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Layout stuff
by Adam Lindsay 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Hi all. I've been trying to get layouts working, and wanted to verify some things (as I haven't really worked much in that space before). Is there any way to "inherit" a layout's parameters, such as: \definelayout [preset-1-1] [mypresettomodify] \setuplayout [mypresettomodify][width=65\averagecharwidth] (I finally figured out how to do what I want another way, but the question is still interesting to me.) Is the only way to activate a doublesided page layout though the page numbering mechanism? Thanks, adam -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay, Computing Dept. atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Lancaster University, InfoLab21 +44(0)1524/510.514 Lancaster, LA1 4WA, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/510.492 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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RE: Configuring 2 trees [was RE: [NTG-context] Times New Roman]
by ishamid 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

>===== Original Message From h h extern <pragma(a)wxs.nl> ===== >Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:31:44 +0100, Hans Hagen <pragma(a)wxs.nl> wrote: >> >>> i'll upload a new minimal (beware, tex live 2005 binaries), as well as >>> the big windows zip (will take a few hours) >> >> >> Any word on that? I saw something dated 3-16-05; I'm assuming that's not >> it (since your email is dated a day later?) > >i let my machine generate the tree while i was watching a movie the day before > i uploaded the lot -) So does that meant the 3-16 upload is the one or no? Also, how do I install it (could find no instructions...) it looks like a unix tree... Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Configuring 2 trees [was RE: [NTG-context] Times New Roman]
by ishamid 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Dear cartel, >===== Original Message From "Thomas A.Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz(a)uni-bonn.de> ===== What does > >kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL >produce? 1.I have 2 trees: C:\Context (from mswintex.zip) and C:\TeXLive (from July04). kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL works for the \Context tree: >C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin\kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL c:/ConTeXt/texmf-local >C:\ConTeXt\texmf-mswin\bin\kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFMAIN c:/ConTeXt/texmf 2. What I would like: how do I properly modify texmf.cnf (presumably C:\ConTeXt\texmf-local\web2c\texmf.cnf is the main one) so that a. C:\ConTeXt is given priority over C:\TeXLive; b. C:\TeXLive\texmf-var\web2c formats are searched after C:\ConTeXt\texmf-local\web2c c. C:\ConTeXt utilities like TeXFont install files to C:\ConTeXt\texmf-local\ instead of to C:\TeXLive\texmf-local (for some reason the C:\ConTeXt tree does recognize C:\TeXLive\texmf-local by default) Of course, I may be missing the big picture here, in which case please enlighten me! Part of my problem is that 1. apparently I can make both pdfetex and aleph formats in the TeXLive tree (efmt and fmt respectively), but only one of them in the ConTeXt tree (both are dumped as cont-en.fmt) 2. I can't just dump cont-tmf.zip into TeXLive\texmf-var, because some utilities (like texfont.exe) do not get updated or replaced. So I would have to manually delete e.g., texfont.exe and replace it with the new texfont.bat, making a mess of my TeXLive system. I really wish that updating/upgrading were not always such a pain... Best Idris Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Imposition of A7,landscape on A4
by Wolfgang Zillig 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Hello, I want to print 8 pages of A7, landscape doublesided on A4. I always get the pages connected on the shorter side of the page, but that is wrong. Has anyone an idea how to solve this? Thanks Wolfgang for explanation, the result looks like this: ------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------- | | | | | ------------------------- my testfile: \enableregime[il1] \mainlanguage[en] \setuppapersize[A7,landscape,rotated][A3,landscape]% \setuparranging [2*8,doublesided] \setuplayout [location=middle] \setuppagenumbering[location=,state=stop] \showframe[edge] \starttext Page1 \page Page1 back \page Page2 \page Page2 back \page Page3 \page Page3 back \page Page4 \page Page4 back \page Page5 \page Page 5 back \page Page 6 \page Page6 back \page Page7 \page Page7 back \page Page8 \page Page8 back \stoptext

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module and environment
by Peter Münster 20 Mar '05

20 Mar '05

Hello, what is the difference between a module and an environment? What are the guidelines to decide where to put some code? TIA for any hints, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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\def\sectionseparator{:}
by Peter Münster 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Hello, in core-sec.tex, I read: \def\sectionseparator{:} % was : but is now - I there any inconvenience, to change it to "-" ? I've tried it out, and all my problems to get French spaces before punctuation and project structure and so on, were gone. Could we patch core-sec.tex ? Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/

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lettrine.sty, but not LaTeX
by Gerben Wierda 19 Mar '05

19 Mar '05

Would someone be able to take lettrine.sty as an example and produce a version that works with ConTeXt (and plain TeX)? Thanks, G

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Lettrine, \sc, and a font without proper small capitals (Modified by Gerben Wierda)
by Gerben Wierda 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

When I use the Optima font I do not have real small capitals. It seems \sc does not try to emulate them and also the new \lettrine ignores it. Is there a way I can still have my SC? Maybe faked by using a smaller size capitals? Thanks, G

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m-bib bug?
by ishamid 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

Dear posse, Some settings of \setupindenting[] cause the first line created by \placepublications to be offset to the left; is this a bug? is there a workaround? (And thank you Taco/Hans for helping me with my ``sneaky'' accent redefinitions!) Best Idris ===============test-bib.tex================= \setupoutput[pdftex] \def\SHIFT#1{\dimen0=.00#1ex \multiply\dimen0 by\fontdimen1\font \kern-.0156\dimen0} % compensate for slant/italic in lower accents \unexpanded\def\h#1{{\oalign{\relax#1\crcr\hidewidth\SHIFT{34}% \vbox to.2ex{\hbox{\char'25}\vss}\hidewidth}}} \unexpanded\def\~#1{{\struttedbox{\accent"7E #1}}} \def\AHSAI{A\d hs\=a'\~\i} %\setupindenting[medium,next] \setupindenting[medium] \usemodule[bib] \starttext \cite[ahsaif] \cite[ahsaijk] \cite[ahsaism] \section{references} \blank[big] {\tfx\setupinterlinespace \placepublications } \stoptext ============================================ ===============test-bib.bbl================= \startpublication[k=ahsaif, t=book, a=\AHSAI, y=1856, s=\AHSAI1856] %\author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \title{\v Sar\.hu \~al-Faw\={a}\'id} \pubname{n.p.} \city{Tabriz} \pubyear{1856} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=ahsaijk, t=book, a=\AHSAI, y=1856--59, s=\AHSAI1856--59] \author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \title{Jaw\={a}mi\`u \~al-Kalim} \pubname{n.p.} \note{Two volumes} \city{Tabriz} \pubyear{1856--59} \stoppublication \startpublication[k=ahsaism, t=book, a=\AHSAI, y=1861a, s=\AHSAI1861--1] \author[\v Say\h h]{A\.hmad Ibn Zayni \Al-D\={i}n}[A.]{}{Al-\AHSAI} \title{\v Sar\.hu \~al-Ma\v s\={a}\`ir} \pubname{n.p.} \city{Tehran} \pubyear{1861} \stoppublication ============================================ ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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TOC indenting
by David Arnold 18 Mar '05

18 Mar '05

All, In my table of contents, I have: \definecombinedlist [content][section,subsection] \setupcombinedlist [content] [alternative=c,aligntitle=yes,width=2.5em] How do I set up my TOC so that subsections are indented slightly more than sections in which they are contained?

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