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90° rotation+landscape
by Peter Rolf 04 Feb '04

04 Feb '04

Hello list, I want to setup an evelope and the whole output should be rotated by 90° (this is the way my printer gets them). ___ | || ________ | | | -- | | | |_____--_| ||__| normal layout 90° rotated output (paper and content) The resulting pdf looks like this (square paper format): ______ | | | | | | | ||_____| Here is a minimal example: % interface=en output=pdftex \definepapersize[C65] % standard C65 evelope [width=229mm, height=114mm, ] \setuppapersize[C65][C65, landscape, 90] \starttext \tfc 90° rotation for printer. \stoptext Have I missed something or is this a bug in \dodosetuppapersize? Any help welcome, Peter

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page setup
by Hans van der Meer 03 Feb '04

03 Feb '04

I am trying to typeset 2 A5 pages onto 1 A4 page in landscape format, side by side. Thus typesetting the pages two at a time on one piece of paper, in their natural order, seeing them as a spread. Something like xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x x x 1 x 2 x going on for 3, 4, etc. x x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I do not seem to get that job done. The context code I tried: \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuplayout[location=doublesided,marking=on,grid=yes,header=0mm,margin= 12mm] \setuppagenumbering[location=footer,location=margin,alternative=doublesi ded] \setuparranging[2*1] % or [doublesided] or [mirrored] The \setuparranging (in the above variations) sends TeX into an infinite loop. Of course [2*2] will not work, it gives booklets of 4 pages instead of 2. Maybe it can be done without the \setuparranging, but I could not find out how. The context version I use is: ConTeXt ver: 2003.12.12 fmt: 2003.12.13 int: english mes: english I would appreciate some help very much. Hans van der Meer

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Backup typesetters.
by John Culleton 03 Feb '04

03 Feb '04

I am negotiating a largish contract with an UK publisher to typeset a technical book, with several tables. The sources will be furnished the customer along with the PDF. They are concerned that if in the future I were not available for any reason what alternate person or persons they could turn to. Those of you who do typesetting and layout for fees and who might be interested in taking over such a task should it become necessary are asked to reply off-list to type(a)wexfordpress.com. I emphasize that this is just a contigency arrangement. I think the customer is just being prudent. -- John Culleton Able Typesetters and Indexers http://wexfordpress.com

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a typo in mtexexec.pdf
by kopszak＠mnw.art.pl 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Hello, On page 4 of mtexexec.pdf should be : texexec -translate= il2-pl somefile instead of texexec -translate= il2pl somefile ^^^^^^ Piotr -- Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D. Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw -----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/

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Re: ntg-context digest Re: Problems running context
by Adam Tee 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

> 3. Re: Problems running context (Hans Hagen) can you make a minimal failing example? Hans, I've found the problem I was redefining \setupinterlinespace[big] \setuppagenumbering[conversion=numerals] in the text, removing these has solved it. Adam

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reverse order sorting
by Vit Zyka 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

Hallo ConTeXt debaters, is possible to change sorting order (e.g. sort in reverse order) in the mechanismn: ----- \definesorting[address][addressbook] \setupsorting[address][criterium=all] \address{A} \address{B} \placelistofaddressbook ----- Thanks Vit Zyka

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differences of table modes
by Henning Hraban Ramm 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

Ahoi! I just reviewed my german ConTeXt tutorial and tried to tell the truth about all the table modes. Please correct me if I'm wrong: * tabulate - can break over several pages - [start|stop]tabulate[head|tail] should define a repeated head/tail, but it doesn't work - documented in the manual (cont-en[i|p]) * table - cannot break - based on Wichura's TaBlE (others not) - can be used as float (others not?) - documentation commercial at pctex.com (39 $), partly docs in "ConTeXt - an excursion" (m[s|p]-cb-en) * tables - same as table, but can break over several pages - [start|stop]table[head|tail] works - nowhere documented? * TABLE - didn't try page breaks yet; should it work? - [b|e]TABLE works; should [start|stop]TABLE also? - docs: up-to-date 8 (no link on HP!), enattab * new table mode? I remember Hans wrote about a new enhanced table mode, but can't find the mail. Grüßlis vom Hraban! -- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/

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Windows xp user wants to begin with context
by Wilfried Van Hirtum 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Hi I'm a complete ms word user who wants to convert to context to make his mathematical textbooks. I have windows xp on my computer, but nothing (really nothing like perl, editor's or distribution) else. What exactly have i to do make my pc work with context? By the way, don't say to me to read the how to install context manual which are not meant to read by absolute beginners. I've spent hours on looking around on internet, on the pragma-website, reading manuals, but i don't find something clear and simple what tells me exactly to do and in which order to let me begin working with context. There seems to be so many pre-knowledge about perl, command line commands, and so on.. But can anybody out there please tell me how i can start from the very beginning. I would appreciate your advise very much. To set it clear: i'm not a linux or unix-user, i use windowx xp. I really want to begin with context, but there seems to be so many obstacles to overwin. Many thanks in advance. Wilfried Van Hirtum --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it!

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\textcelsius and Latin Modern
by Peter Münster 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Hello, as you can see in doc/fonts/lm/testlm-ts1.dvi, there is a \textcelsius available in Latin Modern font with LaTeX. How could I use this symbol in ConTeXt? TIA for any hint, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ------------------------------------ Film Search site: http://f-s.sf.net/

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texexec --pdfselection with selection range
by Tobias Burnus 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Hello, how I can use TeXExec --pdfselection with a selection range? If I try --selection=3-50,52-90 I get an error. It works if I write --selection=3,4,5,6,7,... but this is quite labourous and one needs to make sure that one has not forgot a single number. (I try to cut out the colour pages to save some paper (60 sheets) while printing to the b/w printer.) Tobias

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