I guess the answer is probably no) \arg is one of the verbatim

Re: [NTG-context] some questions

2006-08-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should'nt \arg{bla} be \type{{bla}}? I can't give you a satisfying answer for this, but Should'nt \expandafter\type\expandafter{\arg{bla}} be \type{{bla}}? gives Should?nt \dohandlemathtokenarg{bla} be {bla}? (so I guess the answer is probably no) \arg is

[NTG-context] ToC chapter/appendix labelling

2006-08-15 Thread Stuart Jansen
I'm trying to achieve a specific table of contents layout. The problem I'm running into is adding the word Chapter before the chapter number and Appendix before the appendix letter. Below is what I've accomplished so far, any tips would be greatly appreciated. -

[NTG-context] Captions in the margin

2006-08-15 Thread Alex Lubberts
Hello, After reading the details.pdf manual I succeeded in placing figures right where I want them :) However... I would like the caption to be placed in the margin (lining either with the top or the bottom of the figure). I didn't find a way to do this. Does anybody know how to achieve this?

Re: [NTG-context] Snapping sectionhead

2006-08-15 Thread Hans Hagen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo! While I was reading 'In the Details' to learn more about grid- typesetting, I could not comprehend the examples with grid={broad,...}. Then in section 1.8 I read that grid=line should be a shortcut for grid={broad,high,depth}. Section 1.8

Re: [NTG-context] figure directory is sort of searched

2006-08-15 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
Taco sez: Sanjoy sez: The figure searching code gets confused if a file of the same basename (but in a different directory) has already been loaded. I remember I ran into that as well (more than a year ago) and I ended up renaming my figures to figure1-1.pdf etc. It actually turned out to

[NTG-context] Extra vertical space in intertext

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, There is an extra vertical space in the first set of formulas, while the vertical spacing in the second set appears to be fine. I can not figure out why this should happen. Even if you comment the setupformulas line, the first set of formulas seem to allocate more space for the

Re: [NTG-context] Context 2006.08.08 odd behaviour

2006-08-15 Thread Alexander Lazic
Hi, On Die 15.08.2006 10:12, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Alexander Lazic wrote: ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.8.3 int: english mes: english That is the context format from teTeX, last regenerated on August 3, and not the new one. Have a look at

[NTG-context] Enable hyphenation or how to check it is enabled

2006-08-15 Thread Berend de Boer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I've a weird problem: it just looks like hyphenation is disabled for my English documents, at least I don't see hyphenation happening at all. Do I have to enable it explicitly? This is some US english text. I've specified: \language[us]

Re: [NTG-context] compiling project files

2006-08-15 Thread Boris Tschirschwitz
Let's say I have the following project structureproject.tex env.tex product1.tex component1.tex component2.tex product2.texHere, really, the whole project generates a single pdf at the end. Now, when working on component1, I would run $ texmfstart texexec project.texShould I rather run texexec on

Re: [NTG-context] Enable hyphenation or how to check it is enabled

2006-08-15 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
Easiest test would be to try some long and weird words with \hyphenatedword{transformational} in your source. If you get proper hyphens there, the problem must lie elsewhere. Best Thomas On Aug 15, 2006, at 9:59 PM, Berend de Boer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi

Re: [NTG-context] compiling project files

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Boris Tschirschwitz wrote: Let's say I have the following project structure project.tex env.tex product1.tex component1.tex component2.tex product2.tex Here, really, the whole project generates a single pdf at the end. Now, when working on component1, I would

[NTG-context] Different layout for the first page

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, I want to create a document that has the following requirements. Top margin (1st page) 1.0in Top margin (rest) .75in What is the correct way to do this? Adiya ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl

Re: [NTG-context] Different layout for the first page

2006-08-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to create a document that has the following requirements. Top margin (1st page) 1.0in Top margin (rest) .75in What is the correct way to do this? Check out \definemakeup (page-mak.tex). It is the command used to define the \startstandardmakeup ...

Re: [NTG-context] Different layout for the first page

2006-08-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to create a document that has the following requirements. Top margin (1st page) 1.0in Top margin (rest) .75in What is the correct way to do this? \definelayout[firstpage][width=10cm,height=10cm] \showframe \starttext \setuplayout[firstpage]

Re: [NTG-context] Extra vertical space in intertext

2006-08-15 Thread Hans Hagen
Aditya Mahajan wrote: And what is happening with the start stop TEX page here. Why is the last line cut off! looks ok here it's a \framed thing, so you may have side effects due to math axis or so (maybe i should make it a stream) Hans

Re: [NTG-context] Extra vertical space in intertext

2006-08-15 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, There is an extra vertical space in the first set of formulas, while the vertical spacing in the second set appears to be fine. I can not figure out why this should happen. Even if you comment the That is related to \openup. Adding

Re: [NTG-context] Different layout for the first page

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Hans Hagen wrote: Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, I want to create a document that has the following requirements. Top margin (1st page)1.0in Top margin (rest).75in What is the correct way to do this? \definelayout[firstpage][width=10cm,height=10cm]

Re: [NTG-context] Extra vertical space in intertext

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote: Hi, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, There is an extra vertical space in the first set of formulas, while the vertical spacing in the second set appears to be fine. I can not figure out why this should happen. Even if you comment the That is related

[NTG-context] How to make startalignment middle not change the linewidth

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, It seems that startalignment[middle] does not like long lines. Consider the following example (not strictly minimal, but I can not get such a marginal case with default setup). \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[ width=middle, height=middle,

[NTG-context] table questions

2006-08-15 Thread wwl
Hallo! I have studied the table examples at contextgarden and have some questions. -- \|10 as a relacement for \VL gives me thicker vert. lines in that position only. How can I define a thicker vert. Line for the whole column? My attempts in \starttable[..\|10..] doesn't

Re: [NTG-context] How to make startalignment middle not change the linewidth

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Aditya Mahajan wrote: Hi, It seems that startalignment[middle] does not like long lines. Consider the following example (not strictly minimal, but I can not get such a marginal case with default setup). \setuppapersize[letter][letter] \setuplayout[

[NTG-context] nonbreakablespace

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi, Suddenly nonbreakablespace stopped working for me :-( It works in the garden so I guess that something is wrong in my setup. Can someone test whether this compiles fine at their end? \starttext A~B \stoptext For me, this makes context hang!! Aditya

Re: [NTG-context] Enable hyphenation or how to check it is enabled

2006-08-15 Thread Berend de Boer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas == Thomas A Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thomas Easiest test would be to try some long and weird words Thomas with \hyphenatedword{transformational} Thomas in your source. If you get proper hyphens there, the Thomas

Re: [NTG-context] nonbreakablespace

2006-08-15 Thread Sanjoy Mahajan
\starttext A~B \stoptext It works fine here with vanilla ConTeXt ver 2006.08.08 21:51, texexec 6.2.0, tetex 3.0 on Ubuntu (generating pdf). For me, this makes context hang!! Where does it hang? Running tex or pdftex, or in texexec? -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of

Re: [NTG-context] nonbreakablespace

2006-08-15 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Sanjoy Mahajan wrote: \starttext A~B \stoptext It works fine here with vanilla ConTeXt ver 2006.08.08 21:51, texexec 6.2.0, tetex 3.0 on Ubuntu (generating pdf). For me, this makes context hang!! Where does it hang? Running tex or pdftex, or in texexec? Running