October 2018 - ntg-context - NTG Mailing Lists

improving kannada script
by Ulrike Fischer 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

According to the xelatex output in the following example both variants are not correct. What would be needed would be the first two glyphs from variant 1 (knd2 script) and the third from variant 2 (knda script). Pictures comparing the output can be found at https://github.com/u-fischer/luaotfload/issues/20 (Disclaimer: I have no idea if xelatex/harfbuzz is correct here, but https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/457427/2388 says so). \definefontfeature [kannada-testA] [indic-common] [script=knd2, % basic shaping pref=yes, blwf=yes, half=yes, pstf=yes, cjct=yes ] \definefontfeature [kannada-testB] %identical to default kannada-one [indic-common] [script=knda, % basic shaping pref=yes, blwf=yes, half=yes, pstf=yes, cjct=yes ] \definefont [kannadatestA][file:notosanskannada-regular.ttf*kannada-testA] \definefont [kannadatestB][file:notosanskannada-regular.ttf*kannada-testB] \starttext \section{Skript knd2} \kannadatestA ಕಿ ಕ್ರ ರ್ಕ \section{Skript knda (default)} \kannadatestB ಕಿ ಕ್ರ ರ್ಕ \stoptext -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/

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Font Awesome (again)
by Aditya Mahajan 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hi, There is a FontAwesome.otf file that is distributed with ConTeXt minimals. Does anyone know what version (4 or 5) of the font it is? I am asking because the names of the symbols used in the font do not match those on the font-awesome website. For example, using \showsymbolset[fontawesome] I get that the symbol for "utensils" (https://fontawesome.com/icons/utensils?style=solid) is actually mapped to "food" in ConTeXt. Since the names of the symbols are now taken from the font, my guess is that the distribution has an old version of the font (also because it is a single font rather than three). Would it make sense to update the fonts in the distribution? If not, then simply remove the old version of the fonts? Also, don't we need to update the symb-imp-fontawesome.mkiv file to work with the new symbols. Font awesome has split the fonts into three (https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/on-the-desktop/setup/getting-started) Solid, Regular, and Brands. (There are also pro version of the fonts). The simplest way to use them will be to have three symbolsets (fontawesome, fontawesome-solid, and fontawesome-brands), where the names are taken from the fonts. In the meanwhile, Hraban has painstakenly written out the mappings by hand, but the automatic mapping might be simpler (and more future proof). https://github.com/fiee/ConTeXt/blob/master/symbols/symb-awesome5.mkiv Thanks, Aditya

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Issue with ligatures before dashes
by Rik Kabel 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

This was reported on the LuaLatex list yesterday, and I extended the example to include ConTeXt compounds. From my test folder: %% No ligatures before dashes! Reported as: “ligatures before %% dashes not working with LuaLaTeX 1.07.0” on comp.tex.luatex, %% 2018-10-29 by Toni Dietze. This is also a problem with ConTeXt, %% and is a problem with compounds as well. The problem is worse %% with 1.09.0: With 1.07.0 (6686) it fails with the bare hyphen %% but had no problem with en-dash, em-dash, and the compounds %% shown below. With luatex 1.09.0 (6930) it fails with bare %% hyphen and all shown compounds except |=|. \starttext \setupTABLE[c][1,3][align=left] \setupTABLE[c][2,4][loffset=1em,roffset=1em] \setupTABLE[r][each][offset=0pt] \bTABLE[frame=off] \bTABLEhead \bTR[align=center,bottomframe=on] \bTH[nc=2] Non-compound\eTH \bTH[nc=2] Compound\eTH \eTR \eTABLEhead \bTABLEbody \bTR \bTD - \eTD \bTD off-course\eTD \bTD \|-\| \eTD \bTD off|-|course\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD – \eTD \bTD off–course\eTD \bTD \|–\| \eTD \bTD off|–|course\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD — \eTD \bTD off—course\eTD \bTD \|—\| \eTD \bTD off|—|course\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \|_\| \eTD \bTD off|_|course\eTD \eTR \bTR \bTD \eTD \bTD \eTD \bTD \|=\| \eTD \bTD off|=|course\eTD \eTR \eTABLEbody \eTABLE \stoptext In one 300-page book, this hits a few times (off-course, oft-repeated,...). Not the worst problem, but clearly a regression. -- Rik

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wrong hyphenation in ancient Greek?
by Pablo Rodriguez 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

Dear list, I have the following sample: \mainlanguage[agr] \setupbodyfont[dejavu] \starttext \startTEXpage[offset=2em] \hyphenatedword{πρᾶγμα πράγματος} \stopTEXpage \stoptext that ouputs: πρᾶ-γμα πρά-γμα-τος As far as I know, two consonants in ancient Greek aren’t hyphenated, when they may begin a word. Γν may be the beginning of word in Greek (such as γνῶσις), but even LSJ has no word that begins with γμ. Am I missing something or should this be improved in the hyphenation patterns? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Table "modules"
by Joseph Wright 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Hello all, Looking at management of global Lua tables (for the obvious cases ...), I notice that all of the core Mk IV files use the construct if not modules then modules = { } end modules["<file-name"] = { -- meta-data here From a ConTeXt point-of-view, is it acceptable for third-parties to use this construct, or is it 'ConTeXt maintainers only'? I'm wondering for code used generically: it would be good to use the same approach, but I don't want to tread on any reserved namespaces. Joseph

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columnset regression
by Henning Hraban Ramm 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Typesetting my songbooklets, I stumbled upon another regression: If a columnset starts below something else (text, image, frame), the second and further columns start at the top of the type area instead of below the upper object. \definecolumnset[drei][n=3] \usemodule[visual] \starttext \framed[width=\textwidth,height=.3\textheight]{\ConTeXt} %\input knuth \startcolumnset[drei] \fakewords{30}{50} \column \fakewords{30}{50} \column \fakewords{30}{50} \stopcolumnset \stoptext Greetlings, Hraban --- https://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.dreiviertelhaus.de GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD

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Re: [NTG-context] [dev-context] Luatex 1.09.0 announcement (Mojca Miklavec)
by Damien Thiriet 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

Hi, LuaJIT did not work on OpenBSD 6.3 texlive* packages. I can live without it anyway. Does this mean that a ConTeXt live install will be available on OpenBSD 6.4? As usual I would be highly interested, even more since I discovered that using official packages (TL-2017 btw), you have to load everything to get context, since texlive-texmf-full is a texlive-texmf-context dependency. Greetings, Damien Thiriet

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optical bounds in ConTeXt
by Pablo Rodriguez 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

Dear list, I have the following sample: \definefontfeature[default][default][protrusion=quality, opbd=yes] \definefontfamily[mainface][rm][Linux Libertine O] \setupbodyfont[mainface, 300pt] \setuppagenumbering[location=] \setupalign[hanging] \showframe \starttext W \stoptext Optical bounds used to work with the previous ConTeXt versions, but I cannot get them working with the new font reader (the explanation comes from Hans). Am I missing something or is it something to be implemented yet? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk

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Typesetting abbreviations
by Clyde Johnston 28 Oct '18

28 Oct '18

What is the correct way to typeset an abbreviation in ConTeXt? The space after the full stop seems too big and if I use \thinspace, I cannot use ties. No command - space is too big \starttext Mr. John Doe \stoptext With tie - space is too big \starttext Mr.~John Doe \stoptext With \thinspace - looks right except at an end of line \starttext Mr.\thinspace John Doe \stoptext Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks, Clyde

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Possible seeindex enhancement
by Rik Kabel 27 Oct '18

27 Oct '18

List, I am looking for a way to modify the text used for \seeindex (in English, "see") to have two types of seeindex result in the same index register. I would like to produce, for example, pseudepigraphy, 103,/see also obliteration/ and at the same time be able to produce the standard Marut, Ret,/see Traven, B./ For the first of these in print documents (no interaction required) I can use \seeindex{pseudepigraphy}{also obliteration}, but that does not produce an interactive link. Can anyone suggest how to accomplish this? -- Rik //

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