[NTG-context] \useURL third parameter

I find in the wiki examples of \useURL. The third parameter is however a mystery to me. What is it used for? -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com

[NTG-context] \useURL problem.

If I use e.g.: \useURL[a][http://www.creativemindspress.com]\from[a] it works but if I use \useURL[a][http://www.creativemindspress.com/bkpckg.htm ]\from[a] I get an error message. Yet the second form is a valid url. Any suggestions? -- John Culleton

Re: [NTG-context] \useURL problem.

On Saturday 05 January 2008 01:46:53 pm John Culleton wrote: > If I use e.g.: > \useURL[a][http://www.creativemindspress.com]\from[a] > > it works but if I use > \useURL[a][http://www.creativemindspress.com/bkpckg.htm ]\from[a] > > I get an error message. Yet the secon

[NTG-context] Sumary of current versions of Context

--version): /usr/local/texlive/2007/bin/i386-linux/texmfstart:1838: /usr/local/texlive/2007/../texmf-local/scripts/context/ruby/base/system.rb:16: TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD -- John Culleton Precision Typesetting Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com

[NTG-context] Fill-in-the-blanks forms.

I understand these can be created in LaTeX with Hyperref and some other packages plus some java script code. Is there a Context method available? -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http

[NTG-context] Spacing on TOC using alternative a

[subsubsection][alternative=a,interaction=all] -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

[NTG-context] Minimum file length.

dvips etc. test defaulted to pdf 1.2, the other two to pdf 1.4. I don't doubt that with more text the counts would be more similar. Still the fourfold increase between the second test and the third is a stunner. The e-book must be limited to 2 megs per the publisher. Just fyi -- John Cul

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt ultraminimals

ling such a vm > > (vmware based) takes about 10-20 minutes, including all vmware > > hacks. So this is the smallest part. > > aren't there those tiny linuxes of some 50 meg ? > > Hans Slackware allows you to pick and choose which software you install. And a CDR variant,

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

e to your suggestions. > > That was fun! It actually proposed the distro I'm using (Mandriva). It chose Gentoo (too much for me) and Slackware (been using it more than ten years.) -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.

Re: [NTG-context] distro info

und kpdf book.pdf I operate from a terminal window on the GUI (KDE in my case.) -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenasso

Re: [NTG-context] Fwd: (scientific) poster

; So, the problem for me is not the result but the process. > > -a- Agree in part. I like to use Scribus for graphics-intensive work but the file sizes can get out of sight. But it's great for book covers. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfo

[NTG-context] How to set up bookman font.

After all these years font handling in Context still eludes me. I want to use Bookman font and all its variants. Here is what I have: \usetypescriptfile[type-syn] \usetypescript[bookman] \setupbodyfont[bookman,12bp] But I still get a default font. Be gentle :<) -- John Culleton Resour

Re: [NTG-context] Word-to-LaTex on linux?

here. The Adobe Acrobat Reader has a good text save function. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/Top

[NTG-context] chapter page on right.

. It should be blank. I can kludge this up with a wrapper macro containing \ifodd\pageno etc. but it seems there should be a more Contextish way to handle it. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex

[NTG-context] Running heads peculiarity

will this be fixed? -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

[NTG-context] Fwd: chapter page on right.

This message seems not to have gone through. Therefore I am resending it. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: chapter page on right. Date: Tuesday 08 July 2008 From: John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users I have set up the \chapter comman

Re: [NTG-context] chapter page on right.

On Tuesday 08 July 2008 06:58:32 pm Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, John Culleton wrote: > > I have set up the \chapter command thus; > > \setuphead[chapter][page=right,style={\nimbua},header=high] > > where nimbua is a font. > > > > The cha

[NTG-context] Part dividers, American style.

isn't needed on the page itself. If the part title is short then the third parameter is simply left blank. \nimbux has a simple font defintition. A typesectipt would have been too much effort for this single use: \font\nimbux texnansi-n019044t at 33bp %Nimbus bold sans condensed --

[NTG-context] \setuphheadertexts for titles.

e] just gave me the words "chapter,title". Somehow there must be a way to change the current chapter marking but I can't figure it out. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/package

[NTG-context] \index versus makeindex.

ome reason. Perhaps Comcast has torpedoed me once again. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%

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

s of Context (mkii) and pdftex etc. found on texlive have been stable and reliable. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm htt

[NTG-context] Indexing problem solved. Makeindex works with Context!

ted [EMAIL PROTECTED] item''} %prints index item in quotes ... \input book.ind %prints index I haven't checked out all the other extra features, such as putting proof marks in the margin, but the above is sufficient for sta

Re: [NTG-context] Indexing problem solved. Makeindex works with Context!

On Saturday 19 July 2008 12:13:25 pm John Culleton wrote: > I discovered an old file in the texsis distribution called > index.tex. Unlike eplain.tex it doesn't cause problems when used > with Context. It creates the book.idx file required by makeindex. > Now the full ran

Re: [NTG-context] cont-enp.pdf on lulu

. There are days when I feel like collecting all the bits and pieces and writing somthing myself. But then I lie down until the fit passes. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creat

[NTG-context] all about \about

serve? -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm

Re: [NTG-context] all about \about

On Tuesday 22 July 2008 04:12:48 pm Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, John Culleton wrote: > > The \about cross reference command woks ok if I use > > \about[aa] > > > > It delivers the title (or part of it in this case) of the section > > marked aa.

Re: [NTG-context] \index versus makeindex.

On Monday 21 July 2008 02:16:04 am Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 7:38 PM, John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Usually I use makeindex for indexing but for my current job I > > thought the Context \index command would be convenient. However I &g

Re: [NTG-context] greek again

end up in /usr/local/texlive/2007 Slackware has the tetex package in the Slackware distro but I always eliminate that one. It is quite obsolete. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpres

[NTG-context] Flaky pdf file.

? -- John Culleton ___ 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 : http://www.pragma

Re: [NTG-context] Flaky pdf file.

evious version of Context I have also fails this test: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.12 15:56 MKII fmt: 2007.9.26 int: english/english My test file at the moment is: \setupoutput[pdftex] \starttext foo \stoptext I am testing on LInux Slackware 12. Perhaps Hans or Thanh would care to comment. --

Re: [NTG-context] Flaky pdf file.

On Friday 26 September 2008 05:53:59 pm Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Hi John, > > John Culleton wrote: > > Therefore the problem lies in the recent Context I have been > > using, and not in ghostscript nor in my code. > > I am fairly certain the bug will also go away if y

Re: [NTG-context] Flaky pdf file.

On Friday 26 September 2008 07:10:17 pm John Culleton wrote: > On Friday 26 September 2008 05:53:59 pm Taco Hoekwater wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > John Culleton wrote: > > > Therefore the problem lies in the recent Context I have been > > > using, and not in g

Re: [NTG-context] showcase on mac?

s plugin I use Acrobat Reader 8 on my Slackware Linux 12.0 system with Firefox as the browser. The main page comes up but when I click on e.g., Manuals or Examples I get a File Not Found error. I experimented with Konqueror and Kpdf as the viewer. That seems to work, but slowly because of

[NTG-context] Listing part in TOC

not use the \part statement at all and just do a \writebetweenlist[chapter]{Part 1 foo \hfil \pageno} but there should be a more legitimate way. -- John Culleton _ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's

Re: [NTG-context] Suppressing printing of chapter head.

- This is quite ugly but it works. \nimbux etc. are fonts and \zc etc. are macros using soul.sty. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com ___

[NTG-context] \writetolist vs \writebetweenlist

I can use \writebetweenlist to add a line to my TOC. I have to put the page number in manually. Here is the statement: \writebetweenlist[part]{\nimbus\zy{Part 1 Prerequisite for Success}\hfil 22\rm } It would seem more sensible to use \writetolist and let Context determine the page number. But

Re: [NTG-context] Suppressing printing of chapter head.

I am having difficulty sending email to the list. The correct file name is http://wexfordpress.com/tex/headtest.pdf Sorry about that. John C. _ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hos

[NTG-context] packing table of contents.

I want the chapter citations to be single spaced. For an itemized list the parameter is packed, What is it for the chapter list within a TOC? Thanks, John Culleton _ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's

[NTG-context] Natural table header limitation.

[nc=2] 2/3 \eTH \bTH [nr=3] 4 \eTH \eTR \ETC. ! File ended while scanning use of \doTABLEhead. \par <*> tabletest.tex emergencyend ? ----- -- Jo

[NTG-context] Test message

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[NTG-context] Headers for natural tables.

by others. Natural Tables have been around for a while. It is unfortunate that no one has come up with a real manual for these tables. All that exists are "learn by example" documents, which do not describe limitations such as the one I worked around in the above code. Joh

[NTG-context] reset command for natural tables.

, only examples, I don't know where to find this information. John Culleton _ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.d

[NTG-context] Indexing problem---not

e\ind \immediate\openout\ind=book.idx \input idx.tex \def\sidx#1{\write\ind{\\indexentry{#1}{\the\pageno}}} No one seems to be able to make eplain.tex work with Context so this is the best I can do in a hurry. John Culleton _

[NTG-context] Arabic/English typesetter needed.

r poster. -- John Culleton http://wexfordpress.com http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf _ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at ww

Re: [NTG-context] Pesky list problem

r the index so folks can get back there from any point. Will try the pdftex command. -- John Culleton Want to know what I really think? http://apps.wexfordpress.net/blog/ And my must-read (free) short list: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf __

[NTG-context] Turn off interaction in some TOC levels?

} \advance\marknumber by 1} . \bookmark{0}{Index} \placecontent ... The explanation of the format of the \pdfoutline command in the manual wasn't clear to me but the above macro clears it up. -- John Culleton http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlis

[NTG-context] Compatiblity option in pdf

problems. A friend ftom the InDesign/Distiller world suggests that I recreate the pdf with the compatibility option turned on. Does this suggestion have any meaning in the Context/pdftex world? Can interested readers read the above url OK? -- John Culleton Want to know what I really think

Re: [NTG-context] Compatiblity option in pdf

On Monday 22 October 2007 12:53:21 pm Peter Rolf wrote: > Hi John, > > John Culleton schrieb: > > I created a short document > > http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf > > using Context and with a clickable TOC and one thumbnail. The thumbnail > > was created wi

Re: [NTG-context] luatex

beta > > Hans What will a luatex based Context do for us that the current stable Context doesn't? -- John Culleton Precision Typesetting Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com ___ If yo

Re: [NTG-context] luatex

On Thursday 25 October 2007 12:10:24 pm Hans Hagen wrote: > John Culleton wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 October 2007 10:49:44 am Hans Hagen wrote: > >> Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> at the risk of sounding rude or impatient:

[NTG-context] Semi-transparent banners for a cover.

a layer cake, a photo, with semi-transparent rectangles laid across it, and type within the rectangles. This is a job more easily done in Gimp etc. but my question is, can it be done in Context at all? How do I create the semi-transparent elements? -- John Culleton Want to know what I

Re: [NTG-context] Which ConTeXt editor do you use?

file is always named book.tex. I can be working on a samll piece of the book but f3 or f4 will always give me a recompile of the whole book. Kpdf automatically updates witout losing its place. Acrobat Reader won't do that. In other words I have WYSIWYG more or less when I need i

[NTG-context] JUstificarion of \inleft

\leftline or whatever but I am hoping there is a more general solution. -- John Culleton Want to know what I really think? http://apps.wexfordpress.net/blog/ And my must-read (free) short list: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf

Re: [NTG-context] Notepad++ colour settings

ghlighting scheme with almost 500 files named e.g., cobol.vim in the subdirectory syntax. It will do automatic sensing by suffix but you can manually select one too. It even has one for Context. You can modify the syntax files if you like or create new ones but either task looks like an all-day

Re: [NTG-context] Notepad++ colour settings

On Saturday 03 November 2007 01:54:56 am Aditya Mahajan wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, John Culleton wrote: > > On Friday 02 November 2007 08:12:31 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I have downloaded the latest Notepad++ and ConTeXt settings as suggested > >> by Professor

[NTG-context] Test message, different mail server.

My isp doesn't like ntg.nl for some reason. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20des

[NTG-context] Test message---different mail server.

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Re: [NTG-context] Some update woes on Linux

s concerned. I use the TeXLive distro, but with pdftex updated to pdfTeX 3.141592-1.40.5-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6) -- John Culleton Precision Typesetting Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com ___ If your question

[NTG-context] Double bar means hyphen?

In some of the sample texts that come with Context (Zapf etc.) the double bar is used to indicate a hyphen, perhaps an unbreakable hyphen. In pdftex it translated to an em? dash instead. Is this combination documented somewhere? || -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers

[NTG-context] Table of Contents

shortest way to achieve this goal? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Table of Contents

On Wednesday 18 June 2003 02:25 pm, Idris S Hamid wrote: > Hi John, > > John Culleton wrote: > > I want to typeset a book with chapters and sections, but with no > > numbering, either on the chapter heading itself or in the TOC. I do want > > both chapters and sectio

Re: [NTG-context] Table of Contents

hat (silently) killed the TOC. So I used your macros, changed all frontmatter chapters to titles, and the TOC appeared like magic. Next I will try to define title as you have defined chapter. If that works, fine. Otherwise I will just move the frontmatter boundary back to earlier in the file.

Re: [NTG-context] Table of Contents

On Wednesday 18 June 2003 08:30 pm, John Culleton wrote: > On Wednesday 18 June 2003 04:13 pm, Idris S Hamid wrote: > > > > I fought over this also for my journal. Here is what I came up with > > > > (including some extraneous, journal-specific stuff). Note that you &g

Re: [NTG-context] Re: \setupwhitespace[small]

between paragraphs. I don't mind using a fixed value but what is my starting point? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Table of Contents

from fileb \chapter{bar}=write to filea \chapter{alpha}=write to filea (etc.) \stoptext. copy filea to fileb end -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Table of Contents

posed a cure in another post, but it would requre some modification of texexec. Best, -- John Culleton Able Typesetters & Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Wrap-around.

must calculate the distances beforehand. Is there a higher level solution in Context? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters & Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Wrap-around.

On Thursday 26 June 2003 02:08 pm, Johannes Hüsing wrote: > John Culleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 06:53:03PM CEST]: > > Context will place figures right or left. However Context will not AFAIK > > fit text to an irregular illustration, or around a

[NTG-context] SS Font to go with Charter?

I am setting up a book for a customer in Charter and I am wondering what Sans Serif font, preferably already part of TeXLIve distro, would go with Charter? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing

[NTG-context] \setuplayout parameters

: the left margin is smaller than the right margin. Using Xpdf instead of Acrobat Reader shows the same anomalies. Changing marginwidth to margin shows the same anomalies. and so on. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

[NTG-context] Instructions for m-pstric

edge, a certain distance in from the page edges? I know how I would do it in PSTricks but not in Metapost/Metafun. A recent memoir by Norman Mailer has a broad gray border with a thin black border just inside it on the title page. Very spiffy. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers

Re: [NTG-context] texfont and font mechanism

lt for some time that the Context font mechanism required too much work for too little result. So I use it where feasable but don't feel guilty about dipping back into the \font mechanism where necessary, such as for a title page font. But I am only

[NTG-context] \setupheadertexts

I want to have chapter names in the header text and I want them in boldface. This works: \setupheadertexts[text][{\bf My book}][chapter] but this: \setupheadertexts[text][{\bf my book}][\bf chapter] just shows the literal word "chapter". So how do I do this? Joh

[NTG-context] TeXLive 8 and Context

aps before TeXlive 8 becomes final final, someone should insert that little script where it belongs in the distro. To find the address for the beta google (groups ) under John Culleton and TeXlive. Someone was kind enough to give it to me. Unfortunately my internet connection is almost kaput thanks to t

Re: [NTG-context] Index sorting

my own sorting system for the Czech language. The Xindy program which works with TeX can sort for e.g. Czech. Try googling on that name. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PR

[NTG-context] \footnote and \note

I do \footnote[bene]{Here is a footnote} and later, Mumble mumble\note[bene] The \footnote works OK but \note does nothing. What am I doing wrong? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list

Re: [NTG-context] \footnote and \note-FIXED

On Tuesday 26 August 2003 06:53, John Culleton wrote: > I do > \footnote[bene]{Here is a footnote} > > and later, > > Mumble mumble\note[bene] > > The \footnote works OK but \note does nothing. What am I doing > wrong? The TeXLive 8 beta was again the culprit. I also

[NTG-context] Create pseudo small caps.

I am using Bitstream Charter following the directions on Bill McClain's page for typescripts. Now I want to use \sc in both regular and expanded form. What is the best way to add a \sc typeface to my file? -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpres

Re: [NTG-context] Create pseudo small caps.

On Tuesday 02 September 2003 16:06, John Culleton wrote: > I am using Bitstream Charter following the directions on Bill > McClain's page for typescripts. Now I want to use \sc in both regular > and expanded form. What is the best way to add a \sc typeface to my > file? Bill M

Re: [NTG-context] \setupheadertexts

On Monday 18 August 2003 18:32, Tobias Burnus wrote: > Hi, > > John Culleton wrote: > > I want to have chapter names in the header text and I want them in > > boldface. > > How about: > \setupheader[text][style=bold] > \setupheadertexts[text][My bo

Re: [NTG-context] open doc action / for john

ated in Context. So now I need a way to do it in Context. I know it can be done because Hans has provided pdf files that have no menu bar nor thumbnails/outline etc. show-dem.pdf is an early example. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com ___

Re: [NTG-context] Editor for ConTeXt ?...

only for LaTeX... > Vim/Gvim has syntax highlighting for TeX/Latex. It is my understanding thast one can add to or modify the syntax files. I find the generic TeX highlighting sufficient for my needs. With some work one can put expanding and collapsing outlines in Vim as well. -- John C

Re: [NTG-context] Preventing hyphenation?

g hyphenated will be reduced. 3. If the paragraph is long then you can set \looseness=1 which may eliminate an hyphenation somewhere along the line. HTH -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typesetters http://wexfordpress.com Free 2

[NTG-context] Crop marks and Lightning Source

inter they define a space about 1/32 inch shorter than the nominal dimension in both vertical and horizontal directions. This is about 2 or 3 points. Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparently imprecise? All hints appreciated, as always. -- John Culleton Able Indexers and Typese

Re: [NTG-context] Crop marks and Lightning Source

On Wednesday 10 September 2003 19:33, Erik George Hetzner wrote: > John Culleton writes: [cropped to save space] > > > Question 1: How do I eliminate cropmarks yet still have the > > smaller page centered on the larger page? > > Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparen

[NTG-context] substitute for hangafter

I have a classic \hangafter situation in a bibliography. However this TeX primitive seems to be crippled in Context. What should I use instead? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt updates & Gentoo

pment. > > Is it better to switch to TeX Live instead of teTeX? > > Sincerely, > Gour Gentoo is marvelous but it doesn't keep up with the fast moving targets such as Context and Scribus. You will have to use a separate update the old fashioned way. IMHO of course. -- Jo

[NTG-context] TeX Live 2003 miseries.

fine. Earlier, when TeXLive 2003 was still in beta they left out texexec altogether. Has anyone else tried Context using graphics on TeXLive 2003? I hate to report a bug to Tug if my experience is unique. OTOH if the iso image is defective in some way I do need to let someone know pronto. --

Re: [NTG-context] Typo in d-en-all.tex

The typo in d-en-all.tex persists. As a result the useful information on bookmarks never makes it into the pdf file. FYI On Monday 17 March 2003 12:25, John Culleton wrote: > I uncovered an ancient typo. Here is a text fragment from the above > document: > > \ShowSample {00

Re: [NTG-context] TeX Live 2003 miseries.

On Tuesday 14 October 2003 19:11, George N. White III wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, John Culleton wrote: > > I installed the latest version of TeXLive 2003 (the so-called > > demo version) and did the fmtutil and texhash bit. When I ran a > > job for a customer, texexec hung

[NTG-context] \but command for referring to index.

read posts referring to a \button command. How does this differ from the \but command? Thanks for any help! -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/lis

Re: [NTG-context] conteni style

/Gvim to produce the source. There are examples of Context source code at the http://www.pragma-ade.nl site. But many of the finished examples are available in pdf form only. The two manuals are essential. Others like details.pdf are very informative. > -- John Culleton Able Typesette

[NTG-context] Centering lines of poetry.

requires tagging each line. Any thoughts, anyone? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Shutting down Acrobat Reader.

\but [CloseDocument] exit \\ \vfill \stopinteractionmenu -- And another question: Some of the pdf examples on the Context site automatically open in full screen mode. How is this accomplished? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers htt

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Shutting down Acrobat Reader.

he pdf file is erased and Acrobat Reader goes back into its normal mode. I still would like the "exit" button to kill both the pdf file and the Acrobat Reader. Is that possible? BTW thanks to Wang for his elegant and simple answer. Now I am half way home. -- John Cullet

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Shutting down Acrobat Reader.

Acrobat reader from a button or a command line everything works perfectly. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Interrupted framebox around text.

it be done easily in Context (without involving Metapost etc.)? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Re: Shutting down Acrobat Reader.

to upgrade Internet Explorer and that got into an endless loop and (I don't use Windows much!) So I downloaded Acrobat Reader 5.1 for Windows 98 via Linux (!) and moved it over to the Desktop folder on the Win partition. It works fine. (end sidebar)

[NTG-context] Installing Garamond

hints? any debugging tricks? -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

[NTG-context] Install again

, 491577 bytes). --- > {/usr/TeX/texmf/dvips/base/8r.enc} r/bchr8a.pfb> > Output written on d-en-all.pdf (19 pages, 496334 bytes). I can of course change the path and use my elderly installation but I would really prefer to correct my new one. Hints? -- John Culleton Able Typesetter

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