From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/23993 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: toto@tots-ns.net Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: lot of newbie questions Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:30:32 +0100 Message-ID: <20051202083032.p3orkdcrw408ok40@admin.cryptyx.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133529959 28301 80.91.229.2 (2 Dec 2005 13:25:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:25:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Dec 02 14:25:57 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EiAt3-0002Ms-Qt for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:23:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54A55127DF; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:19:55 +0100 (CET) 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 11176-01-90; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:19:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA7412851; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:19:02 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B859A127CA for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:17:14 +0100 (CET) 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 10345-04-83 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:17:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from tots-ns.net (admin.cryptyx.com [213.239.216.212]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B581295C for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 08:30:41 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: (qmail 4546 invoked by uid 81); 2 Dec 2005 08:30:32 +0100 Original-Received: from icbc07pc66.epfl.ch (icbc07pc66.epfl.ch [128.178.158.86]) by admin.cryptyx.com (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:30:32 +0100 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.0.4) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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:23993 Archived-At: Hello list, I've got a lot of newbie questions. I'm writing a technical document with context for the first time to try it. I come from a TeX/LaTeX world. -> How to print a tilda? I'm trying to write an URL with a tilda in it with the font \tt. \widetilda, \tilda do not output any character. Even \~{} do not print anything. And it does not seem to appear somewhere in the wiki or in the "special characters" section of the "ConTeXt an excursion" excellent document. -> How could I do french guillemets (<< and >>)? Is it possible? -> I would like to make a glossary, ie an index with a definition for each entry. Many parts of the manual could help me but i don't really now in which direction to dig: is it a list of definition? Should I use registers? -> I'm trying to put a metapost graphic in the margin like te example in the manual reference (page 47) using the following command: \definestartstop[important][command={\inmarge{\useMPgraphic{bang}[width=\marginwidth]}}] But (of course :) it does not work at all and put some blank pages. Any idea? Thanks a lot for your help. And thanks a lot to all the developpers od ConTeXt: it is thought in a really smart way! -AJ