May 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Combining figures
by Robert Blackstone 09 May '09

09 May '09

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM, <ntg-context-request(a)ntg.nl>, Mojca Miklavec and Thomas Floeren wrote, respectively: > > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 21:53, Robert Blackstone wrote: > > Hi All, > > I am working on a text that contains many combined figures, some side by > > side, ?some arranged vertically. I use, following ?ConTeXt, an > excursion?, > > \startcombination[1*2] and \startcombination[2*1] respectively. The first > > one works, the second doesn?t, that is, it also places the figures one > above > > the other. It happens both with the ?MacTeX?-version of ConTeXt and with > the > > minimals. > > What can I do to place two figures side by side with a single caption? > > Both variants work for me. > > \starttext > \placefigure{some title} > {\startcombination[1*2] > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > \stopcombination} > \placefigure{some title} > {\startcombination[2*1] > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{} > \stopcombination} > \stoptext > > Mojca > > > ------------------------------ > > > For me normally \startcombination[2*1] .. works. MKII; Side by side > with a single caption. > Please tell me if I didnt understand your problem. > > Greetings > Tom Thanks to Mojca and Tom, With Mojca’s commands, {\framed[width=5cm]{}}{}, it works for me too. But I do not want the figures framed. When I replace that piece with {\externalfigure[NameofFigure]}, the figures are placed vertically, both with [2*1] and with [1*2]. I have uploaded a folder with a small testfile, which on my Mac shows this behaviour, as you can see in the pdf. (For convenience I have entered the two possibilities in the testfile, one of them commented out.) It can be downloaded from http://web.me.com/blackstone.robert/filechute/Combining_Figures.zip. Maybe there are some other errors in the file that I do not know of. Thanks for the attention. Best regards, Robert Blackstone

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Re: [NTG-context] Combining figures
by Robert Blackstone 09 May '09

09 May '09

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > > > \placefigure{some title} > {\placeontopofeachother > {\externalfigure[figure 1]} > {\externalfigure[figure 2]}} > > > \placefigure{some title} > {\hbox\placesidebyside > {\externalfigure[figure 1]} > {\externalfigure[figure 2]}} > > Wolfgang > and: > > \placefigure > [here,force][fig:Ex6]{Ux zeuhl, ma lamax quolt epp ik, korsa ozlint > vusp urfa,.} > \startcombination[2*1] > {\externalfigure[Ex6a]}{} > {\externalfigure[Ex6b]}{} > ^^ > \stopcombination > > Wolfgang Both work. Thank you. Stupid of me to forget or neglect a pair of empty curly braces.

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Combining figures.
by Robert Blackstone 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi All,I am working on a text that contains many combined figures, some side by side, some arranged vertically. I use, following “ConTeXt, an excursion”, \startcombination[1*2] and \startcombination[2*1] respectively. The first one works, the second doesn’t, that is, it also places the figures one above the other. It happens both with the “MacTeX”-version of ConTeXt and with the minimals. What can I do to place two figures side by side with a single caption? Thanks in advance, Robert Blackstone

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Obeyspaces in tables
by paul morgan 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi, Does \obeyspaces work in tables? I cannot determine how to make it do so. In the following example, I am unable to maintain the space between the words "T H E" and "P R O J E C T". \bTABLE[width=.5\hsize,frame=off] \bTR \bTD[align=right] {\it {\vi Contractor:}} \\ {\ss An organization} \\ {\ssx 100 West 27th Street, NY 10001} \eTD \bTD[ny=2][align=middle] {\obeyspaces {\ssa {\bf T H E P R O J E C T}}} \\ 100 East 10th Street, NY 10003 \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[align=right] {\it {\vi Sub-contractor:}} \\ {\ss Another organization} \\ {\ssx 100 Stagg St., Brooklyn 11206} \eTD \eTR \eTABLE Thank you for any help or advice.

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good layout for tech manual
by Markus Hubig 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi @all, at the moment I'm writing a tech manual with a loooot of screenshots & plots. I've played around to find the perfect layout for my document but I'm not fully satisfied with what I have till now. --------8<-------schnipp----- \setuppapersize[A4][A4] \setuplayout [topspace=25mm, bottomspace=50mm, backspace=30mm, leftmargin=23mm, rightmargin=23mm] --------8<-------schnapp----- The big problem I have is because of the many screenshots there's a lot of unused space in my document. Maybe some of you can give me a tip for a better layout ... Markus -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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Switching Layers on and off
by Markus Hubig 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi @all, l'm trying to some vertical text into the margins of my Document. But I don't wanna have this text on every page so I'm looking for a solution to switch it on or off ... I tried this but it doesn't work: *environment File:* \setupbackgrounds [leftpage] [background=Watermark-Left] \definelayer [Watermark-Left] [width=\paperwidth, height=\paperheight, state=stop] \setlayer [Watermark-Left] [hoffset=1cm, voffset=1cm] {\scale[sx=2,sy=3]{\rotate[rotation=-90.0]{margintext}}} *Project File:* \startbodymatter \setupbackgrounds[lefttpage][state=repeat] \stopbodymatter Maybe some knows a solution for this ... Markus -- -------------------"it's like this"------ even samurai have teddy bears and even teddy bears get drunk

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Inside ConTeXt
by Wolfgang Schuster 08 May '09

08 May '09

After reading the following code [1] from the wiki again I will present here my solution: \def\TextWithSpaces{\framed\bgroup\afterassignment\obeyspaces\let\next} [1] http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Inside_ConTeXt#Passing_verbatim_text_as_macro… Wolfgang

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simpleslides ubuntu jaunty (9.04)
by Amaël Broustet 07 May '09

07 May '09

Dear list members, I'm a new user of conTeXt and was interested in the simpleslides module. It looks great and partially works but most graphical stuffs don't work : I've only the text using Mark IV, and get some of the graphical effects with Mark II (but not all) (I've attached pdf output and logs). I use a freshly installed ubuntu 9.04 I've installed the module (in my ~/texmf). I've added in /etc/environment the variable TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c in order for luatools and MarkIV to work. cf http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Debian_installation#Postscript:_Mark_IV (the exemple file works) versions : $ texexec --lua -v TeXExec | version 6.2.0 - 1997-2006 - PRAGMA ADE/POD $ luatools -v LuaTools | version 1.2.0 - 2006+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT $ luatex -v This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.28.0-2009041620 I hope that you have some hints on what I might have wrong, In mark IV, it looks like I have a version problem for metafun, but I'm not sure and don't now how to get the version number. Best regards Amaël Broustet

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gVim complier plugin question
by Michael Bynum 07 May '09

07 May '09

I was trying to get the context compiler plugin for gvim working, but I think I may be misunderstanding something about the instructions. I keep getting a "compiler not found" error when I try to set the compiler so I must have done something wrong. I downloaded the texexec.vim plugin from http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1925 and copied it to /usr/share/vim/vim70/compiler/texexec.vim I then opened a context file with gvim and typed ":compiler=texexec" and I get "E666: compiler not supported: =texexec" It seems like it must be a small mistake, but I'm at a loss to figure out what it is. Does anyone know what I did wrong? Thanks, Mike

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\doiffontfeature
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hi, is it possible to check if a font has a certain feature like smallcaps? Wolfgang

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