The Context styles library.

The Context styles library.

[John Culleton]

I am going through the Context styles library (colo-ini.tex and friends)
to figure out what the various files do. A portion of them come with
sample demo code and a smaller portion of the demos work on my system.

Am I reinventing the wheel? Is there a document somewhere that says:
``This is what these examples are all about''? I know that there are
comments at the head of each file but these can be a bit terse.

Not a priority question :-)

John Culleton

Re: The Context styles library.

[Hans Hagen]

At 15:08 14/04/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I am going through the Context styles library (colo-ini.tex and friends)
>to figure out what the various files do. A portion of them come with
>sample demo code and a smaller portion of the demos work on my system.
>
>Am I reinventing the wheel? Is there a document somewhere that says:
>``This is what these examples are all about''? I know that there are
>comments at the head of each file but these can be a bit terse.
>
>Not a priority question :-)


show-pre.pdf does tell you a bit

Hans

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Re: The Context styles library.

[Patrick Gundlach]

John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com> writes:

Hello John,

> I am going through the Context styles library (colo-ini.tex and friends)
> to figure out what the various files do. A portion of them come with
> sample demo code and a smaller portion of the demos work on my system.

If you just want to see the demos in these files, copy a specific
file to a new directory and run `texexec --module --pdf colo-ini.tex'
(and others). You need the nl interface for those documented modules.


Patrick

Re: Re: The Context styles library.

[John Culleton]

On Monday 14 April 2003 04:15 pm, Patrick Gundlach wrote:
> John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com> writes:
>
> Hello John,
>
> > I am going through the Context styles library (colo-ini.tex and friends)
> > to figure out what the various files do. A portion of them come with
> > sample demo code and a smaller portion of the demos work on my system.
>
> If you just want to see the demos in these files, copy a specific
> file to a new directory and run `texexec --module --pdf colo-ini.tex'
> (and others). You need the nl interface for those documented modules.
>
>
> Patrick

Now I am confused again. What is an "nl interface"? does that mean that
I must recreate Context to accept Dutch language? I think I did it that
way last time but I don't remember.

John C. 

Re: The Context styles library.

[Patrick Gundlach]

John Culleton <john@wexfordpress.com> writes:

>> Hello John,

[...]

> Now I am confused again. What is an "nl interface"? does that mean that
> I must recreate Context to accept Dutch language? 

right. You probably know it, but just for the sake of completeness:
`texexec --make (--alone) nl' does the trick.  

Patrick

Columns

[Sytse Knypstra]

Hi,

I am using two columns, but the command \column which should force a 
transition to the next column does not work.
Here is a small example (in dutch):

\steluitvoerin[pdftex]
\stelkolommenin[n=2]
\starttekst
\startkolommen
Tekst 1.
\kolom
Tekst 2.

Tekst 3.
\stopkolommen
\stoptekst

Regards,

Sytse Knypstra

S.Knypstra@eco.rug.nl

Re: Columns

[Patrick Gundlach]

Sytse Knypstra <S.Knypstra@eco.rug.nl> writes:

Hello,

> I am using two columns, but the command \column which should force a
> transition to the next column does not work.
> Here is a small example (in dutch):

[...example...]



that looks OK here:


Tekst 1.                   Tekst 2.
                           Tekst 3.



Isn't this what you want to get?

(ConTeXt  ver: 2003.3.17  fmt: 2003.3.18  int: dutch  mes: dutch)



Patrick

Re: Re: Columns

[Sytse Knypstra]

At 4/17/2003 02:28, you wrote:
>Sytse Knypstra <S.Knypstra@eco.rug.nl> writes:
>
>Hello,
>
> > I am using two columns, but the command \column which should force a
> > transition to the next column does not work.
> > Here is a small example (in dutch):
>
>[...example...]
>
>
>
>that looks OK here:
>
>
>Tekst 1.                   Tekst 2.
>                            Tekst 3.
>
>
>
>Isn't this what you want to get?
>
>(ConTeXt  ver: 2003.3.17  fmt: 2003.3.18  int: dutch  mes: dutch)


Yes, that's what I would like to get, but in fact I get:

Tekst 1.                       Tekst 3.
Tekst 2.

And if I use: balance=no, I get:

Tekst 1.
Tekst 2.
Tekst 3.

>(ConTeXt  ver: 2002.8.23  fmt: 2002.11.25  int: dutch  mes: dutch)

Maybe there have been relevant changes since august last year?

Sytse

Re: Columns

[Patrick Gundlach]

Sytse Knypstra <S.Knypstra@eco.rug.nl> writes:

Hi,

>>(ConTeXt  ver: 2002.8.23  fmt: 2002.11.25  int: dutch  mes: dutch)
>
> Maybe there have been relevant changes since august last year?

You must be joking! 

(Seriously; I have no idea what the changes were since last August;
 you should really try a recent ConTeXt version.)

Patrick

Re: Re: Columns

[Hans Hagen]

At 15:43 17/04/2003 +0200, Sytse Knypstra wrote:

>At 4/17/2003 02:28, you wrote:
>>Sytse Knypstra <S.Knypstra@eco.rug.nl> writes:
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>> > I am using two columns, but the command \column which should force a
>> > transition to the next column does not work.
>> > Here is a small example (in dutch):
>>
>>[...example...]
>>
>>
>>
>>that looks OK here:
>>
>>
>>Tekst 1.                   Tekst 2.
>>                            Tekst 3.
>>
>>
>>
>>Isn't this what you want to get?
>>
>>(ConTeXt  ver: 2003.3.17  fmt: 2003.3.18  int: dutch  mes: dutch)
>
>
>Yes, that's what I would like to get, but in fact I get:
>
>Tekst 1.                       Tekst 3.
>Tekst 2.
>
>And if I use: balance=no, I get:
>
>Tekst 1.
>Tekst 2.
>Tekst 3.
>
>>(ConTeXt  ver: 2002.8.23  fmt: 2002.11.25  int: dutch  mes: dutch)
>
>Maybe there have been relevant changes since august last year?

indeed, there has been some changes to the \column command:

\column
\column[yes]
\column[preference]

(you may try, in your version:

\def\column
   {\par
    {\testrulewidth\zeropoint\ruledvskip\teksthoogte}
    \penalty-200
    \vskip-\teksthoogte
    \prevdepth-\thousandpoint} % signals top of column

which equals yes)

Hans
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Re: Re: Columns

[Sytse Knypstra]

Thank you Hans. This works OK.

 >> Maybe there have been relevant changes since august last year?

In order to eliminate misunderstanding: here I meant relevant with respect 
to the \column command.
I did not mean to underestimate the enormous work Hans and others are doing.

Sytse


 > indeed, there has been some changes to the \column command:
 >
 > \column
 > \column[yes]
 > \column[preference]
 >
 > (you may try, in your version:
 >
 > \def\column
 >    {\par
 >     {\testrulewidth\zeropoint\ruledvskip\teksthoogte}
 >     \penalty-200
 >     \vskip-\teksthoogte
 >     \prevdepth-\thousandpoint} % signals top of column
 >
 > which equals yes)
 >
 > Hans

Re: Re: Columns

[Hans Hagen]

At 10:48 22/04/2003 +0200, Sytse Knypstra wrote:

>Thank you Hans. This works OK.
>
> >> Maybe there have been relevant changes since august last year?
>
>In order to eliminate misunderstanding: here I meant relevant with respect 
>to the \column command.
>I did not mean to underestimate the enormous work Hans and others are doing.

ah, no misunderstanding here; as long as i don't keep up with manuals ...

i'll post a preliminary manual on columnsets later this day

Hans
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