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RE: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so many trees
by "Höppner, Dierk" 18 Feb '04

18 Feb '04

I would second that. I can use it in computer program documentation for many different things. Greetings Dierk > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas A.Schmitz [mailto:thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de] > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:18 AM > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so > many trees > > > Sorry for going back to an older thread, but I don't think > the question > was answered properly. Alexander Klink wanted to know how to typeset > "{" and "}". Suggestions were "\type|{| and \type|}|" or "$\{$ and > $\}$". Neither of which is satisfactory, because it will typeset them > either in typewriter or in math font. We had a discussion > about similar > questions a while ago. I still think we should have "\{" and > "\}" for > this kind of thing. As long as this isn't available, I see no better > solution than "\getglyph{Serif}{123}" and > "\getglyph{Serif}{125}" vel. > sim. For those of us working in the humanities, these curly > braces are > sometimes necessary (e.g., in critical editions), and having them in > typewriter or math fonts isn't acceptable. So may I continue my rally > for \{ etc.? > > All best > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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RE: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so many trees
by "Höppner, Dierk" 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Hello Tobias and Alexander, both works. Thank you. I didnt know that I can use '|' instead of '{'}. But one thing does not work: {\bf $\{$} does not print the '{' bold faced :-( Is there a workaround for this problem? Greetings Dierk Höppner > -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias Burnus [mailto:tobias.burnus@physik.fu-berlin.de] > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 4:04 PM > To: ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Not seeing the wood because of so > many trees > > > Hello, > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:29:48PM +0100, Alexander Klink wrote: > > > How do I print '{' and '}'. You may answer with RTFM but > please name the M > > > and page! > > what about \type|{| and \type|}| (just like \verb in LaTeX)? > Or $\{$ and $\}$ which uses the math font instead of the typewriter > front. > > Regards, > > Tobias > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context(a)ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >

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Error with XML and JS
by Gilles Pérez-Lambert 17 Feb '04

17 Feb '04

Hello, Continuing the ConTeXt exploration with Hans's help: <http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context@ntg.nl/msg01784.html> I'm trying to combine Hans's JS programming with XML processing but an error pops up: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% javascript : loading script set fld (/Users/gpl/texmf/tex/context/base/java-fld.tex ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \unhbox \leavevmode ->\unhbox \voidb@x \fakeunderscore ->\leavevmode \hbox {\setbox \scratchbox \hbox {(}\scratchdi... \_...fmmode \mathunderscore \else \textunderscore \fi \XML:ent:tex-underscore ...tterunderscore \else \_ \fi \ascii ->Sanitized\getXMLentity {tex-underscore} TeX\getXMLentity {tex-unders... ... l.115 \stopJSpreamble %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% with the attached TeX file. There's some kind of interaction between the two modes. Without \start(stop)XMLdata, it works. Thanks for your time, Gilles, preparing the next demo of ConTeXt in June (Paris). :-)

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proportional column widths in natural tables?
by Stefan Wachter 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

Hi all! Is there a possibility to specify proportional column widths when using natural tables? E.g. If i want to set column 1 and 2 to have 2/7 and column 3 3/7 of the available broadth. \setupTABLE[column][1][width=2*] \setupTABLE[column][2][width=2*] \setupTABLE[column][3][width=3*] Thanks for your attention, --Stefan

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How to access special quotationsmarks and the euro symbol
by Stefan Wachter 15 Feb '04

15 Feb '04

Hi all, can anyone tell me how the following unicode characters can be accessed with ConTeXt? “ - left double quotation mark „ - double low 9 quotation mark In LaTeX I used the \grqq- and \glqq-macros. In addition, I have difficulties in accessing the Euro character. The proposed method \usesymbols[euro] and the later use of \euro or \texteuro does not work. I get the message \definedfont=eurose at 14.39996pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. What steps do I have to perform in order to install that font correctly? Thanks for your attention and effort, --Stefan

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how to get bottom-vertical-alignment in (natural) table cells?
by Stefan Wachter 15 Feb '04

15 Feb '04

Hi all! I try to set a simple table that show the different horizontal and vertical alignment capabilities (see below): horizontal: left, middle, right vertical: top(?), lohi, bottom(?) Yet, the bottom alignment does not work. The texts in the third column that should be placed at the bottom appear at the top of their cell. Does anyone know how bottom alignment in table cells can be accomplished? Many thanks for your attention. --Stefan \bTABLE[width=3cm,height=3cm] \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD[align={right,top}] top \eTD \bTD[align={right,lohi}] middle \eTD \bTD[align={right,bottom}] bottom \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[align={middle,top}] top \eTD \bTD[align={middle,lohi}] middle \eTD \bTD[align={middle,bottom}] bottom \eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD[align={left,top}] top \eTD \bTD[align={left,lohi}] middle \eTD \bTD[align={left,bottom}] bottom \eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE

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numexpr in etex / bug ?
by Hans Hagen 14 Feb '04

14 Feb '04

Hi, A numexpr either ends with a \relax or is delimited by () So, the following works as expected: \number\numexpr(1) test but ... the following gives an error message: \number\numexpr(1) /test so, the expr parser looks beyond the ) which is rather strange; bug or feature? (those expr are behaving a bit strange anyway) Hans PS. for those using etex primitives, recently i ran into a bug in \lastnodetype (resulting in incorrect return values or funny side effects), this is already corrected (by fabrice/olaf) in the yet to come versions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE/POD/CTS Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Not seeing the wood because of so many trees
by "Höppner, Dierk" 13 Feb '04

13 Feb '04

Hello, just a short and simple question with hopefully a quick answer: How do I print '{' and '}'. You may answer with RTFM but please name the M and page! Thanks and sorry for the simple question. greetings Dierk Höppner Technische Informationsbibliothek Universitätsbibliothek Hannover (TIB/UB) EDV / DOD Operating Welfengarten 1b, 30167 Hannover Tel.: 0511/762-4067, Fax: 0511/762-5881 Mobil: 0163/762 4067 E-Mail: dierk.hoeppner(a)tib-hannover.de http://www.tib.uni-hannover.de

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"hanging" for a lot of paragraphs?
by Steffen Wolfrum 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi, I know there is \starthanging xxxx \stophanging and \hangafter=1 \hangindent=1em xxxx. Both commands need to be added to each affected paragraph again and again, right? Is there a way to have this hanging first line for a series of paragraphs - with just a kind of \starthangingarea aaaaaa bbbbbb cccccc \stophangingarea In cases like bibliographies and alike this would speed up work a lot!! Thank you very much, Steffen Wolfrum

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load order?
by Adam Lindsay 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi. Who's familiar with initialisation file loading order? I define some generic formatting options in cont-loc (because it's loaded by default, it doesn't get overwritten, and I use it on several machines). I successfully use them by adding a command at the start of tex source files. I'd like them to be choose-able for any file from the command line with (I presume) a mode. I've tried this in cont-loc and cont-sys, but it doesn't have an effect. \doifmode {atl} {\LocalSetup[interaction,sansheadings]} Where should I put it? Is it maybe a grouping issue? -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Adam T. Lindsay atl(a)comp.lancs.ac.uk Computing Dept, Lancaster University +44(0)1524/594.537 Lancaster, LA1 4YR, UK Fax:+44(0)1524/593.608 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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