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Re: [NTG-context] Suppressing printing of chapter head.
by JOHN CULLETON 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

I am having difficulty sending email to the list. The correct file name is http://wexfordpress.com/tex/headtest.pdf Sorry about that. John C. _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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Re: [NTG-context] Suppressing printing of chapter head.
by JOHN CULLETON 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

On Wednesday 14 February 2007 10:14, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > [location=top, > spaceinbetween=0pt, % <-- your friend > style=bold, > width=max] That works as far as the bolding is concerned. Many thanks. But the "Figure 2-1" and the "Comparison of Corporate and Government Bond Portfolios" are still in run-in style like this: Figure 2.1 Comparison of Corporate and Government Bond Portfolios I can maybe talk the customer out of that detail but if I can do it it would be nice. Another solution to bolding was proposed by Mojca but I decided to go with yours. Thanks to both. For those who were curious about the complexity of the heading I will post a pdf to http://wexfordpress.com/tex/headertest.pdf ..and a source file fragment here: ----------------------------------- \noheaderandfooterlines \tf \chapter{Investing for Income} \noheaderandfooterlines \null\vskip -1in \noindent {\baselineskip 15bp \nimbul\kern -3pt {\zb{``It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.''}}{\nimbus ~~---\kern 5bp \zb{Somerset Maugham}} \centerline{\vrule height .25bp width 4.25in} \vskip 3.050in \switchtobodyfont[MySabon,12bp] \rm {\it Chapter 2} \vskip .4in \baselineskip 30bp \leftline{\nimbux{\zc{Investing for Income,}}} \leftline{\nimbux{\zc{Safely and Effectively}}} \parindent .3125in \baselineskip 15bp \indenting[next] \vskip 15pt \rm ---------------------------- This is quite ugly but it works. \nimbux etc. are fonts and \zc etc. are macros using soul.sty. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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Re: [NTG-context] vertical stretch for TABLE ?
by luigi scarso 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

On 2/14/07, Steffen Wolfrum <context(a)st.estfiles.de> wrote: > Hi Luigi, > > > On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:44:20 +0100, luigi scarso wrote: > >> Is there also a kind of \bTABLE[split=yes,option=vstretch] that > >> gives this little stretch over the page's respective rows so that > >> there is also a vertical snap to the text frame? > >> > >> Or is this a too weird request? > >> > >> > > Did you see > > www.logosrl.it/context/modules/2007-01-23/core-modu.pdf > > at core-ntb section ? > > > > No, I didn't know this … enzyclopedia! > But as I am no programmer I am not sure how to you use it (too much that I absolutely not understand). ok > Did you see an answer to my request in there? I usually give my best with a complete working example 'I-have-this--I-want-that'.tex or 'this-doesn't-work-as-expected'.tex or 'i-don't-understand-this'.tex Can you made an example ?

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\writetolist vs \writebetweenlist
by JOHN CULLETON 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

I can use \writebetweenlist to add a line to my TOC. I have to put the page number in manually. Here is the statement: \writebetweenlist[part]{\nimbus\zy{Part 1 Prerequisite for Success}\hfil 22\rm } It would seem more sensible to use \writetolist and let Context determine the page number. But there are two problems: 1. There is an extra set of braces {} for \writetolist, the purpose of which is not stated. 2. A statement similar to the above but with \writetolist[part] and deleting the material from \hfil onward fails on interpetation of the formatting macro \zy. This in turn is a call to the soul.sty package for letterspacing the entry. Here is macro \zy: \sodef\zy{}{.040em}{.25em plus .5em}{2em plus .1em minus .1em} It works OK with \writebetweenlist but fails when part of \writetolist etc. I have two questions: 1. What are the extra braces for in the \writetolist command description? 2. Given two sets of braces, where does the text of the par title go? _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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MPtoPDF error
by Willi Egger 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hi, I wanted to compile a file which used to work without problems. Now I get a fatal error in MPtoPDF. This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.1 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=cont-en 2007.2.8) 8 FEB 2007 22:46 entering extended mode \write18 enabled. (c:/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/natural.tcx) **Doekenbon.tex \emergencyend (./Doekenbon.tex ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.23 13:32 MKII fmt: 2007.2.8 int: english/english ..... \@@layerboxGridBackground=\box158 \@MPG@@MPG@Doekenbon-mpgraph=\write7 \openout7 = `Doekenbon-mpgraph.mp'. \openout6 = `Doekenbon-mpgraph.mpb'. system(mpost -progname=metafun -mem=metafun Doekenbon-mpgraph)...executed. \@sg@\crossreferenceobject=\count214 [MP to PDF] (./Doekenbon-mpgraph.1 Runaway argument? ! Paragraph ended before \handleMPsequence was complete. <to be read again> \par What might be the reason for this message? Willi

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Characters per inch with ConTexT
by Aditya Mahajan 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

Hi, I am writing a document where the guidelines say that I should use Times Roman font at 10pt with 15 characters per inch and 6 lines per inch. I am using thermes from tex gyre rscaled=1.015 as the bodyfont. At this setting I get a bit more less than 6 lines per inch (which is fine) but roughtly 17 characters per inch. Any way I could setup fonts so that both these criteria is automatically met? Why do people come up with such criteria :(( Aditya

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mails
by Hans Hagen 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

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Suppressing printing of chapter head.
by John R. Culleton 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

I have a specification for a chapter head that is so complex I have little hope of modifying the Context head within any reasonable time frame. But I still prefer to use the Context chapter head for TOC, numbering of figures and the like. So I decided to hand code the head but still use \chapter for these other purposes. Here is my current workaround: ------------------------------------------------------------------ \setuphead[chapter][command=\white,header=nomarking] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I still have to use \noheaderandfooterlines as well for some reason. Just FYI. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Bolding the words "Figure 2-1"
by John R. Culleton 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

I too am stuck in specification hell. The specifier is ovenamored of stretching text and the like. I worked through that with the TeX/LaTeX macro soul.sty. My immediate problem is with putting the caption of a table in a different font. Currently I have: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \setupcaptions[location=top,headstyle=bold,style=bold] \placefigure[here][tab:comp]{Comparison of Corporate and Government Bond Portfolios} { etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Currently I get the caption in bold but the string "Figure 2-1" is not in bold. A second problem: The designer asks for -------------------------------- Figure 2-1 Comparison of Corporate etc. -------------------------------- but I get: ------------------------------- Figure 2-1 Comparison of Corporate etc. -------------------------------- I can avoid \placefigure and hand code each caption of course but that deprives me of the ability to float the figures. Unfortunately they brought in the designer after I had already started work (and cashed the deposit check.) The first difficulty (typeface) is IMO the most critical. -- John Culleton Able Indexing and Typesetting Precision typesetting (tm) at reasonable cost. Satisfaction guaranteed. http://wexfordpress.com

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Natural table questions
by David Arnold 14 Feb '07

14 Feb '07

All, Using natural tales, how can I: 1. get some padding around text in each cell? 2. Increase the height of a cell (or row)? fix the height of a cell (or row)? David Arnold College of the Redwoods Mathematics Department Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 476-4222 http://online.redwoods.edu/instruct/darnold/

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