September 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Weird layout
by Maurício CA 12 Sep '09

12 Sep '09

Hi, I don't know if this is an usual problem... I'm printing a book on size A5. The person who is going to build the book said he needs 0.5cm extra around all borders. I'm printing 4 pages at each paper sheet (\setuparranging[2*4]). However, printing will be done in A3; this means the resulting 2*4 (A5+border) should be centered in an A3 sheet. (Of course, this A3 sheet is going to be printed centered in a 2*4(A5+border) blank sheet. Is there a proper way to do that? My naive attempt was to format my book as if it had a size a little bit more than A5 and just \setuparranging to get the result, but this way it is difficult to study the layout properly, I get no markings and other problems. Thanks a lot, Maurício

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columns with unequal width
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hello, Can I create columns with unequal width with \startcolumns? (Say, first column is 75% and second is 25%) Regards, Vaytcheslav

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Pagenumbering of appendices
by olafm+context＠kimberly.tako.de 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hello, I've been trying to turn off the conversion of page numbers to roman numerals in my appendix without any luck. Here is a minimal example: \setuppagenumbering[way=bytext,location={bottom, right}] \startsectionblockenvironment[bodypart] \setuppagenumber[number=1, state=start] \stopsectionblockenvironment \startsectionblockenvironment[appendix] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=,location=bottom,left={--~},right={~--}] \stopsectionblockenvironment \starttext \startbodymatter \chapter{Body 1} \input knuth \chapter{Body 2} \input knuth \stopbodymatter \startappendices \chapter{App 1} \input knuth \chapter{App 2} \input knuth \stopappendices \stoptext What am I missing? All other settings I set in \setuppagenumbering seem to take effect. Cheers, Olaf

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[OT] Prime Minister apologises over death of Alan Turing
by luigi scarso 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/27664/53/1/1/ -- luigi

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new beta
by Hans Hagen 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hi, I uploaded a new beta that fixes a couple of the recently reported bugs. Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Placing MP graphic without line breaks
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Another question arises. The following produces grids in a column (i.e. with line breaks). How to place MP graphics like words, in a row? \starttext \startuseMPgraphic{cg} drawoptions(withpen pencircle scaled 0.1pt withcolor black) ; draw hlingrid(0, 6, 1, 0.8cm, 1cm) ; draw vlingrid(0, 4, 1, 1cm, 0.8cm) ; \stopuseMPgraphic \useMPgraphic{cg} \useMPgraphic{cg} \useMPgraphic{cg} \useMPgraphic{cg} \useMPgraphic{cg} \stoptext Regards, Vyatcheslav

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TeXWorks settings for ConTeXt mark IV
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hello, Could anyone please share TeXWorks settings for ConTeXt mark IV? Reagds, Vyatcheslav

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index and LuaTeX
by Bernd Militzer 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

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A Metapost question
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Hello, a) Can anyone explain me the practical difference between \startuseMPgraphic and \startreusableMPgraphic ? Both the former and the latter allow to place a picture few times. b) Does anyone mind if I add "Using in ConTeXt" section to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaPost ? Regards, Vyatcheslav

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Re: [NTG-context] A Metapost question
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Sep '09

11 Sep '09

Sorry, already have found the answer to my question in MetaFun Manual (metafun-s). [blush] Vyatcheslav

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