From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
Cc: ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: How to use my own symbols?
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:41:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.1.20020726233942.031e42b8@server-1> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.42.0207261741110.3264-100000@servalys.nl>
At 05:44 PM 7/26/2002 +0200, Wybo Dekker wrote:
>On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Rob van Swol wrote:
>
> > In LaTeX I was able to define a symbol (for instance a icon representing
> > a file or an icon representing a directory) like this:
> >
> > \font\nf=myfont
> > \newcommand{\dirpic}{{\nf \char4}~}
> > \newcommand{\filepic}{{\nf \char5}~}
> >
> > Within the working directory I had the following files:
> >
> > myfont.tfm, myfont300pk, myfont600pk.
> >
> > How can I do similar things in ConTeXt (without putting stuff in
> > /share/texmf/..) ?
>
>just replace the \newcommands with \defs:
>
>\def\dirpic{{\nf \char4}~}
>\def\filepic{{\nf \char5}~}
\definesymbol[dirpic][\getglyph{myfont}{\char4}]
is better, since (1) it does not clash with commands, and (2) it scales
with the current font.
Hans
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-26 21:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-26 11:42 Rob van Swol
2002-07-26 15:44 ` Wybo Dekker
2002-07-26 21:41 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
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