Re: lot of newbie questions

[toto@tots-ns.net]

Quoting "Thomas A. Schmitz" <thomas.schmitz@uni-bonn.de>:

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> On Dec 2, 2005, at 8:30 AM, toto@tots-ns.net wrote:
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>> 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.
>
> Which encoding are you using? Try \texttilde

I'm using utf-8 encoding. \texttilde works great, thanks :) It outputs 
a tilda that is a bit high but i don't know if a lower one exists. 
Thanks a lot!

>> -> How could I do french guillemets (<< and >>)? Is it possible?
>
> Which inputregime are you using? With \enableregime[utf], you can  
> input them directly, or try \leftguillemot and \rightguillemot (yes,  
> the names are moronic, but that's Adobe's fault)

I'm using \enableregime[utf]. I should find the french guillemets :) 
But \leftguillemot and \rightguillemot are working fine.

Thanks a lot for all answers :)
-AJ