From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/31454 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Aditya Mahajan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: frame "thickness" Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:52:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161356043 2243 80.91.229.2 (20 Oct 2006 14:54:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:54:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Fri Oct 20 16:54:00 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 1GavkC-00048A-Ue for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:53:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 455061FF3A; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:53:08 +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 12472-03-5; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:52:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D79A21FF2B; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:52:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03D961FF2D for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:52:58 +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 12472-03-4 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:52:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.14.81]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 32FBA1FF25 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:52:49 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: FROM eecs4327u10.engin.umich.edu (eecs4327u10.engin.umich.edu [141.213.51.138]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4538E2C0.4E767.23926 ; 20 Oct 2006 10:52:48 -0400 X-X-Sender: adityam@eecs4327u10.engin.umich.edu Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <115224fb0610200157x1c4ad722l68dafa1a8169f562@mail.gmail.com> 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:31454 Archived-At: 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