Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Book: Request for help!

2011-08-16 Thread Russell Urquhart
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 01:16:55PM -0600, Idris Samawi Hamid ادريس سماوي حامد wrote: Yes!! That's _exactly_ the challenge! My vision is for ConTeXt to break out of the shell! :-) Best wishes Idris -- Hi Idris, As a tech writer for 27+ years, who is a recent Context newbie, I

Re: [NTG-context] Can this layout be done in Context

2013-07-22 Thread Russell Urquhart
On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:19:27PM -0700, David Rogers wrote: To summarize: A page header with page number and guide word (the guide word showing which chapter of which book of the Bible begins on this page), two columns of regular text, margin notes *for both columns* set in their own special

Re: [NTG-context] Can this layout be done in Context

2013-07-22 Thread Russell Urquhart
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:01:17AM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: The layout should be possible but one has to write some extra code to simplify the input of the text, notes etc. That's is kind of what i was expecting, but it good to get a sense that this is not totally out of the realm.

[NTG-context] Latest info for Correspondance module

2010-11-10 Thread Russell Urquhart
HI, Is the the info at: http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-letter/doc/context/third/letter/correspondence.pdf The latest for this module? I've tried the fromname and signature attribute of \setupletter and i get errors. Just wanted to check. Thanks, Russ

Re: [NTG-context] Latest info for Correspondance module

2010-11-11 Thread Russell Urquhart
11.11.2010 um 05:20 schrieb Russell Urquhart: HI, Is the the info at: http://dl.contextgarden.net/modules/t-letter/doc/context/third/letter/correspondence.pdf The latest for this module? I've tried the fromname and signature attribute of \setupletter and i get errors. Just wanted

Re: [NTG-context] Latest info for Correspondance module

2010-11-11 Thread Russell Urquhart
Ah, that's it! Thanks, that did the trick. (I guess i misread the docs on this. I interpreted the command a different way!) Thanks, Russ ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry

[NTG-context] Another Correspendence question

2010-11-13 Thread Russell Urquhart
Hi, Another Correspondence question. In the default, I'd like the body text to be left justified rather than both left and right justified. Does the \setupletterstyle [content][align=left] do this? (or some form thereof)? I can't get this to work. Also, how can I have the 'Date' word

Re: [NTG-context] Another Correspendence question

2010-11-13 Thread Russell Urquhart
That did the trick! Thank you very much! Russ On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 06:10:42PM +0100, Florian Wobbe wrote: On Nov 13, 2010, at 14:28 , Russell Urquhart wrote: Hi, Another Correspondence question. In the default, I'd like the body text to be left justified rather than both left

[NTG-context] New paragraphs in the Correspondence module

2010-11-13 Thread Russell Urquhart
Hi All, I hope this is my last question for awhile. In the default correspondence letter, i have tried using a double carriage return as well as \par to try and have a blank line between paragraphs, but none of these work. Do i need to create a new paragraph action? Any reponse is greatly

[NTG-context] Context templates for day planners/Franklins

2009-10-13 Thread Russell Urquhart
Hi, Are there any templates for a day planner/Frankin type of format. I know that it would be possible, but just wanted to check first! Thanks for any info! Russ ___ If your question is of interest to others as

Re: [NTG-context] The ConTeXt book

2010-04-02 Thread Russell Urquhart
As a tech writer for almost 30 years, and someone just getting into Context, i am sorry to hear that was a joke! I would have loved to have been able to contribute a little to such a good effort! Russ ___ If your

Re: [NTG-context] Excursion PDf w/o controls on the page

2010-04-03 Thread Russell Urquhart
Hi, in light of the Context book discussions, i had a question. Is there a version of the Excursion book, that is in a portrait format, without the controls on the side of the page. Sorry if this is a nit, or an already answered question. This was the first book pointed to by the wiki!

Re: [NTG-context] Excursion PDf w/o controls on the page

2010-04-03 Thread Russell Urquhart
: On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Russell Urquhart wrote: Hi, in light of the Context book discussions, i had a question. Is there a version of the Excursion book, that is in a portrait format, without the controls on the side of the page. Sorry if this is a nit, or an already answered question

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

2016-10-13 Thread Russell Urquhart
Hi Gour, About a year ago i really got into Asciidoc, and use it at my work for technical writing. I was aware of and was using Context for the layout/formatting that it provides. I have been using that on and off for about 7 years. I came upon Pandoc about a couple of years ago for

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

2016-10-16 Thread Russell Urquhart
On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 12:33:49PM +0200, Saša Janiška wrote: > Russell Urquhart <russurquha...@verizon.net> writes: > > I do not (atm) have need for complex tables. Moreover, I’ve learnt that > atm. Asciidoc is not supported input format for creating presentations > with

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

2016-10-16 Thread Russell Urquhart
On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 05:29:10PM +0200, Saša Janiška wrote: > Yeah, I kmow about using e.g. AsciiDoc(tor)’s docbook5 backend to export > to DocBook which can be used as input format in Pandoc, but the problem > is if I would liek to e.g. use Pandoc to create e.g. reveal.js > presentation, then

Re: [NTG-context] Asciidoc --> ConTeXt for presentations

2016-10-15 Thread Russell Urquhart
Hi, On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 07:30:51PM +0200, Saša Janiška wrote: > Russell Urquhart <russurquha...@verizon.net> writes: > > > About a year ago i really got into Asciidoc, and use it at my work for > > technical writing. > > What are your output formats? For my