October 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

RE: [NTG-context] ConTeXt release of october 27.
by Idris Samawi Hamid 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Hi Hans and Taco, >===== Original Message From Taco Hoekwater <taco(a)elvenkind.com> ===== >I've created a wiki page for the new release Hans made last >thursday: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Before I try to upgrade: Were the ctxtools fixed? (I already hacked many of the map files by hand and don't want to do it again->) Best Idris ==================Oct. 15 05=================== Dear Hans and the rest of the gang, This is just a friendly reminder for the next ConTeXt version. There is a bug in the ctxtools. Consider the original-public-lm.map. Lines such as cmbsy10 cmbsy10 cmbsy5 cmbsy5 cmbsy6 cmbsy7 should become either cmbsy10 default cmbsy10 cmbsy5 default cmbsy5 cmbsy6 default cmbsy7 partucularly when the name of the tfm and pfb do differ; or just cmbsy10 cmbsy5 cmbsy6 where the name of the tfm and pfb do NOT differ. Otherwise dvipdfmx will fail-( Probably easier to just do <tfm> default> pfb> for all such cases... ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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ConTeXt release of october 27.
by Taco Hoekwater 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Hi, I've created a wiki page for the new release Hans made last thursday: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Notes Cheers, Taco

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Re: [NTG-context] learning path
by olivier Turlier 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

Mojca Miklavec wrote: > 2005/10/17, olivier Turlier <o.turlier(a)free.fr>: > >>Hi everybody, >> >>I wish to set up kind of a "learning path" (= "pedagogic" progression >>bar, like in http://www.dokeos.com/scorm_compliant_course_content.php) > > > The page doesn't exist. Perhaps send also the names of Hans's > documents to the list that you would like to mimic. Would you provide > the percentage or would you like to be automatically generated. I > guess it should be done with metafun (see s-pre-xx.tex files, although > you are not requested to understand them (yet)), but you first need to > tell how it should look like (the link above cannot help). > > Mojca > > Sorry for not being clear enough. "learning path" is an acronym I've found while using Dokeos elearning platform, as an equivalent to a course i guess. For creating a course/learning path you assemble differents documents in a l.p.. When the alumni/trainee reads this course, he will be able what he have to read next after the fisrt doc, and so on. I've made a graphic capture of the webpage for showing what elements are making a learning path in the Dokeos vision : list of doc allready readen, docs to read, progression bar, plus the breadcrumb trail; i don't want to put so much stuff in the pdfs made wit Context(apart putting an A4 text on an A3 page!) because i keep a printable A4 format for my courses, even i there interaction in it, for screen usage. So i wish to have only vertical progression bars + percentage in the inner margin. s-pre-01 "original" style show a bottom interaction bar filled with pagenumbers drawn as little rectangles. Maybe it's possible to draw a continuous bar with metapost, but for percentage ? Ideally, i wish to have 2 progression bars : one for project progression and second for product prog. Thanks for listening. -- olivier Turlier -- Olivier TURLIER

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suggestion for \startitemize.
by John R. Culleton 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

It is possible to nest \startitemize sequences, But each level requires a different parameter in the \startitemize statement. OTOH the \orderedlist command in eplain.tex uses 1,2,3 for the outside list, then a,b,c for the first nest, roman numerals for the next nest and finally "*" for the innermost list. A similar automatic sequence or sequences would be useful in Context. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf

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Please add Fraktur to the math fonts
by Giuseppe Bilotta 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

The Fraktur fonts are missing from the standard math definitions. Currently, I have this kind of hack in t-amsl: \definebodyfont [17.3pt,14.4pt,12pt,11pt,10pt,9pt] [mm] [mc=eufm10 sa 1] \definebodyfont [8pt,7pt,6pt] [mm] [mc=eufm7 sa 1] \definebodyfont [5pt] [mm] [mc=eufm5] Basically, for what I can see, the problem is that mc= is not defined in the default typescript files. Adding it would be as simple as replicating the mi lines into mc lines, at least for computer-modern & similar, since the actual font used is the same. Could this please be done for the official distribution? -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

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margin kerning problem
by Alan Bowen 26 Oct '05

26 Oct '05

Sorry for the flurry of questions. But here’s one about margin kerning now. I see that by using \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono,mm][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hz,hanging] I can get margin kerning in the body text, but not in any footnotes/ endnotes. What else is needed to get margin kerning throughout the notes too? As ever, any advice will be gratefully received. Alan

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alignment of figures
by Jörg Hagmann 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Dear list members, I want to have figures arranged as follows: 1. Figures smaller than 0.5 textwidth at the inner margin, text flowing arround figure. 2. Between 0.5 and 1*textwidth in the middle, no text flowing. 3.Figures wider than textwidth aligned with the inner margin of the textblock and sticking out into the (wide) outer margin. I found out how to do the first 2 (from "Details") but couldn't figure out the last one. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot. Jörg

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indenting first paragraph in section (bug?)
by Peter Münster 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, ConTeXt 2005.08.19 indents the first paragraph, when there is a placefigure. Does anybody already know this problem, and perhaps a solution? Example: \setupindenting[small] \setupindenting[small] \def\Text{\dorecurse{400}{text }} \starttext \section{test} \Text % here it's ok \section{test} \placefigure{}{\externalfigure[bla][width=0.6\textwidth]} \Text % here is a problem \stoptext TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] Switching fonts (or font size) in columnsets
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, Hans replied to me long ago (Sun Apr 3 23:03:54 CEST 2005): > Gilles Pérez-Lambert wrote: >> With the example attached at the end of the mail >> (and that can be try on http://live.contextgarden.net) >> the page on which the font change occurs >> (be it the size or a new font) is moved up and the >> page is shorter... Is there a way to say that >> some text (here the items) are not to be aligned >> on the grid because they are smaller (or bigger)? > > % Example: [...] > no body font switching in column sets (yet) > Hans Is it possible now? :-) Thanks, Gilles.

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spreadsheet
by Peter Münster 25 Oct '05

25 Oct '05

Hello, I would like to do some spreadsheet like calculations with ConTeXt. Before using the same package, I've used once upon a time with LaTeX (realcalc), I would like to know, if there are already some macros for calculations in ConTeXt, or if you could recommend some method, how to do that. FYI my old LaTeX-file: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{dcolumn} \input{realcalc}% on CTAN \newcommand*\cc[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}} \def\scanwert\ignorespaces#1\unskip{\gdef\WERT{#1}#1} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{>{\scanwert}D{.}{,}{-1}% >{\Rmul\res\WERT{6.55957}\Radd\res\res{0.005}\Rtrunc\res2\res\res}% D{.}{,}{-1}}% \cc{Euro}&\cc{FF}\\\hline 20.33 & \\ 20.3 & \\ 20 & \\ 14.46 & \end{tabular} \end{document} Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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