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current cont-en.xml
by Patrick Gundlach 21 Dec '08

21 Dec '08

Hi, which is the most current cont-en.xml? In the distribution? Or in the context reference manual @supelec? Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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cont-en.xml questions
by Patrick Gundlach 21 Dec '08

21 Dec '08

Hi, in cont-en.xml there are two places that are unusal 1) cd:inherit with optional="no": <cd:command name="setupbodyfontenvironment" file="font-ini.tex" category="font s"> <cd:sequence> <cd:string value="setupbodyfontenvironment"/> </cd:sequence> <cd:arguments> <cd:keywords n="1" optional="yes">  <cd:inherit name="definebodyfontenvironment" n="1"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:keywords n="2" optional="no"> <cd:inherit name="definebodyfontenvironment" n="2" optional="no"/> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ </cd:keywords> <cd:assignments n="3" optional="yes" list="yes"> <cd:inherit name="definebodyfontenvironment" n="3"/> </cd:assignments> </cd:arguments> </cd:command> what does the optional="no" means in the second cd:inherit line? That sounds redundant, the <cd:keywords element already has the optional keyword. Can we remove this? 2) list=yes in cd:constant <cd:command name="definefonthandling" file="hand-ini.mkii"> <cd:sequence> <cd:string value="definefonthandling"/> </cd:sequence> <cd:arguments> <cd:keywords n="1"> <cd:constant type="cd:name"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:keywords n="2"> <cd:constant type="cd:name" list="yes"/> </cd:keywords> .... shouldn't the list="yes" be in the line above? That would match all the other occurences in the xml file. Can we remove this? Here is the suggested patch: --- cont-en.xml-orig 2008-12-21 20:40:42.000000000 +0100 +++ cont-en.xml 2008-12-21 20:39:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ <cd:inherit name="definebodyfontenvironment" n="1"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:keywords n="2" optional="no"> - <cd:inherit name="definebodyfontenvironment" n="2" optional="no"/> + <cd:inherit name="definebodyfontenvironment" n="2"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:assignments n="3" optional="yes" list="yes"> <cd:inherit name="definebodyfontenvironment" n="3"/> @@ -10106,8 +10106,8 @@ <cd:keywords n="1"> <cd:constant type="cd:name"/> </cd:keywords> - <cd:keywords n="2"> - <cd:constant type="cd:name" list="yes"/> + <cd:keywords n="2" list="yes"> + <cd:constant type="cd:name"/> </cd:keywords> <cd:assignments n="3"> <cd:parameter name="type"> And attached the current interface definition grammar. Patrick -- ConTeXt wiki and more: http://contextgarden.net

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MetaPost 1.101 announcement
by Taco Hoekwater 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

The MetaPost team is happy to announce a new release of MetaPost: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost 1.101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The sources and a win32 package can be downloaded immediately from http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost/ This release will also be available from CTAN soon, and it will be included in the next TeXLive. The source package should compile normally on all systems that are capable of compiling a modern web2c-based TeX distribution. The win32 package is intended for texlive or a similar web2c-based installation, and has been tested only with TeXLive 2008. These executables will *not* work for miktex, sorry. Of course, we welcome any comments (either good or bad) that you may have. Simply replying to this message is fine, but see the bottom of the message for a more formal way to report bugs and feature requests. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new in MetaPost version 1.101: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is just a bugfix release. The following bugs / problem areas in MetaPost 1.100 have been fixed / improved: * TFM file generation was completely broken. * The job name discovery on the commandline has been improved. * Under some (rare) conditions MetaPost forgot to create a log file. * Labels containing char0 were exported to PostScript incorrectly. * On Windows, the DVI file that is the result from the internal call to TeX for btex .. etex lables was not deleted automatically. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legal notice / license / bug reports ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost is a system for producing graphics developed by John Hobby at AT&T, based on Donald Knuth's Metafont. The MetaPost home page is http://tug.org/metapost. MetaPost is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The MetaPost development project is currently hosted at Supelec, https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost; please report bugs and request enhancements through there if possible. Alternatively, you can reach us through the <metapost(a)tug.org> mailing list as well. Have fun! Taco Hoekwater, for the MetaPost team, December 11, 2008. -- http://tug.org/metapost/

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testing lmodern 1.106 and context on Debian
by Norbert Preining 09 Dec '08

09 Dec '08

Dear friends, I am currently investing a bit of time to packages the (not anymore so) new lmodern 1.106 fonts for Debian (experimental). Since up to now we are shipping lmodern 1.010x I patched context so that it uses the old font names. So now there are new context and lmodern packages for testing. Mind that they probably wont be the final ones, but if you can give them some testing that would be great: deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ next/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ next/ as usual signed with my key. Feedback on the functionality, not only with context, but also with the rest of the TeX Live 2007 packages in Debian, would be great!!! Thanks a lot and all the best 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIFF (n.) A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words. 'This book will change your life'. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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new context and luatex packages for Debian
by Norbert Preining 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Following Taco's release of the new luatex here is now the announcement of new packages for context and luatex. Both have been uploaded to Debian/experimental, but can be obtained directly via: deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex-sid/ Version: luatex 0.30.3, context 2008.10.31 Any comments are appreciated. I hope to get the MarkIV stuff sorted out sooner or later... 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIBBLE (vb.) To try to remove a sticky something from one hand with the other, thus causing it to get stuck to the other hand and eventually to anything else you try to remove it with. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Luatex beta 0.30.3 released
by Taco Hoekwater 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi all, I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.30.3. This release matches SVN revision #1587. This release fixes a really big bug, a few smaller ones, and has updates of png and mplib: * All hyphenation patterns that were anchored at the start or end of a word were ignored in luatex versions 0.25.X and 0.30.X (and possibly even earlier). * Repeated use of \language=-1 could result in "There is not room for another language". * The lua true coroutines patch (Coco) is now disabled on OpenBSD running on non-intel platforms. * The lua socket library is patched so that it will now compile on OpenSolaris. * Luatex now has libpng 1.2.33 and mplib 1.100 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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MetaPost 1.100 announcement
by Taco Hoekwater 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

The MetaPost team is happy to announce a new release of MetaPost: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost 1.1000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The sources and a win32 package can be downloaded immediately from http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost/ This release will also be available from CTAN soon, and it will be included in the next TeXLive. The source package should compile normally on all systems that are capable of compiling a modern web2c-based TeX distribution. The win32 package is intended for texlive or a similar web2c-based installation, and has been tested only with TeXLive 2008. These executables will *not* work for miktex, sorry. Of course, we welcome any comments (either good or bad) that you may have. Simply replying to this message is fine, but see the bottom of the message for a more formal way to report bugs and feature requests. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is new in version 1.100: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * This release is the first version based on MPlib, the Cweb conversion / reimplementation of MetaPost. The one but big user-visible change is that the btex ... etex label conversion is now handled internally instead of via the external "mpware" programs. These programs are therefore no longer distributed. * There is a new manual, mplibapi.pdf, that describes the internal interface to MPlib for developers. * The file 'mpintro.pdf' is no longer distributed because the introduction mnaual is obsolete and has been that way for some time. A new tutorial is being worked on and will be included in future releases. * The distribution now includes Dan Luecking's mpsproof.tex. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Legal notice / license / bug reports ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MetaPost is a system for producing graphics developed by John Hobby at AT&T, based on Donald Knuth's Metafont. The MetaPost home page is http://tug.org/metapost. MetaPost is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The MetaPost development project is currently hosted at Supelec, https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/metapost; please report bugs and request enhancements through there if possible. Alternatively, you can reach us through the <metapost(a)tug.org> mailing list as well. Have fun! Taco Hoekwater, for the MetaPost team, November 29, 2008.

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Release 2008.10.31
by Taco Hoekwater 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Hi, Hans did a new release today, and I have just finished its webpage. Unfortunately I have no more time today for announcement nor summary: I have dinner guests that prefer to have me actually at the dinner table, attending. Unless someone (Hans?) beats me to it, I can summarize adn announce tomorrow morning Taco

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Luatex beta 0.30.2 released
by Taco Hoekwater 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

Hi all, I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.30.2. This release matches SVN revision #1568. This release fixes a few (rather serious) bugs: * The Lua coco change from 0.30.1 is reverted as it gave trouble on MacOSX. Lua coco on non-intel OpenBSD platforms is now explicitly turned off. * The lua file reading speedup in 0.30.1 broke reading of files larger than 100MB. * Reading of font-related files was broken when there was a find callback, but no read callback. * The texmf.cnf array size setup values were ignored whenever --lua was given on the commandline (instead of only when texconfig.kpse_init is set to false). * glyphs with negative widths resulted in incorrect horizontal placement (overlapping) of the string in the output PDF. * Using \latelua could sometimes result in an invalid output PDF, and the argument token list was expanded too early * There was a read buffer overrun in the mapfile parser * There are two new variables in the status table: status.callbacks and status.indirect_callbacks (execution counts). 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 _______________________________________________ dev-luatex mailing list dev-luatex(a)ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/dev-luatex

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Luatex beta 0.30.1 released
by Taco Hoekwater 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

Hi all, I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.30.1. This release matches SVN revision #1552. There are no new features, just bugfixes and speedups: * Invalid return values from the linebreak_filter callback are now handled gracefully (was crashing) * a preinstalled ctangle is no longer needed except when cross-compiling * In 0.30.0, the .notdef fix was incorrectly applied to truetype / opentype fonts. * A bunch of all memory leaks is fixed * In lua, f:read('*a') now uses signicantly less memory * The number of \catcodetables is now limited to 64KB (for speed reasons) * Luatex could crash if there were PDF images with and without page /Group included on the same page * Lua coco now always uses setjmp (for OpenBSD compatibility) * The embedded mplib is updated to the latest svn version * # marks (characters with catcode 6) are no longer doubled inside \directlua * Handling the nul character (U+0000) with catcode 13 (active) was broken * Luatex could crash on win32 with an access violation because there was one predefined language too few (the one matching \language=-1) 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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