From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44107 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Wolfgang Schuster" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Type-setting filenames Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:20:24 +0200 Message-ID: <115224fb0809180220kfc1d342g30187dd5335bf6e@mail.gmail.com> References: <48D21ADD.60804@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221731211 21115 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2008 09:46:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:46:51 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Sep 18 11:47:45 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KgG6x-0001FS-Qn for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:47:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 307C01FE71; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:46:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17300-03-12; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:45:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E10D21FEBE; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:22:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2CEE1FEBE for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:22:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 17710-01 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:21:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2084F1FE5A for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:20:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c10so1929183nfd.44 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:20:24 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.103.17.13 with SMTP id u13mr2697894mui.90.1221729624407; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:20:24 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.103.215.10 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:20:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <48D21ADD.60804@wxs.nl> Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:44107 On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > richard.stephens@converteam.com wrote: >>>> I am using \filename to type-set filenames. Some of these are very >>>> long >>>> (greater than 30 characters) and overhang >>>> the right hand margin, sometimes even disappearing off the edge of the >>>> page. The first line break is just before the >>>> full stop. There are usually plenty of spaces in the names. Can I >>>> get >>>> ConTeXt to put a line-break into filenames? >>> Did you try \hyphenatedfilename ? >> >> Yes, I tried that, no difference. I presume that \hyphenatedfilename is >> for use with filenames that already have hyphens in them? >> Mine don't, but I want them to split. Perhaps splitting filenames is >> frowned upon - if so, what is the best way to put them into documents? >> Or perhaps I should use shorter filenames, but why should I compromise >> readability? One example is "Transfer functions for PID and KF >> controllers.xmcd" >> >> Any ideas or comments? > \def\myfilename#1{{\spaceskip.25em plus > 1em\relax\tttf\normallanguage\zerocount#1}} > > \myfilename{Transfer functions for PID and KF controllers.xmcd} > \myfilename{Transfer functions for PID and KF controllers.xmcd} > \myfilename{Transfer functions for PID and KF controllers.xmcd} > \myfilename{Transfer functions for PID and KF controllers.xmcd} Why do you use the language trick and not just \nohyphens? Wolfgang ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________