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Fleurons
by Keith McKay 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Dear All I am in the process of learning the wonders of Context and enjoying the challenge. My Context is the stand alone version for Windows which I downloaded from the Pragma site. I'm getting used to using the Scite editor although it was a little difficult in the beginning. Just now I'm putting together some short stories and am having fun playing about with layout and using different kinds of fonts. Also I'm reading 'The Elements of Typographic Style' by Robert Bringhurst which is absolutely superb! I would never have thought that a book on typography would be so easy to read. In Bringhurst's book he mentions fleurons - "A horticultural dingbat" which I would like to access. I have looked through the Context manuals but with no success. Could someone give me some hints? Thanks Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 27/05/2005

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Re: [NTG-context] Question on Itemize
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

width is the size of the box containing the item number distance is the distance between the item number box and the beginning of the text of the item. ---- Helin Gai <hg9(a)duke.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to play with \setupitemize, and I can't figure out what the > key "distance" actually does. > For example, the following two lines seem to produce the same effect: > > \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=15pt] > \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=5pt] > > Can someone please give me a hint? > Thanks! > > Colin > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

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Question on Itemize
by Helin Gai 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hi, I tried to play with \setupitemize, and I can't figure out what the key "distance" actually does. For example, the following two lines seem to produce the same effect: \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=15pt] \setupitemize[each][packed][width=20pt,distance=5pt] Can someone please give me a hint? Thanks! Colin

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How to update ConTeXt
by Arkady Shraer 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hello, I just downloaded file cont-tmf.zip from pragma-ade site. Can I update my ConTeXt with the contents of the archive or I have to do other manipulations? I'm using tetex distribution in Ubuntu 6.06.

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staticMPfigure & fonts
by Renaud AUBIN 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hi all, Considering the test http://renojrl.lrv.uvsq.fr/testbed/ I have some problems using lucida: texexec gives some warnings: kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 0+420/600 --dpi 420 texnansi-raw-lbr mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for texnansi-raw-lbr. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. and the resulting pdf leads to "Could not find a font in the Resources dictionary"... Moreover, I don't want to use pk... How to solve this problem to embed lucida into test-3d_kin_foreground.pdf ? Another point: I am affraid that test.pdf embed lucida twice once one can embed the font into the staticMPfigure's pdf... May I have to continue with my old MPgraphics or I'd rather replace them by staticMPfigure ? Cheers, Renaud

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Scite for Windows -- Repeat command in Dos console
by dwarnold45＠cox.net 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

All, Anyone know how to repeat a command in the DOS console in Windows Scite? F3 woks in a DOS box in XP, but that is reserved for something else in Scite.

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New MyWay on arrowas
by Aditya Mahajan 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Hi all, Thanks to Hans and Taco, we now have extensible arrows in context. To see how to use them, have a look at http://dl.contextgarden.net/myway/matharrows.pdf Aditya

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document structure
by Hans van der Meer 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

I have a question about document structure, because I want to structure a series of products correctly and I do not know if I understand everything in the manual about it well enough. Must I understand that "\startlocalenvironment[abc]" within an environment file means that this codeblock is used only for typesetting product/component abc and excluded automatically when another product/component is typeset? Or is it just a declaration analogous to "\startenvironment file setups \stopenvironment"? But then I don't understand why the manual does not tells me "\startlocalenvironment[abc] file setups \stoplocalenvironment" as it does for \startenvironment The macro "\localenvironment name" gives me some headaches. I might guess usage in a master setup file as: \localenvironment abc % load environment file abc.tex if typesetting product/component abc \localenvironment xyz % load environment file xyz.tex if typesetting product/component xyz How does this relate to the above question about setup-file structure? Hans van der Meer

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Slightly OT: Adobe push 3D into Acroread 7.0.8... more things to do with ConTeXt ?
by Renaud AUBIN 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Hi all, http://blogs.adobe.com/arena/2006/07/new_version_of_reader_availabl.html Cheers, Renaud

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base/tex.rb comments
by Richard Gabriel 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

Hello Hans and others, I'd have two comments to the texmf/scripts/context/ruby/base/tex.rb script. 1. I find quite impractical that the formats (cont-en, cont-nl etc.) are hardcoded in the scripts. When one wants to add a new format, then he must add it on 4 or 5 places in the script, and do it again and again everytime when upgrading ConTeXt. :-( 2. Maybe this is an OS and TeX distribution specific issue... I use TeXLive 2005 on Windows XP. The TeX formats are located in C:\TeXLive\texmf-var\web2c. [the "kpsewhich --show-path=fmt" command also shows this path]. When generating a format using "texmfstart texexec --make en", the generated format is placed into C:\TeXLive\texmf-var\web2c\pdfetex. Then, when trying to use the format, it is not found... This is done on line 547 of tex.rb: texformatpath = if getvariable('local') then '.' else Kpse.formatpath(texengine,true) end So I've changed it to "Kpse.formatpath(texengine,false)" and everything is fine. But I don't understand why it is set so by default and why it doesn't work for me. Does anybody experience the same problem? -Richard

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