From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44105 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Type-setting filenames Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:09:49 +0200 Message-ID: <48D21ADD.60804@wxs.nl> References: 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 1221729084 13229 80.91.229.12 (18 Sep 2008 09:11:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:11:24 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Sep 18 11:12:20 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 1KgFYh-0007lS-QK for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:12:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAEA01FE2F; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:11:16 +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 13846-01; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:10:31 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE1E71FE4A; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:10:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89E951FE2A for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:10:29 +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 04649-02-11 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:09:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.pragma-ade.net (dsl-083-247-100-017.solcon.nl [83.247.100.17]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 333531FE4A for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:09:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [10.100.1.100] (unverified [10.100.1.100]) by controller-1 (SurgeMail 3.9e) with ESMTP id 20149-1840426 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:09:48 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: X-Originating-IP: 10.100.1.100 X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-1 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:44105 Archived-At: 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} ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________