April 2009 - 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

4 3

luatex beta 0.40.0
by Taco Hoekwater 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hi, I have just uploaded luatex 0.40.0 to the foundry server, and will commit the source code to texlive later today. What's new: * The embedded MPlib is updated to version 1.200. * Texlua would crash if run font.read_tfm() was used. * Luatex would crash on empty \patterns. * Lots of small C code cleanups. * \textdir inside a \hbox dir *** was wrong earlier. * 0.39.0 introduced a bug that would make luatex crash whenever font expansion was used. * Font tables returned by define_font can now have a key named 'cache' that controls the internal lua font table caching. * There is no longer a need for an explicit --progname if there is no input file given. The archives can be downloaded from supelec as usual: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ You could also check out the sources via anonymous svn: svn co svn://scm.foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex/tags/beta-0.40.0 Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at http://tracker.luatex.org Have fun, Taco

2 2

metapost 1.200-rc2 package tests wanted
by Taco Hoekwater 27 Apr '09

27 Apr '09

Hi all, I have just released a second candidate for metapost 1.200. New in this candidate is an altered syntax for string valued newinternals, as proposed by Stephan Hennig. Input should now look like this: newinternal string s;% new string internal with empty string value newinternal numeric num;% new numeric internal with zero value newinternal n;% for compatibility: same as 'newinternal numeric n;' Also, a buffer reallocation bug was found that could cause crashes. The packaged files are here: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=13&release_id=336 Testing is more than welcome! Have fun, Taco

1 0

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

2 2

metapost 1.200-rc1 package tests wanted
by Taco Hoekwater 22 Apr '09

22 Apr '09

Hi all, I have just released a candidate package for metapost 1.200. The source code should be finished now, it will be imported in texlive in a minute. There are pending documentation changes but there is plenty of time before the texlive 2009 deadline for non- compiled source, so no rush there. I will not repeat the lengthy CHANGES entry here, you can read that in the file itself or under the notes link at supelec.fr: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/shownotes.php?release_id=335 The packaged files are here: http://foundry.supelec.fr/frs/?group_id=13&release_id=335 Testing is more than welcome! Have fun, Taco

1 0

luatex beta 0.39.0
by Taco Hoekwater 15 Apr '09

15 Apr '09

Hi, I have just uploaded luatex 0.39.0. This is the last beta before 0.40.0, and we consider it to be feature complete now. The difference between 0.39.0 and 0.40.0 will be nothing more than a newer version of MPlib, improvements to the manual, and (probably) a few bugfixes. What's new: * iniluatex will from now on start up with only the TeX82 primitives and \directlua, everything else has to be bootstrapped via tex.enableprimitives(). This change was planned for 0.40.0, but *now* is the time to test it. * A bugfix for \primitive in various expandable contexts, and \primitive now generates an error message when the argument is not actually a primitive's name. * There was a bug found in the math accent handling. * Large math operators are now treated like extensible characters in the sense that they can be composed of segments. * The extra assign- and restore tracing information from eTeX had a massive bug because of a dangling else in the pascal web. As a side-effect of fixing this bugs, all such potential errors in the pascal web have been fixed (for now). * The math parameters can now be set and queried from lua code via the new tex.setmath() and tex.getmath() functions. * Reflection in a \hbox was broken. * There was a leak of direction nodes in the paragraph builder. * The font backend now does a small peek to differentiate truetype and postscript style opentype fonts. This fixes the "Can't find CFF table" bug for otf's with truetype outlines. * Parameters and registers can now also be assinged to globally from lua (see the manual for details). * It is now possible to query the current math style while a formula is still being constructed by using the new read-only value \mathstyle. Associated is the new command \Ustack that is to be used as a prefix for {.. \over ..} and friends. See the manual for more information. * The embedded MPLib is brought up to date with the current metapost repository (version 1.110 and a few small patches). * Luatex can now handle two breakpoints inside a single ligature (like for the functional word of-f-ice). The solution is not perfect yet, but the chance of missed hyphenation points in actual documents should now be negligible. * Some speedups in the font loading code, and in the handling of pdf_literal nodes that are set from within Lua code. * Some source code and manual cleanup, as usual. The archives can be downloaded from supelec as usual: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ You could also check out the sources via anonymous svn: svn co svn://scm.foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex/tags/beta-0.39.0 Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at http://tracker.luatex.org Have fun, Taco

1 0

luatex beta 0.38.0
by Taco Hoekwater 10 Apr '09

10 Apr '09

Hi, I have just uploaded luatex 0.38.0. This is a beta in the process towards 0.40.0, the version that will be included in texlive 2009. This beta will be shortlived, the plan is to release the next (hopefully last) intermediate beta within a week. What's new: * tex.enableprimitives() had a bug were previously defined (but currently undefined) control sequences prevented the creation of the new csname. * The special calling format callback.register('name', false) not only disables the callback, but also the builtin code it is supposed to replace. * Empty \localleftbox and \localrightbox -es are now suppressed. * Support for <f>.MathConstants.SubscriptShiftDownWithSuperscript was added, to solve the lack of "sub2" in OpenType math. * Luatex now supports horizontal super- and subscript placement corrections via the OpenType MATH mathkern table. See the manual for details. * node.write() no longer copies its argument node list before appending it. * There are six new primitives that are verbose forms of one and two byte special tokens: \Usuperscript \Usubscript \Ustartmath \Ustopmath \Ustartdisplaymath \Ustopdisplaymath * The attribute node leaks in math mode and alignmetns have been fixed. * The 11 simple math noads are now combined into a single "noad" node type. * Static linking against libstdc++ is working once again. * There is a small fix in the keyword scanner to solve the problem of 'Runaway ... while scanning ???' that could happen for some primitives. * Lua now also has the "architecture independent bytecode" patch applied. * Lua is updated to version 5.1.4 with coco patches 1.1.5, and lpeg is now 0.9. * Some TRT/TLT backend bugs are fixed. * Various manual updates. The archives (now including source again) can be downloaded from supelec as usual: http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ You could also check out the sources via anonymous svn: svn co svn://scm.foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex/tags/beta-0.38.0 Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at http://tracker.luatex.org Have fun, Taco

1 0

luatex format portability
by Taco Hoekwater 07 Apr '09

07 Apr '09

Hi, This is a question for people that have powerpc/arm as well as intel/amd machines and know how to compile the luatex repository trunk: Can you please try the latest and see if the luatex formats are now platform-independent? As of commit 2207 it should be possible to copy the generated formats from one machine to the other, even (and especially) the context mkiv format with its internal lua bytecodes. I already know that i386 <-> amd64 works, but I am interested in endianness tests. Best wishes, Taco

1 0