Re: [NTG-context] Convert SVG to MetaPost

2019-08-12 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Hi, > On 12 Aug 2019, at 12:10, Jon Wong wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is it possible to convert SVG to MetaPost? > > Currently, I have Bash scripts in my workflow to invoke Inkscape (converting > SVG to PDF). I don’t like to allow shell access to TeX. > > If I can convert SVG to MetaPost, I will

Re: [NTG-context] Convert SVG to MetaPost

2019-08-12 Thread luigi scarso
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 12:11 PM Jon Wong wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to convert SVG to MetaPost? > > Currently, I have Bash scripts in my workflow to invoke Inkscape > (converting SVG to PDF). I don’t like to allow shell access to TeX. > > If I can convert SVG to MetaPost, I will gladly

[NTG-context] texexec is deprecated?

2019-08-12 Thread Jon Wong
Hi all, I did a quick standalone install of Mark IV: ```shell mkdir ~/context cd ~/context wget http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/first-setup.sh sh first-setup.sh --modules=all --context=current --engine=luatex’) ``` Set the correct paths and env in `~/.bashrc': ```shell # Add ConTeXt

[NTG-context] Cross references to column numbers

2019-08-12 Thread Oliver von Criegern
Dear list members, how can I create cross references to column numbers? I have a two column layout with column numbers in the header instead of page numbers (actually, these column numbers are calculated from the page numbers). Now I want to create a cross reference that returns the column

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting hebrew in a table...

2019-08-12 Thread Taco Hoekwater
> On 12 Aug 2019, at 15:08, Willi Egger wrote: > > Hi all, > > my brother is studying Ifrith and wants to have a dictionary. The idea is to > typeset left German and right Ifrith in a /bTABLE…\eTABLE environment. > > When trying to typeset the Ifrith text is not broken into lines correctly

Re: [NTG-context] texexec is deprecated?

2019-08-12 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 13:42, Jon Wong wrote: > > I was able to use `context’ but not `texexec’. The latter (`texexec —pdf > test.tex’) tells me that some format file (`cont-en.fmt’) can’t be found. > > Is `texexec’ obsolete? texexec is only for Mark II (8-bit pdfTeX, XeTeX) which has been

[NTG-context] Typesetting hebrew in a table...

2019-08-12 Thread Willi Egger
Hi all, my brother is studying Ifrith and wants to have a dictionary. The idea is to typeset left German and right Ifrith in a /bTABLE…\eTABLE environment. When trying to typeset the Ifrith text is not broken into lines correctly i.e. it is leaping into the cell reserved for the German text. —

Re: [NTG-context] Convert SVG to MetaPost

2019-08-12 Thread Jon Wong
Hi Taco! Very enlightening! I’ll just use both MetaPost and SVG for their intended purposes. (SVG will come from workflow involving GIMP/Inkscape; MetaPost for logical, rather than graphical, figures.) Regards Jon > On Aug 12, 2019, at 7:30 PM, luigi scarso wrote: > > > > On Mon, Aug

[NTG-context] Convert SVG to MetaPost

2019-08-12 Thread Jon Wong
Hi all, Is it possible to convert SVG to MetaPost? Currently, I have Bash scripts in my workflow to invoke Inkscape (converting SVG to PDF). I don’t like to allow shell access to TeX. If I can convert SVG to MetaPost, I will gladly Git-track MetaPost files instead of SVG files. That will do

Re: [NTG-context] white space after a float in a column

2019-08-12 Thread Sytse Knypstra
Hi all, In my recent question I had overlooked the possibility of using \startplaceintermezzo ... \stopplaceintermezzo and inserting a \blank before the \stopplaceintermezzo. Sorry for this stupid mistake and the noise. With kind regards, Sytse Knypstra

Re: [NTG-context] Typesetting hebrew in a table...

2019-08-12 Thread Willi Egger
Hello Taco, thank you so much. - Indeed this looks good! The option with ‘verytolerant,stretch’ works but does not look that nice, some words are really far from each other… So the way to go is “{r2l,right}” Thanks! Willi > On 12 Aug 2019, at 15:36, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > >> On 12