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RE: [NTG-context] bi-lingual book
by Idris Samawi Hamid 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

Hi, Ciro, >===== Original Message From ciro(a)kavyata.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ===== >well, it seems there is nobody willing to give me any tip on this... >FYI, I am thinking in several bi-lingual books: one novel, one book of >poems (which is >very dificult, but easier for layout as I want since poems are generally short) I am also very interested in this problem. I have a number of bilingual projects in the pipeline, and I'm going to have to start worrying about it soon... best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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confused on font size
by Paul Tremblay 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

The main manual on ConTeXt give a number of different ways to change font sizes (if I understand it correctly): 1. {\switchtobodyfont[18pt] text} 2. {\tfx font size ??} 3. {\xii some font} What are the advantages of each? I would think that option (1) would be the simplest and clearest to use. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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bib: getting a complete listing of the database, sorted by author
by Patrick Gundlach 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Hello (Taco?), I'd like to get the list in the bibliography sorted by author. \setuppublications [alternative=apa, sorttype=bbl, criterium=all, ] \setupbibtex [database=umbruchlit, sorttype=author] does not do what I'd like. It lists the entries in the order of \cite. And how do I get a complete list of publication? The criterium = all should do what I need, but it doesn't. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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Re: [NTG-context] new beta
by Johan Sandblom 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

I used RedHat five years ago but quickly got fed up having to chase down dependencies and got Debian. Only trouble I have had since then was when I started using recent ConTeXts and couldn't go with the default tetex, but texlive is easy enough to install. I started using gentoo about a year ago on another system and found it largely excellent but being a source distribution it trades small performance gains for sometimes *very* long install (or rather build) times. Also, there were some package/version inconsistencies causing install failures, but these were resolved within a few weeks. I have used modem and adsl with debian, and adsl with gentoo without problem. ReiserFS on both for a long time. Well, back to work, thesis refuses to write itself ... -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" -- Bertrand Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:32 pm Subject: Re: [NTG-context] new beta > Johan Sandblom wrote: > > >... > > Comparing the two, the debian testing distribution has never been > less> than stable while gentoo testing is updated faster, but has > given me trouble > > at some points. > > > > Sorry for the noise if this is inappropriate information for this > list, > no problem; here i have been using suse for years; i am considering > gentoo, but > i'm not sure about it yet; suse only ships stable releases which is > why updating > pieces of the system is tricky; the problem is (as always) in the > gui part; > somehow the interfaces to the libs change (too) often. > > (one of the reasons for choosing suse is that it is very well > equiped for > european situations (modems, adsl, etc) and shipped with state of > the art > journaling filesystems like reiser as well as raid support; that > time our > webserver came with redhat ... well, that was a real pain, esp > secutity updating > (unless one paid); suse's updating is automatic and ok) > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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Re: [NTG-context] new beta
by Johan Sandblom 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Sorry for going off topic, but since it is a concern ... Using a linux distribution with an intelligent package/dependencies handling system such as Gentoo or Debian would end your updating woes for all time. In debian testing apt-get install inkscape downloads and installs inkscape 0.41 and updates all dependencies automatically and in Gentoo ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge -ua inkscape downloads the source of inkscape 0.41 and all required dependencies and compiles them (taking a lot of time of course). Without going to the testing distribution ("~x86") you get 0.37 Comparing the two, the debian testing distribution has never been less than stable while gentoo testing is updated faster, but has given me trouble at some points. Sorry for the noise if this is inappropriate information for this list, Johan -- Johan Sandblom N8, MRC, Karolinska sjh t +46851776108 17176 Stockholm m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" -- Bertrand Russell ----- Original Message ----- From: Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:33 am Subject: Re: [NTG-context] new beta > Paul Tremblay wrote: > > > Is inkscape the beast that gave you so much trouble with the glib > > library? I know I tried to install it and gave up after I couldn't > > install glib. > > indeed, but since i use windows as production platform i can wait > till i've > updated the linux machines; i have no idea how well inkscape > installs on the mac > > > Why did you choose inskscape? I thought inkscape is supposed to > be a > > great gui svg-editor, but I wonder if you need all of its power just > > to do a conversion. I use batik for my conversions, which is > part of > > the apache project. Of course, it is written in java, which raises > > other problems. > > indeed, i find installing java programs (sometimes bigger than tex > collections) > with this classpath stuff often troublesome (unless there is an > installer, which > is often true for gui based programs); > > concerning the alternatives: batik and imagemagick are not good > enough (hardly > maintained too); i ran a sample set of some 9000 svg graphics > trough the > converter tools and it worked ok with inkscape; it was also fast; > btw, some > versions give problems (0.41 is ok, 0.40 was bugged, 0.39 ok if i > remember right) > > (the only drawback of inkscape is the clumsy command line print > feature, kind of > piping, while just writing to a file would have been nicer) > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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border widths with TABLE
by Paul Tremblay 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

How does one create different border widths in TABLE? For example, say you want to create an extra thick border between the head and the body? % this sets up the thickness for *all the borders % need just the bottom border \setupTABLE[r][first][rulethickness=1pt] Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry(a)iglou.com * ************************

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Defining references points
by Nikolai Weibull 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

I have tried figuring out how to define a reference point at any given location in a document, but haven't been able to come to a solution, so...how do I do it? What I'd really like to do would be to write: \placerefpoint[name][description] and then be able to write see \about[name], \atpage[name]. with the obvious semantics. Thanks, nikolai -- Nikolai Weibull: now available free of charge at http://bitwi.se/! Born in Chicago, IL USA; currently residing in Gothenburg, Sweden. main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}

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section head unnumbered but with dots in TOC ?
by Steffen Wolfrum 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Hi, I am lost in ConTeXt's setup-jungle: I have a section set is unnumbered: \setuphead[LevelThree] [number=no, ...| But in the TOC I would like to have a dot (or another symbol) before the head/title, like this: o Section's Title 17 Is this a matter of \setuphead or \setuplist? Or none of them? How can it be achieved? Steffen

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paragraph numbering
by piskala upendran 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

How can I number the paragraphs in ConTeXt similar to the latex parano.sty.? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/

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Feature Request [was RE: [NTG-context] footnote reference ...
by Idris Samawi Hamid 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Dear gang, >\setupfootnotes[style=italic,textcommand=,command=,textstyle=boldslanted] Feature request: I think that using textcommand=,command= to override high figures is too cryptic for regular users. It would be better to have two options e.g. for marker1 (pre-note) \setupfootnotes[textmarklocation=high] % low, or none for marker2 (in-note) \setupfootnotes[notemarklocation=high] % low, or none with "high" as the default. This would be much more convenient. 2. Also, could we get the synonyms `notemarkstyle' (for `style') and `textmarkstyle' (for `textstyle'). Much clearer.:-)) Best to the best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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