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launch programs from pdf
by Eckhart Guthöhrlein 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Hi, can somebody tell me how to 1. launch external programs using a link in a pdf file, 2. include literal pdf. This has surely been discussed before, but I'm unable to find it. Thanks, -- Eckhart

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Marginal notes in two-column setup
by Gerben Wierda 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

Sorry for another newbie question (I am trying to learn ConTeXt and cannot always find what I want in the manual which I have permanently open) I would like to do the following: Have a two column text with the marginal notes from the left column appear on the left and the ones from the right column on the right. When I use 2-columns and I use \inmargin, I get them on the right where the marginal notes from the left column are on top of the right column (not good) Is there a way to do this? Probably yes with something \if-like? G

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\setuparranging question
by Gerben Wierda 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

How can I get the following arrangement: 2 A5 pages printed on one landscape A4 page Order: -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 or in other words, no order which makes it ready for cutting/folding but just two A5 pages per A4 landscape in normal order, the way you would get it when you copy a book on A4 landscape. (Even better would be to have alternate A4 printed pages upside down so you can print doublesided and then bind it so you can flip the document without having to turn the printout.) Thanks, G

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Uploading large file....
by Willi Egger 24 Jul '03

24 Jul '03

I would like to appologize to have posted the manual to the list. - I realized this mistake after I pressed the send button. Hereafter I got also a mail from the 'mailman' that the message was held for release by the administrator. - I hoped then, that he would cancel my message! Willi

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new update
by Hans Hagen 23 Jul '03

23 Jul '03

Hi, I uploaded a new beta ; since tex live 8 is soon frozen, i made the curren tversion equal to the beta. I would prefer to move plr/csr/aer to the new lm fonts. More on that later. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma(a)wxs.nl 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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Combining \inframed with \items
by Duncan Hothersall 23 Jul '03

23 Jul '03

I have the following test file: -- \setupoutput[pdftex]\setupcolor[rgb]\starttext \items[symbol=none,location=top]{{\inframed[frame=on,corner=round,radius=3mm ,offset=1mm]{demand-pull inflation}},{\inframed[frame=on,corner=round,radius=3mm,offset=1mm]{in comparison}},capital-intensive} \items[symbol=none,location=top]{fixed assets,entrepreneurs,as a result,implementation} \items[symbol=none,location=top]{situation,monetary,system,arbitrage,stable} \stoptext -- The idea is to have certain of the items in the lists highlighted with a frame. Although I don't get an error in the log, the output I get is broken. I have attached the tiny pdf file. Can this be made to work somehow? Alternatively is it possible to get "horizontal" lists any other way? Thanks! Duncan dh(a)capdm.com

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figures in columns
by olivier Turlier 23 Jul '03

23 Jul '03

Hello, After changing from one to two columns, the figures of my document are set to "undefined" by ConText. before : <one column> \placefigure [force] [fig:TC4936.pdf] {Moquettes nappées}{\externalfigure[TC4936.pdf][width=.7\textwidth]} after : ... \setupcolumns [n=2,tolerance=tolerant, distance=6mm, balance=yes] ... \startcolumns ... \placefigure [force] [fig:TC4936.pdf] {Moquettes nappées}{\externalfigure[TC4936.pdf][width=.7\columnwidth]} Is there is a special mecanism for placing figures in colums ? Thanks, ot

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Index with Bibliography
by Elis 21 Jul '03

21 Jul '03

Dear ConTeXt experts, I'm trying to insert the Bibliography (using m-bib) in the table of contents in this way: \setupheadtext[it][pubs=\chapter{Bibliografia}] put in the preamble (with \chapter{}ConTeXt shows the number of the chapter near the title and I need this feature). It works well on the index page but on the Bibliography page this trick makes the title two o more lines under the normal height of the other chapters. Any suggestion to bring the title "Bibliography" at the correct height? Is there another way to make the same (or better) thing? -- Best regards, Elis

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Allow hyphenation after "underscore" (_)
by varheit＠gmx.de 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

Hi, I am processing documents from XML sources that contain lots of words like BLABLA_VERY_LONG_COMPLICATED_WORD. How can I (globally) enable hyphenation after underscores without changing the source? I know that I could replace underscores with some sort of XML entity like &underscore; and map this to some TeX code using \discretionary..., but I want to avoid using that. Thanks for any help on that issue. Vik -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Jetzt ein- oder umsteigen und USB-Speicheruhr als Prämie sichern!

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Broken links in LaTeX2ConTeXt guide fixed
by Berend de Boer 19 Jul '03

19 Jul '03

Hello All, I've (finally) fixed the broken links in my LaTeX to ConTeXt guide. There is *no* new material. http://www.pobox.com/~berend/tex/LaTeXt2ConTeXt.pdf I currently also have no plans for new material. But contributions will always be accepted :-) -- Live long and prosper, Berend de Boer

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