From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/31459 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: andrea valle Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: frame "thickness" Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:04 +0200 Message-ID: <93deda77b647d83d98314efaa18d7ab3@di.unito.it> References: <853522118523033359163ffa2af8248a@di.unito.it> <45387CA5.4070805@wxs.nl> <6caaa3a77cac924b9d6a19599229da0d@di.unito.it> <115224fb0610200157x1c4ad722l68dafa1a8169f562@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161382498 12229 80.91.229.2 (20 Oct 2006 22:14:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:14:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Oct 21 00:14:54 2006 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 ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gb2dK-0003sy-SE for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7F7C1FB0E; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:28 +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 18220-04-2; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 791261FF2D; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 888971FF53 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:11 +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 18220-04 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from swip.net (mailfe02.tele2.it [212.247.154.45]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id E7FFD1FF36 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:04 +0200 (CEST) X-T2-Posting-ID: hZokKYpsdLj5QMZF3quYkg== X-Cloudmark-Score: 0.000000 [] Original-Received: from [83.184.26.150] (account eu1547642@tele2.it [83.184.26.150] verified) by mailfe02.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTPA id 308180786 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:14:02 +0200 In-Reply-To: Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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:31459 Archived-At: Thanks for the search algorithm :-) Best -a- On 20 Oct 2006, at 16:52, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > >> 2006/10/20, andrea valle : >>> >>>> By the way, is there a way where the command is listed? >>>> >>> >>> (I mean, the option "ruledthickness" indeed) >>> >>> -a- >>> >>> >>> Andrea Valle >> >> >> Hi Anrea, >> >> the option rulethickness for the framed macro is nowhere listed in >> one if the manuals, it is only mentioned in the wiki als parmater >> for natural Tables = >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/TABLE#Make_a_cell_bold >> and at the page for the animated euro sign >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/EuroAnim. >> >> It is currently missing in the commanindex setup-en.pdf (and the >> neccesary file cont-en.xml). >> >> The best sources are only the sources if you want to know which >> options are available for every command. > > True indeed. This is what I usually do to find out about an option. = > Search > texwebshow for options. If it is there, read the manual for the > description. > > If I do not find any relevant option, but know that ConTeXt ought to = > have > an option for what I want (which usually means that it will), look in = > the > sources. My strategy for searching the sources involves finding out = > which > source file defines the option. (search on sources.contextgarden.net = > work > for most cases, I use grep for the cases which are more trickier to = > find). > Most (all?) commands come with an accompanying \setup command, which > initiallizes all the options for the command. This way, one knows = > atleast > which options a command will accept. In most cases guessing the > functionality of an option is easy, as ConTeXt uses a consistent = > interface > for everything. Sometimes, when I have no clue what that option does, I > search where the option is used. Most options are stored using > \getparameters[\??xx] where xx is a two letter abbreviation. Then you = > can > search for \@@xxoption to see where it is used. That way, you can = > usually > guess what an option does. > > The sources also have some examples that are usually useful in > understanding a few tricks about the command. > > If I still can not figure out, I ask on the mailing list. > > Aditya > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > > Andrea Valle DAMS - Facolt=E0 di Scienze della Formazione Universit=E0 degli Studi di Torino http://www.semiotiche.it/andrea andrea.valle@unito.it