From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/24015 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: lot of newbie questions Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:36:28 +0100 Message-ID: <5AAAFEEA-E21B-49EB-8B56-12FD2A78430F@uni-bonn.de> References: <20051202083032.p3orkdcrw408ok40@admin.cryptyx.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1133533211 8116 80.91.229.2 (2 Dec 2005 14:20:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:20:11 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Dec 02 15:20:07 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 1EiBjt-0006Ol-Dj for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 15:18:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C6E1128F0; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:18:17 +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 13516-07-4; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:18:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0CD8128E7; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:18:13 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D3D3128E7 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:18:12 +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 13516-07-3 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:18:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mailout07.sul.t-online.com (mailout07.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.83]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76DFC128A2 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 15:18:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from fwd33.aul.t-online.de by mailout07.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1EiB5d-0003HS-01; Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:36:41 +0100 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.2] (SUTuPiZvreKk5AYIMdEOsdwdpF9OTf4dUSgQh0bRtPwo6hhpDUUpc1@[84.172.71.221]) by fwd33.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1EiB5T-0hME7M0; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 14:36:31 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20051202083032.p3orkdcrw408ok40@admin.cryptyx.com> Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-ID: SUTuPiZvreKk5AYIMdEOsdwdpF9OTf4dUSgQh0bRtPwo6hhpDUUpc1@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: fcf3115d-6520-4610-9f64-06e9ee87c249 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:24015 Archived-At: On Dec 2, 2005, at 8:30 AM, toto@tots-ns.net wrote: > 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 > > -> 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 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? > For these two, others will have to help. Best Thomas