September 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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sample texts
by Pablo Rodriguez 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Hans, would it be possible that both attachments could be included in ConTeXt as sample texts? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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CGModules update: t-handlecsv version 2018.09.24 published.
by modules＠contextgarden.net 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Pablo Rodriguez submitted an update to the t-handlecsv package. Version number: 2018.09.24 License type: GNU General Public License Wants to be in ConTeXt distribution: yes Wants to be synced with CTAN: no Summary description: handle .csv files in ConTeXt MkIV Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Remote revision: 462c233, log message: fix issue with numbers and \linepointer ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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CGModules update: Syntax Highlighting version 1.1 published.
by modules＠contextgarden.net 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Christoph Reller submitted an update to the Syntax Highlighting package. Version number: 1.1 License type: GNU General Public License Wants to be in ConTeXt distribution: yes Wants to be synced with CTAN: no Summary description: Syntax highlighting for various programming languages and file formats. Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Remote revision: 334379f, log message: Simplify pattern construction for keywords. Bump minor version. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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xml.setparameter(), xml.setattribute() broken
by Taco Hoekwater 17 Sep '18

17 Sep '18

In the current beta, lxml-tex.lua needs this fix: --- lxml-tex.lua.bck 2018-09-17 12:12:24.000000000 +0200 +++ lxml-tex.lua 2018-09-17 12:12:41.000000000 +0200 @@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@ local collected = xmlapplylpath(getid(id),pattern) if collected then for i=1,#collected do - setatt(collected[i],name,value) + lxml.setatt(collected[i],name,value) end end end @@ -2498,7 +2498,7 @@ local collected = xmlapplylpath(getid(id),pattern) if collected then for i=1,#collected do - setpar(collected[i],name,value) + lxml.setpar(collected[i],name,value) end end end Taco Hoekwater Elvenkind BV

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meta-imp-txt.mkiv: EnglishRule
by Wolfgang Schuster 09 Sep '18

09 Sep '18

Hi, the height variable in the EnglishRule graphic needs an assignment, otherwise you get a error when there is a previous graphic which also use height as a variable name. meta-imp-txt.mkiv: \startuniqueMPgraphic{EnglishRule}{height,width,color} - height = \MPvar{height} ; + height := \MPvar{height} ; x1 = 0 ; x3 = \MPvar{width} ; x2 = x4 = .5x3 ; y1 = y3 = 0 ; y2 = -y4 = height/2 ; fill z1..z2..z3 & z3..z4..z1 & cycle withcolor \MPvar{color} ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic Example (the graphic for the title page in the module documentation uses height as variable): \usemodule[module-basic] \useMPlibrary[txt] \startdocument \useMPgraphic{EnglishRule} \stopdocument Wolfgang

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