From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/59218 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Scott Steele Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Multiple pleas for help (long) Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 18:29:28 -0400 Message-ID: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0118544939==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1275345000 1577 80.91.229.12 (31 May 2010 22:30:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:30:00 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Jun 01 00:29:58 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OJDUc-0008Ue-JR for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:29:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 326BFC9CDD; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:29:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id CVyTf8pTWmvi; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:29:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A1FC9CD7; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:29:54 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C781C9CD7 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:29:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id p30emZMjwuF6 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:29:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail-pv0-f169.google.com (mail-pv0-f169.google.com [74.125.83.169]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA960C9CD6 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:29:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by pvg4 with SMTP id 4so39605pvg.14 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 15:29:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=gPhcWWk322GfR+F3gw28mGiZoPWa9ts4IklN7JsFHpk=; b=BEaUbB1xpaYdbcE/Y1ir6/08vd0VspGuxvfXDeQ61B3KN7Z+MsWC2djSxMHJyF6NZw tMGmW1+InauTkHfbcfZ9cbL8VsX9UgBxuCZa6n1wZLKa0paci0REGh0+uCwHUkGvyBek d44mcR866v1TuGsvmqvfK0mZyKJPrny+46H2g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=JLQ5czV/Y5yI31PcDt5ciW8AtQHBnYOOKW4IH5OaQUX1lFG6fdbZCrHlnMh4+A/wmC ZRmi5BVE5b2KEaECLE37sL3bIACYBIlDDZcdK2lopTamuHex+99dWbrKbfuRrrfQxGj9 LsL4H5qCYEGjrnQxEJnJFNpo//8RywhiDDYVQ= Original-Received: by 10.140.179.20 with SMTP id b20mr3750715rvf.246.1275344988105; Mon, 31 May 2010 15:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.140.225.5 with HTTP; Mon, 31 May 2010 15:29:28 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:59218 Archived-At: --===============0118544939== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd177dafb6a770487eb644f --000e0cd177dafb6a770487eb644f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable If anyone has any insight on how to keep the footnotes from having their numbers in the margin and from having line-breaks after each one, that is the only issue from the original email that is still unsolved, I think. =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94 In Latex, \fancybreak was part of a package called, I believe, fancyheader or fancypage. It produced a break frequently seen in published prose (I'm currently reading {\em Bluebeard} where Kurt Vonnegut uses it liberally) with significant vertical space between two paragraphs and, centered both i= n that vertical space as well as horizontally, a number of well-spaced marks. There are usually 3 marks, and they are frequently asterisks or traditional dingbats/fleurons. This sort of break is generally used when the author wishes to indicate a break more significant than a change in paragraph but short of an outright new chapter. \def\FancyBreak{\par\blank\hfill* * *\hfill\hfill\par\blank} \starttext \input tufte \FancyBreak \input tufte \stoptext I don't understand why I need the two consecutive \hfill's at the end for the marks to be centered, but the definition works well for me. =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94 Thanks, Wolfgang, for your help with the emoticons=E2=80=94they work now. \useexternalfigure[frowny][Frowny][factor=3D8,type=3Dpdf] \def\Frowny{\dontleavehmode\smash[h]{\externalfigure[frowny]}} Also, thanks for the \simplealignedbox, which works very well in my table o= f contents (although I have to put a \par at the end of it or it stays on one line and goes off the page). I don't understand why, but Tex didn't like having a \par inside the type of definition you used, but it allowed the following: \def\SectionListEntry#1#2#3% { \noindent \simplealignedbox{left}{2cm}{#2}% \simplealignedbox{middle}{5mm}{=C2=B7}% \simplealignedbox{right}{3cm}{#3}% \par } (I have a few issues with my table of contents, but these are now less specific to \placelist, so I'm including them in a different posting.) Thanks again for all the help, Scott ----- This is a work of =EF=AC=81ction. Names, characters, places, and incidents= either are the product of the writer's imagination or are used =EF=AC=81ctitiously= , and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely co=C3=AFncidental. --000e0cd177dafb6a770487eb644f Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If anyone has any insight on how to keep the footnotes from having the= ir numbers in the margin and from having line-breaks after each one, that i= s the only issue from the original email that is still unsolved, I think.

=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94

In= Latex, \fancybreak was part of a package called, I believe, fancyheader or= fancypage. It produced a break frequently seen in published prose (I'm= currently reading {\em Bluebeard} where Kurt Vonnegut uses it liberally) w= ith significant vertical space between two paragraphs and, centered both in= that vertical space as well as horizontally, a number of well-spaced marks= . There are usually 3 marks, and they are frequently asterisks or tradition= al dingbats/fleurons. This sort of break is generally used when the author = wishes to indicate a break more significant than a change in paragraph but = short of an outright new chapter.

\def\FancyBreak{\par\blank\hfill* * *\hfill\hfill\par\b= lank}
\starttext
\input tufte
\FancyBreak
\input tufte
\stoptext

I don'= t understand why I need the two consecutive \hfill's at the end for the= marks to be centered, but the definition works well for me.

=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94

Th= anks, Wolfgang, for your help with the emoticons=E2=80=94they work now.
\useexternalfigure[frowny][Frowny][factor=3D8,type=3Dpdf]
= \def\Frowny{\dontleavehmode\smash[h]{\externalfigure[frowny]}}

Also, thanks for the \simplealignedbox, which works ver= y well in my table of contents (although I have to put a \par at the end of= it or it stays on one line and goes off the page). I don't understand = why, but Tex didn't like having a \par inside the type of definition yo= u used, but it allowed the following:
\def\SectionListEntry#1#2#3%
{
\noindent
\simplealignedbox{left}{2cm}{#2}%
\simplealignedbox{middle}{5mm}= {=C2=B7}%
\simplealignedbox{right}{3cm}{#3}%
\par
}

(I have a few issues with my table of contents, = but these are now less specific to \placelist, so I'm including them in= a different posting.)



Thanks again for all the help,

Scott
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This is a work of =EF=AC=81ction. =C2=A0Names, characters, places= , and incidents either are the product of the writer's imagination or a= re used =EF=AC=81ctitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living = or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely co=C3=AFncid= ental.
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