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Paper size & page arranging
by Mojca Miklavec 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

The command \setuplayout[location=middle,scale=.5] scales the document correctly, but if I use \setuparranging[2*2] for example, the original scaling is broken. What effect exactly does 'scale=...' in \definepapersize have? There must surely exist a very simple and elegant solution to typeset usual A4 pages scaled down to A5, so that two pages are placed on one in lanscape mode, like in: 1. page (A4 landscape with two A4 pages scaled to A5) *---*---* | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | *---*---* 2. page *---*---* | | | | 3 | 4 | | | | *---*---* ... or that "any" page number (n*n or 2n*n in landscape mode, maybe some other number if page proportions are different; and some blank space is left on the borders) is placed on one page, like in (for 6*3): *--*--*--*--*--*--* | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| *--*--*--*--*--*--* | 7| 8| 9|10|11|12| *--*--*--*--*--*--* |13|14|15|16|17|18| *--*--*--*--*--*--* \setuparranging[...] does the job, but it is only suitable if someone really wants to make a booklet out of it and one has to supply "original" page sizes (for example A6 to be printed as 2*4 on A4). Thank you, Mojca

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arabtex support
by mohd zamri murah 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

there is a thread a while back about this from R. Elmers. search contextgarden.net for detail. I am using context 2005.31.1 and arabtex 3.11m on MacOSX , bas-ed on gwTeX. I did play around this and found a few interesting things. The result is simply wonderful. \placecontent and \section can appear in arabic! 1) I rename font-arb.tex to m-arabtex.tex and \usemodule[arabtex]. it works. ( as to why it works and was it OK to do it, I cannot explain ) 2) need to add at top of document , ( probably any font definition ) font-arb.tex did mention something about font macro. \usetypescript[postscript] \switchtotypeface[postscript] if you did not, the body text will appear in \em . 3) there is some spurious arabic text, align left. I believe there is bug in \startarabic ... \stoparabic code. my request; can Hans look over font-arb.tex, see if there need some updating/changes. It was written way back in 1999. can font-arb be turn into a module? My reason; I am hoping to write a paper using jawi script, which is supported by arabtex. I am aware of omega, aleph + context , xetex. but, unfortunately, these 3 doesn't have the necessary jawi glyph. with a bit of polishing, it believe arabext and context would be a great tool for me. many thanks in advance. minimal test file below =============== test.tex =========================== \usemodule[arabtex] \usetypescript[postscript] \switchtotypeface[postscript] % without this lines, body font appear in \em \setarab % \<..> will not work if we skip this \novocalize \starttext \placecontent \section{\<mu.hammad>} % short arabic use \< .. > \startarabic mu.hammad 'i_d q"aAm zay"d" + i_d yaqUm zyd + A_d zyd q"aAm mu.hammad 'i_d q"aAm zay"d" + i_d yaqUm zyd + A_d zyd q"aAm \stoparabic \section{\<al-maq.sad>} \startarabic mu.hammad 'i_d q"aAm zay"d" + i_d yaqUm zyd + A_d zyd q"aAm \stoparabic \stoptext ============================================= zamri

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new small manual
by Hans Hagen 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

A small manual on modes (i need a place to discuss system modes -) http://www.pragma-ade.com/show-man-41.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Cover: how to make it ?
by VnPenguin 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Hi all, I would like to make a cover for my document (print mode) like the one of minstall.pdf or mlabels.pdf. Anyone could give me some examples please. Thank you in advance, Q.

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Can't install ConTeXt
by Paul Tremblay 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

I've just dowloaded the ConTeXt form the website http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-1.htm I've downloaded both the "the main CONTEXT distribution" as well as "the minimal CONTEXT distribution (linux)" Both distributions give me a bunch of directories and scrits, but no instructions on where to put what. With the linux distrubtion, I was given a setuptex script. I ran this, and got nothing. I opend this script and uncommented the following lines and put them at the bottom of the script: # mktexlsr # texexec --make --alone I seemed to get a successful make, but then when I ran texecec I got the following message: This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.14159-1.00b-pretest-20020211-HO20020731-2.1 (Web2C 7.3.7) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.efmt fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'. Sorry, I can't find the format `cont-en.efmt'; will try `context.efmt'. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt context.efmt fmtutil: no info for format `context'. I can't find the format file `context.efmt'! I got the same exact message when I ran perl texecec.pl with the main CONTEXT distribution. I already have a working distribution of TeX on my system. I know I need to move some directories around and set up PATH to find the executable, but I am at a loss what to move. Thanks Paul PS Could you cc me? I am not a part of the mailing list yet. I subscribed yesterday and am waiting for the moderator to approve me. -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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help needed with special macro
by Peter Münster 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, could someone help me please with the following little macro? Every line in the table should be different, but all are as the last one. I've tried a lot with commands like \expanded{} or \expandafter etc, but without results... Perhaps the only solution is a temporary file? \newcount\MyVersion \def\MyMacro#1{% \getgparameters[XXX][#1] \global\advance\MyVersion by 1 \bTR\bTD \the\MyVersion \eTD \bTD \XXXDate \eTD\eTR } \starttext \bTABLE \bTR \bTD Version \eTD \bTD Date \eTD \eTR \MyMacro{Date=1.2.2005} \MyMacro{Date=3.4.2005} \MyMacro{Date=5.6.2005} \eTABLE \stoptext TIA for any hint! Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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Strange interaction of \chapter and \AutoDroppedCaps
by Slawek Zak 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi, In this document: \setupindenting[medium] \setupwhitespace[medium] \setupbodyfont[16pt] \starttext \chapter{This is a test} \AutoDroppedCaps \input tufte \input tufte \stoptext I get output attached in gif file. It works fine without \chapter before. Any thoughts? Regards, /S

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lucida fonts
by Hans Hagen 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hi, Now that yandy has gone into a more fancy business (www.yandy.com, looking at the menu it looks like they now also sell special latex stuff -) i wonder where one can get the usual bunch of lucida fonts needed for tex; any ideas? 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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Unconventional page number placement
by Matt Gushee 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, all-- Sorry about the repost, but I asked about this several days ago and didn't get any response. If there is a documented way to do what I want, feel free to just give me a hint as to where it is documented; or if there is no way to do it without deep hackery, please just let me know that. Thanks! %% I am creating a layout for electronic books in which all the body text is in a single, fairly narrow column, with minimal space at the top and bottom of each page. I would like to place page numbers in the left margin, aligned with the bottom of the text, and the running heads (if any) also in the left margin, aligned with the top of the text. Is there a way to do this in ConTeXt? I can see that the standard page numbering and header commands don't support this kind of placement. I can come very close to the desired effect with the following: * Place the page numbers in the margin area of the footer, e.g.: \setuppagenumbering [...,location=inleft] * Place the header text in the margin area of the header, e.g.: \setupheadertext [margin] [section] [] * Use negative dimensions to cause the header and footer to overlap the text area, e.g.: \setuplayout [...,headerdistance=-0.35in,footerdistance=-0.5in] As I said, this comes very close to the desired effect, but it seems impossible to correctly align the header text and page numbers with the main text. Also, the header texts are mostly too long to fit on a single line in the margin, and I have not found a way to induce line wrapping. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated. -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA

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strange color change
by Peter Münster 21 Feb '05

21 Feb '05

Hello, could anybody explain, why the last 2 subsections have another color? \setupinteraction[state=start] \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \placecontent \dorecurse{6}{\section{a section}} \dorecurse{6}{\subsection{a subsection}} \stoptext Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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