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mptopdf
by Severin Obertuefer 05 May '03

05 May '03

hi i have miktex 2.2 installed and wanted to run mptopdf, but when I use the newest version of "mptopdf.pl" it dosent work. the following error apperas: eftm=mptopdf: unknown option if i replace the file by another version everything works fine. what could be wrong here? greets severin

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colo-ema defines X Window colors
by Peter Rolf 05 May '03

05 May '03

Hello Hans, I noticed that the color def file colo-xwi is part of colo-ema. After a look in the source of colo-ema it is now clear, that colo-ema defines the X window colors. I wrote this color defs a few years ago for latex and converted them to context without looking in the origin file again. Sorry for that... So I suggest to rename colo-ema in colo-xwi (but it's your decision). I append a slightly changed version. Regards, Peter

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horizontal scaling a glyph?
by Adam Lindsay 05 May '03

05 May '03

Hi. Again, I feel like I've failed, because I haven't found it in an hour's worth of looking through the source: Is there a nice ConTeXt-y way to define a glyph that's stretched a consistent amount? I'm not thinking of the letter-spacing \stretched macros, but rather a distorted character like the 'a' on page 427 of metafun-s (240 in metafun-p). I feel like I've looked at the definition before, but I'm coming up a blank. Thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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Multi-line equation and placement of the number
by Maarten Sneep 03 May '03

03 May '03

Hello Context user, I'm trying to display a multi-line equation with a single number aligned with the last line. According to "The TeXbook" I should use \eqalignno{} for that. Unfortunately, this gobbles up the number. The other method of aligning th parts of my long equation (\eqalign) puts the number in the vertical center. How am I supposed to do this? Kind regards, Maarten Sneep The obligatory version info: ConTeXt ver: 2003.3.11 fmt: 2003.3.26 I found the following code, but I seriously do not understand this... %% from math-pln.tex in ${TEXMF}/tex/context/base \def\eqalignno#1% {\displ@y \tabskip\centering \halign to \displaywidth {\hfil$\@lign\displaystyle{##}$\tabskip\z@skip &$\@lign\displaystyle{{}##}$\hfil\tabskip\centering &\llap{$\@lign##$}\tabskip\z@skip\crcr #1\crcr}}

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Strange error while generating format
by Matt Gushee 03 May '03

03 May '03

Hello, all-- I am trying to set up a new version of ConTeXt (the latest stable version, I guess? I downloaded it from Pragma ADE yesterday). But when I run 'texexec --make en' I get the following error: (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/page-imp.tex loading : Context Core Macros / Pagebody Building system (E-TEX) : [line 736] \dimexpr ! Undefined control sequence. l.743 \setuppaper ? I say this is strange because I'm sure \setuppaper is defined--and if it weren't, surely it would have been noticed and corrected by now. I think all ConTeXt files are in their proper places ... at least, they are in the same places they were in a previous working installation. Some pertinent facts: TeX distribution: teTeX 1.0.2 Major addons: pTeX 2.0 (but as far as I know this doesn't replace core files) Platform: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Maybe the files are getting loaded in the wrong order? But I can't think of any reason why that might happen. Or have I missed some important step? P.S.: I think there's something missing from the installation guide (minstall.pdf): teTeX users may need to edit $TEXMF/web2c/fmtutil.cnf in order to enable texexec to find 'cont-*.ini'. -- Matt Gushee When a nation follows the Way, Englewood, Colorado, USA Horses bear manure through mgushee(a)havenrock.com its fields; http://www.havenrock.com/ When a nation ignores the Way, Horses bear soldiers through its streets. --Lao Tzu (Peter Merel, trans.)

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Macros for Croatian dj & DJ
by Gour 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hello Hans! Here I'm again :-) In order to completely solve the issues with typesetting Croatian texts with ConTeXt I've found a file with TeX macros which produce correct \DJ - you can see the attached file dj.tex I have also included snapshot (DJ.jpg) which shows dstroke & Dstroke produced with these new macros (default cmr font). I commented present definition for DJ in enco-mis.tex and replaced it with the following: \def\pseudoencodedDJ % like in babel, but safer {\leavevmode \rlap{\kern 0.05em\raise 0.76ex\hbox {\vrule height 0.10ex width 0.28em}}D} However, I hope that there is some room for improvement, but being not proficient in programming TeX, I am humbly asking you to use your TeX expertise to resolve this issue once and for all. Personally, I'm so exciting to be able to typeset Croatian with utf-8 encoding in ConTeXt (I'm also using dbcontext package to transform DocBook XML --> ConTeXt, but we need some ConTeXt help to achieve better transformation.) Please, excuse me for bothering you but I'm sure it is something to extend present ConTeXt usability. Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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incrementnumber of part vs. not showing up in table of contents
by Mark A. Lilly 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, When i \setuphead[part][incrementnumber=no] so that all the chapter numbering will be continuous, the part doesn't show up in my Table of Contents. when i change it to 'yes' or remove incrementnumber, the part shows up in the ToC, but the chapters are now reset to 1 at each part break. I want to have the parts show up in the ToC, but not have chapter numbers reset to 1 at each part. %%%%%%%%sample, change incrementnumber=yes | no \setuphead[part] [incrementnumber=no] \setuphead [chapter] [number=yes] \placecontent \starttext \part{one} \chapter{c1} \input tufte \chapter{c2} \input tufte \part{two} \chapter{c3} \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%end test thanks, mark ps - is there a difference for this list between using \input tufte and \input knuth?

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Docbook In Context: new version uploaded
by Simon Pepping 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, I have uploaded a new version of DocbookInContext. This version has an implementation of attribute actions on an experimental basis; see the file Customization for an explanation and details. Of course the release also contains numerous new small features and fixes. The release has been tested with the Context version of 4 March 2003. Known problem of this release: Sometimes Context inserts a spurious pagebreak; this seems to be connected with the use of backgrounds. I have noted a similar problem with the Index. You can find DocbookInContext at http://www.hobby.nl/~scaprea/context/. Regards, Simon -- Simon Pepping email: spepping(a)scaprea.hobby.nl

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repetition of table headers with nattab
by Gour 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi! Is it possible to achieve repetition of table headers with natural tables model? I also have problem to get split tables by using \setupTABLE[split=yes]. It's only possible with \bTABLE[split=yes] as I've found in ml archive. My version of ConTeXt is: ConTeXt ver: 2003.4.22 fmt: 2003.4.29 int: english mes: english Sincerely, Gour -- Gour gour(a)mail.inet.hr Registered Linux User #278493

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small font size for figure captions
by Ed L Cashin 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Hi. I am having trouble finding how to get a smaller font size for the text like, "Figure 1.1 Dinosaurs are Fun". I can change the font size for "Dinosaurs are Fun" manually, but then "Figure 1.1" stays big, which looks funny. I didn't see a setupfigures command, but I bet I'm missing something like that. -- --Ed L Cashin PGP public key: http://noserose.net/e/pgp/

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Installation problems
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Hallo! I don't understand fontinstallation and fontselection at all. I tryed the following: ---------------------------------------------- \setupbodyfont[ppl] \starttext Blub. \stoptext ---------------------------------------------- First the tfm for 'ec-uplr8a' is not found. Why? What have I to change? Then I used Patricks 'adobekb' and the two lines: ---------------------------------------------- \usetypescriptfile[adobekb] \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] ---------------------------------------------- in cont-sys.tex I get an error from dvi-viewer, that an pk-file for 'pplr8t' is missing. There is neither an vf-file with this name. Then I tried to change the encoding and changed cont-sys.tex to: ----------------------------------------------- \setupencoding[default=8r] \usetypescriptfile[adobekb] \usetypescript[adobekb][\defaultencoding] ----------------------------------------------- This time, the pk-file for 'pplr8r' is not found. An equivalent vf-file is missing too. This is the second installation of tetex, the first was debian original, this is TeX Live 7. What can I do, to make the whole thing running? Tired, Wolfgang

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numbering of floats
by Martin Kolařík 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Hi all, I had (have) a problem with numbering of floats. I use three kind of floats, generic figure and table and mine inherited graph. Of course, tables and graph are numbered separately. When the floats would be renumbered (in my case I had "table 3" in the document before "graph 2") the floats are renumbered badly -- result was "graph 3" before "table 2". So floats and their captions ar OK, but numbers not. Any ideas? Thanks and have a nice day, Martin -------- Martin Kolarik Moravske Pristroje, a.s., Masarykova 1148, Zlin 76302 tel. +420 603 498 498, fax +420 577 107 171 web: http://www.mii.cz -------- e-mail: kolarik(a)mii.cz e-mail: kolarik(a)click.cz tel. +420 603 535 593

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Natural tables alignment
by Martin Kolařík 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Hi all, before some time I asked if there is some way to define alignment of bTABLE if it is used onside text, not as an float. Hans answered me, if I remember, it needs new option. Was not made some advance? I cannot enclose table into hbox, because this solution denies automatic table splitting (over pages). Thanks, Martin -------- Martin Kolarik Moravske Pristroje, a.s., Masarykova 1148, Zlin 76302 tel. +420 603 498 498, fax +420 577 107 171 web: http://www.mii.cz --------H e-mail: kolarik(a)mii.cz e-mail: kolarik(a)click.cz tel. +420 603 535 593

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Re: [NTG-context] Inclusion of flow chart
by emmanuel.rialland＠sgib.com 30 Apr '03

30 Apr '03

Thanks Hans. Apologies if the discussion doesn't flow very much, I am writing from down under. In fact, what I would ideally like to do is the following: 1- Define a template with the boxes without any arrows. 2- Write numbered lists describing arrows that would be generated on top of the template. The overview might look like the following (with some bogus macro names): % Somewhere in a template file % Template for the boxes: \StartMPTemplate[Boxes] % % ----- ----- ----- % ! ! ! ! ! ! % ! A ! ! B ! ! C ! % ----- ----- ----- % \startFLOWcell \name {a} \location {1,1} \shape {action} \text {\ss A} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {b} \location {2,1} \shape {action} \text {\ss B} \stopFLOWcell \startFLOWcell \name {c} \location {3,1} \shape {action} \text {\ss C} \stopFLOWcell \StopMPTemplate ------------------------------------------------------------------ % This creates the first chapter \startcomponent Right \Chapter{Every to the right} % Inserts a float with the proper figure and the proper arrows using the difinitions coming afterward \StartMPGraphWithTemplate[Right] \IncludeFLOWchartTemplate[Boxes] \StopMPGraphWithTemplate % Place the float \placefigure [here,force] [fig:chart1] {Chart One} {\framed{\FLOWchart[Right]}} % normal itemised text that will be numbered and will dynamically add tyhe arrows to the figure [Right] \startitemizeWithFLOWchart \arrow[labels=number,from=a,fromside=r,to=b,toside=l] This is the first arrow. \arrow[labels=number,from=b,fromside=r,to=c,toside=l] This is the second arrow. \stopitemizeWithFLOWchart % This is the result % % ----- ----- ----- % ! ! 1 ! ! 2 ! ! % ! A !---->! B !---->! C ! % ! ! ! ! ! ! % ----- ----- ----- % % The text should appear below the float as \startitemize would have done % 1 This is the first arrow. % 2 This is the second arrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------ % This creates the next chapter \startcomponent Left \Chapter{Every to the left} % Inserts a float with the proper figure and the proper arrows using the difinitions coming afterward \StartMPGraphWithTemplate[Left] \IncludeFLOWchartTemplate[Boxes] \StopMPGraphWithTemplate % normal itemised text that will be numbered and will dynamically add tyhe arrows to the figure [Right] \startitemizeWithFLOWchart \arrow[labels=number,from=c,fromside=r,to=a,toside=l] This is the top arrow. \stopitemizeWithFLOWchart % This is the result % !------------------------------ % ! ----- ----- ----- ! % ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! % -->! A ! ! B ! ! C !--! % ! ! ! ! ! ! % ----- ----- ----- % % The idea is that everything is dynamic: - if the template changes, all the graphs get redrawn with the boxes at their new place. The arrows get moved as needed. - if the itemised text is changed (say the 'second arrow' line is written before the 'first arrow'), then on the graph, the arrow from a to b would be numbered 2 and the arrow from b to c would become 1. What I tried is the definition you see at the top for the boxes. Then, to generate the first graph, I would have: --------------------------------------------------- \startFLOWchart[chart] % Inserts template \includeFLOWchart[template][x=1,y=1] % Additional information on top of cell a \startFLOWcell \name {a} \connection [rl] {b} \comment [t] {\ss 1} \stopFLOWcell % Additional information on top of cell b \startFLOWcell \name {b} \connection [rl] {c} \comment [t] {\ss 2} \stopFLOWcell \stopFLOWchart --------------------------------------------------- All I get is the template without any arrows. I thought about trying to generate massive metafun macros. But I want the itemised text to be text and not a graph. Bottom line: is it possible? realistic? I have been using MS Word so far to do that sort of thing. It has been quite tedious to reflect any change in the box structure: 10 charts means 10 charts to re-edit. As a bonus question that should be easier. Is it possible to draw other sorts of arrows: i would like to draw straght line arrows that could follow a diagonal (say go north-east instead of east first then north), or circular arrows like: % % ----- % ! ! % ! !<-- % ----- \ % \ % | % ----- / % ! ! / % ! A !<-- % ----- As usual any help is welcome. Emmanuel Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl Sent by: cc: Emmanuel RIALLAND/au/socgen@socgen ntg-context-admin Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Inclusion of flow chart @ntg.nl 30/04/2003 05:17 Please respond to ntg-context At 18:49 24/04/2003 +1100, emmanuel.rialland(a)sgib.com wrote: >As you might have guessed, this breaks everything. > >Has anybody an idea as to how I could do that? can you make a minimal example? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ************************************************************************** Have you checked our new corporate website at http://www.sgib.com ? The information contained herein is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). It shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security. 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mails
by Hans Hagen 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

Hi, I'm as usual behind with mails and now going to bachotek for a few days; if you feel that some pending urgent problem is pending ... resent Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [NTG-context] Inclusion of flow chart
by Hans Hagen 29 Apr '03

29 Apr '03

At 18:49 24/04/2003 +1100, emmanuel.rialland(a)sgib.com wrote: >As you might have guessed, this breaks everything. > >Has anybody an idea as to how I could do that? can you make a minimal example? Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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What is the status of the bibliography module?
by Maarten Sneep 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Hi, I've searched the mailing list archives on the bib module. There are no really recent entries, so I'm wondering what the current status is. More specifically: I am trying to get the bibliography module to work like I want it to work. Does anyone have a bibl-???.tex lying around that formats for a common physics journal (say Physical Review or similar? I'll give an example of what I want below.) I need mostly articles and some books, not much else (incomplete support is not a problem), I'm not picky, if you have something that uses numerical references and cite order in the final list, I'm a happy camper... Sorted by citation order, a journal entry should look like this: Initials Name, Initials Name and Initials Name, \quote{Title}, Journal {\bf Volume}, pagestart (year). If there are more than 3 authors, use {\em et al.}. For a book: Author(s), \crlf {\em Title,} (editors) \crlf edition, Publisher, City, year Thanks for the help, Maarten > fortune bash: fortune: command not found

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Widows and Orphans in columns
by John Culleton 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Do the normal controls \widowpenalty and \clubpenalty work with Context? Do they work with ordinary columns? Do they work with columnsets? Are there higher level Context constructs I should be using for this purpose in columns? John Culleton ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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latest beta
by Martin Kolařík 28 Apr '03

28 Apr '03

Hi all, after installing the latest beta (the one with colmunsets) I have found problems with heads -- heads on all levels and sublevels use style of the top level (chapter or title). Another settings like spacing etc. works fine. I tried compile the beta three times (:-), twice at home, once at office). Maybe I do any systematic error, but now I do not know which... Thanks, Martin -------- Martin Kolarik Moravske Pristroje, a.s., Masarykova 1148, Zlin 76302 tel. +420 603 498 498, fax +420 577 107 171 web: http://www.mii.cz -------- e-mail: kolarik(a)mii.cz e-mail: kolarik(a)click.cz tel. +420 603 535 593

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Re: Bad post
by John Culleton 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

Please ignore my post to Shel Horowitz It is not list business. Apologies of course. John Culleton ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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Fwd: Re: [Indy_Publishers] Digest Number 101
by John Culleton 27 Apr '03

27 Apr '03

Sorry about that! I had made a post and silly me I forgot about digest-lag. Here is the post, in answer to yours which answered... John C. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: [Indy_Publishers] Digest Number 101 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:45:34 -0400 From: John Culleton <john(a)wexfordpress.com> To: Indy_Publishers(a)yahoogroups.com, Shel Horowitz <shel(a)frugalfun.com> On Sunday 27 April 2003 07:33 am, Shel Horowitz wrote: > >I'm having a "discussion" with my VA. I designed a flyer about my > >book to send to writing conferences. She says that most verbiage on > >flyers is ignored. Just to stick with graphics. > > Thank goodness most of the rest of the world disagrees! Otherwise, as > a marketing copywriter, I'd have to find a different way to make a > living.<g> And we wouldn't want that! Actually as a book reviewer I fold the blurb in two, stick it between the covers, and refer to it for any specifics not covered in the book itself (like where to order it etc.) Often those sheets get lost and I only have the book to work from. But the book is what I am reviewing, not e.g., Shel's deathless prose which in fact may be better written than the book :-=) OTOH there is one publicist out there whose cover sheet is so bad it turns me off on the book. He takes a standard form letter and sticks in one paragraph relating to the actual book. Often that paragraph is a long, run-on sentence fragment. So while a good blurb may not turn me on an ungrammatical one will turn me off. I'll write Shel separately with the name of the publicist, to protect the names of the guilty :-) John Culleton Rowse Reviews (among other things) ------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ Free 20MB Web Site Hosting and Personalized E-mail Service! Get It Now At Doteasy.com http://www.doteasy.com/et/

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Spacing problems with units
by Maarten Sneep 25 Apr '03

25 Apr '03

Hi, I have a spacing problem with the units module. the sample code below shows the problem: an extra space is inserted before the unit when used in mathmode. Any suggestions? Kind regards, Maarten Sneep %% start sample code \usemodule[units] \unit[Wavelength] {\mathematics{\lambda}} {\Nano \Meter} \starttext \dots It is defined as $1/\Wavelength$ with \Wavelength\ the wavelength in vacuum, expressed in \Centi \Meter \dots. Notice the extra space before the $\lambda$ in the first paragraph. It should have come out as $1/\lambda$. \stoptext %% end sample code

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database
by LEGUEDOIS, Frederic 25 Apr '03

25 Apr '03

Hello, I'm new user of ConTeXt (for one week) and I would like to connect ConTeXt with a database(Oracle, PostegreSQL, MySQL...). Is it possible or must I write a PERL script to export datas in XML files ? I found this in mail archive : \startSQL my_query \stopSQL but I don't know how to use this (how to use the result of the query, where I write database connection's parameters...). Do you know where can I find a manual or any help? Thanks in advance, P.S. : I'm French and my English isn't very good. I'm sorry about this. Frederic Leguedois ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/

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incrementnumber of part vs. not showing up in table of contents
by Mark A. Lilly 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

Hi, When i \setuphead[part][incrementnumber=no] so that all the chapter numbering will be continuous, the part doesn't show up in my Table of Contents. when i change it to 'yes' or remove incrementnumber, the part shows up in the ToC, but the chapters are now reset to 1 at each part break. I want to have the parts show up in the ToC, but not have chapter numbers reset to 1 at each part. %%%%%%%%sample, change incrementnumber=yes | no \setuphead[part] [incrementnumber=no] \setuphead [chapter] [number=yes] \placecontent \starttext \part{one} \chapter{c1} \input tufte \chapter{c2} \input tufte \part{two} \chapter{c3} \input tufte \stoptext %%%%%%%end test thanks, mark ps - is there a difference for this list between using \input tufte and \input knuth?

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hyphenation
by Zeljko Vrba 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

I'm typesetting something in Croatian language. In cont-en.tex I put an \installlanguage, and properly configured the hyphenation tables (which languages to include/exclude). In my main project file, I put \mainlanguage[hr]. Is this enough for Context to use Croatian hyphenation rules? Is there a way to check by which rules does it hyphenate? (I myself am not too familiar with my own language's hyphenation :), but some words do appear hyphenated strangely nevertheless.. so I'd just want to check it)

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