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hotkey definitions again
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 13 May '07

13 May '07

Hello, I have following two definitions for hotkeys \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00, offset=0pt]{\ #1\ }} \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00, offset=0pt]{\enspace#1\enspace}} The first is my favorite since it looks compact, but one-letter hotkeys look odd (the frame's height is more then width). \hotkey{Ctrl} - nice \hotkey{T} - not nice The second definition works better for one-letter hotkeys. \hotkey{Ctrl} - not nice \hotkey{T} - nice My question is: can I set the MINIMUM width of a box to have boxes not less then, say, squared. -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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linking to txt files
by Andrea Valle 11 May '07

11 May '07

Dear all, I've written an introduction to SuperCollider with ConTeXt. http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/sw/sc/prd_tSCIRMA.pdf I'm really happy of the result. Now, it has been suggested to have the included code accessible in some "cleaner" way (i.e. the supercollider source code as it is). My idea would be to add a link on something (e.g. a title of the code fragment) so that clicking on it in the pdf would open via a txt editor (or a browser, that's the same) the related sc source file. Something like opening movies or audio files, but with a text file. I guess it's simple but until now I found no way, Thanks a lot Best -a- -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong) -------------------------------------------------- Andrea Valle -------------------------------------------------- CIRMA - DAMS Università degli Studi di Torino --> http://www.cirma.unito.it/andrea/ --> andrea.valle(a)unito.it -------------------------------------------------- I did this interview where I just mentioned that I read Foucault. Who doesn't in university, right? I was in this strip club giving this guy a lap dance and all he wanted to do was to discuss Foucault with me. Well, I can stand naked and do my little dance, or I can discuss Foucault, but not at the same time; too much information. (Annabel Chong)

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in text enumeration?
by Michael 10 May '07

10 May '07

Hi, I'd like to define a 'enumeration' so I can type \doc, \doc, which expands to 'Document A', 'Document B' (so I don't have to keep track of the A/B/C. A defineenumeration does almost what I want except I want the 'Document A' to be part of a sentence rather than a special heading. (There is no 'intext' option in the 'location' parameter.). Plus, how can I have the A/B/C instead of 1/2/3? [conversion=Character] doesn't seem to work. Any suggestions are welcome. Cheers, Michael

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embedded fonts
by Jörg Hagmann 09 May '07

09 May '07

Dear list members, I have a possibly off-topic and certainly naive question. But unfortunately it's urgent, and a systematic search would take too long: I just finished a 84 page document and sent it to the printer. They say the fonts are not embedded. Is there a switch that allows me to do that? If not, what else can I do? Thanks a lot, Jörg

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large greek (math) font?
by Michael 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hi, I'm trying to make slides in ConTeXt and needs larger font size. However, in this example, the Phi is not showing up (works with 12/14pt) \setupbodyfont[20pt] \starttext This is a greek letter $\Phi$ \stoptext How can I get around that? I also wanted to use sans font and found that modules amsl apparently resets the font to rm. Thanks, Michael

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What module does this document use ?
by Lingyun Yang 09 May '07

09 May '07

Can anyone help me with this kind of document ? http://www.pragma-ade.com/present/talks/pre-mml.pdf Which module does it use ? Is there anyway I can find its example tex code ? I tried google, but didn't find much information. Thanks. best regards, May.

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Helvetica - 50th Birthday
by Keith McKay 09 May '07

09 May '07

I saw this on the BBC News Website and thought it may be of interest http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6638423.stm Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland, UK. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/794 - Release Date: 08/05/2007 14:23

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short last line
by Steffen Wolfrum 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hi, looking for a solution to avoid short snippets in a paragraph's last line I found lefthyphenmin/righthyphenmin. But as this affects all hyphenations it is not useful. Is there also a command that only cares for the last line of a paragraph, controlling that this last line should consist of e.g. at least 5 characters (all in all, or at least righthyphenmin 4 characters)? Steffen

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Re: [NTG-context] hotkey and strut again
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 09 May '07

09 May '07

Hello, I've found the following solution some time ago and I'm quietly satisfied with it: \def\hotkey#1{\inframed[corner=00, offset=0pt]{\ #1\ }} -- Best, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Re: [NTG-context] [metapost] shading text
by Mojca Miklavec 08 May '07

08 May '07

The ConTeXt mailing list is probably more suitable for this discussion, so I'm redirecting your question there (if anyone responds to it). On 5/2/07, Stephan Hennig wrote: > Hi, > > my attempt to shade a piece of text with MetaFun fails (see below). Is > this a restriction of MetFun/MetaPost or of the PDF format? > > While there is an explicit example for transparent text in metafun-p.pdf > on p. 185 I didn't find one for shaded text. Is shading text possible? > > Best regards, > Stephan Hennig > > input metafun > beginfig(1); > sh_sqr := define_linear_shade(origin, (100bp,0), white, blue); > sh_txt := define_linear_shade(origin, (100bp,0), white, red); > fill unitsquare scaled 100bp withshade sh_sqr; > label("Not shaded!", (50,50)) withshade sh_txt; > endfig; > end > > Compile with > > mpost shad > mptopdf shad ---------- On 5/6/07, Stephan Hennig wrote: > Mojca Miklavec schrieb: > > It should be possible to do it inside PDF, but it's not implemented (yet?). > > Thanks. Would be a nice feature for, e.g., invitation cards. PDF uses 8 different kinds of text: filled, stroked (already implemented with \starteffect[outline]...\stopeffect), ... and some others. See Chapter 5.2 of PDF reference manual. You probably need Text rendering type 4. Extending support for it would be a nice excercise in metafun programming, but I'm too slow to figure it out in a reasonable time. I *really* need to finish extending smooth shading patterns to a more generic model, and I will keep your problem in mind in case it remains unsolved, but don't count on me if you need it now. There are some people on the ConTeXt mailing list (apart from Hans of course) who might be able to help. Mojca

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