August 2018 - dev-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Luatex 1.08.0 announcement
by luigi scarso 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

============================================================== LuaTeX 1.08 2018-08-28 ============================================================== (1) This release is a prelude to 1.10, the next stable iteration of LuaTeX after version 1.00. (2) Lua 5.3 is now considered to be default and we might use 5.4 in version 1.10. There are no real functional changed expected. You still need to rename the binary for 5.3! (3) Binary mode is no longer available in MPlib but it is still available in stand alone MetaPost. This simplifies compilation and reduces dependencies. (4) The dependency on Poppler for pdf image inclusion has been removed. We now use a small dedicated library written by Pawel Jakowski. We no longer need c++ compilers. We're in the process of making it behave well on all platforms. It has been tested on intel platforms. (5) We know that there can be some (alignment) issues with the arm platform but these are looked into. Therefore, later this year we will release 1.09. Version 1.10 is planned for TeXlive. We hope that ffi works ok on intel and arm platforms at that point. (6) There have been some extensions to the Lua libraries and some callbacks have been added. Also, a few new primitives have been introduced. The documentation mentions the stable extensions. (7) There are the usual bug fixes and cleanups but there have been no real fundamental changes in the API. The LuaTeX team

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(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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symb-ini.mkiv: \symbol and fontawesome
by Wolfgang Schuster 31 Aug '18

31 Aug '18

Hi Hans, the two argument version of the \symbol commands needs an additional branch to support the new symbol mechanism which is used with fontawesome. \unprotect % \def\symb_place_normal_a[#1][#2]% % {\edef\currentsymbol{#2}% % \ifcsname\??symbol#1:#2\endcsname % \symb_place_indeed{#1:#2}% % \else % \symb_place_normal_c % \fi} \def\symb_place_normal_a[#1][#2]% {\edef\currentsymbol{#2}% \ifcsname\??symbol#1:#2\endcsname \symb_place_indeed{#1:#2}% \else\ifcsname\??symboldefault#1\endcsname \symb_place_named{#1}% \else \symb_place_normal_c \fi\fi} \protect \usesymbols[fontawesome] \starttext % doesn’t work untill you set fontawesome as global symbolset \symbol[fontawesome][thumbs_down_alt] \setupsymbolset[fontawesome] \symbol[thumbs_up_alt] \stoptext Wolfgang

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User defined environments with parameters
by Wolfgang Schuster 26 Aug '18

26 Aug '18

Hi, sometimes one needs a environment where you have to set different strings. While we have \definestartstop to create new environments it doesn’t provide a mechanism to pass values to the environment. Attached is a prototype for such a environment where you can pass values (only style, color and alternative are reserved keys) and create own layouts for the content of each environment. Wolfgang

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lang-ini.mkiv: \startlanguage
by Wolfgang Schuster 24 Aug '18

24 Aug '18

Hi Hans, can you add a environment version of the \language command. \unexpanded\def\startlanguage {\begingroup\language} \let\stoplanguage\endgroup Wolfgang

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minor corrections in musings-introduction.tex
by Pablo Rodriguez 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

Dear Hans, I attach a diff file with three minor corrections in musings-introduction.tex. Many thanks for the “ConTeXt Musings” themselves, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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A Note for module authors: Version String Guidelines
by Taco Hoekwater 13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18

Hi to all module authors! The CTAN team (Manfred) and us (Mojca and I) have recently been setting up a new system whereby CTAN automatically picks up new, updated versions of the ConTeXt modules that want to be archived on CTAN. For this system to properly pickup new versions of modules, it is vital that the Version of such modules is coded as YYYY.MM.DD or YYYY-MM-DD. The YYYY.MM.DD format has a slight advantage, because it follows the traditional version number setup of <Major>.<Minor>.<Revision>, but the version with dashes works as well. So, if you are a module author on https://modules.contextgarden.net/ and want to benefit from this automatic update of the your new module version to CTAN, then please make sure your version string matches the above specification. Version strings like “r10” and "hg-rev57” cannot be parsed automatically, so any module updates you make using such version strings will more than likely be ignored. Best wishes, Taco

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Start sections with 0
by Wolfgang Schuster 12 Aug '18

12 Aug '18

Hi Hans, can you add a conversion which let us show 0 as value for the first chapter etc. \def\zeronumberconversion#1{\number\numexpr#1-1\relax} \defineconversion [zero] [\zeronumberconversion] \defineconversionset [zero] [n,zero] [n] \setuphead [sectionconversionset=zero] \starttext \startchapter [title=Introduction] \startsection [title=First topic] \stopsection \startsection [title=Second topic] \stopsection \stopchapter \stoptext Wolfgang

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page-pcl.mkiv
by Wolfgang Schuster 07 Aug '18

07 Aug '18

Hi, line 772 uses mixedcolumns parameter to set the text color. \unexpanded\def\page_col_start_yes {\d_page_col_distance \pagecolumnsparameter\c!distance\relax ... % \useprofileparameter\pagecolumnsparameter % - \usemixedcolumnscolorparameter\c!color + \usepagecolumnscolorparameter\c!color % \setupnotes[\c!width=\textwidth]% ... \let\stoppagecolumns\page_col_stop_yes} Wolfgang

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