February 2009 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

\LaTeX
by Wolfgang Schuster 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Hi, I need the LaTeX logo in a document set with 8.5pt but with the last beta the following message. ! LuaTeX error (arithmetic): divided by zero. \actualshipout ... \box \postponedcontent \box 0}} \else \message {[\ifarrang... \myshipout ... \fi {\thisisrealpage \realfolio #1} \gotonextrealpage \aftersh... \dofinaloutput ...agebody #1#2\setpagecounters }}} \fi \the \everyaftershipou... \finaloutput ...EAEAEA \dofinaloutput \fi \fi #1#2 \resetselectiepagina \incr... \sidefloatoutput ...e \else \finalsidefloatoutput \global \sidefloatvsize \n... <argument> ...\fi \else \the \defaultstreamoutput \fi ... l.5 \stoptext The example file is: % engine=luatex \setupbodyfont[8.5pt] \starttext \LaTeX \stoptext Wolfgang

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bugs in arranging in mkiv interface=xp
by Johan Sandblom 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

With the following snippet \setuppapersize[A6][A4] \setuparranging[2*4, doublesided] \starttext \dorecurse{8}{ \input tufte \page} \stoptext and todays beta using the xp interface with context --interface=xp I got the surprising attached result with the arrange pages thrown onto the sheet with a seemingly random rotation. Also, in a more complex example with a toc, no toc is made, as if using texexec and forgetting the --arrange switch. However, adding the --arrange switch here has an entirely different consequence: only one of the arranged pages is placed on each sheet, so in effect there is no longer any arranging. I assume these are not intended behaviours, but would be happy to be informed I made an error in usage. Regards, Johan -- Johan Sandblom, MD PhD m +46735521477 Sweden "What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite" - Bertrand Russell

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\char"xxxx not working as I expected
by Maurício 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Hi, I'm trying this small test on unicode characters, and the result I get is this: http://173.45.227.76/test3.pdf I did check the font in 'gucharmap' and it does contain all codes I'm using (U+2019, U+2610, U+226b, U+2115). But the result is a blank (U+2610 and U+2115) or wrong (U+226b) character. (U+2019 is shown properly.) The test alternates lines where a unicode character is inserted directly (using emacs 'ucs' input method) and then insert the same character using '\char'. (So, if you see strange chars in the code, it's because it does contain utf-8 characters.) It's intersting that u+226b is shown properly when typed, but not when using '\char'. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Maurício %%%% \enableregime[utf] \mainlanguage[en] \definefontsynonym [myfont] [file:/home/mauricio/fontes/TITUSCBZ.ttf] \definefont [tudo] [myfont at 15pt] \starttext \tudo A few unicode characters: ó ñ ï ỳ (’) is character U+2019 (\char"2019 ) is also character U+2019 (☐) is character U+2610 (\char"2610 ) is also character U+2610 (≫) is character U+226b (\char"226b ) is also character U+226b (ℕ) is character U+2115 (\char"2115 ) is also character U+2115 \stoptext %%%%

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LM typsescript problem
by Alan Bowen 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

I am currently faced with an unacceptable choice (ConTeXt ver: 2009.01.18 14:39 MKII). My environment file has: \enableregime[mac] \mainlanguage[en] % use \fr, \de, e.g., for local changes %%%% Margin Kerning and Font Expansion \usetypescript[serif,sans,mono,mm][hanging][normal] \setupalign[hz,hanging] \setupfootnotes[align={hz,hanging}] \startfonthandling[greekpure] \defineprotrudefactor . 0 1 \defineprotrudefactor , 0 1 \defineprotrudefactor ; 0 1 \defineprotrudefactor ? 0 1 \defineprotrudefactor - 0 1 \defineprotrudefactor hyphen 0 1 \defineprotrudefactor endash 0 .5 \defineprotrudefactor emdash 0 .33 \stopfonthandling %%%% Default Encoding \setupencoding[default=ec] % install Latin Modern % install margin kerning BEFORE the font is loaded: since Latin Modern is % loaded before font definitions, load it again \usetypescript[lmodern][\defaultencoding] %<<== \starttypescript[serif][default][size] %<<== \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][rm][default] \definebodyfont[9.5pt,10.5pt][mm][default] \stoptypescript %<<== \setupbodyfont[lmodern,rm,10.5pt] %\setupfontsynonym[Serif][handling=normal] % install Greek Font \usemodule[ancientgreek] [font=GreekDioxipe,scale=1.15,altfont=GreekCanonica,altscale=0.9] \setupfontsynonym[GreekDioxipe][handling=greekpure] \setupfontsynonym[GreekCanonica][handling=greekpure] If I run it as it is, the Greek fonts behave properly but I get arithmetic overflow errors as soon as ConTeXt reaches a footnote: e.g. ! Arithmetic overflow. \dododefineprotrudefactor ...width \fi \fi \relax \rpcode \handledfont #1\di... \dosetpairhandling ...ng \let \char \normalchar }} \fi <inserted text> ...ododefineprotrudefactor ! 0 .2 \dosetpairhandling \dodode... \next1 ...csname \the \csname \@fha@ #1\endcsname \fi \rawprocesscommaitem ...commalevel \endcsname {#1} \expandafter \rawprocessco... <argument> punctuation,a lpha,extended ... l.34 \footnotetext[first] {An Italian version of this review is to be publish... If I comment the lines marked by %<<==, the Greek fonts do not print at the right size and I lose all control of the scaling. (Changing the scale accomlishes nothing.) Still, I do get footnotes and document processes properly otherwise. Again, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Alan

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undeliverable mail messages
by Alan Bowen 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

When I send messages to NTG-ConTeXt, I get bombed with “Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender” messages (see below) from host postak.ujep.cz. Is any one else experiencing this? My messages to NTG- ConTeXt are getting through. Alan ************ I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system <zstryhal(a)physics.ujep.cz>: host 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1] said: 554 5.6.0 Failed, id=00309-02-25, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 554 5.4.0 Error: too many hops (in reply to end of DATA command) Reporting-MTA: dns; postak.ujep.cz X-Postfix-Queue-ID: 97DA9E05CD36 X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; acbowen(a)princeton.edu Arrival-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:28:29 +0100 (CET) Final-Recipient: rfc822; zstryhal(a)physics.ujep.cz Original-Recipient: rfc822;zstryhal(a)physics.ujep.cz Action: failed Status: 5.6.0 Remote-MTA: dns; 127.0.0.1 Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 554 5.6.0 Failed, id=00309-02-25, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 554 5.4.0 Error: too many hops Resent-From: stryhal(a)sci.ujep.cz From: Alan Bowen <acbowen(a)princeton.edu> Date: 02 24, 2009 15:26:59 EST Resent-To: zstryhal(a)physics.ujep.cz To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] LM typsescript problem Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context(a)ntg.nl> ************

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slower access to ConTeXt generated pdfs in Windows Vista
by Alan Stone 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

When opening ConTeXt generated pdf's in Windows Vista, a message window pops up saying something as (translated to english): - title: preparation of document contents" - message: "please wait while the contents of your document is being prepared" + progress bar "page x of total pages" This doesn't show up in Windows XP or Linux. The embedded fonts are ttf fonts like arial/tahoma/verdana/times new roman, ... Any idea to what that's related and how to disable it/have it run in the background (if possible) because it slows access to reading the pdf. -- Alan

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Making necessary OpenType features on by default
by Khaled Hosny 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Currently, when defining a font feature one has to enable all features by hand which is IMHO not very user friendly as it implies prior knowledge about OpenType font features and the meaning of each one, not every Arabic user, for example, knows what does 'init', 'medi, etc. ligatures mean yet to know that he must enable them to get proper font rendering. I think some font features should be on by default, so that \definefontfeature[script=arabic] should be enough to get an Arabic font rendered correctly with the default features as its designer intended (designers assume that certain will be on while other are off by default, like liga vs. dlig), and if some one wants to disable a certain default feature he can turn it off, not the reverse. Microsoft's OpenType features list page (http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/features_ae.htm) gives a "UI suggestion" for each feature noting if it should be on by default, I think those are what most OpenType enable by default (at least the ones I tested). Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localizer and member of Arabeyes.org team

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\digits
by Wolfgang Schuster 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > the \digits command cause a error message with the last beta in MkIV. > > > % engine=luatex > \starttext > \digits{1.000} > \stoptext > > > ! \textfont 1 is undefined (character :). > \mathematics #1->\relax \ifmmode #1\else $#1$ > \fi > \doscandigit ...\digitoutputmode ,\else .\fi \fi } > \egroup > \digitsep ...x \digitsepbox \hbox {\doscandigit #1 > }\fi \chardef \skipdigit > 0... > \scandigits #1->\if #1.\digitsep 1 > \else \if #1,\digitsep 2\else \if > #1@\digi... > \next *#1->\dododohandletokens {#1} > \dohandletokens > <argument> 1. > 000 > ... > l.3 \digits{1.000} > > > Best regards, > Wolfgang

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PDF/X-1A
by Antoine Junod 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Dear List, A lot of you guys helped me through the process of setting a little booklet and I have to say I was proud of the result (44 full color pages with a lot of pictures and texts). Thanks for that. I'm now in the process of printing that booklet. I was happy to send my beautiful pdf to the printer for 250 copies, pdf file that has been refused because not in a PDF/X-1A format. I googled a bit and learned a bit about that: wikipedia has a good article [0] on the topic and there is LaTeX package (pdfx) for pdfTeX that has a good doc about that [1]. In short, PDF/X-1A is a set of rules and subset of PDF that ensures that the document will be see exactly the same for the editor and the printer (embed every fonts, use only CMYK and son on). Here is my question: is it possible to produce such documents with ConTeXt? It is quite frustrating to provide my printer with huge jpeg files. Thanks for the reply, -AJ [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/X [1] http://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdfx/pdfx.pdf

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Can't find CFF table, not related to extension
by Maurício 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hi, I get this error with a font I just downloaded. It's my first attempt at using a font not provided with context minimals: %% !luaTeX error (file /home/mauricio/fontes/TITUSCBZ.TTF): can't find table `CFF ' ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! %% I found a thread on the mailing list discussing this, but the problem seems to have been solved by changing the extension to .TTF, but my file was already TTF when I first saw it. Thanks for your help, Maurício

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