November 2005 - ntg-context

Interaction background
by Olivier 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

Hi, is there any way to disable the reverse color highlighting when using interaction mode? I'd like to access a next page button without the background being video reversed. Does anybody know how to achieve this? Thanks in advance, Olivier

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[Fwd: [Fwd: MetaPost to SVG Converter]]
by Tobias Burnus 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

-------- Original Message -------- -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: MetaPost to SVG Converter Datum: 7 Nov 2005 22:00:00 -0800 Von: tlhiv <thenders(a)gmail.com> Organisation: http://groups.google.com Newsgruppen: comp.text.tex For all that are interested, I've setup a page which described (in detail) the process of converting MetaPost output files to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). This page has a particular example as well as a *WEB TOOL* for doing the conversion. Please let me know if there are any issues with it. http://www.tlhiv.com/MetaPost/tools/mptosvg/ Thanks, Troy Henderson

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placing headings
by Idris Samawi Hamid 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Dear gang, I am having difficulties with heading placement. Consider the following sample file: =================headings.tex================== % output=pdf interface=en \setuppapersize [A5][A4] \setuplayout[width=middle, height=middle, footer=3\bodyfontsize, header=0pt, headerdistance=\bodyfontsize, bottom=3\bodyfontsize, location={middle,doublesided}, marking=on] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided, location={footer,middle}] \setupbottomtexts[pagenumber] \setupbottom[style=\tf,state=high] \setupfootertexts% [][section][chapter][] \setupfooter[style=\tf, state=high] \setuptexttexts% [margin][][section][chapter][] \setuptext[style=\tf, state=high] \setupinmargin[align=inner, style=\tfx\setupinterlinespace] \showframe \starttext \chapter{Ch. Knuth Knuth} \section{Sec. Knuth Knuth} \dorecurse{20}{\input knuth\par\ } \stoptext =============================================== This file should compile fine. Problem 1: I would like the headings in the footer to be flush with the top of the footer space instead of at the bottom; Problem 2: After making the footer headings flush with the top of the footer space, I would now like to mid-align the headings so each is just above the page number in the footer space (I thought this would be trivial but it's apparently not); Problem 3: I would like to have marginal headings: how do I i) keep the headings boxed within the margin width; ii) raise (or lower) the box containing the margin headings? Thnx in advance for helping me solve these problems! Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Trying to use Avant Garde - output font in very low resolution
by Kári Hreinsson 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Hello, I was trying to use a new font (not Computer Modern) in my tex file and all I get is the font in a very low resolution (see http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/flipp4.pdf) This output was the result of the following files: type-garde.tex: http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/type-garde.tex flipp4.tex: http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/flipp4.tex I created the typescript file according to the information in "ConTeXt and pdfTeX Beginners help file" (http://home.salamander.com/~wmcclain/context-help.html#selectfont) The interesting thing is that I can get the fonts with good quality if I only use TeX. The output of running the file flipp3.tex: http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/flipp3.tex * with pdftex: http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/flipp3.pdf * with texexec --pdf: http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/flipp5.pdf So it seems that texexec is doing things a bit differently then pdftex but I can't figure out where or how to fix it. I also tried having the font inclusion in the same tex file and not in a typescript file with the same results: * http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/flipp6.tex * http://www.nfmh.is/~kari/pub/context/flipp6.pdf Then there came one strange thing. When I tried the same thing with the Bitstream Charter Bold font as he did in the beginners help file I got a low resolution font when the inclusion was inside the same but that worked fine with the online texexec program (live.contextgarden.net) However, when I used the typescript file as he did in the help file I got good quality on the bistream font. I am quite lost now so any help is very appreciated! Output of texexec --version: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texexec : TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 texutil : TeXUtil 9.0.0 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1992-2004 tex : pdfeTeX, 3.141592-1.30.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) context : ver: 2005.08.31 cont-en : ver: 2005.08.31 fmt: 2005.10.16 mes: english Thanks in advance, Kári Hreinsson

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[Fwd: [dev-context] custom page number format]
by Taco Hoekwater 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [dev-context] custom page number format Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:50:15 -0600 From: Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Organization: Guru Labs, L.C. To: ConTeXt Development Mailing List <dev-context(a)ntg.nl> I've scoured the list archive and the wiki trying to figure out how to create an interactive table of contents that includes the chapter number as part of the page number. I'm looking for a solution that given something like: ===== \starttext Table of Contents \placelist[...] % full TOC \chapter{One} \placelist[...] % local TOC \section{a} \section{b} \section{c} \chapter{Two} \placelist[...] % local TOC \section{c} \section{d} \starttext ===== produces something like: ===== Table of Contents One 1-1 Two 2-1 a 1-2 d 2-2 b 1-3 e 2-4 c 1-7 One % page 1-1 a 1-2 b 1-3 c 1-7 a % page 1-2 b % page 1-3 c % page 1-7 Two % page 2-1 d 2-2 e 2-4 d % page 2-2 e % page 2-4 ===== I've found solutions to print the page number on individual pages using the chapter-pagenumber format. I can get \placelist to produce the format I want. It's easy to produce interactive lists using the pre-defined formats. But I haven't been able to produce an interactive custom formatted list. And at any rate, my solutions are kind of ugly leading me to believe there's probably an easier way I've missed. How should I be doing this? -- Stuart Jansen <sjansen(a)gurulabs.com> Guru Labs, L.C. _______________________________________________ dev-context mailing list dev-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/dev-context

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Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
by olivier Turlier 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

> What do you do with ConTeXT? I started informatic at 33 when coming back to studies : 2 years later i've done my thesis with latex (took me 2.5 years!). Now i try to teach buiding technics and design, with the help of paper and electronic courses made with Context. Hopefully, my boss doesn't know that it took me sometimes 2 days for writing a one morning course! I must recognise that sometimes I think of having a good dtp software, but after some test, I come back to Context. In the next decades, I'll try to succeed in quizz making and/or nice looking book. I wish to meet people using Context one day. Thanks Hans and all others on the list . -- Olivier TURLIER

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ConTeXt update for teTeX
by Peter Münster 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

Just a small helper script: http://pmrb.free.fr/work/OS/ConTeXt/updateConTeXt.sh Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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RE: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

>===== Original Message From ciro(a)kavyata.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ===== >I wrote my novel using ConTeXt. Inside figures with metapost, >the cover layout with Scribus. I downloaded the first chapter; it is beautiful-) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Re: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
by Hans van der Meer 06 Nov '05

06 Nov '05

I use ConTeXt for the presentations in my lectures on Cryptography at the University of Amsterdam. I am considering changing my lecture notes (some 300 pages) from LaTeX into ConTeXt, especially because the ease of incorporating MetaFont pictures into the text. Also for small documents as for example cd-covers. Hans van der Meer

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RE: [NTG-context] Mini-survey: What do you do with ConTeXt?
by Idris Samawi Hamid 05 Nov '05

05 Nov '05

> What do you do with ConTeXT? We may divide this into present activities, planned activities, useful, and needed features: Present activities: I use ConTeXt to a) typeset an academic journal b) typeset my own books Planned or in-progress activities: I am striving for a) advanced critical edition support b) advanced Arabic-script support, including complicated scripts like Nastaliq: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00xcallig/coloniallate/nastali… I already have a working Arabic module; though experimental, it produces some of the best classical Naskh Arabic script one can find in digital typography-) c) related to b) I would like to see an integration of aleph and pdfetex (for full left-to-right and right-to-left typesetting) Useful present or needed features: The best feature over LaTeX is its predictability and integratedness (no 1001 packages to sift through). NEEDED: a) A COMPLETE CONTEXT IDE, maybe even a lyx-like application b) More streamlined way to setup fonts c) Complete independence from the TeX distributions (almost there-)) Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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