March 2014 - 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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Luatex 0.79.1 announcement
by Taco Hoekwater 29 Mar '14

29 Mar '14

Hi, I have just uploaded the archives for a new luatex release, 0.79.1. Changes: * Fixed a bug that caused crashes if pdf.info was not set. * The top-level build scripts have been merged again, use build.sh --jit to build luajittex as well as luatex itself The archives can be downloaded from supelec as usual: https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ You could also check out the sources via anonymous svn: svn co --username anonsvn --password anonsvn \ https://foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex/tags/beta-0.79.1 Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at http://tracker.luatex.org Have fun, Taco

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Luatex 0.79.0 announcement
by Taco Hoekwater 28 Mar '14

28 Mar '14

Hi, I have just uploaded the archives for a new luatex release, 0.79.0. This fixes a few of the outstanding bugs, and is the version that will be included in TeXLive 2014. Changes: * The luafontloader now returns 'tsidebearing' glyph values for OT/TT fonts, if applicable. * new lua variables: stats.luatex_hashtype, stats.luatex_hashchars, stats.lastluaerrorstring; the luajittex string hash method is now lua 5.1 compliant which gives better results for similar strings * new lua functions: tex.init_rand(), tex.uniform_rand(), tex.normal_rand(), tex.lua_math_randomseed(), tex.lua_math_random(), tex.show_context(); these helpers make luatex and luajittex compatible * In the lua node interface, there were often issues with rubbish in (especially) 'prev' fields because luatex itself never looks at those values. This is now cleaned up to prevent weird stuff happening inside lua node processing code. * pdf.pageattributes, pdf.pagesattributes, pdf.info, pdf.catalog, pdf.names and pdf.trailer now behave consistent and can be used to add these properties at the lua end in addition to their \pdf* counterparts atthe tex end; there are now pdf.get* and pdf.set* commands for them too (in future versions the old ways can become obsolete) * new accessors pdf.geth, pdfgetv, pdfgetpos, getgetmatrix as well as pdfhasmatrix helpers (in future versions the direct pdf.h and pdf.v accessor can become obsolete) * the pdf.pdf* variables have been removed (they were already obsolete for some years) * a new properties mechanism for associating lua tables with nodes that get cleaned up when nodes a freed (see manual for details) * several improvements to the way temporary (backend) data is stored at the lua end (better protection, more consistent) * a 'l' type for user nodes that holds a lua variable (can be set at the lua end) * if a late lua node is set at the lua end the string value can be a function as well which is then executed during serialization to the backend stream * Various small speedups * Various smallish fixes to the node direct interface * LPeg is now at version 0.12 * Some small fixes to the CFF (font) parsing * Font file inclusion reporting messages on the terminal now comply to the texconfig.trace_file_names setting * Removed some of the additional luafontloader.info() return information that was added in 0.78.2, but could not work properly. * new primitive \luafunction (see manual), with associated lua.get_functions_table() function * lua error message reporting has been altered a bit to make the distinction between \directlua and other lua source code sources clearer * Additional pdf document data functionality in the 'pdf' table has been cleaned up internally * Additional pdf destination names can now be set via lua. * New callbacks: finish_pdfpage, show_error_message, show_lua_error_hook, start_file, stop_file * Handling of \tracinglostchars is fixed * Embedded metapost library version is now 1.900 * luajittex is now included in the distribution. One can use buildjit.sh to build both luatex and luajittex, where supported by the platform * Synchronization with the TeXLive sources updated the following libraries: * libpng is now 1.6.10 * poppler is now 0.25.2 The archives can be downloaded from supelec as usual: https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luatex/ You could also check out the sources via anonymous svn: svn co --username anonsvn --password anonsvn \ https://foundry.supelec.fr/svn/luatex/tags/beta-0.79.0 Bugs and feature requests can be added to the issue tracker at http://tracker.luatex.org Have fun, Taco

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\blank problems when gridsnapping is enabled
by Wolfgang Schuster 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

Hi, the samepage option for the \blank command doesn’t work when the grid is used. %\setuplayout[grid=yes,lines=10] \setuplayout[lines=10] \showgrid \starttext \dontleavehmode\blank[fixed,8*line] text \blank[samepage,line] text \stoptext Wolfgang

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MetaPost 1.900 announcement
by Taco Hoekwater 27 Mar '14

27 Mar '14

I am happy to announce a new release of MetaPost: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost 1.900 ——————————————————————————————————— This is the release for TeX Live 2014. This standalone release now includes the various embedded library updates that happened in TeX Live since the TL2013 release. A source archive can be downloaded from the files section at https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost/ You can also do an anonymous subversion checkout: $ svn checkout --username anonsvn https://foundry.supelec.fr/svn/metapost/tags/1.900 The password is anonsvn I am no longer able to cross-compile for Win32, so Windows users will have to wait for Akira Kakuto and/or Mojca Miklavec’s binaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new in MetaPost version 1.900: ——————————————————————————————————— * Updated the embedded libraries, and a few build system fixes. Have fun! Taco Hoekwater, for the MetaPost team, March 27, 2014

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MetaPost 1.890 announcement
by Taco Hoekwater 11 Mar '14

11 Mar '14

I am happy to announce a new release of MetaPost: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost 1.890 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a preliminary release in preparation for TeX Live 2014. It is main new feature is the promised ‘decimal’ number system that is now operational (but has not been tested extensively yet). Also, some of the open bugs have been fixed. A source archive can be downloaded from the files section at https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost/ You can also do an anonymous subversion checkout: $ svn checkout --username anonsvn https://foundry.supelec.fr/svn/metapost/tags/1.890 The password is anonsvn I am no longer able to cross-compile for Win32, so Windows users will have to wait for Akira Kakuto and/or Mojca Miklavec’s binaries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new in MetaPost version 1.890: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * The numbersystem 'decimal' is now operational. * New internal: 'numberprecision', for use with 'the 'decimal' number system. The (numeric) value expresses the desired calculation precision, in decimal places. system default min max ============================ scaled 10 10 10 (assignment effectively ignored) double 16 16 16 (assignment effectively ignored) decimal 34 1 1000 * Bug fix: in the 'double' numbersystem, if X = scantokens decimal X: will now always be true, because the 'decimal' operator now has the same resolution as the scanning routine (which is two decimal places more than in the previous release). * Fixed a bug in the handling of the / operator (wrong precendence). * Fixed a bug in arctime (did not handle negative values currectly). * Fixed TFM generation issues (various scale-related errors). * Fixed application crashes when there was no TEXMF tree to be found anywhere. * It is no longer possible to assign to the 'numbersystem' internal. * There is a new definition of 'drawdot' in plain.mp. * PNG output did not output anything for draws of a single point. * Metapost now prints the full name of any preloaded files. * Fixed a bug in the handling of labels with embedded ascii zero(es). * Fixed handling of unknown command-line options, the reporting on used libraries in the --version output, and the banner line. Have fun! Taco Hoekwater, for the MetaPost team, March 11, 2014

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file-job.mkvi: \startproject
by Wolfgang Schuster 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

Hi, shouldn’t the \starttext and \stoptext calls be removed from \startproject and \stopproject? \unexpanded\def\startprojectindeed {\starttext \pushsystemmode\v!project \setsystemmode\v!project} \unexpanded\def\stopprojectindeed {\popsystemmode\v!project \stoptext \signalendofinput\v!project} When you have a document in this form <example> \project[myproject] \startprodct[myproduct] … \stoproduct </example> you won’t get a pdf file because the project file closes the document with its \stoptext call. Wolfgang

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