July 2008 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] luatex feature question/request
by Marcin Borkowski 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi all, 3 months ago (on Friday, April 4) I asked about an option for luatex to automatically put ties before one-letter words. Hans asked me to remind about it in a few months, so I do it now;). (I can't answer in that thread since I delete old mails:( ). BTW, I guess such a feature might be also useful for other purposes. Anyway, I didn't read the ConTeXt list lately, but I'll soon start using it on a more regular basis, so expect many newbie questions... Thanks in advance:) -- Marcin Borkowski (http://mbork.faculty.fmcs.amu.edu.pl) People can be divided into three groups: those who can count and those who can't.

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Fwd: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author
by Martin Schröder 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Kew <jonathan_kew(a)sil.org> Date: 2008/7/3 Subject: [XeTeX] a note from the XeTeX author To: Unicode-based TeX for Mac OS X and other platforms <xetex(a)tug.org> To the XeTeX user community: This note is to let you know that for personal reasons, I have submitted my resignation to SIL, where I have worked for a number of years and where XeTeX development has been hosted. I remain interested in and supportive of SIL's work with and for many communities around the world, but with effect from the end of July, I will no longer be working as a member of the organization. I intend to continue working on XeTeX, which has always been driven primarily by my own vision and interests, rather than initiated or managed by SIL, and on other projects and activities in the TeX world. So this should not have a major impact on development except for occasional spells of distraction as I make various transitions over the coming months. And I expect SIL will continue hosting the XeTeX subversion repository on scripts.sil.org, at least for the time being. As I move on from SIL, I will of course need to find other ways to earn a living. It's possible that someone among the XeTeX community knows the perfect role for me... if so, I'd appreciate hearing of it! You all know something of my interests and experience: TeX-related software development, typesetting (with an emphasis on "unusual" fonts and scripts; that's why XeTeX exists), OpenType and AAT font engineering, etc. In the immediate future, I hope to work on a couple of freelance projects in the font development and typesetting fields, but would also consider a longer-term position if the right opportunity comes along. I hope list members will excuse me for posting this personal, somewhat off-topic note. Feel free to ignore it, of course, but if anyone has responses or comments for me I'd be glad to hear them. Off- list replies (directly to me) are fine; let's not clutter everyone's mailboxes. Thanks for being such a great community of users and contributors. I look forward to continuing participation in this group for a long time to come. Jonathan

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Problem with usemodule[letter]
by Helmut Schwertner 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hello, when I try to use the module "letter" with the following example, I get the only this: : system : module letter loaded (c:/TeXLive2007/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/letter.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.13 \nopagenumbers I use texlive2007 (latest beta) under windows xp. What ist wrong, what can I do? Greetings, Helmut example: \usemodule[letter] \starttext \setupletter [fromname={Arthur Thor}, fromaddress={Hidden Street 2\\57895 Mysterytown}, backaddress={Arthur Thor, Hidden Street 2, 57895 Mysterytown}] \setupletter [toname={Mike Willson}, toaddress={Lindenstreet 12\\78569 TeX City}] \startletter [subject={Step by step guide to writing a letter}, opening={Dear Reader,}, closing={Greetings from the Author}] \input knuth \stopletter \stoptext

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Switching compression on breaks start/stopregister
by Steffen Wolfrum 04 Jul '08

04 Jul '08

Hi, there seems to be confusion with register entries vs. register ranges. Please have a look: \starttext KNUTH ONE entry \index{Knuth} \page \input knuth KNUTH START\startregister[index][knuthrange1]{Knuth} \input knuth KNUTH END\stopregister[index][knuthrange1] \dorecurse{10}{\input zapf } KNUTH START\startregister[index][knuthrange2]{Knuth} \dorecurse{10}{\input knuth } KNUTH END\stopregister[index][knuthrange2] %\placeregister[index]% gives 1,2, 4-6 \placeregister[index][compress=yes]% gives 1-2, 4, 6 \stoptext Switching compression on breaks start/stopregister! Steffen

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Paragraph on the bottom of a page
by 302302 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi, how can I put a paragraph (or whatever else) on the bottom of a page? I mean I want to have a top of the page empty and the text should start somewhere below. If I try to use \vfill it works just in case I have some text in the top. Please can you help me? Thanks Czenek

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Generating a list of items
by David 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi all I'm teaching some classes and want to make a template for lesson planning. One of the things that I'd like to be able to include, if it works easily, is an automatically-created list of the materials I need to remember to bring. I expect this means I would define something like \Materials , and then while typing the main text of my plan be able to type \Materials{Photographs} or \Materials{Sound Recording} and then have ConTeXt generate "Materials: 1. Photographs 2. Sound Recording" near the top of the page. I've tried \placeregister, but it seems to insist on printing page numbers and alphabetical headings. I just want a numbered list of items. Can I tweak the \register commands to do this, or perhaps is there something else I should try? Thanks David

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Couple of questions
by abbg770＠city.ac.uk 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi, Firstly this is my first post :) (and it's going to be long), i've been using context for about a week or two and it's wonderful i like particularly like the approach of having everything built into the core. Just for reference i'm running fedora 9 64bit with texlive and i'm also new to TeX meaning that i've never bothered to study LaTeX thoroughly (as i was mainly concerned about just getting my content straight) and redefining macros was highly annoying, but things have changed now. Anyhow enough ranting i've got a few questions to ask. 1. CONTEXT, an excursion general/manuals/mp-cb-en.pdfgeneral/manuals/ms-cb-en.pdf The Manual general/manuals/cont-enp.pdfgeneral/manuals/cont-eni.pdf It's in the details general/manuals/details.pdf i) when are the manuals going to be updated? ii) details.pdf looks very interesting, i assume it's not finished right? any status info? 2. CONTEXT MkII & MkIV general/manuals/mk.pdf i've slightly confused as to what LuaTeX is, could someone please explain it. from what i've gathered it seems like it supports the use of OpenType fonts natively like XeTex and it's going to be merged into pdfTeX? 3. Fonts general/manuals/mfonts.pdf and general/manuals/mtexfont.pdf Is is worth reading these manual since LuaTeX---as i've understood---is going to support them natively and i'm never going to have to install fonts again? 4. Typographic Programming general/manuals/style.pdf Any idea when the final release of this document is due, i'd like to make a print out. 5. Is there a book on ConTeXt, that is available for purchase from somewhere like amazon. if not does anyone know of a good (and cheap) printshop in London? I'd like to print out the manuals. 6. I forgot to ask, is there anything written about bibliography support? preferably through BibTeX. Thanks alot and great work

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt meeting: Proposal for session
by Matija Šuklje 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Dne ponedeljek 16. junija 2008 je Aditya Mahajan napisal(a): > 1. Do you think that such a talk will be useful and fun? I think it would be nice to see all the editors and how well they integrate ConTeXt. Such a presentation might also bring up new ideas on how to make it work even better in some editors :] > 2. Can you give a short talk about your editor in this session. If so, > please inform me which editor you use. I will try to avoid repetitions, so > that only one person speaks about one editor (unless the setup of the two > is drastically different). If I come, I can have a small presentation on how to "ConTeXtify" Kate and Kile. Cheers, Matija -- gsm: +386 41 849 552 e-mail: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net www: http://matija.suklje.name aim: hookofsilver icq: 110183360 jabber/g-talk: matija.suklje(a)gabbler.org msn: matija.suklje(a)rutka.net yahoo: matija_suklje GPG/PGP fingerprint: FB64 FFAF B8DA 5AB5 B18A 98B8 2B68 0B51 0549 D278

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A \part command for ConTeXt
by TeXWorld 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hello, In latex, there is the \part command. If my memory is good, this command is available only in the book class (and maybe report). Is there an equivalent command in ConTeXt ? Thank you. Jack

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bib, Italian style
by Andrea Valle 03 Jul '08

03 Jul '08

Hi to all, I'm using this: \setuppublications[alternative=num] \setuppublicationlist[author=\invertedshortauthor, editor= \invertedshortauthor] All works fine, but terminology is in English, and my next project is in Italian. Is there a way to create an Italian template? In general, I could provide translations Thanks Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> http://www.myspace.com/andreavalle --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- " Think of it as seasoning . noise [salt] is boring . F(blah) [food without salt] can be boring . F(noise, blah) can be really tasty " (Ken Perlin on noise)

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