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Linux User Installation Guide
by Nikolai Weibull 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Linux_User_Installation Edit it to your hearts content, but please don't modify the sequence of commands, as they are correct. This is the setup that I use and I really like its simplicity. I don't have to deal with (the now dead) teTeX or worry about what directories will overrule some other. It's simple and sweet. (I set up HOMETEXMF as well, but that's a different story.) nikolai

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wiki update
by Patrick Gundlach 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

Hi there, I'll update the wiki software in a few hours and editing will be disabled for that time. No need to worry! Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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small caps italic and font switching inside math
by Mojca Miklavec 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Hello, I have to tiny questions: 1. How do I get small caps [bold] italic (except with the \definedfont[ec-lmxxx])? 2. I defined \molecule to be \def\molecule#1{$\rm#1$}, an usage example would be: \molecule{HSO_4^{-}} But how should I modify this it so that it would also work properly with examples such as: {\bfa A story about \molecule{SF_6}} {\scx A story about \molecule{SF_6}} {\bsb A story about \molecule{SF_6}} As a workaround I now keep hardcoding \molecule{\bsb SF_6}. Thanks, Mojca

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Malicious little bugger
by David Arnold 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

All, Came across this again. \placeformula[-] \startformula [9,\infty)=\{x:\,x\ge 9\} \stopformula Got it to compile with: \placeformula[-] \startformula\relax [9,\infty)=\{x:\,x\ge 9\} \stopformula Yuk!

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[OT] Is Indesign CS 2 better than ConTeXt ?
by luigi scarso 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

OK, it is a big OFF TOPIC. Some notes * the Elements of Typographic Style was made with Indesign (true or false?) and the only words about TeX is an url (true or false ?) * indesign eat xml * there is an indesign server; maybe actually too much complex, but in the future? * I don't know if IDCS2 has some programming capabilities like ConTeXt Ofcourse : *IDCS2 come from Adobe, so it has the feature of latest pdf spec.; *IDCS2 is WYSIWYG * (...possibly many others...) But there is one important point: Can IDCS2 be view as candidate for automatic typesetting (xml->IDCS2->pdf) ? luigi

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Index sorting again
by Richard Gabriel 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Hello Hans, I'd like to remind the 2 persisting problems with the index sorting. 1. Numbers are sorted under A 2. Symbols are sorted under the first letter which follows. See the attached test file. Both these issues are independent on language and on the expansion type. Proposed solution: 1. Sort numbers into separate divisions 2. Sort symbols to a special division called "Symbols" Could you please look into it? May I help you any further (except the attached test file)? Many thanx, Richard

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\bTABLE[distance= or columndistance= ??]
by Peter Münster 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hello, this is a repost, because I've the feeling, that this question got perhaps unread: What is the difference between distance and columndistance? I thought the one was just a synonym for the other, but now I see, that you treat them differently in your patch. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Re: [NTG-context] [tex-live] man page for mptopdf
by Hans Hagen 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hi Werner > can you provide a man page (which I favour) or any other documentation > for mptopdf in TeXLive? > hm, i occasionally use manpages (but more often print manuals) of progs; i must admit that i don't even know how to make man pages the problem is that once i start writing man pages (that i don;t use myself) others will ask for windows or mac help files ... i'd rather spend time on the manuals themselves > In general, I would like to see man pages for *all* binaries included > into TeXLive... > > i happily leave that to users; technically it should be possible to process a manual source (to say mptopdf) so that it produces a man page but not all manuals have the same structure (which means that i'd have to write additional styles); maybe pdftotext somemanual.pdf somemanual.man is enough. As said, i happily leave creating man pages to users so I cc to the context list. 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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Problems with columnsets and \startbackground \stopbackground
by Olaf Mersmann 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hi list, I have some wierd interactions between a columnset and \start- / \stopbackground. ---- cut here ---- \setuppapersize [A4, landscape] [A4, landscape] \setupcolors [state=start] \setupbackground [background=screen, frame=on, frameoffset=2pt, backgroundoffset=2pt] \setuphead [section] [style={\ss\bf}, before={\startbackground}, after={\stopbackground}] \definecolumnset [foo] [n=2] \starttext \startcolumnset[foo] \subject{ABC} \input tufte \input knuth One more line and {\em BOOM} - it's broken.\crlf Here we go. 3 2 1 -- page break! \subject{DEF} \input knuth \stopcolumnset \stoptext ---- cut here ---- The second \subject{} causes a page break instead of wrapping into the second column. Is this a bug, or am I missing something when using \start- / \stopbackground? Would this go away if I where to use a MP graphic for the background? Thanks for any help. -- Olaf

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Updating jitters
by Idris Samawi Hamid 01 Jul '06

01 Jul '06

Dear consortium, I am using an ConTeXt from Jan-28-06 (ancient) and wish to upgrade. Now things have changed (perl=>ruby, no more texexec.ini etc.), I still use both the pdftex and aleph engines, and I want to do this as cleanly as possible. I am using mswincontext.zip with the xemtex latex tree dumped on top. Whatever advice you can give me on upgrading will be most greatly appreciated! Best Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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