Re: [NTG-context] bug in mkiv - paragraph column in tables

2008-09-27 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Sat, 27 Sep 2008, Chen Shen wrote: Hi all, The following simple table doesn't work right under mkiv. The baseline of the paragraph (2nd) column is much lower than other columns. The same code works fine under mkii. \showstructs shows the difference between the two, but I wasn't too sure

Re: [NTG-context] Formatting TOC

2008-09-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 26.09.2008 um 13:21 schrieb Mikael Persson: Dear Diego, Try \def\chaplistcom#1{Chapter~#1} \setuplist[chapter][ numbercommand=\chaplistcom, ] \setuplabeltext[en][chapter=Chapter~] \setuplist[chapter][numbercommand=\groupedcommand{\labeltext{chapter}} {},width=2.5cm] Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Flaky pdf file.

2008-09-27 Thread Taco Hoekwater
John Culleton wrote: \pdfobjcompresslevel=0 or \pdfminorversion=4 It turns out that the OP was using Acrobat 5, so it all fits together. Does the same command work with plain pdftex? It should, both commands are pdftex primitives. Best wishes, Taco

Re: [NTG-context] figure placement

2008-09-27 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 26.09.2008 um 18:01 schrieb Jelle Huisman: Hans Hagen wrote: I try to get a picture on a page using \externalfigure[name.pdf][width=\textwidth] The image is pushed to the next page, even though there is no text on the current page and the height of the image itself is smaller then

Re: [NTG-context] figure placement

2008-09-27 Thread Jelle Huisman
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Hi Hans, Is there a way to do this [force] with \externalfigure in a macro def like: \def\picturefile #1#2#3{{\rotate[rotation=#1]{\externalfigure[#2] [width=#3mm]}}} When I try to do something with \placefigure I get a floatblocks : order disturbed error and

Re: [NTG-context] Context TeXLive 2008

2008-09-27 Thread Hans Hagen
Wolfgang Schuster wrote: \bTABLE[aligncharacter=yes,alignmentcharacter={/}] \bTR \bTD 4 \startcolor[red] 0/8 \stopcolor \eTD \bTD[foregroundcolor=red] ... \eTD this will not add potentially interfering nodes (in mkii) -

[NTG-context] Newbie Problem With ConTeXt/MacTeX-2008 Distribution

2008-09-27 Thread Stanley Hudson
Trying out ConTeXt on a Macbook with the MacTeX -2008 Distribution. The following compiles on ConTeXt live at the Garden, but does not work locally. \usemodule[pre-05] \starttext \TitlePage{A Sample Presentation} \Topics{Informative Talk} \Topic{First item} Some information goes here

[NTG-context] Experience on writing a thesis with MKIV

2008-09-27 Thread Aditya Mahajan
Hi everyone, I finished my thesis, writing both my thesis and my presentation using ConTeXt. Thesis: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.pdf Source: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~adityam/publications/thesis/thesis.tar.gz Presentation:

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie Problem With ConTeXt/MacTeX-2008 Distribution

2008-09-27 Thread George N. White III
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Stanley Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying out ConTeXt on a Macbook with the MacTeX -2008 Distribution. The following compiles on ConTeXt live at the Garden, but does not work locally. \usemodule[pre-05] \starttext \TitlePage{A Sample Presentation}

Re: [NTG-context] Newbie Problem With ConTeXt/MacTeX-2008 Distribution

2008-09-27 Thread Stanley Hudson
Well, I installed Context Minimals and used MKIV and it worked. Thanks for the help. Stan On Sep 27, 2008, at 11:42 AM, George N. White III wrote: On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Stanley Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying out ConTeXt on a Macbook with the MacTeX -2008 Distribution.

[NTG-context] Has anybody used asymptote without LaTeX?

2008-09-27 Thread Zhichu Chen
Hi, It is said that Asymptote has supported PRC format 3D file: http://asymptote.sourceforge.net/gallery/3D%20graphs/ I really wanna give it a try, but once I was building from the svn source, I was told that I don't have LaTeX in my $PATH. I haven't really been using LaTeX for a long time, and