January 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Questions about (start)itemize
by Cecil Westerhof 23 Jan '09

23 Jan '09

I started making lists and sublists. In the first startitemize I use an 8 in the setup, because I want squared bullets. For my sublists I use 5, because I want to use circles there. Is there a way not to have to put it everywhere? (When I change to a triangle, I do not want to change it everywhere.) Is there a way to keep items automatically together? At a certain point I started a new sublist. But only the first came on the page and the rest on the next. Because I am printing on A7, it will happen moren often. What is the meaning of KA and KR in the setup. I see a difference, but I do not understand it. -- Cecil Westerhof

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number of lines ?
by Alan Stone 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hi, Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given portion of text ? -- Best, Alan

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Questions about tables
by Cecil Westerhof 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

I have the following table: \starttable[|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.18\textwidth)|cp(.18\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|cp(.12\textwidth)|] \HL \CL[darkyellow]\SR \VL Verwerkt \VL Datum \VL Km-stand \VL Kilometers \VL c/l \VL Liter \VL Prijs \VL \SR \HL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \VL \SR \HL \stoptable There are two problems with it: - The horizontal line at the top disappears because of the color. Is there a way to get it back? - The table is on the right side of the paper. How can I get it centered on the page? Also is it possible to let the rows fill the complete page? I mean: if there is room for 40 rows, that there are automatically 40 rows. -- Cecil Westerhof

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van context naar rtf
by Liesbeth van der Plas 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Via de volgende link: http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latex2rtf/ kan een programmaatje gedownload worden dat LaTex bestanden omzet naar Rich Text Format, waar Word mee overweg kan. Bestaat er ook iets dergelijks voor ConText? Liesbeth van der Plas -- liesbethvanderplas(a)gmail.com www.liesbethvanderplas.nl www.wiskunde-interactief.nl www.bonrekenhulp.nl

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Choosing ConTeXt install method on Mac
by David Rogers 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hello all I'm going to do a clean re-install of my machine (Tiger on PPC) soon, and I'd like guidance on methods of installing ConTeXt. I assume that (a) TeX Live 2008 with its tlmgr utility, or (b) ConTeXt minimals, are the two realistic possibilities - is this correct? What I'd like: - A clear way of keeping ConTeXt mkiv usable and up to date with Hans's latest version - An installation method that will continue to be maintained, and that is expected to be used by the majority of ordinary users of ConTeXt in the future ...So should I go for TeX Live, or the minimals, or something else I don't know about yet? Grateful for any advice... David

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Merging background
by Cecil Westerhof 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

I have a template for a letter in which I use \setupbackgrounds. I also have a tenplate for a watermark which also uses \setupbackgrounds. The background from the last include is used. Is there a way to merge the backgrounds? -- Cecil Westerhof

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gfs neohellenic typescript
by Antoine Junod 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Hello list, Has anyone already written a typescript for the beautiful gfs neohellenic (for mkii)? A+ -AJ

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bug in math mode
by Yue Wang 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

Hi, Taco: Last week you invited me to test the trunk version of luatex. Today I compiled LuaTeX trunk version (This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.32.0-2009011719, build unknown) and used first-setup.sh (change --context tag into experimental as Mojca suggested) to download the ConTeXt (MtxRun | current version: 2009.01.17 00:15) distribution. And after compiling one of my thesis, I found there is a bug in mathmode. I am not sure whether it is a bug in luatex itself or a bug in ConTeXt. Yue Wang

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Using defaults and indexes
by Cecil Westerhof 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

In my template I have: \long\def\letterclosing#1#2{ \blank[line]#1, \blank[3*line]#2 } And in the main file I have: \letterclosing{Hoogachtend}{Cecil Westerhof} But I would like to have this as the default, so I could use: \letterclosing Beside that I would like to have the possibility to use: \letterclosing{business} or \letterclosing{family} This would then use defined values. When the first parameter is filled, but not with a recognized value, then the second parameter should be filled. If not, the compilation of the file should generate an error. Is this something that can be done? -- Cecil Westerhof

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Litter in the Garden
by John Devereux 21 Jan '09

21 Jan '09

There appears to be a spam/hacking attack in progress on the context garden, e.g.: <http://texshow.contextgarden.net/command/special> <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaPost> :( -- John Devereux

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