July 2008 - dev-context - NTG Mailing Lists

(fwd) Bug#480725: mptopdf does not work with beginfig(-1)
by Norbert Preining 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

forwarded 480725 dev-context(a)ntg.nl thanks Dear Hans, dear Taco, on the Debian side we got the attached bug report together with a patch for mptopdf.pl. Can you comment on it, or consider it for inclusion? Thanks and all the best Norbert Please leave 480725(a)bugs.debian.org on the Cc list, thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DARENTH (n.) Measure = 0.0000176 mg. Defined as that amount of margarine capable of covering one hundred slices of bread to the depth of one molecule. This is the legal maximum allowed in sandwich bars in Greater London. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Norwegian in ConTeXt (a delayed answer)
by Mojca Miklavec 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

Mojca/Hans/Mojca/Hans/Mojca wrote: >>>> And we need to improve support for "Norwegian" - the poor user asked >>>> for it more than one year ago. >>>> >>> anyhow, norwegian ... the poor user is not that poor apart from 3 missing hyphenation exceptions -) >> >> No, he also sent translations for all the labels for Nynorsk that have >> never been included into ConTeXt, and language tags nn & nb have not >> been added either. > > hm, must have lost that [So I send this to the mailing list before a private conversation is lost again] It's still there: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context.devel/349/ The point we stopped at was: you wanted to keep no and derive nn & nb from it, but it stopped at hyphenation patterns somewhere (they were submitted to CTAN, but notheng has happened afterwards), and at the fact that nobody came up with a suggestion of how to derive the languages from each other. It really doesn't hurt if we define two languages nb and nn (such as there are multiple languages for Czech/Slovak, Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian), and "remove" no, in the sense that no can be left as a synonym to nb only. Specifically: ------------- Hans F. Nordhaug: > I think "no" should be deprecated and giving a (useful) warning/error - > telling people to switch to "nb". ------------- Karl: To sum up, we need the following language codes: nb and nn. And we need the following mappings: bokmal --> nb bokmål --> nb (if possible) nynorsk --> nn norsk --> nb (with warning) norwegian --> nb (with warning) ------------- Mojca: You also need to ask Hans how to provide a "'no' is not allowed language switch" warning or error. What are you planning to do with the "norwegian" interface? Hans: why is "Norwegian" currently not listed in mult-sys.tex? Because only languages which need something different than "ec" need to be listed there or is there some other reason? Hans, you pointed out the chineese module ... but from what I can see there, one needs to include the module explicitely and ConTeXt users are pampered too much ;) (i.e. everything should happen automatically) - is there a way to say something like this? \startlanguage[nn] \setupitemize[stopper=] \definesymbol[1][\endash] \stoplanguage ------------- Karl/Mojca/Karl: >> leftquotation=\leftguillemot, >> rightquotation=\rightguillemot, > >Are the old values wrong or just an alternative? Well, there are no very strict rules in Norwegian; you *can* use every possible quotation mark. But the guillemots are certainly the preferred ones for (outer) quotations. ------------- Karl: My suggestion is \definesymbol[1][{\symbol[dash]}] \definesymbol[2][{\symbol[star]}] \definesymbol[3][{\symbol[circle]}] \definesymbol[4][{\symbol[bullet]}] \definesymbol[5][{\symbol[triangle]}] and leave levels 6+ at their defaults. Norwegian people, feel free to comment on this. :) ------------- Mojca: so it would really make sense to enable something like \startlanguagespecifics[nb] \setupitemize[stopper=] \definesymbol[1][{\symbol[dash]}] \definesymbol[2][{\symbol[star]}] \definesymbol[3][{\symbol[circle]}] \definesymbol[4][{\symbol[bullet]}] \definesymbol[5][{\symbol[triangle]}] \stoplanguagespecifics Perhaps that exists already, but I don't know how to do it. For Slovenian and Hungarian, the same "problem" exists. Now I use \def\placedotafter#1{#1.} \setuphead[section][numbercommand=\placedotafter] although it would be more clean if one could have something similar to \startlanguagespecifics[sl] \setupheads[stopper=.] \stoplanguagespecifics in default settings once that will be implemented. ------------- Karl: \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!content=Innhold] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!content=Innhald] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!tables=Tabeller] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!tables=Tabellar] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!figures=Figurer] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!figures=Figurar] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!graphics=Bilde] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!graphics=Bilete] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!intermezzi=Intermesso] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!intermezzi=Intermesso] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!index=Register] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!index=Register] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!abbreviations=Forkortelser] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!abbreviations=Forkortingar] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!logos=Logoer] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!logos=Logoar] \setupheadtext [\s!nb] [\v!units=Enheter] \setupheadtext [\s!nn] [\v!units=Einingar] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!table=Tabell ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!table=Tabell ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!figure=Figur ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!figure=Figur ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!intermezzo=Intermesso ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!intermezzo=Intermesso ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!graphic=Bilde ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!graphic=Bilete ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!chapter=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!chapter=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!section=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!section=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!subsection=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!subsection=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!subsubsection=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!subsubsection=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!subsubsubsection=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!subsubsubsection=] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!appendix=] % Tillegg \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!appendix=] % Tillegg \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!part=Del] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!part=Del] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!line=linje ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!line=linje ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!lines=linjer ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!lines=linjer ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!january=januar] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!february=februar] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!march=mars] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!april=april] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!may=mai] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!june=juni] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!july=juli] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!august=august] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!september=september] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!october=oktober] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!november=november] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!december=desember] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!january=januar] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!february=februar] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!march=mars] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!april=april] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!may=mai] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!june=juni] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!july=juli] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!august=august] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!september=september] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!october=oktober] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!november=november] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!december=desember] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!sunday=s\ostroke ndag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!monday=mandag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!tuesday=tirsdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!wednesday=onsdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!thursday=torsdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!friday=fredag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!saturday=l\ostroke rdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!sunday=sundag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!monday=m\aring ndag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!tuesday=tysdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!wednesday=onsdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!thursday=torsdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!friday=fredag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!saturday=laurdag] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!page=side ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!atpage=p\aring\ side ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!hencefore=som vist over] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!hereafter=som vist under] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!see=se ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!page=side ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!atpage=p\aring\ side ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!hencefore=som vist over] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!hereafter=som vist under] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!see=sj\aring\ ] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!january :\s!mnem=jan.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!february :\s!mnem=feb.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!march :\s!mnem=mars] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!april :\s!mnem=april] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!may :\s!mnem=mai] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!june :\s!mnem=juni] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!july :\s!mnem=juli] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!august :\s!mnem=aug.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!september:\s!mnem=sep.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!october :\s!mnem=okt.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!november :\s!mnem=nov.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nb] [\v!december :\s!mnem=des.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!january :\s!mnem=jan.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!february :\s!mnem=feb.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!march :\s!mnem=mars] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!april :\s!mnem=april] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!may :\s!mnem=mai] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!june :\s!mnem=juni] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!july :\s!mnem=juli] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!august :\s!mnem=aug.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!september:\s!mnem=sep.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!october :\s!mnem=okt.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!november :\s!mnem=nov.] \setuplabeltext [\s!nn] [\v!december :\s!mnem=des.] ------------------ Karl: \installlanguage [nn] [spacing=packed, lefthyphenmin=2, righthyphenmin=2, leftsentence=---, rightsentence=---, leftsubsentence=---, rightsubsentence=---, leftquote=\upperleftsinglesixquote, rightquote=\upperrightsingleninequote, leftquotation=\leftguillemot, rightquotation=\rightguillemot, date={day,{.},\ ,month,\ ,year}, state=stop] This is for Norwegian Nynorsk ('nn'), but the same setup is used for Norwegian Bokmål (the values used for 'day' differ, though -- see below). ------------------ Mojca

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System fonts and name access
by Wolfgang Schuster 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

Hi, with MkIV it is possible to use fonts in system directories (C:\windows\fonts etc.) but this works only if you use the file name of the font and not with the font name. The reason for this is a bug in font-syn.lua in the 'fonts.names.getpaths' function which is called from 'font.name.identify' to extract the name information from the fonts. Another problem are fonts with file extension in uppercase letters, none of then is read when I generate the font database, can we add 'TTF' and 'TTC' to 'fonts.names.filters.list' in font-syn.lua. Regards, Wolfgang

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Metapost beta 1.091 release
by Taco Hoekwater 19 Jul '08

19 Jul '08

Hi all, Following yesterday's beta release there were immediately a few serious bugs reported (thank you, testers) so it made sense to do a new beta release a.s.a.p. So, I have just uploaded metapost 1.091. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new in MetaPost beta version 1.091: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Dash lists were interfaced incorrectly by the lua bindings. * The Type 1 Font inclusion in the previous version produced invalid subsets. * The configure script now also checks for sys/time.h * The error message you get for invalid mem files now mentions the name of the file as well as the nature of the problem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can get the sources and a cross-compiled mingw binary for Win32 from the usual place: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=13&release_id=311 Have fun, Taco -- http://tug.org/metapost/

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Luatex beta 0.29.0 released
by Taco Hoekwater 18 Jul '08

18 Jul '08

Hi all, I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.29.0, another intermediate release leading up to TUG 2008. This release matches SVN revision #1450. (In case someone notices: yes, I forgot to update CHANGES) New features: * The embedded pdftex is now 1.40.9 (forthcoming) except for the following: - the png transparancy fix is skipped because it is in conflict with a macro-based solution offered by context mkiv. - LFS (PDF files > 2GiB) is not working yet. - Synctex is still missing * libpng, xpdf, and zlib are updated to their pdftex 1.0.9 levels * MPlib is updated to 1.090 * The syntax of buildpage_filter is changed to avoid confusion (and crashes). See the manual for the new calling convention. Bugs fixed compared to 0.28.0: * The previous bugfix for \languages skipping numbers was wrong. * Various compile-time warnings are suppressed * \pdfsetmatrix was broken * \pdfsave and \pdfrestore were broken * Valid user_defined whatsits nevertheless were generating errors. The archives (source and binaries) can be downloaded from supelec, as usual: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at http://tracker.luatex.org Have fun, Taco

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Texlive 2008 and luatools
by Aditya Mahajan 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Hi, Texlive 2008 works perfectly with Context, but I have one question regarding luatools. I am posting this here rather than on TL mailing list, since I do not want to cause more confusion on TL regarding ConTeXt. In the bin directory in minimals, luatools is a copy of luatools.lua. This means that one does not need ruby in order to run luatools. It also means that whenver you upgrade your system, you need to run luatools --selfupdate. In TL2008, luatools is a wrapper script. #!/bin/sh texmfstart luatools.lua "$@" This means that you need to have ruby in order to run luatools. The advantage is that you do not need to run luatools --selfupdate. In terms of speed, there is a slight disadvantage, you first start ruby, and then start texlua. Using a wrapper script was suggested by Taco on the mailing list. If TL is to use a wrapper scipt, why not simply #!/bin/sh mtxrun --script luatools "$@" this will mean that you do not start ruby before moving to lua. In both cases, one has to do mtxrun --selfupdate after a update that changes mtxrun. This is not really important, since luatools will be run rarely. Do you think that the current texmfstart wrapper should be changed to a mtxrun wrapper? Aditya

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texexec --listing --dvipdfmx don't work together
by Norbert Preining 09 Jul '08

09 Jul '08

forwarded 489849 dev-context(a)ntg.nl thanks Hi Hans, Taco, all, we got a minor bug report about the fact that texexec --listing --dvipdfmx does not work together. Meaning that with --listing the output is generated with pdftex, and not with dvipdfmx. Maybe you consider that as a feature, and honestly I don't see a reason why one wants to switch the engine for a listing, but anyway, here I forward it ;-) Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <preining(a)logic.at> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <preining(a)debian.org> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YADDLETHORPE (vb.) (Of offended pooves.) To exit huffily from a boutique. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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MPlib beta 1.085
by Taco Hoekwater 08 Jul '08

08 Jul '08

Hi all, I have just released the archive files for MPlib beta 1.085. At the moment, the archives contain only the mpost program sources and executables. The final release will of course also contain the MetaPost 'base' texmf support files and the already existing manuals as well as a new manual documenting the C API of the library. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new in this beta release: * Determination of the mem name to use in non-ini mode is now much closer to the web2c approach. * There is now a magic word in the beginning of the mem file to make sure it is written by the correct version of MPlib. * Fixed the disappearing comment sign in the to-be-typeset document created by the mpx generation subsystem. * Various identifiers have been renamed to avoid clashes (that prevented the source from building correctly on many platforms) * A great many small changes and fixes have been added after running splint on the generated C source. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For those of you who are not aware of the project yet: MPlib is the name of the new, revamped version of the MetaPost interpreter. It is implemented in Cweb, and internally consists of a core library, an mpx generation library, and a frontend driver program (mpost). The new mpx generation library includes the label generation functionality that was previously provided by 'makempx', and this internal code will be used instead of that external program unless the MPXCOMMAND variable is set in the environment or texmf.cnf. The programs 'makempx', 'newer', 'mpto', 'dvitomp' and 'dmp' are obsolete and are no longer included in the distribution. The MPlib distribution is released under the GPL version 2 or, at your option, any later version. This beta release of MPlib that can replace the old pascal-based metapost interpreter completely; the executable is almost a drop-in replacement for MetaPost 1.005. The commandline is slightly different and you have to regenerate the mem files, but that should be the only user-visible change. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The TODO list before the official announcement at TUG2008 in Cork now only has two items left: * Writing the documentation for the C API * Bughunting I'll be working on the first item myself, but for the second item I really have to ask all of you for help: please test mplib on as many files as you can find. Because there has been so much work done on the source code (including the conversion from pascal web to C web), bugs are likely. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can get the sources and a cross-compiled mingw binary for Win32 from the usual place: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=13&release_id=308 Best wishes, Taco

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Re: [dev-context] [metapost] MPlib beta 1.080
by Hans Hagen 02 Jul '08

02 Jul '08

Karel Horák wrote: > >> The programs 'makempx', 'newer', 'mpto', 'dvitomp' and 'dmp' are >> obsolete and are no longer included in the distribution. >> > > Strange, but when I move some of these "obsolete files" (mainly makempx, > mpto, I think) off the bin directory, mpost says the it is not able to > make mpx file... can you check MPXCOMMAND in your cnf file? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

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MPlib beta 1.080
by Taco Hoekwater 01 Jul '08

01 Jul '08

Hi all, I have just released the archive files for MPlib beta 1.080. At the moment, the archives contain only the mpost program sources and executables. The final release will of course also contain the MetaPost 'base' texmf support files and the already existing manuals as well as a new manual documenting the C API of the library. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For those of you who are not aware of the project yet: MPlib is the name of the new, revamped version of the MetaPost interpreter. It is implemented in Cweb, and internally consists of a core library, an mpx generation library, and a frontend driver program (mpost). The new mpx generation library includes the label generation functionality that was previously provided by 'makempx', and this internal code will be used instead of that external program unless the MPXCOMMAND variable is set in the environment or texmf.cnf. The programs 'makempx', 'newer', 'mpto', 'dvitomp' and 'dmp' are obsolete and are no longer included in the distribution. The MPlib distribution is released under the GPL version 2 or, at your option, any later version. This beta release of MPlib that can replace the old pascal-based metapost interpreter completely; the executable is almost a drop-in replacement for MetaPost 1.005. The commandline is slightly different and you have to regenerate the mem files, but that should be the only user-visible change. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The TODO list before the official announcement at TUG2008 in Cork now only has two items left: * Writing the documentation for the C API * Bughunting I'll be working on the first item myself, but for the second item I really have to ask all of you for help: please test mplib on as many files as you can find. Because there has been so much work done on the source code (including the conversion from pascal web to C web), bugs are likely. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can get the sources and a cross-compiled mingw binary for Win32 from the usual place: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=13&release_id=307 Best wishes, Taco

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