August 2007 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

Re: [NTG-context] OpenType in ConTeXt
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

> > It is nice to have such scripts. But I would like to know what > > goes on behind the scene. In principle one has to know all the > > steps to do it by hand. > > Just use the great otftotfm by hand and you know what is missing. > Then try to read the source code of otfinstall and try to underst > and what the steps are. > > Patrick The otftotfm documentation is exemplary! I would like to volunteer to help writing such docs for texfont or otfinstall. But it is very difficult to get the information. Not all of us are able to read sourcecode in perl and ruby and lua. Wolfgang

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OpenType in ConTeXt
by Pascal de Bruijn 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Hi, I managed to install my Adobe OpenType fonts into ConTeXt: texfont --makepath --install --en=texnansi --ve=adobe --co=AdobeGaramondPro --preproc --lcdf However, loading the font like this does not work: \usetypescriptfile[texnansi-adobe-adobegaramondpro] \setupbodyfont[AdobeGaramondPro] Can anybody lend me some aid? Did I mess up the installation? Or am I using the wrong syntax? I'm using TeXlive 2007. Regards, Pascal de Bruijn -- http://blog.pcode.nl/ http://www.linkselente.nl/

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Booktabs equivalent in Context
by Aditya Mahajan 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Hi, The question of how to get tables equivalent to latex's booktabs package has been discussed quite a few times in the past. Booktabs package provides (top|mid|bottom)rule commands and a cmidrule command. The top and bottom rules are 0.08em thick, the midrule is 0.05em thick, and the cmidrules are 0.03em thick. The cmidrules do not extend beyond the columns edge. Here is an example of how to do something similar using tables in context <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Table#Booktabs>. To me this looks exactly similar to the example in the booktabs manual. Am I missing something, or is it fair to say that context can generate booktabs like tables? Patrick, any commnets? Aditya

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Re: [NTG-context] OpenType in ConTeXt
by Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

> >> well, i still use texfont for type 1 fonts, but for open type i > >> use luatex anyway which can handle it directly (actually, mkiv also > >> usese afm files instead of tfm when available, so texfont is not > >> needed any more) > > > > How stable/reliable is LuaTeX for general use? > > Well, "not at all" is the wisest answer I can give. Is it possible to run both (mkiv/LuaTeX and mkii/pdfTeX) in parallel? Wolfgang

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Use of standard font engines on Linux
by John R. Culleton 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Linux distros have been emphasizing the use of the fonts in fc-cache across applications. TeX always did its own thing, with tfm files, mapping files etc. I note that some of the newer TeX products are using pfb + afm instead of pfb + tfm. Does this presage the availablity of all the fonts described in the fc-cache files or will TeX continue to have its own set of fonts? -- John Culleton ATTN Publishers/authors: If you don't read you don't succeed. Free short list of publishing/marketing books. http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com

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[ot] \relax
by luigi scarso 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Martina was born on thursday,August 09 2007 (09/08/07). Mum and baby are allright, daddy a bit blurred, as the photo says . luigi

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installing MKIV
by Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky 11 Aug '07

11 Aug '07

Hello, Installing MKIV as described in This Way magazine is somewhat tricky. But first of all, I cannot get LuaTEX! When I try to download win32 binaries from liatex.org, I get "404 Error - Bestand niet gevonden!" And just for curioisty, where such names as Mark II and Mark IV come from? -- Best regards, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky

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Batch files and texmf
by Adrian Drury 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

I read the list in digest form - sorry my response won't be threaded in properly! How about this for your question, Idris? Pure DOS batch file stuff. I tested it with notepad instead of Acrobat, but I assume it should be close to working as shown here. @ echo off IF "%1"=="" GOTO NOARG for /R C:\context %%n IN (.) DO IF EXIST %%n\%1 ( Echo Found %%n\%1 start Acrobat.lnk %%n\%1 GOTO END ) :NOTFOUND echo Couldn't find %1 GOTO END :NOARG echo Specify a file name to find :END

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Difference between MKIV and MKII
by Aditya Mahajan 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Hi, I get significantly different white spaces (and hence page breaks) while using mkiv and mkii. Is this expected, or should I try to create minimal example exhibiting such "problems"? Aditya

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Batch Files and texmf
by Idris Samawi Hamid 10 Aug '07

10 Aug '07

Dear gang, To all you expert script writers and batch wizards on Windows, I have a question: I want to create a batch file to open a program so that it will search the contents of C:\ConTeXt, which contains my entire system, including subdirectories. For example, if foo.tex is a file in C:\ConTeXt, and goo.exe is some program, then for > goo.bat foo.tex I want goo to seach C:\ConTeXt for foo.tex. Is there a straightforward way to edit the following to get this effect? ============================ rem batch file goo % ============================ Any pointers will be appreciated. Best wishes Idris -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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