Re: [NTG-context] Float placement problem

2011-09-29 Thread Pontus Lurcock
On Sun 25 Sep 2011, Pontus Lurcock wrote: I've recently updated my standalone (32-bit Linux) ConTeXT from 2011.02.25 to 2011.09.20, and I'm now having some trouble with float placement. I'm using MkIV. I'm trying to have figures protruding into the outer margins with a double-sided layout

Re: [NTG-context] Float placement problem

2011-09-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Pontus Lurcock p...@talvi.net wrote: On Sun 25 Sep 2011, Pontus Lurcock wrote: I've recently updated my standalone (32-bit Linux) ConTeXT from 2011.02.25 to 2011.09.20, and I'm now having some trouble with float placement. I'm using MkIV. I'm trying to have

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-29 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 01:06:06AM +0200, Philipp A. wrote: 2011/9/28 Alan Braslau alan.bras...@cea.fr Again, very nice. But, unfortunately, I loose the style when I log in :( go here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Special:Preferences#mw-htmlform-skin Thanks (But this should be the

Re: [NTG-context] Float placement problem

2011-09-29 Thread Pontus Lurcock
On Thu 29 Sep 2011, luigi scarso wrote: hm , it looks like a bad match with between width=17cm and textwidth This extreme example seems to works \setuplayout[location=doublesided,width=20pc] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={margin,header}]

Re: [NTG-context] Float placement problem

2011-09-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Pontus Lurcock p...@talvi.net wrote: On Thu 29 Sep 2011, luigi scarso wrote: hm , it looks like a bad match with  between width=17cm and textwidth This extreme example seems to works \setuplayout[location=doublesided,width=20pc]

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-29 Thread Siep Kroonenberg
Thanks for all the praise. ATM I have limited time for fixing issues so do not expect instant responses or fixes. But if you have problems, it would help to list: - browser and browser version - OS - Javascript on or off - problem url About the limited width: max-width is expressed in ems.

Re: [NTG-context] [Layout] Problem with ConTeXt mkII

2011-09-29 Thread Pierre-François Bonnefoi
Hello Luigi, Wolfgang, neither the first proposition, nor the second solves my problem, the size of the text area (textheight) is modified on the first page, but not well computed from the second page (it's stuck to the same value). thank you for your help, Pierre-François. -- Bonnefoi

Re: [NTG-context] [Layout] Problem with ConTeXt mkII

2011-09-29 Thread luigi scarso
2011/9/29 Pierre-François Bonnefoi bonne...@unilim.fr: Hello Luigi, Wolfgang, neither the first proposition, nor the second solves my problem, the size of the text area (textheight) is modified on the first page, but not well computed from the second page (it's stuck to the same value). Hm

Re: [NTG-context] new look for wiki

2011-09-29 Thread Philipp A.
2011/9/29 Alan Braslau alan.bras...@cea.fr Thanks (But this should be the default - maybe it is now for new users.) Alan i don’t know, but i suspect that we both changed this setting from default at one point in the past, and so it now sticks to our decision.

Re: [NTG-context] writing date with ordinal numbers (\enordinaldaynumber) in mkiv

2011-09-29 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 01:06, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 28.09.2011 um 23:58 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: Hello, MKII contains a macro \enordinaldaynumber which I don't find in MKIV. My main question: how can I setup the date to display 23\high{rd} Sep, 2011? \starttext

Re: [NTG-context] writing date with ordinal numbers (\enordinaldaynumber) in mkiv

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 13:22 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 01:06, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: Am 28.09.2011 um 23:58 schrieb Mojca Miklavec: Hello, MKII contains a macro \enordinaldaynumber which I don't find in MKIV. My main question: how can I setup the date to display

[NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread john Culleton
These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Fonts_in_LuaTeX and got the two fonts listed in the font

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

[NTG-context] usepath?

2011-09-29 Thread Meer, H. van der
What are \usepath and \usesubpath supposed to do? I looked into the mkiv-code but could not find an explanation. I have a problem finding files from within a project-product-component structure and I hoped to solve through these macros. Sofar without success. In the wiki there is an item on

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john Culleton: These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base font. I ran the various commands described in the Wiki page:

Re: [NTG-context] usepath?

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 17:18 schrieb Meer, H. van der: What are \usepath and \usesubpath supposed to do? I looked into the mkiv-code but could not find an explanation. I have a problem finding files from within a project-product-component structure and I hoped to solve through these macros.

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread john Culleton
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200 luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread Alan Braslau
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 05:19:27PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: To use the fonts which are shipped with Adobe Reader you can use two different methods. Method 1: \usemodule[simplefonts] \setmainfont[Minion Pro][protrusion=quality] \setupalign[hanging] \starttext\showframe

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200 luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that

Re: [NTG-context] [OT] intelligent commas in math (in LaTeX)

2011-09-29 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, Mojca Miklavec wrote: http://tug.org/pracjourn/2011-1/beccari.html Short summary: This allows the comma in $1, 2, 3$ to be have as punctuation comma (similar to \setupmathematics[autopunct=no]) and $1,23$ to behave as decimal comma (similar to

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread john Culleton
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:19:27 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john Culleton: These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are listed in fonts.dir. I want to use simplefonts to use Minion as the base

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:19:27 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john Culleton: These two fonts are in /usr/share/fonts/OTF. In that directory they are

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 18:13 schrieb luigi scarso: \setmainfont[minionproregular] % Use “Minion Pro” (could also be lowercase and without spaces) but not “minionproregular” because simplefonts can’t then find the italic and bold styles. \usetypescript[serif,sans][hanging][pure] This is MkII,

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread john Culleton
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:13:12 +0200 luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200 luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:10 PM, john Culleton

Re: [NTG-context] usepath?

2011-09-29 Thread Meer, H. van der
This didn't work for me. I guess it has to do with some misunderstanding about the directory from where projects start reckoning. The directory structure is: directory-project directory-project/product (context runs from here) directory-project/product/component-a-subfiles

Re: [NTG-context] usepath?

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 18:54 schrieb Meer, H. van der: This didn't work for me. I guess it has to do with some misunderstanding about the directory from where projects start reckoning. The directory structure is: directory-project directory-project/product (context runs from here)

Re: [NTG-context] usepath?

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 17:18 schrieb Meer, H. van der: What are \usepath and \usesubpath supposed to do? I looked into the mkiv-code but could not find an explanation. It’s sometimes easier to look at the definition of the MkII version of the command to understand how something works. Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread luigi scarso
On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:41 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:13:12 +0200 luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:12:07 +0200 luigi scarso

[NTG-context] metapost to pdf on the fly

2011-09-29 Thread Meer, H. van der
I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile running on input \input some-metapost-inclusions

[NTG-context] readfile not understood

2011-09-29 Thread Meer, H. van der
I do not understand while \readfile behaves differently from \input with regard to TeX-code processing. I have the following code: \readfile{metapost-setup} %(file with metapost inclusions) \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage \stoptext Replace the \readfile by: \input

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread john Culleton
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:22:17 +0200 luigi scarso luigi.sca...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, john Culleton j...@wexfordpress.com wrote: On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:19:27 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 29.09.2011 um 17:10 schrieb john

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 21:07 schrieb john Culleton: OK. Can you give me the url that points to the latest Context suite? The offerings I see are dated 2010 etc. I run Slackware Linux 13.37. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Standalone Wolfgang

Re: [NTG-context] readfile not understood

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 20:57 schrieb Meer, H. van der: I do not understand while \readfile behaves differently from \input with regard to TeX-code processing. I have the following code: \readfile{metapost-setup} %(file with metapost inclusions) \starttext \startMPpage .. \stopMPpage

Re: [NTG-context] readfile not understood

2011-09-29 Thread Meer, H. van der
Finding the file works with \ReadFile{} works. But is generates another problem because \input ../../../metapost-setup and \ReadFile{metapost-setup} behave differently! The \input process my \startMPinclusions correctly but the ReadFile does not, because the following metapost has the

Re: [NTG-context] readfile not understood

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 21:10 schrieb Meer, H. van der: Finding the file works with \ReadFile{} works. But is generates another problem because \input ../../../metapost-setup and \ReadFile{metapost-setup} behave differently! The \input process my \startMPinclusions correctly but the

Re: [NTG-context] metapost to pdf on the fly

2011-09-29 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Meer, H. van der wrote: I would like to generate metapost figures in separate pdf-files (in some convenient directory, they are reused elsewhere). This as part of a project structure. I know that on a separate run such a pdf can be generated with: context figurefile

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread john Culleton
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:07:08 +0200 Wolfgang Schuster schuster.wolfg...@googlemail.com wrote: Am 29.09.2011 um 21:07 schrieb john Culleton: OK. Can you give me the url that points to the latest Context suite? The offerings I see are dated 2010 etc. I run Slackware Linux 13.37.

Re: [NTG-context] Finding Minion and Myriad

2011-09-29 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 29.09.2011 um 22:29 schrieb john Culleton: Excellent. Now if there is a way to make Myriad the font of choice for sans-serif I will be deliriously happy. \usetypescriptfile[type-adobe] \setupbodyfont[minion] \starttext Minion Pro and \ss Myriad Pro \stoptext or \usemodule[simplefonts]

Re: [NTG-context] Float placement problem

2011-09-29 Thread Pontus Lurcock
On Thu 29 Sep 2011, luigi scarso wrote: I 've put \page just to show quickly the effect, but maybe there are still problems \setuplayout[location=doublesided,width=20pc] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided,location={margin,header}] \setupfloat[figure][location=inner] \showframe