[NTG-context] How to implement this document's navigational system ?

Hi, Having discovered LaTeX a few weeks ago, I'm considering switching to ConTeXt instead. :O) Hence, while playing with ConTeXt, I'd like to know... How to implement this type of document navigational system/panel: http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-eni.pdf ? Thanks, Alan

Re: [NTG-context] How to implement this document's navigational system ?

Thanks to all for your prompt response. Got something to scratch my head about. ;O) Beste groeten/Regards, Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg

Re: [NTG-context] How to implement this document's navigational system ?

For your information... After installing ConTeXt with ContextMinimalInstall.exe, which didn't succeed, I took http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip but couldn't figure out how to configure sciTE - even after reading the "SciTE in ConTeXt" manual several times it still was

[NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

I intend to print the http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/cont-enp.pdf manual ( dated 2001.11.12 ). However, before proceeding... Is there's an updated version available ? Thanks, Alan ___ If your question is o

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

beforehand for taking my small rant ;O) into consideration. All the best, Alan On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Alan Stone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I intend to print the > > htt

[NTG-context] TeXCalc

I downloaded Taco's TeXCalc script at http://tex.aanhet.net/utils/texcalc and installed the required perlTk thingie. Newbie question... How do you run this "silly script" (*) ? Using ActivePerl and sciTE. Thanks, Alan (*) No, no it's not me who said it first... Taco wrote it himself ! ;O)

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt manual question

>hm, more recent manuals tend to use even more color ... Good for HP, Epson, ..., cartridge manufacturers and resellers. Not for our wallets. Besides this detail... very well written manual though! ;O) Best, Alan On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [NTG-context] TeXCalc

? FYI, I'm on Windows. Alan On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Michael Hallgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le mercredi 11 juin 2008 à 20:28 +0200, Alan Stone a écrit : > > I downloaded Taco's TeXCalc script at > > http://tex.aanhet.net/utils/texcalc > &

Re: [NTG-context] TeXCalc

> That's the way you would do if you were using a Unix >alike system. Mama mia ! That definitely doesn't motivate me to switch to something Unix-ish. Forgive me, I'm a simple soul. ;O) Good you've put it here for future reference nevertheless. Best, Alan _

Re: [NTG-context] TeXCalc

wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Alan Stone wrote: > >> That's the way you would do if you were using a Unix > >>alike system. > > > > Mama mia ! That definitely doesn't motivate me to switch > > to something Unix-ish. Forgive me, I'm a

[NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

Hi, Yesterday WXP crashed and it took me a whole day to repair the thing and get it up and running again. Ha ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-con

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

( Oops, pushed inadvertedly some key on my keyboard and the message was away while in GMail - here's the sequel... ) Having heard Linux is, amongst other things, far more stable I might be tempted to play with it and progressively build some experience with it, master the beast and then switch som

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

Thanks all for kindly posting your precious recommendations and tips. (K)Ubuntu and PC-BSD Live CD's it will be... as an appetizer. :O) For future reference for people considering giving it a go, here are some useful links: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution - http://en.wikipedia.

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

Wow... this is a good one: Linux Distribution chooser: answer some questions and there you go... http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/ Results were *very* close to your suggestions. Alan On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks all for kindly pos

[NTG-context] SciTE/Linux: how to change font ?

Hi, Is it possible to use the available True/OpenType fonts ? If so, how ? Thx, Alan PS Ubuntu 8.04, SciTE 1.75 ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg

Re: [NTG-context] SciTE/Linux: how to change font ?

Thanks Hans. I meant changing the font of the SciTE editor. Meanwhile I found how. Best, Alan On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to use the available True/OpenType fonts ? If so, h

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

Hi, I've have Ubuntu 8.04 running in a VirtualBox under WXP. No dual boot setup necessary any more. How Cool ! Works like a charm - apart from a USB printer problem. Installed TeX, ConTeXt and XeTeX through the Package Manager (to test whether it worked). Now trying to update ConTeXt with ctxto

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

At least ctxtools --updatecontext should work. The /etc/texmf:/var/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/share/texmf-texlive are there. Or am I (again) missing something ? On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:40 PM, A

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

I don't understand. Please explain... (1) >You cannot update the binaries that way (you are not supposed to :). Why can't the binaries be updated that way (why aren't we supposed to) ? (2) >On your own risk, you may update the binaries from minimals > rsync -av \ > rsync://contextgarden.net

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

> (stable) versions? ctxtools --updatecontext --- unquote --- Uh ??? Best, Alan On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't understand. Please explain... > > (1) >You cannot update the binaries that way (you are not supp

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

Hi Wolfgang, Hmmm... There's Mac too. However, I don't give up so quickly. :O) I find Linux rather cool. At the same time finding Windows' desktop/window manager more and more boring, considering the personalisation capabilities of GNU/Linux' desktops, etc... Hence, for the time being, I'll ke

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

Thanks Mojca. > If you are lucky, it puts the files where you want them to be, but > since every installation works its own way, it's hard to predict where > to put them; >... > Of course you can. But if you happen to update TL package, your > additions will be destroyed. And you need to rebuild a

Re: [NTG-context] Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

Thanks for your extensive comments Aditya. It's (finally) *much* clearer now. > Now you have two options: Either isolate minimal context from the one > provided by the distribution, or make them co-exist. Isolating them is > easy, the minimals even come with a script "setuptex" which does that. So

Re: [NTG-context] garden's vs. pragma's minimals

Thanks Mojca. Have a nice weekend, Alan On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Mojca Miklavec < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Alan Stone wrote: > > Thanks for your extensive comments Aditya. It's (finally) *much* clearer > > now. > &g

[NTG-context] context minimals installation

- Ubuntu 8.04 According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals I installed the context minimals in /opt/context then ( after some research about its definition and use ) created a .bash_profile file (using gedit) to which were added the following instructions #!/bin/bash source /op

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

There's a /home/alan/.bashrc so I've put the command line there... doesn't work either. Will research about how to proceed with the PATH alternative. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Mojca Miklavec < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:03 PM, Alan S

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

ntu tex/context gets invoked. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Will research about how to proceed with the PATH alternative. > > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Mojca Miklavec < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > &g

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

in the current > shell session. > > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 07:32:08PM +0200, Alan Stone wrote: > > There's a /home/alan/.bashrc so I've put the command line there... > doesn't work > > either. > > > > Will research about how to procee

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

indeed, when running scite from terminal and building, the output window shows ConTeXt ver: 2008.06.22 17:38 MKII fmt: 2008.6.23 int: english/english learned a few new things today. :O) thanks to all for helping out >find some other way to pass some environmental variables (at least PATH) t

Re: [NTG-context] context minimals installation

i suspect there's a (configuration) file containing a path specification which scite uses to catch some path setting to the old context directory, hence that path could be modified to first look in the new context directory any clues which file that is and where it's located ? alan __

[NTG-context] page header and footer question

With... \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] how do you prevent the - page header, and/or - page footer to be displayed on an occasional even blank page between a previous chapter last page and the next chapter page ? Alan ___

Re: [NTG-context] page header and footer question

just found something here... http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Titles will try it out. alan On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With... > > \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] > > how do you prevent the > > - page header, an

[NTG-context] table of contents strangeness...

this works... \setuplist[chapter][ style=bold, aligntitle=yes, after=\blank] <--- that's too much vertical blank space this doesn't... \setuplist[chapter][ style=bold, aligntitle=yes, after=\blank[small]] strange ( see log in attachement ), or not ? alan

Re: [NTG-context] table of contents strangeness...

Tested and confirmed. :O) Thanks 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

[NTG-context] hyphenation question

In a document where \mainlanguage[fr] some words weren't hyphenated correctly so I've put them in a hyphenation pattern \hyphenation{ ap-pa-ren-ce at-ten-dai-ent com-men-cent d'am-bi-tion d'in-flu-en-ce l'ap-pa-ren-ce } The only ones who still don't get hyphenated co

Re: [NTG-context] hyphenation question

Will comply. Thanks Olivier On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Olivier Guéry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Alan Stone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In a document where >> >> \mainlanguage[fr] >> >> some words weren

Re: [NTG-context] hyphenation question

Hmmm... that means there are a * lot * more words to add to the hyphenation pattern declaration. How do you instruct (Con)TeX(t) to "not hypenate before the last « syllable »" ? Alan On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will comply. > &

Re: [NTG-context] hyphenation question

For your information... http://www.talo.nl/talo/download/documents/Language_Book.pdf There's a whole chapter on hyphenation rules for the European languages. Best, Alan >>> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Olivier Guéry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I remember reading that in correct fre

Re: [NTG-context] hyphenation question

: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Alan Stone wrote: >> For your information... >> >> http://www.talo.nl/talo/download/documents/Language_Book.pdf >> >> There's a whole chapter on hyphenation rules for the European languages. > > A magnificent re

[NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

Hi, - ConTeXt ver: 2008.06.22 17:38 MKII fmt: 2008.6.23 ( ctx minimal) - XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) When using (1) \setupinteraction[state=start, title={éèçàù}, subtitle={éèçàù}, author={éèçàù}, keyword={éèçàù}] the accented characters get al scrambled

Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

to be something with xetex... 2008/6/27 Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > - ConTeXt ver: 2008.06.22 17:38 MKII fmt: 2008.6.23 ( ctx minimal) > - XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > When using > > (1) \setupinteraction[state=start, >

Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

ction[ title=ÀÂÆ ÇÉÈÊË ÎÏÔŒ ÙÜŸ, subtitle=àâæ çéèêë îïôœ ùûüÿ, author=àâæ ÀÂÆ, keyword=àâæ çéèêë îïôœ ùûüÿ] \starttext À Â Æ Ç É È Ê Ë Î Ï Ô Œ Ù Ü Ÿ à â æ ç é è ê ë î ï ô œ ù û ü ÿ \stoptext --- end code --- Thanks on beforehand, Alan 2008/6/27 Alan Stone <[EMAIL P

Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

Thanks Khaled. In the meantime found http://wiki.contextgarden.net/PDF_Bookmarks_and_Headers#PDF_Headers so... --- begin code --- \mainlanguage[fr] \setupinteraction[ state=start, title={ÀÂÆ ÇÉÈÊË ÎÏÔŒ ÙÜŸ}, subtitle={àâæ çéèêë îïôœ ùûüÿ}, author={àâæ ÀÂÆ}, keyword={àâæ çéèêë îïô

Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

FYI, log file in attachment. There's a ( for me obscure ) warning message... Have a good weekend everybody, Alan minifr.log Description: Binary data ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add a

Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

15926-2.2-0.999.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) Best, Alan On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: >> FYI, log file in attachment. There's a ( for me obscure ) warning message... > > you mean ... > > [1.1] > ** WARNING **

Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

a bit more comprehensible, though I don't have a clue what I'm doing. I just try different things and keep what works. Thanks for all that you do. Have a great weekend, Alan On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: >> Yep Han

[NTG-context] context manuals sources

Hi, I'm trying to figure out the meaning and use of the c! and v! prefixes in commands in, for example, the layo-xx.tex source files at http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals/context/ aka... \setupcolors [\c!state=\v!start] \setupsystem [\c!random=\v!big] \setuplayout [\c!location=\v!middl

Re: [NTG-context] pdf bizareness...

s, but don't know any details), Somebody knows the details ? Alan At Saturday 28/06/2008 13:45, you wrote: >On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Alan Stone ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yep Hans, that one. Ok I won't bother about it any longer. > > > > Any clues r

Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources

Euuuh, other than constant and variable... LHS, RHS and enumeration are like klingon to me. :O) Are these terms important to understand the code ? Alan On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I

Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Aditya Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Alan Stone wrote: > >> Euuuh, other than constant and variable... > > See http://wiki.contextgarden.net/System_Macros/Scratch_Variables Ahaa... I thought they were "Scra

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

Hi Jesse, > 1. What's the difference between getting the texmf tree using rsync, as > you suggest, and using ctxtools --updatecontext? Are those equivalent? You might read the underneath thread from here on, as well as its later posts... http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20080620.070341.a

Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources

Hi, re: http://context.aanhet.net/svn/manuals/context/ I've downloaded all files from the above directory to a separate folder on my PC and am trying to compile the screen version of the english context manual with texmfstart texexec --pdf --mode=screen cont-en.tex Is that the correct command

Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources

ere a reference explaining the meaning of ConTeXt compile error messages ? Alan On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Alan Stone > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > re: http

Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources

and what I intended to study now how to implement. Would you please advise when uploaded ? Thanks on beforehand, Alan On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Alan Stone > > &

Re: [NTG-context] context manuals sources

load. Best, Alan On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: > > > The presentation of the former mentioned screen manual > > is precisely what brought me to switch to ConTeXt and what > > I intended to study now how to

[NTG-context] how to comment several lines at once ?

Hi, Guess this is (Plain) TeX stuff - haven't found the answer... How do you comment several lines at once, instead of prefixing each line with the % sign ? Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well,

[NTG-context] screen sizes

Hi, >From what I understand from the ConTeXt manual, the S3-S6 screen sizes relate to the physical screen dimensions, more precisely the display area width and height. However, the only information I find when searching for the most common screen sizes relates to the screen resolution and/or the s

[NTG-context] interactive reference in footer

Hi, How do you set an interactive link (hyperlink) to the table of contents in a footer ? I tried with \setupfootertexts[-1-][\but[toctoc]][-4-][-3-] and \reference[toctoc]% \ref[toctoc] gives the same error \placecontent This gives the following compile error: ! Undefined control seque

[NTG-context] table of contents and bookmarks issue

Hi, When compiling the same source but with different compiler options... (1) compiled with texmfstart texexec --autopdf --pdf test.tex (2) compiled with texmfstart texexec --xtx test.tex or texmfstart texexec --xetex test.tex All hyperlinks ( table of contents and bookmarks ) jump to the corre

Re: [NTG-context] table of contents and bookmarks issue

Got fed up with context/xetex... Compiled with texmfstart texexec --lua instead and as expected (from a previous thread) bookmarks are scrambled when using accented (french) characters. Hope this (luatex) issue will be resolved very soon. Thanks for the backward compatibility though. Didn't have

Re: [NTG-context] table of contents and bookmarks issue

pdfs. Now have to get those fonts rendered correctly with luatex... Best, Alan On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:02 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: > > Got fed up with context/xetex... Compiled with > > texmfstart texexec --lua instead and as expe

[NTG-context] fonts with luatex

Hi, I have a former ubuntu tex/context installation with fonts in /usr/share/texmf/fonts/truetype (opentype, etc... ) [1] as well as a tex/context minimals installation with fonts in /opt/context/tex/texmf/fonts/truetype (opentype, etc... )[2] the latter using for development under luate

[NTG-context] luatex: compiling with the context command

What's the equivalent texexec's --result option for the context compile command ? Thanks, Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / h

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

get the same messages. Then tried from root ( sudo -i ) which gives -bash: context: command not found Is it serious doctor Lua ? Alan On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a former ubunt

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

>are there really two dots there? ..tma Yes indeed Hans. ___ 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-

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

>that's weird, i'm stymied How about a name change... WeirdoTeX seems rather appropriate? ;O) All jokes aside... What's the solution ? Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entr

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

ive much attention to that one previously. Don't know whether that's the cause of the problem. Nevertheless, any idea how to set this straight ? Alan On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >that's weird, i'm stymied > &g

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

> regenerated the cache Excuse me my ignorance... what do you mean by that Arthur ? Alan On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Arthur Reutenauer < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> are there really two dots there? ..tma > >> > >> Yes indeed Hans. > > > > that's weird, i'm stymied > > I saw that once,

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hans Hagen wrote: > > Alan Stone wrote: > >>> are there really two dots there? ..tma > >> Yes indeed Hans. > > > > that's weird, i'm stymied > > I'm not :) You got that fr

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

Exec | mps engine path: . TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 0.906651 >Exit code: 1 Alan On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Alan Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You got that from a bug in the warning message, not > >the actual file name. > > The .tma and .tmc files a

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

saw that too... don't understand how that's possible because there are already files in that folder. Alan On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alan Stone wrote: > > > LuaTools | unable to save files in > > > /opt/context

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

>cleaned up ... i'll upload a beta Thanks a lot Hans. Where from will the beta be uploadable ? Alan On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > > > Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Alan Stone wrote: > &g

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

> > Isn't downloading enough for you ;-) Apparently not. Guess I have a preference for "up". > ctxtools --updatecontext Passing on that one. Thanks anyway. Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as w

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

ees/64fe47ca42a06b0d6010805018b4cbbc.lua (access error) LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 0.110 seconds MtxRun | running command: luatools --generate MtxRun | total runtime: 0.178 Alan On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Mojca Miklavec < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Alan

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

In a flash of extraordinary inspiration, ran the command in a terminal window from root - instead of from scite and now it seems to have worked... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/opt/context# context --generate MtxRun | running command: luatools --generate LuaTools | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to /opt/context/te

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

Wow, now I can mindread too... >What's with sudo ... Received your message just after doing that. Thanks. SpookyTeX! Alan On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Wolfgang Schuster < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Alan Stone > <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

Though that's strange... fontnames | identifying system font files with suffix otf fontnames | 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.001 seconds fontnames | identifying system font files with suffix ttf fontnames | 0 system files identified, 0 hash entries added, runtime 0.000

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

Despite all the above, when compiling with >texmfstart texexec --lua test.tex with test.tex containing \usetypescript[verdana] \setupbodyfont[verdana,12pt] or \definetypeface[Times][rm][Xserif][Times New Roman] \setupbodyfont[Times,12pt] the generated pdfs embed LMRoman font instead, while bo

Re: [NTG-context] fonts with luatex

Thanks Mojca. you need > to define all the fonts manually in LuaTeX (dummy job; should be > simplified one day). Would be most welcome indeed. Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add a

[NTG-context] how to convert font size to pt number ?

style={\switchtobodyfont[somefont,somefontsize]} digests font sizes expressed in pt. What's the command to convert font sizes ( for example \tfc ) to their corresponding pt number ? Alan ___ If your question is of int

Re: [NTG-context] how to convert font size to pt number ?

Thanks for your quick response Aditya. I've read that too and unfortunately don't find anything on that page that answers my question. Hmmm... Either the question was not clear enough or I've been smoking the carpet... :O) Let's try to formulate it otherwise... With somefont defined through \d

Re: [NTG-context] how to convert font size to pt number ?

Simple solutions from generous posters. Thanks all. I was too focussed on the switchtobodyfont command. Have a great weekend, Alan ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki

Re: [NTG-context] how to convert font size to pt number ?

(1) \setupbodyfont[somebodyfont,12pt] \definefont[chapterfont][somefont sa 1.728] \setuphead[chapter][style=chapterfont] gives a compile error at \chapter{chapter title} : ! Font \**chapterfont**:=somefont at 20.736pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad However \setuphead[chapter][style=

[NTG-context] showbody* commands for non-bodyfonts ?

Hi, When using more than one font in a document, what is the corresponding \showbodyfont command for the non-bodyfont(s) ? I tried \showbodyfont[bodyfont](1) \showbodyfont[non-bodyfont] (2) and only (1) gets processed and displayed. Same question for \showbodyfontenvironment. Alan

[NTG-context] Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O)

ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.10 08:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.10 int: english/english See test.tex in attachement. The following combinations give the following results after compiling with texmfstart texexec --lua test.tex ---

Re: [NTG-context] Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O)

(resend: didn't get through yesterday) Thanks a lot Wolfgang. There's still something I don't understand... Why does this not compile then: see the (new) attachements ? Alan test.tex Description: Binary data test.log Description: Binary data _

Re: [NTG-context] Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O)

( 2nd and last attempt: message didn't get through ) Thanks a lot Wolfgang. There's still something I don't understand though... Why does this not compile then ? \setuppapersize [A4][A4] \starttypescript [serif] [myBodyFont] \definefontsynonym [myBodyFontRegular] [name:Times New R

[NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

> (1) \definefont[myChapterFont][myHeadingsFont sa 1.728] >You could either use a real font name like 'Arial' or a symbolic name >defined with \definefontsynonym like 'Serif', 'SerifBold', 'Sans', >'Dummy-Regular' etc. in the second argument of \definefont but not >the name for a font collection de

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

Thanks Wolfgang. > calm down. Done. I've let some steam off earlier on.OoOo<:O) >\setuphead[chapter][style=\ > > >myHeadingsFont\myChapterFont] > > > >You have to load 'myHeadingsfont' typescript before you can use > >them because they are not available on outer level, only fonts used > >as

[NTG-context] \startfrontmatter & Co.

On page 17, the ConTeXt manual mentions the commands \startfrontmatter - \stopfrontmatter \startbodymatter - \stopbodymatter \startbackmatter - \stopbackmatter What's the precise use and benefit of these commands, other a cleaner project structure ? Alan _

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

Thanks a lot for your helpful comments Wolfgang. I will add to my todo list "Write a few lines about font installation > for XeTeX and LuaTeX and how to use them in style keys". With the bits and pieces of information ( current and outdated ) about these matters presently being scattered all ove

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Charles P. Schaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With Ubuntu and fonts there are several things going on. Which begets the question... Regarding font installation, detection and other (non font related) issues which occur recurrently when working with (Con)TeX(t),

Re: [NTG-context] \startfrontmatter & Co.

> > itself (search for bodyfontenvironment in the mail archive). The most, though still scarce information is available at http://texshow.contextgarden.net -- Alan ~ If you're tired of the crap and nonsense served daily on TV (some call it the idiot box), in the

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

> \starttypescript[myFonts] > \definetypeface [mySerifFont] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] > \definetypeface [mySansFont] [ss] [sans] [mySansFont] [default] > \stoptypescript \starttypescript[myFonts] \definetypeface [myFonts] [rm] [serif] [mySerifFont] [default] \definetypef

Re: [NTG-context] Losing my patience with (understanding) ConTeXt/LuaTeX's font handling... [ re: Whacko font behaviour ? ( Or Am I ? :O) ]

> > You're playing games with me, do you? > Nope. I'm playing with ctx/ltx, testing by trial and error what's possible. > > You need the same name for both typefaces. > Hmmm... I was definitely interpreting this too literally then. Thanks for your support enabling me to better understand ctx/

[NTG-context] startbodymatter question

Hi, How do you get rid of the doublesided document's page number on the blank page inserted after the last chapter ? Alan ConTeXt ver: 2008.07.10 08:40 MKIV fmt: 2008.7.10 int: english/english texmfstart texexec --lua test.tex --- start of code --- \setuppapersize [A4][A4] %\setuppagenum

Re: [NTG-context] startbodymatter question

> > \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=yes] > \setupsectionblock[backpart][page=yes] > > or for the backpart > > \setupsectionblock[backpart][page=yes,before={\page[left]}] Thanks Wolfgang. I've been playing with different bodypart and backpart setupsectionblock settings: number=yes/no, page=yes/

Re: [NTG-context] startbodymatter question

> > But only in MkII, if you have a problem with this in MkIV make a example. \setuppapersize [A4][A4] %\setuppagenumbering[alternative=singlesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \definepagebreak[myChapterPageBreak][yes,header,footer,right] \setuphead[chapter][page=myChapterPageB

Re: [NTG-context] startbodymatter question

Correction ( disregard the previous example)... \setuppapersize [A4][A4] %\setuppagenumbering[alternative=singlesided] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \definepagebreak[myChapterPageBreak][yes,header,footer,right] \setuphead[chapter][page=myChapterPageBreak] \startsectionblockenviro

Re: [NTG-context] startbodymatter question

> > You need > > \setupsectionblock[bodypart][page=yes] > \setupsectionblock[backpart][page=yes,before={\page[left]}] I tried that Wolfgang. However I'd like the pages setup like in my last example with, in a double sided document, the back page on the [(next even page) + 2]. So, refering to the

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