June 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

RTF to ConTeXt
by Cecil Westerhof 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I have a RTF document I like to convert to a ConTeXt document. Are there tools for this? I would also like the other way around, but I understood that this is only possible through ConTeXt -> PDF -> RTF, or has the situation changed. -- Cecil Westerhof

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt version of LaTeX's article class
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hello Thomas, Thanks for reply. My idea about the buttons came from student diploma presentations. One student does the presentation, while his friend turns the slides. Sometimes it's necessary to go back, so it will be handy to have buttons... But I don't insist; this may be my whim ) When I'm in hurry, I solve problems faster them I get solutions )) Unfortunately, I've already dropped the project I worked on (not by my will), so I loose any interest in it and don't try anything. Thanks for hinting me about this delicate matter. Vyatcheslav >> Btw, I most like small navigation buttons in the bottom ) Good idea >> to something alike to Simpleslides. >> > > Well, for one thing, the module clearly says in its manual that this > is not its aim: "The module is meant for presentations which will be > shown on a digital projector. They have no interactive elements (such > as buttons or hyperlinks) and no navigational tools (such as table of > contents)." Hence the name "simple-slides." I have never understood > what these navigation buttons are good for when I watched > presentations. But of course, if users think it's a good idea, Aditya > and I may consider adding them. > > And another thing that's on my mind: Vyatcheslav, you have been asking > a ton of questions lately. You have received quite a few answers, but > you have never replied (unless to ask further questions). I'm not > complaining about a lack of manners, but it would be good to know if > your problem has been solved, if the solutions work etc. > > Thomas > > >

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Document Titles
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

I followed the wiki http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Document_Titles but the last part "Adding markings to headers and footers" does not work. I suspect "In ConTeXt: A more advanced solution" was put in later and the instructions in Adding Markings does not work in that solution. So, how do I add the markings in the "advanced solution" in the wiki instructions? G PS. This is what I would really like to have in ConTeXt. A gooed set of modules like a t-title, t-article, etc. Why after all these years has this not been added? It would make ConTeXt so much more usable for conceptual writers like myself.

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Re: [NTG-context] should \getmarking[title] work?
by Michael Green 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:00 AM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > Am 25.06.2009 um 00:51 schrieb Michael Green: > >> I expected \getmarking[title] to give me the contents of \title. It >> used to work (as of late spring). Perhaps something has changed. >> >> MTXrun | current version: 2009.06.14 21:01 >> This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.40.5-2009061123 (Web2C 2009) >> luatex.web >= v2471 >> >> Test file: >> >> \starttext >> \title{This is the title} >> >> The title should be here: \getmarking[title]. But it's just a blank >> space. >> >> \stoptext > > \starttext > > \title[sec:title]{This is the title} > > The title should be here: \ref[s][sec:title]. > > \stoptext > > Wolfgang > Thanks! That worked using Mk II but not with Mk IV. Is that to be expected? Michael

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Math problem
by Lutz Haseloff 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi all, I'm trying out ConTeXt Math. The very most of the samples of the TeXbook work very nice. I only found one problem, \atopwithdelims seems not to work o.k. That results in not adapting delimiters for \choose, \brack and \brace. My file: \usetypescriptfile[type-lucida] \starttext ${n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k}$ \startformula {n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k} \stopformula \blank[5*big] \usetypescript[cambria] \setupbodyfont[cambria] ${n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k}$ \startformula {n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k} \stopformula \blank[5*big] \usetypescript[lucida] \setupbodyfont[lucida] ${n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k}$ \startformula {n\choose k} {n\brack k} {n\brace k} \stopformula \stoptext Luatex: This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.41.0-2009062123 (Web2C 2009) ConTeXt: 2009.06.14 21:01 MKIV fmt: 2009.6.26 int: english/english Greetings Lutz

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Referencing formulae
by Willi Egger 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi, Hm, it looks like that the referencing mechanism is broken: in context beta 2009-06-14 Luatex 0.40.5 \starttext \startformula \startalign \NC a_1 x + b_1 y \NC = c_1 \NR[eq:1] \NC a_2 x + b_2 y \NC = c_2 \NR[eq:2] \stopalign \stopformula As seen from (\in[eq:1]) and (\in[eq:2]), referring equations is straight forward. \stoptext Kind regards Willi

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Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt version of LaTeX's article class
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Btw, I most like small navigation buttons in the bottom ) Good idea to something alike to Simpleslides. > can i also ask, does simple-slides offer something like this? > > http://people.cs.uu.nl/andres/NixOS-IFIP.pdf > Vyatcheslav

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ConTeXt version of LaTeX's article class?
by Gerben Wierda 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Is there a ConTeXt way of doing an article a la LaTeX's article class? Thanks, G

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Re: [NTG-context] Simpleslides question
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Thanks for asking. The problem is so simple from PowerPoint view. I want to place a logo of my academic institution on the front page, above the slide title. I can guess its x,y coordinates, but cannot understand how to place it there. I know something about overlays, but it seems that they can add an image to a text already placed somewhere. I have no text, I just want to place an image at arbitrary location at one page. >> > Hello, >> > >> > Can I arrange*multiple* images per a page in specified positions (x,y) using >> > simpleslides module? >> > > Can you elaborate? Do you want the same images to appear in all slides in > the background (like a corporate design), or do you want to include > multiple images on a single page, say two images side by side? > > Aditya Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] label, caption and eps in figures?
by Pau 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hello, thanks for the hint. The legend worked very well. Nevertheless, I still have not understood what the equivalent in ConTeXt of LaTeX \ref{} <---> \label{} is --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{equation} 1 + 1 = 2 \label{eq.1} \end{equation} In Eq. \ref{eq.1}, we show that one plus one equals two ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- How would you write that in ConTeXt? And for a figure? thanks for your patience, Pau >>> "Fig. 1" on it) and with the label. \ref{fig.mylabel} is not >>> recognised (see below). >> > > \setuplabeltext[en][figure=Fig. ] > >> \starttext >> >> \placefigure > [fig.MyCaption] >> {My Caption} >> {\externalfigure[MyFigure.eps][factor=broad]} >> >> \stoptext > -- Let there be peace on earth. And let it begin with misc

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