July 2003 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Emacs
by David Arnold 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

All, What can people tell me about setting up Emacs to work with Context? I'd like to gather all information I can. Thanks.

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How to get the characters in the attached pdf file using ConTeXt
by Charles Doherty 28 Jul '03

28 Jul '03

Dear all, I have sent this email twice already but return messages said that it was too large and would be posted at the discretion of the administrator. I had attached a sample file using only one word from the original .pdf file in the hope that it would be small enough. Obviously not! Apologies if I have broken protocol. This time I have not included an attachment. Apologies again! I could get the proper characters as seen in the attached sample file using LaTeX with the preamble: \usepackage{palatino} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[applemac]{inputenc} The result can be seen below. But I would like to achieve this in ConTeXt (not necessarily with Palatino). Can anyone give me advice on the setup commands needed. I have tried various ways but nothing has worked so far. My ConTeXt input file looks like this without any of the setups that I had been trying. I am using Gerben's installation on a Mac G4 OS 10.2.6. Also what command do I need in order to use mac inputencoding in ConTeXt? I think I saw it mentioned in one of the manuals but I cannot find it again. Of course for the \dh and \k in LaTeX I could not use Mac inputencoding. Thank you very much in advance, Charlie Doherty \definedescription [term] [location=serried,headstyle=bold,width=broad,before=\blank,after=\blank] \starttext \term {Lambay} {\em Lamb-\o y}, `Lamb island'. Island north of Howth Head. \term {Larne} {\em Ulfreksfj\k{o}r\dh r}, `Ulfrekr's fjord'. Now the town of Larne in Co.\ Antrim. \stoptext ************** Charles Doherty, Department of Early Irish History, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland Telephone +353 1 7168381

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Indent-region
by David Arnold 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

All, I've found Berend's context.el and Patrick's etexshow.el and they look promising. Does anyone know about smart indenting? For example, I entered: \startitemize[n] \item Real Estate Tax The real estate tax is divided into two components. \startitemize[a,packed] \item The ownership tax \item The tenant tax \stopitemize If the real estate has no tenants, then the owner pays both components. \item dog license fee The owner of one or more dogs pays a fee. When a dog has died or been sold, the owner has to inform city hall. \stopitemize Then I tried indent-region (C-M-\) and got this (I hope it indents in email): \startitemize[n] \item Real Estate Tax The real estate tax is divided into two components. \startitemize[a,packed] \item The ownership tax \item The tenant tax \stopitemize If the real estate has no tenants, then the owner pays both components. \item dog license fee The owner of one or more dogs pays a fee. When a dog has died or been sold, the owner has to inform city hall. \stopitemize Not very good. Any comments anyone? Is there a workaround?

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Changing partitions on me
by David Arnold 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

All, After setting up the latest beta of Context, I have the strangest behavior: C:\temp>texexec texexec TeXExec 3.2 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2003 --help overview of all options and their values --help all all about all options --help short just the main options --help mode ... pdf all about a few options --help '*.pdf' all about options containing 'pdf' total run time : 1 seconds F:\Temp> See how I started on my C: partition, but after texexec completes its run, I am on my F: parititon? Weird? Any suggestions?

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How to get the characters in the attached pdf file using ConTeXt
by Charles Doherty 26 Jul '03

26 Jul '03

Dear all, I could get the proper characters using LaTeX with the preamble: \usepackage{palatino} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[applemac]{inputenc} The result can be seen below. But I would like to achieve this in ConTeXt (not necessarily with Palatino). Can anyone give me advice on the setup commands needed. I have tried various ways but nothing has worked so far. My ConTeXt input file looks like this without any of the setups that I had been trying. I am using Gerben's installation on a Mac G4 OS 10.2.6. Also what command do I need to use mac inputencoding in ConTeXt. I think I saw it mentioned on one of the manuals but I cannot find it again. Thank you very much in advance, Charlie Doherty \definedescription [term] [location=serried,headstyle=bold,width=broad,before=\blank,after=\blank] \starttext \term{Smerwick} {\em Smj\k{o}r-u\'\i k}, `butter bay', Co.\ Kerry. \term{Larne} {\em Ulfreksfj\k{o}r\dh r}, `Ulfrekr's fjord'. Now the town of Larne in Co.\ Antrim. \term{Strangford} {\em Strangfj\k{o}r\dh r}, `rough, rapid fjord', Co.\ Down. \term{Carlingford} {\em Kerlingafj\k{o}r\dh r}, `fjord of the hags', Co.\ Louth. \stoptext ************** Charles Doherty, Department of Early Irish History, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland Telephone +353 1 7168381

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bodymatter and alternative=doublesided, XML documentation
by Tobias Burnus 25 Jul '03

25 Jul '03

Hi, I have the following problem: Using \setuppagenumbering[location={footer,right}] \startbodymatter \chapter{Hi} \stopbodymatter I always get 3 pages, but I want to have two: The recto with "Hi" and its verso, I don't want to have an extra recto! Is there a nice way to setup frontmatter to use roman numerals and bodymatter "arabic" numerals starting from 1? I know I can use \setupsectionblock[][before=\bgroup\setup...] but is there something nicer? A part of that document should be in XML, is there any documentation for the ContML available by now? Or about the XML namespacing etc. support, which is not mentioned in "XML in ConTeXT"? Tobias

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launch programs from pdf
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Hi, can somebody tell me how to 1. launch external programs using a link in a pdf file, 2. include literal pdf. This has surely been discussed before, but I'm unable to find it. Thanks, -- Eckhart

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Marginal notes in two-column setup
by Gerben Wierda 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Sorry for another newbie question (I am trying to learn ConTeXt and cannot always find what I want in the manual which I have permanently open) I would like to do the following: Have a two column text with the marginal notes from the left column appear on the left and the ones from the right column on the right. When I use 2-columns and I use \inmargin, I get them on the right where the marginal notes from the left column are on top of the right column (not good) Is there a way to do this? Probably yes with something \if-like? G

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\setuparranging question
by Gerben Wierda 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

How can I get the following arrangement: 2 A5 pages printed on one landscape A4 page Order: -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or in other words, no order which makes it ready for cutting/folding but just two A5 pages per A4 landscape in normal order, the way you would get it when you copy a book on A4 landscape. (Even better would be to have alternate A4 printed pages upside down so you can print doublesided and then bind it so you can flip the document without having to turn the printout.) Thanks, G

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Uploading large file....
by Willi Egger 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

I would like to appologize to have posted the manual to the list. - I realized this mistake after I pressed the send button. Hereafter I got also a mail from the 'mailman' that the message was held for release by the administrator. - I hoped then, that he would cancel my message! Willi

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