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Luatex beta 0.25.3 released
by Taco Hoekwater 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Hi all, I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.25.3, yet another bugfix release to the 0.25 series. Bugs fixed: * Pdftex bug no. 936 (sarovar) regarding vertical positioning of embedded PDF files if depth parameter is given. * Luatex gave bogus lua return values for the tex.wd/hd/dp values of void boxes * A few bugfixes in mplib (square pens caused hangs, elliptical pens caused confused output) * Hyphenation of uppercase words (\uchyph) was broken * Output image placements corrected for all 8 transform cases also when artbox etc. is used * There were missing maketexstring() calls in error messages * Math display contents were sometimes prematurely freed during the placement of the equation number * Setting \language=-1 could cause crashes due to an array index going out-of-bounds Other news: * build.sh.ppc is added to the source distribution. This is a script that crosscompiles osx ppc binaries from osx intel * tex.box[<chardef name>] is now supported (but still experimental) * a bunch of compiler warnings are removed * The fontforge library now dump AAT feature tags as and "<id,flags>" string * The new function font.nextid() predicts the next assigned font id * Some source code changes are backported from texlive 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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Re: [dev-context] mswincontext.zip
by Taco Hoekwater 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

(redirected from ntg-context) Idris Samawi Hamid wrote: >> i could update it ... > > Please do! I would vastly prefer a "maximal" "new minimal", the goal is to get rid of the old zips, no? Cheers, Taco

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New context release
by Taco Hoekwater 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Hi all, Hans has been very busy today. Just now, he uploaded the fourth "current" of today, and we now believe to have fixed all reported bugs introduced by 2008.04.15. Of course we cannot be sure, but please have look at http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Release_Note for everything we did change and patch in the past 24 hours. If nothing bad happens, this release will go to CTAN (and debian, I presume) sometime tomorrow. Best wishes, Taco

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problem with new context and old pdftex
by Norbert Preining 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hi all, I am trying to compile the pdftex manual with context 2008.04.11 and pdftex 1.40.3 (TeX Live 2007 for Debian), and I am getting these errors: ... subsection : 3.2 Compiling ./pdftex-t.tex:867: Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \$ \trackedfilename ->\$ HOME/pdftex \setxvalue #1->\expandafter \xdef \csname #1 \endcsname \dodoreadfile ...setxvalue {fn..\trackedfilename } {\readfilename \ifcase \pr... \dohyphenateword ...ile {#3}\donothing \donothing \else #3\fi \else #3\fi }\... \filename #1->{\tttf \hyphenatedfile {#1} } l.867 \filename {\$HOME/pdftex} , on a~\UNIX\ system the following steps are ? But more interesting some errors from pdftexconfig.tex: (./pdftex-t-pdftex-t.tmp) (/etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex:6: Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted). <to be read again> \hskip \obeyedspace ->\hskip \zeropoint \hbox to \onepoint {}\hskip \zeropoint l.6 \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm ? and the same for pdfpageheight, pdfhorigin, ... etc etc. After that it is getting really crazy: context tries to load example.tex (whatever that may be, in my case something in TEXMFLOCAL): subsection : 3.7 Testing the installation (/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/infbrief/example.tex /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/infbrief/example.tex:1: Undefined control sequence. l.1 \documentclass [a4paper]{infbrief} ? The very same document worked before (context 2008.01.14 or so) without any problems. Am I missing something in the installation? 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACLE (n.) The rouge pin which shirtmakers conceal in the most improbable fold of a new shirt. Its function is to stab you when you don the garment. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Luatex beta 0.25.2 released
by Taco Hoekwater 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

Hi all, I have just uploaded the archives for luatex 0.25.2. * Updated to MPlib 0.40 * Bugfixes and cleanup in the lua img table code * Fix \pdflastximagepages bug from pdftex * Fix for very large tex.print strings * Update to Lpeg 0.8.1 * &D Bugfix for Type1 fonts when out-of-range characters are marked as 'used' 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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Question about website rubyland.de
by Forest - Cylon 15 Apr '08

15 Apr '08

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typo in page-str.tex
by Vit Zyka 11 Apr '08

11 Apr '08

Hi Hans, I did start to play with streams. There are two typos in page-str.tex: \def\setmarknote[#1]#2% {\doglobal\incrementvalue{mn:#1:n}% % \setgvalue{mn:#1:t:\getvalue{mn:#1:n}}{#1}% % ^^ \setgvalue{mn:#1:t:\getvalue{mn:#1:n}}{#2}% % \expanded{\marking[#1]{\getvalue{mn:#1:n}}}} % ^^ \expanded{\marking[mn:#1]{\getvalue{mn:#1:n}}}} Cheers Vit

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mpost -8bit not working on MikTeX
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Hello Hans, in tex.rb you pass the option -8bit to mpost. That option is (apparently - I have not tested, but see the list at the bottom) not available on MikTeX 2.7. I have no idea when this switch is needed and if there is any replacement for it, but it would be nice to fix the script in one way or another. Apparently this mechanism is going to change really soon anyway :), but for MikTeX it means waiting for the next version, so it might make sense to fix that and upload the fixed version to CTAN. (As far as I know, MikTeX is the only and the most important "user" of ConTeXt from CTAN, and it makes sense to keep some compromise of recent vs. stable version there.) Thanks, Mojca Here's an email sent to the MikTeX mailing list: On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM, <olivier.billet(a)orange-ftgroup.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > We are using MiKTeX 2.7 and ConTeXt and we are experiencing a bug during > the interaction of ConTeXt and metapost. Namely, the wrapper script > texexec ends the run by noting the following error: > > mpost: Invalid command-line option > > Compiling with mpost directly the (on the fly created) > jobname-mpgraph.mp file works properly. This bug seems to have slept > into > 2.7 after the fix of the ConTeXt package some weeks ago... > > Is this a known bug? Below is a minimal sample file with which the bug > occurs. Is there an easy fix? > > Thanks for your help, > Olivier > > > %--------------- sample file -------------------------- > > \starttext > > \startreusableMPgraphic{symb-circle-oo} > numeric u; u=1.8pt; > fill ((0,0)..(0,3u)..(3u,3u)..(3u,0)..cycle); > \stopreusableMPgraphic > \reuseMPgraphic{symb-circle-oo} > > \stoptext > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usage: mpost [OPTION...] [COMMAND...] -alias=APP Pretend to be APP. This affects both the format used and the search path. -aux-directory=DIR Use DIR as the directory to write auxiliary files to. -bistack-size=N Set bistack_size to N. -buf-size=N Set buf_size to N. -c-style-errors Enable file:line:error style messages. -disable-installer Disable the package installer. Missing files will not be installed. -disable-pipes Disable input (output) from (to) processes. -dont-parse-first-line Do not parse the first line of the input line to look for a dump name and/or extra command-line options. -enable-installer Enable the package installer. Missing files will be installed. -enable-pipes Enable input (output) from (to) processes. -error-line=N Set error_line to N. -extra-mem-top=N Set extra_mem_top to N. -font-mem-size=N Set font_mem_size to N. -half-error-line=N Set half_error_line to N. -halt-on-error Stop after the first error. -help Show this help screen and exit. -hhelp Show the manual page in an HTMLHelp window and exit when the window is closed. -include-directory=DIR Prefix DIR to the input search path. -initialize Be the INI variant of the program. -interaction=MODE Set the interaction mode; MODE must be one of: batchmode, nonstopmode, scrollmode, errorstopmode. -job-name=NAME Set the job name and hence the name(s) of the output file(s). -job-time=FILE Set the job time. Take FILE's timestamp as the reference. -lig-table-size=N Set lig_table_size to N. -main-memory=N Set main_memory to N. -max-print-line=N Set max_print_line to N. -max-strings=N Set max_strings to N. -no-c-style-errors Disable file:line:error style messages. -output-directory=DIR Use DIR as the directory to write output files to. -param-size=N Set param_size to N. -parse-first-line Parse the first line of the input line to look for a dump name and/or extra command-line options. -path-size=N Set path_size to N. -pool-size=N Set pool_size to N. -quiet Suppress all output (except errors). -record-package-usages=FILE Enable the package usage recorder. Output is written to FILE. -recorder Turn on the file name recorder to leave a trace of the files opened for input and output in a file with extension .fls. -stack-size=N Set stack_size to N. -string-vacancies=N Set string_vacancies to N. -tcx=TCXNAME Use the TCXNAME translation table to set the mapping of inputcharacters and re-mapping of output characters. -tex=TEXPROGRAM Use TEXPROGRAM for text labels. -time-statistics Show processing time statistics. -trace=OPTIONS Turn tracing on. OPTIONS must be a comma-separated list of trace options. See the manual, for more information. -undump=NAME Use NAME instead of program name when loading internal tables. -version Print version information and exit.

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Re: [dev-context] natural table error
by Vit Zyka 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Wolfgang Schuster wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Vit Zyka <vit.zyka(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Wolfgang Schuster wrote: >>>> Error: >>>> ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [save size=5000]. >>> Hi Vit, >>> >>> your TeX run out of memory, you should increase the save size >>> and the table should work. >>> >>> Wolfgang >> Yuoops! You are right Wolfgang. Thank you. >> >> I did not realize that I have a different memory setting in my old and >> new ConTeXt instalation and I suspected it was caused by macro recurse >> loops. > > This is also the default value in my installation. > > You should know tables are read into memory first and this will fill > the save size, this works in plain TeX with pages spanning a few hundred > pages but every cell in natural tables is also a \framed command and the > definitions for table cells and framed are long and complicated. > > Wolfgang Yes Wolfgang, I know about this; I am stupid I did not have this in mind detecting the error message. My ConTeXting is never-ending fight with strange behaviour/version dependency/bugs. This fight is a adventurous pleasure on one hand but sometimes also time-consuming pain on the other one. I am feeling a bit paranoid of that to being view a bug even where there no one is. Please do not read this as a complain. ConTeXt is too complicated piece of software that is why it is understandable. Problem (?) is it is still rapidly developed. Before some stabilization might bring nearer another reorganization/development (e.g. MKIV) fires :) Perhaps c'est la vie. Best Vit P.S. Thanks also to Hans for his answer.

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natural table error
by Vit Zyka 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Hi Hans, I noticed en error compiling following minimal example. Its processing is OK with my old ConTeXt ver: 2007.06.06 09:53 MKII fmt: 2007.7.8, pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) Error is caused by both ConTeXt from TeXLive2007 and current ConTeXt version: ConTeXt ver: 2008.03.24 23:24 MKII fmt: 2008.3.27 int:english/english This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.5 (Web2C 7.5.6) Vit ---------------------------------- \starttext Natural table: \bTABLE \bTR \bTD A\eTD \bTD B\eTD \bTD C\eTD \bTD D\eTD \eTR \dorecurse{250}{\bTR\bTD a\eTD\eTR} \eTABLE \stoptext ------------------------------------ Error: ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [save size=5000]. <to be read again> \relax \forgetragged ...\!!plus \raggedfillamount \relax \let \updateraggedskips \r... <inserted text> ...g \forgottentrue \forgetragged \forgetparskip \forgetpari... \forgetall ->\the \everyforgetall \next ...t \postprocessframebox \relax \forgetall \oninterlineskip \hsize \!... \endTBL ...!off ,\c!background =,\c!align =\v!no ] {\strut }}\edef \minimalc... ... l.11 \eTABLE ! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! Transcript written on test.log. TeXExec | runtime: 1.047 --------------------------------

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