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new current
by Taco Hoekwater 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Hi, Not sure if you caught up with this yet, but Hans released a new 'current' context today. I have no time to write the release notes page today, but I believe the bulk of changes is: * a new lua lpeg-based xml and xpath parser for mkiv * a number of xetex-related fixes and changes (mostly initialized by Mojca) More tomorrow. Best wishes, Taco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Cron <context@server> /var/www/aanhet.net/context/bin/cron/context-mirror Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:03:23 +0200 (CEST) From: root(a)aanhet.net (Cron Daemon) To: taco(a)elvenkind.com receiving file list ... done ./ context/beta/ context/current/ context/current/cont-exa.zip context/current/cont-img.zip context/current/cont-mpd.zip context/current/cont-ppc.zip context/current/cont-tmf.zip

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is symb-glm still needed?
by Mojca Miklavec 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Hello Hans, I figured out where spurious loading of lm-ec and lm-texnansi in XeTeX comes from. One is comming from symb-glm.tex. But, when looking at it, it seems to me that it's not even needed any more, since \leftguillemot, \rightguillemot, \guilsingleleft and \guilsingleright are defined in encodings. Esp if I'm reading the comments: "but was also one of the reasons for triggering the lm project" The only possible side effect could be the ability to use \symbol[xleftguillemot] or even more obscure usage: calling font "Guil" directly. But I doubt that anyone uses it that way, esp. since it depends on LM, and people could use any other font (it looks to me it was used the other way round, when no guilemots existed in cmr). Is it possible to supress loading of that file, at least for XeTeX where it's of no use, or at least rewriting it in some sensible way? lm-texnansi comes from meta-tex.tex. Any chance to change that piece of code, so that that font won't be needed any more (I have always wondered what that definition in meta-tex is used for)? \truefontname inside NEWTEX in font-ini seems to deliver names suitable for luaTeX, but not for XeTeX. Mojca

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binaries in context minimals
by Mojca Miklavec 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Hello, I took the list of binaries from texmf-macosx/bin. I'm trying to set some semi-automatic process to fetch them (well, to add them to a repository on the garden, http://minimals.contextgarden.net/) I've split the binaries into different groups. Can anyone please comment on it? a.) do we still need any of these? afm2pl afm2tfm dvipdfmx mktexmf mmafm mmpfb pfb2pfa pltotf tftopl ttf2afm ttf2tfm vftovp vptovf b.) stubs (Hans: should I simply copy everything from stubs there?) concheck ctxtools exaclient exampleg examplex exaresolve exaserver exatools imgtopdf makempy mptopdf pdftools pstopdf rlxtools rscortool rsfiltool rslibtool texexec texfont texshow textools texutil tmftools xmltools c.) simply copy from cont-tmf texmfstart luatools mtxrun d.) to be taken from texlive bibtex dvipos dvips dvitodvi kpseaccess kpsestat kpsewhich mktexlsr pdftosrc e.) latest binaries to be taken from elsewhere, whenever possible (help might be needed) dvitomp makempx mpost mpto pdftex luatex texlua (same as luatex, I guess, or simply a symbolic link?) texluac (same as luatex, I guess) xdvipdfmx xetex + pdftex.pool and xetex.pool f.) what to do with this one? xpdfsuite.zip

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\buildtextaccent in LuaTeX
by Mojca Miklavec 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hello Hans, as far as I remember this used to work once back in May in LuaTeX (because I was able to fake cacute in a font which didn't have it; however it never worked in XeTeX): \definefontsynonym[bla][Iwona-Regular] \definedfont[bla] \mainlanguage[sl] \starttext čšž (\textcaron)(\textacute)\crlf \quotation{this} is {\buildtextaccent\textacute c}\crlf \quotation{this} is {\buildtextaccent\textcaron c}\crlf \stoptext Now the characters don't compose any more. What's even more interesting, it fails badly with XeTeX, where most characters are simply blank. And even more interesting - watch the different guillemots when using LuaTeX and XeTeX. Even more interesting, if you use \definefontsynonym[bla][Iwona-Regular][encoding=uc] one gets different guillemots (it might be that they're taken from LM instead of Iwona when there is no [encoding=uc] present). Mojca

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XeTeX and font-selection problems
by Mojca Miklavec 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hello Hans, There's something weird going on during XeTeX's font selection: fonts : fails 1a: "lmroman12-regular:script=latn;language=dflt;+liga; +kern;mapping=tex-text;mapping=tex-text;" (nullfont) fonts : succeeds 1b: "[lmroman12-regular]:script=latn;language=dflt;+ liga;+kern;mapping=tex-text;mapping=tex-text;" ("[lmroman12-regular]:script=lat n;language=dflt;+liga;+kern;mapping=tex-text;mapping=tex-text;") fonts : fails 1a: "rm-lmr7" (nullfont) fonts : fails 1b: "[rm-lmr7]" (nullfont) fonts : fails 1a: "rm-lmr9" (nullfont) fonts : fails 1b: "[rm-lmr9]" (nullfont) which then results in systems : end file smalltest at line 13 ) stdin -> smalltest.pdf [1] ** WARNING ** Invalid CMap ** ERROR ** pdf_ref_obj(): passed invalid object. Output file removed. Output written on smalltest.pdf (1 page). Transcript written on smalltest.log. TeXExec | runtime: 10.645827 (Well, "errare humanum est: "I would understand that ConTeXt generates an error from time to time, but not that it's lying about it with "Output written on smalltest.pdf" :) It is possible, that the new version of XeTeX solves that problem (Jonathan promised to look into the problems you complained about some time ago), but I still use the version from TeX Live at the moment. It might make sense to try yet the third option without any quotes around, and generate the error if font doen't exist. Is there any chance to remove blank lines between font tests? (The log file looks really ugly now, but well ...) Mojca

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write18, XeTeX and metapost not running
by Mojca Miklavec 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hello Hans, one weird question: after the question has been posted to the mailing list, I tried to run \starttext \startMPcode draw fullcircle scaled 3cm; \stopMPcode x \stoptext on the garden. That works OK with pdfTeX, but doesn't work with XeTeX. I have checked that locally on my machine. I did the following: - I have set shell_escape = f in texmf.cnf - I comment out the two lines in cont-sys.tex: % \runMPgraphicstrue % \runMPTEXgraphicstrue "texexec bla" now creates bla-mpgraph.1, while "texexec --xtx bla" doesn't. Any clue? Thanks a lot, Mojca

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test versions of context
by Norbert Preining 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi all, (cc-ing the usual suspects) I have created test versions of ConTeXt 2007.08.09, if you can give it a try: context deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ context/ On sid this should be no problem, for etch you need texlive and tex-common deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ tl2007/ lmodern deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ lmodern/ If you want to test the new context/luatex functionality you should also get the latest luatex package: luatex deb http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex/ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~preining/TeX/ luatex/ (which is 0.10.2-2). It has already been uploaded to Debian but has to go through the NEW queue (which usually takes some time). Sorry NO etch version for now for luatex, I have to adapt the poppler patch first. I run several documents with the new context and it worked. Please report your success/failure to me, thanks a lot. Especially one with a bit of experience could test luatex/context combination, that would be great. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPROSTON GREEN (n.) The violent colour of one of Nigel Rees's jackets, worn when he thinks he's being elegant. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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missing stubs in latest release
by Norbert Preining 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

Hi Hans! I am packaging up the latest context release for Debian, and have some questions before releasing it: - luatools and mtxtools is missing from scripts/context/unix/stubs, is this by intention or by error? - the debian packages ship additional stubs for: pdftrimwhite texfind texshow which are missing in the above dir, should/could/would you add them? - besides an additional Recommends: luatex do you think that other changes to packaging is necessary? (Not that you have to know the internals, this is only a question about some major incompatibilities I didn't find on the Wiki...) - does it make sense to package it now or wait for some more iterations? 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUTLERBURN (n.archaic) A burn sustained as a result of the behaviour of a clumsy hutler. (The precise duties of hutlers are now lost in the mists of history.) --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff

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Re: [dev-context] [NTG-context] presentation module
by Taco Hoekwater 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: > > Sure, that's fine with me! Who generates cont-ext.zip Hans, via automatic downloads from the garden. > and who decides what goes in there? That is a somewhat complex question. At least you need to agree (but you did that already), then Patrick or Mojca or me have to check the module structure, and you have to agree to any proposed changes and upload a new version. Then we propose Hans to add a new download to the script that builds cont-ext.zip. That's about it, I assume (but I can have missed something). > I think the module is tds compliant, so that should be OK! Proposed changes: * doc/taspresent -> doc/context/third/taspresent This really is important! * tpm/t-taspresent.tpm is absent I believe I wrote down how to create one in the Epen binder, the file is important because it acts as a manifest. * the source for the user manual is missing, you may consider adding it. (I care not, but it is a requirement for texlive inclusion) Best wishes, Taco

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metafun: colored dotlabel fails (fix included)
by Sanjoy Mahajan 25 Jul '07

25 Jul '07

In metafun, a colored dotlabel fails. A fix is included below. Here is a minimal test file: beginfig(1) dotlabel(btex etex, origin) withcolor green; endfig; end It produces this error: $ mpost -mem=metafun t This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (t.mp ! Extra tokens will be flushed. <to be read again> withcolor l.2 dotlabel(btex etex, origin) withcolor green; ? [I'm using the metafun that was built from context 2007.04.17.] Metapost used to have this problem, for which John Hobby sent the following updated definition of dotlabel(): vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) text t_ = label@#(s,z) t_; interim linecap:=rounded; draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam t_; enddef; It is part of the current plain.mp (mpost 0.993). But the metafun.mp format-generation file includes mp-base.mp, which has the old definition of dotlabel: vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) = label@#(s,z); interim linecap:=rounded; draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam; enddef; The patch below fixes the minimal test case above as well as the larger real file that I started with: --- a/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp 2007-07-25 00:19:15.379198092 -0400 +++ b/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp 2007-07-25 00:19:37.072411646 -0400 @@ -477,10 +477,10 @@ def label = draw thelabel enddef; newinternal dotlabeldiam; dotlabeldiam:=3bp; -vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) = - label@#(s,z); +vardef dotlabel@#(expr s,z) text t_ = + label@#(s,z) t_; interim linecap:=rounded; - draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam; + draw z withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam t_; enddef; def makelabel = dotlabel enddef;

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