February 2005 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Additional steps taken since the first e-mail
by Mats Broberg 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Listmembers, I have also done the following since the first e-mail: - Copied the contents of "texexec.rme" to "texexec.ini" - Uncommented the "set TeXShell to miktex" line in the new "texexec.ini" file. - Added the string "C:\texmf\miktex\context\perltk" to the PATH (however, there is no "context" or "perltk" folder in the "miktex" folder. Shouldn't there be?) However, the problem still persists. Best regards, Mats Broberg

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setting up even and odd pages
by Paul Tremblay 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

I'm confused on setting up even and odd pages. If I wanted to set up a chapter with the first page one way, and even and odd pages another way, how do I do this? Say the first page must start on an odd page. The right margin will be 1 inch. Now the each succeeding left (or even-numbered) page will have a left margin of 1 inch. The right margin (the inner part if it were in a book) should be 1/2 inch. For the right (odd-numbered page), the left margin (the inner part if it were a book) should be 1/2 inch, while the right, outer margin should be 1 inch. I am trying to accomplish this through /setuplayout[location=??]. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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Re: [NTG-context] shortcut to TOC page from any page
by VnPenguin 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:36:29 +0100, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: > VnPenguin wrote: > > > I would like have, if possible, a shortcut keyboard (Ctl-x ?) or mouse > > (double click ?) in order to return to TOC page without additional > > link in every pages. > > that's not possible in pdf oh, So could I use the page number for this link \goto {contents} [contents] ? Could you show me how one can add the link into the page number please. Thank you, Q.

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bleeding background
by Piotr Kopszak 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hello, What is the most simple way to obtain a bleeding colour background? Thanks in advance Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/ http://www.magnatune.com/artists/altri_stromenti

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TeX run : 8 (vs. 2 ?)
by Steffen Wolfrum 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi, a ConTeXt document that is typeset under WinXP needs 2 runs. The same document (and the same typescript, map files, font files) when typeset under OSX (Gerbens i-installer used) needs 8 runs!!! Each time it is typeset! For the result looks the same I assume it's a kind of bug. Anybody knows what to do? Thank you, Steffen

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shortcut to TOC page from any page
by VnPenguin 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi, I would like to make a "shortcut" to TOC page in my document. The idea is from any page of the doc when I do this shortcut (keyboard or mouse) I return to the TOC. Anyone know if there is a way to do this in ConTeXt ? Thank you, Q.

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Strange result with 2 columns and textbackground
by VnPenguin 28 Feb '05

28 Feb '05

Hi, I do a small test with 2 columns and textbackground : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \setupcolors[state=start] \definetextbackground[preface] [backgroundcolor=green, backgroundoffset=.25cm, offset=.5cm, frame=off, location=paragraph, color=blue] \starttext \chapter{Chapter TEST} \startcolumns[rule=off,n=2] \starttextbackground[preface] \section{tufte.tex} \input tufte \section{knuth.tex} \input knuth \stoptextbackground \stopcolumns \stoptext ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The result is very strange : http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/test-bgcolor.png http://people.vnoss.org/~vnpenguin/pub/context/test-bgcolor.pdf I'm wrong some things ? Thank you, Q.

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ConTeXt and DocBook - beginner's questions
by Radoslaw Moszczynski 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

Hello everyone, I am new to ConTeXt (I've been tempted to try it out because of a message by Sebastian Rahtz, posted on TEI-L). I admit that so far I have been able to get through only the main manual, but I am very curious about some things and therefore I would really appreciate it if you could answer my questions: 1. I am interested in authoring in XML and than typesetting in ConTeXt. Are there any preferences towards using some particular markup language for typesetting in ConTeXt? Is e.g. using DocBook more preferable that using TEI--from the point of view of typesetting in ConTeXt, of course. 2. Are there any generic tools available (stylesheets etc.) for typesetting DocBook/TEI or does one have to come up with his own stylesheets? I assume that the latter is necessary if one wants to get exactly the layout he wants, but maybe there are some basic stylesheets that one can use as a base for his own ones? 3. Also, I have a more general question -- for some (short) period of time I have been reading both TEI-L and NTG-CONTEXT, all the issues related to typesetting documents marked up in XML are very confusing. Do you know any good manual/tutorial concerned with these issues that I could use a starting point for my studies on the subject? Thank you in advance- -Radek Moszczynski

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Problem with \placefigure before \startcolumns
by Michael Gährken 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

Hi, I have a problem, when I place a graphic on a page, start columns, and use a \chapter in that column. The following code demonstrates it. I get the space needed for the graphic in the column, but the graphic is already placed above the \startcolumns. Without the \chapter the space vanishs. \starttext \placefigure[left]{}{\framed[height=2cm]{graphic}} \input tufte \par \startcolumns[n=2] \chapter{} \dorecurse{4}{\input tufte \par} \stopcolumns \stoptext I use ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2005.2.7 from TeTeX 3.0. Michael

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m-letter stationary]
by Rob Ermers 27 Feb '05

27 Feb '05

Hans, Thanks again for the new code. I tried it in my document with my stationary, but it did not work. When I create a new test document with the code you suggested, all pages have VERY ODD in the upper left corner. Kind regards, Robert h h extern wrote: > \definelayer[test][doublesided=yes,state=repeat] > > \setupbackgrounds[page][background=test] > > \setlayer[test][left] []{VERY ODD} > \setlayer[test][right][]{VERY EVEN} > > \starttext > > test \page test \page > test \page test \page > test \page test \page > > \stoptext > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >

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